FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

Amendments

Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1566, S1573, S1612, S1615 [22MR]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1631 [23MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4209, S4215, S4216 [18MY], H3892 [6JN]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), S7255 [19JY], S9968, S10011 [5OC], H9562 [10OC]

———authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (S. 1691), S4116 [17MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3051, S3197 [1MY], S3265, S3266 [2MY], S3284, S3333, S3334, S3447, S3448, S3449 [3MY], S3460, S3547, S3548, S3549, S3550, S3552 [4MY], S3594, S3616 [8MY], S3638, S3662, S3738, S3772, S3773, S3774, S3775, S3778, S3781 [9MY], S3851 [10MY], S4026 [16MY], S5579 [21JN]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1630 [30MR], H1764, H1765 [4AP], H1868, H1889, H1902, H1905, H1907, H1908, H1909, H1911, H1916, H1917, H1919, H1922, H1936 [6AP]

Law enforcement officers: extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (S. 1638), S3949, S3951 [15MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), Senate amendment (H. Res. 628), H9847 [12OC]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (S. 400), S827 [24FE], S891, S895, S896 [28FE]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 1507), S5054 [13JN]

———emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (S. 1509), S4214 [18MY]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1038, H1078 [15MR]

Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (S. 1810), S9003 [21SE]

———enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), S10469 [12OC], H9918 [17OC]

Analyses

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act (H.R. 5640), H11986-H11991 [5DE]

Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act (S. 2435), S2750 [13AP]

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises Regulation Consolidation and Improvement (H.R. 3703), E198 [29FE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act (S. 2997), S7917 [27JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, S1642 [23MR], H1621 [30MR]

Articles and editorials

Abuse Program Believes in Ability Without State Aid—Faith-Based Effort Serves as Example, H6832 [25JY]

Addicts Get Tough Love at Victory, H6832 [25JY]

Apple Growers Getting Burned—Epidemic of Fire Blight Devastates Local Crop, S7352 [20JY]

Bad Apples—Fire Blight Is Taking Bite Out of Area Crops—Farmers Seek Federal Financial Assistance for Acres of Dying Trees, S7351 [20JY]

Battered Girlfriends Need Protection, Too, E1441 [11SE]

Big Sugar Seeks Bailout, Gives Money To Help Get Way, S7312 [20JY]

Burdened Families Look for Child-Care Aid, S6419 [11JY]

Constitutional Case for Governmental Cooperation With Faith-Based Social Service Providers, H1923-H1935 [6AP]

Cops, Crime and Clergy—Boston's Commish on How the New Alliance Between Police and Preachers Works, H6834 [25JY]

Crop Insurance an Improvement—With New Insurance Type, Farmers Can Finally Control Part of Their Operations, E534 [11AP]

Don't Be Down on the Farm—What We Can Do To Preserve a National Treasure, S483-S485 [8FE]

Dual Edged Sword of Medicare Reimbursement—The Medicare Provider and Health Maintenance Organization Perspective, E2041-E2043 [31OC]

Easter Special to Ex-Addicts, H6831 [25JY]

End Sugar's Sweet Deal, S7312 [20JY]

Fair Deal for the Poor, S3638 [9MY]

Feeling the Pinch of a Military Salary—For Some Families, Pay Doesn't Cover the Basics, S4537 [6JN]

Feeling the Pinch of a Military Salary—For Some Families Pay Doesn't Cover the Basics, S2289 [6AP]

GOP Team, Praises Drug Rehabilitation Program, H6831 [25JY]

Gospel of St. John, H6835 [25JY]

Inexplicable Neglect, S9249, S9259 [26SE], H8100 [26SE]

Lack of Resources Hampers Students in Poorer Districts, S3586-S3588 [8MY]

Lesson Plan for Gore, S3467 [4MY]

Misdirected Education Money, S1588 [22MR]

New Holy War, H6834 [25JY]

On Home Front, Military Families Struggle With Low Pay, S4538 [6JN]

Savior of the Streets, H6833 [25JY]

State of the Union Recognition Casts San Antonio in Limelight, H6831 [25JY]

Sugar Growers Get Bailout—Purchase of Surplus Will Cost Taxpayers About $60 Million, S7316 [20JY]

Teachers Online but Disconnected, S2110 [4AP]

Two Sides of the American Dream, S7315 [20JY]

U.S. Soldiers Rely on Charity To Support Families, S4538 [6JN]

Voucher Chorus Is Off-Key, S8816 [20SE]

Welfare From the Streets, H6830 [25JY]

Wrong Fix, H6832 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: authorize emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters (see S. 2039), S489 [8FE] (see H.R. 3653), H373 [14FE]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (see S. 2706), S4820 [8JN]

———extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (see H.R. 4979), H7128 [26JY]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see S. 2745), S5241 [15JN] (see H.R. 3996), H1077 [15MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (see S. 2251), S1461 [20MR]

———improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see S. 3049), S8585 [14SE] (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H6599 [19JY]

———payment of special loan deficiency payments to eligible producers who have suffered yield losses due to damaging weather or disasters (see H.R. 5125), H7364 [7SE]

———provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (see S. 3133), S9466 [28SE] (see H.R. 5160), H7502 [12SE]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 512), H3812 [24MY]

Alaska: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 2693), S4820 [8JN]

Armed Forces: establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance (see S. 2322), S1884 [29MR]

———improve benefits for members of reserve components and their dependents (see S. 2514), S3514 [4MY]

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation: funding (see S. 2545), S3916 [11MY]

Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see S. 3036), S8413 [12SE] (see H.R. 4639), H4220 [12JN]

Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform: establish (see H.R. 5593), H11445 [27OC]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 5437), H9634 [10OC]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S4820 [8JN]

Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H1956 [6AP]

———provide benefits for children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from certain types of birth defects (see H.R. 4488), H3412 [18MY]

———provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (see H.R. 5592), H11445 [27OC]

College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act: technical corrections (see S. 3276), S11762 [11DE]

Colleges and universities: assist at-risk students to stay in school and complete their academic programs (see S. 3170), S9945 [5OC]

———enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 407), H8061 [25SE]

Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H5842 [11JY]

———provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 2445), S2728 [13AP]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance for the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 2335), S1986 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (see S. 2332), S1986 [30MR] (see H.R. 4523), H3649 [23MY]

———extend Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate (see S. 2996), S7840 [27JY] (see H.R. 3864), H756 [8MR]

———increase number of farmers eligible for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans or loan deficiency payments and the amount of production for which such loans and payments are available (see H.R. 4524), H3649 [23MY]

———provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (see H.R. 5051), H7208 [27JY]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers (see S. 2221), S1315 [8MR] (see H.R. 3863), H756 [8MR]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers for any month in which the national average price for Class III milk is less than a certain target price (see H.R. 5649), H12066 [8DE]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (see S. 2079), S680 [22FE] (see H.R. 3685), H509 [16FE] (see H. Con. Res. 296), H1629 [30MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes (see S. 2397), S2526 [11AP] (see H.R. 4660), H4484 [14JN]

———participation of certain Medicare-eligible individuals in pharmacy programs (see H.R. 3697), H510 [16FE]

Dept. of Education: establish school dropout prevention programs (see H.R. 5015), H7206 [27JY]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 2137), S1025 [1MR] (see H.R. 4539), H3813 [24MY]

———transfer Impact Aid Program funding responsibility for military connected children and property to the Dept. of Defense (see S. 3158), S9861 [4OC]

Dept. of HHS: initiate adoption awareness program, establish Adoption Awareness Commission, and promote adoptions through increased public awareness and tax incentives (see H.R. 5574), H11206 [26OC]

———provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H5842 [11JY]

Dept. of HUD: conduct a study of developing residential mortgage programs that provide low-cost health insurance in connection with low-cost mortgages (see H.R. 4348), H2410 [2MY]

———consolidate and reform Federal housing programs to empower communities and individuals (see S. 2968), S7839 [27JY]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see S. 2602), S4297 [23MY] (see H.R. 3613), H339 [10FE]

———waive contract termination notification requirements for families receiving project-based rental assistance in cases where such termination facilitates purchase of the home by the tenant (see H.R. 5566), H11206 [26OC]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (see S. 2061), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 4178), H1763 [4AP]

———provide grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to assist law enforcement in locating missing adults (see S. 2065), S613 [10FE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H4336 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: provide cost sharing for CALFED water enhancement programs in California (see H.R. 5130), H7364 [7SE]

———weatherization assistance grants funding (see S. 2429), S2727 [13AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 2953), S7839 [27JY]

———revise effective date for award of disability compensation for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation (see H.R. 5474), H10036 [17OC]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (see S. 2543), S3916 [11MY]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 607), H8735 [3OC]

District of Columbia: include longevity bonus payments in calculation of retirement benefits for police officers (see H.R. 4099), H1476 [28MR]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (see S. 2527), S3692 [9MY]

Economy: provide certain benefits and assistance to workers displaced by trade or technology and assist communities experiencing economic distress in restructuring their economies (see H.R. 5473), H9907 [16OC]

Education: apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (see S. 2452), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4307), H2338 [13AP]

———assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H920 [9MR]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies (see H.R. 3867), H756 [8MR]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies to raise student achievement levels, and provide achievement-based college assistance to students in failing schools (see S. 2159), S1117 [2MR]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (see S. 2929), S7656 [26JY]

———establish comprehensive early childhood education programs and early childhood education staff development programs (see H.R. 5071), H7209 [27JY]

———establish summer academic enrichment programs (see S. 2970), S7839 [27JY]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in schools with a high concentration of low-income students (see H.R. 4956), H7002 [25JY]

———permit certain incarcerated students to receive Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 5632), H11927 [14NO]

———promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (see S. 2615), S4297 [23MY] (see H.R. 5043), H7207 [27JY]

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 4487), H3308 [17MY]

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see S. 2347), S2107 [4AP] (see H.R. 4176), H1763 [4AP]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see S. 2978), S7840 [27JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H1628 [30MR]

———ensure services for students are coordinated (see H.R. 4891), H6599 [19JY]

———extend programs and activities (see H.R. 4508), H3474 [19MY]

Employment: amend Federal program for compensation of work injuries (see H.R. 3829), H641 [2MR]

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 5305), H8200 [26SE]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit Federal financial assistance to individuals who are delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 3929), H1075 [15MR]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance benefit period for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs (see H.R. 4077), H1405 [23MR]

———provide additional benefits for individuals receiving trade adjustment assistance (see H.R. 4466), H3172 [16MY]

———provide trade adjustment assistance for certain workers (see H.R. 4641), H4220 [12JN]

———provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co. (see S. 2611), S4297 [23MY]

Government: increase accountability for Government spending and reduce wasteful spending (see H.R. 5317), H8405 [27SE]

Health: increase State immunization programs funding (see S. 2443), S2728 [13AP] (see H. Con. Res. 315), H2511 [3MY]

———require States to provide a minimum level of access to health care to all citizens as a condition for participation in Federal health care funding programs (see H.R. 4075), H1405 [23MR]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see S. 3125), S9381 [27SE]

Health care facilities: provide relief for essential hospitals in certain regions and assist in the long-range economic recovery of such hospitals (see H.R. 4622), H4173 [9JN] (see H.R. 5228), H7932 [20SE]

Higher Education Act: improve integrity of Federal student loan programs relative to students at foreign institutions (see S. 3143), S9605 [2OC]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H572 [29FE]

———delegate the primary responsibility for the preservation and expansion of affordable low-income housing to States and localities (see S. 3033), S8413 [12SE]

———establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (see H.R. 4664), H4484 [14JN]

———expand homeownership (see S. 3274), S11575 [5DE] (see H.R. 5640), H12017 [5DE]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), consideration (see H. Res. 460), H1851 [5AP]

———extend applicability of downpayment simplification for the FHA single family housing mortgage insurance program (see H.R. 5193), H7722 [18SE]

———increase the availability of affordable housing through certain housing assistance funding (see H.R. 5604), H11621 [30OC]

———preserve assisted housing for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons, and certain families (see S. 2733), S5240 [15JN]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 3884), H920 [9MR]

———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see S. 2112), S867 [28FE]

Immigration: extend the special immigrant religious worker program (see S. 2406), S2616 [12AP] (see S. 3226), S10801 [19OC] (see H.R. 4068), H1404 [23MR]

———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4282), H2337 [13AP]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: contract support costs (see H.R. 4148), H1628 [30MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2341), S2106 (see S. 2355), S2107 [4AP] (see H.R. 3545), H49 [27JA] (see H.R. 4055), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4090), H1405 [23MR] (see H.R. 4240), H2122 [11AP] (see H.R. 5180), H7651 [14SE]

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see S. 2444), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4563), H3868 [25MY]

Kentucky: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 5230), H7932 [20SE]

LIHEAP: extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 5560), H11194 [25OC]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (see H.R. 4386), H2606 [4MY]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), Senate amendment (see H. Res. 628), H9766 [11OC]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 5002), H7206 [27JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 2299), S1747 [27MR] (see H.R. 3698), H510 [16FE]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (see S. 2826), S6121 [29JN]

———coverage of ambulance services to certain rural outpatient facilities (see H.R. 4549), H3867 [25MY]

———establish a voluntary program for low-income beneficiaries to obtain assistance in paying for outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4235), H2121 [11AP]

———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S2526 [11AP] (see H.R. 4239), H2122 [11AP]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see S. 3082), S8823 [20SE] (see H.R. 4395), H2654 [8MY]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H5955 [12JY]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (see S. 2505), S3513 [4MY] (see H.R. 4771), H5240 [27JN]

———increase awareness of the availability of cost-sharing assistance to eligible low-income beneficiaries (see S. 2814), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 4797), H5654 [29JN]

———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (see H.R. 5152), H7501 [12SE]

———increase payment amount for renal dialysis services (see S. 3038), S8413 [12SE]

———limit number of residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine eligible for graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 5348), H8551 [29SE]

———make improvements to the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 3050), S8585 [14SE]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 5042), H7207 [27JY]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 5005), H7206 (see H.R. 5089), H7209 [27JY]

———reduce waiting period for benefits for disabled individuals (see H.R. 5556), H11194 [25OC]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals (see S. 2556), S3946 [15MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H3867 [25MY] (see H.R. 5282), H8061 [25SE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 2997), S7840 [27JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: repeal State grant limitations (see H.R. 3635), H340 [10FE]

National School Lunch Act: provide alternative reimbursement rates under the child and adult care food program for rural family or group day care homes (see H.R. 5383), H8799 [4OC]

Native Americans: anniversary of Indian self-determination policy (see S. Res. 277), S1671 [23MR]

———authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (see S. 2052), S612 [10FE]

———treatment of certain income for tribe members, age 50 or older, relative to determining eligibility for means-tested public assistance benefits (see H.R. 4858), H6051 [13JY]

Poverty: enhance flexibility in individual development account programs to encourage savings for poor working families (see S. 3214), S10716 [18OC]

———establish a commission to study and make recommendations on marginal tax rates for the working poor (see H.R. 3839), H647 [6MR]

Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 2023), S285 [2FE]

Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate a limitation on benefits (see H.R. 5245), H7990 [21SE]

SBA: reauthorize loan programs (see S. 3236), S10999 [25OC] (see H.R. 5545), H11194 [25OC] (see H.R. 5652), H12080 [11DE] (see H.R. 5654), H12085 [13DE] (see H.R. 5667), H12531 [15DE]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (see S. 3121), S9381 [27SE] (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (see H. Res. 439), H996 [14MR]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (see H.R. 3845), H756 [8MR]

Social Security: create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 2435), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 5081), H7209 [27JY]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 4817), H5736 [10JY]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H6051 [13JY]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 2923), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 2976), S7840 [27JY]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see S. 2434), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4393), H2654 [8MY]

———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 5192), H7651 [14SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see S. 3077), S8823 [20SE] (see S. 3165), S9944 [5OC] (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE] (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE] (see H.R. 5543), H11193 [25OC] (see H.R. 5601), H11620 [30OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO] (see H.R. 5661), H12094 [14DE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 2477), S3023 [27AP] (see H.R. 4651), H4336 [13JN]

———provide for more equitable distribution of block grant funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5281), H8061 [25SE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see S. 2585), S4103 [17MY] (see H.R. 4481), H3308 [17MY]

———use earnings level currently applicable solely to blind individuals as uniform level in determining disabilities (see H.R. 5553), H11194 [25OC]

SSA: prepare for the needs of the 21st century (see H.R. 5447), H9767 [11OC]

States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (see S. 2417), S2727 [13AP]

———require use of Federal highway funds for projects in high priority corridors (see S. 2713), S5027 [13JN] (see H.R. 4629), H4174 [9JN] (see H.R. 4638), H4220 [12JN]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow employees and self-employed individuals to deduct taxes paid for Social Security and Medicare (see H.R. 5064), H7208 [27JY]

———designate educational empowerment zones in certain low-income areas and give a tax incentive to attract teachers to work in such areas (see H.R. 5584), H11207 [26OC]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts (see S. 2779), S5663 [22JN]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H454 [15FE] (see H.R. 4214), H1957 [6AP] (see H.R. 4245), H2238 [12AP]

———permit the disclosure of return information to verify the accuracy of information provided on applications for Federal student financial aid (see H.R. 4661), H4484 [14JN]

———provide economic relief to farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 5386), H8799 [4OC]

———strengthen effectiveness of earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and promoting work (see S. 2825), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 5524), H10534 [23OC]

———treatment of payments received pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus (see H.R. 5211), H7870 [19SE]

Transportation: make certain passenger rail projects eligible for funding under the Federal highway program (see H.R. 3630), H340 [10FE]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Act: expand after-school activities and services (see H.R. 5227), H7932 [20SE]

———include public libraries (see H.R. 4947), H7002 [25JY]

Veterans: increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 5502), H10472 [19OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide compensation and benefits to children of female Vietnam veterans who were born with certain birth defects (see S. 2494), S3258 [2MY] (see S. 2544), S3916 [11MY]

Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: extend authorization (see S. 2049), S538 [9FE]

White Earth Tribal and Community College: add to list of land grant institutions (see S. 2802), S5884 [27JN] (see H.R. 5280), H8061 [25SE]

Women: improve health and reduce health care costs for low-income and uninsured women by expanding existing screening and preventive health programs (see S. 2635), S4460 [25MY]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S5790 [26JN]

Conference reports

Agricultural Risk Protection Act (H.R. 2559), H3763-H3804 [24MY]

Minimum Wage Increase, Taxpayer Relief, Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program Corrections, Pain Management Promotion, and Small Business Programs Improvement (H.R. 2614), H10909-H11087 [25OC]

Descriptions

Local Housing Opportunities Act (S. 2968), S7868-S7870 [27JY]

Excerpts

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4577): Child Care Development Block Grant funding provisions, H4434 [14JN]

Explanations

Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act (S. 1402), H9931-H9941 [17OC]

———Senate Amendments to House Amendments, S10504-S10513 [12OC]

Factsheets

Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act (S. 2435), S2751 [13AP]

Children of Female Vietnam Veterans' Benefits Act (S. 2494), S3262 [2MY]

Letters

Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund use by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors: Senator Grassley, S5100 [14JN]

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act: Frank O'Bannon, Governor of Indiana, H1900 [6AP]

Book Stamp Act: Adele Robinson, National Association for the Education of Young Children, S4320 [23MY]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S4320 [23MY]

———Patricia Schroeder, Association of American Publishers, Inc., S4320 [23MY]

———Richard E. Sells, Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., S4321 [23MY]

———Steve Cohen, 4 To 14.COM (business), S4320 [23MY]

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, H2690 [9MY]

Disaster assistance to fruit producers: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]

Family Care Act: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, S7661 [26JY]

———Deborah F. Dietrich, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, S7661 [26JY]

———Gregg Haifley, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S7661 [26JY]

———Kathy Thornton and Catherine Pinkerton, NETWORK (organization), S7662 [26JY]

———Kerb Kuhn, Premier, Inc., S7662 [26JY]

———Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S7661 [26JY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S7662 [26JY]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S7662 [26JY]

———Stanley B. Peck, American Dental Hygienists' Association, S7661 [26JY]

FHA Downpayment Simplification Extension Act: William P. Killmer, National Association of Home Builders, H7744 [19SE]

Graduate medical education payments: several Members of Congress, S6208 [30JN]

Improve health and reduce health care costs for low-income and uninsured women by expanding existing screening and preventive health programs: Diane L. Balma, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, S4464 [25MY]

———Phyllis Greenberger and Roberta Biegel, Society for Women's Health Research, S4464 [25MY]

———Sandra C. Raymond, National Osteoporosis Foundation, S4464 [25MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding: National Governors' Association, S905 [29FE]

———Senator Voinovich, S1372 [9MR]

Information Technology Act: Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching With Technology, S2112 [4AP]

LSC funding: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, H4972 [22JN]

Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion to include parents of low-income families: several organizations, S2414 [7AP]

Medicaid coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs: Barbara Morrow, S2325 [6AP]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: Deborah F. Dietrich, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, S8853 [20SE]

———Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S8853 [20SE]

———Kenneth E. Raske, Greater New York Hospital Association, S8854 [20SE]

———Larry S. Gage, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, S8852 [20SE]

———National Immigration Law Center, S8852 [20SE]

———Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S8853 [20SE]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S8853 [20SE]

———Thomas J. Van Coverden, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S8853 [20SE]

Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: Alliance To Save Cancer Care Access, H11224 [26OC]

———American Association of Blood Banks, American Red Cross, and America's Blood Centers (organization), H11226 [26OC]

———American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, H11221 [26OC]

———American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, H11227 [26OC]

———Ann B. Howard, American Federation of HomeCare Providers, Inc., H11221 [26OC]

———Armin D. Weinberg, Intercultural Cancer Council, H11224 [26OC]

———Bill Finerfrock, Rural Health Clinics (organization), H11218 [26OC]

———Carolyn S. Markey, Visiting Nurse Associations of America, H11221 [26OC]

———Charles B. Mullins, University of Texas, H11220 [26OC]

———Charles L. DeBrunner, National Association of Urban Critical Access Hospitals, H11218 [26OC]

———Clark R. Law, Association for Ohio Philanthropic Homes, Housing and Service for the Aging, H11222 [26OC]

———Craig A. Becker, FACHE (organization), H11219 [26OC]

———Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society, H11223 [26OC]

———David LaBlanc, Lifecare Management Services (organization), H11223 [26OC]

———Donald W. Fisher, American Medical Group Association, H11219 [26OC]

———Edward A. Eckenhoff, American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association, H11217 [26OC]

———Gary Goldstein, Kennedy Krieger Institute, H11218 [26OC]

———Geraldine Brueckner, National Association of Long Term Hospitals, H11218 [26OC]

———Howard G. Capek and Matthew J. Ripperger, U.S. Healthcare (business), H11228 [26OC]

———Howard J. Braverman, American Optometric Association, H11226 [26OC]

———Jane V. White, American Dietetic Association, H11226 [26OC]

———Jeff Immelt, General Electric Co., H11227 [26OC]

———John Davis, National Kidney Foundation, H11225 [26OC]

———John W. Corwin, Glaucoma Foundation, H11225 [26OC]

———Judith Baskins, National PACE Association, H11222 [26OC]

———Karen A. Davie, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, H11222 [26OC]

———Leah Mullin, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, H11225 [26OC]

———Mark Covall, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, H11220 [26OC]

———Mary R. Grealy, Health Care Leadership Council, H11220 [26OC]

———Michael Walker, Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, H11221 [26OC]

———Mike Dugan, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, H11225 [26OC]

———Nancy Brinker, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, H11225 [26OC]

———National Orthotic Manufacturers Association, H11227 [26OC]

———Pam Bailey, Advanced Medical Technology Association, H11227 [26OC]

———Patient Access to Transplantation Coalition, H11222 [26OC]

———Peters D. Willson, National Association of Children's Hospitals, H11218 [26OC]

———Phyllis Landrieu, Tenet Healthcare Corp., H11227 [26OC]

———Richard M. Scrushy, Health South (business), H11217 [26OC]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S11110 [26OC], S11203 [27OC]

———Rowen K. Zetterman, American College of Gastroenterology, H11226 [26OC]

———S. Bradley Traverse, Acute Long Term Hospital Association, H11218 [26OC]

———Sam W. Cameron, Mississippi Hospital Association, H11219 [26OC]

———Thomas A. Connaughton, American Association for Homecare, H11220 [26OC]

———Thomas A. Scully, Federation of American Hospitals, H11217 [26OC]

———Thomas J. Van Coverden, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., H11217 [26OC]

———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care, H11220 [26OC]

———William L. Rich III, American Academy of Ophthalmology, H11226 [26OC]

———William Teutsch, Association of Surgical Technologists, H11227 [26OC]

———several Representatives, E2031 [30OC]

———several hospital and healthcare associations, H11500 [29OC]

———several religious organizations, H11222 [26OC]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act: Aaron Gornstein, Citizens' Housing and Planning Association, Inc., S7917 [27JY]

———Barbara J. Thompson, National Council of State Housing Agencies, S7918 [27JY]

———Dennis R. Cronk, National Association of Realtors, S7918 [27JY]

———Gerald M. Howard, National Association of Home Builders, S7918 [27JY]

———Kristin Siglin, Enterprise Foundation, S7919 [27JY]

———Mary Ann Gleason, National Coalition for the Homeless, S7918 [27JY]

———Robert J. Reid, National Housing Conference (organization), S7917 [27JY]

———Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition, S7918 [27JY]

National Family Caregiver Support Program: Barbara Boyd, S11055 [26OC]

Native Americans rural development programs funding: JoAnn K. Chase, National Congress of American Indians, S7374 [20JY]

———Veronica N. Gonzales, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, S7374 [20JY]

Pell Grant Program funding: Cyndy Littlefield, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, S2392 [7AP]

———David L. Warren and Stanley O. Ikenberry, Student Aid Alliance, S2392 [7AP]

———Ellin Nolan and Edward Kealy, Committee for Education Funding, S2392 [7AP]

———Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S2391 [7AP]

Price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane: Wade Steiger, S7324 [20JY]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act: several organizations, S1566 [22MR]

SBA politicalization relative to plans for an ``SBA Day'' right before the election: Senator Bond, Committee on Small Business (Senate), S11229 [27OC]

School social promotion: NAACP, S1076 [2MR]

Senior citizen meal programs funding: Jan Bonine, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, H9708 [11OC]

———Margot L. Clark, Meals on Wheels Association of America, H9707 [11OC]

———Michael F. Ouellette, Senior Citizens League, H9708 [11OC]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: Raymond J. Uhalde, Dept. of Labor, S11059 [26OC]

State Children's Health Insurance Program funding: Frank O'Bannon, Governor of Indiana, S5827 [27JN]

———Michael O. Leavitt and Parris N. Glendening, National Governors' Association, S5827 [27JN]

———Mike Huckabee and James B. Hunt, Jr., National Governors' Association, S5826 [27JN]

———several health care and community service organizations, S5825 [27JN]

———several Senators, S5826, S5827 [27JN]

Subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance: Charles L. Calkins, Fleet Reserve Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Dennis F. Pierman, Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, S2289 [6AP]

———Edwin Dorn, Dept. of Defense, S2290 [6AP]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, S2288 [6AP]

———John W. Smart, VFW, S2287 [6AP]

———Joseph A. Violante, DAV, S2287 [6AP]

———Larry D. Rhea, Non Commissioned Officers Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Mark H. Olanoff, Retired Enlisted Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., S2288 [6AP]

———Paul W. Arcari, Retired Officers Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Richard D. Murray, National Association for Uniformed Services, S2287 [6AP]

———Senator Domenici, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S2289, S2290 [6AP]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, S2287 [6AP]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S2290 [6AP]

Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding: Thomas L. Garthwaite, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H4872 [21JN]

Violence Against Women Act: Patricia Blau Reuss, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, S9457 [28SE]

———President Clinton, S9457 [28SE]

———several Representatives, H8071, H8100 [26SE]

———several women's and children's organizations, S9458 [28SE]

Violence Against Women Act reauthorization: Gloria M. Buccino, Mount Kisco, NY, Police Dept., H1726 [4AP]

Lists

Contributors to disaster assistance for Southwest Georgia, S1741 [27MR]

Organizations supporting Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S11110 [26OC], S11203 [27OC]

Patient Access to Transplantation Coalition members, H11223 [26OC]

Possible State losses of State-Children's Health Insurance Program funds, S7892 [27JY]

Republican Party history of cutting education funding in appropriations bills, S6631 [13JY]

Supporters of S. 2137, Holocaust Education Assistance Act, S1028 [1MR]

Memorandums

Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program: Dept. of Education, H4289-H4291 [13JN]

NSF Competitive Grant Awards to Public and Private Schools To Hire Master Teachers: David M. Ackerman, H10619 [24OC]

Motions

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H9847 [12OC]

Outlines

Democratic proposal on Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: Representatives Rangel and Dingell, H11553 [30OC]

Papers

Graduate Physician Training Positions: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S7785 [27JY]

Press releases

Governor Requests Disaster Designation for Fruit Growers in South and Southwest Michigan: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]

House To Decide Whether Americans Should Be Told the Truth About the Most Common STD, Human Papilloma Virus: Medical Institute on Human Papilloma Virus, H2692 [9MY]

Regulations

Illinois Procurement Code on eligibility for certain Federal aid funding, S9870 [4OC]

Remarks in House

African Americans: race-based assistance programs funding, H243 [8FE]

———relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H11248 [26OC]

Agriculture: disaster assistance to fruit producers, H5705 [10JY]

———emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers, H5785, H5786 [11JY]

———extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (H.R. 4979), E1337 [27JY]

———Federal farm policies, H8606 [2OC]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (H.R. 3513), H1947 [6AP]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year, H7064 [26JY]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, E534 [11AP]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3817-H3828, H3857 [25MY], E887, E888 [6JN], E936 [9JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 512), H3816, H3817 [25MY]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, E1212 [11JY]

American Association of People With Disabilities: tribute, H6757 [24JY]

Appalachian region: problem of hunger, E944 [9JN], E999-E1002 [14JN]

BIA: insure equitable distribution of Indian Health Service medical assistance payments to underfunded tribes, H4475 [14JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H241-H247 [8FE]

CCC: disaster assistance funding for onion farmers in Orange County, NY, H5709, H5710 [10JY]

———limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5562-H5574 [29JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: children's health programs funding, H4307 [13JN]

Child Care Development Block Grant: funding, H4050, H4054 [8JN], H4204-H4208, H4210-H4214 [12JN], H4434, H4435 [14JN], E990 [13JN]

Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care, H7974 [21SE]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, H19 [27JA], H367 [14FE]

———use of State Children's Health Insurance Program funds, H8038-H8040 [25SE]

Coastal Community Conservation Act: nonpoint pollution control programs, E100 [9FE]

Colleges and universities: enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), H8005, H8006 [25SE]

———enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 407), H8006 [25SE]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act, H5291 [27JN]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and strategic planning communities, E990 [13JN]

Congressional Rural Caucus: reestablishment to address issues impacting rural areas, H954, H955, H956, H957, H959 [14MR], E306, E307, E309 [14MR]

Connecticut: recovery of disaster aid payments made to oyster harvesters, H5692, H5693 [10JY]

Contra Costa County, CA: eligibility to receive offshore oil drilling environmental impact assistance, H2890, H2891 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: disaster assistance to apple farmers in the Northeast, H1618 [30MR], H5790 [11JY]

———establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), H1973-H1975 [10AP], H3892 [6JN]

———provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (H.R. 5051), H7195 [27JY]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H5783, H5784 [11JY]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (H. Con. Res. 296), H2623-H2628 [8MY]

———senior citizen meal programs funding through reductions in Food for Peace Program, H5588-H5591 [29JN]

———specialty crops assistance funding, H1568 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: impact of spending reductions on social and domestic programs, H3965 [7JN], E391 [22MR]

———reliance of military families on food stamps, H1563 [29MR], H8051 [25SE]

———use available funds to implement special supplemental food benefit program for personnel stationed overseas, H9663 [11OC]

———use available funds to implement special supplemental food benefit program for personnel stationed overseas (H.R. 1779), H1551 [29MR]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding for any efforts to restrict military recruiting at secondary schools, H4284, H4285 [13JN]

———teacher transition programs funding, H4248-H4249 [13JN], H12495 [15DE]

Dept. of HHS: senior citizens programs funding, H4297-H4300 [13JN]

Dept. of HUD: allow religious organizations to compete for grants on same basis as private organizations, H1919-H1935 [6AP]

———allow use of Section 8 funds to provide cash assistance for purchase of homes, H1902 [6AP]

———empowerment zones funding, H4760, H4761, H4764, H4765 [20JN]

———establish a pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated high-crime areas, E1910 [25OC]

———establish a pilot program to provide homeownership assistance to disabled families, E1910 [25OC]

———Gun Buyback Program funding, H762 [9MR]

———HOME Loan Guarantee Program funding, H1867 [6AP]

———Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS Program funding, H1914-H1917 [6AP]

———Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4751, H4753 [20JN], E1078 [22JN], E1149 [29JN]

———include builders and building inspectors on consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction, H1902 [6AP]

———Inspector General report on wasteful spending, H5441 [29JN]

———modify eligibility requirements for Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program grants, H1936, H1937 [6AP]

———Native American housing programs funding, H4626 [19JN]

———offer discounts on foreclosed homes to teachers and public safety officers, H1861, H1901, H1904 [6AP]

———Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight funding, H4767-H4770 [20JN]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons, H1511 [29MR]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (H.R. 3613), E1281 [19JY]

———Public Housing Operating Fund funding, H4746-H4750 [20JN]

———Section 8 housing programs funding, H1350 [23MR]

———section 8 housing voucher funding, H4626 [19JN], H4907 [21JN]

———section 8 housing voucher funding through reductions in NASA space station program, H4893-H4897 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs, H11291 [26OC]

———make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (H.R. 4178), H8781 [4OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program, H4281 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H4544-H4550 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for providing assistance to emergency response organizations (H.R. 3155), H1593 [30MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits, H4887 [21JN]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (H.R. 3256), H7007 [26JY]

———revise effective date for award of disability compensation for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation (H.R. 5474), E1817 [17OC]

———Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4870-H4877 [21JN], E1095 [23JN]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), H9562-H9569 [10OC]

———authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 607), H8663-H8673 [3OC]

District of Columbia: include longevity bonus payments in calculation of retirement benefits for police officers (H.R. 4099), E429 [28MR]

———prohibit location of needle exchange programs within 1,000 feet of areas where children may be present, H7588-H7590 [14SE], H8752, H8753 [4OC]

———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7031, H7032, H7034, H7035, H7050-H7053 [26JY], H7283 [7SE]

Domestic policy: effect of political party objectives on the economy, H11866 [13NO]

Droughts: rural water needs funding, H5537, H5538, H5541 [29JN]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H1141 [21MR], H1482, H1490, H1492, H1493, H1494, H1524-H1540 [29MR], H1619 [30MR], H4197-H4201 [12JN]

Economic Development Administration: provide adjustment assistance to communities adversely affected by the implementation of permanent normal trade relations with the People's Republic of China, H5054, H5055 [23JN]

Economy: relief for communities in distress due to plant closures, mergers, layoffs, or other economic changes, H4656, H4658 [19JN]

Education: apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (H.R. 4307), H7507 [13SE], E588 [13AP]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, E613 [2MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (H.R. 2300), E840 [25MY]

———assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (H.R. 3873), E276 [9MR]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies, H11466, H11469, H11472 [28OC]

———Pell Grant Program funding, H2250 [13AP], H4052, H4053 [8JN], H4260-H4264 [13JN], H9806 [11OC]

———promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (H.R. 5043), E1377 [27JY]

———promote family literacy projects (H.R. 3222), H7459-H7470 [12SE], E1467, E1476 [13SE], E1486 [14SE]

———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (H.R. 2344), H7971-H7974 [21SE]

———return control to local educational agencies, H8412 [28SE]

———student loan programs funding, H9806 [11OC]

———TRIO Programs funding, E1026 [15JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (H.R. 4141), H2750-H2757 [9MY], E463 [30MR], E613 [2MY]

———prohibit funding to the Native Hawaiian Education Program, H4282-H4284 [13JN]

———Title I grants funding, H4204-H4208 [12JN]

Executive Office of the President: tribute to Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities, H6757 [24JY]

Families and domestic relations: demonstration projects to support State and local efforts to provide partial or full wage replacement for childbirth, adoption, or other caregiving needs (H.R. 2500), H7974 [21SE]

———grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling, H2718 [9MY], H8251, H8257, H8262 [27SE], E1707 [6OC]

FEMA: disaster relief funding, H4844, H4845 [21JN]

———investigate failure of State and local governments to return unused disaster funds, H6782 [25JY]

———make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, H9645, H9649, H9655, H9662 [11OC]

———make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (H.R. 1168), H5008 [22JN], H5174 [27JN], E475 [3AP]

Firearms: condition certain State justice assistance grants on implementation of handgun registration systems (H.R. 2917), H2961 [11MY]

Fish and fishing: commercial lobster fisheries assistance funding, H1567 [29MR]

———West Coast fisheries assistance funding, H1484, H1490, H1491, H1567 [29MR]

Food Stamp Program: eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, H6604 [20JY]

Food stamps: prevent fraud and abuse, H1854 [6AP]

———provide for a national standard of interoperability and portability for electronic benefit transfer systems (S. 1733), H62-H65 [31JA], E63 [2FE]

Gore, Vice President: announcement concerning the release of disaster assistance to fruit growers in Pennsylvania, E1161 [30JN]

Government: increase accountability for Government spending and reduce wasteful spending, H9638 [11OC]

———reduce waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, H1633 [3AP], E421 [27MR]

———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal payments, benefits, services, and tax advantages (H.R. 3221), H5564 [29JN], E939 [9JN], E986 [13JN]

———waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, H8294-H8298 [27SE], H8440-H8444 [28SE]

Guam: Compact and Impact Aid funding, H8656 [3OC]

———Compact and Impact Aid funding relative to unrestricted migration with Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, H4224 [13JN]

Head Start Program: funding, H1829, H1830 [5AP], H4204-H4208, H4215 [12JN]

Health: increase State immunization programs funding (H. Con. Res. 315), H2486 [3MY]

Health care facilities: payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, H8254 [27SE]

———provide relief for essential hospitals in certain regions and assist in the long-range economic recovery of such hospitals (H.R. 4622), H4171 [9JN]

———provide relief for essential hospitals in certain regions and assist in the long-range economic recovery of such hospitals (H.R. 5228), E1546 [20SE]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 3703), E197 [29FE], E737 [17MY], E1384 [27JY]

———establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (H.R. 4664), E1005 [14JN]

———expand homeownership, E1910 [25OC], E1974 [28OC]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1801 [5AP], H1857-H1941 [6AP], H7744 [19SE], E520 [10AP], E527 [11AP], E775 [19MY], E1921 [25OC]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), amendment process, H1623 [30MR]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), consideration (H. Res. 460), H1855-H1857 [6AP]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), corrections in engrossment, H1941 [6AP]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 5640), H11960-H11996 [5DE], E2149 [7DE], E2173 [11DE], E2182 [14DE]

———extend applicability of downpayment simplification for the FHA single family housing mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5193), H7743-H7745 [19SE]

———provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians, H1901 [6AP], E775 [19MY], E1907 [25OC], E2173 [11DE]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (H.R. 3884), E274 [9MR]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions and allow adjustable-rate mortgages, H4754-H4759 [20JN]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions, H1862, H1865, H1902-H1908 [6AP]

———restructure financing for assisted housing for senior citizens, H4907 [21JN]

———strike increase in median household income relative to housing assistance eligibility through community development block grant funds, H1911-H1914 [6AP], E527 [11AP]

Hunger: eradication in the U.S., H4345 [14JN]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance to North Carolina, H1504, H1513, H1515, H1567 [29MR], H5089 [26JN], H5615 [29JN], H7640 [14SE], E1201 [11JY]

Immigration: extend the special immigrant religious worker program (H.R. 4068), H7778-H7780 [19SE]

Indian Health Service: extend program for direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors and expand program eligibility to other tribes and tribal organizations (S. 406), H9957-H9959 [17OC]

———funding, H4557-H4569, H4583 [15JN]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: contract support costs (H.R. 4148), H10026-H10028 [17OC], H10082 [18OC], E462 [30MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3545), E22 [27JA]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2349 [2MY], H2414, H2449-H2457 [3MY], H2555 [4MY], H7702 [18SE], H8002-H8004 [25SE], E386 [22MR], E609 [2MY], E624 [3MY], E634, E638, E639 [4MY], E678 [9MY], E1595 [26SE]

———funding, H1066 [15MR], H4062, H4088-H4090 [8JN], H9810-H9816 [11OC], H11750 [1NO], H11800, H11801 [2NO]

———funding through reductions in Comprehensive School Reform Program, H4288-H4291 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Job Corps, H4275, H4276 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Ready-to-Learn television program, H4267-H4269 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in the Office of Education Research and Improvement, H4270, H4271, H4310 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, H4265-H4267 [13JN], E995 [14JN]

———reauthorize, H6757 [24JY]

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations, H2486 [3MY]

IRS: impact of technical advice memoranda on the low-income housing tax credit program, E2171 [11DE]

Law enforcement officers: extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (S. 1638), H7811-H7813 [19SE]

LIHEAP: funding, H1618 [30MR], H11457-H11465 [28OC], H12442, H12443, H12500 [15DE], E2048 [1NO], E2157 [8DE]

———redistribution of funds to States with the most need, H418 [15FE]

LSC: funding, H4969-H4978 [22JN]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2661, H2687-H2698, H2737 [9MY], H8595 [2OC], H9820, H9847-H9852 [12OC], H11454 [28OC]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), Senate amendment (H. Res. 628), H9843-H9847 [12OC]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (H.R. 1070), H1624 [30MR], H1681 [4AP], H1769 [5AP], H1962 [10AP], H2020 [11AP], H2126, H2127 [12AP], H2553 [4MY], E533 [11AP], E579 [13AP]

———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and certain disabled individuals, H12489 [15DE]

Medicare: graduate medical education payments (H.R. 4239), E531 [11AP]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (H.R. 4395), H7900 [20SE], H8817 [5OC], E1573 [22SE]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (H.R. 4841), H7543 [13SE]

———increase awareness of the availability of cost-sharing assistance to eligible low-income beneficiaries (H.R. 4797), E1165 [30JN]

———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (H.R. 5152), E1469 [13SE]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (H.R. 3004), H9514 [10OC]

Mental health: establish demonstration courts (S. 1865), H10636-H10640, H10708 [24OC]

Minnesota: emergency fuel assistance for low-income families and senior citizens, H9 [27JA]

National Endowment for the Humanities: Federal-State Partnership Program funding, H4583 [15JN]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 2728), H6026 [13JY]

Native Americans: emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (S. 1509), H10511, H10512 [23OC]

New York, NY: tribute to Healthy Start Consortium, E2160 [8DE]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5158 [26JN]

NSF: authorize competitive grant awards to public and private schools to hire master teachers, H10617-H10621 [24OC]

Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects, H2716 [9MY], H8263 [27SE]

Peirce College: support proposal to obtain a Dept. of Agriculture distant learning grant, E1972 [28OC]

Portland, OR: regional affordable housing pilot project funding, H1862 [6AP]

Poverty: establish a commission to study and make recommendations on marginal tax rates for the working poor (H.R. 3839), E227 [6MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, H8747 [4OC]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs, H9706 [11OC], E1903 [25OC]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (H.R. 3192), H7936, H7970 [21SE], H8292 [27SE], H10878 [25OC]

Religion: prohibit certain employment actions by religious institutions assisted by Federal grants, H7313, H7314, H7317-H7321 [7SE]

Roads and highways: allocation of traffic safety funding to pedestrian safety features, H3528 [23MY]

San Leandro, CA: tribute for selection to participate in FEMA's Project Impact, E1591 [26SE]

Santa Clara County, CA: tribute for efforts to provide health coverage to uninsured children, E2144 [7DE]

SBA: conduct study on average time required to process loan applications, H1038, H1039 [15MR]

———microentrepreneurs development programs funding, H5159 [26JN]

———reauthorize loan programs, H12484, H12492 [15DE], E2240 [2JA]

Schools: improve implementation of breakfast and lunch programs, H4343 [14JN]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1032-H1039 [15MR], E332, E345 [16MR]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (H. Res. 439), H1030-H1032 [15MR]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (H.R. 3845), H940-H942 [14MR]

Social Security: create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (H.R. 5081), E1366 [27JY]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4857), E1270 [19JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H8435 [28SE], H11200, H11201, H11210-H11217, H11228, H11247 [26OC], H11451, H11453, H11455 [28OC], H11497, H11499, H11500, H11504, H11505, H11506 [29OC], H11547-H11554, H11595-H11601 [30OC], H11793, H11802 [2NO], H12490, H12491, H12494, H12495, H12498, H12500, H12501 [15DE], E1997, E2004 [28OC], E2031 [30OC], E2039, E2041 [31OC], E2052 [1NO], E2194 [15DE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5291), E1601 [27SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5324), E1615 [27SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5612), E2051 [1NO]

———tie benefit increases to inflation and establish personal savings accounts, E2185 [14DE]

SSA: prepare for the needs of the 21st century (H.R. 5447), E1754 [12OC]

SSI: denial of benefits to convicted criminals while confined, H1769 [5AP]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (H.R. 5417), H9796-H9800 [11OC], E1712 [6OC]

Substance abuse: allow faith-based treatment centers to receive Federal funding and permit individuals receiving Federal assistance to choose private and religious oriented treatment, H6820-H6823, H6826-H6837 [25JY]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: promote State flexibility and accountability, support youth prevention and treatment programs, and respond to incidents of teen violence, H8262 [27SE]

Suffolk County, NY: regional affordable housing pilot project funding, H1865 [6AP]

Taxation: extend incentives for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites, H12500 [15DE]

Texas: participation in State Children's Health Insurance Program, H3895-H3901 [6JN], E923 [9JN]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Georgia, H360 [14FE]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, H4124 [9JN], H4204-H4208 [12JN], E971 [9JN]

Veterans: enhance education benefits programs, H9911 [17OC]

———enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), H3548-H3558 [23MY], H9918-H9947 [17OC], E891 [6JN]

———health care, housing, and education programs funding, E536 [11AP]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize, E1367 [27JY]

Wildfires: disaster assistance to Florida, H8671 [3OC]

———disaster assistance to Los Alamos, NM, H3052 [16MY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, H9029-H9046 [6OC], E1729 [10OC], E1790 [13OC], E1817 [17OC]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 357), H356 [14FE], H1725 [4AP]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H7198-H7200 [27JY], H8064, H8070, H8086-H8105 [26SE], H8592 [2OC], H8629 [3OC], H8744, H8746 [4OC], H8814, H8815, H8816 [5OC], E1373, E1376 [27JY], E1409 [6SE], E1630 [28SE], E1634 [29SE], E1664 [4OC], E1684 [5OC], E1716 [6OC]

Workforce Investment Act: youth activities funding, H1570, H1571 [29MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: authorize emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters (S. 2039), S491 [8FE]

———disaster assistance to apple and potato producers, S7351-S7353, S7357 [20JY]

———disaster assistance to fruit producers, S7357 [20JY]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (S. 2706), S4849, S4850 [8JN]

———Federal farm policies, S312-S314 [3FE], S346-S348 [7FE], S483 [8FE], S1626 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR], S4219 [22MY], S10608-S10611 [17OC]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (S. 2745), S5271 [15JN]

———grass seed producers emergency assistance funding, S2425 [7AP]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk, S3937 [15MY]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1556-S1586 [22MR], S1624-S1642, S1651 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), unanimous-consent agreement, S1563, S1564 [22MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), unanimous-consent request, S1556, S1562 [22MR]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (S. 3049), S8588 [14SE]

———promote the development and use of affordable crop insurance policies for specialty crop producers, S1579, S1580 [22MR]

———provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (S. 3133), S9473 [28SE]

———relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low commodity prices and weather, S10522 [13OC]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, S2064 [4AP]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1628-S1642 [23MR]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, S4337 [24MY], S4416-S4443 [25MY], S5100 [14JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4412 [25MY]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), insert S. 2251 language in lieu, S1628 [23MR]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, S7310-S7325, S7328 [20JY]

———tribute to Rally for Rural America and response to agricultural crisis, S1567-S1570 [22MR], S1626, S1627 [23MR]

———use of Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors, S5100 [14JN]

Alaska: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 2693), S4820 [8JN]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S7085 [18JY]

Armed Forces: establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance, S2286-S2290, S2295 [6AP], S4537-S4541 [6JN]

———establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance (S. 2322), S1905 [29MR]

———extend food stamp eligibility requirements to members stationed overseas, S5071 [14JN], S5236 [15JN]

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation: funding (S. 2545), S3918 [11MY]

Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (S. 3036), S8419 [12SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S579-S582 [10FE], S1625 [23MR]

CCC: emergency assistance funding for sugarcane producers in Hawaii, S7439 [21JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: increase State immunization programs funding, S6192-S6195 [30JN]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 2700), S4835-S4843 [8JN], S10775 [19OC]

Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children, S6420 [11JY]

———lead poisoning screening and treatment funding, S9105 [22SE]

———use of State Children's Health Insurance Program funds, S11052 [26OC]

College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act: technical corrections (S. 3276), S11890 [15DE]

Colleges and universities: assist at-risk students to stay in school and complete their academic programs (S. 3170), S9955 [5OC]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts on Agricultural Risk Protection Act, S4441, S4442 [25MY]

Community development: provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (S. 2445), S2764 [13AP]

Connecticut: recovery of disaster aid payments made to oyster harvesters, S7438 [21JY]

Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (S. 1977), sequential referral, S301 [2FE]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance for the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 2335), S1993 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (S. 2332), S1990 [30MR]

———disaster assistance to watermelon farmers, S10679 [18OC]

———emergency disaster assistance funding for farmers, S7342-S7349 [20JY]

———establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4215, S4216 [18MY]

———extend and expand Dairy Options Pilot Program, S1579 [22MR]

———extend Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate (S. 2996), S7912 [27JY]

———Food Electronically and Effectively Distributed Website Demonstration Project funding, S7367 [20JY]

———Native Americans rural development programs funding, S7374 [20JY]

———payment of disaster assistance to potato and apple farmers, S5364 [19JN]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers (S. 2221), S1325 [8MR]

———Red River Trade Council Agriculture Diversity Project funding, S7373 [20JY]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, S10678, S10679 [18OC]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (S. 2079), S683 [22FE]

———use of Food Stamp Program funds to purchase bison meat for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, S7439 [21JY]

Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes (S. 2397), S2588-S2590 [12AP]

Dept. of Education: Advanced Placement Incentive Program funding, S6210, S6211 [30JN]

———award grants to develop, implement, and strengthen U.S. history education programs, S6298 [30JN]

———Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program funding, S6212 [30JN]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (S. 2137), S1028 [1MR]

———Smaller Learning Communities Program funding, S6211 [30JN]

———technology and media services funding, S6195, S6196 [30JN]

———transfer Impact Aid Program funding responsibility for military connected children and property to the Dept. of Defense (S. 3158), S9861 [4OC]

———Troops-to-Teachers Program funding, S2417 [7AP]

Dept. of HHS: Centers for Independent Living funding, S6210 [30JN]

———mental health research programs funding, S6217 [30JN]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, S5823-S5829, S5871 [27JN], S6101 [29JN]

Dept. of HUD: clarify authority of Gun Buyback Program relative to the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act, S8753 [19SE]

———consolidate and reform Federal housing programs to empower communities and individuals (S. 2968), S7867 [27JY]

———housing programs funding, S10313 [12OC], S10763 [19OC]

———Lead Abatement Program funding, S10761 [19OC]

———prohibit the use of Federal funds for the construction or operation of discount tobacco stores, S2333, S2334 [6AP], S2427 [7AP]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (S. 2602), S4297 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (S. 2061), S619 [10FE]

———provide grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to assist law enforcement in locating missing adults (S. 2065), S622 [10FE]

Dept. of Labor: job training programs funding, S6209 [30JN]

———Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants Program funding, S6210 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants funding, S7014-S7016 [17JY], S7086 [18JY]

———weatherization assistance grants funding (S. 2429), S2737 [13AP]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, S10150 [10OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 2953), S7845 [27JY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (S. 2543), S3916 [11MY]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), S7298-S7301 [19JY], S10011-S10019 [5OC]

———congressional support for disaster assistance, S7357 [20JY]

———limit emergency home repair assistance, S10019 [5OC]

Drought: disaster assistance to Alabama, S10698 [18OC]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (S. 2527), S3735 [9MY]

Education: allow States and local school districts choice in conducting student assessments, S3238 [2MY]

———apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (S. 2452), S2768 [13AP]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S2952 [27AP], S3232, S3235 [2MY], S3284-S3292 [3MY], S3484 [4MY], S3592 [8MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (S. 1266), S594, S605 [10FE], S976-S979 [29FE], S1372 [9MR]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards and end social promotion, S1074-S1082, S1100 [2MR]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies to raise student achievement levels, and provide achievement-based college assistance to students in failing schools (S. 2159), S1119 [2MR]

———ensure accountability in programs for disadvantaged children and provide funds to assist failing schools, S996-S1000, S1005, S1006 [1MR]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (S. 2929), S7672 [26JY]

———establish scholarship program that would require awardees to commit to obtain teacher licensing, teach in ``high need'' areas, and have academic concentration in the subject they intend to teach, S3317 [3MY]

———establish summer academic enrichment programs (S. 2970), S7881 [27JY]

———Pell Grant Program funding, S1072, S1073, S1098, S1099 [2MR], S2391-S2393 [7AP]

———promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (S. 2615), S4318-S4321 [23MY]

———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs, S1000-S1003 [1MR]

———provide grants for master teacher programs, S1092, S1101 [2MR]

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (S. 2347), S2108-S2112 [4AP], S9647 [3OC]

———provide scholarships and loan forgiveness and cancellation for future teachers, S1086, S1101 [2MR]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (S. 2978), S7892 [27JY]

———Title I programs for disadvantaged children funding, S2411, S2412 [7AP]

———use of Federal block grants to States in education funding, S594-S596 [10FE], S976-S979 [29FE], S1588 [22MR], S10749 [19OC]

———voucher program to provide school choice, S3286-S3292 [3MY], S8816 [20SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow State and local agencies to use professional development funding for teacher testing, merit-based pay, and tenure reform programs, S3454-S3467, S3475, S3478-S3481, S3493, S3494 [4MY]

———allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, S3283, S3311 [3MY], S3633-S3635, S3641, S3644, S3649 [9MY]

———Comprehensive School Reform Program funding, S3600 [8MY], S6207 [30JN]

———consider State fiscal commitment and equitable distribution of funds in the allocation of Title I funding, S3584-S3591 [8MY], S3676 [9MY]

———Education Finance Incentive Grant Program funding, S6220 [30JN]

———extend programs and activities, S9415 [28SE]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), S1588 [22MR], S2895-S2897 [26AP], S2950-S2953, S2964 [27AP], S3045-S3178 [1MY], S3230-S3248, S3272 [2MY], S3280-S3322 [3MY], S3453-S3496 [4MY], S3569-S3576, S3578-S3601 [8MY], S3629-S3662, S3665-S3679 [9MY], S3906 [11MY], S3952 [15MY], S4027 [16MY], S4253 [23MY], S4443, S4497 [25MY], S5818-S5821 [26JN], S5850-S5853 [27JN], S6338, S6341 [10JY], S7522, S7523 [25JY], S8357-S8359 [12SE], S8440, S8441 [13SE], S9017-S9019 [22SE], S9245, S9246 [26SE], S9358 [27SE], S10748 [19OC], S10965 [25OC], S11067 [26OC], S11481, S11483 [1NO]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S3037 [27AP], S3311 [3MY], S3480 [4MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), unanimous-consent request, S3479, S3480 [4MY], S4496, S4497 [25MY], S5851 [27JN]

———Migrant Education Program funding, S3597 [8MY]

———portability demonstration program to allow school systems to use Title I funding to provide school choice or allow tutorial assistance, S3288-S3292, S3319 [3MY], S3484 [4MY]

———remove vocational education funding, S3594, S3595 [8MY]

———Title I grants funding, S5842, S5845-S5850, S5861, S5862 [27JN], S5986-S5990, S5993, S6002 [28JN]

FEMA: eligibility of private non-profit irrigation companies for disaster relief assistance, S7300, S7301 [19JY]

———make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, S6593 [13JY], S10392 [12OC]

———make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (S. 1941), S5452 [20JN]

Floods: disaster assistance to Minnesota, S6251 [30JN], S7438 [21JY]

———disaster assistance to North Dakota, S5649 [22JN], S5778 [26JN]

Food stamps: raise cap on excess shelter cost and adjust for inflation, S10682 [18OC]

Foreign trade: provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co. (S. 2611), S4316 [23MY]

Health: fetal alcohol syndrome treatment and prevention programs funding, S5942-S5944 [28JN]

———increase State immunization programs funding (S. 2443), S2763 [13AP]

———increase State immunization programs funding (S. 2443), star print, S3268 [2MY]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (S. 3125), S9390 [27SE]

Higher Education Act: improve integrity of Federal student loan programs relative to students at foreign institutions (S. 3143), S9606-S9608 [2OC]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth, S3597 [8MY]

———substance abuse prevention and treatment services funding, S6188 [30JN]

Housing: delegate the primary responsibility for the preservation and expansion of affordable low-income housing to States and localities (S. 3033), S8417 [12SE]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), unanimous-consent request, S8293 [8SE]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 5640), S11680, S11681 [7DE], S11904 [15DE]

———expand homeownership (S. 3274), S11576 [5DE]

———extend applicability of downpayment simplification for the FHA single family housing mortgage insurance program (H.R. 5193), S9543 [28SE]

———Federal housing production programs funding, S10306, S10308 [12OC]

———preserve assisted housing for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons, and certain families (S. 2733), S5241-S5251 [15JN]

———provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families, S10763 [19OC]

———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (S. 2112), S868 [28FE]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance funding, S5535 [21JN]

———disaster assistance to Atlantic Coast States, S2330, S2331 [6AP], S2400 [7AP], S4169 [18MY]

———disaster assistance to North Carolina, S5015 [13JN], S7300 [19JY], S8623 [15SE]

Immigration: extend the special immigrant religious worker program (H.R. 4068), S10841 [19OC]

———extend the special immigrant religious worker program (S. 2406), S2618 [12AP], S10584 [13OC], S10842 [19OC]

Indian Health Service: diabetes treatment, prevention, and research funding through reductions in the National Endowment for the Arts, S6528-S6530, S6537 [12JY], S6671 [13JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2341), S9259 [26SE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2355), S2116 [4AP]

———funding, S714, S720 [23FE], S899-S919 [29FE], S1371 [9MR], S2329, S2331 [6AP], S2396-S2400 [7AP], S5984-S5986, S5990-S5994, S6002 [28JN], S6099-S6101 [29JN], S6187 [30JN], S7084, S7085 [18JY]

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (S. 2444), S2763 [13AP]

IRS: impact of technical advice memoranda on the low-income housing tax credit program, S11776 [14DE]

Law enforcement officers: extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (S. 1638), S3951 [15MY], S4005 [16MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S2225 [5AP], S6209, S6210, S6217 [30JN], S8879 [21SE], S11809, S11819, S11872, S11880 [15DE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), S3852 [10MY], S3858 [11MY], S9821-S9823 [4OC], S10215 [11OC]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), insert S. 662 language in lieu, S9821 [4OC]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs, S2226 [5AP], S2324, S2325 [6AP]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (S. 662), S4950 [12JN], S5784 [26JN], S7472 [24JY], S7824 [27JY], S9821 [4OC]

———coverage of lead poisoning screening and treatment for children, S6797, S6808 [14JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals, S11876 [15DE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 2299), S1748 [27MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 2299), star print, S4327 [23MY]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (S. 2826), S6138 [29JN]

———graduate medical education payments, S6208 [30JN], S7785 [27JY], S11817 [15DE]

———graduate medical education payments (S. 2394), S2534, S2535 [11AP]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries, S11861-S11863 [15DE]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (S. 3082), S8858 [20SE]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (S. 2505), S3519, S3520 [4MY]

———increase awareness of the availability of cost-sharing assistance to eligible low-income beneficiaries (S. 2814), S6124 [29JN]

———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (S. 3038), S8420 [12SE]

———make improvements to the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (S. 3050), S8588, S8589 [14SE]

———provide for additional payment of services for certain high-cost individuals under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility service (S. 1500), S77 [26JA]

Mental health: establish demonstration courts (S. 1865), S9329 [26SE]

Montana: continue food stamp program standard utility allowance waiver, S7371, S7372 [20JY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families, S6646-S6648 [13JY]

———establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 2997), S7913-S7920 [27JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: allocation of funding to South Dakota, S6671 [13JY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: technical corrections (S. 400), S895-S898 [28FE]

Native Americans: anniversary of Indian self-determination policy (S. Res. 277), S1685 [23MR], S2138 [4AP], S5935 [27JN]

———authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 1507), S5054, S5055 [13JN]

———authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (S. 2052), S614 [10FE]

———emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations (S. 1509), S4214 [18MY]

Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects, S9110 [22SE]

Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (S. 1536), S9689 [3OC]

———National Family Caregiver Support Program funding, S6002 [28JN], S11028-S11041, S11055, S11056, S11089-S11095 [26OC]

———require the Dept. of Labor to assess accountability of grantees, S11037-S11041, S11055-S11064, S11091-S11095 [26OC]

———Senior Community Service Employment Program funding, S11028-S11041, S11056-S11064, S11089-S11095 [26OC]

Poverty: enhance flexibility in individual development account programs to encourage savings for poor working families (S. 3214), S10718 [18OC]

Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (S. 2023), S287 [2FE], S374 [7FE]

———prohibit States from diverting unspent funding for the temporary assistance to needy families program for other purposes, S778 [24FE]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (S. 1805), S1571-S1573 [22MR]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility relative to ownership of motor vehicles, S10682 [18OC]

SBA: politicalization relative to plans for an ``SBA Day'' right before the election, S11228 [27OC]

———reauthorize loan programs, S11107, S11108 [26OC], S11863-S11865 [15DE]

Social Security: create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (S. 2435), S2745 [13AP]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S2412-S2414 [7AP], S6790-S6792 [14JY], S7048 [17JY]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 2923), S7660-S7663 [26JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 2976), S7891 [27JY]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments, S11876 [15DE]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (S. 2434), S2744, S2745 [13AP]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to Balanced Budget Act, S6984 [14JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S77 [26JA], S10653 [18OC], S11104, S11109-S11111 [26OC], S11195, S11197-S11204, S11217-S11224, S11283-S11290 [27OC], S11455-S11457, S11472, S11486 [1NO], S11818, S11861-S11863, S11870, S11871, S11882 [15DE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 3077), S8825-S8857 [20SE], S8879 [21SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 3165), S9946, S9947, S10027 [5OC]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 2477), S3024 [27AP]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (S. 2585), S4114, S4115 [17MY]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S5318-S5320 [19JN], S5839-S5842, S5871 [27JN], S6101 [29JN]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, S5871 [27JN], S6101 [29JN]

States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (S. 2417), S2729-S2732 [13AP], S10156 [10OC]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (H.R. 5417), S10545 [13OC]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: promote State flexibility and accountability, support youth prevention and treatment programs, and respond to incidents of teen violence, S9106, S9108 [22SE]

———promote State flexibility and accountability, support youth prevention and treatment programs, and respond to incidents of teen violence (S. 976), S9842 [4OC]

Taxation: designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts, S6649-S6651 [13JY], S6770-S6772 [14JY]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts (S. 2779), S5684 [22JN]

———strengthen effectiveness of earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and promoting work (S. 2825), S6137 [29JN]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Southwest Georgia, S1741 [27MR]

Transportation: make certain passenger rail projects eligible for funding under the Federal highway program, S5166-S5173 [15JN]

Tufts University: Center on Hunger and Poverty report on hunger in the U.S., S387 [7FE]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, S5952-S5954, S5977 [28JN]

Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (S. 1810), S2434 [7AP], S9003-S9009 [21SE]

———enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), S10500-S10515 [12OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide compensation and benefits to children of female Vietnam veterans who were born with certain birth defects (S. 2494), S3260 [2MY]

———provide compensation and benefits to children of female Vietnam veterans who were born with certain birth defects (S. 2544), S3917 [11MY]

Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: extend authorization, S11865 [15DE]

———extend authorization (S. 2049), S549 [9FE]

White Earth Tribal and Community College: add to list of land grant institutions (S. 2802), S5911 [27JN]

Wildfires: disaster assistance to Los Alamos, NM, S3975-S3981 [16MY], S4165 [18MY]

———disaster assistance to Western States, S10682 [18OC]

Wind storms: disaster assistance to Minnesota, S6318, S6319, S6323 [10JY], S6498, S6499 [12JY]

Women: improve health and reduce health care costs for low-income and uninsured women by expanding existing screening and preventive health programs (S. 2635), S4463-S4465 [25MY]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, S8751 [19SE], S9019 [22SE], S9248-S9254, S9258 [26SE], S9333, S9364 [27SE], S9457 [28SE], S9846 [4OC], S9877, S9878 [5OC], S10043, S10044, S10074 [6OC], S10137-S10139 [10OC], S10164, S10199, S10202-S10206, S10211-S10226 [11OC], S10615 [17OC], S11530 [14NO], S11865 [15DE]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), unanimous-consent request, S9877 [5OC]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (S. 51), S3970 [16MY], S4185 [18MY], S4764, S4765 [8JN]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (S. 2787), S5791, S5803-S5806 [26JN], S5877 [27JN], S6464 [11JY], S7597 [26JY], S8571 [14SE]

Reports

Education at a Crossroads—What Works and What's Wasted in Education Today: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (excerpt), S3676 [9MY]

Paradox of Our Times—Hunger in a Strong Economy: Tufts University Center on Hunger and Poverty, S387-S389 [7FE]

Youth Challenge Case Study: Collette Caprara, H6829 [25JY]

Reports filed

Agricultural Risk Protection Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2559) (H. Rept. 106-639), H3812 [24MY]

Alaska Native and American Indian Direct Reimbursement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 406) (H. Rept. 106-818), H7279 [6SE]

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1776) (H. Rept. 106-553), H1587 [29MR], H1851 [5AP]

Beneficiary Improvement and Protection Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5291) (H. Rept. 106-1019), H11620 [30OC]

CALFED Extension Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 5130) (H. Rept. 106-1018), H11620 [30OC]

Community Development and Venture Capital Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 1594) (S. Rept. 106-383), S8019 [5SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 512) (H. Rept. 106-640), H3812 [24MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 460) (H. Rept. 106-562), H1851 [5AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3843, Small Business Assistance Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 439) (H. Rept. 106-524), H996 [14MR]

Demonstration Mental Health Courts Establishment: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1865), S7838 [27JY]

Disaster Mitigation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1691) (S. Rept. 106-295), S4013 [16MY]

Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 707), S4013 [16MY]

Educational Opportunities Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2) (S. Rept. 106-261), S2615 [12AP]

Eligibility Dates for Educational Assistance to the Surviving Spouse and Dependent Children of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1638), S612 [10FE]

Emphasize the Need for Job Creation on Indian Reservations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1509) (S. Rept. 106-277), S3328 [3MY]

Freedom To E-File Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 852) (H. Rept. 106-565), H2012 [10AP]

Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 21) (H. Rept. 106-526), H1075 [15MR]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Contract Support Costs: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4148) (H. Rept. 106-837), H7501 [12SE]

Indian Self-Determination Policy Anniversary: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 277), S5460 [20JN]

Land Recycling Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2580) (H. Rept. 106-775), H6717 [20JY]

Literacy Involves Families Together Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3222) (H. Rept. 106-503), H572 [29FE]

Medicaid Coverage of Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Services for Certain Women Screened Under Federally Funded Programs: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 662) (S. Rept. 106-323), S5883 [27JN]

Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1507) (S. Rept. 106-306), S4564 [6JN]

Older Americans Act, National Family Caregiver Support Program, Aging Programs and Services, and Need To Engage in Life Course Planning: Committee on Health, Education, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1536) (S. Rept. 106-399), S8290 [8SE]

Privacy and Identity Protection Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4857) (H. Rept. 106-996), H10807 [24OC]

Religious Workers Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2406), S4820 [8JN]

Retroactive Eligibility Dates Extension for Educational Assistance to the Surviving Spouse and Children of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2059) (H. Rept. 106-800), H7205 [27JY]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2251) (S. Rept. 106-247), S1461 [20MR], S1596 [22MR]

Senate Amendment to H.R. 4386, Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 628) (H. Rept. 106-975), H9766 [11OC]

Small Business Assistance Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3843) (H. Rept. 106-522), H996 [14MR]

———Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 3121) (S. Rept. 106-422), S9381 [27SE]

Small Business Investment Corrections Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3845) (H. Rept. 106-520), H996 [14MR]

Veterans and Dependents Millennium Education Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4268) (H. Rept. 106-628), H3473 [19MY]

Veterans Claims and Appeals Procedures Clarification and Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1810) (S. Rept. 106-397), S8103 [6SE]

Violence Against Women Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1248) (H. Rept. 106-891), H8199 [26SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2787), S6574 [12JY]

Statements

Educational Fascism in Minnesota: John H. Scribante, E966 [9JN], E1032 [15JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Funds for Educationally and Economically Disadvantaged Schools and Students: Senators Grassley, Harkin, and Hatch, S3588-S3590 [8MY]

Family Care Act: Patricia Quezada, S7661 [26JY]

Public Forum on Domestic Violence: Carla Horton, H1728 [4AP]

———Victoria L. Lutz, H1727 [4AP]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: Dept. of Labor, S11059 [26OC]

Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization: Amy Paul, My Sisters' Place (organization), H1729 [4AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10191-S10193 [11OC]

———Maryellen Martirano, Westchester County, NY, District Attorney's Office, H1726 [4AP]

———New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, H1727 [4AP]

Youth Challenge Program: Raul Gonzalez, H6828 [25JY]

Summaries

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act (S. 3274), S11602-S11607 [5DE]

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act (S. 2700), S4841 [8JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4577): SBA Loan Programs Reauthorization, E2240-E2245 [2JA]

Enhance Flexibility in Individual Development Account Programs To Encourage Savings for Poor Working Families (S. 3214), S10719 [18OC]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act (H.R. 5324), E1615 [27SE]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act (S. 3077), S8851 [20SE]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act (S. 2251): Specialty Crop Provisions, S1566 [22MR]

State Children's Health Insurance Program, S11052 [26OC]

Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization, S10193-S10196 [11OC]

Surveys

Non-Residential Domestic Violence Services Funding: New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, H1728 [4AP]

Tables

Potential Economic Development Administration hurricane assistance construction projects, S5535 [21JN]

Special education expenditures as reported by selected States, S906 [29FE]

Special education grants to States, S909 [29FE]

State allocations through basic and targeted Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I grants, S5987 [28JN]

Testimonies

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae, E738-E740 [17MY], E769-E771 [19MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 296, Dept. of Agriculture resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H2623 [8MY]

H. Con. Res. 407, corrections in enrollment of S. 1455, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act, H8006 [25SE]

H. Res. 439, consideration of H.R. 3843, small business assistance programs reauthorization, H1030 [15MR]

H. Res. 460, consideration of H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, H1855 [6AP]

H. Res. 512, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act, H3816 [25MY]

H. Res. 607, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation Act, H8663-H8671 [3OC]

H. Res. 628, Senate amendment to H.R. 4386, Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act, H9843 [12OC]

H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation Act, S10011-S10019 [5OC], H9562-H9568 [10OC]

H.R. 1248, Violence Against Women Act, H8086-H8093 [26SE]

H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, H1868-H1889 [6AP]

H.R. 3222, Literacy Involves Families Together Act, H7459-H7461 [12SE]

H.R. 3843, small business assistance programs reauthorization, H1037 [15MR]

H.R. 3845, Small Business Investment Corrections Act, H940 [14MR]

H.R. 4055, IDEA Full Funding Act, H2449 [3MY]

H.R. 4068, Religious Workers Act, H7778 [19SE]

H.R. 4148, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act contract support costs, H10026 [17OC]

H.R. 4386, Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act, H2687-H2689 [9MY], H9847 [12OC]

H.R. 5193, FHA Downpayment Simplification Extension Act, H7743 [19SE]

H.R. 5417, rename the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'', H9796 [11OC]

H.R. 5640, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, H11960-H11985 [5DE]

S. 2, Educational Opportunities Act, S3051-S3142 [1MY]

S. 400, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act technical corrections, S897 [28FE]

S. 406, Alaska Native and American Indian Direct Reimbursement Act, H9957 [17OC]

S. 662, Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act, S9821 [4OC]

S. 777, Freedom To E-File Act, S4216 [18MY], H1973 [10AP], H3892 [6JN]

S. 1402, Veterans and Dependents Millennium Education Act, S10500-S10503 [12OC], H3548-H3552 [23MY]

S. 1402, Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act, H9918-H9931 [17OC]

S. 1455, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act, H8005 [25SE]

S. 1507, Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act, S5054 [13JN]

S. 1509, emphasize the need for job creation on Indian reservations, S4214 [18MY], H10511 [23OC]

S. 1638, extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, H7811 [19SE]

S. 1638, extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty, S3951 [15MY]

S. 1733, Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act, H62 [31JA]

S. 1810, Veterans Programs Enhancement Act, S9003-S9009 [21SE]

S. 1865, America's Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project, H10636 [24OC]

S. 1865, mental health demonstration courts establishment, S9329 [26SE]

S. 2049, Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund authorization extension, S550 [9FE]

S. 2052, Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act, S614-S616 [10FE]

S. 2061, Kids 2000 Act, S620 [10FE]

S. 2065, provide Dept. of Justice grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to assist law enforcement in locating missing adults, S624 [10FE]

S. 2112, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims' Housing Act, S869 [28FE]

S. 2159, Excellent Schools for All Our Children Act, S1120 [2MR]

S. 2299, Medicaid DSH Preservation Act, S1749 [27MR]

S. 2322, Remove Servicemembers From Food Stamps Act, S1906 [29MR]

S. 2347, Information Technology Act, S2109 [4AP]

S. 2394, Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, S2534 [11AP]

S. 2406, Religious Workers Act, S2619 [12AP], S10843 [19OC]

S. 2417, Water Pollution Program Enhancements Act, S10156 [10OC]

S. 2434, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Preservation Act, S2744 [13AP]

S. 2435, Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act, S2746-S2749 [13AP]

S. 2494, Children of Female Vietnam Veterans' Benefits Act, S3261 [2MY]

S. 2514, Fairness for the Military Reserve Act, S3538 [4MY]

S. 2544, Children of Women Vietnam Veterans' Benefits Act, S3917 [11MY]

S. 2545, Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation funding, S3918 [11MY]

S. 2556, implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, S3947 [15MY]

S. 2611, provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co., S4317 [23MY]

S. 2615, Book Stamp Act, S4319 [23MY]

S. 2693, Alaska Medicaid Equity Act, S4821 [8JN]

S. 2700, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S4835-S4840 [8JN]

S. 2733, Affordable Housing for Seniors and Families Act, S5242-S5250 [15JN]

S. 2787, Violence Against Women Act, S5792-S5803 [26JN]

S. 2826, Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, S6138 [29JN]

S. 2968, Local Housing Opportunities Act, S7870-S7881 [27JY]

S. 2970, Student Education Enrichment Demonstration Act, S7882-S7884 [27JY]

S. 2978, Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act, S7893 [27JY]

S. 2996, Dept. of Agriculture extension of Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate, S7913 [27JY]

S. 2997, National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act, S7915-S7917 [27JY]

S. 3077, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, S8826-S8851 [20SE]

S. 3274, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, S11577-S11602 [5DE]

S. 3276, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act technical corrections, S11891 [15DE]

S. Res. 277, Indian self-determination policy anniversary, S1685 [23MR], S5935 [27JN]

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