WYDEN, RON (a Senator from Oregon)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1731 [23MR], S1741, S1744, S1751, S1762, S1782, S1795, S1798, S1799, S1800, S1805, S1806, S1811 [24MR], S1868, S1875, S1877, S1880, S1893, S1894, S1905, S1908, S1916, S1927, S1928, S1930, S1932, S1942 [25MR], S1984, S1988, S1996, S2020, S2044, S2059, S2066, S2068, S2069, S2071, S2073, S2078, S2079 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S215 [13JA], S335 [21JA], S421, S422, S443 [22JA]

Contracts: prohibit use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict ability of consumers to communicate relative to goods or services that were the subject of the contract (S. 2044), S8638, S8639 [14DE]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S1529 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3667, S3690, S3698, S3717 [3JN], S3797, S3808, S3809, S3822 [4JN], S3866, S3876 [8JN], S3914, S3926, S3927, S3935, S3936, S3938, S3958, S3963, S3965 [9JN], S4023 [10JN], S4139, S4166 [15JN], S4204 [16JN], S4265 [18JN]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4780 [7JY], S4864 [8JY], S4955, S4973 [9JY], S5033, S5066, S5069 [14JY], S5103, S5130 [15JY]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S6322 [4AU], S6411, S6419 [5AU], S7334, S7336 [20OC], S7381, S7414 [21OC]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S3061, S3081 [19MY], S3185 [20MY]

Medicare: increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (S. 971), S2319, S2358 [22AP]

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

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (H.R. 2297), S8081 [18NO]

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), S5553, S5554, S5555 [23JY], S5690 [24JY], S5720, S5741, S5845, S5891 [26JY]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8308, S8311 [2DE], S8383, S8385 [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), S3344, S3345, S3346 [31MY], S3408, S3409, S3410 [1JN]

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

Appointments

Committee on Taxation (Joint), S488 [26JA]

Conferee: H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, S7887 [10NO]

——— H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, S4608 [24JN]

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

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]

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

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 358), S4841 [8JY]

——— improve procedures for legal justice for members (see S. 1130), S2530 [29AP]

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

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see S. 729), S1494 [12MR]

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

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

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 94), S1247 [3MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see S. 1473), S6939 [24SE]

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 liberties: protect rights of citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding patchwork of local and State prohibitions (see S. 567), S1118 [25FE] (see S. 1315), S2849 [13MY]

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), S3456 [2JN]

Colleges and universities: support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education (see S. Res. 143), S6535 [9SE]

Contracts: prohibit use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict ability of consumers to communicate relative to goods or services that were the subject of the contract (see S. 2044), S8685 [15DE]

Corps of Engineers: transfer an archaeological collection, commonly referred to as the Kennewick Man or the Ancient One, to the Washington State Dept. of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (see S. 1979), S7220 [7OC]

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

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

Cuba: allow the financing by U.S. persons of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba (see S. 1049), S2652 [5MY]

——— lift trade embargo (see S. 491), S2474 [28AP]

——— lift travel restrictions (see S. 299), S2473 [28AP]

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), S7345 [20OC]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 613), S6382 [5AU]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (see S. 569), S6382 [5AU]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken and institute voluntary program (see S. 1844), S6075 [28JY]

Dept. of Commerce: undertake certain activities to support waterfront community revitalization and resiliency (see S. 1935), S6296 [4AU]

Dept. of Defense: improve energy savings (see S. 1277), S2759 [11MY] (see S. 1528), S3925 [9JN]

——— provide for auditable financial statements (see S. 300), S653 [29JA] (see S. 327), S697 [2FE]

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

Dept. of Education: allow a choice between a fixed amount student loan repayment plan or an income-driven student loan repayment plan for all borrowers (see S. 1948), S6435 [6AU]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 793), S1629 [18MR]

——— award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system (see S. 451), S7594 [28OC]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see S. 197), S859 [9FE]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see S. 590), S1661 [19MR]

——— create a competitive high school redesign program to increase number and percentage of students who graduate from high school ready for college and a career (see S. 696), S4687 [7JY]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see S. 773), S1628 [18MR]

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

——— replace the current requirement for biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review (see S. 1033), S2301 [21AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish the Transition to Independence Medicaid Buy-In Option demonstration program (see S. 1604), S4297 [18JN]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see S. 1588), S4300 [18JN]

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), S8685 [15DE]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see S. 295), S927 [11FE]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 1003), S2245 [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]

Dept. of the Interior: 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. 1925), S6296 [4AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 681), S6652 [15SE]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see S. 743), S2246 [16AP]

——— 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), S4250 [17JN]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see S. 167), S698 [2FE]

——— increase efficiency in recruitment and hiring of health care workers separating from the Armed Forces and create uniform credentialing standards for certain health care professionals (see S. 2279), S7913 [10NO]

——— modify distance requirements regarding eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-departmental facilities (see S. 1463), S3310 [22MY]

——— provide veterans affected by closures of educational institutions certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (see S. 2253), S7814 [5NO]

——— revise definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in recognition of new State definitions of spouse (see S. 270), S541 [27JA]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see S. 207), S698 [2FE]

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

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

Drugs: end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see S. 683), S2850 [13MY]

——— exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see S. 1333), S2850 [13MY]

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

Education: improve early education (see S. 317), S653 [29JA]

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

——— reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (see S. 308), S985 [12FE]

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), S6187 [30JY]

——— 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]

EPA: establish the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (see S. 1394), S3183 [20MY]

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]

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

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), S2111 [13AP]

——— clarify whether an unmanned aircraft conducting aeronautical research flights qualifies for public aircraft status (see S. 387), S832 [5FE]

——— establish an interim rule for the operation of small unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes and their safe integration into the national airspace system (see S. 1314), S6297 [4AU]

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), S3457 [2JN]

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

——— reform and modernize Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program (see S. 1472), S3406 [1JN]

——— revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see S. 1260), S2730 [7MY]

Federal agencies and departments: develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (see S. 779), S1628 [18MR]

——— strengthen independence of inspectors general (see S. 579), S8438 [7DE]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see S. 2189), S7413 [21OC]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see S. 1726), S4953 [9JY]

Fish and fishing: make authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fisheries permanent (see S. 1143), S3310 [22MY]

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]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (see S. 995), S2245 [16AP]

France: condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, offer condolences to families of the victims, express solidarity with the people of France, and reaffirm fundamental freedom of expression (see S. Res. 29), S283 [20JA]

——— 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]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 430), S900 [10FE]

Government: prohibit agencies and contractors from requesting criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (see S. 2021), S8021 [17NO]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 105), S1660 [19MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see S. 1121), S2570 [30AP]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see S. Res. 148), S2400 [23AP]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see S. 615), S2221 [15AP]

——— provide for greater congressional oversight of Iran’s nuclear program (see S. 2119), S7102 [1OC]

Israel: express solidarity with people, condemn Palestinian terrorist attacks, support right to self-defense, call for a stop to violence by Palestinians and an end to Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see S. Res. 302), S7722 [3NO]

Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001: require declassification of certain redacted information (see S. 1471), S3406 [1JN]

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), S2041 [26MR]

——— reauthorize (see S. 1925), S6296 [4AU] (see S. 2165), S7272 [8OC]

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), S5929 [27JY]

——— prohibit racial profiling (see S. 1056), S2352 [22AP]

Medicaid: ensure health insurance continuity for former foster youth (see S. 1852), S6468 [8SE]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 578), S2530 [29AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments for complex rehabilitation technology and radiation therapy services, extend hardship exemptions from electronic health record meaningful use requirements, and strengthen Medicaid integrity (see S. 2425), S8883 [18DE]

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

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 1617), S4688 [7JY]

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

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 2254), S7814 [5NO]

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

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 168), S2973 [18MY]

National Guard: modify and extend the State Partnership Program (see S. 1126), S2529 [29AP]

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

National Retirement Security Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 263), S6894 [22SE]

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

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 236), S6187 [30JY]

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

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

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 928), S6467 [8SE]

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), S7655 [29OC]

NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs (see S. 444), S900 [10FE]

Nuclear Waste Administration: establish (see S. 854), S2246 [16AP]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 192), S5129 [15JY]

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]

Privacy: improve privacy of electronic communications (see S. 356), S985 [12FE]

——— prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1158), S2567 [30AP]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see S. 1205), S5130 [15JY]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (see S. 2031), S6651 [15SE]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see S. 1407), S7304 [19OC]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 262), S1384 [10MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 311), S2934 [14MY]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 439), S900 [10FE]

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

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1513), S4203 [16JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 1925), S6296 [4AU]

Small Business Saturday: observance (see S. Res. 304), S7722 [3NO]

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

Social Security: 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]

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

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see S. 489), S982 [12FE]

Taxation: enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (see S. 661), S1303 [4MR]

——— establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children (see S. 660), S1303 [4MR]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see S. 1947), S7655 [29OC]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see S. 699), S1384 [10MR]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 637), S1246 [3MR]

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

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see S. 851), S1781 [24MR]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see S. 1429), S3237 [21MY]

——— 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]

Technology: improve coordination and use of geospatial data (see S. 740), S2760 [11MY]

Telecommunications: promote competition to preserve the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services (see S. 240), S737 [3FE]

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

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), S541 [27JA]

Voting: provide for voter registration through the Internet (see S. 1088), S2570 [30AP]

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

Women: 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), S8192 [30NO]

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

——— provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (see S. 2321), S8160 [19NO]

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

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

World Press Freedom Day: observance (see S. Res. 207), S4346 [22JN]

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]

——— commemorate anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp, remember the victims, and honor the legacy of the survivors of the Holocaust (see S. Res. 35), S467 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see S. 1562), S4103 [11JN]

Animals: require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (see S. 1498), S3678 [3JN]

Armed Forces: require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see S. 587), S1161 [26FE]

Bahrain: prohibit arms sales (see S. 2009), S6434 [6AU]

BIA: manage the Coquille Forest in accordance with laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land (see S. 816), S1660 [19MR]

Civil liberties: require the Federal Government to obtain warrants when conducting aerial surveillance (see S. 1595), S4250 [17JN]

Computers: clarify definition of ‘‘access without authorization,’’ eliminate redundant laws allowing charges to be brought for violations of such access, and reform penalties for violations (see S. 1030), S2301 [21AP]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see S. 134), S100 [8JA]

Dept. of Education: establish Federal-State higher education financing partnerships in order to reduce tuition for students (see S. 2191), S7413 [21OC]

——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (see S. 1195), S2650 [5MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish competitive grant programs to promote electricity grid modernization (see S. 1232), S2688 [6MY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (see S. 814), S1660 [19MR]

——— convey certain Federal land to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (see S. 815), S1660 [19MR]

——— improve coal royalties by collecting royalties based on actual market value of the coal and increasing transparency and standardizing the royalty collection process (see S. 1891), S6136 [29JY]

——— provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe (see S. 817), S1660 [19MR]

——— restore mandatory funding status of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see S. 517), S983 [12FE] (see S. 2164), S7219 [7OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: regulate tax return preparers (see S. 137), S100 [8JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: treat time spent by Armed Forces Reserve members receiving Dept. of Defense medical care as active duty for purposes of Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program eligibility (see S. 602), S1161 [26FE]

Depts. of Energy and Agriculture: collaborate in promoting the development of efficient, economical, and environmentally sustainable thermally led wood energy systems (see S. 1294), S2794 [12MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see S. 235), S420 [22JA]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit requirement that private entities design or alter their commercial information technology products to facilitate Government surveillance (see S. 135), S100 [8JA]

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]

Federal employees: provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see S. 136), S100 [8JA]

Financial institutions: exclude credit union loans secured by certain non-owner occupied family dwellings from the definition of member business loan (see S. 1440), S3238 [21MY]

Forest Service: designate the Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary (see S. 1448), S3238 [21MY]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 132), S100 [8JA]

Grand Ronde Reservation Act: technical corrections (see S. 818), S1660 [19MR]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (see S. 1058), S2352 [22AP]

Information technology: specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (see S. 237), S420 [22JA]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see S. 1307), S2794 [12MY]

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]

Kids to Parks Day: designate (see S. Res. 154), S2530 [29AP] (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]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see S. 2164), S7219 [7OC]

Library of Congress: expand availability to exemptions to prohibition on copyrighted technological protection measures to facilitate computer security research, personal device maintenance, and technological innovation (see S. 990), S2245 [16AP]

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

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

——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (see S. 971), S2244 [16AP]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments for hospital outpatient department services and complex rehabilitation technology and improve program integrity (see S. 2409), S8725 [16DE]

National Florence Crittenton Mission: rename as the National Critteton Foundation (see S. 1727), S4953 [9JY]

National Kinship Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 266), S6894 [22SE]

Oregon: clarify the Cooper Spur land exchange in the Mount Hood Wilderness (see S. 2069), S6894 [22SE]

——— designate certain land as wilderness and national recreation areas and make additional wild and scenic river designations (see S. 1699), S4648 [25JN]

——— withdraw certain land in Curry and Josephine Counties from coverage under public land laws, mining laws, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws (see S. 346), S736 [3FE]

Oregon Shakespeare Festival: anniversary (see S. Res. 89), S1162 [26FE]

Portland Timbers (soccer team): tribute (see S. Res. 336), S8684 [15DE]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see S. 822), S1660 [19MR]

——— promote geothermal energy (see S. 1057), S2352 [22AP]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: reform (see S. 1337), S2850 [13MY]

Public utilities: expand electric rate-setting authority of States (see S. 1233), S2688 [6MY]

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

Roseburg, OR: express condolences for victims of shooting at Umpqua Community College (see S. Res. 287), S7273 [8OC]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 517), S983 [12FE] (see S. 2164), S7219 [7OC]

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

——— disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 139), S100 [8JA]

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

——— invest child welfare funds to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families to reduce the prevalence and length of foster care (see S. 1964), S6380 [5AU]

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see S. 987), S2244 [16AP]

——— extend and modify the credit for health insurance costs of certain eligible individuals (see S. 1005), S2245 [16AP]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 1186), S2599 [4MY]

——— provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 138), S100 [8JA] (see S. 1954), S6380 [5AU]

——— restrict the insurance business exception to passive foreign investment company rules (see S. 1687), S4648 [25JN]

Explanations

Offshore Reinsurance Tax Fairness Act (S. 1687), S4651 [25JN]

Letters

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: Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks (organization), S7504 [27OC]

Intelligence services enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats: several civil rights organizations, S4007 [10JN]

——— several cybersecurity professionals, S4006 [10JN]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement investor-state dispute settlement provisions: Stephen M. Schwebel, S3290 [22MY]

Motions

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

Privilege of the floor

Brundage, Sara, S4979 [9JY]

Greenlee, Jenni, S4979 [9JY]

Hafner, Daniel, S4979 [9JY]

Jolly, Ernie, S4979 [9JY]

Jones, Rob, S1830 [24MR]

Kay, Jennifer, S3005 [18MY], S4979 [9JY]

Lenahan, Virginia, S1830 [24MR]

Matthews, Baxter, S1830 [24MR]

Matthews, Karen, S1830 [24MR]

Mayther, Nolan, S4979 [9JY]

Menardy, Alexandra, S4979 [9JY]

Miller, Tori, S4979 [9JY]

Mitchell, David, S1830 [24MR]

Mitchell, J’Lill, S4979 [9JY]

Patel, Nikesh, S3005 [18MY], S4979 [9JY]

Phillips, Jennifer, S1830 [24MR]

Puhl, Jacob, S1830 [24MR]

Salizan, Angelique, S4979 [9JY]

Shim, Chris, S1830 [24MR]

Webster, Polly, S1830 [24MR]

Weismuller, Jay, S4979 [9JY]

Williams, Austin, S1830 [24MR]

Remarks

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend, S2907 [14MY]

Animals: require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (S. 1498), S3681 [3JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S8774, S8775 [17DE]

Astoria, OR: tribute to festival commemorating anniversary of ‘‘The Goonies’’, S3775• [4JN]

Bahrain: anniversary of protests, S1071 [24FE]

BIA: manage the Coquille Forest in accordance with laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land (S. 816), S1664 [19MR]

Budget: clarify authority of Committee on Taxation (Joint) to exercise control over revenue estimates during congressional budget process, S4098 [11JN]

——— comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, S2158 [14AP]

——— cut and cap Federal spending and enact balanced budget constitutional amendment (S. 2182), unanimous-consent request, S7627 [29OC]

——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, S7604, S7627, S7637 [29OC], S7666 [30OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1747, S1749, S1767 [24MR], S1835, S1875 [25MR], S1985, S1988, S2005, S2007 [26MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, S2629 [5MY], S4098 [11JN]

Children and youth: prohibit use of child labor in harvesting of cocoa beans, S2835 [13MY]

Civil liberties: require the Federal Government to obtain warrants when conducting aerial surveillance (S. 1595), S4251 [17JN]

Climate: global warming, S4571 [24JN]

Colleges and universities: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to simplify and expand tax incentives for higher education to boost student attendance and completion, S1875 [25MR]

Committee on Finance (Senate): report on investigation of allegations that the 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 tax-exempt status of certain political groups was subject to additional scrutiny by the IRS, S6358 [5AU]

Committees of the Senate: strike budget reconciliation instructions and require regular order, S1875 [25MR]

Computers: clarify definition of ‘‘access without authorization,’’ eliminate redundant laws allowing charges to be brought for violations of such access, and reform penalties for violations, S7336 [20OC]

——— clarify definition of ‘‘access without authorization,’’ eliminate redundant laws allowing charges to be brought for violations of such access, and reform penalties for violations (S. 1030), S2304 [21AP]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S335 [21JA], S395 [22JA]

Construction Industry Safety Week: observance, S2472• [28AP]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (S. 134), S102 [8JA], S3762 [4JN]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts, S2295 [21AP]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), unanimous-consent agreement, S2295 [21AP]

Davidson, Janine A.: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Navy, S8876 [18DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S4006, S4007, S4008 [10JN], S4087 [11JN]

Dept. of Education: update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (S. 1195), S2652 [5MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish competitive grant programs to promote electricity grid modernization (S. 1232), S2690 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Women’s Health Care and Clinic Security and Safety Fund, S8261 [2DE]

——— increase access to Medicare data, S6171 [30JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, S2835 [13MY], S2914 [14MY], S3231 [21MY], S3286 [22MY], S4526 [23JN], S4572 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S2915 [14MY], S3294 [22MY], S4526 [23JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (S. 814), S1664 [19MR]

——— convey certain Federal land to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (S. 815), S1664 [19MR]

——— improve coal royalties by collecting royalties based on actual market value of the coal and increasing transparency and standardizing the royalty collection process (S. 1891), S6140 [29JY]

——— provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe (S. 817), S1664 [19MR]

——— restore mandatory funding status of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (S. 517), S992 [12FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment, S2906 [14MY], S3258, S3286, S3291 [22MY]

——— regulate tax return preparers (S. 137), S103 [8JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), House amendment, S8774, S8775 [17DE], S8859 [18DE]

Depts. of Energy and Agriculture: collaborate in promoting the development of efficient, economical, and environmentally sustainable thermally led wood energy systems (S. 1294), S2796 [12MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, S1835 [25MR]

——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (S. 235), S422 [22JA], S1467 [12MR], S3450 [2JN], S6285 [4AU], S6363 [5AU], S6429• [6AU]

Diseases: raise awareness of Usher syndrome, S6128 [29JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S4940 [9JY]

Eximbank: reauthorize, S3205 [21MY], S3762 [4JN]

FCC: prohibit debt collectors from making robocalls to individuals’ cell phones, S7604 [29OC]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit requirement that private entities design or alter their commercial information technology products to facilitate Government surveillance (S. 135), S102 [8JA]

Federal aid programs: prohibit administrative offset of Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefit payments with respect to claims arising from Federal debts (S. 2387), S8604 [10DE]

Federal employees: provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (S. 136), S103 [8JA]

Financial institutions: exclude credit union loans secured by certain non-owner occupied family dwellings from the definition of member business loan (S. 1440), S3243 [21MY]

Firearms: gun control, S7246 [8OC]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: reform amicus curiae provision, S3430, S3431 [2JN]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, S3107 [20MY], S3291 [22MY]

——— disallow application of trade authorities procedures to trade agreements with countries included as a Tier 3 country on Dept. of State Trafficking in Persons Report, S3035 [19MY]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, S2769, S2788 [12MY], S2902, S2906, S2914 [14MY], S2952, S2957, S2968 [18MY], S3035, S3049 [19MY], S3094, S3107, S3109 [20MY], S3205, S3221, S3231 [21MY], S3258, S3286, S3291, S3293, S3294, S3295, S3296, S3298 [22MY], S4526 [23JN]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders, S2902 [14MY]

Forest Service: designate the Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary (S. 1448), S3243 [21MY]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (S. 132), S101 [8JA]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, S2907 [14MY]

Grand Ronde Reservation Act: technical corrections (S. 818), S1664 [19MR]

Haiti: extend preferential duty treatment program, S2907 [14MY]

Head Start Awareness Month: observance, S7456 [22OC]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (S. 1058), S2354 [22AP]

Infrastructure: improvement funding through closing certain tax loopholes for offshore corporations, S1749 [24MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2596), S6068 [28JY]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4127), S8237 [1DE]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, S4006–S4010 [10JN], S4087 [11JN]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7327, S7331 [20OC], S7387 [21OC], S7431, S7434 [22OC], S7486 [26OC], S7503, S7504 [27OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), motion to proceed, S6228 [3AU], S6267 [4AU], S6343 [5AU]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), unanimous-consent request, S7336 [20OC]

——— 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, S7387 [21OC], S7486 [26OC], S7503, S7504 [27OC]

——— require telecommunications and Internet service providers to report suspected terrorist activity, S6068 [28JY]

IRS: clarify that all Internal Revenue Code provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples (S. 1740), S4957 [9JY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2952, S2957, S2968 [18MY], S3035, S3049 [19MY], S3094, S3107, S3109 [20MY], S3205, S3221, S3231 [21MY], S3258, S3286, S3291, S3293, S3294, S3295, S3296, S3298 [22MY]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), House amendment, S7604, S7627, S7637 [29OC], S7666 [30OC]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), motion to proceed, S2769, S2788 [12MY], S2902, S2906, S2914 [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, S3291 [22MY]

Klamath Basin: approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production (S. 133), S102 [8JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize, S691 [2FE]

Library of Congress: anniversary of acquisition of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library, S6458 [8SE]

Medicaid: anniversary, S6170 [30JY]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 25), S51 [7JA], S109 [8JA]

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

Medicare: anniversary, S6170 [30JY]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 25), S51 [7JA], S109 [8JA]

——— improve access to curative care and hospice care, S6171 [30JY]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (S. 2148), S7604 [29OC]

——— provide steady updates of payment rates under the Medicare physician fee schedule, S2159 [14AP]

——— reimbursement rates for off-site hospital-affiliated facilities considered as outpatient departments, S7637 [29OC]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), S2149, S2156, S2158, S2159, S2161, S2163 [14AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices, S6171 [30JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries, S6171 [30JY]

National Forest Products Week: observance, S7456 [22OC]

National Hemp History Week: observance, S3762 [4JN]

National security: extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers (S. 1357), S3128, S3129, S3130, S3131, S3159, S3165, S3166, S3167, S3168 [20MY]

——— extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, unanimous-consent request, S3315 [23MY]

Navy: policies and practices relative to retaliation against whistleblowers, S8876 [18DE]

Oregon: clarify the Cooper Spur land exchange in the Mount Hood Wilderness (S. 2069), S6897 [22SE]

——— designate certain land as wilderness and national recreation areas and make additional wild and scenic river designations (S. 1699), S4653 [25JN]

Oregon State University: anniversary of Hatfield Marine Science Center, S6236• [3AU]

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), S5705 [26JY]

——— allow individuals to maintain health insurance coverage that existed prior to 2014, S8268 [2DE], S8342 [3DE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to transparency in taxes, premiums, and coverage benefits, S1988 [26MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S8342 [3DE]

——— repeal, S5705 [26JY]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate, S2156 [14AP]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8231 [1DE], S8261, S8268 [2DE], S8342 [3DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (S. 1881), motion to proceed, S6218 [3AU]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (S. 822), S1667 [19MR]

——— promote geothermal energy (S. 1057), S2354 [22AP]

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (S. 1158), S6267 [4AU]

——— 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), S3128, S3129, S3130, S3131, S3159, S3165, S3166, S3167, S3168 [20MY], S3430, S3431 [2JN]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), motion to proceed, S3336, S3337, S3338, S3339 [31MY]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: reform, S8237 [1DE]

Public utilities: expand electric rate-setting authority of States (S. 1233), S2691 [6MY]

Puerto Rico: treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (S. 1774), S8515 [9DE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S5705 [26JY]

Roseburg, OR: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, shooting at Umpqua Community College, S7246 [8OC]

SafeBuild Alliance: tribute to Zero Incidents Through Collaboration Initiative, S2472• [28AP]

SBA: establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program, S3231 [21MY]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 966), S7798 [5NO]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, S4940 [9JY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize, S691 [2FE]

——— reauthorize (S. 517), S992 [12FE]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S8231–S8233 [1DE]

Senate Rules: disapprove process of anonymous holds, S7798 [5NO]

Skanner News Group: anniversary, S7588 [28OC]

Social Security: anniversary (S. Res. 246), S6404 [5AU]

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

——— disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 139), S105 [8JA]

——— ensure contributions made by workers are available to pay all benefits which they have earned (S. 2090), S6976 [28SE], S7604 [29OC]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S2149, S2158, S2163 [14AP]

——— invest child welfare funds to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families to reduce the prevalence and length of foster care (S. 1964), S6386 [5AU]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (H.R. 2775), S4192 [16JN]

Stevens family: tribute to family reunion, S3454• [2JN]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, S1235 [3MR]

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (S. 987), S2249 [16AP]

——— 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, S4526 [23JN]

——— clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax, S335 [21JA], S395 [22JA]

——— ensure that all forms of bitumen or synthetic crude oil from bitumen are subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax, S395 [22JA]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to extend and expand middle class tax relief, S2007 [26MR]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to extend certain expiring tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1875 [25MR]

——— 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 provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S8774, S8775 [17DE], S8859 [18DE]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), S2907 [14MY]

——— make improvements to the earned income tax credit and child tax credit permanent, S8774, S8775 [17DE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (S. 431), S4192 [16JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), S2835 [13MY], S2914 [14MY], S3286 [22MY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), House amendment, S4526 [23JN], S4572 [24JN]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (S. 1186), S2601 [4MY]

——— provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (S. 138), S104 [8JA]

——— restrict the insurance business exception to passive foreign investment company rules (S. 1687), S4650 [25JN]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, S2915 [14MY], S2953, S2957 [18MY], S3035 [19MY], S3109 [20MY], S3205, S3221 [21MY]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit entrance into free trade agreements or investment treaties with foreign countries if the agreements or treaties include investor-state dispute settlement provisions, S3293 [22MY]

——— prohibit use of fast-track trade promotion authority for any free trade agreement or investment treaty if the agreement or treaty includes investor-state dispute settlement provisions, S3259 [22MY]

Umatilla County, OR: tribute to World War II veterans, S7653 [29OC]

University of Oregon: tribute to football team, S276• [20JA]

World War II: tribute to Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive coalition, S6184 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S2915 [14MY], S8840 [18DE]

Texts of

S. 134, Industrial Hemp Farming Act, S102 [8JA]

S. 135, Secure Data Act, S103 [8JA]

S. 136, Gold Star Fathers Act, S103 [8JA]

S. 137, Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act, S104 [8JA]

S. 138, Incentives To Educate American Children (I TEACH) Act, S104 [8JA]

S. 139, Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act, S105 [8JA]

S. 814, Oregon Coastal Land Act, S1664 [19MR]

S. 815, Cow Creek Umpqua Land Conveyance Act, S1665 [19MR]

S. 816, BIA management of the Coquille Forest in accordance with laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land, S1665 [19MR]

S. 817, Dept. of the Interior addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe, S1666 [19MR]

S. 818, Grand Ronde Reservation Act technical corrections, S1666 [19MR]

S. 822, Geothermal Production Expansion Act, S1668 [19MR]

S. 987, Small Business Tax Equity Act, S2249 [16AP]

S. 1030, clarify definition of computer ‘‘access without authorization,’’ eliminate redundant laws allowing charges to be brought for violations of such access, and reform penalties for violations, S2304 [21AP]

S. 1057, Geothermal Energy Opportunities (GEO) Act, S2354–S2356 [22AP]

S. 1058, Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act, S2356 [22AP]

S. 1232, Smart Grid Act, S2690 [6MY]

S. 1233, PURPA’s Legislative Upgrade to State Authority (PURPA PLUS) Act, S2692 [6MY]

S. 1294, Bioenergy Act, S2796 [12MY]

S. 1440, Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act, S3243 [21MY]

S. 1448, Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary Designation Act, S3244 [21MY]

S. 1498, require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S., S3681 [3JN]

S. 1687, Offshore Reinsurance Tax Fairness Act, S4650 [25JN]

S. 1891, Coal Royalty Fairness Act, S6140 [29JY]

S. 2069, Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act, S6897 [22SE]

S. 2387, Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act, S8604 [10DE]

Tributes

Cardin, Senator, S3109 [20MY]

Ginsburg, Dick, S2472• [28AP]

Kafoury, Gretchen, S2648• [5MY]

McCarthy, Kate Rogers, S8303 [2DE]

Moore, Michael, S8723 [16DE]

Sampson, Jim, S7588 [28OC]

Thayer, James B., Sr., S6184 [30JY]