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A resolution designating the week of May 10 through May 16, 2015, as "National Police Week".

Bill: 114-sres-177
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-11
text: 
Designates the week of May 10-May 16, 2015, as National Police Week. Expresses support for law enforcement officers across the United States for their efforts to build safer and more secure communities. 
 
Recognizes: (1) the need to ensure that law enforcement officers have the equipment, training, and resources necessary to protect their health and safety; and (2) members of the law enforcement community for their selfless acts of bravery.
 
Calls for honoring officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

action_date: 2015-05-11
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates the week of May 10-May 16, 2015, as National Police Week. Expresses support for law enforcement officers across the United States for their efforts to build safer and more secure communities. 
 
Recognizes: (1) the need to ensure that law enforcement officers have the equipment, training, and resources necessary to protect their health and safety; and (2) members of the law enforcement community for their selfless acts of bravery.
 
Calls for honoring officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-11
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2763-2764; text as passed Senate: CR S2762-2763)
action_date: 2015-05-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2763-2764; text as passed Senate: CR S2762-2763)
action_date: 2015-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week from May 6, 2015, through May 12, 2015.

Bill: 114-sres-178
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2015-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Health personnel
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: 
 Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week. Recognizes the contributions of nurses to the U.S. health care system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2798-2799)
action_date: 2015-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution designating May 16, 2015, as "Kids to Parks Day".

Bill: 114-sres-179
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Child health
Commemorative events and holidays
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 
Designates May 16, 2015, as National Kids to Parks Day.
 
Recognizes the importance of outdoor recreation and the preservation of open spaces to the health and education of young people of the United States. 

action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates May 16, 2015, as National Kids to Parks Day.
 
Recognizes the importance of outdoor recreation and the preservation of open spaces to the health and education of young people of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2946-2947; text as passed Senate: CR S2937)
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2946-2947; text as passed Senate: CR S2937)
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution urging additional sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-sres-180
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Human rights
Military operations and strategy
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 
Finds that North Korea: (1) represents a serious threat to the national security of the United States and its allies in East Asia, and to international peace and stability; and (2) violates the human rights of its own people.
 
 Urges the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury to impose additional sanctions against North Korea, targeting its financial assets and its redesignation as a state sponsor of terror. 
 
Warns the President against resuming negotiations with North Korea, either bilaterally or as part of the Six Party talks, without strict pre-conditions, including that North Korea: (1) adhere to its denuclearization commitments outlined in the 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party talks, (2) commit to halting its ballistic missile and proliferation activities, (3) cease military provocations, and (4) improve its human rights record.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3070-3071)
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution designating May 19, 2015, as "National Schizencephaly Awareness Day".

Bill: 114-sres-181
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 
Designates May 19, 2015, as National Schizencephaly Awareness Day. (Schizencephaly is a rare brain birth defect that can cause severe mental and physical health problems.)

action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates May 19, 2015, as National Schizencephaly Awareness Day. (Schizencephaly is a rare brain birth defect that can cause severe mental and physical health problems.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3088; text as passed Senate: CR S3071)
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3088; text as passed Senate: CR S3071)
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution calling for suspension of construction of artificial land formations on islands, reefs, shoals, and other features of the Spratly Islands and for a peaceful and multilateral resolution to the South China Sea territorial dispute.

Bill: 114-sres-183
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Military operations and strategy
Pacific Ocean
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
Condemns China's unilateral construction of artificial land formations in the disputed Spratly Islands. 
 
Urges all parties to maritime and territorial disputes in the region to respect the status quo, exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that would undermine stability or escalate disputes, refrain from inhabiting or garrisoning presently uninhabited islands, reefs, shoals, and other features, and refrain from unilateral actions that cause permanent physical change to the marine environment pending final delimitation. 
 
Urges China to clarify: (1) the meaning of its &quot;nine dash line&quot; claim and the maritime areas it claims within that space, and (2) its intentions with respect to establishing &quot;necessary military defense&quot; on reclaimed features. 
 
Reaffirms U.S. support for the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as they seek to develop a code of conduct of parties in the South China Sea with China, and urges China to enter into such negotiations in a serious manner. 
 
Supports: (1) efforts to strengthen regional maritime domain awareness; (2) efforts to strengthen maritime partner capacity, including through the sale and transfer of technology that promotes maritime domain awareness; and (3) continuation of U.S. Armed Forces operations in support of freedom of navigation rights in international waters and air space in the South China Sea.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3244-3245)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2015

Bill: 114-sres-184
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Mental health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2015

 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that conversion therapy directed at minors is discredited and ineffective, has no legitimate therapeutic purpose, and is dangerous and harmful. 
 
Defines &quot;conversion therapy&quot; as any practice by a licensed, certified, or registered mental health provider, health care provider, or counselor seeking or purporting to impose change of an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Excludes from such definition counseling that does not seek to change sexual orientation or gender identity or expression if such counseling provides: (1) acceptance, support, and understanding of an individual; (2) facilitation for coping, social support, and identity exploration and development of an individual; (3) developmentally appropriate counseling for an individual undergoing gender transition; or (4) sexual orientation- and gender identity-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices.
 
Encourages states to protect minors from efforts that promote or promise to change sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, based on the premise that being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or gender nonconforming is a mental illness or developmental disorder that can or should be cured. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3245-3246)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution recognizing the significance of May 2015 as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.

Bill: 114-sres-185
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Asia
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
Recognizes the significance of May 2015 as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States. 
 
Recognizes that the Asian American and Pacific Islander community enhances the rich diversity of the United States. 

action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Recognizes the significance of May 2015 as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States. 
 
Recognizes that the Asian American and Pacific Islander community enhances the rich diversity of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3251; text as passed Senate: CR S3246-3247)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3251; text as passed Senate: CR S3246-3247)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution designating the week of May 17 through May 23, 2015, as "National Public Works Week".

Bill: 114-sres-186
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Infrastructure development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
Designates the week of May 17-May 23, 2015, as National Public Works Week.

 Recognizes the important contributions of public works professionals to improving U.S. public infrastructure and to the communities they serve.

action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates the week of May 17-May 23, 2015, as National Public Works Week.

 Recognizes the important contributions of public works professionals to improving U.S. public infrastructure and to the communities they serve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3251; text as passed Senate: CR S3247)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3251; text as passed Senate: CR S3247)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing support for the designation of the month of May 2015, as "National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month"

Bill: 114-sres-187
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Commemorative events and holidays
Digestive and metabolic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
Supports the designation of May 2015 as National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.
 
Calls on the people of the United States, interested groups, and affected persons to: (1) promote awareness of bladder cancer and to foster understanding of the impact of the disease on patients and their families and caregivers, and (2) take an active role in the fight to end bladder cancer. 

action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Supports the designation of May 2015 as National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.
 
Calls on the people of the United States, interested groups, and affected persons to: (1) promote awareness of bladder cancer and to foster understanding of the impact of the disease on patients and their families and caregivers, and (2) take an active role in the fight to end bladder cancer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3251; text as passed Senate: CR S3247)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3251; text as passed Senate: CR S3247)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing appreciation of the goals of American Craft Beer Week and commending the small and independent craft brewers of the United States.

Bill: 114-sres-188
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2015-05-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Food industry and services
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-31
text: 
Appreciates the goals of American Craft Beer Week, established by the Brewers Association, which represents the U.S. small craft brewers.
 
Recognizes their significant contributions to the economy and to the communities in which they are located.
 
Commends them for providing jobs, supporting U.S. agriculture, improving the balance of trade, and educating the people of the United States and beer lovers around the world about the history and culture of beer while promoting the legal and responsible consumption of beer.

action_date: 2015-05-31
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Appreciates the goals of American Craft Beer Week, established by the Brewers Association, which represents the U.S. small craft brewers.
 
Recognizes their significant contributions to the economy and to the communities in which they are located.
 
Commends them for providing jobs, supporting U.S. agriculture, improving the balance of trade, and educating the people of the United States and beer lovers around the world about the history and culture of beer while promoting the legal and responsible consumption of beer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-31
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3371; text as passed Senate: CR S3341-3342)
action_date: 2015-05-31
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3371; text as passed Senate: CR S3341-3342)
action_date: 2015-05-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution encouraging reunions of Korean Americans who were divided by the Korean War from relatives in North Korea.

Bill: 114-sres-190
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Family relationships
Human rights
North Korea
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 
Recognizes the significance of North Korea's past willingness to resume reunions of divided family members between North Korea and South Korea.
 
Encourages North Korea to permit reunions between Korean Americans and their relatives in North Korea. 
 
Calls on the Secretary of State to further prioritize efforts to reunite Korean Americans with their divided family members. 
 
Acknowledges the efforts of the American Red Cross to open channels of communication between Korean Americans and their family members in North Korea. 
 
Encourages the government of South Korea to include U.S. citizens in future family reunions planned with North Korea. 
 
Praises humanitarian efforts to reunite all individuals of Korean descent with their relatives and engender a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3682-3683)
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution relative to the death of Joseph Robinette Biden, III.

Bill: 114-sres-191
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2015-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Delaware
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the untimely death of Joseph Robinette Biden, III.

action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the untimely death of Joseph Robinette Biden, III.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3728-3729; text as passed Senate: CR S3683)
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3728-3729; text as passed Senate: CR S3683)
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution requiring that legislation considered by the Senate be confined to a single issue.

Bill: 114-sres-192
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider a bill or resolution that is not confined to a single subject.
 
Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3780)
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Griswold v. Connecticut decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and expressing the sense of the Senate that the case was an important step forward in helping ensure that all people of the United States are able to use contraceptives to plan pregnancies and have healthier babies.

Bill: 114-sres-193
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Commemorative events and holidays
Family planning and birth control
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Supreme Court
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 
Celebrates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 
Griswold v. Connecticut
.
 
Recognizes the value of the publicly funded family planning safety net in helping to realize the promise of 
Griswold 
and that: (1) birth control constitutes basic health care for women, (2) affordable contraceptives remain inaccessible to many poor and low-income women, and (3) investments in publicly funded family planning services help prevent unplanned pregnancies and abortions and help save taxpayer dollars.
 
Encourages robust investment in publicly funded family planning services as a means to help women plan pregnancies and have healthier babies.
 
Acknowledges that all women should have affordable access to the tools that help women plan and space their pregnancies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3780-3781)
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate