BURR, RICHARD (a Senator from North Carolina)

Amendments

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking: establish (H.R. 1831), S1546 [16MR]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (S. 2848), S5478 [8SE], S5511 [12SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2943), S3102, S3107 [24MY], S3194, S3212 [25MY], S3304 [26MY], S3560, S3586, S3587 [7JN], S3651 [8JN], S3721, S3737, S3742 [9JN], S3829 [13JN]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program and promote initiatives to reduce risk of injury and death from wandering characteristics of some children with autism (S. 2614), S5179 [14JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2577), S2993 [18MY]

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]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 2328), S4677, S4678 [28JN]

National Weather Service: maintain and operate at least one Doppler weather radar site near cities of a certain size (S. 2058), S6668 [1DE]

Power resources: modernize U.S. energy policy (S. 2012), S429, S443 [1FE], S2188 [19AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), S4003 [15JN], S4353, S4370 [20JN], S4426 [21JN]

Taxation: permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), S1824, S1830 [7AP], S1913 [12AP]

Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act: reauthorize (S. 2854), S5178 [14JY]

Articles and editorials

Robert B. Morgan, Senator Undone by His Panama Canal Votes, Dies at 90, New York (NY) Times, S5247 [6SE]

Robert Morgan, Senator Who Cast Crucial Votes for Panana Canal Treaties, Dies at 90, Washington (DC) Post, S5248 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: restore amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes from severance payments to individuals who retired or separated from service for combat-related injuries (see S. 2712), S2129 [18AP]

Atrocities Prevention Board: authorize and enhance capacities to prevent and mitigate acts of genocide and mass atrocities (see S. 2551), S1545 [16MR]

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]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see S. 3279), S6082 [26SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2070), S1345 [8MR] (see S. 2773), S1853 [11AP]

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

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see S. 1890), S1058 [25FE]

Crime: extend civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex offenses and clarify the start of the timeframe for a victim to bring a claim (see S. 2895), S6268 [29SE]

——— protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see S. 1559), S6140 [27SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see S. 1110), S1439 [10MR]

Dept. of Defense: permanently ban transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the U.S. and suspend release of detainees internationally (see S. 2746), S1673 [5AP]

Dept. of HHS: extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see S. 3245), S5155 [14JY]

Dept. of Justice: protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related and forensics testing grant programs (see S. 2577), S2825 [16MY]

——— reauthorize Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program and promote initiatives to reduce risk of injury and death from wandering characteristics of some children with autism (see S. 2614), S3540 [7JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit Judgment Fund payments to Iran until Iran returns certain amounts paid in conjunction with the release of detained U.S. citizens and pays U.S. victims of Iranian terrorism what they are owed (see S. 3285), S5279 [6SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out certain major medical facility leases (see S. 3367), S5956 [21SE]

——— 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), S1278 [3MR]

——— improve accountability of employees and improve health care and benefits for veterans (see S. 2921), S2826 [16MY]

——— improve provision of adult day health care services for veterans (see S. 3198), S5887 [19SE]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 979), S3411 [6JN]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: provide for reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for World War II veterans who were subjected to mustard gas or lewisite testing (see S. 3023), S4411 [21JN]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see S. 2185), S1440 [10MR]

——— reauthorize Mosquito Abatement Safety and Health Act and epidemiology laboratory capacity grants and require a GAO study on existing mosquito and other vector-borne surveillance and control programs (see S. 3039), S3719 [9JN]

District of Columbia: approve location of a memorial to commemorate and honor Armed Forces members that served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield (see S.J. Res. 40), S6355 [15NO]

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

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see S. Res. 349), S2709 [11MY]

FBI: clarify that the Government may obtain a specified set of electronic communication records and make permanent the authority for certain individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign powers (see S. 3369), S5956 [21SE]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see S. 2755), S1711 [6AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see S. 2232), S32 [11JA]

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

Iran: impose sanctions for ballistic missile activities (see S. 2725), S1713 [6AP]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization): express that ISIS is committing genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, protect targets, create a criminal tribunal, and destroy ISIS and disrupt support (see S. Res. 340), S3172 [25MY]

Israel: authorize State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel (see S. 2531), S4642 [28JN]

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]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see S. 1982), S487 [2FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 391), S1058 [25FE]

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

Medicare: improve patient access to durable medical equipment (see S. 2736), S3985 [15JN]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see S. 857), S3101 [24MY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see S. 314), S6139 [27SE]

——— provide for 90-day reporting period for health care providers and facilities to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see S. 3173), S5078 [13JY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 804), S2749 [12MY]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see S. 1509), S3861 [14JN]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see S. 2196), S2825 [16MY]

——— provide programs to prevent prescription drug abuse (see S. 1913), S875 [11FE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 17), S5279 [6SE]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 39), S5369 [7SE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 449), S2557 [28AP]

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: anniversary (see S. Res. 607), S6267 [29SE]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 446), S2492 [27AP]

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

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

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see S. Res. 199), S5504 [12SE]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over Internet domain name system unless specifically authorized to do so by Congress (see S. 3034), S5370 [7SE]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see S. 2686), S1503 [15MR]

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]

Palestinian Authority: condition foreign aid on steps to end violence and terrorism against U.S. and Israeli citizens, condemn and investigate such acts, and terminate payments to those imprisoned or who died for such acts (see S. 3414), S6485 [17NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide exemptions for individual mandate if premiums increase more than 10 percent, provide relief for payment of deductibles, and improve access to health savings accounts (see S. 3251), S5155 [14JY] (see S. 3297), S5369 [7SE]

Pilgrims: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of arrival (see S. 1715), S1640 [4AP]

Racial relations: designate a day of racial amity and reconciliation (see S. Res. 491), S3795 [10JN]

Russia: prohibit funding relative to certification or approval of any new sensor for use by Russia on observation flights under the Open Skies Treaty absent a Presidential certification related to such sensor (see S. 3007), S3291 [26MY]

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

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see S. 2904), S2826 [16MY]

Taxation: allow rollovers between certain college savings accounts and ABLE accounts (see S. 2703), S1591 [17MR]

——— extend the threshold for medical expense deduction for people 65 or older (see S. 3111), S6357 [15NO]

——— increase age limits for ABLE account eligibility (see S. 2704), S1591 [17MR]

——— make the child and dependent care tax credit fully refundable (see S. 3233), S5155 [14JY]

TVA: anniversary of unified development of Tennessee River system (see S. Res. 528), S5002 [12JY]

U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day: designate (see S. Res. 533), S5079 [13JY]

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

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

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see S. 2989), S7033 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: ensure criminal background checks of employees of military child care system and providers of child care services and youth program services for military dependents (see S. 2515), S737 [9FE]

Collector Car Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 507), S4410 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see S. 2559), S910 [22FE]

Dept. of HHS: provide for review and publication of Agency for Toxic and Substances and Disease Registry findings on illnesses and conditions of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC (see S. 2888), S2557 [28AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide a dental insurance plan to veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans (see S. 3055), S3860 [14JN]

——— simplify and improve Veterans Choice Program and make such program permanent with advance funding (see S. 2646), S1314 [7MR]

EPA: exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see S. 2659), S1387 [9MR]

Gold Star Wives Day: designate (see S. Res. 413), S1673 [5AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 3017), S3411 [6JN]

IRS: ensure enforcement of Federal tax law is not influenced by political bias, inaccurate sources of information, or bias at the individual examiner or department level (see S. 2581), S1057 [25FE]

——— prohibit rehiring of any employees involuntarily separated from service for misconduct (see S. 2439), S72 [12JA]

Military caregivers: honor service, encourage support for military families, and recognize the sunflower as the flower for military caregivers (see S. Con. Res. 44), S4944 [11JY]

North Carolina: designate certain parts of U.S. Route 264 and the Eastern North Carolina Gateway Corridor as a future part of the Interstate Highway System (see S. 3378), S5957 [21SE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 424), S2024 [13AP]

Taxation: allow individuals to save additional amounts in their ABLE accounts above the current annual maximum contribution if they work and earn an income (see S. 2702), S1591 [17MR]

——— encourage small businesses to enroll employees in retirement savings plans by increasing plan start-up credits, creating credit for new plans with automatic enrollment, and eliminating contribution limits (see S. 3338), S5842 [15SE]

——— improve college savings under section 529 programs (see S. 2869), S2556 [28AP]

Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act: reauthorize (see S. 2854), S2459 [26AP]

Vietnam: recognize contributions of Montagnards who fought with U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnamese Conflict and condemn suppression of human rights and civil liberties (see S. Res. 362), S670 [4FE]

Cloture motions

Califf, Robert M.: nomination to be FDA Commissioner, S869 [11FE], S907 [22FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2943), S3534 [7JN], S3680 [9JN], S5099 [14JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2943), motion to proceed, S3047 [23MY], S3135 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 524), S4277, S4283 [16JN]

——— award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 524), conference report, S4926 [11JY], S5027 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior: reform administration of the Outer Continental Shelf through more equitable revenue sharing for States from energy production and promote development of renewable energy on public lands (S. 3110), motion to proceed, S6330 [15NO], S6436 [17NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2577), S2733 [12MY], S2851, S2852, S2867 [17MY], S3008 [19MY], S3633 [8JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S2733 [12MY], S2851, S2852, S2867 [17MY], S3008 [19MY], S3633 [8JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), S2412 [25AP], S2470 [27AP], S2526 [28AP], S2615 [9MY], S2680 [11MY]

Immigration: increase penalties for those who illegally reenter the U.S. after being removed (S. 2193), motion to proceed, S4703 [29JN], S4799 [6JY]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 764), S1458 [14MR], S1524 [16MR], S4704 [29JN], S4800 [6JY]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), S6645 [1DE], S6697 [5DE]

Power resources: modernize U.S. energy policy (S. 2012), S477 [2FE], S645, S646 [4FE], S4962 [12JY]

——— modernize U.S. energy policy (S. 2012), motion to go to conference, S4975 [12JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), S4353 [20JN], S4437 [22JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2578), motion to proceed, S3677 [9JN], S3844 [14JN]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, S730 [9FE], S840 [11FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 636), motion to proceed, S1636 [4AP], S1681 [6AP]

Discharge petitions signed 

Dept. of Agriculture: disapprove rule on inspection of fish of the order Siluriformes, including catfish (S.J. Res. 28), S3053 [23MY]

Obituaries

Morgan, Robert B.: Raleigh (NC) News and Observer, S5246 [6SE]

Remarks

Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act: effect on student loan interest rates, S2698 [11MY]

Dept. of HHS: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority funding, S2849 [17MY]

Dept. of Justice: clarify ability to obtain a specified set of electronic transactional records and make permanent the authority for individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign powers, S4435 [22JN]

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, S2144, S2188 [19AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2577), S2849 [17MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), S2849 [17MY]

Diseases: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address threat of Zika virus, S2849 [17MY]

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, S6791 [7DE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices, S6791 [7DE]

Nash County, NC: anniversary of Nashville Fire Dept., S6837 [7DE]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), House amendment, S6791 [7DE]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (S. 192), House amendment, S2194 [19AP]

Power resources: modernize U.S. energy policy (S. 2012), S2144, S2188 [19AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), S4435 [22JN]

Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act: reauthorize (S. 2854), S2460 [26AP], S5183 [14JY]

Vietnamese Conflict: recognize contributions of Montagnard Freedom Fighters in support and defense of U.S. Armed Forces, S485 [2FE]

Reports filed

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 3017), S3411 [6JN]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 3017) (S. Rept. 114–277), S3984 [15JN]

Nomination of Susan S. Gibson To Be National Reconnaissance Office Inspector General: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S3827 [13JN]

Tributes

Justice, Chris, S2715 [12MY]

Livingston, Jack, S3824 [13JN]

Morgan, Robert B., S5246 [6SE]