STATES related term(s) Federal Aid Programs

Addresses

Congress Should Spend More To Reform Public Education: Representative Owens, H9768 [12DE]

Modification of Georgia State Flag To Remove Confederate Battle Flag: Roy E. Barnes, Governor of Georgia, E433 [22MR]

West Virginian of the Century Award Acceptance: Senator Byrd, H3354 [20JN]

Amendments

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S3879, S3896, S3929 [25AP]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S13764 [19DE]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (H.R. 1499), S13069, S13078 [12DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), S6305 [14JN], S6369 [18JN], S6395, S6456 [19JN], H2185 [15MY], H2421, H2516, H2519, H2520, H2522, H2524, H2525, H2533, H2535, H2536 [22MY], H2577, H2580, H2581, H2582, H2586, H2588, H2596, H2603, H2605, H2611, H2615, H2616, H2617, H2620, H2622, H2623 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289), S13422, S13478 [18DE], H10430 [19DE]

EPA: provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs (S. 1608), S14061 [20DE]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1529 [15FE]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), H3073, H3075 [12JN], H3088, H3089, H3090 [13JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 942), S12745 [7DE]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11962 [15NO], S12058 [27NO]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9240 [11DE]

Analyses

Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Reform Act (H.R. 297), E68 [30JA]

Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act (S. 484), S1996 [7MR]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act (S. 216), S779 [30JA]

Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act (S. 820), S4253 [3MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S7417 [10JY]

———H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H4130 [18JY]

Articles and editorials

After `Silent Spring' Industry Put Spin on All It Brewed, S2859 [26MR]

Apple Growers' Aid Dropping, S11068 [25OC]

Apple Situation Still Disastrous, Tart Cherries Better, S11066 [25OC]

Bush's Next Recount Battle—Should Census Tallies Be Adjusted?, H289 [13FE]

California's Utility Sent Parent Firm $4.8 Billion—Audit Results Anger Consumer Groups, S2207 [13MR], S2275 [14MR]

Campaign Finance Bill Levels Playing Field, S2861 [26MR]

Campaign Spinach, S2868 [26MR]

Compact Divisiveness Could Damage Our Industry, H4624 [25JY]

County Juggles Marijuana Policies in Mendocino, It's Citizens vs. DEA, H4192 [18JY]

Court Challenge Likely if McCain-Feingold Bill Passes, S2854 [26MR]

Economy Puts Schools in Tough Position, H8398 [27NO]

Enable Land-Board Fixes, E1388 [20JY]

From Teachers to Drill Sergeants, S6117 [12JN]

Government Gag, S2868 [26MR]

House Bill Loses Oregon Provision, S10678 [15OC]

House Fails To Include Oregon Investigation Measure in Anti-Terrorism Package, S10678 [15OC]

House Measure Ignores Oregon—Covert Criminal Investigations Are Hampered Here by Restrictive Laws, S10678 [15OC]

How the U.S. Tax Code Worsens the Education Gap, S6028 [11JN]

Improving the Bill of Rights, S2869 [26MR]

Iowa Is Laboratory for Federal Role in Building Schools, S11305 [1NO]

Justices Back Bible Group—Access to School Facilities Widened, S6252 [14JN]

Know Your Customer, E172 [13FE]

Let's Talk About Compacts, S7256 [29JN]

Managing Mobility, H2415 [22MY]

Miles Park Finds Answers, H2414 [22MY]

Mining Mistake Redux, E421 [22MR]

Mobile Students Score Lower on State Test, H2414 [22MY]

Mountain of Tests Slowly Crushing School Quality, S4796 [10MY]

Newspapers' Recount Shows Bush Prevailed in Florida Vote, H1459 [4AP]

Northeast Seen Getting Balmier, S13959 [20DE]

Nursing Home Neglect in an Age of Surpluses, E415 [21MR]

Oregon Ethics Ruling Chided for Handcuffing Police Work, S10677 [15OC]

Protectors of Airports Seek Financial Protection Themselves, S12608 [7DE]

Raids Reveal Fake Homes Filled With Marijuana Farms, H4191 [18JY]

Rehberg Gets Earful on Forests, E546 [5AP]

Remember MTBE? Political Inattention May Fuel Price Spikes, S5621 [24MY]

Right Answer, Wrong Score—Test Flaws Take Toll, E863-E866 [21MY]

Schools Find Wrong Answers to Test Pressure, S4795 [10MY]

Schools Lack Funds, Study Warns, H8398 [27NO]

Solid Research, Solid Teaching, S6195 [13JN]

State of Florida, E782 [10MY]

Statewide Focus on School Improvement Produces a Year of Improving Test Scores, S6117 [12JN]

Va. Apple Producers Face Many Pressures, S11068 [25OC]

Where Apples Don't Pay, Developers Will, S11067 [25OC]

Wired Schools—A Technology Revolution Is About To Sweep America's Classrooms, S6111 [12JN]

Working Its Will, S2861 [26MR]

Bills and resolutions

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: restore rights of State employees by requiring States to waive immunity in order to receive Federal funding (see S. 928), S5438 [22MY]

Agriculture: authorize State committees appointed to carry out agricultural credit programs to permit the emergency commercial use of land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 3438), H9077 [6DE]

———permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see S. 532), S2306 [14MR] (see H.R. 1084), H955 [15MR]

———promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (see S. 1538), S10640 [11OC] (see H.R. 3121), H6780 [12OC]

———terminate Federal milk price support and supply management programs and grant congressional consent to cooperative efforts by States to manage prices and supply (see H.R. 3264), H7959 [8NO]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 52), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 2270), H3464 [21JN]

Amtrak: promote cooperation with local governments to enhance railroad property and structures (see H.R. 2205), H3202 [14JN]

Aviation: clarify that State attorneys general may enforce consumer protection laws relative to air transportation (see H.R. 711), H398 [14FE]

———preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects (see S. 1290), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 2107), H2997 [7JN]

———streamline approval process for runways, terminals, and airports and grant airlines a limited antitrust exemption to relieve congestion at airports (see S. 633), S2979 [27MR]

Bipartisan Commission on Election Reform: establish (see H.R. 561), H322 [13FE]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S1462 [15FE] (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 358), H164 [31JA]

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. 715), H398 [14FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (see S. 1148), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 2202), H3202 [14JN]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 486), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 912), H739 [7MR]

———prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 1595), H1657 [26AP]

———temporary moratorium on carrying out the death penalty to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 321), H162 [31JA]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see S. 233), S915 [31JA] (see H.R. 1038), H952 [15MR]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see S. 1724), S12001 [16NO] (see H.R. 2521), H4111 [17JY]

Census: require use of adjusted census data to determine the amount of benefits received by State or local governments (see H.R. 941), H825 [8MR]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1462 [15FE]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (see H.R. 2869), H5487 [10SE]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the watershed (see S. 1044), S6318 [14JN]

Children and youth: assist States and communities in developing a comprehensive approach to helping small children who have been exposed to domestic violence or violence in the community (see S. 1862), S13943 [20DE]

———establish national policy on youth development (see S. 1005), S5967 [7JN] (see H.R. 17), H25 [3JA]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see H.R. 2198), H3202 [14JN]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 1371), H1409 [3AP]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Head Start programs and WIC (see S. 1469), S9874 [26SE]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1471), S9874 [26SE]

———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (see H.R. 2788), H5336 [2AU]

Citizens' Privacy Commission: establish (see S. 851), S4589 [9MY]

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline (see S. 947), S5615 [24MY]

———allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, assist States in cleaning up leaking underground storage tanks, and phase out methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see S. 950), S5616 [24MY]

———impose certain requirements on areas upwind of ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 3362), H8564 [28NO]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) as a fuel additive and require Federal vehicles to use ethanol fuel (see H.R. 1999), H2710 [24MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see S. 1318, 1328), S8704 [2AU]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 1265), S8353 [27JY] (see S. 1291), S8575 [1AU]

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes, and cancel the removal, and adjust the status of certain alien college-bound students who are long-term U.S. residents (see H.R. 1918), H2386 [21MY]

Colorado: preserve land held in trust as open space and exempt such land from the requirement that they generate income for the common schools (see S. 1146), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 2556), H4216 [18JY] (see H.R. 2584), H4378 [20JY]

Commission on Election Procedures: establish (see H.R. 119), H59 [6JA]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see S. 216), S707 [30JA] (see H.R. 60), H26 [3JA]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S2472 [19MR]

Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (see H.R. 2637), H4634 [25JY]

———provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (see S. 634), S2979 [27MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see S. 1841), S13465 [18DE] (see H.R. 3054), H6421 [5OC]

Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (see S. 194), S636 [29JA]

———exclude prisoners from requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act (see S. 33), S98 [22JA]

———jail-based substance abuse treatment programs funding (see S. 146), S456 [23JA]

———prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see S. 842), S4508 [8MY] (see H.R. 1764), H2022 [8MY]

———provide for safe incarceration of juvenile offenders (see S. 1174), S7589 [12JY]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see S. 1712), S11940 [15NO]

———clarify standards of conduct for Federal prosecutors (see S. 1437), S9504 [19SE]

———convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships and extend a certain judgeship (see S. 1805), S12858 [11DE]

———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H3712 [27JN]

———give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 2688), H4948 [31JY]

———provide grants to assist State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies with implementing juvenile and young adult witness assistance programs (see H.R. 1226), H1188 [27MR]

———waive Federal preemption of State laws in cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims (see S. 1316), S8704 [2AU]

Credit: protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices (see H.R. 1319), H1344 [29MR]

Crime: funding for States relative to legislation requiring death penalty in certain cases (see H.R. 201), H62 [6JA]

———prevent juvenile crime, promote accountability, rehabilitate juvenile offenders, and punish and deter violent gang crime (see S. 1165), S7494 [11JY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (see H.R. 863), H647 [6MR]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 625), S2979 [27MR] (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see S. 619), S2894 [26MR] (see H.R. 534), H253 [8FE]

———provide standards for the enactment of Federal crimes and sunset those Federal crimes that do not meet such standards (see H.R. 1998), H2710 [24MY]

———truth-in-sentencing requirements relative to violent offenders (see S. 185), S568 [25JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: carry out a cost-share program with States for control of noxious weeds (see H.R. 3260), H7959 [8NO]

———establish a national historic barn preservation program (see S. 1604), S11286 [31OC]

———permit borrowers and grantees to use certain rural development loans and grants for other purposes under certain circumstances (see S. 1413), S9253 [10SE]

———pilot program to make grants to local units of government or local nonprofit organizations in Arkansas to employ non-Federal resource conservation and development coordinators (see S. 1815), S13145 [13DE]

Dept. of Commerce: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see S. 975), S5695 [25MY]

———make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H8337 [16NO]

Dept. of Defense: enhance the ability of States and local governments to participate in certain projects that acquire and improve military housing (see H.R. 813), H621 [1MR]

———ensure that Federal construction contractors abide by State tax, employment, and licensing regulations (see H.R. 588), H323 [13FE]

———establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H7127 [17OC]

———establish grant program to assist States and local governments in improving their ability to prevent and respond to domestic terrorism (see H.R. 1547), H1554 [24AP]

———expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain emergency and rescue equipment (see H.R. 125), H59 [6JA]

———expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H6378 [4OC]

———increase assistance furnished to carry out certain procurement technical assistance programs which operate on a Statewide basis (see H.R. 2689), H4948 [31JY]

———require all defense-related agencies of the U.S. to fully comply with Federal and State environmental laws (see H.R. 2154), H3149 [13JN]

———use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 2006), H2710 [24MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain counties flexibility in spending funds (see H.R. 1868), H2280 [16MY]

———enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (see S. 183), S568 [25JA]

———establish the Healthy and High Performance Schools Program (see S. 968), S5694 [25MY]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 2283), H3464 [21JN]

———prohibit funding for national teacher testing or certification and the withholding of funds to States or local agencies that fail to adopt specific certification proposals (see H.R. 966), H827 [8MR]

———provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (see S. 461), S1897 [6MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorize loans through a revolving loan fund for States to construct electricity generation facilities for use in electricity supply emergencies (see S. 221), S707 [30JA]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.J. Res. 38), H955 [15MR]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1390), S8911 [3AU]

———make matching grants available to States to encourage the establishment of license plate programs to fund breast cancer treatment, research, and education (see H.R. 1295), H1343 [29MR]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H222 [7FE]

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H1483 (see H.R. 1433), H1493 [4AP]

———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1365), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 425), H219 [7FE]

———provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (see S. 1887), S13943 [20DE]

Dept. of Justice: allow attorneys to engage in undercover activities consistent with Federal law, notwithstanding any provision of State law (see H.R. 3309), H8248 [15NO]

———identify organizations that recruit juveniles to participate in violent and illegal activities relative to the environment or animal rights and assist States to prevent such participation (see H.R. 1847), H2183 [15MY]

———provide administrative subpoena authority to apprehend fugitives (see S. 1351), S8910 [3AU]

———require a report on the effectiveness of State Justice Institute operations (see H.R. 2048), H2887 [5JN]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program (see H.R. 1381), H1409 [3AP]

———implement land exchange agreement with Arizona pending State referendum (see H.R. 176), H61 [6JA]

———planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of several water systems in Montana (see S. 934), S5438 [22MY] (see H.R. 1946), H2570 [22MY]

———prevent the westward spread of aquatic nuisance species and provide rapid response capacity in certain Western States (see H.R. 2732), H5333 [2AU]

———prohibit mineral leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1066), H954 [15MR]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 901), S5005 [16MY] (see S. 1086), S6601 [21JN] (see H.R. 2285), H3464 [21JN] (see H.R. 2318), H3618 [26JN]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 198), S636 [29JA] (see H.R. 1462), H1485 (see H.R. 1462), H1495 [4AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: produce certain security documents at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis (see H.R. 2509), H4111 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation: enhance authorities relating to emergency preparedness grants (see S. 1820), S13145 [13DE]

———make grants to States to carry out innovative projects to promote seat belt use (see H.R. 2295), H3465 [21JN]

———offer federally financed, interest-free loans to public schools, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric or other high-efficiency vehicles (see H.R. 2544), H4215 [18JY]

———withhold highway funds from any State that permits an individual to use a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle (see H.R. 1837), H2183 [15MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct Stand Down event outreach programs and establish a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State (see H.R. 3271), H7959 [8NO]

———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 2633, 2634), H4633 [25JY]

Disabled: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 238), H6136 [2OC]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include disasters caused by Federal actions within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (see S. 1384), S8911 [3AU]

Disasters: extend deadline for submission of State recommendations of local governments to receive assistance of predisaster hazard mitigation and to provide additional repair assistance to individuals (see S. 1632), S11437 [5NO]

———improve ability of individuals and local, State, and Federal agencies to prevent natural floods (see H.R. 1100), H1010 [20MR]

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 810), H621 [1MR]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (see H.R. 1499), H1497 [4AP]

Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 3595), H10965 [20DE]

Drug abuse: provide assistance to States to expand and establish treatment programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment (see H.R. 1896), H2333 [17MY]

Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see S. 317), S1270 [13FE] (see H.R. 2580), H4377 [20JY]

———expand and establish drug abuse treatment programs to enable such programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment for drug abuse (see S. 160), S456 [23JA] (see S. 843), S4508 [8MY]

———use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 1344), H1407 [3AP] (see H.R. 2592), H4428 [23JY]

Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (see S. 424), S1746 [1MR] (see H.R. 1669), H1715 [1MY] (see H.R. 2762), H5335 [2AU]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 2064), H2888 [5JN]

———promote brownfields redevelopment in urban and rural areas and spur community revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas (see S. 1078), S6601 [21JN]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 1079), S6601 [21JN]

Education: allow parents access to certain information about their children (see H.R. 1854), H2183 [15MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (see S. 167), S527 [24JA]

———assist State and local educational agencies in establishing teacher recruitment centers, teacher internship programs, and mobile professional development teams (see S. 337), S1394 [14FE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 143), H2279 [16MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 315), H10054 [12DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 289), H10066 [13DE]

———development of high school dropout prevention programs (see S. 102), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 620), H393 [14FE]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations (see S. 460), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 1513), H1498 [4AP]

———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress and the States on alternative and nontraditional routes to teacher certification (see H.R. 1924), H2387 [21MY]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (see S. 120), S100 [22JA]

———establish a National Teacher Corps and a National Principal Corps (see S. 476), S1971 [7MR]

———establish a program to assist States in including at least one year of early education preceding kindergarten (see S. 157), S456 [23JA]

———establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1851), H2183 [15MY]

———high school dropout prevention demonstration program (see S. 1470), S9874 [26SE]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H163 [31JA]

———improve student and teacher performance and access to education in the Lower Mississippi Delta region (see S. 617), S2894 [26MR]

———improve teacher quality (see S. 101), S100 [22JA] (see S. 438), S1747 [1MR]

———increase participation in advanced placement courses (see S. 103), S100 [22JA]

———provide assistance to States to improve certain low performing schools through School Assistance Teams (see S. 469), S1897 [6MR]

———provide bonus funds to local educational agencies that adopt a policy to end social promotion (see H.R. 3588), H10965 [20DE]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 334, 339), S1394 [14FE] (see S. 475), S1971 [7MR]

———provide for a smaller learning communities grant program (see H.R. 2571), H4352 [19JY]

———provide for teacher technology training (see S. 164), S527 [24JA] (see S. 307), S1270 [13FE] (see S. 473), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 573), H322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1703), H1923 [3MY]

———provide funding flexibility to States and local educational agencies for programs to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities (see H.R. 1527), H1498 [4AP]

———provide funding to States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary and secondary school teachers (see S. 1414), S9253 [10SE] (see H.R. 949), H826 [8MR]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools (see S. 471), S1897 [6MR]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (see S. 311), S1270 [13FE] (see H.R. 613), H393 [14FE]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs (see S. 669), S3215 [30MR]

———provide grants to local educational agencies for prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 1649), H1714 [1MY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies to pay one-half of salaries of teachers who use approved sabbatical leave for a course of study to improve their classroom teaching (see H.R. 1119), H1011 [20MR]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers (see S. 40), S98 [22JA]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H1188 [27MR]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2570 [22MY]

———strengthen the role of the Federal Government in helping to identify children with reading deficiencies and provide grants to State and local governments to implement early reading intervention programs (see S. 377), S1463 [15FE]

———support teacher corps programs (see S. 444), S1747 [1MR]

Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs: funding (see H.R. 1395), H1481 (see H.R. 1395), H1491 [4AP]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 218), S707 [30JA] (see S. 953), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 263), H109 [30JA] (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Elections: allow States to use a proportional voting system for multiseat congressional districts (see H.R. 1189), H1113 [22MR]

———constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 4), S1122 [7FE]

———require certain disclosure and reports relative to polling by telephone or electronic device (see H.R. 150), H60 [6JA]

———requirements relative to access to election ballots for certain parties (see H.R. 2268), H3464 [21JN]

Electric power: require electric generation facilities owned and operated by the Dept. of Defense in the western U.S. to generate electricity and to conserve energy in electric emergencies (see H.R. 2141), H3067 [12JN]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (see H.R. 1468), H1485 (see H.R. 1468), H1495 [4AP]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (H.R. 1468), consideration (see H. Res. 165), H3150 [13JN]

———suspend certain environmental and siting requirements applicable to fossil fuel fired powerplants to alleviate power shortages (see H.R. 979), H875 [13MR]

———waive restrictions on operation of certain facilities used to address an emergency power shortage declared by a State Governor (see H.R. 1664), H1715 [1MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: require States receiving Federal funds to expel students who are convicted of a violent crime (see H.R. 194), H62 [6JA]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 309), S1270 [13FE]

———strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students (see S. 158), S456 [23JA]

Employment: provide for regional skills training alliances (see S. 431), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 1419), H1483 (see H.R. 1419), H1493 [4AP]

EPA: authorize Project SEARCH (special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) to provide grants to assist small communities in meeting certain regulations (see S. 707), S3530 [5AP] (see S. 1466), S9874 [26SE] (see H.R. 1519), H1498 [4AP]

———establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see S. 1870), S13943 [20DE]

———provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs (see S. 1608), S11286 [31OC]

ERISA: exempt from preemption, under State tort actions to recover damages, any employee welfare benefit plan providing disability benefits that fails to provide timely benefits (see H.R. 1104), H1010 [20MR] (see H.R. 1422), H1483 (see H.R. 1422), H1493 [4AP]

Executive departments: expedite review procedures for granting waivers to States under a grant program administered by an agency if another State has already been granted a similar waiver (see H.R. 789), H506 [28FE]

Families and domestic relations: authorize grants to fund arrangements between local police and public accommodations for emergency domestic violence shelters (see H.R. 2697), H5124 [1AU]

———demonstration projects to support State and local efforts to provide partial or full wage replacement for childbirth, adoption, or other caregiving needs (see H.R. 226), H63 [6JA]

———increase child support money to families leaving welfare (see S. 916), S5269 [21MY]

———increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see S. 918), S5269 [21MY] (see H.R. 1471), H1486 (see H.R. 1471), H1495 [4AP]

———provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see S. 653), S3152 [29MR] (see H.R. 1300), H1344 [29MR]

FEC: issue voluntary standards to promote voting system accessibility and effectiveness and make grants to assist States in complying with such standards and carrying out other voting accessibility promotion activities (see H.R. 1151), H1059 [21MR]

———make grants to States which have adopted an instant runoff voting system for Presidential elections (see H.R. 3232), H7852 [6NO]

Federal aid programs: establish low-income gasoline assistance program (see S. 981), S5798 [26MY] (see H.R. 2427), H3805 [28JN]

———issue vouchers to older individuals for nutrition services (see H.R. 2188), H3202 [14JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance (see H.R. 3141), H6919 [16OC]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: clarify which lending entities are subject to provisions governing State limitation of interest rates and other charges relative to interstate bank mergers (see S. 1835), S13464 [18DE]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 57), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 920), H740 [7MR]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: require the value of public benefits created by State and local governments and nonprofit entities to be offset against certain rights-of-way fees held by those entities (see H.R. 3187), H7529 [30OC]

Federal Transit Administration: authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants (see S. 1844), S13465 [18DE]

Federal-State relations: provide incentive funds for having certain laws in effect (see H.R. 139), H60 [6JA]

———require Federal agencies to consult with State and local governments on environmental impact statements (see S. 301), S1218 [8FE]

———restore Federal remedies for violations of intellectual property rights by States (see S. 1611), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 3204), H7717 [1NO]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (see S. 287), S1218 [8FE]

———impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (see S. 764), S3852 [24AP]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (see S. 80), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 268), H109 [30JA]

———order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates (see S. 1068), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 2274), H3464 [21JN]

———refund of certain overcharges for electricity in Western States (see H.R. 2757), H5335 [2AU]

Financial institutions: safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H1482 (see H.R. 1408), H1492 [4AP]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 442), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 382), H165 [31JA]

———allow States to develop or expand instant gun checks, establish tax credits for safe storage devices, promote use of child safety locks, and prevent children from injuring themselves and others (see H.R. 1397), H1481 (see H.R. 1397), H1491 [4AP]

———assist State and local governments in conducting community gun buy back programs (see H.R. 278), H109 [30JA]

———encourage States to require a holding period for students expelled for bringing a gun to school (see H.R. 1396), H1481 (see H.R. 1396), H1491 [4AP]

———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 514), S2162 [12MR] (see H.R. 950), H826 [8MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H59 [6JA]

———provide grants to States and localities to supplement or expand existing programs to combat school violence and to keep firearms from children (see H.R. 255), H108 [30JA]

———repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 1455), H1485 (see H.R. 1455), H1494 [4AP]

———require persons to obtain a State license before receiving a handgun or ammunition (see H.R. 138), H60 [6JA]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see S. 1617), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 3185), H7529 [30OC]

Fish and fishing: continue State management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab fishery (see S. 755), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 1661), H1715 [1MY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see S. 1825), S13145 [13DE] (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), consideration (see H. Res. 163), H3066 [12JN]

Floods: ensure States and local governments quickly and safely remove flood debris to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding (see H.R. 2186), H3201 [14JN]

Food: permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (see S. 1683), S11789 [14NO] (see H.R. 3466), H10054 [12DE] (see H.R. 3477), H10065 [13DE]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (see S. 1098), S6920 [26JN]

Foreign trade: improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the U.S., establish grants to improve facilities, and designate a port technology demonstration site (see S. 884), S4940 [15MY]

Forests: increase carbon storage in national forests and facilitate the reporting of forest projects which reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (see S. 820), S4245 [3MY]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H7717 [1NO]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 541), H253 [8FE] (see H.R. 749), H441 [27FE]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling (see H. Con. Res. 152), H2889 [5JN]

GSA: reform the Federal Protective Service to enhance the safety and security of Federal, State, and local employees, and members of the public at airports (see H.R. 2898), H5704 [14SE]

Hawaii: relief (see S. 1039), S6318 [14JN]

Health: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care services to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 2635), H4633 [25JY] (see H.R. 2704), H5125 [1AU] (see H.R. 2728), H5333 [2AU]

———availability of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 943), H825 [8MR]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 1033), H928 [14MR]

———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 1639), H1659 [26AP] (see H.R. 2103), H2997 [7JN]

———reimburse health care providers for costs associated with providing emergency medical care to illegal aliens who are not detained by law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2256), H3357 [20JN]

Health care facilities: provide grants to test innovative ways to increase nursing home staff levels, reduce turnover, and improve quality of care for residents in nursing homes (see H.R. 118), H59 [6JA]

Health care professionals: establish a demonstration program to address physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural areas (see S. 1387), S8911 [3AU]

———prohibit dental licensing discrimination by States on the basis of nonresidency (see H.R. 463), H220 [7FE]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic mapping, modeling, and monitoring program and establish High Plains Aquifer Coordination Council to facilitate groundwater conservation (see S. 1537), S10640 [11OC]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth (see H.R. 623), H394 [14FE] (see H.R. 825), H622 [1MR]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see S.J. Res. 30), S13944 [20DE] (see H.J. Res. 67), H6505 [10OC] (see H.J. Res. 77), H8948 [5DE]

Ice storms: disaster assistance (see H.R. 1240), H1188 [27MR]

Immigration: adjust status of certain long-staying alien children, lower high school drop out rates of certain immigrant children, and allow State and local determination of admittance to State and local colleges and universities (see H.R. 1582), H1604 [25AP]

———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H622 [1MR]

———increase State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding and provide Federal reimbursement for treatment of illegal aliens (see S. 169), S527 [24JA]

———moratorium (see H.R. 2712), H5125 [1AU]

———prohibit H-2A workers from bringing lawsuits against employers, except in the State in which the employer resides, or has its principal place of business (see H.R. 1327), H1345 [29MR]

Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1023), H928 [14MR] (see H.R. 1392), H1481 (see H.R. 1392), H1491 [4AP]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: amend (see S. 832), S4246 [3MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: amend relative to minimum State grants (see H.R. 371), H165 [31JA]

———authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior (see H.R. 651), H395 [14FE] (see H.R. 977), H875 [13MR]

———permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies (see H.R. 1500), H1497 [4AP]

INS: extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (see S. 1891), S13944 [20DE] (see H.R. 3030), H6379 [4OC]

Insurance: establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (see S. 651), S3152 [29MR]

———provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals and permit States to provide temporary Medicaid coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 3364), H8564 [28NO]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see S. 1297), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 580), H323 [13FE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Interstate commerce: clarify jurisdiction over digital transactions of goods and services on the Internet (see H.R. 2421), H3804 [28JN]

———prohibit States from imposing restrictions on interstate limousine services (see S. 1223), S8122 [24JY] (see H.R. 565), H322 [13FE]

Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund: establish (see S. 886), S4940 [15MY]

Kentucky: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 754), H441 [27FE]

Law enforcement: adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 965), H827 [8MR] (see H.R. 1907), H2333 [17MY]

———community policing programs (see S. 924), S5438 [22MY] (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

———prohibit racial profiling (see S. 989), S5889 [6JN] (see H.R. 2074), H2955 [6JN]

———provide grants to enable States to provide information regarding parolees to local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1223), H1188 [27MR]

———reimburse State and local law enforcement organizations for expenses incurred in providing assistance to the Secret Service in the protection of the President (see S. 772), S3921 [25AP]

———require Federal law enforcement agencies to expunge voidable arrest records and provide incentive funds to States that have systems for expunging such records (see H.R. 1154), H1060 [21MR]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 952), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 1475), H1486 (see H.R. 1475), H1496 [4AP]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see S. 840), S4508 [8MY] (see H.R. 1626), H1659 [26AP]

———establish a matching grant program to assist local governments in purchasing bullet resistant equipment (see S. 440), S1747 [1MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H63 [6JA]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (H.R. 218), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H7529 [30OC]

———lift State earnings limitations on retired officers to enhance school safety (see H. Con. Res. 10), H28 [3JA]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see S. 490), S2070 [8MR] (see H.R. 1212), H1187 [27MR]

———tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 2789), H5336 [2AU]

———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1343), S8705 [2AU] (see H.R. 2777), H5335 [2AU]

———allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (see S. 1625), S11362 [1NO]

———assure that funds provided for State emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens are used to reimburse hospitals and related providers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 519), H223 [7FE]

———clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (see S. 1177), S7589 [12JY] (see H.R. 2513), H4111 [17JY]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 53), S99 [22JA]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see S. 1745), S12161 [29NO] (see H.R. 3360), H8564 [28NO]

———establish a demonstration grant program to assist States in providing subsidies for group health insurance premiums for low-income, Medicaid-eligible individuals (see H.R. 1903), H2333 [17MY]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S2582 [20MR] (see H.R. 854), H623 [1MR]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H8948 [5DE]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1041), H952 [15MR]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see S. 573), S2582 [20MR] (see H.R. 2701), H5125 [1AU]

———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (see H.R. 1793), H2140 [10MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S5831 [5JN] (see H.R. 2063), H2888 [5JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1270 [13FE] (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 2364), H3802 [28JN]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (see H.R. 1641), H1659 [26AP]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S3921 [25AP] (see H.R. 1604), H1658 [26AP]

———State requirements for financial recovery from an individual's estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health plan (see H.R. 1001), H876 [13MR]

Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H4862 [30JY]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2483), H4008 [12JY]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (see S. 153), S456 [23JA] (see H.R. 836), H622 [1MR]

Mental health: establish regional centers to help States, local governments, and other organizations develop activities and services to assist persons with persistent mental illnesses (see H.R. 2363), H3802 [28JN]

———establish State and local grants to provide services in response to public health emergencies and disasters resulting from terrorism (see H.R. 3413), H8948 [5DE]

Minimum wage: provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H1484 (see H.R. 1441), H1494 [4AP]

Mining and mineral resources: reform and improve programs for the reclamation of abandoned coal mine sites (see H.R. 297), H110 [30JA]

Montana: designate certain counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas (see S. 715), S3530 [5AP]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2114), H2997 [7JN]

Motor vehicles: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H3960 [11JY]

———prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (see H.R. 2546), H4215 [18JY]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (see H.R. 430), H219 [7FE]

National Children's Memorial Flag Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 98), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 98), H1499 [4AP]

National Commission on Farmworkers and Federal Health Coverage: establish (see H.R. 2642), H4634 [25JY]

National Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections: establish (see S. 379), S1463 [15FE]

National Endowment for the Arts: repeal State grant limitations (see H.R. 137), H60 [6JA]

National Environmental Policy Act: require Council on Environmental Quality study on urban sprawl and smart growth and include urban sprawl in environmental reviews by Federal agencies (see H.R. 1739), H1924 [3MY]

National Gambling Impact Study Commission: implement recommendations relative to availability of cash through automatic teller machines in gambling establishments (see H.R. 2572), H4352 [19JY]

National Guard: authorize the operation of counterdrug schools (see S. 374), S1463 [15FE]

———end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 512), H223 [7FE]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H223 [7FE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry: establish to work in conjunction with State registries and to create a partnership to launch an outreach and education campaign on organ and tissue donation (see S. 788), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 2645), H4634 [25JY]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 1111), S6991 [27JN] (see H.R. 3473), H10055 [12DE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1071), H954 [15MR]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H8746 [30NO]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H7217 [23OC]

———provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 1737), S12100 [28NO]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 189), H62 [6JA]

Native Americans: payment of State and local taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 2726), H5333 [2AU]

———require State approval of new gambling facilities, develop minimum Federal standards for Indian gaming, and establish commission to report on living standards on Indian lands (see H.R. 2244), H3259 [19JN]

Natural Gas Act: limit use of eminent domain to acquire certain State-owned property (see H.R. 295), H110 [30JA]

New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact: congressional consent to certain amendments (see H.R. 3180), H7528 [30OC]

Nicholas County, KY: include as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 3096), H6701 [11OC]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council: establish (see S. 226), S914 [31JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend to protect State and local government employees (see H.R. 2218), H3258 [19JN]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: distribute revenues to coastal States and counties (see H.R. 2475), H3960 [11JY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Parks and recreation areas: provide grants to States to improve safety at public playgrounds (see H.R. 2159), H3149 [13JN]

Peer mediation programs: funding (see H.R. 1546), H1554 [24AP]

Pesticides: making supplemental appropriations to ensure inclusion in State source water assessment programs (see H.R. 398), H218 [7FE]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 141), S101 [22JA]

———require periodic inspections and improve safety (see H.R. 144), H60 [6JA]

Political action committees: reduce influence in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 2533), H4112 [17JY]

Political campaigns: limit contributions by nondistrict or out-of-State residents and entities other than individuals in congressional elections (see H.R. 1445), H1484 (see H.R. 1445), H1494 [4AP] (see H.R. 2122), H3066 [12JN]

Postage and stamps: issue commemorative postage stamps honoring States, territories, and the District of Columbia (see H. Con. Res. 215), H5338 [2AU]

Postal Service: require the area of a zip code number shall be located entirely within a State (see S. 1110), S6991 [27JN]

Power resources: allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure their economic stability (see H.R. 1075), H954 [15MR] (see H.R. 1874), H2280 [16MY]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs (see S. Res. 26), S1464 [15FE]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (see S. 352), S1462 [15FE] (see H.R. 683), H396 [14FE]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college and provide a new procedure for electing the President and Vice President (see H.J. Res. 25), H623 [1MR]

———constitutional amendment to provide a new procedure for appointment of Electors (see H.J. Res. 1), H28 [3JA] (see H.J. Res. 17, 18), H324 [13FE]

———constitutional amendment to provide a new procedure for appointment of electors and provide alternative election procedures if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes (see H.J. Res. 37), H877 [13MR]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.R. 1215), H1187 [27MR]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H63 [6JA]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation and facilitate interstate linkage and 24-hour access to State donor registries (see S. 1062), S6448 [19JN]

Public lands: limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see S. 322), S1394 [14FE]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 206), S706 [30JA] (see H.R. 1101), H1010 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H2847 [25MY]

———expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (see S. 1027), S6211 [13JN] (see H.R. 2166), H3150 [13JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H6780 [12OC]

———reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 942), S5542 [23MY] (see H.R. 1930), H2569 [22MY]

———reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3459), H9239 [11DE]

———suspend bonus payments to States to reward decreases in illegitimacy ratios under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (see H.R. 2892), H5703 [14SE]

Public works: State and local capital projects funding (see H.R. 1564), H1555 [24AP]

Railroads: use State and private sector initiatives to provide for the competitive operation of Northeast rail corridor and Autotrain (see H.R. 3591), H10965 [20DE]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H648 [6MR]

Recycling: require refund values for beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 845), H623 [1MR] (see H.R. 1667), H1715 [1MY]

Refuse disposal: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1927), H2387 [21MY]

Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1273), H1294 [28MR]

Roads and highways: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (see S. 1646), S11549 [7NO] (see H.R. 3522), H10908 [19DE]

———prohibit the use of a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle (see S. 927), S5438 [22MY]

———restrict tolling authority on Interstate Highway System (see S. 485), S1971 [7MR]

———waive tolls on the Interstate Highway System during peak holiday travel periods (see S. 1150), S7193 [29JN]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S6212 [13JN] (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources (see S. 1374), S8911 [3AU]

Schools: authorize grants and expand tax incentives to States for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 625), H394 [14FE] (see H.R. 771), H505 [28FE]

———establish State revolving funds for school construction (see H.R. 729), H440 [27FE]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see S. 74), S99 [22JA]

———provide loans to enable State or local governments to make interest payments on qualified school construction bonds (see S. 119), S100 [22JA]

———provide States with funds to support State, regional, and local school construction (see H.R. 1430), H1483 (see H.R. 1430), H1493 [4AP]

Small business: provide for national quadrennial and State summits (see S. 396), S1616 [27FE]

Social Security: allocate allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program in the same manner as for States (see H.R. 3508), H10355 [18DE]

———assure coverage of legal immigrant children and pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 1528), H1498 [4AP]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S2894 [26MR] (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———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. 484), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 1909), H2334 [17MY]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 844), H623 [1MR] (see H.R. 3496), H10066 [13DE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1244), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2630), H4633 [25JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include certain children (see S. 1266), S8353 [27JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 574), S2582 [20MR]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1016), S6127 [12JN]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S2662 [21MR] (see H.R. 1143), H1059 [21MR]

———provide an exception to certain marriage requirements for widows and widowers relative to State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence (see H.R. 319), H162 [31JA]

———reform relative to State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 120), H1716 [1MY]

———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. 501), S2071 [8MR] (see H.R. 956), H826 [8MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1485 (see H.R. 1470), H1495 [4AP]

———urge that any reform not include mandatory coverage of State and local employees (see H. Con. Res. 229), H5704 [14SE]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1680), S11719 [13NO] (see H.R. 3436), H9077 [6DE]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H1187 [27MR]

———limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and authorize State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see S. 1194), S7878 [18JY]

———State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1214), H1187 [27MR]

———State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste (see H.R. 667), H396 [14FE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see S. 1850), S13700 [19DE]

South Dakota: convey certain lands acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project to certain State agencies for wildlife habitat mitigation and provide conditional purchase options (see S. 1028), S6211 [13JN]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (see S. 862), S4822 [10MY]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1927), H2387 [21MY]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl (see S. 1633), S11437 [5NO]

Taxation: allow a deduction for Federal, State, and local fuel taxes (see H.R. 2025), H2847 [25MY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H162 [31JA] (see H.R. 2683), H4948 [31JY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax (see S. 291), S1218 [8FE]

———allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H221 [7FE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see S. 683), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 1331), H1407 [3AP]

———allow certain deductions for school bus owner-operators (see H.R. 2067), H2888 [5JN]

———allow rollover contributions to individual retirement plans from deferred compensation plans maintained by States and local governments and allow State and local governments to maintain 401(k) plans (see H.R. 465), H220 [7FE]

———allow State and local income taxes to be deducted in computing the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1196), H1114 [22MR]

———allow tax-exempt financing of private sector highway infrastructure construction (see S. 870), S4822 [10MY]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S3274 [2AP] (see H.R. 951), H826 [8MR]

———apply graduated income tax rates for principal campaign committees of congressional candidates to comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices (see H.R. 1881), H2280 [16MY]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H8337 [16NO]

———disclose to State and local law enforcement agencies individuals using Social Security numbers of others to claim tax benefits (see H.R. 2077), H2955 [6JN]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 97), S100 [22JA] (see S. 615), S2894 [26MR] (see H.R. 959), H826 [8MR]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (see H.R. 926), H740 [7MR]

———establish a Federal tax refund offset program for State and local governments (see H.R. 3261), H7959 [8NO]

———establish a temporary checkoff on income tax returns to provide funds to States for Federal election administration improvement (see H.R. 1025), H928 [14MR]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 769), H505 [28FE]

———exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the State volume cap (see S. 370), S1463 [15FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see S. 527), S2306 [14MR] (see S. 744), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 527), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 1544), H1554 [24AP] (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 512), S2117 [9MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 246), S1062 [6FE] (see S. 1525), S10457 [10OC] (see H.R. 1552), H1555 [24AP]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 1542), S10640 [11OC] (see S. 1567), S10835 [18OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (see S. 288), S1218 [8FE] (see S. 1481), S10058 [2OC] (see S. 1504), S10287 [4OC]

———foster innovation and technological advancement in the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see H.R. 1410), H1482 (see H.R. 1410), H1492 [4AP]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 1514), H1498 [4AP]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see S. 972), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 1459), H1485 (see H.R. 1459), H1495 [4AP]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (see H.R. 379), H165 [31JA]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 245), S1062 [6FE] (see S. 589), S2662 [21MR] (see S. 777), S3921 [25AP] (see H.R. 1675), H1860 [2MY] (see H.R. 2526), H4112 [17JY]

———permit private educational institutions to maintain certain qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 636), H394 [14FE]

———permit private educational institutions to maintain qualified tuition programs and provide exemption for distributions from such programs (see H.R. 249), H108 [30JA]

———prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory tax on income earned within such State by nonresidents (see S. 759), S3851 [24AP]

———provide credits for costs of travel for purposes of making retail purchases in States that do not impose sales tax (see H.R. 3384), H8731 [29NO]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see S. 1643), S11549 [7NO] (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [15NO] (see H.R. 3398), H8842 [4DE]

———provide Federal reimbursement to States for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3172), H7333 [25OC]

———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (see S. 664), S3152 [29MR]

———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 2525), H4111 [17JY] (see H.R. 2717), H5332 [2AU]

———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see H.R. 455), H220 [7FE]

———treatment of certain stipends paid from a State program to volunteer workers who have attained age 60 (see H.R. 924), H740 [7MR]

———treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition programs used to pay higher education expenses for the designated beneficiary (see S. 335), S1394 [14FE]

———treatment of property tax reduction vouchers received by senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work (see H.R. 925), H740 [7MR]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S1218 [8FE] (see H.R. 248), H108 [30JA]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives (see S. 262), S1063 [6FE]

Telecommunications: establish a separate process for State commission evaluation of rural telephone company exemptions, suspensions, and modifications, relative to advanced capabilities (see H.R. 3142), H6919 [16OC]

Telephones: develop a plan for efficient allocation of telephone numbers to limit the creation of new area codes (see H.R. 92), H27 [3JA]

Television: State regulation of cable television rates and establish moratorium on increases (see H.R. 2813), H5337 [2AU]

Tennessee: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see S. 482), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 2465), H3959 [11JY]

Terrorism: assist States in preparing for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1520), S10388 [9OC] (see H.R. 3153), H7127 [17OC]

———develop medical disaster response plans for terrorist attacks that use biological or chemical weapons (see H.R. 3269), H7959 [8NO]

Time: permit States in the Pacific time zone to temporarily adjust the standard time relative to the energy crisis (see H.R. 704), H397 [14FE]

Tobacco products: support State legislative efforts, and strong health education programs and activities, to discourage smoking in children (see H. Con. Res. 122), H1860 [2MY]

Transportation: authorize State and local governments to regulate trains that block road traffic (see H.R. 432), H219 [7FE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: allow States to modify suspension requirements for repeat drunk drivers relative to use of an ignition interlock system (see H.R. 3118), H6780 [12OC]

TVA: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2116), H2997 [7JN]

U.S. Commission on Election Law Reform: establish (see H.R. 49), H26 [3JA]

Utah-Nevada Boundary Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 2054), H2888 [5JN]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see S. 1013), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2123), H3066 [12JN]

Voting: award grants for States to adopt the Federal write-in absentee ballot for overseas voters and require uniform treatment of such ballots (see S. 467), S1897 [6MR]

———direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (see S. 368), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 752), H441 [27FE] (see H.R. 2275), H3464 [21JN]

———encourage States to adopt uniform voting procedures to carry out the election of the President and Vice President (see H. Con. Res. 5), H28 [3JA]

———ensure uniform treatment by States of Federal overseas absentee ballots and allow buildings on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places (see S. 154), S456 [23JA]

———establish a grant program to assist State and local governments in upgrading voting systems and devices and enhance participation by military personnel in national elections (see S. 479), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 1482), H1486 (see H.R. 1482), H1496 [4AP]

———establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment (see H.R. 354), H164 [31JA]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 2398), H3804 [28JN] (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), consideration (see H. Res. 311), H9234 (see H. Res. 311), H9238 [11DE]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

———guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see S. 28), S98 [22JA]

———guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see S. 731), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 1377), H1409 [3AP]

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November (see H.R. 2758), H5335 [2AU]

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November, prohibit States from preventing registered citizens from voting, and ban law enforcement activities that intimidate individuals from voting (see H.R. 1559), H1555 [24AP]

———implement significant election administration reforms prior to the next general Federal election (see H. Con. Res. 63), H929 [14MR]

———permit individuals whose names do not appear on the list of registered voters at a particular polling place in a Federal election to cast provisional votes (see H.R. 1004), H876 [13MR]

———permit voters to vote for ``None of the Above'' in Federal elections and require an additional election if ``None of the Above'' receives the most votes (see H.R. 2759), H5335 [2AU]

———prohibit States from denying any individual the right to register and vote in Federal elections on the grounds that the individual has been convicted of a Federal crime (see H.R. 1558), H1555 [24AP] (see H.R. 2687), H4948 [31JY]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see S. 122), S100 [22JA] (see S. 470), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 159), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 492), H222 [7FE]

———provide State grants to expand the opportunity for citizens to vote over the Internet (see S. 729), S3705 [6AP]

———provide voters the right, through advisory initiatives, to propose the enactment or repeal of Federal laws in a national election (see H.R. 2760), H5335 [2AU]

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop an electronic voting plan for such voters (see H.R. 311), H111 [30JA]

———require States to give notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for crime convictions (see H.R. 1971), H2678 [23MY]

———require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 128), H59 [6JA]

Water: authorize appropriations for municipal construction grant program for wastewater treatment (see H.R. 1751), H2021 [8MY]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see S. 252), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 668), H396 [14FE] (see H.R. 1750), H2021 [8MY]

———Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see S. 447), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 705), H397 [14FE]

———State sovereignty over water within borders (see S. 446), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 1156), H1060 [21MR]

———use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and quality improvement programs (see S. 285), S1218 [8FE]

White House Quadrennial Commission on Small Business: establish (see S. 396), S1616 [27FE]

Women: ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 98), H1115 [22MR]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see S. 208), S706 [30JA] (see H.R. 633), H394 [14FE]

Conference reports

No Child Left Behind Act (H.R. 1), H9773-H10052 [12DE]

Cost Estimates

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act (S. 350): CBO, S3895 [25AP]

True American Heroes Act (H.R. 3054): CBO, H10196 [18DE]

Court decisions

Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC: Anthony M. Kennedy, S2862 [26MR]

Documents

Antiquities Act, S425 [22JA]

Explanations

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards (H.R. 430), E124 [6FE]

Factsheets

Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act (S. 484), S1995 [7MR]

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act (S. 1016), S6134 [12JN]

Histories

California Hospital Seismic Mandate: California Healthcare Association, E685 [1MY]

Letters

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: Lynn Cornwell, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, S13026 [12DE]

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act water conservation program: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S13658 [19DE]

Application of California State regulations relative to oxygenate requirements of reformulated gasoline: Christine Todd Whitman, EPA, H5137 [1AU]

Assistance for aviation employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures: several State Governors, S10353 [9OC]

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act: Alan Front, Trust for Public Land (organization), S1488 [15FE], S3888 [25AP]

———Anne E. Estabrook and Thomas J. Bisacquino, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, S1487 [15FE]

———Gordon H. Chong, American Institute of Architects, S3888 [25AP]

———H. Brent Coles, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S1486 [15FE], S3887 [25AP]

———Jeffrey D. DeBoer, Real Estate Roundtable (organization), S1487 [15FE]

———Jeremiah D. Jackson, Environmental Business Action Coalition, S1488 [15FE]

———Joe Hackney, National Conference of State Legislatures, S3886 [25AP]

———John G. Arlington, American Insurance Association, S1487 [15FE]

———Richard D. Baier, Building Owners and Managers Association International, S3889 [25AP]

———Richard Mendenhall, National Association of Realtors, S1486 [15FE], S3889 [25AP]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S3887 [25AP]

———Robert W. Bein, American Society of Civil Engineers, S3888 [25AP]

———Robin K. Wiener, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., S1488 [15FE], S3889 [25AP]

———Senators Bob Smith, Chafee, Reid, and Boxer, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S3896 [25AP]

———several environmental organizations, S1488, S1489 [15FE], S3887 [25AP]

———William H. Hoffman III, International Council of Shopping Centers, S1487 [15FE]

Building, Renovating, Improving, and Constructing Kids' Schools Act: Brenda L. Welburn, National Association of State Boards of Education, S394 [22JA]

———James E. Rier, Jr., Maine State Board of Education, S394 [22JA]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S393 [22JA]

———Vicki Rafel, National PTA, S394 [22JA]

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act: Brian E. Frosh, Robert S. Bloxom, and Russ Fairchild, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S6327 [14JN]

———Jane Nishida, Maryland Dept. of the Environment, S6327 [14JN]

———William C. Baker, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S6327 [14JN]

Clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education: several educational organizations, S5855 [6JN]

Clarify State compliance with new Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws: Garnet Coleman, National Conference of State Legislatures, S6978 [27JN]

Clarify that the home is not defined as a polling place to prevent the curbing or stopping of absentee or by-mail voting: Bill Bradbury, Oregon Sec. of State, H9294 [12DE]

Collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments: Don Borut, National League of Cities, S11447 [5NO]

———J. Thomas Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S11446 [5NO]

———Philip C. Stittleburg, National Volunteer Fire Council, S11447 [5NO]

———Reed Larson, National Right To Work Committee, S11447 [5NO]

———William T. Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, S11447 [5NO]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) public disclosure of evaluations of Presidential nominees by home State Senators: Senators Leahy and Hatch, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7285 [29JN]

Community Character Act: Alan Front, Trust for Public Land, S5710 [25MY]

———Bruce McClendon, American Planning Association, S5709 [25MY], E571 [5AP]

———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S5710 [25MY], E572 [5AP]

———Lee L. Verstandig, National Association of Realtors, S5709 [25MY], E571 [5AP]

———Nancy C. Somerville, American Society of Landscape Architects, E571 [5AP]

Constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits: Ann McBride, Common Cause (organization), S2867 [26MR]

———Fred Wertheimer, Common Cause (organization), S2868 [26MR]

———Laura W. Murphy, ACLU, S2869 [26MR]

———Roger Pilon, CATO Institute, S2870 [26MR]

Construction of new runways at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL: Craig Burzych, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, S12643 [7DE]

Dept. of Education funding for State testing and assessment programs: Bob Holden, Governor of Missouri, S5919 [7JN]

———Tom Vilsack, Democratic Governors' Association, S5919, S5929 [7JN]

Dept. of Labor issuance of adverse effect wage rates applicable to the H-2A Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker Program: Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, H1106 [22MR]

———Representatives George Miller, Owens, and Berman, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H1105 [22MR]

Disputed results in Presidential election in Florida: several Representatives, H52 [6JA]

Drinking water standards for arsenic: Senators Domenici, Kyl, Craig, Hatch, and Bennett, S8555 [1AU]

Effect of student transiency on academic performance: GAO, H2412 [22MY]

Emergency School Repair Program funding: Robert P. Canavan, Rebuild America's Schools (organization), S11305 [1NO]

Emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance for economic recovery: several economists, E2102 [15NO]

Encourage national board certification by teachers by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives: Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S1085 [6FE]

Ensure Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks: Eugene R. Andreotti, Minnesota Dept. of Military Affairs, S12611 [7DE]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., S12612 [7DE]

———Military Coalition, S12610, S12611 [7DE]

FamilyCare Act: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes (organization), S8232 [25JY]

———Graham Newson, American Academy of Pediatrics, S8231 [25JY]

———Gregg Haifley, Children's Defense Fund, S8232 [25JY]

———Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S8231 [25JY]

———Marcia D. Greenberger and Regan Ralph, National Women's Law Center, S8230 [25JY]

———Michael D. Place, Catholic Health Association, S8232 [25JY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S8231 [25JY]

Federal courts jurisdition over traditional plaintiff's medical malpractice claims: Senator Specter, S6386 [18JN]

Financial Services Antifraud Network Act: Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), H7744 [6NO]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7744 [6NO]

Help America Vote Act: Cathy Pearsall-Stipek, National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials, and Clerks, H9305 [12DE]

———Daniel J. Bryant, Dept. of Justice, H9304 [12DE]

———J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Sec. of State, H9306 [12DE]

———James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, H9256, H9306 [12DE]

———Lance Gough, International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers, H9306 [12DE]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, H9305 [12DE]

———Martin R. Stephens and Daniel T. Bluc, National Conference of State Legislatures, H9305 [12DE]

———Philip Zelikow, National Commission on Federal Election Reform, H9298 [12DE]

———R. Doug Lewis, Election Center (organization), H9305 [12DE]

———Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H9306 [12DE]

———Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform (House), H9307 [12DE]

———Representative Hoyer, Committee on House Administration (House), H9298 [12DE]

———Representative Stump, Committee on Armed Services (House), H9307 [12DE]

Incentives to assist communities with brownfields revitalization: Aliceann Wohlbruck, National Association of Development Organizations, S6610 [21JN]

———Coalition for Economic Development, S6610 [21JN]

———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S6610 [21JN]

———F. Barton Harvey III, Enterprise Foundation, S6610 [21JN]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S6610 [21JN]

Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act: e-Fairness Coalition, S2133 [9MR]

———several State and local government organizations, S2133 [9MR]

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: several State and local government organizations, S11913 [15NO]

Missouri River main stem reservoir system operation: Thomas Generke, Missouri River Natural Resources Committee, S7857 [18JY]

National dairy policy study: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S12841 [11DE]

———Jerry Kozak, National Milk Producers Federation, S12838 [11DE]

No Child Left Behind Act: James R. Ruhland and Anne L. Bryant, National School Boards Association, H10100 [13DE]

———several Governors, S13342 [17DE]

Nondischargeability of debts in bankruptcy arising from the exchange of electric energy: Edwin D. Hill and Jerry J. O'Connor, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, S2206 [13MR]

———Gray Davis, Governor of California, S2205 [13MR]

———Jeanne Connelly, Calpine Corp., S2204 [13MR]

———John E. Bryson, Edison International (corporation), S2205 [13MR]

———Keith E. Bailey, Williams Cos., S2204 [13MR]

———Lynne H. Church, Electric Power Supply Association, S2205 [13MR]

———Nettie Hoge, The Utility Reform Network (TURN), S2205 [13MR]

———Robert D. Glynn, PG&E Corp., S2205 [13MR]

———Thomas R. Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, S2204 [13MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: Kenneth D. Ayars, Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental Management, S8856 [3AU]

———Robert W. Spear, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, S8855 [3AU]

———Shirley Ferris, Connecticut Dept. of Agriculture, S8856 [3AU]

———Stephen H. Taylor, New Hampshire Dept. of Agriculture, Markets & Food, S8856 [3AU]

Pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of Federal Transit Administration assistance or grants: William W. Millar, American Public Transportation Association, S12856 [11DE], S13468 [18DE]

Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor: several State Depts. of Transportation, S11557 [7NO]

Prohibit Federal examination fees for State chartered banks: Mike Johanns and Don Siegelman, National Governors' Association, S3640 [6AP]

———several banking organizations, S3640 [6AP]

Provide market loss assistance for apple producers: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S11066 [25OC]

———Kraig R. Naasz, U.S. Apple Association, S11066 [25OC]

Providing Reliable Officers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, and Training in Our Neighborhoods (PROTECTION) Act: Chuck Wexler, Police Executive Research Forum, S5443 [22MY]

———Jerry Gaines, National Sheriffs' Association, S5444 [22MY]

———Kenneth T. Lyons, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, S5444 [22MY]

———Robert T. Scully, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S5443 [22MY]

Real Interstate Driver Equity Act: Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8055 [13NO]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H8055 [13NO]

Remove 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts relative to flexibility in the use of Federal funds: Fight Crime Invest in KIDS (organization), S6158 [13JN]

———Kenneth L. Gladish, YMCA, S6159 [13JN]

School personnel authority to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, S4225 [3MY]

School renovation grants: Kristor W. Cowan, New York, NY, Board of Education, S4991 [16MY]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S4990 [16MY]

———Michael D. Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, S4990 [16MY]

———Robert P. Canavan, Rebuild America's Schools Coalition, S4990 [16MY]

———Wilson Davis, Jr., Jane Babcock, and Kate Baldwin, Keokuk, IA, Community School District, S4990 [16MY]

Setting Aside for a Valuable Education (SAVE) Act: George Thomas, College Savings Plans Network (organization), S1419 [14FE]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding: Cal Henderson, Hillsborough County, FL, Sheriff's Office, S4834 [10MY]

———Don Hunter, Collier County, FL, Sheriff's Office, S4834 [10MY]

———Everett S. Rice, Pinellas County, FL, Sheriff's Office, S4833 [10MY]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S4833, S4834 [10MY]

———Mike Jimenez, California Correctional Peace Officers Association, S4834 [10MY]

———several Senators, S4833 [10MY]

State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality: several organizations, H2619 [23MY]

Supreme Court decision on use of marijuana for medicinal purposes: Representatives Souder, Barr and Ose, H4191 [18JY]

Teacher technology training: E.J. Black, Computer & Communications Industry Association, S6177 [13JN]

———Edward D. Lazowska and Patricia M. Wasley, University of Washington, S6178 [13JN]

———Irene K. Spero, SchoolTone Alliance, S6178 [13JN]

———Jack Krumholtz, Microsoft Corp., S6178 [13JN]

———Jill A. Lesser, AOL Time Warner Inc., S6177 [13JN]

———Kim Jones, Sun Microsystems, Inc., S6178 [13JN]

———Robert W. Holleyman, Business Software Alliance, S6177 [13JN]

———Terry Bergeson, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, S6177 [13JN]

WISEWOMAN Expansion Act: Phyliss Greenberger and Roberta Biegel, Society for Women's Health Research, S713 [30JA]

———Rose Marie Robertson, American Heart Association, S713 [30JA]

———Sandra C. Raymond, National Osteoporosis Foundation, S713 [30JA]

Workforce training programs funding: Gordon Aanerud, Minnesota Workforce Council Association, S3678 [6AP]

———Larry G. Buboltz, Rural Minnesota CEP, Inc., S3678 [6AP]

———Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County, MN, Board of Commissioners, S3678 [6AP]

———Roger L. Hale, Minnesota Governor's Workforce Development Council, S3677 [6AP]

Lists

American Ambulance Association ``Stars of Life'' award recipients, E748 [8MY]

Congressional appropriations committees' responses to natural disasters, S12528 [6DE]

Constitutional challenges to State unborn victims of violence laws, E699 [2MY]

Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching State Professors of the Year award recipients, H8120 [13NO]

Events relative to disputed results in Presidential election in Florida, H52 [6JA]

Examples of discrimination against the Boy Scouts, S6256 [14JN]

National monument acreage added under the Antiquities Act by U.S. Presidents, S425 [22JA]

National monuments added under the Antiquities Act by President Clinton, S425 [22JA]

Ohio Youth Hunter Education Challenge participants, E1290 [10JY]

Organizations supporting Wellstone amendment to S. 27, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act allowing State voluntary public financing systems for congressional candidates who agree to contribution and spending limits, S2622 [21MR]

Pending veterans claims cases by State, S8663 [2AU]

State listing of survivors and their families who would benefit or be affected by class action suits against Japanese companies compensating former Prisoners of war used as slave labor, S9240 [10SE]

Supporters of Dodd amendment to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, removing the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts, S6157 [13JN]

Supporters of S. 843, Treatment on Demand Assistance Act, S4514 [8MY]

Meetings

Support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws: Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4224 [19JY]

Memorandums

Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights Enforcement of Statutes Prohibiting Discrimination in State and Local Programs Receiving Federal Funds: Congressional Research Service, S4867 [14MY]

Help America Vote Act: Kevin J. Kennedy, Wisconsin State Elections Board, H9306 [12DE]

Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act: Robert E. Fabricant, EPA, S14063 [20DE]

State or Local Educational Agencies or Schools That Deny Equal Access to the Boy Scouts Relative to Policy on Homosexuality: American Center for Law & Justice, S4867 [14MY]

———Congressional Research Service, S4867 [14MY]

Motions

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2627, H2630 [23MY], H4121, H4129 [18JY]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11914 [15NO]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9302 [12DE]

Outlines

Urban Sprawl and Smart Growth Study Act (H.R. 1739), E730 [4MY]

Petitions and memorials

Maine: Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, S8856 [3AU]

Poems

``West Virginia, How I Love You'', S6511 [20JN]

Proclamations

Colorado Statehood: Ulysses S. Grant, S8568 [1AU]

Questions and answers

Nomination of Michael Hammond to be National Endowment for the Arts Chairperson: Senator Kennedy with Michael Hammond, S14048 [20DE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: dependence of States on price support programs, H3753 [28JN]

———impact of dairy compacts, H4624 [25JY], H6169, H6181 [3OC], H6358, H6361, H6363 [4OC]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas, H5134-H5142 [1AU]

Alliance for Community Media: anniversary, H8818 [4DE]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: funding, H3901 [11JY]

Amtrak: promote cooperation with local governments to enhance railroad property and structures (H.R. 2205), E1119 [14JN]

Aviation: preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects (H.R. 2107), H2984 [7JN], E1051 [7JN]

Batavia, NY: New York Capital for a Day honoree, E1411 [24JY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful, H6264, H6274-H6276 [4OC], E1818 [5OC]

BLM: suspension of certain regulations governing hardrock mining on public lands, H1063 [22MR], H1397 [3AP], E421 [22MR]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, H2618-H2620 [23MY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H3088 [13JN]

Byrd, Senator: West Virginian of the Century award recipient, H3354, H3355 [20JN]

Census: use of sampling to determine populations in States for purposes of congressional redistricting and distribution of Federal aid, H288-H290, H300, H301 [13FE], H466 [28FE]

CERCLA: provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), H10893-H10904 [19DE]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), unanimous-consent agreement, H10892 [19DE]

Chicago, IL: construction of new runways at O'Hare International Airport, H2984 [7JN], E1051 [7JN]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (H.R. 17), H3267, H3271 [20JN], E4, E8 [3JA]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (H.R. 2198), E1111 [14JN]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (H.R. 1371), E528 [3AP]

———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (H.R. 2788), E1535 [3AU]

Clean Air Act: impose certain requirements on areas upwind of ozone nonattainment areas (H.R. 3362), E2152 [28NO]

Colorado: anniversary of statehood, E1470 [30JY]

———effects of congressional redistricting, H9761-H9764 [12DE]

———preserve land held in trust as open space and exempt such land from the requirement that they generate income for the common schools (H.R. 2584), E1387 [20JY]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (H.R. 60), H376 [14FE], H2322 [17MY]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (H.R. 1170), H9293, H9295, H9297, H9299 [12DE], E2300 [14DE]

Community development: promote livable communities initiatives, H629 [6MR], H833 [13MR], H1931 [8MY], H2265-H2271 [16MY], H3449-H3452 [21JN], H10176 [18DE]

———provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (H.R. 2637), E1427 [25JY], E1447 [26JY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (H.R. 3054), H10193-H10197 [18DE]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), E1234 [27JN]

Credit: protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices (H.R. 1319), E492 [29MR]

Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 863), H6808-H6813 [16OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H1935 [8MY]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H7857 [7NO], H7952 [8NO], H8174-H8180 [14NO], H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428 [28NO], H8884, H8885, H8887, H8888, H8891, H8892, H8893 [5DE], H10058, H10059, H10060 [13DE], E523 [3AP], E2077 [14NO], E2150 [28NO], E2214 [5DE]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 534), E144 [8FE]

———provide standards for the enactment of Federal crimes and sunset those Federal crimes that do not meet such standards (H.R. 1998), E938 [24MY]

DEA: enforcement of Controlled Substances Act relative to assisted suicide and euthanasia, H7786 [6NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: enforcement of standards and requirements governing humane handling of laboratory animals, H3768 [28JN]

Dept. of Commerce: require report on effect of timber harvesting in British Columbia on Pacific salmon stocks, H3090 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes, H2535, H2536 [22MY]

———ensure that Federal construction contractors abide by State tax, employment, and licensing regulations (H.R. 588), E159 [13FE]

———expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (H.R. 3025), E1806 [5OC]

———increase assistance furnished to carry out certain procurement technical assistance programs which operate on a Statewide basis (H.R. 2689), E1487 [1AU]

———increase assistance furnished to carry out certain procurement technical assistance programs which operate on a statewide basis, H5850 [20SE]

———promote livable communities initiatives, H259 [13FE], H3449-H3452 [21JN]

———report on congressional delegation trip to military bases, H5394-H5399 [5SE]

Dept. of Education: Education Technology State Grants funding, E1877 [12OC]

———national testing standards, H2548 [22MY]

———pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2537-H2542 [22MY]

———prohibit funding for national teacher testing or certification and the withholding of funds to States or local agencies that fail to adopt specific certification proposals (H.R. 966), E321 [8MR]

———reporting by States on assessment of low performing schools, H2605 [23MY]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, H2403, H2404, H2412, H2416, H2417 [22MY]

———urge continuation of safety patrol visits to U.S. Capitol, H6264 [4OC]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (H.J. Res. 38), E371 [15MR]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (H.R. 504), E129 [7FE]

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (H.R. 1433), E571 [5AP]

———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (H.R. 425), E117 [6FE]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services methamphetamine production and trafficking prevention funding through reductions in International Broadcasting Operations, H4091, H4092 [17JY], E1417 [24JY]

———require a report on the effectiveness of State Justice Institute operations (H.R. 2048), H5362 [5SE], E1000 [5JN], E1596 [6SE]

Dept. of Labor: issuance of adverse effect wage rates applicable to H-2A Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker Program workers and employers, H1105-H1107 [22MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program (H.R. 1381), E521 [3AP]

———prevent the westward spread of aquatic nuisance species and provide rapid response capacity in certain Western States (H.R. 2732), E1526 [3AU]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 2285), E1173 [21JN]

———weatherization assistance, energy conservation, and payment in lieu of taxes programs funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H3396-H3400 [21JN]

———weatherization assistance grants funding, H3406 [21JN]

Dept. of Transportation: include local officials in Statewide transportation planning decisions, H3553 [26JN]

———offer federally financed, interest-free loans to public schools, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric or other high-efficiency vehicles (H.R. 2544), E1366 [18JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (H.R. 2633), E1435 [25JY]

Disabled: State-assistive technology programs funding, H10433 [19DE]

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (H.R. 810), H605 [1MR]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (H.R. 1499), H4811, H4812 [30JY], E572 [5AP]

Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors, H3190 [14JN]

———prohibit funding to prevent certain States from implementing laws allowing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, H4190-H4193 [18JY]

Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (H.R. 1669), E685 [1MY]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 2064), E1253 [29JN]

Economic Development Administration: economic assistance programs funding through reductions in prison construction programs, H4092-H4094 [17JY]

Education: adjust Osborne Mentoring Program to allow both adults and high school students to participate as mentors, H2580, H2581 [23MY]

———allow parents access to certain information about their children, H2587, H2588 [23MY]

———allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2398 [22MY], H2576, H2577-H2579 [23MY], H10096 [13DE]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, H2606 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H1102 [22MR], H1178 [27MR], H1672 [1MY], H2154 [15MY], H2188 [16MY], H2310-H2313 [17MY], H2396-H2542, H2548 [22MY], H2574, H2576, H2577-H2645 [23MY], H3004 [12JN], H3080, H3140 [13JN], H3210 [19JN], H3791-H3797 [28JN], H4121-H4130 [18JY], H6252, H6256-H6258 [3OC], H9764-H9771 [12DE], E437 [22MR], E475 [28MR], E559 [5AP], E863 [21MY], E929, E930 [24MY], E976, E977 [25MY], E989, E992 [26MY], E1012 [5JN], E1025 [6JN], E1083 [13JN], E1143 [19JN], E2210 [5DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), amendment process, H2090 [10MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10092-H10113, H10143 [13DE], E2292 [14DE], E2327, E2329, E2333 [19DE], E2345, E2352, E2365, E2377 [20DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2298-H2310 [17MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10082-H10092 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289), H10113 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289)—concur with Senate amendment, H10430 [19DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4121-H4129 [18JY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H4130 [18JY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H2630, H2633, H2634 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H2396 [22MY]

———effect of student transiency on academic performance, H2412, H2417 [22MY]

———encourage education savings accounts in States that have qualified tuition programs, H2581, H2582 [23MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests, H2603-H2605 [23MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations, H2304 [17MY], H2406 [22MY], H10090 [13DE], E863 [21MY]

———funding, H8397 [27NO]

———give States freedom and flexibility to hire teachers, H9323 [12DE]

———High Performance Schools Program funding, H2309 [17MY]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, H2402, H2404 [22MY]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (H.R. 340), E96 [1FE]

———improve teacher quality, H2406 [22MY]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children, H2396, H2403 [22MY], H2574, H2580, H2581 [23MY]

———include smaller learning community programs as an educational option, H2522, H2524 [22MY]

———national policy to improve system, H1602 [25AP]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (H.R. 613), H328 [14FE], E475 [28MR]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs, H2301 [17MY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies to pay one-half of salaries of teachers who use approved sabbatical leave for a course of study to improve their classroom teaching (H.R. 1119), E395 [20MR]

———repeal tuition-sensitivity provision in Pell Grant eligibility, H6643, H6644 [11OC]

———require a comparison between achievement levels and State annual achievement objectives of certain student subgroups, H2533-H2535 [22MY]

———school choice for students in rural areas, H2408 [22MY]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, H2305, H2308, H2309, H2312 [17MY], H2633, H2634 [23MY]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms, H2520, H2521 [22MY], H2642 [23MY]

———study on per pupil spending in California public schools, H1936 [8MY]

Election Administration Commission: establish (H.R. 263), E44 [30JA]

———establish (H.R. 775), H483, H493 [28FE], H4612 [25JY], E241 [28FE]

Elections: Presidential election results, H1414 [4AP], E19 [6JA]

Electric power: stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (H.R. 1468), H2374 [21MY], H2840 [25MY]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (H.R. 1468), consideration (H. Res. 165), H3622, H3623, H3624, H3625, H3627 [27JN], H3810 [10JY], E1509 [2AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2308 [17MY], H2418 [22MY]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, H2308, H2309 [17MY], H2419 [22MY]

———treatment of local educational agencies that include multiple counties relative to calculation of Title I grants, H10101, H10105 [13DE]

Emergency services: State and local emergency responders funding, H3123 [13JN]

EPA: beach water quality testing and notification grants funding, H4828, H4829 [30JY]

FAA: address problems of aircraft noise and air traffic congestion in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, H3553, H3556 [26JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (H.R. 1300), H2153 [15MY], H3187 [14JN]

Farmable Wetlands Pilot Program: expand to all States, H6271, H6272 [4OC]

FBI: prohibit destruction of records from the national instant criminal background check system, H4172-H4175 [18JY]

FEC: issue voluntary standards to promote voting system accessibility and effectiveness and make grants to assist States in complying with such standards and carrying out other voting accessibility promotion activities (H.R. 1151), H1038 [21MR]

———State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4610-H4614 [25JY], E1485 [1AU]

Federal aid programs: ease the ability of disadvantaged communities to apply for grants under the 21st Century Learning Centers Program, H2620 [23MY]

———establish low-income gasoline assistance program (H.R. 2427), E1270 [29JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7220, H7227-H7232, H7234, H7250-H7260, H7268-H7280, H7297 [24OC], H7359 [30OC], H7889 [7NO], H8408-H8412 [27NO], H8577, H8581 [29NO], H10060 [13DE], E1929 [25OC], E2102 [15NO]

Federal-State relations: restore Federal remedies for violations of intellectual property rights by States (H.R. 3204), E1986, E1993 [2NO]

FEMA: Project Impact funding, H629, H630 [6MR], H751 [8MR], H3521 [26JN], H4834-H4837 [30JY]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, H3183 [14JN], H3289, H3310-H3315 [20JN], H5142-H5146 [1AU]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates, H3321, H3322 [20JN]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (H.R. 268), H130 [31JA], H829 [12MR], H1119 [26MR]

———refund of certain overcharges for electricity in Western States (H.R. 2757), E1517 [3AU]

Financial institutions: safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (H.R. 1408), H7732-H7745 [6NO], E577 [5AP]

Firearms: encourage States to require a holding period for students expelled for bringing a gun to school (H.R. 1396), H1354 [3AP]

———prohibit funding to prevent States from participating in child safety lock programs, H4163 [18JY]

———promote the use of child safety locks, H4083 [17JY]

———provide grants to States and localities to supplement or expand existing programs to combat school violence and to keep firearms from children (H.R. 255), E75 [31JA]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards, H10072, H10076 [13DE], E1905 [16OC]

———authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (H.R. 3185), E1950 [30OC]

Fish and fishing: continue State management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab fishery (H.R. 1661), H2900, H2901 [6JN]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H3362 [21JN], H4083 [17JY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), H3082 [13JN], E1122 [14JN]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), consideration (H. Res. 163), H3081, H3082-H3092 [13JN]

———ensure that efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest do not include genetically engineered fish, H3089, H3090 [13JN]

———support goals, objectives, and recommendations of Governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington relative to efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H3089 [13JN]

Floods: disaster assistance to Houston, TX, H3330 [20JN], H4670, H4675, H4676, H4679 [26JY]

Florida: alleged voting irregularities in Presidential election, E24, E25 [6JA]

———anniversary, E781 [10MY]

———disputed results in Presidential election, H30, H31, H46-H53 [6JA], H370-H380 [14FE], H718 [7MR], H1414, H1458 [4AP], H8945 [5DE], E19 [6JA]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (H.R. 3215), E1988 [2NO], E2060 [13NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, H4372-H4374 [20JY]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H5171 [1AU]

Hazardous substances: assist States with funding for certain contaminated sites not eligible under the Superfund program, E1510 [2AU]

———designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H2187 [16MY], H2390 [22MY], H2894 [6JN], H8751 [4DE], H10357 [19DE], E771 [10MY]

Health: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care services to undocumented aliens (H.R. 2635), E1428 [25JY]

———condition of health services along the U.S.-Mexico border, H4423-H4426 [23JY]

———provide insurance for uninsured individuals, H1587 [25AP], H1704, H1705, H1706, H1707 [1MY]

Hillman, Mark: American Legislative Executive Council National Legislator of the Year award recipient, E1673 [20SE]

Homeland Security Task Force: ensure bioterrorism preparedness of State and local governments, H7283 [24OC]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth, H2404 [22MY], H10091 [13DE]

———educational assistance for children and youth (H.R. 623), H710 [7MR], E191 [14FE]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (H.J. Res. 67), H6489 [10OC]

Ice storms: disaster assistance, H3303, H3305 [20JN]

Immigration: moratorium, H6050-H6053 [25SE]

Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1023), E356 [14MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1392), E914 [23MY]

Indiana: military construction funding, H5872 [21SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, H2583-H2586 [23MY]

INS: extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (H.R. 3030), H9187-H9189 [11DE], E2270, E2276 [13DE]

Insurance: comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations funding, H10433 [19DE]

———Federal matching funds for State unemployment insurance, H8910 [5DE]

———provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals, H8910 [5DE]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 580), E163 [13FE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6283-H6294 [4OC]

Languages: enhance limited English proficiency programs, H2398 [22MY], H2642 [23MY], H10091 [13DE], E992 [26MY], E1012 [5JN], E2352 [20DE]

Law enforcement: adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways (H.R. 1907), E833 [17MY]

———community policing programs, H4070 [17JY], H4200 [18JY]

———prohibit racial profiling (H.R. 2074), E1037 [6JN]

———require Federal law enforcement agencies to expunge voidable arrest records and provide incentive funds to States that have systems for expunging such records (H.R. 1154), E412 [21MR]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (H.R. 1475), E545 [5AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (H.R. 218), E6 [3JA]

Maritime Administration: State maritime academies funding, H4172 [18JY]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), H637 [6MR]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (H.R. 2701), E1509 [2AU]

———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (H.R. 1793), E779 [10MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (H.R. 2063), H2865 [5JN]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (H.R. 1641), E660 [26AP]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 1604), H1609 [26AP]

———State requirements for financial recovery from an individual's estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health plan (H.R. 1001), E345 [13MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: Nursing Home Oversight Improvement Program funding, H6649, H6650 [11OC]

Mental health: provide insurance coverage, H1704 [1MY]

Mining and mineral resources: reform and improve programs for the reclamation of abandoned coal mine sites (H.R. 297), E67 [30JA]

Minnesota: tribute to volunteers for flood disaster recovery efforts, H1608 [26AP]

Missoula, MT: roundtable discussion on forest health issues, E546 [5AP]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H3232 [19JN], H3653, H3654, H3655 [27JN]

Morrison, Marcy: AMA Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service recipient, E1345 [17JY]

Motor vehicles: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (H.R. 2466), E1316 [11JY]

———prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (H.R. 2546), H8053-H8056 [13NO]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (H.R. 430), E123 [6FE]

National Capital Planning Commission: review Interagency Task Force recommendations on proposed security measures for the District of Columbia, H7725 [6NO]

National Children's Memorial Flag Day: support (H. Con. Res. 98), E575 [5AP]

National Environmental Policy Act: require Council on Environmental Quality study on urban sprawl and smart growth and include urban sprawl in environmental reviews by Federal agencies (H.R. 1739), E729 [4MY]

National Gambling Impact Study Commission: implement recommendations relative to availability of cash through automatic teller machines in gambling establishments (H.R. 2572), E1376 [20JY]

National Guard and Reserve Day: observance, H353 [14FE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1071), H947 [15MR], H4781 [30JY]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes, H6494-H6498 [10OC], E2390 [20DE]

———develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (H.R. 3161), H7210-H7216 [23OC]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (H.R. 189), E72 [31JA]

New England Council: anniversary, E1732 [25SE]

New York: provide for temporary emergency unemployment assistance-H8536 [28NO]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: permanent extension, E1826 [5OC]

———reauthorization, H3608-H3612 [26JN]

———reauthorize, H6185 [3OC], H6283-H6294 [4OC]

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: evaluate technical issues relative to transporting nuclear waste to Nevada disposal site, H3724-H3726 [28JN]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding through reductions in IRS taxpayer refund notification funding, H3331-H3335 [20JN]

Ohio: tribute to Ohio Youth Hunter Education Challenge participants, E1290 [10JY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6283-H6294 [4OC]

Parks and recreation areas: provide grants to States to improve safety at public playgrounds (H.R. 2159), E1093 [13JN]

Postage and stamps: issue commemorative postage stamps honoring States, territories, and the District of Columbia (H. Con. Res. 215), E1518 [3AU]

Power resources: national energy policy, H3141-H3147 [13JN]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (H.R. 220), E8 [3JA], E172 [13FE]

Public lands: Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Program funding, H6265 [4OC]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, H2066 [9MY]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (H.R. 1101), E401 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (H.R. 2166), E1092 [13JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3113), H8402 [27NO]

Real estate: recognize the importance of maintaining private property and curtail environmentalists' efforts to restrict private land use, H4968 [31JY]

Real property: economic impact of governmental acquisition of private lands, H1037 [21MR]

Refuse disposal: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (H.R. 1927), E866 [21MY]

———regulate interstate transportation of garbage, H9054 [6DE]

Religion: support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws, H3992 [12JY], H4224, H4225, H4228-H4231, H4246-H4248, H4252-H4256, H4278, H4279 [19JY], E1450 [26JY]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, H203, H204 [7FE]

Salvation Army: support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws, H3832 [10JY], H4245 [19JY]

Schools: mental health services grants, H2518, H2519 [22MY]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception, H6568 [11OC]

———provide States with funds to support State, regional, and local school construction (H.R. 1430), E567 [5AP]

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. 1909), E844 [17MY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, H1703, H1704 [1MY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1143), H3264, H3265 [20JN], H3511-H3514 [25JN], E1164 [20JN], E1216 [26JN]

Solid waste: State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste, H1066 [22MR], H3212 [19JN]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6283-H6294 [4OC]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (H.R. 1927), E866 [21MY]

Stetson University: tribute, E781 [10MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for Federal, State, and local fuel taxes (H.R. 2025), E989 [26MY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (H.R. 322), H132, H133, H135 [31JA]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (H.R. 951), E316 [8MR]

———apply graduated income tax rates for principal campaign committees of congressional candidates to comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices (H.R. 1881), E829 [17MY]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (H.R. 3324), E2108 [16NO]

———disclose to State and local law enforcement agencies individuals using Social Security numbers of others to claim tax benefits (H.R. 2077), E1030 [6JN]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (H.R. 959), E317, E328 [8MR]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (H.R. 926), E300 [7MR]

———establish a Federal tax refund offset program for State and local governments (H.R. 3261), E2033 [8NO]

———establish a temporary checkoff on income tax returns to provide funds to States for Federal election administration improvement (H.R. 1025), E356 [14MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), H6803-H6808 [16OC], E1966 [31OC]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (H.R. 1514), E534 [4AP], E549 [5AP]

———institute a national retail sales tax, H743 [8MR]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (H.R. 379), E79 [31JA]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 2526), E1349 [18JY]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited sales tax holiday, E2185 [30NO]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax, H1126 [27MR], H1461 [4AP], H2716 [25MY], H4118 [18JY]

———tax-free treatment of distributions from state-sponsored prepaid tuition or college savings plans, H2842 [25MY]

———treatment of certain stipends paid from a State program to volunteer workers who have attained age 60 (H.R. 924), E304 [7MR]

———treatment of property tax reduction vouchers received by senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work (H.R. 925), E302 [7MR]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives, H2405 [22MY]

Telecommunications: establish a separate process for State commission evaluation of rural telephone company exemptions, suspensions, and modifications, relative to advanced capabilities (H.R. 3142), E1900 [16OC]

Texas: anniversary of State Constitution, E1363 [18JY]

Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H4002-H4006 [12JY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: allow States to modify suspension requirements for repeat drunk drivers relative to use of an ignition interlock system (H.R. 3118), E1885 [12OC]

Unemployment: prohibit use of community development funds for any purpose other than wage supplements and health insurance assistance, H8540-H8547 [28NO]

Voting: allow buildings on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places, H5774 [20SE]

———clarify that the home is not defined as a polling place to prevent the curbing or stopping of absentee or by-mail voting, H9294 [12DE]

———direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns, H9290, H9297 [12DE]

———direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (H.R. 2275), H4561 [25JY], E1183 [21JN]

———establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment, H351 [14FE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H8252 [16NO], H9264-H9308 [12DE], E2300, E2306, E2312 [14DE], E2387 [20DE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), consideration (H. Res. 311), H9254-H9264 [12DE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), motion to recommit, H9303-H9307 [12DE]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (H.R. 775), H483, H493 [28FE], H2317, H2320 [17MY], H4612 [25JY], E241 [28FE]

———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November (H.R. 2758), E1541 [3AU]

———implement significant election administration reforms, H2316-H2323 [17MY], H4371 [20JY], E845 [17MY], E861 [21MY], E1394 [23JY]

———implement significant election administration reforms prior to the next general Federal election, E1027 [6JN]

———implement significant election administration reforms prior to the next general Federal election (H. Con. Res. 63), H905 [14MR]

———permit individuals whose names do not appear on the list of registered voters at a particular polling place in a Federal election to cast provisional votes (H.R. 1004), H2317 [17MY]

———provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems, H1171, H1172 [27MR]

Water: State water pollution control revolving funds funding, H4846, H4847 [30JY]

West Virginia: anniversary of statehood, H3354 [20JN]

Western States: Federal land management, H864 [13MR], H1004-H1009 [20MR], H3245-H3250 [19JN], H3834-H3839 [10JY], H3955-H3957 [11JY], H4104-H4108 [17JY]

———importance of dams and water storage, H3247 [19JN], H3834-H3839 [10JY], H3955-H3957 [11JY]

———importance to the U.S., H4104-H4108 [17JY]

Wisconsin: tribute to flood relief volunteers and organizations, H2658 [23MY]

Remarks in Senate

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: restore rights of State employees by requiring States to waive immunity in order to receive Federal funding (S. 928), S5458-S5460 [22MY]

Agriculture: impact of dairy compacts, S8868-S8870, S8875 [3AU], S12413, S12414 [5DE]

———permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 532), S2313-S2316 [14MR]

———promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (S. 1538), S10649 [11OC]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers, S11066-S11070 [25OC]

Armed Forces: provide families of disabled children enrolled in TRICARE health coverage similar to Medicaid, S9793 [25SE]

Aviation: streamline approval process for runways, terminals, and airports and grant airlines a limited antitrust exemption to relieve congestion at airports (S. 633), S3000 [27MR]

Bankruptcy: limit homestead property exemption, S2023 [8MR], S2329-S2336 [15MR], S7730, S7733 [17JY]

———nondischargeability of debts arising from the exchange of electric energy, S2197-S2212 [13MR], S2272-S2276 [14MR], S2385 [15MR]

———treatment of postpetition backpay and benefits relative to violations of Federal or State employment laws, S2361 [15MR]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: clarify State compliance with new Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws, S6968-S6983 [27JN], S7012-S7016 [28JN], S7173 [29JN]

———require a cause of action brought by claimants be governed by the law of the State in which the plaintiff resides, S7156, S7160-S7162 [29JN]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful, S8433, S8434 [31JY]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S4866 [14MY], S6249-S6268 [14JN]

———require State or local educational agencies or schools to allow equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S6269-S6275 [14JN]

Bureau of Reclamation: convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (S. 1148), S7202 [29JN]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence, S1374-S1376 [14FE]

———ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 486), S1999, S2006 [7MR], S7418 [10JY], S8899 [3AU]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty, S5001 [16MY], S5954-S5956 [7JN], S6052 [11JN]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 233), S923-S925 [31JA]

Census: use of sampling to determine populations in States for purposes of congressional redistricting and distribution of Federal aid, S2115 [9MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability relative to railroad industry contract carriage agreements and spur track contamination in the transport of hazardous waste, S3905 [25AP]

———eco-industrial parks development projects, S3901 [25AP]

———eligibility of certain petroleum contaminated sites for brownfield cleanup funding, S3904 [25AP]

———eligibility of sites contaminated by cattle dipping vats for brownfield cleanup funding, S3906 [25AP]

———eligiblity of Alaska native corporations for brownfields redevelopment funding, S3906 [25AP]

———eligiblity of Indian Tribes for brownfield redevelopment in cases where contamination migrates across State lines, S3907 [25AP]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S1481-S1491 [15FE], S2379 [15MR], S3773 [23AP], S3797, S3798 [24AP], S3868, S3869, S3879-S3912 [25AP], S3980 [26AP], S4019 [30AP], S14064 [20DE]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), unanimous-consent agreement, S3877 [25AP]

———provide mechanism for citizens to request State officials to assess potential brownfields, S3905, S3906 [25AP]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), S14063, S14064 [20DE]

———require consultation with States prior to enforcement actions based on new information relative to cleanup and reuse of brownfields, S3904, S3906 [25AP]

Chesapeake Bay: Corps of Engineers study of shoreline erosion and related sediment management measures funding, S7895 [19JY]

———provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the watershed (S. 1044), S6323-S6325 [14JN]

Chicago, IL: construction of new runways at O'Hare International Airport, S8097-S8099 [24JY]

———increase commercial air service at the Gary-Chicago Airport and the Greater Rockford Airport, S8094, S8097-S8099, S8112 [24JY], S8529, S8530 [1AU]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (S. 1005), S5983-S5985 [7JN]

———improve access to books and other reading materials and resources, S4195 [3MY]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Head Start programs and WIC (S. 1469), S9877, S9879 [26SE]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1471), S9877, S9879 [26SE]

Citizens' Privacy Commission: establish (S. 851), S4604-S4607 [9MY]

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline (S. 947), S5620 [24MY]

———allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, assist States in cleaning up leaking underground storage tanks, and phase out methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), S13352 [17DE]

———allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, assist States in cleaning up leaking underground storage tanks, and phase out methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (S. 950), S5623 [24MY], S13041 [12DE], S13424 [18DE], S13692 [19DE], S13933 [20DE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, S623 [29JA]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (S. 1318), S8726 [2AU]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (S. 1328), S8749 [2AU]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 1265), S8363-S8365 [27JY]

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 1291), S8581 [1AU]

Colorado: anniversary of statehood, S8567 [1AU]

———Ports-to-Plains Corridor Project funding, S8532 [1AU]

———preserve land held in trust as open space and exempt such land from the requirement that they generate income for the common schools (S. 1146), S7201 [29JN]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (S. 216), S777-S780 [30JA]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish, S9962-S9965 [1OC]

———establish (S. 565), S2475 [19MR], S5604 [24MY], S8044 [23JY], S8876-S8878, S8882 [3AU], S11545 [7NO], S12134, S12135 [29NO], S13290 [14DE], S13681-S13686 [19DE], S13931 [20DE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): public disclosure of evaluations of Presidential nominees by home State Senators, S7185 [29JN]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (S. 634), S3001 [27MR]

Conservation Reserve Program: require State consent prior to implementation of water conservation program, S13032-S13034 [12DE]

———strike water conservation program, S13020-S13032 [12DE]

Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (S. 194), S638 [29JA]

———exclude prisoners from requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act (S. 33), S309-S311 [22JA]

———jail-based substance abuse treatment programs funding (S. 146), S457 [23JA]

———prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (S. 842), S4511 [8MY]

———provide for safe incarceration of juvenile offenders (S. 1174), S7592-S7594 [12JY]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 1712), S11946-S11951 [15NO]

———appointment of additional bankruptcy judge for Nevada, S2361 [15MR]

———clarify standards of conduct for Federal prosecutors, S10551 [11OC], S10791 [17OC]

———clarify standards of conduct for Federal prosecutors (S. 1437), S9509-S9512 [19SE]

———convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships and extend a certain judgeship (S. 1805), S13295 [14DE]

Crime: prevent juvenile crime, promote accountability, rehabilitate juvenile offenders, and punish and deter violent gang crime (S. 1165), S7499-S7516 [11JY]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S2993 [27MR], S3832 [24AP], S3914 [25AP], S3980 [26AP], S4036 [30AP], S4095 [1MY], S4168 [2MY], S4238 [3MY], S4397 [4MY], S4414 [7MY], S4500 [8MY], S4586 [9MY], S4816 [10MY], S4885 [14MY], S4936 [15MY], S5002 [16MY], S5112 [17MY], S5262 [21MY], S5430 [22MY], S5531 [23MY], S5606 [24MY], S5686 [25MY], S5826 [5JN], S5884 [6JN], S5959 [7JN], S6005 [8JN], S6052 [11JN], S6120 [12JN], S6209 [13JN], S6315 [14JN], S6373 [18JN], S6442 [19JN], S6515 [20JN], S6597 [21JN], S6660 [22JN], S6861 [25JN], S6919 [26JN], S6983 [27JN], S7079 [28JN], S7189 [29JN], S7327 [9JY], S7419 [10JY], S7491 [11JY], S7584 [12JY], S7683 [16JY], S7801 [17JY], S7875 [18JY], S7945 [19JY], S8010 [20JY], S8056 [23JY], S8115 [24JY], S8198 [25JY], S8278 [26JY], S8341 [27JY], S8393 [30JY], S8452 [31JY], S8567 [1AU], S8697 [2AU], S8907 [3AU], S9066 [4SE], S9118 [5SE], S9189 [6SE], S9247 [10SE], S9389 [13SE], S9434 [14SE], S9501 [19SE], S9614 [21SE], S9734 [24SE], S9802 [25SE], S9867 [26SE], S9970 [1OC], S10056 [2OC], S10146 [3OC], S10283 [4OC], S10382 [9OC], S10454 [10OC], S10549, S10636 [11OC], S10686 [15OC], S10766 [16OC], S10791 [17OC], S10835 [18OC], S10977 [24OC], S11099 [25OC], S11192 [30OC], S11281 [31OC], S11356 [1NO], S11412 [2NO], S11436 [5NO], S11486 [6NO], S11547 [7NO], S11657 [9NO], S11716 [13NO], S11784 [14NO], S11934 [15NO], S11997 [16NO], S12052 [27NO], S12099 [28NO], S12154 [29NO], S12242 [30NO], S12309 [3DE], S12364 [4DE], S12460 [5DE], S12533 [6DE], S12677 [7DE], S12769 [10DE], S12854 [11DE], S13043 [12DE], S13141 [13DE], S13291 [14DE], S13355 [17DE], S13460 [18DE], S13691 [19DE], S13932 [20DE]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (S. 619), S2902-S2904 [26MR]

———truth-in-sentencing requirements relative to violent offenders, S4445 [7MY]

———truth-in-sentencing requirements relative to violent offenders (S. 185), S572 [25JA]

DEA: enforcement of Controlled Substances Act relative to assisted suicide and euthanasia, S11564 [7NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a study on national dairy policy, S12834-S12842 [11DE]

———establish a national historic barn preservation program (S. 1604), S11289 [31OC]

———permit borrowers and grantees to use certain rural development loans and grants for other purposes under certain circumstances (S. 1413), S9256 [10SE]

Dept. of Commerce: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (S. 975), S5707 [25MY]

Dept. of Defense: cleanup of former defense sites funding, S4578 [9MY]

Dept. of Education: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (S. 183), S571 [25JA]

———establish national principal recruitment program, S5864 [6JN]

———establish the Healthy and High Performance Schools Program (S. 968), S5699 [25MY]

———improve State assessment completion bonus program, S4875-S4877 [14MY], S5812-S5814, S5816-S5819 [5JN], S5847-S5849 [6JN]

———provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (S. 461), S1899 [6MR]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, S4216, S4226-S4229, S4231 [3MY], S5918-S5922 [7JN]

———support access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes, S4919 [15MY]

Dept. of Energy: authorize loans through a revolving loan fund for States to construct electricity generation facilities for use in electricity supply emergencies (S. 221), S784 [30JA]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1390), S8966 [3AU]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit use of Federal funds to assist State-developed low-income housing in New York and Massachusetts, S8673 [2AU]

———provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (S. 1887), S13978-S13980 [20DE]

Dept. of Justice: Office of Justice Programs Justice Assistance Account funding, S13845 [20DE]

———Police Corps Program funding, S13932, S13933 [20DE]

———provide administrative subpoena authority to apprehend fugitives (S. 1351), S8915-S8917 [3AU]

———State and local law enforcement assistance programs funding, S3645 [6AP]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, S9382 [13SE]

———status of tobacco industry lawsuit relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S9367 [13SE]

Dept. of the Interior: management of Federal lands relative to multiple use and wilderness area designations, S623-S631 [29JA]

———planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of several water systems in Montana (S. 934), S5468 [22MY], S5533 [23MY]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, S7577-S7580 [12JY]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 1086), S6619 [21JN]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 901), S5016 [16MY]

———prohibit preleasing activity relative to oil and gas development in certain areas, S7574 [12JY]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (S. 198), S646-S649 [29JA]

———State Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program funding, S7573, S7574 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation: allocation of Revenue Aligned Budget Authority funding, S12348 [4DE]

———distribution of transportation revenue aligned budget authority to Federal-aid highway programs, S12333, S12337 [4DE]

———enhance authorities relating to emergency preparedness grants (S. 1820), S13148-S13150 [13DE]

———Intelligent Transportation System Program funding distribution, S8156-S8158 [25JY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include disasters caused by Federal actions within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (S. 1384), S8958 [3AU]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (H.R. 1499), S13078 [12DE]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine, S9379-S9381 [13SE]

———expand and establish drug abuse treatment programs to enable such programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment for drug abuse (S. 160), S497 [23JA]

———expand and establish drug abuse treatment programs to enable such programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment for drug abuse (S. 843), S4512 [8MY]

Earthquakes: disaster assistance to Washington, S1736 [1MR]

———provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (S. 424), S1754-S1757 [1MR]

Ecology and environment: preservation of land and open space and maintenance of environmental quality, S1167 [8FE]

———promote brownfields redevelopment in urban and rural areas and spur community revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas (S. 1078), S6607-S6611 [21JN]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 1079), S6607-S6611 [21JN]

Economy: provide for excellence in economic education, S4984, S4985 [16MY]

Education: allow States to use certain funds to retain and improve the quality of school principals, S6173-S6176 [13JN]

———allow States to use independent firms to analyze success of testing by school districts, S4916, S4917 [15MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S4143, S4146, S4150 [2MY], S4191 [3MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (S. 167), S537-S540 [24JA]

———assist State and local educational agencies in establishing teacher recruitment centers, teacher internship programs, and mobile professional development teams (S. 337), S1422 [14FE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), S3966-S3969 [26AP], S6304, S6305, S6306-S6312, S6357-S6361, S6366 [14JN], S6369 [18JN], S6395-S6398, S6443 [19JN], S6515 [20JN], S12307 [3DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13322-S13349 [17DE], S13365-S13422 [18DE], S13934 [20DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S13092 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 289), S13422 [18DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), insert S. 1 language in lieu, S6304 [14JN]

———encourage States to require expelled or suspended students to perform community service, S4921 [15MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations, S4075-S4077 [1MY], S4527-S4534 [9MY], S4794-S4803 [10MY], S4868-S4870 [14MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations (S. 460), S1898 [6MR]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers, S4493, S4494, S4496 [8MY]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (S. 120), S395 [22JA]

———establish a National Teacher Corps and a National Principal Corps (S. 476), S1986 [7MR]

———establish a program to assist States in including at least one year of early education preceding kindergarten (S. 157), S482 [23JA]

———establish summer academic enrichment programs for students not meeting State performance standards, S6048-S6050 [11JN]

———expand alternative education options for certain disruptive students, S6174-S6176 [13JN]

———expand programs to combat school violence and to keep firearms from children, S2842 [26MR]

———high school dropout prevention demonstration program (S. 1470), S9878 [26SE]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, S3819 [24AP], S4070, S4072, S4077-S4081, S4085, S4087, S4090 [1MY], S4142 [2MY], S6086 [12JN]

———improve student and teacher performance and access to education in the Lower Mississippi Delta region (S. 617), S2901 [26MR]

———improve teacher quality, S4902 [15MY]

———improve teacher quality (S. 101), S369 [22JA]

———improve teacher quality (S. 438), S1778 [1MR]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children, S4194-S4198 [3MY], S4541-S4544 [9MY], S4979, S4983 [16MY]

———improve the reading skills of children by use of reading readiness screening, S6194 [13JN]

———include smaller learning community programs as an educational option, S6287 [14JN]

———make funding increases contingent on improvement of student achievement, S4376 [4MY], S4440 [7MY], S4461, S4462, S4474, S4479 [8MY]

———math and science partnerships funding, S5850-S5854 [6JN], S13785 [20DE]

———permit States to waive certain testing requirements, S6113-S6119 [12JN], S6148-S6150, S6153 [13JN]

———provide assistance to States to improve certain low performing schools through School Assistance Teams, S4199, S4200 [3MY]

———provide assistance to States to improve certain low performing schools through School Assistance Teams (S. 469), S1908 [6MR]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (S. 339), S1424 [14FE]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (S. 475), S1985 [7MR]

———provide for teacher technology training, S5863 [6JN], S6111, S6112 [12JN], S6177-S6179 [13JN]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 164), S531 [24JA]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 307), S1324 [13FE]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 473), S1984 [7MR]

———provide funding to States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary and secondary school teachers (S. 1414), S9256 [10SE]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools, S4926-S4930 [15MY], S4986-S4998 [16MY]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools (S. 471), S1910 [6MR]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (S. 311), S1328-S1331 [13FE]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs, S6094-S6098 [12JN]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs (S. 669), S3219 [30MR]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers, S4145 [2MY], S4803-S4807 [10MY]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers (S. 40), S315 [22JA]

———remove 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts relative to flexibility in the use of Federal funds, S6157-S6168, S6179, S6180 [13JN]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State, S5867-S5874, S5876-S5881 [6JN], S5908-S5916 [7JN], S6100-S6102 [12JN]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S4085 [1MY]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, S4474 [8MY]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms, S5923-S5925 [7JN]

———support teacher corps programs (S. 444), S1784 [1MR]

———use of the National Assessment of Educational Progress examination, S6315 [14JN]

Election Administration Commission: establish (S. 218), S782 [30JA]

———establish (S. 953), S5631 [24MY], S8044 [23JY]

Elections: allow State parties to use non-Federal funding for getting out the vote, voter registration, and voter identification, S3124-S3126 [29MR]

———constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 4), S2850-S2882 [26MR], S3258 [2AP]

———constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S1094 [6FE], S2717 [22MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, S4861-S4864 [14MY]

———assist local educational agencies by increasing Title I funding to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S4086 [1MY], S4217-S4232 [3MY]

———clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education, S5854-S5859, S5875, S5876 [6JN]

———condition implementation of State testing and assessment programs on funding for Title I programs, S5926-S5942, S5945-S5947 [7JN]

———improve allocation of funds to boost teacher quality in schools with disadvantaged students, S6155-S6157 [13JN]

———increase Title I grants funding through reductions in school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S11300-S11308, S11310, S11314 [1NO]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S6027-S6033, S6037-S6046 [11JN]

———require State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education be signed by both the Governor and the chief State education official, S4490 [8MY]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used, S4998 [16MY]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 309), S1326 [13FE]

———strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students (S. 158), S433, S483-S485 [23JA]

Employment: provide for regional skills training alliances (S. 431), S1761, S1767 [1MR]

———workforce training programs funding, S3391 [4AP]

EPA: authorize Project SEARCH (special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) to provide grants to assist small communities in meeting certain regulations (S. 1466), S9876 [26SE]

———authorize Project SEARCH (special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) to provide grants to assist small communities in meeting certain regulations (S. 707), S3535 [5AP]

———establish a national primary drinking water standard for arsenic and restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water, S8552-S8561 [1AU], S8896 [3AU]

———establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (S. 1870), S13955-S13959 [20DE]

———Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management funding, S8667 [2AU]

———provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs, S13903, S13910, S13911 [20DE]

———provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs (S. 1608), S14061, S14062 [20DE]

———wastewater infrastructure project grants allocation formula, S8633-S8643, S8645, S8646, S8653-S8655, S8661 [2AU]

ERISA: Federal courts jurisdiction over traditional plaintiff's medical malpractice claims, S6384-S6386 [18JN]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (S. 918), S5273 [21MY]

———increase child support money to families leaving welfare (S. 916), S5271 [21MY]

———provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (S. 653), S3167 [29MR]

Federal aid programs: establish low-income gasoline assistance program (S. 981), S5798 [26MY]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, S11645-S11651 [9NO], S11701-S11707, S11713, S11715 [13NO], S11757-S11762, S11771, S11778-S11781 [14NO], S12023 [27NO], S12071, S12072, S12073 [28NO], S12121, S12122 [29NO], S13836, S14038-S14040 [20DE]

Federal Transit Administration: authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants, S12856 [11DE]

———authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants (S. 1844), S13467 [18DE]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to consult with State and local governments on environmental impact statements (S. 301), S1228 [8FE]

———restore Federal remedies for violations of intellectual property rights by States (S. 1611), S11364-S11367 [1NO]

FEMA: Project Impact funding, S1736, S1742 [1MR], S1894 [6MR], S2067 [8MR], S3659-S3661 [6AP]

FERC: ensure refund calculations for consumers in the Northwest and California harmed by unjust electricity rates are equitable, S7665-S7667 [16JY]

———impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1220 [8FE], S1529 [15FE]

———impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 764), S3859 [24AP], S4412 [7MY]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (S. 80), S338 [22JA]

———order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates (S. 1068), S6522 [20JN]

Financial institutions: prohibit Federal examination fees for State chartered banks, S3640, S3641 [6AP]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (S. 442), S1782 [1MR]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (S. 1617), S11370-S11372 [1NO]

Fish and fishing: efforts relative to conservation and restoration of Atlantic salmon, S7567 [12JY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon and steelhead stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S4239 [3MY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S9379, S9381 [13SE]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (S. 1825), S13150 [13DE], S13356 [17DE]

Floods: disaster assistance to Nevada, S1736 [1MR]

Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, S7735 [17JY]

Florida Voters League: tribute on efforts to save the Florida Board of Regents, S5689 [25MY]

Food: permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (S. 1683), S11790 [14NO]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (S. 1098), S6921, S6922 [26JN]

Foreign trade: improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the U.S., establish grants to improve facilities, and designate a port technology demonstration site (S. 884), S4945 [15MY]

Forests: increase carbon storage in national forests and facilitate the reporting of forest projects which reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (S. 820), S4249 [3MY]

GAO: study of State education testing and assessment programs costs, S5849, S5850, S5856 [6JN]

Georgia: priority highway projects funding, S8159, S8160 [25JY]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S7840-S7843, S7852 [18JY], S11520 [7NO]

Health: availability of influenza vaccine, S11990, S11991 [16NO]

———disallow punitive damages in Federal courts relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7163 [29JN]

———limit attorneys' fees in lawsuits relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7017-S7020, S7024-S7027 [28JN], S7155-S7160, S7162 [29JN]

———require claims relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's to be heard in Federal court, S7047-S7055 [28JN]

Health care professionals: establish a demonstration program to address physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural areas (S. 1387), S8961 [3AU]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic mapping, modeling, and monitoring program and establish High Plains Aquifer Coordination Council to facilitate groundwater conservation (S. 1537), S10649 [11OC]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (S.J. Res. 30), S13980 [20DE]

Ice storms: disaster assistance funding for Arkansas and Oklahoma, S7384, S7385 [10JY]

Immigration: increase State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding and provide Federal reimbursement for treatment of illegal aliens (S. 169), S540, S541 [24JA]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: amend (S. 832), S4267 [3MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize continued services for children with disabilities who have been expelled or suspended, S6241-S6248 [14JN]

———authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, S4224 [3MY], S6199-S6201, S6205-S6207 [13JN], S6240-S6249, S6268, S6269 [14JN]

INS: extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (H.R. 3030), S14050 [20DE]

———extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (S. 1891), S13980 [20DE]

Insurance: establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (S. 651), S3163 [29MR]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (S. 1297), S8593 [1AU]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8432-S8441, S8445-S8447 [31JY], S8502 [1AU]

———congressional consent (S. 1157), S7247-S7257 [29JN]

Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act: implementation, S12133 [29NO]

Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund: establish (S. 886), S4947 [15MY]

Languages: enhance limited English proficiency programs, S4798-S4803 [10MY], S4858-S4861, S4874 [14MY], S4931 [15MY], S13388, S13396 [18DE]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (S. 924), S5441 [22MY]

———prohibit racial profiling (S. 989), S5891-S5897 [6JN], S10283 [4OC]

———reimburse State and local law enforcement organizations for expenses incurred in providing assistance to the Secret Service in the protection of the President (S. 772), S3923 [25AP]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (S. 952), S5630 [24MY]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (S. 840), S4509 [8MY]

———establish a matching grant program to assist local governments in purchasing bullet resistant equipment (S. 440), S1780 [1MR]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (S. 490), S2075 [8MR]

Los Alamos, NM: flood mitigation efforts, S7419 [10JY]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1343), S8764-S8766 [2AU]

———allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (S. 1625), S11378 [1NO]

———clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (S. 1177), S7594, S7595 [12JY]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 53), S321 [22JA]

———eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, S5229 [21MY], S5406 [22MY]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (H.R. 3414), S12438 [5DE]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (S. 573), S2588 [20MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S3650 [6AP]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 321), S1346 [13FE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 776), S3926 [25AP]

Medicare: improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (S. 1020), S6138 [12JN], S11259 [31OC]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (S. 153), S481 [23JA]

Mental health: expand and improve counseling and mental health services for posttraumatic stress syndrome relative to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9955 [1OC]

Michigan: establishment of school violence prevention hot line, S4237 [3MY]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers authority to propose alternative species recovery methods to those prescribed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that increase water releases from dams, S7854-S7865 [18JY]

———Corps of Engineers river management funding, S7321 [9JY]

Montana: designate certain counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas (S. 715), S3541 [5AP]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress, S424 [22JA]

Motor vehicles: prohibit issuance of license to transport hazardous materials by individuals not subjected to a background check, S11051 [25OC]

National Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections: establish (S. 379), S1523 [15FE]

National Guard: authorize the operation of counterdrug schools (S. 374), S1517, S1518 [15FE]

———child care and family support programs funding, S9793 [25SE]

National Institute of Justice: National Centers for Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology funding, S9380 [13SE]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (S. 1111), S6997 [27JN], S11082 [25OC]

National security: authorize a Federal grant program to assist local governments in improving public safety against emergencies, S11506 [7NO]

———develop and implement a strategy for homeland security, S12071-S12073 [28NO]

———establish Federal standards for State issued driver's license and identification cards, S13776-S13778 [20DE]

———provide for homeland security block grants (S. 1737), S12101 [28NO]

National Sportsmanship Day: observance, S1895, S1896 [6MR]

New York: economic importance of agriculture, S8863 [3AU]

NOAA: coastal protection and restorations projects funding, S9381 [13SE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, S8432-S8441, S8445-S8447 [31JY], S8502 [1AU], S8854 [3AU]

———reauthorize (S. 1157), S7247-S7257 [29JN]

Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council: establish (S. 226), S919 [31JA]

Nuclear energy: investigation of possible conflict of interests by law firm representing the Dept. of Energy and nuclear power industry relative to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site, S11869-S11871 [15NO]

Oregon: prohibition on involvement of State and Federal prosecutors in undercover investigations, S10676-S10679 [15OC]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8432-S8441, S8445-S8447 [31JY], S8502 [1AU]

———congressional consent (S. 1157), S7247-S7257 [29JN]

Philadelphia, PA: use of Community Development Block Grant Program funds for Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, S8668 [2AU]

Pipelines: improve safety, S5959 [7JN]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 141), S414 [22JA], S524 [24JA]

Political campaigns: allow States to enact voluntary public financing systems for congressional candidates who agree to contribution and spending limits, S2544, S2545 [20MR], S2619-S2631 [21MR], S2948 [27MR]

———voluntary spending limits for Senate campaigns and public financing for candidates whose opponent exceeds such limits, S3077-S3086 [29MR]

Postal Service: require the area of a zip code number shall be located entirely within a State (S. 1110), S6996 [27JN]

Power resources: increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs (S. Res. 26), S1536, S1537 [15FE]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts, S2038-S2044, S2054 [8MR], S2112 [9MR]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (S. 352), S1441, S1493, S1495 [15FE]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation and facilitate interstate linkage and 24-hour access to State donor registries (S. 1062), S6453-S6455 [19JN]

Public lands: limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (S. 322), S1395 [14FE]

———public participation in oil and gas exploration decisions, S11098 [25OC]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for those employed by States or local governments, S11260-S11262, S11270-S11272 [31OC], S11302 [1NO], S11407 [2NO], S11445-S11448 [5NO], S11449-S11453 [6NO]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, S11271, S11272 [31OC], S11302 [1NO]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (S. 206), S710 [30JA], S4816 [10MY]

Public welfare programs: expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (S. 1027), S6218 [13JN]

———reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 942), S5552, S5553 [23MY], S11333 [1NO], S12745, S12746 [7DE]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, S3665 [6AP]

Roads and highways: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (S. 1646), S11556 [7NO]

———prohibit the use of a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle (S. 927), S5458 [22MY]

———restrict tolling authority on Interstate Highway System (S. 485), S1998 [7MR]

———waive tolls on the Interstate Highway System during peak holiday travel periods (S. 1150), S7203 [29JN]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, S11162 [30OC]

———promote and improve access to health care services (S. 1030), S6221-S6226 [13JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources (S. 1374), S8949 [3AU]

Schools: clarify that only youth groups listed in the U.S. Code as patriotic societies be allowed equal access to public school facilities, S6267, S6268 [14JN]

———ensure safety through prevention and intervention programs, S4475 [8MY]

———establish telephone hotlines to provide confidential reporting of individuals suspected of imminent school violence, S4870, S4877, S4878, S4880 [14MY]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (S. 74), S332, S334, S423 [22JA]

———provide loans to enable State or local governments to make interest payments on qualified school construction bonds (S. 119), S392 [22JA]

Senate: allow Senators additional funding for mailings to small counties in their home State to announce a town meeting, S7936 [19JY]

Small business: provide for national quadrennial and State summits (S. 396), S1623 [27FE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (S. 611), S2897 [26MR]

———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. 484), S1994-S1998 [7MR]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 1244), S8224 [25JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S3668 [6AP]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 574), S2588 [20MR]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1016), S6130-S6132 [12JN]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 582), S2663 [21MR], S6514 [20JN]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (S. 501), S2082 [8MR]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S3669 [6AP]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, S12607-S12612 [7DE]

———ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (S. 1680), S11725 [13NO]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and authorize State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (S. 1194), S7881 [18JY]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (S. 1850), S13704 [19DE]

South Dakota: convey certain lands acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project to certain State agencies for wildlife habitat mitigation and provide conditional purchase options (S. 1028), S6219 [13JN]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8432-S8441, S8445-S8447 [31JY], S8502 [1AU]

———congressional consent (S. 1157), S7247-S7257 [29JN]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (S. 862), S4832-S4835 [10MY]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl (S. 1633), S11442 [5NO]

Supreme Court: decision on applicability of the Americans With Disabilities Act to State employees, S1566 [26FE], S1671-S1673 [28FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, S3672, S3673 [6AP]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax (S. 291), S1222 [8FE], S3672 [6AP]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (S. 683), S3346 [3AP]

———allow disclosure of taxpayer information to States to facilitate combined employment reporting, S5499 [23MY]

———allow tax-exempt financing of private sector highway infrastructure construction (S. 870), S4845 [10MY]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (S. 677), S3280 [2AP]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (S. 97), S365 [22JA]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations, S2800-S2803 [23MR], S3117 [29MR]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (S. 744), S3754-S3756 [6AP]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (S. 512), S2131-S2135 [9MR], S2159 [12MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11149 [25OC], S11153 [30OC], S11902-S11915 [15NO], S11995 [16NO]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), unanimous-consent agreement, S11902 [15NO]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), unanimous-consent request, S10874 [23OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 1525), S10459, S10460 [10OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes, S11906-S11914 [15NO]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (S. 1542), S10652 [11OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (S. 1481), S10056, S10059 [2OC], S10811 [18OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (S. 1504), S10302, S10303 [4OC], S10810-S10814 [18OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (S. 1504), unanimous-consent request, S10811 [18OC], S10874-S10876 [23OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (S. 288), S1216 [8FE], S2470 [19MR]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (S. 972), S5704 [25MY]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools, S4971, S4972, S4995 [16MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S5227, S5228, S5257 [21MY]

———prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory tax on income earned within such State by nonresidents (S. 759), S3855 [24AP]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (S. 1643), S11550-S11552 [7NO]

———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (S. 664), S3172-S3174 [29MR]

———State administration of State and local sales and use taxes relative to out-of-State remote sales, S11905 [15NO]

———treatment of cleanup costs for redevelopment of brownfield sites, S3900 [25AP]

———treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition programs used to pay higher education expenses for the designated beneficiary (S. 335), S1417-S1420 [14FE]

———treatment of State tuition programs (S. 289), S1220, S1221 [8FE]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives (S. 262), S1083 [6FE]

Terrorism: economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S11673 [13NO]

Texas Independence Day: observance, S1729 [1MR]

Virginia: anniversary of House of Burgesses, S8393 [30JY]

Voting: direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (S. 368), S1507, S1508 [15FE]

———ensure uniform treatment by States of Federal overseas absentee ballots and allow buildings on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places (S. 154), S481 [23JA]

———guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (S. 28), S301 [22JA]

———guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections, S9962-S9965 [1OC]

———implement significant election administration reforms, S8044 [23JY], S8692-S8694 [2AU], S9383 [13SE], S11545 [7NO]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (S. 122), S398 [22JA]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (S. 470), S1909 [6MR]

———provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration, S7735 [17JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (S. 252), S1072 [6FE]

———Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (S. 447), S1786 [1MR]

———State sovereignty over water within borders (S. 446), S1785 [1MR]

———use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and quality improvement programs (S. 285), S1219 [8FE]

Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs funding, S7899 [19JY]

West Virginia: anniversary of statehood, S6444 [19JN], S6510 [20JN]

White House Quadrennial Commission on Small Business: establish (S. 396), S1623 [27FE]

Wildfires: National Fire Plan and base fire programs funding, S3483 [5AP]

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (S. 208), S712-S714 [30JA]

Reports

Elementary School Children—Many Change Schools Frequently, Harming Their Education: GAO, H2413 [22MY]

Evaluation of the Florida A-Plus Accountability and School Choice Program: Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, H2636-H2640 [23MY]

Motor Voter Reform Task Force, H9257-H9259, H9262 [12DE]

New Study Shows Sales Tax Revenue Losses From E-Commerce 41 Percent Higher Than Previous Estimates: Institute for State Studies, S10302 [4OC]

State Responses to LIHEAP Survey: National Energy Assistance Directors Association, S2040-S2043 [8MR]

Reports filed

Basic Pilot Extension Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3030) (H. Rept. 107-310), H8745 [30NO]

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 350) (S. Rept. 107-2), S2162 [12MR]

Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 863) (H. Rept. 107-46), H1554 [24AP]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 315) (H. Rept. 107-336), H10054 [12DE]

Consideration of H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 143) (H. Rept. 107-69), H2279 [16MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 163) (H. Rept. 107-99), H3066 [12JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 311) (H. Rept. 107-331), H9234, H9238 [11DE]

Continue State Management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1661) (H. Rept. 107-91), H2954 [6JN]

District of Columbia College Access Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1499) (S. Rept. 107-101), S12160 [29NO]

EPA Grants to Drinking Water and Wastewater Facilities To Meet Immediate Security Needs: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1608) (S. Rept. 107-119), S12771 [10DE]

Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 565), S12100 [28NO]

Extend Deadline for State Recommendations of Local Governments To Receive Predisaster Assistance and Provide Repair Assistance to Individuals: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1632) (S. Rept. 107-124), S13145 [13DE]

Federal Reformulated Fuels Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 950) (S. Rept. 107-131), S13942 [20DE]

Financial Services Antifraud Network Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1408) (H. Rept. 107-192), H5332 [2AU]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1408) (H. Rept. 107-192), H6918 [16OC]

Flu Vaccine Availability Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 943) (H. Rept. 107-168), H4723 [26JY]

Help America Vote Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 3295) (H. Rept. 107-329), H9081 [10DE]

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1552) (H. Rept. 107-240), H6918 [16OC]

Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 625), S8279 [26JY]

No Child Left Behind Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 107-334), H10054 [12DE]

———Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 107-63), H2147 [14MY]

Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 107-95), H3066 [12JN]

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 952), S9504 [19SE]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 206) (S. Rept. 107-15), S4589 [9MY]

Real Interstate Driver Equity Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2546) (H. Rept. 107-282), H8132 [13NO]

Require a Report on the Effectiveness of State Justice Institute Operations: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 2048), S13145 [13DE]

State Justice Institute Operations Effectiveness Report: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2048) (H. Rept. 107-89), H5332 [2AU]

TANF Supplemental Grants Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 942) (S. Rept. 107-94), S11548 [7NO]

Voting Technology Standards Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2275) (H. Rept. 107-263), H7591 [31OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Texas State Constitution anniversary: Texas State Legislature, E1363 [18JY]

Statements

Assist Small Communities With Achieving or Maintaining Compliance With Drinking Water Standards: National Rural Water Association, S8555 [1AU]

Constitutional Amendment To Regulate Campaign Expenditures and Contribution Limits: Senator McConnell, S2855 [26MR]

Impact of California Hospital Seismic Mandate: California Healthcare Association, E685 [1MY]

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Executive Office of the President, S11902 [15NO]

Require States To Equalize Education Funding Throughout the State: Representative Fattah, S6102 [12JN]

Restore Federal Remedies for Violations of Intellectual Property Rights by States: Representative Coble, E1986 [2NO]

Student Standardized Tests: Jonathan Kozol, S4077 [1MY]

Voting Reform: Richard West, E1612 [10SE]

Summaries

Community Character Act (S. 975), S5709 [25MY]

Cooperative Landscape Conservation Act (H.R. 1381), E522 [3AP]

Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act (S. 565), S2476 [19MR]

Innocence Protection Act (S. 486), S2006 [7MR]

Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act (S. 1611), S11368 [1NO]

Meet Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Needs of Incarcerated Children and Youth (H.R. 2198), E1111 [14JN]

National Historic Barn Preservation Act (S. 1604), S11289 [31OC]

Professional Standards for Government Attorneys Act (S. 1437), S9511 [19SE]

Regional Skills Alliances Act (S. 431), S1766 [1MR]

Tables

Comparison of H-2A adverse effect wage rates, 1997-2000, H1109 [22MR]

Dept. of HUD Community Development Fund projects costs by State, S8663 [2AU]

Distribution of national emergency grant funds, H8545 [28NO]

Distribution of transportation revenue aligned budget authority to States, S12338 [4DE], H8739 [30NO]

Electoral Votes for the President and Vice President, H44 [6JA], H68 [20JA], H102 [30JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I grants State distribution, S11314 [1NO]

Estimated cost of Federal testing mandate for reading and mathematics, S6114 [12JN]

Federal payment per hundred pounds of milk produced in each State, S12838 [11DE]

Hispanic-serving institutions education grants program funds awarded to States and educational institutions, H3903 [11JY]

Market loss assistance for apple producers, S11066 [25OC]

Median income for 4-person families by State, S13893 [20DE]

State allocation of Title I grants under Dodd amendment to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S4217 [3MY]

State educational testing revenue sharing, S6117 [12JN], S6148 [13JN]

Wastewater infrastructure project grants allocations under Kyl amendment to H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S8634 [2AU]

Testimonies

Forest Health Issues in Montana: Kim Liles, E547 [5AP]

Texts of

Constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (1987), S2856 [26MR]

H. Con. Res. 289, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, S13422 [18DE], H10113 [13DE]

H. Res. 143, consideration of H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H2298 [17MY]

H. Res. 163, consideration of H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, H3081 [13JN]

H. Res. 311, consideration of H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H9254 [12DE]

H. Res. 315, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H10082 [13DE]

H.R. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S6672-S6831 [22JN]

H.R. 863, Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act, H6808-H6811 [16OC]

H.R. 1408, Financial Services Antifraud Network Act, H7732-H7741 [6NO]

H.R. 1499, District of Columbia College Access Improvement Act, S13078 [12DE]

H.R. 1499, permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the District of Columbia College Access Act tuition assistance program, H4811 [30JY]

H.R. 1552, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, H6803 [16OC]

H.R. 1661, continue State management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab fishery, H2900 [6JN]

H.R. 2048, require a report on the effectiveness of State Justice Institute operations, H5362 [5SE]

H.R. 2544, offer federally financed, interest-free loans to public schools, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric or other high-efficiency vehicles, E1367 [18JY]

H.R. 2546, Real Interstate Driver Equity Act, H8053 [13NO]

H.R. 2869, Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, H10893-H10899 [19DE]

H.R. 3030, Basic Pilot Extension Act, H9187 [11DE]

H.R. 3054, True American Heroes Act, H10193 [18DE]

H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H9264, H9276-H9287 [12DE]

S. 28, Military Voting Rights Act, S301 [22JA]

S. 33, exclude prisoners from requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, S311 [22JA]

S. 53, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics, S321 [22JA]

S. 74, Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act, S333 [22JA]

S. 97, eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing, S365 [22JA]

S. 101, Quality Teachers for All Act, S370-S372 [22JA]

S. 102, development of high school dropout prevention programs, S372 [22JA]

S. 103, increase participation in advanced placement courses, S374 [22JA]

S. 120, Master Teacher Act, S396 [22JA]

S. 122, Armed Services Voting Rights Protection Act, S399 [22JA]

S. 141, Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, S500-S505 [23JA]

S. 146, jail-based substance abuse treatment programs funding, S458 [23JA]

S. 153, State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs under Medicare, S481 [23JA]

S. 158, School Improvement Accountability Act, S485-S494 [23JA]

S. 164, Technology for Teachers Act, S531 [24JA]

S. 167, Academic Achievement for All Act (Straight A's Act), S537-S540 [24JA]

S. 194, Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act, S639-S643 [29JA]

S. 198, Harmful Nonnative Weed Control Act, S647 [29JA]

S. 206, Public Utility Holding Company Act, S710-S712 [30JA]

S. 216, Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act, S778 [30JA]

S. 221, State Electricity Reserve Fund Act, S785 [30JA]

S. 226, Northern Border States Council Act, S920 [31JA]

S. 233, National Death Penalty Moratorium Act, S925-S927 [31JA]

S. 262, encourage national board certification by teachers by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives, S1084 [6FE]

S. 309, Title I Integrity Act, S1327 [13FE]

S. 311, Strong Character for Strong Schools Act, S1329 [13FE]

S. 335, Setting Aside for a Valuable Education (SAVE) Act, S1418 [14FE]

S. 337, Teacher Recruitment, Development, and Retention Act, S1423 [14FE]

S. 339, Rural Education Development Initiative for the 21st Century Act, S1424 [14FE]

S. 350, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S1481-S1486 [15FE], S3907-S3912 [25AP]

S. 352, Energy Emergency Response Act, S1494 [15FE]

S. 370, exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the State volume cap, S1509 [15FE]

S. 374, National Guard operation of counterdrug schools, S1517 [15FE]

S. 396, White House Quadrennial Small Business Summit Act, S1624-S1626 [27FE]

S. 424, Earthquake Loss Reduction Act, S1757-S1760 [1MR]

S. 431, Regional Skills Alliances Act, S1765 [1MR]

S. 438, Teacher Quality Act, S1778-S1780 [1MR]

S. 440, Bulletproof Police Protective Equipment Act, S1781 [1MR]

S. 442, Law Enforcement Protection Act, S1783 [1MR]

S. 447, Water Adjudication Fee Fairness Act, S1786 [1MR]

S. 461, Mathematics and Science Education Partnership and Teacher Recruitment Act, S1900 [6MR]

S. 467, award grants for States to adopt the Federal write-in absentee ballot for overseas voters and require uniform treatment of such ballots, S1908 [6MR]

S. 469, School Support and Improvement Act, S1909 [6MR]

S. 485, Interstate Tolls Relief Act, S1999 [7MR]

S. 486, Innocence Protection Act, S2000-S2006 [7MR]

S. 490, Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act, S2075 [8MR]

S. 532, permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada, S2313-S2315 [14MR]

S. 617, Lower Mississippi Delta Education Access and Improvement Act, S2901 [26MR]

S. 619, Project Exile—The Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act, S2903 [26MR]

S. 651, Health Care Consumers Assistance Fund Act, S3163 [29MR]

S. 664, New Economy Tax Fairness (NET FAIR) Act, S3173 [29MR]

S. 677, Housing Bond and Credit Modernization and Fairness Act, S3281 [2AP]

S. 683, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S3347-S3350 [3AP]

S. 776, Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act, S3927 [25AP]

S. 820, Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act, S4250-S4253 [3MY]

S. 832, Indian Gaming Regulatory Improvement Act, S4268 [3MY]

S. 842, Public Safety Act, S4512 [8MY]

S. 843, Treatment on Demand Assistance Act, S4513 [8MY]

S. 851, Citizens' Privacy Commission Act, S4605 [9MY]

S. 862, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program appropriations, S4833 [10MY]

S. 870, Multimodal Transportation Financing Act, S4845 [10MY]

S. 886, Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund establishment, S4948 [15MY]

S. 916, Children First Child Support Reform Act, S5272 [21MY]

S. 924, Providing Reliable Officers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, and Training in Our Neighborhoods (PROTECTION) Act, S5442 [22MY]

S. 928, Older Workers' Rights Restoration Act, S5459 [22MY]

S. 942, TANF Supplemental Grants Act, S12745 [7DE]

S. 950, Federal Reformulated Fuels Act, S5754 [25MY]

S. 952, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, S5755-S5757 [25MY]

S. 968, Healthy and High Performance Schools Act, S5700 [25MY]

S. 975, Community Character Act, S5707 [25MY]

S. 989, End Racial Profiling Act, S5893-S5895 [6JN]

S. 1016, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S6132-S6134 [12JN]

S. 1028, Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act, S6220 [13JN]

S. 1030, Rural Health Care Improvement Act, S6222-S6225 [13JN]

S. 1044, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act, S6325 [14JN]

S. 1068, Electricity Gouging Relief Act, S6522 [20JN]

S. 1078, Brownfields Economic Development Act, S6608 [21JN]

S. 1079, Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act, S6608-S6610 [21JN]

S. 1086, Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, S6619 [21JN]

S. 1146, preserve Colorado land held in trust as open space and exempt such land from the requirement that they generate income for the common schools, S7202 [29JN]

S. 1150, Interstate Highway System Toll-Free Holiday Act, S7203 [29JN]

S. 1157, Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act, S7248-S7252 [29JN]

S. 1165, Juvenile Crime Prevention and Control Act, S7500-S7515 [11JY]

S. 1244, FamilyCare Act, S8224-S8230 [25JY]

S. 1265, Children's Adjustment, Relief, and Education (CARE) Act, S8364 [27JY]

S. 1290, End Gridlock at Our Nation's Critical Airports Act, S8580 [1AU]

S. 1291, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S8581 [1AU]

S. 1343, Family Planning State Empowerment Act, S8765 [2AU]

S. 1351, Fugitive Apprehension Act, S8916 [3AU]

S. 1374, Hydraulic Fracturing Act, S8950 [3AU]

S. 1387, Rural States Physician Recruitment and Retention Demonstration Act, S8962 [3AU]

S. 1390, Children's Health Coverage Improvement Act, S8967 [3AU]

S. 1414, Parent and Teacher Achievement Act, S9257 [10SE]

S. 1437, Professional Standards for Government Attorneys Act, S9510 [19SE]

S. 1469, Early Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, S9877 [26SE]

S. 1471, Children's Lead Screening Accountability for Early-Intervention (SAFE) Act, S9879-S9881 [26SE]

S. 1504, Internet Tax Moratorium Extension Act, S10303 [4OC]

S. 1567, Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act, S10839 [18OC]

S. 1608, EPA grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs, S14061 [20DE]

S. 1608, provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs, S11291 [31OC]

S. 1611, Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act, S11367 [1NO]

S. 1617, Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Act, S11370 [1NO]

S. 1625, Children's Health Equity Act, S11379 [1NO]

S. 1643, Sales Tax Holiday Act, S11550 [7NO]

S. 1646, identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor, S11556 [7NO]

S. 1712, Class Action Fairness Act, S11947-S11950 [15NO]

S. 1737, Homeland Security Block Grant Act, S12102-S12106 [28NO]

S. 1820, Heroic Emergency Response Operations (HERO) Act, S13149 [13DE]

S. 1825, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, S13150-S13152 [13DE]

S. 1844, pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of Federal Transit Administration assistance or grants, S13468 [18DE]

S. 1850, Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act, S13705-S13707 [19DE]

S. 1870, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Registry Act, S13956-S13958 [20DE]

S. Res. 26, increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs, S1528 [15FE]

S.J. Res. 4, constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits, S2853 [26MR]