WICKER, ROGER F. (a Senator from Mississippi)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3791 [6JN], S3979, S3994 [12JN], S4158 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S6904, S6905 [26NO], S6973 [27NO], S7014, S7051, S7099, S7100, S7119 [28NO], S7198, S7237, S7248, S7256 [29NO], S7285 [30NO], S7337, S7347 [3DE], S7402 [4DE]

FDA: revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (S. 3187), S3455 [22MY]

FDIC: temporarily extend the Transaction Account Guarantee Program (S. 3637), S7750 [11DE]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), S2104 [27MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S538, S539 [9FE], S570, S573 [13FE], S639 [14FE], S797 [15FE], S910 [17FE], S1079 [28FE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1791 [19MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6822 [14NO]

Taxation: provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4894, S4896 [11JY]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 429), S4831, S4833 [10JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4310, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S7972 [12DE]

——— S. 3254, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S7392 [4DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abdnor, James: tribute (see S. Res. 475), S3631 [24MY]

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see S. 3290), S4151 [13JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see S. 2103), S2497 [18AP]

Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see S. Res. 402), S1932 [21MR]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: add South Sudan to list of eligible countries and extend third country fabric program (see S. 3326), S4461 [25JN]

American Battle Monuments Commission: provide for ongoing maintenance of Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Philippines (see S. 2320), S3043 [9MY]

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 3434), S5381 [25JY]

Armed Forces: authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for certain current and former members of the Reserve components, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents (see S. 2112), S2394 [17AP]

Aurora, CO: condemn movie theater shootings and express condolences for victims and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see S. Con. Res. 53), S5304 [24JY]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and replace sequester with other budget cuts (see S. 3482), S5976 [2AU]

——— require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (see S. 3228), S3516 [23MY]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S. 3326), S4461 [25JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 2041), S163 [30JA]

Cooperative Forestry Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 576), S6626 [21SE]

Courts: realign divisions within two judicial districts (see S. 3293), S4203 [14JN]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see S. 1728), S4822 [10JY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see S. 2366), S2731 [25AP]

Dept. of HHS: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see S. 2043), S262 [1FE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see S. 3461), S5732 [31JY]

——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see S. 362), S4674 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: require Bureau of Prisons Director to be appointed by and with advice and consent of the Senate (see S. 2169), S2245 [29MR]

——— support appointment of an independent special counsel to investigate leaked intelligence information on covert operations (see S. Res. 489), S3977 [12JN]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule on the certification of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment (see S.J. Res. 38), S1932 [21MR]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see S. 2221), S1932 [21MR]

Dept. of the Interior: install in the area of the World War II Memorial a suitable plaque or inscription with the words that Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (see S. 3078), S3785 [6JN]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (see S. 3450), S5487 [26JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove rule relative to U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see S.J. Res. 46), S5213 [19JY]

Diseases: provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers (see S. 3560), S6454 [19SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): modify textile and apparel rules of origin (see S. 3326), S4461 [25JN]

Endangered Species Act: establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see S. 3500), S5977 [2AU]

Enterprise (U.S.S.): tribute to the Navy and current and former officers and crew upon completion of final deployment (see S. Res. 630), S8665 [2JA]

EPA: require regional administrators to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (see S. 3053), S3042 [9MY]

Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating terrorist attack in Burgas (see S. Res. 613), S7744 [11DE]

FDIC: protect certain information (see S. 2055), S261 [1FE]

Financial institutions: address fee disclosure requirements (see S. 3204), S4726 [28JN]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see S. 2160), S1791 [19MR]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 409), S2166 [28MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 2213), S1847 [20MR]

Fish and fishing: prohibit the sale of billfish (see S. 1451), S132 [26JA]

Glenn, John: anniversary of first manned orbital mission for NASA (see S. Res. 377), S699 [15FE]

Inouye, Daniel K.: tribute (see S. Res. 624), S8138 [18DE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see S. 2288), S2970 [8MY]

——— repeal law requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting (see S. 3656), S7401 [4DE]

Internet: promote a global Internet free from government control and preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model currently in effect (see S. Con. Res. 50), S4951 [12JY]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see S.J. Res. 41), S3631 [24MY] (see S. Res. 380), S1050 [27FE]

——— support freedom and civil liberties, and free and fair elections, condemn human rights violations, and lift restrictions on freedoms of assembly, association, and expression (see S. Res. 386), S1194 [1MR]

Israel: commit to security as a Jewish and democratic state with secure borders and condemn rocket and missile attacks in Gaza by Hamas (see S. Res. 599), S6855 [15NO]

——— reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see S. 2165), S3130 [14MY]

ITC: develop and recommend legislation for temporarily suspending duties (see S. 3292), S4151 [13JN]

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day: designate (see S. Res. 584), S6626 [21SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 45), S4726 [28JN]

——— observance (see S. Res. 496), S4299 [19JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 2173), S5871 [1AU]

Libya: commend U.S. public servants who died in attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, express condolences to families of victims, condemn the attack, and call for perpetrators to be brought to justice (see S. Res. 551), S6270 [12SE] (see S. Res. 588), S6626 [21SE]

McGovern, George S.: tribute (see S. Res. 607), S7303 [30NO]

Medicaid: expand home and community-based services waiver to include young individuals in need of services otherwise provided in psychiatric residential treatment facilities (see S. 3289), S6547 [20SE]

Medicare: allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see S. 2057), S1195 [1MR]

——— clarify application of secondary payer rules (see S. 1718), S2245 [29MR]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 2620), S6947 [27NO]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see S. 1454), S4151 [13JN]

——— permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump (see S. 3496), S5977 [2AU]

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1680), S615 [14FE]

——— study issues on access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for beneficiaries in all care settings and establish demonstration project on benefits of coverage to administer IVIG in the home (see S. 960), S4725 [28JN]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 3289), S6547 [20SE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see S. 3208), S6109 [11SE]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 396), S1680 [14MR]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 527), S5304 [24JY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see S. 2342), S3901 [11JN]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 579), S6626 [21SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 538), S5871 [1AU]

National Safe Digging Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 438), S2731 [25AP]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings (see S. Res. 621), S8071 [17DE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 3252), S3631 [24MY]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see S.J. Res. 36), S850 [16FE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see S. 2282), S2656 [24AP]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see S. Res. 618), S8303 [20DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal health insurance tax (see S. 1880), S2602 [23AP]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 2118), S1195 [1MR]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see S. 1423), S7402 [4DE]

Power resources: facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (see S. 3445), S5486 [26JY]

——— streamline criteria for storage and dispensing of fuels, provide liability protection for fuel retailers, and ensure retailers’ equipment is safe and compatible to sell new fuels (see S. 2264), S5212 [19JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a moratorium on significant regulations imposed by a lame duck President (see S. 2368), S2731 [25AP]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see S.J. Res. 34), S42 [23JA]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see S. 3397), S5979 [2AU]

Rotary International: commend efforts to prevent and eradicate polio (see S. Res. 473), S4240 [18JN]

Rudman, Warren: tribute (see S. Res. 604), S7215 [29NO]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see S. 2166), S1459 [7MR]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see S. 3332), S4417 [21JN]

Specter, Arlen: tribute (see S. Res. 612), S7703 [10DE]

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see S. 2066), S2244 [29MR]

Sudan: promote peace and stability (see S. Res. 397), S1734 [15MR]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 1872), S1422 [6MR]

——— make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (see S. 2258), S4300 [19JN]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 339), S3785 [6JN]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see S. Con. Res. 61), S7686 [6DE]

——— provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent (see S. 2209), S1847 [20MR]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 2242), S2166 [28MR]

——— require certain nonresident aliens to provide valid immigration documents to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 3083), S3517 [23MY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 543), S850 [16FE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see S. 1301), S3087 [10MY]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (see S. 1966), S6108 [11SE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see S. 1929), S4774 [29JN]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (see S. 2205), S3088 [10MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect farmers from fines due to taking of migratory birds on agricultural fields by clarifying distinction between normal agricultural practices and baiting (see S. 3674), S7976 [12DE]

Unemployment: require participation in public service and engagement in an active job search as conditions for receipt of extended benefits (see S. 2081), S494 [9FE]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2259), S2242 [29MR]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2245), S2166 [28MR]

Wildlife: repeal certain laws relative to criminal penalties and violations of foreign laws dealing with the illegal trafficking of wildlife, fish, and plants (see S. 2062), S2245 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: ensure repeal of ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ does not infringe upon the free exercise of religion and rights of conscience of members, including chaplains (see S. 3526), S6107 [11SE]

Constitution—U.S.: commemorate anniversary of signing and commend contributions of historical, educational, and patriotic societies in promoting patriotism and values (see S. Res. 376), S699 [15FE]

Dept. of the Interior: grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (see S. 2071), S350 [6FE]

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 430), S2546 [19AP]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3338), S4460 [25JN]

National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 415), S2243 [29MR]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (see S. Res. 374), S614 [14FE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: clarify provisions relative to regulation of municipal advisors (see S. 3620), S6625 [21SE]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 429), S2546 [19AP]

Hymns

‘‘Eternal Father, Strong To Save,’’ by (extra verse), S5084• [17JY]

‘‘Eternal Father, Strong To Save,’’ William Whiting, S5084• [17JY]

Privilege of the floor

Amador, Brian, S5154 [18JY]

Parker, Kyle, S7460 [5DE]

Remarks

Budget: allocation of funds, S6481 [20SE], S6593, S6594 [21SE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022 (S. Con. Res. 42), motion to proceed, S3203 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), motion to proceed, S3203 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 37), motion to proceed, S3203 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 41), motion to proceed, S3203 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 44), motion to proceed, S3203 [16MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S6481 [20SE], S6592, S6593, S6594, S6595 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S7388 [4DE]

——— conduct cost-benefit analysis of various green building rating systems, S7388 [4DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S5129 [18JY]

Dept. of Justice: support appointment of an independent special counsel to investigate leaked intelligence information on covert operations (S. Res. 489), S4186 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior: require the offshore oil and gas leasing program to have a domestic strategic production goal, S2141 [28MR]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S5100 [18JY]

FDIC: temporarily extend the Transaction Account Guarantee Program (S. 3637), S8002 [13DE]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetland of Gulf Coast States, and provide Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, S2476 [18AP]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (S. 1058), S3080 [10MY]

Ma Ying-jeou: tribute to inauguration as President of Taiwan, S3420 [22MY]

Mississippi (U.S.S.): commissioning, S5084• [17JY]

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), S7429 [5DE]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (S. Res. 374), S608 [14FE]

Obama, President: assessment of comments relative to missile defense made to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, S2223 [29MR]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S5101 [18JY], S6592, S6593, S6594, S6595 [21SE]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: passage of resolution imposing sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, S5187 [19JY]

Paralympic Games: tribute to Mississippi participants, S6678 [21SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S2141 [28MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S1880 [21MR]

——— impact, S1879, S1880, S1881, S1882 [21MR]

——— impact on Medicare funding, S1880 [21MR]

——— Supreme Court review of constitutionality, S1879 [21MR]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S2141 [28MR]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), S2141 [28MR]

Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain officers or employees during a congressional recess of less than 3 days and express that such appointments are unconstitutional, S111 [26JA], S833 [16FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S2476 [18AP]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), S7429 [5DE]

——— human rights violations, S806, S809 [16FE]

——— impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations, S7429 [5DE]

——— impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations (S. 1039), S806, S809 [16FE], S5187 [19JY]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S8002 [13DE]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), motion to proceed, S5340, S5341 [25JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes, S5340, S5341 [25JY]

Trethewey, Natasha: appointment as U.S. Poet Laureate, S4669• [27JN]

Weather: effect of drought on agriculture, S5340 [25JY]

Statements

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Passage of Resolution Imposing Sanctions on Persons Responsible for Detention, Abuse, or Death of Sergei Magnitsky: Senator McCain, S5188 [19JY]

Tributes

Ellis, Jamie, S8132 [18DE]

Hatch, Senator, S6592 [21SE]