BROWN, SHERROD (a Senator from Ohio)

Amendments

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (S. 2848), S5479 [8SE], S5578 [12SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2943), S3212, S3220, S3226 [25MY], S3302, S3310, S3323, S3328, S3336, S3354, S3355 [26MY], S3413, S3442, S3466 [6JN], S3489, S3503, S3584, S3588, S3593, S3594, S3595 [7JN], S3648 [8JN], S3722, S3737, S3738 [9JN], S3796 [10JN]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 524), S1098 [29FE], S1147 [1MR], S1233 [2MR], S1279, S1285 [3MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: include all funds when issuing certain geographic targeting orders (H.R. 5602), S6711 [5DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2577), S2830 [16MY], S2889, S2896 [17MY], S2967, S2976 [18MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S2815, S2830 [16MY], S2896 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), S2399 [21AP], S2463 [26AP], S7042 [9DE]

EPA: notify the public about dangerous lead levels in drinking water and improve information flow between utilities, States, and consumers (H.R. 4470), S1013 [24FE]

George P. Kazen Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Laredo, TX: designate (S. 612), S6928 [8DE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 2328), S4653 [28JN]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), S6712 [5DE]

Power resources: modernize U.S. energy policy (S. 2012), S290 [27JA], S362 [28JA], S431 [1FE], S488, S501, S510 [2FE], S703 [8FE], S1013 [24FE], S2151 [19AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), S4003, S4010 [15JN], S4320 [16JN], S4361 [20JN], S4416, S4425 [21JN]

Taxation: permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), S1823 [7AP], S1855, S1875 [11AP], S1917, S1920, S1934 [12AP], S2044, S2047, S2049, S2056 [13AP], S2130 [18AP]

Articles and editorials

Delaying Scalia Successor Unsafe, Steven M. Dettelbach, Jenny Durkan, Melinda Haag, and Tim Heaphy, Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, S1069 [29FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 616), S6517 [28NO]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see S. 2957), S6841 [7DE]

Armed Forces: provide for a review of the characterization or terms of discharge of individuals with mental health disorders alleged to affect terms of discharge (see S. 1567), S6484 [17NO]

——— require compliance with domestic source requirements for footwear furnished to enlisted members upon initial entry (see S. 2825), S2559 [28AP]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 481), S3291 [26MY]

Atrocities Prevention Board: authorize and enhance capacities to prevent and mitigate acts of genocide and mass atrocities (see S. 2551), S875 [11FE]

Bankruptcy: analyze various proposals in order to determine whether those proposals would reduce systemic risk and moral hazard (see S. 3505), S6758 [6DE]

Bennett, Robert F.: tribute (see S. Res. 458), S2626 [9MY]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 372), S994 [24FE] (see S. Res. 379), S1085 [29FE]

Boy Scouts: anniversary of Federal charter (see S. Res. 495), S4299 [16JN]

Bumpers, Dale: tribute (see S. Res. 343), S31 [11JA]

Burns, Conrad R.: tribute (see S. Res. 457), S2626 [9MY]

CERCLA: modify provisions relative to brownfield remediation grants (see S. 1479), S3411 [6JN]

Children and youth: fund family services to help keep children safe and supported at home and ensure children in foster care are placed in the least restrictive, most family-like, and appropriate settings (see S. 3065), S6081 [26SE]

——— provide for overall health and well-being of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see S. 2765), S1809 [7AP]

Cleland, Max: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2924), S3292 [26MY]

Coal: promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by mining (see S. 3532), S6923 [8DE]

Columbus, OH: designate Veterans Memorial and Museum as National Veterans Memorial and Museum (see S. 3342), S5842 [15SE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): terminate the Select Investigative Panel established to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (see S. Res. 530), S5079 [13JY]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 2960), S3030 [19MY]

Cook, Marlow W.: tribute (see S. Res. 364), S670 [4FE]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses for claims rising under Federal or State statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a State constitution (S. 2506) (see S. 2506), S1912 [12AP]

——— make mandatory predispute arbitration clauses in telecommunications contracts invalid and unenforceable (see S. 2897), S2557 [28AP]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see S. 1559), S6484 [17NO]

——— reform and establish mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses to provide more flexibility and reduce recidivism among Federal inmates (see S. 2123), S5159 [14JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve the child and adult care food program (see S. 1833), S4551 [23JN]

Dept. of Education: allow refinancing of student loans, strengthen Pell grants, waive community college tuition, and ensure colleges provide high-quality degrees by closing certain tax loopholes (see S. 2677), S1503 [15MR]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to support access of marginalized youth to sexual health services (see S. 3360), S5907 [20SE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see S. 3115), S4723 [29JN]

Dept. of Labor: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see S. 2593), S3828 [13JN]

——— prevent wage theft and assist in recovery of stolen wages, administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, require timely provision of pay stubs and paychecks, and strengthen retaliation protections (see S. 2697), S1544 [16MR]

——— require certain disclosures on wages, employer and employee information, pay periods, and additional compensation or benefits be included on employee pay stubs (see S. 2630), S1505 [15MR]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals from entering the U.S. (see S. 2645), S5470 [8SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relative to exposure to burn pits (see S. 2679), S6356 [15NO]

——— identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans for program evaluation purposes (see S. 2487), S575 [3FE]

——— improve ability to provide health care to veterans through non-departmental health care providers (see S. 2633), S1277 [3MR]

——— improve accountability of employees and improve health care and benefits for veterans (see S. 2921), S2708 [11MY]

——— reform rights and appeals process for decisions on benefits claims (see S. 3328), S5721 [14SE]

Depts. of Defense and Energy: assess plan for modernizing U.S. nuclear weapons (see S. Res. 633), S7032 [9DE]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: provide access to counsel and legal information to immigrants in removal proceedings and unaccompanied alien children and other vulnerable populations (see S. 2540), S874 [11FE]

Diseases: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address threat of Zika virus (see S. 2843), S2460 [26AP]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see S. 2185), S1504 [15MR]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see S. 1566), S1440 [10MR]

Drugs: making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic (see S. 2423), S1640 [4AP]

End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation: establish (see S. 553), S32 [11JA]

EPA: establish voluntary school and child care lead testing grant program (see S. 2830), S2559 [28AP]

——— improve drinking water quality and reduce lead exposure in homes (see S. 2821), S2420 [25AP]

——— provide additional support to ensure safe drinking water (see S. 2579), S994 [24FE]

Ethiopia: support respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance (see S. Res. 432), S2328 [20AP]

FAA: require air carriers to provide flight attendants with scheduled rest periods and to comply with approved fatigue management plans (see S. 3421), S6226 [28SE]

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see S. Res. 349), S671 [4FE]

FCC: prohibit debt collectors from making robocalls to individuals’ cell phones (see S. 2235), S1278 [3MR]

FDA: expand tropical disease product priority review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika virus (see S. 2512), S702 [8FE]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see S. 2699), S1544 [16MR]

FEMA: reauthorize National Urban Search and Rescue Response System (see S. 2971), S6551 [29NO]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 427), S2099 [14AP]

4–H (organization): recognize benefits of the national 4–H program to the young people of the U.S. and support campaign to expand the 4–H program (see S. Res. 431), S2197 [19AP]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see S. 2880), S2556 [28AP]

GAO: submit to Congress a report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the U.S. and its treatment under Medicaid (see S. 2872), S2556 [28AP]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 394), S1387 [9MR]

Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act: make permanent certain tax provisions relative to timber (see S. 2178), S4829 [6JY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 574), S6080 [26SE]

Insurance: support efforts to establish a public health insurance option to increase competition and accountability in the marketplace and extend accessible, quality, and affordable health care coverage (see S. Res. 561), S5843 [15SE]

IRS: prohibit seizures relative to structuring transactions unless the property seized is derived from illegal sources or funds were structured to conceal criminal violations and require notice and post-seizure hearings (see S. 3353), S5906 [20SE]

ITC: establish a process for submission and consideration of petitions for temporary duty suspensions and reductions (see S. 2794), S2024 [13AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S. Res. 500), S4300 [16JN]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see S. 1056), S4916 [7JY]

LGBT Equality Day: designate (see S. Res. 511), S4551 [23JN]

Maldives: express concern over prosecution and conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed without due process, call for release of political prisoners, and ensure due process and freedom from political prosecution (see S. Res. 392), S1713 [6AP]

Manufacturing Day: designate (see S. Res. 610), S6267 [29SE]

Medicaid: remove limitations on benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see S. 2863), S2492 [27AP]

Medicare: ensure fairness in hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied relative to certain hospitals (see S. 2832), S2387 [21AP]

——— establish rules for payment for graduate medical education (GME) costs for hospitals that establish a new medical residency training program after hosting resident rotators for short durations (see S. 2671), S1463 [14MR]

——— improve affordability and enrollment procedures (see S. 3371), S5956 [21SE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see S. 2373), S876 [11FE]

——— provide for a permanent independence at home medical practice program (see S. 3130), S5281 [6SE]

Mental health: provide comprehensive mental health reform (see S. 2680), S6551 [29NO]

——— strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see S. 2647), S1314 [7MR]

Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building, Findlay, OH: designate (see S. 2965), S3102 [24MY]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 393), S1345 [8MR]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 438), S2388 [21AP]

National Cancer Research Month: designate (see S. Res. 459), S2709 [11MY]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 559), S5721 [14SE]

National Estuaries Week: designate (see S. Res. 608), S6267 [29SE]

National Industrial Assessment Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 403), S1592 [17MR]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see S. Res. 356), S487 [2FE]

National Minority Health Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 477), S3171 [25MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 521), S4915 [7JY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see S. Res. 638), S7032 [9DE]

National Police Week: designate (see S. Res. 468), S2877 [17MY]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 512), S4551 [23JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 512), S4551 [23JN]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 425), S2099 [14AP]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see S. Res. 448), S2557 [28AP]

National Women’s History Month: designate (see S. Res. 409), S1592 [17MR]

NSF: increase participation of historically underrepresented demographic groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and industry (see S. 2710), S1591 [17MR]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 560), S5843 [15SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose safety violations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (see S. 1112), S2025 [13AP]

Orlando, FL: condemn shooting at Pulse nightclub, express condolences and support for victims and their families and friends, commend law enforcement and first responders, and stand united against terrorism and hatred (see S. Res. 496), S4299 [16JN]

Pensions: provide for salary reductions for certain employees of pension plans in critical or declining status that reduces participant benefits (see S. 2894), S2557 [28AP]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 590), S6267 [29SE]

Political campaigns: reform campaign finance system by implementing new disclosure and transparency requirements, limiting influence of outside money and special interests, and reducing certain conflicts of interest (see S. 6), S4299 [16JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 441), S2459 [26AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and reform Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 3091), S4550 [23JN]

Puerto Rico: provide for adjustment of debts (see S. 2675, 2676), S1463 [14MR]

Saudi Arabia: limit transfer of certain U.S. munitions to Saudi Arabia (see S.J. Res. 32), S6040 [22SE]

Scalia, Antonin: tribute (see S. Res. 374), S994 [24FE]

Senate: prohibit adjournments and pro forma sessions unless the Senate has acted upon the nomination of Merrick B. Garland to be Supreme Court Justice (see S. Res. 581), S6139 [27SE]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 592), S6267 [29SE]

Stonewall National Historic Site: establish (see S. 2386), S94 [19JA]

Taiwan: affirm that the Taiwan Relations Act and Six Assurances are the cornerstone of U.S.-Taiwan relations (see S. Con. Res. 38), S3031 [19MY]

Taxation: create a tax credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see S. 2823), S4916 [7JY]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1212), S2420 [25AP]

——— extend the threshold for medical expense deduction for people 65 or older (see S. 3111), S4723 [29JN]

——— improve and extend the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration (see S. 3179), S6228 [28SE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 591), S5279 [6SE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 2595), S6228 [28SE]

——— prevent earnings stripping of corporations which are related to inverted corporations and require approval agreements for certain related party transactions (see S. 2666), S1439 [10MR]

——— prohibit deduction for prescription drug advertising and promotional expenses (see S. 2623), S1277 [3MR]

——— provide appropriate rules for application of deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities relative to certain contract manufacturing or production arrangements (see S. 3517), S6841 [7DE]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see S. 3036), S3646 [8JN]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 1737), S3984 [15JN]

——— provide matching payments for retirement savings contributions by certain individuals (see S. 2492), S575 [3FE]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security operations and stabilize security workforce by applying a unified personnel system to employees responsible for screening passengers and property (see S. 3525), S6923 [8DE]

Trump, Donald: take certain actions relative to personal business holdings to ensure compliance with emoluments clause of the Constitution while serving as President (see S. Con. Res. 56), S6621 [30NO]

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: require continued reporting on anti-Semitic incidents, safety and security of Jewish communities, and U.S. partnerships to combat anti-Semitism in Europe (see S. 3478), S6924 [8DE]

U.S. Soccer Federation: eliminate gender pay inequity (see S. Res. 462), S2749 [12MY]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3032), S3645 [8JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: presume those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of Vietnam have been exposed to Agent Orange and should be eligible for all benefits under the Agent Orange Act (see S. Con. Res. 51), S7033 [9DE]

Voinovich, George: tribute (see S. Res. 493), S3860 [14JN]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see S. 3309), S5502 [12SE]

Wiesel, Elie: tribute (see S. Res. 523), S4915 [7JY]

Women: affirm importance of Title IX, applaud increase in educational opportunities for women and girls, and recognize work left to be done to further increase such opportunities (see S. Res. 510), S4551 [23JN]

——— support and protect the right of women working in developing countries to safe workplaces, free from gender-based violence, reprisals, and intimidation (see S. Res. 426), S2099 [14AP]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 436), S2388 [21AP]

World Refugee Day: observance (see S. Res. 503), S4359 [20JN]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see S. 1555), S4472 [22JN]

——— recognize National Day of Remembrance to observe anniversary of Executive order restricting freedom of Japanese Americans and oppose discriminatory policies based on race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin (see S. Res. 373), S994 [24FE]

Yemen: encourage all sides in current conflict to protect civilians, deliver humanitarian aid, and work toward a settlement and urge U.S.-backed Saudi military operations to target terrorist organizations (see S. Res. 524), S7033 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cleveland Cavaliers (basketball team): tribute (see S. Res. 509), S4472 [22JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify period of eligibility during which certain spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (see S. 2661), S1439 [10MR]

——— reinstate requirement for an annual report on the capacity to provide for specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans (see S. 2883), S2556 [28AP]

Doby, Lawrence E.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 3149), S4915 [7JY]

Drugs: support a comprehensive public health response to the heroin and prescription drug abuse crisis (see S. 2562), S910 [22FE]

EPA: appoint a coordinator for issues relating to harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes (see S. 3319), S5671 [13SE]

——— assist planning and construction of treatment works to intercept, transport, or treat municipal and sanitary sewer overflows, and update guidance used to implement certain clean water programs (see S. 2768), S1809 [7AP]

——— provide deadlines for corrosion control treatment steps for lead and copper in drinking water and timely notification of the public of dangerous lead levels in water (see S. 2535), S821 [10FE]

FDA: shorten exclusivity period for brand name biological products (see S. 3094), S4551 [23JN]

Financial institutions: provide justice to victims of fraud by preventing use of forced arbitration clauses attached to real accounts to prevent lawsuits over fraudulent accounts (see S. 3491), S6665 [1DE]

Glenn, John: tribute (see S. Res. 640), S7032 [9DE]

Health: enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (see S. 3176), S5078 [13JY]

Medicaid: allow States to provide medical assistance at a residential pediatric recovery center to infants under 1 year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome and their families (see S. 2983), S3171 [25MY]

Medicare: provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see S. 2597), S1057 [25FE]

Pensions: permit Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. and the Dept. of Labor to elect not to recoup benefits overpayments (see S. 2741), S1639 [4AP]

——— provide for the electronic delivery of pension plan information (see S. 3417), S6225 [28SE]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see S. Res. 380), S1085 [29FE]

Social Security: establish a system to evaluate quality of care provided to Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries and provide incentives for voluntary quality improvement (see S. 2438), S72 [12JA]

Taxation: allow energy investment tax credit for certain high-efficiency linear generator property (see S. 3139), S4915 [7JY]

——— clarify electric charging of certain vehicles as qualified transportation fringe benefit and exclude from gross income (see S. 3450), S6226 [28SE]

——— include unrepatriated earnings in income of groups that include an inverted corporation (see S. 2662), S1439 [10MR]

——— make qualified biogas and manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property (see S. 3248), S5155 [14JY]

——— modify certain rules applicable to qualified small issue manufacturing bonds (see S. 3416), S6225 [28SE]

——— provide a refundable and advanceable tax credit for individuals with young children (see S. 3451), S6226 [28SE]

University of Mount Union: tribute to football team (see S. Res. 363), S670 [4FE]

World Prematurity Day: support goals, activities, and ideals (see S. Res. 625), S6620 [30NO]

World Prematurity Month: support goals, activities, and ideals (see S. Res. 624), S6620 [30NO]

Cloture motions

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), S4290 [16JN], S4351, S4352 [20JN]

Poems

‘‘Invictus,’’ William Ernest Henley, S2862 [17MY]

Privilege of the floor

Kirilichin, Natalie, S4585 [27JN]

Wagner, Elizabeth, S4585 [27JN]

Remarks

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (S. 1831), unanimous-consent request, S6824, S6825 [7DE]

Appropriations: making continuing, S6735, S6752, S6754 [6DE], S6822, S6824, S6825 [7DE], S6898 [8DE], S6974 [9DE]

Cleveland Cavaliers (basketball team): tribute (S. Res. 509), S4456 [22JN], S4537 [23JN]

——— tribute (S. Res. 509), unanimous-consent agreement, S4457 [22JN]

Columbus, OH: Dept. of Transportation Smart City Challenge award recipient, S4537 [23JN]

Committee on Finance (Senate): hearing on challenges facing the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program, S153 [21JA]

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate): hearing on efforts to modernize the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S153 [21JA]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, S6193 [28SE]

——— legislative process, S6754 [6DE]

Credit: require Federal mortgage agencies to consider energy costs in the underwriting process, reduce home energy consumption, and facilitate creation of energy efficiency retrofit and construction jobs, S2451 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2943), unanimous-consent request, S3713 [9JN]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, S2861 [17MY]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 524), S1204, S1216 [2MR], S1401 [10MR]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule on definition of the term ‘‘fiduciary’’ and conflict of interest rule relative to retirement investment advice (H.J. Res. 88), S3076 [24MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow for use of certain foreign assets to satisfy certain judgments against terrorist parties (H.R. 3394), unanimous-consent request, S6991 [9DE]

——— application of Central States Pension Fund to reduce retirement benefits for certain union truck drivers, S5943 [21SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve accountability of employees and improve health care and benefits for veterans (S. 2921), S4455 [22JN]

——— provide veterans affected by closures of educational institutions certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (S. 2253), S6193 [28SE]

——— provide veterans affected by closures of educational institutions certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (S. 2253), unanimous-consent request, S6192 [28SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2577), conference report, S5291 [6SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S2861 [17MY]

Diseases: importance of eradication of smallpox, S5291 [6SE]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to address threat of Zika virus, S5291 [6SE]

Drugs: making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic, S1402 [10MR]

——— support a comprehensive public health response to the heroin and prescription drug abuse crisis (S. 2562), S1402 [10MR]

Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day: observance, S321 [28JA]

Economy: invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (S. 3084), S6754 [6DE]

——— invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (S. 3084), unanimous-consent request, S6754 [6DE], S6822 [7DE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S5943 [21SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), House amendment, S6735, S6752, S6754 [6DE], S6822, S6824, S6825 [7DE], S6898 [8DE], S6974 [9DE]

Firearms: gun control, S3929, S3953 [15JN]

Flint, MI: provide Federal assistance to reduce high lead levels in drinking water and monitor health of exposed individuals, S477 [2FE]

Foreign trade: impact of trade agreements on human rights, S2542 [28AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 2232), motion to proceed, S48, S54 [12JA]

Garland, Merrick B.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S1700 [6AP]

Iran Sanctions Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6297), S6643 [1DE]

Iron and steel industry: impact of foreign countries dumping steel in the U.S. on domestic steel industry and enforcement of laws and international policies to remedy such impact, S1701 [6AP]

Lordstown, OH: anniversary of General Motors Lordstown Complex, S3050 [23MY]

Medicare: require prescription opioid abusers to lock into a single prescriber and pharmacy to acquire needed narcotics, S1204 [2MR]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, S6595 [30NO], S6735, S6752, S6754 [6DE], S6822, S6824, S6825 [7DE], S6898 [8DE], S6974 [9DE]

——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (S. 1714), S1312 [7MR], S3159 [25MY], S4605 [28JN], S5702 [14SE], S5815 [15SE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 2328), House amendment, S4605 [28JN]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act, S3713 [9JN]

Oakland, CA: honor individuals who died in warehouse fire (H. Res. 948), unanimous-consent request, S6826 [7DE]

Orlando, FL: tribute to Invictus Games, S2862 [17MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: anniversary (S. Res. 590), S6261 [29SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, S1068 [29FE]

Power resources: modernize U.S. energy policy (S. 2012), S2451 [26AP]

Puerto Rico: establish an oversight board to assist Puerto Rico in managing its public finances, S4605 [28JN]

Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, S4537 [23JN]

——— decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt relative to Texas law restricting access to abortion services, S4588 [27JN]

——— hearing of arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt relative to Texas law restricting access to abortion services, S1068 [29FE]

——— nominee selection process, S1032 [25FE], S1069, S1070 [29FE], S1269 [3MR], S1700 [6AP], S4588 [27JN]

Szubin, Adam J.: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, S2310, S2311 [20AP]

——— nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, unanimous-consent request, S2310 [20AP]

——— suitability to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes relative to position on allowing Iran to dollarize foreign transactions, S2311 [20AP]

Taxation: expand the earned income tax credit, S321 [28JA]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: access of U.S. automakers to closed markets, S10 [11JA]

——— oppose rules of origin relative to tariff reduction or elimination for auto industry, S6261 [29SE]

——— ratification, S10, S19 [11JA], S6261 [29SE]

University of Mount Union: tribute to concert choir, S2667• [10MY]

Voinovich, George: tribute (S. Res. 493), S3846 [14JN]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (S. 1659), S5878 [19SE]

World War II: anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor and sinking of the U.S.S. West Virginia (H. Con. Res. 182), unanimous-consent request, S6826 [7DE]

Tributes

Elmlinger, Kelly, S2862 [17MY]

Glenn, John, S6898 [8DE]

Henderson, Donald, S5291 [6SE]

McPherson, Brian, S2862 [17MY]

Miller, Stephen, S2862 [17MY]

Welch, William W., S5878 [19SE]

Wu, Harry, S2542 [28AP]