WEBB, JIM (a Senator from Virginia)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3999 [12JN], S4370 [20JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8139 [18DE], S8164 [19DE], S8306 [20DE], S8463 [28DE]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S6907 [26NO], S6948, S6951, S6954, S6955 [27NO], S7042, S7054, S7109 [28NO], S7137, S7149, S7201, S7219, S7228, S7272 [29NO], S7325, S7337, S7338, S7346, S7347 [3DE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949), S8454 [27DE], S8455, S8508 [28DE]

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

Southeast Asia: reaffirm U.S. support for declaration of conduct of parties in the South China Sea among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and China (S. Res. 524), S6004, S6011 [2AU]

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

Syria: require the President to report to Congress on all known opposition groups and the number and security of weapons used by the regime and opposition forces (S. 2224), S3047, S3048 [9MY]

Technology: enhance security and resiliency of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure (S. 3414), S5980 [2AU]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S3 [6JA], S1027 [24FE], S6695 [9OC], S6701 [19OC], S6715 [13NO], S7711 [11DE]

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]

Accomack County, VA: remove deed restriction from a parcel of land next to NASA Wallops Flight Facility (see S. 2214), S1847 [20MR]

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]

Chesapeake Bay: reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative and improve Dept. of Agriculture assistance to farmers and foresters within the watershed and to States with water quality programs (see S. 2294), S2496 [18AP]

Contracts: enhance security, increase accountability, and improve Federal contracting for overseas contingency operations (see S. 2139), S1147 [29FE] (see S. 3286), S3976 [12JN]

Dept. of Education: revise rule requiring for-profit colleges from receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see S. 2116), S850 [16FE]

Dept. of Energy: require a quadrennial energy review to assess current domestic capabilities and future energy needs (see S. 1703), S2969 [8MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see S. 362), S5085 [17JY]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see S. 1884), S4822 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior: implement President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and conduct additional oil and gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development (see S. 3438), S5381 [25JY]

Diseases: provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see S. 1221), S4822 [10JY]

Enterprise (U.S.S.): tribute to the Navy and current and former officers and crew upon completion of final deployment (see S. Con. Res. 65), S8203 [19DE] (see S. Res. 630), S8665 [2JA]

Fang Lizhi: tribute (see S. Res. 476), S3688 [4JN]

FDA: ensure valid generic drugs may enter the market (see S. 1882), S6064 [10SE]

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

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 45), S4299 [19JN]

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

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]

Medicare: extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see S. 1454), S3423 [22MY]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see S. 3453), S5659 [30JY]

Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 490), S5135 [18JY]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see S. Res. 546), S5978 [2AU]

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

National Estuaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 566), S6454 [19SE]

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

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

National Principals Month: observance (see S. Res. 552), S6271 [12SE]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 371), S494 [9FE]

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]

Palau: approve results of the review of Compact of Free Association between the U.S. and Palau (see S. 343), S5257 [23JY]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see S. Res. 618), S8139 [18DE] (see S. Res. 618), S8233 [19DE]

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

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 2219), S1932 [21MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 419), S2393 [17AP]

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]

Southeast Asia: reaffirm U.S. support for declaration of conduct of parties in the South China Sea among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and China (see S. Res. 524), S5257 [23JY]

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

Syria: require the President to report to Congress on all known opposition groups and the number and security of weapons used by the regime and opposition forces (see S. 2224), S2001 [22MR]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 1872), S6800 [14NO]

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

——— make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1034), S208 [31JA]

——— provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1174), S3729 [5JN]

Tibet: support people, call on China to allow free practice of religion and release political prisoners, and congratulate Tibetans living in exile for holding democratic elections (see S. Res. 356), S163 [30JA]

Transportation Security Administration: require compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (see S. 1990), S2245 [29MR]

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. 1925), S615 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: require the President to seek congressional approval before engaging members in military humanitarian operations (see S. 3176), S3129 [14MY]

Business and industry: prohibit the transfer of proprietary technology and intellectual property developed with Federal funding to entities of certain countries (see S. 2063), S323 [2FE]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service if such claims are made for tangible benefit or personal gain (see S. 3372), S4893 [11JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve oversight of educational assistance (see S. 2179), S1540 [8MR]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see S. 2117), S850 [16FE]

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

Navy: provide an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard for the Man in the Sea Memorial Monument to honors military divers (see S. Con. Res. 46), S3782 [6JN]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), motion to proceed, S5950 [2AU], S6083 [11SE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1693, S1694 [15MR], S1840, S1841 [20MR], S1884 [21MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6728 [13NO], S6830 [15NO]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 306, National Criminal Justice Commission Act, S7650 [6DE]

Senator Webb’s staff members, S7651 [6DE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

Senate, S6715 [13NO], S7711 [11DE]

Remarks

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service if such claims are made for tangible benefit or personal gain (S. 3372), S4894 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S7009 [28NO], S7280 [30NO], S7381 [4DE]

——— exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, S7009 [28NO]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve oversight of educational assistance (S. 2179), S1541 [8MR]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (S. 2117), S852 [16FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, S1112 [29FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S1112 [29FE]

Senate: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S7649–S7652 [6DE]

Southeast Asia: call on China to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to resolve territorial issues in the South China Sea, S5335 [25JY]

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, S5335 [25JY]

Treaties and agreements: require any proposed security agreement with Afghanistan be submitted to Congress before entering into agreement, S7280 [30NO]

War: ensure balance of power, as established by the Constitution, between Congress and the President relative to initiation of hostilities by Armed Forces, S2998–S3000 [9MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S5705 [31JY], S6718 [13NO], S7652, S7681 [6DE], S7711, S7714 [11DE], S7788 [12DE], S8034 [13DE], S8237, S8254, S8259, S8263 [20DE], S8351 [21DE], S8447 [27DE], S8503 [28DE], S8574 [31DE]

Tributes

Adulyadej, Bhumibol, S7454• [5DE]

Hagan, Elizabeth Evans, S5169 [19JY]

Mikulski, Senator, S2078 [27MR]