BURR, RICHARD (a Senator from North Carolina)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1809 [24MR], S1838, S1903, S1929, S1953 [25MR], S2015, S2017, S2018, S2021, S2044, S2080 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S360 [21JA], S431 [22JA], S526, S537 [27JA]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S2276 [20AP], S2320 [22AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3666, S3686, S3693, S3714, S3719 [3JN], S3825, S3832 [4JN], S3855, S3877, S3881 [8JN], S3937, S3951 [9JN], S3987 [10JN], S4204 [16JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S5013 [13JY], S5080, S5082 [14JY], S5099 [15JY]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7353 [20OC], S7419, S7422 [21OC], S7549 [27OC]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), S2976, S2984 [18MY]

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), S5546 [23JY], S5671 [24JY], S5711, S5869, S5891 [26JY]

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), S3346, S3359 [31MY]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S739 [3FE]

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

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), S6940 [24SE]

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

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

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see S. 1562), S8379 [3DE]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see S. 1831), S6699 [16SE]

Armed Forces: actively recruit members who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers (see S. 1603), S6534 [9SE]

——— provide a period for relocation of spouses and dependents of certain members undergoing a permanent change of station in order to ease and facilitate the relocation of military families (see S. 2137), S7159 [6OC] (see S. 2403), S8684 [15DE]

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

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 84), S1031 [23FE] (see S. Res. 88), S1162 [26FE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 301), S1629 [18MR]

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

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (see S. 1362), S4687 [7JY]

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]

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

Contraceptives: ensure employers cannot prohibit access, call for an FDA study on whether prescriptions are necessary for contraceptives, and allow use of certain health accounts to purchase over-the-counter drugs (see S. 1438), S3238 [21MY]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 757), S1585 [17MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 201), S347 [21JA]

——— reform and establish mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses to provide more flexibility and reduce recidivism among Federal inmates (see S. 2123), S7861 [9NO]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see S. 1524), S3860 [8JN]

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

Dept. of Defense: extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations relative to transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see S. 165), S201 [13JA]

Dept. of Education: establish simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan for new borrowers, repayment notification options, and loan forgiveness for total and permanently disabled (see S. 85), S58 [7JA]

——— simplify college financial aid application and repayment processes, streamline Federal grant and loan programs, reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants, and discourage over-borrowing (see S. 108), S59 [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see S. 586), S3925 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish grant program to help State and local law enforcement agencies reduce risk of injury and death from wandering characteristics of some children with autism and other disabilities (see S. 163), S6699 [16SE]

Dept. of Transportation: designate the corridor between Raleigh, NC, and Norfolk, VA, as an interstate highway (see S. 1348), S2933 [14MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see S. 1401), S3183 [20MY]

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

——— include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 564), S6382 [5AU]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see S. 1082), S6188 [30JY]

Economy: provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1624), S4298 [18JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 233), S420 [22JA]

End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation: establish (see S. 553), S7471 [22OC]

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), S4955 [9JY]

FDA: allow the sponsor of an application for the approval of a targeted drug to rely upon data and information with respect to such sponsor’s previously approved targeted drugs (see S. 2030), S6651 [15SE]

Federal aid programs: exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs to individuals sterilized under a government-sponsored program from determining eligibility for, or amount of, benefits (see S. 1698), S4648 [25JN]

Federal employees: make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (see S. 303), S6187 [30JY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 498), S982 [12FE]

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 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]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see S. 264), S541 [27JA]

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

Immigration: make aliens associated with a criminal gang inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for various forms of relief (see S. 1120), S2473 [28AP]

Insurance: exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (see S. 775), S1628 [18MR]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 269), S541 [27JA]

——— require report on military dimensions of nuclear program and prohibit sanctions relief until Iran has verifiably ended all military dimensions of its nuclear program (see S. 2429), S8883 [18DE]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see S. 283), S589 [28JA]

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), S7861 [9NO]

ITC: establish a process for consideration of temporary duty suspensions (see S. 998), S2274 [20AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S. Res. 201), S4137 [15JN]

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]

Law enforcement: mandate reporting requirements for sex offenders intending to travel internationally, provide notice to the destination, and prevent entry to the U.S. by foreign sex offenders (see S. 1867), S7125 [5OC]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 4), S2174 [14AP]

Medicaid: extend and expand emergency psychiatric demonstration project (see S. 599), S4686 [7JY]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see S. 313), S4202 [16JN]

——— allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see S. 488), S1439 [11MR]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see S. 629), S4104 [11JN]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see S. 1020), S4841 [8JY]

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

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see S. 1466), S3310 [22MY]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see S. 275), S3406 [1JN]

——— provide for fairness in hospital payments (see S. 1135), S2530 [29AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 861), S4841 [8JY]

——— 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]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see S. 1714), S7273 [8OC]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 241), S6239 [3AU]

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

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

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 159), S2568 [30AP]

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

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

——— extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers (see S. 1035), S2301 [21AP]

——— 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]

Nemtsov, Boris: commend Russian opposition efforts, call for investigation of murder, and add recommended names to visa ban list for Russian human rights violators (see S. Res. 93), S1304 [4MR]

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]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 928), S8636 [14DE]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see S. 2015), S6533 [9SE]

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

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

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), S11 [6JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 30), S59 [7JA]

——— provide States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the small group market (see S. 1099), S6075 [28JY]

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

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see S. 709), S1438 [11MR]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements and impose contribution caps (see S. 836), S1708 [23MR]

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

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2045), S6809 [17SE]

——— repeal Federal mandate to purchase insurance (see S. 203), S347 [21JA]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 141), S100 [8JA]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 305), S653 [29JA]

Pensions: make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see S. 2147), S7219 [7OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 1881), S6138 [29JY]

Research: establish EUREKA Prize Competitions to accelerate discovery and development of treatments, detection, and care for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (see S. 2067), S7220 [7OC]

Roads and highways: designate certain route segments of the National Highway System in North Carolina as high priority corridors (see S. 983), S2244 [16AP]

Romania: anniversary of diplomatic relations with the U.S. (see S. Res. 326), S8686 [15DE]

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

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 316), S834 [5FE]

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

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see S. 2282), S7966 [16NO]

Taxation: extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 609), S2760 [11MY]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see S. 335), S697 [2FE]

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

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 330), S8021 [17NO]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 394), S860 [9FE]

——— provide for equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and per energy equivalent of diesel (see S. 344), S736 [3FE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see S. 149), S200 [13JA]

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

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

Toxic Substances Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 697), S5171 [16JY]

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

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 566), S1118 [25FE]

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

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]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Collector Car Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 196), S3925 [9JN]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 55), S653 [29JA]

Dept. of Defense: inform Dept. of Justice of persons required to register as sex offenders (see S. 409), S833 [5FE]

Dept. of Education: prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see S. 559), S1118 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs relative to national health security (see S. 2055), S6809 [17SE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (see S. 1204), S2687 [6MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs and services for homeless veterans (see S. 684), S1383 [10MR]

FDA: ease regulatory burden relative to certain medical devices (see S. 1622), S4298 [18JN]

——— provide for expedited development of and priority review for breakthrough devices (see S. 1077), S2400 [23AP]

FERC: extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the W. Kerr Scott Dam (see S. 2083), S6974 [28SE]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see S. Con. Res. 18), S4346 [22JN]

Gold Star Wives Day: designate (see S. Res. 131), S2041 [26MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1705), S4685 [7JY]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (see S. 754), S1585 [17MR]

IRS: establish an expedited process for removal of senior executives based on performance or misconduct (see S. 2345), S8306 [2DE]

——— prohibit discretionary bonuses for employees who have engaged in misconduct or who have delinquent tax liability (see S. 2215), S7594 [28OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see S. 338), S697 [2FE] (see S. 2101), S7005 [29SE]

Medicare: provide coverage of certain disposable medical technologies (see S. 1253), S2730 [7MY]

National Weather Service: maintain and operate at least one Doppler weather radar site near cities of a certain size (see S. 2058), S6809 [17SE]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see S. 2285), S8020 [17NO]

OMB: consider Brunswick County, NC, to be part of the same statistical area as Wilmington, NC (see S. 1157), S2567 [30AP]

Smith, Dean E.: tribute (see S. Res. 79), S984 [12FE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 141), S2272 [20AP]

Taxation: increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see S. 215), S347 [21JA]

Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see S. Res. 130), S2041 [26MR]

Cloture motions

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S407 [22JA], S454, S455 [26JA], S626 [29JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), motion to proceed, S85 [8JA], S145 [12JA]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S4016 [10JN], S4087 [11JN], S4187 [16JN], S4247 [17JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), conference report, S7075 [1OC], S7136 [6OC]

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

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), motion to proceed, S7697 [3NO], S7779 [5NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to proceed, S667 [30JA], S722 [3FE], S759 [4FE]

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

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), motion to proceed, S7014 [30SE], S7074 [1OC]

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

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S5002 [13JY], S5098 [15JY], S5149 [16JY]

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

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

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

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7342 [20OC], S7434 [22OC]

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

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

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

Lynch, Loretta E.: nomination to be Attorney General, S2295 [21AP], S2371 [23AP]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5671, S5672 [24JY], S5709 [26JY], S5922 [27JY], S6092 [29JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5057 [14JY], S5188 [21JY], S5451 [22JY]

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), S3340 [31MY], S3427 [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, S3201 [21MY], S3313 [23MY], S3332 [31MY]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), S4290 [18JN], S4528 [23JN]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), S4291 [18JN], S4583 [24JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), motion to go to conference, S4523 [23JN]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), S6932 [24SE], S6966 [28SE]

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

Discharge petitions signed 

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

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

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (S.J. Res. 22), S7675 [30OC]

Explanations

Consolidated Appropriations (H.R. 2029): Cybersecurity Threats Information Sharing, Privacy and Civil Liberties Protections, Federal Network Security Improvement, and Recruitment of Information Technology and Cybersecurity Personnel, S8847–S8850 [18DE]

——— Intelligence Services Provisions, S8844–S8847 [18DE]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S2203 [15AP]

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

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), motion to instruct conferees, S2209 [15AP]

Charlotte, NC: tribute to Charlotte Motor Speedway Let Freedom Race Celebration, S3176 [20MY]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): release of Innovation for Healthier Americans Report to improve innovation in cutting-edge treatments, drugs, and devices, S628 [29JA]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), S525, S526 [27JA], S623 [29JA]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), S2320 [22AP]

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act: sunset, S7509 [27OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), S3915 [9JN]

——— inform Dept. of Justice of persons required to register as sex offenders, S2320 [22AP]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans, S2209 [15AP]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan and reducing overlapping student loan repayment plans, S1838 [25MR], S2209 [15AP]

——— establish a simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan, new and notification about repayment options, and loan forgiveness for the total and permanently disabled, S63 [7JA]

——— simplify college financial aid application and repayment processes, streamline Federal grant and loan programs, reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants, and discourage over-borrowing (S. 108), S63 [7JA]

Dept. of the Interior: finalize oil and gas leasing program and provide revenue sharing for States included in the Mid-Atlantic and the South Atlantic Planning Area, S525 [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 203), S734 [3FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), S5051 [14JY], S5141 [16JY]

——— Title I funding formula reform, S5051–S5054 [14JY], S5141 [16JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: reform amicus curiae provision, S3432 [2JN]

Immigration: increase penalties for those who illegally reenter the U.S. after being removed (S. 2193), S7431 [22OC]

Intelligence services: clarify definitions of ‘‘cybersecurity threat’’ and ‘‘cyber threat indicator’’, S7509 [27OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), S7327, S7332, S7333, S7336, S7338 [20OC], S7378, S7381, S7384, S7387, S7407 [21OC], S7431, S7433, S7434, S7435 [22OC], S7499, S7502, S7503, S7505, S7509, S7520, S7521 [27OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), motion to proceed, S6261, S6262 [4AU]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), unanimous-consent agreement, S7407 [21OC], S7508 [27OC]

——— enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), unanimous-consent request, S7336 [20OC], S7407 [21OC]

——— 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, S7502, S7505 [27OC]

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

——— provide liability protection to businesses that share cybersecurity threats with FBI or the Secret Service rather than just Dept. of Homeland Security, S7520 [27OC]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, S6520 [9SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize, S526 [27JA], S623 [29JA], S7405, S7406, S7407 [21OC]

——— reauthorize (S. 338), unanimous-consent request, S816 [5FE]

——— reauthorize (S. 2101), S7025 [30SE]

——— reauthorize (S. 2165), S7564 [28OC]

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), S6520 [9SE]

Point of order, S7503 [27OC]

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), S3374, S3375, S3376, S3380, S3387, S3389 [1JN], S3432 [2JN], S3652, S3654 [3JN]

——— 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), S2709, S2712 [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), unanimous-consent request, S3314 [23MY]

Raleigh, NC: A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School recipient of Magnet Schools of America (organization) Dr. Ronald P. Simpson School of Merit Excellence Award, S1435 [11MR]

Toxic Substances Control Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 697), S7407 [21OC], S7564 [28OC]

——— reauthorize and improve (S. 697), unanimous-consent request, S7405, S7406 [21OC], S7563 [28OC]

University of North Carolina at Greensboro: tribute to Integrative Community Studies program, S2647 [5MY]

West Jefferson, NC: anniversary, S854 [9FE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 113th Congress: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Rept. 114–8), S2110 [13AP]

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 754), S1585 [17MR]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 754) (S. Rept. 114–32), S2220 [15AP]

Expenditures: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Res. 55), S653 [29JA]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1705), S4685 [7JY]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1705) (S. Rept. 114–83), S5169 [16JY]

Rules

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S1109–S1115 [25FE]

Tributes

Cash, Tierian (Randy), S1037 [24FE]

Douglas, Robert D., Jr., S8482 [8DE]

Milner, Peter, S2543 [30AP]

Smith, Dean E., S925 [11FE]

Stephens, Tyler, S1155 [26FE]

Vickers, Michael G., S2267 [20AP]