COTTON, TOM (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried in U.S. military cemeteries overseas under markers that incorrectly represent their religion and heritage (S. 1318), S2645 [4JN]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S1695 [2AP], S2187 [7MY]

Committee to escort King Charles III, H3127 [28AP]

Committee to escort the President, H2287 [24FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

ALS Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 751), S2444 [21MY]

Armed Forces: commend U.S. military action in Venezuela (see S. Res. 576), S115 [8JA]

Campbell, Ben Nighthorse: tribute (see S. Res. 585), S257 [15JA]

Dept. of Commerce: prohibit importation, manufacture, sale, resale, or introduction into interstate commerce in U.S. of connected vehicles and related software and hardware associated with foreign adversaries (see S. 4429), S2307 [14MY]

——— require license for export, reexport, or in-country transfer of certain integrated circuits (see S. 4456), S2170 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: assess effects of artificial intelligence (AI) integration on warfighter effectiveness, skill retention, and operational readiness (see S. 4683), S2575 [4JN]

——— prohibit certain reductions to MQ–9 aircraft units (see S. 4677), S2758 [11JN]

——— require review of national security risk posed by communications equipment and services produced or provided by certain entities (see S. 4586), S2415 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: strengthen disclosure requirements relating to foreign gifts and contracts and prohibit contracts between institutions of higher education and certain foreign entities and countries of concern (see S. 1296), S2201 [11MY]

Dept. of Justice: expand and clarify grounds for civil denaturalization proceedings for individuals who have defrauded governmental program, joined terrorist organization, or committed certain criminal offenses (see S. 3674), S1206 [18MR]

——— increase criminal penalties for assaulting Bureau of Prisons correctional officer (see S. 4305), S1785 [15AP]

Dept. of State: restrict visa issuance to individuals who have directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, or carried out violations of religious freedom (see S. 3679), S257 [15JA]

Dept. of the Interior: establish America’s Living Library Project (see S. 4023), S881 [5MR]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit from contracting with, or awarding grant to, entity that uses or procures light detection and ranging technology from certain foreign entities (see S. 4000), S881 [5MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out efforts to inform veterans of their rights relative to receipt of health care, benefits, and services under current law (see S. 3653), S346 [28JA]

——— restore veterans’ rights to own or possess firearms by requiring proof of danger to self or others before reporting to National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see S. 478), S651 [24FE]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see S. 4620), S2443 [21MY]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see S. 3697), S290 [27JA]

FERC: prohibit allocation of costs for certain electric transmission facilities to consumers in State where public officials did not expressly consent to transmission facility (see S. 3287), S1010 [11MR]

Firearms: clarify liability protections for firearms and associated manufacturers and retailers (see S. 4775), S2757 [11JN]

——— enhance penalties for certain thefts of firearms from Federal firearms licensee (see S. 4671), S2525 [3JN]

——— modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons (see S. 1283), S1615 [25MR]

Foreign countries: take measures for property nationalized or expropriated by foreign governments and include expropriation of U.S. persons’ assets in acts, policies, and practices that are unreasonable or discriminatory (see S. 2368), S1936 [22AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain authorities (see S. 4342), S1821 [16AP]

Government: prohibit Federal bailout of State or local governments and school districts that have filed bankruptcy, defaulted on their debts, or are at risk of bankruptcy or default (see S. 4629), S2443 [21MY]

Housing: remove requirement on lessors to provide thirty day notice to vacate (see S. 470), S1785 [15AP]

Immigration: subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke citizenship of any naturalized U.S. citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such conviction (see S. 3606), S115 [8JA]

Iran: express support for Iranian people protesting for free and democratic Iran and condemn use of violence to suppress protests (see S. Res. 606), S578 [11FE]

Kempthorne, Dirk: tribute (see S. Res. 723), S2200 [11MY]

Law enforcement: establish criminal penalty for obstructing immigration enforcement activities (see S. 3179), S131 [12JA]

Morocco: impose sanctions on Polisario Front for cooperation with Iranian-affiliated terrorist organization (see S. 4063), S1009 [11MR]

National FFA Week: designate (see S. Res. 622), S707 [26FE]

National Police Week: designate (see S. Res. 735), S2305 [14MY]

National School Choice Week: designate (see S. Res. 587), S291 [27JA]

National Small Business Week: designate (see S. Res. 703), S2129 [29AP]

Nuclear energy: codify certain Executive orders relating to nuclear energy (see S. 4267), S1669 [26MR]

Power resources: prohibit liability against those engaged in mining, extraction, production, refinement, transportation, distribution, marketing, manufacture, or sale of energy for damages or injunctive relief (see S. 4340), S1821 [16AP]

Riegle, Donald W., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 755), S2476 [1JN]

Seymour, John: tribute (see S. Res. 739), S2373 [19MY]

Sports: recognize Army-Navy football game as America’s game (see S. Res. 613), S681 [25FE]

Taxation: modernize National Firearms Act to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons (see S. 3514), S1615 [25MR]

——— terminate Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate (see S. 3863), S609 [12FE]

Technology: provide for export restrictions on certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment and components and compel allies to adopt similar restrictions (see S. 4281), S1937 [22AP]

Treaties and agreements: require advice and consent of Senate for entry or reentry into any international climate agreement (see S. 3713), S344 [28JA]

Voting: require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (see S. 3752), S535 [9FE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to individuals and communities who volunteered or donated items to North Platte Canteen in North Platte, NE (see S. 645), S1047 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: enhance criminal penalties for welfare fraud, provide adequate immigration consequences for fraud convictions, and establish welfare fraud recovery task force (see S. 3652), S256 [15JA]

Dept. of Commerce: promulgate regulations to improve nucleic acid synthesis security (see S. 3741), S377 [29JA]

Dept. of Defense: improve access to certain medications under TRICARE program (see S. 4106), S1090 [17MR]

——— prevent awarding of motor carrier cargo transportation contracts to carriers affiliated with Chinese military companies (see S. 4077), S1046 [12MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require institutions of higher education to regularly submit information to Student and Exchange Visitor Information System on non U.S. citizens or permanent residents (see S. 4165), S1579 [24MR]

Dept. of Justice: impose mandatory minimum sentences for conspiracy to smuggle biological agents into U.S. and for making false statements to Federal agents in connection with such smuggling (see S. 4729), S2736 [10JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: require certain financial institutions to verify citizenship and legal status of individuals (see S. 4206), S1614 [25MR]

Dept. of Transportation: condition Federal highway funding on State compliance with Federal immigration enforcement policies relative to driver’s licensing and information sharing (see S. 3773), S489 [4FE]

Espionage: create presumption that foreign national who photographs, videos, or tracks high-value strategic asset does so with intent to harm U.S. (see S. 4461), S2170 [30AP]

FDA: require regulatory review of pharmaceutical products from Chinese entities (see S. 4327), S1821 [16AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit executive agencies from procuring or operating certain unmanned ground vehicle systems made by foreign adversaries (see S. 4235), S1668 [26MR]

FERC: exempt consumer-regulated electric utilities from Federal regulation (see S. 3585), S89 [7JA]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain authorities (see S. 4344), S1830 [17AP] (see S. 4465), S2170 [30AP] (see S. 4760, 4764), S2756 [11JN]

Foreign trade: provide for escalating civil penalties for fraudulent or negligent importation of unauthorized electronic nicotine delivery systems (see S. 4303), S1784 [15AP]

Government: grant authority to use counter-unmanned aircraft system technologies to private owners of critical infrastructure facilities (see S. 4380), S1935 [22AP]

Immigration: establish new ground for inadmissibility for close relatives of foreign terrorists (see S. 4526), S2304 [14MY]

——— improve efficiency of removal process by enhancing cooperation between government entities and expanding grounds for deportation for any alien to include any felony or any 2 misdemeanors (see S. 3645), S220 [14JA]

——— revoke citizenship from any naturalized citizen who commits felony or supports terrorist organizations (see S. 4105), S1090 [17MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 4615), S2416 [20MY]

IRS: temporarily suspend clean electricity production credit to support Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see S. 4158), S1443 [20MR]

Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands: make applicable to hardrock minerals (see S. 3708), S344 [28JA]

Natural Gas Act: promote interagency coordination in approval of certain authorizations (see S. 4300), S1784 [15AP]

Power resources: protect reliability of electric grid by preempting certain State climate mandates (see S. 3839), S577 [11FE]

Cloture motions

Cekada, Robert: nomination to be ATF Director, S1924 [22AP], S2046 [27AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 7147), motion to proceed, S594 [12FE], S641 [24FE], S871 [5MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access (S. 1383), House amendment, S1569 [24MR], S1651 [26MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S157 [13JA], S230 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), motion to proceed, S121 [8JA], S128 [12JA]

Depts. of Defense, Education, Homeland Security, HHS, HUD, Labor, and Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 7148), motion to proceed, S287 [27JA], S361 [29JA]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain authorities (S. 4344), motion to proceed, S1924 [22AP]

Senate Rules: authorize en bloc consideration in Executive session of certain nominations on Executive Calendar (S. Res. 690), S2065 [28AP], S2148 [30AP]

Warsh, Kevin: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S2145 [30AP], S2213 [12MY]

——— nomination to FRS Board of Governors, S2144 [30AP], S2194 [11MY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities against Iran (S.J. Res. 118), S1190 [18MR]

——— remove from unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela (S.J. Res. 98), S69 [7JA]

Budget: use of budget reconciliation to make appropriations for border security and immigration enforcement (S. 2), S2554 [4JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access (S. 1383), House amendment, S1189 [18MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain authorities, S2748, S2749, S2750 [11JN]

——— extend certain authorities, unanimous-consent request, S2749 [11JN]

——— extend certain authorities (S. 4444), S2147, S2148 [30AP]

——— extend certain authorities (S. 4444), unanimous-consent request, S2148 [30AP]

——— improve transparency (S. 4740), S2749, S2750 [11JN]

——— improve transparency (S. 4740), unanimous-consent request, S2750 [11JN]

Point of order, S2554 [4JN]

Presidential appointments: prohibit individual from acting as Director of National Intelligence if such individual is simultaneously serving as head of any other Federal department or agency, S2554 [4JN]

Pulte, William: appointment as Acting Director of National Intelligence, S2554 [4JN]

Shepherd, John T.: nomination to be district judge, S1721 [14AP]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to Iran, S1189 [18MR]

Venezuela: U.S. military and intelligence operation to capture Nicolas Maduro and his wife and extradite them to U.S. to face Federal drug, terrorism, and weapons charges, S69 [7JA]

Voting: require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections, S1189 [18MR]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S2485 [2JN]

Reports filed

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 4615), S2415 [20MY]

Nomination of Joshua M. Rudd To Be NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command Chief: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S552 [10FE]