MURRAY, PATTY (a Senator from Washington)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5836 [18SE]

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

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S3972, S3991, S4006, S4087 [25JN]

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], S3040 [14MY], S3095, S3102, S3138 [15MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815, S3819 [18JN], S3874, S3880 [19JN]

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

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

Appointments

Committee to escort the President, H1473 [28JA]

Committee to escort Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko into the House Chamber, H7680 [18SE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: establish a comprehensive policy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to and the affordability, reliability, and sustainability of power (see S. 2508), S5220 [31JY]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S4998 [28JY]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S528 [28JA]

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

——— expand and improve care to members and veterans with mental health disorders, review characterization of discharges, and establish a loan repayment program for certain VA psychiatrists (see S. 2182), S2096 [2AP]

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

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

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

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

Bush, George: tribute (see S. Res. 471), S3604 [11JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see S. 2373), S3508 [9JN]

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), S6096 [18NO]

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

Colleges and universities: provide for higher education reform (see S. 1969), S599 [29JA]

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), S4663 [21JY]

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

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an emergency watershed protection disaster assistance fund to provide assistance for any natural disaster (see S. 2163), S1925 [1AP]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 2527), S5630 [16SE]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see S. 429), S3367 [3JN]

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

——— make grants for pilot programs at institutions of higher education that support the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students (see S. 1704), S655 [30JA]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see S. 1407), S3342 [2JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see S. 2405), S3294 [22MY]

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

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see S. 2301), S2796 [7MY]

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

——— restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (see S. 2486), S3811 [18JN]

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]

——— renegotiate with Iraq provisions of original agreement relative to the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq (see S. Res. 333), S822 [6FE]

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

Dept. of Transportation: authorize partnership with industry to strengthen the safety culture and practices of short line and regional freight railroads (see S. 2478), S3719 [17JN]

Dia de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 429), S2470 [29AP]

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

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1410), S4998 [28JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 19), S2567 [30AP]

Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2133), S1652 [13MR]

Eximbank: extend and reauthorize (see S. 2709), S5221 [31JY]

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

Federal agencies and departments: require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (see S. 994), S1692 [24MR]

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

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

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 119), S4454 [14JY]

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

Gold Star Wives Day: designate (see S. Res. 394), S1691 [24MR]

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

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

International Women’s Day: support goals (see S. Res. 376), S1366 [6MR]

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. 462), S2195 [7AP] (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]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see S. 338), S1519 [11MR]

Maritime Washington National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2576), S4336 [9JY]

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), S5134 [30JY]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 1992), S1731 [25MR]

Medicare: develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S5699 [17SE]

——— 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), S3425 [4JN]

Military and Veterans Caregiver Month: designate (see S. Res. 395), S1731 [25MR]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S28 [6JA] (see S. 2223), S2425 [28AP]

Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2602), S4502 [15JY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 580), S6023 [17NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 580), S6023 [17NO]

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

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 336), S440 [16JA]

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

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

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

National Middle Level Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 383), S1653 [13MR]

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 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), S3508 [9JN]

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 Teacher Day: observance (see S. Res. 440), S2875 [8MY]

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

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

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]

New Mexico: protect, restore, and improve health of watersheds on national forest lands (see S. 2916), S5918 [12NO]

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]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1040), S6148 [19NO]

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]

Olympic Games: commemorate the success of Team USA in the past 22 Olympic Winter Games and support Team USA in the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (see S. Res. 352), S821 [6FE]

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

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), S6023 [17NO]

Public buildings: recognize need to improve physical access to many U.S. postal facilities and other Federal agencies for all people and in particular disabled citizens (see S. Con. Res. 26), S441 [16JA]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S5565 [11SE]

SBA: provide authority for sole source contracts for certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 2481), S4503 [15JY]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of Fishermen’s Terminal (see S. Res. 467), S3424 [4JN]

Seattle Seahawks (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 358), S948 [12FE]

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), S5629 [16SE]

Social Security: enhance benefits for children, divorced spouses, and widows and widowers (see S. 2455), S3544 [10JN]

SSA: provide public notice and input prior to closure, consolidation, or public access limitation of field or hearing offices (see S. 2742), S5376 [8SE]

Taxation: clarify special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities (see S. 2660), S4903 [24JY]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see S. 1507), S822 [6FE]

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

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see S. 1476), S1776 [26MR]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 411), S764 [4FE]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see S. 41), S655 [30JA]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 1431), S4336 [9JY]

——— qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see S. 2723), S5216 [31JY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 1235), S948 [12FE]

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

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

——— 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]

Washington (State): anniversary of the Walla Walla Valley American Viticultural Area (see S. Res. 349), S821 [6FE]

Water: provide improved water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for high priority developing countries (see S. 2946), S6449 [9DE]

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

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S3343 [2JN]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 426), S2648 [5MY]

World Polio Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 270), S822 [6FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

AID: support development of global health technologies under the Health Technologies Program (see S. 2407), S3294 [22MY]

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

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking: establish (see S. 2952), S6204 [20NO]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness and access program on emergency contraception (see S. 2876), S5782 [18SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 2366), S3237 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: 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]

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

——— require States and local educational agencies to report on the achievement of military-connected students (see S. 2259), S2424 [28AP]

Dept. of Labor: promote greater development of registered apprenticeship programs (see S. 2859), S5782 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see S. 2243), S2378 [10AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2438), S3474 [5JN]

Frank, Billy, Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 463), S3294 [22MY]

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]

Medicare: provide community-based medical education payments to primary care teaching centers, provide for an indirect medical education performance adjustment, and increase graduate medical education transparency (see S. 2728), S5216 [31JY]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see S. Res. 558), S5698 [17SE]

National Assistant Principals Week: designate (see S. Res. 405), S1871 [31MR]

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

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S655 [30JA]

Olympic Games: tribute to Washington (State) participants (see S. Res. 346), S821 [6FE]

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

Taxation: establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children, increase the earned income tax credit for childless workers, and close certain tax loopholes (see S. 2162), S1775 [26MR]

Veterans: waive minimum period of continuous active duty for homeless veterans to receive benefits and furnish benefits to homeless veterans with discharges or releases under other than honorable conditions (see S. 2179), S1818 [27MR]

Washington (State): designate and expand wilderness areas and designate certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park (see S. 1949), S439 [16JA]

Cloture motions

Adegbile, Debo P.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S1223 [27FE], S1295 [5MR]

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

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), S5197 [31JY]

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, S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

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

Bashant, Cynthia A.: nomination to be district judge, S2403 [11AP], S2434 [29AP]

Bastian, Stanley A.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2433 [29AP]

Bay, Norman C.: nomination to FERC, S4324 [9JY], S4472 [15JY]

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

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

Birotte, Andre, Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S4545 [16JY], S4671 [22JY]

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

Blinken, Antony J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State, S6799 [13DE], S6896 [16DE]

Bloom, Beth: nomination to be district judge, S3855 [19JN], S3892 [23JN]

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

Bough, Stephen R.: nomination to be district judge, S6806 [13DE], S6905 [16DE]

Brooks, Timothy L.: nomination to be district judge, S1224 [27FE], S1303 [5MR]

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

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

Byron, Paul G.: nomination to be district judge, S3855 [19JN], S3891 [23JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2763 [7MY], S2899 [12MY]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), motion to proceed, S2603 [1MY], S2690 [6MY]

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

Crabtree, Daniel D.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2434 [29AP]

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

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

Delgado Hernandez, Pedro A.: nomination to be district judge, S1224 [27FE], S1295 [5MR]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3491 [9JN], S3557 [11JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), motion to proceed, S1225 [27FE]

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), S6741 [12DE], S6809 [13DE]

Dillon, Elizabeth K.: nomination to be district judge, S6809 [13DE]

Donato, James: nomination to be district judge, S940 [12FE], S1018 [25FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5322 [1AU], S5366 [8SE]

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

Fischer, Stanley: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S3019 [14MY], S3175 [20MY]

Freeman, Beth Labson: nomination to be district judge, S940 [12FE], S1019 [25FE]

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

Gayles, Darrin P.: nomination to be district judge, S3654 [12JN], S3680 [16JN]

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]

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]

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]

Honorable, Colette Dodson: nomination to the FERC, S6801 [13DE], S6897 [16DE]

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]

Krause, Cheryl A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3925 [24JN], S4102 [26JN]

LaFleur, Cheryl A.: nomination to FERC, S4325 [9JY], S4472 [15JY]

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]

Lipman, Sheryl H.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2431 [29AP]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

Moody, James M., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S939 [12FE], S996 [24FE]

Moritz, Nancy L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2463 [29AP], S2581 [1MY]

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

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

Orr, Franklin M., Jr.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Energy for Science, S6229 [1DE], S6292 [3DE]

Owens, John B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Pappert, Gerald J.: nomination to be district judge, S6228 [1DE], S6278 [3DE]

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

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), motion to proceed, S2850 [8MY], S2930 [13MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S6437 [9DE], S6589 [11DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Nashua, NH: designate (S. 540), S933 [12FE]

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

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

Pryor, Jill A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5080 [30JY], S5209 [31JY]

Reeves, Pamela L.: nomination to be district judge, S1224 [27FE], S1302 [5MR]

Rodriguez, Leon: nomination to be Dept. of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director, S3856 [19JN], S3911 [24JN]

Rosenberg, Robin L.: nomination to be district judge, S4545 [16JY], S4672 [22JY]

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

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

Santos, Daniel J.: nomination to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, S6802 [13DE], S6850 [15DE]

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

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3654 [12JN], S3712 [17JN]

Shah, Manish S.: nomination to be district judge, S2402 [11AP], S2433 [29AP]

Smith, Christopher A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Energy for Fossil Energy, S6806 [13DE]

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

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

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

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4650 [21JY], S4728 [23JY]

Ukraine: support sovereignty and democracy (S. 2124), motion to proceed, S1642 [13MR], S1686 [24MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S311, S312 [14JA], S737, S738 [4FE], S794 [6FE]

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

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

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

Weil, David: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, S2230 [8AP], S2416 [28AP]

White, Ronnie L.: nomination to be district judge, S4451 [14JY], S4519 [16JY]

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

Yandle, Staci M.: nomination to be district judge, S3653 [12JN], S3679 [16JN]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3966 [25JN]

Motions

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S2148 [3AP]

Privilege of the floor

Dickenson, Denise, S6106 [18NO]

Mowitt, Bill, S2166 [3AP]

Mutiso, Rose, S545 [28JA]

Remarks

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (S. 1696), S503 [28JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), S503 [28JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 1670), S2941 [13MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations, S3779 [18JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S347, S361 [15JA], S394 [16JA], S6745 [12DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), House amendment, S43, S67 [7JA]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S4869 [24JY]

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), S3586 [11JN], S4258 [8JY]

——— 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]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1190 [27FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S1021 [25FE]

Bastian, Stanley A.: nomination to be district judge, S2433 [29AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, S2222 [8AP]

——— clarify rules for use of reserve fund, S67 [7JA]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, S67 [7JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S3001 [14MY], S5400 [9SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2214 [8AP]

Climate: global warming, S1379 [10MR], S1645 [13MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): revision of budgetary allocations, aggregates, and levels, S649 [30JA], S1913 [1AP], S4547 [16JY], S5042 [29JY], S5296, S5297 [31JY], S5331 [5AU], S5619 [16SE], S6815 [13DE]

Committees of the Senate: committee allocations, budget aggregates, and Social Security levels, S2640 [5MY], S3680 [16JN]

——— committee allocations and budget aggregates, S361 [15JA]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2280), S6066 [18NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3698 [17JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (S. 2366), S3239 [21MY]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S105 [8JA]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S5400 [9SE]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (S. 2164), S1820 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: clarify Federal definition of homelessness relative to Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility, S6011, S6012 [17NO]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1606 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S6011, S6012 [17NO]

Dept. of Labor: strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth, S3965 [25JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, S394 [16JA]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S3586 [11JN], S4258 [8JY], S5018 [29JY]

——— provide fertility and reproductive health services at departmental facilities, S1190 [27FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, S3779 [18JN]

Donovan, Sec. of HUD: nomination to be OMB Director, S4384 [10JY]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S3215, S3217 [21MY], S3965, S3981, S3990 [25JN], S4669 [22JY]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), House amendment, S347, S361 [15JA], S394 [16JA]

FRS: anniversary of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, S4671 [22JY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S2581 [1MY], S4258 [8JY]

——— funding through closing certain corporate tax loopholes, S2222 [8AP], S3514 [10JN]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S4100 [26JN], S6131 [19NO]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S5493 [10SE]

——— 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], S4464 [15JY], S4535 [16JY]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement, S1190 [27FE]

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

Land and Water Conservation Fund: anniversary, S5672 [17SE]

LSC: anniversary, S4898 [24JY]

McDonald, Robert A.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S5018 [29JY]

Mendoza, Salvador, Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S3694 [17JN]

Minimum wage: increase, S5400 [9SE]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S2146 [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, S2440 [29AP]

——— raise, S3002 [14MY]

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in Glacier Peak Wilderness (S. 404), S2151, S2152 [3AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S560 [29JA]

——— State of the Union Message, S560 [29JA]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S6131 [19NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: anniversary, S1711 [25MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S1212 [27FE]

——— impact on women, S1502 [11MR]

——— repeal, S1502 [11MR]

Richland, WA: anniversary of Hanford B Reactor, S5855 [18SE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4669 [22JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3779 [18JN]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5400 [9SE]

——— legislative process, S392 [16JA]

——— tribute to staff who worked on legislation to reauthorize and improve Workforce Investment Act, S3217 [21MY]

Social Security: enhance benefits for children, divorced spouses, and widows and widowers (S. 2455), S3547 [10JN]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, S3177 [20MY]

——— 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, S4451 [14JY], S4464 [15JY], S4535 [16JY], S5493 [10SE]

——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S1711 [25MR]

Taxation: enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (S. 2565), S4272 [8JY]

——— establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children, increase the earned income tax credit for childless workers, and close certain tax loopholes (S. 2162), S1776 [26MR], S2146 [3AP], S2214 [8AP], S2441 [29AP], S3002 [14MY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4737 [23JY]

——— reform the Federal tax code, S3002 [14MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S392, S394 [16JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S43 [7JA], S105 [8JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1190 [27FE]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S1021 [25FE]

Washington (State): express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, landslide, S1686 [24MR], S1710 [25MR]

Weil, David: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, unanimous-consent request, S2355 [10AP]

Wildfires: tribute to efforts of firefighters to contain wildfires and protect life, homes, and natural resources, S4868 [24JY]

Women: access to family planning and reproductive services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1503 [11MR]

——— improve economic condition of women, S3001 [14MY]

Reports filed

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2438) (S. Rept. 113–182), S3474 [5JN]

Tables

Budget aggregates, S362 [15JA], S649 [30JA], S1914 [1AP], S2641 [5MY], S3680 [16JN], S4547 [16JY], S5043 [29JY], S5297, S5298 [31JY], S5332 [5AU], S5619 [16SE], S6816 [13DE]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S649 [30JA]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget allocations adjustments detail, S3681 [16JN], S5043 [29JY], S5297, S5298 [31JY], S5332 [5AU], S6815 [13DE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S2641, S2642 [5MY], S3681 [16JN], S5043 [29JY], S5297, S5298 [31JY], S5332 [5AU], S6815 [13DE]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S4547 [16JY], S5619 [16SE]

Committee on Finance (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S1914 [1AP]

Committees of the Senate budget allocations, S2641, S2642 [5MY]

Committees of the Senate budget authority and outlay allocations, S2642 [5MY]

Senate committee budget authority and outlay allocations, S361, S362 [15JA]

Senate committee budget authority and outlay allocations adjustments, S362, S363 [15JA]

Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard, S363 [15JA]

Social Security levels, S362 [15JA], S2641 [5MY]

Texts of

S. 2243, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act, S2383–S2386 [10AP]

Tributes

Blau, Edward, S3177• [20MY]

Dillon, Herman, Sr., S4150• [26JN]

Frank, Billy, Jr., S2903 [12MY]

McAleer, Robert J., S6445• [9DE]

McCormick, Matthew S., S3365• [3JN]

Ogden, Val, S2376• [10AP]

Smith-Tallan, Vivian E. (Bo), S3025• [14MY]

Villanueva, Tomas, S3662• [12JN]