FEINSTEIN, DIANNE (a Senator from California)

Amendments

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (S. 1356), S7933 [10NO]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1795, S1819, S1829 [24MR], S1893, S1930, S1944 [25MR], S2016, S2020, S2021, S2077, S2081 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S241 [16JA], S421, S422 [22JA], S467, S475, S478 [26JA], S542 [27JA]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1440 [11MR], S1496, S1498 [12MR], S2326 [22AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3715, S3716 [3JN], S3778, S3818, S3822, S3832 [4JN], S3879, S3882 [8JN], S3910, S3915, S3926, S3928, S3937, S3939 [9JN], S4057 [10JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), S7865 [9NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8106, S8111 [18NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4694, S4780, S4801 [7JY], S4864 [8JY], S4913 [9JY], S5095, S5130 [15JY]

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

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7353 [20OC], S7549 [27OC]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2942 [14MY], S2989, S2997 [18MY], S3084 [19MY], S3194 [20MY], S3311 [22MY]

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), S5472 [22JY], S5538 [23JY], S5931 [27JY]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8380, S8400 [3DE]

Appointments

Congressional-Executive Commission on China, S946 [11FE]

Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, S946 [11FE]

Senate National Security Working Group, S1011 [12FE]

Articles and editorials

Cyber Defense Bill, at Last—Data Sharing Can Improve Security and Consumer Privacy, Wall Street Journal, S7500 [27OC]

Senate Should Take a Crucial First Step on Cybersecurity, Washington (DC) Post, S7500 [27OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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 (see S. 217), S347 [21JA]

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

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 203), S4250 [17JN]

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 90), S1162 [26FE]

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

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see S. 1087), S2431 [27AP]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see S. 2032), S7103 [1OC]

——— outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see S. 1831), S6653 [15SE]

——— require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (see S. 1498), S5930 [27JY]

Armed Forces: actively recruit members who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers (see S. 1603), S5171 [16JY]

——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 358), S771 [4FE]

Armenia: observe anniversary, support an equitable relationship with Turkey based on acknowledgment of facts, and ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding relative to the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 140), S2353 [22AP]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 185), S3238 [21MY]

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument: designate (see S. 393), S833 [5FE]

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]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 301), S901 [10FE]

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

Burma: call for free and fair elections and condemn human rights violations (see S. Res. 116), S2222 [15AP]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 698), S1782 [24MR]

California Coastal National Monument: expand boundary (see S. 1971), S6380 [5AU]

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

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

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

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

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 862), S4250 [17JN]

Coast Guard: convey certain property to Marin County, CA (see S. 1191), S2650 [5MY]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 246), S420 [22JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 746), S2851 [13MY]

Contraceptives: recognize anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision allowing use of contraceptives by married couples and the importance of affordable family planning services (see S. Res. 193), S3776 [4JN]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 142), S4250 [17JN]

Credit: prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see S. 1330), S2850 [13MY]

Crime: enhance penalties for marketing candy-flavored controlled substances to minors (see S. 724), S1494 [12MR]

——— prevent identity theft and tax fraud (see S. 676), S1336 [9MR]

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

——— reform and establish mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses to provide more flexibility and reduce recidivism among Federal inmates (see S. 2123), S7414 [21OC]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 166), S1119 [25FE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 299), S1629 [18MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 1539), S7914 [10NO]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 613), S4250 [17JN]

——— require animals in Federal research centers be included in the definition of animal under the Animal Welfare Act (see S. 388), S985 [12FE]

Dept. of Defense: inform Dept. of Justice of persons required to register as sex offenders (see S. 409), S927 [11FE]

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1766), S5129 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: authorize local educational agencies and schools to carry out child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs or activities (see S. 1665), S4602 [24JN]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see S. 590), S2432 [27AP]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 312), S1217 [2MR]

——— require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (see S. 706), S5929 [27JY]

——— require State report cards to reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see S. 389), S2795 [12MY]

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

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

Dept. of Energy: extend, improve, and consolidate energy research and development programs (see S. 1398), S3183 [20MY]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program (see S. 480), S982 [12FE]

——— ensure access to screening mammography (see S. 1926), S7492 [26OC]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see S. 586), S2731 [7MY]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see S. 1883), S7724 [3NO]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see S. 849), S5130 [15JY]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see S. 1192), S2650 [5MY]

——— require children enrolled in Head Start and Early Head Start programs be vaccinated (see S. 486), S982 [12FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see S. 1915), S7047 [30SE]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see S. 524), S1076 [24FE]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 125), S1891 [25MR]

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

Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see S. 302), S653 [29JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for migration and refugee assistance (see S. 2145), S7492 [26OC]

Dept. of the Interior: acquire land in Martinez, CA, for inclusion in John Muir National Historic Site (see S. 651), S1302 [4MR]

——— authorize water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (see S. 1983), S6380 [5AU]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see S. 1554), S4103 [11JN]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 2155), S7219 [7OC]

——— restore mandatory funding status of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see S. 517), S1120 [25FE]

——— take certain Federal lands located in Lassen County, CA, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria (see S. 1761), S5061 [14JY]

——— take certain Federal lands located in Tuolumne County, CA, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians (see S. 1822), S7304 [19OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: convene a citizens panel to make recommendations for likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill (see S. 925), S2302 [21AP]

Dept. of Transportation: improve safety standards for transporting crude oil by rail (see S. 859), S1891 [25MR] (see S. 1462), S3310 [22MY]

——— increase limitation on liability for passenger rail accidents or incidents (see S. 1360), S2971 [18MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 681), S6187 [30JY]

——— establish a pilot program to provide furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans transitioning into permanent housing (see S. 223), S347 [21JA]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see S. 167), S542 [27JA]

——— inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see S. 1358), S6383 [5AU]

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

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see S. 235), S859 [9FE]

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see S. 1252), S3680 [3JN]

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

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

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see S. 2185), S7344 [20OC]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2407), S8725 [16DE]

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

——— increase access to opioid addiction treatment by expanding ability of medical professionals to provide medication-assisted therapies (see S. 1455), S3309 [22MY]

——— increase Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths (see S. 1431), S8161 [19NO]

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

EPA: eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel (see S. 577), S1161 [26FE]

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 (see S. 824), S1660 [19MR]

Families and domestic relations: increase availability of high-quality child care for working parents (see S. Res. 292), S7470 [22OC]

——— prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see S. 1382), S6297 [4AU]

——— promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see S. 2208), S7861 [9NO]

FBI: use Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, solve and prevent crime, exonerate the innocent, and prevent DNA analysis backlog (see S. 2348), S8378 [3DE]

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

Federal aid programs: exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs to individuals sterilized under a government-sponsored program from determining eligibility for, or amount of, benefits (see S. 1698), S8379 [3DE]

Federal employees: provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see S. 554), S1163 [26FE]

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): eliminate gender pay inequity (see S. Res. 222), S5062 [14JY]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2028), S6653 [15SE]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (see S. 1977), S6380 [5AU]

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

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

——— reauthorize ban on undetectable firearms and require plastic guns to be made with certain non-removable metal parts so they can be detected by metal detectors (see S. 1735), S4953 [9JY]

Fish and fishing: make authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fisheries permanent (see S. 1143), S6240 [3AU]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see S. 287), S589 [28JA]

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

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 677), S1336 [9MR]

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]

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

Golden State Warriors (basketball team): tribute (see S. Res. 206), S4299 [18JN]

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

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

Health: prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see S. 1214), S2972 [18MY]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see S. Res. 113), S7816 [5NO]

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

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 693), S1383 [10MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1121), S2473 [28AP]

Human rights: treat children trafficked for sex as victims or survivors of rape and sex trafficking and support efforts to arrest and prosecute such sex traffickers (see S. Res. 81), S984 [12FE]

Immigration: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 2395), S8602 [10DE]

Information technology: limit ability of companies to share consumer geolocation information accessed through electronic communications devices (see S. 2270), S7912 [10NO]

Insurance: provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women (see S. 2220), S7655 [29OC]

International Women’s Day: support goals (see S. Res. 97), S1303 [4MR]

Iran: call for release of detained U.S. citizens (see S. Con. Res. 16), S2730 [7MY]

——— require the President to report on Iran’s compliance with any nuclear program agreements and set up expedited processes for Congress to reinstate sanctions for violations or implement further responses (see S. 669), S1303 [4MR]

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

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S. Res. 201), S4203 [16JN]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 1169), S5527 [23JY]

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

Klamath Basin: approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production (see S. 133), S100 [8JA]

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]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see S. 1724), S4952 [9JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see S. 890), S4104 [11JN]

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]

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), S1892 [25MR]

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

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

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 429), S5009 [13JY]

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

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see S. 857), S4299 [18JN]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 804), S6382 [5AU]

——— provide programs to prevent prescription drug abuse (see S. 1913), S8161 [19NO]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 624), S2934 [14MY]

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

Motor vehicles: prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see S. 1173), S2568 [30AP]

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 Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 125), S2041 [26MR]

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

National Case Management Week: designate (see S. Res. 261), S7274 [8OC]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 276), S7102 [1OC]

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

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (see S. Res. 144), S2432 [27AP]

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

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 168), S2651 [5MY]

National Guard: authorize and provide flexibility for support of civilian firefighting activities (see S. 1437), S3238 [21MY]

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: designate (see S. Res. 255), S6651 [15SE]

National Native American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 307), S7815 [5NO]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 228), S5526 [23JY]

National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see S. 119), S131 [9JA]

National Police Week: designate (see S. Res. 177), S2759 [11MY]

National Principals Month: designate (see S. Res. 277), S7124 [5OC]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 248), S6381 [5AU]

National School Choice Week: designate (see S. Res. 30), S283 [20JA]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S737 [3FE]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see S. Res. 175), S2730 [7MY]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 90), S1162 [26FE]

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

Native American Heritage Day: observance (see S. Res. 307), S7815 [5NO]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 520), S7546 [27OC]

Nepal: support sustainable recovery and rebuilding following earthquakes (see S. 1882), S7346 [20OC]

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

Nigeria: develop a strategy to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) (see S. 1632), S4649 [25JN]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women’s Health (see S. Res. 242), S6468 [8SE]

Nuclear Waste Administration: establish (see S. 854), S1781 [24MR]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1980), S6380 [5AU]

Pensions: provide greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans, expand access to retirement savings, and increase financial literacy (see S. 2110), S7047 [30SE]

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

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see S. 214), S421 [22JA]

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

Puerto Rico: treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (see S. 1774), S8884 [18DE]

Railroads: improve highway-rail grade crossing safety (see S. 532), S1120 [25FE]

——— improve safety of hazardous materials rail transportation (see S. 1175), S2568 [30AP]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see S. Res. 92), S1202 [27FE]

Refugees: recognize need for international assistance, commend resettlement efforts of foreign countries, and support increased admission into the U.S. relative to refugees seeking asylum from violence in Syria (see S. Res. 268), S6938 [24SE]

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

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 262), S1247 [3MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 311), S4841 [8JY]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 316), S653 [29JA]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 439), S4545 [23JN]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 517), S1120 [25FE]

Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site: establish (see S. 1975), S6380 [5AU]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2407), S8725 [16DE]

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

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

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

Sports: tribute to U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (see S. Res. 218), S4841 [8JY]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 786), S8306 [2DE]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2407), S8725 [16DE]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see S. 1069), S2400 [23AP]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 637), S7967 [16NO]

——— extend the residential energy efficient property tax credit (see S. 1755), S5061 [14JY]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see S. 1193), S2650 [5MY]

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

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (see S. 1686), S7345 [20OC]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see S. 375), S4022 [10JN]

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

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

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

——— 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]

Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see S. 946), S2274 [20AP]

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

Tule Lake National Historic Site: establish (see S. 2412), S8793 [17DE]

U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day: designate (see S. Res. 229), S5526 [23JY]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: establish penalties for causing environmental damage while cultivating marijuana or other controlled substances on Federal lands or trespassing on private property (see S. 348), S736 [3FE]

Vice Presidents of the U.S.: prohibit threats against former Vice Presidents and members of their families (see S. 250), S466 [26JA]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see S. 1659), S4601 [24JN]

Water: advance integrated water management and development through innovation, resiliency, conservation, and efficiency (see S. 176), S348 [21JA]

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

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 713), S3861 [8JN]

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

——— ensure access to the best-available health care and support the right to make their own reproductive health care decisions (see S. Res. 37), S421 [22JA]

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see S. 1512), S6810 [17SE]

——— ensure timely access to affordable birth control (see S. 1532), S3925 [9JN]

——— support empowerment and human rights for women and call for release of female political prisoners through #Freethe20 campaign (see S. Res. 262), S6894 [22SE]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2407), S8725 [16DE]

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

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see S. 1555), S7723 [3NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aranda De Buendia, Alicia: relief (see S. 1097), S2431 [27AP]

Arenas, Maria L.: relief (see S. 1094), S2431 [27AP]

Arreola-Saucedo, Esidronio and family: relief (see S. 1098), S2431 [27AP]

California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (see S. 414), S858 [9FE]

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

——— 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]

Dalai Lama: tribute (see S. Res. 200), S4104 [11JN]

Daughters of Penelope (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 214), S4648 [25JN]

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

Dept. of Education: allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see S. 1369), S3059 [19MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see S. 2172), S7272 [8OC]

——— require a safety assessment of food containers composed of bisphenol A and require food packaging containing bisphenol A to be labeled as such (see S. 821), S1660 [19MR]

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

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

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

——— provide State officials with access to criminal history information relative to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks (see S. 1957), S6380 [5AU]

——— provide with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity (see S. 32), S11 [6JA]

Dept. of State: allow waiver of visa renewal fees for certain adoptive families (see S. 1300), S2794 [12MY]

Dept. of Transportation: incentivize early adoption of positive train control (see S. 1006), S2245 [16AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out certain major medical facility seismic safety projects for which appropriations were made (see S. 833), S1708 [23MR] (see S. 2422), S8883 [18DE]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans and out-leases to provide critical services for such veterans (see S. 2013), S6532 [9SE]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (see S. 1170), S2568 [30AP]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see S. 2171), S7272 [8OC]

Drought: provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (see S. 1894), S6136 [29JY]

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

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 28), S11 [6JA]

FAA: protect the safety of the national airspace system from the hazardous operation of consumer drones (see S. 1608), S4298 [18JN]

FDA: ensure safety of cosmetics (see S. 1014), S2272 [20AP]

——— preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of animal diseases in order to minimize development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (see S. 621), S1217 [2MR]

FEMA: allow rebuilding, without elevation, of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones that are damaged by fire (see S. 487), S982 [12FE]

Flowers: express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day (see S. Res. 166), S2599 [4MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend (see S. 1469), S3316 [23MY]

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

Gabra, Joseph: relief (see S. 1096), S2431 [27AP]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 216), S4649 [25JN]

Iran: reaffirm U.S. policy of not allowing development of nuclear weapons, support diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons, and allow reimposition of sanctions (see S. Res. 40), S466 [26JA]

Kamel, Sharon: relief (see S. 1096), S2431 [27AP]

Karapetian, Asmik: relief (see S. 1092), S2431 [27AP]

Law enforcement: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents under authorizations for use of military force without charge or trial (see S. 24), S11 [6JA]

Lopez-Urenda, Javier: relief (see S. 1094), S2431 [27AP]

Martinez Moreno, Jose A., and family: relief (see S. 1093), S2431 [27AP]

Mkoian, Ruben: relief (see S. 1092), S2431 [27AP]

Mkoyan, Arthur: relief (see S. 1092), S2431 [27AP]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 223), S5061 [14JY]

National Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 60), S673 [30JA]

Nepal: authorize preferential treatment for certain imports (see S. 81), S58 [7JA]

Plascencia Lopez, Alfredo: relief (see S. 1091), S2431 [27AP]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see S. Res. 299), S7594 [28OC]

Rojas Gutierrez, Jorge and family: relief (see S. 1095), S2431 [27AP]

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 630), S1246 [3MR]

San Diego, CA: anniversary of 1915 Panama-California Exposition and establishment of Balboa Park (see S. Con. Res. 15), S2599 [4MY]

San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (see S. 596), S1161 [26FE]

SBA: make Community Advantage Pilot Program permanent (see S. 2125), S7102 [1OC]

Tan, Shirley Constantino: relief (see S. 2029), S6651 [15SE]

Terrorism: require reporting by technology companies of terrorist activities and the unlawful distribution of information relating to explosives (see S. 2372), S8494 [8DE]

Women: require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see S. 370), S772 [4FE]

Letters

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act: Dean C. Garfield, Information Technology Industry Council, S6259 [4AU]

——— James C. Ballentine, American Bankers Association, S6258 [4AU]

——— Protecting America’s Cyber Networks Coalition, S6259 [4AU]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S6260 [4AU]

——— several electric power organizations, S6258 [4AU]

——— several financial industry organizations, S6258 [4AU]

——— Victoria A. Espinel, BSA/The Software Alliance, S6259 [4AU]

Nomination of Alissa M. Starzak to be Dept. of the Army General Counsel: Alberto Mora, S8628 [14DE]

——— John D. Hutson, S8628 [14DE]

Penalties for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts: National Association of Attorneys General, S1622 [18MR]

Reaffirm techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW: Jim Winkler, S4180 [16JN]

——— Leith Anderson, S4180 [16JN]

——— Oscar Cantu, S4179 [16JN]

——— several former U.S. officials, S4180 [16JN]

——— several intelligence professionals, S4179 [16JN]

——— several retired officers, S4179 [16JN]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, S6330 [5AU], S7329 [20OC]

Memorandums

Arrests Made From Backpage.com (Internet site): Michael Anton, Cook County, IL, Sheriff’s Office, S1621 [18MR]

Motions

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8347 [3DE]

Privilege of the floor

Mendenhall, Mark, S7280 [8OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, S1620, S1623, S1624, S1625 [18MR]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), motion to proceed, S6824 [21SE]

Appropriations: legislative process, S7229–S7231 [8OC]

——— making continuing, S6913 [24SE]

Botticelli, Michael P.: nomination to be Office of National Drug Control Policy Director, S852 [9FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, S2634 [5MY]

California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (S. 414), S860 [9FE]

Carter, Ashton B.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S961 [12FE]

Children and youth: streamline process and provide for additional means of certifying children, youth, parents, and families as homeless, S4915 [9JY]

Climate: global warming, S7999 [17NO]

Colorado Springs, CO: condemn attack and offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., clinic shooting, S8302 [2DE]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents, S2798 [12MY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S633 [29JA]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (S. 128), S634 [29JA]

Crime: combat human trafficking (S. 140), S105 [8JA]

——— enhance penalties for marketing candy-flavored controlled substances to minors (S. 724), S1496 [12MR]

——— increase penalties for wildlife trafficking and allow civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution for such crimes to be transferred to wildlife conservation funds (S. 27), S14 [6JA]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts, S1621–S1623 [18MR], S2333 [22AP]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1620, S1623, S1624, S1625 [18MR], S2333 [22AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (S. 29), S16 [6JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3994 [10JN], S4178, S4180, S4182 [16JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), conference report, S7186, S7187 [7OC]

——— reaffirm techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S4178, S4180, S4182 [16JN], S7186, S7187 [7OC]

Dept. of Education: allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (S. 1369), S3062 [19MY]

Dept. of Energy: National Nuclear Security Administration dismantlement of old warheads funding, S3994 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (S. 2172), S7275 [8OC]

——— require a safety assessment of food containers composed of bisphenol A and require food packaging containing bisphenol A to be labeled as such (S. 821), S1667 [19MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve homeland security by enhancing requirements for participation in the visa waiver program (S. 2337), S8242 [1DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), S812 [5FE]

——— making appropriations (S. 272), S812 [5FE]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, S3286 [22MY]

——— review all cyber threat indicators and countermeasures in order to remove certain personal information, S7520 [27OC]

Dept. of HUD: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (S. 256), S543 [27JA]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, S8346 [3DE]

——— allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (S. 551), S1077 [24FE]

——— provide State officials with access to criminal history information relative to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks (S. 1957), S6385 [5AU]

——— provide with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity (S. 32), S18 [6JA]

Dept. of State: allow waiver of visa renewal fees for certain adoptive families (S. 1300), S2798 [12MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), S82, S84 [8JA]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline, S7586 [28OC]

——— incentivize early adoption of positive train control (S. 1006), S2252 [16AP]

——— require study before promulgating rulemaking to increase minimum length limitation for tractor trailer truck combinations, S7886 [10NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out certain major medical facility seismic safety projects for which appropriations were made (S. 2422), S8885 [18DE]

——— carry out certain major medical facility seismic safety projects for which appropriations were made (S. 833), S1710 [23MR]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans and out-leases to provide critical services for such veterans (S. 2013), S6535 [9SE]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 203), S718 [3FE]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (S. 1170), S2578 [30AP]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (S. 2171), S7274 [8OC]

Drought: provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (S. 1894), S6141 [29JY]

Drozd, Dale A.: confirmation as district judge, S7157 [6OC]

Drugs: improve prosecution of the sale and distribution of synthetic drugs known as analogues (S. 36), S19 [6JA]

Education: improve public school system by implementing local control funding formulas, expanding charter schools, and providing support services to at-risk students, S5124 [15JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4915 [9JY], S5124 [15JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), motion to proceed, S7229–S7231 [8OC]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), S7999 [17NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), S7999 [17NO]

——— eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel, S235 [16JA]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (S. 28), S15 [6JA]

FAA: protect the safety of the national airspace system from the hazardous operation of consumer drones (S. 1608), S4300 [18JN]

FDA: ensure safety of cosmetics (S. 1014), S2274 [20AP]

——— preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of animal diseases in order to minimize development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (S. 621), S1218 [2MR]

FEMA: allow rebuilding, without elevation, of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones that are damaged by fire (S. 487), S986 [12FE]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows, S7240 [8OC]

——— obligate gun dealers to use a prohibited person background check for every firearm sale or transfer, S7240 [8OC]

Flowers: express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day (S. Res. 166), S2608 [4MY]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S3286 [22MY]

France: tribute to U.S. citizens and other individuals who helped foil a terrorist attack on a French train (S. Res. 259), S6818 [17SE]

Golden State Warriors (basketball team): tribute, S4238 [17JN]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (S. Res. 216), S4655 [25JN]

Immigration: hold sanctuary jurisdictions accountable, increase penalties for those who illegally reenter U.S., and provide protection for local law enforcement who cooperate with Federal law enforcement (S. 2146), motion to proceed, S7317, S7338 [20OC]

——— increase penalties for those who illegally reenter the U.S. after being removed (S. 2193), S7746 [4NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S812 [5FE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, S3994 [10JN]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7329, S7330, S7338 [20OC], S7376, S7378, S7381 [21OC], S7431, S7434, S7435 [22OC], S7500, S7504, S7507, S7520, S7521 [27OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), motion to proceed, S6257, S6260 [4AU], S6329, S6331 [5AU]

——— ensure personally identifiable information is stripped out of shared cybersecurity information if the entities reasonably believe the information is not related to a cyber threat, S7504 [27OC]

——— prohibit Freedom of Information Act exemption relative to enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, S7507 [27OC]

——— prohibit liability immunity from applying to private entities that break user or privacy agreements with customers, S7435 [22OC]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6498 [9SE], S6783, S6784 [17SE]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S2720 [7MY]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3286 [22MY]

Law enforcement: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents under authorizations for use of military force without charge or trial (S. 24), S13 [6JA]

Liu Xiaobo Plaza, Washington, DC: designate (S. Res. 224), unanimous-consent request, S6922 [24SE], S7438 [22OC], S7746 [4NO]

Lynch, Loretta E.: nomination to be Attorney General, S2370 [23AP]

National Adoption Day: observance, S8153 [19NO]

National Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 60), S675 [30JA]

Nepal: authorize preferential treatment for certain imports (S. 81), S61 [7JA]

——— provide nonsensitive exports duty-free treatment in the U.S. market, S3286 [22MY]

Nuclear Waste Administration: establish (S. 854), S1783 [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), S6498 [9SE], S6783, S6784 [17SE], S6913 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to instruct conferees, S7886 [10NO]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2720 [7MY]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8346 [3DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), S6121 [29JY]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, S6913 [24SE]

——— support, and condemn tactics used in video of official discussing the practice of harvesting of fetal organs after abortions for medical research, S6121 [29JY]

——— support and recognize importance of services to communities, S8302 [2DE]

Privacy: 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, S3303 [22MY], S3314 [23MY], S3326 [31MY]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Res. 299), S7597 [28OC]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S7886 [10NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), S7586 [28OC]

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area: establish (S. 630), S1250 [3MR]

San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (S. 596), S1165 [26FE]

SBA: make Community Advantage Pilot Program permanent (S. 2125), S7104 [1OC]

Securities: provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales, S82, S84 [8JA]

Starzak, Alissa M.: nomination to be Dept. of the Army General Counsel, S8627 [14DE]

Tan, Shirley Constantino: relief (S. 2029), S6653 [15SE]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), S3286 [22MY]

Terrorism: require reporting by technology companies of terrorist activities and the unlawful distribution of information relating to explosives (S. 2372), S8497 [8DE]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, S3286 [22MY]

Women: require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (S. 370), S775 [4FE]

Xi Jinping: U.S. visit by Chinese President, S6922 [24SE]

Statements

Human Rights Groups Applaud Legislation Reaffirming U.S. Prohibition on Torture: Several Human Rights Organizations, S4180 [16JN]

September 11th Families Support the Reinforcement of Ban on Torture: 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (organization), S4179 [16JN]

Texts of

S. 140, Combat Human Trafficking Act, S106 [8JA]

S. 256, amend Dept. of HUD definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth, S543 [27JA]

S. 596, San Francisco Bay Restoration Act, S1165 [26FE]

S. 630, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act, S1251 [3MR]

S. 1369, Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act, S3062 [19MY]

Tributes

Goco, Lorenzo, S462 [26JA]

Jones, Daniel J., S8374 [3DE]