REED, JACK (a Senator from Rhode Island)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5155 [30JY], S5261 [31JY]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1241 [27FE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2733 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S4168 [26JN], S4426 [10JY], S5567 [11SE]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S542 [28JA], S574 [29JA]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (S. 1846), S379 [15JA], S456 [16JA]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), S542 [28JA], S574 [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), S3094, S3111, S3137 [15MY], S3187 [20MY]

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

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3883 [19JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4348 [9JY], S4405 [10JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4782 [23JY], S5001 [28JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S229 [9JA], S297 [13JA], S768 [4FE]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1241 [27FE]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S465 [24JA], S1673 [18MR], S3313 [23MY], S3317 [30MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S2195 [7AP]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S1048 [25FE]

——— require consent of parties to contracts for the use of arbitration to resolve controversies arising under the contracts and preserve rights of members to bring class actions (see S. 1999), S821 [6FE]

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

Armenia: observe anniversary, support an equitable relationship with Turkey based on acknowledgment of facts, and ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding relative to the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 410), S2196 [7AP]

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

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

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 2609), S4558 [16JY]

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]

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]

Community development: create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements (see S. 2900), S5783 [18SE]

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]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 2581), S6789 [12DE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 2366), S3899 [23JN]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 2210), S5629 [16SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see S. 1468), S1775 [26MR]

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

——— combat campus sexual violence (see S. 2692), S5326 [1AU]

——— establish a grant program to enable States to promote participation in high school/college dual enrollment programs (see S. 2349), S3074 [15MY]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2194), S1923 [1AP]

——— increase income allowance for working students receiving need-based Federal financial aid (see S. 2796), S5787 [18SE]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (see S. 2052), S1233 [27FE]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S1584 [12MR]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 2964), S6388 [8DE]

Dept. of State: rename the Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and provide for an Assistant Sec., to head such Bureau (see S. 1249), S764 [4FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see S. 2244), S2378 [10AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see S. 2422), S3367 [3JN] (see S. 2450), S3605 [11JN]

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), S6789 [12DE]

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

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see S. Res. 541), S5630 [16SE]

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

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see S. 809), S5629 [16SE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit awarding of contracts to inverted domestic corporations (see S. 2704), S5135 [30JY]

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

Firearms: protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see S. 2483), S4904 [24JY]

Foreign trade: establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see S. 2990), S6627 [11DE]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 377), S1586 [12MR]

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

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

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4558 [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 (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]

Lynton, Michael: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 40), S4271 [8JY]

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

McCarter, John W.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 32), S1281 [4MR]

Medicare: protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (see S. 2087), S3186 [20MY] (see S. 2491), S3864 [19JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S5785 [18SE]

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), S2380 [10AP]

Mortgages: establish programs to encourage use of shared equity mortgage modifications (see S. 2854), S5782 [18SE]

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

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

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

National Credit Union Administration: provide pass-through share insurance for deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts (see S. 2699), S5786 [18SE]

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

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

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1040), S6205 [20NO]

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

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

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

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 2204), S2406 [11AP]

Rubenstein, David M.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 45), S5918 [12NO]

Schlesinger, James R.: tribute (see S. Res. 472), S3604 [11JN]

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

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see S. 759), S5218 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— exclude Federal student aid from taxable gross income (see S. 2827), S5787 [18SE]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 1645), S5219 [31JY]

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

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

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (see S. 2540), S4153 [26JN]

——— 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]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1982), S765 [4FE] (see S. 2413), S3341 [2JN]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see S. 1381), S5136 [30JY]

——— 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), S5219 [31JY]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see S. 942), S5629 [16SE]

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), S2796 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (see S. 2557), S4154 [26JN]

——— strengthen research in adult education (see S. 2802), S5588 [15SE]

Dept. of HHS: expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see S. 2406), S3294 [22MY]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see S. 2405), S3294 [22MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (see S. 2441), S3474 [5JN]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see S. 2755), S5217 [31JY]

Employment: incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see S. 2906), S5783 [18SE]

FDA: provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see S. 2141), S1652 [13MR]

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

FRS: require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (see S. 2937), S6095 [18NO]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of dual-status technicians (see S. 2312), S2875 [8MY]

Newport Jazz Festival: anniversary (see S. Res. 510), S4705 [22JY]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 367), S1234 [27FE]

Rhode Island: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI–04P, Easton Beach Unit RI–05P, Almy Pond Unit RI–06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI–07 (see S. 2926), S5993 [13NO]

SEC: extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (see S. 2868), S5782 [18SE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see S. 2077), S1281 [4MR] (see S. 2148), S1653 [13MR] (see S. 2149), S1691 [24MR] (see S. 2532), S4003 [25JN]

Cloture motions

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

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

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

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

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

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

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

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

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]

Brainard, Lael: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S3465 [5JN], S3520 [10JN]

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

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), S5530 [11SE], S5579 [15SE]

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

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]

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]

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

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 be FRS Board of Governors Vice Chairman, S3465 [5JN], S3521 [10JN]

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

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

Gottemoeller, Rose E.: nomination to be Under Sec. of State for Arms Control and International Security, S1225 [27FE], S1304 [5MR]

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

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]

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

Kearney, Mark A.: nomination to be district judge, S6228 [1DE], S6277 [3DE]

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

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

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

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

Mendoza, Carlos E.: nomination to be district judge, S3855 [19JN], S3892 [23JN]

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

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]

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]

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: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP], 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]

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

Powell, Jerome H.: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S3465 [5JN], S3520 [10JN]

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]

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

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

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

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

Ross, Eleanor L.: nomination to be district judge, S5902 [12NO], S6015 [17NO]

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

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

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

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

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

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), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

Privilege of the floor

Fine, Jeff, S30 [6JA]

Meehan, Lawrence, S30 [6JA]

Remarks

Africa: condemn acts of piracy and other maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea, support U.S. assistance in combatting such crimes, and commend international agencies that have enhanced maritime security (S. Res. 288), S81 [7JA]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S723 [4FE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S421 [16JA], S6861 [15DE]

——— 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, S5172 [31JY]

Armed Forces: require consent of parties to contracts for the use of arbitration to resolve controversies arising under the contracts and preserve rights of members to bring class actions (S. 1999), S823 [6FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S779 [6FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations, S211 [9JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S924 [12FE]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S2317 [9AP]

Bangladesh: condemn political violence, provide for free and fair elections, and support dialogue between political factions, judicial independence, human rights protections, and Grameen Bank independence (S. Res. 318), S82 [7JA]

Baucus, Senator: nomination to be Ambassador to China, S793 [6FE]

Brown University: anniversary, S1231 [27FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S211 [9JA]

CIA: release of Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) report on CIA detention and interrogation program, S6439 [9DE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2216 [8AP]

Climate: global warming, S1456 [10MR]

——— impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, S1456 [10MR]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2835 [8MY]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), unanimous-consent agreement, S3174 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S723 [4FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6492, S6528 [10DE]

——— provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (S. 1917), S1339 [6MR]

——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 1752), S1339 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2292), S2778 [7MY]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S3407 [4JN]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3519 [10JN], S5611 [16SE]

——— establish Federal-State partnership to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (S. 1874), S2778 [7MY]

——— establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (S. 1874), S3407 [4JN]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, increasing cap on subsidized loans, and refinancing current fixed-rate loans (S. 909), S2778 [7MY]

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (S. 1873), S2779 [7MY]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (S. 2557), S4160 [26JN]

——— strengthen research in adult education (S. 2802), S5589 [15SE]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program, S2836 [8MY]

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

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (S. 2405), S3298 [22MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans, S6528 [10DE]

Dept. of Justice: provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (S. 2441), S3477 [5JN]

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), House amendment, S6861 [15DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, S421 [16JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), S4586 [17JY]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (S. 2755), S5233 [31JY]

Education: require certain protections for student loan borrowers (S. 1803), S921, S924 [12FE], S2778 [7MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5412 [9SE]

Employment: incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (S. 2906), S5795 [18SE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S3978 [25JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S2216 [8AP]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), House amendment, S421 [16JA]

FDA: provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (S. 2141), S1725 [25MR]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance, S211 [9JA]

FEMA: assess voluntary community-based flood insurance options, S574 [29JA]

——— delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S574 [29JA]

FRS: require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (S. 2937), S6096 [18NO]

LIHEAP: funding, S1773• [26MR]

LIHEAP Action Day: observance, S1773• [26MR]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S2316 [9AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2599 [1MY]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of dual-status technicians (S. 2312), S2878 [8MY]

National Science and Technology Week: designate (S. Res. 329), S83 [7JA]

Newport Jazz Festival: anniversary (S. Res. 510), S4682, S4683 [22JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, S39 [7JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1896 [1AP], S2049, S2060 [2AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), House amendment, S6492, S6528 [10DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1786, S1800 [27MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent request, S2056, S2059, S2063, S2078, S2079 [2AP]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4873 [24JY]

SEC: extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (S. 2868), S5788 [18SE]

Senate: legislative program, S921 [12FE]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary, S434 [16JA]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6899 [16DE]

——— rates, S211 [9JA]

Ukraine: support sovereignty and closer relations with Europe, condemn violence against peaceful protesters, and urge a peaceful solution to current political and economic crisis (S. Res. 319), S82 [7JA]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S937 [12FE], S1786, S1800 [27MR], S1896 [1AP], S2049, S2060 [2AP], S3160 [20MY], S6899 [16DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S211 [9JA], S283 [13JA], S312 [14JA], S421 [16JA], S692 [3FE], S738 [4FE], S777, S793 [6FE], S924 [12FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S5, S15 [6JA], S38, S39, S64 [7JA], S88, S90 [8JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2148), S2352 [10AP], S5171 [31JY]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2149), S1712 [25MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2532), S3978 [25JN]

——— unemployment compensation program reform, S2061–S2063 [2AP]

USA Science & Engineering Festival: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 329), S83 [7JA]

Tributes

Begich, Senator, S6438 [9DE]

Booker, Senator, S692 [3FE]

Chambliss, Senator, S6438 [9DE]

Chandler, Raymond F., III, S6016 [17NO]

Coburn, Senator, S6438 [9DE]

Flynn, Michael T., S4758 [23JY]

Hagan, Senator, S6438 [9DE]

Harkin, Senator, S6438 [9DE]

Haze, Pamela K., S5555 [11SE]

Johanns, Senator, S6438 [9DE]

Johnson, Senator Tim, S6438 [9DE]

Landrieu, Senator, S6439 [9DE]

Levin, Senator, S6439 [9DE]

Pryor, Senator, S6439 [9DE]

Rockefeller, Senator, S6439 [9DE]

Udall, Senator Mark, S6439 [9DE]

Walsh, Senator, S6439 [9DE]