CASEY, ROBERT P., JR. (a Senator from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2818 [7MY], S2882 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5151 [30JY], S5260 [31JY], S5805, S5806 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1586 [12MR]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S4006 [25JN]

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), S3111, S3119, S3136, S3139, S3141 [15MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815, S3819 [18JN], S3881 [19JN], S4186 [26JN]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6454 [9DE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4965 [24JY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S1675 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

Afghan Turnout Is High as Voters Defy the Taliban, Rod Nordland, Azam Ahmed, and Matthew Rosenberg, New York (NY) Times, S2291 [8AP]

PA. Health Marketplace ‘‘Working’’ for Enrollees, Steve Twedt, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, S3927 [24JN]

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), S5919 [12NO]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1827), S1693 [24MR]

Armed Forces: leave no member unaccounted for in the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan (see S. Res. 354), S891 [11FE]

——— modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see S. 240), S5218 [31JY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1982), S765 [4FE]

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 494), S4154 [26JN]

Biomedical Research Fund: establish (see S. 2115), S1584 [12MR]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 363), S1174 [26FE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S6095 [18NO]

Bureau of Prisons: issue oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray) to officers and employees in Federal medium-security prisons and higher (see S. 2309), S2875 [8MY]

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), S2380 [10AP] (see S. 2475), S3719 [17JN]

——— improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 2746), S6096 [18NO]

Corporations: establish criminal penalties for corporate officers failing to inform and warn of serious dangers posed by corporate actions or products (see S. 2615), S4557 [16JY]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 1738), S4337 [9JY]

Denton, Jeremiah: tribute (see S. Res. 407), S1871 [31MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see S. 632), S4455 [14JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see S. 2075), S1776 [26MR]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2432), S3545 [10JN]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools (see S. 2788), S5507 [10SE]

——— extend eligibility for Federal student loans to certain short-term career and technical education programs (see S. 2795), S5787 [18SE]

——— make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2297), S3296 [22MY]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see S. 2164), S1818 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see S. 2449), S4272 [8JY]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 2254), S2379 [10AP]

——— establish a national Silver Alert communications network to assist regional and local search efforts for missing senior citizens (see S. 1814), S655 [30JA]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S2718 [6MY]

——— increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (see S. 1799), S764 [4FE]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 2964), S6205 [20NO]

——— restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (see S. 2486), S3811 [18JN]

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), S3939 [24JN]

——— 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), S3898 [23JN]

——— renegotiate with Iraq provisions of original agreement relative to the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq (see S. Res. 333), S529 [28JA]

——— report on accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria (see S. 2209), S2797 [7MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see S. 2306), S2875 [8MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish innovation in surface transportation program (see S. 2891), S5783 [18SE]

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. 2422), S3367 [3JN] (see S. 2450), S3545 [10JN]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits (see S. 2091), S1365 [6MR]

——— 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), S5218 [31JY]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see S. Res. 541), S5630 [16SE]

Dixon, Alan J.: tribute (see S. Res. 496), S4224 [7JY]

Drought: provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California and other Western States (see S. 2198), S2096 [2AP]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1410), S2162 [3AP]

——— reduce prescription drug misuse and abuse (see S. 1657), S1234 [27FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 19), S5137 [30JY]

Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2133), S1652 [13MR]

FDA: incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S5918 [12NO]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 1926), S487 [27JA]

——— establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the National Advisory Council (see S. 2547), S4558 [16JY]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S2566 [30AP]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 377), S1655 [13MR]

Health: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see S. 2539), S4153 [26JN]

——— require Dept. of HHS to establish a Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Council and GAO to submit report identifying all Federal programs and activities relative to regenerative medicine (see S. 2126), S3898 [23JN]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 545), S5588 [15SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1406), S487 [27JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2789), S5507 [10SE]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4504 [15JY]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization), condemn and call for an end to such attacks, and dissolve Palestinian Authority unity Government with Hamas (see S. Res. 498), S4404 [10JY]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see S. 2673), S4997 [28JY]

Jeffords, James M.: tribute (see S. Res. 539), S5434 [9SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 474), S3668 [12JN]

Mathews, Harlan: tribute (see S. Res. 444), S2953 [13MY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 1318), S3939 [24JN]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 1992), S2614 [1MY]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see S. 2818), S5628 [16SE]

——— crack down on fraud to protect seniors and people with disabilities (see S. 2361), S3184 [20MY]

——— develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S1732 [25MR]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see S. 1944), S439 [16JA]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 1332), S4706 [22JY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see S. 1318), S3939 [24JN]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S2953 [13MY]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S28 [6JA] (see S. 2223), S2327 [9AP]

Motor vehicles: prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see S. 2819), S5628 [16SE]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 580), S6096 [18NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 580), S6096 [18NO]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 519), S4903 [24JY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see S. 1926), S487 [27JA]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 396), S1731 [25MR]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S2954 [13MY]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 532), S5218 [31JY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 442), S2953 [13MY] (see S. Res. 456), S3294 [22MY]

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: designate (see S. Res. 547), S5629 [16SE]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 481), S3898 [23JN]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 388), S1653 [13MR]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see S. 2944), S6262 [2DE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 987), S1001 [24FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1040), S4662 [21JY]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see S. Res. 433), S2720 [6MY]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see S. 2851), S5920 [12NO]

Noll, Charles H. (Chuck): tribute (see S. Res. 497), S4336 [9JY]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to women’s volleyball team (see S. Res. 344), S763 [4FE]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania (see S. Res. 599), S6627 [11DE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 2516), S3938 [24JN]

Public buildings: recognize need to improve physical access to many U.S. postal facilities and other Federal agencies for all people and in particular disabled citizens (see S. Con. Res. 26), S441 [16JA]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see S. 1725), S2566 [30AP]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see S. 2094), S1365 [6MR]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary (see S. Res. 330), S291 [13JA]

Sri Lanka: support internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation, address allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater media freedom and humanitarian organization access (see S. Res. 348), S821 [6FE]

Summer Meals Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 495), S4224 [7JY]

Syria: condemn human rights violations, allow access to humanitarian assistance, address impact of war on neighboring countries, and call for international response to such atrocities (see S. Res. 384), S1653 [13MR]

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see S. 1181), S1282 [4MR]

——— make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1116), S1924 [1AP]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 526), S6148 [19NO]

——— prevent extension of tax collection period merely because the taxpayer is a member of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized as a result of combat zone injuries (see S. 2686), S5786 [18SE]

$2.13 Day: designate (see S. Res. 356), S948 [12FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see S. 1845), S133 [8JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1982), S765 [4FE] (see S. 2413), S3369 [3JN]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see S. 2782), S6096 [18NO]

——— anniversary (see S. Res. 529), S5700 [17SE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see S. 1945), S5919 [12NO]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 573), S5784 [18SE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S3898 [23JN]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see S. 2622), S5699 [17SE]

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), S2425 [28AP]

——— tribute to Easy Company, 2d Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (see S. Res. 401), S1819 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of those who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see S. Con. Res. 40), S4454 [14JY]

Children and youth: eliminate the use of valid court orders to secure lockup for status offenses which would not be judicial issues if the offender were not a juvenile (see S. 2874), S5782 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Caregiver Corps program (see S. 2842), S5698 [17SE]

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (see S. 2154), S1730 [25MR]

——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 2343), S3074 [15MY]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see S. 2959), S6205 [20NO]

Foreign aid: end global poverty and hunger, achieve food and nutrition security, promote long-term, agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilient, adaptive, local capacity of vulnerable populations (see S. 2909), S5783 [18SE]

Inland Waterways Trust Fund: revise financing rate (see S. 2955), S6204 [20NO]

International Self-Care Day: designate (see S. Res. 515), S4763 [23JY]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 366), S1234 [27FE]

National Day on Writing: designate (see S. Res. 576), S5918 [12NO]

National Donate Life Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 425), S2470 [29AP]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see S. 2920), S5993 [13NO]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (see S. Res. 379), S1519 [11MR]

——— tribute to wrestling team (see S. Res. 409), S2095 [2AP]

Senior citizens: develop and test expanded and advanced role for direct care workers who provide long-term services and supports to older individuals to coordinate care and improve efficiency (see S. 2251), S2379 [10AP]

Taxation: establish Promise Zones to revitalize high-poverty communities through Federal-local partnerships (see S. 2597), S4454 [14JY]

William H. Gray 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see S. 2594), S4404 [10JY]

World Press Freedom Day: observance (see S. Res. 447), S3074 [15MY]

Cloture motions

Abrams, Leslie J.: nomination to be district judge, S5901 [12NO], S6014 [17NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S5737, S5764 [18SE]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5197 [31JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), motion to proceed, S4988 [28JY], S5083 [30JY]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S812 [6FE], S846 [10FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

Baran, Jeffery M.: nomination to the NRC, S5549 [11SE], S5580 [15SE], S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

Bastian, Stanley A.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2433 [29AP]

Bay, Norman C.: nomination to FERC, S4324 [9JY], S4472 [15JY]

Bloom, Beth: nomination to be district judge, S3855 [19JN], S3892 [23JN]

Bowen, Sharon Y.: nomination to the CFTC, S3285 [22MY], S3353 [3JN]

Burns, Stephen G.: nomination to the NRC, S5549 [11SE], S5580 [15SE]

Burrows, Charlotte A.: nomination to the EEOC, S6187 [20NO], S6253 [2DE]

Burwell, Sylvia Mathews: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S3286 [22MY], S3398 [4JN]

Byron, Paul G.: nomination to be district judge, S3855 [19JN], S3891 [23JN]

Chutkan, Tanya S.: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3360 [3JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5530 [11SE], S5579 [15SE]

Cohen, Mark H.: nomination to be district judge, S5901 [12NO], S6014 [17NO]

Coloretti, Nani A.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of HUD, S6187 [20NO], S6242 [2DE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), motion to proceed, S2603 [1MY], S2690 [6MY]

Crawford, Geoffrey W.: nomination to be district judge, S3856 [19JN], S3893 [23JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S5963 [13NO]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S5772 [18SE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S5487 [10SE], S5543 [11SE]

Gayles, Darrin P.: nomination to be district judge, S3654 [12JN], S3680 [16JN]

Hale, David J.: nomination to be district judge, S6228 [1DE], S6277 [3DE]

Hendricks, Bruce Howe: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3359 [3JN]

Kearney, Mark A.: nomination to be district judge, S6228 [1DE], S6277 [3DE]

LaFleur, Cheryl A.: nomination to FERC, S4325 [9JY], S4472 [15JY]

Leeson, Joseph F., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S6294 [3DE], S6319 [4DE]

Lodge, Virginia Tyler: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6295 [3DE], S6404 [9DE]

Lopez, P. David: nomination to be EEOC General Counsel, S6188 [20NO], S6254 [2DE]

Mastroianni, Mark G.: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3359 [3JN]

May, Leigh Martin: nomination to be district judge, S5772 [18SE], S5904 [12NO]

McFerran, Lauren McGarity: nomination to the NLRB, S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

Mendoza, Carlos E.: nomination to be district judge, S3855 [19JN], S3892 [23JN]

Meyer, Jeffrey A.: nomination to be district judge, S939 [12FE], S991 [24FE]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2409 [28AP], S2545 [30AP]

Murthy, Vivek H.: nomination to be Surgeon General and Public Health Service Medical Director, S6799 [13DE], S6849 [15DE]

Orr, Franklin M., Jr.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Energy for Science, S6229 [1DE], S6292 [3DE]

Owens, John B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

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]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S6437 [9DE], S6589 [11DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Peterson, James D.: nomination to be district judge, S2684 [6MY], S2838 [8MY]

Rosenbaum, Robin S.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2685 [6MY], S2845 [8MY]

Rosenstengel, Nancy J.: nomination to be district judge, S2685 [6MY], S2838 [8MY]

Ross, Eleanor L.: nomination to be district judge, S5902 [12NO], S6015 [17NO]

Saldana, Sarah R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, S6797 [13DE], S6884 [16DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3654 [12JN], S3712 [17JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), motion to proceed, S3997 [25JN], S4210 [7JY]

Talwani, Indira: nomination to be district judge, S2684 [6MY], S2837 [8MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4988 [28JY], S5082 [30JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4650 [21JY], S4728 [23JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S737, S738 [4FE], S794 [6FE]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

Walter, Ronald A.: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6295 [3DE], S6404 [9DE]

Weil, David: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, S2230 [8AP], S2416 [28AP]

Yandle, Staci M.: nomination to be district judge, S3653 [12JN], S3679 [16JN]

Letters

Call for U.S. response to human rights violations in Syria: by, S2840 [8MY]

Prohibit funding for proposed CPSC rule entitled ‘‘Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines for Voluntary Recall Notices’’: by, H6283 [15JY]

Obituaries

Van Kirk, Theodore (Dutch): Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, S5324 [1AU]

Remarks

Adegbile, Debo P.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S1290 [5MR]

——— suitability to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division relative to actions as NAACP Legal Defense Fund director of litigation in representing Mumia Abu-Jamal, S1290 [5MR]

Afghanistan: support credible, inclusive, and transparent Presidential and provincial elections, S2290–S2292 [8AP]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S997–S999 [24FE]

Annie E. Casey Foundation: release of Kids Count Data Book, S4755 [23JY], S5119 [30JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S4846 [23JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), motion to proceed, S5119 [30JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S6519 [10DE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1199 [27FE]

——— tribute to members from Pennsylvania killed in military action in Afghanistan, S127 [8JA]

Beetlestone, Wendy: nomination to be district judge, S6138 [19NO]

Black History Month: observance, S985 [24FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (H. Con. Res. 100), S3551 [10JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2290 [8AP]

Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA: designate, S1200 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: importance of Summer Food Service Program, S4259 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6519 [10DE]

——— develop a strategy to promote the security of Afghan women and girls during the security transition process and provide for recruitment of women in the Afghan National Security Forces, S5110 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3533 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1571 [12MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S6192 [20NO]

——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (S. 2343), S3351 [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1114), S3278 [22MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve processing of claims for benefits (S. 2091), S3636 [12JN]

Disbrow, Lisa S.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Air Force for Financial Management, unanimous-consent agreement, S4844 [23JY]

Eximbank: extend and reauthorize (S. 2709), S5157 [30JY]

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 489), S4845 [23JY]

Harris, Pamela: nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S4844 [23JY]

Health: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (S. 2539), S4755 [23JY]

International Self-Care Day: designate (S. Res. 515), S4846 [23JY]

Johnstown, PA: anniversary of Johnstown Flood, S3231• [21MY]

Kearney, Mark A.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6291 [3DE]

Krause, Cheryl A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4209 [7JY]

Lynton, Michael: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 40), S4845 [23JY]

McHugh, Gerald A., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S1687 [24MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2122), S1595 [12MR]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2532 [30AP]

Moldova: support sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, call for removal of Russian forces, and resolve conflict in Transnistria territory (S. Res. 500), S4845 [23JY]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (S. Res. 514), S4846 [23JY]

Pappert, Gerald J.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6291 [3DE]

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), motion to proceed, S3006 [14MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1894 [1AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), House amendment, S6519 [10DE]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary of Pittsburgh Opera, S757 [4FE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4844 [23JY]

Project HOME (organization): anniversary, S2193• [7AP]

PRWT Services, Inc.: tribute, S985 [24FE]

Senate: legislative program, S3551 [10JN], S5157 [30JY]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony, document production, and representation in North Dakota v. Beatrice Quill (S. Res. 516), S4846 [23JY]

Smith, Edward G.: nomination to be district judge, S1687 [24MR]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities, S2863• [8MY]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S. 2461), S3804 [18JN]

Syria: condemn human rights violations and war crimes, address impact of war on neighboring countries, and call for U.S. response to such atrocities, S2839–S2841 [8MY]

——— provide humanitarian and other assistance and support a transition to democracy, S1573–S1575 [12MR]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities, S6900 [16DE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (S. 313), S1226 [27FE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S3006 [14MY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6900 [16DE]

——— extend total bonus depreciation, S3007 [14MY]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property, S3007 [14MY]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property, S3007 [14MY]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (S. 1085), S785 [6FE]

T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act: amend (S. 611), S1595 [12MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S1894 [1AP]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2149), S1769 [26MR]

Venezuela: support democracy, condemn violence and intimidation of political opposition and investigate such acts, dismantle militias, impose sanctions, and encourage dialogue with political opposition (S. Res. 365), S1595 [12MR]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1199 [27FE]

Weil, David: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, unanimous-consent request, S2355 [10AP]

Wolfeboro, NH: anniversary of Wright Museum of WWII History (S. Res. 501), S4846 [23JY]

Tributes

Baucus, Senator, S796 [6FE]

Begich, Senator, S6913 [16DE]

Gola, Tom, S1277• [4MR]

Hagan, Senator, S6913 [16DE]

Harkin, Senator, S6779 [12DE]

Johnson, Senator Tim, S6912 [16DE]

Katz, Lewis, S3659• [12JN]

Landrieu, Senator, S6912 [16DE]

Levin, Senator, S6779 [12DE]

Moskovitz, Leo, S6687• [11DE]

Pryor, Senator, S6913 [16DE]

Rockefeller, Senator, S6779 [12DE]

Udall, Senator Mark, S6913 [16DE]

Van Kirk, Theodore (Dutch), S5324• [1AU]