COCHRAN, THAD (a Senator from Mississippi)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3916, S3922 [11JN], S3994, S3999 [12JN], S4206 [14JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8307 [20DE]

Congress: prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), S272 [1FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S7124 [28NO]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (S. 2343), S3609, S3640 [24MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), S6347, S6358 [13SE]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (H.R. 872), S1050 [27FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S570, S573 [13FE], S615 [14FE], S797 [15FE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6749 [13NO]

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

Technology: enhance security and resiliency of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure (S. 3414), S5872, S5889, S5890, S5891 [1AU]

Articles and editorials

Raspberry’s Amazing Legacy Reaches Beyond Journalism, Sid Salter, Jackson (MI) Clarion-Ledger, S5203 [19JY]

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]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: add South Sudan to list of eligible countries and extend third country fabric program (see S. 3326), S4951 [12JY]

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 498), S4299 [19JN]

American Red Cross: tribute to women who served in Clubmobiles during World War II (see S. Res. 471), S3516 [23MY]

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]

Barrett, Barbara: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 49), S5870 [1AU]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 387), S1195 [1MR]

Budget: 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), S4951 [12JY] (see S.J. Res. 43), S4894 [11JY]

Children and youth: issue a semipostal stamp to support programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care (see S. 3231), S3516 [23MY]

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

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), S2970 [8MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see S. 1884), S323 [2FE]

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), S3839 [7JN]

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

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): modify textile and apparel rules of origin (see S. 3326), S4951 [12JY]

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

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

Financial institutions: address fee disclosure requirements (see S. 3204), S5871 [1AU]

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]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 19), S6746 [13NO]

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), S5381 [25JY]

Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 421), S2393 [17AP]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 398), S1734 [15MR]

Gulf of Mexico: authorize use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms for artificial reefs (see S. 1555), S5212 [19JY]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3338), S6856 [15NO]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1993), S5871 [1AU]

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

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see S. 1058), S388 [7FE]

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), S1460 [7MR]

——— 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), S3632 [24MY]

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]

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]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 1299), S1791 [19MR]

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), S4419 [21JN]

Medicare: expand access to medication therapy management services (see S. 274), S2324 [16AP]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 2620), S6856 [15NO]

——— 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), S4893 [11JY]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 3289), S4419 [21JN]

National Adopt a Library Day: designate (see S. Res. 425), S2496 [18AP]

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

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

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 569), S6455 [19SE]

National Convenient Care Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 540), S5871 [1AU]

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 Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 580), S6626 [21SE]

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), S2243 [29MR]

Olympic Games: discourage ambush marketing by entities that adversely effect the ability of Team USA to attract sponsorships (see S. Res. 487), S4894 [11JY]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see S. Res. 618), S8042 [13DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal health insurance tax (see S. 1880), S5871 [1AU]

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

Philippines: celebrate anniversary of U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty and overall bilateral relationship (see S. Res. 481), S3729 [5JN]

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), S3785 [6JN]

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

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 400), S1848 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see S. 3397), S5382 [25JY]

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), S5213 [19JY]

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), S5382 [25JY]

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

——— provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1174), S2243 [29MR]

——— 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]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (see S. 1966), S6341 [13SE]

Travel and tourism: stimulate international tourism by reforming the visa process, encouraging Canadian and Chinese tourism to the U.S., and updating the visa waiver program (see S. 3199), S6108 [11SE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see S. 1929), S4893 [11JY]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (see S. 2205), S3839 [7JN]

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]

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

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 400), S1848 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Medicare: 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]

Lists

Armed Forces members from Mississippi killed in military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, S3619 [24MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: legislative process, S5726 [31JY]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), S6503 [20SE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8462, S8463, S8467, S8469, S8483, S8486 [28DE]

Armed Forces: tribute to members from Mississippi killed in military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, S3619 [24MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S6480 [20SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: fertility counseling, reproductive treatment, and adoption assistance funding through reductions in Dept. of Defense overseas contingency operations fund, S8016 [13DE]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (S. 3313), S8016 [13DE]

Frumin, Alan S.: tribute (S. Res. 359), S201 [31JA]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, S8462, S8463, S8467, S8469, S8483, S8486 [28DE]

Medicare: permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump (S. 3496), S5986 [2AU]

Memorial Day: observance, S3619 [24MY]

Mississippi: tribute to Mississippi Levee Board and Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board, S3512• [23MY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S6480 [20SE]

New York Giants (football team): tribute (S. Res. 369), S372 [7FE]

Palau: approve agreement between the U.S. and Palau in response to Super Typhoon Bopha, S8463 [28DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Supreme Court review of constitutionality, S2042 [27MR]

United Way: anniversary, S4414• [21JN]

Tributes

Armstrong, Neil A., S6614 [21SE]

Flowers, Bowen, S2542• [19AP]

Harrell, Woody, S1844• [20MR]

Hutchison, Senator, S8169 [19DE]

Inouye, Daniel K., S8124 [18DE]

Manning, Eli, S372 [7FE]

Mikulski, Senator, S1904 [21MR]

Rankins, Alfred, Sr., S2542• [19AP]

Raspberry, William, S5203 [19JY]