HAWLEY, JOSH (a Senator from Missouri)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), S3488, S3489, S3490, S3500, S3505 [13JN], S3656, S3694, S3750, S3753 [18JN], S4189 [20JN]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S1403 [21FE], S4197 [24JN], S5767 [1OC]

Conferee: S. 1790, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S5570 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination by abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome (see S. 2745), S6509 [12NO]

——— prohibit dismemberment abortions (see S. 1035), S2269 [4AP]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 109), S163 [11JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 160), S743 [29JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see S. 130), S220 [15JA] (see S. 311), S800 [31JA]

African Americans: mint coins in commemoration of Negro Leagues baseball establishment anniversary (see S. 2321), S5796 [15OC]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see S. 362), S1595 [28FE]

Bankruptcy: clarify definition of the term ‘‘family farmer’’ (see S. 897), S2788 [13MY]

CBO: make publicly available fiscal and mathematical models, data, and other details of computations used in cost analysis and scoring (see S. 278), S769 [30JA]

China: condemn human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims and call for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities (see S. 178), S5141 [29JY]

——— impose sanctions and prohibit visas for those who participate in illegal operations in the South China Sea and East China Sea (see S. 1634), S3104 [23MY]

——— remember victims of suppression of democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, call for investigation of massacre and release of political prisoners, and condemn intensifying repression and human rights violations (see S. Res. 221), S3218 [4JN]

——— safeguard certain U.S. technology and intellectual property from export to or influence by China and protect U.S. industry from unfair competition by China (see S. 2), S2614 [2MY]

Colleges and universities: protect freedom of speech, thought, and expression (see S. Res. 233), S3252 [5JN]

Courts: provide for conversion of temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships (see S. 3086), S7156 [18DE]

Credit: require consumer reporting agencies to provide small business credit protections by informing them of data breaches and prohibiting charging for credit reports following such breaches (see S. 84), S2516 [30AP]

Crime: add membership in a significant transnational criminal organization to list of grounds of inadmissibility and prohibit provision of material support or resources to such organizations (see S. 3031), S7026 [12DE]

——— define term ‘‘serious felony’’ to allow prosecutors to seek enhanced penalties against violent, repeat offenders (see S. 1547), S2962 [20MY]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 119), S220 [15JA]

Culver, John C.: tribute (see S. Res. 16), S143 [10JA]

Dept. of Education: eliminate origination fees on Federal Direct loans (see S. 1696), S3654 [18JN]

——— ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups (see S. 1168), S2886 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (see S. 901), S4456 [24JN]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 105), S163 [11JA]

——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see S. 1657), S6825 [3DE]

——— provide Dept. of Homeland Security certain information on unaccompanied alien children to protect them from trafficking (see S. 1561), S3004 [21MY]

——— require pharmacies and insurance companies to improve transparency of prescription drug costs and prohibit drug manufacturers from charging U.S. consumers more for drugs than certain foreign customers (see S. 977), S2118 [1AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: tribute to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and personnel for work during the crisis at the southern border (see S. Res. 280), S5013 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 546), S4629 [27JN]

——— reauthorize Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 1231), S2515 [30AP]

——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (see S. 820), S1898 [14MR]

Dept. of State: revoke existing, and prohibit issuance of, visas to researchers affiliated with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and call for certain allies to take similar measures (see S. 1451), S2815 [14MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide States with access to records on unredeemed savings bonds to facilitate reuniting of bonds with bondholders by putting names and addresses in State unclaimed property databases (see S. 2417), S5796 [15OC]

——— require $1 coins issued during 2019 to honor George Bush and issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor of Barbara Pierce Bush (see S. 457), S5896 [17OC]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase passenger rail cars or buses from China and require rail transit operators to develop and execute a plan for identifying and reducing cybersecurity risks (see S. 846), S2744 [8MY]

——— repeal a rescission of funds in Federal-aid highway program contract authority (see S. 1992), S6757 [21NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve construction and leasing of medical facilities (see S. 3089), S7156 [18DE]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 622), S5629 [23SE]

Discrimination: provide for consideration of a definition of anti-Semitism for enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws relative to education programs or activities (see S. 852), S3285 [10JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 1043), S2270 [4AP]

Executive Office of the President: establish Office of Critical Technologies and Security (see S. 29), S3164 [3JN]

FBI: provide information on suicide rates and attempted suicides of current and former law enforcement officers (see S. 2746), S6300 [30OC]

FCC: improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (see S. 151), S2962 [20MY]

——— increase existing penalties for provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information and extend statute of limitations for forfeiture penalties for persons who commit such violations (see S. 2147), S4907 [17JY]

FDA: require manufacturers of approved biological products to disclose and list patents, biosimilarity, and exclusivity information relative to their products and promote biosimilar competition (see S. 659), S2241 [3AP]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions (see S. 909), S2043 [27MR]

——— prohibit procurement of drones and other unmanned aircraft systems from countries identified as national security threats (see S. 2502), S5577 [18SE]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 92), S2570 [1MY]

Federal employees: eliminate existing restrictions to the powers of the President to remove upper-level executive branch officers (see S. 1753), S3252 [5JN]

——— making appropriations to pay salaries of Federal employees working during the Government shutdown (see S. 113), S221 [15JA]

——— provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Plan may not be invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign exchanges (see S. 2791), S6447 [6NO]

Firearms: permit law-abiding citizens in States with constitutional carry laws the same legal authority to possess a firearm as individuals in States that require a permit to carry a concealed weapon (see S. 1506), S2924 [16MY]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 69), S587 [24JA]

Foreign aid: call for statutory changes that permanently codify Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy that prohibits foreign assistance from being used to promote or perform abortions (see S. Res. 20), S293 [17JA]

——— prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions (see S. 190), S293 [17JA]

Foreign countries; impose sanctions on foreign persons who engage in hostage-taking or wrongful detention of U.S. citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see S. 2776), S6391 [5NO]

Foreign trade: establish a national goal and mechanism to achieve a trade-balancing exchange rate for the U.S. dollar and impose market access charge on certain purchases of U.S. assets (see S. 2357), S5247 [31JY]

FTC: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see S. 748), S1792 [12MR]

——— increase consumer choice by requiring large online communications platforms to make services interoperable with other platforms, make user data portable, and allow third-party services to manage account settings (see S. 2658), S5965 [22OC]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents by drug product manufacturers (see S. 1416), S3217 [4JN]

Hagan, Kay R.: tribute (see S. Res. 390), S6300 [30OC]

Hong Kong: issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissibility of visa applicants (see S. 1838), S3476 [13JN]

House of Representatives: express that the House should vote to open a formal impeachment inquiry and provide President Trump with constitutional protections prior to proceeding further with impeachment investigation (see S. Res. 378), S6156 [24OC]

Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support AID commitment to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral strategy (see S. Res. 260), S6627 [18NO]

Immigration: establish grounds to deny entry or deport aliens associated with a criminal gang (see S. 599), S2688 [7MY]

——— establish skills-based immigration points system, focus family-sponsored immigration on spouses and minor children, eliminate Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, and limit number of refugees admitted (see S. 1103), S2386 [10AP]

Insurance: ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S. 1125), S7209 [19DE]

——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (see S. 1868), S6670 [19NO]

Iran: oppose lifting of sanctions without addressing nuclear program, ballistic missile development, support for terrorism, and other destabilizing activities (see S. Res. 195), S2743 [8MY]

Israel: oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see S. Res. 120), S3167 [3JN]

Jews: condemn and combat anti-Semitism (see S. Res. 189), S2614 [2MY]

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S. Res. 253), S3844 [19JN]

Lugar, Richard G.: tribute (see S. Res. 173), S2485 [29AP]

McAuliffe, Christa: mint commemorative coins with proceeds from sales going to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics program (see S. 239), S3320 [11JN]

Medicaid: require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (see S. 2585), S5748 [26SE]

Medicare: provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see S. 518), S3216 [4JN]

——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (see S. 880), S4456 [24JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 668), S4629 [27JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see S.J. Res. 1), S2488 [29AP]

——— eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 1444), S2815 [14MY]

Middle East: impose sanctions relative to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism (see S. 2680), S6719 [20NO]

——— recognize Israel’s sovereignty over, and promote and conduct joint projects on, Golan Heights, and ensure Syria faces consequences for killing civilians, ethnic cleansing, and use of weapons of mass destruction (see S. 567), S1621 [4MR]

Military Retiree Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 118), S1900 [14MR]

Morality and ethics: protect dignity of fetal remains (see S. 2590), S5748 [26SE]

NASA: anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing and tribute to crew and support staff (see S. Con. Res. 19), S3846 [19JN]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 438), S6756 [21NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 438), S6756 [21NO]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 350), S5749 [26SE]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see S. Con. Res. 25), S5493 [16SE]

National Democracy Month: designate (see S. Res. 252), S5476 [12SE]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 327), S5664 [24SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see S. 1300), S2613 [2MY]

National Minority Health Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 190), S2646 [6MY]

National Police Week: designate (see S. Res. 209), S2816 [14MY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 321), S5603 [19SE]

National Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 191), S2646 [6MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 413), S6475 [7NO]

National Women’s Small Business Month: observance (see S. Res. 400), S6334 [31OC]

NIH: study health and developmental effects of technology and media on infants, children, and adolescents (see S. 558), S5407 [10SE]

Northwest Missouri State University: tribute to men’s basketball team (see S. Res. 185), S2614 [2MY]

Older Americans Month: designate (see S. Res. 241), S3284 [10JN]

O’Ree, Willie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2001), S5796 [15OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see S. 141), S273 [16JA]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 274), S769 [30JA]

SBA: assess threats and breaches, develop a strategy, and report to Congress on actions taken relative to cybersecurity (see S. 772), S2045 [27MR]

——— ensure proper authority for Office of Advocacy (see S. 83), S2516 [30AP]

——— prohibit businesses owned by or affiliated with Chinese citizens from receiving assistance (see S. 75), S2516 [30AP]

——— repeal sunset for collateral requirements for disaster loans (see S. 862), S2045 [27MR]

——— require cyber certification for small business development center counselors (see S. 771), S2045 [27MR]

SEC: promulgate regulations on disclosure of certain commercial data (see S. 1951), S4504 [25JN]

Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (see S. Res. 166), S2435 [11AP]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see S. 578), S4629 [27JN]

——— require hospitals and other participating providers under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program to disclose provider’s policy on parental consent for emergency treatment of minors (see S. 3138), S7208 [19DE]

Stevens, John Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 282), S5013 [23JY]

Sudan: encourage transfer of power by military to civilian-led political authority, pursue accountability for crimes and human rights abuses, and support aspirations for democracy, justice, and peace (see S. Res. 188), S2614 [2MY]

Taiwan: foster security through inclusion in international organizations, review of Dept. of State diplomatic guidance, and enhancement of U.S.-Taiwan defense relationship (see S. 878), S6334 [31OC]

Taxation: eliminate requirement that charities, churches, and traditionally tax-exempt organizations pay Federal taxes on provided employee benefits (see S. 632), S1846 [13MR]

——— ensure tax-exempt cooperative organizations do not lose their tax-exempt status when they use certain Federal funds to provide critical services to their members (see S. 1032), S6904 [9DE]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see S. 460), S2925 [16MY]

——— protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans (see S. 2276), S5107 [25JY]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see S. 1652), S5967 [22OC]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 215), S3216 [4JN]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see S. 803), S3216 [4JN]

Time: make daylight savings time permanent (see S. 670), S6626 [18NO]

Venezuela: provide humanitarian relief, advance a constitutional and democratic solution to political crisis, address economic reconstruction, and combat public corruption, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering (see S. 1025), S2240 [3AP]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see S. 1235), S3007 [21MY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to U.S. Army Rangers veterans (see S. 1757), S5967 [22OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

China: condemn theft of intellectual property and control export of covered national interest technology and intellectual property (see S. 1459), S2815 [14MY]

Coast Guard: improve safety of amphibious passenger vessels by providing reserve buoyancy, implement interim safety requirements for vessels without reserve buoyancy, and improve severe weather preparedness (see S. 1031), S2269 [4AP]

Corps of Engineers: establish Flood Control Civilian Advisory Council to address flood control and navigation along the Missouri River (see S. 1565), S3004 [21MY]

——— remove fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System and make flood control the highest priority (see S. 1571), S3004 [21MY]

Crime: prohibit companies that host videos from enabling child predators (see S. 1916), S4168 [20JN]

Dept. of Education: make more job training, apprenticeship, and certification programs eligible for Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2123), S4856 [16JY]

——— require colleges and universities to share responsibility for student loan defaults and prohibit increasing tuition or charging additional fees to offset cost of liability (see S. 2124), S4856 [16JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: create a task force to address threat of foreign government influence and threats to academic research integrity on college campuses (see S. 1879), S3651 [18JN] (see S. 2728), S6243 [29OC]

Dept. of Justice: expand support for police officer family services, stress reduction, and suicide prevention (see S. 998), S2239 [3AP]

Federal agencies and departments: require relocation of headquarters of certain agencies to economically-distressed regions (see S. 2672), S6091 [23OC]

FEMA: clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees (see S. 1521), S2924 [16MY]

FTC: eliminate monetization practices from video games played by children by regulating certain pay-to-win microtransactions and sales of loot boxes in interactive digital entertainment products (see S. 1629), S3104 [23MY]

——— establish a national Do Not Track system to protect privacy of Internet users by allowing them to block collection of certain data by online companies (see S. 1578), S3005 [21MY]

——— safeguard sensitive data from foreign governments that pose risks to national security by imposing data security requirements and strengthening review of foreign investments (see S. 2889), S6625 [18NO]

Hong Kong: impose sanctions against China to combat suppression of freedoms of speech, association, assembly, procession, and demonstration and freeze assets of entities undermining autonomy, liberties, and human rights (see S. 2758), S6333 [31OC]

Internet: require large interactive computer service providers to prove content moderation is politically neutral in order to retain immunity from liability for illegal content posted by third parties (see S. 1914), S3844 [19JN]

——— require social media companies to ban certain features that are designed to be addictive, require choice parity for consent, and give users the power to monitor their time spent on social media (see S. 2314), S5195 [30JY]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: call for dismantling of labor camp system, investigate crimes against humanity, end human rights abuses, and allow monitoring of prisoner rehabilitation (see S. Res. 303), S5311 [1AU]

SBA: improve license application process for small business investment companies (see S. 2188), S4948 [18JY]

Sri Lanka: condemn terrorist attacks, support peace and security of religious communities, and protect freedom of religion (see S. Res. 176), S2516 [30AP]

St. Louis Blues (hockey team): tribute (see S. Res. 266), S4566 [26JN]

Taiwan: support measures taken to deter, or if so compelled, defeat, aggression by China (see S. Res. 228), S3215 [4JN]

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [3JA]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), motion to proceed, S3469 [13JN], S3830 [19JN]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S549, S557 [24JA], S2081 [28MR], S2113 [1AP]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S736 [29JA], S788 [31JA]

——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), motion to proceed, S128 [10JA], S174 [14JA], S693 [28JA]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S4197 [24JN]

Privilege of the floor

Sipp, Thomas, S6134 [23OC]

Remarks

Abortion: require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (S. 130), S838 [4FE]

California, MO: tribute to Burgers’ Smokehouse (business), S2740• [8MY]

Economy: revitalize the middle class, S2848–S2850 [15MY], S5733 [26SE]

Harmack, Eugene: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, S2481 [29AP]

Harrison, Glenn: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, S2481 [29AP]

Health: life expectancy rates, S5733 [26SE]

Hong Kong: address political demonstrators’ demands, condemn use of force against demonstrators and characterization of protests as riots, and express concern relative to Chinese extradition bill, S6063 [23OC]

——— issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissibility of visa applicants (S. 1838), S6653 [19NO]

Immergut, Karin J.: nomination to be district judge, S5228 [31JY]

Joplin, MO: tribute to Joplin High School Junior ROTC program, S1703• [6MR]

Northam, Ralph: condemn comments relative to late-term abortion, S838 [4FE]

Villagran, Alfred: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, S2481 [29AP]

Yale University: decision of Yale Law School to expand nondiscrimination policy to students who are affiliated with or work for organizations that have discriminatory hiring practices, S2304 [9AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate: welcome to new Senators, S83 [9JA]

Tribute, S2850 [15MY]