STABENOW, DEBBIE (a Senator from Michigan)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S4001 [12JN], S4247 [18JN], S4338 [20JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8142, S8143 [18DE], S8224 [19DE], S8434 [27DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S7041 [28NO], S7217, S7219 [29NO]

Postal Service: improve, sustain, and transform (S. 1789), S2511 [18AP], S2547 [19AP], S2603 [23AP], S2637 [24AP], S2689 [25AP]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), S2244 [29MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S573 [13FE], S851, S852, S863 [16FE], S910 [17FE], S1148 [29FE], S1367 [1MR], S1397 [5MR], S1464 [7MR], S1597 [13MR]

Appointments

Committee to escort the President, H151 [24JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abdnor, James: tribute (see S. Res. 475), S3631 [24MY]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see S. 3239), S3901 [11JN]

Aurora, CO: condemn movie theater shootings and express condolences for victims and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see S. Con. Res. 53), S5304 [24JY]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 43), S5213 [19JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 410), S2166 [28MR]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see S. Res. 440), S2824 [26AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 3220), S3731 [5JN]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see S. 3567), S6454 [19SE]

Credit: provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see S. 3085), S3085 [10MY] (see S. 3522), S6062 [10SE]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service if such claims are made for tangible benefit or personal gain (see S. 3372), S5258 [23JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary (see S. Res. 458), S3087 [10MY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see S. 2051), S208 [31JA] (see S. 2343), S2732 [25AP]

——— make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see S. 2047), S6456 [19SE]

Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see S. 1878), S2969 [8MY]

——— improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see S. 1862), S6456 [19SE]

——— provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (see S. 2256), S2242 [29MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: transfer proceeds from the sale of Government stock in General Motors Co., to fund pension benefits for former Delphi Corp., employees (see S. 3544), S6340 [13SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (see S. 3457), S6064 [10SE]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 752), S42 [23JA]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see S. 1167), S1050 [27FE]

——— provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers (see S. 3560), S6454 [19SE]

——— support goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease by a certain date and other goals of the National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease draft (see S. Res. 434), S2655 [24AP]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (see S. Res. 500), S4368 [20JN]

Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating terrorist attack in Burgas (see S. Res. 613), S8042 [13DE]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see S. 296), S42 [23JA]

Federal Helium Reserve: ensure expedient and responsible drawdown in manner protecting private industry, scientific, medical, and industrial communities, commercial users, and Federal agencies (see S. 2374), S3730 [5JN]

Financial institutions: address fee disclosure requirements (see S. 3204), S4239 [18JN] (see S. 3394), S6627 [21SE]

——— advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2231), S2001 [22MR]

Firearms: provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see S. 381), S42 [23JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 19), S2970 [8MY]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 399), S3175 [15MY]

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see S. 2153), S1384 [5MR]

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research: establish (see S. 2274), S2242 [29MR]

FRS: treatment of information provided to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see S. 3394), S6627 [21SE]

Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 421), S2393 [17AP]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (see S. 3588), S6545 [20SE]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 582), S6626 [21SE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1993), S5979 [2AU]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see S. 2078), S4893 [11JY]

Inouye, Daniel K.: tribute (see S. Res. 624), S8138 [18DE]

International Olympic Committee: recognize a moment of silence at 2012 Olympic opening ceremonies to honor those who lost their lives at 1972 Munich Olympics (see S. Res. 504), S4460 [25JN]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see S.J. Res. 41), S3631 [24MY] (see S. Res. 380), S1423 [6MR]

Israel: commit to security as a Jewish and democratic state with secure borders and condemn rocket and missile attacks in Gaza by Hamas (see S. Res. 599), S6855 [15NO]

——— reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see S. 2165), S4774 [29JN]

Juneteenth Independence Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 45), S4299 [19JN]

——— observance (see S. Res. 496), S4299 [19JN]

Land-Grant College Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 502), S4368 [20JN]

Libya: commend U.S. public servants who died in attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, express condolences to families of victims, condemn the attack, and call for perpetrators to be brought to justice (see S. Res. 551), S6270 [12SE] (see S. Res. 588), S6626 [21SE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 1299), S4239 [18JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 1935), S5382 [25JY]

McGovern, George S.: tribute (see S. Res. 607), S7303 [30NO]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 1309), S6455 [19SE]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see S. 1718), S6547 [20SE]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see S. 2347), S6547 [20SE]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 2620), S6456 [19SE]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see S. 1454), S6455 [19SE]

——— modify designation of accreditation organizations for orthotics and prosthetics, apply accreditation and licensure requirements and modify payment methodology for such devices (see S. 2125), S3043 [9MY]

——— preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 424), S1049 [27FE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 829), S6340 [13SE]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 2036), S4369 [20JN]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 569), S6455 [19SE]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1494), S3977 [12JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 455), S3087 [10MY]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 371), S494 [9FE]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see S. Res. 461), S3174 [15MY]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings (see S. Res. 621), S8071 [17DE]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to include trails along Lake Superior’s north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota (see S. 3319), S5085 [17JY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take action to obtain Russia’s full compliance with commitments under the protocol on their accession to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (see S. 3327), S4417 [21JN]

Olympic Games: require the U.S. Olympic Committee to adopt a policy that requires ceremonial uniforms to be produced in the U.S. (see S. 3387), S5047 [16JY]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see S. Res. 618), S8042 [13DE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see S. 998), S6546 [20SE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 2219), S1932 [21MR] (see S. 3369), S4893 [11JY]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (see S. 2204), S1933 [21MR]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see S. Res. 515), S4725 [28JN]

Rudman, Warren: tribute (see S. Res. 604), S7215 [29NO]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 555), S4418 [21JN]

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see S. 3392), S5259 [23JY]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 2010), S5659 [30JY]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see S. 648), S132 [26JA]

Specter, Arlen: tribute (see S. Res. 612), S7703 [10DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 3525), S6271 [12SE]

State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: grant congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 44), S6271 [12SE]

Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 930), S3516 [23MY]

——— allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 557), S3423 [22MY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 1872), S3329 [21MY]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1512), S6271 [12SE]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see S. 2074), S5733 [31JY]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see S. 3267), S4823 [10JY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1171), S6340 [13SE]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see S. 3275), S6746 [13NO]

——— make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings and provide a minimum credit rate for existing buildings (see S. 1989), S3280 [17MY]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 339), S1614 [13MR]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 166), S6546 [20SE]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 687), S5212 [19JY]

——— provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see S. 845), S3516 [23MY]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes (see S. 3460), S8507 [28DE]

——— qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of low income housing tax credit (see S. 3494), S6547 [20SE]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1591), S2969 [8MY]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 39), S3130 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see S. 3240), S3631 [24MY]

——— promote biobased manufacturing (see S. 2155), S1384 [5MR]

Corps of Engineers: compel completion of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study within a certain time period and focus attention on permanent prevention of aquatic nuisance species (see S. 2317), S2545 [19AP]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: reauthorize (see S. 3552), S6340 [13SE]

Foreign trade: prohibit purchases by the Federal Government of Chinese goods and services until China becomes a party to the Agreement on Government Procurement (see S. 3449), S5487 [26JY]

Mental health: increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see S. 2257), S2242 [29MR]

MF Global Holdings, Ltd.: prevent bonuses from being paid to employees responsible for day-to-day operations resulting in bankruptcy filing until customers’ aggregated account funds are repaid in full (see S. Res. 407), S2085 [27MR]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 562), S6454 [19SE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 537), S5871 [1AU]

Parkinson’s Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 416), S2243 [29MR]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 400), S1848 [20MR]

Taxation: clarify that paper which is commonly recycled does not constitute a qualified energy resource under the renewable electricity production credit (see S. 2143), S1147 [29FE]

——— exclude from gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain foreign residential mortgage obligations (see S. 2144), S1147 [29FE]

——— extend allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets (see S. 2240), S2085 [27MR]

——— permanently extend the private mortgage insurance tax deduction (see S. 3470), S5870 [1AU]

——— prevent an unfair tax burden for veterans and homeowners who have received assistance from the National Mortgage Settlement (see S. 3224), S3515 [23MY]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (see S. 2250), S2242 [29MR]

——— provide a credit for production of renewable chemicals (see S. 3491), S5977 [2AU]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 2884), S2966 [8MY] (see S. 3364), S4789 [9JY]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 400), S1848 [20MR]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), motion to proceed, S3714 [5JN], S3807 [7JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), S6501 [20SE], S6603 [21SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), motion to proceed, S6405 [19SE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8195 [19DE], S8340 [21DE]

FDIC: temporarily extend the Transaction Account Guarantee Program (S. 3637), S7724 [11DE]

Postal Service: improve, sustain, and transform (S. 1789), S2369 [17AP]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), motion to proceed, S1985 [22MR], S2028 [26MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S1372 [2MR], S1410 [6MR]

Shipp, Michael A.: nomination to be district judge, S5202 [19JY]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1693, S1694 [15MR], S1840, S1841 [20MR], S1884 [21MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), motion to proceed, S6502 [20SE], S6604 [21SE]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), motion to proceed, S5244 [23JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 3364), motion to proceed, S5072 [17JY], S5189 [19JY]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (S. 2230), motion to proceed, S2223 [29MR], S2313 [16AP]

Letters

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act: several agricultural organizations, S6313 [13SE]

Privilege of the floor

Anderson, James, S4307 [19JN]

Graham, Marcus, S3870 [7JN]

James, Maureen, S3870 [7JN]

Norton, Kevin, S3870 [7JN]

Peters, Bijan, S4307 [19JN]

Slater, Carl, S4307 [19JN]

Trujillo, Aurora, S4307 [19JN]

Woods, Eugenia, S4307 [19JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs, S3164 [15MY]

——— continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3964, S3965, S3966 [12JN], S4125, S4139 [13JN], S4170, S4171, S4172, S4173, S4199 [14JN], S4235 [18JN], S4267, S4268, S4269, S4270, S4271, S4272, S4273, S4274, S4275, S4276, S4277, S4278, S4279, S4280, S4281, S4283 [19JN], S4335, S4336, S4337, S4338, S4343, S4345, S4346, S4347, S4348, S4349, S4350, S4352, S4353, S4355, S4356, S4357, S4358 [20JN], S4381, S4384, S4386, S4388, S4390, S4396, S4403 [21JN], S5175 [19JY], S5447 [26JY], S5944 [2AU], S6038, S6039 [10SE], S6312, S6314 [13SE], S6499 [20SE], S6768 [14NO], S8118 [18DE], S8169 [19DE], S8580, S8581, S8582, S8583 [31DE]

——— continue certain programs (S. 3240), motion to proceed, S3715 [5JN], S3749 [6JN], S3804, S3805, S3807 [7JN], S3935 [12JN]

——— continue certain programs (S. 3240), motion to recommit, S4350, S4351, S4352 [20JN]

——— continue certain programs (S. 3240), unanimous-consent agreement, S4351 [20JN]

——— continue certain programs (S. 3240), unanimous-consent request, S4126 [13JN]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs, S6314 [13SE], S8118 [18DE], S8437 [27DE]

——— prohibit mandatory or compulsory participation in check off programs to provide research and information for a particular commodity or brand, S4281 [19JN]

——— promote biobased manufacturing, S4171 [14JN]

——— reduce programs funding to 2008 levels, S4350, S4351 [20JN]

——— strengthen rural communities and foster the next generation of farmers and ranchers, S4270 [19JN]

——— sugar price support program funding, S3964, S3965, S3966 [12JN], S4349 [20JN]

——— water conservation programs funding, S4269 [19JN]

Animals: ensure that extras in film and television who bring personal, domesticated household pets do not face unnecessary regulations, S4353 [20JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8118 [18DE], S8196 [19DE], S8437 [27DE]

Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station, Bisbee, AZ: designate (H.R. 2668), S2985 [8MY]

Budget: require detailed reports to Congress on impact of defense and non-defense budget sequestration, S4386 [21JN]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022 (S. Con. Res. 42), motion to proceed, S3189 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), motion to proceed, S3189 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 37), motion to proceed, S3189 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 41), motion to proceed, S3189 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 44), motion to proceed, S3189 [16MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3220), motion to proceed, S3705, S3715 [5JN]

Congress: prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), S201 [31JA]

Corps of Engineers: Great Lakes dredging funding, S8196 [19DE]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, S4353 [20JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: air quality improvement project funding, S4274 [19JN]

——— anniversary, S3164 [15MY]

——— assist eligible schools and nonprofit entities to implement farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools, S4345 [20JN]

——— Biomass Crop Assistance Program funding, S4173 [14JN]

——— biomass research and development funding, S4172 [14JN]

——— Community Wood Energy Program biomass cooperatives grant funding, S4353 [20JN]

——— Conservation Stewardship Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding, S4139–S4141 [13JN]

——— consolidation and streamlining of conservation programs, S4139 [13JN]

——— eliminate Organic Certification Cost Share and Agricultural Management Assistance Program, S4277 [19JN]

——— encourage partnerships between the National Agriculture Library and educational institutions to support the dissemination of objective and scholarly agricultural and food law research and information, S4345 [20JN]

——— end State bonus payments for administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S4272 [19JN]

——— establish a pilot loan program to assist organizations providing healthful food for the hungry, S4346 [20JN]

——— Farmers Market Promotion Program funding, S4357 [20JN]

——— Federal milk marketing order program reform, S4268 [19JN]

——— improve agricultural land easements, S4357, S4358 [20JN]

——— improve efficiency, digestibility, and nutritional value of food for poultry and livestock, S4352 [20JN]

——— improve livestock forage disaster plan, S4268 [19JN]

——— include multi-year price decline protections in the Agriculture Risk Coverage program, S4358 [20JN]

——— limit conservation program payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S4337 [20JN]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S4355 [20JN]

——— limit farm subsidy payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S4273 [19JN]

——— Market Access Program funding, S4336 [20JN]

——— move the sugar import quota adjustment date forward in the crop year, S4356 [20JN]

——— prohibit any entity receiving a business and industry direct or guaranteed loan for a wind energy project from receiving any other Federal benefit, assistance, or incentive for the project, S4275 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to allow categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S4271 [19JN]

——— prohibit loan guarantees, S4280 [19JN]

——— protect agricultural and forested lands from urban development, S4357, S4358 [20JN]

——— provide Non-Insured Disaster Program funding to eligible producers facing a loss due to freeze or frost, S4338 [20JN]

——— repeal Biorefinery Assistance Program, S4348 [20JN]

——— repeal the Conservation Stewardship Program and Conservation Reserve Program, S4343 [20JN]

——— revise Housing Act requirements for areas to be considered rural areas, S4348 [20JN]

——— rural broadband telecommunications services programs funding, S4279 [19JN], S4335, S4343 [20JN]

——— Rural Energy for America Program funding, S4170 [14JN]

——— Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program funding, S4390 [21JN]

——— State Rural Development Partnership funding, S4347 [20JN]

——— study feasibility of establishing an insurance product that covers food safety recalls, S4276 [19JN]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S3964, S3965, S3966 [12JN], S4125 [13JN], S4278 [19JN], S4352 [20JN]

——— The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) funding through reductions in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S4346 [20JN]

——— value-added grant program funding, S4267 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S7003 [28NO]

——— exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, S7003 [28NO]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, S3190 [16MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (S. 2343), motion to proceed, S2957 [8MY]

Depts. of Agriculture and Transportation: conduct study of rural transportation issues relative to movement of agricultural products and domestically produced renewable fuels and resources for electricity production, S4350 [20JN]

Drain, Gershwin A.: nomination to be district judge, S5932 [2AU]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, S7379–S7381 [4DE], S7406 [5DE], S8019 [13DE]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (S. Res. 500), S4375 [20JN]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to maximum achievable control technology for certain steam generating units (S.J. Res. 37), unanimous-consent agreement, S4236 [18JN]

——— provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, S1573 [12MR]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 743), S2978, S2985 [8MY]

Food: allow States to require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material, S4384 [21JN]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, S8118 [18DE], S8196 [19DE], S8437 [27DE]

Kittery, ME: tribute to firefighters and emergency response personnel who responded to fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (S. Res. 488), S4249 [18JN]

Land-Grant College Act: anniversary (S. Res. 502), S4375 [20JN]

Lansing, MI: anniversary of Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce, S848• [16FE]

Long Island Sound: improve activities to protect watershed, S4283 [19JN]

Medicare: reform, S3190 [16MY]

Michigan: anniversary of statehood, S97 [26JA]

——— State legislature passage of right-to-work law protecting the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, S8019 [13DE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 447), S2986 [8MY]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (S. Res. 470), S4250 [18JN]

National Men’s Health Week: observance (S. Res. 501), S4375 [20JN]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 3369), motion to proceed, S5021, S5022 [16JY]

Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 495), S4250 [18JN]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), S2195 [29MR]

——— provide for offshore and oil shale energy development and energy-related tax incentives, S1596 [13MR]

Public debt: allow increase of debt ceiling by Executive order (S. 3664), unanimous-consent request, S7664 [6DE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S1572, S1573 [12MR], S1596, S1599 [13MR]

Senate: legislative program, S2986 [8MY], S4251 [18JN], S4377 [20JN]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S5021 [16JY]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), S7379–S7381 [4DE], S7406 [5DE]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, S6919 [27NO]

——— extend tax credits for clean energy programs, S1572 [12MR], S1599 [13MR]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 3364), S5022 [16JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 3364), motion to proceed, S5072 [17JY], S5110 [18JY], S5175, S5188, S5189 [19JY]

Weather: effect of drought on agriculture, S5175 [19JY]

Reports filed

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3240), S3630 [24MY]

——— Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3240) (S. Rept. 112–203), S6062 [10SE]

Nomination of Bruce J. Sherrick to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S699 [15FE]

Nomination of Chester J. Culver to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S699 [15FE]

Nomination of Michael T. Scuse To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S699 [15FE]

Nomination of Michael T. Scuse to the CCC Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S699 [15FE]

Texts of

S. 2257, Excellence in Mental Health Act, S2248–S2250 [29MR]

Tributes

Conrad, Senator, S7772 [12DE]

Hutchison, Senator, S8169 [19DE]

Inouye, Daniel K., S8128 [18DE]

Mikulski, Senator, S2078 [27MR]

Renteria, Amanda, S8299• [20DE]