COBURN, TOM (a Senator from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1179, S1180 [26FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2285 [8AP]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2729, S2736, S2737 [6MY], S2815, S2816 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S3686 [16JN], S3946 [24JN], S5711, S5712 [17SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1588, S1589, S1590 [12MR], S1608, S1665 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System (S. 311), S4354, S4359 [9JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), S4585 [17JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S5436 [9SE]

Federal agencies and departments: eliminate or modify Federal reporting requirements (H.R. 4194), S5639, S5644 [16SE]

——— improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (S. 1360), S5840 [18SE]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (S. 994), S2387 [10AP]

——— require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans (S. 1611), S5837 [18SE]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S529, S530 [28JA], S573, S600 [29JA]

Information technology: reform Federal information security (S. 2521), S6390 [8DE]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), S529, S530 [28JA], S573, S600 [29JA]

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), S3034 [14MY], S3102, S3103, S3107, S3108, S3109 [15MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1939, S1967, S1979, S1981, S2029 [1AP], S6565, S6566, S6567, S6569, S6570, S6572, S6573, S6574, S6575, S6576, S6577, S6578 [10DE], S6643, S6645 [11DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3880, S3881 [19JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4275, S4277 [8JY], S4422 [10JY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6791, S6792 [12DE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4913, S4923 [24JY]

Ukraine: provide for costs of loan guarantees (H.R. 4152), S1833 [27MR]

——— support sovereignty and democracy (S. 2124), S1695 [24MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S71, S72 [7JA], S231 [9JA], S329 [14JA], S545 [28JA], S830 [6FE]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1179, S1180 [26FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3230, Veterans’ Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, S3805 [18JN]

Articles and editorials

Traveler’s View—Senate Should Either Fund New Parks in Defense Bill, or Strip Them Out, Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler (publication), S6726 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S325 [14JA]

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

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

Burma: place conditions on assistance relative to human rights (see S. 1885), S3811 [18JN]

Bush, George: tribute (see S. Res. 471), S3604 [11JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 2280), S2614 [1MY]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (see S. 2118), S1584 [12MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see S. 2617), S4557 [16JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (see S. 2201), S2095 [2AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: codify the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (see S. 2519), S3939 [24JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide the Inspector General with the authority to investigate allegations of misconduct by departmental attorneys (see S. 2127), S1820 [27MR]

Dept. of State: renegotiate with Iraq provisions of original agreement relative to the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq (see S. Res. 333), S822 [6FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see S. 2013), S1282 [4MR]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations (see S. 2424), S3367 [3JN]

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

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 1909), S764 [4FE]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see S. 1911), S223 [9JA]

Endangered species: remove the American burying beetle from the endangered species list (see S. 2678), S5050 [29JY]

EPA: call for withdrawal of proposed rules to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing and modified and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see S. Res. 512), S4762 [23JY]

——— disapprove rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants (see S.J. Res. 30), S439 [16JA]

——— prohibit issuing any final rule under the Clean Air Act until completion of mandated employment effect analyses for current air regulations (see S. 2161), S1775 [26MR]

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

Federal agencies and departments: disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (see S. 1898), S132 [8JA]

——— include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see S. 1921), S325 [14JA]

——— prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see S. 2436), S4225 [7JY]

Financial institutions: clarify that prohibitions on investments in certain funds shall not be construed to require divestiture of certain collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities (see S. 1907), S291 [13JA]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S1731 [25MR]

FRS: increase threshold at which regulated depository institutions are subject to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau direct examination and reporting requirements (see S. 2732), S5375 [8SE]

——— reaffirm importance of community banking and community banking regulatory experience on the Board of Governors and ensure at least one member with such experience (see S. 2252), S2567 [30AP]

GAO: study expenses incurred by the Pentagon to meet renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates (see S. 1928), S372 [15JA]

Immigration: treat all unaccompanied alien children crossing the U.S. Southern border equally, allow for voluntary reunification with family, and expedite due process for claims to remain in the U.S. (see S. 2611), S4621 [17JY]

Information technology: reform Federal information security (see S. 2521), S3939 [24JN]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 1881), S28 [6JA]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see S. 2011), S890 [11FE]

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

Libraries: require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations (see S. 2640), S4705 [22JY]

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

Medicare: encourage beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive (see S. 2240), S2378 [10AP]

Moldova: support sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, call for removal of Russian forces, and resolve conflict in Transnistria territory (see S. Res. 411), S2161 [3AP]

National Blood Donor Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 31), S599 [29JA]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 503), S4557 [16JY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: develop a watch list of foreign countries that engage in economic or industrial espionage in cyberspace with respect to U.S. trade secrets or proprietary information (see S. 2384), S3293 [22MY]

Palestinian Authority: restrict funds (see S. 2265), S2470 [29AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: establish Innovation Promotion Fund and remove from congressional appropriations process to prevent diversion of user fees (see S. 2146), S1653 [13MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2190), S1923 [1AP]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see S. 1902), S223 [9JA]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see S. 1848), S133 [8JA]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (see S. 2339), S3029 [14MY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1456), S655 [30JA]

SEC: modify disclosures to investors in municipal and corporate debt securities (see S. 2114), S1584 [12MR]

——— provide for a notice-filing registration procedure for brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller companies and provide appropriate regulation of such transfers (see S. 1923), S528 [28JA]

Senate Rules: modify the provision relating to timing for filing of cloture motions (see S. Res. 382), S1584 [12MR]

Sri Lanka: develop a balanced U.S. policy, call for international assistance in dealing with grievances arising from civil war, support reconciliation, and improve religious and media freedoms (see S. Res. 364), S2615 [1MY]

Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom, and urge inclusion of freedom of religion when drafting new constitution (see S. Res. 453), S3237 [21MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species and prevent further consideration of such listing pending implementation of conservation plans and measures (see S. 2677), S5050 [29JY]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2496), S3863 [19JN]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: prohibit transfer of excess military equipment to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies (see S. 2904), S5783 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see S. 2278), S2614 [1MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: repeal certain reporting mandates of the Office of Inspector General (see S. 2651), S4903 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: acknowledge contributions at units of the National Park Service (see S. 2873), S5782 [18SE]

Dept. of Transportation: rescind unused earmarks (see S. 2370), S3237 [21MY]

FDIC: clarify membership requirements for Board of Directors (see S. 2852), S5782 [18SE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see S. 2113), S1584 [12MR]

——— strengthen Inspector General audits and investigations by streamlining computer matching agreements (see S. 2927), S5993 [13NO]

Medicare: provide for the reporting of certain hospital payment data (see S. 2005), S821 [6FE]

Public documents: prohibit the Government sale of Government documents that are available for free online by abolishing the National Technical Information Service (see S. 2206), S2161 [3AP]

Social Security: protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (see S. 3003), S6626 [11DE]

Letters

National Blue Alert Act: by, S2948 [13MY]

Motions

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S6726, S6738 [12DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S675, S676 [3FE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S346 [15JA], S398 [16JA]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S5762 [18SE]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), S3592 [11JN]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), conference report, S5175, S5206, S5207 [31JY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S932• [12FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S1027 [25FE], S1161 [26FE]

Budget: deficit, S5175 [31JY]

Conservation of energy: facilitate better alignment, cooperation, and best practices between commercial real estate landlords and tenants relative to energy efficiency in buildings (H.R. 2126), unanimous-consent request, S6854 [15DE]

Corps of Engineers: ensure all water resources development projects are eligible for review for deauthorization, S3249 [22MY]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, S3249 [22MY]

——— Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, S3249 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S675, S676 [3FE]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S675 [3FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6518 [10DE], S6644 [11DE], S6725, S6726 [12DE]

Dept. of Energy: making continuing appropriations for the National Nuclear Security Administration (H.J. Res. 76), unanimous-consent request, S5206, S5211 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct review in conjunction with Dept. of Education of Federal early learning and care programs and make recommendations to consolidate and streamline such programs, S1608 [13MR]

——— prohibit Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility for high-income families, S1608 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1607, S1608 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S6013• [17NO]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 933), S2692 [6MY], S2995 [14MY]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 933), unanimous-consent request, S2691 [6MY], S2995 [14MY]

——— report on investigation into fraudulent Social Security disability claims, S6889, S6891 [16DE]

Dept. of Labor: strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth, S3968 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (S. 25), House amendment, S932• [12FE]

——— transfer land from Badger Army Ammunition Plant to the Ho-Chunk Nation, S6725 [12DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend deadline for Terrorism Risk Insurance Program to collect terrorism loss risk-spreading premiums if mandatory recoupment is more than a billion dollars, S4585 [17JY]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), S4427 [10JY], S4585 [17JY]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), unanimous-consent request, S6905 [16DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: delay expansion of medical services to veterans with no service-connected disability or income above means-tested threshold until GAO certifies that resources can accommodate increased enrollment, S1027 [25FE], S1161 [26FE]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S3592 [11JN], S5175 [31JY]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations (S. 2424), S6852 [15DE]

——— require publication of certain quality of care data for health care facilities, S1161 [26FE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 5059), unanimous-consent request, S6852 [15DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S5498 [10SE]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S3968 [25JN]

——— reform Federal job training programs, S3968 [25JN]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), House amendment, S346 [15JA], S398 [16JA]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs, S398 [16JA]

——— evaluate and consolidate duplicative early learning and child care programs, S1607, S1608 [13MR]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (S. 2113), S5900 [12NO], S6435 [9DE], S6518 [10DE], S6727 [12DE]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (S. 2113), unanimous-consent request, S6436 [9DE], S6727 [12DE]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (S. 994), S6435 [9DE]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S573 [29JA], S617 [30JA]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), S1633 [13MR]

——— ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes (S. 2137), S1632 [13MR]

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, S4537 [16JY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, S5206, S5211 [31JY]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (S. 357), unanimous-consent request, S2995 [14MY]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S932• [12FE], S1846 [31MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1846 [31MR]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: allow States to opt out of participation, S573, S581 [29JA], S617 [30JA]

——— reform, S6905 [16DE]

——— reform (S. 1926), S573, S581 [29JA], S617 [30JA]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (H.R. 1033), S5662 [17SE]

——— acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (H.R. 1033), unanimous-consent request, S5662, S5663 [17SE]

——— reduce number of national historic sites and parks to increase efficiency, S6725 [12DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), House amendment, S6518 [10DE], S6644 [11DE], S6725, S6726 [12DE]

Point of order, S573 [29JA], S5206 [31JY]

Senate: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S6590 [11DE]

——— legislative priorities, S5498 [10SE]

——— legislative process, S346 [15JA]

——— legislative program, S5213 [31JY]

Senate Rules: prohibit ‘‘filling the amendment tree’’ by preventing a Senator from filing a second degree amendment to his or her first degree amendment, S6731 [12DE]

Social Security: protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (S. 3003), S6627 [11DE], S6891 [16DE]

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, S4537 [16JY]

——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S1709 [25MR]

Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S5762 [18SE]

U.N.: funding, S5206 [31JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S347 [15JA], S545 [28JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S1027 [25FE], S1161 [26FE]

Votes: position on missed, S6013• [17NO]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S5762 [18SE], S6364 [8DE], S6438 [9DE], S6500, S6505, S6515 [10DE], S6591–S6596, S6669 [11DE], S6751, S6776, S6778 [12DE], S6859 [15DE]

Resignations

Senate, S6141 [19NO]

Summaries

Protecting Social Security Disability Act (S. 3003), S6628–S6630 [11DE]

Tributes

Billings, Randy L., S220 [9JA]

Carper, Senator, S6435 [9DE]

Chambliss, Senator, S6514 [10DE]