HAWAII
Articles and editorials
Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone, Raising Fears, S6576 [18SE]
Marine Vet Recounts Pearl Harbor, Midway, S8044 [14NO]
Bills and resolutions
Armed Forces: increase mileage reimbursement rate for members during permanent change of station and authorize transport of vehicles of members stationed on nonforeign areas outside the continental U.S. (see S. 613), S1950 [19MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha (see S. Con. Res. 10), S2328 [22MR]
——— designate the Senator Daniel K. Inouye Room (see S. Res. 76), S1786 [13MR]
Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 144), H32 [3JA]
——— provide for conversion of temporary judgeships for the districts of Hawaii and Kansas to permanent judgeships (see S. 1868), S9051 [19DE]
Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies: designate (see S. 1847), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 3805), H8131 [23DE]
Daniel Kahikina Akaka Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Oahu, HI: designate (see H.R. 3800), H8125 [19DE]
Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see S. 1570), S7386 [10OC] (see H.R. 3229), H6102 [1OC]
——— prevent and treat diabetes, promote and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities, relative to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups (see H.R. 3322), H6768 [23OC]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians (see S. 640), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 231), H84 [14JA]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the Ka’u Coast in Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1432), S6206 [1AU]
——— conduct certain special resource studies relative to establishment of Pacific Island parks (see S. 618), S2026 [20MR]
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: consent to certain amendments (see S.J. Res. 12), S2146 [21MR]
Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (see S. 1107), S3987 [6JN] (see H.R. 2287), H3250 [6JN]
SBA: provide conformity in Native small business opportunities and promote job creation, manufacturing, and American economic recovery (see S. 1607), S7615 [29OC]
Territories: provide for adequate Compact of Free Association impact aid to affected States and territories (see H.R. 1222), H1548 [15MR]
Tung, Vichai Sae: relief (see S. 1492), S6327 [10SE]
Certificates of election
Senate: Mazie K. Hirono, S3 [3JA]
Letters
Native Hawaiian Education Act reauthorization: Camille Rockett, H4693 [18JY]
——— Dee Jay Mailer, Kamehameha Schools, H4691 [18JY]
——— Jane R. Best, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (organization) Pacific Center for Changing the Odds, H4691 [18JY]
——— Joe Fraser, Kaho‘wai—Center for Adult Teaching and Learning, H4692 [18JY]
——— Ka‘iulani Pahi’o̅, Na̅ Lei Na’ auao Native Hawaiian Charter School Alliance, H4692 [18JY]
——— Lisá Boyce, Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care & Education, H4693 [18JY]
——— Momi Akana, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers (organization), H4691 [18JY]
——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina Learning ’Ohana (organization), H4692 [18JY]
——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina New Century Public Charter School, H4692 [18JY]
——— Wendy Roylo Hee, Native Hawaiian Education Council, H4692 [18JY]
Oaths of office
Hirono, Mazie K.: Senate, S5 [3JA]
Press releases
CO2 at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory Reaches New Milestone—Tops 400 ppm: NOAA, S6576 [18SE]
Remarks in House
Appropriations: military construction, Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program, and research programs funding, H8042 [12DE]
Bhagowalia, Sanjeev (Sonny): Federal Computer Week (publication) ‘‘Federal 100 Award’’ recipient, E386 [9AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha (S. Con. Res. 10), H2584–H2588 [14MY]
Dept. of Education: ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4690–H4693, H4695 [18JY], H4813 [19JY]
Dept. of HHS: prevent and treat diabetes, promote and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities, relative to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups (H.R. 3322), E1722 [20NO]
Dept. of Labor: increase State allotments for workforce training programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, H1472, H1473 [15MR]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: include in Quadrennial Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy the best estimate of expected increase in production of renewable energy sources on Hawaiian Home Lands, H7228 [19NO], H7288 [20NO]
FAA: exempt Alaska and Hawaii from certain restrictions in receiving Essential Air Service Program funding, H5125, H5126 [30JY], H7636 [11DE]
Ho’olehua, HI: Molokai Middle School Golden Eyes robotics team winner of Hawaii For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Lego League Championship, H3108 [5JN]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, E1804 [5DE]
Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (H.R. 2287), H4321 [10JY]
Typhoons: express condolences and support to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and support relief and reconstruction assistance, H7338 [21NO]
Remarks in Senate
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha (S. Con. Res. 10), S2474 [8AP]
——— designate the Senator Daniel K. Inouye Room (S. Res. 76), S1825 [13MR]
Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies: designate (S. 1847), S8917 [17DE]
Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (S. 1570), S7534 [16OC]
Dept. of HUD: Hawaiian housing programs funding, S5929 [25JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the Ka’u Coast in Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System (S. 1432), S6219 [1AU]
——— conduct certain special resource studies relative to establishment of Pacific Island parks (S. 618), S2028 [20MR]
FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, S5929 [25JY]
Government: impact of shutdown, S7346 [9OC]
Native Americans: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, S4071–S4073 [11JN]
Watson, Derrick K.: nomination to be district judge, S2782–S2784 [18AP]
——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2619 [11AP], S2774 [17AP]
Reports filed
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act Amendments Consent: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S.J. Res. 12) (S. Rept. 113–76), S5687 [15JY]
Nomination of Derrick K. Watson To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]
Texts of
S. 618, Pacific Islands Parks Act, S2028 [20MR]
S. 1607, Native Small Business Conformity Act, S7633 [29OC]
S. 1847, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, S8917 [17DE]
S. Con. Res. 10, use of Capitol Emancipation Hall for event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha, S2339 [22MR], H2584 [14MY]
S. Res. 76, designate the Senator Daniel K. Inouye Room in the Capitol, S1793 [13MR]
S.J. Res. 12, consent to certain amendments of Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, S2162 [21MR]
Tributes