CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE (a Senator from West Virginia)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), S3398, S3402, S3407, S3433, S3437 [12JN], S3496, S3501, S3503, S3509, S3515, S3534, S3541, S3579, S3587, S3592 [13JN], S3678, S3683, S3702, S3709, S3720, S3770 [18JN], S4171, S4192 [20JN], S4513 [25JN], S4580 [26JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S6129 [23OC], S6166 [24OC], S6194 [28OC], S6311, S6312 [31OC], S6722 [20NO]
NSF: support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education research focused on early childhood (S. 737), S5758, S5760 [26SE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S5339 [30AU], S6779 [29NO]
Conferee: H.J. Res. 31, Dept. of Homeland Security continuing appropriations, S684 [25JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 109), S7157 [18DE]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 160), S6904 [9DE]
——— 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), S867 (see S. 311), S868 [5FE]
AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see S. 1766), S3284 [10JN]
Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see S. 362), S919 [6FE]
American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 257), S4169 [20JN]
American Farm Bureau Federation: anniversary (see S. Res. 39), S800 [31JA]
American Heart Month: designate (see S. Res. 83), S1540 [27FE]
American Legion: allow determination of membership requirements (see S. 504), S1706 [6MR]
Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 104), S699 [28JA]
Arlington National Cemetery: mint coins in commemoration of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier anniversary (see S. 639), S1621 [4MR]
Armed Forces: include digital breast tomosynthesis as a primary and preventative health care service under military health system and TRICARE program (see S. 2944), S6755 [21NO]
——— provide compensation and credit for retired pay purposes for maternity leave taken by Reserve component members (see S. 1615), S3059 [22MY]
——— provide coverage for eating disorders under the TRICARE program for members, certain former members, and their dependents (see S. 2673), S6091 [23OC]
——— provide penalties for the sale of any Purple Heart awarded to a member (see S. 122), S220 [15JA]
——— remove prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of Reserve components who are eligible to enroll in certain health benefits plans (see S. 164), S274 [16JA]
——— take certain steps to improve Transition Assistance Program and other transition assistance to members who are separated, retired, or discharged (see S. 1555), S4568 [26JN]
Bankruptcy: exempt certain Social Security, victims of war crimes or terrorism, and disability benefits from calculation of monthly income of veterans (see S. 679), S1901 [14MR]
Black Sea: support freedom of navigation operations in surrounding waters, oppose Russian aggression and impose sanctions, provide military assistance to Ukraine, and call on Europe to deny Russian access to ports (see S. Res. 27), S587 [24JA]
Brand USA, Inc.: extend transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization System fees (see S. 2203), S5541 [17SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 3), S801 [31JA]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of rotunda to honor the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II upon death (see S. Con. Res. 17), S2925 [16MY]
Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 79), S1493 [26FE]
Chesapeake Bay Program: reauthorize (see S. 701), S1733 [7MR]
Children and youth: condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize its harmful impacts, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence (see S. Res. 112), S1900 [14MR]
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), S3107 [23MY]
Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 509), S1793 [12MR]
Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 340), S5706 [25SE]
Corp. for National and Community Service: recognize significant milestone of Senior Corps volunteers serving 50,000,000 hours in 2018 (see S. Res. 230), S3215 [4JN]
Credit: report identity theft transaction in credit histories of criminal defendants (see S. 2631), S5895 [17OC]
Crime: enhance penalties for killing, attempting to kill, or assaulting a public safety officer (see S. 1508), S2924 [16MY]
——— establish Federal law to outlaw selling of minors for financial gain (see S. 1164), S2433 [11AP]
——— establish new Federal crimes for killing, assaulting, or fleeing from an assault on law enforcement officers and judges, limit rights of offenders, and allow officers to carry firearms in Federal facilities (see S. 1480), S2883 [15MY]
——— reduce mass violence, strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, and improve school safety (see S. 2690), S6092 [23OC]
——— specify lynching as a hate crime (see S. 488), S1382 [14FE]
Culver, John C.: tribute (see S. Res. 16), S143 [10JA]
DEA: include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and have no medical use (see S. 2701), S6449 [6NO]
——— report certain information on distribution of opioids to assist in identifying suspicious orders and hold manufacturers and distributors accountable who fail to report and stop suspicious orders (see S. 3070), S7113 [17DE]
Dept. of Commerce: assess and analyze effects of broadband deployment and adoption on the economy (see S. 1289), S2612 [2MY]
——— prevent circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duties by nonmarket economy countries (see S. 2900), S6669 [19NO]
Dept. of Defense: provide for inclusion of names of crew members of U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see S. 849), S2688 [7MY]
Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence (see S. 976), S2118 [1AP]
——— ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups (see S. 1168), S5665 [24SE]
——— expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (see S. 839), S1899 [14MR]
——— provide grants for institutions of higher education to prevent substance misuse (see S. 1281), S2612 [2MY]
——— provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled (see S. 1585), S4858 [16JY]
——— reauthorize and modify Federal TRIO Programs (see S. 1803), S3363 [12JN]
——— reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions (see S. 1279), S5578 [18SE]
Dept. of Energy: authorize Office of Fossil Energy development of advanced separation technologies for extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from coal and coal byproducts (see S. 1052), S2270 [4AP]
——— enhance fossil fuel technology (see S. 1201), S2434 [11AP]
——— establish a carbon technologies program to advance research and promote coal-derived carbon products (see S. 3047), S7027 [12DE]
——— establish a program to incentivize innovation and to enhance U.S. industrial competitiveness by developing technologies to reduce emissions of nonpower industrial sectors (see S. 2300), S5108 [25JY]
——— establish advanced nuclear energy goals and provide versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source and high-assay, low-enriched uranium for research, development, and demonstration of advanced reactor concepts (see S. 903), S2043 [27MR]
——— remove prohibitions on the exportation and importation of natural gas (see S. 1155), S2433 [11AP]
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), S2043 [27MR]
——— condition certain grants on States, local educational agencies, and tribes implementing a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy (see S. 2492), S5539 [17SE]
——— ensure doctors have access to patients’ treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see S. 1012), S2240 [3AP]
——— expand use of technology-enhanced collaborative learning and capacity building models to increase access to health care services in rural areas (see S. 1618), S3846 [19JN]
——— improve obstetric care in rural areas (see S. 2373), S5248 [31JY]
——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see S. 2080), S4773 [10JY]
——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see S. 1657), S5795 [15OC]
——— provide social service agencies with resources to provide services to meet urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life (see S. 2179), S5109 [25JY]
——— publish physical activity recommendations (see S. 1608), S3059 [22MY]
——— reauthorize and expand Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (see S. 304), S800 [31JA] (see S. 1191), S2434 [11AP]
——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (see S. 106), S143 [10JA]
——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (see S. 427), S2517 [30AP]
——— reauthorize Healthy Start program (see S. 2619), S6826 [3DE]
——— reauthorize school-based health centers (see S. 1013), S2240 [3AP]
——— require a study on women and lung cancer (see S. 1107), S2386 [10AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish School Safety Clearinghouse (see S. 2530), S5628 [23SE]
Dept. of HUD: expand eligibility for certain housing programs for qualified volunteer first responders (see S. 2982), S6888 [5DE]
Dept. of Justice: expand support for police officer family services, stress reduction, and suicide prevention (see S. 998), S2330 [9AP]
——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 546), S2517 [30AP]
——— federally criminalize female genital mutilation through establishment of stronger connections between the practice and interstate commerce (see S. 2017), S4628 [27JN]
——— provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices to detect dangerous drugs and train personnel on use of such devices (see S. 954), S2295 [8AP]
——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (see S. 227), S1134 [7FE]
Dept. of Labor: enable registered apprenticeship programs to better serve veterans (see S. 760), S1792 [12MR]
Dept. of the Interior: establish program to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed (see S. 2591), S5748 [26SE]
——— facilitate availability, development, and environmentally responsible production of domestic resources to meet national material or critical mineral needs (see S. 1317), S4775 [10JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: 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), S2646 [6MY]
Dept. of Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, expedite environmental reviews for projects, improve resiliency, and reduce carbon emissions (see S. 2302), S5199 [30JY]
——— establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings (see S. 2310), S5141 [29JY]
——— 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), S3217 [4JN]
——— repeal a rescission of funds in Federal-aid highway program contract authority (see S. 1992), S4566 [26JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans (see S. 91), S743 [29JA]
——— establish an inter-agency task force on use of Federal lands for medical treatment and therapy through outdoor recreation for veterans (see S. 1263), S2886 [15MY]
——— establish Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration (see S. 1003), S2330 [9AP]
——— improve benefits and services for women veterans (see S. 514), S1383 [14FE]
——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (see S. 1906), S4858 [16JY]
——— 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), S2329 [9AP]
——— report on patient safety and quality of care at medical centers (see S. 2995), S6888 [5DE] (see S. 3147), S7208 [19DE]
——— review health care providers whose licenses were terminated for care or services provided at non-departmental facilities and notify patients who received inadequate care from such providers (see S. 123), S5578 [18SE]
Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see S. 2681), S6092 [23OC]
Diseases and disorders: extend availability of semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see S. 1728), S3251 [5JN]
——— issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (see S. 1438), S2814 [14MY]
Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2054), S4698 [8JY]
Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 439), S6756 [21NO]
Drugs: impose sanctions relative to foreign traffickers of illicit opioids (see S. 1044), S3254 [5JN]
——— withhold assistance from countries that do not monitor or prosecute production or distribution of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs or do not require registration of tableting and encapsulating machines (see S. 400), S3060 [22MY]
Easterseals (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 85), S2190 [2AP]
Edmonds, Rodrick W.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 642), S1763 [11MR]
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]
——— expand use of E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (see S. 556), S1492 [26FE]
Endometriosis Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 130), S2088 [28MR]
EPA: award grants to eligible entities to increase resiliency of publicly owned treatment works to natural disasters (see S. 2636), S5896 [17OC]
——— clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source that emits air pollutants constitutes a modification or construction relative to Clean Air Act standards (see S. 2662), S5965 [22OC]
——— designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (see S. 638), S1594 [28FE]
——— exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see S. 2602), S5840 [16OC]
——— make changes relative to water quality certification (see S. 1087), S2328 [9AP]
——— publish maximum contaminant level goal for drinking water and promulgate national primary drinking water regulation for total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see S. 1473), S2883 [15MY]
——— reauthorize diesel emissions reduction program (see S. 747), S1792 [12MR]
——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (see S. 383), S1132 [7FE]
Europe: commend European Parliament resolution calling for cancellation of Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Europe and supporting energy security (see S. Res. 27), S587 [24JA]
——— reduce reliance on Russian energy resources through energy security cooperation and expediting U.S. natural gas exports and impose sanctions on development of Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline (see S. 1830), S3475 [13JN]
FAA: improve hiring process for air traffic controllers by prioritizing hiring of veterans and FAA Certified Collegiate Training Initiative school graduates (see S. 1148), S2886 [15MY]
——— modernize training programs at aviation maintenance technician schools (see S. 3043), S7026 [12DE]
——— provide for a full annuity supplement for air traffic controllers that participate in Federal Contract Tower Program (see S. 2898), S6905 [9DE]
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 85), S142 [10JA]
FCC: designate 3-digit dialing code for veterans in crisis (see S. 2003), S4731 [9JY]
——— establish national standard to determine comparability of mobile and broadband services provided in rural versus urban areas (see S. 1515), S2924 [16MY]
——— facilitate a spectrum pipeline for commercial use and require a portion of proceeds from spectrum auctions to go to wireless broadband infrastructure buildout in unserved and underserved rural areas (see S. 2223), S5012 [23JY]
——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (see S. 151), S1734 [7MR]
——— improve mapping of wireless broadband coverage accuracy by considering use of consumer-reported data and State and local data (see S. 842), S1899 [14MR]
——— issue rules on collection of data relative to availability of broadband services (see S. 1822), S4170 [20JN]
FDA: establish procedures relative to approval of opioid drugs (see S. 418), S1133 [7FE]
——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (see S. 340), S3320 [11JN]
——— speed up approvals of lower-cost, generic, and ‘‘follow-on’’ insulin products (see S. 2103), S5109 [25JY]
Federal agencies and departments: improve processes by which environmental documents are prepared and permits and applications are processed and regulated (see S. 1518), S2924 [16MY]
——— 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), S142 [10JA]
Federal aid programs: establish special congressional rescue committees to craft legislation that restores and strengthens certain Federal trust funds (see S. 2733), S6477 [7NO]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 168), S2435 [11AP]
Firearms: enhance penalties for certain thefts of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee (see S. 1788), S3319 [11JN]
——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 69), S103 [9JA]
Fish and fishing: phase out large-scale driftnet fishing and develop alternative fishing methods and gear types that reduce incidental catch of living marine resources (see S. 906), S2043 [27MR]
——— prohibit sale of shark fins (see S. 877), S1987 [26MR]
FTC: prohibit anticompetitive use of patents by drug product manufacturers (see S. 1416), S2886 [15MY]
Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): commend work, affirm U.S. financial commitment, and urge donor and recipient countries to increase pledges and meet commitments (see S. Res. 318), S5708 [25SE]
Hagan, Kay R.: tribute (see S. Res. 390), S6300 [30OC]
Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 948), S5629 [23SE]
Historic buildings and sites: provide for public and private sector partnerships to preserve, conserve, and enhance visitor experiences at significant battlefields of the American Revolution, War of 1812, and Civil War (see S. 225), S2688 [7MY]
Hong Kong: issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissability of visa applicants (see S. 1838), S6093 [23OC]
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), S4968 [22JY]
Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and provide liability protection for local law enforcement who enforce Federal laws (see S. 1644), S3105 [23MY]
——— clarify definition of sanctuary jurisdictions, provide civil remedies for victims of crimes committed by individuals benefitting from a sanctuary policy, and withhold grant funding from such jurisdictions (see S. 2059), S6568 [13NO]
Information technology: ensure that fixed broadband Internet access service assisted by any Federal broadband support program meets a minimum speed threshold (see S. 2816), S6475 [7NO]
——— promote deployment of commercial fifth generation (5G) mobile networks and the sharing of information with communication providers on security risks (see S. 1625), S5014 [23JY]
Insurance: ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S. 1125), S2386 [10AP]
——— require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see S. 2546), S6509 [12NO]
——— require health insurance providers to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see S. 741), S4774 [10JY]
International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements: designate (see S. Res. 283), S5063 [24JY]
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), S1989 [26MR]
Jews: condemn and combat anti-Semitism (see S. Res. 189), S2614 [2MY]
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1061), S2294 [8AP]
Koch, Christina H.: tribute (see S. Res. 451), S6950 [10DE]
Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see S. 302), S800 [31JA]
Lugar, Richard G.: tribute (see S. Res. 173), S2485 [29AP]
Malnutrition Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 338), S5706 [25SE]
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: support provision of treatment family care services (see S. 1880), S5708 [25SE]
Medicare: coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see S. 595), S1593 [28FE]
——— count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see S. 753), S1792 [12MR]
——— cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 286), S5108 [25JY]
——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 296), S5578 [18SE]
——— expand access to telehealth services (see S. 2741), S6606 [14NO]
——— improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see S. 283), S769 [30JA]
——— improve home health payment reforms (see S. 433), S5578 [18SE]
——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see S. 1936), S4169 [20JN]
——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see S. 518), S1383 [14FE]
——— provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers by establishing requirements for pharmacy-negotiated price concessions (see S. 2247), S5062 [24JY]
——— provide information on vaccines for seniors as part of the Medicare & You handbook and ensure treatment of cost-sharing for vaccines under part D is consistent with treatment under part B (see S. 1872), S3477 [13JN]
——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (see S. 880), S1987 [26MR]
——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see S. 2905), S6718 [20NO]
——— require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D (see S. 640), S3006 [21MY]
——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 668), S1705 [6MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: provide equal coverage of in vitro specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) tests and percutaneous tests for allergies (see S. 2246), S6568 [13NO]
Meir, Jessica U.: tribute (see S. Res. 451), S6950 [10DE]
Members of Congress: 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), S274 [16JA]
Mental health: improve identification and support of children and families who experience trauma (see S. 1770), S3284 [10JN]
Middle East: impose sanctions relative to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism (see S. 2680), S6449 [6NO]
Military Retiree Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 118), S1900 [14MR]
Mining and mineral resources: affirm that States should primarily regulate hydraulic fracturing and the President should not declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless authorized by Congress (see S. Res. 411), S6672 [19NO]
——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see S. 2788), S6447 [6NO]
NASA: anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing and tribute to crew and support staff (see S. Con. Res. 19), S3846 [19JN]
——— anniversary of Apollo 12 Moon landing, tribute to crew and support staff, and support of continued U.S. leadership in exploration and use of space through human spaceflight (see S. Res. 441), S6756 [21NO]
——— award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden and posthumously to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson for contributions during the ‘‘Space Race’’ (see S. 590), S1540 [27FE]
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: observance (see S. Res. 379), S6156 [24OC]
National Archives and Records Administration: establish Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Collection (see S. 2794), S6627 [18NO]
National Child Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 302), S5249 [31JY]
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 350), S5749 [26SE]
National Concussion Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 349), S5749 [26SE]
National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 2434), S5579 [18SE]
National Democracy Month: designate (see S. Res. 252), S5449 [11SE]
National Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 389), S6300 [30OC]
National FFA Week: designate (see S. Res. 77), S1384 [14FE]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 226), S3107 [23MY]
National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see S. 1300), S2613 [2MY]
National Mentoring Month: observance (see S. Res. 28), S587 [24JA]
National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address maintenance backlog (see S. 500), S1382 [14FE]
National Park Week: designate (see S. Res. 167), S2435 [11AP]
National Parks Conservation Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 128), S2389 [10AP]
National Police Week: designate (see S. Res. 209), S2816 [14MY]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 220), S3106 [23MY]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 220), S3106 [23MY]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 321), S5603 [19SE]
National Rosie the Riveter Day: designate (see S. Res. 114), S1900 [14MR]
National Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 191), S2646 [6MY]
National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see S. Res. 197), S2743 [8MY]
National Wear Red Day: designate (see S. Res. 83), S1540 [27FE]
National Women’s Small Business Month: observance (see S. Res. 400), S6334 [31OC]
National Workforce Development Month: designate (see S. Res. 304), S5312 [1AU]
NSF: support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education research focused on early childhood (see S. 737), S1762 [11MR]
Office of Science and Technology Policy: provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (see S. 999), S2239 [3AP]
Olympic Games: provide oversight over U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, increase legal liability on committee and national governing bodies, and protect amateur athletes from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse (see S. 2330), S5314 [1AU]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 172), S1437 [25FE]
——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 684), S2885 [15MY]
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute: reauthorize (see S. 2897), S6669 [19NO]
Public debt: require that any debt ceiling increase or suspension be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 2002), S4627 [27JN]
Public Health Service: designate Chief Nurse Officer as National Nurse for Public Health (see S. 696), S1733 [7MR]
Public lands: modify procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units (see S. 1665), S3105 [23MY]
Public Schools Week: designate (see S. Res. 126), S2043 [27MR]
Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 88), S1595 [28FE]
Red Ribbon Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 366), S5922 [21OC]
SBA: modify Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to make grants more competitive and give priority to underserved States (see S. 2023), S4628 [27JN]
——— require approval or disapproval of Small Business Investment Company applications applicants within set reasonable timelines (see S. 1975), S4566 [26JN]
SEC: establish Senior Investor Taskforce (see S. 1719), S6859 [4DE]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: extend (see S. 430), S5013 [23JY]
Small business: establish additional criteria for determining when employers may join together in a group or association of employers that will be treated as an employer for purposes of sponsoring a group health plan (see S. 1170), S2433 [11AP]
Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2054), S4698 [8JY]
Smithsonian Institution: establish a comprehensive women’s history museum (see S. 959), S5540 [17SE]
——— establish National Museum of the American Latino (see S. 1267), S2569 [1MY]
Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see S. 578), S1540 [27FE]
——— eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see S. 1374), S4775 [10JY]
Space policy: call for an international agreement and require Federal agencies issuing licenses for commercial space activities to include provisions to protect and preserve the Apollo 11 and other lunar landing sites (see S. 1694), S4823 [15JY]
Sports: ensure pay equity for amateur athletes (see S. 2130), S4856 [16JY]
——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of integration of baseball (see S. 1954), S4504 [25JN]
Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2054), S4698 [8JY]
Stevens, John Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 282), S5013 [23JY]
Supreme Court: constitutional amendment to require the Supreme Court be composed of not more than nine justices (see S.J. Res. 14), S1939 [25MR]
Syria: oppose decision to end U.S. efforts to prevent Turkish operations against Syrian Kurds, call for Turkey to cease military action, provide support to Syrian Kurds, and thwart regional terrorism (see S.J. Res. 59), S5966 [22OC]
Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis: establish (see S. 1772), S6670 [19NO]
Taxation: allow a refundable income tax credit for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind (see S. 815), S2647 [6MY]
——— 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), S6157 [24OC]
——— establish a new tax credit and grant program to stimulate investment and healthy nutrition options in food deserts (see S. 786), S1845 [13MR]
——— exclude certain post graduation scholarship grants from gross income in the same manner as qualified scholarships to promote economic growth (see S. 676), S1705 [6MR]
——— extend credit for production of refined coal (see S. 1405), S2770 [9MY]
——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see S. 460), S1276 [12FE]
——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 604), S1661 [5MR]
——— make civil damages, restitution, and any other monetary award given to human trafficking survivors exempt from Federal income taxes (see S. 169), S274 [16JA]
——— modify qualifying advanced coal project credit (see S. 407), S1660 [5MR]
——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 750), S2044 [27MR]
——— provide a nonrefundable credit for working family caregivers (see S. 1443), S2815 [14MY]
——— provide an election to advance future child tax credits in the year of birth or adoption (see S. 2976), S6858 [4DE]
——— provide an investment credit for qualified broadband projects (see S. 2867), S6604 [14NO]
——— provide for new markets tax credit investments in rural job zones (see S. 2028), S4628 [27JN]
——— reform low-income housing credit (see S. 1703), S4908 [17JY]
——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see S. 692), S1941 [25MR]
——— require information reporting relative to qualified opportunity zone tax incentives enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and require public reports related to such tax incentives (see S. 2994), S6888 [5DE]
——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see S. 803), S5250 [31JY]
——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see S. 680), S1705 [6MR]
Tobacco products: prohibit use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools (see S. 1832), S6789 [2DE]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see S. 261), S5407 [10SE]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 2920), S6718 [20NO]
Wildlife: authorize a special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose (see S. 382), S1132 [7FE]
——— increase protections (see S. 3051), S7050 [16DE]
Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see S. 1235), S2515 [30AP] (see S. 2427), S6449 [6NO]
——— observe anniversary of passage and ratification of 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage and strengthen democratic participation and precedent established by such amendment (see S. Res. 212), S2925 [16MY]
——— support and expand civic engagement and political leadership of adolescent girls around the world (see S. 2766), S6905 [9DE]
Women veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Res. 415), S6475 [7NO]
Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2054), S4698 [8JY]
World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to U.S. Army Rangers veterans (see S. 1757), S6393 [5NO]
——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) known as ‘‘Merrill’s Marauders’’ for bravery and service in the jungles of Burma (see S. 743), S5707 [25SE]
——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see S. 133), S4773 [10JY]
——— commemorate anniversary of Battle of the Bulge and honor those who fought and those who died there (see S. Con. Res. 23), S5249 [31JY]
——— recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the D-Day amphibious landing at Normandy, France (see S. Res. 135), S2488 [29AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Appalachian Regional Commission: aid in development of an ethane storage hub in central Appalachia and assist in developing infrastructure necessary to allow the region to benefit from associated manufacturing jobs (see S. 2280), S5107 [25JY]
——— reauthorize (see S. 2273), S5107 [25JY]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: accelerate progress toward prevention strategies, treatments, and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and provide caregivers dementia care training (see S. 1126), S2386 [10AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see S. 2582), S5748 [26SE]
Dept. of Transportation: accelerate completion of Appalachian development highway system by facilitating exchanges between States with unspent balances of targeted funds to States that lack funding (see S. 2271), S5107 [25JY]
EPA: establish a grant program for improving infrastructure asset management by small public water systems (see S. 2674), S6091 [23OC]
——— include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the Toxics Release Inventory (see S. 1507), S2924 [16MY]
FCC: improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the U.S. (see S. 1522), S2924 [16MY]
Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see S. 94), S142 [10JA]
Medicare: combat opioid crisis by promoting access to non-opioid treatments in the hospital outpatient setting (see S. 3067), S7113 [17DE]
——— expand and expedite access to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see S. 2842), S6566 [13NO]
——— prohibit prescription drug plan sponsors and Medicare Advantage prescription drug organizations from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies (see S. 988), S2189 [2AP]
——— provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients (see S. 1190), S2434 [11AP]
Mental health: authorize a program to promote innovative approaches to securing prompt access to appropriate care for individuals presenting at emergency departments with acute mental health illness (see S. 1334), S2645 [6MY]
Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see S. 671), S1705 [6MR]
NASA: modify National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (see S. 2831), S6507 [12NO]
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve: designate (see S. 2555), S5747 [26SE]
NIST: facilitate adoption of composite technology in infrastructure (see S. 384), S1132 [7FE]
Taxation: allow private activity bonds to be used for qualified broadband projects and provide for tax credit payments to issuers of tax-exempt bonds used to finance broadband infrastructure projects (see S. 2866), S6604 [14NO]
——— create a tax credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see S. 1627), S3104 [23MY]
Wheeling, WV: anniversary (see S. Res. 310), S5474 [12SE]
Cloture motions
Abizaid, John P.: nomination to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, S2262 [4AP]
Akard, Stephen J.: nomination to be Dept. of State Office of Foreign Missions Director, S5299 [1AU], S5380 [10SE]
Altman, Roy K.: nomination to be district judge, S2114 [1AP], S2224 [3AP]
Arias-Marxuach, Raul M.: nomination to be district judge, S2422 [11AP], S2552 [1MY]
Bade, Bridget S.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1882 [14MR], S1931 [25MR]
Barker, J. Campbell: nomination to be district judge, S2421 [11AP], S2505 [30AP]
Barlow, David B.: nomination to be district judge, S6727 [21NO], S6820 [3DE]
Barr, William P.: nomination to be Attorney General, S1117 [7FE], S1265 [12FE]
Bernhardt, David: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S2285 [8AP], S2375 [10AP]
Biegun, Stephen E.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State, S7089 [17DE]
Black, David F.: nomination to be SSA Deputy Commissioner, S5591 [19SE], S5642 [24SE]
Boulee, Jean-Paul: nomination to be district judge, S3238 [5JN], S3313 [11JN]
Bowman, Michelle: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S5300 [1AU], S5432 [11SE]
Brady, Holly A.: nomination to be district judge, S2262 [4AP], S2355 [10AP]
Brasher, Andrew L.: nomination to be district judge, S2421 [11AP], S2540 [1MY]
Bremberg, Andrew P.: nomination to be Office of the U.N. and Other International Organizations in Geneva U.S. Representative, S5880 [17OC], S5943 [22OC]
Bress, Daniel A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4643 [27JN], S4689 [8JY]
Brouillette, Dan R.: nomination to be Sec. of Energy, S6706 [20NO], S6739 [21NO]
Buescher, Brian C.: nomination to be district judge, S4937 [18JY], S5032 [24JY]
Calabria, Mark A.: nomination to be Federal Housing Finance Agency Director, S2183 [2AP], S2250 [4AP]
Callanan, Brian: nomination to be Dept. of the Treasury General Counsel, S5468 [12SE], S5512 [17SE]
Cella, Joseph J.: nomination to be Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu, S5591 [19SE], S5642 [24SE]
Collins, Daniel P.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2907 [16MY], S2957 [20MY]
Cooper, R. Clarke: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for Political-Military Affairs, S2421 [11AP], S2501 [30AP]
Cooper, William: nomination to be Dept. of Energy General Counsel, S2421 [11AP], S2477 [29AP]
Corker, Clifton L.: nomination to be district judge, S4797 [11JY], S4886 [17JY]
Craft, Kelly Knight: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador and U.N. Security Council Representative, S5298 [1AU]
——— nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. General Assembly, S5352 [9SE]
Darling, Elizabeth: nomination to be Dept. of HHS Administration on Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner, S5299 [1AU], S5379 [10SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), S5563, S5569 [18SE]
——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), conference report, S7019 [12DE], S7042 [16DE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize cyber incident response teams (H.R. 1158), S7088 [17DE], S7192 [19DE]
——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 31), conference report, S1362, S1364 [14FE]
Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove proposal to terminate sanctions imposed against Russian companies En+ Group Ltd., United Company RUSAL Ltd., and EuroSibEnergo JSC (S.J. Res. 2), S208 [15JA], S247 [16JA]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S6187 [28OC], S6271 [30OC]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), motion to proceed, S5881 [17OC], S5946 [22OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), motion to proceed, S5881 [17OC], S6188 [28OC], S6326 [31OC]
Destro, Robert A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, S5467 [12SE], S5511 [17SE]
Dhillon, Janet: nomination to be EEOC Chair, S2594 [2MY], S2711 [8MY]
Dickson, Stephen M.: nomination to be FAA Administrator, S4936 [18JY], S4993 [23JY]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S549, S557 [24JA], S2064, S2081 [28MR], S2113 [1AP]
Domenico, Daniel D.: nomination to be district judge, S2262 [4AP], S2301 [9AP]
Duncan, Robert M.: nomination to be Postal Service Governor, S6736 [21NO], S6837 [4DE]
Fleming, John: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Economic Development, S1571 [28FE]
Hahn, Stephen: nomination to be FDA Commissioner, S6878 [5DE], S6986 [11DE]
Hartogensis, Gordon: nomination to be Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Director, S2421 [11AP], S2502 [30AP]
Howery, Kenneth A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Sweden, S5467 [12SE], S5508 [17SE]
Huffaker, R. Austin, Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S6727 [21NO], S6819 [3DE]
Hunsaker, Danielle J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6326 [31OC], S6384 [5NO]
Jorjani, Daniel H.: nomination to be Dept. of the Interior Solicitor, S5591 [19SE], S5642 [24SE]
Kessler, Jeffrey: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, S2114 [1AP], S2216 [3AP]
King, Robert L.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Education for Postsecondary Education, S4644 [27JN], S4760 [10JY]
Lee, Kenneth K.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2762 [9MY], S2799 [14MY]
Lydon, Sherri A.: nomination to be district judge, S6728 [21NO], S6836 [4DE]
Matey, Paul B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1730 [7MR], S1754 [11MR]
McIntosh, Brent J.: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for International Affairs, S5467 [12SE], S5511 [17SE]
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), S776 [31JA], S829 [4FE]
——— 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, S31 [4JA], S48 [8JA], S128 [10JA], S174 [14JA], S693 [28JA]
Morales, David S.: nomination to be district judge, S2263 [4AP], S2366 [10AP]
Murphy, Eric E.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1571 [28FE], S1698 [6MR]
Myers, Richard E., II: nomination to be district judge, S6727 [21NO], S6836 [4DE]
Nardini, William J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6327 [31OC], S6435 [6NO]
National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (H.R. 1865), S7087 [17DE], S7175 [19DE]
Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S1117 [7FE], S1161 [11FE]
——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), motion to proceed, S777 [31JA], S858 [5FE]
Nordquist, Jennifer D.: nomination to be International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Executive Director, S5300 [1AU], S5433 [11SE]
Pallasch, John P.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Education and Training, S4644 [27JN], S4761 [10JY]
Phipps, Peter J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4795 [11JY], S4816 [15JY]
Pitlyk, Sarah E.: nomination to be district judge, S6727 [21NO], S6818 [3DE]
Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Japan: ratify, S4796 [11JY]
Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Luxembourg: ratify, S4796 [11JY]
Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Spain: ratify, S4795 [11JY], S4847 [16JY]
Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Switzerland: ratify, S4796 [11JY]
Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of North Macedonia: ratify, S5880 [17OC], S5915 [21OC]
Rakolta, John, Jr.: nomination to be Ambassador to United Arab Emirates, S5467 [12SE], S5490 [16SE]
Readler, Chad A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1571 [28FE], S1652 [5MR]
Rosen, Jeffrey A.: nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S2776 [13MY], S2879 [15MY]
Rudofsky, Lee P.: nomination to be district judge, S6327 [31OC], S6420 [6NO]
Ruiz, Rodolfo A., II: nomination to be district judge, S2422 [11AP], S2551 [1MY]
Ryder, John L.: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S1365 [14FE]
Scalia, Eugene: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S5674, S5695 [25SE]
Senate Rules: improve procedures for consideration of nominations (S. Res. 50), motion to proceed, S2082 [28MR], S2177 [2AP]
Singhal, Anuraag: nomination to be district judge, S7038 [16DE], S7136 [18DE]
Skipwith, Aurelia: nomination to be U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, S6878 [5DE], S6987 [11DE]
Stilwell, David: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, S3238 [5JN], S3345 [12JN]
Sullivan, John J.: nomination to be Ambassador to Russia, S6877 [5DE], S6986 [11DE]
Tapia, Donald R.: nomination to be Ambassador to Jamaica, S4797 [11JY], S4887 [17JY]
Truncale, Michael J.: nomination to be district judge, S2762 [9MY], S2779 [13MY]
Wheeler, Andrew: nomination to be EPA Administrator, S1365 [14FE], S1510 [27FE]
Wolson, Joshua: nomination to be district judge, S2422 [11AP], S2552 [1MY]
Wright, Peter C.: nomination to be EPA Assistant Administrator for Office of Land and Emergency Management, S4645 [27JN], S4787 [11JY]
Wyrick, Patrick R.: nomination to be district judge, S2262 [4AP], S2306 [9AP]
Letters
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act: by, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), H266 [8JA]
Remarks
Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S545 [24JA], S1344 [14FE], S7075 [17DE]
——— making continuing, S546 [24JA], S6732 [21NO]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 28), S674 [25JA]
Arias-Marxuach, Raul M.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2548 [1MY]
Brasher, Andrew L.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2548 [1MY]
Budget: allocation of funds, S6934 [10DE]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: accelerate progress toward prevention strategies, treatments, and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and provide caregivers dementia care training (S. 1126), S2599 [2MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), S4531 [26JN]
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 (S. 901), S2599 [2MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: improve ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, narcotics, and psychoactive substances illegally imported into the U.S., S6277 [30OC]
——— limit number of detainees held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, S1345 [14FE]
——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 31), conference report, S1344 [14FE]
Dept. of Justice: expand support for police officer family services, stress reduction, and suicide prevention (S. 998), S2803 [14MY]
——— reauthorize Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 1231), S2803 [14MY]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (S. 820), S2803 [14MY]
Dept. of Transportation: accelerate completion of Appalachian development highway system by facilitating exchanges between States with unspent balances of targeted funds to States that lack funding, S5172 [30JY]
——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, expedite environmental reviews for projects, improve resiliency, and reduce carbon emissions (S. 2302), S5172 [30JY], S6934 [10DE]
——— establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings, S5172 [30JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), House amendment, S6732 [21NO]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S545 [24JA]
Diseases and disorders: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, S2599 [2MY]
Economy: status, S2548 [1MY]
EPA: disapprove rule repealing Clean Power Plan regulations relative to greenhouse gas emissions from powerplants (S.J. Res. 53), S5829 [16OC]
——— include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the Toxics Release Inventory, S4531 [26JN]
——— require continued and expanded monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, S4531 [26JN]
——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, S4531 [26JN], S5172 [30JY]
——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (S. 383), S1823 [13MR]
Fleming, John: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Economic Development, S1721 [7MR]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S545 [24JA], S674 [25JA]
Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S. Res. 59), S1686 [6MR], S1822 [13MR]
——— address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (S.J. Res. 8), S1686 [6MR]
Health: reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), S6934 [10DE]
Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), S4532 [26JN]
——— proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, S545 [24JA], S674 [25JA], S1344 [14FE]
——— secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico, S545 [24JA], S3354 [12JN]
Insurance: ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees, S4754 [10JY]
Johnson, Katherine: redesignate NASA Independent Verification and Validation Facility in Fairmont, WV, in honor, S2025 [27MR]
Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage, S4754 [10JY]
——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (S. 880), S2599 [2MY]
——— reform application process of direct and indirect remuneration fees within part D prescription drug program, S4754 [10JY]
Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, S6732 [21NO]
——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (S. 27), S1310 [13FE], S5830 [16OC]
——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (S. 2788), S6934 [10DE]
National Drug Prevention Week: observance, S2803 [14MY]
National Police Week: observance, S2802 [14MY]
National Women’s History Month: observance, S2025 [27MR]
Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S1823 [13MR]
Parkland, FL: commemorate shooting victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, express condolences to families and friends, honor survivors, and commend first responders (S. Res. 71), S1344 [14FE]
Pharmaceuticals: implement strategy to reduce prescription drug prices, S4754 [10JY]
Ruiz, Rodolfo A., II: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2548 [1MY]
Senate: legislative priorities, S6934 [10DE]
Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: impact, S6277 [30OC]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact of creation of opportunity zones, S2548 [1MY]
Taxation: improve, expand, and extend the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration, S1823 [13MR]
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): ratify, S6934 [10DE]
VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: implementation, S6425 [6NO]
Veterans Day: observance, S6424 [6NO]
Volk, Frank W.: confirmation as district judge, S5830 [16OC]
Wheeling, WV: anniversary (S. Res. 310), S5478, S5479 [12SE]
Wolson, Joshua: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2548 [1MY]
Women: observe anniversary of passage and ratification of 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage and strengthen democratic participation and precedent established by such amendment (S. Res. 212), S3196 [4JN]
Reports filed
Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2582) (S. Rept. 116–125), S5746 [26SE]
Tributes
Bazzie, Tony, S1984• [26MR]
Isakson, Senator, S6978 [11DE]
Manchester, John, S4501• [25JN]
McLaughlin, James K. (Kemp), S7152 [18DE]
Moore, Arch A., Jr., S6424 [6NO]
Pendleton, Andrea (Andy), S4501• [25JN]
Robertson, John, S5891• [17OC]
Robertson, Larry, S5192• [30JY]
Schmidt, John, S4502• [25JN]
Sines, Russell H., S2482• [29AP]
Skeens, Mary, S2292• [8AP]
Williams, Hershel W. (Woody), S6425 [6NO]