CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE (a Senator from West Virginia)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2226), S2316 [11JY], S2384, S2425 [12JY], S2539, S2587, S2606 [13JY], S3029 [18JY]
Dept. of the Interior: allow States to issue fully electronic duck stamps (S. 788), S3838 [27JY]
Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4366), S4592 [19SE]
Appointments
Committee to escort Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi into House Chamber, H3095 [22JN]
Committee to escort Israeli President Isaac Herzog into House Chamber, H3704 [19JY]
Committee to escort South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol into House Chamber, H2053 [27AP]
Committee to escort the President, H729 [7FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 62), S98 [25JA]
Abourezk, James G.: tribute (see S. Res. 110), S799 [15MR]
Afghanistan: impose sanctions and other measures relative to Taliban (see S. 3182), S5315 [1NO]
——— impose sanctions with respect to Taliban (see S. 1768), S1843 [31MY]
Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 2041), S2123 [15JN]
Armed Forces: eliminate certain charges under TRICARE dental program for members of Selected Reserve (see S. 2046), S2145 [20JN]
Artificial intelligence: provide framework for innovation and accountability (see S. 3312), S5540 [15NO]
Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 63), S398 [14FE]
Buckley, James L.: tribute (see S. Res. 394), S4916 [3OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 13), S313 [9FE]
Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 67), S426 [15FE]
Carter, Rosalynn Smith: tribute (see S. Res. 492), S5852 [7DE]
CDC: reauthorize and improve National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (see S. 1840), S2005 [7JN]
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: provide comprehensive dementia care management services, eliminate patient cost-sharing, support caregivers, and provide outreach to underrepresented populations (see S. 626), S635 [2MR]
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission: extend (see S. 924), S909 [22MR]
Children and youth: provide families with tools, safeguards, and transparency needed to protect against threats to children’s health and well-being online (see S. 1409), S1463 [2MY]
China: condemn violation of U.S. airspace by high-altitude surveillance balloon (see S. Res. 66), S426 [15FE]
——— oppose provision of assistance by multilateral development banks (see S. 908), S909 [22MR]
Clark, Richard C.: tribute (see S. Res. 406), S4977 [16OC]
Climate: create publicly accessible database of fossil-fuel powered travel of President, Vice President, and political appointees (see S. 2189), S3149 [19JY]
Coast Guard: tribute to efforts to ensure highest level of maritime border security (see S. Res. 166), S1294 [20AP]
Colleges and universities: modify requirements relating to financial aid disclosures (see S. 1970), S2096 [14JN]
Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 373), S4721 [27SE]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)’’ (see S.J. Res. 32), S2071 [13JN]
Corp. for National and Community Service: recognize contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to lives of people of U.S. (see S. Res. 136), S1053 [29MR]
Courts: authorize notaries public to perform, and establish minimum standards for, certain electronic and remote notarizations and require Federal and State courts to recognize such notarizations performed by notary public (see S. 1212), S2361 [12JY]
Crime: clarify and strengthen certain violent crime laws (see S. 1223), S1293 [20AP]
——— establish new Federal crimes for killing, assaulting, or fleeing from assault on law enforcement officers and judges, limit rights of offenders, and allow officers to carry firearms in Federal facilities (see S. 1569), S1623 [11MY]
DEA: make permanent scheduling of fentanyl-related substances (see S. 1141), S2146 [20JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: allow interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 846), S934 [23MR]
——— expand and strengthen Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program (see S. 1233), S1293 [20AP]
——— reauthorize and improve ReConnect loan and grant program (see S. 130), S1000 [28MR]
Dept. of Commerce: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414’’ (see S.J. Res. 15), S1464 [2MY]
——— establish working group on cyber insurance and require dissemination of informative resources for issuers and customers of cyber insurance (see S. 513), S457 [16FE]
——— review, prohibit, and mitigate certain information communications and technology transactions between persons in U.S. and foreign adversaries (see S. 686), S669 [7MR]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit from requiring contractors to disclose information relative to greenhouse gas emissions (see S. 27), S507 [27FE]
——— provide retroactive effective date for promotions of senior officers of Armed Forces whose military promotions were delayed as result of suspension of Senate confirmation of such promotions (see S. 3456), S5921 [12DE] (see S. 3553), S5997 [14DE]
——— submit report to Congress on overdoses among members of Armed Forces (see S. 1766), S1843 [31MY]
Dept. of Defense State Partnership Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 220), S1745 [18MY] (see S. Res. 308), S3522 [25JY]
Dept. of Education: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program’’ (see S.J. Res. 43), S4230 [6SE]
——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans’’ (see S.J. Res. 22), S954 [27MR]
——— expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (see S. 161), S171 [31JA]
——— provide for consideration of definition of antisemitism by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws relative to education programs or activities (see S. 3141), S5963 [13DE]
——— provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select right college and succeed once enrolled (see S. 1071), S1088 [30MR]
——— provide that for determining compliance with Title IX in athletics, sex shall be recognized solely on person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth (see S. 613), S670 [7MR]
——— reauthorize and modify Federal TRIO Programs (see S. 1397), S1463 [2MY]
——— require institutions of higher education to use uniform financial aid form with standard definitions for financial aid terms to make it easier to compare offers from different schools (see S. 528), S3523 [25JY]
——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see S. 1349), S1418 [27AP]
Dept. of Energy: establish hydrogen infrastructure finance and innovation pilot program (see S. 649), S1135 [17AP]
——— expand exports of natural gas (see S. 438), S425 [15FE]
——— maintain National Coal Council to provide advice and recommendations on matters related to coal and coal industry (see S. 1089), S1088 [30MR]
——— prohibit export or sale of petroleum products from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China (see S. 9, 218), S569 [1MR]
——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (see S. 1859), S2005 [7JN]
Dept. of HHS: allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal exchanges (see S. 2771), S4656 [21SE]
——— establish grant program for family community organizations that provide support for individuals struggling with substance use disorder and their families (see S. 1810), S1982 [6JN]
——— establish rural provider demonstration program to provide payments on eligible loans for individuals eligible for National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 940), S910 [22MR]
——— extend National Alzheimer’s Project (see S. 133), S147 [30JA]
——— identify obstacles to identifying and responding to children missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth and provide technical assistance relative to removal of such obstacles (see S. 1146), S1090 [30MR]
——— 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. 2243), S2310 [11JY]
——— issue draft guidance to address non-addictive analgesics for chronic pain (see S. 3462), S5897 [11DE]
——— publish physical activity recommendations (see S. 397), S352 [13FE]
——— reauthorize and extend Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program (see S. 1800), S5427 [8NO]
——— reauthorize grants for first responder training (see S. 2933), S4678 [26SE]
——— require study on women and lung cancer (see S. 2245), S2310 [11JY]
——— study and prevent child abuse in youth residential programs (see S. 1351), S4590 [19SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize immediate expulsion of inadmissible aliens attempting to enter U.S. by fraud or without necessary entry document (see S. 1473), S1568 [9MY]
——— establish procedure for terminating Surgeon General determination to suspend certain entries and imports from designated places relative to coronavirus public health emergency (see S. 208), S203 [1FE]
——— extend Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (see S. 2178), S2224 [22JN] (see S. 2499), S3619 [26JY]
Dept. of HUD: expand eligibility for certain housing programs for qualified volunteer first responders (see S. 1988), S2097 [14JN]
Dept. of Justice: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces’’’ (see S.J. Res. 20), S798 [15MR]
——— disapprove ruleentitled ‘‘Office of the Attorney General; Home Confinement Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’’ (see S.J. Res. 47), S5230 [30OC]
——— 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. 1507), S1648 [15MY]
——— require Inspector General to conduct inspections of Bureau of Prisons correctional facilities, provide recommendations to fix problems, and assign each facility risk score (see S. 1401), S3895 [5SE]
Dept. of Labor: award grants to develop, administer, and evaluate early childhood education apprenticeships (see S. 236), S229 [2FE]
——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights’’ (see S.J. Res. 8), S265 [7FE]
——— provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation (see S. 1587), S1624 [11MY]
Dept. of State: submit to Congress classified dissent cables relative to withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan (see S. 1583), S1624 [11MY]
Dept. of the Interior: allow States to issue fully electronic duck stamps (see S. 788), S3148 [19JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: deter foreign financial institutions from providing banking services for benefit of foreign terrorist organizations and from facilitating or promoting payments for acts of terrorism (see S. 691), S1092 [30MR]
——— impose sanctions with respect to trafficking of illicit fentanyl and its precursors by transnational criminal organizations, including cartels (see S. 1271), S1680 [16MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve certain programs for home and community based services for veterans (see S. 141), S1256 [19AP]
——— improve workforce (see S. 10), S173 [31JA]
——— limit from modifying rate of payment or reimbursement for transportation of veterans or other individuals via special modes of transportation (see S. 2757), S4917 [3OC]
——— modify program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of veterans (see S. 1792), S4679 [26SE]
——— prepare annual report on suicide prevention (see S. 928), S1844 [31MY]
——— provide disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers and modify procedures of personnel actions against employees (see S. 2158), S4917 [3OC]
——— take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update burn pit registry with registered individual’s cause of death (see S. 2078), S2185 [21JN]
Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: prevent from prohibiting use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water (see S. 1185), S1210 [18AP]
Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: enhance authority relative to unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft (see S. 1631), S4555 [18SE]
DIPG Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 232), S1899 [1JN]
Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see S. 2945), S4720 [27SE]
District of Columbia: disapprove action of District of Columbia Council in approving Revised Criminal Code Act (see S.J. Res. 12), S313 [9FE]
Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 468), S5541 [15NO]
Drugs: allow for use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment (see S. 3193), S5315 [1NO]
——— prohibit certain uses of xylazine (see S. 993), S999 [28MR]
Durenberger, Dave: tribute (see S. Res. 57), S352 [13FE]
Employment: expand use of E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (see S. 156), S171 [31JA]
——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see S. 2785), S4440 [13SE]
Endometriosis Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 90), S569 [1MR]
EPA: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Federal ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards’’ (see S.J. Res. 31), S2029 [8JN]
——— exempt discharges of fire retardant by Federal agencies, State and local governments, and Tribal governments from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting requirements (see S. 796), S861 [21MR]
——— expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see S. 2707), S3757 [27JY]
——— improve recycling and composting programs (see S. 1194), S1255 [19AP]
——— prohibit finalizing, implementing, or enforcing of proposed rules relative to emissions from vehicles (see S. 3094), S5110 [19OC]
——— reauthorize diesel emissions reduction program (see S. 2195), S2224 [22JN]
Europe: 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. 548), S531 [28FE]
FAA: establish FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improvement (see S. 66), S98 [25JA]
——— increase funding for aviation workforce development grant programs (see S. 1883), S2028 [8JN]
Families and domestic relations: improve research and data collection on stillbirths (see S. 2647), S4722 [27SE]
FCC: evaluate and consider impact of telecommunications network equipment supply chain on deployment of universal service (see S. 690), S669 [7MR]
——— prohibit schools that receive certain support from allowing access to social media platforms on subsidized services, devices, or networks (see S. 3074), S5088 [18OC]
FDA: establish time-limited conditional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products (see S. 1906), S5427 [8NO]
Federal agencies and departments: certify small business concerns as owned and controlled by women veterans in order to be counted towards goals for contract awards (see S. 1470), S1534 [4MY]
——— prohibit from issuing moratoriums on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land (see S. 319), S310 [9FE]
Federal aid programs: simplify grant process for nonurbanized areas (see S. 375), S312 [9FE]
Feinstein, Dianne: tribute (see S. Res. 400), S4949 [4OC]
Financial institutions: modify frequency of credit union boards of directors meetings (see S. 610), S716 [8MR]
——— prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs (see S. 293), S264 [7FE]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 185), S1419 [27AP]
Firearms: enhance penalties for certain thefts of firearms from Federal firearms licensee (see S. 1907), S2029 [8JN]
——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 214), S203 [1FE]
——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see S. 401), S397 [14FE]
Foreign aid: withhold U.S. contributions to U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (see S. 431), S5144 [24OC]
Foreign trade: facilitate administration and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see S. 1856), S2005 [7JN]
Forest Service: establish forest incentives program to keep forests intact and sequester carbon on private forest land (see S. 1366), S1418 [27AP]
FTC: prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and dissemination of false information relative to pharmacy benefit management services for prescription drugs (see S. 127), S121 [26JA]
——— study role of intermediaries in pharmaceutical supply chain and merger activity and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (see S. 113), S121 [26JA]
GAO: report to Congress on theft of mail and Postal Service property (see S. 1641), S1845 [31MY]
——— study and report on operational preparedness of air carriers for preparing for changing weather and other events related to changing conditions and natural hazards (see S. 787), S772 [14MR]
Girl Scouts: anniversary (see S. Res. 103), S743 [9MR]
Great Outdoors Month: designate (see S. Res. 248), S2071 [13JN]
Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 119), S933 [23MR]
Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see S. 1424), S2146 [20JN]
——— prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see S. 1384), S1506 [3MY]
——— provide for research and education relative to uterine fibroids (see S. 2303), S2460 [13JY]
Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 665), S654 [6MR]
Housing: repeal certain incentives to upgrade energy efficiency standards relative to taxpayer subsidies for home electrification (see S. 2806), S4525 [14SE]
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. 1068), S1088 [30MR]
——— make assault of law enforcement officer a deportable offense (see S. 1733), S1744 [18MY]
——— recognize current influx of migrants is causing crisis at U.S. Southern border (see S. Res. 45), S313 [9FE]
Information technology: strengthen transparency in process online platforms use to moderate content and hold those companies accountable for content that violates their own policies or is illegal (see S. 483), S456 [16FE]
Insurance: apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans (see S. 1375), S1901 [1JN]
——— prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage from imposing cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations (see S. 2464), S5751 [5DE]
——— require group health plans to provide exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see S. 652), S636 [2MR]
——— require health insurance providers to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by health care provider (see S. 2039), S2123 [15JN]
——— require health plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without imposition of cost-sharing requirements (see S. 2821), S4656 [21SE]
Iran: commend bravery, courage, and resolve of women and men demonstrating and risking their safety to speak out against Iranian regime’s human rights abuses (see S. Con. Res. 2), S267 [7FE]
——— condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see S. Res. 74), S458 [16FE]
——— continue certain Executive orders imposing U.S. sanctions and prevent waiver of certain sanctions until Iran ceases attempts to assassinate U.S. officials, citizens, and Iranian nationals (see S. 3028), S5508 [14NO]
——— freeze certain Iranian funds held in Qatar involved in hostage deal between U.S. and Iran (see S. 3049), S5048 [17OC]
——— impose sanctions on persons engaged in import of petroleum from Iran (see S. 1829), S4917 [3OC]
——— provide congressional review of actions to terminate or waive imposed sanctions (see S. 2210), S2225 [22JN]
——— reinstate certain sanctions (see S. 3041), S4977 [16OC]
IRS: codify Trump administration rule eliminating disclosure requirements for certain tax-exempt organizations that engage in political activity (see S. 1105), S1089 [30MR]
Israel: affirm sense that Israel is not racist or apartheid state, reject all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia, and maintain U.S. will always be partner and supporter of Israel (see S. Con. Res. 14), S2985 [18JY]
——— allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel (see S. 1637), S5257 [31OC]
——— independence anniversary (see S. Res. 188), S1568 [9MY]
——— recognize importance of economic relationship with U.S. and affirm trade facilitated by U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement is tool to support economy of Israel during conflict with Hamas (terrorist organization) (see S. Res. 445), S5599 [27NO]
Kids to Parks Day: designate (see S. Res. 226), S1745 [18MY]
King, Billie Jean: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2861), S4630 [20SE]
Koed, Betty K.: designate as Senate Historian Emerita (see S. Res. 420), S5110 [19OC]
Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary and support programs at Marine Corps Heritage Center (see S. 305), S1844 [31MY]
Medicaid: allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during period preceding their release (see S. 1165), S1679 [16MY]
——— improve transparency and prevent use of abusive spread pricing and related practices (see S. 1038), S1506 [3MY]
——— streamline enrollment of certain providers across State lines (see S. 2372), S3147 [19JY]
Medicare: add physical therapists to list of health care providers allowed to utilize locum tenens (substitute) arrangements (see S. 793), S772 [14MR]
——— coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see S. 2407), S3458 [20JY]
——— enforce any willing pharmacy requirements and establish safeguards to ensure patient access to pharmacies in part D (see S. 2052), S2145 [20JN]
——— ensure equitable payment for, and beneficiary access to, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under hospital outpatient prospective payment system (see S. 1544), S2312 [11JY]
——— expand access to telehealth services (see S. 2016), S2122 [15JN]
——— improve access to mental health services (see S. 838), S5674 [29NO]
——— protect access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities (see S. 1636), S1790 [30MY]
——— protect patient access to ground ambulance services furnished under part B (see S. 1673), S1846 [31MY]
——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see S. 2085), S2462 [13JY]
——— provide for payment rates for durable medical equipment (see S. 1294), S4679 [26SE]
——— rebase calculation of payments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals (see S. 1110), S1089 [30MR]
——— reduce occurrence of diabetes by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see S. 3233), S5402 [7NO]
——— reform graduate medical education program to support rural residency training funding that is equitable for all States (see S. 230), S229 [2FE]
——— restore State authority to waive mileage rule for designating critical access hospitals for certain facilities (see S. 1571), S2361 [12JY]
Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of prescription digital therapeutics for treatment of mental health and substance use disorders (see S. 723), S715 [8MR]
Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 89), S98 [25JA] (see S. 219), S204 [1FE]
Mental health: improve identification and support of children and families who experience trauma (see S. 1426), S1504 [3MY]
Middle East: stand with Israel against war launched by Hamas (terrorist organization), condemn Iran’s support for global terrorism, and reaffirm commitment to Israel’s security (see S. Res. 417), S5110 [19OC]
Minimum wage: increase (see S. 2785), S4440 [13SE]
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: prohibit funding until China is no longer defined as developing country (see S. 1035), S1052 [29MR]
Motor vehicles: prevent theft of catalytic converters and other precious metal car parts (see S. 154), S4949 [4OC]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 471), S5676 [29NO]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 471), S5676 [29NO]
National Ataxia Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 507), S5997 [14DE]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 391), S4892 [30SE]
National Chemistry Week: designate (see S. Res. 421), S5111 [19OC]
National Child Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 313), S3621 [26JY]
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 352), S4590 [19SE]
National Clean Energy Week: designate (see S. Res. 388), S4827 [29SE] (see S. Res. 398), S4948 [4OC]
National Concussion Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 345), S4526 [14SE]
National Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 427), S5183 [25OC]
National Early Childhood Literacy Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 430), S5183 [25OC]
National Energy Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 386), S4827 [29SE]
National Fentanyl Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1705 [17MY]
National FFA Week: designate (see S. Res. 69), S426 [15FE]
National First-Generation College Celebration Day: designate (see S. Res. 500), S5962 [13DE]
National Forensic Science Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 359), S4655 [21SE]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 280), S2226 [22JN]
National Freedom Day: observance (see S. Res. 21), S204 [1FE]
National Girls & Women in Sports Day: observance (see S. Res. 24), S204 [1FE]
National Guard: anniversary of National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. Res. 133), S1053 [29MR]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: issue rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles (see S. 1669), S1846 [31MY]
National Lung Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 512), S6022 [18DE]
National Mentoring Month: observance (see S. Res. 25), S230 [2FE]
National Minority Health Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 221), S1745 [18MY]
National Naloxone Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 250), S2071 [13JN]
National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 201), S1567 [9MY]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S. Res. 162), S1211 [18AP]
National Park Service: require acceptance of cash payments for entrance fees (see S. 2887), S4654 [21SE]
National Park Week: designate (see S. Res. 161), S1210 [18AP]
National Police Week: observance (see S. Res. 216), S1705 [17MY]
National Poll Worker Recruitment Day: observance (see S. Res. 326), S3758 [27JY]
National Public Works Week: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1745 [18MY]
National Rural Health Day: designate (see S. Res. 470), S5541 [15NO]
National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Day: designate (see S. Res. 454), S5427 [8NO]
National Science and Technology Council: establish Interagency Group on Large-Scale Carbon Management to implement Federal Carbon Removal Initiative (see S. 2002), S2097 [14JN]
National Service and Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 253), S2124 [15JN]
National Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 200), S1534 [4MY]
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: establish Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity (see S. 1526), S1603 [10MY]
National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month: observance (see S. Res. 21), S204 [1FE]
National Veterans Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 435), S5213 [26OC]
National Warrior Call Day: designate (see S. Res. 208), S1624 [11MY]
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see S. Res. 120), S933 [23MR]
National Women’s History Month: designate (see S. Res. 129), S1000 [28MR]
National Women’s Small Business Month: observance (see S. Res. 431), S5183 [25OC]
NIH: require annual budget estimate for initiatives pursuant to reports and recommendations made under National Alzheimer’s Project Act (see S. 134), S147 [30JA]
——— transfer pharmaceutical civil penalties to Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program Fund (see S. 1624), S1678 [16MY]
NIST: coordinate science and research activities relative to illicit drugs containing xylazine, novel synthetic opioids, and other substances of concern (see S. 1280), S1845 [31MY]
NLRB: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status’’ (see S.J. Res. 49), S5459 [9NO]
NOAA: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat’’ (see S.J. Res. 23), S1091 [30MR]
O’Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see S. Res. 499), S5962 [13DE]
Pharmaceuticals: improve services provided by pharmacy benefit managers (see S. 1542), S1603 [10MY]
Postal Service: increase criminal penalty for mail fraud involving misrepresentation of country of origin and terminate authority to exclude countries from requirement to transmit advance electronic information for all shipments (see S. 986), S954 [27MR]
Power resources: expedite permitting for oil, natural gas, and mineral development, increase energy production, and ensure Federal lands remain open to productive uses (see S. 1456), S1534 [4MY]
Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act: reauthorize (see S. 1573), S3523 [25JY]
Privacy: require executive agencies and Federal courts to comply with address confidentiality programs (see S. 2676), S3756 [27JY]
Public lands: modify procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units (see S. 1630), S1678 [16MY]
Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see S. Con. Res. 5), S743 [9MR]
Railroad Retirement Board: exempt payments made from Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from budget sequestration (see S. 1274), S1789 [30MY]
Religious Education Week: designate (see S. Res. 380), S4760 [28SE]
Russia: call for immediate release of Evan Gershkovich (see S. Res. 385), S4760 [28SE]
——— condemn wrongful detainment of U.S. citizens and residents (see S. Res. 179), S1419 [27AP]
——— recognize actions in Ukraine as genocide (see S. Res. 72), S458 [16FE]
SBA: modify Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to make grants more competitive and give priority to underserved States (see S. 1003), S999 [28MR]
——— require Office of Entrepreneurship Education to establish and maintain website regarding small business permitting and licensing requirements (see S. 1042), S1052 [29MR]
Schools: clarify that prohibition on use of Federal education funds for certain weapons does not apply to use of such weapons for training in archery, hunting, other shooting sports, or culinary arts (see S. 2828), S4591 [19SE]
SEC: expand access to capital for rural small businesses (see S. 294), S265 [7FE]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: extend (see S. 2581), S3896 [5SE]
Senate: require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by World Health Assembly be subject to ratification (see S. 444), S637 [2MR]
Senate Rules: clarify dress code for floor of Senate (see S. Res. 376), S4721 [27SE]
Ships and vessels: authorize nonpecuniary damages in action resulting from cruise ship voyage occurring on high seas (see S. 1085), S5675 [29NO]
——— mint coins to honor and memorialize tragedy of Sultana Steamboat explosion (see S. 668), S1604 [10MY]
Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see S. 663), S1341 [25AP]
——— review and simplify processes, forms, and communications for family caregivers to assist individuals in establishing eligibility, enrolling in, and maintaining benefits under certain Federal aid programs (see S. 3109), S5143 [24OC]
States: permit to include as part of mail voter registration forms requirement that applicants provide proof of citizenship (see S. 3470), S5919 [12DE]
——— provide grants to States that do not suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew driver’s license or car registration for failure to pay civil or criminal fine or fee (see S. 2313), S2460 [13JY]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: reauthorize residential treatment program for pregnant and postpartum women (see S. 3447), S5851 [7DE]
Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act: reauthorize youth prevention and recovery initiative (see S. 3070), S5087 [18OC]
Supreme Court: constitutional amendment to require Supreme Court be composed of nine Justices (see S.J. Res. 21), S1901 [1JN]
——— constitutional amendment to require Supreme Court be composed of not more than nine Justices (see S.J. Res. 16), S457 [16FE]
Taxation: enhance tax benefits for research activities (see S. 866), S934 [23MR]
——— establish neighborhood revitalization tax credit (see S. 657), S1211 [18AP]
——— exclude certain broadband grants from gross income (see S. 341), S311 [9FE]
——— exclude certain post graduation scholarship grants from gross income in same manner as qualified scholarships to promote economic growth (see S. 1757), S1788 [30MY]
——— permanently allow tax deduction at time investment in qualified property is made (see S. 1117), S1384 [26AP]
——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 1420), S1504 [3MY]
——— provide for refundable adoption tax credit (see S. 2895), S4654 [21SE]
——— reform low-income housing credit (see S. 1557), S2146 [20JN]
——— repeal certain third party network transaction reporting requirements (see S. 26), S1463 [2MY]
——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 1108), S1089 [30MR]
——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see S. 786), S772 [14MR]
——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see S. 443), S425 [15FE]
TSA: prohibit acceptance of warrants for arrest of aliens as valid proof of identification at aviation security checkpoints (see S. 918), S909 [22MR]
U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: prohibit funding until China is no longer defined as developing country (see S. 1035), S1052 [29MR]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule relative to endangered and threatened wildlife status for lesser prairie-chicken (see S.J. Res. 9), S934 [23MR]
——— disapprove rule relative to endangered species status for northern long-eared bat (see S.J. Res. 24), S1091 [30MR]
——— reauthorize Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and certain conservation funds (see S. 2395), S3148 [19JY]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: expand Human Exploitation Rescue Operation (HERO) Child-Rescue Corps Program (see S. 987), S954 [27MR]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 344), S311 [9FE]
Women: authorize location of monument on National Mall to commemorate and honor women’s suffrage movement and passage of 19th Amendment to the Constitution (see S. 886), S1844 [31MY]
World War I: award Congressional Gold Medal to female telephone operators of Army Signal Corps, known as ‘‘Hello Girls’’ (see S. 815), S5807 [6DE]
Yemen: designate Ansarallah as foreign terrorist organization and impose certain sanctions (see S. 3192), S5315 [1NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of HHS: award grants for innovative approaches to securing prompt access to appropriate follow-on care for individuals who experience acute mental health episodes and provide for care in emergency departments (see S. 1346), S1418 [27AP]
——— carry out national project to prevent and cure Parkinson’s disease to be known as National Parkinson’s Project (see S. 1064), S1053 [29MR]
——— reauthorize programs to save and sustain health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum and eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths (see S. 2415), S3458 [20JY]
EPA: establish pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility (see S. 1189), S1255 [19AP]
——— facilitate efficient State implementation of certain national ambient air quality standards (see S. 2125), S2222 [22JN]
——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule relative to new source performance standards from certain stationary sources (see S. 1923), S2050 [12JN]
FAA: strengthen oversight of repair stations located outside U.S. (see S. 1256), S1339 [25AP]
FCC: establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (see S. 275), S264 [7FE]
Government regulations: improve environmental review process for energy, infrastructure, and transportation projects (see S. 1449), S1533 [4MY]
Insurance: require coverage of hearing devices and systems in certain private health insurance plans (see S. 1135), S1090 [30MR]
Medicare: expand and expedite access to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see S. 3481), S5961 [13DE]
——— provide for certain cognitive impairment detection in annual wellness visit and initial preventive physical examination (see S. 2379), S3147 [19JY]
Nuclear energy: enhance U.S. civil nuclear leadership, support licensing of advanced nuclear technologies, strengthen domestic nuclear energy fuel cycle and supply chain, and improve regulation of nuclear energy (see S. 1111), S1089 [30MR]
Presidents of the U.S.: clarify inability to declare national emergencies on premise of climate change (see S. 2118), S2222 [22JN]
Taxation: permanently extend allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion for purposes of determining income limitation on deduction for business interest (see S. 1232), S1293 [20AP]
Water: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’’’ (see S.J. Res. 7), S230 [2FE]
Letters
Letter from Birmingham, AL, City Jail: Martin Luther King, Jr., S1494 [3MY]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental, S5781 [6DE]
Australia, United Kingdom, U.S. Security Treaty (AUKUS Treaty): anniversary, S4424 [13SE]
Biden, President: evaluation of administration, S546 [1MR]
——— evaluation of administration relative to economy, S186 [1FE], S786 [15MR], S2337 [12JY], S5413 [8NO]
——— evaluation of administration relative to energy policy, S1028 [29MR]
——— evaluation of administration relative to foreign policy, S5276 [1NO]
——— evaluation of administration relative to immigration, S86, S87 [25JA], S886 [22MR], S1693 [17MY], S5656 [29NO]
Budget: allocation of funds, S786 [15MR]
China: U.S. policy, S4424 [13SE]
Crime: address nationwide increase in violent crime, S411 [15FE]
Dept. of Education: strike certain emergency unilateral authorities relative to student loan repayment (S. 506), S546 [1MR]
Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights’’ (S.J. Res. 8), S546 [1MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through Veterans Community Care program (H.R. 815), motion to proceed, S5781 [6DE]
Diseases and disorders: expiration of Title 42 public health authorities allowing for immediate expulsion of persons or property to avoid introduction of communicable diseases, S1693 [17MY]
District of Columbia: disapprove action of District of Columbia Council in approving Revised Criminal Code Act (H.J. Res. 26), S680 [8MR]
——— disapprove action of District of Columbia Council in approving Revised Criminal Code Act (S.J. Res. 12), S546 [1MR]
Drugs: address drug abuse epidemic by securing southern border, S1229 [19AP]
Economy: address growing inflation, S186 [1FE]
EPA: establish pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility (S. 1189), S1229 [19AP]
——— improve recycling and composting programs (S. 1194), S1229 [19AP]
FCC: establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (S. 275), S2087 [14JN]
Foreign policy: report on congressional delegation trip to Indo-Pacific region and influence of U.S. values on leadership in global security and women’s empowerment issues, S4219 [6SE]
Government regulations: improve environmental review process for energy, infrastructure, and transportation projects (S. 1449), S1877 [1JN]
——— reform Federal regulatory permitting and project review processes for energy and infrastructure projects, S1479 [3MY]
Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and immigration enforcement, S5656 [29NO]
Middle East: condemn act of war against Israel by Hamas (terrorist organization), Palestinian Islamic Jihad (terrorist organization), and associated forces, S5165 [25OC]
——— express support for Israel as it defends itself against barbaric war launched by Hamas (terrorist organization) and other terrorists, S5065 [18OC]
——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding to Israel in response to act of war by Hamas (terrorist organization) (S. 3168), S5276, S5278 [1NO]
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC: completion, S1877, S1890 [1JN]
National Environmental Policy Act: clarify ambiguous provisions, align with relevant case law, reflect modern technologies, optimize interagency coordination, and improve environmental review process, S1877 [1JN]
NATO: call on members to fully meet financial and military obligations, S4424 [13SE]
Public debt: extend public debt ceiling limit, reduce Federal spending, and promote economic growth (H.R. 3746), S1877, S1890 [1JN]
Senate: legislative priorities, S1996 [7JN]
Taxation: permanently extend allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion for purposes of determining income limitation on deduction for business interest (S. 1232), S1997 [7JN]
Telecommunications: invest in rural broadband infrastructure and recognize importance to rural communities, S2086 [14JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, S4424 [13SE]
Water: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’’’ (H.J. Res. 27), S1022, S1028 [29MR]
——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’’’ (S.J. Res. 7), S547 [1MR]
Tributes
Brubaker, Joel, S3506 [25JY]
Nutting, G. Ogden and Betty Woods (Snookie), S5254• [31OC]