MORAN, JERRY (a Senator from Kansas)

Amendments

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2729, S2737 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5437 [9SE], S5787, S5832 [18SE], S6099 [18NO]

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), S3609 [11JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth, serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (H.R. 3329), S6635 [11DE]

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), S2978 [13MY], S3037 [14MY], S3102, S3114, S3117 [15MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1967, S1979, S1981 [1AP]

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

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4230, S4231 [7JY], S4340, S4346, S4351, S4354 [9JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4790, S4836 [23JY], S4916 [24JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S71, S77 [7JA]

Articles and editorials

Instead of Welcoming Free Debate, Collectivists Engage in Character Assassination, Charles Koch, Wall Street Journal, S2140 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1827), S1417 [10MR]

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

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S1282 [4MR]

——— improve access to mental health services under TRICARE (see S. 2276), S2613 [1MY]

——— 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 (see S. 1869), S373 [15JA]

Aviation: ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or air traffic controller for a sleep disorder is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see S. 1941), S1316 [5MR]

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

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S1001 [24FE]

Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see S. 2495), S5052 [29JY]

Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 2746), S6206 [20NO]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S2614 [1MY]

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]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (see S. 2118), S1584 [12MR]

Credit: require Federal mortgage agencies to consider energy costs in the underwriting process, reduce home energy consumption, and facilitate creation of energy efficiency retrofit and construction jobs (see S. 1106), S4003 [25JN]

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

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

Dept. of State: renegotiate with Iraq provisions of original agreement relative to the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq (see S. Res. 333), S488 [27JA]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see S. 2188), S1871 [31MR]

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), S5217 [31JY]

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

——— 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]

——— 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. 2450), S3605 [11JN]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits (see S. 2091), S1365 [6MR]

——— improve provision of health care to veterans in rural and highly rural areas (see S. 2009), S2911 [12MY]

——— include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 2311), S2954 [13MY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see S. 2013), S2471 [29AP]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations (see S. 2424), S3367 [3JN]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (see S. 2545), S5375 [8SE]

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), S6149 [19NO]

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

Endangered Species Act: require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (see S. 2635), S4705 [22JY]

EPA: call for withdrawal of proposed rules to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing and modified and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see S. Res. 512), S4762 [23JY]

——— disapprove rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants (see S.J. Res. 30), S439 [16JA]

——— exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see S. 1505), S4503 [15JY]

——— prohibit any regulations promulgated pursuant to a Presidential memorandum relative to power sector carbon pollution standards from taking effect (see S. 1324), S3368 [3JN]

——— prohibit issuing any final rule under the Clean Air Act until completion of mandated employment effect analyses for current air regulations (see S. 2161), S1775 [26MR]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see S. 2414), S3476 [5JN]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see S. 2103), S1519 [11MR]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see S. 1808), S291 [13JA]

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

Federal employees: provide leave to a new employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at a certain percentage for purposes of undergoing treatment for such disability (see S. 3001), S6626 [11DE]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see S. 2270), S3342 [2JN]

——— clarify that prohibitions on investments in certain funds shall not be construed to require divestiture of certain collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities (see S. 1907), S223 [9JA]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 1908), S292 [13JA]

——— prohibit funding of a State or local firearms ownership database (see S. 2105), S1519 [11MR]

Immigration: prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (see S. 2631), S5220 [31JY]

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act: amend (see S. 2132), S2615 [1MY]

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: require a report on compliance information sharing (see S. 1924), S325 [14JA]

International Year of Family Farming: designate (see S. Res. 544), S5588 [15SE]

Iran: provide congressional review, report on any violations, and establish a timeline relative to a final agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program (see S. 2650), S5220 [31JY]

Iraq: protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see S. Res. 530), S5135 [30JY]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see S. 2011), S890 [11FE]

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), S4404 [10JY]

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

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 204), S5051 [29JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 6), S2954 [13MY]

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

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see S. 2818), S5628 [16SE]

——— extend certain ambulance add-on payments (see S. 1405), S1871 [31MR]

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 2359), S3368 [3JN]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 2689), S5699 [17SE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 2037), S1001 [24FE]

——— restore access to diabetic testing supplies for beneficiaries (see S. 1935), S439 [16JA]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S3669 [12JN]

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

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 543), S5589 [15SE]

National Cancer Research Month: designate (see S. Res. 445), S3187 [20MY]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S2797 [7MY]

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

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 536), S5325 [1AU]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 575), S5784 [18SE]

National security: recognize importance of biosecurity and agro-defense (see S. Res. 373), S1315 [5MR]

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1040), S5588 [15SE]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see S. 2192), S2648 [5MY]

Palestinian Authority: restrict funds (see S. 2265), S2470 [29AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2190), S1923 [1AP]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see S. 1902), S223 [9JA]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 2106), S1585 [12MR]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2191), S1923 [1AP]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (see S. 1590), S133 [8JA]

Privacy: improve privacy of electronic communications (see S. 607), S4662 [21JY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 2363), S3898 [23JN]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see S. 170), S4557 [16JY]

Sri Lanka: develop a balanced U.S. policy, call for international assistance in dealing with grievances arising from civil war, support reconciliation, and improve religious and media freedoms (see S. Res. 364), S2615 [1MY]

Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom, and urge inclusion of freedom of religion when drafting new constitution (see S. Res. 453), S3237 [21MY]

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), S4620 [17JY]

Taxation: exempt private foundations from the tax on excess business holdings in the case of certain philanthropic enterprises which are independently supervised (see S. 2710), S5435 [9SE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 1431), S2875 [8MY]

——— recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs (see S. 2570), S4621 [17JY]

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), S6262 [2DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species and prevent further consideration of such listing pending implementation of conservation plans and measures (see S. 2677), S5050 [29JY]

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), S2424 [28AP]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see S. 2782), S5787 [18SE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2496), S3939 [24JN]

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), S440 [16JA]

——— tribute to Armed Forces members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France (see S. Res. 421), S2720 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HUD: authorize use of multifamily housing subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act as workforce residential housing (see S. 2893), S5783 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program (see S. 2950), S6204 [20NO]

——— reauthorize and modify pilot program that provides health services to veterans through qualifying non-departmental health care providers (see S. 1985), S702 [3FE] (see S. 2095), S1365 [6MR]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see S. 3006), S6626 [11DE]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: prohibit land management modifications relative to listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species (see S. 2623), S4620 [17JY]

Medicare: extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see S. 1954), S439 [16JA]

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see S. Res. 582), S6095 [18NO]

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. 588), S6205 [20NO]

Veterans: provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see S. 2707), S5135 [30JY]

Remarks

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), conference report, S5018 [29JY]

Bellevue, TN: tribute to victims of plane crash, S1864 [31MR]

Brooks, Timothy L.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent request, S1223 [27FE]

Chhabria, Vince G.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent request, S1223 [27FE]

Delgado Hernandez, Pedro A.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent request, S1223 [27FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5920 [12NO]

——— provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (S. 1917), unanimous-consent request, S981 [24FE]

——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 1752), unanimous-consent request, S981 [24FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, S2686 [6MY], S2774 [7MY], S3448 [5JN]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (S. 2738), S5186 [31JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S5018 [29JY]

——— investigate delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at VA medical facilities, S3228 [21MY], S3448 [5JN]

——— require GAO audits of facilities on veterans’ access to health care, improve wait times for medical appointments, and prohibit payment of bonuses to certain executives (S. 2423), S3715 [17JN]

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 (H.R. 5059), S6670 [11DE]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, and restore 40-hour work week, S1907 [1AP]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses, S313 [14JA], S1907 [1AP], S2063 [2AP]

EPA: reconsider rule prohibiting Dept. of Defense from transferring excess military vehicles to rural fire departments due to emissions regulations, S4246 [8JY]

FCC: proposed analysis of news organizations to assess coverage of critical information subjects, S980 [24FE]

Financial institutions: allow use of prize-linked savings accounts to encourage personal savings (H.R. 3374), S6432 [9DE]

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), S4853 [24JY]

McDonald, Robert A.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S5017 [29JY]

Medicare: extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (S. 1954), S6664 [11DE]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1863 [31MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1863 [31MR]

Moritz, Nancy L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2576 [1MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, S5770 [18SE]

National Institute on Aging: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, S2303 [9AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1906 [1AP], S2063 [2AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent request, S2063 [2AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S1221 [27FE]

——— impact of regulations on rural health care, S6663–S6665 [11DE]

Reeves, Pamela L.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent request, S1223 [27FE]

Reid, Senator: characterization of remarks relative to Charles Koch and David H. Koch, S2140 [3AP]

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 (S. Res. 588), S6663 [11DE]

Safehome (organization): tribute, S5771 [18SE]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S1222 [27FE]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog, S2687 [6MY]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), S5686 [17SE]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (S. 1507), S5616 [16SE], S5686 [17SE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S1906 [1AP], S2063 [2AP]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S313 [14JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services, S3228 [21MY]

Votes: position on missed, S3715 [17JN]

World War II: recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the D-Day amphibious landing at Normandy, France, S3448 [5JN]

Resignations

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, S5690 [17SE]

Tributes

Baccus, Steve, S6119 [19NO]

Beach, Ross and Marianna Kistler, S6120 [19NO]

Brensing, Alvin, S2158 [3AP]

Chappelle, Daryl, S2575 [1MY]

Linsner, Charlotte, S2839 [8MY]

Schwartzkopf, Herb, S5185 [31JY]

Zetmeir, E.J. (Sonny), S91 [8JA]