WARNER, MARK R. (a Senator from Virginia)

Amendments

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

Chesapeake Bay: require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan (S. 1000), S6247, S6263 [2DE]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5151 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (S. 2450), S3609 [11JN]

Federal agencies and departments: eliminate or modify Federal reporting requirements (H.R. 4194), S5639, S5644 [16SE]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (S. 994), S2387 [10AP]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S3092 [15MY]

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

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3872, S3877 [19JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4273 [8JY], S4422 [10JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4826 [23JY], S4960 [24JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S134, S148 [8JA]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S461 [17JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see S. 1957), S439 [16JA]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S702 [3FE]

——— 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), S5218 [31JY]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see S. 2231), S2719 [6MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1963), S853 [10FE]

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]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S6205 [20NO]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see S. 1012), S528 [28JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S2241 [8AP]

Coal: direct Federal investment in carbon capture and storage and other clean coal technologies (see S. 2152), S3238 [21MY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see S. 398), S852 [10FE]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see S. Res. 502), S4503 [15JY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 2280), S2614 [1MY]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see S. 2971), S6921 [16DE]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (see S. 2074), S1233 [27FE] (see S. 2262), S2424 [28AP]

Consumers: preclude law firms and licensed attorneys from the definition of a debt collector when taking certain actions (see S. 2328), S2953 [13MY]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 1738), S4621 [17JY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 1733, 2599), S4558 [16JY]

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

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), S4224 [7JY]

Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence (see S. 2692), S5134 [30JY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools (see S. 2788), S5507 [10SE]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see S. 1407), S702 [3FE]

——— raise quality of career and technical education programs and allow local eligible recipients to use Perkins grant funding to establish high-quality career academic programs (see S. 2584), S4404 [10JY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S5508 [10SE]

——— protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see S. 822), S3719 [17JN]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see S. 2959), S6205 [20NO]

Dept. of the Interior: acknowledge contributions at units of the National Park Service (see S. 2873), S5782 [18SE]

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

Dept. of Transportation: provide States with greater flexibility in innovative highway financing (see S. 2051), S1233 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see S. 2013), S3342 [2JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite access to Federal lands for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions (see S. 1049), S1731 [25MR]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see S. 539), S1924 [1AP]

——— strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding (see S. Res. 303), S3670 [12JN]

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

Eximbank: extend and reauthorize (see S. 2709), S5135 [30JY]

FDA: incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for Ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S6149 [19NO]

Federal agencies and departments: provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see S. 2113), S1584 [12MR]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see S. 2270), S2797 [7MY]

——— clarify application of the qualified mortgage rule to rural lenders (see S. 2697), S5134 [30JY]

——— provide regulatory easement for lending institutions that enable a vibrant economy (see S. 2698), S5134 [30JY]

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

FRS: make certain changes to the small bank holding company policy statement on assessment of financial and managerial factors (see S. 2696), S5134 [30JY]

Health: Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Program funding (see S. 1333), S1819 [27MR]

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

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4405 [10JY]

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), S4455 [14JY]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (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]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see S. 2663), S5994 [13NO]

Korean Peninsula: resume family reunions between North and South Korea, allow Korean Americans to reunite with divided families in North Korea, and encourage peace (see S. Res. 587), S6205 [20NO]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (see S. 357), S4271 [8JY]

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

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 162), S4662 [21JY]

National Credit Union Administration: provide pass-through share insurance for deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts (see S. 2699), S5134 [30JY]

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

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

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

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

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 Travel and Tourism Week: observance (see S. Res. 443), S2953 [13MY]

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

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]

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

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

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see S. 2192), S2615 [1MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1330), S4706 [22JY]

——— enhance access for independent agents and brokers to information regarding marketplace enrollment (see S. 2175), S1818 [27MR]

——— increase qualified health plan options by offering plans with lower premiums but requiring higher out-of-pocket costs (see S. 1729), S133 [8JA]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2168), S1818 [27MR]

——— provide a permanent path for the direct enrollment of individuals in qualified health plans (see S. 2173), S1818 [27MR]

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]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 397), S1731 [25MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 403), S3185 [20MY]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see S. 2094), S2954 [13MY]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 548), S5629 [16SE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 1996), S2162 [3AP] (see S. 2363), S3184 [20MY]

Syria: condemn human rights violations, allow access to humanitarian assistance, address impact of war on neighboring countries, and call for international response to such atrocities (see S. Res. 384), S1653 [13MR]

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]

——— disclose certain tax return information relative to identity theft (see S. 2239), S2378 [10AP]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see S. 1181), S1002 [24FE]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2069), S1233 [27FE]

——— modify Internal Revenue Code provisions relative to determinations of full-time equivalent employees under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 2166), S1818 [27MR]

——— 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]

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

U.S. Foreign Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 369), S2096 [2AP]

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: reform Board of Visitors (see S. 2076), S1281 [4MR]

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]

Venezuela: support democracy, condemn violence and intimidation of political opposition and investigate such acts, dismantle militias, impose sanctions, and encourage dialogue with political opposition (see S. Res. 365), S1586 [12MR]

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

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see S. 1862), S2566 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Consumers: provide debit cardholders with consumer protections equivalent to those available to credit cardholders (see S. 2200), S2095 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish Office of Net Assessment (see S. 1906), S223 [9JA]

——— prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see S. 2075), S1281 [4MR]

Dept. of Education: simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (see S. 2612), S4557 [16JY]

Dept. of Labor: ensure training service programs make better use of participants’ prior learning to assist participants in obtaining degrees and other postsecondary credentials (see S. 2403), S3294 [22MY]

——— increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities (see S. 2402), S3294 [22MY]

Education: strengthen career and technical education programs to ensure resources flow to high-skill, high-wage, high-demand, and high-growth occupational training (see S. 2524), S3939 [24JN]

Federal agencies and departments: eliminate duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary congressionally mandated Federal agency reporting (see S. 2109), S1519 [11MR]

——— eliminate or modify Federal reporting requirements (see S. 2925), S5993 [13NO]

Financial institutions: provide greater fee disclosures for consumers who have prepaid cards (see S. 1903), S223 [9JA]

India: express importance of the U.S.-India strategic partnership and the continued deepening of bilateral ties with India (see S. Res. 523), S4904 [24JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance coverage across State lines (see S. 2174), S1818 [27MR]

——— revise reporting requirements to preserve the privacy of individuals (see S. 2176), S1818 [27MR]

SEC: modify disclosures to investors in municipal and corporate debt securities (see S. 2114), S1584 [12MR]

Taxation: extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payment of interest on certain refinanced student loans (see S. 2429), S3424 [4JN]

U.S. and India Partnership Day: designate (see S. Res. 571), S5784 [18SE]

U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day: designate (see S. Res. 521), S4903 [24JY]

Cloture motions

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]

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]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

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

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

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

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]

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

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S312 [14JA]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S305 [14JA]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S305 [14JA], S932 [12FE]

Chesapeake Bay: require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan (S. 1000), S6246, S6247 [2DE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3561 [11JN]

——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (S. 915), S3561 [11JN], S5477 [10SE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (S. 25), House amendment, S932 [12FE]

——— increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) to fund acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds (H.R. 5069), S6247 [2DE]

Federal agencies and departments: eliminate or modify Federal reporting requirements (H.R. 4194), S5646 [16SE]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (S. 994), S2359, S2361 [10AP]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

Hardy, Josh: tribute to support of family and friends relative to appeal to FDA for expedited approval of experimental drug treatment, S1646 [13MR]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization), condemn and call for an end to such attacks, and dissolve Palestinian Authority unity Government with Hamas (S. Res. 498), S4595 [17JY]

Lauck, M. Hannah: nomination to be district judge, S3600 [11JN]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S932 [12FE], S1845, S1846 [31MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1845, S1846 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), S1846 [31MR]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), motion to proceed, S432 [16JA]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, S2760 [7MY]

Stout, Brian, S2760 [7MY]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001, S5477 [10SE]

Yellow Ribbon Fund, Inc.: tribute to family caregiver program, S5622• [16SE]

Tributes

Begich, Senator, S6598 [11DE]

Bolen, Chuck, S2760 [7MY]

Chambliss, Senator, S6511 [10DE]

Gregg, Richard L., S4854 [24JY]

King, Heidi, S2760 [7MY]

Landrieu, Senator, S6652 [11DE]

Powell, Patrice Walker, S5861• [18SE]

Taylor, Edith M., S1868• [31MR]