[Congressional Record Index (2013)]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BEATTY, JOYCE (a Representative from Ohio)
Appointments
Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [3JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults
(see H.R. 1593), H2775 [17MY]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 49), H342 [4FE]
Children and youth: provide for programs and activities with
respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498),
H628 [25FE]
Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae
Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley
honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H372 [5FE]
------improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of
wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]
------prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's
History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H2396 [26AP]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: call for an end to the
ongoing conflict and support international efforts toward
long-term peace, stability, and observance of human rights
(see H. Res. 131), H1825 [21MR]
Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS
program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 895), H814 [28FE]
Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see
H.R. 366), H1829 [21MR]
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 10),
H33 [3JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: oppose any legislation or Committee on
Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H1569 [18MR]
Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal
Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1595), H2605 [14MY]
------make grants to States to hire additional school-based
mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320),
H2354 [25AP]
------stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for
coordination and coherence of, science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives (see
H.R. 1089), H1356 [12MR]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize support for graduate medical education
programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 297), H344 [4FE]
Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising
practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street
gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318),
H1821 [21MR]
Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates
to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at
rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831),
H2354 [25AP]
------strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through
innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment,
training, and education programs (see H.R. 798), H2027 [15AP]
Dept. of the Treasury: authorize States to use assistance
provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program to demolish
blighted structures (see H.R. 655), H2248 [23AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to
exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of
Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H1958 [11AP]
------exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft,
loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations
relative to veterans' pensions (see H.R. 1438), H1857 [9AP]
------identify persons other than next of kin that are eligible
to request headstones or markers for veterans' graves (see
H.R. 2018), H2716 [16MY]
------improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate
research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and
modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R.
958), H1360 [12MR]
------provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals
entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans
Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education
programs (see H.R. 595), H818 [28FE]
------provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental
illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain
periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1725), H2349 [25AP]
------repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities
under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of
veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32),
H2161 [18AP]
Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through
rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and
commercial properties (see H.R. 1397), H1825 [21MR]
Education: restore fairness in education financing through
student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate
caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see
H.R. 1330), H2249 [23AP]
Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1994 [12AP]
Financial institutions: allow non-federally insured credit
unions to become members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system
(see H.R. 1862), H2484 [7MY]
------provide certain credit unions with the authority to make
additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H2656 [15MY]
Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National
Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background
checks for commercial sales, and establish a National
Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H2485 [7MY]
------prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H950 [4MR]
Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts
following earthquake (see H.R. 1749), H2350 [25AP]
Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts,
strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of
Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2570 [9MY]
House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately
request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal
year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174),
H2354 [25AP]
Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial
sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear
weapons (see H.R. 850), H2575 [13MY]
Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R.
938), H2404 [3MY]
Lance Corporal Daniel Nathan Deyarmin Post Office Building,
Tallmadge, OH: designate (see H.R. 1813), H2392 [26AP]
Lance Corporal Joshua B. McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post
Office Building, London, OH: designate (see H.R. 1391), H1824
[21MR]
Master Sergeant Jeffery J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post
Office, Columbus, OH: designate (see H.R. 1393), H1825 [21MR]
Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon and Veterans Memorial Post
Office Building, Grove City, OH: designate (see H.R. 1392),
H1825 [21MR]
Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H2803
[20MY]
Medicare: increase diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and related
dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H2396
[26AP]
Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 212), H2574 [13MY]
Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the
consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 12), H454 [12FE]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals
(see H. Res. 59), H413 [6FE]
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.
Res. 69), H547 [14FE]
National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 38), H177
[18JA]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 203), H2575
[13MY]
National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally
significant battlefields and associated sites of the
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American
Battlefield Protection Program (see H.R. 1033), H1861 [9AP]
------mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627),
H1632 [19MR]
National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day: designate (see H.
Con. Res. 17), H629 [25FE]
Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 54), H371 [5FE]
Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery
service (see H. Res. 30), H818 [28FE]
------recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations,
eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement,
restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives,
and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H2067 [16AP]
Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and
celebration (see H.R. 1653), H2158 [18AP]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and
harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H2164 [19AP]
SEC: exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory
requirements put in place under the Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act (see H.R. 677), H1322 [6MR]
Social Security: prevent use of chained consumer price index
(CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits
(see H. Con. Res. 34), H2159 [18AP]
Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed
Forces member for a new State license or certification
required due to permanent change in duty station of such
member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H2157 [18AP]
------permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion
of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R.
769), H1398 [13MR]
------provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see
H.R. 1449), H2354 [25AP]
Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected
disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164),
H416 [6FE]
------expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military
retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-
connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period
for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H504 [13FE]
------increase rates of disability compensation for veterans
with service-connected disabilities and dependency and
indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled
veterans (see H.R. 569), H2803 [20MY]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H221
[22JA]
Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting
for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see
H.R. 12), H277 [23JA]
------promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent
unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used
in such elections (see H.R. 50), H416 [6FE]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First
Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1430 [14MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Gentile, Dominic S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R.
1237), H1567 [18MR]
National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 123),
H1568 [18MR]
Constitutional authority statements
Gentile, Dominic S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (H.R.
1237), H1568 [18MR]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H1335 [12MR]
Remarks
Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H2622
[15MY]
Association of Residential Cleaning Services International:
tribute, E401 [9AP]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2014-2023 (H. Con.
Res. 25), H1564 [18MR], H1578 [19MR], H1712 [20MR]
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument: designate,
H2035 [16AP]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment
of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H1849 [9AP]
Colleges and universities: address increasing levels of student
loan debt and default rates, H2285 [24AP]
------affordability, H2799 [20MY]
Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1564 [18MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
funding, H2622 [15MY]
Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student
loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), H2799
[20MY]
Domestic policy: address culture of violence, H79 [14JA]
Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H672 [27FE]
Education: increase participation of historically
underrepresented demographic groups in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and industry,
H2286 [24AP]
------Pell Grants funding, H2285 [24AP]
------recognize importance of investment in public education
programs and promote and improve education opportunities for
underserved populations, H2285 [24AP]
------restore fairness in education financing through student
loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and
refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (H.R. 1330),
H2799 [20MY]
Equal Pay Day: observance, H1849 [9AP]
Firearms: gun control, H79 [14JA], H1850 [9AP], H1921 [11AP]
Medicare: reform, H1712 [20MR]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H2423 [6MY]
National Spring Cleaning Week: observance, E401 [9AP]
Ohio: tribute to African-American faith-based leaders, H672
[27FE]
Ohio Psychological Association: tribute, H1335 [12MR]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp, E91
[4FE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2389 [26AP]