SAFETY

Amendments

Aviation: improve security (S. 2949), S11296, S11323, S11326 [18NO]

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

Congress: commend the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician, and others for their response to the release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office (S. Res. 187), S2504 [10AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), S8003, S8005 [1AU], S10452, S10473 [15OC], H8006 [16OC]

Developing countries: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (S. 2487), S8003, S8025 [1AU]

Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), S8389 [9SE], H4563 [12JY], H6278 [17SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6909, S6930, S6960, S6961, S6963 [17JY], S6978, S7048, S7049, S7050, S7060 [18JY], S7232, S7233 [23JY], S7284, S7316, S7317, S7318 [24JY], S7382 [25JY], S7435 [26JY], S7589, S7590, S7591, S7592, S7593, S7594, S7598, S7601, S7611 [30JY]

Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S8316 [5SE]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), S2655, S2683, S2684, S2685 [15AP], S2919, S2920, S2922, S2923, S2983, S2984 [18AP], S3106 [22AP], H2137 [7MY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (S. 980), S986 [25FE]

National Dam Safety and Security Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 4727), H6069 [5SE]

Petroleum: improve passenger automobile fuel economy and safety and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil (S. 1926), S566 [8FE]

Pipelines: improve safety (H.R. 3609), S10951 [13NO]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3743, H3747 [20JN]

Analyses

Homeland Security Act (H.R. 5005): Kohl Amendment Requiring a Permit for the Acquisition and Possession of Explosives, S11393 [19NO]

Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act (H.R. 3429), H8943 [14NO]

Pipeline Infrastructure Protection To Enhance Security and Safety Act (H.R. 3609), S11067-S11069 [14NO]

Research Revitalization Act (S. 3060), S9994 [4OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, H641 [28FE]

———S. 1214, Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act, H3131 [4JN]

———S. 1214, Port and Maritime Security Act, S5673 [18JN]

Articles and editorials

Activists Have To Share Blame, E1524 [9SE]

African Famine, Made in Europe, H6073 [5SE]

Armed (and Trusted), S8269 [5SE]

Critical Vote on Nuclear Waste, S6481 [9JY]

Crossroads in Nuclear Waste Storage, S6482 [9JY]

Daschle's Burning Senators, S9184 [25SE]

Don't Blame Immigrants for Terrorism, H2141 [7MY]

Don't Hold Your Fire, S8875 [19SE]

Forest Plan Has Merits, S9021 [23SE]

Freight Transport—Safe From Terror?, S10982 [14NO]

Further Delay Not an Option—Yucca Mountain Now Officially Declared Best Nuclear Waste Site, E132 [12FE]

Guns . . ., S8269 [5SE]

Hero on Flight 11, She Put Her Job First—Madeline Amy Todd Sweeney, H6092 [9SE]

How Safe Is It?, E1269 [16JY]

Lax Workplace-Injury Policies Are Killing Us, E719 [6MY]

Nuclear Dump Site Will Leak, Scientists Say, H2197 [8MY]

Plug the Flow of ``Incentives'', E1801 [9OC]

``Pure'' and Starving Poor—Environmentalists Stifle Modern Agriculture in the Third World, H6073 [5SE]

Safe Job Not a Lot To Ask, E594 [22AP]

Shipping Containers Could Hide Threat to U.S., S10981 [14NO]

U.S. Conscience Is Clear, H6072 [5SE]

Unjust Rewards, E890 [23MY]

Yucca Mountain Must Meet Rigorous Standards, S6488 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

Airlines: prohibit opening of cockpit doors in flight (see S. 2497), S4145 [9MY]

Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see S. 2735), S6867 [16JY] (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]

———require reports to Congress relative to airports that will not deploy explosive detection systems by a certain date (see S. 3071), S10117 [8OC]

Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]

Aviation: develop and implement a plan to provide security for cargo entering the U.S., or being transported in intrastate or interstate commerce (see S. 2656), S5851 [20JN] (see S. 2668), S5901 [21JN]

———improve airport security by using biometric security badges (see H.R. 4650), H2100 [2MY]

———improve security (see S. 2949), S8673 [17SE]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY] (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2355 [9MY]

———require training for airline personnel responsible for checking passenger identification (see S. 1980), S1394 [1MR]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see S. 2685), S6127 [26JN] (see H.R. 4235), H1333 [16AP]

Boca Raton, FL: cleanup of first anthrax attack site (see S. 2988), S8981 [20SE]

———direct EPA to provide technical assistance for cleanup of first anthrax attack site (see S. 2985), S8980 [20SE]

Business and industry: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to a national emergency (see H.R. 3891), H779 [7MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 374), H1283 [11AP] (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1337 [16AP]

———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]

———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1200 [10AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish the Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness (see S. 2115), S2578 [11AP]

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

Children and youth: manufacture children's sleepwear in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see S. 2208), S2950 [18AP]

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

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

———promote personal safety programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 484), H6692 [25SE]

———protect children from foods that pose a significant choking hazard (see H.R. 5739), H9023 [14NO]

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

———protect the privacy of children who use school or library computers employing Internet content management services (see S. 2839), S7899 [1AU]

———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (see S. Res. 332), S9846 [2OC] (see H. Res. 556), H6693 [25SE]

———tribute to efforts and activities of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign to prevent all unintentional injuries among children, including bicycle-related traumatic brain injuries (see H. Con. Res. 379), H1338 [16AP]

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

Clean Air Act: limit access to chemical facility offsite consequence analysis information (see S. 2579), S5041 [5JN]

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

Connecticut: exempt milk hauling vehicles from Interstate System weight limitations (see H.R. 4925), H3513 [12JN]

Consumers: establish security measures for automatic teller machines to ensure convenience and safety (see H.R. 3662), H104 [29JA]

Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 4816), H2944 [22MY]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (see S. 2188), S2829 [17AP] (see H.R. 4896), H3291 [6JN]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (see S. 2843), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 3658), H104 [29JA]

———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 2317), S3435 [25AP] (see H.R. 4607), H1673 [25AP] (see H.R. 4981), H3774 [20JN] (see H.R. 5059), H4325 [27JN]

Crime: enhance penalties for fraud in connection with identification documents that facilitates an act of domestic terrorism (see S. 1981), S1394 [1MR]

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

———require purchases of firearms, ammunition, and explosives be made in person and keep records on the means of purchase (see H.R. 4101), H1153 [9AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see S. 2013), S1935 [14MR] (see H.R. 3956), H906 [13MR]

Dept. of Defense: enforce civilian orders of protection on military installations (see H.R. 5590), H7737 [9OC]

Dept. of Energy: external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (see H.R. 5275), H5995 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a tolerance level for the presence of methylmercury in seafood (see H.R. 3885), H737 [6MR]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see S. 1922), S488 [7FE] (see H.R. 3695), H226 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]

Dept. of State: support international programs to detect and prevent acts of nuclear or radiological terrorism (see S. 3121), S10571 [16OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish the National Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program (see S. 2646), S5772 [19JN]

———use of Highway Trust Fund to encourage States to require law enforcement officers to impound motor vehicles of those charged with driving intoxicated (see H. Res. 511), H5997 [26JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 4514), H1483 [18AP]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (see S. 2132), S2722 [16AP]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 526), H6303 [17SE]

Developing countries: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (see S. 2487), S4145 [9MY]

Diplomats: provide full and complete protection to certain citizens of the U.S. living abroad (see H. Con. Res. 516), H8732 [13NO]

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]

Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (see S. 2496), S4145 [9MY] (see H.R. 4687), H2354 [9MY]

———establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), consideration (see H. Res. 475), H4424 [9JY]

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

Drugs: prohibit opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance (see S. 2633), S5696 [18JN] (see H.R. 5519), H6926 [1OC]

———promote safe and ethical clinical trials of drugs, and other test articles, on people overseas (see H.R. 5249), H5993 [26JY]

Drunken driving: increase penalties for individuals who operate motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol (see S. 3056), S9901 [3OC]

———increase penalties for individuals who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 4976), H3774 [20JN]

———provide for criminal and civil liability for permitting an intoxicated arrestee to operate a motor vehicle (see S. 2805), S7430 [26JY]

Economy: establish certain road and highway safety programs to encourage economic growth (see S. 3011), S9426 [26SE]

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

Explosives: regulation (see S. 2089), S2577 [11AP]

———require a permit for acquisition and possession (see S. 1956), S853 [14FE]

FAA: maintain flight restrictions over major sporting events and other major open assemblies of people (see H.R. 5456), H6692 [25SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: ensure protection for child employees of traveling sales crews (see S. 2549), S4703 [22MY]

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

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

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S5584 [14JN]

———protect the health and safety of American consumers from seafood contaminated by certain substances (see S. 2759), S7033 [18JY]

———provide authority to recall food when there is a reasonable basis for believing that the food is adulterated and presents health risks (see H.R. 5488), H6776 [26SE]

———require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see S. 2394), S3505 [29AP] (see H.R. 4730), H2470 [14MY] (see H.R. 5594), H7738 [9OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: add requirements relative to reprocessing and reuse of medical devices (see S. 3130), S10676 [17OC]

———improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 5651), H8021 [16OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5272), H5994 (see H.R. 5311), H5996 [26JY] (see H.R. 5350), H6129 [9SE]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (H.R. 1862), consideration (see H. Res. 517), H6085 [5SE]

Financial institutions: require enhanced security measures relative to surveillance pictures which can be used as evidence in criminal prosecutions (see H.R. 5536), H6982 [2OC]

Fire prevention: expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (see S. 2920), S8456 [10SE]

———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6250 [12SE]

Firearms: assist State and local governments in conducting community gun buy back programs (see H.R. 4674), H2164 [7MY]

———prohibit possession or transfer of certain handguns (see H.R. 3679), H140 [5FE]

———prohibit the importation of firearms that have been modified to avoid the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons (see H.R. 3751), H366 [13FE]

Firefighters: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths (see S. 2471), S4064 [8MY]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 4813), H2944 [22MY]

———ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 4815), H2944 [22MY]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see S. 2499), S4145 [9MY] (see S. 3001), S9229 [25SE] (see H.R. 4704), H2355 [9MY] (see H.R. 5747), H9023 [14NO]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H2944 [22MY]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 2803), S7430 [26JY] (see H.R. 4834), H3036 [23MY] (see H.R. 5230), H5790 [25JY]

———improve safety of meat and poultry products (see S. 2532), S4568 [20MY]

———require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (see S. 3095), S10359 [10OC]

Forest Service: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (see H.R. 3971), H931 [14MR]

Government: enhance security and efficiency of immigration, visa, border patrol, and naturalization functions (see H.R. 5073), H4424 [9JY]

———provide for agency assessments, independent reviews, and Inspector General reports on privacy and data protection policies of Federal agencies (see S. 2629), S5632 [17JN]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (see S.J. Res. 34), S2413 [9AP] (see H.J. Res. 87), H1283 [11AP]

———phase-out use of mercury in dental fillings (see H.R. 4163), H1200 [10AP]

———protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 5040), H4324 [27JN]

Health: encourage health care facilities, group health plans, and health insurance issuers to reduce administrative costs, and to improve access, convenience, quality, and safety (see S. 2638), S5696 [18JN]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see S. 2590), S5041 [5JN] (see S. 3029), S9846 [2OC] (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see S. 2207), S2950 [18AP]

———reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (see S. 2641), S5696 [18JN]

———voluntary reporting of medication error information to assist in developing and disseminating recommendations and information on preventing medication errors (see H.R. 4673), H2164 [7MY]

Health care professionals: permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care (see H.R. 4872), H3229 [5JN]

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

Immigration: assess aliens' immigration status relative to eligibility to serve in the Armed Forces and to be employed in airport security, and permit naturalization through certain active-duty military service (see H.R. 3959), H906 [13MR] (see H.R. 4058), H1088 [20MR]

Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus: recognize goals and objectives (see H. Res. 369), H907 [13MR]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 106), S3953 [7MY]

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

———require ballistics testing of all firearms manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies (see S. 3096), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 5663), H8021 [16OC]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S4064 [8MY]

LST-325 (U.S.S.): exempt from certain inspection requirements (see H.R. 3856), H687 [5MR]

Medicare: prepare audit reports based upon financial auditing of Medicare+Choice organizations and make such reports available to the public (see H.R. 5171), H5086 [22JY]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see S. 2614), S5454 [12JN]

———require home health agencies to conduct criminal background checks for all applicants for employment as patient care providers (see H.R. 5170), H5086 [22JY] (see H.R. 5565), H7171 [7OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 3091), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 3933), H832 [12MR]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H2470 [14MY]

Mental health: prohibit the therapeutic technique known as rebirthing (see H. Con. Res. 435), H4350 [8JY]

———require that sexual predators start treatment on release and remain in treatment and incarcerated until cured or determined no longer to be a threat to society (see H.R. 4862), H3160 [4JN]

Monuments and memorials: provide grants for construction of memorials to honor men and women killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers (see S. 2179), S2828 [17AP]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see H.R. 5381), H6250 [12SE] (see H.R. 5504), H6925 [1OC]

———urge States to include a question about highway-rail grade crossings safety in their driver's license exams (see H. Con. Res. 506), H7303 [8OC]

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

National Dam Safety and Security Act: reauthorizing (see H.R. 4727), H2470 [14MY]

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

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: commend promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week (see H. Con. Res. 326), H284 [12FE]

National Missing Adult Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 40), S6867 [16JY] (see S. Res. 318), S7901 [1AU]

National Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (see S. Res. 245), S2829 [17AP]

National Park Service: require inventory, evaluation, and documentation of surviving historic Life-Saving Service stations (see H.R. 4115), H1153 [9AP]

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

National Safety Forces Appreciation Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 491), H6777 [26SE] (see H. Con. Res. 495), H6983 [2OC]

National Safety in Numbers Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 505), H7303 [8OC]

National security: encourage the development of regional comprehensive emergency preparedness and coordination plans (see H.R. 5461), H6692 [25SE] (see H.R. 5483), H6776 [26SE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 2329), S3435 [25AP] (see S. 2426), S3560 [30AP] (see S. 2534), S4623 [21MY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 605), H8732 [13NO]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports through improved inspection of cargo containers (see S. 2895), S7900 [1AU]

———improve port and maritime security (see H.R. 3983), H937 [18MR]

———improve the security of seaports and the marine environment to promote public safety and commerce (see H.R. 3621), H36 [23JA]

———make grants to State and local governments in order to prepare for and respond to terrorist threats (see S. 2077), S2412 [9AP]

———provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 2038), S2183 [20MR] (see H.R. 4059), H1089 [20MR]

National Work Safe Week: designate (see S. Res. 276), S4840 [23MY]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: support goals and ideas (see H. Res. 356), H687 [5MR]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2950), S8673 [17SE] (see H.R. 4466), H1409 [17AP]

———require investigation of all fatal railroad grade crossing accidents (see S. 2580), S5041 [5JN]

Nuclear energy: enhance security of transporting high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel (see S. 3162), S11079 [14NO]

Petroleum: improve passenger automobile fuel economy and safety and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil (see S. 1926), S545 [8FE]

Pharmaceuticals: require that pseudoephedrine be dispensed only upon a written prescription of a licensed practitioner (see H.R. 4690), H2354 [9MY]

Pipelines: establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 3929), H832 [12MR]

Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (see S. 2201), S2950 [18AP]

Professional Boxing Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 5006), H3859 [24JN]

Public buildings: require that certain procedures are followed in Federal buildings when a child is reported missing (see S. 3027), S9845 [2OC] (see H.R. 5475), H6776 [26SE]

Public Health Service Act: protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 4697), H2355 [9MY]

Public safety officers: include private firefighters and rescue squad and ambulance crew members for certain benefits (see H.R. 5442), H6558 [24SE]

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day: designate (see S. Res. 266), S4281 [13MY]

Railroads: reform the safety practices of the railroad industry (see H.R. 4761), H2607 [16MY]

Research: provide protections for human participants in research (see S. 3060), S9983 [4OC]

Roads and highways: improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic (see H.R. 5712), H8731 [13NO]

———weight limit exemptions on Federal highway bridges (see H.R. 5538), H6982 [2OC]

Schools: issue commemorative stamp on school safety awareness (see H. Con. Res. 493), H6926 [1OC]

———provide private schools parity with public schools in obtaining criminal background checks of employees, volunteers, and applicants (see H.R. 5257), H5994 [26JY]

Senate: authorize Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to anthrax exposure in Senate complex (see S. Res. 329), S8981 [20SE]

Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see S. 2933), S8565 [12SE]

Sewage disposal: enhance security of wastewater treatment works (see H.R. 5169), H5086 [22JY]

Shipping industry: require inspection of cargo destined for the U.S. (see H.R. 5420), H6418 [19SE]

Ships and vessels: conduct a study on the improvement of pier safety standards in navigable waters (see H.R. 3697), H227 [7FE]

Social Security: improve patient safety (see H.R. 4889), H3291 [6JN]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H140 [5FE]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H1087 [20MR]

Somerset County, PA: tribute to rescue of coal miners (see H. Con. Res. 459), H6059 [4SE]

Sports: provide for safe equestrian helmets (see S. 2681), S6126 [26JN]

States: improve security of State-issued driver's licenses (see S. 3107), S10359 [10OC]

———permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see S. 2503), S4199 [10MY]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: increase incentives for States and Indian tribes to achieve reclamation priorities relative to coal mining (see H.R. 4802), H2943 [22MY]

Task Force on Sealed Source Protection: establish to evaluate and make recommendations on security of sealed sources of radioactive materials (see S. 2684), S6127 [26JN] (see H.R. 5023), H4068 [26JN]

Taxation: encourage use of safety devices in firearms (see H.R. 4512), H1482 [18AP]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 3012), S9426 [26SE] (see H.R. 5416), H6417 [19SE]

———provide a credit for police officers and professional firefighters and exclude from income certain benefits received by public safety volunteers (see H.R. 5027), H4068 [26JN]

———provide a nonrefundable tax credit for police officers who purchase armor vests (see H.R. 5026), H4068 [26JN]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 3724), H284 [12FE]

Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 2922), S8456 [10SE]

Terrorism: condemn the publication of instructions on how to create a synthetic human polio virus (see H. Res. 514), H5997 [26JY]

———enhance agricultural biosecurity through increased prevention, preparation, and response planning (see S. 2767), S7164 [22JY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 427), H2734 [21MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 117), S4840 [23MY]

———protect the public against the threat of chemical attacks (see H.R. 5300), H5996 [26JY]

———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack (see S. 3148), S10677 [17OC]

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]

———prohibit use of vending machines other than in locations in which the presence of minors is prohibited (see H.R. 4065), H1089 [20MR]

———require warning labels on tobacco products (see S. 3178), S11574 [19NO] (see H.R. 3907), H780 [7MR]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), consideration (see H. Res. 447), H3668 [18JN]

———provide incentives to States for development of traffic safety programs to reduce crashes related to driver fatigue and sleep deprivation (see H.R. 5543), H7018 [3OC]

———provide that individuals who are eligible to join the Armed Forces are also eligible to be security screening personnel (see H.R. 3690), H201 [6FE]

U.S. Boxing Administration: establish (see H.R. 5006), H3859 [24JN]

Water: improve financial and environmental sustainability of water programs (see S. 1961), S897 [15FE] (see S. 2813), S7469 [29JY]

———provide assistance to States to support testing of private wells in areas of suspected contamination to limit or prevent human exposure to contaminated groundwater (see S. 3127), S10676 [17OC]

Weapons: authorize assistance through eligible nongovernmental organizations to remove and dispose of unexploded ordnance in agriculturally-valuable lands in developing countries (see H.R. 5497), H6776 [26SE]

———promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia (see S. 2478), S4064 [8MY] (see S. 2545), S4702 [22MY]

Whistleblowing: providing protections to certain employees at airports (see S. 2686), S6127 [26JN]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of carnivorous wild cats for use as pets (see S. 3038), S9901 [3OC]

———prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 5226), H5790 [25JY]

Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (see S. 2328), S3435 [25AP] (see H.R. 4602), H1673 [25AP]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see S. 1963), S897 [15FE] (see H.R. 4707), H2355 [9MY]

Cloture motions

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY], S7462 [29JY], S7633 [31JY]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6798 [15JY], S6883 [17JY]

Comparisons

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act: House, Senate, and compromise agreement provisions, H6275-H6277 [17SE]

Conference reports

Maritime Transportation Security Act (S. 1214), H8561-H8590 [13NO]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (H.R. 3448), H2691-H2732 [21MY]

Descriptions

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (H.R. 3448): Amendments Relative to Food Enforcement Authorities Provided Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, H2857 [22MY]

Essays

Youth Violence: Egli Hila, E1366 [25JY]

———Olesya Koretska, E1367 [25JY]

Excerpts

``Fire on the Mountain,'' John N. Maclean, S8703 [18SE]

Explanations

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act: several Members of Congress, H8992-H8994 [14NO]

Factsheets

Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (H.R. 3525), S2646-S2648 [15AP]

Letters

Approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site: Edward C. Sullivan, AFL-CIO, H2196 [8MY]

———Thomas A. Vilsack, Governor of Iowa, S6474 [9JY]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, S6472 [9JY]

Dam Safety and Security Act: Bob Wise and Bill Owens, National Governors Association, H6066 [5SE]

———Brad Larossi, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, H6067 [5SE]

———H. Gerard Schwartz, Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers, H6067 [5SE]

Emergency Communications and Competition Act: Chris Murray and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, S8465 [10SE]

———Kermit W. Richardson, National Grange (organization), S8465 [10SE]

———Nancie G. Marzulla, Marzulla & Marzulla (law firm), S8467 [10SE]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S8466 [10SE]

———Romes Antoine, Avoyel-Taensa Tribe/Nation of Louisiana, S8467 [10SE]

———Wade J. Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S8466 [10SE]

———Wilma Mankiller, S8467 [10SE]

Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act: Americans for Better Borders (organization), S2617 [12AP]

———Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, S2612 [12AP]

———Charles J. Murphy, National Immigration and Naturalization Service Council of the American Federation of Government Employees, S2612 [12AP]

———Dan Stein, Federation for American Immigration Reform, S2613 [12AP]

———John E. Siedlarz, International Biometric Industry Association, S2612 [12AP]

———Lynn Frendt Shotwell, American Council on International Personnel, Inc., S2618 [12AP]

———Marlene M. Johnson, NAFSA—Association of International Educators, S2617 [12AP]

———MaryEllen Salamone and Carie Lemack, Familes of September 11 (organization), S2612 [12AP]

———Michael McCarry, Alliance for International Education and Cultural Exchange, S2618 [12AP]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2617 [12AP]

———Richard C. Atkinson, University of California, S2618 [12AP]

———several organizations, S2618 [12AP]

———T.J. Bonner, National Border Patrol Council of the American Federation of Government Employees, S2613 [12AP]

Establish National Office for Combating Terrorism and develop a comprehensive strategy for homeland security: Senator Specter, S8432 [10SE], S8530 [12SE]

———Senator Warner, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S8528 [12SE]

Extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines in airports for screening checked baggage: Benjamin R. DeCosta, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, H5876 [26JY]

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act: Abbey S. Meyers, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., S7641 [31JY]

———Carl B. Feldbaum, Biotechnology Industry Organization, S6994 [18JY], S7570 [30JY]

———Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market, S6845 [16JY], S7641, S7648 [31JY]

———D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, S7636 [31JY]

———Dick Wagoner, Jr., General Motors Corp., S7641 [31JY]

———Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, S7636 [31JY]

———James E. Rogan, Patent and Trademark Office, S7571 [30JY]

———Janell Mayo Duncan, Consumers Union, S7642 [31JY]

———Jody Hunter, Business for Affordable Medicine (organization), S6845 [16JY], S7648 [31JY]

———Kathleen D. Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, S7641 [31JY]

———Michael K. Kirk, American Intellectual Property Law Association, S7346 [25JY]

———Senator Kennedy, S7026-S7028 [18JY]

———Stephen Mulloney, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, S6995 [18JY]

Improve aviation security by establishing a Federal flight deck officers program and allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit: Air Transport Association of America, Inc., S8272, S8276 [5SE]

———Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots Association, S8266 [5SE]

———James M. Loy, Dept. of Transportation, S8275, S8276 [5SE]

———several airline pilot organizations, S8269 [5SE]

Labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors: Charles W. Fricke, and Kevin and Debra Riggins, S11675 [20NO]

Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act: Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S11551 [19NO]

Methyl bromide phaseout as a pesticide: Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), E720 [6MY]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E720 [6MY]

National Transportation Network Analysis Capability: Norman Y. Mineta, Sec. of Transportation, S5776 [19JN]

Pipeline Infrastructure Protection To Enhance Security and Safety Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H5281 [23JY]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H5281 [23JY]

Prescription Drug User Fee Act authorization: Representatives Tauzin and Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2856, H2859 [22MY]

Recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants: Heather Lauter-Clay, S4286 [13MY]

———L. Kristin Spivey, S4286 [13MY]

———Thom McDaniel, Transport Workers Union of America, S4286 [13MY]

Seabrook Nuclear Power Station security: Clifford Bullock, Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America, Local 501, S3429 [25AP]

Study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources: Carl M. Smith, Dept. of Energy, S1634 [7MR]

———Carol M. Browner, EPA, S1633 [7MR]

———Michel J. Paque, Ground Water Protection Council, S1637 [7MR]

Tribute to volunteer air marshals: Bob Dremann, E666 [30AP]

Wastewater Treatment Works Security and Safety Act: Ken Kirk, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, S9905 [3OC]

Lists

District of Columbia National Guard, H1517 [23AP]

Excluded parties listing system relative to airport screening companies, H5823 [26JY]

Opponents and supporters of S. 812, Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act, S7638 [31JY]

Organizations opposed to Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S6456 [9JY]

Supporters of S. 2590, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, S7368 [25JY]

Messages

Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the U.S. and the International Atomic Energy Agency: President Bush, S4243 [10MY]

Motions

Drugs: consideration of legislation to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H6957 [2OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7206 [23JY], S7283 [24JY], S7534 [30JY], S7633 [31JY]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), H3131 [4JN]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H638 [28FE]

Poems

``Dream Deferred,'' Langston Hughes, S6300 [28JN]

``Patrolling Barnegat,'' Walt Whitman, E508 [12AP]

``Road Not Taken,'' Robert Frost, S6490 [9JY]

Proclamations

Tribute to George Arnett: Representative Ney, E1639 [25SE]

Tribute to Richard Scholl: Representative Ney, E1012 [12JN]

Tribute to Richard School: Representative Ney, E854 [20MY]

Proposals

Consideration of legislation to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H6856 [1OC], H6955 [2OC]

Remarks in House

Aeroquip-inoac Corp.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Participant award recipient, E1040 [13JN]

Air pollution: require industrial polluters to reduce small particulate emissions, H1193 [10AP]

Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5648, H5654, H5657 [25JY], H5838-H5845, H5875, H5876, H5878, H5882 [26JY]

American Automobile Association: anniversary of Northwest Ohio chapter, E1750 [4OC]

Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (H.R. 3932), E322 [12MR]

Armed Forces: protect health of members deployed in Afghanistan, H17 [23JA]

Aviation: develop and implement aviation employee screening process, H4877 [18JY]

———extension of liability limitations and immunity for airport screening companies, H5823-H5829 [26JY]

———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H8703 [13NO]

———provide for safety of U.S. aviation and suppression of terrorism (H.R. 2896), H4454 [10JY]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (H. Con. Res. 401), H6091-H6093 [9SE], E1568 [12SE]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (S. Con. Res. 110), H6487, H6488 [24SE]

———restrictions on Airport Improvement Program grants, H3729-H3736 [20JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (H.R. 4235), E536 [16AP]

Business and industry: encourage retailers to adopt Code Adam child safety alert program, H3932 [26JN]

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests: law enforcement funding, H4739, H4740 [16JY]

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

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

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

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

———promote personal safety programs for children (H. Con. Res. 484), H6834-H6837 [1OC]

———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (H. Res. 556), H6696 [26SE]

Coast Guard: tribute to Group Key West for hosting community outreach events, H4876 [18JY]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to Dept. of Defense and emergency appropriations legislation, H107 [4FE]

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

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

Courts: prohibit the sealing of records in class action settlements where the health and safety of the public are at risk, H859, H860 [13MR]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (H.R. 4896), E997 [7JN]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (H.R. 3658), E59 [29JA]

———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (H.R. 4607), E646 [26AP]

———tribute, E59 [29JA]

Customs Service: development of cargo identification and screening system that requires a detailed report prior to the loading of such cargo, E968 [6JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: food inspections program funding, E1494 [4SE]

Dept. of Defense: enforce civilian orders of protection on military installations (H.R. 5590), H7917-H7920 [15OC]

———treatment of unexploded ordnance, H4112 [27JN]

Dept. of Energy: external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (H.R. 5275), E1462 [29JY]

———report on operationally deployed nuclear warhead objectives, H2338, H2339 [9MY]

Dept. of HHS: authority to administer smallpox vaccine in the event of a smallpox attack or threat, E2041 [14NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: inclusion of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, H5877 [26JY]

———inclusion of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strategic National Stockpile Program, H5659 [25JY]

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics, E594 [22AP]

Dept. of Transportation: feasibility study on use of Airport Improvement Program funds by small airports to pay non-Federal costs of air traffic control tower operation, H3747 [20JN]

———Office of Pipeline Safety enforcement of pipeline safety regulations, E2103 [19NO]

———Transportation Security Administration funding, H5219, H5226 [23JY]

———use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3736-H3748 [20JN]

———use of Highway Trust Fund to encourage States to require law enforcement officers to impound motor vehicles of those charged with driving intoxicated (H. Res. 511), E1418 [29JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 4514), H2614-H2617 [20MY], E591 [18AP], E874 [22MY]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), H2610-H2614, H2630 [20MY], E870 [22MY], E1602 [18SE]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), Senate amendment, H8006-H8009 [16OC]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 526), H6271-H6278 [17SE]

District of Columbia: reopening of E Street behind the White House, H5247 [23JY]

———require congressional approval for any construction or improvements to Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, H4850 [17JY]

Distrigas of Massachusetts Corp.: security at liquid natural gas facility, H5287 [23JY]

Drugs: consideration of legislation to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H6955-H6958 [2OC]

FAA: implement certain aviation security measures, H742 [7MR]

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

FDA: Center for Devices and Radiological Health laboratory construction funding, H5245 [23JY]

———facilitate the use of irradiation in improving food safety, E1556 [11SE]

Federal contractors: require adherence to Federal safety and environmental laws, E890 [23MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 3580), H7153-H7164 [7OC], E1798 [8OC], E1844 [11OC]

———improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 5651), H7965 [16OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (H.R. 1862), H2110 [7MY], H6268 [17SE], H6377, H6387, H6390, H6393, H6394, H6398 [19SE]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (H.R. 5272), H6261, H6268, H6297 [17SE]

FEMA: Firefighters Grant Program funding, H5219, H5223 [23JY]

———include Dept. of Energy National Laboratory representative on National Dam Safety Review Board, H6069 [5SE]

Firearms: assist State and local governments in conducting community gun buy back programs (H.R. 4674), H2213 [8MY], E730 [7MY]

Food: export of genetically engineered animals and crops to developing countries, H6072 [5SE]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (H.R. 4834), E923 [24MY]

Forest Service: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (H.R. 3971), H3832 [24JN]

———wildfire management and fire hazard prevention practices, H6073 [5SE], H6132 [10SE], E1524 [9SE]

Foster, Lata B.: American Automobile Association Traffic Safety Poster Contest winner, E732 [7MY]

GAO: feasibility study on federalizing security at nuclear power plants, E32 [25JA]

Green Valley, AZ: tribute to Phelps Dodge Sierrita (mining company), E1669 [26SE]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H1160 [10AP], H1293 [16AP], H1343 [17AP], H1495, H1496 [23AP], H1677 [29AP], H1691 [30AP], H1772 [1MY], H2112, H2114 [7MY], H2168, H2169, H2170, H2180-H2205 [8MY], E715 [3MY], E757, E766, E768, E770, E774 [10MY], E806 [15MY]

———designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H41 [24JA], H113 [5FE], H204 [7FE], H660 [5MR], H689 [6MR], H910 [14MR], E132 [12FE]

———effect of approval of Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site on local drinking water, H1691 [30AP]

———impact of unfunded mandates on State and local governments relative to approval of Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H2180-H2183 [8MY]

———Nevada Governor's veto of Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H1095 [9AP]

———phase-out use of mercury in dental fillings (H.R. 4163), E2086 [15NO]

Health: use of dental amalgam, E1111 [20JN]

———voluntary reporting of medication error information to assist in developing and disseminating recommendations and information on preventing medication errors (H.R. 4673), E726 [7MY]

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

———permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care (H.R. 4872), E975 [6JN]

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

House of Representatives: continuation of duties during investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, H20 [23JA]

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Day of Action: observance, E753 [8MY]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (H.R. 808), H4566 [12JY], H6132 [10SE]

Kansas City Metropolitan Emergency Management Committee: tribute Project Community Alert to place alarm-equipped emergency weather radios in homes, schools, and businesses, E714 [3MY]

Lansdowne, MD: anniversary of Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Association #1, Inc., E134 [12FE]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders, H86 [29JA], H275-H279 [12FE], H551-H554 [26FE], H986-H990 [19MR], H2438-H2442 [14MY], H3155-H3157 [4JN], H3557-H3560 [13JN], H3593-H3596 [17JN], H6122-H6125 [9SE]

———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), H1639 [25AP], E750 [8MY]

———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), concur with Senate amendments, H2137-H2142 [7MY]

———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 106), H2179 [8MY]

———limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies, H6746 [26SE]

———surveillance of computer services in places of employment, libraries, and schools, H589 [27FE]

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

Lights on After School! Day: observance, E1827 [11OC]

LST-325 (U.S.S.): exempt from certain inspection requirements (H.R. 3856), E259 [5MR]

McLoughlin, Kaitlin: American Automobile Association School Safety Patroller of the Year recipient, E732 [7MY]

Medford Township, NJ: tribute to Shawnee High School Teenage Driver Safety Awareness Day, E811 [15MY]

Mental health: prohibit the therapeutic technique known as rebirthing (H. Con. Res. 435), H6268, H6269 [17SE]

Mid-South SAFE KIDS Coalition: tribute, E1880 [17OC]

Montrose, CO: tribute to Centennial Junior High School students, E2004 [14NO]

Monuments and memorials: provide grants for construction of memorials to honor men and women killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers, H6744 [26SE]

Motor vehicles: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (H.R. 3429), H8942-H8944 [14NO]

———improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (H.R. 5504), H8941 [14NO]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, E111 [7FE], E155 [14FE]

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

National Dam Safety and Security Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 4727), H6018 [4SE], H6065-H6070 [5SE], E803 [14MY], E1689 [30SE]

National Fire Prevention Week: observance, E1794 [8OC]

National Institute of Justice: conduct a study on effectiveness of treatment programs for child sex offenders and analyze the use of probation in reducing recidivism rates, H921 [14MR]

National Park Service: require inventory, evaluation, and documentation of surviving historic Life-Saving Service stations (H.R. 4115), E508 [12AP]

National Police Week: observance, H2393 [14MY], E832, E843, E844, E848 [17MY]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: observance, E561 [17AP]

National Safety Month: observance, E626 [24AP]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), H3120-H3131 [4JN]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), conference report, H8809-H8814 [14NO], E2113 [19NO], E2143 [22NO]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 605), H8737, H8738 [14NO]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), insert H.R. 3983 language in lieu, H3131 [4JN]

———improve port and maritime security (H.R. 3983), H3103-H3120, H3131 [4JN], E965, E968, E970 [6JN], E992 [7JN]

———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, E427 [21MR]

National Shooting Sports Foundation: tribute to Project HomeSafe, H670 [5MR]

New York, NY: Hospital for Special Surgery receipient of New York State Hospital Patient Safety Award, E651 [29AP]

NSF: Biosafety Research Program funding, H3197-H3202 [5JN]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4466), H3084-H3089 [4JN], E973 [6JN]

———public hearings on investigation of Emery (shipping company) plane crash, E622 [24AP]

Nuclear energy: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities, H2192 [8MY]

———transportation of spent nuclear fuel, H637 [28FE], H2192-H2202 [8MY], E1269 [16JY]

Pennsylvania: tribute to Lehigh Valley Regional Team DUI Task Force, E858 [20MY]

Pesticides: methyl bromide phaseout, E719 [6MY]

Pharmaceuticals: impact of gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs, E1801 [9OC]

Pipelines: disclosure of pipeline locations to increase community awareness, E971 [6JN]

———establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities, H5284 [23JY]

———improve safety (H.R. 3609), H5273-H5288 [23JY], E971 [6JN]

———improve safety (H.R. 3609), Senate amendment, H8983-H8992 [14NO], E2103 [19NO]

Polio Survivors' Month: observance, E1540 [10SE]

Public safety officers: tribute to first responders, E1287 [17JY]

Railroads: reform the safety practices of the railroad industry, H2499 [15MY]

Roads and highways: improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic (H.R. 5712), E2005 [14NO]

Roberts, Kitty: National Park Service Andrew Clark Hecht Memorial Public Safety Achievements Award recipient, E952 [5JN]

Ryder Systems, Inc.: National Safety Council Green Cross for Safety recipient, H1007 [20MR]

Salt Lake City, UT: preparation for Olympic games, H220 [7FE]

Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (H.R. 630), H511 [14FE]

Sewage disposal: enhance security of wastewater treatment works (H.R. 5169), H7022-H7024 [7OC]

Somerset County, PA: tribute to rescue of coal miners (H. Con. Res. 459), H6002 [4SE]

Standard Register Co.: tribute to safety record of Murfreesboro, TN, plant, E942 [4JN]

Taxation: exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (H.R. 5416), E1627 [19SE]

———provide a credit for police officers and professional firefighters and exclude from income certain benefits received by public safety volunteers (H.R. 5027), E1167 [27JN]

———provide a nonrefundable tax credit for police officers who purchase armor vests (H.R. 5026), E1159 [27JN]

Terrorism: establish a partnership between the Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense to develop education and training programs on medical responses to consequences of terrorist attacks (H.R. 3254), E1602 [18SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H638 [28FE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2803 [21MY], H2844-H2860 [22MY], E915, E916, E919-E921, E930 [24MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 427), H2838-H2842 [22MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 117), H3101 [4JN]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), motion to instruct conferees, H638-H641 [28FE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3736-H3749 [20JN]

———provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), consideration (H. Res. 447), H3728-H3736 [20JN]

Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act: nullify provisions if more than five convicted child sex offenders reside in any given ZIP Code, H923, H924 [14MR]

U.S.-Japan Maritime Youth Exchange Program: tribute, H4876 [18JY]

Ukraine: coal mine disaster at Donetsk, E1249, E1250 [12JY]

———tribute to victims of airshow disaster in Lviv, E1500 [5SE]

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

Violence Prevention Week: observance, E1549 [11SE]

Water: National Academy of Sciences review of drinking water standards for arsenic, H1192 [10AP]

Week of the Young Child: observance, E603 [23AP]

Western States: fire prevention funding, H6697 [26SE]

Wildfires: emergency firefighting funding, H4858 [17JY]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (H.R. 5226), E1390 [25JY]

Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of breast implants and encourage FDA review of implant manufacturers, E1798 [8OC]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (H.R. 4707), E780 [10MY]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, E669 [30AP], E719 [6MY]

Remarks in Senate

American Automobile Association: tribute to School Safety Patrol Lifesaving Medal Award recipients, S3947 [7MY]

American Humane Association: anniversary, S10222 [9OC]

Aviation: develop and implement a plan to provide security for cargo entering the U.S., or being transported in intrastate or interstate commerce (S. 2656), S5857 [20JN]

———develop and implement a plan to provide security for cargo entering the U.S., or being transported in intrastate or interstate commerce (S. 2668), S5905 [21JN]

———improve security (S. 2949), S11296-S11306 [18NO]

———improve security (S. 2949), unanimous-consent request, S10033 [7OC]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (H. Con. Res. 401), S9996 [4OC]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (S. Con. Res. 110), S4285-S4287 [13MY], S5789 [19JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (S. 2685), S6129 [26JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Division, S8190 [4SE]

———establish the Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness (S. 2115), S2585 [11AP]

———funding, S8192, S8193 [4SE]

CERCLA: continuation of Superfund trust fund for cleanup of toxic waste sites, S5340 [11JN]

Chemicals: improve Federal safety regulations relative to processing of reactive chemicals, S10665 [17OC]

Children and youth: amend certain laws relative to pediatric studies of drugs, S5192 [6JN]

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

———protect the privacy of children who use school or library computers employing Internet content management services (S. 2839), S7905 [1AU]

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

Clean Air Act: limit access to chemical facility offsite consequence Analysis information (S. 2579), S5043 [5JN]

Coast Guard: funding, S10988, S10989 [14NO]

Columbia, SC: Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower recipient of FAA National Facility of the Year award, S5690 [18JN]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to Dept. of Defense and emergency appropriations legislation, S653 [12FE]

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

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (S. 2188), S2841 [17AP]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (S. 2843), S7910 [1AU]

———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (S. 2317), S3439 [25AP]

Crime: enhance penalties for fraud in connection with identification documents that facilitates an act of domestic terrorism (S. 1981), S1396 [1MR], S2989 [18AP]

———enhance rights and protections of victims (S. 783), S2717 [16AP]

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

———tribute to participants in People Pedaling Peace bicycle ride to honor victims of gun violence and promote gun safety legislation, S7029 [18JY]

Customs Service: develop pilot program to examine technologies used to verify contents of containers and prevent tampering during transportation, S3295 [24AP]

Dept. of Defense: enforce civilian orders of protection on military installations (H.R. 5590), S11148 [14NO]

———Project Alpha funding to predict and assess threats to the U.S. food supply, S93 [24JA]

Dept. of HHS: expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (S. 1922), S493 [7FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop strategy to coordinate public health, law enforcement, and homeland security officials in a bioterrorism attack, S8191 [4SE]

———establish National Office for Combating Terrorism and develop a comprehensive strategy for homeland security, S8352-S8367 [9SE], S8431 [10SE], S8527 [12SE]

———inclusion of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strategic National Stockpile Program, S8192 [4SE]

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (S. 2184), S2838 [17AP], S2936 [18AP]

———review mine inspector staffing levels and address any deficiencies, S2237 [21MR]

Dept. of State: support international programs to detect and prevent acts of nuclear or radiological terrorism (S. 3121), S10578-S10582 [16OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish the National Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program (S. 2646), S5775, S5776 [19JN]

———realignment of policy responsibility (H.R. 3441), S48 [23JA]

———Transportation Security Administration funding, S5027 [5JN], S7269 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), S8026 [1AU], S10473-S10476 [15OC]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (S. 2132), S2724 [16AP]

Developing countries: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (S. 2487), S4147-S4151 [9MY], S8022-S8025 [1AU]

———review Federal programs on substance abuse, prevention, treatment, education, and research, S10035 [7OC]

Drunken driving: increase penalties for individuals who operate motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol (S. 3056), S9911 [3OC]

———provide for criminal and civil liability for permitting an intoxicated arrestee to operate a motor vehicle (S. 2805), S7431 [26JY]

Economy: establish certain road and highway safety programs to encourage economic growth (S. 3011), S9430 [26SE]

———establish certain road and highway safety programs to encourage economic growth (S. 3011), star print, S9859 [2OC]

EPA: provide flexibility within the oxygenate requirements for gasoline, S3405, S3406 [25AP]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic, S5340 [11JN]

Explosives: require a permit for acquisition and possession, S11391 [19NO]

———require a permit for acquisition and possession (S. 1956), S862 [14FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: ensure protection for child employees of traveling sales crews (S. 2549), S8022 [1AU]

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

FDA: authorize oversight of any entity engaged in recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human tissue or human tissue-based products (S. 2531), S4536 [17MY]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2626), S5598-S5601 [14JN]

———protect the health and safety of American consumers from seafood contaminated by certain substances (S. 2759), S7043 [18JY]

———require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (S. 2394), S7861 [1AU]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 5651), S10619, S10752-S10754 [17OC], S11549-S11551 [19NO]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6802, S6811 [15JY], S6873 [16JY], S6883-S6931 [17JY], S6968-S6972, S6976-S7016, S7019-S7028 [18JY], S7093-S7100 [19JY], S7127, S7134-S7158 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194, S7218 [23JY], S7244-S7246, S7249-S7263, S7282-S7299 [24JY], S7327-S7336, S7340, S7342-S7350, S7366 [25JY], S7398-S7413, S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7457, S7460, S7464 [29JY], S7505, S7514-S7551, S7565-S7571, S7614-S7616 [30JY], S7618-S7651 [31JY], S7849-S7851, S7853-S7858, S7875-S7878 [1AU], S8630, S8631 [17SE], S9182 [25SE], S10407 [15OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6797-S6801 [15JY], S6818-S6829, S6831-S6858 [16JY], S6878-S6883 [17JY]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), unanimous-consent agreement, S7545 [30JY]

FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program funding, S10438 [15OC]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms (S. 1355), S93 [24JA], S224 [29JA], S1969 [15MR], S2253 [21MR], S5895 [21JN], S7882 [1AU], S8971 [20SE], S11206 [15NO]

Firefighters: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths (S. 2471), S4066 [8MY]

FMC Corp.: tribute to National and International Mine Rescue Contest winners, S8749 [18SE]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (S. 2499), S4163 [9MY]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (S. 3001), S9231 [25SE]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (S. 3095), S10371 [10OC]

Foreign countries: require reporting of blank passport theft as a condition of participation in the Visa Waiver Program, S2920, S2921 [18AP]

Forest Service: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (H.R. 3971), S6046 [25JN], S6049 [26JN], S6592 [10JY]

Franklin, KY: Franklin Electric Plant Board recipient of Public Power Association Electric Utility Safety Award, S2408 [9AP]

FTC: study on pharmaceutical industry marketing rules, S7460 [29JY]

Fuels: subject renewable fuels to the same liability standards placed on other fuels and fuel additives, S3343-S3351 [25AP]

Government regulations: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors, S11672-S11675 [20NO]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), S6490 [9JY]

———approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), S2403, S2416 [9AP], S2787 [17AP], S5396 [12JN], S5528 [13JN], S5725 [19JN], S5797-S5799 [20JN], S5883, S5886, S5893 [21JN], S5985, S5986 [25JN], S6053-S6056 [26JN]

———approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6444-S6491 [9JY]

———approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), unanimous-consent request, S5985 [25JN]

———designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S840 [14FE]

———reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S8329-S8334 [5SE]

———study risk and improve response to public health and safety associated with transportation of chemicals and radioactive materials, S2376 [9AP]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 2590), S5052, S5053 [5JN], S7367 [25JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 3029), S9848 [2OC]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (S. 2207), S2965 [18AP]

———reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (S. 2641), S5708-S5710 [18JN]

Home Safety Council: tribute, S9416 [26SE]

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

Immigration: change date of compliance for requirements for machine-readable and tamper-resistant entry and exit documents, S2922, S2923 [18AP]

———increase penalties for noncompliance with requirements to provide aircraft and ship manifest information, S2923, S2924 [18AP]

———record keeping and reporting requirements relative to nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors, S2918-S2920 [18AP]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders, S4805 [23MY], S8737-S8739 [18SE]

———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), S2609-S2623 [12AP], S2642-S2659 [15AP], S2689, S2694 [16AP], S2916-S2932 [18AP], S3106 [22AP]

———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 106), S3904 [7MY]

———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), unanimous-consent agreement, S2564 [11AP], S2911 [18AP]

———require ballistics testing of all firearms manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies (S. 3096), S10375-S10377 [10OC], S10438 [15OC], S10526 [16OC], S11206 [15NO]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (S. 2480), S4073 [8MY]

Lights on After School! Day: observance, S10348, S10349 [10OC]

Loy, James M.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Transportation for Security, S11328 [18NO]

Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish a multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border, S1654 [7MR], S1718, S1725 [11MR]

McLoughlin, Kaitlin: American Automobile Association School Safety Patroller of the Year recipient, S3947 [7MY]

Medicare: reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (S. 2614), S5456 [12JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 3091), S10363 [10OC]

Monuments and memorials: provide grants for construction of memorials to honor men and women killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers, S9700 [1OC]

———provide grants for construction of memorials to honor men and women killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers (S. 2179), unanimous-consent request, S4519 [17MY]

Motor vehicles: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (H.R. 3429), S9683 [1OC]

———authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (S. 1739), S9683 [1OC], S10434 [15OC]

———authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (S. 1739), unanimous-consent request, S9683 [1OC]

———improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (H.R. 5504), S11205 [15NO], S11342 [18NO]

———improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (S. 980), S986 [25FE]

National Asking Saves Kids (ASK) Day: observance, S5895 [21JN]

National Dam Safety and Security Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 4727), S11154 [14NO]

National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8409-S8411, S8414 [10SE], S8515-S8519 [12SE], S8589 [13SE], S8635-S8642, S8656-S8662 [17SE], S8701-S8708, S8743 [18SE], S8872-S8880, S8894-S8897 [19SE], S9004, S9019 [23SE], S9183 [25SE], S9678, S9679 [1OC]

National Missing Adult Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 318), S8020 [1AU]

National Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (S. Res. 245), S2850 [17AP], S3577 [30AP]

National Police Week: observance, S4327 [14MY]

National Public Radio: collaboration between correspondent and environmental organizations in forest thinning projects story, S8876-S8878 [19SE]

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

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S4823 [23MY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), S3295 [24AP], S5673 [18JN]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), conference report, S10974-S10993 [14NO], S11406 [19NO]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10959 [13NO]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 2329), S3441 [25AP]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 2426), S8066 [3SE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 2534), S4625 [21MY]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports through improved inspection of cargo containers, S10983-S10991 [14NO], S11432 [19NO]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports through improved inspection of cargo containers (S. 2895), S7960 [1AU]

———make grants to State and local governments in order to prepare for and respond to terrorist threats (S. 2077), S2414 [9AP]

National Work Safe Week: designate (S. Res. 276), S4874 [23MY]

Natural gas: assess safety of shallow underground storage structures, S3409 [25AP]

New Jersey: reimbursement by Postal Service to hospitals for anthrax-related care, S5186 [6JN]

NTSB: require investigation of all fatal railroad grade crossing accidents (S. 2580), S5044 [5JN]

Nuclear energy: enhance security of transporting high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel (S. 3162), S11081-S11083 [14NO]

———remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (H.R. 3343), S48 [23JA]

———renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S1622-S1632, S1637-S1642 [7MR], S1693 [8MR], S6208, S6209 [27JN]

———transportation of spent nuclear fuel, S2563 [11AP], S2993 [22AP]

Pharmaceuticals: bioequivalence standards for generic drugs, S6993-S6996 [18JY]

———condemn industry advertising campaign relative to generic drugs, S9182 [25SE]

———require companies to disclose any gifts or incentives given to doctors or health care providers and require manufacturers to disclose any rebates given to pharmaceutical benefits managers, S7007 [18JY]

Pipelines: extend criminal penalties to include destruction of intrastate pipelines that are used in interstate or foreign commerce, S1645-S1647 [7MR]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation, S541 [8FE], S1643-S1649 [7MR], S1693 [8MR], S1727 [11MR]

———improve safety (H.R. 3609), S10966, S10967 [13NO], S11067 [14NO]

———improve safety (H.R. 3609), conference report, S11000 [14NO]

Privacy: protect consumer privacy on the Internet (S. 2201), S2957-S2963 [18AP]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 243), S2989, S2990 [18AP]

———award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. Con. Res. 75), S2990 [18AP]

———award to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. Con. Res. 66), S2990, S2991 [18AP]

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day: designate (S. Res. 266), S10777 [17OC]

Railroads: improve safety and security of rail transportation, S11390 [19NO]

———improve safety and security of rail transportation (S. 1528), S1834 [13MR]

———provide for rail safety and security assistance (S. 1550), S1834, S1867-S1869 [13MR], S10992 [14NO]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals (H. Con. Res. 84), S11339 [18NO]

Research: provide protections for human participants in research (S. 3060), S9993 [4OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources, S1633-S1637, S1642 [7MR]

Schools: establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (S. 1041), S6173 [26JN]

Seabrook, NH: tribute to Seabrook Nuclear Power Station security personnel, S3429 [25AP]

Senate: authorize Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to anthrax exposure in Senate complex (S. Res. 329), S8985 [20SE]

Senior citizens: promote elder justice (S. 2933), S8592 [13SE], S9899 [3OC]

Sewage disposal: enhance security of wastewater treatment works (S. 3037), S9904 [3OC]

Somerset County, PA: tribute to rescue of coal miners, S7448 [29JY], S8749 [18SE]

Sports: provide for safe equestrian helmets (S. 2681), S6128 [26JN], S6354 [8JY]

States: improve security of State-issued driver's licenses (S. 3107), S10385-S10388 [10OC], S10560 [16OC]

———permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (H.R. 2466), S4199 [10MY]

Taxation: exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (S. 3012), S9431 [26SE]

Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (S. 2922), S8463-S8468 [10SE]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (S. 1560), S2719 [16AP]

———commend efforts of news media to provide citizens with the necessary information to prepare and protect against bioterrorism, S5282 [10JN]

———enhance agricultural biosecurity through increased prevention, preparation, and response planning (S. 2767), S7166 [22JY]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals, S11188 [15NO]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, S4772-S4786 [23MY], S5195 [6JN], S5282 [10JN]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4761 [23MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S4760 [23MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 117), S4787 [23MY]

———respond to the vulnerability of the U.S. agricultural production and food supply system, S694 [13FE]

———strengthen the preparedness of health care providers within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and community hospitals to respond to bioterrorism (S. 1561), S2719 [16AP]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: funding, S11718, S11719 [20NO]

Treaties and agreements: ensure that prospective trading partners protect workers rights, S4607, S4608 [21MY]

———ensure that trade agreements protect national security, Social Security, public health and safety, and education, S4756, S4757 [23MY]

———removal of injunction of secrecy, S4243 [10MY]

Water: improve financial and environmental sustainability of water programs (S. 1961), S907 [15FE], S1347 [28FE]

———improve financial and environmental sustainability of water programs (S. 2813), S7470, S7471 [29JY]

———provide assistance to States to support testing of private wells in areas of suspected contamination to limit or prevent human exposure to contaminated groundwater (S. 3127), S10678 [17OC]

Weapons: promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia, S6058-S6062 [26JN]

———promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia (S. 2478), S4069 [8MY], S4140 [9MY]

———promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia (S. 2545), S4711-S4716 [22MY]

Weather: tribute to Defeat the Heat children's safety campaign, S6010 [25JN]

Whistleblowing: providing protections to certain employees at airports (S. 2686), S6130 [26JN]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of carnivorous wild cats for use as pets (S. 3038), S9905 [3OC]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes, S5340 [11JN]

———prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (S. 1963), S1928 [14MR]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S3896 [6MY]

Reports

Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants: National Academy of Sciences (excerpts), H3197 [5JN]

Reports filed

Air Traffic Control Towers Construction Assistance: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1979) (H. Rept. 107-496), H3290 [6JN]

Approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as Nuclear Waste Disposal Site: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.J. Res. 87) (H. Rept. 107-425), H2018 [1MY]

Aviation Security Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2949) (S. Rept. 107-293), S9594 [30SE]

Award Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to Officers Killed, Injured, or Involved in Rescue Efforts in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H. Con. Res. 243), S2950 [18AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 75), S2950 [18AP]

Award Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to Public Safety Officers Killed in the Line of Duty in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attacks: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 66), S2950 [18AP]

Chemical Security Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1602) (S. Rept. 107-342), S11214 [15NO]

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

Child Passenger Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 980) (S. Rept. 107-137), S852 [14FE]

Child Safety Enhancement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5504) (H. Rept. 107-726), H7171 [7OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 427) (H. Rept. 107-483), H2734 [21MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 1214, Maritime Transportation Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 605) (H. Rept. 107-780), H8731 [13NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1979, Small Airport Safety, Security, and Air Service Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 447) (H. Rept. 107-515), H3668 [18JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4687, National Construction Safety Team Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 475) (H. Rept. 107-560), H4424 [9JY]

Dam Safety and Security Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 4727), S9425 [26SE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4727) (H. Rept. 107-626), H6058 [4SE]

Defense Security Service—The Personnel Security Investigations: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 107-767), H8041 [24OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 2132) (S. Rept. 107-229), S7742 [31JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Research, Education, and Bio-Terrorism Prevention Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3253) (H. Rept. 107-471), H2606 [16MY]

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

Energy Pipeline Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 3929) (H. Rept. 107-475), H2660 [20MY]

Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2499) (S. Rept. 107-322), S10674 [17OC]

Global Pathogen Surveillance Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2487), S4838 [23MY]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2487) (S. Rept. 107-210), S6808 [15JY]

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 812), S6649 [11JY]

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

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

Labeling Requirement Containing Information Applicable to Pediatric Patients: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2394) (S. Rept. 107-300), S10114 [8OC]

Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2480), S11078 [14NO]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2480) (S. Rept. 107-345), S11573 [19NO]

Law Enforcement Tribute Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2624) (H. Rept. 107-458), H2465, H2469 [14MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2179), S4492 [16MY]

Making Federal Computers Secure—Overseeing Effective Information Security Management: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 107-764), H8041 [24OC]

Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3983) (H. Rept. 107-405), H1281 [11AP]

Maritime Transportation Security Act: Committee of Conference (S. 1214) (H. Rept. 107-777), H8731 [13NO]

Medical Device Regulation Improvement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3580) (H. Rept. 107-728), H7171 [7OC]

Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3580) (H. Rept. 107-728), H7928 [15OC]

Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 351) (S. Rept. 107-243), S8091 [3SE]

National Construction Safety Team Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 4687) (H. Rept. 107-530), H3927 [25JN]

National Occupational Safety and Health Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 245), S3433 [25AP]

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

Nomination of Carolyn W. Merritt To Be Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chairperson: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S7371 [25JY]

Nomination of Harold D. Stratton To Be CPSC Chairman: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S4535 [17MY]

Nomination of Harold D. Stratton to the CPSC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S4535 [17MY]

Nomination of John S. Bresland to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S7371 [25JY]

NTSB Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2950) (S. Rept. 107-311), S10359 [10OC]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4466) (H. Rept. 107-470), H2606 [16MY]

Nuclear Security Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1746) (S. Rept. 107-335), S10844 [12NO]

Online Personal Privacy Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2201) (S. Rept. 107-240), S7898 [1AU]

Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3429) (H. Rept. 107-507), H3561 [13JN]

Over-the-Road Buses Security Improvement Grants: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1739) (S. Rept. 107-235), S7898 [1AU]

Patient Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4889) (H. Rept. 107-714), H6925 [1OC]

Pipeline Infrastructure Protection To Enhance Security and Safety Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3609) (H. Rept. 107-605), H5193 [23JY]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3609) (H. Rept. 107-605), H5193 [23JY]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3448) (H. Rept. 107-481), H2734 [21MY]

Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy (RAVE) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2633), S6249 [27JN]

Relax Maximum Age Requirements for Certain Pilots: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 361) (S. Rept. 107-154), S4701 [22MY]

Require Labeling Containing Information Applicable to Pediatric Patients: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2394), S7898 [1AU]

Safe Explosives Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1956), S5534 [13JN]

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

Safe Rails Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1871) (S. Rept. 107-232), S7898 [1AU]

U.S. Boxing Administration Establishment: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2550) (S. Rept. 107-323), S10674 [17OC]

Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4514) (H. Rept. 107-473), H2606 [16MY]

Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5169) (H. Rept. 107-645), H6084 [5SE]

Water Investment Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1961) (S. Rept. 107-228), S7469 [29JY]

Yucca Mountain, NV, Approval as Nuclear Waste Disposal Site: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S.J. Res. 34) (S. Rept. 107-159), S5285 [10JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Drugs: consideration of legislation to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H6957 [2OC]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2180 [8MY]

Schedules

Project HomeSafe tour of Indiana, H670 [5MR]

Statements

Graduated License: Jamie Walbridge, E858 [20MY]

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act: David Beier, S7346 [25JY]

———Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, S7637 [31JY]

It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better: Peter L. Gorman, Uniformed Fire Officers Association of New York, E115 [7FE]

School ID Badges: Lee Goldsmith, Robby Short and Greg Howard, E647 [26AP]

Seabrook Nuclear Power Station Security: Clifford Bullock, Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America, Local 501, S3429 [25AP]

Underage Drinking: Jessica Walters and Falinda Hough, E647 [26AP]

———Matt Alden, E726 [7MY]

Summaries

Biological, Chemical and Radiological Weapons Countermeasures Research Act (S. 3148), S10724 [17OC]

Children, Youth and Gun Violence Report Recommendations: David and Lucille Packard Foundation, S7882 [1AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Research, Education, and Bio-Terrorism Prevention Act (H.R. 3253), S8026 [1AU]

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

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

Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (H.R. 5651), S11549-S11551 [19NO]

Tables

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to Dept. of Defense and emergency appropriations legislation, S653 [12FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 326, commend National Highway Traffic Safety Administration promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week, H254 [12FE]

H. Con. Res. 378, tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks, H1516 [23AP]

H. Con. Res. 401, recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants, H6091 [9SE]

H. Con. Res. 435, prohibit the therapeutic technique known as rebirthing, H6268 [17SE]

H. Con. Res. 484, promote personal safety programs for children in schools, H6834 [1OC]

H. Res. 427, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, H2838 [22MY]

H. Res. 447, consideration of H.R. 1979, Small Airport Safety, Security, and Air Service Improvement Act, H3728 [20JN]

H. Res. 475, consideration of H.R. 4687, National Construction Safety Team Act, H4555 [12JY]

H. Res. 526, concur with Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 3253, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act, H6271-H6274 [17SE]

H. Res. 536, commend the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician, and others for their response to the release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office, H7976 [16OC]

H. Res. 605, consideration of conference report on S. 1214, Port and Maritime Security Act, H8737 [14NO]

H.J. Res. 87, approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H2180 [8MY]

H.R. 3253, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Research, Education, and Bio-Terrorism Prevention Act, H2610 [20MY]

H.R. 3429, Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act, H8942 [14NO]

H.R. 3580, Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act, H7153-H7160 [7OC]

H.R. 3609, Pipeline Infrastructure Protection To Enhance Security and Safety Act, H5273-H5280 [23JY]

H.R. 3609, Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, H8983-H8991 [14NO]

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

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

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

H.R. 3971, provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover, H3832 [24JN]

H.R. 3983, Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act, H3103-H3116 [4JN]

H.R. 4466, NTSB appropriations, H3085-H3087 [4JN]

H.R. 4514, Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act, H2614 [20MY]

H.R. 4687, National Construction Safety Team Act, H6278-H6280 [17SE]

H.R. 5018, Capitol Police Retention, Recruitment, and Authorization Act, H4023 [26JN]

H.R. 5169, Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act, H7022 [7OC]

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

H.R. 5504, Child Safety Enhancement Act, H8941 [14NO]

H.R. 5590, Armed Forces Domestic Security Act, H7917 [15OC]

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

H.R. 5651, Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act, H7965-H7974 [16OC]

S. 351, Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act, S8329-S8334 [5SE]

S. 812, Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act, S6884-S6887 [17JY], S8007-S8012 [1AU]

S. 980, Child Passenger Protection Act, S986 [25FE]

S. 1041, Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act, S6174 [26JN]

S. 1214, Port and Maritime Security Act, H3120-H3131 [4JN]

S. 1922, Elder Fall Prevention Act, S493 [7FE]

S. 1956, Safe Explosives Act, S862-S864 [14FE]

S. 1961, Water Investment Act, S901-S907 [15FE]

S. 1981, Enhanced Penalties for Enabling Terrorists Act, S2989 [18AP]

S. 2115, Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness, S2586 [11AP]

S. 2132, establish Dept. of Veterans Affairs emergency medical preparedness centers, S2724 [16AP]

S. 2188, Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act, S2842 [17AP]

S. 2201, Online Personal Privacy Act, S2959-S2963 [18AP]

S. 2329, Ship, Seafarer, and Container Security Act, S3442 [25AP]

S. 2478, Nuclear and Terrorism Threat Reduction Act, S4070 [8MY]

S. 2487, Global Pathogen Surveillance Act, S4148-S4151 [9MY]

S. 2499, Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act, S4164 [9MY]

S. 2545, promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia, S4711-S4715 [22MY]

S. 2549, ensure protection for child employees of traveling sales crews under the Fair Labor Standards Act, S8022 [1AU]

S. 2580, Fatal Grade Crossing Accident Investigations Act, S5045 [5JN]

S. 2614, Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act, S5457 [12JN]

S. 2626, Youth Smoking Prevention and Public Health Protection Act, S5601-S5613 [14JN]

S. 2641, Ban Asbestos in America Act, S5710-S5712 [18JN]

S. 2646, National Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program Establishment Act, S5776 [19JN]

S. 2681, Equestrian Helmet Safety Act, S6129 [26JN]

S. 2685, Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act, S6130 [26JN]

S. 2759, Seafood Safety Enforcement Act, S7044 [18JY]

S. 2764, Tobacco Livelihood and Economic Assistance for Our Farmers Act, S7109-S7126 [19JY]

S. 2767, Agriculture Security Preparedness Act, S7167-S7169 [22JY]

S. 2805, provide for criminal and civil liability for permitting an intoxicated arrestee to operate a motor vehicle, S7432 [26JY]

S. 2839, Children's Electronic Access Safety Enhancement (CEASE) Act, S7906 [1AU]

S. 2843, Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act, S7910 [1AU]

S. 2895, Comprehensive Seaport and Container Security Act, S7961, S7964 [1AU]

S. 2922, Emergency Communications and Competition Act, S8464 [10SE]

S. 2949, Aviation Security Improvement Act, S11300-S11304 [18NO]

S. 2998, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, S9125-S9134 [24SE]

S. 3001, Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, S9231-S9233 [25SE]

S. 3056, Higher-Risk Impaired Driver Act, S9911 [3OC]

S. 3091, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S10363-S10367 [10OC]

S. 3095, Genetically Engineered Foods Act, S10372-S10375 [10OC]

S. 3096, Ballistics, Law Assistance, and Safety Technology (BLAST) Act, S10376 [10OC]

S. 3121, Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism Threat Reduction Act, S10580 [16OC]

S. 3127, Private Well Testing Assistance Act, S10679 [17OC]

S. Con. Res. 66, award Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S2991 [18AP]

S. Con. Res. 75, award Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S2990 [18AP]

S. Con. Res. 102, National Safe Kids Week, S3174 [23AP], S3577 [30AP]

S. Con. Res. 106, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 3525, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, S3904, S3964 [7MY], H2179 [8MY]

S. Con. Res. 110, recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants, S4285 [13MY], S5789 [19JN], H6487 [24SE]

S. Con. Res. 117, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, S4787, S4876 [23MY], H3101 [4JN]

S. Con. Res. 151, Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution, S10225 [9OC]

S. Con. Res. 157, provide full and complete protection to certain U.S. citizens living and traveling abroad, S10893 [13NO]

S. Res. 187, commend the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician, and others for their response to the release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office, S2504 [10AP]

S. Res. 245, National Occupational Safety and Health Week, S2850 [17AP], S3577 [30AP]

S. Res. 266, Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day, S4285 [13MY], S10778 [17OC]

S. Res. 276, National Work Safe Week, S4874 [23MY]

S. Res. 318, National Missing Adult Awareness Month, S7965, S8020 [1AU]

S. Res. 329, Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper ascertainment and settlement of claims relative to anthrax exposure in Senate complex, S8982, S8985 [20SE]

S. Res. 332, tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments, S9856 [2OC]

S. Res. 338, Children's Internet Safety Month, S10388 [10OC], S10778 [17OC]