SESSIONS, JEFF (a Senator from Alabama)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1929, S1955 [25MR], S2069, S2078 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S439 [22JA]

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), S3658, S3696, S3713 [3JN], S3810, S3815, S3840 [4JN], S3868 [8JN], S3939, S3947, S3949, S3970, S3971 [9JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S8168 [19NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4864 [8JY], S4955 [9JY]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2941 [14MY]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2158, S2178 [14AP]

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), S5727 [26JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), S2435 [27AP]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2158, S2178 [14AP]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S7283 [9OC]

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

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

Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, S739 [3FE]

Senate National Security Working Group, S1083 [24FE]

Articles and editorials

‘Fast Track’ to Nowhere—Congress Shouldn’t Give Obama Power To Ram Through TPP, Daniel DiMicco, Forbes (publication), S2738 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see S. 2066), S7103 [1OC]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see S. 48), S900 [10FE]

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

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

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

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 334), S7160 [6OC]

Armed Forces: improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improve structural security (see S. 1819), S6297 [4AU]

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

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 88), S1248 [3MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 301), S859 [9FE]

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

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

Bureau of Prisons: provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry firearms (see S. 368), S7722 [3NO]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see S. 2034), S6700 [16SE]

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]

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

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see S. 1890), S8161 [19NO]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see S. 682), S4022 [10JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 201), S542 [27JA]

Dept. of Defense: extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations relative to transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see S. 165), S284 [20JA]

——— inform Dept. of Justice of persons required to register as sex offenders (see S. 409), S1120 [25FE]

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

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

——— coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (see S. 2248), S7967 [16NO]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit implementation of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule (see S. 1909), S6187 [30JY]

Dept. of Justice: curtail the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund (see S. 1495), S3926 [9JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see S. 167), S348 [21JA]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (see S.J. Res. 10), S2174 [14AP]

——— disapprove law repealing exemption allowing religiously affiliated educational institutions to discriminate against gay and lesbian student groups (see S.J. Res. 11), S2174 [14AP]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 265), S7722 [3NO]

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

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 233), S591 [28JA]

——— expand the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (see S. 1032), S2301 [21AP]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see S. 678), S1336 [9MR]

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

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

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

——— extend timeline to review and revise ambient air quality standards and delay decision on proposal to revise ozone standards (see S. 640), S3861 [8JN]

——— fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see S. 1324), S2972 [18MY]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see S. 751), S3679 [3JN]

——— require decisions on whether naturally occurring or ‘‘exceptional’’ events cause air quality standard violations to be based on a preponderance of evidence and accord deference to State and local findings (see S. 638), S3861 [8JN]

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (see S. 571), S5455 [22JY]

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

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

——— repeal or revise one or more existing regulations before issuing a new regulation (see S. 1944), S8161 [19NO]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see S. 435), S900 [10FE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 498), S1439 [11MR]

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

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

France: condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, offer condolences to families of the victims, express solidarity with the people of France, and support pursuit of justice against those involved in such attacks (see S. Res. 313), S7966 [16NO]

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

Freedom of religion: call for protection of religious minority rights and freedoms worldwide (see S. Res. 69), S860 [9FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see S. 264), S901 [10FE]

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

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

Immigration: extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed (see S. 291), S590 [28JA]

——— improve the H–1B visa program and repeal the diversity visa lottery program (see S. 2394), S8602 [10DE]

——— protect U.S. jobs by reducing number of visas available under H–1B nonimmigrant worker visa program and prioritize allocation of such visas based on salary (see S. 2365), S8494 [8DE]

——— reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the U.S. (see S. 2266), S7968 [16NO]

Insurance: provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength or when the FDIC places a lien against insurance company assets (see S. 798), S3456 [2JN]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 269), S1336 [9MR]

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

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

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see S. 1982), S7724 [3NO]

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]

Medicaid: extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (see S. 599), S2972 [18MY]

Medicare: provide for fairness in hospital payments (see S. 1135), S2972 [18MY]

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

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

National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer: establish (see S. 222), S347 [21JA]

National security: authorize access to certain records, make permanent certain authorities on roving surveillance, individual terrorists, and foreign surveillance, and modify access requirements for telecommunications records (see S. 2344), S8637 [14DE]

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

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

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

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (see S. 933), S2972 [18MY]

——— clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see S. 2015), S6976 [28SE]

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

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

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (see S. 933), S2972 [18MY]

Parks, Rosa: anniversary of refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL (see S. Res. 322), S8191 [30NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 12), S59 [7JA]

——— provide States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the small group market (see S. 1099), S6939 [24SE]

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

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

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see S. 1836), S6468 [8SE]

Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see S. 490), S982 [12FE]

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

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

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

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

SSA: prohibit issuance of Social Security numbers to individuals given deferred action under immigration Executive actions (see S. 748), S1528 [16MR]

States: provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (see S. 1045), S2352 [22AP]

Taxation: provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see S. 352), S1495 [12MR]

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

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

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

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

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

Veterans: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine (see S. 2170), S7272 [8OC]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S.J. Res. 22), S6809 [17SE]

Wildlife: clarify that intrastate species are not in interstate commerce or subject to regulation under the Endangered Species Act or other Federal interstate commerce laws (see S. 1142), S2972 [18MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

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

Immigration: ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody (see S. 1842), S5455 [22JY]

——— improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see S. 1640), S4345 [22JN]

National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 115), S1891 [25MR]

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

National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer: establish (see S. 216), S347 [21JA]

Certificates of election

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Cloture motions

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

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

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

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

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

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, S7249 [8OC], S7323 [20OC]

Court decisions

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Texas, et al. v. U.S., on Executive orders to implement immigration reform: misrepresentations by Dept. of Justice lawyers, S2827 [13MY]

Discharge petitions signed 

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), S7965 [16NO]

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

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (S.J. Res. 8), S1072 [24FE]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [6JA]

Privilege of the floor

Pilcher, Eddie, S3974 [9JN]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), motion to proceed, S6830 [21SE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S8717 [16DE], S8853 [18DE]

——— making continuing, S6830 [21SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S704 [2FE]

——— deficit, S8853 [18DE]

——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, S7616 [29OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1975 [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 (S. 527), S1137 [26FE]

Cleveland, Charles (Chick): Congressional Gold Medal recipient, S2930 [14MY]

Climate: express agreement that climate change is real and is not a hoax, S515–S518 [27JA]

Coast Guard: anniversary, S585 [28JA]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S515 [27JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), motion to proceed, S180 [13JA]

Courts: Federal circuit court decision relative to use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S7956 [10NO]

Crime: reform and establish mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses to provide more flexibility and reduce recidivism among Federal inmates (S. 2123), S7253–S7256 [8OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3655 [3JN], S3908 [9JN], S3995 [10JN]

——— overseas contingency operations funding, S3908 [9JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: implement entry-exit visa system, S138–S140 [12JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to proceed, S668 [30JA], S703–S705 [2FE], S716 [3FE], S748, S749, S761, S799 [4FE], S807, S823 [5FE], S845, S846 [9FE], S956–S958 [12FE], S1048, S1050 [24FE], S1135 [26FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment, S3267 [22MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), House amendment, S8717 [16DE], S8853 [18DE]

Economy: revitalize the middle class, S2955 [18MY]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S2736–S2739 [7MY], S2911, S2912 [14MY], S2955, S2957 [18MY], S3027 [19MY], S3203 [21MY], S3267 [22MY], S4282–S4287 [18JN]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy and job creation, S3204 [21MY]

——— prohibit fast-track trade promotion authority to negotiate any agreement that would affect or overrule existing law without congressional approval, S3027 [19MY]

Hurricanes: impact of Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey, S7615 [29OC]

Immigration: express disapproval of the President’s plan to accept Syrian refugees, S8146–S8148 [19NO], S8718 [16DE]

——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, S824–S826 [5FE]

——— impact of sanctuary cities on public safety and enforcement of immigration laws, S4832 [8JY]

——— improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (S. 1640), S4833 [8JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S668–S671 [30JA], S703–S705 [2FE], S716 [3FE], S748, S749, S761, S799 [4FE], S807, S823 [5FE], S845, S846 [9FE], S956–S958 [12FE], S1048, S1050 [24FE], S1135 [26FE], S8718 [16DE]

——— reform, S4832–S4834 [8JY], S8717–S8720 [16DE]

——— reform H–2B seasonal nonimmigrant worker visa program, S8717 [16DE]

——— suspend visas to countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country or have an excessive repatriation failure rate, S4834 [8JY]

——— suspend visas to countries with high overstay rates, S4834 [8JY]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6680 [16SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2955, S2957 [18MY], S3027 [19MY], S3203 [21MY], S3267 [22MY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), House amendment, S7616 [29OC]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), motion to proceed, S2736–S2739 [7MY], S2911, S2912 [14MY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), unanimous-consent request, S3026 [19MY]

Law enforcement officers: tribute, S180 [13JA]

Lynch, Loretta E.: nomination to be Attorney General, S1518 [16MR], S2363 [23AP]

——— suitability to be Attorney General relative to position on Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S1518–S1520 [16MR], S2363–S2366 [23AP]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, S1975 [26MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2100–S2103 [13AP], S2147, S2160 [14AP]

NATO: require member countries to commit a certain amount of national income to defense, S3995 [10JN]

Obama, President: constitutionality of Executive actions, S2828 [13MY]

——— evaluation of war on terrorism and Middle East policies, S6680–S6682 [16SE]

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), S6680 [16SE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S8262 [2DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8262 [2DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, S6830 [21SE]

Point of order, S2161 [14AP]

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 (S. 1123), S2711 [7MY]

——— 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, S3283–S3285 [22MY]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, S2736 [7MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds and disability insurance program, S7617 [29OC]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2100–S2103 [13AP], S2147, S2160 [14AP]

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, S4282–S4287 [18JN]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S8717 [16DE], S8853 [18DE]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: concerns over currency manipulations, S7896 [10NO]

——— ratification, S2736–S2739 [7MY], S2911, S2912 [14MY], S2955, S2957 [18MY], S3203 [21MY], S3267 [22MY], S4282–S4287 [18JN], S7895 [10NO]

——— require approval of Congress before additional countries may join, S3027 [19MY]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission: establish, S7895 [10NO]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit inclusion of immigration provisions in trade agreement implementation legislation, S3027 [19MY]

Yates, Sally Quillian: nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S2827 [13MY]

——— suitability to be Deputy Attorney General relative to position on Executive orders to implement immigration reform and supervision of lawyers litigating lawsuits on such Executive orders, S2827–S2829 [13MY]

Tributes

Gray, Fred, Sr., S8633• [14DE]

Horsley, James M., S7045• [30SE]

Mayo, Leffrich, Sr. (Tim), S8374 [3DE]

Meehan, William A., S1334• [9MR]

Moore, Harold G., Jr., S8683• [15DE]

Pilcher, Eddie, S3908 [9JN]

Schlafly, Phyllis, S1494• [12MR]

Tankersley, Will H., S8880• [18DE]

Terry, William J., S7002• [29SE]

Thomas, David L., Sr., S767• [4FE]

Williamson, Donald E., S7717• [3NO]