RHODE ISLAND

Bills and resolutions

Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers: designate segments for study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 349), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 723), H546 [14FE]

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park: establish and dedicate to John H. Chafee (see S. 371), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 706), H545 [14FE]

Coastal zones: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI–04P, Easton Beach Unit RI–05P, Almy Pond Unit RI–06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI–07 (see H.R. 277), H169 [15JA]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council: add Rhode Island (see S. 713), S2589 [11AP] (see H.R. 1504), H1956 [11AP]

Certificates of election

Senate: Sheldon Whitehouse, S4 [3JA]

Oaths of office

Whitehouse, Sheldon: Senate, S5 [3JA]

Remarks in House

Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers: designate segments for study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 723), H3268, H3269 [11JN], E859 [14JN]

HealthSource RI (health exchange): tribute, E1412 [1OC]

Holocaust Education and Resource Center of Rhode Island: anniversary, H2665 [16MY]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, H6839, H6840 [29OC], E1598 [29OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation, H7266 [20NO]

Presidential Scholars Foundation: tribute to Presidential Scholar honorees, E624 [8MY]

Providence, RI: tribute to Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School, H7008 [13NO]

West Warwick, RI: anniversary, E1357 [20SE]

Remarks in Senate

Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers: designate segments for study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 349), S780 [14FE]

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park: establish and dedicate to John H. Chafee (S. 371), S787 [14FE]

FEMA: emergency Federal disaster assistance for commercial fisheries, S318, S323–S325 [28JA]

Fish and fishing: disaster assistance for fishing communities funding through reductions in Dept. of Commerce funding, S1849 [14MR]

Gaspee Days: observance, S3945 [4JN]

Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.: tribute, S467 [4FE]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, S7598–S7601 [29OC]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council: add Rhode Island (S. 713), S2592 [11AP]

Portsmouth, RI: anniversary, S5752, S5753 [17JY]

Reports filed

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 371) (S. Rept. 113–62), S5498 [27JN]

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 349) (S. Rept. 113–60), S5497 [27JN]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 723) (H. Rept. 113–73), H2773 [17MY]

Texts of

H.R. 723, Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act, H3268 [11JN]

Tributes

Whitehouse, Senator, S2117 [21MR], S3246 [8MY], S7601 [29OC]