FAMILIES AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS related term(s) Children and Youth

Addresses

Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Annual Dinner: Timothy J. Russert, S11583 [3NO]

Four Points of the Compass—Restoring America's Sense of Direction: Balint Vazsonyi, E278 [13FE]

Amendments

Bankruptcy: prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (S. 1149), S11499 [30OC]

Children and youth: promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), S12183 [8NO], H2006, H2007 [29AP], H2027, H2029, H2031, H2033 [30AP]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2360, H2373, H2374, H2377, H2379, H2382, H2383, H2385 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), S7818, S7870 [22JY], H4888 [8JY]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4332, S4396, S4397, S4398 [13MY], S4491, S4492, S4493, S4495, S4496 [14MY], S4613, S4614 [15MY], S5220, S5221, S5247, S5265, S5267, S5268 [3JN], S5278 [4JN]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (S. 419), S5584, S5628 [12JN]

Insurance: order of precedence to be applied in the payment of life insurance benefits (H.R. 1316), H4232 [24JN]

Veterans: increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 2367), H9835 [31OC]

Analyses

Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (S. 226), S758 [28JA]

Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (S. 1371), S12667 [13NO]

43 Million People Lack Access to Primary Health Care: Bureau of Primary Health Care (organization), H9723 [29OC]

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

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S7823 [22JY], H6724 [3SE]

Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, S1776 [27FE]

Articles and editorials

Alternative School Promotes Achievement, E752 [24AP]

Bipartisan Opposition, H10382 [8NO]

Brief Life That Changed Our Lives Forever, S6791 [27JN]

Clinton Promises, E986 [20MY]

Colleges' Failure To Resolve Funding May Bar Millions From Attending Study Finds, S6019 [20JN]

Comp Time's Time Has Come, S4514 [15MY]

Congress Ignoring Serious Population Problem, H541 [13FE]

Congress Should Release World Family Planning Funds, H541 [13FE]

Debunking Abortion Myths—Increased Contraceptive Use Decreases Rate of Abortion, E215 [11FE]

Eliminate the Middleman, S3684 [24AP]

Family Planning Is Reducing Abortions, E125, E149 [4FE]

Family Planning Showdown, S1522 [25FE]

Family Planning—Saving the World's Children, and Mothers, E1945 [7OC]

Few Women Take Folic Acid To Prepare for Pregnancy, S5587 [12JN]

Good Beginning, E1138 [5JN]

Gore's Cure for Global Warming Jolts Pro-Life Activists, H8566 [7OC]

Hardship Only Deepens a Mom's Love, E1127 [5JN]

Harried Workers Need Comptime's Flexibility, S5409 [9JN]

Housewives Place in Society Minimized by Feminist Movement, E1897 [2OC]

Immigrant Study Finds Many Below New Income Limit, S2639 [20MR]

Intellectual Roots of Nativism, S11406 [30OC]

It's Comptime Time, S4647 [16MY]

Jose and Rufina Tainatongo, E960 [19MY]

Key Family Planning Vote, S923 [4FE]

Life and Death With Dignity, S11456 [30OC]

Love Conquers What Ails Teens, Study Finds, S12545 [13NO]

Money in the Bank—LISD Receives Biggest Back Taxes Payment, S8830 [4SE]

More U.S. Women Drink While Pregnant Study Says, S5586 [12JN]

More Women Know Vitamin Can Prevent Serious Birth Defects, But Few Are Taking It, March of Dimes Survey Finds, S5586 [12JN]

Mothers of Today Don't Think They're Doing as Good as Own Moms, Poll Says, S4265 [9MY]

New Charter School Sets Open House, E2231 [8NO]

Off Welfare—Mental Migration, E357 [3MR]

Offutt Families Struggle With Housing, S1781 [28FE]

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

Pass Comp Bill, S4647 [16MY]

Population Still Matters, E128 [4FE]

Priority on Safety Is Keeping More Children in Foster Care, H2019 [30AP]

Rising College Costs Imperil the Nation, Blunt Report Says, S6009 [19JN], S6019 [20JN]

Save the Kids, Not the Mom, S1432 [24FE]

Schools Lose When Firms Go Bankrupt, S8829 [4SE]

Schools Turn to Income Tax—Most Districts Already Charge an Income Surtax, Should Des Moines Join Them?, S8829 [4SE]

Take Daughters to Work? Union Offers Another Idea, E757 [24AP]

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

Third World Birth Control Tops Gore's List of ``Greenhouse'' Cures, H8567 [7OC]

This Republican Tax-Cut Dog Won't Hunt, H4820 [26JN]

Time To Reconsider Racist Rhetoric, S11788 [5NO]

Triumph of the Heart, S5665 [16JN]

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

Vote for Poor Women Overseas, S923 [4FE]

World Needs Family-Planning Funds, E269 [13FE]

Youth's Visas in Doubt After Mother's Death, S9786 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1456), H1891 [24AP]

———permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retired members and their dependents (see H.R. 2128), H5021 [9JY]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 2537), H7830 [24SE]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 575), H284 [4FE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 943; H.R. 2005), S6040 [20JN], H4132 [20JN]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see S. 1196; H.R. 2476), S9636 [18SE], H7281 [15SE]

Bankruptcy: prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (see S. 1149), S8823 [4SE]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see S. 71; S. Res. 70), S160 [21JA], S3011 [10AP]

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

Census: provide for enumeration of family caregivers as part of the decennial census (see S. 1206; H.R. 2081), S9785 [23SE], H4834 [26JN]

Child support: denial of passports to noncustodial parents relative to nonpayment of child support (see H.R. 389), H151 [9JA]

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]

———child support enforcement (see S. 1074; H.R. 267, 1690), S8186 [28JY], H148 [9JA], H3169 [21MY]

———clarify that foster care reasonable effort requirements include consideration of child health and safety (see S. 178), S163 [21JA]

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

———establish a system of assured minimum child support payments (see S. 1075), S8186 [28JY]

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

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

———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 quality of child care provided through Federal facilities and programs (see S. 1490), S12119 [8NO]

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

———increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (see S. 1293; H.R. 2487), S10787 [9OC], H7527 [17SE]

———issues relative to child custody, child abuse, and domestic violence (see H. Con. Res. 182), H9800 [30OC]

———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (see S. 511), S2646 [20MR]

———prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (see S. 504; H.R. 1972), S2646 [20MR], H4085 [19JN]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (see S. 742, 827, 1195; H.R. 867), S4479 [14MY], S5253 [3JN], S9636 [18SE], H700 [27FE]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), Senate amendment (see H. Res. 327), H10955 [13NO]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), consideration (see H. Res. 134), H1987 [29AP]

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

———provide for health, safety, and education (see H.R. 1726), H3202 [22MY]

———provide permanent authority for the administration of au pair programs (see S. 1211), S9886 [24SE]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (see H.R. 1736), H3202 [22MY]

———require the same distribution of child support arrearages to former welfare recipients collected by Federal tax intercept as by the States (see S. 639; H.R. 1569), S3550 [23AP], H2444 [8MY]

———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (see S. 822), S5253 [3JN]

———tribute to child care professionals (see H. Res. 279), H9502 [23OC]

China, People's Republic of: condemn officials involved in enforcement of forced abortions and prevent officials from entering or remaining in the U.S. (see H.R. 2570), H8160 [29SE]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 4, 26, 60), H154, H155 [9JA], H804 [6MR]

———restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 7, 346), H66 [7JA], H139, H150 [9JA]

———treatment of foreign born children of U.S. citizens (see S. 670), S3844 [30AP]

Computers: protect consumer privacy, empower parents, improve electronic commerce, and safeguard data security (see H.R. 1964), H4085 [19JN]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 743, 766; H.R. 2174), S4479 [14MY], S4748 [20MY], H5401 [16JY]

Courts: payment of settlements in suits against the Federal Government relative to child support obligations (see H.R. 2628), H8633 [7OC]

Crime: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1419, 1823), H1794 [23AP], H3567 [5JN]

———distribute to community-based organizations information on the prevention of youth violence and crime (see H.R. 290), H148 [9JA]

———establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see S. 1371; H.R. 2503), S11763 [5NO], H7599 [18SE]

———felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see S. 226), S726 [28JA]

———increase penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants (see S. 1189), S9515 [17SE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 3, 168, 488), S158, S163 [21JA], S2646 [20MR]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see S. 10, 718; H.R. 3, 1699), S158 [21JA], S4217 [8MY], H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA], H3169 [21MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 143), H2253 [6MY]

———national summit of sports, political, community, and media leaders to develop a plan to deter acts of domestic and sexual violence (see H. Con. Res. 29), H701 [27FE]

———protect the civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 1332), H1541 [15AP]

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

Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 285), H148 [9JA]

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see S. 1292; H.R. 2624, 2631), S10787 [9OC], H8632, H8633 [7OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see H.R. 2016), H4338 [24JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), consideration (see H. Res. 178), H4833 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 228), H7261 [11SE]

———notification requirements relative to the establishment of domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1339), H1541 [15AP]

Dept. of HHS: county grants to carry out State programs to provide training to parents on early childhood development and child care (see H.R. 2452), H7199 [10SE]

———require report on States performance in protecting children placed for adoption in foster care, or with a guardian (see S. 920), S5790 [17JN]

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

Dept. of Justice: treatment of certain immigration petitions relative to death of the petitioner or beneficiary (see H.R. 1961), H4085 [19JN]

———treatment of certain immigration petitions relative to the death of the beneficiary (see H.R. 2694), H9038 [22OC]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain lands to the District of Columbia for use for single-family homes for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 2700), H9038 [22OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see S. 1018), S7486 [15JY]

Diseases: support of individuals affected by breast cancer (see S. Res. 85), S4106 [7MY]

Domestic violence: grants to States to establish supervised visitation centers for victims (see S. 1129; H.R. 2779), S8532 [31JY], H9800 [30OC]

Drugs: revise and extend the grant program for services for children of substance abusers (see S. 794), S5001 [22MY]

Education: improve the reading and literacy skills of children and families (see H.R. 2614), H8438 [6OC]

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

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

———provide State and local assistance to improve adult education and family literacy (see H.R. 1562), H2444 [8MY]

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

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

———role in character development and teaching of moral values (see H. Con. Res. 127), H5916 [28JY]

———support the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based child care (see S. 1151), S8870 [5SE]

Employment: benefit eligibility for associates of employees who are not spouses or dependents of such employees (see H.R. 1817), H3567 [5JN]

———make parental leave for birth parents equitable to adoptive and foster parents (see H.R. 1113, 1573), H1111 [18MR], H2445 [8MY]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S158 [21JA]

ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (see H.R. 1142), H1258 [20MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parent-teacher conferences (see H.R. 2842), H10170 [6NO]

———allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (see S. 367; H.R. 851), S1659 [26FE], H669 [26FE]

———expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (see S. 280; H.R. 109, 191, 234), S1017 [5FE], H142, H145, H147 [9JA]

———extend coverage (see S. 183), S633 [22JA]

———provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (see H.R. 1373), H1704 [17AP]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see S. 891, 1002; H.R. 2124), S5595 [12JN], S7210 [10JY], H5020 [9JY]

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

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

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2761), H9729 [29OC]

———reimburse expenses relative to adoption of a child (see H.R. 2170), H5400 [16JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 1335; H.R. 2699), S11343 [29OC], H9038 [22OC]

Federal Housing Corp.: establish (see H.R. 2975), H10420 [8NO]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 26), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

———collection and dissemination of information on injuries, death, and family dissolution resulting from bullet-related violence (see S. 135), S162 [21JA]

———exclude certain Federal entities from domestic violence-related possession prohibitions (see H.R. 2255), H5777 [24JY]

———exclude Federal entities from domestic violence-related possession prohibitions (see H.R. 445), H153 [9JA]

———possession by persons convicted of a crime involving domestic violence (see H.R. 1009), H887 [11MR]

———prospective applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions (see S. 262), S945 [4FE]

———require check for domestic abuse restraining orders before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer (see H.R. 2774), H9799 [30OC]

———restrict sale to persons placed under a court order of protection (see H.R. 1084), H1039 [17MR]

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

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (see S.J. Res. 14; H.J. Res. 36), S945 [4FE], H285 [4FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S. 337; H.R. 581), S1382 [13FE], H285 [4FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), consideration (see H. Res. 46), H451 [11FE]

Government: promote economic opportunities for families (see H.R. 1040), H948 [12MR]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 419; H.R. 1114), S2129 [11MR], H1111 [18MR]

———insurance coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2693), H9038 [22OC]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see S. 148), S162 [21JA]

———require group health plans and insurers to offer coverage for children and provide a tax credit for the purchase of such coverage (see H.R. 561), H284 [4FE]

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

Health care professionals: training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 101; H.R. 884), S161 [21JA], H700 [27FE]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish and allow tax deductions for contributions to accounts (see H.R. 53), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

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

———provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (see S. 1128; H.R. 871), S8532 [31JY], H700 [27FE]

Immigration: immunization requirements for certain internationally adopted children (see H.R. 2464), H7262 [11SE]

———permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2664), H8832 [9OC]

———treatment of aliens born in the Philippines or Japan who were fathered by U.S. citizens (see S. 111; H.R. 2540), S161 [21JA], H7830 [24SE]

———waiver of vaccination requirement for orphan children (see H.R. 2473), H7281 [15SE]

———waiver of vaccination requirements for certain adopted children (see H.R. 2430), H7008 [8SE]

Indian Child Welfare Act: exempt voluntary child custody proceedings from coverage (see H.R. 1957), H3923 [18JN]

Insurance: prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see S. 467; H.R. 1117), S2416 [18MR], H1111 [18MR]

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]

Medicare: eligibility for benefits for certain divorced individuals relative to marriage requirements (see H.R. 1956), H3923 [18JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (see S. 1345), S11448 [30OC]

Motion pictures: tribute to NBC and Ford Motor Co., for television broadcast of movie ``Schindler's List'' (see H. Con. Res. 30), H701 [27FE]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H3201 [22MY]

National Child Care Professional's Day: designate (see S. Res. 139), S11034 [23OC]

National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S5109 [23MY]

National Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry: establish (see S. 1487), S12119 [8NO]

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

———regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (see S. 569; H.R. 1082), S3117 [14AP], H1018 [13MR]

Passports: require that applications for minors have signatures of both parents (see S. 692), S3960 [5MY]

Pensions: require pension plans to offer equal survivor retirement benefits to both spouses (see S. 107), S161 [21JA]

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

Population: develop, promote, and implement policies to stabilize U.S. population growth (see H. Con. Res. 154), H7600 [18SE]

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

Public Health Service: permit family planning projects to offer adoption services (see S. 45, 187), S159 [21JA], S633 [22JA]

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]

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]

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

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

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H152 [9JA]

———prohibit States from penalizing single parents for not meeting work requirements if the parent cannot find suitable child care (see H.R. 1615), H2679 [14MY]

———reform (see S. 140), S162 [21JA]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1261 [20MR]

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

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

———State requirements for work experience and community service programs relative to child support (see H.R. 2463), H7262 [11SE]

———treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (see S. 1370; H.R. 2944), S11763 [5NO], H10419 [8NO]

States: assistance for certain adults who are caring for the children of relatives (see H.R. 1646), H2784 [15MY]

———establish demonstration projects to develop kinship care programs and require notification of adult relative caregivers (see H.R. 1452), H1891 [24AP]

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

Taxation: adjust the dependent care tax credit for inflation (see S. 490), S2646 [20MR]

———allow married couples to be taxed using rates applicable to either single or joint filers (see H.R. 2462), H7262 [11SE]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see S. 1285, 1314; H.R. 2456), S10787 [9OC], S11191 [24OC], H7261 [11SE]

———allow tax credit to individuals due unpaid child support and increase the tax liability of individuals owing such child support (see H.R. 1735), H3202 [22MY]

———allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative minimum tax liability (see S. 1242), S10293 [1OC]

———authorize Federal entities to take control of certain State child support enforcement programs (see S. 97; H.R. 2189), S161 [21JA], H5486 [17JY]

———child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H1541 [15AP]

———deductions for home health care, day care, and respite care for households with an Alzheimer's disease patient (see S. 653), S3727 [25AP]

———dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 2553), H7910 [25SE]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 242), H147 [9JA]

———eliminate the marriage penalty, establish a commission to simplify the tax code, and require the IRS to use alternative dispute resolution (see H.R. 3059), H10954 [13NO]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see S. 82, 548, 978; H.R. 988, 1706, 1809), S160 [21JA], S3011 [10AP], S6727 [27JN], H803 [6MR], H3201 [22MY], H3567 [5JN]

———establish estate tax credit for certain employees of international organizations equivalent to the limited marital deduction (see H.R. 763), H586 [13FE]

———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (see S. 482), S2645 [20MR]

———expand the child and dependent care tax credit (see S. 926), S5790 [17JN]

———incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality child care (see S. 1037; H.R. 2213), S7710 [17JY], H5569 [22JY]

———increase child care credit for low-income working parents (see H.R. 315), H149 [9JA]

———increase exclusion amount of gain on the sale of a principal residence and allow each spouse a separate one-time exclusion (see H.R. 1680), H3069 [20MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 324, 683), H149 [9JA], H452 [11FE]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit and increase the amount of estate tax deferral available to small businesses (see H.R. 1674), H3069 [20MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see S. 30; H.R. 1684), S159 [21JA], H3069 [20MY]

———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (see H.R. 196, 531), H145 [9JA], H283 [4FE]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts for certain adoption expenses (see H.R. 2164), H5296 [15JY]

———provide credits for families (see S. 2, 98), S158, S161 [21JA]

———provide deduction for capital gains, index the basis of certain capital assets, provide family credits, and phase-out estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1584), H2589 [13MY]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see S. 432; H.R. 1031), S2206 [12MR], H948 [12MR]

———rates (see H. Res. 109), H1391 [9AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 29, 75; H.R. 525, 902, 1208), S159, S160 [21JA], H283 [4FE], H708 [3MR], H1260 [20MR]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 650; H.R. 736, 802), S3662 [24AP], H523 [12FE], H588 [13FE]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 869), H700 [27FE]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8299 [1OC]

———tax credit for education expenses (see H.R. 1633), H2783 [15MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 935), S5927 [18JN]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and special estate tax valuation for certain farm property (see H.R. 245), H147 [9JA]

———treatment of capital gains and estate taxes relative to certain farm property (see H.R. 2117), H4913 [8JY]

———treatment of child care credit (see H.R. 2778), H9800 [30OC]

———treatment of dependency exemptions for adoptions (see H.R. 1741), H3202 [22MY]

———treatment of dependent care expenses (see S. 654), S3727 [25AP]

———treatment of dependent care expenses and respite care expenses (see H.R. 1667), H3069 [20MY]

———treatment of divorced spouses (see H.R. 2467), H7262 [11SE]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 479; H.R. 3076), S2552 [19MR], H10955 [13NO]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see S. 31; H.R. 249, 1299, 1751), S159 [21JA], H147 [9JA], H1438 [10AP], H3213 [30MY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (see S. 849; H.R. 1841, 1845), S5413 [9JN], H3659 [10JN]

———treatment of expenses for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education (see H.R. 1816), H3567 [5JN]

———treatment of families with elderly family members living at home (see S. 979), S6727 [27JN]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see S. 241, 288; H.R. 1583), S855 [30JA], S1102 [6FE], H2589 [13MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see S. 930), S5927 [18JN]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see S. 180), S633 [22JA]

———treatment of soil and water conservation expenses for farmers who cash rent farmland to family members (see S. 429; H.R. 2166), S2206 [12MR], H5296 [15JY]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see S. 363; H.R. 910), S1659 [26FE], H724 [4MR]

———implementation of ratings system for programming (see S. 409, 607; H.R. 1760), S2021 [6MR], S3348 [17AP], H3273 [3JN]

Veterans: accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military installations for certain disabled individuals (see S. 1351; H.R. 2760), S11448 [30OC], H9729 [29OC]

———extend dependency and indemnity compensation benefits to surviving spouses whose subsequent marriages have terminated (see H.R. 2142), H5131 [10JY]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see S. 987; H.R. 2367), S6907 [7JY], H6705 [31JY]

———minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried (see H.R. 38), H140 [9JA]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H68 [7JA]

———payment of special annuities to surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces who are ineligible for a survivor annuity under transition laws (see S. 350), S1553 [25FE]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 2004, 2220), H4132 [20JN], H5569 [22JY]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H144 [9JA]

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act: applicability of mandatory minimum penalties in certain cases (see H.R. 1237), H1338 [8AP]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see S. 620), S3349 [17AP]

———protection of reproductive rights (see S. 1208; H.R. 2525), S9785 [23SE], H7729 [23SE]

———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (see H.R. 1105), H1111 [18MR]

Cloture motions

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4350 [13MY], S4514 [15MY], S5174 [2JN], S5290 [4JN]

Commentaries

Tax Rates: David Brinkley, ABC, S6116 [24JN]

Comparisons

Family taxable income under the Republican tax plan and the Democratic tax plan, H4685 [26JN]

Conference reports

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 2016), H7084-H7106 [9SE]

Descriptions

American Family Tax Relief Act (S. 2), S185-S190 [21JA]

Children's Health Insurance Act (H.R. 561), E137 [4FE]

Revenue Reconciliation Act (S. 949): Jeffords Amendment on Child Care Quality Improvements and Tax Treatment, S6550 [26JN]

Essays

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

Homeless in Santa Barbara: Torin Rea, E111 [21JA]

Excerpts

Foreign Assistance Act, S1440 [24FE]

Explanations

Adoption Promotion Act (H.R. 867), S12212 [8NO]

Factsheets

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

Histories

Legislative History of House Amendment to Adoption and Safe Families Act, H10783-H10787 [13NO]

St. Clare's Home, Escondido, CA, E152 [4FE]

Wedding of Kevin McCarthy and Leslie Nolan, E2088 [24OC]

Letters

Centers for Disease Control notification of parents of newborns testing positive for HIV: Richard J. Tarplin, Dept. of HHS, H7376 [17SE]

Child abuse and neglect prevention programs funding: John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, H6888 [4SE]

Child tax credit: Anna L. Gonzalez, H4675 [26JN]

———Beverly LaHaye, Concerned Women for America (organization), S6462 [26JN]

———Brian Lopina, Christian Coalition, S6462 [26JN]

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

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

College Affordability and Access Act: Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S5952 [19JN]

Comments by Vice President Gore relative to controlling global population through international family planning programs: several Representatives, H8454 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing and base realignment and closure: Senator McCain, S9446 [17SE]

Disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S11183 [24OC]

Extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S7487 [15JY]

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Gary J. Tharnish, S5288 [4JN]

———several women's organizations, S5164 [2JN], S5235 [3JN]

Family Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding Restriction Act: Robert A. Seiple, World Vision (organization), H560 [13FE]

Hispanic American national policy priorities: Familias Latinas en los Estados Unidos (organization), H7283 [16SE]

International family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion: Madeleine Korbel Albright, Sec. of State, S1447 [24FE]

———Mark O. Hatfield, S1435 [24FE]

———Peter H. Kostmayer, Zero Population Growth (organization), H6844 [4SE]

Investment in Education Act: Bill Ward, Lancaster, TX, Independent School District, S8830 [4SE]

———Kevin R. Appel, Treasurers' Association of Virginia, S8831 [4SE]

———Mary Ellen Sloan, Office of Salt Lake County, UT, County Attorney, S8831 [4SE]

———Michael J. O'Keefe, Office of Polk County, IA, County Attorney, S8829 [4SE]

———Robert R. Hagey, Siuox County, IA, Treasurer, S8828 [4SE]

———Ronald M. Rice, Iowa Association of School Boards, S8828 [4SE]

———Terry A. Henderson and S. Ellis Hankins, North Carolina League of Municipalities, S8830 [4SE]

Juvenile Crime Control Act: William T. Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, H2328 [7MY], H2396 [8MY]

Marriage Tax Elimination Act: Jeff and Beth Sewell, H8583 [7OC]

———Thomas L. Davis, H8583 [7OC]

———Tricia Smith, H8583 [7OC]

Marriage tax penalty elimination: Barbara J. Ledeen, Independent Women's Forum, H7608 [23SE]

———Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H7609 [23SE]

Military housing funding: Senator Hagel, S1780, S1781 [28FE]

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

Pregnant Postpartum Women and Infants Program: several Representatives, E1618 [1AU]

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

Reform tax laws and filing procedures: Sharon Mallory and Darryl Pierce, H1689 [17AP]

Repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving veterans' spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset, H3572 [6JN]

Tax exemption for children from international adoptions: David and Carolyn Steigman, H2023 [30AP]

———Representative Kucinich, H2023 [30AP]

Tax rates: Brian Lopina, Christian Coalition, E1277 [20JN]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S6911 [7JY]

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

Births at Albuquerque, NM, hospitals, S6415 [26JN]

Criteria for exceptions to housing of juveniles with adults in correctional institutions, H5205 [15JY]

Top 10 Democrat myths about the Juvenile Crime Control Act (H.R. 3) and the juvenile justice system, H2322 [7MY]

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

Memorandums

Disapproval of Line-Item Vetoes in Military Construction Appropriations Legislation: OMB, S11411 [30OC]

Messages

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure Line-Item Veto: President Clinton, S10427 [6OC], H8398 [6OC]

Motions

China, People's Republic of: condemn officials involved in enforcement of forced abortions and prevent officials from entering or remaining in the U.S. (H.R. 2570), H10147 [6NO]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2393 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), H6724 [3SE]

Poems

``That Dad of Mine'', S5647 [12JN]

Press releases

Marriage Tax Penalty Elimination: Christian Coalition, H7608 [23SE]

Projections

Welfare Reform Impact, E1168 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Adoption: develop outreach for informing minorities, H2031 [30AP]

African Americans: participation in the Million Woman March, E2350 [13NO]

Alabama: tribute to McGill-Toolen Pro-Life Club for participation in March for Life demonstration, E413 [6MR]

Anderson AFB, GU: fuel pipeline relocation funding, H7319 [16SE]

Annandale, VA: anniversary of Annandale Christian Community for Action, E1378 [9JY]

Armed Forces: grant health benefits for life upon retirement, E1308 [24JN]

———military family housing, H3955 [19JN]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (H.R. 2537), E1844 [24SE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (H.R. 2005), H5843-H5845 [28JY], E1282 [20JN], E1552, E1558 [29JY]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans, H6965 [8SE]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (H.R. 2476), H7266 [15SE]

Battered Women's Alternative (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E2086 [24OC]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7053-H7080 [9SE], E1723 [10SE]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women, H1428 [10AP]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2029 [30AP]

Centers for Disease Control: notification of parents of newborns testing positive for HIV, H7376 [17SE]

Chicago, IL: tribute to Madonna High School Family Fest, E1525 [25JY]

Children and youth: change time requirements for parental rights relative to adoption of children in foster care, H2027-H2029 [30AP]

———child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant, E1963 [8OC]

———criminal record checks for prospective foster and adoptive parents and group care staff, H2032, H2033 [30AP]

———designation of guardians for children in advance of parents death, H2033, H2034 [30AP]

———importance of early development education programs, H8639 [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]

———increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (H.R. 2487), H8081-H8084 [29SE]

———national policy to combat child abuse, H252 [4FE], H458 [12FE]

———prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (H.R. 1972), E1267 [19JN]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), H2015-H2035 [30AP], H10792 [13NO], E812 [1MY]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), Senate amendment (H. Res. 327), H10776-H10790 [13NO]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), consideration (H. Res. 134), H2012-H2015 [30AP]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), corrections in engrossment, H2035 [30AP]

———protections against abduction, H3174, H3175 [22MY], H5194 [15JY]

———provide permanent authority for the administration of au pair programs (S. 1211), H8062 [29SE]

———teen pregnancy prevention, H1965 [29AP], H7503, H7504 [17SE]

———teenage pregnancy, H3152 [21MY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn officials involved in enforcement of forced abortions and prevent officials from entering or remaining in the U.S. (H.R. 2570), H10139-H10148 [6NO]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (H.R. 7), H7354-H7358 [16SE], H8119 [29SE], H8692 [8OC], H8984 [22OC]

———treatment of foreign born children of U.S. citizens (S. 670), H5865 [28JY]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of St. Stanislaus Dad's Club, E1695 [9SE]

Clinton, President: executive order relative to effects of Federal policies on families, H3668 [11JN]

Coburn, Representative: remarks relative to television broadcast of movie ``Schindler's List'', H633, H642, H644, H650, H651 [26FE], H677 [27FE], E322 [26FE], E380 [5MR]

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

Committee on National Security (House): Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare, and Recreation recommendations, H3955 [19JN]

Communities in Schools Program: funding, H8712 [8OC]

Community Schools Youth Services and Supervision Program: funding, H7080-H7082 [9SE]

Congessional Fatherhood Promotion Task Force: establish, H3722, H3723 [12JN]

Correctional institutions: housing of juveniles with adults, H5205, H5206, H5210 [15JY]

Court Street School Education Community Center, Inc.: tribute, E1852 [25SE]

Courts: payment of settlements in suits against the Federal Government relative to child support obligations (H.R. 2628), E1946 [7OC]

Crime: child abuse and neglect prevention (H.R. 3013), E2313 [10NO]

———child abuse and neglect prevention programs funding, H6888, H6889 [4SE]

———establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 2503), H7591 [18SE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H292 [5FE], E2081 [24OC]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, H1912, H1916 [29AP], H7788 [24SE], H8452 [7OC]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2096 [1MY], H2257, H2258, H2259, H2260, H2261, H2323-H2333, H2338-H2343 [7MY], H2355, H2356-H2398, H2431 [8MY], H3840-H3846 [17JN], H5189, H5193, H5203, H5207 [15JY], E884 [8MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2313-H2323 [7MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H2395, H2396 [8MY]

———national summit of sports, political, community, and media leaders to develop a plan to deter acts of domestic and sexual violence (H. Con. Res. 29), E1095 [3JN]

———prosecution of certain juveniles charged with drug offenses, H2373, H2374 [8MY]

———prosecution of certain juveniles charged with violent offenses, H2375 [8MY]

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

Crincoli, Anna: Italian Tribune News (publication) Mother of the Year award recipient, E1072 [30MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1343, H1344, H1345, H1346 [9AP], H1415-H1419 [10AP], H2779, H2781 [15MY], H2927, H2935 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation, H8453, H8454 [7OC], H8811 [9OC], H9561 [28OC]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10374 [8NO], E2300 [10NO], E2366 [13NO]

———funding for studies relative to condoms, H2258 [7MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), H4879-H4891 [8JY], E1409 [11JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), conference report, H7316-H7320 [16SE]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), consideration (H. Res. 178), H4874-H4876 [8JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 228), H7309-H7316 [16SE]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), motion to instruct conferees, H6724 [3SE]

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

Dept. of HUD: notify local government about proposed assisted multifamily housing projects, H2243 [6MY]

Dept. of Justice: crime prevention, drug treatment, and family resource service programs funding through rescissions in truth-in-sentencing prison grant programs, H7805-H7807 [24SE]

———treatment of certain immigration petitions relative to death of the petitioner or beneficiary (H.R. 1961), E1265 [19JN]

———Victims of Child Abuse Program funding, H8394 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain lands to the District of Columbia for use for single-family homes for low- and moderate-income families (H.R. 2700), E2045 [22OC]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, E311 [25FE]

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H9840 [31OC], E2163 [31OC]

Education: improve the reading and literacy skills of children and families (H.R. 2614), H10386-H10398 [8NO], E1945 [7OC]

———literacy programs funding, H1547 [16AP], H9491 [23OC]

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

———role in character development and teaching of moral values (H. Con. Res. 127), E1535 [28JY]

———vocational education programs for women, girls, and gender equity, H5432-H5440 [17JY]

———voluntary participation of home schoolers in literacy programs, emphasize the use of phonics in literacy, and prohibit local workforce boards authority to control curriculum, H2842, H2843 [16MY]

Edwards, Representative: tribute on birth of son, H4919 [9JY]

Employment: make parental leave for birth parents equitable to adoptive and foster parents (H.R. 1113), E500 [18MR]

Equal Parents Week: observance, E1517 [24JY]

ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (H.R. 1142), E611 [9AP]

Escondido, CA: tribute to St. Clare's Home, E152 [4FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (H.R. 109), E57 [7JA]

———provide coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (H.R. 1373), H1850 [24AP]

Father's Day: observance, H3722, H3723 [12JN]

Fathers-in-law: tribute, H3853 [17JN]

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

———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]

Firearms: exclude certain Federal entities from domestic violence-related possession prohibitions (H.R. 2255), E1517 [24JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs, H5442, H5443, H5451 [17JY], H6731-H6734 [3SE]

———international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H530-H551 [13FE], E124, E128, E149 [4FE], E215 [11FE], E249 [13FE], E300 [25FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H3480, H3481-H3495 [5JN], H6831-H6846 [4SE], H8502, H8510-H8512, H8538, H8573 [7OC], H8636, H8686-H8691 [8OC], E1978 [8OC]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), H532, H536, H539, H540, H541, H546, H548, H549, H550, H555-H564 [13FE], E215 [11FE], E312 [25FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), consideration (H. Res. 46), H552-H555 [13FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortions, H10935 [13NO]

Fort Collins, CO: opening of Liberty Common School, E2228-E2231 [8NO]

Fort Worth, TX: tribute to AIM Program, H3152 [21MY]

Foster care: enable participation of relatives, H2030, H2031 [30AP]

Gamble, James L. and family: Northeast El Paso Family of the Year award recipient, E2365 [13NO]

George, Kelly L.: American Mothers, Inc., West Virginia Mother of the Year award recipient, E772 [29AP]

Gore, Vice President: comments relative to controlling global population through international family planning programs, H8452, H8454, H8510 [7OC], H8699 [8OC]

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

———separation of church and state relative to morality in society, H790-H795 [6MR]

Guam: tribute to Family Violence Task Force, E1957 [7OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H3174 [22MY], H3437-H3440 [4JN]

———require group health plans and insurers to offer coverage for children and provide a tax credit for the purchase of such coverage (H.R. 561), H1007 [13MR], E137 [4FE]

Health care professionals: training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (H.R. 884), H1961 [29AP]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish and allow tax deductions for contributions to accounts (H.R. 53), H728 [5MR], E10 [7JA]

Hispanic Americans: Northwest Indiana Hispanic Coordinating Council award recipients, E579 [8AP]

Hispanic Information Center of Passaic, Inc.: anniversary, E2097 [28OC]

Holy Day of Atonement: observance, E1999 [9OC]

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

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

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

Immigration: extend program allowing immigrants to renew status based on family relationship or employment opportunity while remaining in the country, H7915-H7917 [26SE], H8099, H8100 [29SE], E1866 [25SE]

———immunization requirements for certain internationally adopted children (H.R. 2464), H8870-H8872, H8890 [21OC], E2035 [21OC]

———treatment of aliens relative to delinquent child support payments (H.R. 2985), E2303 [10NO]

Insurance: order of precedence to be applied in the payment of life insurance benefits (H.R. 1316), H4232-H4234 [24JN]

———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (H.R. 1117), H1961 [29AP], E509 [18MR]

Joplin, MO: tribute to Life-Choices Pregnancy Center, E1905 [2OC]

Jutras, Claire and Roland (Beaver): National Parents Day Foundation Parents of the Year award recipients, E1479 [23JY]

Lakewood, OH: tribute to Home Alone Project, E893 [12MY]

LIHEAP: funding, H5270 [15JY]

Long Branch, NJ: tribute to `Acerra Brothers' baseball team, H6956 [5SE]

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

———eligibility for services in cases of domestic violence, H8240 [30SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (H.R. 2999), E2318 [10NO]

Members of Congress: diabetes screening tests, H1077 [18MR], H1118 [19MR]

Memphis, TN: tribute to African-American Knowledge Bowl award recipients, E751 [24AP]

———tribute to Pyramid Academy, E751 [24AP]

Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus: tribute, H5194 [15JY]

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

Montgomery County, MD: anniversary of Commission for Women, E1180 [11JN]

Morristown, NJ: tribute to CPSC Baby Safety Shower Program, E1512 [24JY]

National Association of Letter Carriers: San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO Community Service Award recipient, E675 [16AP]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations, H5209, H5210 [15JY]

———funding, H7760, H7766, H7767 [24SE]

———tribute, H3079 [21MY], H8811 [9OC]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H8447 [7OC], E1999 [9OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, E667 [15AP]

National Fellowship Council of Churches Worldwide, Inc.: consecration and appointment of bishops, E676 [16AP]

National objectives: impact of the family on national agenda, H1165-H1172 [19MR]

———implement programs to prevent domestic violence, H8693 [8OC]

National Parents Day: observance, E1514 [24JY]

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

———regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (H.R. 1082), E462, E464 [13MR]

New York, NY: anniversary of Riverdale Neighborhood House, E2045 [22OC]

———construction of Ellis Island Family History Center, H5270 [15JY]

Newport News, VA: tribute to Achievable Dream Academy, E897 [13MY]

Newton, NJ: tribute to Ginnie's House (child advocacy center), E2387 [13NO]

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

Orphan Foundation of America: tribute to Oliver Project, E1239 [17JN]

Paraguay: continuation of adoption cases filed by U.S. citizens prior to moratorium on international adoptions, H6396-H6398 [30JY]

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

Pinellas County, FL: anniversary of Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program, E1845 [24SE]

Promise Keepers (organization): tribute, H8443 [7OC], E2189 [7NO]

PTA: anniversary, H528 [13FE], E164 [5FE]

Public housing: 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]

———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]

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]

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

———prohibit States from penalizing single parents for not meeting work requirements if the parent cannot find suitable child care (H.R. 1615), H2429 [8MY]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility, H1285 [21MR]

———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]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants, E1501 [23JY], E2098 [28OC]

Redwater, TX: tribute to Redwater High School Dads Against Drugs in School Program, E971 [19MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1023-H1030 [17MR], H5170 [11JY]

Roberts, Stan and Jetta: Northeast El Paso Family of the Year award recipient, E2361 [13NO]

San Francisco, CA: tribute to ``A Safe Place'' domestic violence shelter, E2011 [9OC]

Siblings Day: observance, E714 [21AP]

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

States: establish demonstration projects to develop kinship care programs and require notification of adult relative caregivers (H.R. 1452), E745 [24AP]

Tainatongo, Jose and Rufina: tribute to Latte Magazine Islanders of the Year award recipients, E960 [19MY]

Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, E757 [24AP]

Taxation: allow married couples to be taxed using rates applicable to either single or joint filers (H.R. 2462), H7533 [18SE]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (H.R. 2456), H7608 [23SE], H8059 [29SE], H8169 [30SE], H8309 [2OC], H8322 [6OC], H8574, H8582-H8586 [7OC], H8691 [8OC], H8839 [21OC]

———child tax credit, H2011 [30AP], H3870 [18JN], H3928, H4078 [19JN], H4668-H4679, H4683-H4702, H4802-H4813 [26JN], H4898, H4900 [8JY], H4921 [9JY], H5135 [11JY], H5193, H5194 [15JY], H5307 [16JY], H5409, H5410, H5451 [17JY], H5580, H5581, H5582 [23JY], H5668, H5670 [24JY], H5782, H5783, H5814 [25JY], H5897 [28JY], H5926, H5927 [29JY], H6300 [30JY], H6621, H6622, H6642, H6643, H6648, H6650 [31JY], E1656 [4SE]

———child tax credit (H.R. 1327), E654 [15AP]

———dependent care tax credit (H.R. 2553), E1862 [25SE]

———earned income tax credit, H4678 [26JN], H5013 [9JY]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (H.R. 242), E17 [7JA]

———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests, H1800 [24AP]

———incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality child care (H.R. 2213), E1464 [22JY]

———increase exclusion amount of gain on the sale of a principal residence and allow each spouse a separate one-time exclusion (H.R. 1680), E979 [20MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (H.R. 683), H2338 [7MY]

———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (H.R. 531), E1135 [5JN]

———provide credits for families, H1545, H1546 [16AP]

———rates, H455 [12FE], H5179 [14JY]

———rates (H. Res. 109), H1467-H1471, H1490, H1527-H1534 [15AP], E612 [9AP], E673 [16AP]

———reform laws and filing procedures, H1688 [17AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, E1046 [22MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (H.R. 902), H785 [6MR], H869-H874 [11MR], H1166 [19MR], H2336, H2338 [7MY], E672 [16AP]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, H1799 [24AP]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 736), E229 [12FE]

———repeal estate tax, H1458 [15AP], H1546, H1547 [16AP]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (H.R. 2593), E1956 [7OC]

———tax credit for education expenses (H.R. 1633), E940 [15MY]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and special estate tax valuation for certain farm property, H1527 [15AP]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and special estate tax valuation for certain farm property (H.R. 245), H412 [11FE], H781 [6MR]

———treatment of capital gains and estate taxes relative to certain farm property (H.R. 2117), E1369 [8JY]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (H.R. 3076), E2373 [13NO]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (H.R. 249), H457 [12FE], E10 [7JA]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, H3219 [3JN], H3666 [11JN], H3724, H3725 [12JN], H3909-H3916 [18JN], H4699 [26JN], H4845, H4891 [8JY], H6640 [31JY], E1394 [10JY], E1466 [22JY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (H.R. 1845), E1174 [10JN]

———treatment of expenses for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education (H.R. 1816), H9065 [23OC], E1142 [5JN]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax, H783, H784 [6MR]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (H.R. 1583), E913 [14MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H3896 [18JN], H4228 [24JN], H4687, H4690, H4691, H4696, H4698, H4700, H4802-H4813 [26JN], H5026, H5027, H5045, H5046 [10JY], H5134 [11JY], H5304, H5398, H5399 [16JY], H5501 [22JY], H5902 [28JY], H6004 [29JY]

———treatment of marriage, H7505 [17SE], E1866 [25SE]

Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program, E1795 [18SE]

———funding, E1795 [18SE]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (H.R. 910), E365, E368 [4MR], E378 [5MR]

———reservation of time for family-oriented programming, E957 [19MY]

———tribute to ``Taking Charge of Your TV'' video, E311 [25FE]

Terrorism: allow families of victims of terrorist acts a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, E1599 [1AU]

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

Tressler Adoption Services (organization): anniversary, E2188 [7NO], E2296 [10NO]

Tulare County, CA: tribute to Visalia Rescue Mission, E1695 [9SE]

U.N.: compliance with child and spousal support obligations, H3430, H3431 [4JN]

Urban League of Hudson County, Inc.: anniversary of Equal Opportunity Day, E748 [24AP]

———tribute to Equal Opportunity Award recipients, E748 [24AP]

Ventura County, CA: tribute to Devil Pups Program, E617 [9AP]

Veterans: accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military installations for certain disabled individuals (H.R. 2760), E2115 [29OC]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 2367), H9835-H9837 [31OC], E2212 [7NO]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation, H9608 [28OC]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (H.R. 2220), E1476 [22JY], E1507 [24JY]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (H.R. 165), H79 [9JA], H3571 [6JN]

Williamson, Martha: Freedom Works Award recipient, H9562, H9563 [28OC]

Wittier, CA: anniversary of Intercommunity Child Guidance Center, E554 [21MR]

Worcester, MA: tribute to University Park Campus School, H8441 [7OC]

World Marriage Day: observance, E179 [6FE]

Remarks in Senate

Aberdeen, SD: anniversary of Foster Grandparents Program, S12479 [10NO]

Air Force: notification of families of victims of military air crashes and crash investigation procedures reform, S7243 [11JY]

Armed Forces: grant health benefits for life upon retirement, S6965, S6980 [8JY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (S. 943), S6041 [20JN]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (H.R. 2476), S12704, S12705 [13NO]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (S. 1196), S9653, S9654 [18SE]

Bankruptcy: prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (S. 1149), S8827 [4SE], S9092 [10SE], S11499 [30OC]

Brownback, Senator: tribute to efforts relative to Asian Pacific families immigration, S11788 [5NO]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (S. 71), S129, S449 [21JA], S3065 [10AP]

———ensure economic equity for women (S. Res. 70), S3059, S3064, S3065 [10AP]

———improve child care services and options, S6685 [27JN]

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

Callaghan, Dorothy M.: New Hampshire Mother of the Year award recipient, S4684 [19MY]

Census: provide for enumeration of family caregivers as part of the decennial census (S. 1206), S9791 [23SE]

Chicago, IL: observance of Family Peace Day, S3938 [5MY]

Children and youth: allow medical savings accounts for families with uninsured children, S6170 [24JN], S6296 [25JN]

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

———child support enforcement (S. 1074), S8187 [28JY]

———clarify that foster care reasonable effort requirements include consideration of child health and safety (S. 178), S551 [21JA], S1431 [24FE], S12668 [13NO]

———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]

———establish a system of assured minimum child support payments (S. 1075), S8187 [28JY]

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

———improve quality of child care provided through Federal facilities and programs (S. 1490), S12161 [8NO]

———increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (S. 1293), S10804, S10818 [9OC]

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

———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (S. 511), S2701-S2706, S2728 [20MR], S3841 [30AP]

———prohibit sale of personal information without parental consent (S. 504), S2677 [20MR]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), S3898 [1MY], S5158 [2JN], S12198-S12202, S12210-S12213 [8NO], S12526, S12564, S12668-S12675 [13NO]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (S. 1195), S9645-S9653 [18SE], S10262 [1OC], S11175, S11176 [24OC]

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

———provide incentive grants to States to model their child care programs after the military child care programs, S3245 [16AP]

———provide permanent authority for the administration of au pair programs (S. 1211), S9987 [25SE]

———reform reunification policies relative to foster care, S3947 [5MY]

———require the same distribution of child support arrearages to former welfare recipients collected by Federal tax intercept as by the States (S. 639), S3558 [23AP]

———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care, S12201 [8NO]

———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (S. 822), S5253 [3JN]

Children's Inn: anniversary, S12510 [12NO]

China, People's Republic of: seek return of child abducted in custody case, S11176 [24OC]

Cincinnati, OH: investigation of child abuse cases, S11175 [24OC]

Citizenship: treatment of foreign born children of U.S. citizens (S. 670), S3846 [30AP], S4505 [14MY]

Coburn, Representative: remarks relative to television broadcast of movie ``Schindler's List'', S1547 [25FE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (S. 743), S4487, S4488 [14MY]

Crime: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (S. 1371), S12667 [13NO]

———felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (S. 226), S757 [28JA], S1357 [13FE]

———increase penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants (S. 1189), S9521 [17SE], S10301 [1OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S2870 [9AP], S4278 [9MY], S11001-S11004 [23OC]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 168), S546 [21JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 3), S124, S190 [21JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 3), star print, S723 [28JA]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 488), S2651 [20MR]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S2164-S2166 [12MR], S2341 [17MR], S3972 [5MY], S12663, S12664 [13NO]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 10), S125, S135, S145, S265 [21JA], S974 [4FE], S5662-S5664 [16JN], S5893-S5900 [18JN]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 10), star print, S723 [28JA]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 718), S4217-S4226 [8MY]

Crisis nurseries: establish to reduce the necessity for foster care, S12200 [8NO]

Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba and compassionate travel, S7535 [16JY], S7623, S7624 [17JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S127-S130, S134 [21JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: food stamp nutrition education program funding, S6322 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S10777, S10800-S10804 [9OC], S11024-S11027 [23OC], S11183, S11213 [24OC], S11410-S11434 [30OC], S12693 [13NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), S7814-S7823 [22JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), conference report, S9443-S9447 [17SE]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S9433 [16SE]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), unanimous-consent agreement, S7808 [22JY]

———military housing funding, S1779-S1782 [28FE]

———New Jersey military bases funding, S9446 [17SE]

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

———require report on States performance in protecting children placed for adoption in foster care, or with a guardian (S. 920), S5808 [17JN]

Dept. of HUD: Mark-to-Market Program reform, S10738, S10744, S10745, S10746, S10748 [9OC]

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

Dept. of Justice: Violence Institute funding, S8081 [24JY]

Dept. of State: visa restrictions relative to international child abductions, S5763 [17JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (S. 1018), S7486 [15JY]

Deschutes County, OR: policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S2341 [17MR]

Diseases: support of individuals affected by breast cancer (S. Res. 85), S4116 [7MY], S9986 [25SE]

Domestic violence: grants to States to establish supervised visitation centers for victims (S. 1129), S8593 [31JY]

Drugs: parental involvement in prevention of drug use by children, S4873 [21MY]

———revise and extend the grant program for services for children of substance abusers (S. 794), S5011 [22MY]

Education: children's literacy programs funding, S9064-S9066 [10SE]

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

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

———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]

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

———support the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based child care (S. 1151), S8870-S8872 [5SE]

Employment: application of compensatory time, flexible workplaces, minimum wage, and overtime regulations to congressional employees, S5221 [3JN]

———protect earned compensatory time and flexible work credit hours in cases of employer bankruptcy, S5220 [3JN]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S124, S126, S221-S225 [21JA], S653 [22JA], S684 [23JA], S2029 [6MR], S3310-S3312, S3313 [17AP], S3880, S3881-S3890 [1MY], S4257-S4259, S4261-S4267, S4274-S4276 [9MY], S4291-S4293 [12MY], S4327-S4354 [13MY], S4508-S4515 [15MY], S4628-S4633, S4645-S4647, S4649-S4652, S4656 [16MY], S4665-S4667 [19MY], S5158-S5171 [2JN], S5218-S5248 [3JN], S5281-S5291 [4JN], S5406-S5412 [9JN], S10469 [7OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (S. 367), S1678 [26FE]

———anniversary, S1038 [5FE]

———expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, S3244 [16AP]

———expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (S. 280), S1027 [5FE]

———extend coverage (S. 183), S641, S642 [22JA]

Father's Day: observance, S5646 [12JN]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (S. 891), S5605 [12JN], S5738 [17JN]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (S. 1335), S11351 [29OC]

Firearms: collection and dissemination of information on injuries, death, and family dissolution resulting from bullet-related violence (S. 135), S515 [21JA]

———prospective applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions (S. 262), S966 [4FE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs, S7533 [16JY]

———international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), S1433-S1448 [24FE], S1516-S1524 [25FE], S1929 [4MR]

———international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), unanimous-consent agreement, S1418 [13FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S1434-S1448 [24FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), S1418 [13FE], S1444, S1469 [24FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (S. 337), S1404 [13FE], S1440 [24FE]

———international family planning programs (S.J. Res. 14), S923, S926 [4FE], S2033 [6MR]

George, Kelly L.: American Mothers, Inc., West Virginia Mother of the Year award recipient, S4129 [7MY]

Government: national agenda, S1588-S1591 [25FE]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (S. 419), S2129-S2131 [11MR], S5468, S5469, S5472, S5477-S5480 [10JN], S5502, S5546 [11JN], S5584-S5589 [12JN], S10870 [21OC]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (S. 419), unanimous-consent agreement, S5557 [12JN]

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

Health care professionals: training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 101), S481 [21JA], S2333 [14MR]

Housing: provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (S. 1128), S8592 [31JY]

Immigration: immunization requirements for certain internationally adopted children (H.R. 2464), S11630, S11703 [4NO]

———impact of family immigration on small businesses, S3416 [22AP]

———treatment of aliens born in the Philippines or Japan who were fathered by U.S. citizens (S. 111), S492 [21JA]

———waiver of vaccination requirements for children, S8085 [24JY], S8157 [25JY]

INS: study on sponsorship patterns under former immigration law, S2639 [20MR]

Insurance: prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (S. 467), S2444-S2446 [18MR]

International Women's Day: observance, S2148 [11MR]

Joplin, MO: tribute to Life-Choices Pregnancy Center, S10427 [6OC]

Law enforcement: Community Policing To Combat Domestic Violence Program funding, S8064-S8066 [24JY]

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]

March of Dimes (organization): observance of Campaign for Healthier Babies Month, S10870 [21OC]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (S. 1345), S11451-S11453, S11455 [30OC], S11627, S11628 [4NO]

Mexico: investigation into pregnancy-based sex discrimination in the maquiladora industry, S8258 [29JY]

Missouri: observance of Home Education Week, S3127 [14AP]

Morality and ethics: assessment of society, S130 [21JA]

———impact on national agenda, S3895 [1MY]

Mother's Day: observance, S4272-S4274, S4276 [9MY]

National Child Care Professional's Day: designate (S. Res. 139), S11043, S11044 [23OC]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, S10815 [9OC]

National Family Week: designate (S. Res. 93), S5140 [23MY], S12207 [8NO]

National Federation of Independent Business: sponsorship of national petition to abolish current IRS income tax code, S9776 [23SE]

National objectives: condition of society, S7113 [9JY]

———policies to improve quality of life, S3545 [23AP]

National Safe Kids Week: observance, S4250 [8MY]

National Student-Parent Mock Election: funding, S9112, S9113 [11SE]

National Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry: establish, S12201 [8NO]

———establish (S. 1487), S12202 [8NO]

Native Americans: adoption and foster care programs funding, S12564, S12565 [13NO]

———regulations relative to certain adoption and child custody proceedings (S. 569), S3120-S3123 [14AP]

NIH: child abuse and neglect report, S8627 [31JY]

Passports: require that applications for minors have signatures of both parents (S. 692), S3962 [5MY]

Pensions: require pension plans to offer equal survivor retirement benefits to both spouses (S. 107), S488 [21JA]

Public Health Service: permit family planning projects to offer adoption services (S. 45), S406 [21JA]

Public housing: fair market rent system reform, S10737 [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]

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: allow States to waive work and educational requirements for victims of domestic violence, S4832 [21MY]

———clarify family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S9051-S9053, S9062 [10SE], S12091 [8NO]

———clarify regulations relative to domestic violence, S6297 [25JN]

———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]

———nutrition programs funding, S10246 [1OC]

———reform, S846-S848 [30JA], S3084 [14AP], S6299-S6301 [25JN], S8388, S8496 [31JY]

———reform relative to localities with high unemployment rates, S846-S848 [30JA]

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network: tribute, S4661 [16MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S122-S126 [21JA]

Social Security: treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (S. 1370), S11764 [5NO]

Stewart, Sybil S.: Utah Mother of the Year award recipient, S1411 [13FE]

Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, S3694, S3695 [24AP]

Taxation: adjust the dependent care tax credit for inflation (S. 490), S2653 [20MR]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (S. 1285), S10796 [9OC]

———allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative minimum tax liability (S. 1242), S10293 [1OC]

———authorize Federal entities to take control of certain State child support enforcement programs (S. 97), S475 [21JA]

———child tax credit, S6050 [23JN], S6426-S6431, S6461-S6468, S6474, S6475, S6548-S6550 [26JN], S6671 [27JN], S7883 [23JY], S8314-S8316 [30JY], S8455 [31JY]

———child tax credit relative to earned income tax credit, S6691 [27JN]

———deductions for home health care, day care, and respite care for households with an Alzheimer's disease patient (S. 653), S3729 [25AP]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees, S6459 [26JN], S6685 [27JN]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (S. 548), S3394-S3396 [22AP]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (S. 82), S460 [21JA]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (S. 978), S6740 [27JN]

———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (S. 482), S2647 [20MR]

———expand the child and dependent care tax credit (S. 926), S5871 [17JN]

———incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality child care (S. 1037), S7719-S7732 [17JY], S7875 [22JY], S12447 [10NO]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (S. 30), S388 [21JA]

———provide credits for families, S3165, S3166, S3167 [15AP]

———provide credits for families (S. 2), S124, S125, S150, S176 [21JA], S2753 [21MR], S3073, S3074 [14AP]

———provide credits for families (S. 98), S478, S479 [21JA]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (S. 432), S2212, S2214 [12MR]

———rates, S2803-S2808 [8AP], S3164 [15AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 29), S388 [21JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 75), S450-S453 [21JA], S698 [28JA], S1200 [10FE], S2571 [19MR]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (S. 650), S3683 [24AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 935), S5932-S5935 [18JN]

———treatment of child tax credit relative to payroll taxes, S6671, S6672 [27JN]

———treatment of dependent care expenses (S. 654), S3729 [25AP]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, S8456 [31JY]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 479), S2565-S2567 [19MR], S2736 [20MR], S5548 [11JN]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (S. 31), S388 [21JA]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, S5900 [18JN], S6050 [23JN], S6470 [26JN], S8454 [31JY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (S. 849), S5413 [9JN]

———treatment of estate taxes, S3406, S3407 [22AP]

———treatment of families with elderly family members living at home (S. 979), S6741 [27JN]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (S. 241), S876 [30JA]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (S. 288), S1108 [6FE]

———treatment of higher education expenses, S6427 [26JN], S6696, S6720 [27JN]

———treatment of higher education expenses (S. 930), S5951 [19JN]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (S. 180), S634 [22JA]

———treatment of soil and water conservation expenses for farmers who cash rent farmland to family members (S. 429), S2209 [12MR]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (S. 363), S1670 [26FE]

———implementation of ratings system for programming (S. 409), S2021-S2023 [6MR]

———reservation of time for family-oriented programming, S4131 [7MY]

Texas: reform of public welfare programs, S3781, S3783 [29AP], S4203 [8MY]

USIA: Au Pair Cultural Exchange Program reauthorization, S5751 [17JN]

Utah: Family Child Care Provider Appreciation Day observance, S4390 [13MY]

Veterans: accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military installations for certain disabled individuals (S. 1351), S11464 [30OC]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 2367), S11790 [5NO]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (S. 987), S6910 [7JY]

———payment of special annuities to surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces who are ineligible for a survivor annuity under transition laws (S. 350), S1557 [25FE]

Vicari, John and Rosalie: March of Dimes (organization) Family of the Year award recipient, S9090 [10SE]

White House Conference on Child Care: objectives, S11027 [23OC]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (S. 620), S3370, S3371 [17AP]

———protection of reproductive rights (S. 1208), S9791 [23SE]

Working Mother (publication): tribute to family-friendly companies, S11212 [24OC]

Reports

Countries Impacted by Delay in Funding International Family Planning Programs: AID, H542 [13FE]

Programs Impacted by Delay in Funding International Family Planning Programs: AID, H543 [13FE]

University Park Campus School—The School With a Promise: Donna Rodrigues, H8442 [7OC]

Reports filed

Adoption Promotion Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 867) (H. Rept. 105-77), H1908 [28AP]

Allow Families of International Airline Disaster Victims a Fair Jury Trial To Receive Just Compensation for Their Loss: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2005) (H. Rept. 105-201), H5777 [24JY]

Child Exploitation Sentencing Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 900), S10787 [9OC]

Child Support Incentive Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2487) (H. Rept. 105-272), H8053 [26SE]

Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 363) (S. Rept. 105-89), S9968 [25SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 228) (H. Rept. 105-248), H7261 [11SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 143) (H. Rept. 105-89), H2253 [6MY]

Consideration of H.R. 581, Family Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding Restriction Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 46) (H. Rept. 105-3), H451 [11FE]

Consideration of H.R. 867, Adoption Promotion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 134) (H. Rept. 105-82), H1987 [29AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 178) (H. Rept. 105-156), H4833 [26JN]

Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1371), S11863 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2016) (H. Rept. 105-247), H7118 [9SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2016) (H. Rept. 105-150), H4338 [24JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2016) (S. Rept. 105-52), S7708 [17JY]

Disapproval of Line-Item Vetoes in Dept. of Defense Military Construction Appropriations Legislation: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1292), S11033 [23OC]

Disaster Assistance Plans by Foreign Air Carriers: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2476) (H. Rept. 105-371), H9864 [31OC]

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 4) (S. Rept. 105-11), S2787 [7AP]

Immunization Requirements for Certain Internationally Adopted Children: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2464) (H. Rept. 105-289), H8299 [1OC]

Increase Criminal Penalties for Assaulting or Threatening Federal Judges, Their Family Members, and Other Public Servants: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1189), S10787 [9OC]

Increase Service-Connected Disability Benefits for Veterans and Survivors: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2367) (H. Rept. 105-320), H8832 [9OC]

Investment in Education Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1149), S10787 [9OC]

Medicare Eligibility for Benefits for Certain Divorced Individuals Relative to Marriage Requirements: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1956) (H. Rept. 105-208), H5915 [28JY]

National Family Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 93), S11863 [6NO]

National Policy To Control Juvenile Crime and Violence: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 105-86), H2154 [1MY]

Permanent Authority for the Administration of Au Pair Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1211), S9880 [24SE]

Printing Pictures of Missing Children on Senate Mail: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. Rept. 105-34), S6185 [24JN]

Reading Excellence Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2614) (H. Rept. 105-348), H9558 [24OC]

Regulations Relative to Certain Native American Adoption and Child Custody Proceedings: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 569) (S. Rept. 105-156), S12574 [13NO]

Treatment of Citizenship for Foreign Born Children of U.S. Citizens: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 670), S4214 [8MY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 987) (S. Rept. 105-120), S11446 [30OC]

Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 10) (S. Rept. 105-108), S10787 [9OC]

Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1048) (H. Rept. 105-78), H1908 [28AP]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Child Abuse, E1924 [2OC]

———Early Childhood Development and Learning, E998 [21MY]

———New TV Ratings, E240 [12FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Public Welfare Programs Reform Legislation: Colorado General Assembly, E1273 [19JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), H4890 [8JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 228), H7310 [16SE]

Songs

``Rock Me to Sleep'', S4274 [9MY]

Statements

Child Abuse: Danielle Inkel, E1129 [5JN]

———Karen Rice, E1129 [5JN]

Clarify Family Violence Option Under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program: Children's Defense Fund (organization), S9051 [10SE]

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Kim Buchanan, S4632 [16MY]

———Leslie Langford, S4632 [16MY]

Global Population: Vice President Gore, H8510 [7OC]

If My Son Were Alive: Ding Zilin, E1120 [4JN]

International Family Planning Programs Restrictions Relative to Abortion: U.N. International Conference on Population, S1436-S1438 [24FE]

Same Sex Marriage: Kristen Garner, E1237 [17JN]

———Shelley Ouellette, E1237 [17JN]

———Shyla Blair, E1237 [17JN]

Summaries

Academic Program at Liberty Common School, Fort Collins, CO: Randy Everett, E2230 [8NO]

Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act (S. 1345), S11454 [30OC]

California Policy Seminar on Access to Maternity Care in California, E1502 [23JY]

Juvenile Crime Control and Community Protection Act (S. 718), S4223 [8MY]

Michigan Beneficiaries of Child Tax Credit in H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act: Senator Levin, S8456 [31JY]

Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act (S. 513), S2750 [21MR]

Tax Incentives for Investments in Renewal Communities (S. 432), S2213 [12MR]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S9447 [17SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, base realignment and closure, S7822 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), H7317 [16SE]

Earned income tax credit for two or more children, S6421 [26JN]

Effect of S. 1292, disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation, S11426 [30OC]

Estate Tax Reduction Act, S3684, S3685 [24AP]

Military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure appropriations (H.R. 2016), H4881 [8JY]

Senate add-ons to H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S7819, S7820 [22JY]

Testimonies

Coercive Population Control in the People's Republic of China: Chen Yun Fei, H10144 [6NO]

———Hu Shuye, H10145 [6NO]

———Li Bao Yu, H10145 [6NO]

———Weng Kang Di, H10144 [6NO]

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Diane Buster, S4647 [16MY]

———William A. Stone, S4646 [16MY]

Impact of Family Immigration on Small Businesses: Ovidiu Colea, Colbar Art, Inc., S3416 [22AP]

National Endowment for the Arts Funding: Patrick A. Trueman, American Family Association, E667 [15AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 46, consideration of H.R. 581, Family Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding Restriction Act, H552 [13FE]

H. Res. 109, tax rates, H1467 [15AP]

H. Res. 134, consideration of H.R. 867, Adoption Promotion Act, H2012 [30AP]

H. Res. 143, consideration of H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act, H2313 [7MY]

H. Res. 178, consideration of H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4874 [8JY]

H. Res. 228, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H7309 [16SE]

H. Res. 327, Senate amendment to H.R. 867, Adoption and Safe Families Act, H10776-H10782 [13NO]

H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act, H2356-H2360 [8MY]

H.R. 581, Family Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding Restriction Act, H555 [13FE]

H.R. 1048, Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act, H1917-H1931 [29AP]

H.R. 1316, order of precedence to be applied in the payment of Federal employee life insurance benefits, H4232 [24JN]

H.R. 1961, treatment of certain immigration petitions relative to death of the petitioner or beneficiary, E1266 [19JN]

H.R. 2005, allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, H5843 [28JY]

H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S7814-S7817 [22JY]

H.R. 2367, increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors, H9835 [31OC]

H.R. 2464, immunization requirements for certain internationally adopted children, H8870 [21OC]

H.R. 2487, Child Support Incentive Act, H8082-H8084 [29SE]

H.R. 2570, Forced Abortion Condemnation Act, H10139 [6NO]

H.R. 2614, Reading Excellence Act, H10386-H10392 [8NO]

H.R. 2631, disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation, H10375 [8NO]

S. 1, Safe and Affordable Schools Act, S164-S176 [21JA]

S. 2, American Family Tax Relief Act, S177-S185 [21JA]

S. 3, Omnibus Crime Control Act, S191-S221 [21JA]

S. 4, Family Friendly Workplace Act, S222-S223 [21JA], S4327-S4332 [13MY]

S. 10, Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Act, S266-S277 [21JA]

S. 19, Working Families Child Care Act, S353 [21JA]

S. 71, Paycheck Fairness Act, S449 [21JA]

S. 82, Child Care Infrastructure Act, S461 [21JA]

S. 93, child care funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant, S473 [21JA]

S. 97, Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act, S476 [21JA]

S. 101, Domestic Violence Identification and Referral Act, S481 [21JA]

S. 111, treatment of aliens born in the Philippines or Japan who were fathered by U.S. citizens, S492 [21JA]

S. 147, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S531-S533 [21JA]

S. 148, Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act, S533 [21JA]

S. 226, Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act, S757 [28JA]

S. 262, prospective applicability of domestic violence-related weapons possession prohibitions, S967 [4FE]

S. 337, international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S1404 [13FE]

S. 363, Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act, S1671 [26FE]

S. 367, Battered Women's Employment Protection Act, S1679-S1681 [26FE]

S. 419, Birth Defects Prevention Act, S2131 [11MR]

S. 467, Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act, S2445 [18MR]

S. 479, Estate Tax Relief for the American Family Act, S2736-S2739 [20MR]

S. 490, Working Families Child Care Tax Relief Act, S2653 [20MR]

S. 504, Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act, S2677 [20MR]

S. 511, Safe Adoptions and Family Environments Act, S2701-S2706 [20MR]

S. 513, Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act, S2743-S2750 [21MR]

S. 548, Child Care Expansion Act, S3394 [22AP]

S. 569, regulations relative to certain Native American adoption and child custody proceedings, S3120-S3122 [14AP]

S. 650, Estate Tax Reduction Act, S3684 [24AP]

S. 670, treatment of citizenship for foreign born children of U.S. citizens, S4505 [14MY]

S. 670, treatment of foreign born children of U.S. citizens, H5865 [28JY]

S. 671, clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S3847 [30AP]

S. 718, Juvenile Crime Control and Community Protection Act, S4218-S4223 [8MY]

S. 756, Early Childhood Development Act, S4607-S4611 [15MY]

S. 794, revise and extend the grant program for services for children of substance abusers, S5012 [22MY]

S. 822, Kinship Care Act, S5254 [3JN]

S. 920, Adoption Report Card Act, S5808 [17JN]

S. 926, Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act, S5871 [17JN]

S. 934, Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Act, S5934 [18JN]

S. 935, Adoption Promotion Act, S5934 [18JN]

S. 943, allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, S6041 [20JN]

S. 987, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act, S6910 [7JY]

S. 1018, extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, S7487 [15JY]

S. 1037, Creating Improved Delivery of Child Care—Affordable, Reliable, and Educational Act, S7722-S7731 [17JY]

S. 1074, Child Support Reform Act, S8187-S8189 [28JY]

S. 1075, Child Support Assurance Act, S8189 [28JY]

S. 1106, Assets for Independence Act, S8568-S8571 [31JY]

S. 1128, Domestic Violence Victims Housing Act, S8593 [31JY]

S. 1129, Safe Havens for Children Act, S8594 [31JY]

S. 1149, Investment in Education Act, S8828 [4SE], S9092 [10SE], S11499 [30OC]

S. 1151, Child Care Access Means Parents in School Act, S8871 [5SE]

S. 1195, Promotion of Adoption, Safety, and Support for Abused and Neglected Children (PASS) Act, S9645-S9652 [18SE]

S. 1208, Family Planning and Choice Protection Act, S9792-S9795 [23SE]

S. 1211, permanent authority for the administration of au pair programs, S9987 [25SE], H8062 [29SE]

S. 1223, Employee Information Protection Act, S10056 [26SE]

S. 1292, disapproval of line-item vetoes in Dept. of Defense military construction appropriations legislation, S10777, S10802 [9OC]

S. 1292, disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation, S11434 [30OC]

S. 1293, Child Support Performance Improvement Act, S10804-S10807 [9OC]

S. 1309, Early Childhood Development Act, S10958-S10961 [22OC]

S. 1345, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S11453 [30OC]

S. 1371, Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act, S12668 [13NO]

S. 1487, National Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry, S12202 [8NO]

S. 1490, Quality Child Care for Federal Employees Act, S12161-S12163 [8NO]

S. Res. 85, support of individuals affected by breast cancer, S4116 [7MY], S9986 [25SE]

S. Res. 93, National Family Week, S5140 [23MY], S12207 [8NO]

S. Res. 139, National Child Care Professional's Day, S11043 [23OC]