MIKULSKI, BARBARA A. (a Senator from Maryland)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6667 [18OC], S6766 [19OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1867), S7686, S7717, S7719, S7727, S7762, S7773 [17NO], S7931 [28NO], S8070 [30NO]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize (S. 782), S3685 [9JN]

FAA: reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S793 [16FE]

SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), S2189 [6AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7113 [3NO]

U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, S3000 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: promote local and regional farm and food systems (see S. 1773), S7005 [1NO]

American Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 652), S4226 [29JN]

Animals: prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see S. 1176), S3683 [9JN]

Appalachian Development Highway System: allow a State to use toll credits toward the non-Federal share requirement for funds made available to carry out highway projects (see S. 950), S2930 [12MY]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a memorial marker on Chaplains Hill to honor the memory of Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces (see S. Con. Res. 4), S1601 [14MR]

Armed Forces: commemorate and honor service and sacrifice of members and their families as combat mission in Iraq draws to a close (see S. Res. 349), S8775 [17DE]

———enhance mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction protections (see S. 486), S2687 [4MY]

———tribute to members for service in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Con. Res. 13), S3340 [25MY]

bin Laden, Osama: tribute to President Obama and military and intelligence agencies for successful completion of the operation that led to death in Pakistan (see S. Res. 159), S2621 [3MY]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 49), S683 [14FE]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S4609 [14JY]

CFTC: impose position limits and margin requirements to eliminate excessive oil speculation and ensure that price of crude oil and derivative fuels reflects fundamentals of supply and demand (see S. 1200), S4025 [22JN]

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal: anniversary of opening (see S. Res. 294), S6600 [17OC]

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission: extend (see S. 324), S642 [10FE]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: reauthorize (see S. 1740), S6764 [19OC]

Children and youth: provide assistance to eradicate severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries through implementation of Child Protection Compacts (see S. 185), S4485 [11JY]

———reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see S. 195), S8680 [15DE]

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 811), S2509 [14AP]

Clean Air Act: recognize benefits of implementation (see S. Res. 119), S2046 [31MR]

Cobell, Elouise Pepion: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1514), S6391 [11OC]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see S. 834), S4869 [25JY]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see S. 1094), S4077 [23JN]

Community colleges: restore funding to Dept. of Labor Community-Based Job Training Grants for workforce development programs and provide Federal assistance for community college modernization (see S. 1978), S8489 [12DE]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see S. 987), S8068 [30NO]

Credit: extend loan limits of the FHA, housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 1508), S6051 [3OC]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see S. 598), S5459 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of Defense Intelligence Agency (see S. Res. 86), S1060 [1MR]

———expand Operation Hero Miles program to include donations of travel benefits in the form of hotel points or awards for free or reduced-cost accommodations (see S. 1776), S7369 [10NO]

———preserve documentary evidence of incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military (see S. 658), S3339 [25MY]

———review military service records of Jewish American World War I veterans to determine whether they should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (see S. 1727), S8184 [5DE]

Dept. of Education: amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (see S. 567), S3106 [18MY]

———award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 585), S1677 [15MR]

———create and expand innovative teacher and principal preparation programs known as teacher and principal preparation academies (see S. 1250), S4023 [22JN]

———establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see S. 547), S2992 [16MY]

———establish an Early Learning Challenge Fund (see S. 470), S3614 [8JN]

———establish Office of Rural Education Policy (see S. 946), S3340 [25MY]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 434), S1119 [2MR]

———promote environmental education (see S. 1372), S4608 [14JY]

———strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see S. 426), S1060 [1MR]

———support Promise Neighborhoods (see S. 1004), S2992 [16MY]

Dept. of HHS: enhance medical surge capacity by enabling issuance of waivers for certain public health emergency response requirements (see S. 1854), S7368 [10NO]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see S. 362), S7294 [9NO]

———improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see S. 1155), S3613 [8JN]

———integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see S. 525), S1502 [9MR]

———provide additional funding for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (see S. 1088), S3971 [21JN]

———reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see S. 1855), S7368 [10NO]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see S. 958), S4076 [23JN]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 1440), S6666 [18OC]

———require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see S. 581), S3683 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish Office of Elder Justice to strengthen law enforcement responses to elder abuse (see S. 462), S1120 [2MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, MD, which Thurgood Marshall attended as a youth (see S. 1638), S6049 [3OC]

———eradicate and control nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, and other coastal States (see S. 899), S2731 [5MY]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 926), S2777 [9MY]

———study suitability and feasibility of adding President Station in Baltimore, MD, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 377), S870 [17FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1629), S6091 [4OC]

———enter into agreements with States and nonprofit organizations to collaborate in the provision of case management services for supported housing programs for veterans (see S. 411), S2840 [10MY]

———repeal prohibition on collective bargaining on matters regarding compensation of employees other than rates of basic pay (see S. 572), S1600 [14MR]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 260), S615 [7FE]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 414), S1601 [14MR]

Diseases: extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see S. 384), S870 [17FE]

Education: aid gifted and talented learners, including high-ability learners not formally identified as gifted (see S. 857), S3429 [26MY]

———assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see S. 1156), S3613 [8JN]

———support the community schools model (see S. 616), S1826 [17MR]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 984), S2928 [12MY]

EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (see S. 1392), S6331 [6OC]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 558), S1547 [10MR]

FAA: use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to allow furloughed employees to return to work and provide retroactive pay for the period of their furlough (see S. 1433), S4960 [27JY]

FCC: provide public safety providers additional spectrum to support national, interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize incentive auctions to fund such a network (see S. 28), S3498 [6JN]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see S. 296), S3498 [6JN]

———prevent approval of genetically-engineered fish (see S. 230), S3815 [15JN]

———require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see S. 229), S3815 [15JN]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see S. 776), S2348 [8AP]

Ferraro, Geraldine A.: tribute (see S. Res. 114), S1933 [29MR]

Foreign policy: expand sanctions imposed on Iran, North Korea, and Syria (see S. 1048), S4130 [27JN]

Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 156), S2508 [14AP]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see S. 388), S2349 [8AP]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 51), S1601 [14MR]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see S. 680), S1976 [30MR]

Hatfield, Mark O.: tribute (see S. Res. 257), S5339 [6SE]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 267), S5624 [14SE]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 952), S2874 [11MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1403), S4802 [21JY]

———permit prevailing party in actions or proceedings brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses (see S. 613), S1826 [17MR]

Information technology: secure against cyber attack, enhance competitiveness and create jobs in information technology industry, and protect identities and sensitive information of citizens and businesses (see S. 21), S339 [27JA]

International Women's Day: support goals (see S. Res. 90), S1219 [3MR]

Japan: express condolences to families of victims and survivors of earthquake and tsunami, commend response efforts, and support international relief efforts (see S. Res. 101), S1600 [14MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 211), S3891 [16JN]

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 221), S4293 [30JN]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see S. 1670), S6330 [6OC]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S1894 [28MR]

LIHEAP: provide level funding (see S. 1961), S8603 [14DE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 1299), S5341 [6SE]

McClure, James A.: tribute (see S. Res. 78), S976 [28FE]

Medicare: expand access to medication therapy management services (see S. 274), S4960 [27JY]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see S. 1096), S3426 [26MY]

———require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 1206), S3892 [16JN]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see S. Res. 185), S3615 [8JN]

NAACP: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 6), S792 [16FE]

NASA: tribute to space shuttle program (see S. Res. 233), S4555 [13JY]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S5386 [7SE]

National Cancer Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 347), S8547 [13DE]

National Estuaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 281), S5945 [23SE]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 284), S5992 [26SE]

National Guard: empower, enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response (see S. 1025), S6186 [5OC]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 269), S5684 [15SE]

National Police Survivors Day: designate (see S. Res. 183), S2929 [12MY]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 171), S2731 [5MY]

Norway: condemn terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island and express condolences and support to those affected by the attack (see S. Res. 240), S4960 [27JY]

Older Americans Act: improve programs and services by ensuring family caregiver support, strengthening long-term care ombudsman program, and enhancing legal assistance programs (see S. 1819), S7187 [8NO]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1745), S6871 [20OC]

Peace Corps: require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, develop assault protocol and guidelines, establish victims advocates, and establish a Sexual Assault Advisory Council (see S. 1280), S4451 [7JY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 168), S2731 [5MY]

Percy, Charles H.: tribute (see S. Res. 271), S5726 [19SE]

Political campaigns: establish a revenue source for fair elections financing of Senate campaigns by providing an excise tax on amounts paid pursuant to contracts with the Government (see S. 749), S2187 [6AP]

———reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 750), S2188 [6AP]

Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program: improve (see S. 1696), S6461 [12OC]

Real estate: require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications and establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs (see S. 489), S2267 [7AP]

Real estate investment trusts: anniversary of establishing legislation (see S. Res. 60), S871 [17FE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see S. 587), S2622 [3MY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 506), S1406 [8MR]

———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 555), S1547 [10MR]

———provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see S. 1597), S7452 [15NO]

SEC: require companies and banks to disclose sanctionable investments and activities in Iran (see S. 366), S3614 [8JN]

Senate Rules: improve debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations (see S. Res. 10), S64 [5JA]

———provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate (see S. Res. 8), S64 [5JA]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see S. 1876), S7612 [16NO]

Shuttlesworth, Fred L.: tribute (see S. Res. 289), S6330 [6OC]

Social Security: establish a point of order against any effort to reduce benefits, raise the retirement age, or create private retirement accounts (see S. 582), S1676 [15MR]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see S. 755), S3429 [26MY]

———apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see S. 1558), S5624 [14SE]

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 933), S7992 [29NO]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 672), S2267 [7AP]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see S. 146), S2581 [2MY]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1034), S3171 [19MY]

———provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see S. 1397), S8377 [6DE]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see S. 534), S1502 [9MR]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by creating a surtax on high income individuals and eliminating big oil and gas company tax loopholes (see S. 552), S1547 [10MR]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see S. 940), S2839 [10MY]

Terrorism: observe a moment of remembrance on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 228), S4677 [19JY] (see S. Res. 237), S4845 [22JY]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see S. 1301), S6050 [3OC]

Travel and tourism: require operators of international travel websites to provide information on potential health and safety risks associated with overseas vacation destinations marketed on the website (see S. 1753), S8149 [1DE]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see S. 247), S411 [1FE]

Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (see S. Res. 14), S127 [25JA]

U.N.: rescind the Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and urge redress of damages to Israel's reputation caused by the report (see S. Res. 138), S2448 [13AP]

Veterans: 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 S. 344), S1601 [14MR]

Wallop, Malcolm: tribute (see S. Res. 268), S5684 [15SE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 641), S7452 [15NO]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 21), S4077 [23JN]

———honor and support women in North Africa and the Middle East (see S. Res. 109), S1894 [28MR]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 438), S6390 [11OC]

———promote media literacy and youth empowerment programs, authorize research on role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media, and establish National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media (see S. 1354), S4609 [14JY]

———protect housing rights of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see S. 1892), S7702 [17NO]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 1527), S6666 [18OC]

———ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see S. 634), S1895 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 797), S2387 [12AP]

Dept. of Education: encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, provide needed services and supports to children, and ensure that schools are centers of communities (see S. 1462), S5191 [1AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see S. 497), S1329 [7MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (see S. 562), S1547 [10MR]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (see S. Res. 176), S2839 [10MY]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure efficient performance of agency functions (see S. 991), S2929 [12MY]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see S. 985), S2928 [12MY]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see S. Res. 310), S7127 [3NO]

Kenya: provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members and U.S. citizens who were killed as a result of the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya on August 7, 1998 (see S. 1493), S5250 [2AU]

Medicare: permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (see S. 583), S1676 [15MR]

National Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 215), S4076 [23JN]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see S. 1688), S6461 [12OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1572), S5684 [15SE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 584), S1677 [15MR]

Women: promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see S. 1252), S4023 [22JN]

Year of the Family Caregiver: designate (see S. Res. 235), S4802 [21JY]

Year of the Girl: designate (see S. Res. 310), S7127 [3NO]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Tribute (see S. Res. 4), S63 [5JA]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [5JA]

Cloture motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6758 [19OC], S6847 [20OC]

Economy: provide for teacher and first responder employment stabilization (S. 1723), motion to proceed, S6753 [19OC], S6840 [20OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), motion to proceed, S6351 [6OC], S6383 [11OC]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 990), House amendment, S3262 [24MY], S3368 [26MY]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 990), House amendment, S3262 [24MY], S3368 [26MY]

Taxation: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to proceed, S7141 [3NO], S7151 [7NO]

Letters

Patent and Trademark Office current revised inventor fee collection estimates: David J. Kappos, Patent and Trademark Office, S5438 [8SE]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [5JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, S6740 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6580 [17OC], S6635, S6643, S6649 [18OC], S6726, S6727, S6735, S6736, S6740, S6750 [19OC], S6793, S6794, S6798, S6801, S6812, S6814, S6815, S6852 [20OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, S7678 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), motion to recommit, S6740 [19OC]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), S2109 [5AP]

———impact of spending cuts on women and children, S1185 [3MR], S3253 [24MY]

———making continuing, S7678 [17NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), S1797 [17MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), S2422 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), S2422 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1185 [3MR], S1482 [9MR]

Armed Forces: recognize service of women, S3220 [23MY]

Boarman, William J.: nomination to be Public Printer, S6726 [19OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, S2109 [5AP], S2149 [6AP], S4248 [30JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 10), S8562 [14DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 24), S8562 [14DE]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, S5131 [30JY], S5214 [2AU]

———deficit, S4248 [30JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), S3253 [24MY]

Cecil L. Heftel Post Office Building, Honolulu, HI: designate (H.R. 2149), S6812 [20OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 797), S2396 [12AP]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), House amendment, S5131 [30JY]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): preserve benefits for Social Security recipients and continue to factor in the consumer price index, S7356, S7358 [10NO], S7423 [15NO]

Credit: extend loan limits of Government-sponsored enterprises, FHA, and VA, S6740 [19OC]

———promulgate regulations regarding debit and credit card interchange transaction fees, S3665 [9JN]

CTFC: limit ability to implement certain rules without substantiation, protect end users from margin requirements, and set boundaries on overseas application of derivative requirements, S6750 [19OC]

Cuba: call for release of political prisoners, S8121 [1DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding to allow categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S6814 [20OC]

———Watershed Rehabilitation Program funding, S6750 [19OC]

Dept. of Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (S. 434), S1399 [8MR]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S6635 [18OC]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in terrorist attacks against the U.S. or its allies or who are members of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization), S6736 [19OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (S. 562), S1596 [14MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S6740 [19OC]

———making appropriations, S6740 [19OC], S6793, S6853 [20OC]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (S. Res. 176), S2848 [10MY]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize (S. 782), S3665 [9JN], S3869 [16JN]

Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), House amendment, S5214 [2AU]

FAA: reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S448 [2FE], S718 [15FE]

FDA: prohibit funding to prevent individuals from importing prescription drugs from Canada for personal use, S6794, S6801 [20OC]

Financial institutions: study the market and appropriate regulatory structure for electronic debit card transactions, S3665 [9JN]

First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (H.R. 1975), S6812 [20OC]

Foreign trade: repeal the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for firms, S6643, S6649 [18OC]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S2149 [6AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions, S448 [2FE]

John Pangelinan Gerber Post Office, Barrigada, GU: designate (H.R. 1843), S6812 [20OC]

Kennedy, John F.: anniversary of address calling for a moon landing, S3419 [26MY]

Matthew A. Pucino Post Office, Sagamore Beach, MA: designate (H.R. 2062), S6812 [20OC]

Medicare: permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (S. 583), S1680 [15MR]

———reform, S3253 [24MY]

Mueller, Robert S., III: nomination to be FBI Director, S4941 [27JY]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish, S6794 [20OC]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: foreign trade violations investigation funding, S6735 [19OC]

Officer John Maguire Post Office, Woburn, MA: designate (S. 1412), S6812 [20OC]

Patent and Trademark Office: establish Public Enterprise Fund, S5438 [8SE]

———prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, S5438 [8SE]

———prohibit funding to implement clarification of calculation of filing period deadline for patent term extension applications, S6815 [20OC]

Patents: reform (H.R. 1249), S5438 [8SE]

———reform (S. 23), S1112 [2MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal, S448 [2FE]

Point of order, S6843 [20OC]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (S. 1688), S6463 [12OC]

Public debt: increase statutory limit, S4248 [30JN], S4922 [27JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S6740 [19OC]

———making appropriations, S6580 [17OC], S6635, S6643, S6649 [18OC], S6735, S6736, S6740, S6750 [19OC], S6793, S6815 [20OC], S7678 [17NO]

Senate: appreciation for tributes, S13 [5JA]

———legislative program, S6727 [19OC]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (S. 584), S1680 [15MR]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission: anniversary, S611 [7FE]

Taxation: rates, S4248 [30JN]

———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, S3869 [16JN]

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7111 [3NO]

Transportation Security Administration: exclude employees from the collective bargaining rights of Federal employees, S718 [15FE]

Women: promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (S. 1252), S4287 [30JN]

Year of the Family Caregiver: designate (S. Res. 235), S4811 [21JY]

Remarks in House relative to

National Women's Hall of Fame: tribute to inductees, E1788 [6OC]

Tribute, E5 [5JA], E544 [29MR]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S18, S19 [5JA], S104 [25JA]

Tribute (S. Res. 4), S6-S13 [5JA]

Reports filed

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1572) (S. Rept. 112-78), S5684 [15SE]

Texts of

S. Res. 4, tribute, S6, S64 [5JA]

Tributes

Divens, Arthur W., Jr., S5899 [22SE]

Ferraro, Geraldine A., S1914, S1916 [29MR]

Hatfield, Mark O., S5368 [7SE]