Federal

To authorize the recruitment and retention of specialized disaster assistance professionals by the Department of State.

A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish acceptable formats for presentation of airman certificates to the Federal Aviation Administration.

To amend title 11, United States Code, to modify certain bankruptcy eligibility requirements, and for other purposes.

A bill to implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, and for other purposes.

A bill to require interagency coordination to support housing industry business, and for other purposes.

To prohibit United States recognition of the claims of sovereignty of South Ossetia or Abkhazia within the Republic of Georgia.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify the Medicare low-wage index hospital policy.

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, to carry out a program under which the Secretary requires each covered distributor of a highly pathogenic agent to comply with certain logbook requirements, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a strategy to support a democratic transition in Venezuela, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain aliens from presenting or using a commercial driver's license in interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

A bill to provide funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility of Department of Agriculture loans and grants for fishing and mariculture businesses, and for other purposes.

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that taxpayer funds for health insurance coverage are available only to authorized individuals, and for other purposes.

To ensure that persons found responsible for the unauthorized diversion or destruction of United States humanitarian assistance are liable to the United States, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit certain event contracts on prediction markets, and for other purposes.

A bill to provide NASA the authority to detect, identify, monitor, and track unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.

To amend Federal law to remove the terms "mentally retarded" and "mental retardation", and for other purposes.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copayments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for preventive health services and medicines relating to preventive health services, and for other purposes.

Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

To require the Secretary of Commerce to issue standards with respect to chip security mechanisms for integrated circuit products, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to identify and mitigate relationships that pose a risk to United States foreign policy interests between certain European institutions and certain covered entities of concern, and for other purposes.

To establish a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to certain toxins at the Pentagon Reservation during certain period beginning on September 11, 2001.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care, to amend title XVIII of such Act to modify the requirements for diabetic shoes to be included under Medicare, and for other purposes.