GRAHAM, LINDSEY (a Senator from South Carolina)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1799 [24MR], S1893, S1913, S1924, S1925, S1953 [25MR], S1975, S1995, S1998, S2015, S2018, S2020, S2021, S2042, S2043, S2045, S2065, S2069, S2080 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S422 [22JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3708 [3JN], S3788, S3824 [4JN], S3862, S3863 [8JN], S3944, S3958 [9JN], S4023, S4025 [10JN], S4089, S4112, S4113 [11JN], S4166, S4168 [15JN], S4265, S4269 [18JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4975 [9JY], S5062 [14JY], S5097 [15JY]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S6421 [5AU], S7274 [8OC], S7335, S7339, S7347 [20OC], S7417 [21OC]

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

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), S6946 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5683 [24JY], S6039 [27JY]

Appointments

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

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

Senate National Security Working Group, S1083 [24FE]

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

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see S. 1933), S6296 [4AU] (see S. 2152), S7472 [22OC]

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]

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

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 301), S1629 [18MR]

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

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

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 698), S1529 [16MR]

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]

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

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 746), S5211 [21JY]

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

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (see S. 11), S11 [6JA]

Courts: provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (see S. 783), S1629 [18MR]

Crime: increase penalties for wildlife trafficking and allow civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution for such crimes to be transferred to wildlife conservation funds (see S. 27), S11 [6JA]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 404), S833 [5FE]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 178), S201 [13JA]

——— reduce recidivism and increase public safety (see S. 467), S926 [11FE]

——— reform and establish mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses to provide more flexibility and reduce recidivism among Federal inmates (see S. 2123), S7102 [1OC]

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 Defense: extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations relative to transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see S. 165), S201 [13JA]

——— making appropriations (see S. 2130), S7123 [5OC]

Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence (see S. 590), S2042 [26MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see S. 586), S5211 [21JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see S. 2130), S7123 [5OC]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see S. 524), S3310 [22MY]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 125), S100 [8JA]

——— 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]

——— make grants to purchase body-worn cameras for State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers (see S. 1897), S6136 [29JY]

Dept. of State: allow waiver of visa renewal fees for certain adoptive families (see S. 1300), S4842 [8JY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see S. 2130), S7123 [5OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see S. 743), S7967 [16NO]

——— expand eligibility for certain health care benefits to include certain veterans seeking mental health care (see S. 841), S2273 [20AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see S. 2130), S7123 [5OC]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (see S. 1170), S5456 [22JY]

Drugs: improve prosecution of the sale and distribution of synthetic drugs known as analogues (see S. 1327), S2850 [13MY]

1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day: designate (see S. Res. 232), S6075 [28JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 2130), S7123 [5OC]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see S.J. Res. 24), S7491 [26OC]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see S.J. Res. 23), S7491 [26OC]

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]

Eximbank: reauthorize and reform (see S. 819), S1660 [19MR] (see S. 2183), S7304 [19OC]

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), S6652 [15SE]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see S. 1598), S4250 [17JN]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see S. 774), S6652 [15SE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 498), S3679 [3JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 21), S6187 [30JY]

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), S2041 [26MR]

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]

Health: preserve freedom and choice in health care (see S. 1016), S2272 [20AP]

——— prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see S. 1214), S2688 [6MY]

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

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 1589), S4202 [16JN]

Insurance: clarify definition of nonadmitted insurer (see S. 1561), S4103 [11JN]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 269), S541 [27JA]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see S. 615), S1201 [27FE]

——— require report on military dimensions of nuclear program and prohibit sanctions relief until Iran has verifiably ended all military dimensions of its nuclear program (see S. 2429), S8883 [18DE]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see S. 868), S2040 [26MR]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see S. 1188), S2650 [5MY]

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), S2651 [5MY]

ITC: establish a process for consideration of temporary duty suspensions (see S. 998), S2531 [29AP]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see S. 1747), S4953 [9JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 391), S2971 [18MY] (see S. 1874), S8439 [7DE]

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]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see S. 338), S773 [4FE]

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), S2475 [28AP]

——— strengthen mental health system, improve public safety, and reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see S. 2002), S7304 [19OC]

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]

Medicare: repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 539), S1529 [16MR]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 1617), S5062 [14JY]

Monuments and memorials: require congressional and State approval and provide restrictions on the use of national monuments (see S. 228), S737 [3FE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 171), S2688 [6MY]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 1119), S2473 [28AP]

National Guard: modify and extend the State Partnership Program (see S. 1126), S2731 [7MY]

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day: designate (see S. Res. 217), S4841 [8JY]

Nemtsov, Boris: commend Russian opposition efforts, express condolences for death, condemn and call for investigation of murder, and add recommended names to visa ban list for Russian human rights violators (see S. Res. 96), S1303 [4MR]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 928), S6975 [28SE]

NIST: designate U.S. manufacturing universities to emphasize manufacturing in engineering programs (see S. 771), S1628 [18MR]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see S. 2015), S7161 [6OC]

——— disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see S.J. Res. 8), S858 [9FE]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 507), S2569 [30AP]

——— reform criteria for determining employee units appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining (see S. 801), S2531 [29AP]

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 U.S. Trade Representative: make the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center permanent and create a Chief Manufacturing Negotiator (see S. 758), S1585 [17MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 30), S131 [9JA]

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

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

Pilgrims: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of arrival (see S. 1715), S7492 [26OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 1881), S6189 [30JY]

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

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]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see S. 373), S2530 [29AP]

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), S6652 [15SE]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 637), S6894 [22SE]

——— 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), S6975 [28SE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see S. 149), S4841 [8JY]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (see S. 2040), S6699 [16SE]

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

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 441), S2474 [28AP]

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

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

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]

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 (see S.J. Res. 22), S6809 [17SE]

——— revise definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ relative to application of environmental protection regulations (see S. 1140), S5212 [21JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see S. 2234), S8884 [18DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see S.J. Res. 26), S8379 [3DE]

Burma: call for free and fair elections and condemn human rights violations (see S. Res. 116), S2041 [26MR]

Dept. of HHS: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see S. 923), S2172 [14AP]

Dept. of State: making supplemental appropriations for migration and refugee assistance (see S. 2145), S7160 [6OC]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see S. 1725), S4952 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients (see S. 2022), S6604 [10SE]

Depts. of Homeland Security and the Treasury: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see S. 892), S2041 [26MR]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see S. 1668), S4602 [24JN]

J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, Charleston, SC: designate (see S. 1147), S2567 [30AP]

Motor vehicles: establish tire fuel efficiency minimum performance standards, improve tire registration, and help consumers identify recalled tires (see S. 1741), S4953 [9JY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [6JA]

Cloture motions

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), motion to proceed, S85 [8JA], S145 [12JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S4087 [11JN], S4187 [16JN], S4247 [17JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), motion to go to conference, S4915, S4919 [9JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), motion to proceed, S3341 [31MY]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), S1151 [26FE], S1190 [27FE], S1209, S1214 [2MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S5002 [13JY], S5098 [15JY], S5149 [16JY]

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), S6869 [22SE], S6916 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5672 [24JY], S5709 [26JY], S5922 [27JY], S6092 [29JY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), motion to proceed, S6161 [30JY], S6227 [3AU]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), S6932 [24SE], S6966 [28SE]

Essays

What Does Freedom Mean to My Family? Amari Williams, S3308• [22MY]

Letters

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors Resignation: by, S4984 [9JY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

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. 217), S6837 [21SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), motion to proceed, S6837 [21SE]

Budget: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to subject all Federal spending to sequestration, S2003 [26MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S2003, S2013 [26MR]

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 (S. Res. 212), S4583 [24JN]

Climate: global warming, S324 [21JA]

Congo, Democratic Republic of: provide assistance to coffee farmers, S8372 [3DE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S324 [21JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S4016 [10JN], S4186 [16JN]

——— reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, S4186 [16JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment, S3050 [19MY]

Eximbank: reauthorize, S3050, S3051 [19MY], S4016 [10JN]

Floods: express condolences for victims of, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by, flooding in South Carolina, S7117 [5OC]

Foreign policy: strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S3111 [20MY]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S3050, S3051 [19MY]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6547 [10SE]

——— ensure any agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program is deemed a treaty and is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, S2500 [29AP]

——— impact of letter sent by Republican Senators to Iranian leadership on any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S1479 [12MR]

——— impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement, S1226 [3MR]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S1479, S1481 [12MR], S2500 [29AP]

——— reaffirm U.S. policy of not allowing development of nuclear weapons, S1225, S1226 [3MR]

——— require stringent compliance, verification, and notification standards relative to negotiation of final agreement on nuclear weapons, S4622 [25JN]

——— status of nuclear weapons program, S4241 [17JN]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3050, S3051 [19MY]

Israel: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, S2013 [26MR]

——— U.S. policy, S1704 [23MR]

Netanyahu, Benjamin: welcome Israeli Prime Minister upon U.S. visit and speech before Congress and reaffirm unequivocal U.S. support for Israel, S1225, S1226 [3MR]

Obama, President: evaluation of foreign policy, S1091, S1092 [25FE], S1479, S1481 [12MR], S3111 [20MY]

——— evaluation of war on terrorism and Middle East policies, S1704 [23MR], S1760, S1761 [24MR]

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), S6547 [10SE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2500 [29AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S4621 [25JN]

Supreme Court: decision in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, S4621 [25JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S3399 [1JN]

Reports filed

Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1725) (S. Rept. 114–79), S4952 [9JY]

Tributes

Cromwell, Cheryl S., S8878 [18DE]

Riley, Joe, S8375• [3DE]

Scott, Senator, S4582 [24JN]

Sims, Martin L., S7121• [5OC]

Williams, Amari, S3308• [22MY]