INCOME related term(s) Economy; Pensions; Securities

Addresses

Bankruptcy Code Fairness and Balance: Lawrence P. King, E1489 [1AU]

Thrift Savings Components for Social Security—Bipartisanship Beckons: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, S5431-S5433 [22MY]

Advertisements

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act: Greenlining Institute, H797 [8MR]

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12458 [5DE], S12779 [10DE], S12834, S12870, S12871, S12970, S12983 [11DE], S13001, S13020, S13032, S13037, S13038, S13039, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13063, S13064, S13065, S13066, S13067, S13068, S13069 [12DE], S13087, S13093, S13102, S13104, S13110, S13158, S13159, S13168, S13171, S13172, S13175, S13176, S13177, S13178, S13179, S13181, S13182, S13183, S13184, S13188, S13192, S13193, S13194, S13196, S13197, S13198, S13199, S13201, S13202, S13203, S13204, S13221, S13222, S13223, S13224 [13DE], S13247, S13251, S13259, S13260, S13265, S13305, S13307, S13308, S13309 [14DE], S13359 [17DE], S13471, S13472, S13474, S13475, S13476, S13477, S13478, S13488, S13489, S13498, S13499, S13500, S13501, S13502, S13503, S13504, S13505, S13507, S13592, S13639 [18DE], S13649, S13713, S13757, S13758, S13759, S13760 [19DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8299 [26JY], S8400 [30JY], S8404, S8433, S8447, S8451, S8486, S8487, S8492, S8493 [31JY], S8776, S8778, S8779, S8780, S8781, S8783, S8784, S8785, S8786, S8788, S8789, S8790, S8793, S8794, S8795, S8796, S8798, S8799, S8800, S8801, S8803, S8804, S8805, S8806, S8807, S8808, S8809, S8812, S8814, S8815, S8816, S8817, S8818, S8819, S8820, S8826, S8827, S8828, S8829, S8830, S8831, S8832, S8833, S8834 [2AU], S8977, S8978, S8979 [3AU]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (S. 1628), S12058 [27NO]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4014 [16JY], H4263 [19JY]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6456 [9OC], H6469, H6480 [10OC]

Insurance: create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance (S. 1743), S12212 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), S13590 [18DE], S13761 [19DE], H8593, H8613 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration (H. Res. 297), H8582 [29NO]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8191, H8205 [15NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), S12058 [27NO], S12169, S12174, S12212, S12213 [29NO], S12265, S12266, S12267, S12268, S12269, S12270 [30NO], S12315, S12318, S12319, S12320, S12322, S12323, S12328, S12329 [3DE], S12340, S12352, S12355 [4DE], H1718 [1MY], H1795 [2MY], H9160 [11DE]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S11731 [13NO]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), H3069, H3072 [12JN], H3174 [14JN]

———limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (S. 143), S2784, S2785, S2788 [22MR]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1445 [4AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11678, S11729, S11730 [13NO], S11795, S11796, S11833, S11855, S11856, S11860, S11861, S11862, S11863, S11864 [14NO], S11891, S11893, S11960, S11961, S11963 [15NO], S12013 [16NO], S12058 [27NO], H6920 [16OC], H7260 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7234 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), S12008 [16NO], S13858, S13982 [20DE], H10115 [13DE], H10954 [20DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H793 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H758 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5042, S5049, S5061, S5072, S5074, S5078, S5083, S5086, S5093, S5096, S5098, S5129, S5161, S5162, S5163, S5167, S5168, S5169, S5170, S5171, S5172, S5173, S5175, S5176, S5177, S5178, S5179, S5180, S5181 [17MY], S5190, S5195, S5197, S5199, S5202, S5208, S5214, S5217, S5224, S5227, S5228, S5229, S5230, S5231, S5234, S5235, S5237, S5238, S5242, S5245, S5251, S5280, S5281, S5282, S5283, S5284, S5285, S5286, S5287, S5288, S5289, S5290, S5305, S5306, S5344, S5345, S5346, S5351, S5352, S5353, S5354, S5355, S5389, S5392, S5393, S5394, S5395, S5396 [21MY], S5416, S5418, S5419, S5420, S5421, S5422, S5423, S5424, S5425, S5427, S5470, S5472, S5473, S5474, S5475, S5476, S5477, S5478, S5481, S5482 [22MY], S5490, S5491, S5493, S5494, S5497, S5500, S5554 [23MY], S5714, S5759 [25MY], H2216 [16MY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1298, H1318 [29MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H2289 [17MY]

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (S. 1532), S10666 [11OC]

Analyses

Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act (S. 1246): Lugar Substitute Amendment, S8418 [31JY]

Terrorism Risk Protection Act (H.R. 3210): Committee on the Judiciary (House) Minority Staff, H8625 [29NO]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H2654 [23MY]

———H.R. 1836, Restore Earnings To Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) Act, S5522 [23MY]

Articles and editorials

Are Production Controls Desirable for Agriculture?, E1222 [27JN]

Attacks Hit Low-Pay Jobs the Hardest—Many of the Unemployed Were in Service Industry, H7904 [7NO]

Beginning of the End, E1990 [2NO]

Black Group Seeks Repeal of Estate Tax—Businessmen Say Levy Increases Disparity in Wealth Among Races, S3295 [3AP]

Boost That Goes Nowhere, S13884 [20DE]

Calming Down Frenzy for a Big Federal Tax Cut, S1108 [7FE]

Change in Estate Tax Would Hurt Many, E1360 [18JY]

Credit Crunch Imperils the Economy, S13927 [20DE]

Day Laborers at Ground Zero Say They Are Not Being Paid, H7907 [7NO]

Democrats Set Stimulus Hurdle—Senators Require Supermajority, S12604 [7DE]

Estate Tax Reform Must Be First Step To Fixing System, S368 [22JA]

Falling Behind—As Officials Lost Faith in the Minimum Wage, Pat Williams Lived It, S8057-S8061 [23JY]

Fiscal Souffle, S1109 [7FE]

Forward on Race—Together, E981 [25MY]

Hawaii Should Lead Fight To End Abuse of Workers in U.S. Territories, E548 [5AP]

High-Tech Stealth Being Used To Sway Doctor Prescriptions, E1422 [25JY]

House GOP Ponders Scaled-Back Version of Stimulus Package, S12829 [11DE]

Iffy Long-Term Numbers Are Poor Excuse for Huge Tax Cuts and Wild Spending, S1109 [7FE]

Insurance Companies Benefit From Sept. 11, Still Seek Federal Aid, H8579-H8581 [29NO]

Justice and Reconciliation, E982 [25MY]

Kyl Accused of Blocking Aid Bill, S13928 [20DE]

Meet Patriotic Pork, S11778 [14NO]

Miserable Pension Bill, H1793 [2MY]

NASDAQ Companies' Losses Erase 5 Years of Profit, S13886 [20DE]

NCGA Optimistic About Senate Agriculture Committee $7.5 Billion Emergency Aid Package, S8415 [31JY]

New Dance of the Crackpots, S11778 [14NO]

President Daschle, S13889 [20DE]

Real Relief—A Capital-Gains Tax Cut, S5044 [17MY]

Ripples of Sept. 11 Widen in Retailing, S12822 [11DE]

Senator Who Has Met a Payroll, S10978 [24OC]

Shame in the House, E1959 [30OC]

Shopping for 2002 Votes, Dems, GOP Raid Surplus—Despite Signs of Economic Recovery, Congress Insists on `Stimulus', S13885 [20DE]

Silver Lining, S11777 [14NO]

Slowdown in Lending Activity, S13927 [20DE]

Special-Interest Payback—Crisis Becomes Excuse To Raid Federal Till for Favored Groups, H7307 [24OC]

States Rediscover Energy Policies—Looming Power Crises Spur a Return to Strategies Fostering Conservation, S2771 [22MR]

Stimulus Fiasco, S13885 [20DE]

Tax Break's Unfortunate Legacy, H2842 [25MY]

Tax Cut Plan, S1260 [13FE]

Tax Cuts—The True Issue, S1991 [7MR]

Taxation on Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, E623 [25AP]

Time for a Tax Cut, S1989 [7MR]

Tom Daschle Isn't the Problem, S12827 [11DE]

U.S. Agricultural Bill Will Go Against the Grain Worldwide—Proposals To Increase Subsidies for Farmers Could Violate WTO Rules, S13917 [20DE]

Where Do We Put the Surplus?, S1099 [7FE]

Who Deserves a Tax Cut?, S1990 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions

African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 1856), H2184 [15MY]

Agricultural Market Transition Act: extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments (see S. 923), S5269 [21MY] (see H.R. 2027), H2847 [25MY]

———provide compensation for loss markets to farm owners and producers who have entered into production flexibility contracts (see H.R. 1339), H1407 [3AP]

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]

———continue certain programs (see S. 1731), S12054 [27NO]

———continue eligibility of producers for loan deficiency payments when the producers produce a contract commodity (see H.R. 2089), H2956 [6JN]

———enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultural commodities (see S. 20), S98 [22JA]

———extend eligibility for loan deficiency payments and payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments (see S. 1072), S6518 [20JN]

———provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers (see S. 1100), S6920 [26JN]

———reauthorize tree loss assistance program to compensate commercial orchardists and tree farmers who lose trees as a result of a natural disaster (see H.R. 1790), H2082 [9MY]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (see S. 1246), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2213), H3258 [19JN]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (see S. 1628), S11413 [2NO]

Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: clarify that reductions in compensation by amounts received from collateral sources that charitable contributions are not included in such sources (see H.R. 3376), H8731 [29NO]

———provide compensation to victims of terrorist-related anthrax infections (see H.R. 3228), H7722 [5NO]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide equitable treatment to Alaskan Natives who are Vietnam veterans (see H.R. 3148), H6919 [16OC]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment to require Members of Congress and the President to forfeit certain compensation until all appropriations bills are enacted (see H.J. Res. 56), H4540 [24JY]

Armed Forces: accelerate elimination of out-of-pocket housing costs for members residing off-base (see H.R. 1995), H2710 [24MY]

———authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see S. 1037), S6318 [14JN] (see S. 1427), S9440 [14SE] (see H.R. 2203), H3202 [14JN]

———continue payment of servicemen and women who have been deployed for an extended period of time (see H.R. 3164), H7217 [23OC]

———enhance the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 1517), S10388 [9OC]

———ensure that basic allowance rates for off-base military housing areas are sufficient to eliminate out-of-pocket housing costs (see H.R. 2044), H2848 [25MY]

———establish an education savings plan to encourage reenlistments and extensions of service by members in critical specialties (see S. 789), S3994 [26AP]

———exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (see H.R. 3082), H6504 [10OC] (see H.R. 3216), H7717 [1NO]

———increase basic pay (see H.R. 244), H108 (see H.R. 298), H110 [30JA] (see H.R. 2310), H3617 [26JN] (see H.R. 2494), H4009 [12JY] (see H.R. 2494), H4013 [16JY]

———make temporary adjustments in basic housing allowances in response to increases in military housing costs (see H.R. 3411), H8948 [5DE]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (see S. 129), S101 [22JA] (see H.R. 1917), H2386 [21MY]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H26 [3JA]

———reform computation of retired pay for members with hazardous duty experience, study benefits for employers of National Guard or Reserve members, and assess military youth programs expansion (see H.R. 3410), H8948 [5DE]

———reform ROTC eligibility (see S. 359), S1463 [15FE]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H2709 [24MY]

———revise the computation of military disability retired pay for certain members injured while a cadet or midshipman at a service academy (see H.R. 2685), H4948 [31JY]

Aviation: limit amount of total compensation for top executives of air carriers that receive certain Federal relief (see H.R. 2927), H5926 [21SE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see S. 993), S5889 [6JN] (see S. 1630), S11437 [5NO] (see H.R. 188), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 256), H109 [30JA] (see H.R. 1914), H2334 [17MY] (see H.R. 2870), H5487 [10SE] (see H.R. 2914), H5925 [21SE]

———extend the priority provided to claims for compensation and benefits of all employees (see H.R. 3415), H8948 [5DE]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see S. 178), S568 [25JA]

Bennington, Rita: provide for special application of certain tax laws relative to the sale of a principal residence following Hurricane Iniki (see S. 54), S99 [22JA]

Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform: establish (see H.R. 14), H25 [3JA]

Bipartisan Social Security Reform and Results Commission: establish (see H.R. 1069), H954 [15MR]

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]

Budget: constitutional amendment to treat certain trust funds as outside the budget (see H.J. Res. 26), H623 [1MR]

———public disclosure on treatment of Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 1204), H1114 [22MR]

Business and industry: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (see H.R. 2236), H3259 [19JN]

———require certain parent corporations of Federal contractors to provide health care benefits to retired employees of the contractor (see H.R. 1691), H1860 [2MY]

Capitol Police: authorizing appropriations for salaries and expenses (see H.R. 3531), H10909 [19DE]

CFTC: provide employees comparable payment to employees of other Government financial institutions (see H.R. 1580), H1604 [25AP]

Charities: distribution of donations collected to support relief efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 276), H8338 [16NO]

Children and youth: increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (see S. 814), S4175 [2MY] (see H.R. 1650), H1714 [1MY]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 77), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

———limit attorneys' fees in certain civil rights cases (see H.R. 3319), H8337 [16NO]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 684), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 1362), H1408 [3AP]

Claims: allow victims of terrorist attacks to receive certain compensation regardless of any collateral source compensation they may be eligible to receive (see S. 1812), S13051 [12DE]

Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3297), H8247 [15NO]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see H.R. 7), H1343 [29MR] (see H.R. 1284), H1295 [28MR]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 196), H4112 [17JY]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: amend to enable farmers and ranchers to refinance certain farm ownership loans (see H.R. 1721), H1924 [3MY]

Courts: condition salaries of Federal district judges on certification that certain cases have not been pending and undetermined for a certain period of time (see H.R. 889), H648 [6MR]

———provide for an election of an annuity for certain qualified magistrate judges (see S. 1477), S9971 [1OC]

———require receipt of normal average wage or salary for Federal jurors during service (see H.R. 732), H440 [27FE]

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

Davis-Bacon Act: amend to increase specified contract amounts (see H.R. 2094), H2996 [7JN]

———create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 1972), H2679 [23MY]

———require cancellation of contracts with repeat violators and disclosure of certain payroll information (see H.R. 2681), H4948 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize former Federal employees receiving voluntary separation payments to accept subsequent Federal employment related to fighting forest fires (see H.R. 2959), H6055 [25SE]

———eliminate quota and price support programs for Burley tobacco, compensate quota holders for lost value, provide payments to producers, and assist communities affected by elimination of certain programs (see H.R. 1658), H1715 [1MY]

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

———provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see S. 568), S2582 [20MR] (see H.R. 396), H218 [7FE]

———require report to Congress on the taking of private property (see H.R. 212), H62 [6JA]

———treatment of overtime, night, and holiday inspection and quarantine services performed by employees (see H.R. 3390), H8746 [30NO]

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see S. 1442), S9557 [20SE] (see H.R. 2457), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue guidance to victims of disasters in their application to charitable organizations for relief (see H.R. 3420), H9076 [6DE]

———report on tax incentives to encourage non-Armed Forces members to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 208), H62 [6JA]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry to provide compensation for losses incurred as a result of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2945), H5971 [24SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance authority to recruit and retain nurses, establish an additional basis for determining inability of veterans to defray expenses of medical care, and enhance certain health care programs (see H.R. 3447), H9239 [11DE]

———enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 336), H163 [31JA]

———ensure that senior citizen veterans shall be eligible for pension benefits without regard to disability (see H.R. 3087), H6700 [11OC]

———extend payment of certain benefits through the date of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 2223), H3258 [19JN]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H222 [7FE]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 405), S1616 [27FE] (see S. 612), S2894 [26MR]

———improve the processing of claims for veterans compensation and pensions (see S. 1656), S11611 [8NO]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H7529 [30OC]

———revise effective date for certain awards of dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of Vietnam era veterans (see H.R. 545), H253 [8FE]

———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S9197 [6SE]

———treat certain service in the American Field Service ambulance corps as active duty (see S. 1767), S12447 [5DE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see S. 603), S2823 [23MR] (see H.R. 1193), H1114 [22MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: change due date for corporate estimated taxes (see H.R. 2825), H5338 [2AU]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2212), H3258 [19JN] (see H.R. 2316), H3618 [26JN] (see H.R. 2327), H3711 [27JN]

———make tax benefits permanent and reduce maximum capital gains tax rates (see S. 1492), S10154 [3OC]

———provide retroactive implementation and repeal sunset on individual income tax rate reductions (see H.R. 3050), H6421 [5OC]

Economy: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (see H.R. 546), H253 [8FE] (see H.R. 2111), H2997 [7JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (see S. 1732), S12055 [27NO]

Education: 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]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 489), H221 [7FE] (see H.R. 2765), H5335 [2AU]

———increase student financial aid programs funding (see H.R. 2476), H3960 [11JY]

———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]

———repeal the tuition-sensitivity trigger in the Pell Grant program and expand qualifying expenses and income eligibility for the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits (see H.R. 2482), H4008 [12JY]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 820), H621 [1MR]

———require report on use of the Fair Labor Standards Act by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity (see H.R. 1495), H1497 [4AP]

Employment: allow employees the right to accept or reject arbitration to resolve an employment controversy (see H.R. 815), H621 [1MR]

———condition minimum wage exemptions for organized camps on compliance with certain safety standards (see H.R. 2679), H4948 [31JY]

———exclude employer contributions to health care expenditure accounts from gross income for tax purposes and clarify applicability of ERISA to plans employing such accounts (see H.R. 2658), H4723 [26JY]

———improve economic security of workers (see S. 8), S97 [22JA]

———limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1289), H1343 [29MR]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain computer professionals (see H.R. 1545), H1554 [24AP]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (see H.R. 2070), H2955 [6JN]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H395 [14FE]

———modify certain vesting requirements for railroad retirement annuities (see H.R. 1871), H2280 [16MY]

———prohibit forced overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1902), H2333 [17MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 624), S2979 [27MR]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H1658 [26AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act: designate Federal agencies responsible for implementation (see H.R. 1534), H1499 [4AP]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 94), H1409 [3AP]

ERISA: increase the phase-in limitation for benefit improvements made prior to plan termination (see H.R. 2134), H3066 [12JN]

———provide cost-of-living adjustments to guaranteed benefit payments paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (see H.R. 83), H27 [3JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 881), H648 [6MR]

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

———denial of passports to noncustodial parents relative to nonpayment of child support (see H.R. 407), H218 [7FE]

———prohibit Federal financial assistance to individuals who are delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 866), H648 [6MR]

———require anticipated child support be held in trust on the sale or refinancing of certain real property of an obligated parent (see H.R. 413), H218 [7FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify (see H.R. 2366), H3802 [28JN]

———eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 2328), H3711 [27JN]

———improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (see S. 489), S2070 [8MR]

FDIC: make certain temporary Federal service performed creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1586), H1604 [25AP]

Federal agencies and departments: use of surplus administrative funds for personnel pay bonuses and deficit reduction (see H.R. 497), H222 [7FE]

Federal aid programs: deny Federal public benefits to individuals who were participants in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 1910), H2334 [17MY]

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

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (see H.R. 2522), H4111 [17JY]

Federal criminal investigators: authorize the carrying of firearms and responding to acts of terrorism and expand the definition of available relative to law enforcement availability pay (see H.R. 3409), H8948 [5DE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 128), S101 [22JA] (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal employees: allow credit under FERS for certain Government service performed abroad after a certain date (see S. 1138), S7193 [29JN]

———allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (see H.R. 1939), H2570 [22MY]

———clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (see S. 768), S3852 [24AP] (see H.R. 136), H60 [6JA]

———consider pay rates of comparable positions for similar wage areas when revising wage schedules for certain prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 3551), H10909 [19DE]

———disability annuities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and the Capitol Police (see H.R. 446), H220 [7FE]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 17), S1617 [27FE] (see H. Con. Res. 42), H442 [27FE]

———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see S. 1818), S13145 [13DE] (see H.R. 3337), H8338 [16NO]

———establish a Dependent Care Assistance Program (see H.R. 252), H108 [30JA]

———improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1262), H1294 [28MR] (see H.R. 1920), H2386 [21MY]

———increase pay rate for certain offices and positions within the executive and judicial branches of the Government (see S. 1129), S7083 [28JN] (see H.R. 1824), H2147 [14MY]

———index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees who died after separating from the Government and were entitled to a deferred annuity but had not established a claim (see H.R. 3521), H10355 [18DE]

———make certain service performed as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 2355), H3802 [28JN]

———payment of veterans' disability compensation to civilian retirees receiving retirement benefits to the same extent as military retirees receiving military retirement benefits (see H.R. 2842), H5405 [5SE]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H959 [19MR]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 271), S1121 [7FE] (see H.R. 93), H27 [3JA]

Financial institutions: prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 1055), H953 [15MR]

———repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 1009), H876 [13MR]

———require insured depository institutions make affordable transaction accounts available to their customers (see H.R. 1059), H953 [15MR]

Foreign trade: revise the limitations on trade readjustment allowances under the trade adjustment assistance program for workers (see H.R. 2613), H4539 [24JY]

Georgia: provide wage parity for certain Dept. of Defense prevailing rate employees (see S. 529), S2306 [14MR] (see H.R. 258), H109 [30JA]

Government: establish procedures for assessing Federal regulations relative to seizure of private property (see S. 1412), S9253 [10SE]

———establish procedures for assessing Federal regulations relative to the taking of private property (see H.R. 212), H62 [6JA]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 917), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 1457), H1485 (see H.R. 1457), H1494 [4AP]

———shutdown relative to budget process (see H.R. 29), H25 [3JA]

Guam: determination of withholding tax rates under the Guam income tax (see H.R. 309), H110 [30JA]

Health care professionals: provide that federally employed registered nurses that retire under FERS shall have unused sick leave used in the computation of annuities (see S. 1080), S6601 [21JN]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see S. 1445), S9620 [21SE] (see H.R. 1992), H2710 [24MY]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), consideration (see H. Res. 256), H6458 [9OC]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (see H. Res. 8), H28 [3JA]

House Rules: prohibit the inclusion in any legislation of any provision which makes a decrease in Federal income taxes contingent upon another event or circumstance (see H. Res. 123), H1605 [25AP]

Indian Health Service: require compensation of certain technical medical employees for time during which they are required to be on-call (see H.R. 1787), H2082 [9MY]

Insurance: create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance (see S. 1743), S12161 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see S. 1744), S12161 [29NO] (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO] (see H.R. 3357), H8563 [28NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration (see H. Res. 297), H8563 [28NO]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 592), S2662 [21MR] (see S. 1025), S6211 [13JN] (see H.R. 2160), H3149 [13JN]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (see S. 1162), S7494 [11JY] (see H.R. 570), H322 [13FE]

Klamath Basin: authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of transferred and reserved water works (see H.R. 2828), H5338 [2AU]

———compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 2389), H3803 [28JN]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project (see H.R. 2827), H5338 [2AU]

Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 1887), H2333 [17MY]

———increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see S. 899), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 1744), H1928 [7MY]

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

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H8732 [29NO]

Medicaid: coverage of disabled children and individuals who became disabled as children without regard to income or assets (see H.R. 567), H322 [13FE]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (see S. 1679), S11719 [13NO] (see H.R. 3284), H8132 [13NO]

———adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 659), S3152 [29MR] (see H.R. 1375), H1409 [3AP]

———continue conversion factor under the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 3511), H10355 [18DE]

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services (see S. 1001), S5967 [7JN]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 481), H221 [7FE]

———modify calculation of wage index adjustment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1901), H2333 [17MY]

———provide that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another do not result in lower wage indexes (see S. 954), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 2003), H2710 [24MY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 3318), H8337 [16NO]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see S. 1660), S11612 [8NO] (see S. 1707), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 3351), H8420 [27NO]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 110), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 241), H76 [20JA] (see H.R. 372), H165 [31JA] (see H.R. 438), H220 [7FE] (see H.R. 2996), H6136 [2OC]

Mental health: clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (see H.R. 2992), H6136 [2OC]

Merit Systems Protection Board: conduct an alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist Federal agencies in resolving workplace disputes (see H.R. 1965), H2678 [23MY]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 277), S1122 [7FE] (see S. 964), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 222), H63 [6JA] (see H.R. 665), H396 [14FE] (see H.R. 2241), H3259 [19JN] (see H.R. 2424), H3805 [28JN] (see H.R. 2812), H5337 [2AU]

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

Minnesota: authorize payments to sugar beet producers for crop damage from a late season freeze that was not fully manifested until after delivery to the processor (see H.R. 2552), H4216 [18JY]

National Advisory Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification: establish (see H.R. 335), H163 [31JA]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 79), S4100 [1MY]

———support goals and ideas (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1660 [26AP]

National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor: establish (see H.R. 1687), H1860 [2MY]

National Guard: 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]

———reduce number of consecutive days of deployment required before a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services is entitled to the higher rate of the basic allowance for housing (see H.R. 3280), H8132 [13NO]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H5487 [10SE]

Native Americans: treatment of certain income for tribe members, age 50 or older, relative to determining eligibility for means-tested public assistance benefits (see H.R. 1635), H1659 [26AP]

Pasquotank County, NC: provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 1077), H954 [15MR]

Pensions: allow individuals the opportunity to provide for their retirement through S.A.F.E. accounts (see H.R. 849), H623 [1MR]

———application of catch-up contributions to the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan (see S. 1821, 1822), S13145 [13DE] (see H.R. 3340), H8342 [19NO] (see H.R. 3354), H8421 [27NO]

———ensure that individual account retirement plans protect workers by limiting the amount of employer stock each worker may hold and encouraging diversification of investment of plan assets (see S. 1838), S13464 [18DE]

———exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H322 [13FE]

———provide additional fiduciary protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee stock ownership plans relative to lockdowns placed on plan assets (see H.R. 3509), H10355 [18DE]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 1677), S11719 [13NO] (see H.R. 2269), H3464 [21JN]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), consideration (see H. Res. 288), H8180 [14NO]

———reform (see S. 631), S2979 [27MR] (see S. 742), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

———reform (H.R. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 127), H1714 [1MY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: provide compensation to the U.S. Government and individuals who suffered damages as a result of the attack on Kuwait by Iraq (see H.R. 1632), H1659 [26AP]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S568 [25JA] (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

———prohibit awarding of bonuses for managerial personnel in any year in which operational deficits are anticipated or postal rate increases are requested (see H. Res. 144), H2334 [17MY]

POW: eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former prisoners to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2878), H5592 [11SE]

Power resources: provide assistance to those most affected by high energy prices and promote and accelerate energy conservation investments in the U.S. (see H.R. 3274), H8034 [9NO]

Public safety officers: provide benefits to those who die or become disabled as a result of certain injuries (see H.R. 3063), H6458 [9OC]

Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate a limitation on benefits (see H.R. 734), H441 [27FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S3436 [4AP] (see H.R. 180), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 1140), H1059 [21MR]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1499), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 2961), H6055 [25SE] (see H.R. 3011), H6259 [3OC] (see H.R. 3073), H6504 [10OC] (see H.R. 3085), H6700 [11OC] (see H.R. 3230), H7851 [6NO] (see H.R. 3308), H8248 [15NO]

———make grants for losses suffered by general aviation small business concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1552), S10769 [16OC]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 143), S101 [22JA] (see H.R. 1088), H959 [19MR]

———limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), consideration (see H. Res. 161), H3066 [12JN]

Senate: leave without pay status of certain employees who perform service in the uniformed services (see S. Res. 193), S13701 [19DE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 390), H166 [31JA] (see H.R. 2035), H2847 [25MY]

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7591 [31OC]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase (see S. 546), S2388 [15MR]

———make certain improvements (see H.R. 2222), H3258 [19JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see S. 858), S4590 [9MY] (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

Social Security: allow certain remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 3023), H6378 [4OC]

———allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2771), H5335 [2AU]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 3133), H6918 [16OC]

———budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 373), H165 [31JA]

———choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H27 [3JA]

———choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see S. 825), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 853), H623 [1MR]

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

———create individual accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, give Americans ownership of their retirement, and restore long-term solvency (see H.R. 3535), H10909 [19DE]

———create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 3497), H10066 [13DE]

———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]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 682), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]

———effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 128), H1716 [1MY]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H623 [1MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H1924 [3MY]

———eliminate the waiting period for disability benefits and Medicare benefits for disabled individuals (see H.R. 344), H164 [31JA]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 3325), H8337 [16NO]

———eliminate waiting period for individuals to be eligible for disability benefits (see H.R. 3265), H7959 [8NO]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 2110), H2997 [7JN]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 806), S4099 [1MY] (see S. 1558), S10769 [16OC] (see H.R. 832), H622 [1MR] (see H.R. 3135), H6918 [16OC]

———honor commitments (see H. Con. Res. 282), H9077 [6DE]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 81), H27 [3JA]

———improve benefit computation formula for workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 870), H648 [6MR]

———improve solvency (see H.R. 3315), H8337 [16NO]

———include additional information in account statements (see S. 354), S1462 [15FE] (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]

———include any veterans' or survivors' compensation or pension in the determination of SSI benefits (see S. 1647), S11549 [7NO]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 3328), H8337 [16NO]

———increase interest rate of trust funds (see H.R. 1320), H1345 [29MR]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 96), H27 [3JA] (see H.R. 219), H63 [6JA]

———phase out taxation of benefits (see S. 181), S568 [25JA]

———preserve all budget surpluses until legislation is enacted to strengthen and protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds (see H.R. 120), H59 [6JA]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see S. 21), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 2), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 560), H322 [13FE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 693), S3436 [4AP]

———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]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 3326), H8337 [16NO]

———redesignate certain trust funds as accounting funds (see S. 547), S2388 [15MR] (see H.R. 1068), H954 [15MR]

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

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 3327), H8337 [16NO]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 1523), S10457 [10OC] (see H.R. 2638), H4634 [25JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H954 [15MR]

———strengthen and protect (see H.R. 166), H61 [6JA]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (see S.J. Res. 2), S101 [22JA]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: improve veterans benefits (see H.R. 3173), H7333 [25OC]

Sports: encourage more revenue sharing among Major League Baseball teams as an alternative to team eliminations (see H. Res. 326), H10966 [20DE]

SSA: require publications to include additional information on Social Security's current and future solvency and require an annual report on the Social Security Program (see S. 563), S2472 [19MR]

SSI: increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (see H.R. 739), H441 [27FE]

Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H4633 [25JY]

———accelerate the effective date for the expansion of adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs (see S. 1802), S12858 [11DE]

———adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1003), H876 [13MR]

———allow a bonus deduction for depreciable business assets (see S. 1553), S10769 [16OC]

———allow a credit against gross income for organ donation (see H.R. 2090), H2956 [6JN]

———allow a credit for certain corporations which have substantial employee ownership and encourage stock ownership by employees (see H.R. 1062), H953 [15MR]

———allow a deduction for mass transit expenses (see H.R. 1959), H2678 [23MY]

———allow a deduction for premiums on private mortgage insurance (see H.R. 149), H60 [6JA]

———allow a deduction for real property taxes for individuals that do not itemize other deductions (see S. 1268), S8353 [27JY]

———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 against income tax for the fair market value of firearms turned in to local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 423), H219 [7FE]

———allow a refundable credit against payroll taxes (see H.R. 493), H222 [7FE]

———allow a refundable credit for education expenses of children receiving or eligible to receive free or reduced price school meals (see H.R. 316), H202 [6FE]

———allow a refundable credit for expenditures for renewable energy property (see H.R. 2179), H3201 [14JN]

———allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals not eligible for public programs and without access to employer-subsidized health coverage (see S. 590), S2662 [21MR]

———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 a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 1872), H2280 [16MY]

———allow a refundable credit to members of the Armed Forces who serve on active duty during a taxable year (see H.R. 1299), H1344 [29MR]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 828), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1275), H1294 [28MR] (see H.R. 2206), H3202 [14JN]

———allow a temporary deduction for the cost of airline tickets and other personal travel expenses (see H.R. 3079), H6504 [10OC]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1278), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 3131), H6918 [16OC]

———allow an employer tax credit for the costs of providing certain transportation fringe benefits to employees (see H.R. 906), H739 [7MR]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 300), H110 [30JA]

———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 3218), H7717 [1NO]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H959 [19MR]

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

———allow certain health benefits and dependent care assistance to be carried forward to the succeeding taxable year or to be included in gross income upon termination of such accounts and arrangements (see H.R. 1590), H1604 [25AP]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers for reasonable expenses related to instruction, teaching, or other job-related activities (see H.R. 1224), H1188 [27MR]

———allow credits for contributions to certain pension plans or individual retirement accounts and to small businesses for qualified pension plan contributions or start-up costs (see H.R. 1498), H1497 [4AP]

———allow credits for dependents within a household (see H.R. 1126), H1011 [20MR]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see S. 298), S1218 [8FE] (see S. 780, 793), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 777), H505 [28FE] (see H.R. 824), H622 [1MR]

———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 1340), H1407 [3AP]

———allow disclosure of taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds (see S. 915), S5269 [21MY] (see H.R. 1443), H1484 (see H.R. 1443), H1494 [4AP]

———allow drug manufacturers a tax credit if they certify that the price of a drug in the U.S. is not greater than its price in Canada or Mexico (see H.R. 946), H826 [8MR]

———allow eligible individuals to elect to pay 15 percent tax on income with a tax return free filing system and reduce burdens of marriage penalty and alternative minimum tax (see S. 551), S2388 [15MR]

———allow employers maintaining a defined non-Government benefit plan to treat certain employee contributions as pretax employer contributions (see H.R. 3012), H6259 [3OC]

———allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 2200), H3202 [14JN]

———allow expanded penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans during periods of unemployment (see H.R. 3489), H10066 [13DE]

———allow expanded penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for unemployed employees of air carriers or manufacturers of aircrafts or aircraft parts or components (see H.R. 2968), H6056 [25SE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H395 [14FE]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2125), H3066 [12JN]

———allow income tax refund (see H.R. 1208), H1121 [26MR] (see H.R. 1227), H1188 [27MR]

———allow income tax refund and adjust rate brackets (see S. 629), S2979 [27MR]

———allow increased contributions to education savings accounts and expand applicability to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 306), S1270 [13FE]

———allow individual retirement accounts to exclude income from certain debt-financed real property from the tax on unrelated business taxable income (see H.R. 947), H826 [8MR]

———allow individuals a refundable credit based on their earned income (see H.R. 508), H222 [7FE]

———allow individuals a refundable credit for unpaid child support and increase the tax liability of the individual required to pay such support by the amount of the unpaid child support (see H.R. 1618), H1658 [26AP]

———allow individuals a temporary deduction for certain travel expenses (see H.R. 3281), H8132 [13NO]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H395 [14FE]

———allow individuals who claim a religious exemption from the self-employment tax to establish certain retirement plans (see H.R. 838), H622 [1MR]

———allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (see S. 816), S4175 [2MY] (see S. 1405), S9123 [5SE] (see H.R. 1670), H1715 [1MY]

———allow legally separated individuals to exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay higher education expenses (see H.R. 1107), H1011 [20MR]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 1190), H1114 [22MR]

———allow Medicare beneficiaries a refundable credit for purchase of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 1600), S11286 [31OC]

———allow nonrefundable personal credits, standard deductions, and personal exemptions in computing alternative minimum tax liability and increase the individual exemption from such tax (see S. 268), S1063 [6FE]

———allow personal exemptions against the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 596), H323 [13FE]

———allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (see H.R. 1411), H1482 (see H.R. 1411), H1492 [4AP]

———allow refundable credit for rent in excess of certain amount of income (see H.R. 2338), H3711 [27JN]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 674), S3274 [2AP]

———allow Start-up Success Accounts for small businesses (see H.R. 1923), H2387 [21MY]

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

———allow tax credit for contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools, upgrading school facilities, and certain technology expenses (see H.R. 1681), H1860 [2MY]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see S. 462), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 1029), H928 [14MR]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 370), H165 [31JA]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 368), H165 [31JA]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for a Phoenix Fund for Victim Assistance (see H.R. 2902), H5736 [19SE]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for the benefit of victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2938), H5926 [21SE]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for use in medical research conducted through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1673), H1859 [2MY]

———allow taxpayers to include citrus canker tree replacement payments as income or gain (see H.R. 2824), H5338 [2AU]

———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]

———alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options (see S. 1831), S13300 [14DE]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H61 [6JA]

———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]

———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (see H.R. 666), H396 [14FE]

———assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (see S. 802), S4044 [30AP]

———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3574), H10964 [20DE]

———change certain threshold and other tests to decrease the amount of farm labor wages subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes (see H.R. 1079), H954 [15MR]

———change deadline for income tax returns (see H.R. 1550), H1554 [24AP]

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

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H1012 [20MR] (see H.R. 3139), H6919 [16OC]

———clarify that certain small businesses are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see S. 336), S1394 [14FE] (see H.R. 656), H395 [14FE]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 1317), H1344 [29MR]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see S. 1383), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 2695), H5124 [1AU]

———classify qualified rental office furniture as 5-year property for depreciation purposes (see S. 1322), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 3098), H6701 [11OC]

———compute the deduction for depreciation on a neutral cost recovery basis (see H.R. 3042), H6379 [4OC]

———constitutional amendment on progressive taxation (see H.J. Res. 34), H649 [6MR]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 66), H6260 [3OC]

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (see H.J. Res. 45), H1604 [25AP]

———credit for recycling of hazardous wastes (see H.R. 205), H62 [6JA]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 920), S5269 [21MY] (see H.R. 1172), H1112 [22MR]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8), H28 [3JA]

———delay date for individual retirement plan distributions and accelerate date for modifications of adjusted gross income limit for conversions of Roth individual retirement accounts (see S. 1582), S11105 [25OC]

———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 2691), H4948 [31JY]

———designate educational empowerment zones in certain low-income areas and give a tax incentive to attract teachers to work in such areas (see H.R. 221), H63 [6JA]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2520), H4111 [17JY]

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee in addition to the total amount of such taxes for such employee (see H.R. 1584), H1604 [25AP]

———disregard certain capital expenditures in applying a limit on qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 3582), H10964 [20DE]

———eligibility of part-time employees for unemployment compensation (see H.R. 773), H505 [28FE]

———eliminate capital gains tax (see H.R. 800), H507 [28FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see S. 11), S97 [22JA]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting standard deduction amounts (see H.R. 672), H396 [14FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty relative to income limits for Individual Retirement Account deductions (see H.R. 1611), H1658 [26AP]

———eliminate noncorporate capital gains tax (see H.R. 2042), H2848 [25MY]

———employer credits for expenses of providing child care services to employees (see S. 99), S100 [22JA]

———encourage contributions of capital gain real property for conservation purposes and qualified conservation contributions, and modify rules on estate tax exclusion for certain land (see H.R. 1309), H1344 [29MR]

———encourage foundational and corporate charitable contributions (see S. 1300), S8575 [1AU]

———encourage qualified conservation contributions by allowing an estate tax deduction for such contributions made by heirs of the estate (see H.R. 1486), H1487 (see H.R. 1486), H1496 [4AP]

———enhance charitable contribution deductions for book donations and literacy (see S. 1415), S9253 [10SE]

———enhance competitiveness of the U.S. leasing industry (see H.R. 1492, 1493), H1497 [4AP]

———enhance the portability of retirement benefits (see H.R. 155), H60 [6JA]

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

———ensure greater use of the advance payment of the earned income credit and extend such advanced payment to all taxpayers eligible for the credit (see S. 1641), S11488 [6NO]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 658), H395 [14FE]

———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 certain amounts received by power utilities from gross income as contributions to capital (see H.R. 2431), H3805 [28JN]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see S. 1332), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 147), H60 [6JA]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income and provide a refundable credit for job training expenses of older long-time employees who are laid off (see H.R. 3001), H6136 [2OC]

———exclude from estate taxes certain works of artistic property created by the decedent (see H.R. 467), H220 [7FE]

———exclude from gross income certain scholarships related to health professions (see H.R. 885), H648 [6MR]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see S. 1282), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 13), H25 [3JA]

———exclude from gross income gain from the sale of securities which are used to pay for higher education expenses (see H.R. 2041), H2848 [25MY]

———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]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 152), H60 [6JA]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H740 [7MR]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 749), S3706 [6AP]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (see H.R. 1940), H2570 [22MY]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (see S. 232), S915 [31JA] (see H.R. 1719), H1924 [3MY]

———exclusion from gross income for family-to-family sale of farm businesses (see H.R. 1179), H1113 [22MR]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see S. 844), S4508 [8MY] (see S. 938), S5542 [23MY] (see H.R. 586), H323 [13FE]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland (see S. 362), S1463 [15FE]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H110 [30JA]

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (see H.R. 776), H505 [28FE]

———exempt income derived from natural resources-related activities by a member of an Indian tribe (see S. 655), S3152 [29MR]

———exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes (see H.R. 1210), H1121 [26MR] (see H.R. 1376), H1409 [3AP]

———expand child tax credit (see S. 833), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 387), H166 [31JA] (see H.R. 539), H253 [8FE]

———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 657), H395 [14FE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see S. 850), S4589 [9MY] (see H.R. 869), H648 [6MR]

———expand incentives for transferring land or easements for conservation purposes (see H.R. 960), H826 [8MR]

———expand nontaxable exchange period within which commercial citrus trees destroyed under public order due to canker may be replaced (see H.R. 2823), H5338 [2AU]

———expand pension benefits to those without retirement plans and provide additional protections to those who participate in the current system (see H.R. 3488), H10066 [13DE]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (see S. 455), S1817 [5MR]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and terminate the minimum tax preference for incentive stock options (see S. 1134), S7083 [28JN] (see H.R. 2383), H3803 [28JN]

———expand the expense treatment for small businesses and provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 236), S1012 [1FE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 879), S4939 [15MY] (see H.R. 1182), H1113 [22MR]

———expand work opportunity credit for small business jobs creation (see S. 427), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 1414), H1483 (see H.R. 1414), H1492 [4AP]

———expand work opportunity credit to adult food stamp recipients (see S. 1173), S7589 [12JY]

———expand work opportunity credit to small business employees working or living in areas of poverty (see S. 545), S2388 [15MR]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see S. 1819), S13145 [13DE] (see H.R. 3412), H8948 [5DE]

———extend combat zone-related benefits to services performed by Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai (see H.R. 2066), H2888 [5JN]

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 162), S527 [24JA] (see H.R. 2419), H3804 [28JN]

———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 1336), H1407 [3AP]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H1294 [28MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see S. 626), S2979 [27MR] (see H.R. 1238), H1188 [27MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit to encourage the hiring of certain veterans (see S. 1145), S7193 [29JN]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see S. 1396), S9122 [5SE] (see H.R. 211), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 1773), H2081 [9MY]

———impose a tax on certain unearned income and provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social Security payroll tax (see H.R. 1573), H1555 [24AP]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas products, allow an income tax credit for the purchase of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and allow grants for mass transit (see H.R. 1967), H2678 [23MY]

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

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H8337 [16NO]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 84), H27 [3JA] (see H.R. 538, 549), H253 [8FE]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see S. 596), S2730 [22MR] (see H.R. 2108), H2997 [7JN]

———include compensation for compulsory or involuntary commercial plant conversions as income or gain (see H.R. 2822), H5337 [2AU]

———inclusion of estimated income-contingent costs to determine depreciation of property, including films, under the income forecast method (see H.R. 1272), H1294 [28MR]

———income tax rates reduction, marriage tax penalty relief, and estate tax repeal (see S. 35), S98 [22JA]

———increase child care credit for low-income working parents (see H.R. 206), H62 [6JA]

———increase child tax credit and make it refundable (see H.R. 1153), H1059 [21MR]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (see S. 203), S706 [30JA] (see S. 495), S2070 [8MR] (see S. 904), S5005 [16MY]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see H.R. 585), H323 [13FE]

———increase gift tax exclusion (see S. 85), S99 [22JA]

———increase individual income tax rates and deposit increased funds into the Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 2935), H5926 [21SE]

———increase limitation on capital losses any individual may deduct against ordinary income and allow a 3-year capital loss carryback and unlimited carryovers (see S. 784), S3994 [26AP]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H25 [3JA] (see H.R. 1026), H928 [14MR]

———increase maximum annual contribution allowable to education individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 676), H396 [14FE]

———increase standard mileage rates for certain deductions for use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 3502), H10066 [13DE]

———increase the amount excluded from gain on the sale of a principal residence for both single and joint filers (see H.R. 1722), H1924 [3MY]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 200), H62 [6JA]

———increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit (see H.R. 759), H442 [27FE]

———increase the income limitation applicable to heads of household for purposes of the Hope and Lifetime Learning credits and the interest deduction on education loans (see H.R. 928), H740 [7MR]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see S. 84), S99 [22JA]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 88), H27 [3JA]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 1442), H1484 (see H.R. 1442), H1494 [4AP]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction (see S. 867), S4822 [10MY]

———index the basis of certain assets to determine gain (see H.R. 3071), H6458 [9OC]

———inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 165), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 411), H218 [7FE]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Indian tribal governments (see S. 660), S3152 [29MR] (see H.R. 178), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 2253), H3357 [20JN]

———make dependent care credit refundable (see S. 384), S1463 [15FE]

———make marriage tax penalty relief effective immediately for certain tax brackets and the standard deduction (see S. 1513), S10388 [9OC]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]

———modify highest marginal income tax rates, increase estate tax deduction, repeal certain phaseouts of deductions and exemptions, and establish a task force on accomplishing critical priorities (see H.R. 2999), H6136 [2OC]

———modify the at-risk rules for publicly traded nonrecourse debt (see H.R. 1752), H2021 [8MY]

———modify the exclusion for qualified small business stock (see S. 1823), S13145 [13DE]

———permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see H.R. 224), H63 [6JA]

———permit advanced refunding of private activity bonds with general obligation bonds if the governmental issuer takes over the private activity bond (see H.R. 884), H648 [6MR]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 2280), H3464 [21JN]

———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]

———phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests and increase the unified credit exemption (see S. 179), S568 [25JA]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 111), H1406 [3AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 83), S99 [22JA]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (see H.R. 1755), H2021 [8MY]

———prevent electric generating facilities having excess profits from obtaining tax incentives by denying accelerated depreciation (see H.R. 2080), H2955 [6JN]

———prohibit retroactive taxation (see H.R. 207), H62 [6JA]

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

———prohibit treatment of certain games of chance as an unrelated trade or business expense (see H.R. 2237), H3259 [19JN]

———promote fair, efficient, and simple cross-border tax collection regimes that maintain market neutrality and promote free trade on all sales distribution channels within a globally networked economy (see H. Res. 151), H2711 [24MY]

———prorate the heavy vehicle use tax between the first and subsequent purchasers of the same vehicle in one taxable period (see S. 878), S4939 [15MY]

———provide a credit against income tax for certain charitable conservation contributions of land by small farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 110), H59 [6JA]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (see H.R. 673), H396 [14FE]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see S. 686), S3435 [4AP] (see H.R. 1316), H1344 [29MR] (see H.R. 2040), H2848 [25MY]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient home improvements (see S. 1873), S13943 [20DE]

———provide a credit for higher education loan interest payments (see S. 516), S2162 [12MR] (see H.R. 1072), H954 [15MR]

———provide a credit for qualified energy management devices (see S. 1212), S8014 [20JY] (see H.R. 1797), H2140 [10MY]

———provide a credit to individuals for energy conservation expenditures and energy efficient appliances in residences (see H.R. 2393), H3803 [28JN]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses (see H.R. 1477), H1486 (see H.R. 1477), H1496 [4AP]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (see S. 225), S914 [31JA] (see H.R. 703), H397 [14FE]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 43), H26 [3JA]

———provide a long-term capital gains exclusion and reduce the holding period for long-term capital gains (see S. 818), S4175 [2MY]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H222 [7FE]

———provide a nonrefundable dual-earner credit and adjust the earned income credit (see S. 853), S4589 [9MY]

———provide a rebate of a portion of the Federal budget surplus (see S. 628), S2979 [27MR]

———provide a refund to individuals for payroll taxes (see H.R. 3015), H6260 [3OC]

———provide a refundable credit for education and training of developmentally disabled children (see S. 1122), S7083 [28JN] (see H.R. 2339), H3712 [27JN]

———provide a refundable personal credit for energy conservation expenditures (see S. 196), S636 [29JA]

———provide a refundable tax credit against increased natural gas costs (see H.R. 610), H393 [14FE]

———provide a refundable tax credit against increased residential energy costs (see S. 293), S1218 [8FE]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 3603), H10965 [20DE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 1087), S6664 [22JN] (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 732), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 826), H622 [1MR]

———provide a tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (see S. 1329), S8704 [2AU]

———provide a temporary incentive for investing in tangible property in the U.S. (see H.R. 3144), H6919 [16OC]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 217), S707 [30JA] (see H.R. 318), H162 [31JA]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies (see S. 426), S1746 [1MR] (see H.R. 1415), H1483 (see H.R. 1415), H1492 [4AP]

———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see S. 1554), S10769 [16OC]

———provide comparable unrelated business taxable income treatment to tax-exempt organizations with interests in S corporations to treatment of such organizations with interests in partnerships (see H.R. 2846), H5454 [6SE]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see S. 881), S4939 [15MY] (see H.R. 710), H398 [14FE] (see H.R. 1727), H1924 [3MY]

———provide corporate income tax rate reductions (see H.R. 872), H648 [6MR]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 2147), H3149 [13JN]

———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 credits for health care professionals establishing practices in rural or underserved areas (see S. 569), S2582 [20MR]

———provide declaratory judgment relief for certain agricultural cooperatives (see S. 314), S1270 [13FE]

———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 for a payroll tax holiday (see S. 1717), S12001 [16NO]

———provide for an election to exchange research-related tax benefits for a refundable tax credit, for the recapture of refunds in certain circumstances (see S. 1049), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 2153), H3149 [13JN]

———provide for equitable treatment of civilian employees of the Dept. of Defense serving in combat zones and members of the Armed Forces serving in combat zones (see H.R. 351), H164 [31JA]

———provide for Farm, Fishing, and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see S. 313), S1270 [13FE]

———provide for tax reduction in the case of low economic growth (see H.R. 927), H740 [7MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 1791), S12772 [10DE] (see H.R. 3090), H6701 [11OC] (see H.R. 3501), H10066 [13DE] (see H.R. 3529), H10908 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1804), S12858 [11DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (see H. Res. 270), H7217 [23OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (see H. Res. 320), H10401 (see H. Res. 320), H10908 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 317), H10173 [17DE] (see H. Res. 319), H10354 [18DE]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 2082), H2955 [6JN]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 207), S706 [30JA] (see S. 1709), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 778), H506 [28FE] (see H.R. 3455), H9239 [11DE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 464), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 2575), H4352 [19JY]

———provide individual income tax rate reductions, relief to families with children, marriage penalty relief, and eliminate the estate tax for certain decedents (see H.R. 1264), H1294 [28MR] (see H.R. 1398), H1482 (see H.R. 1398), H1491 [4AP]

———provide protections for participants in cash or deferred arrangements under section 401(k) relative to the acquisition and holding of employer securities (see H.R. 3463), H10054 [12DE]

———provide relief for U.S. military or civilian employees who are victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 1423), S9395 [13SE] (see H.R. 3500), H10066 [13DE]

———provide relief for victims of terrorist attacks involving anthrax (see S. 1720), S12001 [16NO]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1433, 1440), S9504 [19SE] (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 3445), H9238 (see H.R. 3446), H9239 [11DE]

———provide special rules for the charitable deduction for conservation contributions of land by eligible farmers and ranchers (see S. 701), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 2279), H3464 [21JN]

———provide tax benefits for small businesses and repeal the Federal communications excise tax (see H.R. 2761), H5335 [2AU]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H109 [30JA]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (see H.R. 2411), H3804 [28JN]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H165 [31JA]

———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 2033), H2847 [25MY]

———provide tax credits with respect to nuclear facilities (see S. 741), S3706 [6AP]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 312), S1270 [13FE] (see H.R. 2347), H3712 [27JN]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H3357 [20JN]

———provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (see S. 48), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 1588), H1604 [25AP]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

———provide the same tax treatment for danger pay allowance as for combat pay (see S. 750), S3706 [6AP]

———rates (see S. 481), S1971 [7MR] (see S. 896), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 3), H505 [28FE] (see H.R. 445), H220 [7FE] (see H.R. 942), H825 [8MR] (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR] (see H.R. 1836), H2183 [15MY]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 83), H739 [7MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), consideration (see H. Res. 142), H2182 [15MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 153), H2846 [25MY]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 1304), H1344 [29MR]

———reduce alternative minimum tax rates (see H.R. 873), H648 [6MR]

———reduce and simplify estate tax rates (see H.R. 1285), H1295 [28MR]

———reduce and simplify income tax rates and eliminate marriage tax penalty (see H.R. 456), H220 [7FE]

———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 15), H25 [3JA]

———reduce certain individual income tax rates and allow a payroll tax credit for those taxpayers who have no income tax liability (see S. 566), S2472 [19MR]

———reduce employer taxes, simplify tax filing, and reform administrative funding of unemployment compensation and employment service programs (see H.R. 2962), H6055 [25SE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H26 [3JA]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 543), H253 [8FE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, increase unified estate and gift tax credit, and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 1277), H1294 [28MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, replace the unified credit with a unified exemption, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 1437), H1484 (see H.R. 1437), H1493 [4AP]

———reduce holding period for certain capital gains rates (see H.R. 1235), H1188 [27MR]

———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 1342), H1407 [3AP]

———reduce individual income tax rates and repeal phaseouts of itemized deductions and personal exemptions (see H.R. 874), H648 [6MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), consideration (see H. Res. 104), H1293 [28MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———reduce maximum capital gains rates and reduce holding period for long-term capital gains (see S. 1336), S8704 [2AU]

———reduce maximum capital gains tax rates (see H.R. 3039), H6379 [4OC]

———reduce minimum age for an individual without children to be eligible for the earned income credit (see H.R. 922), H740 [7MR]

———reduce the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1652), H1715 [1MY]

———reduce the maximum capital gains rate for gains from property held for extended periods of time (see S. 302), S1270 [13FE]

———reestablish certain marketing aspects of agricultural cooperatives and allow declaratory judgment relief for such cooperatives (see H.R. 1821), H2141 [10MY]

———relief for families (see S. 9), S97 [22JA]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1368), H1409 [3AP]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see S. 492), S2070 [8MR] (see H.R. 437), H220 [7FE] (see H.R. 871), H648 [6MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals and raise the exemption for small businesses from such tax (see S. 616), S2894 [26MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see S. 1142), S7193 [29JN] (see S. 1324), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 1487), H1487 (see H.R. 1487), H1496 [4AP] (see H.R. 2794), H5336 [2AU]

———repeal corporate income tax and estate and gift taxes, impose flat tax on earned income of individuals, and provide amnesty for tax liability from prior taxable years (see H.R. 2313), H3618 [26JN]

———repeal disallowance of marital deduction where spouse is not a U.S. citizen relative to estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 3575), H10964 [20DE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 82), S99 (see S. 100), S100 [22JA] (see S. 275), S1122 [7FE] (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 31), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR] (see H.R. 130, 153), H60 (see H.R. 193), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 246), H108 [30JA] (see H.R. 799), H507 [28FE]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 804), H507 [28FE]

———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]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (see S. 1040), S6318 [14JN]

———repeal limit on the allowance of a deduction of interest on higher education loans (see H.R. 686), H397 [14FE]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see S. 801), S4044 [30AP] (see H.R. 1600), H1658 [26AP]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H219 [7FE]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 115), S100 [22JA]

———repeal personal holding company tax (see H.R. 1728), H1924 [3MY]

———repeal recognition of capital gain rule for home offices (see S. 945), S5615 [24MY]

———repeal sunset on increase of dependent care tax credit and make the credit refundable (see H.R. 2708), H5125 [1AU]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S1012 [1FE] (see H.R. 122), H59 (see H.R. 192), H62 [6JA]

———repeal the alternative minimum tax and income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemptions, and the child tax credit (see H.R. 275), H109 [30JA]

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see S. 1599), S11286 [31OC] (see H.R. 886), H648 [6MR] (see H.R. 2254), H3357 [20JN]

———restore awareness of the cost of government by eliminating the withholding of income taxes by employers and requiring individuals to pay income taxes in monthly installments (see H.R. 1364), H1408 [3AP]

———restore complete deductibility for business meals (see S. 831), S4246 [3MY]

———restore complete deductibility for business meals and entertainment and the deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse during business travel (see H.R. 1211), H1187 [27MR]

———restore deductibility for meals and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 3083), H6505 [10OC]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 563), H322 [13FE]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (see H.R. 2969), H6056 [25SE]

———restructure and replace the income tax system to meet national priorities (see H.R. 86), H27 [3JA]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (see H.R. 2529), H4112 [17JY]

———simplify reporting requirements relative to higher education tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 3346), H8420 [27NO]

———spur job growth by reducing capital gains rates and making the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act permanent (see H.R. 2599), H4428 [23JY]

———temporarily reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 2293), H3465 [21JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

———treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (see S. 779), S3994 [26AP]

———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H3802 [28JN]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 315), S1270 [13FE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see S. 676), S3274 [2AP] (see H.R. 1357), H1408 [3AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 148), S456 [23JA] (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration (see H. Res. 141), H2182 [15MY]

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (see S. 709), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 1692), H1860 [2MY]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 654), S3152 [29MR] (see H.R. 1434), H1484 (see H.R. 1434), H1493 [4AP]

———treatment of capital gains earned by designated settlement funds (see H.R. 1301), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of capital losses applicable to individuals (see H.R. 1619), H1659 [26AP]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 1926), H2387 [21MY]

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H1485 (see H.R. 1466), H1495 [4AP]

———treatment of certain contributions made to retirement plans (see H.R. 3156), H7127 [17OC]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 860), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 2350), H3712 [27JN]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 900), H649 [6MR]

———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3312), H8336 [16NO]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 2641), H4634 [25JY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of certain postsecondary educational benefits provided by an employer to children of employees (see S. 1059, 1060), S6448 [19JN]

———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 certain survivor benefits (see S. 433), S1747 [1MR]

———treatment of certain terrorist attack zone compensation of civilian uniformed personnel (see S. 1446), S9620 [21SE] (see H.R. 3137), H6918 [16OC] (see H.R. 3433), H9077 [6DE] (see H.R. 3601), H10965 [20DE]

———treatment of certain transfers of intangible property for foreign tax credit limitation purposes (see S. 1863), S13943 [20DE] (see H.R. 1515), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 494), H222 [7FE]

———treatment of charitable remainder pet trusts (see H.R. 1796), H2140 [10MY]

———treatment of child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits relative to alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 468), H221 [7FE]

———treatment of computers and Internet access provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 1835), H2183 [15MY]

———treatment of damage awards for emotional distress (see H.R. 878), H648 [6MR]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S5269 [21MY] (see H.R. 840), H622 [1MR]

———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (see S. 1496), S10154 [3OC] (see H.R. 2618), H4540 [24JY]

———treatment of distributions from individual retirement accounts for higher education expenses (see H.R. 2381), H3803 [28JN]

———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 education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 763), S3852 [24AP] (see H.R. 1308), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of employee welfare benefit plans (see S. 1386), S8911 [3AU]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H1486 (see H.R. 1483), H1496 [4AP]

———treatment of estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 2936), H5926 [21SE]

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 893), H649 [6MR]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H827 [8MR]

———treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (see S. 540), S2388 [15MR]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see S. 1330), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 3475), H10055 [12DE]

———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1267), H1294 [28MR]

———treatment of gain from the sale of a business closely held by an individual who has attained age 62 (see H.R. 412), H218 [7FE]

———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see S. 1007), S6008 [8JN] (see H.R. 991), H875 [13MR]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2462), H3959 [11JY]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 892), H649 [6MR]

———treatment of health care subsidy payments made to employers on behalf of volunteer firefighters (see H.R. 1651), H1715 [1MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see S. 687), S3435 [4AP] (see H.R. 1777), H2081 [9MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (see S. 888), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 342), H164 [31JA]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H3465 [21JN]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 2260), H3357 [20JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 205), S706 [30JA] (see S. 1375), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 774), H505 [28FE]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see S. 152), S456 [23JA] (see H.R. 678), H396 [14FE]

———treatment of national service educational awards (see S. 477), S1971 [7MR]

———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 2207), H3202 [14JN]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see S. 369), S1463 [15FE]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 189), S568 [25JA] (see S. 1676), S11719 [13NO] (see H.R. 1037), H952 [15MR]

———treatment of small businesses relative to remedial education for employees, information technology investment, capital gains rates on investments, and depreciation of computer hardware (see S. 798), S4044 [30AP]

———treatment of social clubs found to be practicing prohibited discrimination (see H.R. 216), H62 [6JA]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1532), H1499 [4AP] (see H.R. 2106), H2997 [7JN] (see H.R. 2548), H4215 [18JY]

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

———treatment of swap fund transactions (see H.R. 1785), H2082 [9MY] (see H.R. 2406), H3804 [28JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 209), H62 [6JA]

———treatment of telecommuting (see S. 521), S2218 [13MR] (see H.R. 1012), H876 [13MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H164 [31JA]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S11719 [13NO] (see S. 1755), S12311 [3DE] (see H.R. 1596), H1657 [26AP]

———treatment of the sale of certain property used in the performance of an exempt function by tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1359), H1408 [3AP]

———treatment of tips (see S. 1710), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 1274), H1294 [28MR]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities (see S. 519), S2218 [13MR]

———treatment of unearned income of children attributable to personal injury awards (see H.R. 2229), H3259 [19JN]

———treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses (see H.R. 167), H61 [6JA]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 63), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 3105), H6701 [11OC]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1780), H2081 [9MY]

———treatment of welfare recipients performing unpaid work relative to the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 593), H323 [13FE]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty during the national emergency declared by the President (see S. 1531), S10640 [11OC]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals significantly affected by the terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3365), H8564 [28NO]

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

Terrorism: compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H8731 [29NO]

———ensure that American victims of terrorism have access to the blocked assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and state sponsors of terrorism (see S. 1772), S12447 [5DE]

Tourist trade: provide loan guarantees to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry that have been affected by the terrorist attacks (see S. 1578), S11105 [25OC]

Tubman, Harriet Ross: payment of pension for Army services as a nurse and a scout during the Civil War (see H. Con. Res. 92), H1345 [29MR]

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1532), S10640 [11OC]

———extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1622), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 3593), H10965 [20DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 1541), S10640 [11OC] (see H.R. 3022), H6378 [4OC]

———reform benefit system (see H.R. 3024), H6378 [4OC]

———repeal Federal surtax (see H.R. 3097), H6701 [11OC]

Veterans: allow insurance payments to alternate beneficiary, extend Native American Veteran Housing Loan Pilot Program, and eliminate notification requirement relative to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 2359), H3802 [28JN]

———change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H397 [14FE]

———computation of retirement pay credit for military reservists who are retained in active service (see H.R. 462), H220 [7FE]

———computation of retirement pay for certain merchant mariners who served during or immediately after World War II or the Korean War (see H.R. 2302), H3518 [25JN]

———continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 1108), H1011 [20MR]

———establish a minimum pension rate for certain veterans (see H.R. 3374), H8731 [29NO]

———establish an additional basis for determining the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care based on the cost-of-living of the area in which the veteran resides (see S. 1221), S8064 [23JY]

———exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 1106), H1011 [20MR]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H9077 [6DE]

———increase burial benefits for veterans and provide for inflation adjustment (see S. 912), S5118 [17MY]

———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]

———increase compensation for disabled veterans who require aid and attendance (see H.R. 2201), H3202 [14JN]

———increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see S. 1648), S11549 [7NO]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 1090), S6664 [22JN] (see H.R. 2361), H3802 [28JN]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans and modify home loan programs (see S. 1488), S10154 [3OC]

———increase the Medal of Honor Roll special pension and provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1113), S6991 [27JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 145), S456 [23JA] (see S. 305), S1270 [13FE] (see S. 1506), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 548), H253 [8FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S527 [24JA] (see H.R. 65), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 303), H202 [6FE] (see H.R. 609), H393 [14FE]

———provide benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2442), H3861 [10JY]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 1232), H1188 [27MR]

———revise the rules under the Survivor Benefit Plan for the termination of an annuity paid to a surviving spouse upon remarriage (see H.R. 1813), H2141 [10MY]

———treatment of pension income, benefits for fugitive or incarcerated veterans, home loan guaranty amounts, and certain benefit authorities (see S. 1093), S6664 [22JN]

Book reviews

``Insuring the Essentials—Bob Ball on Social Security,'' Robert Ourlian, E983 [25MY]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13040 [12DE], S13112 [13DE], S13349 [17DE], S13423 [18DE], S13658 [19DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12406 [5DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8499 [1AU], S8849 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8334 [27JY], S8391 [30JY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12138, S12139 [29NO], S12306 [3DE]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12036 [27NO], S12119 [29NO]

Comments

Response to Democratic dissenting views on H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4249-H4251 [19JY]

Conference reports

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 1836), H2726-H2824 [25MY]

Cost Estimates

Chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code reenactment period extension relative to family farmers (H.R. 256): CBO, H448 [28FE]

Descriptions

Cash Accounting for Small Business Act (S. 336), S1422 [14FE]

Home-Office Deduction Simplification Act (S. 945), S5618 [24MY]

Small Business Works Act (S. 189), S579 [25JA]

Venture Capital Gains and Growth Act (S. 1134), S7107 [28JN]

Excerpts

Power of the Internet for Learning: Web-Based Education Commission, H6474 [10OC]

Explanations

Abusive Tax Shelter Shutdown Act (H.R. 2520), H4024-H4028 [17JY]

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act (H.R. 3447): Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) and Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), E2404-E2408 [20DE]

Repeal Alternative Minimum Tax Treatment of Incentive Stock Options To Change the Taxable Event From the Exercise of the Stock Option to the Stock Sale (S. 1324), S8741 [2AU]

Senate Bipartisan Compromise—Establishment of a September 11 Victims' Compensation Fund, S9564 [21SE]

Victims of Terrorism Relief Act (H.R. 2884): Committee on Taxation (Joint), H5609 [13SE]

Victims of Terrorism Relief Act (S. 1440), S9513 [19SE]

Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act (H.R. 2884): Committee on Taxation (Joint), H10127-H10138 [13DE]

Factsheets

Home Energy Assistance Tax (HEAT) Act (S. 293), S1224 [8FE]

Hope for Children Act (H.R. 622), H2297 [17MY]

Principles for Economic Stimulus, S11318 [1NO]

Letters

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

———several agricultural, commodity, and lender organizations, S12762 [10DE], S13035 [12DE]

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

American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act: Anthony R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Inc., S12046 [27NO], S13928 [20DE]

———Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, S12046 [27NO]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S12046 [27NO]

———Senator Kerry, S13044 [12DE]

———Steven C. Anderson and Lee Culpepper, National Restaurant Association, S12046 [27NO]

Bankruptcy treatment and definition of luxury goods: several women's and children's organizations, S2338 [15MR]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S3512 [5AP], S3666 [6AP]

———William R. Abrams, American Health Care Association, S3665 [6AP]

Community Solutions Act: Rosa Parks, Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, H4273 [19JY]

Dept. of Agriculture review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers: several agricultural organizations, S13036 [12DE]

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]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: John Engler and Paul E. Patton, National Governors' Association, S11739 [14NO]

Emergency health coverage assistance: John Engler and Paul E. Patton, National Governors' Association, H10859 [19DE]

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]

Establish procedures for assessing Federal regulations relative to seizure of private property: Bryce P. Neidig, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, S9255 [10SE]

———Greg Ruehle, Nebraska Cattlemen, Inc., S9255 [10SE]

———Nancie G. Marzulla, Defenders of Property Rights (organization), S9255 [10SE]

Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act: Deanna R. Gelak, Family and Medical Leave Act Technical Corrections Coalition, S2074 [8MR]

Free legal services relative to relief funds for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA: Leo V. Boyle, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, S9599 [21SE], H5911, H5914 [21SE]

Health Care Access Improvement Act: Richard W. Valachovic, American Dental Education Association, S2585 [20MR]

Increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials: Betty Castor, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, S5498 [23MY]

———David Griffith, National Association of State Boards of Education, S5498 [23MY]

———Jordan Cross, American Association of School Administrators, S5499 [23MY]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S5079 [17MY], S5498 [23MY]

Internet Equity and Education Act: Arthur F. Kirk, Jr., St. Leo University, H6472 [10OC]

———Charlotte J. Fraas, American Federation of Teachers, H6467 [10OC]

———Dallas Martin, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, H6466 [10OC]

———David Sheridan, H6482 [10OC]

———Mary Burgan, American Association of University Professors, H6467 [10OC]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, H6467 [10OC]

———Roderick R. Paige, Sec. of Education, H6465, H6468 [10OC]

Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act: Laura S. Unger, SEC, H3176 [14JN]

———Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), H3165 [14JN]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H3165 [14JN]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3165 [14JN]

Loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks: John Taylor, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, S10291 [4OC]

Make permanent Medicare health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, E116 [6FE]

Military Homeowners Equity Act: J.L. Jones, Marine Corps, S11724 [13NO]

———John K. Naland, American Foreign Service Association, S11724 [13NO]

———Military Coalition, S11723 [13NO]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S11724 [13NO]

Provide for a payroll tax holiday: John J. Castellani, Business Roundtable (organization), S12240 [30NO]

Provide tax credit for repayment of student loans by teachers and nurses: Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S5426 [22MY]

Response to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers: American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, and National Cotton Council of America, S8859 [3AU]

———Bart Ruth, American Soybean Association, Lloyd Klein, National Sunflower Association, and Steve Dahl, U.S. Canola Association, S8427 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

———Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S8415 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

———Dusty Tallman, National Association of Wheat Growers, S8414 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

———James D. Weill, Food Research & Action Center, S8416 [31JY]

———James E. Echols, National Cotton Council of America, S8427 [31JY]

———Lee Klein, National Corn Growers Association, S8415 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

———Marcia L. Smith, American School Food Service Association, S8416 [31JY]

———Representative Clayton, S8414 [31JY]

———Representatives Kind and Gilchrest, S8413 [31JY]

———Representatives Stenholm, Boehner, and Dooley, S8406 [31JY]

———several Senators, S8412 [31JY], S8860 [3AU]

———Zy Weinberg, National Association of Farmers' Market Nutrition Programs, S8416 [31JY]

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

Small Business Works Act: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S581 [25JA]

———John S. Satagaj, Small Business Legislative Council, S580 [25JA]

TEACHER Tax Credit Act: Jean H. Bankos, Virginia Education Association, S919 [31JA]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S918 [31JA]

Terrorism Risk Protection Act: Representative Nussle, Committee on the Budget (House), H8599 [29NO]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H8599 [29NO]

Treatment of certain spousal income for purposes of bankruptcy means testing: Charles C. Shainberg, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, S2346 [15MR]

Veterans' Benefits Act: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S10157 [3OC]

Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act: several veterans organizations, S5124 [17MY]

Lists

Components to amend H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12040 [27NO]

Cosponsors of H.R. 481, make permanent Medicare health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work, E116 [6FE]

Cosponsors of S. 1499, American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act, S12046 [27NO]

Organizations opposing H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4256 [19JY]

Senate vote on Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act conference report (2000), S5053 [17MY]

Small Business Legislative Council, S580 [25JA]

Supporters of H.R. 778, Energy Efficient Buildings Incentives Act, E240 [28FE]

Supporters of S. 1499, American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act, S13927 [20DE]

Memorandums

Politics After the Attack—A Report on Democracy Corps' New National Survey and Focus Groups: Democracy Corps (organization), S13890 [20DE]

Messages

Railroad Retirement Board Report: President Bush, S10902 [23OC], H7207 [23OC]

Tax Relief: President Bush, S1218 [8FE], H238 [8FE]

Motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12271 [30NO], S12842 [11DE], S12995, S13020 [12DE], S13423, S13455, S13456 [18DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8334 [27JY]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4278 [19JY]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8627 [29NO]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12036 [27NO], S12390 [5DE], H1822 [2MY]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1456 [4AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7280 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), H10120 [13DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H806, H807 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H758, H760 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5190, S5225, S5230, S5243, S5247, S5250, S5251, S5253, S5254, S5255, S5257, S5258, S5260 [21MY], S5406, S5407, S5409, S5411, S5413, S5415, S5416, S5417, S5418, S5419, S5421, S5423, S5424, S5425 [22MY], S5492, S5493, S5495 [23MY], H2646 [23MY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1326 [29MR]

Press releases

Farm Bureau Disappointed in House Funding for Farmers: American Farm Bureau Federation, S8414 [31JY], S8857 [3AU]

Farmers Union Commends Senate on Emergency Assistance Package: National Farmers Union, S8415 [31JY]

Senate Presented With Path to Speedy Farm Bill Conclusion—Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson Moves for Vote on House-Based Bill: Committee on Agriculture (House), S13651 [19DE]

Proposals

Protections for Vulnerable Americans: National Governors' Association, S11739 [14NO]

Remarks in House

African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture (H.R. 1856), E806 [15MY]

Agriculture: continue eligibility of producers for loan deficiency payments when the producers produce a contract commodity, H3907, H3908 [11JY]

———Federal farm policies, H988 [20MR], H2929 [6JN], H2960 [7JN], H3123 [13JN], H3505-H3511 [25JN], H8571 [29NO], E1222 [27JN]

———require GAO study to determine how producer income would be affected by updating yield bases, H6271, H6272 [4OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3505 [25JN], H3526, H3533-H3539 [26JN]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide equitable treatment to Alaskan Natives who are Vietnam veterans (H.R. 3148), E1894 [16OC]

Armed Forces: accelerate elimination of out-of-pocket housing costs for members residing off-base (H.R. 1995), E922 [24MY]

———continue payment of servicemen and women who have been deployed for an extended period of time, H6462 [10OC]

———continue payment of servicemen and women who have been deployed for an extended period of time (H.R. 3164), E1916 [17OC]

———exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (H.R. 3216), H9087-H9089 [11DE]

———improve pay, E329 [8MR]

———improve pay, health care, and family housing for active duty personnel, H353 [14FE]

———increase basic pay (H.R. 298), H79 [30JA]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (H.R. 1917), E874 [21MY]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (H.R. 1983), E928 [24MY]

———revise the computation of military disability retired pay for certain members injured while a cadet or midshipman at a service academy, H5853 [20SE]

Bankruptcy: clarify definition of family fishermen, H4954 [31JY]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H6270 [4OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 1914), H2903, H2904 [6JN]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 256), H447-H449 [28FE]

———provide additional protections under chapter 12 of bankruptcy code to family farmers and extend protections to family fishermen, H4953, H4954 [31JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform: establish (H.R. 14), E1 [3JA]

Charities: distribution of donations collected to support relief efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, H7880 [7NO]

Children and youth: increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (H.R. 1650), E676 [1MY]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 781), H1388, H1392 [3AP], H1697 [1MY], E521, E526 [3AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1362), H1392 [3AP], E531 [3AP]

Community service: clarify liability of nonprofit organizations, E1403 [24JY]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 1284), E489 [29MR]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H3992, H3998 [12JY], H4102 [17JY], H4120, H4204 [18JY], H4233-H4281 [19JY], H4407 [23JY], E1403, E1413 [24JY], E1433 [25JY], E1450 [26JY], E1554 [3AU]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 196), H4222-H4233 [19JY]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H4278, H4279 [19JY]

Courts: awarding of noneconomic damages in case of death of spouse as a result of terrorism, H8605 [29NO]

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

Davis-Bacon Act: amend to increase specified contract amounts (H.R. 2094), H3526 [26JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize former Federal employees receiving voluntary separation payments to accept subsequent Federal employment related to fighting forest fires (H.R. 2959), E1736 [25SE]

———eliminate quota and price support programs for Burley tobacco, compensate quota holders for lost value, provide payments to producers, and assist communities affected by elimination of certain programs (H.R. 1658), E713 [3MY]

———respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices, E831 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H3282, H3285 [20JN]

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 Transportation: make grants to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry to provide compensation for losses incurred as a result of terrorist attacks (H.R. 2945), E1985 [2NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address backlog of veterans compensation, pension, and education claims, E923 [24MY]

———benefit claims processing funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4691-H4693, H4694 [26JY]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain nurses, establish an additional basis for determining inability of veterans to defray expenses of medical care, and enhance certain health care programs (H.R. 3447), H9217-H9225 [11DE], E2267 [12DE], E2312, E2317 [14DE], E2404 [20DE]

———ensure that senior citizen veterans shall be eligible for pension benefits without regard to disability (H.R. 3087), E1859 [12OC]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits, H9148 [11DE]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (H.R. 511), H1280 [28MR]

———revise effective date for certain awards of dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of Vietnam era veterans (H.R. 545), E146 [8FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: veterans health care, public housing, homeless shelters, EPA enforcement, and Corp. for National and Community Service funding through reductions in tax cut, H4654-H4659, H4670, H4682-H4686 [26JY]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (H.R. 1193), E439 [22MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: provide retroactive implementation and repeal sunset on individual income tax rate reductions (H.R. 3050), E2366 [20DE]

Education: encourage education savings accounts in States that have qualified tuition programs, H2581, H2582 [23MY]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (H.R. 2765), E1529 [3AU]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (H.R. 489), E133 [7FE]

———give States freedom and flexibility to hire teachers, H9323 [12DE]

———repeal tuition-sensitivity provision in Pell Grant eligibility, H6643, H6644 [11OC]

Employment: limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (H.R. 1289), H1465 [4AP], E497 [29MR]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (H.R. 2070), E1036 [6JN]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1982), H2693-H2695 [24MY]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (H.R. 1602), H1608 [26AP], E639, E642 [26AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act: technical corrections, H6037 [25SE]

Equal Pay Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 94), H1393 [3AP], E521, E523 [3AP]

Federal agencies and departments: use of surplus administrative funds for personnel pay bonuses and deficit reduction (H.R. 497), E132 [7FE]

Federal aid programs: provide emergency health coverage assistance, H10821-H10826, H10846-H10848, H10850-H10852, H10858-H10862 [19DE]

———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 Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (H.R. 746), E219 [27FE]

Federal employees: allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (H.R. 1939), E883 [22MY]

———clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (H.R. 136), E11 [3JA]

———ensure compensation for food service employees for wages lost during shutdown of House office buildings, H7615 [1NO]

———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving, H8475-H8477 [28NO]

———establish a Dependent Care Assistance Program (H.R. 252), E69 [30JA]

———improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (H.R. 1262), E467 [28MR]

———index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees who died after separating from the Government and were entitled to a deferred annuity but had not established a claim (H.R. 3521), E2333 [19DE]

———non-payment of Federal income taxes, H3211 [19JN]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (H.R. 93), H80-H86 [30JA], E91 [1FE]

Financial institutions: IRS requirements on reporting of deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens, H4592, H4593 [25JY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (H.R. 1055), E379 [15MR]

———require insured depository institutions make affordable transaction accounts available to their customers (H.R. 1059), E379 [15MR]

GAO: enhance pension funding by classifying payments to defined benefit plans as a liability loss carryback under the Internal Revenue Code, H1791 [2MY]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 1457), clarification of status, E681 [1MY]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 917), E554 [5AP], E681 [1MY]

Guam: determination of withholding tax rates under the Guam income tax (H.R. 309), H1683 [1MY], E40 [30JA]

———impact of President Bush's tax proposal, H260 [13FE]

Hanssen, Robert P.: Dept. of Justice plea bargain offer relative to alleged espionage activities, H729 [7MR], H3810 [10JY]

Health care professionals: address issue of retaining and recruiting long-term care providers, E537 [4AP]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6469-H6487 [10OC], E921, E923 [24MY]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), consideration (H. Res. 256), H6463-H6469 [10OC]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (H. Res. 8), H19 [3JA]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8589-H8630 [29NO], E2212 [5DE], E2245 [10DE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration (H. Res. 297), H8572-H8589 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to recommit, H8627, H8628 [29NO]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families, H4263 [19JY]

———establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (H.R. 2160), H3078 [13JN], E1091 [13JN]

IRS: abolish, H1672 [1MY]

———prohibit bonus or incentive payments to senior officials, H4589, H4608, H4609 [25JY], H4869 [31JY]

———taxpayer refund, H3869 [11JY], H4545 [25JY]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (H.R. 570), H279 [13FE]

Klamath Basin: authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of transferred and reserved water works (H.R. 2828), H8060, H8061 [13NO], E2099 [15NO], E2131 [27NO]

———compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, H3929 [11JY], H3964 [12JY], H4119, H4149-H4151 [18JY], H4366 [20JY]

———compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 2389), E1279 [29JN]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, E1820 [5OC]

Law enforcement officers: increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty, E1916 [17OC]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (H. Res. 300), E2165 [29NO]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (H.R. 3284), E2066 [13NO]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (H.R. 481), E116 [6FE]

Members of Congress: cost-of-living adjustments, H4562 [25JY], E1435 [25JY]

Mental health: clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (H.R. 2992), E2146 [28NO]

Merit Systems Protection Board: conduct an alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist Federal agencies in resolving workplace disputes (H.R. 1965), E900 [23MY]

Minorities: impact of economy on minority communities, H8908-H8914 [5DE]

National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor: establish (H.R. 1687), H1744 [2MY]

National Guard: reduce number of consecutive days of deployment required before a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services is entitled to the higher rate of the basic allowance for housing (H.R. 3280), E2203 [4DE]

National Payroll Week: observance, E1608 [6SE]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (H.R. 2868), E1610 [10SE]

New York: provide for temporary emergency unemployment assistance, H8529-H8536 [28NO]

New York, NY: provide tax incentives for economic recovery, H7226 [24OC]

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.: payment of bonuses to managers, H4546 [25JY]

Pensions: application of catch-up contributions to the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan, H1791 [2MY]

———application of catch-up contributions to the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 3340), E2129 [19NO]

———application of catch-up contributions to the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 3354), E2135 [27NO]

———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans, H1781, H1782, H1783, H1785, H1787, H1789, H1791, H1792, H1794 [2MY]

———protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans, H1818, H1819, H1825, H1826 [2MY]

———provide additional fiduciary protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee stock ownership plans relative to lockdowns placed on plan assets (H.R. 3509), E2336 [19DE]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8190-H8215 [15NO], E2120 [16NO], E2137 [27NO]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), consideration (H. Res. 288), H8189, H8190 [15NO]

———reform, H2841, H2842 [25MY]

———reform (H.R. 10), H1671 [1MY], H1748-H1827 [2MY], H9160-H9166 [11DE], E720 [3MY], E799 [15MY], E2275 [13DE]

———reform (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 127), H1745-H1747 [2MY]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to recommit, H1825, H1826 [2MY]

———tax treatment of retirement benefits, H1791 [2MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (H.R. 250), E46 [30JA]

———prohibit awarding of bonuses for managerial personnel in any year in which operational deficits are anticipated or postal rate increases are requested (H. Res. 144), H4966 [31JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, E1347 [17JY]

Presidential appointments: prohibit payment to persons appointed during a congressional recess who have been previously rejected by vote of the Senate, H4590-H4592 [25JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, E2275 [13DE]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 1140), H4868, H4955-H4966 [31JY], E414 [21MR], E1469 [30JY], E1491 [1AU], E1495 [2AU], E1544 [3AU]

Rossotti, Charles O.: alleged conflict of interest relative to IRS purchase of computer software, H4869 [31JY]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8523, H8524 [28NO]

———authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2961), E1737 [25SE]

———authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3230), E2005 [6NO]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees, H4158, H4159 [18JY]

———limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), H3159-H3182 [14JN], E393 [20MR]

———limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), consideration (H. Res. 161), H3156 [14JN]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: improve, H4903 [31JY]

Small business: preserve employee stock ownership plans for S corporation workers, H1786 [2MY]

Social Security: allow certain remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits (H.R. 3023), E1800 [4OC]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H208 [7FE], H315-H319 [13FE], H921, H922, H923 [14MR], H963 [20MR], H1159-H1161, H1167, H1174 [27MR], H1205, H1206, H1208 [28MR], H1507-H1515 [24AP], H1937 [8MY], H2647, H2649, H2652 [23MY], H2836, H2839 [25MY], H3005 [12JN], H4960-H4964 [31JY], H5108 [1AU], H5492 [11SE], H7228, H7229, H7249, H7254, H7255 [24OC], H8886 [5DE], H9328-H9332 [12DE], E358 [14MR], E1632 [11SE], E2355 [20DE]

———commission recommendation on investment of trust funds in private financial markets, H9328, H9330, H9332 [12DE]

———create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (H.R. 3497), E2307 [14DE]

———create personalized retirement accounts, H315-H319 [13FE], H475-H479 [28FE]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (H.R. 848), E263 [1MR]

———ensure solvency, H1833 [2MY], H4434 [24JY], H9085 [11DE], E2275 [13DE]

———ensure solvency (H. Con. Res. 214), E1539 [3AU]

———establish commission to oppose privatization, H4566-H4568 [25JY], E1461 [27JY]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 832), E264 [1MR]

———honor commitments (H. Con. Res. 282), H9173-H9178 [11DE], E2220 [7DE], E2257 [12DE], E2275, E2277, E2282 [13DE]

———impact of increased spending on solvency, H2154 [15MY]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (H.R. 81), E1, E5 [3JA]

———increase interest rate of trust funds (H.R. 1320), E493 [29MR]

———payroll taxes, H315-H319 [13FE]

———prohibit investment of trust funds in private financial markets, E1390 [20JY]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, H1570, H1571 [25AP]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H261, H262, H268-H276 [13FE], H354, H380-H384 [14FE], H656 [7MR], E185, E194, E200 [14FE], E208 [26FE], E214, E219 [27FE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 560), H1584 [25AP]

———reform, H3005 [12JN], E983 [25MY]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: improve veterans benefits (H.R. 3173), E1971 [31OC]

SSI: increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (H.R. 739), E215 [27FE], E239 [28FE]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, E751 [8MY]

Taxation: 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 a refundable credit against payroll taxes (H.R. 493), E142 [8FE]

———allow a refundable credit for expenditures for renewable energy property (H.R. 2179), E1108 [14JN]

———allow a refundable credit to members of the Armed Forces who serve on active duty during a taxable year (H.R. 1299), E485 [29MR]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property, H5045 [1AU]

———allow a temporary deduction for the cost of airline tickets and other personal travel expenses (H.R. 3079), E1841 [10OC]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (H.R. 1094), H1089 [22MR]

———allow credits for contributions to certain pension plans or individual retirement accounts and to small businesses for qualified pension plan contributions or start-up costs (H.R. 1498), H1414 [4AP], E568 [5AP]

———allow credits for dependents within a household (H.R. 1126), H1126 [27MR]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions, H4252, H4260 [19JY]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (H.R. 777), E243 [28FE]

———allow drug manufacturers a tax credit if they certify that the price of a drug in the U.S. is not greater than its price in Canada or Mexico (H.R. 946), E317 [8MR]

———allow income tax refund, H1327, H1328 [29MR]

———allow income tax refund (H.R. 1227), E455 [27MR]

———allow individuals a refundable credit based on their earned income (H.R. 508), E137 [7FE]

———allow individuals a temporary deduction for certain travel expenses (H.R. 3281), H8232 [15NO]

———allow personal exemptions against the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 596), E169 [13FE]

———allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (H.R. 1411), E569 [5AP]

———allow refundable credit for rent in excess of certain amount of income (H.R. 2338), E1229 [27JN]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 370), E77 [31JA]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses, E2292 [14DE]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (H.R. 368), H2417 [22MY], E73 [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]

———alternative minimum tax rates, H2648, H2651 [23MY], H2830 [25MY]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (H.R. 161), E1 [3JA]

———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]

———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (H.R. 666), E196 [14FE]

———capital gains rates, H5458 [10SE], H6440 [9OC]

———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (H.R. 3574), E2402 [20DE]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (H.R. 3324), E2108 [16NO]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (H.R. 3139), E1900 [16OC]

———clarify that certain small businesses are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (H.R. 656), E177 [14FE]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (H.R. 2695), E1501 [2AU]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (H.R. 1172), E431 [22MR]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (H. Con. Res. 8), E3 [3JA]

———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (H.R. 2691), E1481 [1AU]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (H.R. 2520), H4023 [17JY]

———disregard certain capital expenditures in applying a limit on qualified small issue bonds (H.R. 3582), E2386 [20DE]

———Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative funding, H4588 [25JY]

———eligibility of part-time employees for unemployment compensation (H.R. 773), E237 [28FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty, H113 [31JA], H170 [6FE], H365-H367 [14FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, H2649 [23MY], H2830 [25MY]

———enhance competitiveness of the U.S. leasing industry (H.R. 1493), E552 [5AP]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (H.R. 926), E300 [7MR]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 658), E175 [14FE]

———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]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income and provide a refundable credit for job training expenses of older long-time employees who are laid off (H.R. 3001), E1773 [2OC]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H2166-H2168 [15MY], E809 [16MY]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (H.R. 294), H79 [30JA]

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (H.R. 776), E241, E242 [28FE]

———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (H.R. 657), E179 [14FE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (H.R. 869), E280 [6MR]

———expand pension benefits to those without retirement plans and provide additional protections to those who participate in the current system (H.R. 3488), E2295 [14DE]

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (H.R. 2419), E1266 [29JN]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (H.R. 1265), E471 [28MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (H.R. 1238), E460 [27MR]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (H.R. 1514), E534 [4AP], E549 [5AP]

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (H.R. 3320), E2115 [16NO]

———inclusion of estimated income-contingent costs to determine depreciation of property, including films, under the income forecast method (H.R. 1272), E478 [28MR]

———increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit (H.R. 759), H1440 [4AP], E238 [28FE]

———institute a national retail sales tax, H743 [8MR]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (H.R. 2280), E1184 [21JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes, H2825, H2830 [25MY], E1061 [8JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1290-H1292 [28MR], H1398, H1405 [3AP], H1424-H1458, H1466, H1469 [4AP], E607 [24AP]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 111), H1416-H1424 [4AP]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H1456 [4AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, H870 [13MR]

———preserve estate and gift taxes, H2842 [25MY]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (H.R. 1755), E755 [8MY]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (H.R. 673), E192 [14FE]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses (H.R. 1477), E563 [5AP]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (H.R. 703), E186 [14FE]

———provide a refund to individuals for payroll taxes (H.R. 3015), H8908 [5DE], E1824 [5OC], E1842 [10OC], E1876 [12OC]

———provide a refundable tax credit against increased natural gas costs (H.R. 610), E192 [14FE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (H.R. 1030), E359 [14MR]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals, H1790 [2MY]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (H.R. 738), E237 [28FE]

———provide an income tax rebate to individuals and families, H3077, H3078 [13JN], H3622 [27JN]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 1727), H2164-H2166 [15MY], E819, E837 [17MY]

———provide corporate income tax rate reductions (H.R. 872), E287 [6MR]

———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes, E1568 [3AU]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited sales tax holiday, E2185 [30NO]

———provide for an election to exchange research-related tax benefits for a refundable tax credit, for the recapture of refunds in certain circumstances (H.R. 2153), E1094 [13JN]

———provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation, H9332 [12DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H6784, H6785 [16OC], H6923 [17OC], H7208 [23OC], H7220, H7221, H7222, H7223, H7236-H7282, H7284, H7285, H7294-H7301, H7307 [24OC], H7311, H7312 [25OC], H7359 [30OC], H7857, H7858, H7888 [7NO], H7913, H7914 [8NO], H8121-H8126 [13NO], H8136, H8137, H8168-H8174 [14NO], H8184, H8185 [15NO], H8408-H8413 [27NO], H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8429, H8535 [28NO], H8636-H8643 [29NO], H8742 [30NO], H8845, H8847, H8890, H8908-H8914 [5DE], H9056 [6DE], H9244, H9246, H9324, H9328, H9332 [12DE], H10057, H10060, H10144-H10148 [13DE], H10177, H10178, H10208, H10226-H10235 [18DE], E1916 [17OC], E1925, E1926, E1929 [25OC], E1942, E1959 [30OC], E2017 [6NO], E2039 [8NO], E2102 [15NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7225-H7236 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), motion to recommit, H7256, H7280, H7281 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10827-H10887 [19DE], E2325 [19DE], E2349, E2355, E2400 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320), H10820-H10827 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 319), H10495-H10503 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), motion to recommit, H10867, H10885 [19DE]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (H.R. 778), E230, E240 [28FE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (H.R. 2575), E1379 [20JY]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), H5605-H5612 [13SE], H7858 [7NO], H9327, H9328 [12DE], H10115-H10141 [13DE], E1662 [14SE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), concur with Senate amendment, H10954-H10959 [20DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), unanimous-consent agreement, H5605 [13SE]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (H.R. 3446), E2304 [14DE]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (H.R. 2411), E1262 [29JN]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (H.R. 369), H2417 [22MY], E71 [31JA]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care, H909 [14MR]

———rates, H170, H171 [6FE], H204, H208, H210-H212 [7FE], H231 [8FE], H307-H309 [13FE], H352, H358 [14FE], H466, H478 [28FE], H510, H607 [1MR], H630, H631, H632, H638 [6MR], H837, H838, H857 [13MR], H881, H882 [14MR], H944 [15MR], H963 [20MR], H1015, H1016 [21MR], H1065 [22MR], H1124, H1153, H1157, H1163, H1165-H1167, H1169, H1171, H1174, H1176 [27MR], H1389, H1398 [3AP], H1470, H1475-H1478 [4AP], H1510, H1512, H1514 [24AP], H1562, H1575, H1598 [25AP], H2029, H2043, H2069-H2071 [9MY], H2895 [6JN], H3869 [11JY], H5182 [2AU], H8637-H8643 [29NO], E429 [22MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), H654-H657, H717, H720, H722-H738 [7MR], H743, H744, H745, H761-H809, H811, H812, H813, H815-H821 [8MR], H834, H838, H864-H870 [13MR], H904, H918-H923 [14MR], H1469 [4AP], E334 [12MR], E350 [13MR], E358 [14MR], E376 [15MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H746-H760 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H807 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 942), E324 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), H2176, H2179 [15MY], H2207-H2223 [16MY], H2337 [21MY], H2391, H2567 [22MY], H2683, H2684, H2686 [24MY], E873 [21MY], E922 [24MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, H2718, H2832-H2844 [25MY], H2852, H2871 [5JN], H2894 [6JN], H2961, H2986-H2990 [7JN], H3077 [13JN], H3791 [28JN], H4434 [24JY], H5478, H5482-H5484 [10SE], E1008, E1010, E1016 [5JN], E1029 [6JN], E1046, E1054 [7JN], E1061 [8JN]

———rates (H.R. 1836), consideration (H. Res. 142), H2204-H2207 [16MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 153), H2824-H2832 [25MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to go to conference, H2646 [23MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to instruct conferees, H2646-H2654, H2657 [23MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), unanimous-consent request, H2645, H2646 [23MY]

———reduce alternative minimum tax rates (H.R. 873), E289 [6MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, replace the unified credit with a unified exemption, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (H.R. 1437), E561 [5AP]

———reduce individual capital gains rates (H.R. 1342), E509 [3AP]

———reduce individual income tax rates and repeal phaseouts of itemized deductions and personal exemptions (H.R. 874), E286 [6MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1125 [27MR], H1273 [28MR], H1302-H1329 [29MR], H1469 [4AP], E503 [30MR], E583 [5AP]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 104), H1297-H1302 [29MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), motion to recommit, H1327, H1328 [29MR]

———reduce minimum age for an individual without children to be eligible for the earned income credit (H.R. 922), H716 [7MR]

———reform laws and filing procedures, H3211 [19JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (H.R. 871), E287 [6MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale, H7272 [24OC]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (H.R. 2794), E1517 [3AU]

———repeal corporate alternative minimum tax, H7255, H7269-H7271 [24OC], E1926 [25OC]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, H1544-H1546 [24AP]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 130), H99-H102 [30JA]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations, H4226 [19JY]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (H.R. 804), H629 [6MR], H7880 [7NO], E246 [28FE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax, H1126 [27MR], H1461 [4AP], H2716 [25MY], H4118 [18JY]

———repeal limit on the allowance of a deduction of interest on higher education loans (H.R. 686), H354 [14FE]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 1600), E637 [26AP]

———repeal the alternative minimum tax and income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemptions, and the child tax credit (H.R. 275), E39 [30JA]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (H.R. 2969), E1740 [25SE]

———simplify and reduce income tax rates and eliminate marriage tax penalty (H.R. 456), E105 [6FE]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (H.R. 2529), E1347 [17JY]

———simplify reporting requirements relative to higher education tuition and related expenses (H.R. 3346), H8801-H8803 [4DE], E2259 [12DE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (H.R. 1357), E516, E517 [3AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H2288-H2298 [17MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration (H. Res. 141), H2285-H2288 [17MY]

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (H.R. 1692), E703 [2MY], E725 [3MY], E888 [22MY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (H.R. 2350), E1233 [27JN]

———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (H.R. 3312), E2122 [16NO]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (H.R. 2641), E1421 [25JY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, H4368 [20JY], H4546 [25JY], H5255-H5262 [2AU]

———treatment of certain stipends paid from a State program to volunteer workers who have attained age 60 (H.R. 924), E304 [7MR]

———treatment of certain terrorist attack zone compensation of civilian uniformed personnel (H.R. 3137), E1903 [16OC]

———treatment of certain transfers of intangible property for foreign tax credit limitation purposes (H.R. 1515), E568 [5AP]

———treatment of child tax credit and other nonrefundable credits relative to alternative minimum tax (H.R. 468), E115 [6FE]

———treatment of contributions to retirement plans by self-employed members of certain religious faiths, E720 [3MY]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (H.R. 3475), E2288 [13DE], E2293 [14DE]

———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (H.R. 1267), E468 [28MR]

———treatment of higher education expenses (H.R. 1777), E766 [10MY]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, E462 [27MR]

———treatment of small businesses, H1937 [8MY]

———treatment of Social Security payroll tax, H4371 [20JY], H4408 [23JY]

———treatment of swap fund transactions (H.R. 1785), E765 [10MY]

———treatment of telecommuting (H.R. 1012), E341 [13MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (H.R. 1596), E638 [26AP]

———treatment of tips (H.R. 1274), E472 [28MR]

———treatment of welfare recipients performing unpaid work relative to the earned income tax credit (H.R. 593), E163 [13FE]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals significantly affected by the terrorist attacks (H.R. 3365), H9057 [6DE]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives, H2405 [22MY]

Territories: wage and labor rights violations, E548 [5AP]

Tubman, Harriet Ross: payment of pension for Army services as a nurse and a scout during the Civil War (H. Con. Res. 92), E490 [29MR]

Unemployment: prohibit use of community development funds for any purpose other than wage supplements and health insurance assistance, H8540-H8547 [28NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H8232 [15NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 3022), E1809 [5OC]

Veterans: expand the Survivor Benefit Plan to include dependents of nonretirement-eligible service members who die while on active duty, H7096, H7097 [17OC]

———improve benefits, E2055, E2056 [13NO]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H5781 [20SE], H6014 [25SE], H10078 [13DE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), H1280 [28MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 609), E181 [14FE]

———provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment, H4905 [31JY]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (H.R. 1232), H1832 [2MY]

———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility, E261 [1MR]

Women: domestic violence assistance programs, H7894 [7NO], E411 [21MR]

Women's Coalition South Bay: tribute to South Bay Women's Summit, E329 [8MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Market Transition Act: extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments (S. 923), S5278 [21MY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs, S11988-S11990 [16NO]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12030, S12031 [27NO], S12069, S12070 [28NO], S12137, S12138 [29NO], S12409-S12426, S12434-S12436 [5DE], S12756, S12757, S12762-S12768 [10DE], S12821, S12826-S12853 [11DE], S12989-S12996, S13000-S13041 [12DE], S13079-S13099, S13101-S13112, S13116-S13118, S13138-S13140 [13DE], S13245-S13275, S13286 [14DE], S13422-S13459, S13643, S13644 [18DE], S13647-S13664 [19DE], S13915-S13918, S14044 [20DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12400-S12406 [5DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S12439 [5DE], S12852 [11DE], S13092 [13DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent request, S12768 [10DE]

———enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultural commodities (S. 20), S259 [22JA]

———Federal farm policies, S1920 [7MR], S8881 [3AU], S10412 [10OC], S10824-S10826 [18OC]

———nutrition and commodity programs funding, S12845-S12853 [11DE], S12990-S12995 [12DE]

———phase out price supports for sugar and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S13001-S13020 [12DE]

———provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers (S. 1100), S6924 [26JN]

———relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by weather, S11072 [25OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), S8852-S8873, S8875 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), unanimous-consent agreement, S8857 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8403-S8429, S8431-S8451 [31JY], S8499-S8504, S8628 [1AU], S8845-S8847 [2AU], S8849-S8852 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8334, S8337 [27JY], S8379-S8391 [30JY]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), unanimous-consent agreement, S8391 [30JY], S8845 [2AU]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (S. 1628), S11413 [2NO]

Appropriations: ensure funding for defense and education programs by repealing tax cuts, S7324 [9JY], S7373, S7376, S7377 [10JY]

Armed Forces: authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (S. 1037), S6319 [14JN]

———authorize survivors retirement benefits to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty, S9552 [20SE], S9573 [21SE]

———enhance the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 1517), S10392 [9OC]

———establish an education savings plan to encourage reenlistments and extensions of service by members in critical specialties (S. 789), S4006 [26AP]

———improve pay, health care, and family housing for active duty personnel, S1246-S1249 [13FE], S1446, S1447 [15FE], S3412, S3413 [4AP]

———increase basic pay, S1259 [13FE]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (S. 129), S404 [22JA]

———reform ROTC eligibility (S. 359), S1501 [15FE]

Aviation: limit liability of airlines as a result of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9366 [13SE], S9594, S9602 [21SE]

Bankruptcy: definition of debtors income, S2024, S2045 [8MR], S2324, S2328, S2347 [15MR]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 1914), S6016 [8JN]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 256), S4015 [26AP]

———include allowance for health care insurance when calculating debtors income, S2147-S2149 [12MR]

———make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent and extend protections to family fishermen, S2155, S2156, S2157, S2158 [12MR]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (S. 178), S568 [25JA]

———remove dollar limitation on protected retirement savings, S2149-S2152, S2166 [12MR], S2178, S2179 [13MR]

———treatment and definition of luxury goods, S2337-S2339, S2348 [15MR]

———treatment of certain spousal income for purposes of means testing, S2346 [15MR], S7549 [12JY]

———treatment of child support payments, S2021 [8MR]

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: results of study on Bush Administration tax cut proposal, S1206 [8FE]

Charities: distribution of donations collected to support relief efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, S11587 [8NO]

Children and youth: increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (S. 814), S4177 [2MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 684), S3350, S3351 [3AP]

Claims: allow victims of terrorist attacks to receive certain compensation regardless of any collateral source compensation they may be eligible to receive (S. 1812), S13057 [12DE]

Committee on Finance (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act, S12394 [5DE]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets, S13918 [20DE]

Credit: require credit card companies to disclose information on balance payment terms and conditions, S2287 [14MR], S7549 [12JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: permit borrowers and grantees to use certain rural development loans and grants for other purposes under certain circumstances (S. 1413), S9256 [10SE]

———provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (S. 568), S2584 [20MR]

———provide matching contributions to farmers for funds placed in approved accounts for use in periods of economic difficulty, S13441 [18DE]

———review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers, S13035 [12DE], S13080-S13087, S13091 [13DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance authority to recruit and retain nurses, establish an additional basis for determining inability of veterans to defray expenses of medical care, and enhance certain health care programs (H.R. 3447), S13930, S14075, S14080 [20DE]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 612), S2898 [26MR]

———improve the processing of claims for veterans compensation and pensions (S. 1656), S11613 [8NO]

———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (S. 1408), S9198 [6SE]

———treat certain service in the American Field Service ambulance corps as active duty (S. 1767), S12449 [5DE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (S. 603), S2824 [23MR]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: emergency designation relative to enforcement of budget caps, S11748, S11752, S11757-S11762, S11768, S11782 [14NO]

Economy: provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (S. 1732), S12059 [27NO], S12065 [28NO]

Education: 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]

———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]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 624), S2989-S2993 [27MR]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S3429 [4AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (S. 489), S2072 [8MR]

Federal aid programs: 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 employees: clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (S. 768), S3861 [24AP]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees, S3423 [4AP]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (S. Con. Res. 17), S1640 [27FE]

———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (S. 1818), S13148 [13DE], S13294 [14DE]

———increase pay rate for certain offices and positions within the executive and judicial branches of the Government (S. 1129), S7095 [28JN]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (H.R. 93), S9001 [3AU]

Government: establish a Federal fund to compensate victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9564, S9594, S9597, S9599, S9600 [21SE]

———establish procedures for assessing Federal regulations relative to seizure of private property (S. 1412), S9255 [10SE]

Health care professionals: provide that federally employed registered nurses that retire under FERS shall have unused sick leave used in the computation of annuities (S. 1080), S6611 [21JN]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (S. 1445), S9624 [21SE]

Insurance: create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance, S13836 [20DE]

———create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance (S. 1743), S12163 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), S12273 [30NO], S12276 [3DE], S12406-S12408 [5DE], S13679, S13687 [19DE], S13791, S13901, S13911-S13914, S13917 [20DE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), unanimous-consent request, S13865 [20DE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 1744), S12166 [29NO]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (S. 1025), S6217 [13JN]

———establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (S. 592), S2672-S2674 [21MR], S5533 [23MY]

IRS: taxpayer refund, S8147-S8152 [25JY]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (S. 1162), S7496 [11JY]

Klamath Basin: compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, S7413, S7415 [10JY], S8850 [3AU]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, S11070, S11071 [25OC]

Law enforcement officers: increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (S. 899), S5015, S5016 [16MY]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (S. 1679), S11725 [13NO]

———adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (S. 659), S3170 [29MR]

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services, S11257-S11260 [31OC]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, S10943, S10944 [24OC], S12649, S12650 [7DE]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (S. 110), S382 [22JA], S9734 [24SE]

Minimum wage: level, S4880-S4882 [14MY], S5999 [8JN], S8057 [23JY]

———level (S. 277), S1132-S1135 [7FE], S1215 [8FE]

———level (S. 964), S5765 [25MY], S5802 [26MY]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (S. Res. 79), S4121 [1MY], S4171 [2MY]

New York: economic importance of agriculture, S8863 [3AU]

New York, NY: provide tax incentives for economic recovery, S11768, S11772 [14NO]

OMB: prohibit directed budget scorekeeping of railroad retirement legislation, S12340-S12344, S12350, S12351, S12352 [4DE]

Pensions: ensure that individual account retirement plans protect workers by limiting the amount of employer stock each worker may hold and encouraging diversification of investment of plan assets (S. 1838), S13466 [18DE]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (S. 1677), S11721 [13NO]

———reform, S5074 [17MY]

———reform (H.R. 10), S12030 [27NO], S12128, S12131, S12138-S12152, S12154 [29NO], S12222-S12238, S12240 [30NO], S12276-S12306 [3DE], S12340-S12344, S12350-S12363 [4DE], S12390-S12394 [5DE]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12036-S12042 [27NO], S12065, S12070, S12072, S12074, S12075-S12083, S12091-S12094, S12098 [28NO], S12114-S12119 [29NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), unanimous-consent agreement, S12385 [4DE]

———reform (H.R. 10), unanimous-consent request, S12036 [27NO]

———reform (S. 631), S2999 [27MR]

———reform (S. 742), S3725-S3749 [6AP]

Political campaigns: provide tax credits for certain political contributions made by citizens, S3048 [28MR]

Railroads: calculation of average account benefits ratio relative to financing of railroad retirement system, S12356-S12362 [4DE]

———ensure that returns on investments from retirement trust funds are earned prior to reduction in taxes or increase in benefits, S12352-S12355, S12362 [4DE]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12030, S12036-S12042 [27NO], S12070, S12072, S12074, S12075-S12083, S12091-S12094, S12098 [28NO], S12115-S12119, S12128, S12131, S12139, S12151, S12154 [29NO], S12223, S12231-S12233, S12240 [30NO], S12276-S12283, S12299-S12306 [3DE], S12350-S12363 [4DE], S12390-S12394 [5DE]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 1140), unanimous-consent request, S12036 [27NO]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (S. 697), S3448-S3450 [4AP]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: payment for losses resulting from limitations on use following terrorist attacks, S10529 [11OC]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S10289-S10293, S10340 [4OC], S10345, S10379 [9OC], S11717 [13NO], S12045-S12047 [27NO], S12821-S12826 [11DE], S13044 [12DE], S13423 [18DE], S13691 [19DE], S13925-S13929 [20DE]

———make grants for losses suffered by general aviation small business concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (S. 1552), S10770 [16OC]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), S8893, S8894 [3AU], S13830, S13925 [20DE]

———limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (S. 143), S415 [22JA], S2785-S2789 [22MR]

Senate: leave without pay status of certain employees who perform service in the uniformed services (S. Res. 193), S13772 [19DE]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase, S5574 [24MY]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans, S8152 [25JY], S8391-S8393 [30JY]

———budget treatment of trust funds, S3286, S3287 [2AP], S3290-S3302 [3AP], S3473 [5AP], S4159 [2MY], S4574, S4575 [9MY], S5199-S5202, S5253, S5254 [21MY], S5408 [22MY], S5505-S5509 [23MY], S7313-S7318 [9JY], S7364-S7373, S7375, S7376 [10JY], S7999-S8001 [20JY], S8152 [25JY], S8499, S8502, S8628 [1AU], S12240 [30NO]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, S5417 [22MY]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (S. 611), S2897 [26MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (S. 682), S3346 [3AP]

———ensure solvency, S8391-S8393 [30JY]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts, S1365 [14FE]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1558), S10773 [16OC]

———include additional information in account statements (S. 354), S1496 [15FE]

———phase out taxation of benefits (S. 181), S570 [25JA]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, S2047, S2049, S2056 [8MR], S2106-S2112 [9MR], S2153, S2156 [12MR], S2169-S2173, S2184-S2188 [13MR], S7319 [9JY], S7364-S7373, S7375 [10JY], S8448-S8451 [31JY]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), S1542 [15FE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (S. 21), S559 [25JA], S833 [30JA], S1205 [8FE], S1734 [1MR]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 693), S3443 [4AP]

———redesignate certain trust funds as accounting funds (S. 547), S2397 [15MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (S. 1523), S10459 [10OC]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S8371-S8373 [30JY]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, S4237 [3MY]

Taxation: adjust reduction in the highest income tax rate if discretionary spending level is exceeded, S5418 [22MY]

———airline depreciation allowance on the sale of new and refurbished aircraft, S11930 [15NO]

———allow a bonus deduction for depreciable business assets (S. 1553), S10770 [16OC]

———allow a credit for long-term care expenses, S5243 [21MY], S5410, S5411 [22MY]

———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 health insurance costs of individuals not eligible for public programs and without access to employer-subsidized health coverage (S. 590), S2669-S2672 [21MR]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (S. 683), S3346 [3AP]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (S. 828), S4262 [3MY]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (S. 1278), S8476 [31JY], S12030 [27NO]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials, S4488 [8MY]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (S. 298), S1228 [8FE]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (S. 780), S3996-S3998 [26AP]

———allow eligible individuals to elect to pay 15 percent tax on income with a tax return free filing system and reduce burdens of marriage penalty and alternative minimum tax (S. 551), S2404 [15MR]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (S. 1022), S6139 [12JN]

———allow income tax refund, S3492, S3520 [5AP]

———allow increased contributions to education savings accounts and expand applicability to elementary and secondary school expenses, S1171 [8FE]

———allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (S. 1405), S9124 [5SE]

———allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (S. 816), S4181 [2MY]

———allow Medicare beneficiaries a refundable credit for purchase of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 1600), S11288 [31OC]

———allow nonrefundable personal credits, standard deductions, and personal exemptions in computing alternative minimum tax liability and increase the individual exemption from such tax (S. 268), S1205 [8FE]

———allow personal exemptions against the alternative minimum tax for certain individuals, S5236 [21MY], S5409 [22MY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S3523 [5AP]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 674), S3277 [2AP]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools, S4074 [1MY], S5214-S5216, S5254, S5255 [21MY], S6277-S6279 [14JN]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (S. 462), S1901 [6MR]

———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]

———alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options (S. 1831), S13304 [14DE]

———assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (S. 802), S4049 [30AP]

———capital gains rates, S5043, S5072, S5073 [17MY], S5185-S5190, S5246, S5247 [21MY]

———clarify that certain small businesses are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (S. 336), S1420 [14FE]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (S. 1383), S8958 [3AU]

———condition tax cuts on solvency of Medicare trust funds, S5492 [23MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (S. 920), S5275 [21MY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty, S3521 [5AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S5042, S5043, S5045-S5059 [17MY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (S. 11), S164 [22JA]

———employer credits for expenses of providing child care services to employees, S5505 [23MY]

———employer credits for expenses of providing child care services to employees (S. 99), S365-S367 [22JA]

———enhance charitable contribution deductions for book donations and literacy (S. 1415), S9258, S9259 [10SE]

———ensure greater use of the advance payment of the earned income credit and extend such advanced payment to all taxpayers eligible for the credit (S. 1641), S11492 [6NO]

———establish a 10 percent income tax rate bracket for individuals, S5095, S5096 [17MY], S5252 [21MY]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (S. 1332), S8752 [2AU]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (S. 1282), S8478 [31JY]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors, S5062 [17MY], S5249 [21MY], S5517 [23MY]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (S. 749), S3759 [6AP]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (S. 232), S923 [31JA]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (S. 938), S5548 [23MY]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland (S. 362), S1502 [15FE]

———expand child tax credit, S5490, S5520 [23MY]

———expand child tax credit (S. 833), S4269, S4270 [3MY], S4787 [10MY]

———expand dependent care credit, S5202-S5208, S5254 [21MY]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (S. 850), S4603 [9MY]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (S. 455), S1811, S1824 [5MR]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and terminate the minimum tax preference for incentive stock options (S. 1134), S7105 [28JN]

———expand the expense treatment for small businesses and provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (S. 236), S1216 [8FE]

———expand work opportunity credit for small business jobs creation (S. 427), S1761, S1767 [1MR]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (S. 1819), S13148 [13DE]

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (S. 162), S528, S529 [24JA]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (S. 626), S2994 [27MR], S3148 [29MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit to encourage the hiring of certain veterans (S. 1145), S7201 [29JN]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources, S5222-S5224 [21MY]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (S. 596), S2697, S2735-S2772 [22MR]

———income tax rates reduction, marriage tax penalty relief, and estate tax repeal (S. 35), S312 [22JA]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials, S5078-S5082 [17MY], S5498, S5499 [23MY]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 203), S707-S709 [30JA]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 495), S2078 [8MR]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 904), S5018 [16MY]

———increase gift tax exclusion (S. 85), S343 [22JA]

———increase limitation on capital losses any individual may deduct against ordinary income and allow a 3-year capital loss carryback and unlimited carryovers (S. 784), S4004 [26AP]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes, S5217, S5218, S5220, S5221, S5255 [21MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (S. 84), S343 [22JA]

———make certain rate cuts conditional on funding being available for certain amendments to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S5228 [21MY]

———make certain rate cuts conditional on funding being available for defense spending increases necessitated by defense review, S5225, S5226, S5256 [21MY]

———make dependent care credit refundable (S. 384), S1525 [15FE]

———make marriage tax penalty relief effective immediately for certain tax brackets and the standard deduction (S. 1513), S10391 [9OC]

———phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests and increase the unified credit exemption (S. 179), S569 [25JA]

———phase out estate and gift taxes, S5044, S5065-S5071, S5075, S5076 [17MY], S5421, S5422 [22MY], S5504, S5517-S5520 [23MY], S5678 [25MY]

———phase out estate and gift taxes and increase income limits relative to a 10 percent income tax rate bracket for individuals, S5230 [21MY], S5407 [22MY]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S3633 [5AP], S3765 [6AP], S14029, S14030 [20DE]

———phase-out and repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 83), S343 [22JA]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, S1674 [28FE]

———preserve estate and gift taxes, S5427 [22MY]

———prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory tax on income earned within such State by nonresidents (S. 759), S3855 [24AP]

———prorate the heavy vehicle use tax between the first and subsequent purchasers of the same vehicle in one taxable period (S. 878), S4941 [15MY]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (S. 686), S6078-S6081 [12JN]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans, S4470 [8MY], S6294 [14JN]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (S. 225), S917 [31JA], S3649 [6AP]

———provide a long-term capital gains exclusion and reduce the holding period for long-term capital gains (S. 818), S4182 [2MY]

———provide a refundable personal credit for energy conservation expenditures (S. 196), S644 [29JA]

———provide a refundable tax credit against increased residential energy costs (S. 293), S1224 [8FE], S1441 [15FE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (S. 1087), S6665 [22JN]

———provide a tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (S. 1329), S8750 [2AU]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income, S5223 [21MY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (S. 217), S780-S782 [30JA]

———provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend certain provisions, and provide an offset for revenue loss, S5495 [23MY]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies (S. 426), S1761, S1767 [1MR]

———provide an income tax rebate to individuals and families, S5236 [21MY], S5410 [22MY]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 1727), S5484 [22MY]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (S. 881), S4943 [15MY]

———provide credits for health care professionals establishing practices in rural or underserved areas (S. 569), S2584 [20MR]

———provide declaratory judgment relief for certain agricultural cooperatives (S. 314), S1331, S1336 [13FE]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (S. 1643), S11550-S11552 [7NO]

———provide for a payroll tax holiday, S12121, S12122, S12126, S12136 [29NO], S12239 [30NO]

———provide for a payroll tax holiday (S. 1717), S12002-S12004 [16NO]

———provide for a refundable education opportunity tax credit, S3661, S3662 [6AP]

———provide for an election to exchange research-related tax benefits for a refundable tax credit, for the recapture of refunds in certain circumstances (S. 1049), S6328 [14JN]

———provide for Farm, Fishing, and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (S. 313), S1331 [13FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S10748 [16OC], S10908-S10911, S10917-S10919 [24OC], S11095 [25OC], S11164 [30OC], S11262, S11266-S11268 [31OC], S11318-S11320, S11351-S11354 [1NO], S11404-S11407, S11408-S11411 [2NO], S11423 [5NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (S. 1804), S12861-S12863 [11DE], S14044 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11641-S11644, S11645-S11651 [9NO], S11667, S11670-S11672, S11674, S11678-S11708, S11713, S11714 [13NO], S11737-S11783 [14NO], S11890, S11899, S11920, S11927-S11932 [15NO], S12019-S12024, S12039-S12042 [27NO], S12071-S12073, S12091-S12096 [28NO], S12121-S12131, S12132, S12136, S12145 [29NO], S12227, S12239, S12240 [30NO], S12280 [3DE], S12471 [6DE], S12604 [7DE], S12756-S12762 [10DE], S12826, S12829-S12833 [11DE], S12997, S13009 [12DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), unanimous-consent agreement, S11678 [13NO], S12140 [29NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), unanimous-consent request, S12079, S12080, S12093 [28NO], S12116 [29NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S13673, S13676-S13678 [19DE], S13774, S13791, S13831, S13835-S13837, S13884-S13893, S13917, S14029, S14030, S14034-S14040, S14044, S14083 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, S13865 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1791), S12772 [10DE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (S. 464), S1904 [6MR]

———provide relief for U.S. military or civilian employees who are victims of terrorist attacks (S. 1423), S9397 [13SE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S11544 [7NO]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), S11991-S11993 [16NO], S13864 [20DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), unanimous-consent agreement, S13856-S13858 [20DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1433), S9506 [19SE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1440), S9512 [19SE]

———provide tax credit for repayment of student loans by teachers and nurses, S5426 [22MY]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (S. 312), S1331, S1335 [13FE]

———provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (S. 48), S320 [22JA]

———provide the same tax treatment for danger pay allowance as for combat pay (S. 750), S3759 [6AP]

———rates, S836-S839 [31JA], S1028, S1030, S1031-S1042 [6FE], S1098-S1110, S1118, S1119 [7FE], S1167-S1176, S1206 [8FE], S1243-S1246, S1259-S1264 [13FE], S1363-S1365 [14FE], S1440, S1442, S1445, S1534-S1536 [15FE], S1593-S1603 [27FE], S1660-S1669, S1673-S1675 [28FE], S1732-S1734, S1735 [1MR], S1890 [6MR], S1923-S1925 [7MR], S2106-S2112 [9MR], S2141, S2152 [12MR], S2180-S2184 [13MR], S2269 [14MR], S2339-S2343 [15MR], S2574 [20MR], S2815 [23MR], S2918-S2921 [26MR], S3224, S3227-S3230 [30MR], S3263 [2AP], S3290-S3302, S3308, S3310, S3316, S3318 [3AP], S3376, S3423-S3428 [4AP], S3466-S3475, S3486-S3488, S3508-S3511, S3515, S3517 [5AP], S3679-S3693 [6AP], S3777 [23AP], S3802-S3805, S3833 [24AP], S3966 [26AP], S4158-S4161 [2MY], S4411 [7MY], S4560, S4574, S4575, S4579 [9MY], S4776-S4794 [10MY], S4853-S4857, S4880-S4882 [14MY], S4923-S4926, S4933-S4936 [15MY], S8147-S8152 [25JY], S10446 [10OC], S14029, S14030 [20DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), insert S. 1052 language in lieu, S7136-S7138 [29JN]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5028-S5100 [17MY], S5185-S5260 [21MY], S5405-S5428, S5484-S5487 [22MY], S5490-S5522, S5524-S5529 [23MY], S5571, S5606 [24MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, S5666, S5674-S5679, S5681-S5684 [25MY], S5770-S5796, S5802 [26MY], S7657-S7662, S7678 [16JY], S8252-S8254 [26JY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to commit, S5190-S5195, S5225, S5226, S5230, S5243, S5253, S5256 [21MY], S5407, S5410, S5411, S5415, S5416 [22MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to recommit, S5492 [23MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), unanimous-consent agreement, S5047 [17MY], S5497 [23MY], S5638 [24MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), unanimous-consent request, S5046 [17MY]

———rates (S. 481), S1988-S1992 [7MR]

———rates (S. 896), S5102 [17MY]

———reduce certain individual income tax rates and allow a payroll tax credit for those taxpayers who have no income tax liability (S. 566), S2477 [19MR]

———reduce maximum capital gains tax rates (H.R. 3039), S12031 [27NO]

———reduce tax cuts and increase the standard deduction, S5411, S5412 [22MY]

———reduce tax cuts and replace estate tax repeal with unified estate and gift tax credit and family-owned business interest deduction increases, and use savings for debt reduction and infrastructure improvements, S5208-S5214, S5254 [21MY], S5428 [22MY]

———reduce tax cuts and use savings to strengthen Social Security, S5415, S5416 [22MY]

———reduce the maximum capital gains rate for gains from property held for extended periods of time (S. 302), S1271 [13FE]

———reduction in State estate tax revenues in proportion to the reduction in Federal estate tax revenues, S5097-S5100 [17MY], S5252 [21MY], S5420 [22MY]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals and raise the exemption for small businesses from such tax (S. 616), S2899, S2900 [26MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (S. 1142), S7197-S7199 [29JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (S. 1324), S8740 [2AU]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 82), S343 [22JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 100), S368 [22JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 275), S1131 [7FE], S1174 [8FE]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, S1442-S1446 [15FE]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (S. 31), S307 [22JA]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (S. 1040), S6321 [14JN]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (S. 801), S4048 [30AP]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (S. 115), S386 [22JA]

———repeal recognition of capital gain rule for home offices (S. 945), S5618 [24MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (S. 237), S1215 [8FE]

———restore complete deductibility for business meals (S. 831), S4267 [3MY]

———simplify certain Internal Revenue Code provisions, S3986 [26AP]

———simplify reporting requirements relative to higher education tuition and related expenses (H.R. 3346), S14052 [20DE]

———strike all estate tax reductions and use savings to expand the estate tax unified credit exemption amounts, S5230 [21MY], S5407 [22MY]

———strike certain cuts and use savings to increase income limits covered by the 10 percent income tax rate bracket, S5230 [21MY], S5406 [22MY]

———treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (S. 779), S3996 [26AP]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (S. 315), S1336-S1338 [13FE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (S. 676), S3279 [2AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses, S3666 [6AP], S5093-S5095 [17MY], S5252 [21MY], S5496 [23MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 148), S459 [23JA], S3696 [6AP], S5606 [24MY]

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (S. 709), S3536 [5AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of eligible emergency response professionals, S5492 [23MY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (S. 860), S4827, S4828 [10MY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, S7146-S7149 [29JN]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (S. 1067), S6521 [20JN]

———treatment of certain postsecondary educational benefits provided by an employer to children of employees (S. 1059), S6452 [19JN]

———treatment of certain postsecondary educational benefits provided by an employer to children of employees (S. 1060), S6452 [19JN]

———treatment of certain survivor benefits, S5227, S5228, S5258 [21MY]

———treatment of certain terrorist attack zone compensation of civilian uniformed personnel (S. 1446), S10761 [16OC]

———treatment of certain transfers of intangible property for foreign tax credit limitation purposes (S. 1863), S13945 [20DE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (S. 917), S5273 [21MY]

———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (S. 1496), S10165 [3OC]

———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 education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses, S5231 [21MY], S5408 [22MY]

———treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (S. 540), S2385, S2390 [15MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance, S5493 [23MY]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (S. 1330), S8751 [2AU]

———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (S. 1007), S6009 [8JN]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S5059-S5071, S5075, S5076 [17MY], S5422 [22MY], S5501 [23MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (S. 888), S4949 [15MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses (S. 687), S3437 [4AP]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (S. 205), S702, S709, S710 [30JA]

———treatment of interest on student loans (S. 152), S480 [23JA]

———treatment of small businesses relative to remedial education for employees, information technology investment, capital gains rates on investments, and depreciation of computer hardware (S. 798), S4045 [30AP]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 189), S576-S581 [25JA]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 1676), S11720 [13NO]

———treatment of State tuition programs (S. 289), S1220, S1221 [8FE]

———treatment of telecommuting (S. 521), S2222 [13MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (S. 1678), S11722-S11725 [13NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (S. 1755), S12312 [3DE]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities, S5500 [23MY]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities (S. 519), S2220 [13MR]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives (S. 262), S1083 [6FE]

Tourist trade: aid to certain businesses that have been affected by the terrorist attacks, S13673 [19DE]

———provide loan guarantees to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry that have been affected by the terrorist attacks (S. 1578), S11095, S11113 [25OC]

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation, S12674 [7DE]

———authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (S. 1532), S10645 [11OC]

———extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1622), S13893, S13901 [20DE]

Veterans: establish an additional basis for determining the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care based on the cost-of-living of the area in which the veteran resides (S. 1221), S8067 [23JY]

———increase burial benefits for veterans and provide for inflation adjustment (S. 912), S5124 [17MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans and modify home loan programs (S. 1488), S10156 [3OC]

———increase the Medal of Honor Roll special pension and provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1113), S6998 [27JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses, S9551 [20SE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (S. 145), S457 [23JA], S555 [24JA]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (S. 1506), S10304 [4OC]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (S. 305), S1321-S1324 [13FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S3695 [6AP], S10035, S10039 [2OC], S13131, S13132, S13134-S13137 [13DE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 170), S541-S543 [24JA], S567 [25JA], S1257 [13FE], S2384 [15MR], S2471 [19MR], S3699 [6AP], S6004 [8JN]

Reports

Consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act (H. Res. 256): Committee on Rules (House), H6455 [9OC]

Estimated 12 Million Low- and Moderate-Income Families, With 24 Million Children, Would Not Benefit From Bush Tax Plan: Isaac Shapiro, Allen Dupree, and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S1206 [8FE]

Reports filed

Affordable Education Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 763) (S. Rept. 107-12), S3851 [24AP]

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1731) (S. Rept. 107-117), S12681 [7DE]

Chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code Reenactment Period Extension Relative to Family Farmers: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 256) (H. Rept. 107-2), H411 [26FE]

Community Solutions Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 107-138), H4008 [12JY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 107-138), H4013 [16JY]

Competitive Market Supervision Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 143) (S. Rept. 107-3), S2305 [14MR]

Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 107-51), H1714 [1MY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 107-51), H1714 [1MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 153) (H. Rept. 107-85), H2846 [25MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 83) (H. Rept. 107-12), H739 [7MR]

Consideration of H.R. 6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 104) (H. Rept. 107-31), H1293 [28MR]

Consideration of H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 196) (H. Rept. 107-144), H4111 [17JY]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 111) (H. Rept. 107-39), H1406 [3AP]

Consideration of H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 127) (H. Rept. 107-53), H1714 [1MY]

Consideration of H.R. 622, Hope for Children Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 141) (H. Rept. 107-67), H2182 [15MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1088, Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 161) (H. Rept. 107-97), H3066 [12JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 142) (H. Rept. 107-68), H2182 [15MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 256) (H. Rept. 107-232), H6458 [9OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2269, Retirement Security Advice Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 288) (H. Rept. 107-289), H8180 [14NO]

Consideration of H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 270) (H. Rept. 107-252), H7217 [23OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 297) (H. Rept. 107-304), H8563 [28NO]

Consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 320) (H. Rept. 107-348), H10401, H10908 [19DE]

Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 107-37), H1406 [3AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 107-7), H647 [6MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee of Conference (House) (H.R. 1836) (H. Rept. 107-84), H2846 [25MY]

Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3090), S11660 [9NO]

Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1246), S8203 [25JY]

Extend Reenactment Period for Chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code Relative to Family Farmers: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1630), S11611 [8NO]

Fairness for Foster Care Families Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 586) (H. Rept. 107-66), H2182 [15MY]

Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1727) (H. Rept. 107-65), H2182 [15MY]

Federal Firefighters Retirement Age Fairness Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 93), S8702 [2AU]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 271), S8703 [2AU]

Guam Foreign Investment Equity Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 309) (H. Rept. 107-48), H1554 [24AP]

Hope for Children Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 622) (H. Rept. 107-64), H2182 [15MY]

Internet Equity and Education Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1992) (H. Rept. 107-225), H6135 [2OC]

Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1088) (H. Rept. 107-52), H1714 [1MY]

Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2828) (H. Rept. 107-284), H8132 [13NO]

Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 107-29), H1187 [27MR]

Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1140) (H. Rept. 107-82), H2709 [24MY]

Respond to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2213) (H. Rept. 107-111), H3617 [26JN]

Restore Earnings To Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 896) (S. Rept. 107-83), S5005 [16MY]

Retirement Security Advice Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2269) (H. Rept. 107-262), H7591 [31OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2269) (H. Rept. 107-262), H8132 [13NO]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 320, Consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 317) (H. Rept. 107-340), H10173 [17DE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 107-344), H10354 [18DE]

Terrorism Risk Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3210) (H. Rept. 107-300), H8342 [19NO]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3210) (H. Rept. 107-300), H8342 [19NO]

Unemployment Assistance Availability Period Extension in the Case of the Terrorist Attacks: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1622) (S. Rept. 107-120), S12772 [10DE]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 1090) (S. Rept. 107-87), S10692 [15OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12306 [3DE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10848 [19DE]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5248, S5250, S5252, S5253, S5254, S5255, S5256, S5257, S5260 [21MY], S5406, S5409, S5411, S5413, S5415, S5416, S5418, S5419, S5420, S5421, S5423, S5424 [22MY], S5492, S5493, S5494, S5495 [23MY]

Statements

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: Executive Office of the President, S11775 [14NO]

Economic Security and Recovery Act: Executive Office of the President, H7248 [24OC]

Hope for Children Act: Executive Office of the President, H2290 [17MY]

Investment of Social Security Trust Funds in Private Financial Markets: William D. Novelli, American Association of Retired Persons, E1390 [20JY]

Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act: Executive Office of the President, H1307 [29MR]

Response of Committee on Agriculture (House) to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: Representatives Combest and Stenholm, Committee on Agriculture (House), S8865 [3AU]

Response to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: National Barley Growers Association, S8427 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

Summaries

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act (S. 1628), S11414-S11417 [2NO]

Competitive Market Supervision Act (S. 143), S418 [22JA]

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act (H.R. 3447), S14077-S14080 [20DE], H9224 [11DE]

Encouraging Investment in Small Business Act (S. 455), S1825 [5MR]

Retirement Opportunity Expansion Act (H.R. 3488), E2295 [14DE]

Small Business Jobs Tax Credit Act (S. 427), S1766 [1MR]

Technology Bond Initiative (S. 426), S1766 [1MR]

Workplace Flexibility Act (S. 624), S2992 [27MR]

Tables

Average starting salaries for certain jobs following two years of training in a vocational or community college program, S3864 [24AP]

Benefits for railroad employees and management in H.R. 1140, Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act, S12361 [4DE]

Comparison of H-2A adverse effect wage rates, 1997-2000, H1109 [22MR]

Comparison of tax consequences—incentive stock options v. nonstatutory stock options, S8741 [2AU]

Distribution of national emergency grant funds, H8545 [28NO]

Economic Security and Recovery Act (S. 1791), S12775 [10DE]

Effect of tax rates on certain payment brackets, S5239 [21MY]

Impact of Senate Democratic Caucus permanent stimulus proposals on surplus, S11319 [1NO]

Median income for 4-person families by State, S13893 [20DE]

Projected tax relief for families, S3684 [6AP]

Railroad retirement and Social Security equivalent benefit accounts, S12361 [4DE]

Railroad Retirement Trust Fund balance assumptions, S12357 [4DE]

Standard deductions for married individuals, E325 [8MR]

Tax rate decreases and increases in the Durbin amendment to H. Con. Res. 83, revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011, S3475 [5AP]

Tax rate reductions, E324 [8MR]

Tax rate reductions under H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S7657 [16JY]

Testimonies

Early Childhood Education and Child Care: Kathi J. Apgar, Bristol Family Center, S5206 [21MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 282, Keeping the Social Security Promise Initiative, H9173 [11DE]

H. Res. 8, compensation of certain House of Representatives minority employees, H19 [3JA]

H. Res. 83, consideration of H.R. 3, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act, H746 [8MR]

H. Res. 104, consideration of H.R. 6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act, H1297 [29MR]

H. Res. 111, consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, H1416 [4AP]

H. Res. 127, consideration of H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act, H1745 [2MY]

H. Res. 141, consideration of H.R. 622, Hope for Children Act, H2285 [17MY]

H. Res. 142, consideration of H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H2204 [16MY]

H. Res. 153, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H2824 [25MY]

H. Res. 161, consideration of H.R. 1088, Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act, H3156 [14JN]

H. Res. 196, consideration of H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4222 [19JY]

H. Res. 256, consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act, H6456 [9OC], H6463 [10OC]

H. Res. 270, consideration of H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, H7225 [24OC]

H. Res. 288, consideration of H.R. 2269, Retirement Security Advice Act, H8189 [15NO]

H. Res. 297, consideration of H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H8572 [29NO]

H. Res. 319, same-day consideration of H. Res. 320, consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10495 [19DE]

H. Res. 320, consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10820 [19DE]

H.R. 2, Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act, H268 [13FE]

H.R. 3, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act, H761, H762 [8MR]

H.R. 6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act, H1302-H1304 [29MR]

H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4233-H4243 [19JY]

H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, H1424-H1432 [4AP]

H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act, H1748-H1780 [2MY]

H.R. 93, Federal Firefighters Retirement Age Fairness Act, H80 [30JA]

H.R. 252, Dependent Care Assistance Program establishment, E69 [30JA]

H.R. 256, chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code reenactment period extension relative to family farmers, H447 [28FE]

H.R. 309, Guam Foreign Investment Equity Act, H1683 [1MY]

H.R. 508, Worker's Income Tax Credit Act, E138 [7FE]

H.R. 586, Fairness for Foster Care Families Act, H2166 [15MY]

H.R. 622, Hope for Children Act, H2288, H2289 [17MY]

H.R. 917, Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act, E554 [5AP]

H.R. 1012, Telework Tax Incentive Act, E342 [13MR]

H.R. 1088, Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act, H3159, H3161-H3164 [14JN]

H.R. 1140, Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act, H4955-H4959 [31JY]

H.R. 1727, Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act, H2164 [15MY]

H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H2207 [16MY]

H.R. 1836, Restore Earnings To Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) Act, S5714-S5753 [25MY]

H.R. 1914, extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H2903 [6JN]

H.R. 1917, Gold Star Parents Annuity Act, E874 [21MY]

H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act, H6469 [10OC]

H.R. 2213, respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers, H3533 [26JN]

H.R. 2269, Retirement Security Advice Act, H8190 [15NO]

H.R. 2828, Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act, H8060 [13NO]

H.R. 2884, Victims of Terrorism Relief Act, H5605 [13SE]

H.R. 2884, Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act, S13858-S13863 [20DE], H10120-H10126 [13DE], H10954-H10958 [20DE]

H.R. 3090, Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act, S11678-S11696 [13NO]

H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, H7236, H7242-H7247 [24OC]

H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H8589, H8593-H8597 [29NO]

H.R. 3216, exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual, H9087 [11DE]

H.R. 3346, simplify reporting requirements relative to higher education tuition and related expenses, H8801 [4DE]

H.R. 3447, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act, H9217-H9223 [11DE]

H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10827-H10845 [19DE]

S. 9, Working Family Tax Relief Act, S146-S155 [22JA]

S. 20, Securing a Future for Independent Agriculture Act, S249-S259 [22JA]

S. 31, Estate and Gift Tax Rate Reduction Act, S308 [22JA]

S. 48, provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums, S320 [22JA]

S. 77, Paycheck Fairness Act, S336-S338 [22JA]

S. 82, Estate and Gift Tax Repeal Act, S344 [22JA]

S. 83, Estate and Gift Tax Phase-Out Act, S344 [22JA]

S. 84, Farmer and Entrepreneur Estate Tax Relief Act, S344 [22JA]

S. 85, increase gift tax exclusion, S345 [22JA]

S. 99, Child Care Infrastructure Act, S366 [22JA]

S. 100, Death Tax Termination Act, S368 [22JA]

S. 110, eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, S383 [22JA]

S. 115, Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act, S387 [22JA]

S. 120, Master Teacher Act, S396 [22JA]

S. 129, Gold Star Parents Annuity Act, S405 [22JA]

S. 143, Competitive Market Supervision Act, S416-S418 [22JA], S2789-S2792 [22MR]

S. 148, Hope for Children Act, S460 [23JA]

S. 152, tax treatment of interest on student loans, S480 [23JA]

S. 170, Retired Pay Restoration Act, S542 [24JA]

S. 203, Teacher Support Act, S708 [30JA]

S. 217, Commuter Benefits Equity Act, S780 [30JA]

S. 225, TEACHER Tax Credit Act, S918 [31JA], S4470 [8MY]

S. 232, exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses, S923 [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. 277, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S1134 [7FE]

S. 298, Giving Incentives for Taxpayers Act, S1228 [8FE]

S. 302, reduce the maximum capital gains rate for gains from property held for extended periods of time, S1271 [13FE]

S. 305, Military Retirees Survivor Benefits Protection Act, S1324 [13FE]

S. 312, Tax Empowerment and Relief for Farmers and Fishermen (TERFF) Act, S1331-S1334 [13FE]

S. 313, Farm, Fishing, and Ranch Risk Management Act, S1334 [13FE]

S. 314, provide declaratory judgment of tax relief for certain agricultural cooperatives, S1335 [13FE]

S. 315, Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act, S1337 [13FE]

S. 335, Setting Aside for a Valuable Education (SAVE) Act, S1418 [14FE]

S. 336, Cash Accounting for Small Business Act, S1421 [14FE]

S. 354, Straight Talk on Social Security Act, S1496 [15FE]

S. 369, treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income, S1508 [15FE]

S. 426, Technology Bond Initiative, S1762 [1MR]

S. 427, Small Business Jobs Tax Credit Act, S1763 [1MR]

S. 462, Leave No Child Behind Tax Credit Act, S1902 [6MR]

S. 481, Economic Insurance Tax Cut, S1991 [7MR]

S. 489, Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act, S2073 [8MR]

S. 495, Tax Equity for School Teachers Act, S2079 [8MR]

S. 519, Tax Fairness for Support of the Permanently Disabled Act, S2221 [13MR]

S. 540, Reserve Component Tax Assistance Act, S2390-S2392 [15MR]

S. 545, expand work opportunity tax credit to small business employees working or living in areas of poverty, S2397 [15MR]

S. 546, expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase, S2397 [15MR]

S. 547, Straighter Talk on Social Security Act, S2397 [15MR]

S. 551, Fair and Simple Shortcut Tax Plan, S2405-S2408 [15MR]

S. 568, provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices, S2584 [20MR]

S. 569, Health Care Access Improvement Act, S2585 [20MR]

S. 590, Relief, Equity, Access, and Coverage for Health (REACH) Act, S2670-S2672 [21MR]

S. 596, Energy Security and Tax Incentive Policy Act, S2738-S2752 [22MR]

S. 603, No Taxation Without Representation Act, S2824 [23MR]

S. 612, National I Owe You Act, S2898 [26MR]

S. 616, Real AMT Relief Act, S2899 [26MR]

S. 624, Workplace Flexibility Act, S2990-S2992 [27MR]

S. 676, tax treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms, S3280 [2AP]

S. 677, Housing Bond and Credit Modernization and Fairness Act, S3281 [2AP]

S. 682, Blind Persons Earnings Equity Act, S3346 [3AP]

S. 683, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S3347-S3350 [3AP]

S. 709, Alaska Native Settlement Trust Tax Fairness Act, S3536 [5AP]

S. 742, Retirement Security and Savings Act, S3726-S3746 [6AP]

S. 750, provide the same tax treatment for danger pay allowance as for combat pay, S3759 [6AP]

S. 768, clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service, S3862 [24AP]

S. 779, tax treatment of certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness, S3996 [26AP]

S. 784, increase tax limitation on capital losses any individual may deduct against ordinary income and allow a 3-year capital loss carryback and unlimited carryovers, S4004 [26AP]

S. 789, establish an education savings plan to encourage reenlistments and extensions of service by members of the Armed Forces in critical specialties, S4007 [26AP]

S. 802, Low Income Taxpayer Protection Act, S4049 [30AP]

S. 806, Full Social Security Benefits Guarantee Act, S4116 [1MY]

S. 814, Focus on Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake (FOCUS) Act, S4177-S4180 [2MY]

S. 816, allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, S4181 [2MY]

S. 831, restore complete tax deductibility for business meals, S4267 [3MY]

S. 850, Child Support Fairness and Tax Refund Interception Act, S4603 [9MY]

S. 860, tax treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle, S4828 [10MY]

S. 879, Cosmetology Tax Fairness and Compliance Act, S4941 [15MY]

S. 881, Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act, S4944 [15MY]

S. 888, College Tuition Assistance Act, S4950 [15MY]

S. 912, Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act, S5124 [17MY]

S. 920, Historic Homeownership Assistance Act, S5276 [21MY]

S. 923, amend Agricultural Market Transition Act to extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments, S5278 [21MY]

S. 945, Home-Office Deduction Simplification Act, S5753 [25MY]

S. 993, extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S5903 [6JN]

S. 1007, Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act, S6009 [8JN]

S. 1022, allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums, S6140 [12JN]

S. 1037, authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for Armed Forces members who die in the line of duty, S6320 [14JN]

S. 1067, Medical Savings Account Availability Act, S6521 [20JN]

S. 1080, provide that federally employed registered nurses that retire under FERS shall have unused sick leave used in the computation of annuities, S6612 [21JN]

S. 1087, Business Property Economic Revitalization Act, S6665 [22JN]

S. 1113, increase the Medal of Honor Roll special pension and provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment, S6999 [27JN]

S. 1129, increase pay rate for certain offices and positions within the executive and judicial branches of the Federal Government, S7096 [28JN]

S. 1134, Venture Capital Gains and Growth Act, S7106 [28JN]

S. 1145, Veterans Opportunity To Work Act, S7201 [29JN]

S. 1221, establish an additional basis for determining the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care based on the cost-of-living of the area in which the veteran resides, S8068 [23JY]

S. 1282, Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act, S8479 [31JY]

S. 1330, Dietary Supplement Tax Fairness Act, S8751 [2AU]

S. 1386, Employee Welfare Benefit Equity Act, S8959-S8961 [3AU]

S. 1405, allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, S9125 [5SE]

S. 1408, Veterans' Copayment Adjustment Act, S9199 [6SE]

S. 1414, Parent and Teacher Achievement Act, S9257 [10SE]

S. 1415, enhance charitable contribution tax deductions for book donations and literacy, S9259 [10SE]

S. 1423, provide tax relief for U.S. military or civilian employees who are victims of terrorist attacks, S9397 [13SE]

S. 1427, authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for Armed Forces members who die in the line of duty, S9441 [14SE]

S. 1433, Victims of Terrorism Relief Act, S9507 [19SE]

S. 1440, Victims of Terrorism Relief Act, S9512 [19SE]

S. 1488, Veterans' Benefits Act, S10156 [3OC]

S. 1496, Tour Operators Up-Front-Deposit Relief (TOUR) Act, S10165 [3OC]

S. 1506, increase the minimum veterans' Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses, S10304 [4OC]

S. 1553, Economic Stimulus Through Bonus Depreciation Act, S10771 [16OC]

S. 1558, Social Security Benefits Guarantee Act, S10774 [16OC]

S. 1622, extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S13893 [20DE]

S. 1643, Sales Tax Holiday Act, S11550 [7NO]

S. 1678, Military Homeowners Equity Act, S11723 [13NO]

S. 1679, Medicare Beneficiary Liability Reduction Act, S11725 [13NO]

S. 1743, National Terrorism Reinsurance Fund Act, S12163-S12166 [29NO]

S. 1755, tax treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service, S12313 [3DE]

S. 1791, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12773-S12775 [10DE]

S. 1812, September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Fairness Act, S13057 [12DE]

S. 1831, alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options, S13305 [14DE]

S. 1863, tax treatment of certain transfers of intangible property for foreign tax credit limitation purposes, S13946 [20DE]

S. Con. Res. 17, ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian Federal employees, S1639 [27FE]

S. Res. 79, National Child Care Worthy Wage Day, S4121 [1MY]

S. Res. 193, leave without pay status of certain Senate employees who perform service in the uniformed services, S13713 [19DE]