BOXER, BARBARA (a Senator from California)

Amendments

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

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2880 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S4177 [26JN], S5151 [30JY], S5238 [31JY], S5327 [1AU], S5821 [18SE], S6099 [18NO]

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

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1523, S1524 [11MR], S1562 [12MR]

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), S6793 [12DE]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (S. 2673), S5840, S5874 [18SE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4775 [23JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815 [18JN], S3883 [19JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4344, S4345, S4348 [9JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4916 [24JY]

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

Articles and editorials

Critics Say Executive Action on Immigration Would Be Unprecedented. They Forget Their History, Charles Kamasaki, National Journal, S6135 [19NO]

Everyone Deserves Clean Air and Equal Protection From Pollution, Hilton Kelley and Anne Rolfes, Houston (TX) Chronicle, S6038 [18NO]

In Chicago, Piles of Petroleum Coke Suggest the Future of Canadian Tar Sands Oil, Dan Weissmann, Marketplace.org (Internet site), S6040 [18NO]

Long-Term Jobless, Like Madera Man, Face Loss of Unemployment Payments (excerpt), Tim Sheehan, Fresno (CA) Bee, S41 [7JA], S316 [14JA]

1.3 Million Will Be Cut From Jobless Benefit Rolls (excerpt), Jonathan Horn, San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, S315 [14JA]

Reagan, Bush Also Acted Without Congress To Shield Immigrants From Deportation, Andrew Taylor, Huffington Post (Internet site), S6134 [19NO]

Texas Toxic Town Lures Industry While Residents Wheeze, Monica Rhor, USA Today, S6038 [18NO]

Unemployment Benefits Lapse Severs Lifeline for Longtime Jobless (excerpt), William Selway, Freeman Klopott and James Nash, Bloomberg News (news service), S41 [7JA], S315 [14JA]

When Reagan and GHW Bush Took Bold Executive Action on Immigration, Mark Noferi, Hill (publication), S6134 [19NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S6541 [10DE]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S372 [15JA]

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

——— 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), S5135 [30JY]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see S. 2395), S3294 [22MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1963), S891 [11FE] (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE]

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

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

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

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

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S5784 [18SE]

Burma: develop nondiscriminatory solution addressing Rakhine State’s need for peace and security, end persecution of Rohingya people, and respect internationally recognized human rights for all minority groups (see S. Res. 586), S6205 [20NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see S. 2373), S3297 [22MY]

——— reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see S. 2655), S5435 [9SE]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see S. 2548), S4153 [26JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 404), S1819 [27MR]

Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 2746), S6206 [20NO]

——— increase number of children eligible for free school meals, with a phased-in transition period, with an offset (see S. 2248), S5785 [18SE]

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

Climate: express that global climate change is occurring and will continue to pose ongoing risks and challenges (see S. Res. 524), S4997 [28JY]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S2911 [12MY]

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]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness and access program on emergency contraception (see S. 2876), S5782 [18SE]

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

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

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see S. 1837), S2566 [30AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 2366), S5785 [18SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 2527), S5785 [18SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 2210), S5785 [18SE]

Dept. of Defense: 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), S2718 [6MY] (see S. 2432), S3424 [4JN]

——— 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]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 2864), S5782 [18SE]

——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see S. 1251), S4224 [7JY]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see S. 641), S5218 [31JY]

——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution (see S. 644), S1001 [24FE]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see S. 931), S4224 [7JY]

Dept. of Justice: protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see S. 822), S3544 [10JN]

Dept. of Labor: restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (see S. 2486), S3811 [18JN]

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]

——— 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 Veterans Affairs: enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans (see S. 1987), S853 [10FE]

——— inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see S. 2337), S5994 [13NO]

——— provide for advance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts (see S. 932), S3342 [2JN]

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

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

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1587), S655 [30JA]

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]

Drugs: establish a list of synthetic drugs known as analogues and prohibit most importation, amend sentencing for violations, and improve regulation relative to such analogues (see S. 1323), S5219 [31JY]

EPA: establish a WaterSense program (see S. 2226), S2326 [9AP]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see S. 1495), S69 [7JA]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see S. 1069), S1002 [24FE]

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), S2195 [7AP]

FDA: incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for Ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S5994 [13NO]

Firearms: protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see S. 2483), S3719 [17JN]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see S. 1875), S4998 [28JY]

Gay, Lesbian, and Allies Senate Staff (GLASS) Caucus Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 505), S4620 [17JY]

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

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]

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), S291 [13JA]

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]

——— increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see S. 325), S2953 [13MY]

International Women’s Day: support goals (see S. Res. 376), S1366 [6MR]

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]

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

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

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]

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

Medicaid: extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 2694), S5435 [9SE]

Medicare: extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see S. 323), S2614 [1MY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S4998 [28JY]

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), S28 [6JA] (see S. 2223), S2327 [9AP]

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 Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 336), S440 [16JA]

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

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

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), S5376 [8SE]

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

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see S. Res. 433), S2614 [1MY]

NRC: ensure State and local communities participate in development of nuclear plant decommissioning plans and require public approval or rejection of such proposed plans (see S. 2326), S2953 [13MY]

——— require nuclear reactor operators to expand emergency planning zones and develop plans for dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel (see S. 2325), S2953 [13MY]

NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs (see S. 2543), S5630 [16SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see S. 2434), S3474 [5JN]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY]

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

——— reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 2023), S947 [12FE]

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 (see S. 2685), S6206 [20NO]

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 2204), S3720 [17JN]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S5630 [16SE]

SBA: reauthorize women’s business center program (see S. 2693), S5221 [31JY]

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

Solar energy: increase quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the purchase and installation of additional photovoltaic systems (see S. 2901), S5783 [18SE]

Sri Lanka: support internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation, address allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater media freedom and humanitarian organization access (see S. Res. 348), S821 [6FE]

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: enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (see S. 2565), S4271 [8JY]

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

——— reinstate financing for the Hazardous Substance Superfund (see S. 2679), S5050 [29JY]

$2.13 Day: designate (see S. Res. 356), S948 [12FE]

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]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE]

Water: protect surface water from contamination by chemical storage facilities (see S. 1961), S486 [27JA]

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

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1587), S655 [30JA]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 426), S2648 [5MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see S. 1862), S2796 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Res. 552), S5698 [17SE]

Armed Forces: establish eligibility, assignment, training, and certification requirements for sexual assault forensic examiners (see S. 2703), S5135 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (see S. 2695), S5134 [30JY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide with a mechanism to cancel certain Soledad Canyon, CA, mining contracts and allow for the sale of certain lands to compensate the contract holders (see S. 2938), S6095 [18NO]

——— take certain land into trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians in California (see S. 2847), S5698 [17SE]

EPA: establish a WaterSense program (see S. 2771), S5218 [31JY]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (see S. 2445), S3475 [5JN]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 2047), S1174 [26FE]

Health: require Dept. of HHS to establish a Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Council and GAO to submit report identifying all Federal programs and activities relative to regenerative medicine (see S. 2126), S1652 [13MR]

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

Los Angeles Kings (hockey team): tribute (see S. Res. 491), S4154 [26JN]

National Prostate Cancer Council: establish (see S. 2813), S5628 [16SE]

National Public Works Week: designate (see S. Res. 457), S3294 [22MY]

NRC: prohibit certain waivers and exemptions from emergency preparedness and response and security regulations for spent fuel stored at closed nuclear reactors (see S. 2324), S2953 [13MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see S. 2322), S2911 [12MY]

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

SSA: prohibit seizing of tax refunds to repay overpayments, restore statute of limitations applicable to debt collection through administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments to children (see S. 2453), S3544 [10JN]

Veterans: recognize patriotism and contributions of auxiliaries of veterans services organizations (see S. Res. 506), S4620 [17JY]

Voting: ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not wait in long lines in order to vote (see S. 2017), S947 [12FE]

Women: codify U.S. Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security to promote inclusion of women in conflict resolution efforts and peacebuilding institutions (see S. 1942), S439 [16JA]

——— combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S2875 [8MY]

Yosemite Grant Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 484), S4003 [25JN]

Cloture motions

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

Alonso, Jorge L.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]

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

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5197 [31JY]

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

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

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

Azrack, Joan M.: nomination to be district judge, S6809 [13DE]

Baran, Jeffery M.: nomination to the NRC, S5549 [11SE], S5580 [15SE], S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

Barron, David J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3064 [15MY], S3211 [21MY]

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

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

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

Bell, Colleen Bradley: nomination to be Ambassador to Hungary, S6187 [20NO], S6230 [1DE]

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

Blakey, John R.: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

Blinken, Antony J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State, S6799 [13DE], S6896 [16DE]

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

Bough, Stephen R.: nomination to be district judge, S6806 [13DE], S6905 [16DE]

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

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

Burns, Stephen G.: nomination to the NRC, S5549 [11SE], S5580 [15SE]

Burroughs, Allison Dale: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

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

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]

Chutkan, Tanya S.: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3360 [3JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5488 [10SE], S5530 [11SE], S5579 [15SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2179 [7AP], S2299 [9AP]

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

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]

Cooper, Christopher R.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1745 [26MR]

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]

Delgado Hernandez, Pedro A.: nomination to be district judge, S1224 [27FE], S1295 [5MR]

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]

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]

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

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

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

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

Gilliam, Haywood S., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]

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

Harpool, M. Douglas: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]

Hendricks, Bruce Howe: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3359 [3JN]

Honorable, Colette Dodson: nomination to the FERC, S6801 [13DE], S6897 [16DE]

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

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

LaFleur, Cheryl A.: nomination to FERC, S4325 [9JY], S4472 [15JY]

Leitman, Matthew F.: nomination to be district judge, S1359 [6MR], S1500 [11MR]

Levy, Jon D.: nomination to be district judge, S2403 [11AP], S2435 [29AP]

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]

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]

Mastroianni, Mark G.: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3359 [3JN]

Mazzant, Amos L., III: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

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

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

McHugh, Gerald A., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1746 [26MR]

Mehta, Amit P.: nomination to be district judge, S6807 [13DE]

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

Meyer, Jeffrey A.: nomination to be district judge, S939 [12FE], S991 [24FE]

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

Moody, James M., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S939 [12FE], S996 [24FE]

Moritz, Nancy L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2463 [29AP], S2581 [1MY]

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]

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), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP]

Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Nashua, NH: designate (S. 540), S933 [12FE]

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

Pitman, Robert L.: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

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]

Reeves, Pamela L.: nomination to be district judge, S1224 [27FE], S1302 [5MR]

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]

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

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

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

Schroeder, Robert W., III: nomination to be district judge, S6808 [13DE]

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]

Smith, Edward G.: nomination to be district judge, S1643 [13MR], S1747 [26MR]

Stivers, Gregory N.: nomination to be district judge, S6293 [3DE], S6318 [4DE]

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

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

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

Ukraine: support sovereignty and democracy (S. 2124), motion to proceed, S1642 [13MR], S1686 [24MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S737, S738 [4FE], S794 [6FE]

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

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

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]

Wilkins, Robert L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S209 [9JA]

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

Letters

Keystone XL Pipeline permit: Deborah Burger, Karen Higgins, and Jean Ross, National Nurses United, S6040 [18NO]

——— Georges Benjamin, American Public Health Association and Robert M. Pestronk, National Association of County and City Health Officials, S6041 [18NO]

Lists

Armed Forces members from California killed in military action in Afghanistan, S66 [7JA]

Veterans’ and women’s groups supporting S. 1752, Military Justice Improvement Act, S1340 [6MR]

Press releases

Open Letter From Secretary Foxx and 11 Former DOT Secretaries Urging Congress To Address Long-Term Transportation Needs: Dept. of Transportation, S4651 [21JY]

Privilege of the floor

Nafziger, Jeptha, S2980 [13MY]

Remarks

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (S. 1696), S2937 [13MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 1670), S2938 [13MY]

Adegbile, Debo P.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, S1306 [5MR]

Appropriations: legislative process, S3846, S3847 [19JN]

——— making consolidated appropriations, S427 [16JA], S6810 [13DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S5734 [18SE]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), motion to proceed, S5120 [30JY], S5193 [31JY]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S208 [9JA], S883 [11FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S883 [11FE]

——— tribute to members from California killed in military action in Afghanistan, S66 [7JA]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S2421 [28AP]

Baran, Jeffery M.: nomination to the NRC, S5580 [15SE], S6330 [4DE]

Barron, David J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3205 [21MY]

——— suitability to be circuit judge relative to legal arguments justifying the targeted killing of U.S. citizens by drone strikes, S3205 [21MY]

Bell, Colleen Bradley: nomination to be Ambassador to Hungary, S6241 [2DE]

Biomedical Research Fund: establish (S. 2115), S2313 [9AP]

Burns, Stephen G.: nomination to the NRC, S5580 [15SE]

China: impact of air pollution on climate change, S1393 [10MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5578 [15SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2213 [8AP], S2313 [9AP]

Climate: express that global climate change is occurring and will continue to pose ongoing risks and challenges (S. Res. 524), S4991 [28JY]

——— global warming, S590, S591, S592 [29JA], S1379, S1386, S1393, S1459 [10MR], S3333 [2JN], S3500 [9JN], S3922 [24JN], S5735 [18SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 2444), S6480, S6481 [10DE]

——— authorizing appropriations (S. 2444), unanimous-consent agreement, S6480 [10DE]

Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): permission to meet while the Senate is in session, unanimous-consent request, S6060 [18NO]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the U.S. Diplomatic Facility and American Personnel in Benghazi, Libya (Joint, Select): establish (S. Res. 225), S3157–S3159 [20MY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S5735 [18SE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2280), S3921, S3924 [24JN], S6031, S6034, S6038, S6039, S6040, S6041, S6046, S6049, S6050, S6052, S6053, S6055, S6056, S6057, S6059, S6060, S6067, S6068, S6070, S6073 [18NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2280), unanimous-consent request, S2901 [12MY], S3921 [24JN]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2901 [12MY], S3924 [24JN]

Cooks From the Valley (organization): tribute, S3287• [22MY]

Corps of Engineers: conduct study to identify projects that will enhance ocean and coastal ecosystem resiliency, S3267 [22MY]

——— expand program to provide funding to maintain, modernize, and expand water resource and infrastructure facilities, S3207 [21MY]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), S427 [16JA]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, S3205, S3207 [21MY], S3267, S3268, S3269, S3273 [22MY]

——— improve water supply management of multipurpose dams and reservoirs, S3269 [22MY]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, S4612 [17JY]

——— support reunification agreement, S4612 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (S. 1917), S1339, S1340 [6MR]

——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (S. 1752), S1306–S1309 [5MR], S1339, S1340 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3524 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: ensure that under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program all child care programs on Federal facilities conduct the same background check on child care providers that are required on State land, S1563 [12MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1563 [12MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: codify the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (S. 2519), S6481 [10DE]

——— improve laws relative to advancement of security technologies for critical infrastructure protection (H.R. 2952), S6486, S6487 [10DE]

——— modify and reauthorize Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (H.R. 4007), S6481, S6486 [10DE]

Dept. of Justice: strengthen the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (S. 146), S3333 [2JN]

Dept. of State: conduct comprehensive human health study on impact of tar sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, S3921–S3923 [24JN]

——— enhance security for facilities and personnel at U.S. diplomatic and consular posts abroad (S. 1386), S3157 [20MY]

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, S6810 [13DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish an Emergency Transportation Safety Fund (S. 911), S4650 [21JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), S5034 [29JY]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S427 [16JA]

EPA: exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act, S6810 [13DE]

——— proposed rule to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, S3333 [2JN], S3500 [9JN]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), House amendment, S427 [16JA]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms, S3333 [2JN]

——— comparison of U.S. gun violence statistics and laws with those of foreign countries, S3331 [2JN]

——— gun control, S3331–S3333 [2JN]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (S. 150), S3333 [2JN]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, S5120 [30JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, S3207 [21MY], S3268 [22MY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S4211 [7JY]

——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, S4650 [21JY]

Immigration: impact of Executive order to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students on increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., S3524 [10JN]

——— reform (S. 744), S314 [14JA], S3524 [10JN], S6132, S6135 [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, S4466 [15JY]

IRS: require notification of Congress by the IRS Oversight Board regarding any violation of the constitutional rights of taxpayers (S. 2081), S1306 [5MR]

Isla Vista, CA: condemn rampage and mass shooting, offer condolences to the community, the victims, and their families, and call for action to prevent such tragedies in the future, S3331 [2JN]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (S. 2673), S5190, S5191, S5192 [31JY]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (S. 2673), unanimous-consent request, S5190 [31JY], S5321, S5322 [1AU]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S2147 [3AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2437 [29AP]

National Prostate Cancer Council: establish (S. 2813), S5630 [16SE]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (S. Res. 433), S2699 [6MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S4212 [7JY]

——— evaluation relative to strategy to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S5537 [11SE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S6132, S6135 [19NO]

Parliamentary inquiry, S5580 [15SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S41 [7JA], S427–S430 [16JA], S1764 [26MR], S2074 [2AP]

Pipelines: human health impact of tar sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, S5735 [18SE]

Roads and highways: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs, S5030, S5031, S5038 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4650, S4651 [21JY], S5024, S5028, S5030, S5031, S5032, S5038 [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 (S. 2322), S4211 [7JY], S4651 [21JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs through reductions in private-sector pensions guarantees, S5024 [29JY]

San Francisco Giants (baseball team): tribute, S6085• [18NO]

Senate: legislative process, S427 [16JA]

——— tribute to departing Senators, S6918• [16DE]

Ships and vessels: remove limitation on a prohibition relative to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels, S6480, S6481 [10DE]

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, S4212 [7JY], S4466 [15JY]

Swords to Plowshares (organization): anniversary, S5690• [17SE]

Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S5734 [18SE]

Taxation: increase and make child and dependent care credit refundable, S1563 [12MR]

——— make permanent the reduced tax rate for repatriated corporate income, S4721 [23JY]

Transportation: allow local communities recovering from natural disasters to rebuild infrastructure without acquiring Federal environmental permits, S5028 [29JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S208 [9JA], S314, S315, S316 [14JA], S427 [16JA], S790 [6FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S40, S41 [7JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent request, S208 [9JA]

Votes: position on missed, S211• [9JA], S1630• [13MR], S3642• [12JN]

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

Reports

Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select) Activities, S649 [30JA]

Reports filed

Albuquerque, NM, Federal Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 898), S3474 [5JN]

Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 491) (S. Rept. 113–186), S3474 [5JN]

Captive Primate Safety Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1463) (S. Rept. 113–308), S6626 [11DE]

Chemical Safety and Drinking Water Protection Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1961) (S. Rept. 113–238), S5216 [31JY]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1077) (S. Rept. 113–189), S3474 [5JN]

Clean Estuaries Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2042) (S. Rept. 113–239), S5216 [31JY]

Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse Conveyance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1934), S3474 [5JN]

Corps of Engineers Cooperative Joint Management Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2055) (S. Rept. 113–309), S6788 [12DE]

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 864) (S. Rept. 113–142), S1923 [1AP]

Iuka, MS, Transfer of Yellow Creek Port Properties Approval: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 212) (S. Rept. 113–184), S3474 [5JN]

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1451) (S. Rept. 113–191), S3474 [5JN]

Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1080) (S. Rept. 113–190), S3474 [5JN]

Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1865) (S. Rept. 113–210), S4502 [15JY]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Reauthorization and Amendment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 51) (S. Rept. 113–183), S3474 [5JN]

National Fish Habitat Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2080) (S. Rept. 113–192), S3474 [5JN]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 969) (S. Rept. 113–188), S3474 [5JN]

New Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Dealer Certification Requirement Removal Under the Clean Air Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 724) (S. Rept. 113–144), S1923 [1AP]

Nomination of Anne E. Dunkin To Be EPA Assistant Administrator for Environmental Information: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5134 [30JY]

Nomination of Jane Toshiko Nishida To Be EPA Assistant Administrator for International and Tribal Affairs: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5134 [30JY]

Nomination of Jeffery M. Baran to the NRC: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5564 [11SE], S6261 [2DE]

Nomination of Kenneth J. Kopocis To Be EPA Assistant Administrator for Water: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S820 [6FE]

Nomination of Manuel H. Ehrlich, Jr., to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5134 [30JY]

Nomination of Rhea S. Suh To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S820 [6FE]

Nomination of Richard J. Engler to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S820 [6FE]

Nomination of Ronald A. Walter to the TVA Board of Directors: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S6261 [2DE]

Nomination of Roy K.J. Williams To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Economic Development: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S820 [6FE]

Nomination of Stephen G. Burns to the NRC: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5564 [11SE]

Nomination of Thomas A. Burke To Be EPA Assistant Administrator for Research and Development: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S820 [6FE]

Nomination of Virginia Tyler Lodge to the TVA Board of Directors: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S6261 [2DE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 741) (S. Rept. 113–187), S3474 [5JN]

Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1206) (S. Rept. 113–145), S1923 [1AP]

Remove Limitation on a Prohibition Relative to Permits for Discharges Incidental to Normal Operation of Vessels: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2963) (S. Rept. 113–284), S6349 [4DE]

San Francisco Bay Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 224) (S. Rept. 113–185), S3474 [5JN]

Water Resources Research Act Grants Reauthorization and Applied Water Supply Research Regarding Water Resources Research and Technology Institutes: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 970) (S. Rept. 113–143), S1923 [1AP]

Statements

California Emergency Drought Relief Act, H8830 [8DE]

Studies

Atmospheric Environment—Air Quality in the Industrial Heartland of Alberta, Canada and Potential Impacts on Human Health: Several Individuals, University of California, Irvine and University of Michigan, S6035–S6038 [18NO]

Summaries

Poor Canadian Environmental Oversight of Tar Sands Industry Report: Canadian Office of the Auditor General, S6070 [18NO]

Tributes

Davis, Michael D., Jr., S6783• [12DE]

Del Fiorentino, Ricky, S2465• [29AP]

Edwards, Don, S5688 [17SE]

Frankel, James, S2233• [8AP]

Gonzalez, Juan, S1689• [24MR]

Grinstein, Stanley, S1916• [1AP]

Harkin, Senator, S1306 [5MR], S6053 [18NO]

Huffman, William V., S5324• [1AU]

Hunt, Geoffrey (Craig), S5956• [12NO]

Kerner, John, S1311• [5MR]

Krebs, John, S6781 [12DE]

Law, Brian, S1689• [24MR]

Litton, Clyde M. (Martin), S6784• [12DE]

Molina, Gloria, S1916• [1AP]

Monell, Charles, S3231• [21MY]

Montoya, José, S435• [16JA]

Oliver, Danny P., S6784• [12DE]

Smith, Thomas, S1690• [24MR]

Truhe, Thomas, S6231• [1DE]

Vasconcellos, John, S5324• [1AU]

Williams, Cecil, S5691• [17SE]