HELLER, DEAN (a Senator from Nevada)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3792 [6JN], S3852 [7JN]

Congress: prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), S209, S215, S216 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S6962 [27NO], S7042 [28NO], S7137, S7248, S7271 [29NO]

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), S6110 [11SE]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), S2095 [27MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S581 [13FE], S861 [16FE], S1533 [8MR]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1797 [19MR]

Taxation: provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4830 [10JY], S4896 [11JY]

Technology: enhance security and resiliency of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure (S. 3414), S5681 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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), S2087 [27MR]

American Battle Monuments Commission: provide for ongoing maintenance of Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Philippines (see S. 2320), S2825 [26AP]

Armed Forces: modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see S. 866), S4418 [21JN]

——— provide flexible spending accounts for military families (see S. 387), S4674 [27JN]

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]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 1086), S2393 [17AP]

BLM: provide for land conveyances in Nevada for Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument and other Federal, State, and local projects (see S. 3346), S4674 [27JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 3237), S3631 [24MY]

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

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see S. 1728), S1147 [29FE]

Dept. of Defense: provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for days of non-participation due to Government error (see S. 2060), S3785 [6JN]

Dept. of Education: establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see S. 1086), S2393 [17AP]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see S. 2366), S2825 [26AP]

Dept. of HHS: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see S. 2043), S389 [7FE]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (see S. 958), S2325 [16AP]

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), S3901 [11JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consider resources of pension applicants recently disposed of by the applicants for less than fair market value when determining eligibility for such pensions (see S. 3270), S3840 [7JN]

——— ensure deceased veterans with no known next of kin can receive a dignified burial (see S. 3202), S4151 [13JN]

——— establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see S. 1798), S76 [24JA]

——— improve provision of rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see S. 957), S3129 [14MY]

——— modify treatment under contracting goals and preferences for small businesses owned by veterans of small businesses after the death of a disabled veteran owner (see S. 3210), S3424 [22MY]

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), S8204 [19DE]

Federal agencies and departments: treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses (see S. 2239), S3424 [22MY]

Financial institutions: address fee disclosure requirements (see S. 3204), S5048 [16JY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 2213), S2245 [29MR]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 399), S3235 [16MY]

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see S. 2153), S1384 [5MR]

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]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see S. 1099), S351 [6FE]

——— repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (see S. 19), S5212 [19JY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 582), S6626 [21SE]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see S. 2078), S5733 [31JY]

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

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), S4674 [27JN]

Iran: close loopholes, increase transparency, and improve effectiveness of sanctions on trade in petroleum products (see S. 2058), S261 [1FE]

——— 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), S850 [16FE]

——— 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]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see S. 1796), S2969 [8MY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see S. 2325), S2602 [23AP]

——— 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), S2031 [26MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 1507), S3329 [21MY] (see S. 2173), S2825 [26AP]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see S. 432), S5304 [24JY]

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), S2086 [27MR]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 1935), S5487 [26JY]

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

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see S. 2347), S5979 [2AU]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see S. 1173), S2393 [17AP]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 829), S2731 [25AP]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 2036), S1680 [14MR]

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: designate (see S. Res. 568), S6455 [19SE]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance (see S. Res. 451), S3042 [9MY]

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]

Olympic Games: tribute to Nevada participants (see S. Res. 558), S6458 [19SE]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see S. 807), S350 [6FE]

Paralympic Games: tribute to Nevada participants (see S. Res. 558), S6458 [19SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal prohibition on using medical savings account funds to purchase over-the-counter medications (see S. 1368), S2393 [17AP]

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

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

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

Privacy: require certain entities that collect and maintain personal information of individuals to secure such information and to provide notice in the case of a breach of security involving such information (see S. 3333), S4417 [21JN]

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

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see S. 118), S2655 [24AP]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 2010), S2325 [16AP]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see S. 1086), S2393 [17AP]

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), S4151 [13JN]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see S. 697), S4418 [21JN]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 672), S5134 [18JY]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see S. 2201), S1734 [15MR]

——— extend the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans (see S. 3536), S6270 [12SE]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see S. 1575), S2496 [18AP]

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

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 687), S2393 [17AP]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (see S. 2250), S2242 [29MR]

——— provide a taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (see S. 2291), S2392 [17AP]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 705), S2731 [25AP]

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

——— support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings (see S. Con. Res. 62), S8204 [19DE]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 1461), S6455 [19SE]

Transportation Security Administration: require compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (see S. 1990), S1614 [13MR]

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. 2233), S2326 [16AP] (see S. 3199), S3280 [17MY]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (see S. 2205), S2969 [8MY]

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: oppose ratification based on incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution, sovereignty, and the independence of families (see S. Res. 99), S351 [6FE]

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), S1384 [5MR]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1925), S1848 [20MR]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1591), S2393 [17AP]

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]

Wildfires: tribute to efforts of firefighters and military personnel to contain wildfires and protect life, homes, and natural resources (see S. Res. 523), S5047 [16JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Bataan defenders (see S. 2004), S2393 [17AP]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see S. 1460), S5212 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: convey certain Federal land to Yerington, NV (see S. 2228), S2001 [22MR]

Civil rights: improve nonretaliation provisions of equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 3256), S3688 [4JN]

Credit: require servicers to provide responses to mortgagors requesting residential mortgage loan refinancing (see S. 3177), S3174 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List (see S. 3530), S6270 [12SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve benefits for homeless veterans who are women or who have dependents (see S. 3308), S4238 [18JN]

——— treat small businesses bequeathed to family by Armed Forces members killed in the line of duty as owned and controlled by veterans for contracting goals and preferences (see S. 3405), S5211 [19JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit policy that discourages or prohibits the selection of a resort or vacation destination as the location for a conference or event (see S. 2469), S2823 [26AP]

Federal employees: extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see S. 2079), S388 [7FE]

Financial institutions: authorize depository institutions, holding companies, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (see S. 2080), S494 [9FE]

Lyon County, NV: designate the Wovoka Wilderness and provide for certain land conveyances (see S. 3701), S8302 [20DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S4168 [14JN]

Armed Forces: tribute to Nevada National Guard 405th Civil Affairs Battalion, S8037 [13DE]

Bruce, Pat: BLM Making a Difference National Volunteer Award recipient, S4148• [13JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S592 [14FE], S3145 [15MY]

——— deficit, S592 [14FE]

Burke, Wayne: Nevada Indian Commission American Indian Community Leader of the Year award recipient, S7209• [29NO]

Business and industry: economic role of small business, S5809 [1AU]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3220), motion to proceed, S3701 [5JN]

Congress: prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), motion to proceed, S180 [31JA]

Credit: require servicers to provide responses to mortgagors requesting residential mortgage loan refinancing (S. 3177), S3463 [23MY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (S. 2343), motion to proceed, S2938 [8MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), motion to proceed, S6080 [11SE]

——— treat small businesses bequeathed to family by Armed Forces members killed in the line of duty as owned and controlled by veterans for contracting goals and preferences (S. 3405), S5213 [19JY]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, S6994 [28NO]

——— impact of Government regulations, S4168 [14JN], S4922 [12JY]

Financial institutions: authorize depository institutions, holding companies, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (S. 2080), S496 [9FE], S3463 [23MY]

Foremaster, Angela: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Nevada, S3231• [16MY]

GSA: allegations of misspent funds at a Las Vegas, NV, conference, S2462 [18AP]

Independence Day: observance, S4718 [28JN]

Jordan, Cortney: tribute for participation in Paralympic Games, S6535 [20SE]

Las Vegas, NV: recognize importance of the hotel, gaming, and convention industries on economy of the city, S2462 [18AP]

——— tribute to National Handicapping Championship, S123• [26JA]

Martins, Clarissa: American Association of Cancer Research Thomas J. Bardos Award recipient, S5480• [26JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (S. 1981), S592 [14FE], S3145 [15MY]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (S. 1981), unanimous-consent request, S3154 [15MY]

Memorial Day: observance, S3618 [24MY]

Morrison, Heath: American Association of School Administrators National Superintendent of the Year award recipient, S1192• [1MR]

Nevada: tribute to Healthy Communities Coalition, S4890• [11JY]

——— tribute to National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS Award recipients, S3275• [17MY]

Nevada Community Foundation: Community Foundations National Standards Board National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations accreditation recipient, S6336• [13SE]

Nevada Military Support Alliance: tribute, S3129• [14MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S4922 [12JY]

Olympic Games: tribute to Nevada participants, S4945• [12JY]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S2046 [27MR]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), motion to proceed, S2046 [27MR]

——— provide consumer gas price relief, increase domestic transportation fuel production, and close oil company tax loopholes, S2047 [27MR]

Shine Family Foundation: anniversary, S3777• [6JN]

Smith, Ashlee: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Nevada, S3171• [15MY]

Sorenson, Daren S.: Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, S1998• [22MR]

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, S5323 [25JY]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (S. 2250), S3463 [23MY]

——— reform the Federal tax code, S5323 [25JY]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S6080 [11SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 1925), motion to proceed, S2664 [25AP]

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, S4168 [14JN]

Tributes

Barreras, Romeo, S8068• [17DE]

Benna, Bruno, S2543• [19AP]

Dianda, Norman, S4720• [28JN]

Guana, Sofia, S5866• [1AU]

Heller, Bryan E., S3622 [24MY]

Huff, David, S2237• [29MR]

Lyons, Dan, S2814• [26AP]

Martinovich, Susan, S5970• [2AU]

Mock, Jeremiah, S491• [9FE]

Raggio, William J., S1145• [29FE]

Ranson, Steve, S7209• [29NO]

Tackes, Pierron, S2387• [17AP]