SANDERS, BERNARD (a Senator from Vermont)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1731 [23MR], S1741, S1744, S1762, S1765, S1798, S1805, S1811 [24MR], S1847, S1862, S1908, S1926, S1935, S1936, S1943, S1948, S1956 [25MR], S1982, S1984, S1994, S1995, S2018, S2020, S2059, S2061, S2063, S2066, S2071, S2074 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S181, S214, S215 [13JA], S244 [16JA], S284, S296 [20JA], S318, S331 [21JA], S399 [22JA], S518, S542 [27JA], S591 [28JA]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1498 [12MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3778, S3829, S3842 [4JN], S3874 [8JN], S3946 [9JN], S4113 [11JN], S4167 [15JN], S4209 [16JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), S8889 [18DE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4780 [7JY], S4847, S4864, S4887 [8JY], S5066, S5069 [14JY]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S6313 [4AU]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2973, S3005 [18MY], S3083 [19MY], S3185, S3195 [20MY]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2178 [14AP]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5711, S5851, S5852, S5871 [26JY]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8308, S8311 [2DE], S8380, S8393, S8394, S8400 [3DE]

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), S3342 [31MY]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2178 [14AP]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act, S8034 [18NO]

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

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, S946 [11FE]

Articles and editorials

How a Two-Tier Economy Is Reshaping the U.S. Marketplace, Nick Timiraos and Kris Hudson, Wall Street Journal, S751 [4FE]

Jimmy Carter—The U.S. Is an ‘‘Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery,’’ Jon Schwarz, Intercept (Internet site), S6257 [4AU]

Report Cites Forced Labor in Malaysia’s Electronics Industry, Steven Greenhouse, New York (NY) Times, S2375 [23AP]

Young Black High School Grads Face Astonishing Underemployment, Alyssa Davis, Economic Policy Institute (Internet site), S4822 [8JY]

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]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see S. 1831), S7103 [1OC]

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

Arctic Ocean: prohibit drilling (see S. 1794), S5170 [16JY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 862), S2174 [14AP]

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

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see S. 746), S3926 [9JN]

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]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see S. 134), S7345 [20OC]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see S. 1133), S2530 [29AP]

Credit: enhance accuracy, ensure consumers receive information, improve transparency of agencies, and provide a means to dispute errors relative to credit reporting (see S. 1847), S5526 [23JY]

——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see S. 1981), S6380 [5AU]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see S. 1559), S7006 [29SE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 299), S3060 [19MY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 1539), S7047 [30SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 613), S7047 [30SE]

——— improve the child and adult care food program (see S. 1833), S6435 [6AU]

——— increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (see S. 1796), S5170 [16JY]

——— modify exception to the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants (see S. 2420), S8794 [17DE]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (see S. 569), S6652 [15SE]

Dept. of Defense: provide for auditable financial statements (see S. 327), S859 [9FE]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see S. 831), S1708 [23MR]

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1766), S6895 [22SE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 793), S2111 [13AP]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see S. 197), S698 [2FE]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see S. 590), S6652 [15SE]

Dept. of Energy: assess impact on the public interest prior to approval of additional permits to export natural gas (see S. 585), S1161 [26FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see S. 864), S5527 [23JY]

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

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 551), S8160 [19NO]

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

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]

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

——— restore mandatory funding status of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see S. 1925), S6384 [5AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a program to support veterans in contact with the criminal justice system by discouraging unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and other nonviolent crimes (see S. 2120), S7102 [1OC]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 681), S2689 [6MY]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see S. 901), S7006 [29SE]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see S. 167), S201 [13JA]

——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see S. 1085), S2475 [28AP]

——— improve provision of assistance and benefits to veterans who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or occupying temporary housing (see S. 1885), S6136 [29JY]

——— improve use of opioids in treating veterans, improve patient advocacy, and expand availability of complementary and integrative health (see S. 1641), S4346 [22JN]

——— modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 1257), S2730 [7MY]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see S. 398), S2401 [23AP]

——— suspend and remove employees for performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety and improve accountability of employees (see S. 1856), S5526 [23JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve reproductive assistance to severely wounded, ill, or injured Armed Forces members, veterans, and their spouses or partners and make child care program permanent (see S. 469), S926 [11FE]

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

District of Columbia: statehood (see S. 1688), S4648 [25JN]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 502), S7220 [7OC]

——— increase access to opioid addiction treatment by expanding ability of medical professionals to provide medication-assisted therapies (see S. 1455), S8603 [10DE]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 1380), S3059 [19MY]

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

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 497), S982 [12FE]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see S. 1772), S5129 [15JY]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 28), S7491 [26OC]

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), S3059 [19MY]

——— provide workplace protections relative to the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see S. 2208), S7546 [27OC]

FCC: prohibit debt collectors from making robocalls to individuals’ cell phones (see S. 2235), S7771 [4NO]

——— promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (see S. 40), S57 [7JA]

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

Federal aid programs: prohibit administrative offset of Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefit payments with respect to claims arising from Federal debts (see S. 2387), S8602 [10DE]

——— provide for a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, SSI beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits (see S. 2251), S7814 [5NO]

Federal employees: prevent conflicts of interest by prohibiting bonuses from former private sector employers, increase lobbying prohibitions, and address associations between financial regulators and former clients or employers (see S. 1779), S5212 [21JY]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see S. 554), S1075 [24FE] (see S. 2035), S6940 [24SE]

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

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see S. 1726), S7595 [28OC]

——— limit ability of banks to engage in certain risky activities and conflicts of interest and restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see S. 1709), S5171 [16JY]

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]

——— 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: prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see S. 1214), S4138 [15JN]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1121), S2731 [7MY]

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]

——— issue prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for employment taxes and prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see S. 2252), S7814 [5NO]

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: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see S. 890), S2651 [5MY]

——— reauthorize (see S. 1925), S6384 [5AU]

Law enforcement: clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the U.S. (see S. 1377), S3059 [19MY]

——— 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), S6240 [3AU]

——— prohibit racial profiling (see S. 1056), S6810 [17SE]

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

——— extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 737), S1495 [12MR]

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

——— increase access to ambulance services and reform payments for such services (see S. 377), S2599 [4MY]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see S. 2148), S7219 [7OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see S. 857), S4687 [7JY]

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

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 31), S11 [6JA]

Mental health: protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see S. Res. 184), S3238 [21MY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 928), S2172 [14AP]

NLRB: strengthen protections for employees wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment and provide stronger remedies for interference with these rights (see S. 2042), S6811 [17SE]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see S. 403), S833 [5FE]

NRC: prohibit certain waivers and exemptions from emergency preparedness and response and security regulations for spent fuel stored at closed nuclear reactors (see S. 944), S2220 [15AP]

——— require nuclear reactor operators to expand emergency planning zones and develop plans for dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel (see S. 945), S2220 [15AP]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 192), S283 [20JA]

OPM: provide complimentary, comprehensive identity protection coverage to all individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data breaches at Federal agencies (see S. 1746), S7006 [29SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage and ensure resulting revenue loss is offset (see S. 2075), S6938 [24SE]

Pensions: provide greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans, expand access to retirement savings, and increase financial literacy (see S. 2110), S7492 [26OC]

Pharmaceuticals: allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (see S. 122), S2794 [12MY]

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

——— reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 1538), S4021 [10JN]

Pope Francis: support encyclical on global warming and climate change (see S. Res. 244), S6381 [5AU]

Power resources: stop all new and nonproducing Federal leases for oil, gas, or coal extraction on public lands and waters (see S. 2238), S7771 [4NO]

Privacy: improve privacy of electronic communications (see S. 356), S7304 [19OC]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 160), S2568 [30AP]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see S. 1043), S2475 [28AP]

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), S5129 [15JY]

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

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 311), S6938 [24SE]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 439), S2110 [13AP]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 1925), S6384 [5AU]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 366), S772 [4FE]

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]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 786), S4022 [10JN]

SSI: update eligibility (see S. 1387), S3060 [19MY]

Taxation: expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1212), S2935 [14MY]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see S. 1127), S6699 [16SE]

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

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

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 330), S7005 [29SE]

——— make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit and provide equitable treatment relative to the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 2203), S7470 [22OC]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 198), S421 [22JA]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (see S. 608), S2651 [5MY]

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

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 440), S900 [10FE]

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

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

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

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

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend to protect vulnerable populations from toxic chemicals (see S. 725), S1494 [12MR]

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

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 271), S2272 [20AP]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 1493), S3678 [3JN]

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]

——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (see S. 772), S1628 [18MR]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 713), S1529 [16MR]

——— 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), S4347 [22JN]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see S. 2242), S7814 [5NO]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see S.J. Res. 4), S348 [21JA]

Correctional institutions: eliminate private prisons, reinstate Federal parole system, increase oversight of companies providing inmate services, and end detention quotas and improve monitoring relative to immigrants (see S. 2054), S6809 [17SE]

Dept. of Education: eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, reduce interest rates and allow for refinancing of student loans, expand work study program, and simplify student aid application process (see S. 1373), S3059 [19MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a State residential building energy efficiency upgrades loan pilot program (see S. 878), S2040 [26MR]

——— provide loans and grants for solar installations in low-income and underserved areas (see S. 1713), S4686 [7JY]

Dept. of Labor: provide for youth jobs (see S. 1506), S3776 [4JN]

Drugs: limit application of Federal laws to distribution and consumption of marijuana (see S. 2237), S7771 [4NO]

Employment: assist workers who have lost jobs or had a reduction in wages or hours due to the transition to clean energy and establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations (see S. 2398), S8602 [10DE]

——— require employers to provide a certain amount of paid vacation time to eligible employees (see S. 1564), S4103 [11JN]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ‘‘Too Big To Fail’’ through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (see S. 1206), S2687 [6MY]

Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.: amend charter to remove certain restrictions (see S. 1366), S2971 [18MY]

Health: improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (see S. 570), S1118 [25FE]

Infrastructure: improve (see S. 268), S541 [27JA]

Medicaid: require payment of an additional rebate to State plans in the case of increase in the price of a generic drug at a rate that is greater than the rate of inflation (see S. 1364), S2971 [18MY]

Minimum wage: increase (see S. 1832), S5455 [22JY]

NLRB: establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations (see S. 2142), S7160 [6OC]

NRC: ensure State and local communities participate in development of nuclear plant decommissioning plans and require public approval or rejection of such proposed plans (see S. 964), S2220 [15AP]

Pensions: modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (see S. 1631), S4298 [18JN]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (see S. 2023), S6604 [10SE]

Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production (see S. 1041), S2351 [22AP]

——— provide for emissions reductions (see S. 2399), S8602 [10DE]

Social Security: enhance benefits and ensure long-term solvency (see S. 731), S1494 [12MR]

Taxation: end deferral of foreign source income of U.S. companies, close certain foreign tax credit loopholes, and prevent U.S. tax avoidance (see S. 922), S2172 [14AP]

——— extend certain expiring energy tax incentives (see S. 2391), S8602 [10DE]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in families and communities, improve infrastructure and the environment, strengthen financial security, expand opportunity, and reduce market volatility (see S. 1371), S3059 [19MY]

——— reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes, reduce estate value exemption level, include a billionaire’s surtax, tax dynasty trusts, and protect farmland and conservation easements (see S. 1677), S4648 [25JN]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see S. 1969), S6380 [5AU]

——— establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (see S. 1970), S6380 [5AU]

Essays

State of the Union: Alicia Muir, S343 [21JA]

——— Caroline Arthaud, S274• [20JA]

——— Connor Drown, S275• [20JA]

——— Craig Pelsor, S23• [16JA]

——— Curtis Richardson, S343 [21JA]

——— Eli Hulse, S342 [21JA]

——— Emily (Emery) Mead, S343 [21JA]

——— Freidemann Schmidt, S343 [21JA]

——— Hadley Menk, S237• [16JA]

——— Har Wa Bi, S275• [20JA]

——— Jacob Gallow, S276• [20JA]

——— Kathy Joseph, S342 [21JA]

——— Leo Lehrer-Small, S236• [16JA]

——— Liam Gibbons, S342 [21JA]

——— Peter Camardo, S275• [20JA]

——— Ryan Taggard, S237• [16JA]

——— Sam Anglum, S274• [20JA]

——— Sophia Seman, S344 [21JA]

——— Spencer Eckert, S276• [20JA]

——— Taylor Devaney, S275• [20JA]

Letters

Consensus scientific view relative to global climate change: several scientific organizations (2009), S182 [13JA], S319 [21JA]

Financial effects of elimination of cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S815 [5FE]

Reallocate funds from Old-Age and Survivors Disability Insurance Fund to Social Security Disability Insurance program: Joyce A. Rogers, AARP, S813 [5FE]

——— Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, S814 [5FE]

Lists

Organizations that agree with majority of worldwide scientific community that global climate change is real and caused by human activities, S181 [13JA], S318 [21JA]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S2199, S2202, S2205 [15AP]

Privilege of the floor

Wilson, Adria, S67 [7JA]

Remarks

Air pollution: create a point of order against any legislation that would create a tax or fee on carbon emissions, S1868 [25MR]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S5513 [23JY]

Armed Forces: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to offset costs of combating threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S1994 [26MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1421–S1423 [11MR]

——— deficit, S1696 [23MR]

——— raise taxes and spending, S1768 [24MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1678, S1680, S1687, S1690, S1696, S1697, S1701 [23MR], S1741, S1742, S1744, S1748, S1750, S1754, S1762, S1763, S1765, S1766, S1767, S1768 [24MR], S1840, S1841, S1842, S1847, S1868, S1870, S1872, S1873 [25MR], S1962, S1980, S1982, S1983, S1985, S1986, S1987, S1994, S1999, S2000, S2004, S2005, S2006, S2013 [26MR], S2191, S2195, S2197, S2207 [15AP]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, S2615, S2640 [5MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), motion to instruct conferees, S2199, S2202, S2205, S2207, S2208, S2209 [15AP]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law, S7621 [29OC]

Charleston, SC: offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting, S4337 [22JN]

Civil rights: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S1754, S1766 [24MR]

——— historical progress, S4337 [22JN]

Climate: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to recognize that climate change is real and caused by human activity and that Congress needs to take action to cut carbon pollution, S1870 [25MR]

——— express agreement with majority of worldwide scientific community that climate change is real and caused by human activities, and encourage research and development in clean fossil fuel technology, S393 [22JA]

——— express agreement with majority of worldwide scientific community that climate change is real and caused by human activities, and encourage shift away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy, S181–S183 [13JA], S318, S319, S331 [21JA], S375, S393 [22JA]

——— global warming, S8607–S8609 [10DE]

——— impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, S320 [21JA]

——— impact of global warming on rising sea levels, S320 [21JA]

Colorado Springs, CO: condemn attack and offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., clinic shooting, S8211 [1DE]

Committee on Finance (Senate): authority to meet during Senate session, unanimous-consent request, S2317 [22AP]

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

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S49 [7JA], S318, S319, S331 [21JA], S375, S393, S403 [22JA], S518 [27JA], S568 [28JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), motion to proceed, S181 [13JA]

Dept. of Defense: funding, S1696 [23MR], S1985 [26MR]

——— funding through reductions in discretionary spending, S1986 [26MR]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans, S1840, S1841, S1842 [25MR]

——— eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, reduce interest rates and allow for refinancing of student loans, expand work study program, and simplify student aid application process (S. 1373), S3278 [22MY]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce overlapping student loan repayment programs, S1842 [25MR]

Dept. of Energy: provide rebates for the purchase and installation of new solar energy systems, S518 [27JA], S568 [28JA]

Dept. of HHS: Community Health Center Fund funding, S2513 [29AP]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S4529 [23JN]

——— provide for youth jobs (S. 1506), S3917 [9JN], S4823 [8JY]

——— provide grants to States and local governments for summer and year-round employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth and for academic and occupational learning programs, S5112 [15JY], S5139 [16JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect and strengthen, S1765 [24MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide health care to veterans who have a geographic inaccessibility to care, S1987 [26MR]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 203), S719 [3FE]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), S6164 [30JY]

Drugs: decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana similar to the power to regulate alcohol, S7620 [29OC]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S645–S648 [29JA], S750–S752 [4FE], S1105 [25FE], S1422 [11MR], S1678–S1680 [23MR], S1741, S1756 [24MR], S2191 [15AP], S2615 [5MY], S4821 [8JY], S6881 [22SE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S36 [7JA], S645–S648 [29JA], S750–S752 [4FE]

——— revitalize the middle class, S36 [7JA], S645–S648 [29JA], S750–S752 [4FE], S1105 [25FE], S1421–S1423 [11MR]

Education: funding, S1756 [24MR]

Elections: assessment of voter turnout, S36 [7JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4822, S4823 [8JY], S5112 [15JY], S5139 [16JY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 497), S4108 [11JN]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation to allow Americans to earn paid sick time, S2205 [15AP]

——— require employers to provide a certain amount of paid vacation time to eligible employees (S. 1564), S4108 [11JN]

Financial institutions: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to end ‘‘too big to fail’’ bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks, S2208 [15AP]

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, S4337 [22JN]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S2783 [12MY], S2908 [14MY], S3277 [22MY], S4529 [23JN]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (S. 995), S2317, S2321–S2323 [22AP], S2374–S2377 [23AP]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy, job creation, and environmental protections, S1146 [26FE]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy, job creation, and human rights, S2374–S2377 [23AP]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy and job creation, S2321–S2323 [22AP], S2783 [12MY]

GAO: release of report on senior citizen hunger, S4196 [16JN]

Infrastructure: improve (S. 268), S518 [27JA]

——— improvement funding through closing certain tax loopholes for offshore corporations, S1698, S1701 [23MR], S1742, S1748, S1750 [24MR], S2205 [15AP]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6504 [9SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3277 [22MY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), motion to proceed, S2783 [12MY], S2908 [14MY]

Israel: establish a deficit-neutral fund relative to support of Israel, S1872 [25MR]

Leahy, Senator: tribute to casting 15,000th vote, S7506 [27OC]

Medicaid: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically complex children, S1744, S1750 [24MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S1744, S1750 [24MR]

——— funding, S1755 [24MR]

——— protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S1985 [26MR]

Medicare: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to reforming sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1870 [25MR]

Minimum wage: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting a substantial increase, S1983 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow States to raise the minimum wage above the Federal level, S2006 [26MR]

——— increase, S4821 [8JY]

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, S3278 [22MY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (S. 192), S4196 [16JN], S5206 [21JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, S1992 [26MR]

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), S6504 [9SE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S1686 [23MR], S8211 [1DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal, S1697, S1701 [23MR], S1755 [24MR]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8211 [1DE]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (S. 2023), S6997, S6998 [29SE]

Point of order, S2010 [26MR]

Political campaigns: call for public financing of elections, S6256, S6257 [4AU]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, S518 [27JA]

Pope Francis: characterization of inspirational statements, S6880 [22SE]

——— U.S. visit, S6880 [22SE]

Postal Service: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform Postal Service, S2004 [26MR], S2202, S2208 [15AP]

Privacy: call for comprehensive review of all data collected by public and private entities relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, S3278 [22MY]

——— 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, S3278 [22MY]

Public debt: create a point of order against increasing the public debt ceiling under reconciliation, S2013 [26MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), S6164 [30JY]

Social Security: create a point of order against any legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize, S1762, S1763, S1767 [24MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund against any legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize, S2199 [15AP]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S2209 [15AP]

——— protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program, S968–S970 [12FE]

——— reallocate funds from the Old-Age and Survivors Disability Insurance fund to the Social Security Disability Insurance program, S813 [5FE]

——— reform, S4821 [8JY]

——— solvency, S815 [5FE]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (S. 786), S4108 [11JN]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S6881 [22SE]

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), House amendment, S4529 [23JN]

——— eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, S815 [5FE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently repeal estate tax, S2000 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent U.S. jobs from moving overseas by reducing the corporate tax rate, S2005 [26MR]

——— extend certain expiring energy tax incentives (S. 2391), S8607–S8609 [10DE]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, S1146 [26FE], S2374–S2377 [23AP], S2908 [14MY]

Unemployment: youth and young adult unemployment rate, S3917 [9JN]

Votes: position on missed, S2792 [12MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S752 [4FE]

Tables

Price comparison of prescription drugs offered in the U.S. and Canada, S6997 [29SE]

Tributes

Davis, Edward M., III (Sandy), S6129 [29JY]

Fiermonte, Frank, S7344• [20OC]

Leach, Steven, S2684• [6MY]

Lehrer-Small, Leo, S236• [16JA]

Menk, Hadley, S236• [16JA]

Pelsor, Craig, S236• [16JA]

Roth, William D., S1659• [19MR]

Taggard, Ryan, S236• [16JA]