FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS related term(s) Public Welfare Programs

Amendments

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S1323 [12FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (S. 714), S11791 [5NO], S12488 [10NO]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 8), S569 [21JA]

Education: treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (H.R. 1866), S8373, S8383 [30JY], H6969 [8SE]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5533, H5534, H5538 [22JY]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), H9817 [31OC]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9817 [31OC]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2789, H2792, H2794 [15MY], H2810, H2842, H2843, H2844, H2852, H2858 [16MY]

Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8200, H8202, H8205 [30SE], H8373, H8377, H8380, H8381 [6OC]

———reauthorization (S. 1026), S9435 [16SE], S11573 [31OC]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H1989, H1990, H2004, H2005, H2006 [29AP], H2092, H2093, H2094 [30AP], H2113, H2122, H2124, H2133, H2135, H2157, H2158 [1MY], H2169 [5MY], H2188, H2189, H2190, H2192, H2195, H2204, H2211, H2224, H2233, H2235, H2241, H2242 [6MY], H2265, H2266, H2267, H2271, H2352 [7MY], H2399, H2405, H2410, H2412, H2446 [8MY], H2488 [12MY], H2555, H2556, H2558, H2559, H2560, H2561, H2590 [13MY], H2619 [14MY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (H.R. 2516), H8287 [1OC]

Public housing: reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (S. 462), S9664 [18SE], S10069 [26SE]

Territories: amend legislation relative to U.S. territories and freely associated States (S. 210), S5628, S5639, S5641 [12JN]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (H.R. 849), H4847 [8JY]

———prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (S. 1258), S12188, S12207 [8NO]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), S5922, S5936 [18JN], S12488 [10NO], H9837 [31OC]

Analyses

Federal Reinsurance Contracts for Eligible State Insurance Programs Covering Homeowners Impacted by Natural Disasters (H.R. 219), E67 [7JA]

Home Health Care Prospective Payment Act (S. 913), S6094 [23JN]

Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act (H.R. 217), E51 [7JA]

Hope and Opportunity for Postsecondary Education Act (S. 559), S3052-S3056 [10AP]

Marauding the Middle Class—Republican Tax Breaks for the Rich: Committee on the Budget (Senate) Democratic Staff, S2753-S2755 [21MR]

Medicare Coverage for Skilled Nursing Facility Services (S. 914), S6095 [23JN]

National Economic Crossroads Transportation Efficiency Act (S. 468), S2447-S2478 [18MR]

Native American Programs Appropriations (S. 459), S2428 [18MR]

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Extension (S. 1027), S7711 [17JY]

Reform and Consolidate Federal Public Housing Programs and Redirect Primary Responsibility to States and Localities (S. 462), S2439 [18MR]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 1026, Eximbank reauthorization, S11574 [31OC], H8397 [6OC]

Articles and editorials

Aid Cuts Put College Beyond Reach of Poorest Students, S741 [28JA]

Blair Scolds British Workless Class in Outline of Welfare Plan, E1355 [27JN]

Clinton Promises, E986 [20MY]

Confused by Law, Nursing Homes Bar Legal Immigrants—Fear Over Lost Benefits, S3562 [23AP]

Conservative Case Against School Choice, H9825 [31OC]

Dropping the Ball in Juggling Loans—A Lot of Fumbles by E.D.S. in Processing Student Debt, S11535 [31OC]

Education Department Suspends Program for Restructuring Student Loans, S10808 [9OC]

GOP Welfare Plan Insults the Poor, E1251 [18JN]

Hardy Farmers Weather the Storm—Despite Damage, They're Rebounding, S7433 [15JY]

Immigrants Are New York City's Greatest Asset, E106 [21JA]

Just How Sick Was Rebecca Badger? Jack Kevorkian Helped End Her Life, and That's When the Questions Began, S3254 [16AP]

Off Welfare—Mental Migration, E357 [3MR]

Oklahoma's Poor Get the Message—Opt Out of the Welfare System, E355 [3MR]

Poverty Is Unfairly Defined, S514 [21JA]

School Choice—No Closed Book on Right Flank, H9825 [31OC]

State Should Give Prisoners Special Education, U.S. Says, S4004 [6MY]

Suicide Shows Why Welfare Fight Persists—Immigrant's Death Raises Questions Over Cuts in Aid, S3563 [23AP]

Targeting Legal Immigrants Will Return To Haunt Congress, E2098 [28OC]

Terminal Illness Absent in Kevorkian Suicide, S3255 [16AP]

U.S. Inaugurating a Vast Database of All New Hires, S10056 [26SE]

When Politicians Say Entitlements—Think Robbery, E987 [20MY]

Woman Gets $12,000 in Housing Aid Despite Undocumented Status, H4850 [8JY]

Working-Class Ethic Made Public Housing Proud—It Could Again, E1270 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: assist local governments with health and safety concerns of hazardous waste sites (see S. 1317), S11192 [24OC]

Agriculture: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas (see H.R. 790), H587 [13FE]

———crop insurance coverage for losses due to plant viruses and diseases and loan eligibility for producers who suffer such losses (see H.R. 781), H587 [13FE]

———Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (see S. 605), S3348 [17AP]

———Federal assistance to orchard and vineyard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (see H.R. 1489), H2089 [30AP]

———increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see S. 485; H.R. 725), S2646 [20MR], H523 [12FE]

———monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (see S. 16), S159 [21JA]

———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H1890 [24AP]

———provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing facilities (see S. 26), S159 [21JA]

———reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs (see H.R. 2534), H7830 [24SE]

———repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]

Alcoholic beverages: alcohol abuse prevention program funding (see H.R. 1982), H4085 [19JN]

———eliminate Federal subsidies for advertising abroad (see H.R. 1974), H4085 [19JN]

———increase taxes and provide funding for alcohol abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 2028), H4338 [24JN]

Armed Forces: payment of certain health care expenses under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare (see S. 166), S162 [21JA]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see S. 1144; H.R. 2436), S8723 [3SE], H7118 [9SE]

BIA: reorganization (see S. 545), S3011 [10AP]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 609), H347 [5FE]

———pneumoconiosis claims (see H.R. 252), H147 [9JA]

Budget: eliminate certain Federal subsidy programs (see H.R. 1171), H1259 [20MR]

Bunker Hill, IN: use of data from an application for Impact Aid payments for the Maconaquah School Corp. to determine certain Dept. of Defense assistance program payments (see H.R. 2636), H8727 [8OC]

Business and industry: reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015, 1340), H888 [11MR], H1542 [15AP]

———treatment of personal employment information reported to the National Directory of New Hires (see S. 1223), S10055 [26SE]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see S. 300; H.R. 671), S1226 [11FE], H452 [11FE]

Children and youth: child care funding for low-income families (see H.R. 899), H701 [27FE]

———child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant (see S. 93), S161 [21JA]

———early childhood development programs (see S. 756, 1309), S4588 [15MY], S10950 [22OC]

———establish Adoption Awareness Promotion Program (see S. 1318), S11192 [24OC]

———funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]

———improve child care provided through Federal facilities and programs (see H.R. 2839), H10170 [6NO]

———improve child nutrition programs (see S. 1556), S12575 [13NO]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]

———protect and improve child care programs for low-income families (see S. 19), S159 [21JA]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 435, 525; H.R. 1363), S2274 [13MR], S2838 [8AP], H1703 [17AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in programs receiving Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 2522), H7729 [23SE]

Colleges and universities: participation in Pell Grant Program relative to Federal Stafford Loan Program default rate (see H.R. 1307), H1439 [10AP]

———student loan default rate limitations relative to Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 281), H148 [9JA]

Colleges and university: exempt certain institutions of higher education serving minorities from default-based ineligibility for student loan programs (see H.R. 717), H522 [12FE]

Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance: eliminate the requirement that members be allocated to separate programs (see H.R. 469), H243 [21JA]

Consolidated Farm Service Agency: disregard debt forgiveness relative to loan and loan servicing limitations (see H.R. 1969), H4085 [19JN]

Consumers: prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (see S. 868), S5444 [10JN]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see S. 207), S725 [28JA]

Corporate Welfare Reduction Commission: establish (see H.R. 1235), H1338 [8AP]

Corporations: eliminate Federal subsidies (see H.R. 515), H282 [4FE]

Courts: denial of certain Federal benefits upon conviction of certain drug offenses (see H.R. 313), H149 [9JA]

Crime: establish Federal, State, and local programs on the reporting and preventing of bias crimes (see H.R. 188), H145 [9JA]

———use of certain grant funds to provide parental education to assist in child abuse prevention (see H.R. 2381), H6797 [3SE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 304; H.R. 1003), S1299 [12FE], H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Dairy Indemnity Program reauthorization (see H.R. 1789), H3476 [4JN]

———extension of conservation reserve contracts relative to rejection of reenrollment bids (see H.R. 861), H699 [27FE]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H1705 [17AP]

———repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period (see S. 782), S5001 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: extend the Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program (see S. 735), S4320 [12MY]

———improve the Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program (see H.R. 974), H803 [6MR]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see S. 1534; H.R. 877), S12575 [13NO], H700 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain counties flexibility in spending funds (see H.R. 149), H144 [9JA]

———grants to States to provide support services to participants in adult education programs (see H.R. 1336), H1541 [15AP]

Dept. of HHS: make certain information available to the Dept. of the Treasury for the collection of debts owed to the Federal Government (see H.R. 2063), H4646 [25JN]

———refugee and entrant assistance funding (see S. 1161), S9080 [10SE]

Dept. of HUD: demonstration program to determine the effectiveness of establishing fair market rentals (see H.R. 2932), H10419 [8NO]

———facilitate effective and efficient management of homeless assistance programs (see S. 1071; H.R. 2307), S8153 [25JY], H6406 [30JY]

———notify local government about proposed assisted multifamily housing projects (see H.R. 212), H146 [9JA]

———prohibit assistance to organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 207), H145 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see S. 1027), S7710 [17JY]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see S. 714; H.R. 2317), S4106 [7MY], H6703 [31JY]

———revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (see H.R. 1291), H1438 [10AP]

Disasters: assistance to North Dakota educational agencies (see S. 684), S3901 [1MY]

———establish an advisory commission to prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies (see H.R. 3035), H10767 [12NO]

———establish Federal insurance programs against the risks of catastrophic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes (see H.R. 579), H285 [4FE]

———make modifications to the temporary housing assistance program (see H.R. 2257), H5777 [24JY]

———National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization (see S. 1179), S9411 [16SE]

———reauthorize national flood insurance program (see H.R. 2227), H5664 [23JY]

Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H949 [12MR]

Droughts: establish Federal policies and programs (see S. 222), S726 [28JA]

Drugs: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of drug offenses relative to medicinal use of marijuana (see H.R. 1265), H1391 [9AP]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]

———assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and encouraging environmental cleanup programs (see H.R. 1395), H1706 [17AP]

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 8, 18; H.R. 990, 1049), S158, S159 [21JA], H803 [6MR], H949 [12MR]

Education: adjust needs analysis to protect more of a student's earnings when determining need for financial aid (see S. 426), S2206 [12MR]

———allow children who meet certain criteria to attend schools that receives funds targeted for disadvantaged children (see H.R. 719), H522 [12FE]

———allow consolidation of direct student loans (see S. 1294; H.R. 2535), S10787 [9OC], H7830 [24SE]

———eligibility standards for short-term educational programs (see H.R. 675), H452 [11FE]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 113), S161 [21JA]

———establish loan guarantee program for telecommunications satellites dedicated to instructional programming (see H.R. 2320), H6703 [31JY]

———establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see S. 1395; H.R. 1970), S11863 [6NO], H4085 [19JN]

———exempt certain lenders from audit requirements of student loan programs (see H.R. 529), H283 [4FE]

———extend and make uniform student loan repayment plans (see H.R. 2391), H6797 [3SE]

———improve student financial aid programs (see H.R. 2536), H7830 [24SE]

———improve teacher quality (see S. 1169, 1201, 1209, 1484; H.R. 2228, 2698), S9198 [11SE], S9785 [23SE], S12119 [8NO], H5664 [23JY], H9038 [22OC]

———increase number of Pell Grant awards to working students (see S. 1199), S9726 [19SE]

———increase Pell Grant awards (see S. 212; H.R. 744), S726 [28JA], H585 [13FE]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 120), S161 [21JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 119), S161 [21JA]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 12), S159 [21JA]

———prevent Federal student assistance need analysis from penalizing parents for investing in prepaid tuition programs (see H.R. 2672), H8833 [9OC]

———prohibit the use of stale cohort default data in the termination of student assistance eligibility (see H.R. 3061), H10954 [13NO]

———provide for safe and affordable schools (see S. 1), S158 [21JA]

———provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child care and education providers (see S. 1029), S7710 [17JY]

———provide tax relief for higher education expenses, increase financial aid, and improve student loan programs (see H.R. 1233), H1338 [8AP]

———require expulsion of students convicted of violent crimes in schools receiving Federal assistance (see H.R. 329), H149 [9JA]

———student financial aid programs (see S. 559, 560), S3011 [10AP]

———substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for student assistance programs (see H.R. 386), H151 [9JA]

———treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (see H.R. 1866), H3720 [11JN]

———voucher program to provide school choice (see H.R. 2724, 2746), H9501 [23OC], H9613 [28OC]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (see H. Res. 288), H9728 [29OC]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see S. 17; H.R. 1385), S159 [21JA], H1705 [17AP]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), consideration (see H. Res. 150), H2783 [15MY]

———establish a training voucher system (see S. 1170), S9198 [11SE]

———extend time period for filing of trade adjustment assistance petitions (see H.R. 938), H766 [5MR]

———improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (see S. 1186), S9515 [17SE]

EPA: establish loan program to States for cleanup of brownfield sites that have private investment potential (see H.R. 1462), H1891 [24AP]

ERISA: clarify State law relative to court actions resulting from failures to provide health benefits under employee welfare benefit plans (see H.R. 2960), H10420 [8NO]

Eximbank: reauthorization (see S. 1026; H.R. 1370), S7710 [17JY], H1704 [17AP]

———reauthorization (H.R. 1370), consideration (see H. Res. 255), H8160 [29SE]

———reauthorization (S. 1026), technical corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 70; H. Con. Res. 198), S12576 [13NO], H10955 [13NO]

Families and domestic relations: establish program to provide child care through public-private partnerships (see H.R. 2719), H9501 [23OC]

———improve child care and family support services (see H.R. 1373, 2713), H1704 [17AP], H9501 [23OC]

———reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (see S. 934), S5927 [18JN]

Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 2973), H10420 [8NO]

Floods: facilitate recovery from Red River flooding through greater flexibility for depository institutions and their regulators (see H.R. 1461), H1891 [24AP]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H2090 [30AP]

———require States to use electronic benefit transfer systems (see H.R. 273), H148 [9JA]

Georgia: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see S. 884; H.R. 2091), S5508 [11JN], H4834 [26JN]

Government: coordinate Federal financial assistance programs (see H.R. 1480), H1988 [29AP]

Government regulations: ensure accuracy of eligibility information relative to Federal benefit programs (see H.R. 2347), H6704 [31JY]

Guam: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1403), H1706 [17AP]

Hawaii: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 1376), S11764 [5NO]

Health: adolescent health demonstration projects (see H.R. 357), H151 [9JA]

———establish an educational program on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see S. 697; H.R. 847, 2006), S3998 [6MY], H669 [26FE], H4132 [20JN]

———establish medical education trust fund (see H.R. 881), H700 [27FE]

———establish State and community assistance programs for providers of health care services and maintenance of safety net hospital infrastructure (see H.R. 735), H523 [12FE]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund (see H.R. 106), H142 [9JA]

———funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 1637, 1638), H2784 [15MY]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see S. 148; H.R. 259), S162 [21JA], H147 [9JA]

———provide funding to faith-based substance abuse treatment centers and allow individuals to choose either private or religious oriented treatment (see S. 1466), S12118 [8NO]

———public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 385), H151 [9JA]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program and amend relative to persons of mixed ancestry (see H.R. 2418), H6962 [5SE]

———revise and extend programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1895), H3797 [12JN]

Higher Education Act: allow certain small, nonprofit, banks to exceed 50 percent student loan ratio (see S. 1036), S7710 [17JY]

———allow certain small, nonprofit banks to exceed 50 percent student loan ratio (see H.R. 2311), H6406 [30JY]

———improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H5131 [10JY]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 6), H66 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (see H.R. 217), H146 [9JA]

———revise and extend assistance programs (see H.R. 1144), H1258 [20MR]

House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (see H.R. 1046), H948 [12MR]

———participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for the people of the U.S. (see H. Res. 147), H2589 [13MY]

House Rules: reduce number of programs covered by certain appropriations bills (see H. Res. 24), H156 [9JA]

Housing: authorize public housing agencies to establish rental amounts that do not discourage assisted families from obtaining employment (see H.R. 1014), H888 [11MR]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (see H.R. 1447), H1891 [24AP]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (see S. 784; H.R. 2), S5001 [22MY], H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 133), H1987 [29AP]

———extend loan guarantee program for Indian housing (see H.R. 33), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———increase public housing opportunities for intact families (see H.R. 265), H148 [9JA]

———promote regional cooperation through housing plans funded by economic development grants (see H.R. 896), H701 [27FE]

———provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (see S. 109; H.R. 626), S161 [21JA], H392 [6FE]

———reauthorize certain rural housing assistance programs (see H.R. 2274), H5826 [25JY]

———rental assistance payments for certain owners of manufactured homes who rent the lots on which their homes are located (see H.R. 468), H243 [21JA]

———require review of criminal records for participation in certain federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2964), H10420 [8NO]

———temporary extension of certain public housing programs (see H.R. 2406), H6917 [4SE]

———use of public housing operating funds for rental assistance voucher program (see S. 1094), S8531 [31JY]

———verification of citizenship or immigration status of housing assistance applicants (see H.R. 171), H144 [9JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: State requirements relative to special education services for persons with a disability who are convicted of a felony and incarcerated (see S. 702), S3998 [6MY]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H146 [9JA]

———restrict imposition of liens and estate recovery on Medicaid long-term care services and amend tax treatment of long-term care coverage (see H.R. 1764), H3273 [3JN]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (see S. 1383, 1519; H.R. 2516), S11863 [6NO], S12461 [10NO], H7728 [23SE]

———reauthorize (see S. 586; H.R. 1609), S3199 [15AP], H2679 [14MY]

———reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H889 [11MR]

Iowa: provide relief for agricultural producers for flooding losses caused by water retention at the Lake Redrock dam (see S. 517), S2787 [7AP]

Irrigation: clarify farm acreage and income limitations for eligibility for subsidized irrigation water (see S. 35), S159 [21JA]

Law enforcement: evaluate neighborhood and community security programs (see H.R. 266), H148 [9JA]

Lawyers and attorneys: payment of fees incurred in divorce actions (see H.R. 270), H148 [9JA]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1076), H1017 [13MR]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (see S. 147), S162 [21JA]

———disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 148), H144 [9JA]

———equitable treatment of certain benefits received by veterans in State and privately owned nursing homes (see S. 502), S2646 [20MR]

———improve provision of managed care (see S. 864), S5444 [10JN]

———post-eligibility treatment of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation payments (see H.R. 1269), H1437 [10AP]

———provide States greater flexibility in setting provider reimbursement rates (see S. 700), S3998 [6MY]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see S. 310; H.R. 697, 1610), S1300 [12FE], H522 [12FE], H2679 [14MY]

Medicare: coverage for home health services (see S. 913), S5694 [16JN]

———coverage for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 914), S5694 [16JN]

———establish a continuous quality improvement program for providers that furnish services to individuals with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 2972), H10420 [8NO]

———expand and strengthen the telemedicine demonstration project (see S. 848), S5342 [5JN]

———hospice care reform (see S. 734; H.R. 521), S4320 [12MY], H283 [4FE]

———improve quality and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and medical informatic networks (see H.R. 1101), H1111 [18MR]

———increase access to quality health care in frontier communities by allowing clinics and health centers greater flexibility and reimbursement (see S. 1342), S11343 [29OC]

———secondary payer rules for individuals with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 2577), H8160 [29SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 251), H147 [9JA]

Motor vehicles: length and weight limitations on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 551), H284 [4FE]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 780), S5001 [22MY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (see S. 1280; H.R. 2663), S10787 [9OC], H8832 [9OC]

Native Americans: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (see S. 459), S2415 [18MR]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see H.R. 261), H147 [9JA]

———provide assistance to tribes for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs (see S. 754), S4588 [15MY]

———transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (see S. 1279, 1281), S10787 [9OC]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: increase amount of funds Director may transfer between agency accounts (see H.R. 1641), H2784 [15MY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 390), S1924 [4MR]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 1048), H949 [12MR], H1288 [21MR]

Poverty: assistance for low-income working families (see H.R. 2399), H6916 [4SE]

———corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see S. 131), S162 [21JA]

Professional Trade Service Corps: establish (see H.R. 481), H243 [21JA]

Public buildings: community use of public facilities acquired, constructed, or rehabilitated using community development block grants (see H.R. 257), H147 [9JA]

Public Health Service: establish pediatric research initiative (see S. 484; H.R. 1883), S2646 [20MR], H3796 [12JN]

Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform (see S. 513; H.R. 1508), S2741 [21MR], H2154 [1MY]

———multifamily rental assisted housing reform (see S. 853), S5413 [9JN]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (see S. 462), S2416 [18MR]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2088), H4834 [26JN]

———provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see S. 1525; H.R. 2755, 3046), S12506 [12NO], H9614 [28OC], H10953 [13NO]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin for operation of food stamp and medical assistance programs (see H.R. 2030), H4338 [24JN]

———clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program (see S. 671; H.R. 1950), S3844 [30AP], H3923 [18JN]

———establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1106, 1255; H.R. 2849), S8532 [31JY], S10428 [6OC], H10171 [6NO]

———exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 1445), H1891 [24AP]

———exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for legal aliens applying for naturalization (see H.R. 1416), H1794 [23AP]

———extend disqualification transition period for certain aliens (see H.R. 761), H586 [13FE]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (see S. 640; H.R. 1418), S3550 [23AP], H1794 [23AP]

———food stamp eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 2154), H5177 [11JY]

———food stamp eligibility for certain elderly permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2638), H8727 [8OC]

———modify laws relative to public assistance and benefits for aliens (see H.R. 666), H451 [11FE]

———permit State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (see S. 787; H.R. 1709), S5001 [22MY], H3201 [22MY]

———provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (see S. 392; H.R. 931), S1979 [5MR], H766 [5MR]

———provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for mentally disabled aliens (see H.R. 1133), H1186 [19MR]

———reform (see S. 140), S162 [21JA]

———repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (see S. 480), S2552 [19MR]

———restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (see H.R. 2597), H8299 [1OC]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1468), H1987 [29AP]

———treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see S. 752; H.R. 907), S4588 [15MY], H709 [3MR]

———provide a minimum allocation of funds to States from the Federal Mass Transit Account (see S. 556), S3011 [10AP]

———provide a minimum allocation of highway funds to States with large geographic areas but low population densities (see S. 331; H.R. 1701), S1382 [13FE], H3169 [21MY]

SBA: establish Welfare-to-Work Microloan Pilot Program (see S. 956), S6358 [25JN]

Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (see H.R. 1436), H1890 [24AP]

Senior citizens: anniversary of establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly (see S. Con. Res. 11), S2274 [13MR]

Small business: assist certain women and minority business people (see H.R. 1647), H2784 [15MY]

———install devices to improve safety at convenience stores (see H.R. 1444), H1891 [24AP]

Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 2261), H5825 [25JY]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1985, 2261), H4086 [19JN], H5825 [25JY]

Small Business Technology Transfer Program: extend (see S. 929; H.R. 2429), S5927 [18JN], H7008 [8SE]

Social Security: benefit reductions (see H. Res. 132), H1892 [24AP]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375, 1054; H.R. 612), S1734 [27FE], S7950 [23JY], H347 [5FE]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 1611, 2929), H2679 [14MY], H10418 [8NO]

———establish Transition to Work Program for individuals entitled to disability benefits (see H.R. 534), H283 [4FE]

———exempt States from certain regulatory requirements relative to electronic distribution of benefits (see H.R. 156), H144 [9JA]

———improve information provided in account statements and distribute statements annually to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2682), H8928 [21OC]

———increase earnings limit (see H.R. 326, 349), H149, H150 [9JA]

———prevent children from languishing in foster care (see H.R. 1459), H1891 [24AP]

———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see S. 438; H.R. 530), S2274 [13MR], H283 [4FE]

———provide for the retirement of every U.S. citizen (see H.R. 2768), H9729 [29OC]

———use of current level disability benefits for blind individuals in certain earnings test disability determinations (see H.R. 464), H243 [21JA]

Social Security Disability Insurance Program: funding for SSI presumptive disability benefit programs (see H.R. 2422), H6962 [5SE]

SSI: denial of benefits to convicted sex offenders while confined (see H.R. 237), H147 [9JA]

States: improve program of block grants for temporary assistance to needy families (see H.R. 2861), H10171 [6NO]

———permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 2941), H10419 [8NO]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 997), H804 [6MR]

———establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, homeownership plans (see H.R. 3024), H10767 [12NO]

———increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amounts for inflation (see S. 1252), S10319 [3OC]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 996), H804 [6MR]

———treatment of affiliation or control of nonprofit organizations by for-profit organizations relative to eligibility for low-income housing tax credits (see H.R. 2765), H9729 [29OC]

———treatment of certain welfare benefits relative to earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1045, 1498), H948 [12MR], H2090 [30AP]

———treatment of scholarships received under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program (see S. 1286; H.R. 2951), S10787 [9OC], H10419 [8NO]

———treatment of school-based health insurance programs (see H.R. 1698), H3169 [21MY]

———treatment of student loan programs and public-private education partnerships for public educational institutions serving disadvantaged students (see H.R. 1512), H2155 [1MY]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 937), H766 [5MR]

Termination dates (see H.R. 131), H143 [9JA]

Territories: amend legislation relative to U.S. territories and freely associated States (see S. 210), S725 [28JA]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526; H.R. 1263, 1364), S2838 [8AP], H1391 [9AP], H1704 [17AP]

———provide market transition assistance for quota owners, tobacco producers, and their communities, and phase out Federal programs supporting tobacco production (see S. 1313), S11191 [24OC]

———provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers, industry workers, and their communities (see S. 1310), S11034 [23OC]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Arkansas (see H.R. 1012), H888 [11MR]

Transportation: establish national growth programs relative to metropolitan regional projects (see H.R. 1725), H3202 [22MY]

———establish surface transportation infrastructure credit assistance program (see S. 963), S6358 [25JN]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 335, 468, 532; H.R. 674), S1382 [13FE], S2416 [18MR], S2900 [9AP], H452 [11FE]

Unemployment: clarify that State base periods for unemployment compensation are not subject to certain Social Security Act provisions (see H.R. 125), H143 [9JA]

———payment of benefits relative to base period of wage earnings (see S. 1126), S8532 [31JY]

———reauthorize self-employment assistance programs (see S. 897), S5596 [12JN]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (see S. 1258; H.R. 849), S10428 [6OC], H669 [26FE]

Urban areas: development of municipally owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 726), H523 [12FE]

———improve and expand empowerment and enterprise zone programs (see H.R. 201), H145 [9JA]

Veterans: exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 384), H151 [9JA]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see S. 917, 923; H.R. 1908, 1955, 1990), S5790 [17JN], H3864 [17JN], H3923 [18JN], H4086 [19JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits (see H.R. 2040), H4645 [25JN]

———expand workstudy opportunities (see H.R. 1877), H3796 [12JN]

———extend the duration of the pilot program providing for interest buy down authority (see H.R. 1064), H1017 [13MR]

———funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H.R. 759), H586 [13FE]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see S. 464; H.R. 1090), S2416 [18MR], H1110 [18MR]

———strengthen veterans' preference relative to employment opportunities (see H.R. 167), H144 [9JA]

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (see S. 96), S161 [21JA]

Virgin Islands: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1403), H1706 [17AP]

Virginia: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 606), H347 [5FE]

Water pollution: establish requirements and provide assistance to prevent nonpoint sources of pollution (see H.R. 550), H284 [4FE]

West Virginia: develop a flood control strategy for the Greenbrier River Basin (see H.R. 254), H147 [9JA]

Commentaries

Background of `School-to-Work' Concept: D.L. Cuddy, E945 [16MY]

Cost Estimates

Amend legislation relative to U.S. territories and freely associated States (S. 210): CBO, S5467 [10JN]

Prohibit relocation assistance to illegal aliens under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (S. 1258): CBO, S12208 [8NO]

Decisions

Dept. of Treasury Correction to the Federal Highway Trust Fund Relative to Excise Tax Receipts: Charles A. Bowsher, GAO, S4148 [8MY]

Descriptions

Florida Health Care Plan for Children: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, E160 [5FE]

Transition to Work Program for Individuals Entitled to Disability Benefits (H.R. 534), E142 [4FE]

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (S. 963), S6369 [25JN]

Essays

American Success Story: Sarah Geving, E1684 [8SE]

Making Democracy Work: Yi-Hui Lee, E926 [14MY]

Factsheets

Early Learning and Opportunity Act (H.R. 1373), H1850 [24AP]

WIC Funding, H2720 [15MY]

Letters

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S3265 [16AP]

———Brian Lopina, Christian Coalition, S3258 [16AP]

———P. John Seward, AMA, S1303 [12FE], S3250 [16AP]

———Richard M. Doerflinger, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, S3250 [16AP]

———William J. Cox, Catholic Health Association, S3259 [16AP]

Black Lung Benefits Program proposed changes: Jere W. Glover, SBA, E1742 [11SE]

———Jerome J. Shestack, ABA, E1743 [11SE]

Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act: Linda P. Morgan, Regional Plan Association, S352 [21JA]

Clarify family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program: Representative Shaw, S12092 [8NO]

———Representatives Shaw and Archer, S12092 [8NO]

Dept. of Agriculture authority to sell food stamps to States relative to Federal cost reimbursement: Senators Kennedy and Kerry, S4183 [8MY]

Disaster assistance to South Dakota: Brenda S. Barger, Mayor of Watertown, SD, S5322 [5JN]

———Nolan L. Seim, S5323 [5JN]

Domestic Sugar Program: Eugene Moos, Dept. of Agriculture, H5701 [24JY]

———Jack Cassidy, CoBank, H5702 [24JY]

Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act: Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S11535 [31OC]

Eximbank assistance to countries with nondemocratic governments: James A. Harmon, Eximbank, H8378 [6OC]

Farm subsidies (parody), E2066 [23OC]

Geriatric health care training legislation: Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, S5003 [22MY]

———Dennis Jahnigen, American Geriatrics Society, S5003 [22MY]

Highway construction and surface transportation funding: Beth O'Laughlin, Association of Indiana Counties, Inc., H2650 [14MY]

———Dave Heath, Mayor of Lafayette, IN, H2650 [14MY]

———Indiana Metropolitan Planning Organization, H2650 [14MY]

———Rose M. Zigenfus, Evansville, IN, Urban Transportation Study, H2650 [14MY]

———Stephen Goldsmith, Mayor of Indianapolis, IN, H2649 [14MY]

Hope and Opportunity for Postsecondary Education Act: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education and Robert Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, S3051 [10AP]

Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act: Mark Schwartz, National League of Cities, H2411 [8MY]

Increase number of Pell Grant awards to working students: Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S9727 [19SE]

Increase Pell Grant awards: Senators Jeffords and Kennedy, S9066 [10SE]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act extension: Representative Archer, H8289 [1OC]

———Representative Shuster, H8289 [1OC]

Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, H4571 [25JN]

Multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform: Representative Lazio, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), H8685 [8OC]

Native American tribal priority allocations funding: Senators Gorton and Stevens, S9393 [16SE]

Pell Grant education awards: several organizations, H1956 [29AP]

Prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5457 [10JN]

Public welfare programs reform: Shelley Read, H5002 [9JY]

Social Security earnings test for blind individuals: Charles H. Crawford, National Council of State Agencies for the Blind, Inc., S1748 [27FE]

———Curtis Chong, Rehabilitation Advisory Council for the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———Harvey Heagy, National Federation of the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, S1749 [27FE]

———Joanne Wilson, Louisiana Center for the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———Judith D. Moore, National Industries for the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———Julie H. Carroll, American Council of the Blind, S1748 [27FE]

———Paula A. Krauss, Connecticut Community Advocates (organization), S1749 [27FE]

State sanctions relative to special education services for certain adult prisoners under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, H7378 [17SE]

State Student Incentive Grant Program funding: Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S8906 [8SE]

———Stephanie D'Amico, S8907 [8SE]

State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility: June E. O'Neill, CBO, E1039 [22MY]

Tobacco coverage by Federal crop insurance and disaster assistance programs: Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, S7908 [23JY]

———John E. Sheely, American Association of Crop Insurers, S7907 [23JY]

Tobacco product excise tax increase to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S4789 [21MY]

Tribute to GAO efforts relative to Government Performance and Results Act implementation: several Representatives, E1827 [23SE]

Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act: Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H1933 [29AP]

———Representative Stump, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H1933 [29AP]

Lists

Disaster assistance to California in S. 672, emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4157 [8MY]

Major GAO contributors to review of Government Performance and Results Act implementation, E1827 [23SE]

Witnesses testifying on abstinence education before the Committee on Appropriations' (Senate) Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, S5934 [18JN]

Memorandums

Estimate of the Budgetary Impact of Non-Defense Supplementals in Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Priscilla Aycock, CBO, S4181 [8MY]

Health Insurance for Uninsured Children: Jean P. Hearn, Congressional Research Service, S8990 [9SE]

Motions

Education: vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5541 [22JY]

Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8199, H8203 [30SE]

———reauthorization (S. 1026), H8397 [6OC]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2645 [14MY]

Opinion polls

Tobacco product excise tax increase to fund health insurance for uninsured children: Wall Street Journal/NBC, S4105 [7MY], S4272 [9MY], S4784 [21MY]

Petitions and memorials

Massachusetts: Federal benefits for legal immigrants, E761 [28AP]

Projections

Welfare Reform Impact, E1168 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas, H5408, H5410 [17JY]

———availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas (H.R. 790), E277 [13FE]

———crop insurance coverage for losses due to plant viruses and diseases and loan eligibility for producers who suffer such losses (H.R. 781), E275 [13FE]

———farm subsidies, E2066 [23OC]

———Federal assistance for farm worker housing destroyed by floods, H2746 [15MY]

———Federal assistance to orchard and vineyard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (H.R. 1489), E796 [30AP]

———Federal assistance to orchard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions, H2746 [15MY]

———Federal crop insurance program reform, H5672-H5677, H5727 [24JY]

———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5561, H5564 [22JY], H5658 [23JY], H5691-H5699, H5727 [24JY], H5813 [25JY]

———reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs (H.R. 2534), H10354-H10371, H10384 [8NO], E2287 [9NO]

Alcoholic beverages: increase taxes and provide funding for alcohol abuse prevention programs (H.R. 2028), E1306 [24JN]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H5762-H5765 [24JY], H5797 [25JY], E1528 [25JY]

———road building program, H1396 [10AP]

Ayden, NC: tribute to Youth Summit '97, H8839 [21OC]

Black Lung Benefits Act: pneumoconiosis claims (H.R. 252), E20 [7JA]

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: subsidies to companies providing currency paper, H2608, H2655, H2657 [14MY], H2692-H2695 [15MY]

Business and industry: reduce corporate welfare (H.R. 1340), E658 [15AP]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2844 [16MY]

Children and youth: child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant, E1963 [8OC]

———improve access to child care and early education programs, H10775 [13NO]

———improve child care provided through Federal facilities and programs (H.R. 2982), E2304 [10NO]

———increase certain funding under Head Start Program (H.R. 1373), H1850 [24AP], H8709-H8716 [8OC]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, H267 [4FE], H598 [25FE], H631 [26FE], H676, H677, H678, H679, H683-H689 [27FE], H715 [4MR], H729, H747 [5MR], H770, H771, H772 [6MR], H813, H817, H819, H854-H856 [11MR], H894 [12MR], H953, H954, H1004-H1009 [13MR], H1345 [9AP], H1513-H1516 [15AP], H1546 [16AP], H3148 [21MY], H4557, H4564, H4566, H4570, H4572, H4575, H4576-H4581, H4603-H4605 [25JN], H4921 [9JY], H5038 [10JY], H5897, H5898 [28JY], H6323, H6339 [30JY], H6620 [31JY], E160 [5FE], E704 [17AP], E2297 [10NO]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (H.R. 1363), E1322 [25JN]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (S. 525), H1295 [8AP], H1395 [10AP]

———summer youth employment program funding relative to disadvantaged youth programs, H2844-H2851 [16MY]

———WIC Program funding, H1621, H1623 [17AP]

Colleges and universities: participation in Pell Grant Program relative to Federal Stafford Loan Program default rate (H.R. 1307), E624 [10AP]

Colorado: public welfare programs reform legislation, E1273 [19JN]

Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance: tribute, E463 [13MR]

Crime: funding for building, expanding, and operating juvenile correction and detention facilities, H2377, H2378 [8MY]

———funding for crime prevention programs for at-risk juveniles, H2379-H2381 [8MY]

———use of certain grant funds to provide parental education to assist in child abuse prevention (H.R. 2381), E1642 [3SE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), H1397-H1405 [10AP], E431 [11MR], E647 [14AP], E657 [15AP], E683 [16AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Conservation Reserve Program funding, H715 [4MR]

———Dairy Indemnity Program reauthorization (H.R. 1789), H8868 [21OC]

———extension of conservation reserve contracts relative to rejection of reenrollment bids (H.R. 861), E403 [6MR]

———reduce loan rate for peanut quotas, H5708-H5714 [24JY]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, H5652 [23JY], H5700-H5707, H5726 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: improve the Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program (H.R. 974), H772 [6MR], E408 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: grants to States to provide support services to participants in adult education programs, H2803 [16MY]

———prohibit State sanctions relative to special education services for certain adult prisoners under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, H7376-H7379 [17SE], E1870 [25SE]

Dept. of HHS: increase Senior Citizen Meal Program funding through rescissions in certain family planning programs, H7034, H7035 [9SE]

———refugee and entrant assistance funding (S. 1161), H8061, H8062 [29SE], H8291 [1OC]

———State AIDS drug assistance programs funding, H7031, H7032, H7037, H7044-H7050 [9SE]

Dept. of HUD: allocation of unspent housing assistance funds, H2752, H2753 [15MY]

———housing assistance programs, H5181 [14JY], H8680, H8683 [8OC]

———Low Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Program funding, H5264 [15JY], H5367 [16JY]

———notify local government about proposed assisted multifamily housing projects, H2243 [6MY]

———provide for a study on the evaluation and performance of public housing agencies, H2417, H2420 [8MY]

———upgrade housing programs in Houston, TX, H8669 [8OC]

———upgrade programs in Houston, TX, H5335, H5336 [16JY]

Dept. of Labor: Black Lung Benefits Program proposed changes, E1741 [11SE]

Dept. of the Interior: Purchaser Road Credit Program funding, H9539 [24OC]

Dept. of Transportation: Transit Formula Grants Program funding, H6725 [3SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (H.R. 2317), E2380 [13NO]

———revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (H.R. 1291), E627 [10AP]

———tribute to Chapter 31 Program for vocational rehabilitation in assisting service-disabled veterans find and maintain employment, H3921 [18JN]

Disabled: requirements for State individualized education plans for children, H2801 [16MY]

Disasters: assistance to North Dakota, H1863, H1865-H1870 [24AP], H2616 [14MY]

———assistance to South Dakota, H1309 [8AP], H1863, H1868 [24AP], H2428 [8MY]

———reauthorize national flood insurance program (H.R. 2227), H9041 [23OC]

Drugs: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of drug offenses relative to medicinal use of marijuana (H.R. 1265), E607 [9AP]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 1049), H2652-H2654 [14MY]

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 3020), E2311 [10NO]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (H.R. 2535), H8845-H8850 [21OC], H9065 [23OC], E1836 [24SE], E1856 [25SE], E2114 [29OC]

———assign job training coordinators to high schools and community colleges to work with local industries to develop curriculum suited to local job market, H2852, H2853 [16MY]

———distribution of vocational education funding relative to income and population density, H5430-H5432 [17JY]

———exempt certain lenders from audit requirements of student loan programs (H.R. 529), E141 [4FE]

———Head Start Program: funding, H6868 [4SE]

———Head Start Program funding, H2063 [30AP]

———high-risk youth programs funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7130-H7134 [10SE]

———improve student financial aid programs (H.R. 2536), E1834 [24SE], E1852 [25SE]

———improve teacher quality (H.R. 2228), E1500 [23JY], E1507 [24JY]

———increase Pell Grant awards, H457 [12FE], H7452 [17SE]

———increase Pell Grant awards (H.R. 744), H1956 [29AP], H2174 [6MY]

———provide tax relief for higher education expenses, increase financial aid, and improve student loan programs (H.R. 1233), E599 [8AP]

———special education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6986-H6997 [8SE]

———student financial aid programs, H598 [25FE], H2060-H2063, H2065, H2066 [30AP]

———student loan programs, H2083 [30AP], H3166, H3167 [21MY], H8058 [29SE], H9493 [23OC]

———treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (H.R. 1866), H4145, H4146 [23JN], H6969, H6970 [8SE]

———tribute to TRIO programs, E254 [13FE]

———vocational and adult education funding through rescissions in OSHA funding, H6941-H6946 [5SE], H6977-H6986 [8SE], H7022 [9SE]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5496, H5526-H5544 [22JY], E1505 [24JY]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), motion to recommit, H5541 [22JY]

———vocational education funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7129, H7130 [10SE]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H9481-H9487 [23OC], H9628, H9630 [29OC], H10773 [13NO]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), H10774 [13NO], E2210, E2218 [7NO], E2279 [9NO]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9814-H9832 [31OC]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2798-H2860 [16MY], E700 [17AP], E945 [16MY], E974 [19MY]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), consideration (H. Res. 150), H2797 [16MY]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), corrections in engrossment, H2860 [16MY]

———provide greater flexibility to States and localities as they work to carry out meaningful job training reform, H2812 [16MY]

———require public housing authorities and contractors to try to hire public housing residents, H2241, H2242 [6MY]

Eximbank: community work requirements for certain members of firms, H8202, H8203 [30SE]

———preferential assistance relative to conduct by firms exporting to the People's Republic of China, H8200-H8202 [30SE]

———prohibit assistance to companies that are at least 50 percent owned by a foreign country or military, H8374-H8377 [6OC]

———prohibit assistance to countries with nondemocratic governments, H8377-H8380 [6OC]

———prohibit assistance to foreign companies that violate U.S. child labor laws, H8382 [6OC]

———prohibit assistance to Russia relative to sale of missile systems to the People's Republic of China, H8380 [6OC]

———reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H7369 [17SE], H7873 [25SE], H8189-H8207 [30SE], H8373-H8383, H8395-H8397 [6OC], E1773, E1774 [17SE], E1951 [7OC], E1978 [8OC]

———reauthorization (H.R. 1370), consideration (H. Res. 255), H8184-H8188 [30SE]

———reauthorization (S. 1026), insert language of H.R. 1370 in lieu, H8397 [6OC]

———rename to U.S. Export Bank, H8205, H8206 [30SE]

Families and domestic relations: Communities in Schools Program funding, H8712 [8OC]

———improve child care and family support services, H6868 [4SE], H10772 [13NO]

———improve child care and family support services (H.R. 1373), H1850 [24AP], H8709-H8716 [8OC]

Federal Family Education Loan Program: financial institutions' performance of audits on their student loan portfolios, H7083 [9SE]

FEMA: funding, H2762-H2766 [15MY]

Floods: disaster assistance to Kentucky, E571 [21MR]

———disaster assistance to Minnesota, H1318, H1319 [8AP], H1862, H1863, H1869 [24AP], H2707 [15MY]

———disaster assistance to Ohio, H729 [5MR]

———disaster assistance to West Virginia, H773, H782 [6MR]

———disaster assistance to Wisconsin, E1318 [25JN]

———facilitate recovery from Red River flooding through greater flexibility for depository institutions and their regulators, H2768, H2769 [15MY]

Food stamps: eligibility requirements, H4587 [25JN], E1348 [27JN]

———funding, H5652 [23JY], H5683, H5726 [24JY]

GAO: tribute to efforts relative to Government Performance and Results Act implementation, E1826 [23SE]

Government: coordinate Federal financial assistance programs (H.R. 1480), H2010 [30AP], E784 [29AP]

———coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to streamline Government operations (H.R. 1480), E765 [29AP]

———define role and scope, H2866 [16MY]

———prohibit preferential treatment relative to Federal employment, contracting, and programs, H1043 [18MR]

Health: establish State and community assistance programs for providers of health care services and maintenance of safety net hospital infrastructure (H.R. 735), E241-E243 [12FE]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund, E1487 [23JY]

———establish teaching hospital and graduate medical education trust fund (H.R. 106), E50 [7JA]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (H.R. 259), E23 [7JA]

———revise and extend programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (H.R. 1895), E1207 [12JN]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), E54 [7JA]

Homeless: consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R. 217), E50 [7JA]

House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (H.R. 1046), H2430 [8MY], E452 [12MR]

———participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for the people of the U.S. (H. Res. 147), H2493, H2494 [13MY], H2941-H2946, H2960 [20MY]

Housing: allow public housing agencies to comply with family self-sufficiency agreement requirements, H2204-H2210 [6MY]

———allow public housing agencies to establish residency limits, H2271-H2275 [7MY]

———assistance for low-income families desiring homeownership, H2124 [1MY]

———cap on rent for public and subsidized housing relative to income, H2233-H2235 [6MY]

———capital and operating grants funding, H2235-H2241 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H1547 [16AP], H2038-H2052 [30AP], H2107-H2151 [1MY], H2188-H2243 [6MY], H2265-H2281 [7MY], H2399-H2426 [8MY], H2553-H2567 [13MY], H2619-H2647 [14MY], E58 [7JA], E863, E864 [7MY], E1269 [19JN], E1355 [27JN]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 133), H2035-H2038 [30AP]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H2645, H2646 [14MY]

———eliminate block grant program giving local municipalities flexibility in administering Federal housing assistance, H2410-H2412 [8MY]

———establish a public housing replacement requirement in areas with public housing shortages, H2242, H2243 [6MY]

———establish occupancy preferences for certain families, H2266 [7MY]

———extend loan guarantee program for Indian housing (H.R. 33), E14 [7JA]

———funding for choice based rental housing and homeownership assistance, H2406-H2408, H2412 [8MY]

———limit family income for choice based housing assistance, H2399-H2405 [8MY]

———prohibit violent sexual predators from receiving public housing assistance, H2190, H2191 [6MY]

———promote regional cooperation through housing plans funded by economic development grants (H.R. 896), E343 [27FE]

———reduce minimum rental amounts and contributions relative to public housing, H2267-H2271 [7MY]

———require agreements with private housing project owners to allow law enforcement officers to enter certain areas, H2191 [6MY]

———require review of criminal records for participation in certain federally assisted housing (H.R. 2964), E2381 [13NO]

———revise income and occupancy levels for public housing developments, H2224-H2232 [6MY]

———set award criteria for economic development initiative grants to include the extent of regional cooperation demonstrated by the proposed plan, H2192 [6MY]

———tribute to organizations for investment in low-income communities, E461 [13MR]

———verification of citizenship or immigration status of housing assistance applicants (H.R. 171), E38 [7JA]

Immigration: budgetary treatment of programs for legal immigrants, H894 [12MR]

———Senate Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H7801 [24SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through rescissions in Goals 2000 Program funding, H7143-H7145 [10SE]

———State requirements relative to special education services for persons with a disability who are convicted of a felony and incarcerated, H2539 [13MY]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (H.R. 219), E66 [7JA]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (H.R. 2516), H8285-H8290 [1OC]

———extend (S. 1454), H10586 [12NO]

———extend (S. 1519), H10633-H10638 [12NO]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1609), H7453 [17SE], E974 [19MY], E1141 [5JN], E1430 [15JY], E1610 [1AU]

———tribute to bicyclists for support of bicycle and pedestrian provisions, E1141 [5JN], E1430 [15JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H5270 [15JY]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (H.R. 1076), E475 [13MR]

———implement system of case information disclosure, H8005-H8008 [26SE]

Medicaid: disproportionate share hospital payments, H4570, H4579, H4587, H4590 [25JN], H5898 [28JY], H6322, H6323, H6341 [30JY], H6658 [31JY]

———Federal funding of abortions, H4560 [25JN], H7229-H7231 [11SE]

———post-eligibility treatment of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation payments (H.R. 1269), H1393 [10AP]

Medicare: hospice care reform (H.R. 521), E133 [4FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (H.R. 251), E5 [7JA]

Missouri: use of community administered welfare programs as an alternative to Federal programs, H884 [11MR]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (H.R. 2663), H9845 [31OC]

Native Americans: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (S. 459), H9780 [30OC]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (H.R. 261), E27 [7JA]

Orange County, CA: tribute to Head Start Program, H8446 [7OC]

Orangeburg County, SC: tribute to efforts relative to welfare reform, E2302 [10NO]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical amendments (H.R. 1048), H1917-H1935 [29AP], H2060 [30AP]

Professional Trade Service Corps: establish (H.R. 481), E128 [4FE]

Public buildings: community use of public facilities acquired, constructed, or rehabilitated using community development block grants (H.R. 257), E23 [7JA]

Public housing: allow local housing authorities flexibility in implementing certain requirements, H2561 [13MY]

———allow local housing authorities to use operating funds for child care services for residents, H2203, H2204 [6MY]

———exemption from community work requirements for certain primary caregivers, H2133-H2146, H2149, H2151 [1MY]

———grievance procedures for evictions except those that are a threat to the tenants' safety or for drug-related activities, H2192-H2195, H2211 [6MY]

———limit pet ownership to the elderly and disabled, H2560, H2561 [13MY]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform, H2559 [13MY], H8684 [8OC]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform (H.R. 1508), E826 [5MY]

———prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2124-H2133, H2149 [1MY]

———require certain owners to comply with community work requirements applicable to residents, H2555, H2556 [13MY]

———require housing agencies to conduct an assessment to identify pest control problems and effectiveness in eradicating or controlling such problems, H2558 [13MY]

———require payment of minimum wage relative to community work requirements, H2195-H2203 [6MY]

———tenant-based assistance funding relative to replacement of demolished units, H5326-H5328 [16JY]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 2088), E1354 [27JN]

Public welfare programs: approval of State plans reforming federally funded health and human services programs, H2772, H2773 [15MY]

———exceptions to SSI naturalization requirements for blind legal aliens, H2053 [30AP]

———expand vocational and higher education opportunities and allow use of college work study to fulfill additional work requirements (H.R. 3002), E2304 [10NO]

———food stamp eligibility for certain elderly permanent resident aliens (H.R. 2638), H8694 [8OC]

———improve child care and family support services, H2060 [30AP]

———minimum wage level relative to public work programs, H3278, H3279 [4JN]

———permit State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (H.R. 1709), E1039 [22MY]

———reform, H592 [25FE], H883-H885 [11MR], H1322 [8AP], H2246 [6MY], H2430 [8MY], H3266 [3JN], H4566, H4568, H4577, H4578, H4589, H4633, H4636 [25JN], H4897, H4898 [8JY], H5002 [9JY], H6688 [31JY], H6886, H6887 [4SE], E355, E357 [3MR], E986 [20MY], E1168 [10JN], E1251 [18JN], E1604 [1AU], E1684, E1685 [8SE]

———repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens, H3277 [4JN]

———restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (H.R. 2597), E1922 [2OC]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants, H1717, H1718 [23AP], H1916 [29AP], H2010 [30AP], H2096 [1MY], H4379, H4380, H4574, H4582, H4591 [25JN], H6325 [30JY], E761 [28AP], E766 [29AP], E1501 [23JY], E2098 [28OC]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program, H2258, H2260, H2261 [7MY], H2706 [15MY], H3176 [22MY], H5635 [23JY], E861 [7MY]

———provide a minimum allocation of highway funds to States with large geographic areas but low population densities (H.R. 1701), E1002 [21MY]

SBA: disaster relief assistance funding, E1951 [7OC]

———loan guarantee programs, E1004 [21MY]

Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (H.R. 1436), E755 [24AP]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8070-H8081 [29SE], E1916, E1925 [2OC], E1936 [6OC], E1951 [7OC]

Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8070-H8081 [29SE], E1916, E1925 [2OC], E1936 [6OC], E1951 [7OC]

Small Business Technology Transfer Program: extend, E1916 [2OC]

———extend (H.R. 2429), H8080, H8081 [29SE], E1686 [8SE], E1936 [6OC]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (H.R. 612), E165 [5FE]

———establish Transition to Work Program for individuals entitled to disability benefits (H.R. 534), E142 [4FE]

———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (H.R. 530), E151 [4FE]

———provide for the retirement of every U.S. citizen (H.R. 2768), H9713 [29OC]

———reform, H1857 [24AP]

Social Security Disability Insurance Program: funding for SSI presumptive disability benefit programs (H.R. 2422), E1670 [5SE]

Somerset County, NJ: use of community administered welfare programs as an alternative to Federal programs, H883 [11MR]

SSI: eligibility of children for benefits, E839 [5MY]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, H2605 [14MY], H2690, H2694, H2709, H2711, H2739-H2743 [15MY]

St. Clair Shores, MI: anniversary of Leisure Manor housing complex, E1674 [5SE]

States: extend deadline relative to child support enforcement system automation program, H7379, H7380 [17SE]

———extend eligibility period for certain States to apply for Federal charter school grants, E2304 [10NO]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 997), E412 [6MR]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 996), E412 [6MR]

———treatment of certain welfare benefits relative to earned income tax credit (H.R. 1045), E493 [18MR]

———treatment of scholarships received under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program (H.R. 2951), E2277 [9NO]

———treatment of school-based health insurance programs (H.R. 1698), E993 [21MY]

———treatment of student loan programs and public-private education partnerships for public educational institutions serving disadvantaged students (H.R. 1512), E832 [5MY]

Termination dates (H.R. 131), E29 [7JA]

Texas: Medicaid block grant process, H2599 [14MY]

———reform of public welfare programs, H1913 [29AP], H2491 [13MY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, H5831 [28JY], H6340 [30JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (H.R. 1364), E1322 [25JN]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (H.R. 674), H2648-H2652, H2656 [14MY]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (H.R. 849), H676 [27FE], H4846-H4851 [8JY], E385 [5MR], E1404 [11JY]

Urban areas: improve and expand empowerment and enterprise zone programs (H.R. 201), E57 [7JA]

Veterans: exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (H.R. 2820), E2385 [13NO]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits, H4156 [23JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (H.R. 1955), H3894 [18JN], H3931 [19JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), H9837-H9839 [31OC], E1410 [11JY]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits, H4155 [23JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits (H.R. 2040), E1410 [11JY]

———expand workstudy opportunities (H.R. 1877), E1249 [18JN]

———health care programs funding, H5273-H5277 [15JY], H5366, H5367 [16JY]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (H.R. 1090), H1566-H1568 [16AP], E738 [24AP]

———strengthen veterans' preference relative to employment opportunities (H.R. 167), E79 [9JA]

WIC: funding, H1798 [24AP], H1916, H1958, H1959, H1962, H1966 [29AP], H2009, H2011, H2012, H2060, H2063, H2082 [30AP], H2098, H2102 [1MY], H2258, H2260, H2261, H2262 [7MY], H2353, H2354, H2355, H2430 [8MY], H2496, H2497, H2498, H2568 [13MY], H2596, H2597, H2601-H2608, H2613, H2615, H2657 [14MY], H2685, H2686, H2687, H2708, H2709, H2711, H2714, H2715-H2722, H2746, H2779 [15MY], H2796, H2861 [16MY], H3080 [21MY], H5553-H5560 [22JY], H5652 [23JY], H5672-H5677, H5727 [24JY], E854 [6MY], E878 [8MY], E909 [13MY]

———funding through rescissions of NASA funding, H2613 [14MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: assist local governments with health and safety concerns of hazardous waste sites (S. 1317), S11197 [24OC]

Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (S. 605), S3351 [17AP]

———improve operation of certain programs, S787 [29JA]

———increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (S. 485), S2649 [20MR]

———limitation of Federal crop insurance to family farmers, S7908-S7911 [23JY]

———monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (S. 16), S129, S340 [21JA], S787 [29JA]

———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance and disaster assistance programs, S7902-S7911, S7920, S7925 [23JY]

———provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing facilities (S. 26), S129 [21JA], S788 [29JA]

Armed Forces: payment of certain health care expenses under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare (S. 166), S545 [21JA]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (S. 1144), S8725-S8728 [3SE]

BIA: reorganization (S. 545), S3011 [10AP]

Blizzards: disaster assistance to northern Great Plains States, S149 [21JA], S688 [23JA], S1130 [7FE]

Budget: funding for children's programs, S3933-S3935 [5MY], S3978 [6MY]

Business and industry: treatment of personal employment information reported to the National Directory of New Hires (S. 1223), S10056 [26SE]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (S. 300), S1233 [11FE], S1327 [12FE]

Children and youth: child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant (S. 93), S473 [21JA]

———early childhood development programs, S4951-S4955 [22MY], S5036 [23MY]

———early childhood development programs (S. 1309), S10957-S10961 [22OC], S12447 [10NO]

———early childhood development programs (S. 756), S4501 [14MY], S4606 [15MY]

———ensure mental health parity in block grants to States providing health insurance for uninsured children, S6150, S6151 [24JN]

———establish Adoption Awareness Promotion Program (S. 1318), S11200 [24OC]

———exempt budget outlays impacting education, nutrition, and health care programs from balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1008-S1010 [5FE], S1156-S1166 [10FE], S1203-S1210 [11FE], S1296 [12FE]

———funding for school transfers for victims of violent crime, S5032 [23MY]

———improve child nutrition programs (S. 1556), S12600 [13NO]

———increase funding for Head Start Program, child nutrition programs, and school construction projects, S4973, S4975-S4977 [22MY], S5031, S5032 [23MY]

———increase funding for Healthy Start and Head Start Programs and child care developmental block grants, S4732-S4738 [20MY]

———programs for special needs of disabled children, S3245 [16AP]

———protect and improve child care programs for low-income families (S. 19), S129, S352 [21JA], S3410 [22AP]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, S2644 [20MR], S3244 [16AP], S6165-S6167 [24JN], S6293, S6317, S6318, S6350 [25JN], S6434-S6437, S6455 [26JN], S7223 [10JY], S8329, S8341 [30JY], S8389, S8392, S8402, S8469 [31JY], S8923 [8SE], S8951, S8990-S8993 [9SE]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (S. 435), S2223-S2225 [13MR]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (S. 525), S2846-S2853 [8AP], S3063 [10AP], S3410 [22AP]

———set standards for benefits and deductibles/copayments for block grants to provide health insurance for uninsured children, S6149, S6150 [24JN]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, S11211 [24OC]

Consumers: prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (S. 868), S5456 [10JN]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (S. 207), S729 [28JA], S902 [30JA]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), S3249-S3266 [16AP]

———prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S1300-S1305 [12FE], S1729 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: authority to sell food stamps to States relative to Federal cost reimbursement, S4183 [8MY]

———Business and Industry Program funding, S7942, S7943 [23JY]

———Outreach Program for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers funding relative to civil rights investigative unit, S7988-S7991 [24JY]

———repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period (S. 782), S5006 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: extend the Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program (S. 735), S4321 [12MY]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (S. 1534), S12592 [13NO]

———transfer of funds to the Dept. of Education to use for student financial aid programs, S6968, S6969 [8JY]

Dept. of Education: State Student Incentive Grant Program funding, S8905-S8908 [8SE]

Dept. of HHS: adoption opportunities programs funding, S8904 [8SE], S9011 [9SE]

———refugee and entrant assistance funding, S8915, S8916 [8SE]

———refugee and entrant assistance funding (S. 1161), S9091 [10SE]

———State AIDS drug assistance programs funding, S9109, S9114, S9115 [11SE]

Dept. of HUD: economic development intiative grants, S10745 [9OC]

———facilitate effective and efficient management of homeless assistance programs (S. 1071), S8156 [25JY]

———housing assistance programs, S7826, S7827 [22JY]

———Native American Housing Block Grant Program oversight, S10735 [9OC]

———Native American Housing Block Grants Program oversight, S7844 [22JY]

———renewal of certain public housing contracts, S10739 [9OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify eligibility for spina bifida benefits to children of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, S12494 [10NO]

———extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (S. 1027), S7710 [17JY]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (S. 714), S4114 [7MY], S11790 [5NO], S12488-S12495 [10NO]

Disasters: allocation of emergency disaster assistance, S4847 [21MY]

———assistance to Idaho, S3824 [30AP]

———assistance to Minnesota, S3794 [29AP]

———assistance to North Dakota, S2808, S2817 [8AP], S2871, S2879-S2881 [9AP], S3068, S3069 [14AP], S3236, S3245 [16AP], S3702, S3718-S3721 [25AP], S3787-S3789 [29AP], S3880, S3881 [1MY], S4196, S4199, S4202 [8MY], S4278 [9MY], S4974, S4975 [22MY], S5093-S5095 [23MY]

———assistance to North Dakota educational agencies (S. 684), S3905 [1MY]

———assistance to South Dakota, S2808, S2818 [8AP], S2879-S2881 [9AP], S3236 [16AP], S3787-S3789 [29AP], S4164, S4196, S4199, S4202 [8MY]

———assure full funding of assistance without adding to the public debt, S4181, S4182, S4184-S4190 [8MY]

———National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization (S. 1179), S9411 [16SE], S10305 [1OC]

Droughts: establish Federal policies and programs (S. 222), S754 [28JA], S12498 [10NO]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites, S6701, S6702 [27JN]

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 18), S129, S346 [21JA]

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 8), S124, S136, S237-S264 [21JA], S631 [22JA], S5709 [16JN]

Education: adjust needs analysis to protect more of a student's earnings when determining need for financial aid (S. 426), S2206 [12MR]

———allow consolidation of direct student loans (S. 1294), S10807, S10808 [9OC], S11534 [31OC]

———distribution of funds between non-impact aid school districts and impact aid school districts, S4081 [7MY]

———early childhood development programs funding, S8778 [4SE]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 113), S493 [21JA]

———establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (S. 1395), S11878 [6NO]

———Head Start Program funding, S9053-S9058, S9063 [10SE]

———Head Start Program initiative for toddlers and infants, S3245 [16AP]

———Head Start Program initiative for toddlers and infants funding, S9112 [11SE]

———improve teacher quality (S. 1169), S9213 [11SE]

———improve teacher quality (S. 1209), S9795 [23SE]

———improve teacher quality (S. 1484), S12155-S12159 [8NO]

———increase number of Pell Grant awards to working students (S. 1199), S9726 [19SE]

———increase Pell Grant awards, S1348 [13FE], S8646-S8648, S8650 [2SE], S8685-S8689, S8693, S8707-S8709 [3SE], S8994 [9SE], S9064-S9066 [10SE]

———increase Pell Grant awards (S. 212), S738-S741 [28JA]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 120), S498 [21JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 119), S497 [21JA]

———national policy to improve system (S. 12), S127, S131, S134, S295, S574 [21JA], S666 [22JA], S6009 [19JN]

———provide for safe and affordable schools (S. 1), S123, S137, S163 [21JA], S589 [22JA], S971 [4FE], S2753 [21MR], S4401 [14MY], S4860 [21MY], S9713-S9717, S9720 [19SE]

———provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child care and education providers (S. 1029), S7714-S7716 [17JY]

———student financial aid programs, S4977-S4980 [22MY]

———student financial aid programs (S. 559), S3035-S3057 [10AP]

———student financial aid programs (S. 560), S3035 [10AP]

———student loan forgiveness relative to community service careers, S6471 [26JN]

———student loan programs, S4860 [21MY], S5033, S5034, S5035 [23MY], S6306-S6308 [25JN]

———treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (H.R. 1866), S8383 [30JY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 17), S343 [21JA]

———establish a training voucher system (S. 1170), S9216-S9218 [11SE]

———improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 1186), S9517-S9519 [17SE]

Eximbank: reauthorization (S. 1026), S9435 [16SE], S11573, S11574 [31OC]

———reauthorization (S. 1026), conference report, S12206 [8NO]

———reauthorization (S. 1026), technical corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 70), S12710 [13NO]

Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (S. 934), S5932-S5935 [18JN]

FEMA: tribute, S1788 [28FE]

Floods: disaster assistance to California, S4156 [8MY], S5314 [5JN]

———disaster assistance to Minnesota, S2872, S2875, S2879-S2881 [9AP], S3235, S3236 [16AP], S3818 [30AP], S3881 [1MY], S4094 [7MY], S4192, S4196, S4199, S4202 [8MY], S5093-S5095 [23MY]

———disaster assistance to New York, S684 [23JA]

———disaster assistance to North Dakota, S3773 [29AP], S5172 [2JN], S5297-S5300, S5310, S5320 [5JN], S5399-S5405 [9JN], S5554-S5557 [12JN], S5942 [18JN]

———disaster assistance to Ohio, S1813 [3MR], S1942 [5MR], S2053 [10MR], S4190 [8MY]

———disaster assistance to South Dakota, S5322, S5323 [5JN]

———disaster assistance to West Virginia, S3545 [23AP]

Hawaii: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 1376), S11771 [5NO]

Health: establish an educational program on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders (S. 697), S3998 [6MY]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (S. 148), S530, S534 [21JA]

———provide funding to faith-based substance abuse treatment centers and allow individuals to choose either private or religious oriented treatment (S. 1466), S12132 [8NO]

Higher Education Act: allow certain small, nonprofit, banks to exceed 50 percent student loan ratio (S. 1036), S7718 [17JY]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs, S3986 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (S. 784), S5006 [22MY]

———Federal assistance relative to mobile homes, S10049, S10050 [26SE]

———Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Conservation Program funding, S9624, S9625, S9626 [18SE]

———provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (S. 109), S489 [21JA]

———tribute to organizations for investment in low-income communities, S2294 [13MR]

———use of public housing operating funds for rental assistance voucher program (S. 1094), S8533 [31JY]

Indianapolis, IN: Federal housing assistance programs funding, S10049 [26SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: State requirements relative to special education services for persons with a disability who are convicted of a felony and incarcerated, S4375, S4376 [13MY]

———State requirements relative to special education services for persons with a disability who are convicted of a felony and incarcerated (S. 702), S4004 [6MY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (S. 1383), S11867 [6NO]

———extend (S. 1454), S12194 [8NO], S12438 [10NO]

———extend (S. 1519), S12450-S12456, S12499 [10NO], S12636 [13NO]

———reauthorize (S. 586), S3216-S3224 [15AP], S3380 [17AP]

Irrigation: clarify farm acreage and income limitations for eligibility for subsidized irrigation water (S. 35), S392 [21JA]

Jackson, MS: economic development intiative grants, S10740 [9OC]

Ketchikan, AK: eligibility of Ketchikan Ship and Drydock shipyard for Economic Development Administration grants, S8078 [24JY]

Lehigh County, PA: economic development intiative grants, S10739, S10740 [9OC]

LIHEAP: funding, S702, S703 [28JA], S3979, S3980 [6MY], S8646-S8648, S8650 [2SE], S8685-S8689, S8693, S8707-S8709 [3SE]

LSC: conduct study of individuals filing grievances based on denial of certain welfare benefits, S8218 [29JY]

———eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence, S8217 [29JY]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (S. 147), S530, S534 [21JA]

———disproportionate share hospital payments, S6067 [23JN], S6156 [24JN], S6312, S6315 [25JN], S8496 [31JY]

———equitable treatment of certain benefits received by veterans in State and privately owned nursing homes (S. 502), S2674 [20MR]

———Federal funding of abortions, S6319 [25JN], S8690, S8691 [3SE]

———improve provision of managed care (S. 864), S5445 [10JN]

———provide States greater flexibility in setting provider reimbursement rates (S. 700), S4000 [6MY]

Medicare: coverage for home health services (S. 913), S6094 [23JN]

———coverage for skilled nursing facility services (S. 914), S6094 [23JN]

———expand and strengthen the telemedicine demonstration project (S. 848), S5367, S5376 [5JN]

———hospice care reform (S. 734), S4320 [12MY]

———increase access to quality health care in frontier communities by allowing clinics and health centers greater flexibility and reimbursement (S. 1342), S11358 [29OC], S11493 [30OC]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (S. 780), S5002, S5003 [22MY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (S. 1280), S10789 [9OC]

Native Americans: adoption and foster care programs funding, S12564, S12565 [13NO]

———authorizing appropriations for certain programs (S. 459), S2428 [18MR]

———provide assistance to tribes for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs (S. 754), S4602 [15MY]

———transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (S. 1279), S10788 [9OC]

———transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (S. 1281), S10791 [9OC]

———tribal priority allocations funding, S9388-S9397 [16SE], S9497 [17SE]

———tribal priority allocations funding relative to tribal welfare programs, S9610, S9611 [18SE]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (S. 390), S1924 [4MR]

Ottawa County, MI: tribute to welfare recipient employment programs, S10819-S10821 [9OC]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (S. 131), S513 [21JA]

Public Health Service: establish pediatric research initiative (S. 484), S2648, S2649 [20MR]

Public housing: ensure acceptable basic housing conditions, S10049 [26SE]

———increase community controls relative to participating administrative entities, S10736, S10738, S10739 [9OC]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform, S10736, S10740, S10742 [9OC]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform (S. 513), S2742-S2753 [21MR], S7847, S7848 [22JY]

———multifamily rental assisted housing reform (S. 853), S5417 [9JN]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (S. 462), S2438-S2441 [18MR], S10028-S10050 [26SE]

———relocation requirements, S10050 [26SE]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (S. 1525), S12509 [12NO]

Public welfare programs: approval of State plans reforming federally funded health and human services programs, S6177-S6180 [24JN], S6308 [25JN]

———clarify family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S9051-S9053, S9062 [10SE], S12091 [8NO]

———clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S8392 [31JY]

———clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program (S. 671), S3846 [30AP]

———establish asset-based welfare policies (S. 1106), S8567 [31JY]

———exception to limited SSI eligibility for severely disabled aliens, S6302 [25JN]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (S. 640), S3559 [23AP]

———nutrition programs funding, S10246 [1OC]

———provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (S. 392), S1980 [5MR]

———reform, S846-S848 [30JA], S3084 [14AP], S6299-S6301 [25JN], S8388, S8496 [31JY]

———reform relative to localities with high unemployment rates, S846-S848 [30JA]

———repeal restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (S. 480), S2568 [19MR]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants, S3562 [23AP], S6294, S6320 [25JN], S8349 [30JY], S8388 [31JY]

———treatment of elderly and disabled legal immigrants, S3082-S3084 [14AP], S5331 [5JN]

———treatment of legal immigrants, S3077 [14AP]

———work requirements for low-income individuals, S3263 [16AP]

Roads and highways: distribution of additional obligation authority for Federal-aid highways, S4137-S4151, S4190 [8MY]

———funding for highway demonstration projects, S5026-S5028 [23MY]

———modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program, S8250, S8252 [29JY]

———modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (S. 752), S4600 [15MY]

———modify repayment policy of Appalachian Development Highway System Program, S8257 [29JY]

———provide a minimum allocation of funds to States from the Federal Mass Transit Account (S. 556), S3033 [10AP]

———provide a minimum allocation of highway funds to States with large geographic areas but low population densities (S. 331), S1398-S1401 [13FE]

SBA: establish Welfare-to-Work Microloan Pilot Program (S. 956), S6359, S6360 [25JN]

Senior citizens: anniversary of establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly (S. Con. Res. 11), S2722 [20MR], S9986 [25SE]

Small Business Technology Transfer Program: extend (S. 929), S5927 [18JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (S. 1054), S8379 [30JY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (S. 375), S1747-S1749 [27FE]

———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (S. 438), S2279 [13MR], S3315 [17AP]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, S4046-S4050-S4068, S4090 [7MY], S4194 [8MY], S4869, S4870 [21MY]

States: reduce certain assistance relative to continuation of health benefits to public safety officers injured in the line of duty, S8067 [24JY]

———require report on children's health insurance initiative, S6297 [25JN]

Taxation: increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252), S10322 [3OC]

Territories: amend legislation relative to U.S. territories and freely associated States (S. 210), S734-S736 [28JA], S5639 [12JN]

Texas: reform of public welfare programs, S3781, S3783 [29AP], S4203 [8MY]

Tobacco products: credit increase in excise tax to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8450, S8451 [31JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4782-S4828 [21MY], S5097 [23MY], S6428, S6432, S6435-S6437 [26JN], S6682, S6704 [27JN], S8447 [31JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (S. 526), S2846-S2853 [8AP], S3703 [25AP], S4104 [7MY], S4272 [9MY]

———provide market transition assistance for quota owners, tobacco producers, and their communities, and phase out Federal programs supporting tobacco production (S. 1313), S11193 [24OC]

———provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers, industry workers, and their communities (S. 1310), S11034-S11037 [23OC]

———treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9001, S9002 [9SE], S11579-S11581 [3NO]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Arkansas, S1807 [3MR]

———disaster assistance to Michigan, S6971 [8JY], S7433 [15JY]

Transportation: establish surface transportation infrastructure credit assistance program (S. 963), S6366-S6372 [25JN]

———funding for highway improvements, S5336, S5337 [5JN]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (S. 335), S1403 [13FE]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (S. 468), S2446, S2478 [18MR], S2863 [8AP]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (S. 532), S2905-S2915 [9AP]

Unemployment: insurance benefits funding, S6321 [25JN]

———payment of benefits relative to base period of wage earnings (S. 1126), S8592 [31JY]

———reauthorize self-employment assistance programs (S. 897), S5610 [12JN]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: prohibit assistance to illegal aliens (S. 1258), S12207, S12208 [8NO]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 917), S5792 [17JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), S5810 [17JN], S5921-S5924 [18JN], S12488 [10NO]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits, S6886 [7JY]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (H.R. 1090), S12487 [10NO]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (S. 464), S2441 [18MR]

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (S. 96), S474 [21JA]

Washington: disaster assistance to communities affected by floods and landslides, S4197 [8MY]

WIC: funding, S3701 [25AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 133) (H. Rept. 105-81), H1987 [29AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1370, Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 255) (H. Rept. 105-282), H8160 [29SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 150) (H. Rept. 105-98), H2783 [15MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2746, Voucher Program To Provide School Choice and H.R. 2616, Improve and Expand Charter Schools: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 288) (H. Rept. 105-357), H9728 [29OC]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission Establishment: Committee on Government Affairs (Senate) (S. 207) (S. Rept. 105-107), S10786 [9OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Dairy Indemnity Program Reauthorization: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1789) (H. Rept. 105-294), H8320 [2OC]

Disapproval of Line-Item Veto of Certain Medicaid Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1144), S9411 [16SE]

Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2535) (H. Rept. 105-322), H8927 [21OC]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1294) (S. Rept. 105-122), S11341 [29OC]

Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1385) (H. Rept. 105-93), H2444 [8MY]

Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1026) (S. Rept. 105-76), S9080 [10SE]

———Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1370) (H. Rept. 105-224), H6702 [31JY]

Expand Range of Criminal Offenses Resulting in Forfeiture of Veterans Benefits: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (S. 923) (H. Rept. 105-319), H8832 [9OC]

Federal Job Training Programs Consolidation and Improvements: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1196) (S. Rept. 105-109), S10858 [20OC]

Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 105-76), H1908 [28AP], H1987 [29AP]

Illegal Alien Assistance Prohibitions Under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: Committee on Transportation on Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 849) (H. Rept. 105-147), H4221 [23JN]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act Extension: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2516) (H. Rept. 105-270), H7910 [25SE]

Make the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Permanent: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 714) (S. Rept. 105-123), S11446 [30OC]

Native American Programs Appropriations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 459) (S. Rept. 105-20), S4878 [21MY]

Need-Based Educational Aid Antitrust Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1866) (H. Rept. 105-144), H4221 [23JN]

Older Americans Act Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 390) (S. Rept. 105-60), S8531 [31JY]

Prohibit Federal Funding for Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, or Mercy Killing: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1003) (H. Rept. 105-46), H1337 [8AP]

Public Housing Reform and Responsibility Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 462) (S. Rept. 105-21), S5108 [23MY]

Revision of Veterans Benefits Decisions Based on Clear and Unmistakable Error: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1090) (H. Rept. 105-52), H1456 [14AP]

Revisions of Veterans Benefits Decisions Based on Clear and Unmistakable Error: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 464) (S. Rept. 105-156), S12574 [13NO]

Small Business Investment Act Amendments and Small Business Act Amendments: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2261) (H. Rept. 105-246), H7007 [8SE]

Small Business Technology Transfer Program Extension: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2429) (H. Rept. 105-259), H7728 [23SE]

U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States Legislation Amendments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 210) (S. Rept. 105-22), S5191 [2JN]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1258), S11667 [4NO]

Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1048) (H. Rept. 105-78), H1908 [28AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Black Lung Benefits Program proposed changes: ABA, E1743 [11SE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform Legislation: Colorado General Assembly, E1273 [19JN]

Statements

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act (H.R. 1003): OMB, S3264 [16AP]

Child Proverty: Kristina Sweet, E1124 [5JN]

Clarify Family Violence Option Under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program: Children's Defense Fund (organization), S9051 [10SE]

Higher Education Student Financial Aid Programs: Curtis White, E1243 [18JN]

———Evan Pappas, E1243 [18JN]

———Jessa Black, E1243 [18JN]

Student Financial Aid Programs: Mark Olson, E1126 [5JN]

Summaries

Assist Local Communities in Renewal of Public Schools (H.R. 1436), E756 [24AP]

Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act (S. 18), S351 [21JA]

California Policy Seminar on Access to Maternity Care in California, E1502 [23JY]

Education Opportunities Tax Act (H.R. 1512), E832 [5MY]

Federal Reinsurance Contracts for Eligible State Insurance Programs Covering Homeowners Impacted by Natural Disasters (H.R. 219), E67 [7JA]

Highway Trust Fund Spending Levels, 1998-2002, E974 [19MY]

Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act (H.R. 2), E58-E60 [7JA]

Increase Tobacco Excise Taxes To Fund Health Insurance for Uninsured Children, S8448 [31JY]

Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act (S. 513), S2750 [21MR]

Surface Transportation Authorization and Regulatory Streamlining Act (S. 532), S2912 [9AP]

Tax Treatment of School-Based Health Insurance Programs (H.R. 1698), E994 [21MY]

Tables

Aliens receiving SSI payments, S4870 [21MY]

Comparison of benefits offered under Medicaid and Blue Cross, S6149 [24JN]

Economic assumptions underlying the mid-session review of President Clinton's fiscal year 1998 budget: SSA, S11211 [24OC]

Effect of Eximbank reauthorization on GNP and unemployment, H8396 [6OC]

Federal school programs funding, S4936 [22MY]

Number of aliens receiving SSI payments by legal status and State, S1981 [5MR]

Projected costs of certain Federal programs in 2002, S4994 [22MY]

Public housing eviction grievance procedures, H2193 [6MY]

State administration costs for formula grant programs, H9574 [28OC]

State allocation of Federal highway funds under Warner amendment to S. 672, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4140, S4145 [8MY]

State allocation of highway funds under H.R. 1701, E1003 [21MY]

State-by-State students who lost Pell Grant award eligibility, S8647 [2SE]

Testimonies

Dairy Indemnity Program Reauthorization: Calvin Buchanan, Associated Milk Producers, H8868 [21OC]

Forfeiture of Benefits to Veterans Convicted of Capital Crimes: Rick Surratt, DAV, E1410 [11JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 133, consideration of H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act, H2035 [30AP]

H. Res. 147, House of Representatives participation in and support of activities to provide decent homes for the people of the U.S., H2941 [20MY]

H. Res. 150, consideration of H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act, H2797 [16MY]

H. Res. 255, consideration of H.R. 1370, Eximbank reauthorization, H8184 [30SE]

H. Res. 288, consideration of H.R. 2746, voucher program to provide school choice, and H.R. 2616, charter schools improvement and expansion, H9814 [31OC]

H.R. 849, prohibit assistance to illegal aliens under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, H4847 [8JY]

H.R. 1003, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act, H1397-H1399 [10AP]

H.R. 1048, Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act, H1917-H1931 [29AP]

H.R. 1090, revisions of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error, H1566 [16AP]

H.R. 1370, Eximbank reauthorization, H8198 [30SE]

H.R. 1789, Dairy Indemnity Program reauthorization, H8868 [21OC]

H.R. 1866, Need-Based Educational Aid Antitrust Protection Act, H4145 [23JN]

H.R. 2261, Small Business Investment Act and Small Business Act amendments, H8071-H8077 [29SE]

H.R. 2516, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act extension, H8285-H8287 [1OC]

H.R. 2534, reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs, H10354-H10366 [8NO]

H.R. 2535, Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act, H8845 [21OC]

S. 1, Safe and Affordable Schools Act, S164-S176 [21JA]

S. 8, Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act, S239-S264 [21JA]

S. 12, Education for the 21st Century Act, S296-S304 [21JA]

S. 16, Cattle Industry Improvement Act, S340-S343 [21JA]

S. 17, Working Americans Opportunity Act, S343-S346 [21JA]

S. 18, Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act, S347-S351 [21JA]

S. 19, Working Families Child Care Act, S353 [21JA]

S. 26, Agricultural Safety Net Act, S388 [21JA]

S. 35, Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act, S393 [21JA]

S. 93, child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant, S473 [21JA]

S. 96, verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility, S475 [21JA]

S. 109, Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act, S490 [21JA]

S. 113, establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas, S494 [21JA]

S. 119, make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program, S498 [21JA]

S. 120, make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs, S499 [21JA]

S. 147, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S531-S533 [21JA]

S. 148, Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act, S533 [21JA]

S. 166, Armed Forces: payment of certain health care expenses under CHAMPUS that are not payable under Medicare, S545 [21JA]

S. 210, amend legislation relative to U.S. territories and freely associated States, S736-S738 [28JA], S5641-S5644 [12JN]

S. 212, Affordable Higher Education Through Pell Grants Act, S741 [28JA]

S. 222, National Drought Policy Act, S12498 [10NO]

S. 304, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act, S1301 [12FE]

S. 331, Rural States Highway Preservation Act, S1400 [13FE]

S. 392, provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens, S1980 [5MR]

S. 459, Native American programs appropriations, S2428 [18MR], S10183 [29SE]

S. 462, Public Housing Reform and Responsibility Act, S10028-S10044 [26SE]

S. 480, repeal restrictions on eligibility for public welfare benefits for certain aliens, S2568 [19MR]

S. 513, Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act, S2743-S2750 [21MR]

S. 532, Surface Transportation Authorization and Regulatory Streamlining Act, S2906-S2912 [9AP]

S. 545, Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization Act, S3012-S3017 [10AP]

S. 556, provide a minimum allocation of funds to States from the Federal Mass Transit Account, S3033 [10AP]

S. 559, Hope and Opportunity for Postsecondary Education Act, S3035-S3051 [10AP]

S. 586, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act reauthorization, S3217-S3221 [15AP]

S. 671, clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S3847 [30AP]

S. 702, State requirements relative to special education services for persons with a disability who are convicted of a felony and incarcerated, S4004 [6MY]

S. 702, State requirements under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act relative to special education services for persons with a disability who are convicted of a felony and incarcerated, S4004 [6MY]

S. 714, make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, S11791 [5NO]

S. 714, make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S4114 [7MY]

S. 734, Medicare hospice care reform, S4320 [12MY]

S. 735, Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program extension, S4321 [12MY]

S. 752, modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program, S4600 [15MY]

S. 754, Indian Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Improvement Act, S4603 [15MY]

S. 756, Early Childhood Development Act, S4607-S4611 [15MY]

S. 782, repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period, S5006 [22MY]

S. 848, Rural Telemedicine Demonstration Act, S5368 [5JN]

S. 864, Medicaid Managed Care Improvement Act, S5445-S5455 [10JN]

S. 897, self-employment assistance programs reauthorization, S5611 [12JN]

S. 917, National Cemeteries Sanctity Act, S5792 [17JN]

S. 923, expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of veterans benefits, H9837 [31OC]

S. 923, expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of veterans' benefits, S5924 [18JN]

S. 929, Small Business Technology Transfer Act, S5928 [18JN]

S. 934, Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Act, S5934 [18JN]

S. 963, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, S6367-S6369 [25JN]

S. 1026, Eximbank reauthorization, H8397 [6OC]

S. 1027, Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program extension, S7711 [17JY]

S. 1029, Quality Child Care Loan Forgiveness Act, S7714 [17JY]

S. 1106, Assets for Independence Act, S8568-S8571 [31JY]

S. 1126, payment of unemployment benefits relative to base period of wage earnings, S8592 [31JY]

S. 1161, Dept. of HHS refugee and entrant assistance funding, S9091 [10SE]

S. 1161, refugee and entrant assistance funding, H8061 [29SE]

S. 1169, improve teacher quality, S9214-S9216 [11SE]

S. 1179, National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization, S10306 [1OC]

S. 1209, improve teacher quality, S9796, S9800 [23SE]

S. 1223, Employee Information Protection Act, S10056 [26SE]

S. 1258, prohibit relocation assistance to illegal aliens under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, S12208 [8NO]

S. 1279, transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations, S10788 [9OC]

S. 1280, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act technical corrections, S10790 [9OC]

S. 1309, Early Childhood Development Act, S10958-S10961 [22OC]

S. 1313, Tobacco Transition Act, S11193-S11197 [24OC]

S. 1317, Environmental Health Protection Act, S11198-S11200 [24OC]

S. 1376, increase the medical assistance percentage for Hawaii, S11772 [5NO]

S. 1395, establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program, S11878 [6NO]

S. 1466, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Choice Act, S12133 [8NO]

S. 1484, Quality Teacher in Every Classroom Act, S12157-S12159 [8NO]

S. 1519, Surface Transportation Extension Act, S12450-S12452 [10NO], H10633-H10636 [12NO]

S. 1534, repayment of student loans by students called to active military duty, S12592 [13NO]

S. 1556, Child Nutrition Initiatives Act, S12601-S12603 [13NO]

S. Con. Res. 11, anniversary of establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly, S2288 [13MR]

S. Con. Res. 70, technical corrections in enrollment of S. 1026, Eximbank reauthorization, S12616, S12711 [13NO]

S. Con. Res 11, anniversary of establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly, S9986 [25SE]