COONS, CHRISTOPHER A. (a Senator from Delaware)

Amendments

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), S898 [11FE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2733 [6MY], S2822 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S4179 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (S. 1799), S4186 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), S6793 [12DE]

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

Genocide: observe anniversary of Rwandan genocide and condemn and prevent acts of genocide and mass atrocities in Syria, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan, and elsewhere (S. Res. 413), S6457, S6463 [9DE]

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), S3037 [14MY], S3094, S3117, S3119 [15MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S6545 [10DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815, S3819 [18JN], S3864 [19JN], S4339 [9JY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4339 [9JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4836 [23JY], S4921 [24JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S148 [8JA]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 314), S3040, S3044 [14MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S5339 [8AU]

John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Board of Trustees, S5958 [12NO]

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), S3863 [19JN]

AID: establish the U.S. Global Development Lab (see S. 2502), S3863 [19JN]

——— reform Food for Peace Program (see S. 2421), S3367 [3JN]

Air Force: modernize C–130H aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and ensure such aircraft meet applicable FAA regulations (see S. 2758), S5508 [10SE]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1827), S852 [10FE]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see S. 1957), S3029 [14MY]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 2687), S5994 [13NO]

——— expand and improve care to members and veterans with mental health disorders, review characterization of discharges, and establish a loan repayment program for certain VA psychiatrists (see S. 2182), S3296 [22MY]

——— 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), S4558 [16JY]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see S. 2395), S3545 [10JN]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see S. 2231), S4405 [10JY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1982), S1003 [24FE]

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

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

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S6148 [19NO]

Burma: develop nondiscriminatory solution addressing Rakhine State’s need for peace and security, end persecution of Rohingya people, and respect internationally recognized human rights for all minority groups (see S. Res. 586), S6205 [20NO]

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. 2475), S3719 [17JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S2241 [8AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 865), S4904 [24JY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see S. 398), S5918 [12NO]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see S. 2971), S6921 [16DE]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (see S. 2074), S1233 [27FE] (see S. 2262), S2424 [28AP]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 1738), S2875 [8MY]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see S. 1468), S1048 [25FE]

Dept. of Education: establish a grant program to enable States to promote participation in high school/college dual enrollment programs (see S. 2349), S3186 [20MY]

Dept. of Energy: replace the current requirement for biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review (see S. 1938), S439 [16JA]

Dept. of HHS: increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see S. 641), S6095 [18NO]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see S. 2449), S4155 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (see S. 2807), S6449 [9DE]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 2254), S4621 [17JY]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see S. 2301), S6206 [20NO]

——— provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (see S. 2441), S4706 [22JY]

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]

——— extend Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program (see S. 2302), S3030 [14MY]

——— 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), S3424 [4JN]

——— 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 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]

——— grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (see S. 738), S4271 [8JY]

——— increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) to fund acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds (see S. 2621), S4620 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation: set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see S. 1708), S1366 [6MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see S. 2243), S3296 [22MY]

——— 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), S3425 [4JN] (see S. 2450), S3545 [10JN]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see S. 2591), S5994 [13NO]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see S. 539), S5993 [13NO]

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see S. 907), S1519 [11MR]

——— reauthorize and extend program to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 315), S1366 [6MR]

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

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 583), S6207 [20NO]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1410), S2096 [2AP]

Economy: invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (see S. 2757), S5217 [31JY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 631), S5784 [18SE]

——— clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2133), S5136 [30JY]

FDA: incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for Ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S6024 [17NO]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see S. 2141), S2195 [7AP]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 423), S2406 [11AP]

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]

Freedom of Information Act: improve (see S. 2520), S6206 [20NO]

Health: support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary and secondary school students by enhancing physical and health education (see S. 392), S2195 [7AP]

——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see S. Res. 578), S5993 [13NO]

Human rights: impose sanctions relative to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see S. 1933), S4003 [25JN]

Information technology: limit ability of companies to share consumer geolocation information accessed through electronic communications devices (see S. 2171), S1818 [27MR]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4405 [10JY]

Iraq: protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see S. Res. 530), S5376 [8SE]

Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization): condemn killing of James W. Foley and Steven J. Sotloff and other terrorist acts and express condolences to their families (see S. Res. 538), S5509 [10SE]

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), S4455 [14JY]

——— 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]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see S. 2871), S5782 [18SE]

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]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see S. 1184), S702 [3FE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see S. 948), S5919 [12NO]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 2689), S6096 [18NO]

——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see S. 452), S1519 [11MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S5699 [17SE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S3425 [4JN]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S1654 [13MR] (see S. 2223), S2380 [10AP]

Motor vehicles: limit retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders (see S. 1925), S325 [14JA]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 353), S5700 [17SE]

National Cancer Research Month: designate (see S. Res. 445), S3075 [15MY]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 438), S2718 [6MY]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S2718 [6MY]

National Estuaries Week: designate (see S. Res. 574), S5784 [18SE]

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

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 536), S5376 [8SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 449), S3075 [15MY]

National Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 386), S1653 [13MR]

National Teacher Day: observance (see S. Res. 440), S2875 [8MY]

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), S2614 [1MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see S. 2192), S2425 [28AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see S. 2434), S3474 [5JN]

——— provide temporary shift in scheduled collection of transitional reinsurance program payments (see S. 2253), S4662 [21JY]

——— revise reporting requirements to preserve the privacy of individuals (see S. 2176), S6388 [8DE]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY]

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

Pollution: establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (see S. 2911), S5783 [18SE]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see S. 1599), S1002 [24FE] (see S. 2685), S5051 [29JY]

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), S488 [27JA]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see S. Res. 368), S1234 [27FE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S5630 [16SE]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 2304), S3238 [21MY]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1690), S4662 [21JY]

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) (organization): strengthen entrepreneurial resources (see S. 2008), S1417 [10MR]

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), S3669 [12JN]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 548), S5629 [16SE]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary (see S. Res. 330), S488 [27JA]

Sports: require all equestrian helmets manufactured or sold in the U.S. to meet a minimum safety standard (see S. 2972), S6302 [3DE]

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), S1693 [24MR]

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]

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), S2096 [2AP]

Taxation: expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2069), S6095 [18NO]

——— extend and modify the research and development credit to encourage innovation (see S. 1920), S325 [14JA]

——— limit interest expense deduction to prevent earnings stripping of domestic corporations involved in corporate inversion (see S. 2786), S5507 [10SE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 1431), S2796 [7MY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see S. 862), S655 [30JA]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 2562), S4154 [26JN] (see S. 2569), S4271 [8JY]

Technology: allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (see S. 517), S4404 [10JY]

Ukraine: condemn violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity by Russian forces and call for international response opposing Russia’s actions and in support of Ukrainian Government (see S. Res. 378), S1519 [11MR]

——— express concern about undemocratic governance and abuse of rights, call for international response to human rights violations, and urge release of political prisoners (see S. Res. 357), S1283 [4MR]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1982), S1003 [24FE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see S. 1945), S439 [16JA]

Water: provide improved water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for high priority developing countries (see S. 2946), S6148 [19NO]

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

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S3343 [2JN]

——— constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10), S703 [3FE]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 386), S1653 [13MR]

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), S1234 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Discovery Trail: designate (see S. 2346), S3074 [15MY]

Cape May-Lewes Ferry: anniversary (see S. Res. 490), S4154 [26JN]

Central African Republic: support U.S. and international efforts to end violence, protect civilians, and address root causes of conflict (see S. Res. 375), S1315 [5MR]

Conservation of energy: express that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support reduced Government energy consumption while supporting jobs and economic development (see S. Res. 562), S5783 [18SE]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see S. 2267), S2470 [29AP]

Dept. of Education: make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see S. 2860), S5782 [18SE]

Dept. of Energy: improve management of the National Laboratories, enhance technology commercialization, and facilitate public-private partnerships (see S. 1973), S599 [29JA]

——— reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (see S. 2052), S1233 [27FE]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see S. Res. 541), S5508 [10SE]

Families and domestic relations: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see S. 2853), S5782 [18SE]

Federal aid programs: establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (see S. 2897), S5783 [18SE]

Genocide: observe anniversary of Rwandan genocide and condemn and prevent acts of genocide and mass atrocities in Syria, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan, and elsewhere (see S. Res. 413), S2194 [7AP]

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

National Chemistry Week: designate (see S. Res. 559), S5698 [17SE]

National discovery trails: establish (see S. 2346), S3074 [15MY]

National Science and Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 329), S68 [7JA]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 556), S5698 [17SE]

NIST: designate U.S. manufacturing universities to emphasize manufacturing in engineering programs (see S. 2719), S5216 [31JY]

NSF: implement Sustainable Chemistry Program (see S. 2879), S5782 [18SE]

Public safety officers: expand benefits to families of officers who suffer fatal climate-related injuries in the line of duty (see S. 2332), S3028 [14MY]

U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: support (see S. Res. 522), S4904 [24JY]

USA Science & Engineering Festival: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 329), S68 [7JA]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 597), S6540 [10DE]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 426), S2470 [29AP]

World Wildlife Day: designate (see S. Res. 374), S1315 [5MR]

Cloture motions

Alonso, Jorge L.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]

Appropriations: 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), S1168 [26FE]

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

Azrack, Joan M.: nomination to be district judge, S6809 [13DE]

Baran, Jeffery M.: nomination to the NRC, S5549 [11SE], S5580 [15SE]

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

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

Bell, Colleen Bradley: nomination to be Ambassador to Hungary, S6187 [20NO], S6230 [1DE]

Biggs, Loretta Copeland: nomination to be district judge, S6809 [13DE]

Blakey, John R.: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

Blinken, Antony J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State, S6799 [13DE], S6896 [16DE]

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

Bough, Stephen R.: nomination to be district judge, S6806 [13DE], S6905 [16DE]

Boulware, Richard F., II: nomination to be district judge, S3464 [5JN], S3494 [9JN]

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

Brainard, Lael: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S3465 [5JN], S3520 [10JN]

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

Burroughs, Allison Dale: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

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

Carnes, Julie E.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4545 [16JY], S4599 [17JY]

Chhabria, Vince G.: nomination to be district judge, S1224 [27FE], S1303 [5MR]

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

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2763 [7MY], S2899 [12MY]

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

Costa, Gregg J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2924 [13MY], S3058 [15MY]

Crabtree, Daniel D.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2434 [29AP]

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

deGravelles, John W.: nomination to be district judge, S4546 [16JY], S4672 [22JY]

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]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), motion to proceed, S1225 [27FE]

Dillon, Elizabeth K.: nomination to be district judge, S6809 [13DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5322 [1AU], S5366 [8SE]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), S360 [15JA], S424 [16JA]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

Fischer, Stanley: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Vice Chairman, S3465 [5JN], S3521 [10JN]

Friedland, Michelle T.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2230 [8AP], S2336 [10AP]

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

Gilliam, Haywood S., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]

Gottemoeller, Rose E.: nomination to be Under Sec. of State for Arms Control and International Security, S1225 [27FE], S1304 [5MR]

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

Harris, Pamela: nomination to be circuit judge, S4695 [22JY], S4876 [24JY]

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

Honorable, Colette Dodson: nomination to the FERC, S6801 [13DE], S6897 [16DE]

Humetewa, Diane J.: nomination to be district judge, S2904 [12MY], S2994 [14MY]

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]

Kadzik, Peter J.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, S3654 [12JN], S3697 [17JN]

Krause, Cheryl A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3925 [24JN], S4102 [26JN]

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

Lauck, M. Hannah: nomination to be district judge, S3464 [5JN], S3493 [9JN]

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

Lipman, Sheryl H.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2431 [29AP]

Logan, Steven P.: nomination to be district judge, S2904 [12MY], S2993 [14MY]

Marquez, Rosemary: nomination to be district judge, S2923 [13MY], S3055 [15MY]

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

Mazzant, Amos L., III: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

Mehta, Amit P.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]

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

Mendoza, Salvador, Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S3653 [12JN], S3679 [16JN]

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]

Moritz, Nancy L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2463 [29AP], S2581 [1MY]

Moss, Randolph D.: nomination to be district judge, S5771 [18SE], S5903 [12NO]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

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]

Pappert, Gerald J.: nomination to be district judge, S6228 [1DE], S6278 [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), S3019 [14MY], S3060 [15MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP], S6437 [9DE], S6589 [11DE]

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

Pitman, Robert L.: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

Powell, Jerome H.: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S3465 [5JN], S3520 [10JN]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (S. 2685), motion to proceed, S5902 [12NO], S6079 [18NO]

Pryor, Jill A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5080 [30JY], S5209 [31JY]

Rayes, Douglas L.: nomination to be district judge, S2923 [13MY], S3056 [15MY]

Rodriguez, Leon: nomination to be Dept. of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director, S3856 [19JN], S3911 [24JN]

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

Santos, Daniel J.: nomination to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, S6802 [13DE], S6850 [15DE]

Schroeder, Robert W., III: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

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

Shah, Manish S.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2433 [29AP]

Sorokin, Leo T.: nomination to be district judge, S3464 [5JN], S3493 [9JN]

Soto, James A.: nomination to be district judge, S2924 [13MY], S3056 [15MY]

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

Stivers, Gregory N.: nomination to be district judge, S6293 [3DE], S6318 [4DE]

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]

Tuchi, John J.: nomination to be district judge, S2904 [12MY], S2993 [14MY]

Ukraine: support sovereignty and democracy (S. 2124), motion to proceed, S1642 [13MR], S1686 [24MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S312 [14JA], S737, S738 [4FE], S794 [6FE]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]

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

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

Wilkins, Robert L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S209 [9JA]

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

Privilege of the floor

Cooke, Akunna, S5157 [30JY]

Kasaka, Chikulupi, S5713 [17SE]

Kaufman, Sydney, S2823 [7MY]

Sferlazzo, Julia, S185 [8JA]

Remarks

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend, S5080 [30JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations, S3798–S3800 [18JN]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (S. 1957), S3447 [5JN]

Amtrak: Northeast corridor infrastructure projects funding, S2339–S2341 [10AP]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S345 [15JA], S6503 [10DE], S6755, S6771 [12DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S2339 [10AP]

Climate: global warming, S1412 [10MR], S3575–S3577 [11JN]

——— impact of global warming on rising sea levels, S1412 [10MR]

Colleges and universities: establish a grant program to encourage universities to revamp engineering programs to focus on manufacturing engineering and curricula specifically related to targeted industries, S4981 [28JY]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 112), S5334 [5AU]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2074), S1413 [10MR]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S3577 [11JN]

Delaware 87ers (basketball team): tribute, S5305 [31JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (S. 1468), S1357–S1359 [6MR], S2051, S2053, S2054 [2AP], S6503 [10DE]

Dept. of Energy: improve management of the National Laboratories, enhance technology commercialization, and facilitate public-private partnerships (S. 1973), S602–S604 [29JA]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 933), S2753–S2755 [7MY]

——— increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers, S3800 [18JN]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), House amendment, S6503 [10DE], S6755, S6771 [12DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, S3798–S3800 [18JN]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (S. Res. 541), S5531 [11SE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S2583 [1MY]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, S808 [6FE], S1357–S1359 [6MR], S4981 [28JY], S6502 [10DE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S4124 [26JN], S4981 [28JY]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), House amendment, S345 [15JA]

Federal aid programs: establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (S. 2897), S6321, S6322 [4DE], S6503 [10DE]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa, S5080 [30JY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S3446 [5JN]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), S5334 [5AU]

——— misconception by illegal immigrants that unaccompanied children and women traveling with minors will not be deported, S4312 [9JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), S5334 [5AU]

——— reform (S. 744), S4312 [9JY]

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (S. 1716), S3447 [5JN]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, S102 [8JA]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, S4126 [26JN]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

Obama, President: evaluation relative to strategy to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S5532 [11SE]

——— State of the Union Message, S808 [6FE]

Pakistan: condemn shooting and offer condolences to victims and families of attack by the Pakistani Taliban at the Army Public School in Peshawar, S6912 [16DE]

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, S3013 [14MY]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees, S6771 [12DE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, S2583 [1MY]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections, S2582 [1MY]

Presidential appointments: call for prompt nomination and confirmation of ambassadors in order to provide certainty in leadership and support security at U.S. embassies, S4127 [26JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3798–S3800 [18JN]

Senate: authority of officials during adjournment, S5334 [5AU]

——— legislative program, S5335 [5AU]

——— tribute to departing Senators, S6503 [10DE]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S2582 [1MY]

——— decision in McCutcheon v. FEC on contribution limits for individual political campaign donors, S2582 [1MY]

Taxation: extend and modify the research and development credit to encourage innovation (S. 1920), S6503 [10DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S3013 [14MY]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (S. 795), S1413 [10MR], S3577 [11JN]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes, S3013 [14MY]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes (S. 193), S6503 [10DE]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, S3800 [18JN]

——— reauthorize surface transportation programs, S3447 [5JN]

U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: tribute, S5334 [5AU]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S808 [6FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S102 [8JA]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (S. 1945), S4126 [26JN]

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

Wilmington, DE: anniversary of Latin American Community Center, S5306• [31JY]

Statements

Clarify Treatment of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health Plans in Which Expatriates Are the Primary Enrollees: by, S6772 [12DE]

Tributes

Brown, James W., S2584 [1MY]

Gravel, Harry, S2583 [1MY]

Haley, Matt, S5654 [17SE]

Matos, Maria, S5306• [31JY]

Wright, George C., S5306• [31JY]