PORTMAN, ROB (a Senator from Ohio)

Amendments

Construction industries: prohibit use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements (S. 1434), S7218, S7229 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), S3419, S3445 [12JN], S3491, S3497, S3522, S3537, S3538, S3592, S3598, S3602, S3603 [13JN], S3662, S3668, S3688, S3719 [18JN], S4099, S4102 [19JN], S4464 [24JN], S4512 [25JN], S4584 [26JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize cyber incident response teams (H.R. 1158), S5667, S5669 [24SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S6045 [22OC], S6113 [23OC], S6171 [24OC], S6198 [28OC], S6248, S6249, S6251 [29OC], S6313, S6315 [31OC], S6759 [21NO]

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), S872 [5FE], S1016 [6FE]

Ukraine: commemorate Revolution of Dignity, commend democratic reforms and improved military readiness, condemn Russian aggressive actions in Crimea and Kerch Strait, and recognize independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine (S. Res. 74), S4859, S4860, S4861, S4862 [16JY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S5325 [6AU]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 183), S293 [17JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 109), S181 [14JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 160), S273 [16JA]

——— 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]

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see S. 1766), S5604 [19SE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see S. 362), S919 [6FE]

American Farm Bureau Federation: anniversary (see S. Res. 39), S800 [31JA]

American Legion: allow determination of membership requirements (see S. 504), S3285 [10JN]

Animals: outlaw practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see S. 479), S1438 [25FE]

Armed Forces: require digital engineering as a core competency (see S. 1471), S2883 [15MY]

Armenia: commemorate, reject efforts to deny, and encourage education and understanding of Armenian genocide, including U.S. role in humanitarian relief effort and relevance to modern crimes against humanity (see S. Res. 150), S6759 [21NO]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 84), S1540 [27FE]

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]

Budget: establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 284), S769 [30JA]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 79), S1493 [26FE]

Central Conference of American Rabbis (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 145), S2270 [4AP]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see S. 21), S587 [24JA]

Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics: establish (see S. 132), S1793 [12MR]

Courts: issue certificates of rehabilitation to formerly incarcerated individuals who have successfully reintegrated into society and no longer poses a significant risk of reoffending (see S. 2931), S6755 [21NO]

Crime: clarify that using drugs to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act constitutes coercion and using drugs to provide or obtain the labor or services of a person constitutes forced labor (see S. 2197), S4966 [22JY]

——— enhance penalties for killing, attempting to kill, or assaulting a public safety officer (see S. 1508), S2924 [16MY]

——— 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]

——— specify lynching as a hate crime (see S. 488), S1382 [14FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: reform Federal sugar program (see S. 2568), S5747 [26SE]

Dept. of Education: expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (see S. 839), S1899 [14MR]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 2085), S6508 [12NO]

——— reauthorize foreign language and international education programs at colleges and universities and support research and innovation projects in such areas (see S. 342), S2294 [8AP]

——— remove barriers to higher education for homeless and foster youth by improving financial aid process and outreach programs and providing in-State tuition and access to housing resources (see S. 789), S1845 [13MR]

——— require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents (see S. 2711), S6477 [7NO]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits as Federal sources (see S. 2857), S6826 [3DE]

Dept. of Energy: 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]

——— establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see S. 253), S742 [29JA]

Dept. of HHS: assist States, tribes, territories, counties, and cities in implementing child welfare systems and services to families at risk of entering the child welfare or foster care systems (see S. 2777), S6477 [7NO]

——— prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 (see S. 1258), S4699 [8JY] (see S. 1541), S4949 [18JY]

——— 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), S6335 [31OC]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (see S. 106), S1845 [13MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize cyber hunt and incident response teams (see S. 315), S800 [31JA]

——— increase number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and staff and require reports that identify staffing, infrastructure, and equipment needed to enhance security at ports of entry (see S. 1004), S2518 [30AP]

——— provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments (see S. 1846), S3476 [13JN]

Dept. of HUD: improve data and analysis on evictions, reduce preventable evictions and mitigate eviction-related consequences, and improve information on tenant screening reports (see S. 3030), S7026 [12DE]

——— provide for additional lead-based paint poisoning prevention procedures for families with children under a certain age (see S. 1583), S3005 [21MY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 546), S4456 [24JN]

——— 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), S2088 [28MR]

Dept. of Labor: award grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 1517), S2924 [16MY]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals from entering the U.S. (see S. 1825), S3475 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: reauthorize certain National Heritage Areas (see S. 2952), S6756 [21NO]

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), S1276 [12FE]

Dept. of Transportation: 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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: modify presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Thailand during the Vietnam era (see S. 1381), S7157 [18DE]

——— 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), S5750 [26SE]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see S. 1195), S2434 [11AP]

Depts. of Energy and Veterans Affairs: conduct collaborative research to improve health care services for veterans (see S. 143), S273 [16JA]

Drugs: require use of prescription drug monitoring programs and facilitate information sharing among States that receive Federal funding to combat opioid abuse (see S. 516), S1383 [14FE]

Easterseals (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 85), S1594 [28FE]

Energy Efficiency Day: designate (see S. Res. 347), S5748 [26SE]

EPA: reauthorize Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see S. 2295), S5107 [25JY]

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]

Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see S. 1969), S4504 [25JN]

FCC: ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities (see S. 1764), S3284 [10JN]

FDA: prohibit cosmetic animal testing and sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see S. 2886), S6625 [18NO]

——— 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), S1659 [5MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit request for criminal history information from employment applicants until conditional offer stage and report on employment statistics of formerly incarcerated individuals (see S. 387), S1132 [7FE]

——— 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]

——— require agencies to accept electronic consent forms for release of records (see S. 435), S1165 [11FE]

——— require budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available (see S. 2560), S5747 [26SE]

——— strengthen employee cost savings suggestion programs (see S. 2618), S5895 [17OC]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see S. 473), S1325 [13FE]

——— making appropriations to pay salaries of Federal employees working during the Government shutdown (see S. 113), S181 [14JA]

——— waive certain penalties for affected Federal employees receiving a distribution from the Thrift Savings Plan during a lapse in appropriations (see S. 204), S586 [24JA]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 69), S103 [9JA]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see S. 877), S1987 [26MR]

Forest Service: provide funding to promote reforestation following unplanned events such as wildfires, insects and disease on Federal land (see S. 3106), S7207 [19DE]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see S. Con. Res. 9), S2272 [4AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see S. 148), S273 [16JA]

GSA: authorize AI Center of Excellence (see S. 1363), S2742 [8MY]

——— issue guidance to clarify that Federal agencies may pay by charge card for charging of Federal electric motor vehicles (see S. 2193), S5015 [23JY]

——— require disclosure of beneficial ownership by a foreign person of high-security space leased to accommodate a Federal agency (see S. 1869), S3477 [13JN]

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

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see S. 1531), S3109 [23MY]

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), S5360 [9SE]

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), S6190 [28OC]

Immigration: eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see S. 386), S1438 [25FE]

Insurance: ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S. 1125), S2386 [10AP]

International relations: reaffirm importance of General Security of Military Information Agreement between the Republic of Korea and Japan (see S. Res. 435), S6759 [21NO]

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), S1939 [25MR]

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

Kids to Parks Day: designate (see S. Res. 193), S2688 [7MY]

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), S5579 [18SE]

——— impose sanctions (see S. 667), S1707 [6MR]

LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2570), S6758 [21NO]

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: provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see S. 317), S1277 [12FE]

——— support provision of treatment family care services (see S. 1880), S3651 [18JN]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 296), S2329 [9AP]

——— establish a system to notify individuals approaching eligibility and simplify and modernize eligibility enrollment process (see S. 1280), S2612 [2MY]

——— exclude complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs from competitive acquisition program (see S. 1223), S2485 [29AP]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see S. 1936), S4169 [20JN]

——— provide for a permanent independence at home medical practice program (see S. 1202), S2434 [11AP]

——— provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients (see S. 1190), S6825 [3DE]

——— require manufacturers of certain single-dose vial drugs payable under part-B to provide rebates relative to amounts of such drugs discarded (see S. 551), S1437 [25FE]

Middle East: promote U.S. national security and prevent the resurgence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see S. 2641), S5924 [21OC]

——— 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), S2271 [4AP]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see S. 671), S1705 [6MR] (see S. 2788), S6447 [6NO]

Morrison, Toni: tribute (see S. Res. 402), S6334 [31OC]

NASA: 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 Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 399), S6334 [31OC]

National Estuaries Week: designate (see S. Res. 305), S5312 [1AU]

National Family Service Learning Week: designate (see S. Res. 412), S6475 [7NO]

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day: designate (see S. Res. 346), S5748 [26SE]

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

National Park Service: establish a Federal register of historic vehicles to document and preserve records of U.S. automotive and motorcycle history (see S. 2455), S5407 [10SE]

National Park Week: designate (see S. Res. 167), S2435 [11AP]

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

NATO: recognize accomplishments, call on members to fully meet obligations, consider membership of North Macedonia, reaffirm collective defense principles, and support reform and mission (see S. Res. 123), S2272 [4AP]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 310), S800 [31JA]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 377), S6156 [24OC]

Oceans: enhance domestic marine debris response, improve domestic infrastructure to prevent marine debris, and promote global engagement to combat marine debris (see S. 1982), S4566 [26JN]

Ohio: commend historical environmental progress and restoration in Cuyahoga River Valley and Lake Erie, continue to support environmental protections and improvements, and recognize economic benefit of Cuyahoga River (see S. Res. 290), S5141 [29JY]

Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor: repeal funding limitation (see S. 364), S919 [6FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 172), S1326 [13FE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see S. 80), S1384 [14FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 684), S1705 [6MR]

——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen eligibility verification process for premium assistance tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies (see S. 2366), S5247 [31JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: prohibit continuation of an executive emergency declaration under the National Emergencies Act absent approval by Congress (see S. 764), S1793 [12MR]

Public buildings: improve Federal energy and water performance requirements for Federal buildings and establish a Federal Energy Management Program (see S. 1857), S3476 [13JN]

Public works: ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the U.S. (see S. 2056), S4698 [8JY]

Small business: tribute (see S. Res. 443), S6756 [21NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of the American Latino (see S. 1267), S2569 [1MY]

Social Security: extend reemployment services and eligibility assessments to all claimants for unemployment compensation (see S. 2872), S6604 [14NO]

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

Taxation: authorize designation of additional taxable vaccines (see S. 1654), S3105 [23MY]

——— create a tax credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see S. 1627), S3104 [23MY]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 177), S293 [17JA]

——— include foster care transition youth as members of targeted groups for purposes of the work opportunity credit (see S. 1651), S3105 [23MY]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 604), S1593 [28FE]

——— 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 nondiscrimination rules to protect older, longer-service, and grandfathered participants in defined benefit retirement plans (see S. 2352), S5247 [31JY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 750), S1792 [12MR]

——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see S. 1355), S2688 [7MY]

——— provide for issuance of exempt facility bonds for qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities (see S. 1763), S3284 [10JN]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see S. 1703), S4908 [17JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see S. 692), S1733 [7MR]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see S. 803), S1898 [14MR]

——— simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty service industry (see S. 2634), S5896 [17OC]

——— strike provision of American Opportunity Tax Credit that denies credit to students with felony drug convictions (see S. 2553), S5747 [26SE]

Technology: establish a coordinated Federal initiative to accelerate artificial intelligence research and development for economic and national security of the U.S. (see S. 1558), S3004 [21MY]

Turkey: impose sanctions relative to military offensive in Syria (see S. 2644), S5896 [17OC]

U.S. Geological Survey: conduct monitoring, assessment, science, and research in support of binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin (see S. 446), S1275 [12FE]

Veterans: authorize spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or illness, or die while in military service, to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles (see S. 1118), S2386 [10AP]

Water pollution: improve and coordinate interagency Federal actions and provide assistance to States for responding to public health challenges posed by emerging contaminants (see S. 1251), S2515 [30AP]

Wise, Isaac M.: tribute (see S. Res. 145), S2270 [4AP]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see S. 1235), S2926 [16MY]

——— support and expand civic engagement and political leadership of adolescent girls around the world (see S. 2766), S6720 [20NO]

World War II: 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), S6508 [12NO]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to 23d Headquarters Special Troops known as the ‘‘Ghost Army’’ (see S. 1421), S2786 [13MY]

——— recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the D-Day amphibious landing at Normandy, France (see S. Res. 135), S2488 [29AP]

World Wildlife Day: designate (see S. Res. 91), S1595 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: provide free access and enable users to electronically search Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system and consolidate Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (see S. 2064), S4729 [9JY]

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 104), S143 [10JA] (see S. 2593), S5748 [26SE]

Cole, Richard E.: posthumously promote to colonel on the retired list (see S. 2228), S5012 [23JY]

Construction industries: prohibit use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements (see S. 1434), S2787 [13MY]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: require Senate confirmation of Inspector General (see S. 187), S293 [17JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 194), S315 [19JA]

Dayton, OH: condemn shooting at Oregon District, express condolences to families and victims, and commend first responders (see S. Res. 367), S5922 [21OC]

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), S6155 [24OC]

Dept. of Education: award College in High School Pell Grants to high school students participating in dual enrollment programs (see S. 1888), S3651 [18JN]

——— provide Direct PLUS Loan forgiveness for parents of disabled students (see S. 1219), S2435 [11AP]

——— require additional reporting by institutions of higher education on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in programs of study abroad (see S. 1572), S3004 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (see S. 2137), S4907 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize State Opioid Response Grants program and allow use of funding to address methamphetamine and cocaine abuse (see S. 1925), S4168 [20JN]

——— clarify responsibilities for unaccompanied alien children relative to background checks for sponsors, monitoring care, appearance at immigration proceedings, and notifying States of placement of such children (see S. 1165), S2433 [11AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks (see S. 1539), S2925 [16MY]

——— publish an annual report on use of digital content forgery or deepfake technology (see S. 2065), S4729 [9JY]

Dept. of State: provide reports by U.S. embassies and consulates on deaths of U.S. citizens in foreign countries to the CDC (see S. 1575), S3005 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: permit display of Battlefield Crosses or other fallen soldier displays in national cemeteries (see S. 1545), S2962 [20MY]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation mandatory and improve validation of employee identity and work authorization status (see S. 301), S800 [31JA]

EPA: establish a consumer recycling education and outreach grant program (see S. 2941), S6755 [21NO]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: increase transparency of Federal advisory committees (see S. 1220), S2435 [11AP]

Federal agencies and departments: improve efficiency and speed of intragovernmental correspondence by requiring any written documents submitted to Congress to be transmitted electronically (see S. 196), S315 [19JA]

——— provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and for consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative (see S. 870), S1987 [26MR]

——— require independent regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to executive agencies (see S. 869), S1986 [26MR]

Foreign trade: require Dept. of Defense to justify national security basis for certain tariffs and increase congressional oversight of process by which Presidents can apply such tariffs (see S. 365), S919 [6FE]

GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see S. 195), S315 [19JA]

GSA: establish BuyAmerican.gov website to collect and display information on Federal agencies’ requests for Buy American Act waivers (see S. 1324), S2645 [6MY]

Immigration: provide deferred action for certain individuals brought to the U.S. and establish a border security trust fund (see S. 108), S143 [10JA]

Infrastructure: improve Federal permitting processes for certain projects (see S. 1976), S4566 [26JN]

IRS: provide uniform standards for use of electronic signatures for third-party disclosure authorizations (see S. 1876), S3651 [18JN]

Medicaid: enable greater participation by seniors and Medicare beneficiaries in State Medicaid programs for working people with disabilities (see S. 3010), S6949 [10DE]

——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program (see S. 548), S1437 [25FE]

Medicare: improve quality reporting and transparency and increase compliance with quality standards in hospice care (see S. 2807), S6474 [7NO]

——— modernize physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models (see S. 966), S2118 [1AP]

——— simplify enrollment for individuals continuing to work who maintain employer-sponsored health insurance (see S. 1928), S4169 [20JN]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds: require continued sales of semipostal stamp until all remaining stamps are sold (see S. 652), S1659 [5MR]

NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, OH: redesignate as NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (see S. 2472), S5474 [12SE]

National Aviation Heritage Area: reauthorize (see S. 927), S2087 [28MR] (see S. 2940), S6755 [21NO]

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]

Pensions: make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see S. 833), S1899 [14MR]

Poland: anniversary of Warsaw Uprising during World War II (see S. Res. 375), S6092 [23OC]

Public debt: require that any debt ceiling increase or suspension be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 2002), S4627 [27JN]

Second Chance Month: designate (see S. Res. 102), S1762 [11MR]

Social Security: collect information under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program relative to social determinants of health (see S. 1323), S2645 [6MY]

Taxation: 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), S2269 [4AP]

——— extend health coverage tax credit (see S. 2414), S5311 [1AU]

——— free States to spend gas tax revenues on their transportation priorities (see S. 615), S1593 [28FE]

——— include fuel cells using electromechanical processes for purposes of the energy tax credit (see S. 329), S866 [5FE]

——— increase retirement savings, improve access to retirement plans by small businesses, remove barriers to lifetime income retirement options, and provide relief from minimum distribution rules (see S. 1431), S2786 [13MY]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see S. 978), S2188 [2AP]

——— qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see S. 767), S1844 [13MR]

Ukraine: commemorate Revolution of Dignity, commend democratic reforms and improved military readiness, condemn Russian aggressive actions in Crimea and Kerch Strait, and recognize independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine (see S. Res. 74), S1384 [14FE]

Cloture motions

Bachus, Spencer: nomination to the Eximbank Board of Directors, S2593 [2MY], S2677 [7MY]

Biegun, Stephen E.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State, S7089 [17DE]

Brown, Ada E.: nomination to be district judge, S5082 [25JY], S5180 [30JY]

Brown, Gary R.: nomination to be district judge, S7040 [16DE], S7144 [18DE]

Brown, Jeffrey V.: nomination to be district judge, S5081 [25JY], S5178 [30JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2020–2021 (H.R. 3877), S5125 [29JY], S5281, S5288 [1AU]

Colville, Robert J.: nomination to be district judge, S7040 [16DE]

Craft, Kelly Knight: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador and U.N. Security Council Representative, S5125 [29JY], S5183 [30JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize cyber incident response teams (H.R. 1158), S7088 [17DE], S7192 [19DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S6735 [21NO]

Desmond, Michael J.: nomination to be IRS Chief Counsel and Dept. of the Treasury Assistant General Counsel, S1365 [14FE], S1467 [26FE]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S549, S557 [24JA], S2064, S2081 [28MR], S2113 [1AP]

Duncan, Robert M.: nomination to be Postal Service Governor, S6736 [21NO], S6837 [4DE]

Gallagher, Stephanie A.: nomination to be district judge, S5084 [25JY]

Grimberg, Steven D.: nomination to be district judge, S5082 [25JY], S5180 [30JY]

Haines, Stephanie L.: nomination to be district judge, S5082 [25JY], S5179 [30JY]

Hendrix, James W.: nomination to be district judge, S5081 [25JY], S5160 [30JY]

Immergut, Karin J.: nomination to be district judge, S5083 [25JY]

Jordan, Sean D.: nomination to be district judge, S5081 [25JY], S5162 [30JY]

Komitee, Eric R.: nomination to be district judge, S6726 [21NO], S6786 [2DE]

Kovner, Rachel P.: nomination to be district judge, S5727 [26SE], S5814 [16OC]

Liman, Lewis J.: nomination to be district judge, S7040 [16DE]

McElroy, Mary S.: nomination to be district judge, S5084 [25JY]

McGuire, Brian: nomination to be Deputy Under Sec. of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs, S5570 [18SE], S5622 [23SE]

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), motion to proceed, S128 [10JA], S174 [14JA], S693 [28JA]

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]

Norquist, David L.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Defense, S5126 [29JY]

Novak, David J.: nomination to be district judge, S5726 [26SE], S5813 [16OC]

Pacold, Martha M.: nomination to be district judge, S5083 [25JY], S5181 [30JY]

Pittman, Mark T.: nomination to be district judge, S5081 [25JY], S5178 [30JY]

Pryor, Judith DelZoppo: nomination to the Eximbank Board of Directors, S2593 [2MY], S2677 [7MY]

Public debt: suspend the public debt ceiling (H.R. 3877), S5125 [29JY], S5281, S5288 [1AU]

Pulliam, Jason K.: nomination to be district judge, S5083 [25JY], S5180 [30JY]

Reed, Kimberly A.: nomination to be Eximbank President, S2593 [2MY], S2677 [7MY]

Rowland, Mary M.: nomination to be district judge, S5084 [25JY]

Seeger, Steven C.: nomination to be district judge, S5083 [25JY], S5181 [30JY]

Sinatra, John L., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S6726 [21NO], S6800 [3DE]

Starr, Brantley: nomination to be district judge, S5082 [25JY], S5179 [30JY]

Stickman, William S., IV: nomination to be district judge, S5083 [25JY], S5182 [30JY]

Vyskocil, Mary K.: nomination to be district judge, S7040 [16DE]

Welte, Peter D.: nomination to be district judge, S5081 [25JY], S5135 [29JY]

Wetherell, T. Kent, II: nomination to be district judge, S4644 [27JN], S4724 [9JY]

Wilson, Jennifer P.: nomination to be district judge, S6327 [31OC], S6421 [6NO]

Younge, John M.: nomination to be district judge, S5084 [25JY]

Remarks

Abizaid, John P.: nomination to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, unanimous-consent agreement, S2319 [9AP]

American Peanut Shellers Association: anniversary (S. Res. 196), S2748 [8MY]

Appropriations: legislative process, S5456 [12SE], S6210 [29OC]

——— making consolidated appropriations, S484 [23JA], S7224 [19DE]

——— making continuing, S563 [24JA]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (S. 104), S305 [18JA], S761 [30JA], S1372 [14FE], S2558 [1MY], S5568 [18SE]

Area Progress Council of Warren County, OH, Inc.: anniversary, S6089• [23OC]

Brady, Holly A.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2319 [9AP]

China: assessment of U.S. trade policy, S2317–S2319 [9AP], S3039–S3041 [22MY], S5456 [12SE]

Columbus, OH: tribute to Center for Science and Industry (COSI) Science Festival, S2683• [7MY]

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on China’s investment in U.S. education system, S1574 [28FE]

——— Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations release of ‘‘Threats to the U.S. Research Enterprise—China’s Talent Recruitment Plans’’ report, S6740 [21NO]

Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: impact, S1664–S1666 [5MR], S2737–S2739 [8MY]

——— reauthorize and expand, S7224 [19DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S13–S17 [3JA]

——— legislative priorities, S13–S17 [3JA]

——— legislative process, S6462 [7NO]

Corps of Engineers: convey Colonel James Barker, Sr., House and land to Friends of the Barker House (organization), S6465 [7NO]

Crime: allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking, S1666 [5MR]

——— combat sex trafficking, S1666 [5MR]

Dayton, OH: tribute to Dayton Police Dept., Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients, S5366 [9SE]

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 (S. 2701), S6276 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), S4544 [26JN], S6594 [14NO]

Dept. of Education: expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (S. 839), S2029–S2031 [27MR], S2559 [1MY], S3464 [13JN], S5457 [12SE], S6211 [29OC]

——— improve career and technical education (S. 3129), S2029–S2031 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize State Opioid Response Grants program and allow use of funding to address methamphetamine and cocaine abuse (S. 1925), S4173 [20JN], S5091 [25JY], S7224 [19DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize cyber incident response teams (H.R. 1158), House amendment, S7224 [19DE]

——— 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., S1665 [5MR]

——— provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks (H.R. 2476), S7226 [19DE]

——— provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks (S. 1539), S4613 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, S3465 [13JN]

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 (S. 846), S2348 [9AP]

——— request nominations for and make determinations regarding roads to be designated under the national scenic byways program (H.R. 831), S5367 [9SE]

——— request nominations for and make determinations regarding roads to be designated under the national scenic byways program (S. 349), S5366 [9SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: permit display of Battlefield Crosses or other fallen soldier displays in national cemeteries (H.R. 1424), S7226 [19DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S6210 [29OC]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S484 [23JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), S2877 [15MY]

Drugs: address methamphetamine abuse, S2737–S2739 [8MY], S3465 [13JN], S5091 [25JY]

——— address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, S1663 [5MR], S2737–S2739 [8MY], S3464 [13JN], S5089–S5091 [25JY]

——— address trafficking of illicit fentanyl, S5090 [25JY]

Economy: increase labor force participation rates, S3463–S3466 [13JN]

——— status, S2549, S2558–S2560 [1MY], S5292 [1AU]

Education: importance of career and technical education programs, S2559 [1MY]

EPA: permit States to transfer funds from Clean Water State Revolving Fund to Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to fund lead removal projects (S. 1689), S5367 [9SE]

——— reauthorize Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (S. 2295), S5458 [12SE]

FDA: impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes, S5456 [12SE]

Foreign policy: assessment of summit meetings between the U.S. and North Korea on denuclearization, S1573 [28FE]

——— assessment of U.S. trade policy, S1112–S1115 [7FE], S3039–S3041 [22MY]

Foreign trade: facilitate administration and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, S1112 [7FE], S2317 [9AP]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders, S1113 [7FE], S2317 [9AP]

——— require Dept. of Defense to justify national security basis for certain tariffs and increase congressional oversight of process by which Presidents can apply such tariffs (S. 365), S1113–S1115 [7FE], S3040 [22MY]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S302 [18JA], S484 [23JA], S563 [24JA], S760 [30JA], S1372 [14FE], S5566–S5568 [18SE]

Head, Joseph H., Jr.: Cincinnati, OH, USA Regional Chamber Great Living Cincinnatian Award recipient, S2556 [1MY]

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion: tribute, S5837• [16OC]

Immigration: authorize cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and who entered the U.S. as children, S304 [18JA], S486 [23JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), S4612 [27JN]

——— proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, S303 [18JA], S484 [23JA], S760 [30JA]

——— provide deferred action for certain individuals brought to the U.S. and establish a border security trust fund (S. 108), S304 [18JA]

——— reform asylum and refugee application process for migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, S4612 [27JN]

——— secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico, S302 [18JA], S484 [23JA], S563 [24JA], S760 [30JA], S1372 [14FE]

Insurance: disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (S.J. Res. 52), S6210 [29OC]

Iron and steel industry: impact of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, S1113 [7FE], S2318 [9AP]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: condemn treatment of Otto Warmbier, S1573 [28FE]

Lima, OH: Joint Systems Manufacturing Center tank and armored vehicles production funding, S4544 [26JN]

Mount St. Joseph University: anniversary, S4564• [26JN]

NASA: anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing and tribute to crew and support staff, S4801 [11JY]

NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, OH: redesignate as NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (S. 2472), S6739 [21NO]

National Football League: anniversary, S7025• [12DE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (H.R. 1865), House amendment, S7224 [19DE]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address maintenance backlog (S. 500), S5292–S5294 [1AU]

National Police Week: observance, S2903 [16MY]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 178), S2877 [15MY]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (S. Res. 197), S2748 [8MY]

NATO: support efforts to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine, S4545 [26JN]

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), S1373 [14FE]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 310), S1373 [14FE]

Oasis House (organization): tribute, S1665 [5MR]

Park, Michael H.: nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2740 [8MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), S2877 [15MY]

Postal Service: require foreign shipments to provide electronic advance customs data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on packages entering the U.S. to help stop trafficking of illicit synthetic drugs, S1665 [5MR], S2737 [8MY], S5090 [25JY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5457–S5459 [12SE]

——— legislative program, S305 [18JA], S2348 [9AP], S2749 [8MY], S5712 [25SE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony, document production, and representation in U.S. v. Pratersch (S. Res. 151), S2348 [9AP]

Stanton, Cheryl M.: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, unanimous-consent agreement, S2319 [9AP]

Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: impact, S6275 [30OC]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, S1112 [7FE], S2558 [1MY]

——— impact of creation of opportunity zones, S2549 [1MY]

Taxation: encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), S5697–S5700 [25SE], S6462 [7NO]

——— increase retirement savings, improve access to retirement plans by small businesses, remove barriers to lifetime income retirement options, and provide relief from minimum distribution rules (S. 1431), S2874, S2876 [15MY], S5697–S5700 [25SE], S6466 [7NO]

Trump, President: terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (H.J. Res. 46), S1873 [14MR]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): implement (H.R. 5430), S7223 [19DE]

——— ratify, S4842 [16JY], S6073 [23OC], S6833–S6835 [4DE], S7005–S7007 [12DE]

Ukraine: U.S. policy, S3242 [5JN]

University of Cincinnati: anniversary, S2035• [27MR]

Veterans Day: observance, S6593 [14NO]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1585), S2348 [9AP]

World War II: recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the D-Day amphibious landing at Normandy, France (S. Res. 135), S3240 [5JN]

Tributes

Blom, David P., S4964• [22JY]

Bowers, Paul A., S862• [5FE]

Cassady, Michael D., S7203 [19DE]

Cole, Richard E., S2565 [1MY]

Head, Joseph H., Jr., S2556 [1MY]

Isakson, Senator, S6816 [3DE]

Lugar, Richard G., S2556 [1MY]

Rehfeld, Andrew, S5837• [16OC]

Vitali, Mike, S5357• [9SE]

Wise, Isaac M., S2114 [1AP]