COATS, DANIEL (a Senator from Indiana)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1735 [23MR], S1796, S1800, S1809, S1810, S1818, S1825, S1828, S1829 [24MR], S1836, S1864, S1908, S1940, S1953 [25MR], S2015, S2074 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S295 [20JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3786, S3810 [4JN], S3937, S3957 [9JN], S4264 [18JN]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S6243 [3AU], S6321 [4AU], S6411 [5AU]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2989 [18MY], S3185 [20MY]

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), S6658 [15SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5724, S5725 [26JY]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8310, S8318 [2DE], S8352 [3DE]

Articles and editorials

Looking Away From Abortion, Ross Douthat, New York (NY) Times, S6059 [28JY]

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), S737 [3FE]

——— 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]

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

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

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

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

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

Citizenship: provide for automatic acquisition of U.S. citizenship for certain internationally adopted individuals (see S. 2275), S7913 [10NO]

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]

Colleges and universities: provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (see S. 2186), S8603 [10DE]

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]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see S. 682), S4104 [11JN]

Crime: 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]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 166), S201 [13JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: amend the fresh fruit and vegetable program under the National School Lunch Program to include canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits and vegetables (see S. 2243), S7814 [5NO]

Dept. of Education: prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see S. 559), S1439 [11MR]

Dept. of Energy: modify efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters (see S. 259), S1336 [9MR]

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 Homeland Security: improve homeland security by enhancing requirements for participation in the visa waiver program (see S. 2337), S8241 [1DE]

——— strengthen ability to detect and prevent intrusions against, and use countermeasures to protect, Government agency information systems (see S. 1828), S5455 [22JY]

Dept. of Labor: preserve the companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay and the live-in domestic services exemption for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 2221), S7655 [29OC]

Dept. of State: offer rewards for information on kidnapping and murder of James W. Foley, Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig, Steven J. Sotloff, and Kayla J. Mueller (see S. 555), S1117 [25FE]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 265), S591 [28JA]

EPA: disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see S.J. Res. 25), S8021 [17NO]

——— 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]

——— extend timeline to review and revise ambient air quality standards and delay decision on proposal to revise ozone standards (see S. 640), S1246 [3MR]

——— fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see S. 1324), S2849 [13MY]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see S. 751), S1585 [17MR]

——— require congressional approval of any greenhouse gas rules unless the cost of such rules are offset through reductions in spending (see S. 639), S1246 [3MR]

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), S5711 [26JY]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see S. 1598), S4955 [9JY]

Federal agencies and departments: codify and modify regulatory requirements (see S. 168), S201 [13JA]

——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see S. 1073), S2400 [23AP]

——— provide guidance on utility energy service contracts used by Federal agencies (see S. 723), S1494 [12MR]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see S. 499), S982 [12FE]

Federal employees: provide for investigative leave requirements for members of the Senior Executive Service (see S. 362), S772 [4FE]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 423), S1661 [19MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 498), S2111 [13AP]

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]

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

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

——— 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]

——— reform provision of insurance coverage by promoting health savings accounts, State-based alternatives, and price transparency if tax-credit subsidies for coverage are lost under King v. Burwell (see S. 1531), S3925 [9JN]

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

Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 9), S1303 [4MR]

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), S2273 [20AP]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: express that congressional review and oversight provisions do not apply to current partial agreement and, therefore, such agreement cannot preempt existing sanctions (see S. Res. 251), S6940 [24SE]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see S. 283), S6382 [5AU]

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), S7772 [4NO]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 1874), S6073 [28JY]

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]

Medicare: remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 258), S541 [27JA]

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

National security: authorize access to certain records, make permanent certain authorities on roving surveillance, individual terrorists, and foreign surveillance, and modify access requirements for telecommunications records (see S. 2344), S8380 [3DE]

——— extend authority to collect certain records, make permanent the authority for roving surveillance, and treat individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers (see S. 2295), S8162 [19NO]

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]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see S. 2015), S6653 [15SE]

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

——— reform criteria for determining employee units appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining (see S. 801), S1660 [19MR]

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), S151 [12JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 30), S151 [12JA]

——— 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 annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 183), S238 [16JA]

——— 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]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 1881), S6073 [28JY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 667), S1439 [11MR]

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]

SSA: prevent disability fraud (see S. 1929), S6296 [4AU]

——— provide certain individuals with information on employment support services (see S. 1923), S6296 [4AU]

——— provide for quality reviews of benefit decisions (see S. 1922), S6296 [4AU]

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

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (see S. 686), S1440 [11MR]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 860), S1891 [25MR]

——— 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), S2934 [14MY]

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

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: express that any related protocol or other negotiated agreement dealing with targets and timetables is considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate (see S. Con. Res. 25), S8160 [19NO]

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), S3456 [2JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see S. 2234), S7771 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Federal agencies and departments: postpone effective date of high-impact rules pending judicial review (see S. 1927), S6296 [4AU]

Financial institutions: establish the prudential regulator of community and independent depository institutions as the conduit and arbiter of all Federal financial oversight, examination, and reporting (see S. 726), S1494 [12MR]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure scientific transparency in the development of environmental regulations (see S. 1458), S3309 [22MY]

National security: enhance homeland security (see S. 542), S1074 [24FE]

Social Security: prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (see S. 1758), S5061 [14JY]

Tariff: exempt from duty residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the U.S. (see S. 989), S2244 [16AP]

Taxation: improve higher education tax benefits compliance (see S. 1413), S3237 [21MY]

——— provide notice to charities and other nonprofit organizations before their tax-exempt status is automatically revoked (see S. 400), S833 [5FE]

Tax-exempt organizations: provide equal access to declaratory judgments for organizations seeking tax-exempt status if the IRS delays acting on applications (see S. 1728), S4953 [9JY]

Cloture motions

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), veto, S1215 [2MR]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1475 [12MR], S1563, S1564, S1575 [17MR], S1614 [18MR], S1641 [19MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S4016 [10JN], S4087 [11JN]

——— 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]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to proceed, S733 [3FE], S809 [5FE], S968 [12FE], S1027 [23FE], S1104 [25FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), S8857, S8858 [18DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8075 [18NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2577), motion to proceed, S7963 [16NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S8030, S8033 [18NO]

——— reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, S8425 [3DE], S8453 [8DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), motion to proceed, S7129 [6OC], S7244 [8OC]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), motion to proceed, S1152 [26FE], S1192 [27FE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), motion to proceed, S6228 [3AU]

Iran: provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program (S. 625), motion to proceed, S1295 [4MR]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3051, S3052 [19MY], S3206 [21MY], S3295 [22MY]

National security: extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers (S. 1357), motion to proceed, S3201 [21MY], S3314 [23MY]

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), S5671, S5672 [24JY], S5709 [26JY], S5922 [27JY], S6092 [29JY], S7881, S7885 [10NO]

——— 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]

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

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]

Water: revise definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ relative to application of environmental protection regulations (S. 1140), motion to proceed, S7675 [30OC], S7697 [3NO]

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]

Letters

Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act: James C. Duff, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, S3437 [2JN]

Motions

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S7963 [16NO]

Remarks

Abortion: condemn, and call for investigation of, video of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., official discussing the practice of harvesting of fetal organs after abortions for medical research, S6059, S6060 [28JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), motion to proceed, S6842 [21SE]

Afghanistan: recognize waste, fraud, and abuse of U.S. resources occuring in Afghan reconstruction, S3981 [10JN], S7781 [5NO]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (S. 475), S4567 [24JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S759 [4FE], S1086 [25FE], S1210 [2MR], S1401 [11MR], S1596 [18MR], S2962 [18MY], S4567 [24JN], S4918 [9JY], S5484–S5486 [23JY]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 6), S954 [12FE]

——— deficit, S760 [4FE], S1086 [25FE], S1210 [2MR], S1401 [11MR], S2962 [18MY], S5484–S5486 [23JY]

——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, S7618 [29OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1864, S1865 [25MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), motion to proceed, S140 [12JA]

——— goals of the 114th Congress, S78 [8JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: marketing grants funding, S2595 [4MY]

——— modify exception to the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, S1864 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: allow a program of active-duty senior military officer exchanges with Taiwan, S4222 [17JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3981, S3997, S3998 [10JN], S4220 [17JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), conference report, S7200 [7OC]

——— reform acquisition system, S3982 [10JN]

——— submit a report on strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S4222 [17JN]

Dept. of HHS: approval of Healthy Indiana Plan expansion to provide health insurance to more low-income Indiana residents, S502 [27JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: amend Visa Waiver Program by tightening existing pretravel clearance procedures with focus on counterterrorism efforts, S7985 [17NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to proceed, S917 [11FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), S78 [8JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: investigate alleged mismanagement of procurement contracts, S3763 [4JN]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S1690–S1694 [23MR]

Federal agencies and departments: address misuse of paid administrative leave by employees, S8125 [19NO]

——— establish central oversight authority for enterprise software license agreements, S4918 [9JY]

——— reduce duplication and increase efficiency, S1210 [2MR], S1401 [11MR], S2962 [18MY], S4567 [24JN]

——— reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, S2748 [11MY], S5153 [16JY], S6110 [29JY], S6911–S6913 [24SE], S7032 [30SE], S7200 [7OC], S7370 [21OC], S8567 [10DE]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance, S1086 [25FE]

——— restore program integrity funding to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S2424 [27AP]

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act: modify, S2292 [21AP]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S7984 [17NO]

France: absence of U.S. high ranking official at Paris unity rally held to condemn terrorist attack on offices of Charlie Hebdo (French publication) and kosher supermarket, S188 [13JA]

——— 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, S7984 [17NO]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S917 [11FE]

Indianapolis, IN: anniversary of Crispus Attucks High School boys’ basketball 1955 championship, S7201 [7OC]

Information technology: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity, S1864 [25MR]

Insurance: extend special rule for seniors relative to the income level for deduction of medical care expenses, S8352 [3DE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, S3997, S3998 [10JN]

Iran: agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S5435 [22JY]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6515 [9SE], S6558, S6560 [10SE], S6630 [15SE], S6792 [17SE]

——— impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (S. 269), S1515 [16MR]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S2447 [28AP], S2702 [7MY], S6559 [10SE]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program (S. 615), S1515 [16MR]

——— status of nuclear weapons program, S4585–S4587 [24JN]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), House amendment, S7618 [29OC]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: status of nuclear weapons program, S4586 [24JN]

Medicaid: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide States the flexibility needed to implement innovative reforms to improve care and enhance access, S1865 [25MR]

Medicare: impact of improper payments, S7370 [21OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S6251 [4AU]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, S6251 [4AU]

National security: enhance homeland security (S. 542), S7984 [17NO]

Navy: report on potential impact of delaying overhaul of U.S.S. George Washington, S4222 [17JN]

NIH: funding, S1401 [11MR]

NSF: grant funding to develop personalized social robots for use in classrooms, S7200 [7OC]

Obama, President: evaluation of foreign policy, S7200 [7OC]

——— evaluation of strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S4221 [17JN]

——— evaluation of war on terrorism and Middle East policies, S5435 [22JY]

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), S6515 [9SE], S6558, S6560 [10SE], S6630 [15SE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2447 [28AP], S2702 [7MY], S6559 [10SE]

——— GAO investigation of application and subsidy approval process, S5481 [23JY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S5481 [23JY], S8269 [2DE]

——— impact of implementation on small business, S3982–S3984 [10JN]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8269 [2DE], S8352 [3DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), motion to proceed, S6217 [3AU]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), S3393 [1JN], S3435, S3438 [2JN]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), motion to proceed, S3327, S3329 [31MY]

Public documents: prohibit the Government sale of Government documents that are available for free online by abolishing the National Technical Information Service (S. 1636), S7032 [30SE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds and disability insurance program, S7618 [29OC]

——— prevent disability fraud, S4126 [15JN], S8208 [1DE]

——— prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (S. 1758), S5153 [16JY]

——— solvency, S5485 [23JY]

Taxation: prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (S. 686), S1596 [18MR]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform, S6911–S6913 [24SE]

——— provide for improved compliance with the requirements of the earned income tax credit, S6110 [29JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices, S8270 [2DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (S. 149), S450 [26JA]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S2232 [16AP]

Ukraine: condemn violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity by Russian forces and call for U.S. support of the Ukrainian Government and armed forces in opposing Russia’s actions, S891 [10FE]

USEC, Inc.: funding, S7847 [9NO]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S3438 [2JN]

Reports filed

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 114–5), S1585 [17MR]

Tributes

Banks, Ernie, S449 [26JA]

Biden, Joseph R., III (Beau), S3327 [31MY]

Collins, Senator, S5153 [16JY]

Sullivan, Senator, S502 [27JA]