FAMILIES AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Addresses

Losing Family Farms—Time for Change: Shana R. Stine, E1721 [2OC]

National Angels in Adoption Award Presentation to the Hallmark Channel: Representative Oberstar, E1671 [26SE]

World Population Growth: Werner Fornos, Population Institute, E1995 [14NO]

Amendments

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (S. 2980), S9859 [2OC]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (S. 2896), S8436 [10SE]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), S10949 [13NO]

Crime: establish a national center on volunteer screening to reduce sexual and other types of abuse against children, the elderly, and the disabled (S. 1868), S10738 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), S6933, S6963 [17JY], H4153 [27JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4141 [27JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3531 [13JN]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6667 [25SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3081 [22AP]

Immigration: allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (H.R. 1892), H527 [26FE]

———continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (H.R. 1209), S5557, S5560, S5561 [13JN], H4989 [22JY]

———continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (S. 672), S5557, S5558, S5559 [13JN]

Native Americans: provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (S. 1340), S11783 [20NO]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4700), H2472, H2473 [14MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2497 [15MY], H2567 [16MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525)—consideration (H. Res. 527), H6382 [19SE]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), S431, S432 [6FE]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 390), H1427 [18AP]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3262 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524)—consideration (H. Res. 527), H6382 [19SE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), consideration (H. Res. 435), H3244 [6JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5346, S5386 [11JN], S5398, S5412, S5462 [12JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S34 [23JA], S76, S88, S104, S105, S106, S107 [24JA], S128, S130, S131, S133, S138, S139, S141, S143, S144, S145, S146, S147 [25JA], S154, S159, S162, S168, S183, S184 [28JA], S202, S207, S208, S212, S220, S239, S240, S242, S243, S247, S250, S251, S252, S253, S254 [29JA], S263, S270, S275, S279, S280, S288, S289, S290, S292, S293, S294, S307, S308 [4FE], S323, S352, S355, S356, S357, S358, S359, S360, S361, S363, S366, S367, S368, S369, S370, S374, S375, S377, S378, S379, S380 [5FE], S395, S426, S427, S428, S429, S430 [6FE], H478, H479 [14FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 347), H476 [14FE]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4085), S9550 [26SE]

Analyses

Enhance Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs Programs and Improve Administration of Such Programs (S. 1905), S237 [29JA]

Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act (S. 2994), S9121 [24SE]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Block Grants to States Reauthorization and Improvement (S. 2052), S2276 [21MR]

Announcements

Treasury to mail out 8.1 million checks on Friday July 26, 2001: Dept. of the Treasury, S7509 [30JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6137 [10SE]

Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse, S5879 [20JN]

Articles and editorials

Abortion Clinic Blocks Mother From Daughter Inside—Girl Was 16—Granite Police Say Law Gives No Voice to Parents of Minors, H1349 [17AP]

Audit Finds Lapses in Maryland Child Care—Contact Lost With Children; One Placed With Offender, E1501 [5SE]

Bankruptcy and Abortion—II, H8748 [14NO]

Children in Peril, E1938 [17OC]

Couple Pledge To Feed Hungry, E1280 [17JY]

D.C. Speeds Group Home Change—Move Follows New Report of Assaults on Boys, E1525 [9SE]

Daschle Blames Bush Tax Cut for Failure on Prescription Drug Reform, S7423 [26JY]

Dealing With the Death of Kenneth Van Auken in the World Trade Center, E1555 [11SE]

Death Tax Senators, S5422 [12JN]

Don't Penalize Children for Parents Going to Work, E912 [24MY]

Ecstasy's Brain Drain Possibly Wider Than Thought, S9699 [1OC]

Focus on Farms Masks Estate Tax Confusion, S5421 [12JN]

For the People, S11717 [20NO]

Foster-Care Tragedy Worthy of Dickens, E1304 [18JY]

Girl Scout Uses What She Learned From Grief To Help Other Teens, S2070 [19MR]

Grim Tales Arise From Foster Care, E1778 [8OC]

Health Problems of Latino Children, E1439 [29JY]

Helping Mend Troubled Families—Agency's Innovative Program Keeps Kids at Home or Nearby, E1684 [30SE]

How Neighbors Can Help Thwart Terrorism, E1442 [29JY]

Lawsuit To Target Rules for Foster Care by Relatives, E1636 [23SE]

Loving Persistence Pays Off for Otagakis, S4276 [13MY]

Senate Needs Reality Check Before Refunding Estate Tax, S5421 [12JN]

State Child-Welfare Payroll Includes Employees Who Have Criminal Pasts, E1599 [18SE]

State of the Estate Tax, H3283 [6JN]

Tax on Virtue, S5423 [12JN]

Tearful Apology in Boy's Death; County—A $1-Million Payout Is OK'd—Molina, Moved by a Mother's Plea, Vows Answers in Foster Care Case, E1569 [12SE]

Welfare—Not the Fed's Job, H2561 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions

Afghanistan: provide compensation for families of noncombatants killed in U.S. military actions (see H.R. 5448), H6558 [24SE]

Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]

Armed Forces: authorize a voluntary leave sharing program (see H.R. 4119), H1153 [9AP]

———express remorse and make amends for former Dept. of Defense policy providing for involuntary separation of female members who became pregnant while in service (see H.R. 5447), H6558 [24SE]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (see S. 2980), S8918 [19SE]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see S. Res. 284), S5535 [13JN] (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (see H.R. 5601), H7892 [10OC]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (see S. 2758), S7033 [18JY]

———increase funding to improve child care quality and require payment of costs for eligible child care providers to obtain nationally recognized accreditation (see H.R. 4164), H1200 [10AP]

———provide market rate payments for child care services (see H.R. 4539), H1483 [18AP]

———reauthorize (see S. 2117), S2578 [11AP]

Children and youth: encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. Res. 271), S4492 [16MY]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8092 [3SE] (see H.R. 5317, 5326), H6059 [4SE]

———give more youth aging out of foster care the opportunity to participate in national service programs (see S. 2658), S5851 [20JN]

———improve collection of child support arrears in interstate cases (see H.R. 5061), H4325 [27JN]

———prevent child abduction (see H.R. 5422), H6418 [19SE]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see S. 2998), S9116 [24SE] (see H.R. 3839), H686 [5MR]

———prevent teen pregnancy by educating teenagers about the negative consequences of premature sexual activity (see S. Con. Res. 105), S3843 [2MY] (see H. Con. Res. 393), H2019 [1MY]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H2163 [7MY]

———protect from violence (see H.R. 5397), H6373 [18SE]

———provide for opportunity passports, and other assistance, for youth in foster care and youth aging out of foster care (see S. 2657), S5851 [20JN]

Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 338), S10360 [10OC]

Citizenship: accord honorary citizenship to certain alien victims of terrorist attacks against the U.S. and grant citizenship to the alien spouses and children of certain victims of such attacks (see H.R. 5294), H5996 [26JY] (see H.R. 5354), H6129 [9SE]

———permit aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence whose spouse died as a result of terrorist attacks to apply for naturalization under the conditions that would have applied prior to such death (see H.R. 3984), H937 [18MR]

Clergy: tribute to the contributions that military chaplains make to members of the Armed Forces and their families (see H.R. 5016), H3927 [25JN]

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 S. 1924), S545 [8FE]

———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), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see S. 2537), S4623 [21MY] (see H.R. 3833), H655 [4MR]

Constitutional amendments: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H2511 [15MY]

Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1152 [9AP]

Crime: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (see S. 2002), S1705 [8MR]

———make video voyeurism a Federal crime and protect minors using the Internet from exposure to harmful material (see S. 2137), S2723 [16AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), consideration (see H. Res. 388), H1333 [16AP]

———provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H1087 [20MR]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H1152 [9AP]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see S. 2709), S6361 [8JY] (see H.R. 5011), H3927 [25JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (see H. Res. 462), H4064 (see H. Res. 462), H4067 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 578), H7737 [9OC]

Dept. of Education: provide assistance to families of teachers or school employees killed by violence while performing school duties (see H.R. 5254), H5994 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see S. 1984), S1421 [4MR] (see H.R. 3686), H141 [5FE]

Dept. of HUD: expand provisions of the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door Program to include firefighters and rescue personnel (see H.R. 5181), H5194 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (see H.R. 3733), H365 [13FE]

———enhance certain veterans programs and improve administration of such programs (see S. 1905), S235 [29JA] (see H.R. 3927), H832 [12MR]

———extend eligibility for housing loans guaranteed under the Native American Housing Loan Pilot Program to veterans who are married to Native Americans (see H.R. 4504), H1482 [18AP]

———provide service-connected disability benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation provided by the Dept., and for survivors of persons dying from such treatment (see H.R. 3734), H365 [13FE]

———suspend authority to increase drug copayment for treatment of non-service-connected disabilities and increase pension rates for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5082), H4424 [9JY]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 249), S3165 [23AP]

Disabled: advance commitment to community integration by ensuring a stable, quality direct support workforce for individuals with developmental disablities (see S. Con. Res. 151), S10223 [9OC]

Domestic violence: provide coverage for screening and treatment, improve response of health care systems, and train health care providers and facilities on screening, identification, and treatment for families (see S. 2236), S3303 [24AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: express support for and oppose efforts to delay implementation of tax cuts (see H. Res. 341), H104 [29JA]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see S. 2620), S5535 [13JN] (see H.R. 4019), H1087 [20MR]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 543), H6559 [24SE]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543)—consideration (see H. Res. 547), H6558 [24SE]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), consideration (see H. Res. 440), H3452 [11JN]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent when the budget is in balance or surplus, and the OMB determines that relief will not cause deficit (see H.R. 5043), H4324 [27JN]

———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (see S. 2577), S4967 [4JN] (see H.R. 4823), H2944 [22MY]

———make tax benefits permanent (see S. 3), S11574 [19NO]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see S. 2643), S5772 [19JN] (see H.R. 4800), H2943 [22MY]

Education: improve access to affordable early education programs, increase number of employers offering early education benefits, and develop affordable early education public-private partnership models (see H.R. 5673), H8022 [16OC]

———provide loan forgiveness for family law attorneys who represent low-income families or individuals (see S. 3166), S11079 [14NO]

———provide loan forgiveness for social workers who work for child protective agencies (see S. 3165), S11079 [14NO]

———reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start programs, and to staff such programs (see H.R. 5036), H4324 [27JN]

Embassies: provide full and complete protection to certain U.S. citizens living and traveling abroad (see S. Con. Res. 157), S10888 [13NO]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (see S. 3141), S10676 [17OC]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]

Fathers: support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 441), H3453 [11JN] (see H. Res. 442), H3514 [12JN]

Federal aid programs: provide grants for mental health and substance abuse services for women and children who have been victims of domestic or sexual violence (see S. 2203), S2950 [18AP]

———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see S. 2723), S6649 [11JY] (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]

Federal employees: allow the spouse or annuitant to obtain health benefits coverage for self alone (see H.R. 4997), H3825 [21JN]

———ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H780 [7MR]

———payment of travel expenses for Federal employees, uniformed, and Foreign Service members involved in disasters, and their family and agency representatives (see H.R. 5700), H8041 [24OC]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 2874), S7900 [1AU]

Financial institutions: provide student loan forgiveness for spouses, surviving joint debtors, and parents of individuals who died or became permanently and totally disabled due to terrorist attacks (see S. 2915), S8384 [9SE]

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), S8918 [19SE] (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6418 [19SE]

General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 5331), H6059 [4SE]

Health: encourage private health insurance companies to take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles (see H. Con. Res. 474), H6418 [19SE]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 2489), S4145 [9MY] (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]

———importance of prenatal care for women and children (see S. Res. 209), S732 [13FE] (see H. Res. 346), H230 [8FE]

———increase professional and public awareness of the link between periodontal disease in pregnant women and pre-term, low-birth-weight babies and the maternal transmission of caries (see S. 2202), S2950 [18AP]

———increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see S. Res. 275), S4840 [23MY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2471 [14MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2042), S2260 [21MR] (see S. 2639), S5696 [18JN] (see H.R. 5726), H8732 [13NO]

———provide for the development and operation of centers to conduct research on infertility prevention (see S. 2923), S8506 [11SE]

———provide grants to hire community health workers to improve access to health education and services for women and families in medically underserved areas (see S. 2139), S2828 [17AP]

———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 5674), H8022 [16OC]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), consideration (see H. Res. 334), H35 [23JA]

Homeless: revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (see H.R. 3699), H227 [7FE]

Housing: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (see S. 2721), S6649 [11JY]

———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see S. 2592), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4033), H1088 [20MR]

Immigration: authorize submission of an application for naturalization on behalf of a child by the child's grandparent or legal guardian if the parents are deceased (see H.R. 3846), H687 [5MR]

———extend filing deadline for status adjustment of individuals who already legally qualify for permanent residency (see S. 2493), S4145 [9MY]

———facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H283 [12FE]

———prevent nonimmigrant aliens, who are delinquent in child support payments, from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 4597), H1673 [25AP]

———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H650 [28FE]

———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 5600), H7892 [10OC]

———refuse U.S. admission to the extended family of international child abductors (see S. 3159), S11079 [14NO] (see H.R. 5715), H8731 [13NO]

———treatment of spouses and children of Philippine servicemen who served in the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 3906), H780 [7MR]

Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 4733), H2470 [14MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: ensure full funding and allow States to reform special education programs to increase parental choice and reduce paperwork (see S. 2883), S7900 [1AU]

Law enforcement: provide incentives for State laws mandating the reporting of child abuse by certain individuals (see H.R. 5313), H5996 [26JY]

LIHEAP: address the needs of low-income households in States with high needs for cooling assistance by adjusting a hold harmless provision (see H.R. 4898), H3291 [6JN]

Marriage: protect private decisions about marriage (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1769 [30AP]

———seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system and support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages (see H. Con. Res. 316), H201 [6FE]

Medicaid: allow payment for dialysis, chemotherapy, pregnancy-related services, communicable diseases testing and treatment, and other emergency care to certain aliens (see S. 2449), S3843 [2MY]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 3899), H780 [7MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve advance directive requirements to ensure compliance with individual health care decisions (see S. 2857), S7899 [1AU]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see S. 2271), S3434 [25AP]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: funding (see S. 3101), S10359 [10OC] (see S. 3146), S10677 [17OC]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H634 [27FE]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 260), S3843 [2MY]

National Child Protection Act: amend (see H.R. 5556), H7171 [7OC]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 501), H7172 [7OC]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 5176), H5086 [22JY]

National Military Family Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 131), S7372 [25JY]

National Missing Persons Day: designate (see S. Res. 226), S1935 [14MR]

———observance (see H. Res. 381), H1153 [9AP]

National Parents Week: designate (see S. Res. 328), S8918 [19SE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10360 [10OC]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 582), H7894 [10OC]

National Safe Kids Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 102), S3165 [23AP]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1421 [4MR] (see S. Res. 218), S1676 [7MR]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children participating in summer food service programs (see S. 2660), S5851 [20JN]

National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see S. Con. Res. 146), S9116 [24SE]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 497), H6983 [2OC]

Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see S. 2009), S1782 [12MR] (see H.R. 4916), H3513 [12JN]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2610), S5366 [11JN] (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2878), S7900 [1AU]

———exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2070), S2326 [22MR]

———expand educational opportunities for recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3730), H284 [12FE]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (see S. 2669), S5956 [24JN]

———improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2116), S2578 [11AP]

———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2548), S4703 [22MY]

———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), S4703 [22MY]

———promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (see S. 2628), S5632 [17JN]

———promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2876), S7900 [1AU]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2631), S5696 [18JN]

———provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H2164 [7MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2052), S2260 [21MR] (see S. 2524), S4387 [15MY] (see H.R. 4090), H1152 [9AP] (see H.R. 4210), H1283 [11AP] (see H.R. 4700), H2355 [9MY] (see H.R. 4735), H2471 [14MY] (see H.R. 4737), H2511 [15MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4735), consideration (see H. Res. 421), H2469 [14MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525)—consideration (see H. Res. 527), H6302 [17SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (see H. Res. 422), H2511 [15MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 420), H2469 [14MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and improve access to quality child care (see S. 2648), S5772 [19JN]

———reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs operated by Indian tribes (see S. 2484), S4064 [8MY]

———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H78 [24JA]

———reauthorize block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5467), H6692 [25SE]

———reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (see H.R. 4092), H1152 [9AP]

———replace caseload reduction credit with employment credit under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2058), S2261 [21MR] (see H.R. 4057), H1088 [20MR]

———require a comprehensive strategic plan for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2624), S5584 [14JN]

———temporarily extend waivers granted to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5757), H9024 [14NO]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 211), S897 [15FE]

Refugees: extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried children of certain Vietnamese refugees (see S. 2504), S4199 [10MY]

SBA: make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 2891), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 5749), H9024 [14NO]

Social Security: create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (H.R. 3497), consideration (see H. Res. 425), H2735 [21MY]

———credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 4743), H2511 [15MY]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs (see H.R. 4585), H1619 [24AP]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs and reauthorize Medicaid transitional medical assistance (see H.R. 4122), H1153 [9AP]

———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]

———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 4857), H3160 [4JN]

States: address domestic and sexual violence in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see H.R. 4655), H2100 [2MY]

———measure the self-sufficiency of families leaving programs providing temporary assistance and provide an incentive to help move families toward self-sufficiency (see H.R. 3667), H104 [29JA]

———permit requirement of parental consent relative to purchase of prescription drugs or devices for minors (see H.R. 4783), H2734 [21MY]

Taxation: accelerate marriage penalty relief and modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 4626), H2018 [1MY]

———accelerate the effective date for the expansion of adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 5767), H9128 [22NO]

———allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (see H.R. 4909), H3453 [11JN]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]

———apply exclusion from gross income for public safety officer survivor benefits to all beneficiaries (see H.R. 5069), H4350 [8JY]

———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (see S. 2807), S7430 [26JY]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 390), H1409 [17AP]

———exempt certain recipients of Federal multi-family housing loans from the recapture provisions of the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 4712), H2355 [9MY]

———expand the earned income tax credit for individuals with no qualifying children (see H.R. 3742), H366 [13FE]

———give priority to reductions in Federal tax refunds for past-due child support payments before any other reductions allowed by law (see H.R. 4899), H3291 [6JN]

———increase age limit for the child tax credit (see H.R. 5182), H5194 [23JY]

———limit applicability of estate tax to estates over a certain amount (see H.R. 5008), H3859 [24JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524)—consideration (see H. Res. 527), H6302 [17SE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), consideration (see H. Res. 435), H3228 [5JN]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see S. 2994), S9116 [24SE]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3685), H141 [5FE]

———provide tax fairness for military families (see S. 2802), S7430 [26JY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 4229), H1289 [15AP] (see H.R. 5706), H8060 [8NO]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see S. 2732), S6867 [16JY] (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (see H. Res. 347), H365 [13FE]

———treatment of certain reinvested gains by S corporations (see H.R. 4675), H2164 [7MY]

Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see S. Res. 199), S32 [23JA] (see H. Res. 336), H104 [29JA]

Veterans: authorize additional compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care (see H.R. 4621), H1768 [30AP]

———computation of annuities of surviving spouses of uniformed services members who died entitled to retired or retainer pay but before the Survivor Benefit Plan existed or applied to the members (see S. 2632), S5696 [18JN]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see S. 2630), S5632 [17JN] (see H.R. 4904), H3453 [11JN]

———increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see H.R. 4798), H2943 [22MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation and revise requirements for maintaining levels of extended-care services to veterans (see S. 2229), S3165 [23AP]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2074), S2368 [8AP] (see H.R. 4085), H1152 [9AP]

———payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of a deceased veteran who had service-connected disabilities that included compensable cold-weather injuries preceding death (see H.R. 5127), H4605 [15JY]

———permit remarried surviving spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 5355), H6129 [9SE]

———provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after a certain age will not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 2602), S5285 [10JN]

———tribute to American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., the service flag, and the service lapel button (see H. Con. Res. 301), H36 [23JA]

Women: 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), S3435 [25AP] (see H.R. 4602), H1673 [25AP]

———expand research for women in trauma (see S. 2559), S4839 [23MY]

———improve treatment for mental health and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence (see S. 2204), S2950 [18AP]

Cloture motions

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S272, S280 [4FE], S392 [6FE]

Conference reports

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 5011), H7345-H7375 [9OC]

Cost Estimates

Indian Probate Reform Act (S. 1340): CBO, S11553 [19NO]

Essays

Problem Solving: Kylie White, S1934 [14MR]

What I Would Do if I Were a U.S. Senator: Annie Ballard, S3432 [25AP]

———Ashley Bageant, S3432 [25AP]

———Kathleen Warner, S3432 [25AP]

Excerpts

Freedom of access to abortion clinic entrances legislation, H8743 [14NO]

Letters

Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act: Galen Miller, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, S7924 [1AU]

———Karen Orloff Kaplan, Partnership for Caring, Inc., S7924 [1AU]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S7925 [1AU]

Child Care and Development Block Grant funding: several State legislators, S3501 [29AP]

Child Care Lending Pilot Act: Ardith Wieworka, Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, S7956 [1AU]

———Christopher Sikes, Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund Inc., S7956 [1AU]

———Edward P. Madaus, Guild of St. Agnes (nonprofit organization), S7957 [1AU]

———Eric Korsh, Neighborhood Business Builders (organization), S7956 [1AU]

———Erika Eurkus, ACCION, USA (nonprofit organization), S7957 [1AU]

———Heather Danton, South Eastern Economic Development Corp., S7957 [1AU]

———Julie A. Cripe, Omnibank N.A., S7956 [1AU]

Child Support Reinvestment Act: Geraldine Jensen, Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, Inc., E945 [5JN]

———Melanie Snider, National Organization for Women, E945 [5JN]

———Vicki Turetsky, Center for Law and Social Policy, and Joan Entmacher, National Women's Law Center, E946 [5JN]

Dept. of Justice appropriations: several domestic violence organizations, S9690 [1OC]

Enhance certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and improve administration of such programs: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S236 [29JA]

Estate tax relief: Senator Grassley, S11717 [20NO]

Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act: Hannah Rosenthal, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, H3090 [4JN]

———Israel Singer and Gideon Taylor, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc., H3090 [4JN]

———Lawrence S. Eagleburger, International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, H3090 [4JN]

———Richard T. Foltin, American Jewish Committee, H3090 [4JN]

———Roman Kent, American Gathering/Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, H3090 [4JN]

———Samuel J. Dubbin and Judy Gilbert-Gould, Jewish Community Relations Council, H3090 [4JN]

Housing Voucher Improvement Act: George Caruso, National Affordable Housing Management Association, S6653 [11JY]

———several organizations, S6652 [11JY]

———Sunia Zaterman, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, S6653 [11JY]

Indian Probate Reform Act: Neal A. McCaleb, Dept. of the Interior, S11554 [19NO]

LIHEAP funding: several Senators, S3151 [23AP]

Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: Senators Bingaman and Lincoln, S10058 [8OC]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S9826 [2OC]

Mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention funding: Senator Helms, Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5152 [6JN]

Nomination of Paul G. Cassell to be district judge: Nancy Ruhe-Munch, National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc., S4257 [13MY]

Nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests: Gail Quinn, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H8745 [14NO]

———Kenneth W. Starr, H8752 [14NO]

———Mary Ann Glendon, H8743-H8745 [14NO]

Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), and Representative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H2595 [16MY]

Puerto Rican compliance with certain provisions of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Manuel Mirabal, National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (organization), E819 [16MY]

Refundable tax credit for recreational travel, and deductions for business meals and entertainment expenses, and travel expenses, of a spouse during business travel: Jonathan Tisch, Travel Business Roundtable (organization), S265 [4FE]

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: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H6912 [1OC]

Tax rates: Senator Grassley, S11718 [20NO]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Janet Schalansky, Kansas Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation Services, H2557 [16MY]

Veterans Benefits Improvement Act: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S3169 [23AP]

Lists

Cosponsors of S. 2896, National AMBER Alert Network Act, S8439 [10SE]

Cosponsors of S. Res. 199, tribute to Rex D. (Dave) Thomas, S48 [23JA]

Family Business Estate Tax Coalition, S326 [5FE], S647 [12FE]

Objectionable provisions in H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S6973 [18JY]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H2542 [16MY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 3113, block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program reauthorization and improvement, H1280 [11AP]

Organizations supporting S. 724, Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act, S10061 [8OC]

Small Business Legislative Council, S327 [5FE], S647 [12FE]

Travel Business Roundtable (organization), S265 [4FE]

Memorandums

Child Custody Protection Act: Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard University, and Peter J. Rubin, Georgetown University, H1359-H1362 [17AP]

Nondischargeability of Debts Incurred as a Result of Abortion Clinic Protests: Michael F. Moses, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H8745 [14NO]

Motions

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1369 [17AP]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), H6137 [10SE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2592 [16MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), H2498 [15MY]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1429 [18AP]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3274 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), consideration (H. Res. 435), H3248 [6JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5412, S5433, S5434 [12JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S16 [23JA], S87 [24JA], S114 [25JA], S215 [29JA], H477 [14FE]

Poems

``First in Thy Grandfather's Arms'', S5503 [13JN]

``Let Us Remember the Children'', S2406 [9AP]

``Little Chap Who Follows Me'', S5621 [14JN]

``Rock Me to Sleep,'' Elizabeth A. Allen, S4194 [10MY]

``We Have Lived and Loved Together,'' Charles Jeffreys, S5030 [5JN]

``When Mother Reads Aloud'', S4194 [10MY]

Press releases

Dorgan Death-Tax Amendment: National Federation of Independent Business, S5410 [12JN]

Proposals

Allow individuals to take time off in event of disasters, E219 [27FE]

Remarks in House

Afghanistan: prohibit children from being used as soldiers, H2771-H2773 [21MY]

Agriculture: status of family farms, E1721 [2OC]

Alcoa Foundation: anniversary, E2014 [14NO]

Anaheim, CA: tribute to Eli Home Carino Walk-In Center, E1388 [25JY], E1422 [29JY]

Baldwin-Wallace College: tribute to tuition assistance program for single parents, E2026 [14NO]

Bankruptcy: nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, H6065 [5SE], H6108 [9SE], H6132 [10SE], H6306 [18SE], H6696 [26SE], H8742-H8748, H8750-H8756 [14NO]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (S. 2980), E1986 [12NO]

Budget: impact on women's issues, H985 [19MR]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (H. Res. 437), E1441, E1456 [29JY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: encourage agencies and organizations that receive funding to provide appropriate materials and services to families with limited English proficiency, H1510 [23AP]

———make improvements and reauthorize programs (H.R. 5601), H7876, H7882 [10OC], E1862, E1863 [11OC], E1891, E1923 [17OC]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: increase funding to improve child care quality and require payment of costs for eligible child care providers to obtain nationally recognized accreditation (H.R. 4164), E484 [10AP]

———provide market rate payments for child care services (H.R. 4539), E582 [18AP]

Child Care Development Block Grants: funding, H2559, H2585, H2589, H2592, H2593 [16MY], E983 [7JN]

Child Citizenship Act: anniversary, E216 [27FE]

Children and youth: abduction of children by family members to foreign countries, H143 [6FE], H203 [7FE], H635 [28FE], H836 [13MR], H1078 [20MR], H1159 [10AP], H1203 [11AP], H1495 [23AP], H1622 [25AP], H1773 [1MY], H2168 [8MY], H2476 [15MY], H3303 [11JN], H3459 [12JN], H3613 [18JN], H3724 [20JN], H4073 [27JN], H4500 [11JY], H4876 [18JY]

———correlation between marriage and children's self-esteem, H660 [5MR]

———efforts to combat abduction of children, H3915 [25JN], H4681 [16JY], H4770 [17JY], H4875 [18JY], H8548 [13NO]

———encourage parents to have a recent photograph, and physical description, prepared to assist law enforcement in abduction cases, H5460 [25JY]

———encourage parents to have a recent photograph and physical description prepared to assist law enforcement in abduction cases, H3165 [5JN]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (H.R. 5317), H6063 [5SE]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (H.R. 5326), E1749 [4OC], E1809 [9OC], E1849 [11OC]

———prevent child abduction (H.R. 5422), H7048-H7053 [7OC], H7305 [9OC], E1787, E1793, E1799 [8OC], E1809 [9OC], E1838 [11OC], E1881 [17OC]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (H.R. 3839), H1502-H1514 [23AP], E255 [5MR], E612 [23AP]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (H.R. 4667), H2168 [8MY], H2393 [14MY], H6349 [18SE]

———reform child welfare systems, E1937 [17OC]

———reform foster care systems, E1304 [18JY], E1501 [5SE], E1525 [9SE], E1569 [12SE], E1599 [18SE], E1636 [23SE], E1684 [30SE], E1778 [8OC]

———tribute to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Beaumont, TX, Police Dept., and the Jefferson County, TX, Sheriff's Academy for hosting a seminar on missing and exploited chidren, H6306 [18SE]

Children's Home of Lubbock (organization): tribute, E1326 [24JY]

Children's Network (organization): anniversary, E1784 [8OC]

Commission on Black Men and Boys: tribute, H837 [13MR]

Community Food Bank of New Jersey: tribute, E976 [6JN]

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), H1750 [30AP], E1741 [3OC], E1872 [15OC]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), H2669-H2676 [21MY]

———establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), Senate amendment, H8996-H8998 [14NO]

Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus: encourage membership, H6133 [10SE]

Corbi, Lana: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, E1671 [26SE]

Courts: compensatory damages for victims of terrorist attacks, H6655 [25SE]

Crime: exempt adult siblings, grandparents, and religious persons from prohibition on taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, H1370-H1372 [17AP]

———levels of domestic violence against cohabiting women versus married women, H566 [27FE], H2476 [15MY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1345, H1351 [17AP], E582, E584, E587 [18AP], E655 [29AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), consideration (H. Res. 388), H1345-H1351 [17AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), motion to recommit, H1370-H1372 [17AP]

———provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 4032), H2208 [8MY], H6932 [2OC]

Cuba: lift certain restrictions on remittances to Cuban nationals, H5246, H5248, H5298, H5299 [23JY], H5346 [24JY]

Darling, Sharon K.: National Humanities Medal recipient, E551 [17AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H8026 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), H4143-H4154 [27JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), conference report, H7813-H7818 [10OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4136-H4143 [27JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 578), H7812, H7813 [10OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), motion to instruct conferees, H6137 [10SE]

———morale, welfare, and recreation programs funding, H2270 [9MY]

Dept. of Education: provide assistance to families of teachers or school employees killed by violence while performing school duties (H.R. 5254), E1432 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (H.R. 3686), H112 [5FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office, H6745, H6746 [26SE], E1724 [2OC]

———statutorily institute and clarify the organizational structure of the Violence Against Women Office, H1990-H1997 [1MY], E703 [3MY]

Dept. of Labor: tribute to efforts to integrate community and faith-based organizations into Federal employment and training services, E1741 [3OC]

———tribute to efforts to integrate faith-based and community organizations into employment and training services, E1872 [15OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (H.R. 3733), E176 [15FE]

———extend eligibility for housing loans guaranteed under the Native American Housing Loan Pilot Program to veterans who are married to Native Americans (H.R. 4504), E583 [18AP]

Devlin, Patrick J., Sr., and Helen: tribute on birth of child, E910 [24MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H1689 [30AP], H3302 [11JN], H3458, H3496-H3501 [12JN], H3519-H3540 [13JN], H3607 [18JN], H3863 [25JN], H4353 [9JY], E585 [18AP], E1069 [17JN], E1082 [18JN]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543), H6933-H6941 [2OC], E1753, E1756 [4OC]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6660-H6669 [25SE]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), consideration (H. Res. 440), H3515-H3518 [13JN]

———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), H3076, H3089-H3092 [4JN], E970 [6JN]

———make tax benefits permanent, H1293, H1311-H1318, H1328 [16AP], H1344 [17AP], H1414, H1416, H1418-H1429, H1436-H1452 [18AP], H1522-H1527 [23AP], H1690 [30AP], H1773 [1MY], H2112 [7MY], H3076 [4JN]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), H3076, H3092-H3094 [4JN], E968 [6JN], E1003 [7JN]

Edmonds Community College: construction of Center for Families, E941 [4JN]

Education: reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start programs, and to staff such programs (H.R. 5036), E1182 [28JN]

———tribute to home schooling, E1021 [12JN]

Ele's Place (organization): tribute, E869 [22MY]

End Domestic Violence Week: observance, E299 [7MR]

ENLACE (organization): tribute to ``Walk for Success'' campaign raising awareness of importance of registering for school, H6261 [17SE]

Euler, Donna: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award nominee, E1351 [25JY]

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (organization): tribute, H6814 [1OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow individuals to take time off in event of disasters, E218 [27FE]

Fathers: support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, E1034 [13JN]

———support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (H. Res. 442), H3487-H3492 [12JN]

Father's Day: observance, H3541 [13JN]

Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (H.R. 3752), E159 [14FE], E525 [15AP], E1724 [2OC]

———recognize importance of programs designed to be safety nets, H63-H70 [24JA]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, H4915 [18JY]

Ferreiro Family: Harrisonfest Family of the Year award recipients, E942 [4JN]

Financial institutions: First Accounts grants program funding, H4915 [18JY]

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 (H. Con. Res. 476), H6909-H6912 [1OC], E1740, E1741 [3OC], E1749, E1751 [4OC]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (H.R. 2142), H1623 [25AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, E213 [27FE]

General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (H.R. 5331), H7143, H7144 [7OC]

Germany: encourage timely resolution in child abduction or illegally retained child disputes, H565 [27FE]

Graham, Glenn: Keystone Children and Family Services Father of the Year award recipient, E1104 [19JN]

Health: maternal and child health programs funding, E777 [10MY]

Health care professionals: encourage screening of all women for domestic violence, H740 [7MR]

Hear O'Israel International, Inc.: tribute, E623 [24AP]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H43-H48 [24JA], E30 [25JA], E71 [5FE], E101 [6FE]

———establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), consideration (H. Res. 334), H41-H43 [24JA]

Homeless: revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (H.R. 3699), H253, H254, H263, H265 [12FE]

Housing: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (H.R. 4033), E408 [21MR]

Houston, TX: anniversary of DePelchin Children's Center, E549 [17AP]

Howard, Lauran: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, E1650 [25SE]

Hunger Awareness Day: observance, E976 [6JN]

Immigration: allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (H.R. 1892), E219 [27FE]

———allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (H.R. 1892), concur with Senate amendment, H527-H529 [26FE]

———continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (H.R. 1209), H4989-H4992 [22JY], E1330 [24JY]

———protection of battered immigrant families (H.R. 3828), E234 [28FE]

———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (H.R. 5600), E1823 [11OC]

———treatment of spouses and children of Philippine servicemen who served in the U.S. Navy (H.R. 3906), E295 [7MR]

Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (H.R. 4733), E790 [14MY]

International Women's Day: observance, E301, E304 [7MR]

Italy: return of Ludwig Koons to U.S., H143 [6FE], H635 [28FE], H690 [6MR], H836 [13MR], H911 [14MR], H1078 [20MR], H1159 [10AP], H1203 [11AP], H1495 [23AP], H1622 [25AP], H1773 [1MY], H2168 [8MY], H2476 [15MY], H3303 [11JN], H3459 [12JN], H3613 [18JN], H3724 [20JN], H4073 [27JN], H4876 [18JY]

Jacobs, Lawrence and Norisa: Delaware Foster Parents of the Year award recipients, E874 [22MY]

Lansing, MI: tribute to Catholic Social Services of Lansing/St. Vincent Home and Michigan State University for development of Child Welfare Learning Collaborative, E1328 [24JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: determine feasibility of providing child care services to low-income employees, H4880 [18JY]

Lifetime Entertainment Services: tribute to television campaign to stop violence against women, H740 [7MR]

Lippe, Richard: Coalition on Child Abuse and Neglect Distinguished Leadership Award recipient, E1830 [11OC]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Promotoras Comunitarias Training Program, E1250 [12JY]

Maple Grove Columbine Club: tribute, E1801 [9OC]

Marriage: protect private decisions about marriage (H. Con. Res. 392), E664 [30AP]

———reduce financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system, H567 [27FE]

Miami, FL: tribute to volunteer workers and organizations, H8014 [16OC]

Miller, Melissa: Sixes Living (publication) Mother of the Year award recipient, E1132 [21JN]

Minorities: expand health care for children, E1439 [29JY]

Mother's Day: observance, H2207, H2208, H2211, H2213 [8MY]

National Adoption Month: observance, E2014 [14NO], E2137 [22NO]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: support ``Picture Them Home'' campaign by printing pictures of missing children on congressional envelopes, H2115 [7MY], H2667 [21MY], H2836 [22MY]

———tribute, H6478 [24SE]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 3814), E215 [27FE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: require representation by family members of victims of terrorist attacks, H5436-H5438 [24JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1892 [17OC], E1962 [28OC]

National Family Week: observance, E2041 [14NO]

National Grandparents Day: observance, E1487 [4SE]

National objectives: recognize the importance of marriage, H566 [27FE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 582), H8940 [14NO], E1837, E1847 [11OC]

New Alternatives for Children, Inc.: anniversary, E1658 [26SE]

Newark Emergency Services for Families, Inc.: tribute, E1988 [12NO]

Parca (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E101 [6FE]

Peace: tribute to ``Not in My Name, Not in the Name of My Child'' peace movement, E1061 [14JN]

Polly Klaas Foundation: tribute, E1809 [9OC]

Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (H.R. 4916), H6932 [2OC]

Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, H2549-H2552, H2580 [16MY]

———address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, E1519 [5SE]

———allow mothers receiving welfare benefits with infant or disabled children to stay at home rather than have to work and pay for child care, H2495 [15MY]

———expand educational opportunities for recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H2580 [16MY], E747 [8MY]

———expand vocational educational opportunities for recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H2496 [15MY]

———impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program reauthorization on Oregon, E1038 [13JN]

———increase work requirement, H2495, H2496 [15MY]

———increase work requirements, H2542, H2549 [16MY]

———make allowances for lack of accessible transportation and child care facilities in rural areas relative to fulfilling work requirements of certain programs, H2430 [14MY], H2551 [16MY]

———provide transportation to places of employment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H1691 [30AP]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3113), H144, H145, H146 [6FE], H1275-H1280 [11AP], E106 [6FE], E110, E118 [7FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4090), H1159, H1160, H1161, H1162 [10AP], H1344, H1384, H1389-H1396 [17AP], H1414, H1415 [18AP], H1622, H1623, H1624, H1625 [25AP], H1691, H1750-H1757 [30AP], H1773, H1999-H2002 [1MY], H2170 [8MY], E482 [10AP], E637, E638 [26AP], E747 [8MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4210), H1625 [25AP]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4700), H2391, H2430 [14MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2475, H2476, H2477, H2478, H2479, H2500-H2502 [15MY], H2514-H2594, H2600 [16MY], E819 [16MY], E842 [17MY], E857, E860, E862 [20MY], E893 [23MY], E912, E932 [24MY], E977 [6JN], E983, E984 [7JN], E1038 [13JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525), H6307 [18SE], H6384-H6393 [19SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525)—consideration (H. Res. 527), H6376-H6383 [19SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), H2491-H2499 [15MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), same-day consideration (H. Res. 420), H2484-H2491 [15MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), corrections in engrossment, H2594 [16MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), motion to recommit, H2592, H2593 [16MY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), unanimous-consent request, H2499 [15MY]

———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3625), E23, E24 [24JA]

———reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (H.R. 4092), H2114 [7MY], H2170 [8MY], E470 [9AP], E638 [26AP], E747 [8MY]

———reform, H566 [27FE], H742 [7MR], H1491 [23AP]

———temporarily extend waivers granted to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 5757), E2074 [15NO]

Puerto Rico: compliance with certain provisions of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, E819 [16MY]

Radio: tribute to ``Tom Joyner Morning Show'' (radio program) for efforts on African American issues, E500 [11AP]

Related Companies of California and Community Housing Developers, Inc.: tribute to El Rancho Verde Apartments, E1184 [28JN]

Ridgewood, NJ: tribute to ``Ridgewood Family Night—Ready, Set, Relax'' event, E509 [12AP]

Rogers, Judi: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1633 [23SE]

Rome, GA: tribute to ``One Family Helping One Family'' program, E80 [5FE]

Santa Ana, CA: tribute to Kiwanis Club for efforts to curb illiteracy in the Orange County, CA, area, H4499 [11JY]

Santa Cruz County, CA: tribute to Children and Families Commission Children and Families Heroes Award recipients, E214 [27FE]

Senior citizens: tribute to adult day care programs, E1810 [9OC]

Sexual Assault Awareness Month: observance, H1772 [1MY], E669 [30AP]

Social Security: create individual accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, give Americans ownership of their retirement, and restore long-term solvency, H725 [6MR]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs, H1751-H1757 [30AP]

———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (H.R. 4671), E736 [7MY], E878 [22MY]

———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (H.R. 4857), E945 [5JN]

Sycamores (organization): anniversary, E1457 [29JY]

Taxation: accelerate marriage penalty relief and modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (H.R. 4626), H2392 [14MY], H2685-H2691 [21MY], E678 [2MY]

———allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (H.R. 4909), E1019 [12JN]

———apply exclusion from gross income for public safety officer survivor benefits to all beneficiaries (H.R. 5069), E1207 [8JY]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1414, H1429-H1452 [18AP], E753 [8MY]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 390), H1418-H1429 [18AP]

———expand the earned income tax credit for individuals with no qualifying children (H.R. 3742), H1160 [10AP]

———increase unified estate tax credit, H3250-H3274 [6JN]

———limit applicability of estate tax to estates over a certain amount (H.R. 5008), H6394, H6395 [19SE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, H1522-H1527 [23AP], H2652, H2653 [20MY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3075 [4JN], H3165, H3166, H3206, H3208-H3214 [5JN], H3249-H3277, H3283 [6JN], H3300 [11JN], E1031, E1035 [13JN], E1050, E1058 [14JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6393-H6404, H6408 [19SE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524)—consideration (H. Res. 527), H6376-H6383 [19SE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), consideration (H. Res. 435), H3238-H3249 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), motion to recommit, H3274, H3275 [6JN]

———modify highest marginal income tax rates, increase estate tax deduction, repeal certain phaseouts of deductions and exemptions, and establish a task force on accomplishing critical priorities (H.R. 2999), E1133 [21JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H3261 [6JN], E753 [8MY]

———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3527-H3539 [13JN]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools, H2448-H2453 [14MY], H2502, H2509 [15MY], H2934-H2940 [22MY]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3685), E84 [5FE]

———rates, H40-H52 [24JA], H144 [6FE], H1060, H1061 [20MR], H1291 [16AP], H2668 [21MY], H2916, H2924 [22MY], H2948, H2952, H2954-H2957, H2961, H2970, H2990, H2995 [23MY], H4747, H4750, H4751 [16JY], H4771 [17JY], H6397, H6398 [19SE], H6537 [24SE], H6990 [3OC], E113 [7FE], E936 [24MY], E971 [6JN], E1956 [24OC]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, E224 [28FE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (H.R. 42), H3260 [6JN], H6402 [19SE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H477-H509, H512 [14FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 347), H468-H477 [14FE]

The Children's Table (organization): tribute, E1279 [17JY]

Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (H. Res. 336), H88-H92 [29JA]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in the People's Republic of China, H50 [24JA], H567 [27FE]

U.N. Population Fund: restore funding, H4503 [11JY], H5097 [23JY]

University of North Carolina: tribute to Home Safety Council study on home injuries and deaths, E1726 [2OC]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4085), H2624-H2628 [20MY], H7122-H7124 [7OC], E869, E874 [22MY], E1806 [9OC]

———tribute to American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., the service flag, and the service lapel button (H. Con. Res. 301), H6482-H6484 [24SE]

Violence Against Women Act: funding, E669 [30AP]

Violence Against Women Week: observance, H691, H692 [6MR]

Wheeler, Jim and Sue: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, E2122 [22NO]

Williamsburg, VA: tribute to Throckmorton Family reunion, E1018 [12JN]

Women: combat violence against women, E306 [7MR]

———domestic violence prevention programs funding, E525 [15AP]

Remarks in Senate

Animals: tribute to dogs, S3592 [1MY]

Armed Forces: payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (S. 129), S998 [25FE]

———permit the transfer of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 937), S4195 [10MY]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (S. 2980), S8931, S8932 [19SE], S9859, S9860 [2OC]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (S. Res. 284), S5543 [13JN], S6593 [10JY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: funding, S2406 [9AP]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (S. 2758), S7042 [18JY]

———reauthorize (S. 2117), S2587-S2591 [11AP]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (S. 2896), S8094, S8095 [3SE], S8436-S8441 [10SE]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 2998), S9123-S9135 [24SE], S10635 [17OC]

Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 338), S10778 [17OC]

Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (S. Res. 109), S3577 [30AP]

Clarkson, Jamie and Mary Anne Moore: tribute to birth of child, S4085 [9MY]

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), S7843 [1AU], S8914 [19SE], S9093-S9095 [24SE], S10993-S10997 [14NO]

———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), unanimous-consent request, S6230 [27JN], S9094 [24SE], S10993-S10996 [14NO]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 1924), S546 [8FE], S10604 [17OC]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), S10964-S10966 [13NO]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans, S7535 [30JY]

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Hampshire (organization): New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Business New Hampshire (publication) Education/Non-Profit Business of the Year award recipient, S4565 [20MY]

Crime: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (S. 2002), S1706, S1707 [8MR]

———establish a national center on volunteer screening to reduce sexual and other types of abuse against children, the elderly, and the disabled (S. 1868), S10773-S10777 [17OC], S10877-S10879 [13NO]

———make video voyeurism a Federal crime and protect minors using the Internet from exposure to harmful material (S. 2137), S2729 [16AP]

———recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (S. Res. 132), S2339 [22MR]

Degenhardt, Dawn C.: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, S9841 [2OC]

Dept. of Defense: domestic violence prevention and victims advocacy programs funding, S7718, S7719 [31JY], S7805 [1AU]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), S6635, S6636 [11JY], S6829 [16JY], S6931-S6934 [17JY], S6972-S6976 [18JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), conference report, S10396, S10397 [10OC], S10648 [17OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), insert S. 2709 language in lieu, S6931 [17JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), unanimous-consent agreement, S6906 [17JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), unanimous-consent request, S6633, S6634 [11JY], S6830 [16JY], S6877, S6878 [17JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office, S9701, S9702 [1OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of mailing of tax rebate checks to taxpayers, S7509 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance certain veterans programs and improve administration of such programs (S. 1905), S236 [29JA]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 612), S10664 [17OC]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (S. Res. 249), S3174 [23AP], S3455 [25AP]

Domestic violence: provide coverage for screening and treatment, improve response of health care systems, and train health care providers and facilities on screening, identification, and treatment for families (S. 2236), S3304 [24AP]

Drug abuse: combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs, S9699 [1OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: impact on economy, S317 [5FE]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent, S5824, S5825 [20JN]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), unanimous-consent request, S10620 [17OC]

———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), S5243 [6JN], S5245 [7JN], S11797 [20NO]

———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (S. 2577), S4972 [4JN], S11796, S11797 [20NO]

———make tax benefits permanent, S2907 [18AP]

———make tax benefits permanent (S. 3), S11575 [19NO]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), S5243 [6JN], S5245 [7JN]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), unanimous-consent request, S5339 [11JN]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (S. 2643), S5774 [19JN]

Education: provide loan forgiveness for family law attorneys who represent low-income families or individuals (S. 3166), S11083 [14NO], S11207 [15NO]

———provide loan forgiveness for social workers who work for child protective agencies (S. 3165), S11083 [14NO], S11207 [15NO]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (S. 3141), S10709 [17OC]

Family History Month: designate (S. Res. 330), S8986 [20SE]

Father's Day: observance, S5619-S5621 [14JN]

Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (S. 2723), S6656 [11JY]

Firearms: National Criminal History Improvement Program funding, S897 [15FE], S1704 [8MR]

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 (S. Con. Res. 142), S10777 [17OC]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (S. 2489), S4151 [9MY]

———increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (S. Res. 275), S4873, S4874 [23MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2042), S2262-S2265 [21MR], S2321 [22MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2639), S5707 [18JN]

———provide grants to hire community health workers to improve access to health education and services for women and families in medically underserved areas (S. 2139), S2830 [17AP]

Homeless: revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (H.R. 3699), S986 [25FE]

Housing: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (S. 2721), S6651 [11JY]

———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (S. 2592), S5054 [5JN]

Immigration: continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (H.R. 1209), S5560 [13JN]

———continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (S. 672), S5558-S5560 [13JN]

———extend filing deadline for status adjustment of individuals who already legally qualify for permanent residency (S. 2493), S4155, S4156 [9MY]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children during immigration process, S11295, S11296 [18NO], S11432 [19NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: ensure full funding and allow States to reform special education programs to increase parental choice and reduce paperwork (S. 2883), S7949 [1AU]

Lexington, KY: tribute to Success By 6 Partnership initiative participants and organizers, S344 [5FE]

LIHEAP: funding, S3150, S3151 [23AP]

Medicaid: allow payment for dialysis, chemotherapy, pregnancy-related services, communicable diseases testing and treatment, and other emergency care to certain aliens (S. 2449), S3872 [2MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve advance directive requirements to ensure compliance with individual health care decisions (S. 2857), S7920-S7926 [1AU]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (S. 2271), S3437 [25AP]

Mother's Day: observance, S4193-S4195 [10MY]

National Adoption Month: observance, S11554 [19NO]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: funding (S. 3101), S10380 [10OC], S10559 [16OC]

———funding (S. 3146), S10711 [17OC]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance, S2406 [9AP]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (S. Res. 260), S3881 [2MY]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 109), S3577 [30AP]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, S10112 [8OC]

National Foster Care Month: observance, S4831 [23MY]

National Grandparents Day: observance, S8340 [9SE]

National Military Family Month: designate (S. Con. Res. 131), S7380 [25JY]

National Parents Week: designate (S. Res. 328), S8934 [19SE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (S. Res. 339), S10389 [10OC], S11789 [20NO]

National Safe Kids Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 102), S3577 [30AP]

National Safe Place Week: designate (S. Res. 215), S1424 [4MR]

———designate (S. Res. 218), S1734 [11MR]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children participating in summer food service programs (S. 2660), S5858 [20JN]

Native Americans: provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (S. 1340), S11783-S11789 [20NO]

O'Loughlin, Anna Marie: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angel in Adoption award recipient, S9111 [24SE]

Pensions: encourage employers to offer retirement plans to employees, S5970 [25JN]

———improve the retirement security of families, S4246 [13MY], S4788 [23MY]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2610), S5371 [11JN]

———exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2070), S2329 [22MR], S3501 [29AP]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (S. 2669), S5958 [24JN]

———improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2116), S2587 [11AP]

———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2548), S4720 [22MY]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2552), S4725 [22MY]

———promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (S. 2628), S5633 [17JN]

———promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2876), S7941 [1AU]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2631), S5699 [18JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S7844 [1AU]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2052), S2275 [21MR]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and improve access to quality child care (S. 2648), S5778, S5779 [19JN]

———reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs operated by Indian tribes (S. 2484), S4075 [8MY]

———replace caseload reduction credit with employment credit under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2058), S2283 [21MR]

Read Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 211), S994, S995 [25FE], S1198 [26FE], S1260 [27FE]

Refugees: extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried children of certain Vietnamese refugees (H.R. 1840), S4244 [10MY]

———extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried children of certain Vietnamese refugees (S. 2504), S4200 [10MY]

Reische, Joan: Families in Transition (organization) Volunteer of the Year recipient, S3622 [1MY]

Santee, CA: anniversary of shooting of students at Santana High School, S1534 [5MR]

SBA: make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (S. 2891), S7954 [1AU]

Segars, Kelly S.: Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians Family Physician of the Year award recipient, S8970 [20SE]

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), S9825-S9828 [2OC]

———allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), unanimous-consent request, S10057-S10063 [8OC]

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (H.R. 2873), S2406 [9AP]

Sparrow, Dennis and Debbie: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award nominees, S9030 [23SE]

Supreme Court: decision relative to Family and Medical Leave Act notification requirements, S2313 [22MR]

Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, S3427 [25AP]

Taxation: clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members, S9920, S9922 [3OC], S9978 [4OC]

———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (S. 2807), S7432 [26JY]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, S154 [28JA]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), S432 [6FE], S2907 [18AP]

———increase unified estate tax credit, S5346-S5358 [11JN], S5398-S5412, S5433-S5435 [12JN]

———make repeal of estate and gift taxes permanent, S220 [29JA], S315, S324-S334, S336 [5FE], S608, S637-S648 [12FE], S676, S677, S688, S691 [13FE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S2890-S2893 [18AP], S5397, S5404, S5413-S5435 [12JN], S7260 [24JY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), S5258 [7JN], S5262 [10JN]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (S. 2994), S9118 [24SE]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5343-S5358 [11JN], S5393, S5397-S5435 [12JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent agreement, S3117 [23AP]

———provide refundable credit for recreational travel, increase deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses, and restore deduction for travel expenses of a spouse during business travel, S264-S266 [4FE], S324 [5FE]

———rates, S2670 [15AP], S2995 [22AP], S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7509-S7514 [30JY], S9781, S9782, S9812, S9815 [2OC]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent request, S2231 [21MR]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (S. 2732), S6870 [16JY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S16, S17 [23JA], S53-S92 [24JA], S111-S115, S117, S128-S134 [25JA], S153, S154, S158-S165, S168-S173 [28JA], S194-S221 [29JA], S263-S276, S279-S281 [4FE], S321-S341 [5FE], S383-S402 [6FE], S481 [7FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), motion to proceed, S16 [23JA]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), unanimous-consent agreement, S92 [24JA], S128 [25JA], S273 [4FE], S395 [6FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), unanimous-consent request, S58, S80 [24JA], S393 [6FE]

Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (S. Res. 199), S47, S48 [23JA], S93 [24JA]

U.N. Population Fund: restore funding, S5970, S5971 [25JN], S7305 [24JY], S7446-S7448 [29JY]

Veterans: computation of annuities of surviving spouses of uniformed services members who died entitled to retired or retainer pay but before the Survivor Benefit Plan existed or applied to the members (S. 2632), S5704 [18JN]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (S. 2630), S5698 [18JN]

———increase rates of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation and revise requirements for maintaining levels of extended-care services to veterans (S. 2229), S3168 [23AP]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4085), S9550 [26SE]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 2074), S2369 [8AP]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses, S5766 [19JN]

Women: 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 (S. 2328), S3440 [25AP]

———impact of gun violence, S9977 [4OC]

Reports filed

Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2980), S9713 [1OC]

Child Abduction Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5422) (H. Rept. 107-723), H7171 [7OC]

Child Custody Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 476) (H. Rept. 107-397), H1281 [11AP]

Child Status Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1209), S4491 [16MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 672), S4491 [16MY]

Community Solutions Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 7) (S. Rept. 107-211), S6867 [16JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 578) (H. Rept. 107-736), H7737 [9OC]

Consideration of H. Res. 524, Complete Congressional Action on H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 527) (H. Rept. 107-660), H6302 [17SE]

Consideration of H. Res. 525, Complete Congressional Action on H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 527) (H. Rept. 107-660), H6302 [17SE]

Consideration of H. Res. 543, Complete Congressional Action on H.R. 4019, Make Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act Marriage Penalty Relief Provisions Permanent: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 547) (H. Rept. 107-684), H6558 [24SE]

Consideration of H.R. 476, Child Custody Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 388) (H. Rept. 107-411), H1333 [16AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 435) (H. Rept. 107-494), H3228 [5JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4019, Make Marriage Penalty Relief Provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act Permanent: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 440) (H. Rept. 107-504), H3452 [11JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4735, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 421) (H. Rept. 107-465), H2469 [14MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 422) (H. Rept. 107-466), H2511 [15MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 462) (H. Rept. 107-537), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Consideration of S. 1762, Establish Fixed Interest Rates for Student and Parent Borrowers and Extend Current Law Relative to Special Allowances for Lenders: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 334) (H. Rept. 107-354), H35 [23JA]

Consideration of Senate Amendment With an Amendment to H.R. 586, Tax Relief Guarantee Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 390) (H. Rept. 107-412), H1409 [17AP]

Consideration of Senate Amendments With an Amendment to H.R. 622, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 347) (H. Rept. 107-359), H365 [13FE]

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN SPAM) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (Senate) (S. 630) (S. Rept. 107-319), S10570 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5011) (H. Rept. 107-731), H7737 [9OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5011) (H. Rept. 107-533), H3927 [25JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2709) (S. Rept. 107-202), S6361 [8JY]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 249), S3433 [25AP]

Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3833) (H. Rept. 107-449), H2234 [8MY]

Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4626) (H. Rept. 107-457), H2465, H2469 [14MY]

Indian Probate Reform Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1340), S11573 [19NO]

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2998) (S. Rept. 107-292), S9594 [30SE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3839) (H. Rept. 107-403), H1281 [11AP]

Lifespan Respite Care Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2489), S7226 [23JY]

Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 724) (S. Rept. 107-233), S7898 [1AU]

National AMBER Alert Network Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2896), S8300 [5SE]

National Child Protection Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1868), S4838 [23MY]

National Children's Memorial Day and Children's Memorial Flag Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 109), S3433 [25AP]

National Safe Kids Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 102), S3433 [25AP]

Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4737) (S. Rept. 107-221), S7371 [25JY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4090) (H. Rept. 107-460), H2466, H2469 [14MY]

Provide Families of Disabled Children With the Opportunity To Purchase Medicaid Coverage: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 321) (S. Rept. 107-265), S8383 [9SE]

Request President Bush To Address Issues of Neighborhood Crime Prevention and Community Policing and Support Federal Participation in National Night Out: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 437) (H. Rept. 107-606), H5193 [23JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 284), S6249 [27JN]

Safe Motherhood Act for Research and Treatment (SMART Mom Act): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2328), S8671 [17SE]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 422, Consideration of H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 420) (H. Rept. 107-464), H2469 [14MY]

Social Security Abstinence Education Funding Extension Under Maternal and Child Health Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4585) (H. Rept. 107-462), H2466, H2469 [14MY]

Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4085) (H. Rept. 107-472), H2606 [16MY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 2074) (S. Rept. 107-215), S7164 [22JY]

Working Toward Independence Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4092) (H. Rept. 107-452), H2389 [10MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3531, H3532 [13JN]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S88 [24JA], S115 [25JA]

Songs

``Daddy's Little Girl,'' Sarah Van Auken, E1555 [11SE]

Statements

Affordable Childcare: Amy Downs and Anissa Martin, H3142 [4JN]

Child Labor: Andrea Shahan, Danielle Harvey, Reid Garrow, Troy Ault and Stefanie Gray, E680 [2MY]

———Colin Robinson, Marcia Lo Monoco, Sarah Kunz, and Delia Kipp, E765 [10MY]

National Civil Unions: Chastity Norris and Kim Lunna, H3142 [4JN]

Summaries

Access to High Quality Child Care Act (S. 2758), S7043 [18JY]

American Indian Welfare Reform Act (S. 2484), S4076 [8MY]

Charity Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act (S. 1924), S555 [8FE]

Domestic Violence Screening and Services Act (S. 2236), S3305 [24AP]

Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 4823), H3092 [4JN]

Housing Voucher Improvement Act (S. 2721), S6653-S6655 [11JY]

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act (S. 2998), S9124 [24SE]

Tables

Bush 2001 tax reduction by State fiscal year 2001-2002, S7513 [30JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S6934 [17JY]

Comparison of fiscal year veterans mortgage liquidation rates—reservists versus all others, H2628 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011): conference report, H7814-H7816 [10OC]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure recommendations (H.R. 5011), H4145-H4148 [27JN]

Distribution of Federal individual income tax liability—2001, S7262 [24JY]

Distribution of Federal tax liability—2001, S7262 [24JY]

Distributional effects of conference agreement to H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S7261 [24JY], S7511 [30JY]

Revenue effects of H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act, S7261 [24JY]

Testimonies

Child Custody Protection Act: Eileen Roberts, H1367 [17AP]

Statutorily Institute and Clarify the Organizational Structure of the Dept. of Justice Violence Against Women Office: Lynn Rosenthal, National Network to End Domestic Violence, H1994 [1MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 301, tribute to American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., the service flag, and the service lapel button, H6482 [24SE]

H. Con. Res. 476, 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, H6909 [1OC]

H. Res. 334, consideration of S. 1762, establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders, H41 [24JA]

H. Res. 336, tribute to Rex D. (Dave) Thomas, H88 [29JA]

H. Res. 347, consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment to H.R. 622, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H468 [14FE]

H. Res. 388, consideration of H.R. 476, Child Custody Protection Act, H1345 [17AP]

H. Res. 390, consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 586, Fairness for Foster Care Families Act, H1418 [18AP]

H. Res. 420, same-day consideration of H. Res. 422, consideration of H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H2484 [15MY]

H. Res. 422, consideration of H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H2491 [15MY]

H. Res. 435, consideration of H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act, H3238 [6JN]

H. Res. 440, consideration of H.R. 4019, make Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act marriage penalty relief provisions permanent, H3515 [13JN]

H. Res. 442, support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, H3492 [12JN]

H. Res. 462, consideration of H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4136 [27JN]

H. Res. 524, complete congressional action on H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act, H6393 [19SE]

H. Res. 525, complete congressional action on H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H6384 [19SE]

H. Res. 527, consideration of H. Res. 524 and H. Res. 525, complete congressional action on H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act, and H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H6376 [19SE]

H. Res. 543, complete congressional action on H.R. 4019, make Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act marriage penalty relief provisions permanent, H6933 [2OC]

H. Res. 547, consideration of H. Res. 540, H. Res. 543, and H. Res. 544, complete congressional action on H.R. 3762, Pension Security Act, H.R. 4931, Retirement Savings Security Act, and H.R. 4019, make marriage penalty relief permanent, H6660 [25SE]

H. Res. 578, consideration of conference report on H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H7812 [10OC]

H. Res. 582, support National Runaway Prevention Month goals and ideals, H8940 [14NO]

H.R. 476, Child Custody Protection Act, H1351 [17AP]

H.R. 622, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H479-H494 [14FE]

H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act, S5560 [13JN]

H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act, H3249 [6JN]

H.R. 3699, revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance for the homeless, H253 [12FE]

H.R. 3833, Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act, H2669-H2671 [21MY], H8996-H8998 [14NO]

H.R. 3839, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, H1502-H1509 [23AP]

H.R. 4019, make Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act marriage penalty relief provisions permanent, H3519 [13JN]

H.R. 4085, Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act, H2624 [20MY]

H.R. 4085, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H7122 [7OC]

H.R. 4626, Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act, H2685 [21MY]

H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H2517-H2532 [16MY]

H.R. 4800, repeal Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs, H3093 [4JN]

H.R. 4823, Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act, H3089 [4JN]

H.R. 5331, clarify definition of a student under General Education Provisions Act relative to family educational and privacy rights, H7143 [7OC]

H.R. 5422, Child Abduction Prevention Act, H7048-H7050 [7OC]

H.R. 5601, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, H7876-H7882 [10OC]

S. 672, Child Status Protection Act, S5559 [13JN]

S. 1340, Indian Probate Reform Act, S11783-S11789 [20NO]

S. 1762, establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders, H43 [24JA]

S. 1868, National Child Protection Improvement Act, S10773-S10776 [17OC]

S. 1905, enhance certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and improve administration of such programs, S236 [29JA]

S. 1924, Charity Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, S546-S555 [8FE]

S. 1984, make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services, S1422 [4MR]

S. 2074, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S2369 [8AP]

S. 2139, Community Health Workers Act, S2830 [17AP]

S. 2229, Veterans Benefits Improvement Act, S3168 [23AP]

S. 2271, Post-Abortion Support and Services Act, S3437 [25AP]

S. 2449, Federal Responsibility for Immigrant Health Act, S3874 [2MY]

S. 2489, Lifespan Respite Care Act, S4151-S4153 [9MY]

S. 2493, Uniting Families Act, S4155 [9MY]

S. 2548, Education Works Act, S4721 [22MY]

S. 2577, Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act, S4972 [4JN], S11797 [20NO]

S. 2628, TANF Financial Education Promotion Act, S5634 [17JN]

S. 2630, Health Care for Filipino World War II Veterans Act, S5698 [18JN]

S. 2631, Support, Training, Employment Programs (STEP) Act, S5699-S5704 [18JN]

S. 2632, Forgotten Widows' Benefit Equity Act, S5705 [18JN]

S. 2660, increase number of children participating in summer food service programs, S5858 [20JN]

S. 2669, Unemployment Protection for Low-Income Families Through TANF (UPLIFT) Act, S5958 [24JN]

S. 2857, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S7921-S7924 [1AU]

S. 2878, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act, S7946-S7949 [1AU]

S. 2891, Child Care Lending Pilot Act, S7955 [1AU]

S. 2994, Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act, S9119-S9121 [24SE]

S. 2998, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, S9125-S9134 [24SE]

S. Con. Res. 102, National Safe Kids Week, S3174 [23AP], S3577 [30AP]

S. Con. Res. 105, prevent teen pregnancy by educating teenagers about the negative consequences of premature sexual activity, S3882 [2MY]

S. Con. Res. 131, National Military Family Month, S7380 [25JY]

S. Con. Res. 142, 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, S8934 [19SE], S10777 [17OC]

S. Con. Res. 146, support National Take Your Kids To Vote Day, S9136 [24SE]

S. Con. Res. 151, Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution, S10225 [9OC]

S. Con. Res. 157, provide full and complete protection to certain U.S. citizens living and traveling abroad, S10893 [13NO]

S. Res. 109, National Children's Memorial Day and Children's Memorial Flag Day, S3577 [30AP], S3789 [1MY]

S. Res. 132, recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect, S2339 [22MR]

S. Res. 199, tribute to Rex D. (Dave) Thomas, S33 [23JA]

S. Res. 209, importance of prenatal care for women and children, S746 [13FE]

S. Res. 211, Read Across America Day, S908 [15FE], S1260 [27FE]

S. Res. 215, National Safe Place Week, S1424 [4MR]

S. Res. 218, National Safe Place Week, S1679 [7MR], S1735 [11MR]

S. Res. 226, National Missing Persons Day, S1941 [14MR]

S. Res. 249, Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans, S3173 [23AP], S3455 [25AP]

S. Res. 260, National Child Care Worthy Wage Day, S3881 [2MY]

S. Res. 271, encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children, S4503 [16MY]

S. Res. 275, increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children, S4873 [23MY]

S. Res. 284, request President Bush address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out, S5543 [13JN]

S. Res. 284, request President Bush to address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out, S6593 [10JY]

S. Res. 328, National Parents Week, S8933 [19SE]

S. Res. 330, Family History Month, S8982, S8986 [20SE]

S. Res. 338, Children's Internet Safety Month, S10388 [10OC], S10778 [17OC]

S. Res. 339, National Runaway Prevention Month, S10388 [10OC], S11790 [20NO]

Tributes

Thomas, Rex D. (Dave), H39 [24JA], E55 [29JA], E96 [6FE]