MERKLEY, JEFF (a Senator from Oregon)

Amendments

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

Crooked River: adjust boundary to provide water certainty for Prineville, OR (H.R. 2640), S6636 [11DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S6271 [2DE]

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), S6794 [12DE]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S545 [28JA], S579 [29JA]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), S545 [28JA], S579 [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), S3137 [15MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1874 [31MR], S2020 [1AP], S6545 [10DE]

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), S6101 [18NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3817 [18JN], S3880 [19JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4276, S4277 [8JY]

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

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S148 [8JA], S224 [9JA], S823 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: modify the types of wines taxed as hard cider (see S. 1531), S5699 [17SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S3368 [3JN]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S3185 [20MY]

——— 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), S2471 [29AP]

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

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1963), S822 [6FE] (see S. 1982), S765 [4FE]

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

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

Bureau of Reclamation: permanently authorize the Safety of Dams Program (see S. 1946), S1003 [24FE]

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see S. 1687), S599 [29JA]

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]

Climate: express that global climate change is occurring and will continue to pose ongoing risks and challenges (see S. Res. 524), S4997 [28JY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 865), S655 [30JA]

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]

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

Courts: provide for Federal civil liability for trade secret misappropriation in certain circumstances (see S. 1770), S764 [4FE]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 2581), S4404 [10JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see S. 2070), S1233 [27FE]

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1956), S891 [11FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 1066), S2566 [30AP] (see S. 2292), S2718 [6MY] (see S. 2432), S3424 [4JN]

——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see S. 1033), S3604 [11JN]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see S. 2692), S5375 [8SE]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see S. 2164), S1818 [27MR]

——— 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), S3605 [11JN]

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), S948 [12FE]

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

——— increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (see S. 1799), S822 [6FE]

——— protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see S. 822), S1819 [27MR]

Dept. of Labor: provide grants for an Urban Jobs Program (see S. 655), S528 [28JA]

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 Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see S. 2244), S2471 [29AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see S. 2738), S6262 [2DE]

——— 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), S3507 [9JN]

Diseases: provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see S. 907), S3719 [17JN]

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

Drought: provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California (see S. 2016), S891 [11FE]

——— provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California and other Western States (see S. 2198), S1923 [1AP]

Economy: provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see S. 1383), S224 [9JA]

Education: require certain protections for student loan borrowers (see S. 1803), S1731 [25MR]

FCC: ensure the integrity of voice communications and prevent discrimination among areas in the delivery of such communications by requiring providers to register and comply with basic quality standards (see S. 2125), S2471 [29AP]

——— restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices until final action is taken in proceedings on such rules that were remanded by a court decision (see S. 1981), S702 [3FE]

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

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

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see S. 1875), S326 [14JA]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 2047), S6206 [20NO]

Hong Kong: reinstate reporting requirements relative to U.S.-Hong Kong relations (see S. 2922), S5993 [13NO]

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), S4621 [17JY]

——— 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), S5564 [11SE]

Klamath Basin: approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production (see S. 2379), S3237 [21MY] (see S. 2727), S5216 [31JY]

Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans’ Clinic, Dalles, OR: designate (see S. 2184), S1870 [31MR]

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), S5920 [12NO]

Medicare: develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S3864 [19JN]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see S. 577), S764 [4FE]

——— 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 and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see S. 948), S4224 [7JY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 2037), S2471 [29AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S6023 [17NO]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S4225 [7JY]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S291 [13JA] (see S. 2223), S2239 [8AP]

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

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S3720 [17JN]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 488), S4154 [26JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 987), S1653 [13MR]

NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs (see S. 2543), S4706 [22JY]

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]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1798), S440 [16JA]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 813), S1366 [6MR] (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY]

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

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 1256), S3185 [20MY]

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]

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: improve privacy of electronic communications (see S. 607), S5051 [29JY]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see S. 2737), S5217 [31JY]

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

Russia: impose sanctions and provide additional assistance to Ukraine (see S. 2828), S6627 [11DE]

Senate Rules: reform filibuster rules to improve daily process (see S. Res. 600), S6788 [12DE]

Ships and vessels: remove limitation on a prohibition relative to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels (see S. 2963), S6205 [20NO]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 548), S5700 [17SE]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary (see S. Res. 330), S291 [13JA]

Solar energy: increase quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the purchase and installation of additional photovoltaic systems (see S. 2901), S5783 [18SE]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see S. 2305), S2875 [8MY]

——— establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 1810), S4558 [16JY]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see S. 489), S599 [29JA]

——— recreational performance outerwear (see S. 2838), S5697 [17SE]

Taxation: clarify special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities (see S. 2660), S6388 [8DE]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2069), S1520 [11MR]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 501), S2648 [5MY]

——— extend the new markets tax credit and provide designated allocations for areas impacted by decline in manufacturing (see S. 1896), S373 [15JA]

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

——— make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1116), S2954 [13MY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 1431), S822 [6FE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 2360), S3605 [11JN]

——— 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]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 2004), S2471 [29AP]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see S. 2250), S4998 [28JY]

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

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see S. 2148), S1653 [13MR] (see S. 2149), S1691 [24MR] (see S. 2532), S4272 [8JY]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1982), S765 [4FE] (see S. 2413), S3369 [3JN]

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

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), S5508 [10SE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S4004 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afghanistan: provide for completion of the accelerated transition of U.S. combat and military and security operations to Afghanistan (see S. Res. 347), S821 [6FE]

Chemicals: regulate and phase out use of persistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemical substances (see S. 2656), S4903 [24JY]

Colleges and universities: require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for an occupation in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 2898), S5783 [18SE]

EPA: establish the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (see S. 2674), S4997 [28JY]

Medicare: provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 2353), S3074 [15MY]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 514), S4763 [23JY]

Senior citizens: provide access to health and financial support services (see S. 2763), S5217 [31JY]

Social Security: establish the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to determine cost-of-living increases (see S. 2382), S3293 [22MY]

World Plumbing Day: designate (see S. Res. 390), S1653 [13MR]

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), 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]

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

Baran, Jeffery M.: nomination to the NRC, S5549 [11SE], S5580 [15SE], S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

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

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

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]

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

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

Burrows, Charlotte A.: nomination to the EEOC, S6187 [20NO], S6253 [2DE]

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

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

Coloretti, Nani A.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of HUD, S6187 [20NO], S6242 [2DE]

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

Cooper, Christopher R.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1745 [26MR]

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

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

Cruden, John C.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, S6805 [13DE]

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

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

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]

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

Harpool, M. Douglas: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]

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]

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]

Jadotte, Marcus D.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Industry and Analysis, S6803 [13DE]

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]

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]

Lodge, Virginia Tyler: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6295 [3DE], S6404 [9DE]

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

Lopez, Estevan R.: nomination to be Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner, S6803 [13DE]

Lopez, P. David: nomination to be EEOC General Counsel, S6188 [20NO], S6254 [2DE]

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

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

McFerran, Lauren McGarity: nomination to the NLRB, S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

McHugh, Gerald A., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]

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]

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]

Murthy, Vivek H.: nomination to be Surgeon General and Public Health Service Medical Director, S6799 [13DE], S6849 [15DE]

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

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

Rose, Frank A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for Verification and Compliance, S6800 [13DE], S6851 [15DE]

Saldana, Sarah R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, S6797 [13DE], S6884 [16DE]

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

Smith, Edward G.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1747 [26MR]

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

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

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

Stivers, Jonathan N.: nomination to be AID Assistant Administrator for Asia, S6804 [13DE]

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

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), S737, S738 [4FE], S794 [6FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S39 [7JA]

Walter, Ronald A.: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6295 [3DE], S6404 [9DE]

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

Privilege of the floor

Bosworth, Jon, S4188 [26JN]

Kane, Rachel, S4844 [23JY]

Mechling, Ashley, S4355 [9JY]

Merkley, Jonathan, S6865 [15DE]

Merrill, Alexandra, S2329 [9AP]

Stepper, Shelby, S5069 [29JY]

Wilson, Haley, S4563 [16JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S408 [16JA]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), House amendment, S43 [7JA]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5290 [31JY]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S43 [7JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1195 [27FE]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (S. Res. 437), S2676, S2677 [5MY]

Climate: global warming, S1381, S1409 [10MR]

——— impact of global warming on ocean acidification, S1410 [10MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2280), S2677 [5MY], S6051 [18NO]

Crooked River: adjust boundary to provide water certainty for Prineville, OR (H.R. 2640), S6621, S6622 [11DE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S3405 [4JN], S5538 [11SE]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools and high schools (S. 1293), S4741 [23JY]

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 (S. 2450), S3681 [16JN]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5397 [9SE]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), House amendment, S408 [16JA]

FDA: expand authority to regulate tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and flavored cigars, S359 [15JA]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S579 [29JA], S618 [30JA]

——— delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S496 [28JA]

Floods: establish limitations on force-placed insurance, S579 [29JA], S618 [30JA]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, S5290 [31JY]

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, S4522 [16JY]

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 (S. Res. 498), S4698 [22JY]

Klamath Basin: approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production (S. 2379), S6880–S6882 [16DE]

Medicare: protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (S. 2491), S5040 [29JY]

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, S2524 [29AP]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S496 [28JA]

National Law Enforcement Museum Act: extend museum construction termination date (H.R. 4120), S2676 [5MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S2046 [2AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S3403 [4JN]

Power resources: promote clean energy sources to combat climate change, S1411 [10MR]

Senate: legislative program, S2677 [5MY], S5213 [31JY]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary, S359 [15JA]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (S. Res. 102), S2677 [5MY]

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, S4522 [16JY]

——— decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S5397 [9SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4740 [23JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S2046 [2AP]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S43 [7JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1195 [27FE]

Votes: position on missed, S3681 [16JN]

Young Marines (organization): tribute, S6920• [16DE]

Tributes

Begich, Senator, S6599 [11DE]

Harkin, Senator, S6713 [12DE]

Landrieu, Senator, S6649 [11DE]

Levin, Senator, S6706 [12DE]