FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S1006 [25FE]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S408, S419, S430, S431 [6FE], S442, S467, S469, S476, S498, S501, S504, S505, S506, S510 [7FE], S515, S516, S519, S522, S533, S557, S558, S564, S567 [8FE], S578, S590, S591 [11FE], S608, S610, S612, S613, S616, S617, S618, S619, S620, S621, S628, S629, S636, S645, S666, S667, S669, S670, S671, S672 [12FE], S675, S748 [13FE]
Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (S. 2431), S3975 [7MY]
Community development: improve economic opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on tobacco production (S. 2995), S9175 [24SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8145, S8146 [4SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3081 [22AP]
Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 2871), H1770 [30AP], H1787, H1790, H1792, H1794, H1982 [1MY]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), S1951, S1956 [14MR], S4181 [9MY]
Government: reduce improper payments by Federal agencies (H.R. 4878), S10752 [17OC], H8085 [12NO]
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP], S10755 [17OC]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S10739, S10743, S10745 [17OC]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (S. 1644), S4730, S4733 [22MY]
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S9997 [4OC]
Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 210), S8696 [17SE]
———provide training and technical assistance for commercial vehicle driving careers (S. 1344), S8693 [17SE]
———reauthorize and improve programs (S. 2711), S11742, S11760 [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]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S2331 [22MR]
Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), S11316 [18NO]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S841, S870 [14FE], S1659 [7MR], H744, H746 [7MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H743 [7MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S11060, S11136 [14NO]
Veterans: enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), S9550 [26SE], S11329 [18NO]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (H.R. 4015), S10455 [15OC], H7998 [16OC]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), S2598 [11AP]
Analyses
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Programs Amendments (S. 2526), S4496 [16MY]
Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding (MEGA Fund) Act (S. 3132), S10694-S10696 [17OC]
Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding Part II (MEGA Fund Part II) Act (S. 3133), S10696 [17OC]
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Block Grants to States Reauthorization and Improvement (S. 2052), S2276 [21MR]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 2646, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S976 [15FE]
———H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H640 [28FE], H777 [7MR], H783 [11MR]
———H.R. 3295, Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act, S3789 [1MY]
———H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H2599 [16MY]
———S. 1372, Eximbank reauthorization, S4184 [9MY], H1985 [1MY]
Articles and editorials
Activists Have To Share Blame, E1524 [9SE]
Affordable Housing Shortage Nears Crisis Proportions, E14 [23JA]
Allard—Drought More Serious in Southern Colorado, S8401 [10SE]
Behind the Green Curtain, S692 [13FE]
Binge Mentality in the Federal Budget, E1357 [25JY]
Bloat Watch, H2037 [2MY]
Cleaning Up Elections, S10513 [16OC]
Damming the Money Stream of the Water Profiteers, E1231 [10JY]
Don't Penalize Children for Parents Going to Work, E912 [24MY]
Enact Balloting Reforms, but Only if Money's Attached, S10513 [16OC]
Enron's Corporate Welfare, H1793 [1MY]
Federal Election Reform, Finally—Florida's Problems Helped Congress Resolve Differences, S10514 [16OC]
Fighting for the Farm—Malaga Farmers Face Uncertain Future After Crops Damaged, S10445 [15OC]
Fixing Democracy's Machinery, S10513 [16OC]
Getting Over It, S10514 [16OC]
Harrowing U.S. Taxpayers With Ill-Designed Farm Bill, H2008 [1MY]
Helping the Jobless, S9430 [26SE]
In Santa Fe, It's Time To Paint the Plants, S6643 [11JY]
It's Like the Sahara, S6644 [11JY]
Judge Orders Changes in Abstinence Program, E1433 [29JY]
Matter of Money . . ., H1740 [30AP]
More Subsidy Money Going to Fewer Farms—Skewed Program Draws Senate Scrutiny, H67-H69 [24JA]
Nearly Two Years Later, Voting System Is Reformed, S10514 [16OC]
On the Auction Block, H2023 [2MY]
Parched Pinons Under Deadly Attack, S7427 [26JY]
Pigs Return to the Trough—Farm Subsidies Are Back, Bigger Than Ever, E969 [6JN]
Rancher's Lament—``Feed and Worry'', S8401 [10SE]
Score One for Sen. Dodd, S10512 [16OC]
Senate Bill Seeks Cash for Farmers in Drought, Officials Fear State Will Lose 20%-50% of Farms in Year, S8401 [10SE]
Senate Should OK Farm Bill, S8401 [10SE]
Social Security Continues To Work for Us, Here's How, E676 [2MY]
Still at the Federal Trough—Farm Subsidies for the Rich and Famous Shattered Records in 2001, H2009 [1MY]
Subsidy Cuts To Wound Rice, Cotton Farms, S693 [13FE]
Sugar Rules Defy Free-Trade Logic, S521 [8FE]
To Too Few, Too Much—Government Needs To Limit Farm Subsidies, S449 [7FE]
Unemployment Hit 5.9% in June—Revisions Show Grim Job Picture, S6616 [11JY]
Upgrading the Way We Vote, S10513 [16OC]
Voter Fraud Wanders Off the Reservation, S10494 [16OC]
Voting for Progress—Congressional Negotiators Agree on Election Reform, S10514 [16OC]
Welfare—Not the Fed's Job, H2561 [16MY]
Why a Farm Bill? To Evaluate Subsidy Cap, We Need To Revisit Fundamental Questions, E162 [14FE]
Bills and resolutions
Agricultural Adjustment Act: extend the farm reconstitution provision (see S. 14), S11736 [20NO]
Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (see H.R. 4479), H1410 [17AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 403), H2018 [1MY]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2040), S2260 [21MR] (see S. 2086), S2485 [10AP] (see S. 2183), S2828 [17AP] (see S. 2728), S6808 [15JY] (see S. 2800), S7372 [25JY] (see S. 2830), S7744 [31JY] (see S. 3099), S10359 [10OC] (see S. 3160), S11079 [14NO] (see H.R. 4312), H1335 [16AP] (see H.R. 5338), H6084 [5SE] (see H.R. 5383), H6256 [13SE] (see H.R. 5589), H7737 [9OC]
———provide emergency livestock assistance (see S. 2834), S7899 [1AU]
———provide emergency livestock assistance and assistance for control of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets (see S. 2768), S7164 [22JY]
———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 5310), H5996 [26JY]
Amtrak: make loan guarantees (see H.R. 5024), H4068 [26JN]
Armed Forces: allow eligible members under the Montgomery GI Bill to transfer educational assistance entitlement to dependents (see H.R. 4213), H1283 [11AP]
———exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (see S. 1973), S1351 [28FE]
———extend time limitation for use of eligiblity and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4214), H1283 [11AP]
———increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve to match scheduled increases in rates for assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 2462), S3953 [7MY]
———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 5173), H5086 [22JY]
———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see S. 2993), S9116 [24SE]
———require institutions of higher education to preserve the educational status and financial resources of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 3755), H366 [13FE]
Army: establish an environmental assistance program for non-Federal interests in western Pennsylvania (see H.R. 3723), H284 [12FE]
Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 5678), H8022 [16OC]
———provide a credit toward the non-Federal share of projects carried out under the Airport Improvement Program to airports used to respond to disasters or emergencies (see H.R. 5014), H3927 [25JN]
———provide an apportionment to certain primary airports that had reduced passenger boardings due to the discontinuance of air carrier service (see H.R. 4077), H1089 [20MR]
———provide assistance to certain airline industry workers who have lost their jobs (see S. 2831), S7744 [31JY] (see H.R. 5593), H7738 [9OC]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H686 [5MR]
Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see S. 2685), S6127 [26JN] (see H.R. 4235), H1333 [16AP]
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: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H104 [29JA] (see H.R. 5098), H4552 [11JY]
———provide for opportunity passports, and other assistance, for youth in foster care and youth aging out of foster care (see S. 2657), S5851 [20JN]
———support and evaluate the provision of before-school activities that advance student academic achievement and encourage the establishment of and increase participation in school breakfast programs (see H.R. 4192), H1282 [11AP]
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (see S. 2431), S3625 [1MY]
Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 4825), H2944 [22MY]
———establish a grant program to enable institutions of higher education to improve schools of education (see S. 3163), S11079 [14NO]
———provide grants to States to establish partnerships among colleges and universities and surrounding communities to reduce underage and binge drinking and illicit drug use by students (see S. 3167), S11079 [14NO]
Community development: improve economic opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on tobacco production (see S. 2706), S6319 [28JN] (see S. 2995), S9116 [24SE]
———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 2692), S6250 [27JN]
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: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see S. 2181), S2828 [17AP] (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]
Corps of Engineers: treat recreation benefits the same as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and environmental protection and restoration (see S. 2636), S5696 [18JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for tobacco, compensate quota holders and producers for lost value, and establish an advisory board to assess characteristics of domestic and imported tobacco (see H.R. 3940), H832 [12MR]
———establish a counter-cyclical income support program for dairy producers (see H.R. 5627), H7893 [10OC]
———use CCC funds to provide emergency financial assistance to agricultural producers that have incurred income losses (see H.R. 4116), H1153 [9AP]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 2083), S2485 [10AP]
———provide grants for regional workshops designed to permit educators to share successful strategies for mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4080), H1089 [20MR]
———provide grants to local educational agencies for disaster relief (see H.R. 5676), H8022 [16OC]
Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 4063), H1089 [20MR]
———award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H2163 [7MY]
———establish the Medicare Benefits Administration (see H.R. 4988), H3824 [21JN]
———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4764), H2607 [16MY]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see S. Con. Res. 138), S8384 [9SE] (see H. Con. Res. 385), H1532 [23AP]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
———permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H1282 [11AP]
———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6783 [30SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish a racial profiling education and awareness program and assist State and local law enforcement agencies in implementing such programs (see S. 2114), S2578 [11AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend programs (see S. 2526), S4492 [16MY]
———assume responsibilities for provision of employment and other services to veterans and establish a competitive grants program through which employment services are provided (see S. 2561), S4839 [23MY]
———assume responsibility for certain employment services for veterans and establish competitive grants program through which employment services are provided (see H.R. 4879), H3291 [6JN]
———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 5675), H8022 [16OC]
———increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (see H.R. 3731), H365 [13FE]
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]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 5378), H6250 [12SE]
Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (see H.R. 5690), H8022 [16OC]
———modify terms of the community disaster loan program (see S. 3055), S9901 [3OC] (see H.R. 5523), H6982 [2OC]
Diseases: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (see H.R. 5542), H7018 [3OC]
———payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see S. 2219), S3014 [22AP]
———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see H.R. 5299), H5996 [26JY]
District of Columbia: allow use of estimated amounts in determining the service longevity component of Federal benefits for police officers (see H.R. 5205), H5452 [24JY]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3291 [6JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction and apply savings to a comprehensive Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 3757), H366 [13FE]
———make educational assistance provisions permanent (see H.R. 5189), H5194 [23JY]
———make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (see H.R. 5203), H5452 [24JY]
Economy: provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost (H.R. 3341), consideration (see H. Res. 352), H634 [27FE]
Education: authorize appropriations and establish advisory committee to help implement the Advanced Technological Education Program and strengthen technological education at associate-degree granting colleges (see H.R. 4680), H2234 [8MY]
———clarify the definition of the terms different campus and different population to expand eligibility for TRIO Programs (see S. 2421), S3560 [30AP] (see H.R. 4637), H2018 [1MY]
———establish strategic sectoral skills gap assessments, strategic skills gap action plans, and strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants (see S. 2468), S3953 [7MY]
———expand and improve teacher loan forgiveness program and focus certain recruitment and professional development funding on high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 5718), H8731 [13NO]
———extend student loan forgiveness to adult education instructors (see H.R. 4123), H1153 [9AP]
———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]
———increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (see H.R. 5091), H4552 [11JY]
———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H906 [13MR]
———modify computation of eligibility for Pell Grant Program relative to certain recently unemployed individuals (see S. 2467), S3953 [7MY]
———promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (see S. 2445), S3842 [2MY]
———provide grants for school renovations (see S. 2698), S6250 [27JN]
———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]
———restrict the disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who committed offenses while receiving student financial aid (see H.R. 3777), H523 [14FE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: adjust method of determining eligibility for Impact Aid Program funds for heavily impacted local educational agencies (see S. 3087), S10223 [9OC]
———amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see S. 3171), S11214 [15NO]
———amend Impact Aid Program to include children of the freely associated states in the calculation of basic support payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 4787), H2734 [21MY]
Employment: establish an Adult Job Corps demonstration program for the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 5208), H5452 [24JY]
———establish training service and delivery innovation grants (see S. 2469), S3953 [7MY]
———reform administrative funding of unemployment and employment service programs and improve State administration and flexibility of such programs (see H.R. 5418), H6417 [19SE]
Eximbank: extend authority (see S. 2019), S1935 [14MR] (see S. 2248), S3303 [24AP] (see H.R. 3987), H937 [18MR] (see H.R. 4782), H2734 [21MY]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), consideration (see H. Res. 402), H1768 [30AP]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 433), H3159 [4JN]
Families and domestic relations: 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]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: eliminate confusion regarding applicability of payment quantity limitations to the transition payment required as part of national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 5384), H6256 [13SE]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend firefighter assistance programs (see H.R. 4548), H1532 [23AP]
FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 13), S11736 [20NO] (see H.R. 5758, 5759), H9036 [19NO]
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]
Fire prevention: reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6171 [10SE]
Floods: disaster assistance for the Guadalupe River valley (see H.R. 5114), H4574 [12JY]
Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility (see S. 2465), S3953 [7MY]
———reduce improper payments by Federal agencies (see H.R. 4878), H3291 [6JN]
Government National Mortgage Association: repeal increase in guarantee fee for mortgage-backed securities (see H.R. 3926), H832 [12MR]
Health: authorize demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplant (see H.R. 5224), H5790 [25JY]
———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2860), S7899 [1AU]
———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]
———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 5187), H5194 [23JY]
———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (see H. Res. 503), H5790 [25JY]
Health care facilities: increase availability of language-assistance services for patients of migrant health centers (see H.R. 4134), H1199 [10AP]
Higher Education Act: eliminate the waitout period for Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 4915), H3513 [12JN]
———establish a scholarship program to assist student athletes in non-revenue sports (see H.R. 4873), H3229 [5JN] (see H.R. 4906), H3453 [11JN]
———establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see S. 3145), S10677 [17OC]
———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]
———expand and extend the eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance (see H.R. 4928), H3514 [12JN]
Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see H.R. 5449), H6558 [24SE]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: repeal limitations on the funding percentages of the operating budgets of organizations receiving assistance (see H.R. 3963), H907 [13MR]
———support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see S. 2584), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]
Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S4839 [23MY]
———revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (see H.R. 3699), H227 [7FE]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]
———improve voucher rental assistance housing program (see S. 2721), S6649 [11JY]
———prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (see H.R. 5126), H4605 [15JY]
———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]
———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see S. 2723), S6649 [11JY] (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 5683), H8022 [16OC]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S3303 [24AP] (see H.R. 3661), H104 [29JA]
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act: facilitate the use of certain assistance made available for self-help housing providers (see H.R. 3767), H523 [14FE]
Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 4043), H1088 [20MR]
———provide immigration benefits (see S. 3053), S9901 [3OC]
Income: disqualify certain persons from receiving Federal funds (see H.R. 5577), H7303 [8OC]
Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 4733), H2470 [14MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: amend to improve early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities (see H.R. 5076), H4424 [9JY]
Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 4025), H1087 [20MR]
———require coverage of hair prostheses under Federal health programs for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (see H.R. 5106), H4552 [11JY]
Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act: permanently extend the bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4020), H1087 [20MR]
Klamath River: establish water conservation and habitat restoration programs and provide emergency disaster assistance to those suffering economic harm from the Klamath River basin fish kill (see H.R. 5698), H8041 [24OC]
Law enforcement: provide grants to States to establish sexual assault response team programs (see H.R. 5514), H6926 [1OC]
Law enforcement officers: increase scholarship assistance under the Police Corps program (see S. 3052), S9901 [3OC]
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]
Los Angeles, CA: make the Los Angeles International Airport a priority airport for the purposes of receiving grants for airport noise compatibility planning programs (see H.R. 5143), H4766 [16JY]
Louisiana: provide economic disaster assistance to rice producers (see S. 2976), S8918 [19SE] (see H.R. 5446), H6558 [24SE]
Medicaid: coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (see H.R. 5225), H5790 [25JY]
———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 4584), H1619 [24AP]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2110), S2577 [11AP] (see S. 2221), S3014 [22AP] (see S. 2570), S4839 [23MY]
———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see S. 2199), S2950 [18AP]
———require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State drug discount programs to participate in Medicaid drug rebate agreements and increase rebate payments to State Medicaid programs (see S. 3142), S10676 [17OC]
———revise disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 4991), H3824 [21JN]
Medicare: area wage adjustments under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 1955), S853 [14FE]
———assure fair and adequate payment for high-risk beneficiaries and establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services to people with serious chronic conditions (see S. 2970), S8918 [19SE]
———establish a demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services (see S. 2542), S4702 [22MY] (see H.R. 4845), H3036 [23MY]
———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 2529), S4492 [16MY]
———improve payments for home health services and for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 4987), H3824 [21JN]
———improve payments for physicians' services and other outpatient services (see H.R. 4986), H3824 [21JN]
———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (see S. 2855), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 5276), H5995 [26JY]
———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see S. 2750), S7033 [18JY]
———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (see S. 1954), S853 [14FE]
———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 5729), H9023 [14NO]
———revitalize the Medicare+Choice program, establish a Medicare+Choice competition program, and improve payments to hospitals and other providers (see H.R. 4985), H3824 [21JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: improve access to long-term care services (see S. 2655), S5851 [20JN]
———streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see H.R. 4659), H2100 [2MY]
Mental health: award grants to prevent and treat depression (see S. 2427), S3560 [30AP]
———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H2470 [14MY]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H2943 [22MY]
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 4961), H3720 [19JN]
National Endowment for the Arts: repeal State grant limitations (see H.R. 3689), H201 [6FE]
National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 1975), S1351 [28FE]
National Youth Sports Program: reauthorize (see S. 1911), S348 [5FE]
Native Americans: anniversary of Indian self-determination policy (see S. Res. 295), S6250 [27JN]
———clarify U.S. citizenship rights and eligibility for Federal benefits for all enrolled members of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (see H.R. 5639), H7894 [10OC]
———establish a program to provide assistance to institutions of higher education serving members of Indian tribes (see H.R. 3761), H523 [14FE]
———improve programs (see S. 3066), S10040 [7OC]
———reauthorize and improve programs (see S. 2711), S6498 [9JY]
New Mexico: compensate agricultural producers that suffered crop losses as a result of use of a herbicide by the BLM (see S. 3111), S10442 [15OC]
New York, NY: compensate public schools for operating and education-related expenses, including mental health and counseling services, resulting from terrorist attack (see S. 2500), S4145 [9MY] (see H.R. 4663), H2105 [3MY]
Older Americans Act: anniversary of elderly nutrition programs (see S. Res. 200), S32 [23JA]
———authorizing appropriations for supportive services to older individuals who reside in naturally occurring retirement communities (see S. 2842), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 5134), H4766 [16JY]
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]
Roads and highways: Federal-aid highway funding (see S. 3132), S10676 [17OC]
Rural areas: promote rural development (see H.R. 5579), H7303 [8OC]
———promote workforce development and assist low-income residents in moving from welfare to work (see H.R. 5015), H3927 [25JN]
SBA: establish a pilot program in consultation with regional technology consultants to make direct loans to technology-related small business concerns (see H.R. 3791), H561 [26FE]
———establish a priority preference for firms that have both 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone Program certifications, and raise the sole-source thresholds in the awarding of Federal contracts (see S. 1994), S1599 [6MR]
———establish position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement (see S. 2753), S7033 [18JY] (see H.R. 5314), H5996 [26JY]
———include drought in the definition of disaster for purposes of the Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 5260), H5994 [26JY]
———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 2891), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 5749), H9024 [14NO]
———prohibit from selling loans under the Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 5028), H4068 [26JN]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: clarify calculation of payments in lieu of taxes to counties relative to certain county projects funding (see S. 2930), S8565 [12SE] (see H.R. 5379), H6250 [12SE]
Senior citizens: establish grant program to provide financial and retirement education programs to reduce financial abuse and fraud among mid-life and older individuals (see S. 2982), S8918 [19SE]
———modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see S. 2108), S2577 [11AP] (see H.R. 5107), H4553 [11JY]
Small business: allow certain concerns that have employee stock ownership plans to qualify as HUBZone small business concerns (see H.R. 5347), H6129 [9SE]
———allow certain Presidential interagency task forces to designate certain areas as HUBZones (see H.R. 4805), H2943 [22MY]
———authorize grants and other assistance to promote the redevelopment of certain remediated sites (see H.R. 4586), H1619 [24AP]
———improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (see S. 3172), S11214 [15NO]
———provide additional grants to small business development centers in high unemployment districts (see H.R. 5004), H3859 [24JN]
———provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H5452 [24JY]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 2734), S6867 [16JY]
Social Security: deny benefits to fugitive felons and individuals fleeing prosecution (see S. 2387), S3505 [29AP]
———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see S. 2775), S7226 [23JY]
———expand dental coverage and community oral health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 5191), H5194 [23JY]
———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 3180), S11736 [20NO] (see H.R. 5740), H9023 [14NO]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE] (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]
———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 2819), S7579 [30JY] (see S. 3092), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 5656, 5662), H8021 [16OC]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H1089 [20MR]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H2734 [21MY] (see H.R. 5541), H6983 [2OC]
SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 3144), S10676 [17OC] (see H.R. 5444), H6558 [24SE]
———disregard certain gifts in determining income (see H.R. 4908), H3453 [11JN]
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 the effective date for the expansion of adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 5767), H9128 [22NO]
———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (see S. 2807), S7430 [26JY]
———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H1532 [23AP]
———make Highway Trust Funds available for Federal-aid highway funding (see S. 3133), S10676 [17OC]
———provide credits for hiring workers retrained in trade adjustment assistance programs (see H.R. 3768), H523 [14FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 3666), H104 [29JA]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 360), H736 [6MR]
———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3687), H201 [6FE]
———treatment of amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see H.R. 3893), H779 [7MR]
———treatment of Community Development Block Grant funds relative to recovery of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5704), H8054 [4NO]
———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5624), H7893 [10OC]
———treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through certain veterans educational assistance allowances (see H.R. 5029), H4068 [26JN]
———treatment of single sum deferred compensation payments received by survivors of terrorist attack victims (see S. 2824), S7579 [30JY]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see S. 2714), S6498 [9JY] (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY] (see H.R. 5731), H9023 [14NO]
Terrorism: provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (see H.R. 5441), H6558 [24SE]
Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price support, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2764), S7104 [19JY]
———eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, and establish a tobacco community reinvestment program (see S. 3004), S9229 [25SE] (see H.R. 5480), H6776 [26SE]
———replace existing tobacco program with a federally chartered corporation, compensate quota holders, provide transition assistance for producers and increase competitiveness of domestically produced tobacco (see H.R. 4753), H2607 [16MY]
———replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 5035), H4324 [27JN]
Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs (see S. 2861), S7899 [1AU]
———increase investments in rural areas (see S. 3134), S10676 [17OC]
U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (see S. 2540), S4702 [22MY]
Unemployment: extend and improve unemployment benefits program and expand to include part-time and low-wage workers (see S. 2892), S7900 [1AU]
———extend the period of availability of assistance under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 2715), S6498 [9JY] (see H.R. 5152), H4872 [17JY]
———modernize benefit system (see H.R. 4373), H1336 [16AP]
———provide a Federal payment, or reimbursement, to States for special unemployment assistance to individuals participating in qualified worker training programs (see H.R. 4994), H3825 [21JN]
———provide assistance to displaced workers by extending unemployment benefits and by providing a tax credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 3841), H686 [5MR]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S9426 [26SE] (see H.R. 5491), H6776 [26SE] (see H.R. 5587), H7737 [9OC]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 3022), consideration (see H. Res. 351), H561 [26FE]
———provide health care premium assistance and exclude unemployment compensation in determining food stamps eligibility (see H.R. 5297), H5996 [26JY]
———provide unemployed workers with health coverage assistance (see S. 1916), S487 [7FE]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]
Veterans: clarify entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies and provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma (see S. 2205), S2950 [18AP]
———enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (see S. 2237), S3303 [24AP]
———facilitate and enhance judicial review of certain matters regarding veterans' benefits (see S. 2079), S2413 [9AP]
———improve compensation for veterans in certain cases of loss of paired organs (see H.R. 5477), H6776 [26SE]
———increase educational assistance benefits for survivors and dependents of veterans (see S. 2231), S3165 [23AP]
———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 3719), H284 [12FE]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H1087 [20MR]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), resolve disagreements between Senate and House of Representatives (see H. Con. Res. 508), H7894 [10OC]
Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 3749), H366 [13FE]
Women: 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]
Chronologies
Centrist Coalition efforts on economic stimulus legislation, S402 [6FE]
Comparisons
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 2646), S3995 [8MY]
Conference reports
Eximbank Reauthorization (S. 1372), H3064-H3069 [24MY]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 2646), H1795-H1978 [1MY]
Help America Vote Act (H.R. 3295), H7247-H7268 [8OC]
Cost Estimates
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act (S. 3009): CBO, S10141 [9OC]
FHA Downpayment Simplification Act (S. 2239): CBO, S10744 [17OC]
Social Security Program Protection Act (H.R. 4070): CBO, S11559 [19NO]
Explanations
Jobs for Veterans Act (H.R. 4015), S10477-S10479 [15OC]
Senate Amendments to House Amendments to H.R. 4015, Jobs for Veterans Act, H8003-H8006 [16OC]
Veterans Benefits Act (S. 2237): House Amendment, S11334-S11338 [18NO]
Factsheets
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act Conference Report: Republican Study Committee, H2009 [1MY]
Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act (S. 2529), S4502 [16MY]
Letters
Amtrak funding: David Solow, Southern California Regional Rail Authority, S6124 [26JN]
———Senators Feinstein and Boxer, S6123 [26JN]
———Thomas P. Walters, North San Diego County, CA, Transit Development Board, S6124 [26JN]
Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: several organizations, H3098 [4JN]
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]
Clarify waiver authority granted to local workforce investment boards under the Workforce Investment Act: Kay G. Hoch and Robert Knight, National Association of Workforce Boards, H2544 [16MY]
Crop losses as a result of use of a herbicide by the BLM: Frank A. DuBois, New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture, S10446 [15OC]
———Oscar Vasquez, S10445 [15OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs amendments: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4495 [16MY]
Distribution of dairy assistance payments: Sharon L. Lombardi, Dairy Producers of New Mexico (organization), S4038 [8MY]
Educational assistance rate increases for members of the Selected Reserve to match scheduled increases in rates for assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill: Jayson L. Speigel, Reserve Officers Association of the U.S., S3956 [7MY]
Emergency agriculture assistance: James E. Echols, National Cotton Council of America, S82 [24JA]
———Lynn Cornwell, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, S84 [24JA]
———Nancy Tarver, Tarver Heart X Ranch (business), S11547 [19NO]
———National Farmers Union, S84 [24JA]
———Steven L. Pilcher, Montana Stockgrowers Association, S85 [24JA]
Establish equity in distribution of agricultural commodity assistance payments: Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S461 [7FE]
Eximbank authority extension: Lowell (Pete) Strader, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union, H1709 [30AP]
Eximbank reauthorization: Donald G. Ogilvie, American Bankers Association, and Consider W. Ross, Bankers' Association for Finance and Trade, H1785 [1MY]
———several business associations, H1784, H1794 [1MY]
Farm program limitations on commodity payments and benefits: several agricultural organizations, S446 [7FE]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Craig Lang, Iowa Farm Bureau, S3929 [7MY]
———David J. Frederickson, National Farmers Union, S3911 [7MY]
———Donald E. Flannery, Maine Potato Board, S4139 [9MY]
———Ellen S. Levinson, Coalition for Food Aid, S3912 [7MY]
———Environmental and Energy Study Institute, S3913 [7MY]
———J. Read Smith, National Association of Conservation Districts, S3911 [7MY]
———Jerry Friedman, American Public Human Services Association, S3912 [7MY]
———Kenneth E. Auer, Farm Credit Council, S3912 [7MY]
———Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), H2047 [2MY]
———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2047 [2MY]
———Robert W. Spear, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources, S4139 [9MY]
———several agricultural associations, S3911 [7MY]
———several organizations, S3992 [8MY]
Federal Crop Insurance Program: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S8404 [10SE]
Firefighters and law enforcement officers staffing grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism: Gary L. Briese, International Association of Fire Chiefs, S11023 [14NO]
———Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, S11023 [14NO]
———Richard J. Gallo, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, S11024 [14NO]
Grants to States for fuel-inefficient motor vehicle retirement programs: Robert L. Redding, Jr., Automotive Service Association, S1846 [13MR]
Help America Vote Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, H7840 [10OC]
———Angela Z. Monson and Martin R. Stephens, National Conference of State Legislatures, S10417 [15OC], H7838 [10OC]
———Bernadette Franks-Ongoy, National Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems, S10416 [15OC], H7841 [10OC]
———Brook Thompson, National Association of State Election Directors, S10417 [15OC], H7840 [10OC]
———Christopher Hansen, AARP, S10416 [15OC]
———Dan Gwadosky, National Association of Secretaries of State, S10417 [15OC], H7839 [10OC]
———Dorothy I. Height and Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S10503 [16OC]
———Douglas K. Vollmer, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S10415 [15OC]
———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S10415 [15OC], H7840 [10OC]
———James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, S10415 [15OC], H7839 [10OC]
———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S10417 [15OC], H7839 [10OC]
———Laura W. Murphy and LaShawn Y. Warren, ACLU, S10502 [16OC]
———Patricia Sandusky, United Cerebral Palsy Association, S10416 [15OC], H7841 [10OC]
———Paul W. Schroeder, American Foundation for the Blind, S10416 [15OC], H7841 [10OC]
———R. Doug Lewis, Election Center (organization), H7839 [10OC]
———Ralph G. Neas and Stephenie Foster, People for the American Way (organization), S10503 [16OC]
———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S10501 [16OC]
———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S10415 [15OC], H7840 [10OC]
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]
Impact of potential Amtrak shutdown on local commuter rail service: David Solow, Southern California Regional Rail Authority, S6123 [26JN]
Improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans: Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB, S11221 [15NO]
———Senators Domenici, Conrad, Kerry and Bond, S11221 [15NO]
———Small Business Access to Capital Coalition, S11220 [15NO]
LIHEAP funding: several Senators, S3151 [23AP]
Livestock assistance programs: Frank A. DuBois, New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture, S8397 [10SE]
Medicaid reimbursements to States: Carolyn Markey, Visiting Nurse Associations of America, S7293 [24JY]
———Paul E. Patton and Dirk Kempthorne, National Governors Association, S7296 [24JY]
———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S7333 [25JY]
Medicare demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services: Samuel W. Cullison, Washington State Medical Association, S4710 [22MY]
Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act: Kenneth Brummel-Smith, American Geriatrics Society, S4502 [16MY]
———Richard G. Roberts, American Academy of Family Physicians, S4502 [16MY]
———Sara E. Walker, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, S4502 [16MY]
Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: Senators Bingaman and Lincoln, S10058 [8OC]
———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S9826 [2OC]
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]
Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, S3976 [7MY]
———Steve Young, Fraternal Order of Police, S3975 [7MY]
———William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S3976 [7MY]
Promote water conservation on agricultural land: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S530 [8FE]
———several environmental and conservation organizations, S530, S531 [8FE]
Provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program: Representative Jackson Lee, H9114 [22NO]
———several Members of Congress, H9115 [22NO]
Puerto Rican compliance with certain provisions of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Manuel Mirabal, National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (organization), E819 [16MY]
Reallocate unused sugar quotas to make up shortfalls in the amount sugar supplying countries export to the U.S.: Lawrence T. Graham, Coalition for Sugar Reform, S622 [12FE]
———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S622 [12FE]
Senior Nutrition Act: Barb Packett, National Commodity Supplemental Food Program Association, S2582 [11AP]
———Frank Kubik, Focus—HOPE (organization), S2581 [11AP]
Senior Self-Sufficiency Act: Barry Rosenberg, Jewish Federation of St. Louis, S7909 [1AU]
———Ronald W. Cates, Missouri Dept. of Health and Senior Services, S7909 [1AU]
Small Business Drought Relief Act: Jim Hodges, Governor of South Carolina, S8900 [19SE], S11547 [19NO]
———Michael F. Easley, Governor of North Carolina, S8900 [19SE]
———Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky, S8900 [19SE]
———Southern Governors' Association, S8900 [19SE], S11546 [19NO]
Strengthen limitations on Dept. of Agriculture commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs: Representative Nick Smith, H1477 [18AP]
Strike Conservation Reserve Program water conservation program: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S471 [7FE]
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Janet Schalansky, Kansas Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation Services, H2557 [16MY]
Veterans' Employment, Business Opportunity, and Training Act: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4850 [23MY]
Lists
Amendments to S. 1731, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S473 [7FE]
Congressional staff involved in H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, S9952 [4OC]
Demands by African American farmers relative to discrimination claims against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4491 [10JY]
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 H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, S10494, S10512 [16OC]
Organizations supporting S. 724, Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act, S10061 [8OC]
Supporters of H.R. 2646, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, H2047 [2MY]
Supporters of S. 1499, American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act, S2337 [22MR]
VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, S2965 [18AP]
Memorandums
Social Security Program Protection Act: Chris Chaplain and Alice H. Wade, SSA, S11351 [18NO]
Motions
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1111, H1113 [9AP], H1183 [10AP], H1307, H1328 [16AP], H1373, H1379 [17AP], H1453, H1462 [18AP], H1537 [24AP], H1747 [30AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2056 [2MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S609 [12FE]
Eximbank: reauthorize (S. 1372), H1985 [1MY]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7002 [3OC]
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: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H746 [7MR]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H2596 [16MY], H3633 [18JN], H3677 [19JN], H4022 [26JN], H4337 [8JY], H4388 [9JY], H6286 [17SE], H6342 [18SE], H6532 [24SE], H6682 [25SE], H6948 [2OC]
Petitions and memorials
Colorado: emergency agriculture assistance, E1701 [30SE]
Press releases
Election Reform Legislation in U.S. Congress—League Cautions—Legislation Is a Gamble, Implementation Key: League of Women Voters, S10501 [16OC]
Emergency Agriculture Assistance: Montana Farmers Union, S85 [24JA]
———Montana Grain Growers Association, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, and Montana Farmers Union, S85 [24JA]
———National Association of Wheat Growers, S84 [24JA]
Fiscal Responsibility—Deficits Are Back, and the Budget Bazaar Is Open for Business: Concord Coalition, S5008 [5JN]
Former Presidents Ford and Carter Welcome the Agreement Reached by Congress on Election Reform Legislation: National Commission on Federal Election Reform, S10415 [15OC], H7838 [10OC]
Iowa Farmers Union Reacts to the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002: Iowa Farmers Union, S3929 [7MY]
Iowa Soybean Association Applauds the Completion of the 2002 Farm Bill by U.S. Senate and House Conferees: Iowa Soybean Association, S3930 [7MY]
Proposals
Complete congressional action on H.R. 854, Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Continued Preservation Act, H6961 [2OC], H7001 [3OC]
Questions and answers
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 2646), S3982 [8MY]
Quotations
Strengthen limitations on Dept. of Agriculture commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs: several Senators, H1382 [17AP]
Regulations
Voting System Accuracy Requirements: FEC, H7841 [10OC]
Remarks in House
African Americans: resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4477, H4491-H4493 [10JY]
Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (H.R. 4479), E514 [12AP], E558 [17AP]
———comply with certain foreign trade agreements by limiting marketing gain loans and deficiency payments to certain producers, H2004, H2005 [1MY]
———conservation programs funding, H2006, H2007 [1MY], H3432-H3436 [11JN]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H527 [26FE], H638 [28FE], H691 [6MR], H1292, H1308 [16AP], H1342, H1343, H1344, H1345 [17AP], H1415, H1477 [18AP], H1511, H1512 [23AP], H1670 [25AP], H1678 [29AP], H4673-H4675 [15JY], E162 [14FE], E278 [6MR], E397, E401 [21MR], E615 [24AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H1998, H2002-H2010 [1MY], H2031-H2057 [2MY], H2429 [14MY], H2501 [15MY], H3432-H3436 [11JN], H6036-H6040 [4SE], E716 [3MY], E719 [6MY], E760, E778 [10MY], E1721 [2OC]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2022-H2031 [2MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1111, H1113 [9AP], H1183-H1188 [10AP], H1307, H1328-H1331 [16AP], H1371, H1373-H1382 [17AP], H1453-H1470, H1480 [18AP], H1516 [23AP], H1537-H1540 [24AP], H1747 [30AP], E587 [18AP], E609, E611, E612, E613 [23AP], E668 [30AP]
———disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers, H2667 [21MY]
———Federal farm policies, H1049 [20MR]
———limit price support payments to producers, H527 [26FE], H691, H733-H735 [6MR], H2002-H2010 [1MY], H2024, H2026, H2027, H2030 [2MY], H3781 [21JN], H3862 [25JN], E162 [14FE], E278 [6MR]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, H2394 [14MY], H7007 [3OC], H7887 [10OC], E1701 [30SE]
———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (H.R. 5310), H6031, H6036-H6040 [4SE], H6244 [12SE]
———reform farm subsidy programs, H66 [24JA]
Amtrak: funding, H3724 [20JN], H3778, H3819 [21JN], H4028, H4033-H4039 [26JN], H4500 [11JY], H5227 [23JY], E1186 [28JN]
Armed Forces: provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 5173), E1308 [22JY]
Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (H.R. 5678), E1914 [17OC]
———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (H.R. 2946), H743 [7MR]
———restrictions on Airport Improvement Program grants, H3729-H3736 [20JN]
Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (H.R. 4235), E536 [16AP]
Budget: allocation of funds, H85 [29JA]
California: impact of agricultural subsidies on water resources, E1231 [10JY]
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]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (H.R. 3659), E45 [29JA]
———access of disadvantaged children to dental services (H.R. 5098), E1240 [11JY]
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (H.R. 5291), E1427 [29JY]
Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (H.R. 3297), H3393-H3395 [11JN], E1030, E1036 [13JN]
———ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (S. 2431), H3399 [11JN]
Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (H.R. 4825), E903 [24MY]
Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, H2092 [2MY]
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]
Compact of Free Association: compensation to Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands for increased migration, H4817-H4819 [17JY]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5233), E1398 [25JY]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H1474-H1480 [18AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for tobacco, compensate quota holders and producers for lost value, and establish an advisory board to assess characteristics of domestic and imported tobacco (H.R. 3940), E362 [14MR]
———strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, H1292 [16AP], H1371, H1374-H1382 [17AP], H1477, H1480 [18AP], H2006 [1MY], H2040 [2MY], H4473 [10JY], H4525 [11JY], E587 [18AP]
———tobacco program reform, H2024 [2MY]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 1620), E488 [10AP]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (H.R. 4665), E729 [7MY]
———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 4764), E847 [17MY]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (H. Con. Res. 385), H5050-H5053, H5065 [22JY], E608 [23AP], E1324, E1330 [24JY]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), H3095-H3099 [4JN], E967 [6JN]
———insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (H.R. 5291), E1427 [29JY]
———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 5499), H8926 [14NO]
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: increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (H.R. 3731), H7124, H7125 [7OC], E153 [14FE]
Diseases: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (H.R. 5542), H7144-H7146 [7OC], E1763 [4OC]
———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (H.R. 5299), E1465 [29JY]
District of Columbia: allow use of estimated amounts in determining the service longevity component of Federal benefits for police officers (H.R. 5205), H7883 [10OC]
Donnelly, ID: tribute to Head Start Program, E699 [3MY]
Drought: disaster assistance to Kansas, E1226 [10JY]
———disaster assistance to South Dakota, H4398 [9JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (H.R. 5203), H6022-H6028 [4SE], E1510 [5SE], E1561 [12SE]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H554-H557 [26FE]
———provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs, and an economic boost, H63 [24JA]
———provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost, H843-H846 [13MR]
Education: authorize appropriations and establish advisory committee to help implement the Advanced Technological Education Program and strengthen technological education at associate-degree granting colleges (H.R. 4680), H3189 [5JN]
———funding, H1740 [30AP], H2916 [22MY]
———increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (H.R. 5091), H6818-H6823 [1OC]
———Pell Grant Program funding, H2910, H2913 [22MY]
———require use of variable interest rates to consolidate student loans to fund shortfall in Pell Grant Program, E725 [7MY]
———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]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program to include children of the freely associated states in the calculation of basic support payments to local educational agencies (H.R. 4787), E882 [22MY]
Eximbank: abolish, H3180 [5JN]
———assess potential human rights impact of certain projects, H1982, H1983 [1MY]
———ban assistance for projects involving privatization of government-held industry or sector that are not implemented in a transparent manner, H1792 [1MY]
———extend authority (H.R. 4782), H2787 [21MY]
———extend authority (S. 2019), H954-H958 [19MR]
———extend authority (S. 2248), H1705-H1710 [30AP]
———prohibit assistance to companies who lay off a greater percentage of U.S. workers than those in foreign countries, H1785, H1795, H1979-H1982 [1MY], H3168, H3180 [5JN]
———prohibit assistance to U.S. companies that relocate manufacturing facilities to foreign countries, H3178, H3182 [5JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), H1667 [25AP], H1776-H1795, H1978-H1985 [1MY], E711, E714 [3MY]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1773-H1776 [1MY]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), corrections in engrossment, H1984 [1MY]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), H1984 [1MY]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), conference report, H3171-H3182 [5JN], E1007 [10JN]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 433), H3167-H3171 [5JN]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), insert H.R. 2871 language in lieu, H1985 [1MY]
———require applicants for assistance disclose if they are violators of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and maintain a list of violators, H1792, H1793 [1MY], H3173 [5JN]
———set principles, process, and standards for administering the Tied Aid Credit Fund, H1790, H1791 [1MY]
Federal employees: include legislative branch employees in the program under which Federal agencies may agree to repay student loans of their employees, H4896 [18JY]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend firefighter assistance programs (H.R. 4548), E1112 [20JN]
Financial institutions: First Accounts grants program funding, H4915 [18JY]
Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (H.R. 2142), H1623 [25AP]
Forest Service: wildfire management and fire hazard prevention practices, H3854-H3856 [24JN], H4416 [9JY], H4502 [11JY], H6073 [5SE], H6132 [10SE], E1524 [9SE]
Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility, H4678 [16JY]
———recognize importance of programs designed to be safety nets, H63-H70 [24JA]
———reduce improper payments by Federal agencies (H.R. 4878), H4378-H4380 [9JY], H8085, H8086 [12NO]
Government National Mortgage Association: repeal increase in guarantee fee for mortgage-backed securities (H.R. 3926), E340 [13MR]
Guam: economic assistance relative to role in any U.S. use of force against Iraq, H6967 [2OC]
Head Start Program: anniversary, E603 [23AP]
Health: improve access to medical treatment and other forms of assistance to individuals with paralysis and other physical disabilities, E1657 [26SE]
———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (H.R. 5187), E1343 [24JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), H7932-H7947 [16OC]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6793-H6808 [1OC], E1860 [11OC]
———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (H. Res. 503), E1369 [25JY]
Help America Vote Act: compliance deadlines, H3677-H3681 [19JN]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to assist student athletes in non-revenue sports (H.R. 4906), E1009 [12JN]
———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]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (H.R. 4446), E544 [16AP]
Homeless: revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (H.R. 3699), H253, H254, H263, H265 [12FE]
Housing: affordable housing for low-income families, E13 [23JA]
———amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (H.R. 3995), E389 [19MR], E1133 [21JN]
———prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (H.R. 5126), E1258 [15JY]
———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (H.R. 4033), E408 [21MR]
———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (H.R. 3752), E159 [14FE], E525 [15AP], E1724 [2OC]
———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (H.R. 5683), E1915 [17OC]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), H8927 [14NO]
Immigration: effects of multiculturalism and immigration on U.S. culture, H551, H554 [26FE]
———national policy, H772-H777 [7MR], H1331 [16AP], H2156-H2162 [7MY], H2438-H2442 [14MY], H3155-H3157 [4JN], H3557-H3560 [13JN], H3593-H3596 [17JN], H6366-H6371 [18SE]
Income: disqualify certain persons from receiving Federal funds (H.R. 5577), E1798 [8OC]
Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (H.R. 4733), E790 [14MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H1034 [20MR]
Insurance: require coverage of hair prostheses under Federal health programs for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (H.R. 5106), E1236 [11JY]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding, H6746, H6747 [26SE]
Legislative branch of the Government: determine feasibility of providing child care services to low-income employees, H4880 [18JY]
Medicaid: coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (H.R. 5225), E1390 [25JY]
———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), E1928 [17OC]
———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7001 [3OC]
Medicare: improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (H.R. 5276), E1449 [29JY]
———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers, H8758-H8764, H8799-H8801 [14NO]
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: establish (H.R. 4961), E1107 [20JN]
National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute: prohibit Federal involvement in management of grant funding, H5242 [23JY]
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), H7975 [16OC], E1934 [17OC]
New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, H5222, H5226, H5229 [23JY]
Patriotism: establish the Victims of September 11th Fund, H63 [24JA]
Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: designate (S. 378), H2120-H2122 [7MY], E744 [8MY]
Power resources: decrease dependence of foreign petroleum through enhancement of alternative, renewable, domestic agricultural sources, H2641 [20MY]
———encourage use of renewable energy, H2025 [2MY]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, E1519 [5SE]
———eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1328-H1331 [16AP], H1342, H1343, H1344, H1345 [17AP], H1415, H1462-H1470 [18AP], H1511, H1512 [23AP], H2494-H2497 [15MY], H2553, H2555, H2558 [16MY], E611, E612, E613 [23AP], E615 [24AP]
———expand educational opportunities for recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H2580 [16MY], E747 [8MY]
———expand participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, E977 [6JN], E1433 [29JY]
———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]
———State option to elect a food stamp block grant in lieu of a regular program, H2494, H2496, H2497, H2502 [15MY], H2589 [16MY]
———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]
Related Companies of California and Community Housing Developers, Inc.: tribute to El Rancho Verde Apartments, E1184 [28JN]
Rural areas: promote rural development (H.R. 5579), E1895 [17OC]
SBA: include drought in the definition of disaster for purposes of the Disaster Loan Program (H.R. 5260), E1429 [29JY]
Schools: prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (H.R. 2129), H1271 [11AP]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: clarify calculation of payments in lieu of taxes to counties relative to certain county projects funding (H.R. 5379), E1570 [12SE]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (H.R. 498), E612 [23AP]
———extend State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to low-income pregnant women and their unborn children, E109 [7FE]
———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures, H7955 [16OC]
———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (H.R. 5656), E1911 [17OC]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), H3888-H3900 [25JN], E420 [21MR], E1157 [27JN], E1196 [28JN], E2131 [22NO]
SSI: disregard certain gifts in determining income (H.R. 4908), E1024 [12JN]
Taxation: exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (H.R. 4555), H2169 [8MY], E611 [23AP]
———provide credits for hiring workers retrained in trade adjustment assistance programs (H.R. 3768), E176 [15FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H236 [12FE], H468-H477, H494-H508, H512 [14FE], H545-H551 [26FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H744-H767 [7MR], H939 [19MR], E311 [11MR], E319 [12MR], E329 [13MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H742-H744 [7MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H4 [23JA], H114 [5FE], H216, H217 [7FE], H9109-H9115 [22NO]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, H9114 [22NO]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3666), E47 [29JA]
———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (H.R. 3687), H221 [7FE]
———treatment of amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (H.R. 3893), E304 [7MR]
Territories: establish Federal interagency group to address insular area issues, H6422 [23SE]
———increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (H.R. 2826), H6422 [23SE]
Terrorism: provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (H.R. 5441), E1649 [25SE]
Tornadoes: disaster assistance to La Plata, MD, H5226 [23JY]
———tribute to recovery efforts in La Plata, MD, E1359 [25JY]
Typhoons: disaster assistance to Guam, H4572 [12JY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H147 [6FE], H216, H217 [7FE], H233, H237 [12FE], H468-H477, H494-H508, H512 [14FE], H691, H693-H700 [6MR], H742-H744, H757-H767 [7MR], H6986 [3OC], H8758-H8764, H8799-H8801 [14NO], H9109-H9115, H9120 [22NO], E113 [7FE], E243 [28FE], E311 [11MR], E319 [12MR], E329 [13MR]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 5491), E1756 [4OC]
———provide health care premium assistance and exclude unemployment compensation in determining food stamps eligibility (H.R. 5297), E1460 [29JY]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (H.R. 5157), H6090 [9SE]
Veterans: enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), H8998-H9007 [14NO]
———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, E1658 [26SE]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (H.R. 4015), H2617-H2624 [20MY], E870, E874 [22MY]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (H.R. 4015), Senate amendment, H7998-H8006 [16OC]
Violence Against Women Act: funding, E669 [30AP]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H6885 [1OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, H7836-H7854 [10OC], E1861, E1862 [11OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, H7377 [9OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), motion to instruct conferees, H2596-H2599 [16MY], H3633 [18JN], H3677-H3681 [19JN], H4022 [26JN], H4337 [8JY], H4388-H4392 [9JY], H6342-H6348 [18SE], H6682-H6685 [25SE], H6948-H6951 [2OC], E1635 [23SE]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), resolve disagreements between Senate and House of Representatives (H. Con. Res. 508), H7854 [10OC]
Week of the Young Child: observance, E603 [23AP]
Western States: tribute to firefighters for efforts in fighting wildfires, H3613 [18JN], H3854 [24JN], H4062 [26JN]
———tribute to firefighters killed in the line of duty while fighting wildfires, E1500 [5SE]
Women: domestic violence prevention programs funding, E525 [15AP]
Workforce Investment Act: clarify waiver authority granted to local workforce investment boards, H2544, H2545 [16MY]
Remarks in Senate
Agricultural Adjustment Act: extend the farm reconstitution provision (S. 14), S11799 [20NO]
Agriculture: application of means-testing of nonprofit organizations relative to conservation programs, S4019 [8MY]
———conservation programs funding, S3927 [7MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S846-S849 [14FE], S882, S883 [15FE], S2761 [17AP], S3160 [23AP], S3516 [30AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3608-S3610 [1MY], S3903-S3937 [7MY], S3979-S4052 [8MY], S4137-S4140 [9MY], S4247 [13MY], S4695 [22MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S3887 [2MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), insert S. 1731 language in lieu, S699 [13FE]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), printing, S877 [14FE]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S52 [24JA], S115 [25JA], S173 [28JA], S402-S423 [6FE], S441-S479 [7FE], S513-S525, S528-S537, S540 [8FE], S577-S582 [11FE], S597-S653 [12FE], S675-S699, S709 [13FE], S835 [14FE], S7860 [1AU]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S473 [7FE], S592 [11FE]
———disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers, S4003, S4004 [8MY]
———emergency agriculture assistance funding offset through payment limitations, S8408 [10SE]
———increase the rate of compensation for peanut quota holders, S618, S621 [12FE]
———limit price support payments to producers, S3926, S3933, S3935 [7MY]
———Livestock Assistance Program funding, S79 [24JA], S578, S579 [11FE], S625 [12FE], S5182 [6JN]
———modify authority of farm credit system institutions to participate with non-system lenders in certain multi-lender risk management transactions, S582 [11FE]
———price supports for nonfat dry milk, S849 [14FE]
———price supports for peanuts, S4035 [8MY]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S75-S88 [24JA], S533-S536 [8FE], S606-S610 [12FE], S6433 [9JY], S7244 [24JY], S8145, S8149-S8150 [4SE], S8237, S8240-S8245, S8248, S8250 [5SE], S8394-S8407, S8430 [10SE], S8631 [17SE], S10611, S10616, S10620 [17OC]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 2040), S2262 [21MR], S3980, S3994 [8MY]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 2183), S2836 [17AP]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 2800), S7378 [25JY]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), S10396 [10OC], S11374-S11380, S11385-S11387, S11547, S11548 [19NO]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), unanimous-consent request, S11378 [19NO]
———provide emergency livestock assistance (S. 2834), S7860 [1AU]
———recalculated loan rates for commodities, S3980, S3983 [8MY]
———reduce price supports and marketing loan rates and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S610, S612, S627, S628 [12FE], S683 [13FE]
Amtrak: funding, S5821-S5823 [20JN], S5887-S5890 [21JN], S5924, S5939-S5941 [24JN], S5972, S5995 [25JN], S6122 [26JN], S6229 [27JN]
Armed Forces: encourage and facilitate service, S6064 [26JN]
———increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve to match scheduled increases in rates for assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 2462), S3955 [7MY]
———permit the transfer of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 937), S4195 [10MY]
———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (S. 2993), S9118 [24SE]
Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (S. 2685), S6129 [26JN]
Budget: allocation of funds, S3913-S3917 [7MY]
CCC: transfer of certain funding for conservation programs technical assistance, S4020 [8MY]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S11556, S11557 [19NO]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (S. 2758), S7042 [18JY]
———reauthorize (S. 2117), S2587-S2591 [11AP]
Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (S. 2431), S3627 [1MY], S3975, S3976 [7MY], S4486 [16MY], S5252 [7JN], S5442 [12JN]
Colleges and universities: establish a grant program to enable institutions of higher education to improve schools of education (S. 3163), S11083 [14NO]
———provide grants to States to establish partnerships among colleges and universities and surrounding communities to reduce underage and binge drinking and illicit drug use by students (S. 3167), S11083 [14NO]
Community development: improve economic opportunity and development in communities that are dependent on tobacco production (S. 2995), S9122 [24SE]
———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 2692), S6253 [27JN]
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: enhance digital accessibility for all individuals, S1244 [27FE]
Conservation Reserve Program: promote water conservation on agricultural land, S528-S533, S540 [8FE], S604, S608, S609, S611 [12FE], S694, S695 [13FE]
———strike water conservation program, S469-S476 [7FE], S604, S605, S608 [12FE]
Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (S. 2181), S2832 [17AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: delay implementation of marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for peanuts, S620 [12FE]
———establish equity in distribution of commodity assistance payments, S458-S467 [7FE]
———establish equity in distribution of dairy assistance payments, S617, S649 [12FE], S677-S679, S691 [13FE], S3924 [7MY], S4037, S4041 [8MY]
———expand the value-added agricultural product market development grant program, S4019 [8MY]
———Missouri farmer eligibility for payments and assistance, S651 [12FE]
———modify beet sugar allotment formula to ensure equity among beet sugar processors, S514 [8FE]
———provide emergency disaster assistance and revoke multispecies limited access fishing permits relative to Northeast commercial fisheries failure, S679, S695 [13FE]
———provide payments to producers of forage crops for losses due to army worms, S8250 [5SE]
———reallocate unused sugar quotas to make up shortfalls in the amount sugar supplying countries export to the U.S., S520 [8FE], S622-S624, S628 [12FE]
———repeal peanut quotas, S650, S651 [12FE], S3933 [7MY]
———restrict commodity and crop insurance payments to land that has a cropping history, and restore food stamp benefits to certain legal immigrants, S419-S423 [6FE], S442, S443 [7FE]
———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding, S4020 [8MY]
———strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S444-S457 [7FE], S692, S693 [13FE], S4006-S4008, S4018 [8MY]
Dept. of Commerce: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 414), S9683 [1OC]
———provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 414), unanimous-consent request, S9683 [1OC]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (S. 2083), S2486 [10AP], S2718 [16AP]
Dept. of HHS: State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion and funding, S10539 [16OC]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (S. Con. Res. 138), S8388 [9SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: improve immigration law enforcement and services, S9672 [1OC]
Dept. of Justice: establish a racial profiling education and awareness program and assist State and local law enforcement agencies in implementing such programs (S. 2114), S2584 [11AP]
Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition, S4523-S4525 [17MY]
———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1848), S3553 [30AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend programs (S. 2526), S4494 [16MY]
———assume responsibilities for provision of employment and other services to veterans and establish a competitive grants program through which employment services are provided (S. 2561), S4848 [23MY]
———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 612), S10664 [17OC]
Disasters: extend deadline for submission of State recommendations of local governments to receive assistance of predisaster hazard mitigation and to provide additional repair assistance to individuals (S. 1632), S10472 [15OC]
Diseases: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (H.R. 5542), S10601 [16OC]
District of Columbia: allow use of estimated amounts in determining the service longevity component of Federal benefits for police officers (H.R. 5205), S10742 [17OC]
Drought: disaster assistance to New Mexico, S6643 [11JY], S7427 [26JY]
———disaster assistance to North Carolina, S7030 [18JY]
Drugs: review Federal programs on substance abuse, prevention, treatment, education, and research, S10035 [7OC]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction to fund certain Federal programs, S1850 [13MR]
Education: clarify the definition of the terms different campus and different population to expand eligibility for TRIO Programs (S. 2421), S3568 [30AP]
———establish strategic sectoral skills gap assessments, strategic skills gap action plans, and strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants (S. 2468), S3960 [7MY], S4057 [8MY]
———funding, S3484 [29AP], S3587 [1MY], S4994, S4995 [5JN], S5341-S5343 [11JN]
———modify computation of eligibility for Pell Grant Program relative to certain recently unemployed individuals (S. 2467), S3960 [7MY]
———Pell Grant Program funding, S4993, S4994, S5003 [5JN]
———promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (S. 2445), S3857 [2MY]
———provide grants for school renovations (S. 2698), S6260 [27JN]
———require use of variable interest rates to consolidate student loans to fund shortfall in Pell Grant Program, S3484, S3496-S3498 [29AP], S3515, S3539, S3555 [30AP], S3582, S3587 [1MY], S3792, S3793 [2MY], S4104-S4106 [9MY], S4341, S4342 [15MY]
———voucher program to provide school choice, S8152 [4SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (S. 3171), S11215 [15NO]
Employment: dislocated worker assistance programs funding, S7268 [24JY]
———establish training service and delivery innovation grants (S. 2469), S3960 [7MY]
———prohibit the establishment of wage insurance for workers adversely affected by foreign trade, S4359, S4378-S4381 [15MY], S4434-S4442 [16MY]
———workforce training programs funding, S7266, S7281 [24JY]
Eximbank: extend authority (H.R. 4782), S4733 [22MY]
———extend authority (S. 2019), S1954 [14MR]
———extend authority (S. 2248), S3335 [24AP]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), S1954-S1957 [14MR]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), conference report, S5129-S5132 [6JN]
FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 13), S11789 [20NO]
Floods: disaster assistance to Louisiana, S9561-S9563 [30SE], S9834 [2OC]
———disaster assistance to Midwestern States, S5187 [6JN]
———disaster assistance to Minnesota, S6178 [27JN], S7243, S7244, S7266 [24JY]
Food stamps: equalize asset eligibility rule for senior citizen and disabled recipients, S610, S612 [12FE]
Foreign trade: eligibility of unemployed textile and apparel workers for trade adjustment assistance and health insurance benefits, S4751, S4752 [23MY]
———provide trade adjustment assistance to certain maritime workers, S4754-S4756, S4797 [23MY]
Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility, S5005-S5015 [5JN], S5763-S5766 [19JN], S5809-S5821 [20JN], S7866 [1AU]
———extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility (S. 2465), S3956 [7MY]
———reduce improper payments by Federal agencies (H.R. 4878), S10752 [17OC]
Health: modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2860), S7926-S7929 [1AU]
———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]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2754 [16AP], S2821 [17AP], S10754-S10767 [17OC]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (S. 3145), S10710 [17OC]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 2584), S5049 [5JN]
Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (S. 2573), S4865 [23MY]
———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 and community development assistance to certain rural areas, S1745 [12MR]
———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (S. 2592), S5054 [5JN]
———provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (S. 2723), S6656 [11JY]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S3308, S3309 [24AP], S10743 [17OC], S10787 [21OC]
LIHEAP: funding, S2716, S2717 [16AP], S3150, S3151 [23AP]
Louisiana: impact of floods, S9561-S9563 [30SE]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S5111-S5113 [6JN], S7285-S7299 [24JY], S7328-S7336 [25JY]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2110), S2582, S2583 [11AP]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2221), S3018 [22AP]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2570), S4863, S4864 [23MY]
———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (S. 2199), S2956 [18AP]
Medicare: area wage adjustments under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (S. 1955), S860-S862 [14FE]
———assure fair and adequate payment for high-risk beneficiaries and establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services to people with serious chronic conditions (S. 2970), S8927 [19SE]
———establish a demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services (S. 2542), S4709 [22MY]
———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (S. 2529), S4501-S4503 [16MY]
———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (S. 2855), S7918 [1AU]
———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (S. 2750), S7035 [18JY]
———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (S. 1954), S860-S862 [14FE]
Medicare/Medicaid: improve access to long-term care services (S. 2655), S5856 [20JN]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (S. 1644), S2250 [21MR], S3108 [22AP], S4733 [22MY]
Motor vehicles: provide grants to States for fuel-inefficient motor vehicle retirement programs, S1838-S1842, S1845, S1846 [13MR]
National Youth Sports Program: reauthorize (S. 1911), S349, S350 [5FE]
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S9997, S9998 [4OC]
Native Americans: anniversary of Indian self-determination policy (S. Res. 295), S6263 [27JN]
———authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 210), S8696 [17SE]
———provide training and technical assistance for commercial vehicle driving careers (S. 1344), S8693 [17SE]
———reauthorize and improve programs (S. 2711), S11793 [20NO]
New Mexico: compensate agricultural producers that suffered crop losses as a result of use of a herbicide by the BLM (S. 3111), S10444 [15OC]
New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, S7509 [30JY]
NOAA: provide emergency disaster assistance to certain Northeast commercial fisheries, S5191 [6JN]
Older Americans Act: anniversary of elderly nutrition programs (S. Res. 200), S48 [23JA]
———authorizing appropriations for supportive services to older individuals who reside in naturally occurring retirement communities (S. 2842), S7909 [1AU]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2610), S5371 [11JN]
———eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, S4018 [8MY]
———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]
Puerto Rico: Nutritional Assistance Program funding, S650 [12FE]
Roads and highways: Federal-aid highway funding (S. 3132), S10688 [17OC]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S2335-S2338 [22MR], S4189 [10MY]
———establish a priority preference for firms that have both 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone Program certifications, and raise the sole-source thresholds in the awarding of Federal contracts (S. 1994), S1612, S1613 [6MR]
———establish position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement (S. 2753), S7036 [18JY]
———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (S. 2891), S7954 [1AU]
Senior citizens: establish grant program to provide financial and retirement education programs to reduce financial abuse and fraud among mid-life and older individuals (S. 2982), S8932 [19SE]
———modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (S. 2108), S2580-S2582 [11AP]
Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 3172), S11219-S11222 [15NO]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 2734), S6871 [16JY], S7030 [18JY], S11546 [19NO]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 2734), unanimous-consent request, S8899-S8901 [19SE]
———provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (S. 295), S21 [23JA]
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]
———deny benefits to fugitive felons and individuals fleeing prosecution (S. 2387), S3509 [29AP]
———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3180), S11278 [18NO], S11738 [20NO]
———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3180), unanimous-consent request, S11664 [20NO]
———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]
———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 2819), S7580 [30JY]
———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 3092), S10367 [10OC]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), S11343-S11352 [18NO]
———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (S. 501), S2406 [9AP]
SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (S. 3144), S10710 [17OC]
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]
———make Highway Trust Funds available for Federal-aid highway funding (S. 3133), S10688 [17OC]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S16, S17 [23JA], S51, S53-S92 [24JA], S111-S115, S117, S128 [25JA], S153, S154, S158-S165 [28JA], S194-S221 [29JA], S264-S276, S279-S281 [4FE], S321-S341 [5FE], S383-S402 [6FE], S481 [7FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S841, S842 [14FE], S888 [15FE], S1658-S1671 [7MR], S1689-S1692, S1694, S1698-S1702 [8MR], S1855 [13MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S19-S21, S48 [23JA], S78 [24JA], S11060, S11061 [14NO], S11699, S11703 [20NO]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, S4122 [9MY], S10620 [17OC]
———treatment of certain net operating losses incurred by businesses, S159 [28JA], S1702 [8MR]
Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning, S848 [14FE]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (S. 2714), S6616 [11JY]
Terrorism: provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, S11023-S11026 [14NO], S11405, S11406 [19NO]
Tourist trade: provide loan guarantees to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry that have been affected by terrorist attacks, S324 [5FE]
Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs (S. 2861), S7929 [1AU]
———increase investments in rural areas (S. 3134), S10696 [17OC]
U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (S. 2540), S4706 [22MY]
Unemployment: extend and improve unemployment benefits program and expand to include part-time and low-wage workers (S. 2892), S7957, S7958 [1AU]
———extend the period of availability of assistance under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for victims of terrorist attacks (S. 2715), S6616 [11JY]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S117 [25JA], S194-S200, S204 [29JA], S266 [4FE], S333, S334, S335 [5FE], S383, S390, S393-S397 [6FE], S481 [7FE], S841, S842 [14FE], S1698, S1700-S1702 [8MR], S8714 [18SE], S8889 [19SE], S8960 [20SE], S10994-S10996, S11060, S11061 [14NO], S11699, S11703 [20NO]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 3009), S9429, S9549 [26SE], S9561 [30SE], S9660-S9666 [1OC], S9781 [2OC], S9867 [3OC], S10137, S10138 [9OC], S10404-S10412 [15OC], S10619, S10620 [17OC], S10997-S11000 [14NO]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 3009), unanimous-consent request, S9662, S9663 [1OC], S9867 [3OC], S10139-S10141 [9OC], S10342 [10OC], S10484-S10487 [16OC], S10999, S11000 [14NO]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (H.R. 5157), S8623 [13SE]
Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture: reported conversations with Canadian Agriculture Minister relative to agriculture legislation, S882, S883 [15FE]
Veterans: clarify entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies and provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma (S. 2205), S2963 [18AP]
———enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), S3305 [24AP], S9550-S9559 [26SE]
———enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), House amendment, S11329-S11338 [18NO], S11562 [19NO]
———facilitate and enhance judicial review of certain matters regarding veterans' benefits (S. 2079), S2415 [9AP]
———health care and education programs funding, S2250 [21MR]
———increase educational assistance benefits for survivors and dependents of veterans (S. 2231), S3170 [23AP]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (H.R. 4015), S10476-S10479 [15OC]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (S. 410), S3975 [7MY]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), S8441 [10SE], S9951-S9955 [4OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, S10412-S10424 [15OC], S10488-S10516 [16OC], S10606 [17OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10232 [9OC], S10398 [10OC], S10472 [15OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), insert S. 565 language in lieu, S2543 [11AP]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), unanimous-consent agreement, S2543 [11AP]
———guarantee States a portion of grant program funds allocated for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration, S988, S989 [25FE]
Western States: tribute to firefighters for efforts in fighting wildfires, S5919 [24JN]
Reports
Cotton Saturation Damage in the Malaga, NM, Area: Woods E. Houghton, New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, S10444 [15OC]
Reports filed
Allow Urbanized Transit Systems That Have Recently Passed Certain Population Limits To Retain Flexibility in the Use of Federal Transit Grants: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5157) (H. Rept. 107-644), H6084 [5SE]
Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1079) (S. Rept. 107-244), S8091 [3SE]
Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2941) (H. Rept. 107-448), H2234 [8MY]
Canceling Loans To Allow School Systems To Attract Classroom Teachers Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 5091) (H. Rept. 107-655), H6250 [12SE]
Combined 8(a) and HUBZone Priority Preference Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1994) (S. Rept. 107-294), S9713 [1OC]
Community Solutions Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 7) (S. Rept. 107-211), S6867 [16JY]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2646, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 403) (H. Rept. 107-426), H2018 [1MY]
Consideration of Conference Report on S. 1372, Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 433) (H. Rept. 107-490), H3159 [4JN]
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.R. 2871, Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 402) (H. Rept. 107-423), H1768 [30AP]
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 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. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 360) (H. Rept. 107-367), H736 [6MR]
Dept. of HHS Medicare Benefits Administration Establishment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4988) (H. Rept. 107-542), H4064, H4067 [26JN]
Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee of Conference (S. 1372) (H. Rept. 107-487), H3072 [24MY]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2646) (H. Rept. 107-424), H2018 [1MY]
FHA Downpayment Simplification Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2239), S10442 [15OC]
Help America Vote Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3295) (H. Rept. 107-730), H7302 [8OC]
Housing Affordability for America Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3995) (H. Rept. 107-640), H6302 [17SE]
———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3995) (H. Rept. 107-640), H6058 [4SE]
Improper Payments Information Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 4878) (S. Rept. 107-333), S10843 [12NO]
Improper Payments Reduction Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 4878), S10442 [15OC]
Increase Territory Waiver Requirement for Certain Local Matching Requirements for Grants: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2826) (H. Rept. 107-741), H7898 [11OC]
Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 343) (S. Rept. 107-324), S10843 [12NO]
Jobs for Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4015) (H. Rept. 107-476), H2660 [20MY]
Legal Assistance Expansion to Victims of Dating Violence Under the Violence Against Women Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 410), S3433 [25AP]
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments Revision: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4991) (H. Rept. 107-547), H4064, H4067 [26JN]
Medicaid Transitional Medical Assistance Program Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4584) (H. Rept. 107-461), H2465, H2469 [14MY]
Medicare Payments Improvement for Home Health Services and Direct Graduate Medical Education: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4987) (H. Rept. 107-541), H4064, H4067 [26JN]
Medicare Payments Improvement for Physicians' Services and Other Outpatient Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4986) (H. Rept. 107-549), H4064, H4067 [26JN]
Medicare+Choice Program Revitalization, Medicare+Choice Competition Program Establishment, and Hospitals and Other Providers Payment Improvement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4985) (H. Rept. 107-550), H4064, H4067 [26JN]
Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 724) (S. Rept. 107-233), S7898 [1AU]
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4961) (H. Rept. 107-544), H4064, H4067 [26JN]
Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 210) (S. Rept. 107-250), S8091 [3SE]
Native American Commercial Driving Training and Technical Assistance Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1344) (S. Rept. 107-248), S8091 [3SE]
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1210), S8672 [17SE]
———Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1210) (S. Rept. 107-246), S8091 [3SE]
Native American Programs Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2711) (S. Rept. 107-247), S8091 [3SE]
NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 414) (S. Rept. 107-207), S6498 [9JY]
Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (S. 378) (H. Rept. 107-438), H2163 [7MY]
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]
Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3297) (H. Rept. 107-384), H1151 [9AP]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2431), S3842 [2MY]
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]
Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2753) (S. Rept. 107-251), S8091 [3SE]
Small Business Drought Relief Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2734) (S. Rept. 107-230), S7742 [31JY]
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 862), S7033 [18JY]
Unemployment Assistance Availability Period Extension Under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for Victims of Terrorist Attacks: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2715) (S. Rept. 107-336), S10844 [12NO]
Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 2237) (S. Rept. 107-234), S7898 [1AU]
Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1644), S3842 [2MY]
Working Toward Independence Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4092) (H. Rept. 107-452), H2389 [10MY]
Rulings of the Chair
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1380 [17AP]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7002 [3OC]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H744 [7MR]
Statements
Eximbank Authority Extension: Cato Institute, H1709 [30AP]
———U.S. Business and Industry Council, H1708 [30AP]
Extend and Strengthen Procedures to Maintain Fiscal Accountability and Responsibility: Concord Coalition, S5817 [20JN]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S3910 [7MY]
———President Bush, S3910 [7MY]
Federation/LAF Supports Black Farmer Protest Against USDA in Tennessee—Demands Meaningful Across the Board Response From USDA and Congress: Federation of Southern Cooperatives, H4491 [10JY]
Help America Vote Act: Representative Conyers, S9953 [4OC]
———Representative Corrine Brown, S9953 [4OC]
———Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, S9952 [4OC]
———Scott Harshbarger, Common Cause (organization), S10416 [15OC], H7840 [10OC]
Strengthen Limitations on Dept. of Agriculture Commodity Payments and Benefits and Use Resulting Savings To Improve Certain Programs: Senator Grassley, H1376 [17AP]
Veterans Benefits Act: Several Members of Congress, H9003-H9007 [14NO]
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]
Emergency Agriculture Assistance, 1989-2001, S79 [24JA]
Extend and Strengthen Budget Procedures To Maintain Fiscal Accountability and Responsibility (S. 2465), S3957 [7MY]
Housing Voucher Improvement Act (S. 2721), S6653-S6655 [11JY]
Jobs for Veterans Act (H.R. 4015), S10476 [15OC]
Social Security Program Protection Act (H.R. 4070), S11344-S11351 [18NO]
Supplemental Appropriations for Further Recovery From and Response to Terrorist Attacks (H.R. 4775): Gregg Amendment (Extend and Strengthen Procedures To Maintain Fiscal Accountability and Responsibility), S5006 [5JN]
Tables
Acres needed to receive Dept. of Agriculture loan deficiency payment benefits based on season average prices, H1382 [17AP]
CBO projected economic growth, S402 [6FE]
Comparison of dairy producer payments in Daschle substitute and Domenici amendment to S. 1731, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S649 [12FE]
Farm bill payment comparisons, S3936 [7MY]
Farm bill spending—old baseline v. new baseline, S3936 [7MY]
Recipients of Dept. of Agriculture commodity payments by income bracket, S457 [7FE]
Top 100 recipients of farm subsidies in Wisconsin (2001), H1479 [18AP]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 385, support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans, H5050 [22JY]
H. Con. Res. 508, resolve disagreements between Senate and House of Representatives on H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H7854 [10OC]
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. 360, consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, H742 [7MR]
H. Res. 402, consideration of H.R. 2871, Eximbank reauthorization, H1773 [1MY]
H. Res. 403, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2646, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, H2022 [2MY]
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. 433, consideration of S. 1372, Eximbank reauthorization, H3167 [5JN]
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.R. 2646, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S1006-S1135 [25FE]
H.R. 2871, Eximbank reauthorization, H1787-H1790 [1MY]
H.R. 2941, Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act, H3095 [4JN]
H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, S1659-S1670 [7MR]
H.R. 3297, Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act, H3393 [11JN]
H.R. 3450, Health Care Safety Net Improvement Act, H6793-H6804 [1OC]
H.R. 3699, revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance for the homeless, H253 [12FE]
H.R. 3731, increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under Dept. of Veterans Affairs department-administered education programs, H7124 [7OC]
H.R. 4015, Jobs for Veterans Act, H2617-H2621 [20MY]
H.R. 4070, Social Security Program Protection Act, H3888-H3895 [25JN]
H.R. 4737, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H2517-H2532 [16MY]
H.R. 4782, Eximbank authority extension, H2787 [21MY]
H.R. 4878, Improper Payments Information Act, H8085 [12NO]
H.R. 4878, Improper Payments Reduction Act, S10752 [17OC], H4378 [9JY]
H.R. 5091, Canceling Loans To Allow School Systems To Attract Classroom Teachers Act, H6818 [1OC]
H.R. 5157, allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants, H6090 [9SE]
H.R. 5203, Education Savings and School Excellence Permanence Act, H6022 [4SE]
H.R. 5205, allow use of estimated amounts in determining the service longevity component of Federal benefits for District of Columbia police officers, H7883 [10OC]
H.R. 5499, Dept. of HUD reauthorization of HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, H8926 [14NO]
H.R. 5542, Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act, H7144 [7OC]
S. 13, National Flood Insurance Program extension, S11738, S11789 [20NO]
S. 14, Agricultural Adjustment Act farm reconstitution provision extension, S11738, S11799 [20NO]
S. 210, Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act, S8696-S8699 [17SE]
S. 378, Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL, H2120 [7MY]
S. 410, expand Violence Against Women Act legal assistance to victims of dating violence, S3975 [7MY]
S. 1210, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, S9997 [4OC], H7975 [16OC]
S. 1344, Native American Commercial Driving Training and Technical Assistance Act, S8693 [17SE]
S. 1372, Eximbank reauthorization, S1956 [14MR], S4181-S4184 [9MY], H1985 [1MY]
S. 1533, reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured, S10755-S10766 [17OC], H7932-H7944 [16OC]
S. 1632, extend deadline for submission of State recommendations of local governments to receive assistance of predisaster hazard mitigation and to provide additional repair assistance to individuals, S10473 [15OC]
S. 1644, Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act, S4733 [22MY]
S. 1762, establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders, H43 [24JA]
S. 1911, Keep Inspiration and Development Strong (KIDS) Act, S349 [5FE]
S. 1924, Charity Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, S546-S555 [8FE]
S. 1973, exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual, S1352 [28FE]
S. 2019, Eximbank authority extension, S1954 [14MR], H954 [19MR]
S. 2108, Senior Nutrition Act, S2581 [11AP]
S. 2114, Racial Profiling Education and Awareness Act, S2584 [11AP]
S. 2139, Community Health Workers Act, S2830 [17AP]
S. 2183, Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act, S2836 [17AP]
S. 2199, Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program Act, S2956 [18AP]
S. 2205, clarify entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies and provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma, S2964 [18AP]
S. 2231, Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Adjustment Act, S3170 [23AP]
S. 2237, Veterans Benefits Act, S11329-S11333 [18NO], H8998-H9002 [14NO]
S. 2237, Veterans Benefits Improvement Act, S9556-S9559 [26SE]
S. 2237, Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act, S3305 [24AP]
S. 2239, FHA Downpayment Simplification Act, S3309 [24AP], S10743 [17OC], S10787 [21OC], H8927 [14NO]
S. 2248, Eximbank authority extension, S3335 [24AP], H1705 [30AP]
S. 2387, deny Social Security benefits to fugitive felons and individuals fleeing prosecution, S3510 [29AP]
S. 2431, Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act, S3976 [7MY], H3399 [11JN]
S. 2445, Book Stamp Act, S3858 [2MY]
S. 2526, Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs amendments, S4494 [16MY]
S. 2529, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act, S4502 [16MY]
S. 2540, amend the U.S. Housing Act definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM, S4707 [22MY]
S. 2548, Education Works Act, S4721 [22MY]
S. 2561, Veterans' Employment, Business Opportunity, and Training Act, S4849 [23MY]
S. 2573, Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act, S4866-S4873 [23MY]
S. 2584, American Dream Downpayment Act, S5050 [5JN]
S. 2628, TANF Financial Education Promotion Act, S5634 [17JN]
S. 2631, Support, Training, Employment Programs (STEP) Act, S5699-S5704 [18JN]
S. 2655, A First Step to Long-Term Care Act, S5856 [20JN]
S. 2669, Unemployment Protection for Low-Income Families Through TANF (UPLIFT) Act, S5958 [24JN]
S. 2685, Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act, S6130 [26JN]
S. 2734, Small Business Drought Relief Act, S6871 [16JY]
S. 2753, Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman Act, S7037 [18JY]
S. 2764, Tobacco Livelihood and Economic Assistance for Our Farmers Act, S7109-S7126 [19JY]
S. 2768, Emergency Livestock Assistance Act, S7169 [22JY]
S. 2842, Senior Self-Sufficiency Act, S7909 [1AU]
S. 2855, Medicare Beneficiary Assistance Improvement Act, S7919 [1AU]
S. 2860, Children's Health Improvement and Protection Act, S7926 [1AU]
S. 2878, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act, S7946-S7949 [1AU]
S. 2891, Child Care Lending Pilot Act, S7955 [1AU]
S. 2982, Education for Retirement Security Act, S8933 [19SE]
S. 3066, improve Native Americans programs, S10047-S10050 [7OC]
S. 3111, compensate New Mexico agricultural producers that suffered crop losses as a result of use of a herbicide by the BLM, S10444 [15OC]
S. 3132, Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding (MEGA Fund) Act, S10689-S10694 [17OC]
S. 3133, Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding Part II (MEGA Fund Part II) Act, S10694 [17OC]
S. 3134, Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Rural Transportation Investment (MEGA Rural) Act, S10697-S10699 [17OC]
S. 3172, improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, S11222 [15NO]
S. 3180, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S11739 [20NO]
S. Con. Res. 138, support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans, S8388 [9SE]
S. Con. Res. 151, Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution, S10225 [9OC]
S. Res. 200, anniversary of Older Americans Act elderly nutrition programs, S34 [23JA]
S. Res. 295, anniversary of Indian self-determination policy, S6263 [27JN]