HIRONO, MAZIE K. (a Senator from Hawaii)

Amendments

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5259, S5260, S5261, S5265 [31JY], S5708 [17SE], S5819 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1556, S1588 [12MR]

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), S3117, S3119 [15MY]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (S. 1821), S1368, S1369 [6MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815, S3817 [18JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4277 [8JY], S4345 [9JY]

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

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S3149 [19MY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alaska: anniversary of Great Alaska Earthquake (see S. Res. 400), S1819 [27MR]

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

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S1002 [24FE]

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

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

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

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

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

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S5784 [18SE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 2609), S6351 [4DE]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see S. 2548), S4153 [26JN]

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

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

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see S. 666), S28 [6JA]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 1733), S2566 [30AP] (see S. 2599), S4454 [14JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1956), S488 [27JA]

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

——— establish a grant program to enable States to promote participation in high school/college dual enrollment programs (see S. 2349), S3898 [23JN]

——— establish American Dream Grant program to encourage States to increase access to higher education to low-income students regardless of immigration status (see S. 1943), S439 [16JA]

——— 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), S3237 [21MY]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see S. 2036), S1175 [26FE]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process in order to maximize eligibility and increase income threshold to qualify for maximum Pell Grant funding (see S. 2340), S4455 [14JY]

Dept. of HHS: revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see S. 2538), S4153 [26JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: implement standards for short-term custody of individuals held in Bureau of Customs and Border Protection facilities (see S. 1817), S1002 [24FE]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S1519 [11MR]

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]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see S. 2188), S3605 [11JN]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit certain cell phone voice communications during passenger flights (see S. 1811), S1520 [11MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see S. 2422), S3367 [3JN] (see S. 2450), S3545 [10JN]

Developing countries: promote the use of clean cookstoves in order to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions (see S. 2100), S2406 [11AP]

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

Drought: provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California and other Western States (see S. 2198), S3296 [22MY]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1410), S5136 [30JY]

——— increase access to opioid addiction treatment by expanding ability of medical professionals to provide medication-assisted therapies (see S. 2645), S4762 [23JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 19), S2425 [28AP]

——— ensure clean and fair elections (see S. 9), S3295 [22MY]

Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2133), S1732 [25MR]

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

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 968), S1001 [24FE]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S1775 [26MR]

Firearms: protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see S. 2483), S3719 [17JN]

Freedom of Information Act: improve (see S. 2520), S5220 [31JY]

Gay, Lesbian, and Allies Senate Staff (GLASS) Caucus Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 505), S4620 [17JY]

Health: prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see S. 541), S5918 [12NO]

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]

——— require employers to notify employees and prospective employees if the employer is exempted or excepted from covering certain health services (see S. 2629), S4620 [17JY]

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), S4504 [15JY]

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

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

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

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

Medicaid: extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 2694), S6023 [17NO]

Medicare: protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (see S. 2491), S4004 [25JN]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 740), S28 [6JA]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S822 [6FE] (see S. 2223), S2425 [28AP]

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

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S3075 [15MY]

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

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

National Native American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 590), S6205 [20NO]

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), S3898 [23JN]

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

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

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance (see S. Res. 443), S2953 [13MY]

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

Native American Heritage Day: observance (see S. Res. 590), S6205 [20NO]

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see S. 2299), S2796 [7MY]

——— safeguard voting rights and provide resources and oversight necessary to ensure equal access to electoral process for Native Americans and Alaska Native voters (see S. 2399), S3294 [22MY]

Navy: tribute to Sailors of the U.S. Submarine Force upon completion of 4000 ballistic missile submarine deterrent patrols (see S. Res. 572), S5784 [18SE]

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

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]

NOAA: develop information platform to integrate coastal data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices, and coordinate collection of geospatial data to inform and improve management of coastal region (see S. 2890), S5783 [18SE]

NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs (see S. 2543), S5137 [30JY]

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

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

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

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. 2685), S5051 [29JY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S5699 [17SE]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see S. Res. 26), S6206 (see S. Res. 588), S6205 [20NO]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1690), S5508 [10SE]

Secure Water Act: reauthorize and update certain provisions (see S. 2019), S947 [12FE]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 375), S2424 [28AP]

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

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

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 1810), S1731 [25MR]

Taxation: expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2069), S1233 [27FE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 2360), S3184 [20MY]

Telecommunications: require mobile service providers and mobile device manufacturers to enable consumers to remotely delete data from mobile devices and render such devices inoperable (see S. 2032), S948 [12FE]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 772), S2953 [13MY]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 2004), S3238 [21MY]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit airplane passengers from bringing small knives aboard a passenger aircraft (see S. 1008), S2327 [9AP]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see S. 2250), S2379 [10AP]

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

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

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1950, 1982), S702 [3FE] (see S. 2413), S3341 [2JN]

——— 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), S2424 [28AP]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see S. 1945), S3898 [23JN]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see S. 1135), S2240 [8AP]

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

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), S6921 [16DE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S3075 [15MY]

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see S. 942), S5374 [8SE]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see S. 2714), S5786 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 460), S3294 [22MY]

Dept. of Education: expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2194), S1923 [1AP]

——— reserve funds for American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal College and University adult education and literacy (see S. 1998), S821 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for eligibility of certain foreign territories and regions for participation in the visa waiver program (see S. 2218), S2239 [8AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment and prevent insurance companies from limiting reimbursements based on the VA not being an in-network provider (see S. 2468), S3668 [12JN]

National Guard: expand role of Chief of National Guard Bureau in the assignment of Directors and Deputy Directors of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard (see S. 2350), S3074 [15MY]

New Zealand: include in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by New Zealand (see S. 2048), S1174 [26FE]

Transportation Security Administration: exempt certain flights in Hawaii and Alaska from increased aviation security service fees (see S. 1964), S486 [27JA]

Cloture motions

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

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

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

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

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. 1982), S1168 [26FE]

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

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

Barron, David J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3064 [15MY], S3211 [21MY]

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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), S5487 [10SE], S5543 [11SE]

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]

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]

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

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

Leitman, Matthew F.: nomination to be district judge, S1359 [6MR], S1500 [11MR]

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

Levy, Judith E.: nomination to be district judge, S1359 [6MR], S1500 [11MR]

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

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

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

McHugh, Carolyn B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1359 [6MR], S1376 [10MR]

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

Michelson, Laurie J.: nomination to be district judge, S1360 [6MR], S1501 [11MR]

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

Parker, Linda V.: nomination to be district judge, S1360 [6MR], S1501 [11MR]

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S312 [14JA]

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

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

Letters

Expatriate Terrorists Act: David Cole, Constitution Project (organization), S5727 [18SE]

——— Laura W. Murphy and Arjun Sethi, ACLU, S5728 [18SE]

Privilege of the floor

Ahu, Janna W., S3551 [10JN]

McDonald, Kinnon, S4459 [14JY]

Whelan-Wuest, Maeve, S5437 [9SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: 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, S5181 [31JY]

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), S4249 [8JY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S307 [14JA], S872 [11FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S872 [11FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5486 [10SE]

Crime: stop exploitation through human trafficking (S. 2599), S4459 [14JY]

Dept. of Defense: provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (S. 1917), S1346 [6MR]

——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 1752), S1346 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3529 [10JN]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (S. 2194), S3530 [10JN]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (S. 2374), S3530 [10JN]

——— strengthen and preserve access to Pell Grants, S106 [8JA]

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, S4249 [8JY]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (S. 1697), S106 [8JA]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5419 [9SE]

Immigration: address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., S4543 [16JY]

——— ensure unaccompanied alien children who have crossed illegally into the U.S. are taken care of and treated with dignity until a course of action is taken to mitigate the humanitarian crisis, S5181 [31JY]

——— misconception by illegal immigrants that unaccompanied children and women traveling with minors will not be deported, S4311 [9JY]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, S105 [8JA]

Minimum wage: increase, S106 [8JA], S2191 [7AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S2148 [3AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2525 [29AP]

Murthy, Vivek H.: nomination to be Surgeon General and Public Health Service Medical Director, S6841 [15DE]

National GEAR UP Week: observance, S5859• [18SE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4329), unanimous-consent request, S6733 [12DE]

New Zealand: include in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by New Zealand (S. 2048), S1176 [26FE]

Obama, President: use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S6883 [16DE]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (S. 1821), unanimous-consent request, S1350 [6MR]

Public welfare programs: funding, S106 [8JA]

Saldana, Sarah R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, S6883 [16DE]

Senate: legislative program, S4459 [14JY]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S5419 [9SE]

Taxation: modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), S4459 [14JY]

Terrorism: designate fighting for a hostile foreign government or terrorist organization as an affirmative renunciation of U.S. citizenship (S. 2779), unanimous-consent request, S5727 [18SE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: amend relative to treatment of unaccompanied minors from non-contiguous countries crossing the border into the U.S. and provide for repatriation to home country, S4311 [9JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S695 [3FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S307 [14JA]

Statements

Student Loan Debt: Several Hawaiians, S3530 [10JN]

Tributes

Begich, Senator, S6917 [16DE]

Booker, Senator, S695 [3FE]

Hagan, Senator, S6917 [16DE]

Harkin, Senator, S6915 [16DE]

Johnson, Senator Tim, S6916 [16DE]

Landrieu, Senator, S6939• [2JA]

Levin, Senator, S6915 [16DE]

Pryor, Senator, S6939• [2JA]

Rockefeller, Senator, S6916 [16DE]

Udall, Senator Mark, S6917 [16DE]

Walsh, Senator, S6918 [16DE]