REED, JACK (a Senator from Rhode Island)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1782 [24MR], S1892, S1908, S1933, S1935, S1941, S1943, S1948, S1949 [25MR], S1996, S2018, S2020, S2062, S2070, S2071, S2074, S2077, S2080 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S296 [20JA], S399, S437 [22JA], S476 [26JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3657, S3696 [3JN], S3810 [4JN], S3854, S3863, S3876 [8JN], S3910, S3927, S3939, S3941, S3944, S3947, S3958, S3965 [9JN], S4035, S4057 [10JN], S4075 [11JN], S4144, S4165 [15JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8083, S8105 [18NO], S8168, S8169 [19NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4675, S4693, S4694, S4780 [7JY], S4879 [8JY], S4955, S4964 [9JY], S5015 [13JY], S5063, S5069 [14JY], S5096 [15JY]

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (S. 571), S8678, S8687 [15DE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7418 [21OC]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2937 [14MY], S2973 [18MY], S3185 [20MY]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2176, S2180 [14AP]

Mental health: reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders (S. 1893), S8906 [18DE]

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. 22), S5552 [23JY], S5711, S5726, S5739, S5740, S5741, S5873, S5874 [26JY]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8311 [2DE], S8387, S8400 [3DE]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2176, S2180 [14AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S4920 [9JY]

Senate National Security Working Group, S1011 [12FE], S1206 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 20), S6074 [28JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 2341), S8306 [2DE]

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. 140), S2302 [21AP]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see S. 1529), S3925 [9JN]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see S. 729), S1494 [12MR]

Biden, Joseph R., III (Beau): tribute (see S. Res. 191), S3679 [3JN]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 84), S1076 [24FE] (see S. Res. 88), S1162 [26FE]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 1375), S3059 [19MY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 301), S1528 [16MR]

Brooke, Edward W.: tribute (see S. Res. 19), S12 [6JA]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 698), S1384 [10MR]

Charleston, SC: condemn attack and offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting, and support community efforts towards healing (see S. Res. 212), S4602 [24JN]

Chattanooga, TN: condemn shootings at military sites, honor Armed Forces members who lost their lives, commend those caring for injured and investigating incident, and express condolences to those affected (see S. Res. 227), S5210 [21JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 124), S2041 [26MR]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see S. 527), S983 [12FE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 862), S1891 [25MR]

Colleges and universities: support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education (see S. Res. 143), S2301 [21AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 746), S1528 [16MR]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see S. 1133), S8161 [19NO]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 142), S100 [8JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 299), S834 [5FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see S. 29), S11 [6JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 1539), S7471 [22OC]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 613), S7491 [26OC]

——— improve the child and adult care food program (see S. 1833), S7346 [20OC]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 540), S7655 [29OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a benefit calculation methodology relative to currency undervaluation for purposes of countervailing duty investigations and reviews (see S. 433), S2530 [29AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see S. 1118), S2473 [28AP]

Dept. of Defense Laboratory Day: designate (see S. Res. 182), S3060 [19MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 793), S1629 [18MR]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see S. 197), S859 [9FE]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see S. 590), S1161 [26FE]

——— increase income allowance for working students receiving need-based Federal financial aid (see S. 2065), S6893 [22SE]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see S. 1062), S2352 [22AP]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education (see S. 2272), S7913 [10NO]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see S. 1664), S4602 [24JN]

——— support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (see S. Res. 267), S6938 [24SE]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (see S. 703), S1438 [11MR]

Dept. of HHS: allow States that provide foster care for children up to age 21 to serve former foster youths through age 23 under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (see S. 1439), S3238 [21MY]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see S. 711), S1438 [11MR]

——— establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see S. 1503), S3775 [4JN]

——— provide for enhanced Federal efforts on prevention, education, treatment, and research relative to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see S. 1503), S3775 [4JN]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see S. 849), S7723 [3NO]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 551), S1075 [24FE]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 125), S1709 [23MR]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 568), S1118 [25FE]

——— prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see S. 974), S2244 [16AP]

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. 1876), S6073 [28JY]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean (see S. 1042), S2351 [22AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: convene a citizens panel to make recommendations for likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill (see S. 925), S6137 [29JY]

Dept. of Transportation: provide improved investment in national transportation infrastructure (see S. 1748), S5010 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see S. 167), S239 [16JA]

——— modify requirements for approval of courses using educational benefits (see S. 1938), S6379 [5AU]

——— provide veterans affected by closures of educational institutions certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (see S. 2253), S7814 [5NO]

——— reduce backlog of appeals of disability claims by facilitating pro bono legal assistance for veterans and provide authority to address unreasonably delayed claims (see S. 1286), S7655 [29OC]

Dia de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 164), S2568 [30AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see S. 1858), S5526 [23JY]

Diseases: commemorate discovery of polio vaccine and support Federal and international efforts to eradicate disease (see S. Res. 108), S1781 [24MR]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 1380), S5212 [21JY]

——— require certain protections for student loan borrowers (see S. 840), S1708 [23MR]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 5), S348 [21JA]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 497), S6382 [5AU]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see S. 1772), S6383 [5AU]

End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation: establish (see S. 553), S8379 [3DE]

FAA: protect the safety of the national airspace system from the hazardous operation of consumer drones (see S. 1608), S7914 [10NO]

FDA: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of animal diseases in order to minimize development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (see S. 621), S2599 [4MY]

——— require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see S. 511), S983 [12FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit awarding of contracts to inverted domestic corporations (see S. 975), S2244 [16AP]

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): eliminate gender pay inequity (see S. Res. 222), S5212 [21JY]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2028), S6605 [10SE]

——— provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and protect consumers (see S. 1491), S3678 [3JN]

Firearms: prohibit firearm dealers from proceeding with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (see S. 2213), S7594 [28OC]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 407), S833 [5FE]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see S. 1834), S6137 [29JY]

Ford, Wendell H.: tribute (see S. Res. 38), S421 [22JA]

France: condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, offer condolences to families of the victims, express solidarity with the people of France, and support pursuit of justice against those involved in such attacks (see S. Res. 313), S7966 [16NO]

——— tribute to U.S. citizens and other individuals who helped foil a terrorist attack on a French train (see S. Res. 259), S6810 [17SE]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 105), S1660 [19MR]

Griest, Kristen: tribute (see S. Res. 257), S6809 [17SE]

Haver, Shaye: tribute (see S. Res. 257), S6809 [17SE]

Health: prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see S. 1214), S2851 [13MY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 254), S6651 [15SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1121), S2570 [30AP]

Housing: permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property (see S. 730), S1494 [12MR]

Insurance: increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see S. 170), S8306 [2DE]

International Year of Soils: designate (see S. Con. Res. 10), S2475 [28AP]

IRS: clarify that all Internal Revenue Code provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples (see S. 1740), S4953 [9JY]

Lafayette, LA: condemn attack and offer condolences to community, families, and victims of movie theater shooting and commend first responders and those caring for the injured and investigating the incident (see S. Res. 231), S5928 [27JY]

Law enforcement: facilitate collaboration among criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment services, and substance abuse systems to address needs of mentally ill offenders (see S. 993), S6467 [8SE]

Maldives: call for release of former President Mohamed Nasheed from prison, release all other political prisoners, and guarantee due process for and respect human rights of all people (see S. 2231), S7722 [3NO]

Medicaid: anniversary (see S. Res. 25), S100 [8JA]

Medicare: anniversary (see S. Res. 25), S100 [8JA]

——— count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see S. 843), S2474 [28AP]

——— deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 1884), S6136 [29JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 578), S2245 [16AP]

——— improve access to medication therapy management (see S. 776), S2474 [28AP]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see S. 2148), S7274 [8OC]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 804), S7723 [3NO]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 539), S1336 [9MR]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 1083), S2400 [23AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 624), S1661 [19MR]

Melvoid J. Benson Post Office Building, North Kingstown, RI: designate (see S. 2073), S6938 [24SE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see S. 1150), S2567 [30AP]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S6809 [17SE]

National Apprenticeship Week: designate (see S. Res. 306), S7771 [4NO]

National Estuaries Week: designate (see S. Res. 269), S6938 [24SE]

National Lobster Day: designate (see S. Res. 230), S5928 [27JY]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 286), S7272 [8OC]

Nepal: express condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following earthquake (see S. Res. 163), S2568 [30AP]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 63), S737 [3FE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 928), S6699 [16SE]

NLRB: strengthen protections for employees wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment and provide stronger remedies for interference with these rights (see S. 2042), S6699 [16SE]

Pensions: modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (see S. 1631), S6811 [17SE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 229), S348 [21JA]

Power resources: invest in clean energy, empower and protect consumers, modernize energy infrastructure, cut pollution and waste, and invest in research and development (see S. 2089), S6975 [28SE]

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 396), S1162 [26FE]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 91), S1162 [26FE]

Roseburg, OR: express condolences for victims of shooting at Umpqua Community College (see S. Res. 287), S7472 [22OC]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 262), S1384 [10MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 311), S3310 [22MY]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 439), S2301 [21AP]

——— reform induction, professional development, and systems for professional growth and improvement for teachers, librarians, and principals (see S. 882), S2041 [26MR]

Schweiker, Richard S.: tribute (see S. Res. 250), S6533 [9SE]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 366), S1891 [25MR]

Social Security: anniversary (see S. Res. 246), S6381 [5AU]

——— ensure contributions made by workers are available to pay all benefits which they have earned (see S. 2090), S6975 [28SE]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 522), S983 [12FE]

——— improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 466), S926 [11FE]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 1651), S4544 [23JN]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 786), S1629 [18MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see S. 2282), S7966 [16NO]

Taxation: enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (see S. 661), S6382 [5AU]

——— establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children (see S. 660), S1303 [4MR]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1212), S5062 [14JY]

——— impose a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see S. 161), S201 [13JA]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 330), S2795 [12MY]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 198), S283 [20JA]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (see S. 1486), S3456 [2JN]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see S. 1736), S4953 [9JY]

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (see S. 1686), S4648 [25JN]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 1737), S4953 [9JY]

——— provide tax rate parity among all tobacco products (see S. 450), S926 [11FE]

——— reform and enforce taxation of tobacco products (see S. 1129), S2529 [29AP]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see S. 1907), S6186 [30JY]

——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (see S. 1012), S2272 [20AP]

Terrorism: defeat Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) and enhance homeland security programs to protect the U.S. (see S. 2377), S8546 [9DE]

Thompson, Fred: tribute (see S. Res. 309), S7815 [5NO]

Tobacco products: prohibit the sale or distribution to individuals under the age of 21 (see S. 2100), S7005 [29SE]

Toxic Substances Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 697), S4954 [9JY]

Tritak, Kathleen Alvarez: tribute (see S. Res. 82), S984 [12FE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see S. 1659), S6297 [4AU]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see S. 785), S1629 [18MR]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 22), S7160 [6OC]

Women: condemn violence that targets healthcare for women (see S. Res. 327), S8379 [3DE]

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see S. 1512), S4347 [22JN]

——— ensure timely access to affordable birth control (see S. 1532), S6297 [4AU]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 15), S2730 [7MY]

World Refugee Day: observance (see S. Res. 204), S4299 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: make invalid and unenforceable predispute arbitration agreements relative to controversies arising under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and preserve rights to bring class actions (see S. 2331), S8160 [19NO]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 251), S466 [26JA]

——— improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs (see S. 2419), S8793 [17DE]

——— promote environmental education (see S. 492), S982 [12FE]

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (see S. 1102), S2431 [27AP]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (see S. 37), S11 [6JA]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 312), S653 [29JA]

——— strengthen research in adult education (see S. 277), S589 [28JA]

Dept. of HHS: build a stronger health care workforce (see S. 2107), S7046 [30SE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see S. 1883), S6136 [29JY]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see S. 763), S1585 [17MR]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 1299), S2794 [12MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (see S. 962), S2220 [15AP]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see S. 1654), S4544 [23JN]

Employment: incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see S. 1902), S6186 [30JY]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see S. 622), S1217 [2MR]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 161), S2568 [30AP]

FRS: allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide greater protection to servicemembers (see S. 1565), S4103 [11JN]

——— require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (see S. 530), S1031 [23FE]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 2161), S7219 [7OC]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 241), S6239 [3AU]

Providence College: tribute to men’s ice hockey team (see S. Res. 138), S2245 [16AP]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (see S. 1084), S2400 [23AP]

Rhode Island: add to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (see S. 1414), S3237 [21MY]

SEC: enhance civil penalties under Federal securities laws (see S. 1730), S4953 [9JY]

——— extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (see S. 1960), S6380 [5AU]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (see S. 2410), S8793 [17DE]

Securities: clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (see S. 702), S1438 [11MR]

Sister Ann Keefe Post Office, Providence, RI: designate (see S. 354), S736 [3FE]

Taxation: deny tax deductions for corporate regulatory violations (see S. 413), S858 [9FE]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see S. 1127), S2529 [29AP]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [6JA]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S4919 [9JY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [6JA]

Press releases

Reed Opposes Fundamentally Flawed NDAA, S7182 [7OC]

Privilege of the floor

Alexander, Brian, S8499 [8DE]

Baba, Mark, S1010 [12FE]

Bennett, Jody, S3728 [3JN]

Kuester, Jeremy, S7550 [27OC]

Rippere, Paulina, S445 [22JA]

Remarks

Air Force: relocate C–130 aircraft from Little Rock AFB, AR, to Pope Field, NC, S3746, S3755 [4JN]

Appropriations: making continuing, S6918 [24SE]

——— oppose attachment of policy riders to appropriations legislation, S8286 [2DE]

Armed Forces: make invalid and unenforceable predispute arbitration agreements relative to controversies arising under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and preserve rights to bring class actions (S. 2331), S8165 [19NO]

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 (S. Res. 140), S2393 [23AP]

Army: limit the retirement of combat units, S4192 [16JN]

——— Stryker Lethality Upgrades procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation funding, S3659 [3JN], S3737, S3738 [4JN]

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (S. 1356), House amendment, S7876 [10NO]

Budget: exempt the Dept. of Defense and other national security agencies from sequestration (S. 2303), unanimous-consent request, S8135 [19NO]

——— extend sequestration relief, S7511 [27OC]

——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, S7637 [29OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1837, S1839, S1840, S1885 [25MR], S2009 [26MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, S2635 [5MY]

Cabo Verde: independence anniversary, S4593 [24JN]

Carter, Ashton B.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S959 [12FE]

Climate: global warming, S8000 [17NO]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S381, S399 [22JA]

Crime: enhance penalties and other tools relative to maritime offenses and acts of nuclear terrorism, S4176 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S7876 [10NO]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3646, S3657, S3659, S3661, S3667 [3JN], S3736, S3737, S3738, S3740, S3746, S3755, S3757 [4JN], S3855 [8JN], S3899, S3909 [9JN], S4176, S4181, S4182, S4186, S4192 [16JN], S4270, S4272 [18JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), conference report, S7131 [6OC], S7190 [7OC]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), motion to instruct conferees, S4916, S4919 [9JY]

——— funding, S1885 [25MR]

——— national security issues, S959 [12FE]

——— overseas contingency operations funding, S1837, S1885 [25MR], S3736 [4JN], S3899, S3909 [9JN], S4273 [18JN], S4916, S4919 [9JY], S6919 [24SE], S7131 [6OC], S7191 [7OC]

——— reaffirm techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S4181 [16JN]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities, S4673 [7JY], S8457 [8DE]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 251), S467 [26JA]

——— diversion of public education funding to private schools in the form of vouchers to allow for school choice, S4824 [8JY]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), S7001 [29SE]

——— improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs (S. 2419), S8795 [17DE]

——— promote environmental education (S. 492), S987 [12FE]

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (S. 1102), S2433 [27AP]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning, S4673 [7JY], S4824 [8JY], S5116 [15JY], S8457 [8DE]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (S. 37), S19 [6JA]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program, S4673 [7JY], S4814 [8JY], S8457 [8DE]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (S. 312), S656 [29JA]

——— reform induction, professional development, and systems for professional growth and improvement for teachers, librarians, and principals, S4673 [7JY]

Dept. of HHS: build a stronger health care workforce (S. 2107), S7048 [30SE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (S. 1883), S6138 [29JY]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (S. 763), S1588 [17MR]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 1299), S2797 [12MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to proceed, S961 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (S. 962), S2222 [15AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), S83 [8JA]

——— identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment, S3287 [22MY]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, S6105 [29JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: revise definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in recognition of new State definitions of spouse, S3740 [4JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8056, S8072 [18NO], S8125 [19NO]

——— prohibit funding to provide assistance to refugees seeking asylum from certain countries, S8072 [18NO]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (S. 1654), S4548 [23JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4672 [7JY], S4814, S4824 [8JY], S5116 [15JY]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, S8457 [8DE]

Employment: incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (S. 1902), S6189 [30JY]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), S8000 [17NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), S8000 [17NO]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children, S4673 [7JY], S8457 [8DE]

——— strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (S. 622), S1219 [2MR]

FDA: grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products, S2511 [29AP]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S4917 [9JY]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S3287 [22MY]

FRS: allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide greater protection to servicemembers (S. 1565), S4109 [11JN]

——— require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (S. 530), S1032 [23FE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, S4272 [18JN]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7511 [27OC]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6506 [9SE], S6784 [17SE]

Iraq: provide military support to the Kurdish Peshmerga in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S4186 [16JN]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3287 [22MY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), House amendment, S7637 [29OC]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (S. 2161), S7221 [7OC]

LIHEAP: funding, S381, S399 [22JA]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2160 [14AP]

National Manufacturing Day: observance, S7095 [1OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6506 [9SE], S6784 [17SE], S6918 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S6105 [29JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, S8361 [3DE]

Power resources: promote renewable energy technologies, S8000 [17NO]

Providence College: tribute to men’s ice hockey team (S. Res. 138), S2265 [20AP]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (S. 1084), S2405 [23AP]

Rhode Island: add to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (S. 1414), S3240 [21MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S6105 [29JY], S8361 [3DE]

Schools: reform induction, professional development, and systems for professional growth and improvement for teachers, librarians, and principals, S8457 [8DE]

——— reform induction, professional development, and systems for professional growth and improvement for teachers, librarians, and principals (S. 882), S2050 [26MR]

SEC: enhance civil penalties under Federal securities laws (S. 1730), S4956 [9JY]

——— extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (S. 1960), S6386 [5AU]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (S. 2410), S8795 [17DE]

Securities: clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (S. 702), S1440 [11MR]

——— provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales, S83 [8JA]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2160 [14AP]

Starzak, Alissa M.: nomination to be Dept. of the Army General Counsel, S8626 [14DE]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (S. 2282), S7969 [16NO]

Taxation: deny tax deductions for corporate regulatory violations (S. 413), S860 [9FE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, S2009 [26MR]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (S. 1127), S2532 [29AP]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: impact on economy, S8286 [2DE]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (S.J. Res. 22), S7689 [3NO]

——— revise definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ relative to application of environmental protection regulations (S. 1140), motion to proceed, S7689 [3NO]

Tributes

Aram I (Catholicos of the Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church), S2699 [7MY]

Dempsey, Martin E., S6889 [22SE]

Hagel, Sec. of Defense, S961 [12FE]

McKay, Marguerite, S4594 [24JN]