SCHUMER, CHARLES E. (a Senator from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S4227 [7JY], S4926 [24JY], S5834 [18SE], S6236, S6237 [1DE]

Dept. of Energy: making continuing appropriations for the National Nuclear Security Administration (H.J. Res. 76), S5327 [1AU]

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), S3088, S3119, S3134, S3135 [15MY]

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

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6454 [9DE]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 1535), S6638 [11DE]

Voting: require States to develop contingency plans to address unexpected emergencies or natural disasters that may threaten to disrupt a Federal election (S. 1937), S4227 [7JY]

Appointments

Committee to escort the President, H1473 [28JA]

Congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations to international conferences, meetings, and negotiation sessions relating to trade agreements, S2287 [8AP]

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), S5699 [17SE]

Air Force: modernize C–130H aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and ensure such aircraft meet applicable FAA regulations (see S. 2758), S5217 [31JY]

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: modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see S. 240), S5918 [12NO]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1982), S1003 [24FE]

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

Biomedical Research Fund: establish (see S. 2115), S6148 [19NO]

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

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S5698 [17SE]

Bridges: increase percentage of funds set aside for off-system bridges (see S. 1504), S3864 [19JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see S. 2373), S3343 [2JN]

——— reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see S. 2655), S5699 [17SE]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see S. 2475), S3719 [17JN]

——— improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems (see S. 1936), S439 [16JA]

——— improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 2746), S5920 [12NO]

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

Congressional Research Service: anniversary (see S. Res. 508), S4620 [17JY]

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

Crime: reduce recidivism and increase public safety (see S. 1675), S1417 [10MR]

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

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see S. 1468), S69 [7JA]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see S. 2075), S2425 [28AP]

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1956), S656 [30JA]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2292), S3368 [3JN] (see S. 2432), S3424 [4JN]

——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see S. 1033), S4336 [9JY]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (see S. 758), S5135 [30JY]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2194), S2797 [7MY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see S. 1407), S5993 [13NO]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process in order to maximize eligibility and increase income threshold to qualify for maximum Pell Grant funding (see S. 2340), S5220 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (see S. 2529), S4503 [15JY]

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

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (see S. 2154), S2912 [12MY]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see S. 2538), S5699 [17SE]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see S. 2839), S6262 [2DE]

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

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S2648 [5MY]

——— fund and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, share data with National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and facilitate reporting to such systems (see S. 2840), S5697 [17SE]

——— 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]

——— increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (see S. 1799), S3669 [12JN]

——— provide the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs authority to establish a prescription drug take-back program for Armed Forces members and veterans (see S. 1089), S5136 [30JY]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 2964), S6205 [20NO]

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]

——— extend Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program (see S. 2302), S3186 [20MY]

——— extend Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 2302), S3296 [22MY]

——— 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), S5136 [30JY]

——— renegotiate with Iraq provisions of original agreement relative to the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq (see S. Res. 333), S440 [16JA]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see S. 2306), S2875 [8MY]

——— study suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1389), S6095 [18NO]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out activities to improve rail safety (see S. 2784), S5507 [10SE]

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]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 734), S5919 [12NO]

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]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see S. 1239), S2719 [6MY]

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see S. 539), S2911 [12MY]

District of Columbia: statehood (see S. 132), S1653 [13MR]

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

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 1697), S326 [14JA]

——— provide student loan forgiveness for American Indian educators teaching in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students (see S. 2458), S4998 [28JY]

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

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see S. 2787), S6024 [17NO]

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

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see S. 2141), S5052 [29JY]

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

——— establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the National Advisory Council (see S. 2547), S4153 [26JN]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see S. 2270), S3368 [3JN]

FTC: issue rules to promote competition and help consumers save money by giving them the freedom to choose where they buy prescription pet medications (see S. 2756), S5217 [31JY]

——— prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 2047), S1417 [10MR]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 377), S1655 [13MR]

Health: support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary and secondary school students by enhancing physical and health education (see S. 392), S5135 [30JY]

——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see S. Res. 578), S6389 [8DE]

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1406), S2719 [6MY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization), condemn and call for an end to such attacks, and dissolve Palestinian Authority unity Government with Hamas (see S. Res. 498), S4404 [10JY]

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

——— support right to defend itself and call on Hamas (terrorist organization) to immediately cease all rocket and other attacks against Israel (see S. Res. 517), S4903 [24JY]

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

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

Law enforcement: clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the U.S. (see S. 2598), S4454 [14JY]

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

Medicaid: ensure beneficiaries have the opportunity to receive care in home and community-based settings (see S. 2515), S5136 [30JY]

Medicare: develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S1654 [13MR]

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 2359), S5220 [31JY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 2689), S6148 [19NO]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S5699 [17SE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S3296 [22MY]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S69 [7JA] (see S. 2223), S2615 [1MY]

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

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 543), S5700 [17SE]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S3296 [22MY]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (see S. Res. 424), S2406 [11AP]

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

National Institute of Mental Health: provide funding to support suicide prevention and brain research, including the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative (see S. 2035), S2876 [8MY]

National Lighthouse and Lighthouse Preservation Day: designate (see S. Res. 507), S4620 [17JY]

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

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

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

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 415), S2195 [7AP]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see S. 2920), S5993 [13NO]

——— terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see S. 2944), S6303 [3DE]

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

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), S4662 [21JY]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see S. 637), S4904 [24JY] (see S. 2851), S5920 [12NO]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see S. 2192), S5699 [17SE]

Pipelines: establish State revolving loan funds to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines (see S. 1768), S1693 [24MR]

——— require gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of high-risk pipelines used in commerce (see S. 1767), S1693 [24MR]

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

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1897), S132 [8JA]

——— reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see S. 2685), S5051 [29JY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S5435 [9SE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1690), S5629 [16SE]

Senate: repeal certain requirements relative to newspaper advertising of Senate stationery contracts (see S. 2197), S1923 [1AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 997), S3075 [15MY]

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), S5993 [13NO]

——— exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic or Paralympic medal winners (see S. 2026), S947 [12FE]

——— extend and modify the research and development credit to encourage innovation (see S. 1920), S1367 [6MR]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 1431), S3368 [3JN]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 526), S6205 [20NO]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 1133), S852 [10FE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 2562), S4225 [7JY] (see S. 2569), S4271 [8JY]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see S. 2634), S4705 [22JY]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see S. 2169), S3186 [20MY]

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

Ukraine: condemn violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity by Russian forces and call for international response opposing Russia’s actions and in support of Ukrainian Government (see S. Res. 378), S1519 [11MR]

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

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 234), S5918 [12NO]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1982), S1003 [24FE]

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

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

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), S2911 [12MY]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see S. 2622), S5786 [18SE]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see S. 1688), S822 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see S. 2935), S6022 [17NO]

Civil liberties: prohibit unauthorized use of electronic tracking devices (see S. 2933), S6022 [17NO]

Coast Guard: require development and posting of passenger capacity limits for recreational vessels (see S. 2774), S5325 [1AU]

CPSC: ban certain chemical flame retardants from upholstered furniture and children’s products (see S. 2811), S5588 [15SE]

Crime: prohibit trespassing on critical infrastructure used in or affecting interstate commerce to commit a criminal offense (see S. 2934), S6022 [17NO]

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

FERC: prohibit from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers (see S. 2928), S5993 [13NO]

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: clarify applicability to condominiums (see S. 2101), S1416 [10MR]

Johnson, Henry: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see S. 2793), S5564 [11SE]

Law enforcement: establish grant program to help State and local law enforcement agencies reduce risk of injury and death from wandering characteristics of some children with autism and other disabilities (see S. 2386), S3293 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see S. 2819), S5628 [16SE]

National Clandestine Service of the CIA NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, Monroe, NY: designate (see S. 2661), S4903 [24JY]

National Sepsis Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 568), S5784 [18SE]

Senate Rules and Manual: authorize printing (see S. Res. 535), S5218 [31JY]

SSA: provide public notice and input prior to closure, consolidation, or public access limitation of field or hearing offices (see S. 2742), S5217 [31JY]

Taxation: extend tax incentives to certain live theatrical performances (see S. 2180), S1819 [27MR]

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

——— make qualified biogas property eligible for the energy credit and permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property (see S. 2739), S5217 [31JY]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012 and 2013 (see S. 2233), S2327 [9AP]

Telephones: criminalize the knowing use of commercial robocalls without prior express written consent of the recipient (see S. 1959), S486 [27JA]

Voting: require States to develop contingency plans to address unexpected emergencies or natural disasters that may threaten to disrupt a Federal election (see S. 1937), S439 [16JA]

Cloture motions

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

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]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

Dept. of Defense: provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (S. 1917), S1349 [6MR]

——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 1752), S1336, S1348 [6MR]

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

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

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

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

Hale, David J.: nomination to be district judge, S6228 [1DE], S6277 [3DE]

Humetewa, Diane J.: nomination to be district judge, S2904 [12MY], S2994 [14MY]

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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), S3019 [14MY], S3060 [15MY]

——— 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]

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

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (S. 2685), motion to proceed, S5902 [12NO], S6079 [18NO]

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

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

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]

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

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

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]

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

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

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

Tuchi, John J.: nomination to be district judge, S2904 [12MY], S2993 [14MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S311 [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]

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

Letters

Congressional Research Service anniversary: by, S4627 [17JY]

Lists

Supporters of S. 2244, Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension, S4580 [17JY]

Notices

Congressional Record: final issue publication, S6359 [8DE], S6399 [9DE], S6467 [10DE], S6583, S6649 [11DE], S6699 [12DE], S6795 [13DE], S6821 [15DE], S6869 [16DE], H8821 [8DE], H8869 [9DE], H8933 [10DE], H9047, H9307 [11DE], H10313 [12DE], H10320 [16DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S813 [6FE]

——— support maple syrup production research and education, sustainability of maple syrup resources, promotion of maple products, and access to lands for maple sugaring activities, S813 [6FE]

Amtrak: Northeast corridor infrastructure projects funding, S2085 [2AP]

Baucus, Senator: nomination to be Ambassador to China, S789 [6FE]

CIA: release of Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) report on CIA detention and interrogation program, S6518 [10DE]

Climate: global warming, S1379 [10MR]

Congressional Research Service: anniversary (S. Res. 508), S4627 [17JY]

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 (H.R. 4138), S2598 [1MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2292), S2781 [7MY]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S3405 [4JN]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S5610 [16SE]

Dept. of Justice: investigation of Dept. of Homeland Security discretionary enforcement decisions regarding certain immigration violations funding, S3392 [4JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms, S4581, S4588 [17JY]

——— extend deadline for Terrorism Risk Insurance Program to collect terrorism loss risk-spreading premiums if mandatory recoupment is more than a billion dollars, S4587 [17JY]

——— extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (S. 2244), S4576, S4577, S4580, S4581, S4587 [17JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S5545 [11SE]

FEMA: adjust phase-in increases in flood insurance premium rates, S580 [29JA]

——— delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S580 [29JA], S613 [30JA]

——— 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 (H.R. 3370), S1629 [13MR]

FRS: reaffirm importance of community banking and community banking regulatory experience on the Board of Governors and ensure at least one member with such experience, S4581 [17JY]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S2597 [1MY], S2986 [14MY], S3391 [4JN], S3560 [11JN], S3791 [18JN], S6130 [19NO]

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, S4531 [16JY]

Iran: condemn appointment of Hamid Aboutalebi as U.N. ambassador, S2181 [7AP]

Israel: support Israel’s right of self-defense against Hamas (terrorist organization), S4291 [9JY]

King, Representative Steve: characterization of remarks on Hispanic community, S2597 [1MY], S3392 [4JN], S3560 [11JN]

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, S2543 [30AP]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform, S4577, S4581 [17JY]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), S1132 [25FE]

New York, NY: tribute to 47th Street Business Improvement District, S2951• [13MY]

News media: allegations of media bias, S4291 [9JY]

Obama, President: use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S6130 [19NO]

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), S3062 [15MY], S3248 [22MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2986 [14MY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, S39 [7JA]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S1214 [27FE]

Point of order, S4588 [17JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S2597–S2599 [1MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3392 [4JN]

Senate: legislative process, S3062 [15MY], S3248 [22MY]

——— legislative program, S1132 [25FE]

Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S4531 [16JY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S2986 [14MY], S3062 [15MY], S3248 [22MY]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 1535), S6657, S6659, S6660 [11DE]

U.N.: deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S. (S. 2195), S2181 [7AP]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S302 [14JA]

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

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent request, S311 [14JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 2413), S3459 [5JN]

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

Remarks in House relative to

Immigration: characterization of remarks regarding Representative Steve King’s views on immigration, H4822, H4824 [22MY]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Termination Date Extension: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2244), S3898 [23JN]

Elections Preparedness Requires Early Planning (Elections PREP) Act: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 1937), S2378 [10AP]

Government Publishing Office Act: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 1947), S2378 [10AP]

Nomination of Christy A. McCormick to the Election Assistance Commission: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S6302 [3DE]

Nomination of Matthew V. Masterson to the Election Assistance Commission: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S6302 [3DE]

Nomination of Myrna Perez to the Election Assistance Commission: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S2326 [9AP]

Nomination of Thomas Hicks to the Election Assistance Commission: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S2326 [9AP]

Repeal Certain Requirements Relative to Newspaper Advertising of Senate Stationery Contracts: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 2197), S2378 [10AP]

Safeguarding Elections for Our Nation’s Troops Through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 1728), S2378 [10AP]

Tributes

Baucus, Senator, S789 [6FE]

Coburn, Senator, S6594 [11DE]

Levin, Senator, S6707 [12DE]

Miller, Patrick W., S5860• [18SE]

Walsh, Senator, S4291 [9JY]