CANTWELL, MARIA (a Senator from Washington)
Amendments
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S3040 [14MY], S3089, S3095, S3101 [15MY]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3880 [19JN]
Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4277 [8JY]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S3315 [27MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: establish a comprehensive policy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to and the affordability, reliability, and sustainability of power (see S. 2508), S4763 [23JY]
Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S2796 [7MY]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1982), S853 [10FE]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 460), S3294 [22MY]
Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 494), S4154 [26JN]
Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 363), S1174 [26FE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S2196 [7AP]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2444), S3474 [5JN]
——— improve quality of life for members and families through expanded child care availability, increased educational opportunities, and eased transition to post-service life (see S. 1760), S1002 [24FE]
——— strengthen prevention and response capabilities in the Arctic (see S. 2131), S1652 [13MR]
Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S3185 [20MY]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see S. Res. 502), S4503 [15JY]
Denton, Jeremiah: tribute (see S. Res. 407), S1871 [31MR]
Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see S. 429), S3029 [14MY]
Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1956), S656 [30JA]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2292), S3368 [3JN] (see S. 2432), S3476 [5JN]
——— require States and local educational agencies to report on the achievement of military-connected students (see S. 2259), S2424 [28AP]
Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 2964), S6205 [20NO]
Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see S. 2472), S3668 [12JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see S. 2450), S3605 [11JN]
——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 734), S5135 [30JY]
Developing countries: promote the use of clean cookstoves in order to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions (see S. 2100), S5325 [1AU]
Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see S. Res. 541), S5630 [16SE]
——— reauthorize and extend program to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 315), S2240 [8AP]
Dixon, Alan J.: tribute (see S. Res. 496), S4224 [7JY]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 19), S4272 [8JY]
Eximbank: extend and reauthorize (see S. 2709), S5135 [30JY]
Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S3295 [22MY]
Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see S. 1875), S4558 [16JY]
Frank, Billy, Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 463), S3294 [22MY]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY]
Iraq: protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see S. Res. 530), S5135 [30JY]
Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see S. 462), S1282 [4MR] (see S. 2673), S4997 [28JY]
Jeffords, James M.: tribute (see S. Res. 539), S5434 [9SE]
Mathews, Harlan: tribute (see S. Res. 444), S2953 [13MY]
Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services (see S. 755), S1416 [10MR]
Medicare: develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S5699 [17SE]
——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 2037), S4155 [26JN]
Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S4998 [28JY]
Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see S. 460), S372 [15JA]
National Estuaries Week: designate (see S. Res. 574), S5784 [18SE]
National Month of the Military Child: observance (see S. Res. 431), S2566 [30AP]
National Native American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 590), S6205 [20NO]
National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see S. 2298), S4004 [25JN]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 2030), S4662 [21JY]
National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 556), S5698 [17SE]
Native American Heritage Day: observance (see S. Res. 590), S6205 [20NO]
NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (see S. 2181), S1819 [27MR]
——— develop information platform to integrate coastal data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices, and coordinate collection of geospatial data to inform and improve management of coastal region (see S. 2890), S5783 [18SE]
Olympic Games: tribute to Washington (State) participants (see S. Res. 346), S821 [6FE]
Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY]
Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1456), S1585 [12MR]
Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 2516), S3938 [24JN]
SBA: establish veterans’ business outreach center program and improve certain other veterans programs (see S. 2396), S5220 [31JY]
——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see S. 289), S655 [30JA]
——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (see S. 2143), S5219 [31JY]
——— provide authority for sole source contracts for certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 2481), S3719 [17JN]
Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 372), S5787 [18SE]
Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 375), S2614 [1MY]
Ships and vessels: remove limitation on a prohibition relative to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels (see S. 2963), S6205 [20NO]
SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see S. 2305), S5919 [12NO]
Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see S. 489), S4224 [7JY]
Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see S. 1507), S5629 [16SE]
——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 742), S5588 [15SE]
——— provide an elective safe harbor for expensing costs of acquiring or producing tangible property by small businesses (see S. 2237), S2378 [10AP]
——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see S. 1280), S1175 [26FE]
——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 917), S1692 [24MR]
——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (see S. 836), S4154 [26JN]
Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1982), S853 [10FE]
Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 573), S5784 [18SE]
Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see S. 1463), S5785 [18SE]
Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S3343 [2JN]
World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see S. 2714), S5786 [18SE]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see S. 1862), S599 [29JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Foreign trade: establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see S. 2990), S6448 [9DE]
Maritime Washington National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2576), S4336 [9JY]
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2602), S4502 [15JY]
Navy: tribute to Sailors of the U.S. Submarine Force upon completion of 4000 ballistic missile submarine deterrent patrols (see S. Res. 572), S5784 [18SE]
SBA: reauthorize women’s business center program (see S. 2693), S5134 [30JY]
Seattle, WA: anniversary of Fishermen’s Terminal (see S. Res. 467), S3424 [4JN]
Seattle Seahawks (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 358), S948 [12FE]
Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 548), S5629 [16SE]
Tariff: recreational performance outerwear (see S. 2838), S5697 [17SE]
Taxation: clarify special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities (see S. 2660), S4903 [24JY]
——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (see S. 2792), S5564 [11SE]
——— modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see S. 2021), S947 [12FE]
——— prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term ‘‘redskins’’ (see S. 2884), S5782 [18SE]
Washington (State): anniversary of the Walla Walla Valley American Viticultural Area (see S. Res. 349), S821 [6FE]
Cloture motions
Adegbile, Debo P.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S1223 [27FE], S1295 [5MR]
Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]
Bastian, Stanley A.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2433 [29AP]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5530 [11SE], S5579 [15SE]
Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2763 [7MY], S2899 [12MY]
Cooper, Christopher R.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1745 [26MR]
Dept. of Defense: provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (S. 1917), S1349 [6MR]
——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 1752), S1336, S1348 [6MR]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5322 [1AU], S5366 [8SE]
Harpool, M. Douglas: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4451 [14JY], S4535 [16JY]
McHugh, Gerald A., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S3019 [14MY], S3060 [15MY]
——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2850 [8MY], S2930 [13MY]
Pryor, Jill A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5080 [30JY], S5209 [31JY]
Ross, Eleanor L.: nomination to be district judge, S5902 [12NO], S6015 [17NO]
Smith, Edward G.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1747 [26MR]
Ukraine: support sovereignty and democracy (S. 2124), motion to proceed, S1642 [13MR], S1686 [24MR]
Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]
Letters
Eximbank reauthorization: several corporations, S4317 [9JY]
Lists
Newspapers endorsing Eximbank reauthorization, S5683 [17SE]
Privilege of the floor
Mueller, Alison, S6463 [9DE]
Remarks
Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S729 [4FE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S5682 [17SE]
Bastian, Stanley A.: nomination to be district judge, S2554 [30AP]
Bellevue, TN: tribute to victims of plane crash, S1865 [31MR]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2212 [8AP]
Climate: global warming, S1380, S1463 [10MR]
——— impact of global warming on ocean acidification, S1380, S1463 [10MR]
Contreras-Sweet, Maria: nomination to be SBA Administrator, S1792 [27MR]
Denton, Jeremiah: tribute (S. Res. 407), S1881 [31MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6440 [9DE], S6846 [15DE]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3578 [11JN]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1559 [12MR]
Eximbank: extend and reauthorize (S. 2709), S5390 [9SE]
——— reauthorize, S3963 [25JN], S4315–S4318 [9JY], S4869 [24JY], S5682, S5683 [17SE]
FCC: restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices, S6119 [19NO]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4522 [16JY]
Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1865 [31MR]
Mendoza, Salvador, Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S3695 [17JN]
Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S1865 [31MR]
National Assistant Principals Week: designate (S. Res. 405), S1880 [31MR]
National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day: designate (S. Res. 406), S1880 [31MR]
Owens, John B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1880 [31MR]
Patent and Trademark Office: cancellation of Washington Redskins (football team) trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans, S3805 [18JN]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), House amendment, S6440 [9DE], S6846 [15DE]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S1879 [31MR]
Richland, WA: anniversary of Hanford B Reactor, S5855 [18SE]
Rwanda Girls Initiative (organization): tribute, S4213 [7JY]
SBA: improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, S6440 [9DE]
——— Microloan program funding, S6846 [15DE]
——— provide authority for sole source contracts for certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women, S6846 [15DE]
——— provide for permanent establishment of the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program, S6846 [15DE]
——— reauthorize women’s business center program (S. 2693), S5138 [30JY], S6440 [9DE]
Senate: executive calendar, unanimous-consent agreement, S4871 [24JY]
——— legislative program, S1881 [31MR]
Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S4522 [16JY]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6898 [16DE]
——— extend deduction of State and local general sales taxes, S6898 [16DE]
Washington Redskins (football team): call for name change, S3261 [22MY]
Welsh, Kelly R.: nomination to be Dept. of Commerce General Counsel, S1880 [31MR]
Wildfires: tribute to efforts of firefighters to contain wildfires and protect life, homes, and natural resources, S4869 [24JY]
Women: combat international violence against women and girls (S. 2307), S4213 [7JY]
Reports filed
Nomination of Maria Contreras-Sweet To Be SBA Administrator: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S1315 [5MR]
Nomination of Vincent G. Logan To Be Dept. of the Interior Special Trustee for American Indians: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S654 [30JA]
T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act Amendment: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 611) (S. Rept. 113–136), S527 [28JA]
Texts of
S. 2693, Women’s Small Business Ownership Act, S5138–S5142 [30JY]
Tributes
Baucus, Senator, S800 [6FE]
Frank, Billy, Jr., S2903 [12MY]
Landrieu, Senator, S6847 [15DE]