HAGAN, KAY R. (a Senator from North Carolina)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5261 [31JY]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5437 [9SE], S5808, S5809 [18SE]

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

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S542 [28JA], S565 [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), S542 [28JA], S565 [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), S3040 [14MY], S3090, S3141 [15MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S5068 [29JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S293, S296 [13JA], S703 [3FE]

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

Appointments

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, S5650 [16SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1963), S486 [27JA]

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

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

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S2196 [7AP]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S3295 [22MY]

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]

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

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see S. 666), S6023 [17NO]

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

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

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (see S. 2513), S3898 [23JN]

——— extend eligibility for Federal student loans to certain short-term career and technical education programs (see S. 2795), S5589 [15SE]

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

Dept. of HHS: improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see S. 1251), S5434 [9SE]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S1416 [10MR]

——— make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see S. 2443), S3670 [12JN]

——— report on State law penalties for certain child abusers and expand the predicate for increased penalties for domestic assaults against children (see S. 1778), S70 [7JA]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit certain cell phone voice communications during passenger flights (see S. 1811), S5374 [8SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see S. 2422), S3476 [5JN] (see S. 2450), S3545 [10JN]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits (see S. 2091), S3475 [5JN]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see S. 2013), S3342 [2JN]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (see S. 2545), S5220 [31JY]

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

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

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see S. 2141), S5219 [31JY]

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

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see S. 2270), S2797 [7MY]

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

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1406), S3185 [20MY]

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

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

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]

Johnson, Henry: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see S. 2793), S5700 [17SE]

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

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

Medicare: 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), S3811 [18JN]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (see S. 2087), S1365 [6MR] (see S. 2491), S3864 [19JN]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 2689), S6234 [1DE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 2037), S5374 [8SE]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S1234 [27FE] (see S. 2223), S2327 [9AP]

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

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

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

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see S. Res. 431), S2566 [30AP]

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

National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see S. 2298), S5919 [12NO]

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

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 415), S2195 [7AP]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1040), S5993 [13NO]

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]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2190), S2912 [12MY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1456), S1585 [12MR]

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 527), S5051 [29JY]

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

SBA: provide authority for sole source contracts for certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 2481), S5375 [8SE]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (see S. 2693), S5375 [8SE]

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), S5565 [11SE]

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

Taxation: expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2069), S1316 [5MR]

——— 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]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2258), S5565 [11SE]

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

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 591), S6205 [20NO]

Armed Forces: protect servicemembers in higher education by providing better information, reduced interest rates, and improved services relative to student loans, and providing campus support (see S. 2448), S3475 [5JN]

CERCLA: clarify effect of State statutes of repose on the required commencement date for actions (see S. 2542), S4153 [26JN]

Colleges and universities: award grants to States to support efforts at institutions of higher education to increase degree attainment (see S. 2506), S3863 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: establish the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Innovation Fund (see S. 2331), S2953 [13MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize settlement relative to the agreement with TVA, North Carolina, and Swain County, NC, on the non-construction of the North Shore Road (see S. 2744), S5217 [31JY]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors and inclusion of certain route segments in the Interstate Highway System (see S. 2720), S5216 [31JY]

Smithsonian Institution: allow display of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 2147), S1653 [13MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 1996), S763 [4FE] (see S. 2363), S3184 [20MY]

Cloture motions

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

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]

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

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

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4298 [9JY], S4377 [10JY]

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

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

Letters

Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act: Alan Rowsome, Wilderness Society, S4376 [10JY]

——— Lawrence G. Keane, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc., S4375 [10JY]

——— several conservation organizations, S4376 [10JY]

——— several Safari Club International Diana Award recipients, S4375 [10JY]

Lists

Senator Hagan’s staff members, S6611 [11DE]

Press releases

Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair Introduces Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014: Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, S4374 [10JY]

Senate Sportsmen’s Bill Upholds Public Access, Conservation: Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (organization), S4375 [10JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S847 [10FE]

Bay, Norman C.: nomination to FERC, unanimous-consent agreement, S4467 [15JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2183 [7AP]

Climate: global warming, S1641 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1615 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps, S4304 [9JY]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S2183 [7AP]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize, S4304 [9JY]

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

Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States, S4304 [9JY]

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, S4467 [15JY]

Jason Crisp Forest Service Building, Nebo, NC: designate (H.R. 4360), S5312 [31JY]

LaFleur, Cheryl A.: nomination to FERC, unanimous-consent agreement, S4467 [15JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: ensure amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public access to public lands, S4304 [9JY]

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

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend, S4304 [9JY]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects, S4304 [9JY]

Senate: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S6610–S6612 [11DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4304 [9JY], S4374, S4376 [10JY]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), motion to proceed, S4208 [7JY]

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, S4467 [15JY]

Votes: position on missed, S5324• [1AU]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S6438 [9DE], S6499 [10DE], S6612, S6683 [11DE], S6826, S6858 [15DE], S6913, S6914, S6917 [16DE], S6938 [2JA]

Tributes

Cohen, Gerry, S5307• [31JY]

Hammond, Myle, S3715• [17JN]

Harrison, Maria, S6918• [16DE]

Zeiss, Tony, S2561• [30AP]