GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E. (a Senator from New York)

Amendments

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1052, S1092 [25FE], S1182 [26FE], S1250 [27FE]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5273 [31JY], S5809, S5821, S5835 [18SE], S6157 [19NO]

Dept. of Energy: making continuing appropriations for the National Nuclear Security Administration (H.J. Res. 76), S5327 [1AU]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1419 [10MR], S1524 [11MR]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S545 [28JA], S566, S605 [29JA]

——— 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 (S. 1846), S455 [16JA]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), S545 [28JA], S566, S605 [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), S3094, S3135 [15MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S6453, S6454 [9DE], S6578 [10DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815, S3819 [18JN], S3877 [19JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4421 [10JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4916 [24JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S134 [8JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1052, S1092 [25FE], S1182 [26FE], S1250 [27FE]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S463 [21JA]

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), S5220 [31JY]

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), S5217 [31JY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1827), S949 [12FE]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see S. 2464), S3604 [11JN]

Armed Forces: enhance participation of mental health professionals in boards for the correction of military records and boards for the review of the discharge or dismissal of members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2217), S2194 [7AP]

——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 2687), S5134 [30JY]

——— 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), S3545 [10JN]

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see S. 2333), S3028 [14MY]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see S. 1919), S325 [14JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1950), S600 [29JA] (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE]

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

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see S. 114), S702 [3FE]

Biomedical Research Fund: establish (see S. 2115), S1693 [24MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S5919 [12NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see S. 2373), S3237 [21MY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 2501), S5629 [16SE]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 404), S1925 [1AP]

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]

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

——— increase number of children eligible for free school meals, with a phased-in transition period, with an offset (see S. 2248), S2471 [29AP]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner honoring the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see S. 2886), S5782 [18SE]

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

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S4455 [14JY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see S. 398), S487 [27JA]

Community development: create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements (see S. 2900), S5783 [18SE]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see S. Res. 502), S4503 [15JY]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 2625), S4620 [17JY]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 2581), S6541 [10DE]

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see S. 1837), S3605 [11JN]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 1738), S28 [6JA]

——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (see S. 2567), S5220 [31JY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 1733), S1282 [4MR] (see S. 2599), S4454 [14JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 2366), S5699 [17SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 2210), S2648 [5MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see S. 1468), S5919 [12NO]

Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1956), S439 [16JA]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2292), S2718 [6MY] (see S. 2432), S3424 [4JN]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see S. 2692), S5134 [30JY]

——— establish a grant program to enable States to promote participation in high school/college dual enrollment programs (see S. 2349), S3238 [21MY]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2194), S2096 [2AP]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2374), S3508 [9JN]

——— 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: amend and reauthorize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (see S. 2529), S4621 [17JY]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see S. 1823), S2471 [29AP]

——— establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (see S. 2268), S2470 [29AP]

——— 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), S6388 [8DE]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see S. 1445), S3029 [14MY]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see S. 2449), S4405 [10JY]

——— reauthorize Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see S. 1759), S291 [13JA]

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (see S. 2154), S3238 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: implement standards for short-term custody of individuals held in Bureau of Customs and Border Protection facilities (see S. 1817), S1282 [4MR]

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

——— establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see S. 1362), S6023 [17NO]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S5135 [30JY]

——— make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see S. 2443), S3474 [5JN]

——— protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see S. 822), S3508 [9JN]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 2964), S6262 [2DE]

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]

——— establish a U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (see S. 270), S69 [7JA]

——— 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), S28 [6JA]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out programs and activities for connecting children and families with the outdoors (see S. 2367), S3237 [21MY]

——— 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 the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see S. 2244), S2406 [11AP]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out activities to improve rail safety (see S. 2784), S5507 [10SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Office of the Medical Inspector within the Office of the Under Secretary for Health (see S. 2401), S3294 [22MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see S. 2930), S6541 [10DE]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see S. 2591), S5220 [31JY]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see S. 539), S3029 [14MY]

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see S. 907), S6095 [18NO]

——— reauthorize and extend program to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 315), S1001 [24FE]

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

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1410), S764 [4FE]

Education: require certain protections for student loan borrowers (see S. 1803), S702 [3FE]

FDA: incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for Ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S6149 [19NO]

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

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S5218 [31JY]

Firearms: establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt certain policies and procedures relating to the transfer and possession of firearms in domestic violence cases (see S. 2676), S5050 [29JY]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (see S. 1232), S3185 [20MY]

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

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn use of civilians as human shields, recognize breaches of international law, support Israel’s right of self-defense, and support Palestinians who reject terrorism (see S. Con. Res. 41), S4904 [24JY]

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

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY]

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: clarify applicability to condominiums (see S. 2101), S1416 [10MR]

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]

Jewish American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 458), S3294 [22MY]

Johnson, Henry: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see S. 2793), S5630 [16SE]

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

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

Medicare: develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S1654 [13MR]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 1332), S3185 [20MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 367), S2379 [10AP]

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

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 543), S5700 [17SE]

National Clandestine Service of the CIA NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, Monroe, NY: designate (see S. 2661), S4903 [24JY]

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

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

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

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

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 335), S440 [16JA]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see S. 2944), S6303 [3DE]

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: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see S. 2192), S4558 [16JY]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see S. 2595), S4404 [10JY]

NRC: prohibit certain waivers and exemptions from emergency preparedness and response and security regulations for spent fuel stored at closed nuclear reactors (see S. 2324), S3545 [10JN]

——— require nuclear reactor operators to expand emergency planning zones and develop plans for dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel (see S. 2325), S3812 [18JN]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 1562), S5589 [15SE]

OPM: enhance background check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to classified information of Federal employees or contractors (see S. 1618), S133 [8JA]

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

Pipelines: establish State revolving loan funds to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines (see S. 1768), S1693 [24MR]

——— require gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of high-risk pipelines used in commerce (see S. 1767), S1693 [24MR]

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

——— reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 2023), S947 [12FE]

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see S. 824), S1584 [12MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 397), S1731 [25MR]

Roads and highways: expand project eligibility to certain public infrastructure projects relative to financing (see S. 2275), S2613 [1MY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S5786 [18SE]

SBA: provide authority for sole source contracts for certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 2481), S3719 [17JN]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (see S. 2693), S5134 [30JY]

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), S1003 [24FE]

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]

——— establish a Syrian war crimes tribunal (see S. Con. Res. 32), S3476 [5JN]

Taxation: allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see S. 1591), S1049 [25FE]

——— enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (see S. 2565), S4271 [8JY]

——— exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic or Paralympic medal winners (see S. 2026), S947 [12FE]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see S. 1141), S2566 [30AP]

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see S. 2997), S6540 [10DE]

——— provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (see S. 1030), S3719 [17JN]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see S. 1056), S2875 [8MY]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 506), S2911 [12MY]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see S. 2634), S4705 [22JY]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012 and 2013 (see S. 2233), S2327 [9AP]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 2004), S2954 [13MY]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see S. 2250), S6023 [17NO]

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

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see S. 1845), S28 [6JA]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see S. 1972), S599 [29JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1950), S600 [29JA] (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see S. 2782), S5700 [17SE]

Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see S. 2235), S2378 [10AP]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see S. 1463), S5508 [10SE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S4272 [8JY]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see S. 2622), S5920 [12NO]

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), S2719 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to next of kin or personal representative of Raoul Wallenberg (see S. Con. Res. 36), S3295 [22MY]

Cosmetics: prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads (see S. 2902), S5783 [18SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 2527), S4003 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (see S. 2970), S6262 [2DE] (see S. 2992), S6448 [9DE]

Dept. of Education: establish a grant program for career education in computer science (see S. 2167), S1818 [27MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish new standards for automobile hoods and bumpers to reduce pedestrian injuries (see S. 2284), S2614 [1MY]

Diseases: improve asthma management, education, and research (see S. 2804), S5588 [15SE]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act: reauthorize (see S. 2318), S2910 [12MY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 2844), S5698 [17SE]

Product safety: expand prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children’s products that contain phthalates (see S. 2120), S1584 [12MR]

SBA: establish the Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer Grant Program (see S. 2551), S4153 [26JN]

Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office, Alden, NY: designate (see S. 2056), S1233 [27FE]

Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building, Corning, NY: designate (see S. 2057), S1233 [27FE]

Taxation: encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2108), S1519 [11MR]

——— provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses (see S. 1975), S655 [30JA]

——— provide refundable credit for costs associated with Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (see S. 2717), S5216 [31JY]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see S. 2169), S1818 [27MR]

Voting: provide for voter registration through the Internet (see S. 2865), S5782 [18SE]

Cloture motions

Adler, Robert S.: nomination to the CPSC, S6187 [20NO], S6242 [2DE]

Arleo, Madeline Cox: nomination to be district judge, S6081 [18NO], S6138 [19NO]

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

Beetlestone, Wendy: nomination to be district judge, S6081 [18NO], S6138 [19NO]

Bolden, Victor A.: nomination to be district judge, S6081 [18NO], S6139 [19NO]

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

Chuang, Theodore D.: nomination to be district judge, S2462 [29AP], S2579 [1MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5488 [10SE], S5530 [11SE], S5579 [15SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2179 [7AP], S2299 [9AP]

Colvin, Carolyn Watts: nomination to be SSA Commissioner, S6798 [13DE]

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]

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

Griggsby, Lydia K.: nomination to be U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge, S6294 [3DE], S6319 [4DE]

Harper, Keith M.: nomination to the U.N. Human Rights Council, S3284 [22MY], S3331 [2JN]

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

Hazel, George J.: nomination to be district judge, S2462 [29AP], S2580 [1MY]

Hezir, Joseph S.: nomination to be Dept. of Energy Chief Financial Officer, S6229 [1DE], S6293 [3DE]

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

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

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

Levy, Jon D.: nomination to be district judge, S2403 [11AP], S2435 [29AP]

Mamet, Noah B.: nomination to be Ambassador to Argentina, S6186 [20NO], S6229 [1DE]

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]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP]

Pepper, Pamela: nomination to be district judge, S6080 [18NO], S6137 [19NO]

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

Sannes, Brenda K.: nomination to be district judge, S6081 [18NO], S6137 [19NO]

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

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

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

Williams, Ellen Dudley: nomination to be Dept. of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Director, S6295 [3DE], S6331 [4DE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S988 [24FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2212 [8AP]

Climate: global warming, S1382 [10MR]

Dept. of Defense: provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (S. 1917), S1336, S1347, S1348 [6MR]

——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 1752), S988 [24FE], S1336, S1347, S1348 [6MR]

——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 2992), unanimous-consent request, S6587, S6589 [11DE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 1066), S922 [12FE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1557 [12MR]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (S. 25), House amendment, S988 [24FE]

Education: require certain protections for student loan borrowers (S. 1803), S922 [12FE]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S2212 [8AP]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S566, S588 [29JA]

——— issue guidelines for methods, other than building elevation, that owners of certain urban residential buildings may implement to mitigate against flood risk, S566, S588 [29JA]

Power resources: promote clean energy sources to combat climate change, S1382 [10MR]

Taxation: increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities, S1557 [12MR]

——— provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses, S1557 [12MR]