WICKER, ROGER F. (a Senator from Mississippi)

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]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), S855 [10FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2285 [8AP]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5636 [16SE], S5708 [17SE], S5804, S5831 [18SE]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), S530 [28JA]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), S530 [28JA]

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), S3119 [15MY], S3239 [21MY]

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

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3816 [18JN]

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. (S. 2094), S4664 [21JY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4229, S4230 [7JY]

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

Ukraine: support sovereignty and democracy (S. 2124), S1732, S1735 [25MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S326 [14JA]

Appointments

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, S913 [11FE]

Articles and editorials

Harry Reid’s Senate Blockade, Wall Street Journal, S2989 [14MY]

ObamaCare and My Mother’s Cancer Medicine, Stephen Blackwood, Wall Street Journal, S995 [24FE]

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), S1003 [24FE]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S2648 [5MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1977), S655 [30JA]

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 Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 2501), S3863 [19JN]

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]

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 buildings and industry (see S. 2074), S1233 [27FE] (see S. 2262), S2424 [28AP]

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

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 1208), S948 [12FE]

Contraceptives: ensure employers cannot prohibit access, call for an FDA study on whether prescriptions are necessary for contraceptives, and allow use of certain health accounts to purchase over-the-counter drugs (see S. 2605), S4502 [15JY]

Corps of Engineers: permit the collection of user fees by non-Federal entities in connection with the challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreational facilities at lakes and reservoirs (see S. 2055), S1924 [1AP]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see S. 1828), S1366 [6MR]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 1738), S3720 [17JN]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 1733), S3669 [12JN] (see S. 2599), S4454 [14JY]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: conduct periodic mental health assessments and improve mental health services for Armed Forces members and submit reports relative to mental health (see S. 2300), S2796 [7MY]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see S. 1823), S5564 [11SE]

Dept. of Justice: classify human trafficking as a violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program (see S. 413), S5588 [15SE]

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), S5508 [10SE]

——— renegotiate with Iraq provisions of original agreement relative to the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq (see S. Res. 333), S600 [29JA]

Dept. of the Interior: increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) to fund acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds (see S. 2621), S6262 [2DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish innovation in surface transportation program (see S. 2891), S5783 [18SE]

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. 2450), S3605 [11JN]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see S. 2013), S3425 [4JN]

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

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

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 1909), S3296 [22MY]

——— support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards (see S. Res. 345), S821 [6FE]

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

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

——— extend timeline to review and revise ambient air quality standards and delay decision on proposal to revise ozone standards (see S. 2514), S3938 [24JN]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see S. 2833), S5697 [17SE]

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

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see S. 1905), S2876 [8MY]

Executive Office of the President: negotiate extradition treaties to combat more effectively international cybercriminals (see S. Res. 563), S5783 [18SE]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see S. 2103), S3864 [19JN]

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), S2195 [7AP]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see S. 2024), S1693 [24MR]

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

Financial institutions: clarify that prohibitions on investments in certain funds shall not be construed to require divestiture of certain collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities (see S. 1907, 1912), S223 [9JA]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see S. 1349), S5564 [11SE]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S1001 [24FE]

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

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

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

Foreign countries: repeal violation of sovereign nations’ laws and privacy matters (see S. 887), S3475 [5JN]

FRS: increase threshold at which regulated depository institutions are subject to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau direct examination and reporting requirements (see S. 2732), S5375 [8SE]

Government regulations: establish a National Regulatory Budget and an Office of Regulatory Analysis (see S. 2153), S1776 [26MR]

Health: improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see S. 2662), S4903 [24JY]

——— 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), S6263 [2DE]

Hong Kong: reinstate reporting requirements relative to U.S.-Hong Kong relations (see S. 2922), S5993 [13NO]

Human rights: impose sanctions relative to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see S. 1933), S372 [15JA]

Ibrahim Ishag, Meriam Yahia: relief (see S. 2474), S3668 [12JN]

Immigration: treat all unaccompanied alien children crossing the U.S. Southern border equally, allow for voluntary reunification with family, and expedite due process for claims to remain in the U.S. (see S. 2611), S4502 [15JY]

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: address Russian noncompliance (see S. 2725), S5216 [31JY]

——— hold Russia accountable for being in material breach of obligations, prohibit future nuclear arms reduction negotiations, and assess status of treaty (see S. Con. Res. 34), S1731 [25MR]

——— require a report on compliance information sharing (see S. 1924), S325 [14JA]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 1881), S28 [6JA]

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

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

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see S. 2282), S2797 [7MY]

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

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

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

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 204), S486 [27JA]

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

Medicare: establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see S. 236), S4336 [9JY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 2037), S2380 [10AP]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (see S. 2122), S1693 [24MR]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S5052 [29JY]

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

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 543), S5564 [11SE]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S2912 [12MY]

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

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 2030), S948 [12FE]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see S. 2944), S6206 [20NO]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1040), S3475 [5JN]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see S. 2192), S4155 [26JN]

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

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

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 2106), S1519 [11MR]

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

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1456), S655 [30JA]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 1842), S5136 [30JY]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see S. Res. 368), S1234 [27FE]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see S. Res. 588), S6205 [20NO]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 375), S5918 [12NO]

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), S1365 [6MR]

——— extend exemption from fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (see S. 1022), S948 [12FE]

Social Security: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking (see S. 1878), S4272 [8JY]

Space policy: improve transition between experimental permits and commercial licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles (see S. 2140), S2096 [2AP]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 2363), S3686 [16JN]

Sri Lanka: develop a balanced U.S. policy, call for international assistance in dealing with grievances arising from civil war, support reconciliation, and improve religious and media freedoms (see S. Res. 364), S2241 [8AP]

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

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 1431), S1692 [24MR]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 654), S5325 [1AU]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see S. 1056), S3811 [18JN]

Terrorism: express that the transfer of certain detainees on May 31, 2014, was unlawful, call for an investigation, and determine impact of the transfer on the common defense of the U.S. (see S. Res. 469), S3670 [12JN]

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

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. 370), S1315 [5MR] (see S. Res. 378), S1519 [11MR]

——— refute Russian sovereignty over Crimea, its territory, airspace, or waters, oppose foreign aid or investments with Russia as intermediary, and restrict aid to countries that recognize Russian sovereignty (see S. 2238), S2378 [10AP]

Wani, Martin: relief (see S. 2474), S3668 [12JN]

Wani, Maya: relief (see S. 2474), S3668 [12JN]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2496), S3863 [19JN]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 426), S2470 [29AP]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see S. 2714), S5630 [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), S2566 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner honoring the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see S. 2886), S5782 [18SE]

Courts: ensure appropriate judicial review of Federal actions by amending prohibition on exercise of jurisdiction by U.S. Court of Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts (see S. 2769), S5218 [31JY]

Crime: provide justice for victims of trafficking, stop exploitation through trafficking, and provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see S. 2564), S4224 [7JY]

Federal agencies and departments: require certain financial regulators to determine whether new regulations or orders are duplicative or inconsistent with existing Federal regulations (see S. 2829), S5629 [16SE]

National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 406), S1871 [31MR]

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

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: allow for a contract for operation of Melville Hall after receipt of gift for renovation of such hall (see S. 2983), S6350 [4DE]

Privilege of the floor

Elsner, Brandon, S833 [6FE]

Robinson, Errol, S833 [6FE]

Remarks

Agreement on Port State Measures To Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: ratify, S2156 [3AP]

Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries: ratify, S2156 [3AP]

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

Azerbaijan: tribute to hosting of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly, S4301 [9JY]

Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean: ratify, S2156 [3AP]

Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean: ratify, S2156 [3AP]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, S3223 [21MY]

——— port dredging and maintenance funding, S3223 [21MY]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 1738), S4294 [9JY]

——— provide justice for victims of trafficking, stop exploitation through trafficking, and provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (S. 2564), S4294 [9JY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (S. 1733), S4294 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), S5576 [15SE]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (S. 1823), S4294 [9JY]

Fish and fishing: implement treaties to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, S2156 [3AP]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, S3223 [21MY]

Medicare: Medicare Advantage program funding, S1160 [26FE]

Moldova: democracy efforts, S4302 [9JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S472 [27JA]

——— evaluation relative to strategy to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S5575 [15SE]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: passage of resolution condemning trafficking of minors internationally, S4301 [9JY]

——— passage of resolution on clear, gross and uncorrected violations of Helsinki Principles by Russia, S4299, S4302 [9JY]

——— tribute to U.S. delegation, S4301, S4302 [9JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S472 [27JA], S994, S995 [24FE], S1160 [26FE], S4647 [21JY]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (S. 2020), S1163, S1164 [26FE]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S2989 [14MY]

——— legislative process, S2989 [14MY]

Tornadoes: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, tornadoes in Mississippi, S2435 [29AP]

Tupelo, MS: anniversary of designation as first city to receive power from the TVA, S787 [6FE]

Tributes

Lovelady, William, Jr., S6686 [11DE]