POVERTY related term(s) Homeless

Amendments

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]

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

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (H.R. 2716), S12571 [6DE], H9112 [11DE]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (S. Con. Res. 59), S8979, S9000 [3AU]

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

Analyses

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

Articles and editorials

Ambassadors of the Playground, E2313 [14DE]

``And What Did You Do for Someone Today?'', S6598 [21JN]

Blame Congress for HMOs, E226 [27FE]

Boston Medical Center Turns to Lawyers for a Cure, S5433 [22MY]

Day in the Life, H3460 [21JN]

From One Small Seed . . . . A Super Bowl Sunday Charity Started by Columbia Youth Quickly Went National, E1085 [13JN]

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]

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

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

Leading Young Leaders, H3459 [21JN]

Mask Comes Off, S2891 [26MR]

Pratham Continues To Build Momentum and Funds, E1656 [14SE]

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

Timeout for the Uninsured, S4135, S4169 [2MY]

Vt. College Singles Out Parents Education—Unique Curriculum That Helps Welfare Mothers Get Job Training Has Become a National Model, S5960 [7JN]

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

Bills and resolutions

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see S. Con. Res. 53), S6602 [21JN] (see H. Con. Res. 102), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 102), H1499 [4AP]

African Americans: provide for a health initiative to establish demonstration projects that direct health campaigns toward high-risk populations (see H.R. 1218), H1188 [27MR]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 1206), S7955 [19JY] (see H.R. 2501), H4013 [16JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: vaccination activities funding for at-risk adults and adolescents in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 2598), H4428 [23JY]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S11362 [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 (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]

———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]

———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]

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: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 1323), H1345 [29MR]

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

Corp. for National and Community Service: carry out as a voucher program that assists charities serving low-income individuals (see S. 1352), S8910 [3AU]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 170), H3358 [20JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see S. 716), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 626), H394 [14FE]

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]

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

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

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 1230), S8123 [24JY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 309), S1270 [13FE]

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

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

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H1659 [26AP]

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

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

FEMA: Emergency Food and Shelter Program reauthorization (see S. 1144), S7193 [29JN]

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

———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 aid: increase foreign assistance to combat global poverty (see S. Res. 182), S12001 [16NO]

———provide assistance to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (see H.R. 3568), H10964 [20DE]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 2272), H3464 [21JN]

Foreign policy: make debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries contingent on democracy efforts and human rights reforms (see H.R. 391), H166 [31JA]

———provide multilateral debt relief to countries eligible for assistance under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative or heavily affected by HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1567), H1555 [24AP]

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

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

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S2117 [9MR] (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 24), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 16), H25 [3JA] (see H.R. 1200), H1114 [22MR] (see H.R. 3080), H6504 [10OC] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1499 [4AP]

———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]

———require a study on reducing the discriminatory pricing of health services for the uninsured (see H.J. Res. 49), H2334 [17MY]

Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H8338 [16NO]

———provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (see S. 523), S2219 [13MR]

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

———improve programs for veterans (see S. 739), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR] (see H.R. 2716), H5332 [2AU]

Housing: constitutional amendment on the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (see H.J. Res. 30), H649 [6MR]

———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]

———exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing annual public housing agency plans (see H.R. 1960), H2678 [23MY]

———promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing in rural areas for low-income households (see S. 652), S3152 [29MR]

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

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

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

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: establish trust fund to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (see H.R. 3566), H10964 [20DE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 3594), H10965 [20DE]

———improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (see H.R. 2677), H4862 [30JY]

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

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

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

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

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 48), H26 [3JA]

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

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

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 2553), H4216 [18JY]

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

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 Community Health Center Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 59), S7330 [9JY]

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

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

New York, NY: anniversary of the Triangle Fire (see H. Con. Res. 81), H1115 [22MR]

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

Power resources: 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]

Public welfare programs: 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 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]

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

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]

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

———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 parents of low-income families (see S. 574), S2582 [20MR]

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

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

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see S. 622), S2979 [27MR] (see S. 854), S4590 [9MY] (see H.R. 1229), H1188 [27MR]

———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]

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

Taxation: allow a business credit for supported elderly housing (see S. 1886), S13943 [20DE]

———allow a business credit for the development of low-to-moderate income housing for home ownership (see S. 1081), S6601 [21JN] (see H.R. 3000), H6136 [2OC]

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

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

———allow low-income housing credit without regard to whether moderate rehabilitation assistance is provided for a building (see H.R. 2539), H4112 [17JY]

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

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

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

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

———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]

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

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 1740), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 3100), H6701 [11OC]

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

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

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 2281), H3464 [21JN]

———extend enterprise communities for the same period as empowerment zones (see H.R. 1853), H2183 [15MY]

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

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

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

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

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

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S98 [22JA] (see S. 810), S4099 [1MY] (see H.R. 990), H875 [13MR] (see H.R. 1659), H1715 [1MY]

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

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]

Comments

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

Cost Estimates

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]

Factsheets

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

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

Letters

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

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

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]

Feeding Needy Families Act: Ed Schaub, Kentucky Harvest (organization), S4119 [1MY]

———Howard Sparks, Salvation Army, S4119 [1MY]

———Stan Curtis, USA Harvest (organization), S4119 [1MY]

———Steven C. Anderson and Lee Culpepper, National Restaurant Association, S4119 [1MY]

———Terrie M. Dort, National Council of Chain Restaurants, S4119 [1MY]

———William E. Henderson III, Northern Kentucky Harvest (organization), S4119 [1MY]

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

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act: Armando C. Albarran, DAV, S3724 [6AP]

———Joseph L. Fox, Sr., Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S3725 [6AP]

———Representative Christopher H. Smith, Committee on Veterans Affairs (House), H6820 [16OC]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H6820 [16OC]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S3724 [6AP]

Senate consideration of certain veterans health and housing legislation: several veterans organizations, S11317 [1NO]

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

Health care legislation introduced from 1983-2000 by Senator Specter, S294 [22JA]

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

Partnership To Cut Hunger in Africa (organization) members, S6984 [27JN]

Motions

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]

Proclamations

Tribute to Visions Services Plan (business) Sight for Students Program Assisting Children in Need of Eyecare Services: Representative Matsui, E1722 [25SE]

Remarks in House

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (H. Con. Res. 102), H1851 [2MY], H8754-H8758 [4DE]

Agriculture: farmworker housing conditions, H6442 [9OC]

Alameda County, CA: tribute to Alameda County Food Bank hunger study, E2077 [14NO]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2501), H5319-H5321 [2AU]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: tribute, E833 [17MY]

Bucks County, PA: tribute to Bucks County Housing Group (nonprofit organization) and Students in Free Enterprise (nonprofit organization) on Wheelz 2 Work Program, E1896 [16OC]

Bureau of the Census: homeless report funding, H4133-H4136 [18JY]

Burns, Jeanne: Springfield, VA, Inter-Service Community Service Award recipient, E340 [13MR]

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]

Canadian Pacific Railway: tribute to Holiday Train food drive, E2334 [19DE]

Case Western Reserve University: anniversary of Upward Bound Program, E1324 [12JY]

Census: importance of decennial census to rural areas and minority communities, 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]

———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]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Hiram House (organization), E1145 [19JN]

Cobb County, GA: tribute to Calvary Children's Home, E1547 [3AU]

Columbia, SC: tribute to Spring Valley Presbyterian Church Souper Bowl of Caring fundraiser, E1084 [13JN]

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]

———provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives, H1016 [21MR]

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. 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), 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]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations, H3452-H3463 [21JN], H4251 [19JY]

———encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (H. Con. Res. 170), H3811-H3818 [10JY]

Dallas, TX: tribute to Inner-City Games program, E1412 [24JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: nutrition programs funding, H8078 [13NO]

Dept. of Education: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) funding, E1199 [26JN]

———Magnet School Assistance Program funding, H3328, H3329 [20JN], E1189 [25JN]

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

Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, H6658 [11OC]

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]

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

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

———Public Housing Authorities reserve funding, H4672, H4673 [26JY]

———Public Housing Drug Elimination Grant Program funding, H4672, H4674 [26JY]

———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]

———YouthBuild Program funding through reductions in administrative expenses, H4708-H4710 [26JY]

Dept. of Justice: abortion services for women in Federal prison funding, H4094-H4097 [17JY], E1359 [18JY], E1418 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: 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]

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]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, E1877 [12OC]

District of Columbia: tribute to KaBOOM! Inc., Home Depot, Inc., and the National Association of Stock Car Automobile Racing for completion of playground for disadvantaged children, H4867 [31JY]

Dress for Success (organization): tribute, E400 [20MR]

East Jordan, MI: tribute to Family Health Center, E1527 [3AU]

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

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, H2402, H2404 [22MY]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, H2305, H2308, H2309, H2312 [17MY], H2633, H2634 [23MY]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, H2308, H2309 [17MY], H2419 [22MY]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (H.R. 1642), H4203 [18JY]

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

———establish low-income gasoline assistance program (H.R. 2427), E1270 [29JN]

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]

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]

Foreign aid: make Food for Peace funding available to least developed countries meeting poverty and other eligibility criteria, H6227 [3OC]

———provide assistance to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (H.R. 3568), H10948 [20DE]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (H.R. 2272), H6799-H6803 [16OC], E1184 [21JN]

———reduce burden of hunger for families impacted by HIV/AIDS through agricultural improvements, maternal and child health programs, and food commodities, H3878, H3879 [11JY]

Foreign policy: make debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries contingent on democracy efforts and human rights reforms (H.R. 391), E100 [1FE]

———provide bilateral debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries, H4370 [20JY]

Fort Worth, TX: tribute to Habitat for Humanity International and World Missionary Baptist Church for efforts to build housing, E421 [22MR]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 1457), clarification of status, E681 [1MY]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 917), E554 [5AP], E681 [1MY]

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

Health: condition of health services along the U.S.-Mexico border, H4423-H4426 [23JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H309-H311 [13FE], H1587 [25AP], H1706, H1707 [1MY], E226 [27FE], E537 [4AP]

———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], H8524, H8525 [28NO], E479, E480 [28MR]

HelpAged International (organization): tribute, E1158 [20JN]

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

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

———improve programs for veterans (H.R. 936), E314 [8MR]

———improve programs for veterans (H.R. 2716), H6814-H6823, H6874 [16OC], H9112-H9121 [11DE], E1519 [3AU], E2269, E2283 [13DE]

Hoops Sagrado (organization): tribute, E2313 [14DE]

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

Housing Options & Geriatric Association Resources, Inc.: tribute, E2088 [15NO]

Houston, TX: tribute to individuals associated with the Pratham Gala, E1656 [14SE]

Immigration: impact of population growth, H2990-H2994 [7JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H2943-H2949 [6JN]

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

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

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

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

International trade: impact of widening disparities between economic classes on the world trade system, H7879 [7NO]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families, H4263 [19JY]

———establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (H.R. 2160), H3078 [13JN], E1091 [13JN]

Lake City, SC: tribute to Lake City Housing Authority Academic Achievement and Recognition Ceremony, E1524 [3AU]

Let's Celebrate, Inc.: tribute, E590 [24AP]

Lighthouse of Oakland County, Inc.: tribute, E628 [25AP]

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

———improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (H.R. 2677), E1471 [30JY]

———increase funding to improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes, E415 [21MR]

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

———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (H.R. 1793), E779 [10MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (H.R. 2063), H2865 [5JN]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (H.R. 48), H3690, H3691 [27JN]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (H.R. 1641), E660 [26AP]

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

Mental health: provide insurance coverage, H1704 [1MY]

Metuchen, NJ: tribute to St. Joseph's High School Food Drive Committee, E2087 [15NO]

Miami, FL: tribute to La Liga Contra el Cancer, H3078 [13JN]

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

Mount Hope Housing Company, Inc.: anniversary, E1256 [29JN]

Mount Vernon, KY: Roundstone Elementary School recipient of Title I Distinguished School Award, E899 [23MY]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H2256 [16MY]

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

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, E631 [25AP], E827 [17MY]

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

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch and breakfast programs, E1823 [5OC]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 1873), E810 [16MY]

New York, NY: anniversary of the Triangle Fire (H. Con. Res. 81), H1124 [27MR]

Older Americans Act: Elderly Nutrition Programs anniversary (H. Con. Res. 199), E1472 [30JY]

Public welfare programs: expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (H.R. 2166), E1092 [13JN]

Puerto Rican Association for Human Development, Inc.: tribute, E2085 [15NO]

San Francisco, CA: tribute to organizations and individuals for homeless assistance efforts, E1326 [12JY]

Social Security: application of employment criteria under management contracts for certain mental health facilities (H.R. 3147), E1897 [16OC]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, H1703, H1704 [1MY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1143), H3264, H3265 [20JN], H3511-H3514 [25JN], E1164 [20JN], E1216 [26JN]

Springfield, MO: tribute to Habitat for Humanity chapter, E2369 [20DE]

SSI: increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (H.R. 739), E215 [27FE], E239 [28FE]

Taxation: allow refundable credit for rent in excess of certain amount of income (H.R. 2338), E1229 [27JN]

———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (H.R. 3574), E2402 [20DE]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (H.R. 3324), E2108 [16NO]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), E1866 [12OC]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (H.R. 2281), H3698 [27JN]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (H.R. 673), E192 [14FE]

———rates, H1165-H1167 [27MR]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 990), E351 [13MR]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 1659), E680 [1MY]

United Nations World Food Day: observance, H6265 [4OC]

Vision Services Plan (business): tribute to Sight for Students program assisting children in need of eyecare services, E1722 [25SE]

Women: provide health care and reform insurance procedures for low-income women, H909, H910, H913 [14MR]

Women of Tomorrow (organization): tribute to founding of mentoring and scholarship program, H1177 [27MR]

Workforce Investment Act: funding, H3329 [20JN], E1187 [25JN]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (S. Con. Res. 53), S6621 [21JN], S6984 [27JN], S7887, S7888 [18JY]

Agriculture: nutrition and commodity programs funding, S12845-S12853 [11DE], S12990-S12995 [12DE]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (S. 1206), S7963 [19JY]

Armed Forces: provide families of disabled children enrolled in TRICARE health coverage similar to Medicaid, S9793 [25SE]

Boston, MA: tribute to Boston Medical Center for providing legal assistance to low income families, S5433 [22MY]

Bush, President: proposal to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, S701 [30JA], S7326 [9JY]

Center Point, Inc.: anniversary, S11609 [8NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: tribute to National Summit on Safe Motherhood, S11345 [1NO]

Champlain College: tribute to undergraduate degree program for single parents receiving welfare, S5960 [7JN]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (S. 1626), S11380-S11386 [1NO]

———efforts to combat dental decay, S3982 [26AP]

———Federal aid programs funding, S2890 [26MR], S3488, S3489, S3519 [5AP]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 1000), S5979 [7JN]

———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]

Corp. for National and Community Service: carry out as a voucher program that assists charities serving low-income individuals (S. 1352), S8917 [3AU]

———tribute to Board of Directors meeting in Mississippi, S7326 [9JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S5577 [24MY], S5844 [6JN], S10865, S10866 [23OC]

Dept. of Education: Hispanic educational programs funding, S11348, S11349 [1NO]

———TRIO Programs funding, S11346, S11347 [1NO]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (S. 1878), S13966 [20DE]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1390), S8966 [3AU]

Dept. of HUD: provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (S. 1887), S13978-S13980 [20DE]

———YouthBuild Program funding, S11600 [8NO]

Dept. of Labor: Farmworker Housing Program funding, S11453 [6NO]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 1230), S8132 [24JY]

Education: establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, S6062-S6078, S6081-S6091 [12JN]

———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]

———high school dropout prevention demonstration program (S. 1470), S9878 [26SE]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, S3819 [24AP], S4070, S4072, S4077-S4081, S4085, S4087, S4090 [1MY], S4142 [2MY], S6086 [12JN]

———improve student and teacher performance and access to education in the Lower Mississippi Delta region (S. 617), S2901 [26MR]

———provide out-of-school educational opportunities to students attending failing school systems, S5878 [6JN]

———public elementary and secondary school construction funding, S11349 [1NO]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S4085 [1MY]

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, S4474 [8MY]

———voucher program to provide school choice (S. 717), S3541 [5AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist local educational agencies by increasing Title I funding to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S4086 [1MY], S4217-S4232 [3MY]

———condition implementation of State testing and assessment programs on funding for Title I programs, S5926-S5942, S5945-S5947 [7JN]

———improve allocation of funds to boost teacher quality in schools with disadvantaged students, S6155-S6157 [13JN]

———increase Title I grants funding through reductions in school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S11300-S11308, S11310, S11314 [1NO]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S6027-S6033, S6037-S6046 [11JN]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used, S4998 [16MY]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 309), S1326 [13FE]

———strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students (S. 158), S433, S483-S485 [23JA]

———Title I grants funding, S11308, S11310-S11315 [1NO], S12051 [27NO]

Employment: workforce training programs funding, S3391 [4AP]

Federal aid programs: establish low-income gasoline assistance program (S. 981), S5798 [26MY]

FEMA: Emergency Food and Shelter Program reauthorization (S. 1144), S7200 [29JN], S9001 [3AU]

First Book (organization): tribute for distribution of books to disadvantaged children in Massachusetts, S2574 [20MR]

Food: extend and improve the emergency food assistance program (S. 1540), S10652 [11OC]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (S. 1098), S6921, S6922 [26JN]

———improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (S. 583), S2663-S2665 [21MR]

———improve nutrition assistance programs, S13269 [14DE]

Health: improve access to health care for the uninsured, S3475-S3478 [5AP]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas, S6477 [20JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S1241 [13FE], S3804 [24AP], S4135 [2MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 24), S269-S275 [22JA]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, S3484 [5AP]

———provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (S. 523), S2224 [13MR]

Health care professionals: immunity from liability for physicians providing free medical care to medically underserved or indigent patients, S7073, S7074 [28JN], S7131, S7135 [29JN], S8199 [25JY]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (H.R. 2716), S12578 [6DE], S13930 [20DE]

———improve programs for veterans (H.R. 2716), unanimous-consent request, S12351, S12352 [4DE], S12396 [5DE]

———improve programs for veterans (S. 739), S3719 [6AP], S10903, S10904 [23OC], S11902, S11917-S11919 [15NO]

———improve programs for veterans (S. 739), unanimous-consent request, S11273 [31OC], S11317, S11318 [1NO], S11519 [7NO], S11594 [8NO]

Housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (S. 1885), S13973 [20DE]

———promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing in rural areas for low-income households (S. 652), S3164-S3167 [29MR]

Immigration: national policy, S8039-S8041 [23JY]

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (S. 1297), S8593 [1AU]

International Women's Day: observance, S2064-S2066 [8MR]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (S. 1025), S6217 [13JN]

———establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (S. 592), S2672-S2674 [21MR], S5533 [23MY]

Lighthouse of Oakland County, Inc.: tribute, S3847 [24AP]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1343), S8764-S8766 [2AU]

———clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (S. 1177), S7594, S7595 [12JY]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 53), S321 [22JA]

———eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, S5229 [21MY], S5406 [22MY]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (S. 573), S2588 [20MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S3650 [6AP]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 321), S1346 [13FE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 776), S3926 [25AP]

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 Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, S3989 [26AP]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (S. Con. Res. 59), S9000 [3AU]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S8015 [20JY]

New York, NY: anniversary of Community Food Resource Center, S2974 [27MR]

Power resources: increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs (S. Res. 26), S1536, S1537 [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]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, S3665 [6AP]

Small business: eliminate certain reporting requirements relative to bundled contracts and expand opportunities for businesses that locate in and hire from economically distressed communities, S9839 [26SE]

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]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 1244), S8224 [25JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S3668 [6AP]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 574), S2588 [20MR]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1016), S6130-S6132 [12JN]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 582), S2663 [21MR], S6514 [20JN]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (S. 622), S2981 [27MR]

———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]

Taxation: allow a business credit for supported elderly housing (S. 1886), S13973 [20DE]

———allow a business credit for the development of low-to-moderate income housing for home ownership (S. 1081), S6612 [21JN]

———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]

———assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (S. 802), S4049 [30AP]

———ensure greater use of the advance payment of the earned income credit and extend such advanced payment to all taxpayers eligible for the credit (S. 1641), S11492 [6NO]

———extend the work opportunity credit to encourage the hiring of certain veterans (S. 1145), S7201 [29JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (S. 37), S314 [22JA]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (S. 810), S4118 [1MY]

———treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (S. 132), S406 [22JA]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (S. 23), S261-S264 [22JA]

Workforce Investment Act: funding, S7392, S7395 [10JY]

Reports

Delegation of Ecumenical Church Leaders' Trip to Mexico, H2257-H2259 [16MY]

Evaluation of the Florida A-Plus Accountability and School Choice Program: Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, H2636-H2640 [23MY]

State Responses to LIHEAP Survey: National Energy Assistance Directors Association, S2040-S2043 [8MR]

Reports filed

Appalachian Regional Development Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1206) (S. Rept. 107-132), S13943 [20DE]

Appalachian Regional Development Act Reauthorization: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2501) (H. Rept. 107-180), H5124 [1AU]

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]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program Reauthorization: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1144), S8703 [2AU]

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]

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2716) (H. Rept. 107-241), H6918 [16OC]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 739) (S. Rept. 107-82), S10640 [11OC]

Hunger to Harvest Resolution—Decade of Support for Africa: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 53), S7588 [12JY]

Mark-to-Market Extension Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1254), S8570 [1AU]

TANF Supplemental Grants Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 942) (S. Rept. 107-94), S11548 [7NO]

Statements

Bureau of the Census Homeless Report: Several Homeless Advocates, H4134 [18JY]

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act: National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, S3724 [6AP]

Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act Reauthorization: several Senators, S13784 [20DE]

Summaries

Act To Leave No Child Behind (S. 940), S5549-S5552 [23MY]

Health Care Assurance Act (S. 24), S293 [22JA]

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (H.R. 2716), S12578 [6DE], H9118 [11DE]

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act (S. 739), S11919 [15NO]

Tables

State allocation of Title I grants under Dodd amendment to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S4217 [3MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 102, Hunger to Harvest—Decade of Support for Sub-Saharan Africa Resolution, H8754 [4DE]

H. Con. Res. 170, encourage corporate contributions to faith-based organizations, H3811 [10JY]

H. Res. 196, consideration of H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4222 [19JY]

H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4233-H4243 [19JY]

H.R. 391, Responsible Debt Relief and Democracy Reform Act, E100 [1FE]

H.R. 917, Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act, E554 [5AP]

H.R. 1850, Senior Housing Commission Extension Act, H5948 [24SE]

H.R. 2272, Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act, H6799-H6801 [16OC]

H.R. 2501, Appalachian Regional Development Act reauthorization, H5319-H5321 [2AU]

H.R. 2716, Homeless Veterans Assistance Act, H6814-H6819 [16OC], H9112-H9117 [11DE]

S. 23, New Urban Agenda Act, S264-S269 [22JA]

S. 24, Health Care Assurance Act, S275-S293 [22JA]

S. 53, Medicaid coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics, S321 [22JA]

S. 102, development of high school dropout prevention programs, S372 [22JA]

S. 103, increase participation in advanced placement courses, S374 [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. 158, School Improvement Accountability Act, S485-S494 [23JA]

S. 309, Title I Integrity Act, S1327 [13FE]

S. 352, Energy Emergency Response Act, S1494 [15FE]

S. 545, expand work opportunity tax credit to small business employees working or living in areas of poverty, S2397 [15MR]

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. 617, Lower Mississippi Delta Education Access and Improvement Act, S2901 [26MR]

S. 622, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S2982 [27MR]

S. 652, Rural Rental Housing Act, S3165 [29MR]

S. 683, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S3347-S3350 [3AP]

S. 717, voucher program to provide school choice, S3542 [5AP]

S. 739, Homeless Veterans Assistance Act, S3720-S3724 [6AP], S11917-S11919 [15NO]

S. 776, Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act, S3927 [25AP]

S. 802, Low Income Taxpayer Protection Act, S4049 [30AP]

S. 810, Feeding Needy Families Act, S4118 [1MY]

S. 942, TANF Supplemental Grants Act, S12745 [7DE]

S. 1000, Child Care Quality Incentive Act, S5980 [7JN]

S. 1016, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S6132-S6134 [12JN]

S. 1081, Low-to-Moderate Income Home Ownership Tax Credit Act, S6612-S6616 [21JN]

S. 1144, FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program reauthorization, S7201 [29JN], S9001 [3AU]

S. 1145, Veterans Opportunity To Work Act, S7201 [29JN]

S. 1206, Appalachian Regional Development Act reauthorization, S7964 [19JY]

S. 1210, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, S8015 [20JY]

S. 1244, FamilyCare Act, S8224-S8230 [25JY]

S. 1343, Family Planning State Empowerment Act, S8765 [2AU]

S. 1390, Children's Health Coverage Improvement Act, S8967 [3AU]

S. 1471, Children's Lead Screening Accountability for Early-Intervention (SAFE) Act, S9879-S9881 [26SE]

S. 1626, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S11382-S11384 [1NO]

S. 1878, U.S./Mexico Border Health Improvement Act, S13967-S13969 [20DE]

S. 1885, Elderly Housing Plus Health Support Demonstration Act, S13974 [20DE]

S. 1886, Assisted Living Tax Credit Act, S13975-S13978 [20DE]

S. Con. Res. 53, Hunger to Harvest Resolution—Decade of Support for Africa, S6620 [21JN], S7888 [18JY]

S. Con. Res. 59, National Community Health Center Week, S7331 [9JY], S9000 [3AU]

S. Res. 26, increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs, S1528 [15FE]

S. Res. 57, improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas, S2135 [9MR]

S. Res. 182, increase foreign assistance to combat global poverty, S12007 [16NO]