FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H5617 [13SE], H6138, H6139, H6140, H6145, H6146, H6147, H6148, H6149, H6150, H6152, H6153, H6154, H6155, H6156, H6161, H6162, H6163 [2OC], H6187, H6225, H6226, H6227, H6228, H6229, H6230, H6234, H6260 [3OC], H6266, H6267, H6269, H6270, H6271, H6272, H6273, H6274, H6276, H6278, H6292, H6294, H6325, H6326, H6327, H6342, H6343, H6344, H6347, H6352, H6355, H6356, H6357, H6359, H6360, H6366, H6368, H6370, H6371, H6372 [4OC]

———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]

Armed Forces: facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (S. 1088), S12734, S12746 [7DE]

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

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (H.R. 2540), S11871, S11959 [15NO], H9121 [11DE]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (S. 123), S787 [30JA]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), S10166, S10252 [3OC], H7730 [6NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4050 [30AP], S4121, S4122 [1MY], S4184 [2MY], S4206, S4207, S4215, S4217, S4272, S4365, S4366, S4367, S4368, S4369, S4370, S4371 [3MY], S4376, S4385, S4389, S4393, S4401, S4402, S4403 [4MY], S4425, S4427, S4428, S4436, S4437, S4440 [7MY], S4471, S4475, S4484, S4488, S4489, S4490, S4492, S4493, S4497, S4516, S4518, S4519, S4520, S4521 [8MY], S4526, S4538, S4541, S4617, S4618, S4619, S4620, S4621, S4623, S4624, S4625, S4626, S4627, S4628, S4629, S4630, S4631, S4635, S4636, S4637, S4638, S4639, S4640, S4641, S4642, S4643, S4644, S4645, S4646, S4647, S4664, S4666, S4667, S4668, S4669, S4670, S4671, S4672, S4673, S4674, S4675, S4695, S4696, S4697, S4711, S4712, S4713, S4716, S4717, S4718, S4720, S4721, S4722, S4723, S4724, S4726, S4727, S4729, S4730, S4731, S4732, S4733, S4734, S4735, S4736, S4738, S4739, S4740, S4741, S4744, S4745, S4746, S4747, S4748, S4750, S4751, S4752, S4753, S4754, S4755, S4756, S4757, S4758, S4759, S4760, S4761, S4763, S4764, S4766, S4768, S4769, S4771 [9MY], S4798, S4799, S4808 [10MY], S4858, S4864, S4865, S4870, S4871, S4872, S4875, S4878, S4896 [14MY], S4914, S4916, S4917, S4919, S4920, S4921, S4922 [15MY], S4971, S4972, S4978, S4981, S4985, S4998, S5021 [16MY], S5351 [21MY], S5818, S5819, S5820, S5821 [5JN], S5849, S5850, S5856, S5859, S5862, S5863, S5865, S5866, S5867, S5878, S5905 [6JN], S5915, S5916, S5917, S5922, S5925, S5926, S5943, S5948, S5951, S5952, S5953, S5987 [7JN], S6027, S6033, S6034, S6036, S6047 [11JN], S6088, S6091, S6098, S6099, S6103, S6104, S6110, S6113, S6119, S6141 [12JN], S6153, S6155, S6169, S6172, S6173, S6179, S6180, S6181, S6183, S6185, S6188, S6195, S6198, S6201, S6202, S6203, S6204, S6206, S6207, S6234, S6235 [13JN], S6269, S6274, S6279, S6280, S6281, S6282, S6283, S6284, S6285, S6286, S6305, S6351 [14JN]

Mental health: provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (S. 1729), S13066, S13076 [12DE]

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

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]

Small business: provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (S. 295), S2909, S2910 [26MR]

Taxation: 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]

Terrorism: expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1422), S9401 [13SE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), H959 [19MR], H1061 [21MR], H1083, H1084 [22MR]

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

Veterans: improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), S5760 [25MY], H2687 [24MY]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), S12739 [7DE], S13227 [13DE]

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

Analyses

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

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

GAO Report on Dept. of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program: George R. La Noue, University of Maryland, S7078 [28JN]

Homestead Preservation Act (S. 1848), S13704 [19DE]

Mark-to-Market Extension Act (H.R. 2589), H5953 [24SE]

Mark-to-Market Extension Act (S. 1254), S8284 [26JY]

Articles and editorials

Add Gun Buybacks to the Public Wish List, S8651 [2AU]

Aid Farmers and Environment, H6323 [4OC]

Apple Growers' Aid Dropping, S11068 [25OC]

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

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

At the Trough—Welfare Checks to Big Business Make No Sense, S13838 [20DE]

Boost That Goes Nowhere, S13884 [20DE]

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

Bush's Tax Cut Won't Help This Waitress Mom, S4571 [9MY]

Church-State Priority, E64 [30JA]

Day in the Life, H3460 [21JN]

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

Derail Sugar Aid, H6328 [4OC]

Dorchester School Gains Acceptance, S5815 [5JN]

Dry, Dry Again, S8879 [3AU]

``Freedom'' Not in Farm Law, E139 [7FE]

From Teachers to Drill Sergeants, S6117 [12JN]

Front-Line Reports, H3458 [21JN]

God and George W. Bush Could Face a Fight, Even With Christians, If He Tries To Make Religion More Public, E378 [15MR]

Good Sarasotan, H3459 [21JN]

Gun Buy-Back Backfires When Officers Cash In, S8652 [2AU]

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

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

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

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

Leading Young Leaders, H3459 [21JN]

LTV Seems on the Verge of a Shutdown, S13664 [19DE]

Madness of Gun Buybacks—Andrew Cuomo's Policy Is Full of Holes, S8652 [2AU]

MD, VA Foster-Care Adoptions Up—Rise in Funding, Change in Federal Law Credited for Increase, H8092 [13NO]

Meet Patriotic Pork, S11778 [14NO]

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

New Dance of the Crackpots, S11778 [14NO]

Pappas Valedictory? Sole Graduate May Be Last for School, S6277 [14JN]

Poll—Voters Support Farm and Ranch Conservation Efforts, S8878 [3AU]

President Daschle, S13889 [20DE]

Real Threat of the Faith-Based Initiative, E1089 [13JN]

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

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

Separation of Church and Business, H3462 [21JN]

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]

Solid Research, Solid Teaching, S6195 [13JN]

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

Specialists Cool on Calls To Revive Gun Buybacks, S8651 [2AU]

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

Stimulus Fiasco, S13885 [20DE]

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

Tornado Damage, H1079 [22MR]

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

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

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

With a Hand on the Bible, E377 [15MR]

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]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see S. 1571), S10835 [18OC] (see S. 1673), S11660 [9NO] (see S. 1731), S12054 [27NO] (see H.R. 2646), H4723 [26JY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration (see H. Res. 248), H6135 [2OC]

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

———crop insurance coverage for losses due to plant viruses and diseases and loan eligibility for producers who suffer such losses (see H.R. 1249), H1189 [27MR]

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

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (see S. 294), S1218 [8FE]

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

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H959 [19MR] (see H.R. 2402), H3804 [28JN]

———increase loan rates for marketing assistance loans for certain crops and make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available to producers of certain crops (see S. 165), S527 [24JA] (see S. 977), S5695 [25MY]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 337, 338), H163 [31JA]

———payment of special loan deficiency payments to eligible producers who have suffered yield losses due to damaging weather or disasters (see H.R. 34), H25 [3JA]

———provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists (see S. 1519), S10388 [9OC]

———provide farmers with better prices and higher profits by increasing loan rates, establishing commodity and humanitarian food reserves, and setting up a renewable energy reserve (see S. 1629), S11437 [5NO]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers (see S. 1018), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2128), H3066 [12JN]

———provide market loss assistance for producers of red raspberries for the processed market (see H.R. 2105), H2997 [7JN]

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

———repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]

———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]

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

———terminate peanut price support and marketing quota programs (see H.R. 2296), H3465 [21JN]

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

———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]

———facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (see S. 1088), S6664 [22JN]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA] (see H.R. 2020), H2847 [25MY]

———permit the transfer of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 937), S5542 [23MY] (see H.R. 1958), H2678 [23MY]

———restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (see H.R. 3240), H7908 [7NO]

Aviation: increase the Government's share of development project costs at certain qualifying airports (see S. 1847), S13465 [18DE] (see H.R. 3546), H10909 [19DE]

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

———provide assistance for aircraft manufacturing industry employees who are separated from employment due to terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 3045), H6379 [4OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see S. 1454), S9621 [21SE] (see H.R. 2946), H5971 [24SE] (see H.R. 2955), H6055 [25SE]

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

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]

California: authorize programs and infrastructure improvements to increase deliverable water supplies, conserve water and energy, restore water quality, and enhance environmental quality (see H.R. 2404), H3804 [28JN]

———implement program to increase water yield and environmental benefits, improve water system reliability, quality, use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection (see S. 976), S5695 [25MY] (see H.R. 1985), H2709 [24MY] (see H.R. 3208), H7717 [1NO]

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

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

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

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S11362 [1NO]

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

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see S. 940), S5542 [23MY] (see H.R. 1990), H2710 [24MY]

———establish a program to identify and mentor college eligible high school students and their parents or legal guardians (see H.R. 772), H505 [28FE]

———give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 228), H5704 [14SE]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see S. 1000), S5967 [7JN] (see H.R. 2097), H2997 [7JN]

———increase the availability and quality of child care for disabled children (see H.R. 2787), H5336 [2AU]

———provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (see H.R. 1849), H2183 [15MY]

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

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

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

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

Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century: extend and make technical corrections to legislation governing the Commission (see H.R. 1850), H2183 [15MY]

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

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

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]

Computers: establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H506 [28FE]

———provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (see H.R. 346), H164 [31JA]

———require schools and libraries receiving universal service assistance to block access to certain Internet and electronic mail services (see H.R. 1846), H2183 [15MY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: 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]

———ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims (see H.R. 2676), H4862 [30JY]

———ensure that agricultural producers that suffer or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a sharp and significant increase in certain costs are eligible to receive emergency loans (see S. 380), S1463 [15FE]

———extend and improve working lands and other conservation programs (see S. 1326), S8704 [2AU]

———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]

———provide loan assistance to agricultural producers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 478), H221 [7FE]

———provide loan assistance to greenhouse farming operations experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 479, 480), H221 [7FE]

———provide loan assistance to poultry farmers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 301, 302), H110 [30JA]

———provide loans to develop broadband services in rural areas (see H.R. 2139), H3067 [12JN]

———provide payments to producers of forage crops for losses due to army worms (see S. 1354), S8910 [3AU]

———provide supplemental payments to dairy producers based on milk marketings and prices (see H.R. 1878), H2280 [16MY]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see S. 1652), S11549 [7NO] (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Commerce: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 414), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 1034), H928 [14MR]

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

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

———make additional grants under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (see H.R. 419), H219 [7FE]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 477), H221 [7FE] (see H.R. 1620), H1659 [26AP]

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

———provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3163), H7217 [23OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish a pilot program to provide grants to facilitate the use of alternative fuel school buses (see H.R. 2518), H4111 [17JY]

———establish a pilot program to provide grants to facilitate the use of natural gas buses at public airports (see H.R. 3537), H10909 [19DE]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see S. 1878), S13943 [20DE]

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

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

Dept. of HUD: authorize participation of religious organizations, and organizations having religious purposes, in certain housing assistance programs (see H.R. 3541), H10909 [19DE]

———conduct a study of developing residential mortgage programs that provide low-cost health insurance in connection with low-cost mortgages (see H.R. 1222), H1188 [27MR]

———facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 2941), H5926 [21SE]

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

———pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated at-risk areas (see H.R. 989), H875 [13MR]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 888), H648 [6MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H220 [7FE]

———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (see S. 1848), S13700 [19DE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance for the maintenance of gravesites of former U.S. Presidents (see H.R. 2806), H5337 [2AU]

Dept. of Transportation: funding for purchase of recycled materials for certain surface transportation programs (see H.R. 530), H253 [8FE]

———make grants for construction projects to prevent public access to tracks and other hazards of fixed guideway systems in residential areas (see H.R. 3485), H10066 [13DE]

———provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see S. 948), S5615 [24MY] (see H.R. 2029), H2847 [25MY]

———require use of recycled materials in Federal-aid highway construction projects (see H.R. 529), H252 [8FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a new veterans benefits office in Florida (see H.R. 1450), H1484 (see H.R. 1450), H1494 [4AP]

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

———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]

———make service dogs available to disabled veterans and make various other improvements in health care benefits (see H.R. 2792), H5336 [2AU]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (see H.R. 2540), H4215 [18JY]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1435), H1484 (see H.R. 1435), H1493 [4AP] (see H.R. 1746), H2021 [8MY]

———revise effective date for award of disability compensation for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation (see H.R. 290), H110 [30JA]

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

———seek SSA assistance in providing outreach to veterans, their dependants, and their survivors (see S. Res. 152), S8911 [3AU]

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

Disasters: ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance (see S. 1708), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 3239), H7852 [6NO]

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

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

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

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

———authorize grants for certain water and waste disposal facility projects in rural areas (see H.R. 1378), H1409 [3AP]

———establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (see S. 1153), S7193 [29JN] (see H.R. 1689), H1860 [2MY]

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

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

Economy: increase assistance made available under certain economic development programs (see H.R. 3003), H6136 [2OC]

———provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost (see S. 1759), S12311 [3DE] (see H.R. 3341), H8342 [19NO]

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

Education: assist local educational agencies by providing grants for proven measures to increase the quality of education (see S. 342), S1462 [15FE]

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

———assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 958), H826 [8MR]

———assist poor communities with public elementary and secondary school construction (see H.R. 2007), H2711 [24MY]

———creation of matching grant program for new school construction (see S. 308), S1270 [13FE]

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

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

———establish a grant program to help school students improve their English proficiency while not falling behind in their academic studies (see H.R. 59), H26 [3JA]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 67), S99 [22JA]

———establish comprehensive early childhood education programs and early childhood education staff development programs (see H.R. 1118), H1011 [20MR]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 123), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 1743), H1928 [7MY]

———help establish and enhance early childhood family education programs (see S. 553), S2388 [15MR]

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

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 68), S99 [22JA]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (see H.R. 768), H505 [28FE]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 65), S99 [22JA]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H.R. 124), H59 [6JA] (see H.R. 589), H323 [13FE] (see H. Res. 13), H28 [3JA] (see H. Res. 53), H399 [14FE]

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

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 2286), H3465 [21JN]

———provide grants to establish programs that benefit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and recreational needs of cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban communities (see H.R. 756), H442 [27FE]

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

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

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see S. 340), S1462 [15FE] (see H.R. 1180), H1113 [22MR]

———repeal limitation on financial aid for telecommunication courses (see H.R. 1349), H1408 [3AP]

———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]

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

———voucher program to provide school choice (see S. 717), S3530 [5AP]

Electric power: authorize grants to utilities to be passed through as credits toward electric bills and to consumers that reduce consumption, and establish an Electric Energy Conservation Fund (see S. 1213), S8014 [20JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H1923 [3MY]

———amend Impact Aid Program relative to the calculation of payments for small local educational agencies (see H.R. 1133), H1012 [20MR]

———eliminate the funding limitation applicable to grants for special alternative instructional programs (see H.R. 637), H394 [14FE]

———extend programs and activities (see S. 1), S3052 [28MR]

———permit use of professional development funds to provide incentives to educators who achieve relevant information technology certifications (see H.R. 2793), H5336 [2AU]

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

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: increase loan guarantees for steel companies (see H.R. 520), H223 [7FE]

Employment: ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people (see H.R. 2243), H3259 [19JN]

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 187), H62 [6JA]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic and provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist in meeting these standards (see H.R. 1252), H1189 [27MR]

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

Eximbank: reauthorize (see S. 1372), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 2517), H4111 [17JY] (see H.R. 2871), H5487 [10SE]

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]

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

———support community-based group homes for young mothers and their children (see S. 1522), S10456 [10OC]

Federal employees: include legislative branch employees in the program under which Federal agencies may agree to repay student loans of their employees (see H.R. 2555), H4216 [18JY]

———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]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 827), H622 [1MR]

———waive repayment requirements relative to a grant made to Granada Hills Community Hospital (see H.R. 3102), H6701 [11OC]

Financial institutions: provide loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 1653), S11611 [8NO]

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

———reduce losses (see H.R. 2021), H2847 [25MY]

Food: extend and improve the emergency food assistance program (see S. 1540), S10640 [11OC]

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

———purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy persons (see H.R. 2185), H3201 [14JN]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see S. 583), S2662 [21MR] (see H.R. 2142), H3067 [12JN]

———limit the collection from households of claims for nonfraudulent overissuance of food stamp benefits (see H.R. 2319), H3618 [26JN]

Foreign trade: modify benefits provided under the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 2810), H5337 [2AU]

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

Government: increase accountability for Government spending and reduce wasteful spending (see H.R. 1270), H1294 [28MR]

———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal payments, benefits, services, and tax advantages (see H.R. 2939), H5926 [21SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1389), H1481 (see H.R. 1389), H1491 [4AP]

Health: public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 2844), H5454 [6SE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H9239 [11DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (see S. 1281), S8464 [31JY] (see S. 1533), S10640 [11OC]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H111 [30JA]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see S. 587), S2662 [21MR] (see H.R. 1353), H1408 [3AP]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program and a Medical Information Technology Advisory Board (see H.R. 3292), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a health information technology grant program and a methodology under Medicare to provide reimbursement to hospitals for implementing information technology systems (see S. 705), S3530 [5AP]

Higher Education Act: eliminate consideration of the amount of a student's tuition in determining the amount of a student's basic grant (see H.R. 2625), H4633 [25JY]

———establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see H.R. 2487), H4008 [12JY]

———establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (see S. 1762), S12368 [4DE]

———make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H5336 [2AU]

———reauthorize the Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification and Licensure Program (see H.R. 1826), H2147 [14MY]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H506 [28FE]

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

Housing: ensure that communities receiving community development block grants use such funds to benefit low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 1191), H1114 [22MR]

———establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (see S. 1885), S13943 [20DE]

———extend FHA-insured multifamily housing mortgage and housing assistance restructuring authority (see S. 1457), S9741 [24SE] (see H.R. 2890), H5703 [14SE]

———provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see S. 417), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 674), H396 [14FE]

———provide home ownership assistance to public safety officers and teachers (see H.R. 3191), H7591 [31OC]

———reduce the downpayment required by a first-time homebuyer purchasing a home with a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 859), H628 [5MR]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1409), H1482 (see H.R. 1409), H1492 [4AP]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 858), H628 [5MR]

Hunger: issue special postage stamps to fund emergency food relief programs (see H.R. 76), H27 [3JA]

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

Immigration: eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (see H.R. 2258), H3357 [20JN]

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

Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 2644), H4634 [25JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S1897 [6MR] (see S. 496), S2070 [8MR] (see H.R. 214), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 659), H395 [14FE] (see H.R. 737), H441 [27FE] (see H.R. 835), H622 [1MR] (see H.R. 976), H875 [13MR] (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP] (see H.R. 1829), H2182 [15MY] (see H.R. 1912), H2334 [17MY] (see H.R. 2616), H4540 [24JY]

Insurance: establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (see S. 575), S2582 [20MR]

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

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

Irrigation: clarify farm acreage and income limitations for eligibility for subsidized irrigation water (see S. 116), S100 [22JA]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile crime prevention funding (see H.R. 1393), H1481 (see H.R. 1393), H1491 [4AP]

———juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (see H.R. 1900), H2333 [17MY]

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

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H827 [8MR]

Law enforcement: unincorporated neighborhood watch programs funding (see S. 642), S3052 [28MR]

Law enforcement officers: 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]

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

———extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 388), H166 [31JA]

———home heating funding limitations (see H.R. 1845), H2183 [15MY]

———make available royalties received from domestic Federal oil and gas production (see S. 922), S5269 [21MY] (see H.R. 962), H826 [8MR]

———provide funding to States with programs to facilitate the collection of private donations to assist low-income families with their utility bills (see H.R. 2224), H3259 [19JN]

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

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see S. 535), S2306 [14MR] (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 1383), H1409 [3AP]

———coverage of all medically necessary services for uninsured families and individuals (see H.R. 2627), H4633 [25JY]

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

———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (see S. 1753), S12247 [30NO]

———increase Federal medical assistance payment percentage for nursing facilities with a high proportion of Medicaid patients (see H.R. 3565), H10964 [20DE]

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

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

———permit uninsured individuals to obtain coverage to assure coverage of prescription drugs, substance abuse treatment, mental health services, and long-term care services (see H.R. 1142), H1059 [21MR]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 1269), S8397 [30JY] (see H.R. 2775), H5335 [2AU]

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

Medicare: comprehensive financing for graduate medical education (see H.R. 2178), H3201 [14JN]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see S. 1605), S11286 [31OC] (see H.R. 2220), H3258 [19JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (see S. 1619), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 3585), H10964 [20DE]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see S. 1066), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 1798), H2140 [10MY] (see H.R. 3388), H8746 [30NO]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (see S. 135), S101 [22JA]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2706), H5125 [1AU]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (see S. 1367), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 2346), H3712 [27JN]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (see H.R. 3545), H10909 [19DE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 1350), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 3109), H6779 [12OC]

———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (see H.R. 1928), H2387 [21MY]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H1498 [4AP]

———stabilize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2980), H6135 [2OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see S. 1169), S7589 [12JY]

———waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see S. 728), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 1510), H1497 [4AP]

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]

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

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

———provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (see S. 1729), S12054 [27NO]

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]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see S. 1644), S11549 [7NO] (see H.R. 3335), H8338 [16NO]

Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act: reauthorize (see S. 1254), S8280 [26JY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1248), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2349), H3712 [27JN]

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

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

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 1428), H1483 (see H.R. 1428), H1493 [4AP] (see H.R. 1551), H1555 [24AP] (see H.R. 2545), H4215 [18JY]

National Guard: establish a program to assist at-risk youth develop life skills (see H.R. 2655), H4723 [26JY]

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (see H.R. 2594), H4428 [23JY]

———reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H2678 [23MY]

National Sexual Assault Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 72), S3852 [24AP]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (see S. 1210), S8014 [20JY] (see H.R. 1873), H2280 [16MY]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (see S. 210), S706 [30JA]

———authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (see S. 343), S1462 [15FE]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 550), S2388 [15MR] (see H.R. 2335), H3711 [27JN]

———provide periodic Indian needs assessments and Federal Indian program evaluations (see S. 502), S2117 [9MR]

———provide training and technical assistance for commercial vehicle driving careers (see S. 1344), S8705 [2AU]

———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]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Federal public benefits to individuals who were participants in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 1910), H2334 [17MY]

New York, NY: tribute to the New York City public school community during and after the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and support Federal assistance to New York City public schools (see H. Res. 325), H10909 [19DE]

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

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (see H.R. 554), H258 [12FE]

———establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H.R. 554), consideration (see H. Res. 36), H324 [13FE]

Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring: reauthorize (see H.R. 2589), H4427 [23JY]

Older Americans Act: Elderly Nutrition Programs anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H4634 [25JY]

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

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see S. 378), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 2015), H2847 [25MY]

Power resources: assist municipalities and local communities to explore and determine options for the alternative provision of electricity and to create new public power systems (see H.R. 2233), H3259 [19JN]

———establish loan guarantee program for renewable energy source facilities (see H.R. 2774), H5335 [2AU]

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

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

———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 housing: repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 2493), H4008 [12JY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Puerto Rico: Nutritional Assistance Program funding (see H.R. 3405), H8948 [5DE]

Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program: implementation (see H.R. 517), H223 [7FE]

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

Rural areas: provide job creation and assistance (see H.R. 2400), H3804 [28JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see S. 1299), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 3224), H7718 [1NO]

———provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H1113 [22MR]

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]

———establish pilot program to underwrite costs of initial foreign patent applications by participants in Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs (see S. 1323), S8704 [2AU]

———expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 2538), H4112 [17JY]

———make grants and loans to small businesses and agricultural enterprises to enable them to reopen after natural or other disasters (see H.R. 540), H253 [8FE] (see H.R. 748), H441 [27FE]

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

———make loans to any small business concern that suffers substantial economic injury (see H.R. 3350), H8420 [27NO]

Schools: establish a grant program to promote emotional and social development and school readiness (see H.R. 2636), H4633 [25JY]

———prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see S. 745), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 2129), H3066 [12JN]

———provide for national digital school districts (see S. 1337), S8704 [2AU]

Selective Service System: eliminate requirement for students to register in order to receive Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 1921), H2387 [21MY]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: increase amount paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty (see H.R. 1015), H927 [14MR]

Ships and vessels: establish an assistance program for families of maritime disaster victims (see H.R. 2228), H3259 [19JN]

Small business: provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of electricity (see S. 408), S1616 [27FE]

———provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (see S. 295), S1218 [8FE] (see H.R. 1010), H876 [13MR]

———provide for growth and worker assistance (see S. 1507), S10287 [4OC]

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

———allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 2610), H4539 [24JY]

———application of employment criteria under management contracts for certain mental health facilities (see H.R. 3147), H6919 [16OC]

———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]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 484), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 1909), H2334 [17MY]

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

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

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

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

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see S. 1014), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2036), H2847 [25MY]

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

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

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

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

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (see S. 1503), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 2873), H5487 [10SE]

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

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

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program (see S. 770), S3852 [24AP]

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

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see S. 501), S2071 [8MR] (see H.R. 956), H826 [8MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1485 (see H.R. 1470), H1495 [4AP]

———strengthen working families by improving responsible fatherhood and child support programs and expanding certain tax credits, block grants, and child care programs (see S. 685), S3340 [3AP]

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

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

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

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

———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 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]

———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]

———designate lower Manhattan as an empowerment zone authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act (see H.R. 3168), H7308 [24OC]

———establish incentives to improve the quality of child care and expand alternatives for families with children (see H.R. 253), H108 [30JA]

———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]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 905), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 1076), H954 [15MR]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 1076), consideration (see H. Res. 146), H2679 [23MY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H3258 [19JN]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2410), H3804 [28JN]

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

———provide disaster relief for homeowners (see H.R. 2176), H3201 [14JN]

———provide economic relief to farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 882), H648 [6MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 1791), S12772 [10DE] (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 for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3402), H8842 [4DE]

———provide incentives to businesses that rebuild and invest in lower Manhattan (see H.R. 3373), H8731 [29NO]

———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]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H1482 (see H.R. 1401), H1492 [4AP]

———treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (see S. 132), S101 [22JA]

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

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

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning (see S. 1056), S6318 [14JN]

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

Territories: increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (see H.R. 2826), H5338 [2AU]

Terrorism: expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1422), S9395 [13SE] (see H.R. 2882), H5615 [13SE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (see S. 680), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 247), H108 [30JA]

———authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), consideration (see H. Res. 93), H1010 (see H. Res. 93), H1012 [20MR]

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]

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

21st Century Community Learning Centers Act: include public libraries (see H.R. 323), H162 [31JA]

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

———eligibility for compensation for individuals leaving employment relative to victimization by sexual harassment or loss of child care (see H.R. 592), H323 [13FE]

———expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage (see H.R. 3471), H10054 [12DE]

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

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

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

Urban areas: development of municipally-owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 994), H875 [13MR]

———promote an urban agenda (see S. 23), S98 [22JA]

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]

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

———improve automobile assistance program for disabled veterans (see H.R. 2769), H5335 [2AU]

———improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 801), H507 [28FE]

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

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 1114), S6991 [27JN] (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 310), H9239 [11DE]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 442), H220 [7FE]

———prevent contributions to GI bill benefits from reducing Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 745), H441 [27FE]

———restore promised educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill to Vietnam-era veterans (see S. 1095), S6862 [25JN]

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (see S. 42), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 491), H222 [7FE] (see H. Res. 229), H5338 [2AU]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see S. 410), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 1875), H2280 [16MY] (see H.R. 3193), H7591 [31OC]

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act: use of certain grant funds to provide parental education (see H.R. 431), H219 [7FE]

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

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

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

Weather: extend benefits of the weatherization assistance program to Puerto Rico (see H.R. 3241), H7909 [7NO]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 1249), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2670), H4779 [27JY]

———provide grants for Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners programs (see S. 1391), S8911 [3AU]

Workforce Investment Act: establish national emergency grant program to respond to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3112), H6780 [12OC]

———expand flexibility of customized training (see H.R. 2065), H2888 [5JN]

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]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S3975 [26AP], S4061 [1MY]

Comments

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

Cost Estimates

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

Health centers program and National Health Service Corps reauthorization and Healthy Communities Access Program establishment to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533): CBO, S11281-S11283 [31OC]

Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act (S. 295): CBO, S2910 [26MR]

Explanations

Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Funding, H6654 [11OC]

Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act (H.R. 1291): House Amendment to Senate Amendments (H. Res. 310), H9136-H9143 [11DE]

Factsheets

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

Children's Dental Health Improvement Act (S. 1626), S11384 [1NO]

How Is Agriculture Affected by the Drought, S8878 [3AU]

Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act (S. 1741), S12109 [28NO]

Principles for Economic Stimulus, S11318 [1NO]

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

Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act (H.R. 3335), E2116 [16NO]

Histories

Sugar Price Support Program, H2952 [6JN]

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]

Agriculture conservation programs funding: Carl B. Loop, Jr., Florida Farm Bureau Federation, H6314 [4OC]

Agriculture funding, S3370 [4AP]

———Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S3371 [4AP]

———Senator Crapo, S3374 [4AP]

———several agricultural organizations, S3371 [4AP]

———several Senators, S3373 [4AP]

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]

Assistance for aviation employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures: Carol B. Hallett, Air Transport Association, S10353 [9OC]

———several State Governors, S10353 [9OC]

Better Education for Students and Teachers Act: Jan Resseger and Dave Brown, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, S4202 [3MY]

———Jim Hodges and Bob Taft, National Governors' Association, S4203 [3MY]

———several organizations, S4202 [3MY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S3887 [25AP]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conservation programs funding: Mark Van Putten, National Wildlife Federation, S8859 [3AU]

Continue certain agricultural programs: Larry B. Wooten, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, S11676 [13NO]

Continue certain agriculture programs: several agricultural organizations, S10877 [23OC]

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

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

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

District of Columbia needle exchange programs: A. Cornelius Baker, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., S11513 [7NO]

———Michael Kelly, District of Columbia Housing Authority, S11513 [7NO]

———Mohammad N. Akhter, American Public Health Association, S11513 [7NO]

———Paola Barahona, Prevention Works (organization), S11514 [7NO]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Farm Security Act: Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), E1839 [10OC]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1839 [10OC]

———several organizations, E1816-E1818 [5OC]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOME Investment Partnerships program funding: several State and local government and nonprofit community development organizations, H4697 [26JY]

Impact of proposed changes to Federal dairy system on California: William J. Lyons, Jr., California Dept. of Food and Agriculture, S12413 [5DE]

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

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

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

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

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding: Richard Spring, Webberville School District, Manchester, MI, S4199 [3MY]

Limit price support payments to agricultural producers: Representative Nick Smith, H6102 [2OC], H6230 [3OC], H6376 [4OC]

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]

Mark-to-Market Extension Act: Denise B. Muba, National Leased Housing Association, H5952 [24SE]

———George C. Caruso, National Affordable Housing Management Association, H5953 [24SE]

———Katherine E. Doddridge, National Association of Home Builders, H5952 [24SE]

———Michael Bodaken, National Housing Trust (nonprofit organization), H5952 [24SE]

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

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

Native American Small Business Development Act: Bobby Whitefeather, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, E2247 [10DE]

NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act: Antonio Flores, Gerald Gipp, and Henry Ponder, Alliance for Equity in Higher Education, S1707 [28FE]

———Henry Ponder, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, S1707 [28FE]

———James Shanley, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, S1707 [28FE]

———John W. Cheek, National Indian Education Association, S1707 [28FE]

Nutrition programs funding: Katherine J. Gorton, American Dietetic Association, S8859 [3AU]

Prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs: Jenny Dorman, S3756 [6AP]

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

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

Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding: Terri Hamilton Brown, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, E1478 [31JY]

Put Our Children First Resolution: Clarice J. Kestenbaum, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, H8085 [13NO]

———Eileen McCaffrey, Orphan Foundation of America, H8084 [13NO]

———Kathleen Connolly, Save the Children (organization), H8084 [13NO]

———Libby K. Nealis, National Association of School Psychologists, H8084 [13NO]

———Michael M. Faenza, National Mental Health Association, H8084 [13NO]

———Paramjit Joshi, Children's National Medical Center, H8084 [13NO]

———Shay Bilchik, Child Welfare League of America, Inc., H8085 [13NO]

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

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

Repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs: Lawrence J. Dyckman, GAO, H6407-H6409 [5OC]

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]

SBA loan assistance programs funding: Agnes Noonan, Association of Women's Business Centers, S3659 [6AP]

———Andrea C. Silbert, Association of Women's Business Centers, S3659 [6AP]

———Anthony R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Inc., S3658 [6AP]

———Charmian Rosales, S3659 [6AP]

———Donald T. Wilson, Association of Small Business Development Centers, S3658 [6AP]

———Independent Community Bankers of America, S3658 [6AP]

———Maritza Rivera, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, S3658 [6AP]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance payments to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty: Alex J. Harrington, Non-Commissioned Officers Association, E975 [25MY]

———Dennis C. Cullinan, VFW, E975 [25MY]

———Gary K. Aronhalt, Virginia Sec. of Public Safety, E974 [25MY]

———Jayson L. Spiegel, Reserve Officers Association, E975 [25MY]

———John A. Shaud, Air Force Association, E974 [25MY]

———Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, E975 [25MY]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., E975 [25MY]

———Richard C. Alexander, National Guard Association of the U.S., E974 [25MY]

———Robert C. Evans, National Order of Battlefield Commissions, E975 [25MY]

Small business assistance programs funding: Agnes Noonan, WESST Corp., S3830 [24AP]

———Andrea C. Silbert, Association of Women's Business Centers, S3830 [24AP]

———Anthony R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Inc., S3829 [24AP]

———Donald T. Wilson, Association of Small Business Development Centers, S3830 [24AP]

———Independent Community Bankers of America, S3830 [24AP]

———Maritza Rivera, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, S3830 [24AP]

Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act: Senator Kerry, S1227 [8FE]

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

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

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

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

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

———several Senators, S4833 [10MY]

Travel and tourism aid to certain businesses that have been affected by the terrorist attacks: Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Carlson Cos., S13674 [19DE]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act: Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S12677 [7DE]

Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act: Artie Muller, Rolling Thunder, Inc., S11553 [7NO]

———Richard B. Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization, S11553 [7NO]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, S11552 [7NO]

Veterans Opportunities Act: Alex J. Harrington, Non Commissioned Officers Association, H1134 [27MR]

———Jayson L. Spiegel, Reserve Officers Association, H1135 [27MR]

———John A. Shaud, Air Force Association, H1134 [27MR]

———Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, H1134 [27MR]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., H1135 [27MR]

———Rachel A. Clinkscale, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., H1134 [27MR]

———Representative Crenshaw, H1133 [27MR]

———Representatives Jo Ann Davis, Cantor, Schrock, and Putnam, H1134 [27MR]

———Richard C. Alexander, National Guard Association of the U.S., H1134 [27MR]

———Robert C. Evans, National Order of Battlefield Commissions, H1135 [27MR]

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

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

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

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

Lists

Cities concerned with rail crossings and rail line relocation, S11190 [30OC]

Components to amend H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12040 [27NO]

Cosponsors of S. 1499, American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act, S12046 [27NO]

Hospitals eligible for disaster assistance under S. 1708, Parity in Emergency Preparedness and Response Act, S11943 [15NO]

Organizations opposing H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4256 [19JY]

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

Supporters of S. 1499, American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act, S13927 [20DE]

Memorandums

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

Politics After the Attack—A Report on Democracy Corps' New National Survey and Focus Groups: Democracy Corps (organization), S13890 [20DE]

Messages

Faith-Based and Community Groups Initiatives: President Bush, S705 [30JA], H87 [30JA]

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]

Education: make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), H7730 [6NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3974 [26AP]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7280 [24OC]

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

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

Petitions and memorials

National League of Cities: respond to surge in steel imports, E2409 [20DE]

Poems

``Fence or an Ambulance,'' Joseph Malins, S4386 [4MY]

Press releases

Better Education for Students and Teachers Act: several organizations, S4203 [3MY]

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]

Questions and answers

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

Remarks in House

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: allow peanut producers to obtain marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments through an approved marketing association of peanut producers or the Farm Service Agency, H6225 [3OC]

———comply with certain foreign trade agreements by limiting marketing gain loans and deficiency payments to certain producers, H6343, H6344 [4OC]

———conservation programs funding, H6264, H6299-H6325 [4OC], H6409 [5OC], E1842 [10OC]

———consideration of Class I milk price differentials in calculating price supports for dairy products, H6361-H6364 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6069, H6071, H6102-H6104 [2OC], H6166, H6170-H6237, H6238 [3OC], H6264, H6266-H6376 [4OC], H6407-H6411, H6414 [5OC], H7783 [6NO], H9020 [6DE], E1777 [2OC], E1816, E1818, E1819, E1823, E1825, E1826 [5OC], E1839, E1842 [10OC], E1855, E1860, E1887 [12OC], E2180 [29NO]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration (H. Res. 248), H6167-H6170 [3OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), corrections in engrossment, H6411 [5OC]

———continue eligibility of producers for loan deficiency payments when the producers produce a contract commodity, H3907, H3908 [11JY]

———crop insurance coverage for losses due to plant viruses and diseases and loan eligibility for producers who suffer such losses (H.R. 1249), H1278 [28MR]

———farm subsidy programs funding, H6103 [2OC]

———Federal farm policies, H988 [20MR], H2929 [6JN], H2960 [7JN], H3123 [13JN], H3505-H3511 [25JN], H8571 [29NO], E1222 [27JN]

———funding, H1164, H1165, H1169 [27MR], H1204, H1209, H1234, H1236, H1239, H1250 [28MR], H2036 [9MY]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses, H6273 [4OC]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (H.R. 1093), H1089 [22MR]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (H.R. 2402), E1251-E1253 [29JN]

———increase volume limit on milk for which producers may receive price support benefits, H6359 [4OC]

———limit price support payments to producers, H6102 [2OC], H6230-H6234 [3OC]

———price supports for dairy products, H6358-H6364 [4OC]

———price supports for peanuts, H6182 [3OC], H6355, H6356 [4OC]

———price supports for sugar, H6071, H6103 [2OC], H6166 [3OC], H6327-H6342, H6375 [4OC]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers, H8080 [13NO]

———repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs, H6407 [5OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3505 [25JN], H3526, H3533-H3539 [26JN]

———small and disadvantaged farmers outreach programs and capacity building at land-grant colleges funding, H3901-H3903 [11JY]

———study effect of farm program payments on the economic viability of rice producers, H6228 [3OC]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, H3008 [12JN], H3830 [10JY], H3872 [11JY]

Armed Forces: 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 Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs, H1238 [28MR], H4703, H4704 [26JY]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (H.R. 320), E85 [31JA], E107 [6FE]

———restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (H.R. 3240), H8118, H8119 [13NO], E2025 [7NO], E2119 [16NO]

Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures, H5899, H5909-H5915, H5922 [21SE], H5978 [25SE], H6265 [4OC], E1715 [25SE], E1745 [26SE], E1784 [3OC], E1823 [5OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (H.R. 2946), H6105-H6111 [2OC], E1712 [24SE], E1787 [3OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (H.R. 2955), H6104, H6111, H6112 [2OC], H7120 [17OC], H7234 [24OC], H7618, H7621 [1NO], E1738 [25SE], E1787 [3OC]

Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform: establish (H.R. 14), E1 [3JA]

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: tribute, H114 [31JA]

Bush, President: proposal to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, H88 [30JA], H135 [31JA], H2893 [6JN], H3452-H3463 [21JN], E64 [30JA], E1089 [13JN]

Buy American Act: compliance, H6229, H6230 [3OC]

California: implement program to increase water yield and environmental benefits, improve water system reliability, quality, use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection (H.R. 1985), E941 [24MY]

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

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (H.R. 1990), H3946 [11JY], E936 [24MY]

———Federal aid programs funding, H1225 [28MR]

———give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H6652, H6653, H6688 [11OC]

———give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 228), H5635 [14SE], H5738, H5865 [20SE], H6880 [16OC], H7391, H7406-H7412 [30OC], H7887-H7894 [7NO], H8081-H8087 [13NO], H8138 [14NO], H9325 [12DE]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (H.R. 2097), E1055 [7JN]

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

Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century: extend and make technical corrections to legislation governing the Commission (H.R. 1850), H5948, H5949 [24SE]

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

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]

Computers: provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (H.R. 346), E78 [31JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow Puerto Rico and American Samoa to upgrade data processing systems used to provide food assistance and eligibility determinations, H6228 [3OC]

———allow spouses to be counted as producers relative to limitation on price support payments, H3829 [10JY], H3873, H3908, H3929 [11JY]

———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]

———ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims, H8233 [15NO]

———ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims (H.R. 2676), H9327 [12DE]

———ensure minority farmers receive equitable treatment and services, E1819 [5OC]

———Hispanic-serving institutions education grants program funding, H3903, H3904 [11JY]

———payment of disaster assistance to onion farmers in Orange County, NY, H3875 [11JY]

———provide loan assistance to agricultural producers experiencing increased energy costs (H.R. 478), H188 [6FE], H3537 [26JN]

———provide loan assistance to poultry farmers experiencing increased energy costs (H.R. 301), H132 [31JA]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (H.R. 2081), H2949 [6JN], E1034 [6JN]

———require report on price supports and effects of import quotas and tariffs applied to protect agricultural commodities, H3906 [11JY]

———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]

———senior citizen meal programs funding through reductions in agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments, H3909-H3911 [11JY]

———sunset of Farm Service Agency direct loan programs, H6326 [4OC]

———WIC program funding, H3756 [28JN]

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

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

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

———reliance of military families on food stamps, H5773 [20SE]

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

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs, H2309 [17MY]

———provide student loan relief to students who are relocated or called up to active military duty, or directly affected by terrorist attacks, E1854 [11OC]

———Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Program funding, E1202 [26JN]

———Troops-to-Teachers Program funding, H2312 [17MY]

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

Dept. of HUD: authorize grants for the conversion of certain commercial property into low-income assisted living for seniors, H4695, H4696 [26JY]

———Community Development Block Grant funding, H4823, H4824 [30JY]

———facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), E1719 [25SE]

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

———homeless prevention programs funding through reductions in home ownership downpayment assistance and administrative expenses, H4710-H4713 [26JY]

———Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS Program funding, H1744 [2MY]

———housing programs funding, H3293, H3301 [20JN], H4671, H4673, H4674, H4677 [26JY]

———Office of Multifamily Assisted Housing and Assistance Restructuring funding and audit, H10930 [20DE]

———Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development funding, H4759 [27JY]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (H.R. 888), E291 [6MR]

———Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program and home ownership downpayment assistance, H4730-H4742 [27JY]

———remove restriction on use of certain HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds for home ownership downpayment assistance, H4727-H4730, H4734, H4735 [27JY]

———Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE) Program funding through reductions in Public Housing Capital Fund, H4705-H4707 [26JY]

———section 8 housing vouchers programs funding, H4742, H4743 [27JY], H4821 [30JY]

Dept. of Justice: Save-A-Friend National Hotline Program funding, E2151 [28NO]

Dept. of Labor: Job Corps funding, H10438 [19DE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance for the maintenance of gravesites of former U.S. Presidents (H.R. 2806), E1543 [3AU]

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

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

Dept. of Transportation: provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (H.R. 2029), E973 [25MY]

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

———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]

———make service dogs available to disabled veterans and make various other improvements in health care benefits (H.R. 2792), H7143, H7147 [23OC], E1532 [3AU]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (H.R. 2540), H4870, H4896-H4906 [31JY], H9121-H9124 [11DE], E2269 [13DE]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans, H4903, H4904 [31JY]

———revise effective date for award of disability compensation for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation (H.R. 290), E60 [30JA]

———revise effective date for certain awards of dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of Vietnam era veterans (H.R. 545), E146 [8FE]

———Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4842-H4844 [30JY], E1485 [1AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: section 8 housing vouchers programs and veterans' extended care facilities funding through reductions in home ownership downpayment assistance, H4696-H4700 [26JY]

Disasters: improve predisaster mitigation and reform disaster assistance programs relative to repetitively damaged properties, H1667 [1MY]

District of Columbia: prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H9051, H9052 [6DE]

Downey, CA: NASA property transfer, H7953 [8NO]

Drug abuse: Dept. of Justice grant to ``Race Against Drugs'' substance abuse prevention education program, H79 [30JA]

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

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

Economy: provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost (H.R. 3341), H8556 [28NO]

Education: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2398 [22MY], H2576, H2577-H2579 [23MY], H10096 [13DE]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, H2606 [23MY]

———assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (H.R. 958), E330 [8MR]

———ease the ability of disadvantaged communities to apply for grants under the 21st Century Learning Centers Program, H2620 [23MY]

———establish comprehensive early childhood education programs and early childhood education staff development programs (H.R. 1118), H1097 [22MR]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, H2598-H2603 [23MY]

———funding, H7916-H7918 [8NO]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children, H2396, H2403 [22MY], H2574, H2580, H2581 [23MY]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), H1360-H1362 [3AP]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), Senate amendment, H7730-H7732 [6NO]

———Pell Grant Program funding, H3344 [20JN], H6632 [11OC]

———Pell Grant Program funding (H.R. 589), E161 [13FE]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs, H2301 [17MY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies to pay one-half of salaries of teachers who use approved sabbatical leave for a course of study to improve their classroom teaching (H.R. 1119), E395 [20MR]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (S. 340), E430 [22MR]

———repeal tuition-sensitivity provision in Pell Grant eligibility, H6643, H6644 [11OC]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H2589-H2596 [23MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2308 [17MY], H2418 [22MY]

———amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies, H4365 [20JY]

———amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (H.R. 1716), H1937 [8MY], E719 [3MY], E733 [4MY]

———extend programs and activities, H2064 [9MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), H1609 [26AP]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, H2308, H2309 [17MY], H2419 [22MY]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board: guaranteeing of emergency loan to LTV Corp., E2408 [20DE]

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (H.R. 187), E5 [3JA]

Erie County, PA: waive loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains for certain producers, H6234, H6235 [3OC]

Executive Office of the President: establishment of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, H88 [30JA], H135 [31JA], E64 [30JA]

Eximbank: funding, H4447, H4448 [24JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), H10459 [19DE]

FEC: State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4610-H4614 [25JY], E1485 [1AU]

FEMA: disaster relief funding, H3282-H3289, H3301, H3323, H3340-H3342, H3346, H3347 [20JN], H3970, H3972-H3979 [12JY], H4364, H4365, H4369 [20JY], H4654-H4656, H4670, H4675 [26JY], H4823, H4824 [30JY]

———make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (H.R. 827), H979 [20MR]

———Project Impact funding, H629, H630 [6MR], H751 [8MR], H3521 [26JN], H4834-H4837 [30JY]

FHA: prohibit raising multifamily housing mortgage insurance premiums to an amount greater than cost, H4851, H4852 [30JY]

———prohibit raising multifamily housing mortgage insurance premiums to an amount greater than cost through reductions in Dept. of HUD Operation Safe Home program, H4853-H4855 [30JY]

Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act: funding, H751 [8MR]

Floods: disaster assistance to Houston, TX, H3330 [20JN], H4670, H4675, H4676, H4679 [26JY]

Food: purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy persons (H.R. 2185), E1111 [14JN]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (H.R. 2142), H3511-H3514 [25JN], E1164, E1168 [20JN], E1216 [26JN]

Government: reduce wasteful spending, H3469 [25JN]

Guam: Compact and Impact Aid funding relative to unrestricted migration with Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, H3128 [13JN], H7106 [17OC]

———earthquake, H6788 [16OC]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1389), H1354 [3AP]

Health: provide insurance for uninsured individuals, H1587 [25AP], H1704, H1705, H1706, H1707 [1MY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), E2262 [12DE]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, H1273, H1274, H1276, H1278 [28MR]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H10887-H10891 [19DE], H10937, H10938 [20DE], E2400 [20DE]

———make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (H.R. 2781), E1555 [3AU]

Hispanic Americans: health care issues, H1705 [1MY], H3238-H3244 [19JN]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth, H2404 [22MY], H10091 [13DE]

———educational assistance for children and youth (H.R. 623), H710 [7MR], E191 [14FE]

Housing: ensure that communities receiving community development block grants use such funds to benefit low- and moderate-income families (H.R. 1191), H1064 [22MR]

———increase FHA multifamily loan limits, H7933, H7936, H7939 [8NO]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (H.R. 674), E176 [14FE]

———reduce the downpayment required by a first-time homebuyer purchasing a home with a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act (H.R. 859), E329 [8MR]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (H.R. 858), E329 [8MR]

Houston, TX: impact of floods, H3028 [12JN], H3438 [21JN]

Hutchinson, KS: natural gas explosions disaster assistance funding, H4695 [26JY]

Ice storms: disaster assistance, H3303, H3305 [20JN]

Immigration: eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (H.R. 2258), H3511-H3514 [25JN], E1159, E1164 [20JN], E1216 [26JN]

———impact of population growth, H2990-H2994 [7JN], H3079 [13JN], H3197-H3199 [14JN], H3705 [27JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H2943-H2949 [6JN], H5387-H5391 [5SE]

———national policy, H2700-H2705 [24MY], H4535-H4537 [24JY], H5327 [2AU], H6248-H6252 [3OC], H6498-H6503 [10OC]

Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (H.R. 2644), E1426 [25JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 659), H906, H907, H912 [14MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 835), H511 [1MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1912), E849 [17MY]

———funding, H1223, H1224, H1247 [28MR], H2306 [17MY], H2403 [22MY], H4124-H4127, H4130 [18JY], H6637, H6638, H6654-H6658 [11OC], H10086, H10097, H10105, H10109-H10111 [13DE], E1083 [13JN]

Insurance: comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations funding, H10433 [19DE]

———Federal matching funds for State unemployment insurance, H8910 [5DE]

———mental health coverage parity, H10435, H10436, H10438, H10441 [19DE]

———provide emergency health coverage assistance, H10821-H10826, H10846-H10848, H10850-H10852, H10858-H10862 [19DE]

———provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals, H8910 [5DE]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 580), E163 [13FE]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile crime prevention funding (H.R. 1393), E914 [23MY]

———juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (H.R. 1900), H5750-H5764 [20SE], E1689, E1695, E1696 [21SE]

———juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (H.R. 1900), unanimous-consent agreement, H5734 [19SE]

Languages: enhance limited English proficiency programs, H2398 [22MY], H2642 [23MY], H10091 [13DE], E992 [26MY], E1012 [5JN], E2352 [20DE]

———prohibit funding to implement Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency, H6673-H6677 [11OC], E1863 [12OC]

———repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (H.R. 969), E323 [8MR]

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]

———funding, H1228 [28MR], H3283, H3324-H3328 [20JN], H3941 [11JY], H6636, H6643 [11OC], H10441 [19DE], E1177 [21JN]

———home heating funding limitations, E841 [17MY]

———study of energy conservation and efficiency efforts by recipients, H4999 [1AU]

Louisiana: impact of floods, H3029 [12JN]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 1741), H10904-H10906 [19DE], E2400 [20DE]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), H637 [6MR]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (H.R. 2701), E1509 [2AU]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (H.R. 2775), E1535 [3AU]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 1604), H1609 [26AP]

Medicare: comprehensive financing for graduate medical education (H.R. 2178), E1115 [14JN]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (H.R. 2220), E1147 [19JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 3585), E2393 [20DE]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (H.R. 3388), E2184 [30NO]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (H.R. 3545), E2344 [20DE]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (H.R. 2346), E1228 [27JN]

———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (H.R. 1928), E871 [21MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: Nursing Home Oversight Improvement Program funding, H6649, H6650 [11OC]

———waive certain nurse aide training requirements (H.R. 1510), E578 [5AP]

Mental health: clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (H.R. 2992), E2146 [28NO]

———provide insurance coverage, H1704 [1MY]

Minorities: impact of economy on minority communities, H8908-H8914 [5DE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (H.R. 3335), E2116 [16NO]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (H.R. 2349), H10142 [13DE]

National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor: establish (H.R. 1687), H1744 [2MY]

National Commission on Mental Health: establish, H296 [13FE]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties, H629 [6MR]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 1428), H1537 [24AP]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 1551), E649 [26AP]

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (H.R. 2594), E1397 [23JY]

———reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (H.R. 1968), E901 [23MY]

National Sexual Assault Awareness Month: designate, H987 [20MR]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 1873), E810 [16MY]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (H.R. 2335), E1223 [27JN]

New York: provide for temporary emergency unemployment assistance, H8529-H8536 [28NO]

New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, H7912 [8NO], H8188 [15NO], H8433, H8437-H8440, H8473, H8540-H8547 [28NO], E2174 [29NO]

———provide tax incentives for economic recovery, H7226 [24OC]

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H.R. 554), H330-H334 [14FE]

———establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H.R. 554), consideration (H. Res. 36), H329, H330 [14FE]

———establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H.R. 554), unanimous-consent agreement, H278 [13FE]

Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring: reauthorize (H.R. 2589), H5949-H5955, H5961 [24SE]

Older Americans Act: Elderly Nutrition Programs anniversary (H. Con. Res. 199), E1472 [30JY]

Parks and recreation areas: provide grants to States to improve safety at public playgrounds (H.R. 2159), E1093 [13JN]

Power resources: decrease dependence of foreign petroleum through enhancement of alternative, renewable, domestic agricultural sources, H6370, H6371 [4OC]

———energy assistance funding, H1221, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1226 [28MR]

Public housing: repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service, H4844, H4845 [30JY], E1549 [3AU]

Public welfare programs: expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (H.R. 2166), E1092 [13JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3113), H8402 [27NO]

Puerto Rico: Nutritional Assistance Program funding, H6187 [3OC]

Rural areas: provide job creation and assistance (H.R. 2400), E1251-E1253 [29JN]

———rural development programs funding, H6069 [2OC], H6238 [3OC], H6348-H6352 [4OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (H.R. 3224), E1991 [2NO]

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]

———expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (H.R. 2538), H8856-H8860 [5DE], E2220, E2223 [7DE], E2247 [10DE]

———funding, H4083 [17JY], E1373 [19JY]

———loan and technical assistance programs funding through reductions in Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State administrative accounts, H4142-H4147, H4201 [18JY]

———make loans to any small business concern that suffers substantial economic injury (H.R. 3350), E2297 [14DE]

———small business investment companies programs funding, H4159 [18JY]

Schools: provide access to organic and whole foods in school breakfast and lunch programs, H3763, H3764 [28JN]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: increase amount paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty, H2894 [6JN], E974 [25MY]

Small business: assistance programs funding, H1199 [28MR]

Social Security: application of employment criteria under management contracts for certain mental health facilities (H.R. 3147), E1897 [16OC]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (H.R. 1909), E844 [17MY]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (H.R. 2036), E988 [26MY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, H1703, H1704 [1MY]

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (H.R. 2873), H8088-H8094 [13NO], E1622 [10SE]

———reform, H3005 [12JN], E983 [25MY]

Steel Loan Guarantee Program: funding, H4082 [17JY]

Taxation: Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative funding, H4588 [25JY]

———establish incentives to improve the quality of child care and expand alternatives for families with children (H.R. 253), E80 [31JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 1076), H3079, H3080, H3137-H3141 [13JN], H3183 [14JN]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (H.R. 2219), H3232 [19JN]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2410), E1262 [29JN]

———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 for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks, H10115-H10141 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks (H.R. 3402), E2197 [4DE]

———provide incentives to businesses that rebuild and invest in lower Manhattan (H.R. 3373), E2175 [29NO]

———treatment of property tax reduction vouchers received by senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work (H.R. 925), E302 [7MR]

———treatment of welfare recipients performing unpaid work relative to the earned income tax credit (H.R. 593), E163 [13FE]

Territories: economic assistance relative to unemployment, Medicaid, and other Federal programs, H7259 [24OC], H10178 [18DE]

Terrorism: expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2882), H5598-H5604 [13SE], E1650, E1659, E1663 [14SE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), H1075-H1086 [22MR]

———authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), consideration (H. Res. 93), H1068-H1074 [22MR]

———authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 247), corrections in engrossment, H1086 [22MR]

Transportation: establish low-income gasoline assistance program (H.R. 2427), E1270 [29JN]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H8232 [15NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 3022), E1809 [5OC]

———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]

Veterans: health care and housing programs funding, H2961 [7JN]

———improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), H1126-H1137 [27MR], H1263, H1280 [28MR], H2687-H2692 [24MY], H2894 [6JN], E246 [28FE], E261 [1MR], E974 [25MY]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), H3211, H3212-H3220 [19JN], E1190 [25JN], E2269 [13DE], E2299 [14DE], E2365 [20DE]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 310), H9128-H9149 [11DE]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans, H9148 [11DE]

———prioritization of veterans programs funding relative to war on terrorism and economic recovery, H7834 [6NO]

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (H.R. 491), H1460 [4AP], E134 [7FE]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (H.R. 1875), E813 [16MY]

———expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (H.R. 3193), H7559 [31OC]

———funding, H987, H1003 [20MR], H1065 [22MR], E403 [20MR]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H8252 [16NO], H9264-H9308 [12DE], E2300, E2306, E2312 [14DE], E2387 [20DE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), consideration (H. Res. 311), H9254-H9264 [12DE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), motion to recommit, H9303-H9307 [12DE]

Wisconsin: tribute to flood relief volunteers and organizations, H2658 [23MY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 2670), E1972 [31OC]

———provide health care and reform insurance procedures for low-income women, H909, H910, H913 [14MR]

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, S10877-S10879 [23OC], S11424 [5NO], S11988-S11990 [16NO]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S10356 [9OC], S10412 [10OC], S10776 [16OC], S10779 [17OC]

———continue certain programs (S. 1673), S11675-S11677 [13NO], S11783 [14NO]

———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]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (S. 294), S1225 [8FE], S1266 [13FE]

———farm subsidy programs funding, S12828 [11DE]

———Federal farm policies, S1920 [7MR], S8881 [3AU], S10412 [10OC], S10824-S10826 [18OC]

———funding, S3327-S3332 [3AP], S3363-S3376, S3421 [4AP], S11672 [13NO]

———increase loan rates for marketing assistance loans for certain crops and make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available to producers of certain crops (S. 165), S532-S534 [24JA]

———increase loan rates for marketing assistance loans for certain crops and make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available to producers of certain crops (S. 977), S5711 [25MY]

———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]

———price supports for dairy products, S12834-S12842 [11DE]

———price supports for peanuts, S12420-S12422, S12434 [5DE], S13449 [18DE]

———price supports for sugar beets, S11086 [25OC]

———provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists (S. 1519), S10395 [9OC], S12987 [11DE]

———provide farmers with better prices and higher profits by increasing loan rates, establishing commodity and humanitarian food reserves, and setting up a renewable energy reserve (S. 1629), S11438, S11442 [5NO]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers, S11066-S11070 [25OC]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers (S. 1018), S6137 [12JN]

———provide payments to dairy producers relative to Class I milk prices, S13268 [14DE]

———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]

Armed Forces: enhance the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 1517), S10392 [9OC]

———facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (S. 1088), S6666 [22JN], S12677, S12746-S12752 [7DE]

———facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (S. 1088), unanimous-consent request, S12394-S12396 [5DE]

———permit the transfer of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 937), S5547 [23MY]

Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures, S10137 [3OC], S10352-S10355 [9OC], S10433, S10436-S10439, S10441-S10446, S10475 [10OC], S10489, S10493-S10500, S10503-S10510, S10515, S10517, S10546 [11OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (S. 1454), S9956 [1OC]

Better Education for Students and Teachers Act: appropriation of funds authorized for elementary and secondary education, S6186-S6194 [13JN]

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: anniversary, S10977 [24OC]

Bush, President: proposal to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, S701 [30JA], S7326 [9JY]

California: implement program to increase water yield and environmental benefits, improve water system reliability, quality, use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection (S. 976), S5710 [25MY]

Census: use of sampling to determine populations in States for purposes of congressional redistricting and distribution of Federal aid, S2115 [9MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability relative to railroad industry contract carriage agreements and spur track contamination in the transport of hazardous waste, S3905 [25AP]

———eco-industrial parks development projects, S3901 [25AP]

———Economic Development Administration and Dept. of HUD brownfield redevelopment programs funding, S3906, S3907 [25AP]

———eligibility of certain petroleum contaminated sites for brownfield cleanup funding, S3904 [25AP]

———eligibility of sites contaminated by cattle dipping vats for brownfield cleanup funding, S3906 [25AP]

———eligiblity of Alaska native corporations for brownfields redevelopment funding, S3906 [25AP]

———eligiblity of Indian Tribes for brownfield redevelopment in cases where contamination migrates across State lines, S3907 [25AP]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S1481-S1491 [15FE], S2379 [15MR], S3773 [23AP], S3797, S3798 [24AP], S3868, S3869, S3879-S3912 [25AP], S3980 [26AP], S4019 [30AP], S14064 [20DE]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), unanimous-consent agreement, S3877 [25AP]

———provide mechanism for citizens to request State officials to assess potential brownfields, S3905, S3906 [25AP]

———purchase of environmental insurance for brownfield site characterization, assessment, and cleanup, S3905 [25AP]

———require consultation with States prior to enforcement actions based on new information relative to cleanup and reuse of brownfields, S3904, S3906 [25AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (S. 1626), S11380-S11386 [1NO]

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (S. 940), S5549 [23MY]

———Federal aid programs funding, S2890 [26MR], S3488, S3489, S3519 [5AP]

———improve access to books and other reading materials and resources, S4195 [3MY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 1000), S5979 [7JN]

———provide assistance to local education agencies to reduce and prevent underage drinking, S4385, S4386 [4MY]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Head Start programs and WIC (S. 1469), S9877, S9879 [26SE]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1471), S9877, S9879 [26SE]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (S. 634), S3001 [27MR]

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]

Compassion Capital Fund: funding, S11546 [7NO]

Conservation Reserve Program: require State consent prior to implementation of water conservation program, S13032-S13034 [12DE]

———strike water conservation program, S13020-S13032 [12DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a study on national dairy policy, S12834-S12842 [11DE]

———extend and improve working lands and other conservation programs (S. 1326), S8742-S8744 [2AU]

———payment of disaster assistance to farmers, S1920 [7MR], S13857 [20DE]

———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]

———provide payments to producers of forage crops for losses due to army worms, S8502 [1AU]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (S. 1652), S11561 [7NO]

———review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers, S13035 [12DE], S13080-S13087, S13091 [13DE]

Dept. of Commerce: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 414), S1705 [28FE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to develop, implement, and strengthen U.S. history education programs, S1455 [15FE], S4808-S4812 [10MY]

———Hispanic educational programs funding, S11348, S11349 [1NO]

———Hispanic-serving institutions education grants program funding, S11345, S11346, S11348 [1NO]

———provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (S. 461), S1899 [6MR]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, S5918-S5922 [7JN]

———support access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes, S4919 [15MY]

———TRIO Programs funding, S11346, S11347 [1NO]

———Troops-to-Teachers Program funding, S13337, S13339 [17DE]

———U.S. history education programs funding, S3663 [6AP]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (S. 1878), S13966 [20DE]

———Healthy Start Program funding, S11345 [1NO]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1390), S8966 [3AU]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit use of Federal funds to assist State-developed low-income housing in New York and Massachusetts, S8673 [2AU]

———Public Housing Drug Elimination Program gun buyback initiatives funding, S8643-S8645, S8647-S8653, S8655, S8656 [2AU]

Dept. of Justice: State and local law enforcement assistance programs funding, S3645 [6AP]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1848), S13701-S13704 [19DE]

Dept. of Transportation: distribution of transportation revenue aligned budget authority to Federal-aid highway programs, S12333, S12337 [4DE]

———GAO report on alleged discrimination in the Disadvantaged Business Enerprises Program, S7078 [28JN]

———provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (S. 948), S5621 [24MY], S11190 [30OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 612), S2898 [26MR]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (H.R. 2540), S11871 [15NO], S13930 [20DE]

———seek SSA assistance in providing outreach to veterans, their dependants, and their survivors (S. Res. 152), S8974 [3AU]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include disasters caused by Federal actions within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (S. 1384), S8958 [3AU]

Disasters: ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance, S13902, S14030 [20DE]

———ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance (S. 1708), S11943 [15NO]

Diseases: establish a national registry and improve the treatment for persons affected by Spina Bifida, S8671 [2AU]

District of Columbia: needle exchange programs funding, S12583 [7DE]

———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, S11507-S11515 [7NO]

Earthquakes: disaster assistance to Washington, S1736 [1MR]

———provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (S. 424), S1754-S1757 [1MR]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (S. 1153), S7204, S7205 [29JN]

———promote brownfields redevelopment in urban and rural areas and spur community revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas (S. 1078), S6607-S6611 [21JN]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 1079), S6607-S6611 [21JN]

———water and waste disposal facility projects in rural areas funding, S3664 [6AP]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: emergency designation relative to enforcement of budget caps, S11748, S11752, S11757-S11762, S11768, S11782 [14NO]

Economy: provide for excellence in economic education, S4984, S4985 [16MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (S. 1732), S12059 [27NO], S12065 [28NO]

Education: allow States to use certain funds to retain and improve the quality of school principals, S6173-S6176 [13JN]

———amend rural education initiative eligibility requirements relative to population density of school districts, S5821 [5JN]

———assist local educational agencies by providing grants for proven measures to increase the quality of education, S4492, S4496 [8MY], S4920 [15MY]

———assist local educational agencies by providing grants for proven measures to increase the quality of education (S. 342), S1469 [15FE]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S4143, S4146, S4150 [2MY], S4191 [3MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (S. 167), S537-S540 [24JA]

———campaign to promote access of armed services recruiters to students and student directories, S6181-S6183 [13JN]

———creation of matching grant program for new school construction, S6103-S6110 [12JN]

———creation of matching grant program for new school construction (S. 308), S1325 [13FE]

———early childhood educator professional development programs funding, S6184 [13JN]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers, S4493, S4494, S4496 [8MY]

———establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (S. 120), S395 [22JA]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 67), S325 [22JA]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, S6062-S6078, S6081-S6091 [12JN]

———establish summer academic enrichment programs for students not meeting State performance standards, S6048-S6050 [11JN]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers, S4879 [14MY], S4931 [15MY], S5027 [17MY], S6303 [14JN]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (S. 123), S399-S401 [22JA]

———funding, S5258 [21MY]

———help establish and enhance early childhood family education programs (S. 553), S2408 [15MR]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children, S4194-S4198 [3MY], S4541-S4544 [9MY], S4979, S4983 [16MY]

———improve the reading skills of children by use of reading readiness screening, S6194 [13JN]

———increase Pell Grant Program awards to individuals that pursue a program of study in math, science, or engineering, S6301-S6303 [14JN]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 68), S326 [22JA]

———make funding increases contingent on improvement of student achievement, S4376 [4MY], S4440 [7MY], S4461, S4462, S4474, S4479 [8MY]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 768), S9548 [19SE], S10252, S10253 [3OC]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 65), S324 [22JA]

———permit States to waive certain testing requirements, S6113-S6119 [12JN], S6148-S6150, S6153 [13JN]

———priority for school construction assistance relative to BIA schools, Dept. of Defense schools, and Impact Aid schools, S6104-S6109 [12JN]

———priority for school construction assistance to BIA schools, Dept. of Defense schools, and Impact Aid schools, S11341-S11344 [1NO]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs, S6094-S6098 [12JN]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs (S. 669), S3219 [30MR]

———provide out-of-school educational opportunities to students attending failing school systems, S5878 [6JN]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (S. 340), S1465 [15FE]

———public elementary and secondary school construction funding, S11349 [1NO]

———remove 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts relative to flexibility in the use of Federal funds, S6157-S6168, S6179, S6180 [13JN]

———strengthen early childhood parent education programs, S6024-S6027, S6045 [11JN]

———voucher program to provide school choice (S. 717), S3541 [5AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, S4861-S4864 [14MY]

———amend Impact Aid Program relative to financial assistance for certain affected school activities, S11323, S11324 [1NO]

———assist local educational agencies by increasing Title I funding to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S4086 [1MY], S4217-S4232 [3MY]

———clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education, S5854-S5859, S5875, S5876 [6JN]

———condition implementation of State testing and assessment programs on funding for Title I programs, S5926-S5942, S5945-S5947 [7JN]

———designate pupil services personnel as eligible recipients of certain professional development funds, S6119 [12JN]

———extend programs and activities, S7415 [10JY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3774-S3777 [23AP], S3801, S3805-S3807, S3808, S3811-S3815, S3817-S3825 [24AP], S3874, S3876, S3913 [25AP], S3934, S3935 [26AP], S4167 [2MY], S4187-S4232 [3MY], S4375-S4377, S4383-S4394 [4MY], S4433-S4440, S4442 [7MY], S4461-S4498 [8MY], S4525-S4544 [9MY], S4794-S4812 [10MY], S4853, S4858-S4880 [14MY], S4901-S4932, S4965-S4967 [15MY], S4970-S4999 [16MY], S5025-S5028 [17MY], S5809-S5821 [5JN], S5846-S5881 [6JN], S5907, S5954 [7JN], S5999 [8JN], S6020-S6050 [11JN], S6061-S6078, S6081-S6120 [12JN], S6147-S6208 [13JN], S6239-S6305, S6306-S6312, S6357-S6361, S6366 [14JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S3974 [26AP], S4019-S4034 [30AP], S4056-S4066, S4070-S4091 [1MY], S4125-S4135, S4138-S4158, S4161-S4166 [2MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S4166 [2MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S4187, S4188, S4230, S4231 [3MY], S4406 [4MY], S4473 [8MY], S4797, S4802 [10MY], S4997 [16MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), unanimous-consent request, S3797 [24AP], S3974 [26AP], S4232 [3MY], S4996 [16MY]

———improve allocation of funds to boost teacher quality in schools with disadvantaged students, S6155-S6157 [13JN]

———increase Title I grants funding through reductions in school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S11300-S11308, S11310, S11314 [1NO]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S6027-S6033, S6037-S6046 [11JN]

———require State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education be signed by both the Governor and the chief State education official, S4490 [8MY]

———special alternative instructional programs funding, S4189, S4191 [3MY], S4389 [4MY]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used, S4998 [16MY]

———strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students (S. 158), S433, S483-S485 [23JA]

———Title I grants funding, S11308, S11310-S11315 [1NO], S12051 [27NO]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: increase loan guarantees for steel companies, S4395-S4397 [4MY]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board: guaranteeing of emergency loan to LTV Corp., S13665 [19DE]

Employment: workforce training programs funding, S3391 [4AP]

EPA: wastewater infrastructure project grants allocation formula, S8633-S8643, S8645, S8646, S8653-S8655, S8661 [2AU]

———wastewater infrastructure project grants funding, S3646 [6AP]

Executive Office of the President: establishment of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, S701 [30JA]

Families and domestic relations: support community-based group homes for young mothers and their children (S. 1522), S10458 [10OC]

FEMA: disaster relief funding for current fiscal year, S8543, S8544 [1AU]

———Project Impact funding, S1736, S1742 [1MR], S1894 [6MR], S2067 [8MR], S3659-S3661 [6AP]

Floods: disaster assistance to Nevada, S1736 [1MR]

Food: extend and improve the emergency food assistance program (S. 1540), S10652 [11OC]

———permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (S. 1683), S11790 [14NO]

Food & Friends (organization): food for victims of AIDS project funding, S11532 [7NO]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (S. 583), S2663-S2665 [21MR]

———improve nutrition assistance programs, S13269 [14DE]

GAO: conduct study of Federal loan disbursements to students attending foreign schools under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, S11265, S11270 [31OC]

Government: increase accountability for Government spending and reduce wasteful spending, S13318 [14DE]

Hawaii: removal of prerequisite for grants requiring organizations that primarily serve Native Hawaiians be recognized by the Governor of Hawaii, S4978 [16MY]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S11281 [31OC]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (S. 587), S2668, S2669 [21MR]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), S13310, S13311 [14DE]

———extend current student loan interest rate formulas, S7324 [9JY]

Homeless: substance abuse prevention and treatment services funding, S11347 [1NO]

Housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (S. 1885), S13973 [20DE]

Ice storms: disaster assistance funding for Arkansas and Oklahoma, S7384, S7385 [10JY]

Immigration: national objectives priority assignments, S9184-S9187 [6SE]

———national policy, S8039-S8041 [23JY]

Indian Health Service: funding, S3655 [6AP], S7566, S7567 [12JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 466), S1889, S1906, S1907 [6MR]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 496), S2079 [8MR]

———funding, S3523 [5AP], S3821 [24AP], S4198, S4205, S4206-S4215, S4224, S4226 [3MY], S4384 [4MY], S4437 [7MY], S4784 [10MY], S4917-S4919 [15MY], S5026 [17MY], S12307 [3DE], S13337, S13344 [17DE], S13366-S13382, S13388, S13396, S13417 [18DE], S13778 [20DE]

Insurance: establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (S. 575), S2589 [20MR]

———mental health coverage parity, S13779, S13782, S13790, S13791 [20DE]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (S. 1297), S8593 [1AU]

Irrigation: clarify farm acreage and income limitations for eligibility for subsidized irrigation water (S. 116), S387 [22JA]

Languages: enhance limited English proficiency programs, S4798-S4803 [10MY], S4858-S4861, S4874 [14MY], S4931 [15MY], S13388, S13396 [18DE]

Law enforcement: unincorporated neighborhood watch programs funding (S. 642), S3059 [28MR]

Law enforcement officers: increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (S. 899), S5015, S5016 [16MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S7378-S7381, S7407 [10JY], S11412 [2NO]

Los Alamos, NM: flood mitigation efforts, S7419 [10JY]

Maritime Administration: evaluation of loan guarantee defaults, S13921 [20DE]

Medicaid: allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (S. 1625), S11378 [1NO]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 1741), S12109, S12111 [28NO], S12153 [29NO]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 535), S2318 [14MR]

———coverage of certain dependent care employees, S3804 [24AP]

———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (S. 1753), S12261 [30NO]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (S. 573), S2588 [20MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 776), S3926 [25AP]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (S. 1619), S11374-S11376 [1NO]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (S. 1066), S6519 [20JN]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (S. 135), S409 [22JA]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (S. 1367), S8939 [3AU]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (S. 1350), S8914 [3AU]

———payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, S3670, S3671 [6AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (S. 1169), S7591 [12JY]

———waive certain nurse aide training requirements (S. 728), S3714 [6AP], S3782 [23AP]

Mental health: expand and improve counseling and mental health services for posttraumatic stress syndrome relative to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9955 [1OC]

———provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (S. 1729), S13076, S13077 [12DE]

Michigan: sewer infrastructure project funding, S7898 [19JY], S8670 [2AU]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (S. 1644), S11552 [7NO]

Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act: reauthorize, S13783 [20DE]

———reauthorize (S. 1254), S8284 [26JY], S9065 [4SE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 1248), S8233-S8235 [25JY]

National security: authorize a Federal grant program to assist local governments in improving public safety against emergencies, S11506 [7NO]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S8015 [20JY]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 210), S714 [30JA]

———authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (S. 343), S1471 [15FE]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (S. 550), S2403, S2404 [15MR]

———provide periodic Indian needs assessments and Federal Indian program evaluations (S. 502), S2118 [9MR]

———provide training and technical assistance for commercial vehicle driving careers (S. 1344), S8766 [2AU]

New Jersey: reimbursement for assistance relative to the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, S9428, S9429 [14SE]

New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, S12047-S12049 [27NO], S12096-S12098 [28NO], S12130 [29NO], S12298 [3DE], S12437 [5DE], S12513 [6DE]

———provide tax incentives for economic recovery, S11768, S11772 [14NO]

———viability of software and information technology industries, S11752 [14NO]

NIH: study the effect on children and youth of exposure to violent entertainment relative to development and educational achievement, S4914-S4916 [15MY]

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: designate (S. 378), S1522 [15FE], S5658 [24MY]

Phoenix, AZ: Thomas J. Pappas School funding, S6276, S6277 [14JN]

Power resources: increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs (S. Res. 26), S1536, S1537 [15FE]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts, S2038-S2044, S2054 [8MR], S2112 [9MR]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (S. 352), S1441, S1493, S1495 [15FE]

Public welfare programs: expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (S. 1027), S6218 [13JN]

———food stamp and food bank programs funding, S13268 [14DE]

———reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 942), S5552, S5553 [23MY], S11333 [1NO], S12745, S12746 [7DE]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: payment for losses resulting from limitations on use following terrorist attacks, S10529 [11OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (S. 1299), S8596 [1AU]

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]

———establish pilot program to underwrite costs of initial foreign patent applications by participants in Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs (S. 1323), S8738 [2AU]

———loan assistance programs funding, S3657, S3659 [6AP]

———make grants for losses suffered by general aviation small business concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (S. 1552), S10770 [16OC]

———prohibit sale of disaster loans to any private company or other entity, S9237, S9238 [10SE]

Schools: ensure safety through prevention and intervention programs, S4475 [8MY]

———prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (S. 745), S3756 [6AP]

———provide for national digital school districts (S. 1337), S8757 [2AU]

Small business: assistance programs funding, S3829 [24AP]

———provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of electricity (S. 408), S1638 [27FE]

———provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (S. 295), S1225-S1227 [8FE], S2909-S2913 [26MR], S2974 [27MR]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), S3711 [6AP]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, S5417 [22MY]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (S. 484), S1994-S1998 [7MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (S. 682), S3346 [3AP]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (S. 1014), S6129 [12JN]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts, S1365 [14FE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 1244), S8224 [25JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S3668 [6AP]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 574), S2588 [20MR]

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care, S11456 [6NO]

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (H.R. 2873), S11916 [15NO], S11973 [16NO], S13141, S13225, S13226 [13DE], S13935 [20DE]

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (S. 1503), S10297-S10302 [4OC]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1016), S6130-S6132 [12JN]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program (S. 770), S3863 [24AP]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 693), S3443 [4AP]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (S. 501), S2082 [8MR]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S3669 [6AP]

———strengthen working families by improving responsible fatherhood and child support programs and expanding certain tax credits, block grants, and child care programs (S. 685), S3351-S3353 [3AP]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (S. 862), S4832-S4835 [10MY]

Steel Loan Guarantee Program: improve, S7392 [10JY], S7575, S7652 [12JY]

Taxation: airline depreciation allowance on the sale of new and refurbished aircraft, S11930 [15NO]

———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]

———expand Hope Scholarship credit to include all costs of attendance, S5424 [22MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (S. 905), S5019 [16MY]

———make certain rate cuts conditional on full Head Start Program funding, S5423 [22MY]

———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 increased Pell Grant Program funding, S5423 [22MY]

———make Hope Scholarship fully refundable, S5425 [22MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, 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]

———treatment of cleanup costs for redevelopment of brownfield sites, S3900 [25AP]

———treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (S. 132), S406 [22JA]

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning (S. 1056), S6347 [14JN]

Terrorism: expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2882), S9409 [13SE]

———expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1422), S9359 [13SE]

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]

Towns County, GA: tribute to Towns County Middle School for providing laptop computers to students, S5264 [21MY]

Transportation: allow purchase of heavy-duty transit buses through the GSA by State, regional, or local authorities that receive Federal Transit Administration assistance or grants, S9491 [19SE]

———establish low-income gasoline assistance program (S. 981), S5798 [26MY]

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation, S12674 [7DE]

———authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (S. 1532), S10645 [11OC]

———expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage, S14034-S14037 [20DE]

———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]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (S. 23), S261-S264 [22JA]

Veterans: improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), S5574-S5577 [24MY]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), S13227-S13243 [13DE], S13291 [14DE], S13930 [20DE]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), insert S. 1088 language in lieu, S12752 [7DE]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), unanimous-consent request, S12394, S12396 [5DE]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 1114), S6999 [27JN], S13930 [20DE]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (S. 410), S1701 [28FE]

Voting: provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration, S7735 [17JY]

Washington: impact of drought on agricultural producers, S8878-S8881 [3AU]

Water: revise drinking water levels for arsenic and aid water companies in securing tax-exempt bonds to meet standards, S5496 [23MY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (S. 1249), S8154, S8235, S8236 [25JY]

———provide grants for Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners programs (S. 1391), S8967, S8968 [3AU]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, S7582 [12JY], S10635 [11OC]

World Trade Organization: decision on U.S. import relief programs for the lamb industry, S4884 [14MY]

Reports

Motor Voter Reform Task Force, H9257-H9259, H9262 [12DE]

State Responses to LIHEAP Survey: National Energy Assistance Directors Association, S2040-S2043 [8MR]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1731), S12053 [27NO]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1731) (S. Rept. 107-117), S12681 [7DE]

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 350) (S. Rept. 107-2), S2162 [12MR]

Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century Extension and Governing Legislation Technical Corrections: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1850) (H. Rept. 107-147), H4351 [19JY]

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]

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. 247, Tornado Shelters Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 93) (H. Rept. 107-24), H1010 [20MR]

Consideration of H.R. 554, Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 36) (H. Rept. 107-1), H322 [13FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 248) (H. Rept. 107-226), H6135 [2OC]

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. 3295, Help America Vote Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 311) (H. Rept. 107-331), H9234, H9238 [11DE]

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]

Continue Certain Agriculture Programs: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2646) (H. Rept. 107-191), H5332 [2AU]

Disabled Veterans Service Dog and Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2792) (H. Rept. 107-242), H6918 [16OC]

Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3090), S11660 [9NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Programs and Activities Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1) (S. Rept. 107-7), S3052 [28MR]

Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1246), S8203 [25JY]

Establish Fixed Interest Rates for Student and Parent Borrowers and Extend Current Law Relative to Special Allowances for Lenders: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1762), S13049 [12DE]

Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1372) (S. Rept. 107-52), S8910 [3AU]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2871) (H. Rept. 107-292), H8244, H8247 [15NO]

Extend Deadline for State Recommendations of Local Governments To Receive Predisaster Assistance and Provide Repair Assistance to Individuals: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1632) (S. Rept. 107-124), S13145 [13DE]

Farm Credit Assistance for Activated Reservists: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1519), S12551 [6DE]

Farm Security Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2646) (H. Rept. 107-191), H5404 [5SE]

———Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 2646) (H. Rept. 107-191), H5487 [10SE]

Health Centers Program and National Health Service Corps Reauthorization and Healthy Communities Access Program Establishment: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1533) (S. Rept. 107-83), S10640 [11OC]

Help America Vote Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 3295) (H. Rept. 107-329), H9081 [10DE]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Accountability Programs Funding: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1900) (H. Rept. 107-203), H5487 [10SE]

Mark-to-Market Extension Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1254), S8570 [1AU]

Native American Small Business Development Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2538) (H. Rept. 107-211), H5924 [21SE]

Need-Based Educational Aid Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 768) (H. Rept. 107-32), H1406 [3AP]

Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring Reauthorization: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2589) (H. Rept. 107-196), H5404 [5SE]

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 378), S5541 [23MY]

Post Terrorism Mental Health Improvement Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1729), S12053 [27NO]

Respond to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2213) (H. Rept. 107-111), H3617 [26JN]

Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living Programs, Mentoring Programs for Children of Incarcerated Parents, and Youths Aging Out of Foster Care: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2873) (H. Rept. 107-281), 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]

Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 295) (S. Rept. 107-4), S2661 [21MR]

TANF Supplemental Grants Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 942) (S. Rept. 107-94), S11548 [7NO]

Veterans Benefits Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2540) (H. Rept. 107-156), H4539 [24JY]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 1088) (S. Rept. 107-86), S10692 [15OC]

Veterans Opportunities Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 801) (H. Rept. 107-27), H1121 [26MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6278, H6290 [4OC]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10848 [19DE]

Statements

Assist Small Communities With Achieving or Maintaining Compliance With Drinking Water Standards: National Rural Water Association, S8555 [1AU]

Displaced Workers Relief Act: John W. Wilhelm, Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union, H6110 [2OC]

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]

Food, Candy Manufacturers Benefit When Sugar Producer Prices Fall, Consumers Do Not, H6330 [4OC]

Grocers Boost Retail Sugar Price to 20-Year High While Producer Prices Fall to 22-Year Low, H6330 [4OC]

High Drop-Out Rates, Focusing on Inadequate Social Services: Katie Kevorkian, Carlin Hebert, and Bethany Wallace, E1609 [10SE]

Limit Price Support Payments to Agricultural Producers, H6376 [4OC]

Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act Reauthorization: several Senators, S13784 [20DE]

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

Act To Leave No Child Behind (S. 940), S5549-S5552 [23MY]

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act (S. 1628), S11414-S11417 [2NO]

Excellence in Education Act (S. 308), S1326 [13FE]

Family Agriculture Recovery and Market (FARM) Equity Act (S. 165), S534 [24JA]

Provide Farmers With Better Prices and Higher Profits by Increasing Loan Rates, Establishing Commodity and Humanitarian Food Reserves, and Setting Up a Renewable Energy Reserve (S. 1629), S11442 [5NO]

Revising and Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83): Kerry Amendment on SBA Loan Assistance Programs Funding, S3659 [6AP]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act (S. 1088), S11872 [15NO]

———Rockefeller Substitute Amendment, S12752 [7DE]

Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act (H.R. 1291), S13235-S13243 [13DE]

Veterans Opportunities Act (H.R. 801), H1131 [27MR]

Tables

Agriculture marketing assistance loan rates, S534 [24JA]

Distribution of transportation revenue aligned budget authority to Federal-aid highway programs, S12337 [4DE], H8739 [30NO]

Economic Security and Recovery Act (S. 1791), S12775 [10DE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act budget requests vs. appropriations, S4387 [4MY]

Estimated cost of Federal testing mandate for reading and mathematics, S6114 [12JN]

Federal payment per hundred pounds of milk produced in each State, S12838 [11DE]

Hispanic-serving institutions education grants program funds awarded to States and educational institutions, H3903 [11JY]

Impact of Senate Democratic Caucus permanent stimulus proposals on surplus, S11319 [1NO]

Market loss assistance for apple producers, S11066 [25OC]

State allocation of Title I grants under Dodd amendment to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S4217 [3MY]

State educational testing revenue sharing, S6117 [12JN], S6148 [13JN]

State-by-State loss of Impact Aid funds, H4366 [20JY]

VA benefits as percent of annual higher education costs, H3214 [19JN]

Wastewater infrastructure project grants allocations under Kyl amendment to H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S8634 [2AU]

Testimonies

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board Guaranteeing of Emergency Loan to LTV Corp.: Bob Rankin, E2408 [20DE]

———Bruce Simon, E2409 [20DE]

———Richard Dowdell, E2408 [20DE]

———Roosevelt Coats, E2409 [20DE]

———Tony Panza, E2408 [20DE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 228, Put Our Children First Resolution, H8081 [13NO]

H. Res. 36, consideration of H.R. 554, Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act, H329 [14FE]

H. Res. 93, consideration of H.R. 247, Tornado Shelters Act, H1068 [22MR]

H. Res. 196, consideration of H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4222 [19JY]

H. Res. 248, consideration of H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H6167 [3OC]

H. Res. 270, consideration of H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, H7225 [24OC]

H. Res. 310, concur with Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1291, Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act, H9128-H9135 [11DE]

H. Res. 311, consideration of H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H9254 [12DE]

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. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4233-H4243 [19JY]

H.R. 247, Tornado Shelters Act, H1083 [22MR]

H.R. 491, Filipino Veterans Equity Act, E135 [7FE]

H.R. 554, Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act, H333 [14FE]

H.R. 768, Need-Based Educational Aid Act, H1360 [3AP]

H.R. 801, Veterans Opportunities Act, H1126-H1130 [27MR]

H.R. 801, Veterans' Survivor Benefits Improvement Act, H2687-H2690 [24MY]

H.R. 888, Homeless Prevention Permanent Housing Renewal Act, E292 [6MR]

H.R. 1291, 21st Century Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act, H3212 [19JN]

H.R. 1291, Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act, S13227-S13234 [13DE]

H.R. 1850, Senior Housing Commission Extension Act, H5948 [24SE]

H.R. 1900, juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding, H5750-H5757 [20SE]

H.R. 2213, respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers, H3533 [26JN]

H.R. 2538, Native American Small Business Development Act, H8856 [5DE]

H.R. 2540, Veterans Benefits Act, H4896-H4899 [31JY], H9121 [11DE]

H.R. 2589, Mark-to-Market Extension Act, H5949-H5952 [24SE]

H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H6187-H6225 [3OC]

H.R. 2792, Disabled Veterans Service Dog and Health Care Improvement Act, H7143-H7146 [23OC]

H.R. 2873, extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care, H8088-H8091 [13NO]

H.R. 2882, expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5598 [13SE]

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. 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. 3240, Reservists Education Protection Act, H8118 [13NO]

H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H9264, H9276-H9287 [12DE]

H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10827-H10845 [19DE]

S. 20, Securing a Future for Independent Agriculture Act, S249-S259 [22JA]

S. 23, New Urban Agenda Act, S264-S269 [22JA]

S. 65, make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program, S324 [22JA]

S. 67, establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas, S325 [22JA]

S. 68, make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs, S326 [22JA]

S. 116, Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act, S388 [22JA]

S. 120, Master Teacher Act, S396 [22JA]

S. 123, Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act, S400 [22JA]

S. 132, Low Income Housing Tax Credit for Native Americans Act, S407 [22JA]

S. 135, Direct Graduate Medical Education Improvement Act, S410 [22JA]

S. 158, School Improvement Accountability Act, S485-S494 [23JA]

S. 165, Family Agriculture Recovery and Market (FARM) Equity Act, S534 [24JA]

S. 167, Academic Achievement for All Act (Straight A's Act), S537-S540 [24JA]

S. 210, Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act, S714 [30JA]

S. 294, National Dairy Farmers Fairness Act, S1225 [8FE]

S. 295, Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act, S2912 [26MR]

S. 295, Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act, S1227 [8FE]

S. 308, Excellence in Education Act, S1325 [13FE]

S. 340, Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act, S1466 [15FE]

S. 342, Quality Classrooms Act, S1470 [15FE]

S. 343, Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act, S1472-S1474 [15FE]

S. 350, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S1481-S1486 [15FE], S3907-S3912 [25AP]

S. 352, Energy Emergency Response Act, S1494 [15FE]

S. 378, Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL, S5658 [24MY]

S. 410, expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence under the Violence Against Women Act, S1702 [28FE]

S. 414, NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act, S1706 [28FE]

S. 424, Earthquake Loss Reduction Act, S1757-S1760 [1MR]

S. 461, Mathematics and Science Education Partnership and Teacher Recruitment Act, S1900 [6MR]

S. 467, award grants for States to adopt the Federal write-in absentee ballot for overseas voters and require uniform treatment of such ballots, S1908 [6MR]

S. 502, Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act, S2119 [9MR]

S. 535, Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act, S2319 [14MR]

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. 583, Nutrition Assistance for Working Families and Seniors Act, S2665-S2667 [21MR]

S. 590, Relief, Equity, Access, and Coverage for Health (REACH) Act, S2670-S2672 [21MR]

S. 612, National I Owe You Act, S2898 [26MR]

S. 642, Neighborhood Watch Partnership Act, S3059 [28MR]

S. 680, Tornado Shelters Act, S3344 [3AP]

S. 682, Blind Persons Earnings Equity Act, S3346 [3AP]

S. 683, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S3347-S3350 [3AP]

S. 717, voucher program to provide school choice, S3542 [5AP]

S. 728, Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Services Quality Improvement Act, S3715-S3717 [6AP]

S. 776, Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act, S3927 [25AP]

S. 862, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program appropriations, S4833 [10MY]

S. 923, amend Agricultural Market Transition Act to extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments, S5278 [21MY]

S. 942, TANF Supplemental Grants Act, S12745 [7DE]

S. 948, Community Rail Line Relocation Assistance Act, S5753 [25MY]

S. 1000, Child Care Quality Incentive Act, S5980 [7JN]

S. 1016, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S6132-S6134 [12JN]

S. 1066, Medicare Patient Access to Preventive and Diagnostic Tests Act, S6519-S6521 [20JN]

S. 1078, Brownfields Economic Development Act, S6608 [21JN]

S. 1079, Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act, S6608-S6610 [21JN]

S. 1088, facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry, S6667 [22JN]

S. 1088, Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, S12746-S12750 [7DE]

S. 1114, increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, S7000 [27JN]

S. 1210, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, S8015 [20JY]

S. 1244, FamilyCare Act, S8224-S8230 [25JY]

S. 1271, Post Terrorism Mental Health Improvement Act, S13076 [12DE]

S. 1299, Community Drinking Water Assistance Act, S8596 [1AU]

S. 1323, SBIR and STTR Foreign Patent Protection Act, S8739 [2AU]

S. 1326, Working Lands Conservation Act, S8744-S8749 [2AU]

S. 1344, Native American Commercial Driving Training and Technical Assistance Act, S8766 [2AU]

S. 1390, Children's Health Coverage Improvement Act, S8967 [3AU]

S. 1469, Early Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, S9877 [26SE]

S. 1471, Children's Lead Screening Accountability for Early-Intervention (SAFE) Act, S9879-S9881 [26SE]

S. 1503, extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care, S10297-S10301 [4OC]

S. 1519, provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists, S10395 [9OC], S12987 [11DE]

S. 1619, Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, S11375 [1NO]

S. 1625, Children's Health Equity Act, S11379 [1NO]

S. 1626, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S11382-S11384 [1NO]

S. 1629, provide farmers with better prices and higher profits by increasing loan rates, establishing commodity and humanitarian food reserves, and setting up a renewable energy reserve, S11438-S11442 [5NO]

S. 1652, Sugar Program Reform Act, S11562 [7NO]

S. 1708, Parity in Emergency Preparedness and Response Act, S11943 [15NO]

S. 1741, Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act, S12109 [28NO], H10904 [19DE]

S. 1753, extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs under Medicaid, S12261 [30NO]

S. 1762, establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders, S13310 [14DE], H10887 [19DE]

S. 1791, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12773-S12775 [10DE]

S. 1848, Homestead Preservation Act, S13704 [19DE]

S. 1878, U.S./Mexico Border Health Improvement Act, S13967-S13969 [20DE]

S. 1885, Elderly Housing Plus Health Support Demonstration Act, S13974 [20DE]

S. Res. 26, increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs, S1528 [15FE]

S. Res. 72, National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, S3864 [24AP]

S. Res. 152, seek SSA assistance by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in providing outreach to veterans, their dependants, and their survivors, S8973 [3AU]