WYDEN, RON (a Senator from Oregon)

Amendments

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2822 [7MY], S2882 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S6268, S6271 [2DE]

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), S2959 [13MY]

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), S6101 [18NO]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4772 [23JY]

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

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4276, S4277 [8JY], S4419, S4420 [10JY]

Ukraine: provide for costs of loan guarantees (H.R. 4152), S1778 [26MR]

Appointments

Committee on Taxation (Joint), S2167 [3AP]

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

Articles and editorials

Health Insurers Make Late Push To Enroll Young People, Anna Wilde Mathews and Christopher Weaver, Wall Street Journal, S1851 [31MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: provide for completion of the accelerated transition of U.S. combat and military and security operations to Afghanistan (see S. Res. 347), S821 [6FE]

Alaska: anniversary of Great Alaska Earthquake (see S. Res. 400), S1819 [27MR]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S3029 [14MY]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S2614 [1MY]

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

——— expand and improve care to members and veterans with mental health disorders, review characterization of discharges, and establish a loan repayment program for certain VA psychiatrists (see S. 2182), S2380 [10AP]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see S. 1919), S325 [14JA]

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

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

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see S. 114), S702 [3FE]

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

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 13), S1003 [24FE]

Children and youth: treat children being trafficked for sex as victims of human trafficking and require law enforcement to take all necessary measures to protect such children, particularly during the Super Bowl (see S. Res. 340), S656 [30JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S4763 [23JY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see S. 398), S4503 [15JY]

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]

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

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

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 2527), S5220 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1956), S600 [29JA]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2432), S3509 [9JN]

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

——— 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), S4503 [15JY]

Dept. of Energy: replace the current requirement for biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review (see S. 1938), S439 [16JA]

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]

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]

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

Drought: provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California (see S. 2016), S891 [11FE]

——— provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California and other Western States (see S. 2198), S1923 [1AP]

EPA: establish the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (see S. 2674), S4997 [28JY]

FCC: ensure the integrity of voice communications and prevent discrimination among areas in the delivery of such communications by requiring providers to register and comply with basic quality standards (see S. 2125), S2471 [29AP]

——— restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices until final action is taken in proceedings on such rules that were remanded by a court decision (see S. 1981), S702 [3FE]

Federal employees: provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see S. 2323), S4503 [15JY]

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

——— 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 (see S. 1846), S70 [7JA]

Firefighters: provide Federal death and disability benefits for contractors who serve as firefighters of the Forest Service, Dept. of the Interior agencies, or any State or local entity (see S. 1628), S5434 [9SE]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 2047), S6541 [10DE]

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

Health: 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), S6235 [1DE]

Information technology: restrict ability of the Federal Government to undermine privacy and encryption technology in commercial products and in NIST computer security and encryption standards (see S. 2500), S4337 [9JY]

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]

Internet Tax Freedom Act: extend (see S. 2735), S5217 [31JY]

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]

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

Kids to Parks Day: designate (see S. Res. 450), S3075 [15MY]

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

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 1332), S5993 [13NO]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1332), S6262 [2DE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S3343 [2JN]

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), S2380 [10AP]

Motor vehicles: limit retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders (see S. 1925), S325 [14JA]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 580), S6149 [19NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 580), S6149 [19NO]

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

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S2718 [6MY]

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

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 442), S2953 [13MY] (see S. Res. 456), S3294 [22MY]

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

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

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 575), S5784 [18SE]

National Science and Technology Council: establish an interagency coordination committee or subcommittee focused on the nexus between energy and water production, use, and efficiency (see S. 1971), S599 [29JA]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 525), S5326 [1AU]

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

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

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), S6096 [18NO]

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

NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs (see S. 2543), S4503 [15JY]

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

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see S. 2020), S947 [12FE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1690), S1924 [1AP]

Secure Water Act: reauthorize and update certain provisions (see S. 2019), S947 [12FE]

Ships and vessels: remove limitation on a prohibition relative to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels (see S. 2963), S6351 [4DE]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary (see S. Res. 330), S373 [15JA]

Taxation: prevent identity theft related tax refund fraud (see S. 2736), S5217 [31JY]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see S. 2250), S4998 [28JY]

Turkey: condemn restrictions on freedom of the press, expression, and the Internet, including social media and call for an end to such restrictions (see S. Res. 403), S1872 [31MR]

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

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

Water: protect surface water from contamination by chemical storage facilities (see S. 1961), S1872 [31MR]

Wildlife: 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), S5629 [16SE]

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

Bureau of Reclamation: permanently authorize the Safety of Dams Program (see S. 1946), S439 [16JA]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit requirement that private entities design or alter their commercial information technology products to facilitate Government surveillance (see S. 2981), S6350 [4DE]

——— reform classification and security clearance processes, and establish within the Dept. of Homeland Security an effective and transparent security clearance review process (see S. 2683), S5051 [29JY]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 2734), S5217 [31JY]

Klamath Basin: approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production (see S. 2379), S3237 [21MY] (see S. 2727), S5216 [31JY]

Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans’ Clinic, Dalles, OR: designate (see S. 2184), S1870 [31MR]

Medicare: establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (see S. 1932), S372 [15JA]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (see S. 2553), S4154 [26JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (see S. 2157), S1731 [25MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (see S. 2110), S1519 [11MR]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: reform (see S. 2903), S5783 [18SE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2260), S2424 [28AP]

——— make technical corrections to recently enacted tax legislation and remove provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are no longer applicable (see S. 2261), S2424 [28AP]

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

Cloture motions

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]

Bowen, Sharon Y.: nomination to the CFTC, S3285 [22MY], S3353 [3JN]

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

Burwell, Sylvia Mathews: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S3286 [22MY], S3398 [4JN]

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

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

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

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]

Fischer, Stanley: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Vice Chairman, S3465 [5JN], S3521 [10JN]

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

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

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

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

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), motion to proceed, S3997 [25JN], S4210 [7JY]

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

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

Cost Estimates

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act (S. 2260): CBO, S2559 [30AP]

Tax Technical Corrections Act (S. 2261): CBO, S2559 [30AP]

Motions

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1855 [31MR]

Privilege of the floor

Brewster, Megan, S2740 [6MY]

Dwyer, Anne, S1879 [31MR]

Meyer, Ryan, S5069 [29JY]

Panahandeh, Shirin, S5069 [29JY]

Reeve, James, S6463 [9DE]

Spencer, Kelly Tribble, S6463 [9DE]

Remarks

Aaron, Henry J.: nomination to the Social Security Advisory Board, S5365 [8SE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S6860• [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, S5102 [30JY]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), S3578 [11JN]

Barron, David J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3201 [21MY]

——— suitability to be circuit judge relative to legal arguments justifying the targeted killing of U.S. citizens by drone strikes, S3201 [21MY]

Benton County, OR: anniversary of Benton County Fair and Rodeo, S5130 [30JY]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: anniversary, S5299 [31JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: permanently authorize the Safety of Dams Program (S. 1946), S444 [16JA]

Burwell, Sylvia Mathews: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S3394, S3398 [4JN], S3453 [5JN]

CIA: release of Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) report on CIA detention and interrogation program, S6424 [9DE]

Climate: global warming, S1380, S1388, S1389 [10MR]

——— impact of climate change on energy infrastructure relative to production, extraction, refining, processing, transporting and storing, S1388 [10MR]

——— impact of climate change on water supply used for nuclear power generation, S1388 [10MR]

——— impact of increase in natural gas usage on climate change, S1389 [10MR]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), motion to proceed, S2704–S2706 [6MY]

Constitution Day: observance, S5861• [18SE]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, S5123 [30JY]

——— support reunification agreement, S5123 [30JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6734 [12DE]

Dept. of Justice: appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (S. Res. 487), unanimous-consent request, S4115 [26JN]

Dept. of State: Unconventional Gas Technical Engagement Program funding to encourage natural gas development in Eastern Europe, S1772 [26MR]

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, S6860• [15DE]

——— require that certain Federal land be held in trust for the benefit of the federally recognized tribes in Oregon (H.R. 5701), unanimous-consent request, S6908 [16DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand availability of medical care by allowing veterans to see health care providers participating in Medicare, S3578 [11JN]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S3578 [11JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: authorize and modify land conveyances, national forests, parks, heritage areas, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, monuments and memorials, and water infrastructure projects, S6734 [12DE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information on matters that does not affect national security, S3624 [12JN]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, S1388 [10MR]

——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (S. 1875), S5102 [30JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 1681), S3624 [12JN]

Internet Tax Freedom Act: extend, S5169 [31JY]

——— extend (S. 2735), S5185 [31JY], S6830 [15DE]

——— extend (S. 2735), unanimous-consent request, S5183 [31JY]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (S. 2011), unanimous-consent request, S1212 [27FE]

Klamath Basin: approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production (S. 2379), S3240 [21MY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: anniversary, S5669 [17SE]

Medicare: establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (S. 1932), S373 [15JA], S1847 [31MR]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1844, S1846, S1847, S1857 [31MR]

——— repeal sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians and improve beneficiary access (S. 1871), S1566 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (S. 2000), S1566 [12MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1844, S1846, S1847, S1851, S1857 [31MR]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent request, S1855 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2122), unanimous-consent request, S1844, S1855 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), S1839 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), unanimous-consent request, S1844 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (S. 2110), S1566–S1568 [12MR]

Northwest Youth Corps: anniversary, S5371• [8SE]

Oregon: anniversary of treaty establishing the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Indian Tribes collectively as the Klamath Tribes and designating the Klamath Reservation, S6086• [18NO]

——— participation in Dept. of Agriculture Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables, S6381 [8DE]

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], S3052, S3054, S3055, S3059 [15MY], S3247 [22MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2928 [13MY], S2984 [14MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), House amendment, S6734 [12DE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S1851 [31MR]

Portland, OR: anniversary of Pittock Mansion, S5130• [30JY]

——— hosting of Major League Soccer All Star game at Providence Park, S5305• [31JY]

Power resources: reform tax treatment of all energy production, S1389 [10MR]

Public welfare programs: prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), unanimous-consent request, S6908 [16DE]

Renewable energy: improve sources, S1389 [10MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S4645 [21JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4985 [28JY], S5021, S5037 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), House amendment, S5209 [31JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), unanimous-consent agreement, S5031 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs through reductions in private-sector pensions guarantees, S5021 [29JY]

Senate: legislative process, S3052, S3054 [15MY], S3247 [22MY]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S1646 [13MR]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), S5686, S5687 [17SE]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (S. 1507), S5686 [17SE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1851 [31MR], S2928 [13MY], S2984, S3019 [14MY], S3052, S3054, S3055, S3059 [15MY], S3247 [22MY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6898, S6899, S6902 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2559 [30AP], S6898, S6902 [16DE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 3086), S5185 [31JY]

——— make technical corrections to recently enacted tax legislation and remove provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are no longer applicable (S. 2261), S2559 [30AP]

——— modify and make permanent certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relative to charitable contributions (H.R. 5806), S6829 [15DE]

——— provide for equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and per energy equivalent of diesel, S6771 [12DE]

——— provide notice to charities and other nonprofit organizations before their tax-exempt status is automatically revoked, S3054 [15MY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices, S3054 [15MY]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (S. Res. 573), S5669 [17SE]

Reports filed

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2260) (S. Rept. 113–154), S2424 [28AP]

Nomination of Carolyn Watts Colvin To Be SSA Commissioner: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5779 [18SE]

Nomination of Cary D. Pugh To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5216 [31JY]

Nomination of Christopher A. Smith To Be Assistant Sec. of Energy for Fossil Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of D. Nathan Sheets To Be Under Sec. of the Treasury for International Affairs: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5216 [31JY]

Nomination of Darci L. Vetter To Be Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Chief Agricultural Negotiator: Committee on Finance (Senate), S3236 [21MY]

Nomination of Elizabeth M. Robinson To Be Under Sec. of Energy for Management & Performance: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Ellen Dudley Williams To Be Dept. of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Esther Puakela Kia’aina To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Insular Affairs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Franklin M. Orr, Jr., To Be Under Sec. of Energy for Science: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Jonathan Elkind To Be Assistant Sec. of Energy for International Affairs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Marc A. Kastner To Be Dept. of Energy Office of Science Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Maria Cancian To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5216 [31JY]

Nomination of Michael L. Connor To Be Deputy Sec. of the Interior: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Neil G. Kornze To Be BLM Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Ramin Toloui To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for International Finance: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5216 [31JY]

Nomination of Robert W. Holleyman II To Be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5216 [31JY]

Nomination of Stefan M. Selig To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade: Committee on Finance (Senate), S3236 [21MY]

Nomination of Steven Croley To Be Dept. of Energy General Counsel: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell To Be Sec. of HHS: Committee on Finance (Senate), S3236 [21MY]

Nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Policy, Management, and Budget: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S438 [16JA]

Tax Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2261) (S. Rept. 113–155), S2424 [28AP]

Statements

Clarify Treatment of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health Plans in Which Expatriates Are the Primary Enrollees: by, S6772 [12DE]

Texts of

S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act, S374–S379 [15JA]

Tributes

Baucus, Senator, S800 [6FE]

Carter, Margaret L., S3809• [18JN]

Johanns, Senator, S6423 [9DE]

Jordan, Charles, S3180• [20MY]

Lillebo, Tim, S1000• [24FE]

Prunk, Bruce, S4267• [8JY]

Rockefeller, Senator, S6829 [15DE]

Udall, Senator Mark, S6425 [9DE]