KIRK, MARK (a Senator from Illinois)

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), S3618 [20MY], S3665 [21MY], S3727, S3763 [22MY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 933), S1797, S1817, S1820 [13MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), S2040 [20MR], S2169, S2199, S2200, S2202, S2220 [21MR], S2285, S2309, S2331, S2353, S2356, S2364 [22MR]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 1392), S6521, S6541 [17SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1197), S8115 [18NO], S8216, S8229, S8233, S8252, S8259, S8261, S8263, S8277 [19NO], S8398 [20NO], S8461, S8505 [21NO]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2613 [11AP], S2751 [17AP]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S4413, S4416 [12JN], S4492 [13JN], S4526 [17JN], S4713 [19JN], S4794, S4834 [20JN], S4860, S4984 [21JN], S5019, S5077, S5083, S5096 [24JN], S5150 [25JN], S5300 [26JN]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 47), S553 [7FE]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Corps of Engineers to construct various projects to improve rivers and harbors (S. 601), S3345 [9MY], S3378 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: support credible, inclusive, and transparent Presidential and provincial elections (see S. Res. 151), S4587 [18JN]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see S. 345), S772 [14FE]

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 299), S8567 [9DE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see S. 395), S5800 [18JY]

Appropriations: require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress (see S. 1835), S8913 [17DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S8000 [13NO]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S6210 [1AU]

——— better connect current and former members with employment opportunities by consolidating duplicative Federal Government websites and conserve resources by merging redundant and competing programs (see S. 1637), S7728 [31OC]

Aviation: prohibit closing of air traffic control towers (see S. 687), S2501 [9AP]

Boston, MA: commend heroism, courage, and sacrifice of victims recovering from attacks relative to Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent manhunt (see S. Res. 115), S3029 [25AP]

——— condemn bombings at the Boston Marathon, express condolences to victims and their families, and commend medical personnel, first responders, and citizens that aided victims (see S. Res. 101), S2749 [17AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 7), S708 [13FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to law enforcement, postal workers, and other Senate employees who detected and prevented poison threat to Members of Congress (see S. Res. 112), S2960 [24AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see S. 1012), S9052 [19DE]

Chicago Blackhawks (hockey team): tribute (see S. Res. 187), S5264 [26JN]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see S. 1530), S6647 [19SE]

——— extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see S. 1700), S8049 [14NO]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see S. 186), S3326 [9MY]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 815), S3028 [25AP]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see S. 1715), S8049 [14NO]

Corps of Engineers: establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of allowing non-Federal interests to carry out certain water infrastructure projects (see S. 566), S1853 [14MR]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see S. 1577), S7574 [28OC]

——— provide secondary mortgage reform by establishing the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corp., abolishing the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and phasing out housing Government-sponsored enterprises (see S. 1217), S5621 [10JY]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see S. 666), S2455 [8AP]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 1738), S8186 [19NO]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 1733), S8186 [19NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see S. 632), S2146 [21MR]

Dept. of Defense: modify authorities relative to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by removing prosecution of serious crimes from the chain of command (see S. 967), S5908 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: create and expand innovative teacher and principal preparation programs known as teacher and principal preparation academies (see S. 1052), S3843 [23MY]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (see S. 1101), S3987 [6JN]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (see S. 1083), S3844 [23MY]

——— promote environmental education (see S. 1306), S5708 [16JY]

——— reset interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see S. 682), S3987 (see S. 1003), S3988 [6JN]

Dept. of Energy: improve high-end computing research and development program (see S. 733), S2683 [16AP]

Dept. of HHS: award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see S. 1503), S6446 [12SE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see S. 424), S6886 [24SE]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (see S. 330), S2027 [20MR]

——— provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see S. 955), S7431 [12OC]

——— provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see S. 999), S3657 [21MY]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (see S. 1557), S7007 [27SE]

——— 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. 624), S8913 [17DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify the visa waiver program (see S. 223), S469 [4FE]

——— permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recognition of a State court order amending an internationally adopted child’s birth date or name (see S. 1614), S8050 [14NO]

Dept. of Justice: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System (see S. 80), S213 [23JA]

——— provide the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs authority to establish a prescription drug take-back program for Armed Forces members and veterans (see S. 1089), S6648 [19SE]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see S. 653), S7877 [6NO]

——— rename the Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and provide for an Assistant Sec., to head such Bureau (see S. 1249), S5498 [27JN]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see S. 1462), S8362 [20NO]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (see S. 794), S2960 [24AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and assistance to U.S. Paralympics, Inc. (see S. 695), S6209 [1AU]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see S. 1879), S9052 [19DE]

——— support goals and implementation of National Alzheimer’s Project Act and National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease (see S. Res. 301), S8362 [20NO]

District of Columbia: condemn Navy Yard shootings, express condolences to victims, support for those impacted, and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see S. Res. 265), S7210 [4OC]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 381), S7952 [12NO]

Drugs: make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act (see S. 621), S2026 [20MR]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see S. 1391), S8976 [18DE]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see S. 1349), S5907 [24JY]

——— set reasonable capital requirements, limit the government safety net to traditional banking operations, and provide regulatory relief to community banks (see S. 798), S2960 [24AP]

——— set reasonable capital requirements, limit the government safety net to traditional banking operations, and provide regulatory relief to community banks, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 798), S3160 [7MY]

Firearms: prevent gun trafficking (see S. 54), S1710 [12MR] (see S. 179), S400 [30JA] (see S. 443), S1088 [4MR]

Foreign aid: require the President to establish guidelines for, and increase transparency of, foreign assistance programs (see S. 1271), S6297 [9SE]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (see S. 718), S4674 [19JN]

FRS: provide additional flexibility to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the business of insurance (see S. 1369), S5968 [25JY]

——— provide consumers with a free annual disclosure of information the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains on them (see S. 1667), S7927 [7NO]

Grams, Rod: tribute (see S. Res. 267), S7353 [9OC]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (see S. 1232), S5264 [26JN]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 84), S2026 [20MR]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 218), S469 [4FE]

Hathaway, William D.: tribute (see S. Res. 189), S5264 [26JN]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see S. 961), S3762 [22MY]

——— prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see S. 541), S5840 [23JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1406), S7576 [28OC]

India: welcome Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on U.S. visit and encourage progress on bilateral investments, civil nuclear cooperation, and economic reforms (see S. Res. 255), S6886 [24SE]

Information technology: specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (see S. 639), S2146 [21MR]

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 1716), S8049 [14NO]

Iran: call for release of Saeed Abedini and others detained due to their religious beliefs (see S. Res. 284), S7878 [6NO]

——— impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 1881), S9052 [19DE]

——— impose sanctions (see S. 1001), S3657 [21MY]

——— oppose development of nuclear weapons and possession of enrichment and reprocessing capabilities and provide relief from sanctions only upon complete abandonment of nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 269), S7797 [4NO]

——— support full implementation of U.S. and international sanctions on Iran and urge the President to continue to strengthen enforcement of sanctions legislation (see S. Res. 65), S1012 [28FE]

——— support political reform (see S. Res. 154), S4059 [10JN]

IRS: prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see S. 941), S3429 [14MY]

——— prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see S. 962), S3616 [20MY]

Israel: recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (see S. 604), S1950 [19MR]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see S. 462), S4058 [10JN]

James R. Burgess Jr., Post Office Building, Champaign, IL: designate (see S. 796), S2960 [24AP]

Lautenberg, Frank R.: tribute (see S. Res. 161), S3955 [4JN]

Lincoln Highway: anniversary of first transcontinental highway (see S. Res. 188), S5264 [26JN]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see S. Res. 321), S8809 [13DE]

Medicare: extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 842), S8361 [20NO]

——— improve access to medication therapy management under part D (see S. 557), S3761 [22MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 367), S8845 [16DE]

Mental health: reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders (see S. 689), S2565 [10AP]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 168), S4406 [12JN]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see S. 433), S1012 [28FE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 138), S3326 [9MY]

National Principals Month: designate (see S. Res. 260), S6886 [24SE]

National security: prohibit use of drones to kill U.S. citizens within the U.S. (see S. 505), S1893 [18MR]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 177), S4673 [19JN]

National Technological Innovation Day: designate (see S. Res. 275), S7574 [28OC]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance (see S. Res. 141), S3430 [14MY]

NLRB: prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (see S. 850), S3029 [25AP]

——— reform criteria for determining employee units appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining (see S. 1166), S4481 [13JN]

Owens, Jesse: tribute (see S. Res. 226), S6446 [12SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (see S. 1490), S6887 [24SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1488), S6521 [17SE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 1488), S6521 [17SE] (see S. 1671), S7927 [7NO]

——— ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage (see S. 1617), S7673 [30OC]

——— ensure that personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is secured with proper privacy and data security safeguards (see S. 1525), S6648 [19SE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1798), S8846 [16DE]

——— provide that certain requirements do not apply if the American Health Benefit Exchanges are not operating by a certain date (see S. 1272), S6211 [1AU]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see S. 1647), S8362 [20NO]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 603), S7928 [7NO]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 351), S3658 [21MY]

Pensions: reform funding rules for cooperative associations and small charitable employers to ensure their ability to provide pension plans to employees (see S. 1302), S6887 [24SE]

Petroleum: grant EPA waivers giving communities flexibility in use of fuel blends and require the EPA and Dept. of Energy to conduct a fuel system requirements harmonization study (see S. 1319), S5799 [18JY]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (see S. 1526), S7577 [28OC]

Public debt: require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 43), S400 [30JA]

Schiappa, David J.: tribute (see S. Res. 212), S6208 [1AU]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 403), S1011 [28FE]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 313), S8565 [9DE]

Social Security: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking (see S. 1118), S4021 [7JN]

Stan Musial Memorial Bridge, St. Louis, MO: designate (see S. 166), S329 [28JA]

Syria: provide humanitarian and other assistance and support a transition to democracy (see S. 617), S2502 [9AP]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 313), S6960 [26SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see S. 862), S6127 [31JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 1183), S4673 [19JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see S. 232), S8845 [16DE]

Venezuela: support free and peaceful exercise of representative democracy and condemn violence and intimidation of country’s political opposition (see S. Res. 213), S6208 [1AU]

Veterans: clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see S. 1736), S8186 [19NO]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 47), S43 [22JA]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 15), S3326 [9MY]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 119), S3030 [25AP]

World War II: anniversary of rescue of Danish Jews from the Nazis (see S. Res. 227), S7211 [4OC]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see S. 309), S1013 [28FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see S. 789), S4793 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American College of Surgeons Days: designate (see S. Res. 217), S6208 [1AU]

Credit: clarify Federal law relative to reporting positive and negative consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies by public utility or telecommunications companies (see S. 1613), S7673 [30OC]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the archeological site and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia, IL, town site (see S. 1328), S5800 [18JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow reliance on State examinations for certain financial institutions in order to assist immigrant communities in making remittances to their countries of origin (see S. 1840), S8913 [17DE]

EPA: establish a regulatory review process for proposed rules dealing with agricultural entities (see S. 1466), S6207 [1AU]

Government Transformation Commission: establish (see S. 1297), S5708 [16JY]

Great Lakes: establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges (see S. 571), S1853 [14MR]

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 242), S6647 [19SE]

Health: assist survivors of stroke in returning to work (see S. 1026), S3761 [22MY]

Immigration: deem any person who has received an award from the U.S. Armed Forces for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization (see S. 1059), S3844 [23MY]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see S. Res. 75), S1710 [12MR]

——— impose sanctions relative to certain transactions in foreign currencies (see S. 892), S3255 [8MY]

Loyola University Chicago: tribute to 1963 men’s basketball team (see S. Res. 194), S5620 [10JY]

Medicare: preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers (see S. 1220), S5149 [25JN]

Memorial Day: encourage nationwide observance of two minutes of silence (see S. 1648), S7829 [5NO]

Mississippi State University: tribute to 1963 men’s basketball team (see S. Res. 194), S5620 [10JY]

National Science and Technology Council: direct the Committee on Technology to develop a national manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan (see S. 1709), S8049 [14NO]

NIH: improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research (see S. 1027), S3761 [22MY]

Roads and highways: protect States that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay-to-play reform (see S. 1146), S4405 [12JN]

States: prohibit Federal bailout of any State (see S. Res. 215), S6208 [1AU]

Taxation: improve and expand education savings accounts (see S. 1515), S6597 [18SE]

Transportation: limit executive compensation at public transit agencies that receive Federal funds (see S. 1496), S6377 [11SE]

——— prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see S. 1459), S6207 [1AU]

World Polio Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 270), S7536 [16OC]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see S. 1688), S8000 [13NO]

Remarks

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), motion to proceed, S7792 [4NO]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the archeological site and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia, IL, town site (S. 1328), S5803 [18JY]

Firearms: prevent gun trafficking (S. 179), S402• [30JA]

——— prevent gun trafficking (S. 443), S1092• [4MR]

Great Lakes: establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges (S. 571), S1859 [14MR]

Immigration: deem any person who has received an award from the U.S. Armed Forces for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization (S. 1059), S3857 [23MY]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (S. Res. 75), S3425• [14MY]

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.: anniversary of Champaign, IL, plant, S5965• [25JY]

Transportation: limit executive compensation at public transit agencies that receive Federal funds (S. 1496), S6380 [11SE]

Veterans: reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, S924• [27FE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S8, S9 [3JA]

Texts of

S. 571, Great Lakes Water Protection Act, S1860 [14MR]

S. 1328, New Philadelphia, IL, Study Act, S5803 [18JY]

Tributes

Mansfield, Gordon H., S467• [4FE]

Mulder, Arlene J., S2895• [23AP]

Oddone, Piermaria, S4403• [12JN]

Wharton, Milton, S6641• [19SE]

Williams, James E., Sr., S6641• [19SE]

Williams, Lillian Croom, S6641• [19SE]