KIRK, MARK (a Senator from Illinois)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3789, S3790 [6JN], S3917 [11JN], S3978 [12JN], S4240, S4247 [18JN], S4341 [20JN]

Congress: prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), S239, S262, S270 [1FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S6978 [27NO], S7042, S7117 [28NO], S7181, S7223, S7236, S7237, S7243, S7273 [29NO], S7346 [3DE]

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), S3506, S3533 [23MY]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), S2173, S2175 [28MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S543 [9FE], S573 [13FE], S862, S872 [16FE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1755 [15MR]

Taxation: provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4896 [11JY], S4973 [12JY]

Technology: enhance security and resiliency of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure (S. 3414), S5401 [25JY], S5744 [31JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 1925), S2738 [25AP], S2884 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof for Federal antiretaliation and antidiscrimination claims (see S. 2189), S6547 [20SE]

Army: provide strategic workload to Army arsenals in their function as a critical component of the organic defense industrial base (see S. 3054), S3042 [9MY]

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]

Dept. of HHS: provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see S. 3358), S4724 [28JN]

——— 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), S5212 [19JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see S. 2046), S208 [31JA]

Dept. of Justice: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (see S. 3250), S3631 [24MY]

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

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

Dept. of State: designate the Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization (see S. 3366), S5213 [19JY]

Diseases: provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers (see S. 3560), S6548 [20SE]

Drugs: make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act (see S. 2297), S2496 [18AP]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (see S. Res. 500), S4368 [20JN]

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]

FEMA: require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (see S. 2303), S2545 [19AP]

Financial institutions: address fee disclosure requirements (see S. 3204), S5733 [31JY] (see S. 3394), S5259 [23JY]

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), S1790 [19MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see S. 202), S5732 [31JY]

——— treatment of information provided to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see S. 3394), S5259 [23JY]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (see S. 3588), S6545 [20SE]

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

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]

Gyari, Lodi G.: tribute (see S. Res. 557), S6340 [13SE]

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 448), S3731 [5JN]

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), S5978 [2AU]

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), S6458 [19SE]

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), S1194 [1MR]

——— 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]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see S. 2325), S2546 [19AP]

——— 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), S3088 [10MY]

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]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 503), S4460 [25JN]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see S. 3682), S8042 [13DE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 447), S2968 [8MY]

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

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

NATO: honor sacrifices of personnel in Afghanistan and historically throughout the world and support the new Strategic Concept and upcoming summit in Chicago, IL (see S. Res. 395), S1614 [13MR]

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), S1680 [14MR]

——— provide for appropriate designation of collective bargaining units (see S. 1843), S5258 [23JY]

Northwestern University: tribute to women’s lacrosse team (see S. Res. 517), S4773 [29JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal prohibition on using medical savings account funds to purchase over-the-counter medications (see S. 1368), S5258 [23JY]

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

Rotary International: commend efforts to prevent and eradicate polio (see S. Res. 473), S3631 [24MY]

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

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 589), S6626 [21SE]

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

Syria: condemn human rights violations, collect information on crimes against humanity and take action for those responsible for such crimes, prevent mass atrocities, and support people of Syria (see S. Res. 428), S2546 [19AP]

——— condemn Russia for providing weapons and opposing U.N. resolutions on Syria, call for the end of violence against civilians, and support sanctions and a peaceful transition of leadership (see S. Res. 494), S4240 [18JN]

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

Terrorism: amend statute of limitations for civil actions regarding terrorist acts (see S. 3534), S6270 [12SE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see S. 1301), S6546 [20SE]

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), S2030 [26MR] (see S. 3199), S3280 [17MY]

Turkey: end religious discrimination, safeguard Christian heritage, and return confiscated church properties (see S. Res. 392), S1540 [8MR]

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

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

Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC: support elimination of the ‘‘adult entertainment’’ section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate facilitation of online sex trafficking (see S. Res. 439), S2731 [25AP]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 39), S3730 [5JN]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 492), S3977 [12JN]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 429), S2602 [23AP]

Remarks

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (S.J. Res. 36), motion to proceed, S2627• [24AP]

Olguin, Fernando M.: nomination to be district judge, S8065• [17DE]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S3119• [14MY]

Tharp, John J., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S3119• [14MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H86 [23JA], H127 [24JA], H171 [25JA]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S13, S14, S27, S31 [23JA], S57 [24JA], S3011 [9MY]

Statements

Tribute to Representative Costello: by, S6333 [13SE]