POVERTY related term(s) Homeless; Hunger

Appointments

Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, S5803 [6DE]

Articles and editorials

Poverty, Plunging—Child Poverty in the U.S. Has Fallen by More Than Half Since the Early 1990s, H2035 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see S. 1031), S1052 [29MR] (see H.R. 561), H427 [26JA]

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see S. 1547), S1603 [10MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for Congressional Sneaker Caucus Shoe Drive for the Homeless Community (see H. Con. Res. 65), H4437 [20SE]

CDC: reauthorize and improve National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (see S. 1840), S2005 [7JN] (see H.R. 3916), H2778 [7JN]

Children and youth: establish national child poverty reduction target and make investments and policy changes to fully address child poverty (see H. Res. 551), H3142 [23JN]

——— reduce child poverty (see S. 2906), S4654 [21SE] (see H.R. 5629), H4455 [21SE]

Climate: recognize that climate change most severely impacts vulnerable and disadvantaged communities and that it is U.S. responsibility to work with global partners to promote environmental and climate justice (see H. Res. 595), H3640 [17JY]

Colleges and universities: establish matched savings program for low-income students (see S. 2877), S4653 [21SE] (see H.R. 5645), H4455 [21SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish service programs dedicated to digital equity for underserved communities (see H.R. 3975), H2787 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain participants in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to receive variety of types of milk, including whole milk (see H.R. 5383), H4229 [8SE]

——— allow certain students, including those with expected family contribution of zero, to qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4456), H3159 [30JN]

——— allow individuals convicted of felony drug offenses to participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1489), H1247 [9MR]

——— allow individuals with drug offenses to receive benefits under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 1753), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 3479), H2453 [18MY]

——— allow infant food combinations and dinners as WIC-eligible foods (see H.R. 4989), H4138 [27JY]

——— authorize mandatory funding for Healthy Food Financing Initiative (see S. 760), S743 [9MR]

——— cancel existing school meal debt (see S. 2876), S4653 [21SE]

——— change competitive bidding process for infant formula manufacturers under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 3540), H2455 [18MY]

——— close broad-based categorical eligibility loophole in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to reduce fraud and waste (see H.R. 4154), H2956 [15JN]

——— eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches, require income guidelines for determining eligibility for free meals, and base such eligibility on certain percentage of poverty-level (see H.R. 3113), H2135 [5MY]

——— enhance and expand Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (see H.R. 4856), H3948 [25JY]

——— establish statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments (see H.R. 3112), H2135 [5MY]

——— establish vehicle summer meal delivery pilot program (see S. 1684), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 6006), H5032 [19OC]

——— exempt workforce training dollars as income for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries (see H.R. 3087), H2134 [5MY]

——— expand and strengthen Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program (see S. 1233), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 2787), H1909 [20AP]

——— expand eligibility of disabled veterans to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3698), H2636 [25MY]

——— expand Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (see S. 2015), S2122 [15JN] (see H.R. 4149), H2956 [15JN]

——— extend certain certification periods for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 5757), H4713 [27SE]

——— extend eligibility of new moms for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 1593), S1646 [15MY] (see H.R. 3332), H2345 [15MY]

——— improve Child and Adult Care Food Program (see H.R. 6067), H5172 [26OC]

——— improve direct certification and community eligibility for school meal programs (see S. 2772), S4389 [12SE] (see H.R. 5407), H4263 [12SE]

——— improve Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (see S. 2577), S3753 [27JY]

——— increase commodity assistance under summer food service program (see H.R. 6827), H6985 [14DE]

——— increase reimbursement rate of school meals (see S. 3093), S5110 [19OC] (see H.R. 1269), H1046 [1MR]

——— increase reimbursements under child and adult care food program (see S. 3294), S5507 [14NO] (see H.R. 5569), H4407 [19SE]

——— make commodities available for Emergency Food Assistance Program (see S. 2713), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 6203), H5362 [2NO]

——— make publicly available information on infant formula procurement under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 974), S954 [27MR] (see H.R. 3151), H2171 [9MY]

——— modernize farmers’ market nutrition program under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 643), S636 [2MR]

——— modify certain requirements for local school wellness policies under National School Lunch Program (see S. 754), S743 [9MR] (see H.R. 3331), H2345 [15MY]

——— permit States flexibility under certain conditions to use contractors to determine eligibility of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients (see H.R. 5094), H4156 [1AU]

——— permit video or telephone certifications under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 984), S954 [27MR] (see H.R. 2424), H1691 [30MR]

——— provide additional funds to States for administration of certain nutrition programs (see S. 2322), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4033), H2808 [12JN]

——— provide certain alternative food aid eligibility requirements applicable to foster care and homeless youth who are enrolled at least half-time in institution of higher education (see H.R. 6423), H5892 [15NO]

——— provide families year-round access to nutrition incentives that include frozen fruits, vegetables, and legumes through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 3127), H2170 [9MY]

——— provide families year-round access to nutrition incentives under Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (see S. 2223), S2287 [10JY]

——— provide for period of continuing appropriations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in event of lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 5668), H4456 [21SE]

——— provide fresh produce to individuals facing food and nutrition insecurity (see S. 2874), S4630 [20SE] (see H.R. 5589), H4436 [20SE]

——— reauthorize Community Connect Grant Program (see S. 1611), S1678 [16MY] (see H.R. 6473), H5902 [21NO]

——— reauthorize Healthy Food Financing Initiative (see H.R. 1509), H1248 [9MR]

——— rename Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (see H.R. 3747), H2664 [30MY]

——— rename Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as Jean E. Fairfax National School Lunch Act (see H.R. 4466), H3166 [3JY]

——— repeal sunset of work requirement exemption applicable to homeless individuals, veterans, and foster care individuals relative to eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 4060), H2883 [13JN]

——— require period for public comment on proposal to change quality control guidance relative to verification requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients (see H.R. 6272), H5543 [7NO]

——— require school food authorities to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for National School Lunch Program (see S. 2301), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4613), H3574 [13JY]

——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, incentivize local food procurement, improve reimbursements, and assist food purchases during summer (see S. 1568), S1623 [11MY] (see H.R. 3204), H2307 [11MY]

——— strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for families, adults looking for work, seniors, and disabled (see S. 1336), S1417 [27AP] (see H.R. 3037), H2124 [2MY]

Dept. of Commerce: provide grants to environmental justice communities to promote investment in catalytic local predevelopment projects for resilient climate infrastructure innovation (see S. 2148), S2223 [22JN]

——— submit report on digital divide and update Indicators of Broadband Need mapping application (see H.R. 3361), H2375 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: reduce appropriations (see H.R. 1134), H865 [21FE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to let Federal funds for education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (see H.R. 65), H100 [9JA]

——— authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies for disadvantaged students (see S. 1202), S1255 [19AP] (see H.R. 2715), H1885 [19AP]

——— create demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 845), H709 [6FE]

——— establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (see H.R. 3607), H2545 [23MY]

——— establish grant programs to invest in public schools and infrastructure to combat climate change (see S. 2988), S4760 [28SE] (see H.R. 5784), H4853 [28SE]

——— establish Pell Plus program (see H.R. 5489), H4345 [14SE]

——— increase maximum stipend amounts provided under Upward Bound projects (see H.R. 6264), H5543 [7NO]

——— make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies to increase numbers of school nurses in public schools (see H.R. 3197), H2244 [10MY]

——— provide formula grants to States to improve higher education opportunities for foster youth and homeless youth (see S. 2849), S4589 [19SE] (see H.R. 5562), H4406 [19SE]

——— reauthorize and modify Federal TRIO Programs (see S. 1397), S1463 [2MY] (see H.R. 322), H232 [12JA]

——— support preparation and retention of outstanding educators in all fields to ensure bright future for children in under-resourced and under-served communities (see S. 2417), S3458 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: improve Weatherization Assistance Program (see S. 1005), S999 [28MR]

Dept. of HHS: address health, hygiene, and limited child care options available for infants and toddlers, medically complex children, and certain adults who lack sufficient diapers or adult incontinence supplies (see S. 2879), S4653 [21SE] (see H.R. 5644), H4455 [21SE]

——— address social determinants of maternal health to eliminate maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities (see H.R. 3322), H2345 [15MY]

——— authorize grants for housing programs that offer comprehensive services and intensive case management for homeless individuals and families (see S. 24), S54 [23JA] (see H.R. 516), H323 [25JA]

——— authorize public education campaign to increase oral health literacy and awareness (see S. 403), S397 [14FE] (see H.R. 994), H837 [14FE]

——— carry out activities to address neglected diseases of poverty (see S. 324), S311 [9FE]

——— conduct demonstration program to test providing preferential treatment under Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program for certain drugs and biologicals manufactured in U.S. (see S. 3311), S5540 [15NO]

——— conduct surveys of non-retail pharmacy drug prices (see S. 3245), S5402 [7NO]

——— designate areas as Health Enterprise Zones to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes in such areas (see H.R. 6475), H5902 [21NO]

——— ensure child protective services systems do not permit separation of children from parents due to poverty (see H.R. 5028), H4140 [27JY]

——— ensure Health Profession Opportunity Grant program projects train participants to earn recognized postsecondary credential and clarify eligibility of community colleges for grants to conduct such projects (see H.R. 4732), H3856 [19JY]

——— establish grant program for community-based maternal mentoring programs (see S. 48), S74 [24JA] (see H.R. 477), H277 [24JA]

——— establish grant program to support schools of medicine and schools of osteopathic medicine in underserved areas (see S. 3175), S5314 [1NO] (see H.R. 4985), H4138 [27JY]

——— establish universal child care and early learning programs (see S. 388), S313 [9FE] (see H.R. 953), H825 [9FE]

——— expand and improve participation in Head Start programs (see H.R. 5815), H4854 [28SE]

——— guarantee that grants under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program are made to grantees in each State that is not a territory (see H.R. 4747), H3857 [19JY]

——— improve data collection on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (see H.R. 3320), H2344 [15MY]

——— improve training for Health Profession Opportunity Grant program to meet State and industry credentialing standards and exclude assistance provided from income tax (see H.R. 4885), H3949 [25JY]

——— increase availability of LIHEAP heating and cooling assistance (see S. 405), S397 [14FE] (see H.R. 893), H822 [9FE]

——— issue and disseminate guidance to States to clarify strategies to address social determinants of health under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1066), H852 [17FE]

——— issue guidance on coverage under Medicaid of certain pelvic health services furnished during postpartum period (see H.R. 2480), H1707 [6AP]

——— issue guidance on strategies under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program to increase mental health and substance use disorder care provider education, training, recruitment, and retention (see S. 3158), S5213 [26OC]

——— low-income household water assistance program appropriations (see H.R. 5793), H4853 [28SE]

——— make opioid treatment programs eligible for grants under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4788), H3887 [20JY]

——— permanently extend Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4771), H3886 [20JY]

——— provide education and training for eligible individuals to enter career pathway in field of pregnancy and childbirth under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4833), H3895 [24JY] (see H.R. 4930), H4029 [26JY]

——— provide education and training for eligible individuals with arrest or conviction record to enter career pathway in health professions under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4730), H3856 [19JY]

——— provide for appropriate cost-sharing for individuals of certain age for insulin products covered under private health plans and Medicaid (see H.R. 1587), H1285 [14MR]

——— provide for technical assistance under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program to help local health organizations and schools to apply for, and implement, grants (see H.R. 4874), H3949 [25JY]

——— provide for use of peer support, peer mentoring, and career coaching in demonstration projects conducted under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4735), H3857 [19JY]

——— provide resources to access foundational educational training, such as English as foreign language and adult basic education, and provide child care in Health Profession Opportunity Grant program projects (see H.R. 4781), H3887 [20JY]

——— provide set-aside of funds for Indian populations under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 417), H249 [20JA]

——— require applications for Health Profession Opportunity Grant to contain evidence of in-demand jobs or worker shortages (see H.R. 4827), H3895 [24JY]

——— require geographical diversity in provision of grants and inclusion of transportation assistance plans under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 4813), H3888 [20JY]

——— require preference for applicants under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program who have certain kinds of business and community partners (see H.R. 4734), H3857 [19JY]

——— streamline enrollment in health insurance affordability programs and minimum essential coverage (see S. 423), S398 [14FE] (see H.R. 1113), H864 [21FE]

——— study and report on actions taken to expand access to telehealth services under Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance programs (see H.R. 1110), H864 [21FE]

——— update Federal poverty line for purposes of Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 6639), H6208 [6DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility’’ (see S.J. Res. 18), S715 [8MR] (see H.J. Res. 41), H1206 [8MR]

Dept. of HUD: amend definition of homelessness used to verify eligibility for homeless assistance programs to meet needs of homeless families and honor assessments and priorities of local communities (see H.R. 5221), H4187 [15AU]

——— authorize security deposit and moving costs assistance for low-income households (see S. 1814), S1982 [6JN] (see H.R. 1087), H853 [17FE]

——— create housing vouchers for high-need families with young children, provide recipients with counseling and case management services, and provide information about housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods (see S. 1257), S1339 [25AP] (see H.R. 3776), H2708 [31MY]

——— establish competitive grant program to support construction, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable workforce housing in areas with shortages of affordable housing units for sale (see H.R. 5733), H4498 [26SE]

——— establish grant program to address crises in accessing affordable housing and child care through co-location of housing and child care (see S. 1738), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 3207), H2307 [11MY]

——— establish Housing Stabilization Fund to provide emergency housing assistance to extremely low-income renters and homeowners (see H.R. 5277), H4204 [25AU]

——— establish manufactured housing community improvement grant program (see S. 3264), S5458 [9NO] (see H.R. 6321), H5667 [9NO]

——— establish Office of Eviction Prevention and authorize funding for Eviction Protection Grant Program (see H.R. 5816), H4854 [28SE]

——— establish penalty for failure to enforce compliance with public housing community service and self-sufficiency requirements (see H.R. 113), H101 [9JA]

——— establish program to provide low- and moderate-income first-time, first-generation homebuyers with access to affordable and sustainable home loans (see S. 2295), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4573), H3476 [12JY]

——— facilitate development of fair and affordable housing and decrease certain housing costs (see H.R. 4233), H3069 [21JN]

——— identify and make available information relative to best practices utilizing mixed income publicly owned housing to increase supply of affordable housing (see H.R. 6318), H5651 [8NO]

——— increase number of landlords participating in Housing Choice Voucher program (see S. 32), S74 [24JA] (see H.R. 4606), H3573 [13JY]

——— inspect certain public housing developments to ensure compliance with housing quality and safety standards (see H.R. 2842), H1946 [25AP]

——— making appropriations for certain Federal housing programs in event of Government shutdown (see H.R. 5814), H4854 [28SE]

——— modify minimum allocation requirement for Emergency Solutions Grants program to ensure local allocation of funds (see H.R. 6387), H5728 [13NO]

——— prohibit discrimination in rental of dwelling units based on use of Section 8 housing vouchers (see H.R. 1431), H1149 [7MR]

——— protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination based on source of income, veterans status, or military status (see S. 1267), S1340 [25AP] (see H.R. 2846), H1946 [25AP]

——— provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see H.R. 4155), H2956 [15JN]

——— provide rental voucher assistance for homeless (see S. 680), S669 [7MR]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to States to provide right to counsel in civil actions relative to eviction (see S. 3463), S5897 [11DE] (see H.R. 6696), H6814 [11DE]

——— permit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to be used for purpose of increasing compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers (see S. 1530), S1603 [10MY]

Dept. of Labor: provide subsidized summer and year-round employment for youth who face systemic barriers to employment and viable career options and improve high school graduation and youth employment rates (see H.R. 5511), H4345 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish grant program to assist primarily low-income individuals in making their homes and property more resilient to impacts of climate change (see H.R. 4296), H3108 [22JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: include resources for non-English speaking individuals in technical assistance provided by Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H.R. 2834), H1946 [25AP]

——— increase transparency and accountability of Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see S. 2674), S3756 [27JY]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out grant program to support State and local efforts to provide fare-free transit service (see S. 1282), S1340 [25AP] (see H.R. 2848), H1946 [25AP]

——— include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants (see S. 3216), S5338 [2NO] (see H.R. 6199), H5362 [2NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand eligibility for homeless veterans benefits to all veterans and authorize funding for certain homeless prevention programs (see H.R. 2525), H1708 [6AP]

——— expand eligibility for supportive services for very low-income veteran families to include former members of Armed Forces Reserve components (see S. 3287), S5459 [9NO]

——— make permanent authority to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 3186), H2244 [10MY]

——— reauthorize and make permanent certain programs assisting homeless veterans and other veterans with special needs (see H.R. 3676), H2635 [25MY]

——— submit annual report on food insecurity among veterans to certain congressional committees (see H.R. 3870), H2762 [6JN]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: complete interagency report on effects of special recreation permits on environmental justice communities (see S. 784), S772 [14MR] (see H.R. 3756), H2664 [30MY]

Discrimination: condemn all forms of hate and support policies to prevent and respond to hate crimes (see H. Res. 929), H6860 [12DE]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see S. 69), S98 [25JA]

Education: expand educational choices for disabled and establish scholarship program for military children (see S. 266), S230 [2FE]

——— express support for whole child approach to education and recognize role of parents, educators, and community members in providing whole child approach to education for each student (see H. Res. 876), H5899 [17NO] (see H. Res. 892), H5936 [28NO]

EPA: identify low-income or predominantly minority communities with unusually high number of environmental-law violations, work with State and local officials to identify root causes, and clean them up (see H.R. 1673), H1300 [21MR]

——— provide grants to reduce amount of food waste (see S. 177), S172 [31JA] (see H.R. 652), H574 [31JA]

FCC: establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (see S. 275), S264 [7FE]

——— make grants available to States to inform Medicaid enrollees, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants, and low-income residents of potential eligibility for Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs (see S. 3024), S4948 [4OC] (see H.R. 5886), H4985 [3OC]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit use of Federal funds to carry out Executive order relative to advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities (see H.R. 1275), H1047 [1MR]

Federal aid programs: provide technical assistance for geographically underserved and distressed areas (see H.R. 6621), H6207 [6DE]

——— target additional child care funds by allocating to States based on number of children in poverty (see H.R. 479), H277 [24JA]

FEMA: authorize equity steering group and advisor, improve data collection to measure disparate outcomes and participation barriers, and apply equity criteria to policies and programs (see S. 2961), S4720 [27SE] (see H.R. 5775), H4713 [27SE]

Food: declare support and gratitude to food banks, food pantries, and other community-based organizations working to end food insecurity and providing other essential services (see H. Res. 882), H5902 [21NO]

Foundation for International Food Security: establish (see S. 3207), S5338 [2NO]

FTC: establish Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with laws prohibiting credit discrimination, strengthen such laws, ensure persons can seek relief, and provide criminal penalties for violations of such laws (see H.R. 166), H104 [9JA]

GAO: evaluate effects of post-incarceration ban on participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by drug felons (see H.R. 4855), H3948 [25JY]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (see S. Res. 173), S1341 [25AP] (see H. Res. 319), H1915 [24AP] (see H. Res. 319), H1947 [25AP]

Health: adopt Federal 21st-century global health solidarity strategy and take actions to address past and ongoing harms that undermine health and well-being of people around the world (see S. Res. 95), S669 [7MR] (see H. Res. 204), H1150 [7MR]

——— establish national campaign to increase maternal vaccination rates (see S. 1603), S1647 [15MY]

——— expand eligibility for refundable tax credit for coverage under qualified health plans and improve cost-sharing subsidies under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 8), S54 [23JA]

——— prohibit consideration of coronavirus vaccination status in determining eligibility for organ donation or transplantation and in providing services to Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries (see S. 164), S172 [31JA]

Homeless: address root cause, meet needs of communities impacted by homelessness, support community housing efforts, and ensure democratic participation and inclusion of homeless (see H.R. 1708), H1326 [22MR]

——— provide path to end homelessness (see H.R. 4232), H3069 [21JN]

Housing: address homelessness and affordable housing crises (see S. 2701), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 5254), H4196 [22AU]

Investments: exempt certain college savings plans from asset limitations when determining SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or LIHEAP eligibility (see H.R. 5468), H4344 [14SE]

Little Sisters of the Poor of Indianapolis Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 62), S398 [14FE]

Malnutrition Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 371), S4721 [27SE] (see H. Res. 708), H4438 [20SE]

Medicaid: allow States more flexibility relative to using contractors to make eligibility determinations on behalf of State plans (see H.R. 5165), H4171 [8AU]

——— apply asset verification program to all applicants for, and recipients of, medical assistance in all States and territories (see S. 2954), S4720 [27SE]

——— eliminate general funding limitations for U.S. territories (see H.R. 949), H825 [9FE]

——— encourage appropriate prescribing for victims of opioid overdose (see S. 2481), S3522 [25JY] (see H.R. 4950), H4030 [26JY]

——— ensure coverage of mental health services and primary care services furnished on same day (see S. 2556), S3752 [27JY]

——— ensure enhanced Federal Medicaid funding made available to States is equitably distributed to political subdivisions (see H.R. 4339), H3141 [23JN]

——— ensure equitable treatment of political subdivisions contributing to State expenditures (see H.R. 2600), H1724 [13AP]

——— ensure that medical assistance is available to children in foster care who are placed in qualified residential treatment program (see H.R. 4056), H2883 [13JN]

——— establish demonstration project testing whole child health models (see S. 1769), S1843 [31MY] (see H.R. 3805), H2740 [5JN]

——— establish demonstration project to improve outpatient clinical care for individuals with sickle cell disease (see S. 904), S860 [21MR] (see S. 996), S999 [28MR] (see H.R. 1672), H1300 [21MR]

——— establish Federal program to close coverage gap in States that have not expanded Medicaid and provide for temporary expansion of health insurance premium tax credits for certain low-income populations (see H.R. 3004), H2117 [28AP]

——— expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) (see S. 100), S120 [26JA] (see H.R. 547), H426 [26JA]

——— expand programs to monitor antipsychotic medications to all beneficiaries (see H.R. 4096), H2930 [14JN]

——— express support for States to expand Medicaid under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to close Medicaid coverage gap (see H. Res. 122), H832 [10FE]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 6437), H5892 [15NO]

——— implement minimum work requirement for able-bodied adults (see S. 1063), S1053 [29MR] (see H.R. 1079), H852 [17FE] (see H.R. 1551), H1278 [10MR]

——— improve coverage of adult dental and oral health care (see S. 570), S532 [28FE] (see H.R. 1342), H1112 [3MR]

——— improve oral health care and dental benefits (see H.R. 1422), H1149 [7MR]

——— improve outcomes for beneficiaries with major depressive disorder or other mental health conditions (see S. 708), S714 [8MR]

——— improve transparency and prevent use of abusive spread pricing and related practices (see S. 1038), S1052 [29MR] (see H.R. 1613), H1292 [17MR]

——— increase Federal funding for States that provide intensive community-based services for adults with serious mental illness (see S. 2128), S2222 [22JN] (see H.R. 4331), H3141 [23JN]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3260), H2309 [11MY]

——— make permanent State plan amendment option to provide medical assistance for certain patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 3892), H2777 [7JN]

——— provide assistance to individuals and families affected by disaster or emergency (see S. 3120), S5143 [24OC] (see H.R. 6029), H5042 [24OC]

——— provide clarification relative to liability of third party payers for medical assistance (see H.R. 5584), H4436 [20SE]

——— provide coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services during coronavirus emergency (see H.R. 4775), H3886 [20JY]

——— provide coverage of non-invasive prenatal genetic screening (see H.R. 5864), H4950 [2OC]

——— provide for demonstration project for political subdivisions of States to provide medical assistance for expansion population (see H.R. 31), H98 [9JA]

——— provide for emergency increase in Federal funding to State programs for expenditures on home and community-based services (see S. 3118), S5143 [24OC] (see H.R. 6296), H5651 [8NO]

——— provide guidance on connecting beneficiaries with housing-related services and supports under Medicaid and other housing resources (see S. 2932), S4678 [26SE]

——— provide higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures for behavioral health services, including those related to mental health and substance use (see H.R. 4892), H3950 [25JY]

——— provide higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures for maternal health care services (see H.R. 4585), H3476 [12JY]

——— provide incentives for education on risk of renal medullary carcinoma in individuals with sickle cell disease (see H.R. 124), H102 [9JA]

——— recognize congressional intent of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage funds are to be directly shared with counties in States with local share requirement (see H. Res. 170), H915 [27FE]

——— remove coverage exclusion for inmates in custody pending disposition of charges (see S. 971), S933 [23MR] (see H.R. 3074), H2126 [2MY]

——— renew application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services (see H.R. 952), H825 [9FE]

——— require coverage and expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) (see S. 762), S743 [9MR] (see H.R. 1493), H1247 [9MR]

——— require coverage for annual lung cancer screening with no cost sharing for certain individuals and expand coverage of counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use (see H.R. 4286), H3108 [22JN]

——— require States to automatically enroll children under age 19 (see S. 2816), S4525 [14SE]

——— streamline enrollment of certain providers across State lines (see S. 2372), S3147 [19JY] (see H.R. 4758), H3857 [19JY]

——— strengthen dental coverage for certain foster youth individuals (see H.R. 3701), H2637 [25MY]

Medicare: ensure prompt coverage of breakthrough devices (see H.R. 1691), H1325 [22MR]

——— expand availability of supplemental benefits to certain Medicare Advantage enrollees (see H.R. 5746), H4712 [27SE]

——— extend funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs (see S. 3244), S5402 [7NO] (see H.R. 5360), H4229 [8SE]

——— limit cost sharing for drugs (see H.R. 4881), H3949 [25JY]

——— make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income part D beneficiaries residing in Puerto Rico or other U.S. territories (see H.R. 4028), H2807 [12JN]

——— promote laboratory price transparency (see H.R. 4882), H3949 [25JY]

——— provide for adjustments to part D cost-sharing reductions for low-income individuals (see H.R. 5386), H4262 [12SE]

——— require disclosure of certain ownership information relating to health care provider and pharmacy ownership (see H.R. 4883), H3949 [25JY]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: conduct joint review with Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission of Medicare and Medicaid policy on dual eligible beneficiaries and offer recommendations for changes (see S. 880), S859 [21MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish requirements relating to pharmacy benefit managers (see S. 2973), S4759 [28SE]

——— expand mental health care workforce and services, reduce prescription drug costs, and extend certain expiring provisions (see S. 3430), S5851 [7DE]

——— improve access to Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (see H.R. 6590), H6143 [5DE]

——— improve treatment of U.S. territories (see H.R. 1029), H838 [14FE]

——— increase access to services provided by advanced practice registered nurses (see S. 2418), S3458 [20JY] (see H.R. 2713), H1885 [19AP]

——— provide coverage of prescription digital therapeutics for treatment of mental health and substance use disorders (see S. 723), S715 [8MR] (see H.R. 1458), H1205 [8MR]

——— provide for coverage of dental and oral health, vision, and hearing care (see S. 842), S825 [16MR]

——— provide for coverage of services furnished by freestanding emergency centers (see H.R. 1694), H1325 [22MR]

——— refine set of information sources for determining coverage of certain drugs and biologicals used in treatment or management of rare disease or condition (see H.R. 6094), H5173 [26OC]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: anniversary (see H. Res. 880), H5899 [17NO]

——— modify requirements for candidate countries (see S. 1240), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 3042), H2124 [2MY]

Minimum wage: provide for calculation based on Federal poverty threshold for family of 4, as determined by Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 122), H102 [9JA]

National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 479), S5674 [29NO] (see H. Res. 893), H5936 [28NO]

National objectives: support livable wage and expanded welfare benefits, provide quality healthcare and education, and institute political and economic reforms to address systemic poverty (see H. Res. 532), H3071 [21JN]

National Weatherization Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 823), H5181 [30OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 112), H101 [9JA]

People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission: improve social safety net and increase social mobility by increasing access to resources which address underlying causes of poverty (see H.R. 323), H232 [12JA]

Power resources: prevent energy poverty in at-risk communities and ensure access to affordable energy in such communities (see S. 2826), S4526 [14SE] (see H.R. 5482), H4344 [14SE]

Public welfare programs: provide certain benefits to noncitizens (see S. 2038), S2123 [15JN] (see H.R. 4170), H2957 [15JN]

Racial relations: declare racism as public health crisis (see S. Res. 319), S3757 [27JY] (see H. Res. 185), H970 [28FE]

Real estate: identify foreign purchasers in urban areas, increase foreign investment in real property withholding tax, and use proceeds to increase low-income housing tax credit ceiling (see S. 551), S531 [28FE] (see H.R. 3533), H2455 [18MY]

SBA: approve additional non-federally regulated lenders to make guaranteed business loans to small business concerns in low-income and moderate-income neighborhoods (see S. 1369), S1418 [27AP]

——— establish Coordinator for Community Financial Institutions to enhance performance of community financial institutions and support access to capital for small business concerns (see H.R. 6486), H5936 [28NO]

——— establish Office of Community Financial Institutions to strengthen ability of community financial institutions to support development of small business concerns in underserved communities (see S. 2099), S2186 [21JN]

Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act: amend (see H.R. 3663), H2635 [25MY]

Schools: increase Federal medical assistance percentage and award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to increase number of behavioral health care providers in schools and school-based health centers (see S. 1774), S1843 [31MY] (see H.R. 3761), H2707 [31MY]

Social Security: improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 948), S910 [22MR] (see H.R. 4605), H3573 [13JY]

——— improve Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers (see S. 3090), S5110 [19OC] (see H.R. 6004), H5032 [19OC]

——— permit and facilitate reimbursement of psychological services provided by certain supervised psychology trainees to Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries (see S. 2511), S3619 [26JY]

——— provide emergency cost-of-living increase for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1688), H1301 [21MR]

——— provide for extended periods of continuous coverage of children under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program and period of continuous eligibility for certain adults under Medicaid (see H.R. 1316), H1049 [1MR]

SSA: establish Office of Universal Child Assistance (see H.R. 2540), H1709 [6AP]

SSI: update resource limit for eligibility (see S. 2767), S4388 [12SE] (see H.R. 5408), H4263 [12SE]

Taxation: clarify treatment of locum tenens physicians and advanced care practitioners as independent contractors to help alleviate physician shortages, including in underserved areas (see H.R. 5208), H4186 [15AU]

——— designate projects serving extremely low-income households for purposes of allocating State housing credit ceiling and determining increased amount of low-income housing tax credit (see H.R. 418), H249 [20JA]

——— establish new tax credit for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing workforce training and education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary schools (see S. 56), S75 [24JA]

——— establish small business start-up tax credit for veterans creating businesses in underserved communities (see H.R. 3084), H2134 [5MY]

——— establish tax credit for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing workforce training (see H.R. 1656), H1293 [17MR]

——— exclude from gross income basic needs allowance of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 1732), H1327 [22MR]

——— expand and improve earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1468), H1206 [8MR]

——— expand earned income and child tax credits (see S. 1992), S2097 [14JN] (see H.R. 5953), H5007 [12OC]

——— extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones to District of Columbia (see H.R. 6488), H5936 [28NO]

——— extend earned income tax credit to caregivers and qualifying students and establish Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program (see H.R. 5421), H4263 [12SE]

——— improve low-income housing credit (see S. 1377), S1419 [27AP] (see H.R. 3963), H2786 [9JN]

——— increase and make child tax credit fully refundable, establish increased child tax credit for young children, index credits for inflation, and set up advance payments on monthly basis (see H.R. 3899), H2777 [7JN]

——— increase low-income housing credit for rehabilitation expenditures for buildings achieving enhanced energy performance (see S. 611), S569 [1MR]

——— make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for earned income tax credit (see H.R. 257), H150 [10JA]

——— modify work opportunity credit for certain at-risk youth employees and extend empowerment zones to encourage hiring of at-risk youth in high poverty areas (see S. 1276), S1340 [25AP] (see H.R. 2841), H1946 [25AP]

——— permanently extend new markets tax credit (see S. 234), S229 [2FE] (see H.R. 2539), H1709 [6AP]

——— provide deduction for certain charity care provided by physicians (see H.R. 2986), H2085 [27AP]

——— provide matching payments for ABLE account contributions by certain low-income disabled individuals (see S. 2522), S3619 [26JY] (see H.R. 5102), H4156 [1AU]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see S. 1557), S1623 [11MY] (see H.R. 3238), H2308 [11MY]

——— repeal qualified contract exception to extended low-income housing commitment rules for purposes of low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3719), H2637 [25MY]

——— waive fee for installment agreements for taxpayers with income below certain percentage of Federal poverty level and taxpayers using direct debit (see H.R. 2675), H1845 [18AP]

Transportation: award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved urban and rural communities to green spaces (see S. 1440), S1533 [4MY] (see H.R. 3092), H2134 [5MY]

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: strengthen (see S. 735), S742 [9MR] (see H.R. 6647), H6208 [6DE]

White House Rural Council: establish (see H.R. 6662), H6739 [7DE]

Women: end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes (see S. 1606), S1647 [15MY] (see S. 2239), S2310 [11JY] (see H.R. 3305), H2343 (see H.R. 3310), H2344 [15MY]

——— improve maternal and infant health and promote safe motherhood (see S. 964), S933 [23MR]

——— recognize that U.S. needs to support and strengthen mothers in workforce by investing in Mom Economy (see S. Res. 306), S3460 [20JY] (see H. Res. 605), H3888 [20JY]

Essays

State of the Union: Ella Mattei, S196 [1FE]

Excerpts

‘‘Holy Bible,’’ (Matthew 25:35), H5708 [13NO]

Letters

Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid funding: Vicenta Borja, Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Director, E427 [11MY]

Proclamations

Tribute to Fort Worth, TX, Center for Transforming Lives: Representative Granger, E71 [30JA]

Quotations

‘‘We will not go back to normal’’ Sonya R. Taylor, H2179 [10MY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman, H3114, H3131 [23JN]

Bellefonte, PA: tribute to Logan Fire Co., canned food drive, H506 [30JA]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration, H4022–H4025 [26JY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to economy, H4962 [3OC], H5673 [13NO], H5880 [15NO]

Catholic Charities USA (organization): anniversary of Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, NY, E952 [11OC]

Children and youth: address child poverty and gun violence, H221 [12JA]

Crime: address nationwide increase in violent crime, H146 [10JA]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H349 [26JA], H899 [27FE], H6932–H6936 [13DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase reimbursement rate of school meals (H.R. 1269), H1218 [9MR]

——— McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H4536, H4537 [26SE]

——— prohibit funding to States that allow lack of sufficient jobs to qualify for statewide and partial work requirement waivers for able-bodied adults without dependents, H4539, H4540 [26SE]

——— prohibit funding to waive work requirements for able-bodied adults in areas with high unemployment or lack of sufficient jobs, H4556 [26SE]

——— protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H783 [9FE], H3649 [18JY], H4309 [14SE]

——— protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for former foster youth, H2985 [20JN]

——— provide families year-round access to nutrition incentives that include frozen fruits, vegetables, and legumes through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 3127), H2182 [10MY]

——— provide for period of continuing appropriations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in event of lapse in appropriations (H.R. 5668), H4900 [29SE]

——— reauthorize child nutrition programs, H268 [24JA]

——— rename Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, H2107 [28AP]

——— require school food authorities to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for National School Lunch Program (H.R. 4613), E672 [13JY]

——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, H519 [31JA]

——— revision of Food and Nutrition Service community eligibility provision, H6119 [5DE]

——— Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) funding, H3002 [21JN], H3960 [26JY], H4356 [18SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H885 [27FE], H5479 [7NO], H5992 [30NO]

Dept. of Education: TRIO programs funding, E1115 [17NO]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program, E453 [17MY], E462, E463 [18MY], E472 [22MY]

——— ensure child protective services systems do not permit separation of children from parents due to poverty, H2985 [20JN]

——— Head Start Program funding through reductions in Dept. of Education departmental management account funding, H5853, H5854 [14NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement certain bulletin on State use of health care-related taxes to fund Medicaid and rule to improve access and quality of care for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees, H5844, H5845 [14NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce rule entitled ‘‘Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility’’, H4683 [27SE]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H5506, H5507 [7NO]

——— funding for public housing authorities to conduct drug testing as condition of receiving benefits, H5503 [7NO]

——— Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program funding, H5504, H5505 [7NO]

——— identify and make available information relative to best practices utilizing mixed income publicly owned housing to increase supply of affordable housing (H.R. 6318), H5989 [30NO]

——— Section 8 housing voucher program funding relative to GAO study on marital status and demographics of program beneficiaries and effects of marriage penalties for means-tested housing benefits, H5504 [7NO]

Dept. of the Interior: establish grant program to assist primarily low-income individuals in making their homes and property more resilient to impacts of climate change (H.R. 4296), H4039 [27JY]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: complete interagency report on effects of special recreation permits on environmental justice communities (H.R. 3756), H2670 [31MY]

Discrimination: condemn all forms of hate and support policies to prevent and respond to hate crimes (H. Res. 929), H6842 [12DE]

Drugs: impact of ‘‘War on Drugs’’, H2582, H2583 [24MY]

Eden Housing, Inc: anniversary, E999 [19OC]

Education: expand educational choices for disabled and establish scholarship program for military children, H257 [24JA]

Elizabeth City, NC: anniversary of Food Bank of the Albemarle, E362 [26AP]

Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: tribute, E827 [12SE]

Friedman, Richelle: Coalition on Human Needs Human Needs Hero award recipient, E671 [13JY]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (H. Res. 319), H2104 [28AP]

Health: address racial disparities in treating and preventing diabetes in communities of color, H5716, H5720–H5724 [13NO]

——— provide quality, affordable healthcare and mental health services to rural areas, H3961 [26JY]

Health Resources and Services Administration: reauthorize Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, E20 [11JA]

Heart, Love & Soul Inc.: anniversary, E502 [26MY]

Housing: address affordable housing crisis, H221 [12JA], H6065 [1DE]

Hunger: importance of increased funding for domestic and international nutrition programs, H1770 [18AP], H3218 [12JY]

——— support global food distribution programs, H3899 [25JY]

——— tribute to food banks, food pantries, and other community-based organizations for efforts to end food insecurity, E1112 [17NO]

Ilitch Holdings, Inc.: investigate use of taxpayer funds for urban renewal projects in Detroit, MI, H1333 [23MR]

Jake’s Journey Home (organization): tribute, H4131 [27JY]

LGBTQ Senior Housing, Inc.: preserve funding, H5424 [6NO]

Meals on Wheels America (organization): funding, H1541 [29MR]

Medicaid: express support for States to expand Medicaid under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to close Medicaid coverage gap (H. Res. 122), H4442 [21SE]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 6437), E1107 [15NO]

——— funding, H1472 [28MR]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 3260), E427 [11MY]

——— provide for demonstration project for political subdivisions of States to provide medical assistance for expansion population (H.R. 31), H222 [12JA]

——— provide higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures for maternal health care services (H.R. 4585), H3875 [20JY]

——— require coverage for annual lung cancer screening with no cost sharing for certain individuals and expand coverage of counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use (H.R. 4286), H3001 [21JN]

——— streamline enrollment of certain providers across State lines (H.R. 4758), H3956 [26JY]

Medicaid Awareness Month: observance, H1789 [18AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: anniversary, E731 [27JY]

National Homelessness Awareness Month: observance, H5989 [30NO]

National objectives: end hunger, H348 [26JA], H519 [31JA]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, H1218 [9MR]

New York: oppose proposed State budget, H801 [9FE]

North Carolina: expand Medicaid, H4274 [13SE]

——— tribute to Medicaid expansion, H4949 [2OC]

Orange County, CA: tribute to Orange County Eviction Diversion Collaborative, H2890 [14JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal, H3008, H3009 [21JN]

Pollution: affirm that minority and low-income communities disproportionately bear costs of climate change, H402 [26JA]

Power resources: exclude Federal lands from plan to increase oil and gas production in conjunction with drawdown from Strategic Petroleum Reserve where such leasing would result in disproportionate burdens on certain communities, H379 [26JA]

Public utilities: recognize access to safe and affordable water as basic human right, H341 [26JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3863 [20JY]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County, E277 [29MR]

Social Security Act: anniversary, H3962 [26JY], H4038 [27JY]

State College, PA: tribute to Alpha Fire Co., canned food drive, H506 [30JA]

Taxation: establish small business start-up tax credit for veterans creating businesses in underserved communities (H.R. 3084), H2588 [24MY]

——— extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones to District of Columbia (H.R. 6488), E1133 [28NO]

——— reform low-income housing credit, H1336 [23MR]

Winchester Rescue Mission (organization): anniversary, H1122 [7MR]

Remarks in Senate

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (S. 1547), S1606 [10MY]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to economy, S4576 [19SE], S5413–S5415 [8NO], S5518 [15NO], S5936, S5937 [13DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S406 [15FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: remove sunset on modification of work requirement exemptions for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S1887 [1JN]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S4570 [19SE]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize and modify Federal TRIO Programs (S. 1397), S1465 [2MY]

Dept. of Energy: improve Weatherization Assistance Program (S. 1005), S1001 [28MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for housing programs that offer comprehensive services and intensive case management for homeless individuals and families (S. 24), S56 [23JA]

——— authorize public education campaign to increase oral health literacy and awareness (S. 403), S451 [16FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility’’ (S.J. Res. 18), S1698–S1701 [17MY]

Dept. of HUD: provide rental voucher assistance for homeless (S. 680), S5905 [12DE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S3577–S3579 [26JY]

FCC: establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (S. 275), S2087 [14JN]

——— support efforts to improve broadband infrastructure, S5482 [14NO]

Health: expand eligibility for refundable tax credit for coverage under qualified health plans and improve cost-sharing subsidies under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (S. 8), S189 [1FE]

——— prohibit consideration of coronavirus vaccination status in determining eligibility for organ donation or transplantation and in providing services to Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries (S. 164), S248 [7FE]

Housing: address homelessness and affordable housing crises (S. 2701), S3765 [27JY]

Little Sisters of the Poor of Indianapolis Inc. (S. Res. 62), S402 [14FE]

Macon, GA: tribute to Macon Daybreak Day Resource Center, S1132 [17AP]

Medicaid: funding, S434 [16FE], S875–S880 [21MR], S945 [27MR], S1642–S1645 [15MY]

——— improve coverage of adult dental and oral health care, S451 [16FE]

National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 479), S5677 [29NO]

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: strengthen (S. 735), S746 [9MR]

Reports filed

Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3430) (S. Rept. 118–121), S5850 [7DE]

COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1530), S2027 [8JN]

Millennium Challenge Corp. Candidate Country Reform Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1240), S1533 [4MY]

Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2973) (S. Rept. 118–122), S5850 [7DE]

Supporting Community Lenders Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2099), S3521 [25JY]

Texts of

S. 1276, Helping To Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for Youth Act, S1347 [25AP]

S. 3024, Promoting Access to Broadband Act, S4951 [4OC]

S. Res. 62, Little Sisters of the Poor of Indianapolis Inc., anniversary, S400 [14FE]

S. Res. 95, adopt Federal 21st-century global health solidarity strategy and take actions to address past and ongoing harms that undermine health and well-being of people around the world, S672 [7MR]

S. Res. 173, address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities in Green New Deal, S1349 [25AP]

S. Res. 306, recognize that U.S. needs to support and strengthen mothers in workforce by investing in Mom Economy, S3463 [20JY]

S. Res. 319, declare racism as public health crisis, S3767–S3769 [27JY]

S. Res. 371, Malnutrition Awareness Week, S4724 [27SE]

S. Res. 479, National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month, S5676 [29NO]