PORTMAN, ROB (a Senator from Ohio)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1730 [23MR], S1744, S1790, S1800, S1813, S1829 [24MR], S1904, S1912, S1913, S1929, S1953 [25MR], S1963, S1968, S2015, S2017, S2018, S2019, S2020, S2046, S2064, S2075 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S151 [12JA], S184 [13JA]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1337, S1338 [9MR], S1369 [10MR], S1547 [16MR], S2308 [21AP], S2335 [22AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3658, S3690, S3691, S3693, S3696 [3JN], S3792, S3797, S3816 [4JN], S3881 [8JN], S4112 [11JN], S4141 [15JN], S4204 [16JN], S4266 [18JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8170 [19NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4694, S4800 [7JY], S4856, S4859, S4864 [8JY], S4912, S4913 [9JY], S5033, S5062 [14JY]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S6303 [4AU]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2967, S2976, S2984 [18MY], S7660 [29OC]

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), S5858 [26JY], S5931 [27JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2531, S2532 [29AP]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), S4357 [22JN]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), S6978 [28SE]

Appointments

Conferee: S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025, S2212 [15AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see S. 2066), S6893 [22SE]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see S. 48), S348 [21JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 582), S1161 [26FE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 1553), S4103 [11JN]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see S. 475), S982 [12FE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see S. 1562), S6606 [10SE]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see S. 2032), S7006 [29SE]

——— outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see S. 1831), S6895 [22SE]

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

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 84), S1031 [23FE] (see S. Res. 88), S1162 [26FE]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 6), S772 [4FE]

——— eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations and require budget estimates to be compared with the prior year’s level (see S. 382), S832 [5FE]

——— establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 150), S200 [13JA]

——— rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see S. 744), S1528 [16MR]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see S. 2034), S7414 [21OC]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 94), S1247 [3MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 688), S1383 [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]

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. 2070), S8725 [16DE]

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see S. Con. Res. 8), S1303 [4MR]

——— strengthen equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 2200), S8794 [17DE]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see S. 1750), S5008 [13JY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 1), S10 [6JA]

——— prohibit earmarks (see S. 309), S653 [29JA]

Corps of Engineers: control spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species (see S. 589), S1161 [26FE]

Cosmetics: prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads (see S. 1424), S3237 [21MY]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see S. 682), S2651 [5MY]

Crime: combat human trafficking (see S. 140), S100 [8JA]

——— protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see S. 1559), S6895 [22SE]

——— reform and establish mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses to provide more flexibility and reduce recidivism among Federal inmates (see S. 2123), S7492 [26OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize a summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program and allow State flexibility in providing summer meals (see S. 1966), S7595 [28OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a benefit calculation methodology relative to currency undervaluation for purposes of countervailing duty investigations and reviews (see S. 433), S900 [10FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans and extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payment of interest on certain refinanced student loans (see S. 2099), S8161 [19NO]

——— allow the awarding of job training Federal Pell Grants (see S. 1900), S8725 [16DE]

——— establish simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan for new borrowers, repayment notification options, and loan forgiveness for total and permanently disabled (see S. 85), S8241 [1DE]

——— prohibit Federal education mandates (see S. 182), S238 [16JA]

——— prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see S. 559), S1118 [25FE]

——— promote career readiness indicators and career counseling for students (see S. 478), S982 [12FE]

——— raise quality of career and technical education programs and allow local eligible recipients to use Perkins grant funding to establish high-quality career academic programs (see S. 191), S283 [20JA]

——— simplify college financial aid application and repayment processes, streamline Federal grant and loan programs, reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants, and discourage over-borrowing (see S. 108), S8160 [19NO]

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

Dept. of Energy: provide certainty relative to timing of decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas (see S. 33), S590 [28JA]

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

——— ensure access to screening mammography (see S. 1926), S8547 [9DE]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see S. 799), S2600 [4MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a northern border threat analysis (see S. 1808), S6188 [30JY]

Dept. of HUD: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see S. 256), S541 [27JA]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see S. 524), S983 [12FE]

——— curtail the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund (see S. 1495), S4546 [23JN]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see S. 295), S590 [28JA]

Dept. of State: allow waiver of visa renewal fees for certain adoptive families (see S. 1300), S3185 [20MY]

——— 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 Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see S. 650), S2246 [16AP]

Drugs: improve prosecution of the sale and distribution of synthetic drugs known as analogues (see S. 36), S11 [6JA]

Education: provide for the preparation of career and technical education teachers (see S. 2174), S7272 [8OC]

1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day: designate (see S. Res. 232), S5928 [27JY]

End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation: establish (see S. 553), S1075 [24FE]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see S. 1024), S2300 [21AP]

——— carry out a pilot program to work with municipalities seeking to develop and implement integrated plans to meet Federal Water Pollution Control Act wastewater and stormwater obligations (see S. 2358), S8379 [3DE]

——— publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (see S. 462), S926 [11FE]

Europe: express concern regarding anti-Semitism and encourage greater cooperation with European governments, European Union, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see S. Res. 87), S1118 [25FE]

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 (see S. 571), S5929 [27JY]

Federal agencies and departments: create a framework to expedite recruitment of highly qualified information technology and cybersecurity personnel (see S. 2007), S6434 [6AU]

——— improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see S. 858), S1891 [25MR]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see S. 282), S834 [5FE]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 226), S348 [21JA]

——— reduce deficit by consolidating and selling excess Federal tangible property (see S. 2375), S8494 [8DE]

——— reform Federal hiring process by allowing agencies to share information about potential job candidates (see S. 1580), S4202 [16JN]

——— strengthen accountability relative to misconduct affecting background investigations, update security clearance guidelines, and prevent conflicts of interest involving contractors (see S. 434), S2599 [4MY]

——— strengthen employee cost savings suggestion programs (see S. 1378), S3862 [8JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see S. 812), S1660 [19MR]

——— expand eligibility to the Federal Home Loan Bank System to privately-insured credit unions to facilitate more loan opportunities (see S. 1367), S2971 [18MY]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see S. 774), S1628 [18MR]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 423), S1032 [23FE]

——— provide regulatory relief for certain financial institutions (see S. 927), S8161 [19NO]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 498), S6533 [9SE]

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

Foreign trade: facilitate administration and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see S. 891), S4545 [23JN]

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]

Freedom of religion: call for protection of religious minority rights and freedoms worldwide (see S. Res. 69), S833 [5FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see S. 264), S541 [27JA] (see S. 2232), S7722 [3NO]

——— require Consumer Financial Protection Bureau establishment of a qualified mortgage option for certain loans eligible for purchase by Federal Home Loan Banks (see S. 1974), S7048 [30SE]

Government: prohibit agencies and contractors from requesting criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (see S. 2021), S7220 [7OC]

Health: prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 484), S982 [12FE]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 1919), S6296 [4AU]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see S. 336, 339), S697 [2FE]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see S. 689), S5929 [27JY]

Insurance: establish FRS Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues and study and report on international insurance activities and their impact (see S. 1086), S6075 [28JY]

——— provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (see S. 1697), S8603 [10DE]

——— provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength or when the FDIC places a lien against insurance company assets (see S. 798), S6074 [28JY]

Iran: call for release of detained U.S. citizens (see S. Con. Res. 16), S2761 [11MY]

——— condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see S. Res. 148), S7772 [4NO]

——— impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 269), S698 [2FE]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see S. 615), S2173 [14AP]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see S. 283), S589 [28JA]

Israel: express solidarity with people, condemn Palestinian terrorist attacks, support right to self-defense, call for a stop to violence by Palestinians and an end to Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see S. Res. 302), S7722 [3NO]

——— promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see S. 619), S1217 [2MR]

ITC: develop and recommend legislation for temporarily suspending duties (see S. 260), S541 [27JA]

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S. Res. 201), S4137 [15JN]

Kids to Parks Day: designate (see S. Res. 154), S2530 [29AP] (see S. Res. 179), S2933 [14MY]

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), S2245 [16AP]

——— mandate reporting requirements for sex offenders intending to travel internationally, provide notice to the destination, and prevent entry to the U.S. by foreign sex offenders (see S. 1867), S6939 [24SE]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured, killed, missing, or threatened in connection with official duties (see S. 665), S1303 [4MR]

Medicaid: provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 429), S900 [10FE]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see S. 313), S3861 [8JN]

——— facilitate increased coordination and alignment between public and private sector relative to quality and efficiency measures (see S. 1427), S4346 [22JN]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see S. 1466), S6534 [9SE]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see S. 275), S673 [30JA]

——— provide for fairness in hospital payments (see S. 1135), S2652 [5MY]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see S. 2196), S7470 [22OC]

——— provide programs to prevent prescription drug abuse (see S. 1913), S6187 [30JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 861), S1891 [25MR]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 1617), S4688 [7JY]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see S. 1714), S8192 [30NO]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 315), S8079 [18NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 315), S8079 [18NO]

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 300), S7594 [28OC]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 245), S6381 [5AU]

National Pregnancy Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 312), S7913 [10NO]

National security: enhance homeland security (see S. 542), S8192 [30NO]

Netanyahu, Benjamin: welcome Israeli Prime Minister upon U.S. visit and speech before Congress and reaffirm unequivocal U.S. support for Israel (see S. Res. 76), S984 [12FE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 928), S8379 [3DE]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see S.J. Res. 8), S985 [12FE]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 213), S4602 [24JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see S. 1368), S3059 [19MY]

Ohio State University: tribute to football team (see S. Res. 50), S590 [28JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 12), S11 [6JA]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate (see S. 432), S900 [10FE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see S. 420), S899 [10FE]

——— exempt local schools, educational agencies, and institutions of higher education from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 470), S981 [12FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 30), S59 [7JA]

——— provide States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the small group market (see S. 1099), S6382 [5AU]

——— repeal (see S. 336, 339), S697 [2FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2045), S7103 [1OC]

——— repeal Federal mandate to purchase insurance (see S. 203), S347 [21JA]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 141), S100 [8JA]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 305), S653 [29JA]

——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen eligibility verification process for premium assistance tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies (see S. 1996), S6381 [5AU]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 1881), S6138 [29JY]

Power resources: clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State (see S. 828), S1660 [19MR]

Public safety officers: expand benefits to families of officers who suffer fatal climate-related injuries in the line of duty (see S. 1321), S2849 [13MY]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (see S. 1711), S6939 [24SE]

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

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), S7722 [3NO]

Ships and vessels: exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from fire-retardant materials requirement if certain structural alterations are made to areas that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials (see S. 1717), S4840 [8JY]

Small Business Saturday: observance (see S. Res. 304), S7722 [3NO]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see S. 298), S590 [28JA]

Stokes, Louis: tribute (see S. Res. 265), S6894 [22SE]

Tariff: make certain luggage and travel articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (see S. 340), S736 [3FE]

——— recreational performance outerwear (see S. 952), S2220 [15AP]

Taxation: clarify tax treatment of church pension plans (see S. 2308), S8159 [19NO]

——— exempt aircraft management services from excise taxes imposed on transportation by air (see S. 2092), S7005 [29SE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1212), S6075 [28JY]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see S. 335), S2431 [27AP]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 386), S832 [5FE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 431), S900 [10FE]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 330), S2473 [28AP]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see S. 352), S736 [3FE]

——— provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities (see S. 2305), S8159 [19NO]

——— qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see S. 1412), S3237 [21MY]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 375), S772 [4FE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see S. 149), S200 [13JA]

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

Toxic Substances Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 697), S1384 [10MR]

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

U.N.: provide for an accounting of total U.S. contributions (see S. 1238), S2729 [7MY]

Ukraine: condemn attacks by Russian backed rebels on civilian population in Mariupol, impose sanctions and urge Russia to disengage, and provide lethal and non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine (see S. Res. 72), S900 [10FE]

——— provide lethal weapons to defend against Russian-backed rebel separatists (see S. 452), S926 [11FE]

Ulysses S. Grant Association: designate as institution for organizing and leading bicentennial celebration of birth of Ulysses S. Grant (see S. Res. 195), S3925 [9JN] (see S. Res. 209), S4545 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 334), S697 [2FE]

Armed Forces: require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see S. 646), S1246 [3MR]

Budget: appropriately determine the budgetary effects of energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see S. 765), S1585 [17MR]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see S. 656), S1302 [4MR] (see S. 1028), S2300 [21AP]

——— improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems (see S. 381), S832 [5FE]

——— 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. 43), S590 [28JA]

Committee on Taxation (Joint): provide a macroeconomic analysis or dynamic scoring of the impact of major revenue legislation (see S. 200), S347 [21JA] (see S. 749), S1585 [17MR]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see S. 128), S100 [8JA] (see S. 535), S1031 [23FE]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (see S. 720), S1439 [11MR]

Construction industries: improve manner of awarding Federal contracts, prohibit use of reverse auctions for services procurements, and improve payment protections to Federal contractors and suppliers (see S. 1526), S3860 [8JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 201), S347 [21JA]

——— reduce recidivism and increase public safety (see S. 449), S926 [11FE]

Daniel L. Kinnard Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Newark, OH: designate (see S. 1325), S2849 [13MY]

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: rename Aviation Center as National Museum (see S. 1007), S2272 [20AP]

Dept. of Education: award Early College Federal Pell Grants (see S. 1106), S2472 [28AP]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (see S. 2424), S8883 [18DE]

EPA: provide for assessment and management of risk of algal toxins in drinking water (see S. 460), S926 [11FE]

Federal agencies and departments: reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see S. 2006), S6434 [6AU]

——— require independent regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to executive agencies (see S. 1607), S4298 [18JN]

FRS: require Senate confirmation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Inspector General (see S. 510), S983 [12FE]

IRS: clarify use of credentials by enrolled agents (see S. 422), S899 [10FE]

——— ensure that employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights (see S. 943), S2220 [15AP]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see S. 941), S2220 [15AP]

ITC: establish a process for consideration of temporary duty suspensions (see S. 998), S2245 [16AP]

Medicare: apply secondary payer rules to certain workers’ compensation settlement agreements and qualified set-aside provisions (see S. 1514), S3776 [4JN]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see S. 629), S1246 [3MR]

——— promote health care technology innovation and access to medical devices and services for which patients choose to self-pay (see S. 1757), S5061 [14JY]

——— provide relief to Medicare Advantage plans with a significant number of dually eligible or low-income subsidy beneficiaries and prevent termination of two star plans (see S. 2104), S7046 [30SE]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see S. 148), S151 [12JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments for complex rehabilitation technology and radiation therapy services, extend hardship exemptions from electronic health record meaningful use requirements, and strengthen Medicaid integrity (see S. 2425), S8883 [18DE]

NASA: report on requirements and risks in connection with use of radioisotopic power systems for space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit (see S. 1829), S5455 [22JY]

Nonprofit organizations: clarify that organizations such as Habitat for Humanity can accept donated mortgage appraisals (see S. 1344), S2933 [14MY] (see S. 2085), S6974 [28SE]

OMB: oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects (see S. 280), S589 [28JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal certain provisions in order to lower health premiums and increase choice for small business and individuals (see S. 254), S466 [26JA]

Pensions: make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see S. 2147), S7219 [7OC]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 294), S590 [28JA]

Public debt: require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 333), S697 [2FE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1513), S3776 [4JN]

Specialist Joseph W. Riley Post Office Building, Grove City, OH: designate (see S. 1596), S4250 [17JN]

Taxation: extend the health coverage tax credit (see S. 505), S983 [12FE]

——— free States to spend gas tax revenues on their transportation priorities (see S. 1404), S3183 [20MY]

——— provide a deduction from the gift tax for gifts made to certain exempt organizations (see S. 942), S2220 [15AP]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 566), S1118 [25FE]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2685), motion to proceed, S4171 [16JN], S4276 [18JN], S6867 [22SE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 2232), motion to proceed, S8875 [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.J. Res. 61), S6644 [15SE], S6780, S6781 [17SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5057 [14JY], S5188 [21JY], S5451 [22JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2644 [5MY], S2725 [7MY]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), S4290 [18JN], S4528 [23JN]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), S4291 [18JN], S4583 [24JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), motion to go to conference, S4523 [23JN]

Discharge petitions signed

EPA: disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), S7965 [16NO]

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), S7675 [30OC]

E-mails

Higher Education Extension Act: Mary Bodnar, S6993 [29SE]

——— Michael Bodnar, S6993 [29SE]

Letters

Higher Education Extension Act: Beverly Warren, Kent State University, S6993 [29SE]

——— Marvin Krislov, Oberlin College & Conservatory, S6993 [29SE]

Lists

Ohio high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, S2563 [30AP]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), motion to proceed, S6846 [21SE]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend, S2843 [13MY]

Akron, OH: anniversary of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church, S4196 [16JN]

Anomatic Corp.: anniversary, S1526 [16MR]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S8590 [10DE]

——— making continuing, S6964, S6965, S6966 [28SE]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions, S6964, S6965, S6966 [28SE]

Army: Stryker Lethality Upgrades procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation funding, S3658, S3659 [3JN], S3737, S3738 [4JN]

Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove FBI Miami Field Office, Miramar, FL: designate (H.R. 1092), S2088 [26MR]

Bennett, Alfred H.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2085 [26MR]

Brewer, Margarita: Northern Kentucky University Lincoln Award recipient, S4294 [18JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1744, S1751 [24MR], S1963, S1968, S1999 [26MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, S2626 [5MY]

Candle-Lite Co.: anniversary, S4837 [8JY]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, S1368 [10MR], S1420 [11MR], S2292 [21AP], S2336 [22AP]

——— improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems, S1370 [10MR], S1457 [12MR]

——— improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems (S. 381), S2291 [21AP]

——— streamline process and provide for additional means of certifying children, youth, parents, and families as homeless, S4909 [9JY]

Columbus, OH: anniversary of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, S5207 [21JY]

Committee on Printing (Joint): election of members (S. Res. 126), S2088 [26MR]

Committee on Taxation (Joint): provide a macroeconomic analysis or dynamic scoring of the impact of major revenue legislation, S1963, S1999 [26MR]

Committee on the Library (Joint): election of members (S. Res. 126), S2088 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S186 [13JA], S266 [20JA]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, S186 [13JA], S266 [20JA]

——— promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (S. 535), S2082, S2085 [26MR]

Crime: combat human trafficking, S1371 [10MR], S1457 [12MR], S2291 [21AP]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 201), S6846 [21SE]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1368, S1369, S1370, S1371 [10MR], S1420 [11MR], S1457 [12MR], S2162 [14AP], S2291 [21AP], S2336 [22AP]

Dayton, OH: anniversary of Miami Conservancy District, S3855 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3657, S3659 [3JN], S3737, S3738 [4JN], S3998 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program, S8590 [10DE]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), S6993, S6994 [29SE], S7399 [21OC], S8706 [16DE]

——— provide for early college high school and dual or concurrent enrollment opportunities, S5035 [14JY]

——— substance abuse recovery support services for students funding, S4909 [9JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to proceed, S1051 [24FE]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, S2843 [13MY], S2919 [14MY], S4609 [24JN], S8591 [10DE]

Dept. of HUD: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth, S1420 [11MR]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S3006 [18MY], S4609 [24JN]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (S. 1268), S2843 [13MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: ensure State funding provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program is used to demolish blighted structures, S5491 [23JY]

——— Hardest Hit Fund program funding, S8591 [10DE]

——— identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment, S2918 [14MY], S3006 [18MY], S3229 [21MY], S3292 [22MY]

Drugs: improve DEA scheduling process for new FDA-approved drugs under the Controlled Substances Act and registration process for use of controlled substances in clinical trials (H.R. 639), S7495 [26OC]

Education: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote financial literacy education, S1967 [26MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4909 [9JY], S5035 [14JY], S5117 [15JY], S5141 [16JY]

——— Title I funding formula reform, S5117 [15JY], S5141 [16JY]

EPA: provide for assessment and management of risk of cyanotoxins in drinking water (H.R. 212), S6175 [30JY], S6228, S6229, S6230 [3AU], S6348, S6350 [5AU]

——— provide for assessment and management of risk of cyanotoxins in drinking water (H.R. 212), unanimous-consent request, S6176, S6177 [30JY], S6229, S6230 [3AU]

——— reauthorize National Estuary Program (S. 1523), S6230 [3AU], S6350 [5AU]

——— reauthorize National Estuary Program (S. 1523), unanimous-consent request, S6176, S6177 [30JY]

Eximbank: reauthorize, S5914 [27JY]

Federal employees: provide leave to a new employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at a certain percentage for purposes of undergoing treatment for such disability (H.R. 313), S7495 [26OC]

Foreign countries: report on trip to Israel, S2627 [5MY]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S8145 [19NO]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, S3036 [19MY], S3112 [20MY], S3280–S3283, S3292 [22MY]

——— disallow application of trade authorities procedures to trade agreements with countries included as a Tier 3 country on Dept. of State Trafficking in Persons Report, S2920 [14MY]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S2843 [13MY], S2918 [14MY], S3006 [18MY], S3036 [19MY], S3112 [20MY], S3228 [21MY], S3279–S3283, S3292 [22MY], S4608 [24JN]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (S. 995), S2627 [5MY]

——— facilitate administration and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, S2919 [14MY], S3228, S3229 [21MY], S8591 [10DE]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, S2843 [13MY]

Granville, OH: anniversary of Bryn Du Mansion, S1526 [16MR]

Greece: independence anniversary (S. Res. 105), S2088 [26MR]

Haiti: extend preferential duty treatment program, S2843 [13MY]

House of Representatives: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 31), S2089 [26MR]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S1051 [24FE]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6570 [10SE]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S2627 [5MY], S2676 [6MY]

Iron and steel industry: economic impact of antidumping and countervailing duties imposed by China on U.S. grain-oriented electrical steel exports, S3228 [21MY]

——— impact of foreign countries dumping steel produced from oil country tubular goods on domestic steel industry, S2919 [14MY]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3006 [18MY], S3036 [19MY], S3112 [20MY], S3228 [21MY], S3279–S3283, S3292 [22MY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), motion to proceed, S2843 [13MY], S2918 [14MY]

Israel: promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel, S2627 [5MY]

Jones, David A.: nomination to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, S2085 [26MR]

Jordan, Mary L.: nomination to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, S2085 [26MR]

Kennedy, Michael D.: nomination to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, S2085 [26MR]

Latvia: report on trip, S3658 [3JN]

Medicaid: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically complex children, S1744, S1751 [24MR]

Merchant, Kathy: Northern Kentucky University Lincoln Award recipient, S4248 [17JN]

Minnesota Lynx (basketball team): tribute (S. Res. 297), S7495 [26OC]

Monroe County, OH: anniversary, S2472 [28AP]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 125), S2088 [26MR]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 128), S2088 [26MR]

National Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 129), S2088 [26MR]

Newark, OH: anniversary of Licking County, OH, Chamber of Commerce, S1526 [16MR]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (S.J. Res. 8), unanimous-consent agreement, S2085 [26MR]

Ohio: tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, S2562 [30AP]

OMB: oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects, S188 [13JA]

——— oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects (S. 280), S2676 [6MY]

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), S6570 [10SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5914 [27JY], S6062 [28JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5491 [23JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2627 [5MY], S2676 [6MY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S8290 [2DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8290 [2DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), S6846 [21SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2086–S2088 [26MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S5491 [23JY], S5914 [27JY], S6062 [28JY]

Rubenstein, David M.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (H.J. Res. 10), S2088 [26MR]

Senate: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 32), S2089 [26MR]

——— authority of officials during adjournment, S2089 [26MR]

——— legislative program, S2089 [26MR], S4610 [24JN], S7495 [26OC]

Senate Rules: impact of reforming filibuster rules, S6964, S6965 [28SE]

Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of the families of New York Police Dept., officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos (H.R. 1527), S2088 [26MR]

——— allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), House amendment, S4608 [24JN]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), S2843 [13MY]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), House amendment, S4609 [24JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), S2843 [13MY], S2919 [14MY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, S8591 [10DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), House amendment, S4609 [24JN]

——— permanently extend the research and development credit, S7731 [3NO]

——— reform international tax system, S6062 [28JY], S6350 [5AU], S7728–S7731 [3NO]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, S3006 [18MY], S3038 [19MY]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), House amendment, S6964, S6965, S6966 [28SE]

Ukraine: authorize assistance and sustainment to military and national security forces, S3657 [3JN], S3998–S4000 [10JN]

University of Pennsylvania: anniversary of Perelman School of Medicine (S. Res. 127), S2088 [26MR]

Urban areas: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to demolish vacant and abandoned homes, S1968 [26MR]

Votes: position on missed, S3007 [18MY]

Young, Michael: nomination to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, S2085 [26MR]

Tributes

Elam, Troy B., S5513 [23JY]

Love, Karen A., S3177 [20MY]

Scott, Jim, S2242• [16AP]

Stokes, Louis, S6788 [17SE]