COLLINS, SUSAN M. (a Senator from Maine)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S733 [13FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3574 [30AP], S3807, S3882 [2MY], S4080 [8MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5043, S5070, S5071, S5078, S5096 [5JN], S5180 [6JN]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S713, S747 [13FE], S876 [14FE], S988 [25FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783, S5785 [19JN], S5838, S5872, S5876 [20JN], S6077, S6113, S6114, S6145, S6159, S6164, S6166 [26JN], S6178, S6252 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7687, S7689, S7752, S7755, S7760 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1859 [13MR], S2233, S2298, S2305 [21MR], S2567, S2598 [11AP], S2851 [17AP], S3032, S3078 [22AP], S3257, S3304 [24AP], S3436 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8302 [5SE], S8766, S8796, S8813, S8814 [18SE], S8935 [19SE], S9105, S9143 [24SE], S9445, S9446 [26SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8236, S8313 [5SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6960, S6961 [17JY], S7060 [18JY], S7284, S7316 [24JY]
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), S2741 [16AP]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5546 [13JN], S5584 [14JN]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), S4730 [22MY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S104, S106 [24JA], S128, S136, S144 [25JA], S212, S235, S254 [29JA], S361, S379 [5FE], S428 [6FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S713, S747 [13FE], S876 [14FE], S988 [25FE]
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H98 [29JA]
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6225 [27JN], S7398 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Afghanistan: require U.S. activities support basic human rights of, and participation in leadership by women relative to governance, reconstruction and development, and refugee relief and assistance (see S. 2647), S6251 [27JN]
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see S. 2495), S4145 [9MY]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see S. 2554), S8093 [3SE]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Business and industry: restrict ability of officers and employees of the U.S. to enter into contracts with corporations or partnerships that move outside the U.S. while retaining substantially the same ownership (see S. 3120), S10571 [16OC]
Capital punishment: ensure that defendants have a true opportunity to have their cases considered by the courts and provide all prisoners with an opportunity to present exculpatory DNA evidence (see S. 2446), S3843 [2MY]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize (see S. 2117), S2578 [11AP]
Children and youth: assist law enforcement in efforts to recover missing children and clarify standards for State sex offender registration programs (see S. 3140), S10676 [17OC]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8092 [3SE]
———improve child care quality for children with disabilities or other special needs (see S. 2671), S5956 [24JN]
———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see S. 2998), S9116 [24SE]
Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S587 [11FE]
Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 2608), S5455 [12JN]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 2924), S8506 [11SE]
Dept. of Defense: specify additional selection criteria for upcoming rounds of military base closures and realignments (see S. 2509), S4281 [13MY]
Dept. of National Border Security: establish (see S. 2020), S3626 [1MY]
Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see S. 1220), S7901 [1AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S10223 [9OC]
Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 2562), S11575 [19NO]
———improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2965), S8754 [18SE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (see S. 2577), S4967 [4JN]
Education: establish strategic sectoral skills gap assessments, strategic skills gap action plans, and strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants (see S. 2468), S3953 [7MY]
———improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness (see S. 2566), S6362 [8JY]
———support business incubation in academic settings (see S. 1335), S1974 [15MR]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S5205 [6JN]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see S. Res. 253), S4065 [8MY]
Families and domestic relations: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (see S. 2002), S1705 [8MR]
———increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see S. Res. 275), S4891 [3JN]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FCC: require parity in regulatory treatment of broadband services providers and broadband access services providers (see S. 2430), S4624 [21MY]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S5584 [14JN]
———require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see S. 2394), S7227 [23JY]
FEC: disapprove rule relative to prohibited and excessive political contributions (see S.J. Res. 48), S10118 [8OC]
Federal-State relations: establish a Federal Liaison on Homeland Security in each State to provide coordination between the Dept. of Homeland Security and State and local first responders (see S. 2746), S6947 [17JY]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see S. 2826), S7903 [1AU]
———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S10677 [17OC]
Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (see S. Con. Res. 142), S10443 [15OC]
Fish and fishing: review fisheries data collection techniques, implement a national cooperative research program to facilitate industry involvement in data collection, and improve fishery management (see S. 2972), S8918 [19SE]
Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see S. 3001), S9229 [25SE]
Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see S. 2027), S6362 [8JY]
———prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see S. 1084), S897 [15FE]
Government: commend public servants for their dedication and continued service (see S. Res. 261), S3953 [7MY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 2489), S6650 [11JY]
———improve coordination between Federal agencies and local emergency medical service providers (see S. 2014), S1935 [14MR]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1995), S1599 [6MR]
———promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (see S. 2835), S7899 [1AU]
———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 1024), S853 [14FE]
———support research to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see S. Con. Res. 11), S4493 [16MY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2569), S4839 [23MY]
Higher Education Act: technical amendments (see S. 2932), S8565 [12SE]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see S. Res. 185), S4569 [20MY]
Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S4839 [23MY]
Housing: promote the production of affordable low-income housing (see S. 2967), S8918 [19SE]
———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see S. 2592), S7309 [24JY]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S5206 [6JN]
Immigration: establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (see S. 2742), S8301 [5SE]
———provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S5042 [5JN]
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 136), S8619 [13SE]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1705 [8MR]
Iran: human rights violations (see S. Res. 306), S7372 [25JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3014 [22AP]
Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see S. 2513), S8301 [5SE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 2770), S8301 [5SE]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 952), S1783 [12MR]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S8092 [3SE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 2591), S5041 [5JN]
Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Res. 267), S4330 [14MY]
Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S6319 [28JN]
Medicare: area wage adjustments under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 1955), S853 [14FE]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 1760), S5851 [20JN]
———eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule (see S. 1953), S853 [14FE]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 2067), S6948 [17JY]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S10572 [16OC]
———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (see S. 2490), S4891 [3JN]
———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (see S. 2233), S5773 [19JN]
———establish demonstration programs to improve health care quality (see S. 2752), S11080 [14NO]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see S. 2, 2729), S6808 [15JY]
———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 2057), S4891 [3JN]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S5042 [5JN]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S10443 [15OC]
———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1967), S3014 [22AP]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 1931), S586 [11FE]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see S. 2218), S3014 [22AP]
———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (see S. 1954), S853 [14FE]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S3843 [2MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: improve advance directive requirements to ensure compliance with individual health care decisions (see S. 2857), S7899 [1AU]
Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (see S. Res. 278), S4840 [23MY]
Mount Desert, ME: deauthorize Northeast Harbor navigation project (see S. 2859), S7899 [1AU]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2611), S5366 [11JN]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 103), S3627 [1MY]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S587 [11FE]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1394 [1MR]
National Donor Day: designate (see S. Res. 210), S853 [14FE]
National Epilepsy Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 322), S8300 [5SE]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 281), S5041 [5JN]
National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 225), S1732 [11MR]
National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 121), S6015 [25JN]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 94), S100 [24JA]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
National Office for Combatting Terrorism: establish (see S. 1449), S2951 [18AP]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S9427 [26SE]
National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10360 [10OC]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S4282 [13MY]
National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see S. Con. Res. 146), S10041 [7OC]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
Navy: report changes in budget and staffing that take place as a result of regionalization program (see S. 1289), S100 [24JA]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pearl, Daniel: tribute (see S. Res. 212), S1208 [26FE]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see S. 2244), S3303 [24AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
———reaffirm reference to ``one Nation under God'' (see S. 2690), S6250 [27JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see S. 2194), S2950 [18AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see S. 2009), S1782 [12MR]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see S. 3114), S10571 [16OC]
Public welfare programs: permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2552), S5697 [18JN]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S2486 [10AP]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see S. 2933), S8565 [12SE]
Small business: recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 264), S5773 [19JN]
Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 2466), S3953 [7MY]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S733 [13FE]
Social Security: provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see S. 2533), S5043 [5JN]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see S. 2521), S8092 [3SE]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see S. 2215), S3015 [22AP]
Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for providing independent investment advice to employees (see S. 2087), S2485 [10AP]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 2816), S8566 [12SE]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S425 [6FE]
———treatment of inverted corporate entities and of transactions with such entities (see S. 2119), S8092 [3SE]
Terrorism: condemn the involvement of women in suicide bombings (see S. Res. 229), S2183 [20MR]
———liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims (see S. 2134), S2952 [18AP]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 969), S8919 [19SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1352 [28FE]
U.S. Consensus Council: establish (see S. 1651), S4890 [3JN]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see S.J. Res. 32), S1004 [25FE]
Union River: redesignate certain portions of the navigation project (see S. 2858), S7899 [1AU]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2260 [21MR]
Water: establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see S. 2964), S8754 [18SE]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10), S6650 [11JY]
———ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (see S. 2328), S8565 [12SE]
———provide comprehensive pension protection (see S. 2707), S6500 [9JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
American National Maritime Museum: reaffirm and revise designation to establish additional museums around the country (see S. 2804), S7430 [26JY]
Armed Forces: increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve to match scheduled increases in rates for assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 2462), S3953 [7MY]
Children and youth: commend students who participated in the U.S. Senate Youth Program (see S. Res. 208), S732 [13FE]
Dept. of Defense: restrict bundling of contract requirements that unreasonably disadvantage small businesses (see S. 2463), S3953 [7MY]
Education: expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see S. 1918), S487 [7FE]
FDA: conduct oversight of any entity engaged in the recovery, testing, or handling of human tissue or human tissue-based products (see S. 2531), S4568 [20MY]
Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see S. 2849), S7899 [1AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2042), S2260 [21MR]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2110), S2577 [11AP] (see S. 2570), S4839 [23MY]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 2085), S2485 [10AP] (see S. 2848), S7899 [1AU]
———reward and expand the number of health care providers delivering high-quality cost-effective health care to beneficiaries (see S. 1948), S852 [14FE]
National Marine Fisheries Service: delay implementation of certain Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Management Plan regulations relative to stock populations (see S. 3110), S10360 [10OC]
National security: make grants to State and local governments in order to prepare for and respond to terrorist threats (see S. 2077), S2412 [9AP]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 153), S10443 [15OC]
Presidential Commission on the U.S. Postal Service: establish (see S. 2754), S7033 [18JY]
Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 211), S897 [15FE]
Securities: allow Federal enforcement actions based on State enforcement actions against microcap securities fraud and broaden SEC regulation of rogue brokers (see S. 1985), S1536 [5MR]
Taxation: increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see S. 2662), S5851 [20JN]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see S. 2023), S1974 [15MR]
Cloture motions
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), motion to proceed, S7766 [31JY], S8036 [3SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY]
Letters
Educational assistance rate increases for members of the Selected Reserve to match scheduled increases in rates for assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill: Jayson L. Speigel, Reserve Officers Association of the U.S., S3956 [7MY]
Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act: Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market, S6845 [16JY], S7648 [31JY]
———Jody Hunter, Business for Affordable Medicine (organization), S6845 [16JY], S7648 [31JY]
Increase deduction for expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S161 [28JA]
Increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S1980 [15MR]
Medicaid reimbursements to States: Carolyn Markey, Visiting Nurse Associations of America, S7293 [24JY]
Microcap Fraud Prevention Act: Joseph P. Borg, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S1538 [5MR]
Provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl: James J. Espy, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (organization), S698 [13FE]
———Jennifer Melville, Trust for Public Land (organization), S698 [13FE]
———Kent Wommack, Nature Conservancy (organization), S698 [13FE]
———Larry A. Kotchman, National Association of State Foresters, S697 [13FE]
———Sally Stockwell, Maine Audubon Society, S698 [13FE]
———W. Kent Olson, Friends of Acadia (organization), S698 [13FE]
Privilege of the floor
Nutter, Caileen, S1006 [25FE]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3989 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S697 [13FE]
American National Maritime Museum: reaffirm and revise designation to establish additional museums around the country (S. 2804), S7431 [26JY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5111, S5112, S5113 [6JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S2885 [18AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10299 [10OC]
———increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve to match scheduled increases in rates for assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 2462), S3955 [7MY]
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: effective date, S2142 [20MR]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6598 [11JY]
Children and youth: commend students who participated in the U.S. Senate Youth Program (S. Res. 208), S745 [13FE]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S988, S989 [25FE], S2519 [11AP]
Congress: adjournment (S. Con. Res. 160), S11672 [20NO]
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, S6598 [11JY]
Degenhardt, Dawn C.: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, S9841
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6007, S6008 [25JN], S6194 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7800 [1AU]
———preservation of blood products, human organs, and other wound-repairing tissues research funding, S6007, S6008 [25JN]
———restrict bundling of contract requirements that unreasonably disadvantage small businesses (S. 2463), S3956 [7MY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1826 [13MR], S2233 [21MR], S2569 [11AP], S2885 [18AP], S3258 [24AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S11394, S11409 [19NO]
———establish (H.R. 5005), motion to proceed, S8054 [3SE]
———inclusion of Coast Guard, S8054 [3SE], S11394, S11409 [19NO]
Dept. of the Interior: land conservation projects funding, S8153 [4SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8153 [4SE]
Dept. of Transportation: Conserve by Bicycling Pilot Program funding, S2569 [11AP]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), S849 [14FE]
Education: establish strategic sectoral skills gap assessments, strategic skills gap action plans, and strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants (S. 2468), S4057 [8MY]
———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (S. 1918), S489 [7FE]
Families and domestic relations: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (S. 2002), S1707 [8MR]
FDA: authorize oversight of any entity engaged in recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human tissue or human tissue-based products (S. 2531), S4536 [17MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6907 [17JY], S7202 [23JY], S7285, S7293, S7294 [24JY], S7330, S7331, S7335 [25JY], S7647 [31JY]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6843 [16JY]
Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S8332 [5SE]
Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (S. 2849), S7914 [1AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2042), S2262-S2265 [21MR]
Insurance: ability of group life insurance providers to obtain reinsurance relative to coverage for risks from terrorism, S5527, S5528 [13JN]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5527, S5528 [13JN]
LIHEAP: funding, S3151 [23AP]
Maine: same day voter registration, S2519 [11AP]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S5111, S5112, S5113 [6JN], S7285, S7293, S7294 [24JY], S7330, S7331, S7335 [25JY]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2110), S2582 [11AP]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2570), S4863 [23MY]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 2085), S2487 [10AP]
———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 2848), S7913 [1AU]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7202 [23JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7202 [23JY]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (S. 1931), S590 [11FE]
———reward and expand the number of health care providers delivering high-quality cost-effective health care to beneficiaries (S. 1948), S856 [14FE]
Medicare/Medicaid: improve advance directive requirements to ensure compliance with individual health care decisions (S. 2857), S7925 [1AU]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, S1826 [13MR]
National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 281), S5055 [5JN]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (S. Con. Res. 94), S103 [24JA]
National Marine Fisheries Service: delay implementation of certain Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Management Plan regulations relative to stock populations (S. 3110), S10388 [10OC]
———restrictions on the number of days fishing is allowed in the Gulf of Maine, S1411 [4MR]
National security: make grants to State and local governments in order to prepare for and respond to terrorist threats (S. 2077), S2414 [9AP]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: establish (S. Con. Res. 153), S10450 [15OC]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6907 [17JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2133, S2142, S2144, S2145 [20MR]
———prohibit minors from making contributions or donations to a candidate or a political party, S2145 [20MR]
Power resources: clarify definition of ``repowering and cofiring increment'' to ensure proper credit is given for renewable energy generation, S2233 [21MR]
———encourage the efficient generation of electric power through combined heat and power generating systems and termination of mandatory purchase and sale requirements, S3258 [24AP]
———national energy policy, S1826 [13MR], S2233 [21MR], S2569 [11AP], S2885 [18AP], S3258 [24AP]
Presidential Commission on the U.S. Postal Service: establish (S. 2754), S7038 [18JY]
Read Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 211), S994 [25FE]
Securities: allow Federal enforcement actions based on State enforcement actions against microcap securities fraud and broaden SEC regulation of rogue brokers (S. 1985), S1537 [5MR]
Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl, S697 [13FE]
Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials, S1658 [7MR]
———increase deduction for expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses, S160 [28JA], S200, S201 [29JA]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (S. 2662), S5859 [20JN]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (S. 2023), S1979 [15MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S160 [28JA], S200, S201 [29JA], S390 [6FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S1658 [7MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S160 [28JA], S200, S201 [29JA], S390 [6FE]
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, chemical and biological threats, S7800 [1AU]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, S4786 [23MY]
U.S. Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century: recommendations, S850 [14FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S390 [6FE]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, S10494 [16OC]
———guarantee States a portion of grant program funds allocated for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration, S988, S989 [25FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S988, S989 [25FE], S2519 [11AP]
Waterboro, ME: tribute to Massabesic High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5254
Remarks—Special Joint Meeting of Congress
New York, NY: commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6105 [9SE]
———presentation of plaque to Federal Hall in honor of special joint meeting of Congress to commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6105 [9SE]
Tributes
Abromson, Joel, S2323
Fitzgerald, Buzz, S2323
Hutchinson, Senator, S11707 [20NO]
Thompson, Senator, S11706 [20NO]