MORAN, JERRY (a Senator from Kansas)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3852, S3869 [7JN], S4107 [12JN], S4152 [13JN], S4244 [18JN], S4348, S4351 [20JN], S4384 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S7048 [28NO], S7231, S7271, S7275 [29NO], S7385 [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), S7982 [12DE]

Postal Service: improve, sustain, and transform (S. 1789), S2603 [23AP]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S571• [13FE], S707, S791 [15FE], S913 [17FE], S1367 [1MR], S1395, S1396 [5MR]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1758 [15MR]

Taxation: provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4897, S4900 [11JY], S5086 [17JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 1925), S2865 [26AP]

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), S5048 [16JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see S. 2103), S2394 [17AP]

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]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see S. 3248), S3631 [24MY]

Armed Forces: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see S. 2003), S209 [31JA]

——— permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (see S. 3624), S6625 [21SE]

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: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see S. 1316), S351 [6FE]

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

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

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 881), S5305 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 434), S2824 [26AP]

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

——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see S. 362), S4773 [29JN]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: terminate the U.S. Mint Presidential $1 Coin Program (see S. 1385), S5978 [2AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve benefits for homeless veterans who are women or who have dependents (see S. 3308), S4726 [28JN]

Economy: promote U.S. economic and energy security through increased energy development and reduced regulatory burdens (see S. 2365), S2731 [25AP]

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]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see S.J. Res. 42), S5213 [19JY]

Federal Helium Reserve: ensure expedient and responsible drawdown in manner protecting private industry, scientific, medical, and industrial communities, commercial users, and Federal agencies (see S. 2374), S3730 [5JN]

Financial institutions: address fee disclosure requirements (see S. 3204), S4637 [26JN]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 2213), S1933 [21MR]

——— provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see S. 381), S1422 [6MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 19), S1089 [28FE]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see S. 3574), S6454 [19SE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see S. 202), S6063 [10SE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see S. Res. 543), S6065 [10SE]

Housing Act: revise census data and population requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see S. 3541), S6627 [21SE]

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

International Olympic Committee: recognize a moment of silence at 2012 Olympic opening ceremonies to honor those who lost their lives at 1972 Munich Olympics (see S. Res. 504), S4460 [25JN]

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), S5383 [25JY]

Iran: call on U.N. to take concerted actions against Iran for statements calling for the destruction of Israel (see S. Res. 574), S6546 [20SE]

——— condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see S. Res. 385), S6109 [11SE]

——— 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), S1148 [29FE]

——— 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: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see S. 2325), S2825 [26AP]

——— 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), S2245 [29MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 45), S6628 [21SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 2173), S2825 [26AP]

Land-Grant College Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 502), S4368 [20JN]

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]

Lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones Post Office Building, Westminster, MA: designate (see S. 3662), S7458 [5DE]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 1935), S4637 [26JN]

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

Medicare: extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 2620), S6064 [10SE]

——— preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 424), S2546 [19AP]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 595), S7215 [29NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 595), S7215 [29NO]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 2036), S4369 [20JN]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 484), S3782 [6JN]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (see S. 3584), S6545 [20SE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 537), S5871 [1AU]

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

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]

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

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 2371, 3221), S3731 [5JN]

——— provide for appropriate designation of collective bargaining units (see S. 1843), S3977 [12JN]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see S. 807), S1049 [27FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal health insurance tax (see S. 1880), S3785 [6JN]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 2118), S850 [16FE]

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

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 3077), S4774 [29JN]

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

Red Ribbon Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 578), S6626 [21SE]

Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels (see S. 3512), S5977 [2AU]

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]

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

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 1872), S4674 [27JN]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see S. 3275), S3838 [7JN]

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

——— prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction (see S. 3257), S3731 [5JN]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see S. 1526), S5871 [1AU]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see S. 3695), S8203 [19DE]

——— provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1174), S2245 [29MR]

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

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see S. 1278), S6063 [10SE]

——— repeal sunset of adoption credit expansion and adoption assistance programs and allow credit to be claimed in the year expenses are incurred, regardless of when the adoption becomes final (see S. 82), S7703 [10DE]

——— require certain nonresident aliens to provide valid immigration documents to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 3083), S3281 [17MY]

Transportation Security Administration: require compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (see S. 1990), S1050 [27FE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see S. 1929), S5047 [16JY]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: anniversary (see S. Res. 482), S3781 [6JN]

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]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 2338), S2732 [25AP]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: provide exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements (see S. 3492), S5977 [2AU]

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]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see S. 1460), S3043 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HUD: authorize use of multifamily housing subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act as workforce residential housing (see S. 2035), S131 [26JA]

Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 3217), S3422 [22MY]

EPA: allow for a reasonable compliance deadline for certain States subject to the cross-State air pollution rule (see S. 2300), S2496 [18AP]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see S. 2160), S1422 [6MR]

Gross, Alan P.: call for immediate and unconditional release from detention in Cuba and urge for provision of appropriate medical treatment (see S. Res. 609), S7459 [5DE]

Pittsburg State University: tribute to football team (see S. Res. 363), S208 [31JA]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (see S. 2205), S1790 [19MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S4130 [13JN], S5343 [25JY], S5441 [26JY], S5836 [1AU]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs, S5836 [1AU]

Armed Forces: tribute to members from Kansas killed in military action in Afghanistan, S3818 [7JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3222 [16MY]

——— balance, S29 [23JA]

——— deficit, S3222 [16MY]

Colleges and universities: address increasing levels of student loan debt and default rates, S2992 [9MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S6479 [20SE]

Cuba: call for release of political prisoners, S7030 [28NO]

——— remove obstacles to legal sales of U.S. agricultural commodities, S7030 [28NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: Food for Peace program funding, S4130 [13JN]

——— improve crop insurance, S5836 [1AU]

——— oppose promotion of Meatless Monday initiative in departmental newsletter, S5359 [25JY], S5441, S5442 [26JY]

Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (S. 968), S29 [23JA]

Dept. of Labor: reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S371 [7FE], S896, S897 [17FE]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, S8478 [28DE]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (S. 1965), S30 [23JA], S1691 [15MR], S2992 [9MY]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (S. 3217), S3461–S3463 [23MY], S3764, S3766 [6JN], S6722 [13NO]

——— provide growth through small business tax relief, research and innovation, veterans’ business incentives, regulatory relief, support for high-skilled workers, and counterfeiting enforcement (S. 1866), S3764 [6JN]

Global Entrepreneurship Week: observance, S6721 [13NO]

Health: impact of medical research, S3702 [5JN]

Iran: strengthen multilateral sanctions regime and expand sanctions relative to the energy sector, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, and human rights abuses (S. 2101), S2346 [17AP]

Kansas City, KS: University of Kansas Cancer Center application for National Cancer Institute designation, S3703 [5JN]

Koch Industries, Inc.: characterization relative to corporate political contributions used for political speech, S5177 [19JY]

Leahy, Senator: tribute to casting 14,000th vote, S5359 [25JY]

Lugar, Senator: tribute to casting 13,000th vote, S5359 [25JY]

McConnell AFB, KS: support selection as main operating base for KC–46A Tanker fleet, S5108 [18JY]

National Cancer Research Month: observance, S3702 [5JN]

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: addition of names of Kansas officers, S3161 [15MY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S4602–S4604 [26JN]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, S8123 [18DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of energy policies, S2665 [25AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, S1880, S1881 [21MR]

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

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S2665 [25AP]

Police Week: observance, S3161 [15MY]

Postal Service: create a moratorium on the closure of rural post offices and ensure future closures meet certain conditions, S2488 [18AP]

——— improve, sustain, and transform (S. 1789), S2488 [18AP]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S3222 [16MY]

——— legislative process, S8252 [20DE]

Senate Rules: reform filibuster rules to improve daily process, S8252 [20DE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1691, S1692, S1693 [15MR]

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), S5441 [26JY]

——— 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, S5279 [24JY], S5341, S5343, S5345 [25JY]

——— rates, S6479 [20SE]

——— reform the Federal tax code, S5343 [25JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes, S5341, S5343, S5345 [25JY], S5441 [26JY]

Topeka, KS: tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, S8123 [18DE]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (S. 2205), S3244 [17MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 1925), S7741 [11DE]

Weather: effect of drought on agriculture, S5835 [1AU]

Tributes

Baker, Howard H., Jr., S2126 [28MR]

Balfour, Andrew, S3161 [15MY]

Barta, Roger, S8267 [20DE]

Bethell, Bob, S3322 [21MY]

Bloomfield, William, S3161 [15MY]

Dole, Bob, S2126 [28MR]

Dunlap, Kenneth O., S4456• [25JN]

Enzbrenner, David, S3161 [15MY]

Mikulski, Senator, S8478 [28DE]

Swindle, Jason M., S6721 [13NO]