SARBANES, PAUL S. (a Senator from Maryland)
Amendments
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5065, S5097, S5100 [5JN], S5207 [6JN]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6340, S6363 [8JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1193, S1220 [26FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5914 [21JN], S6118, S6119, S6154, S6170, S6171 [26JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8386 [9SE], S8688 [17SE], S8744, S8835 [18SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8685, S8687 [17SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7284, S7316 [24JY]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S10739, S10745 [17OC]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S11214 [15NO]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S287 [4FE], S361, S379 [5FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S1193, S1220 [26FE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S10803 [4NO]
Conferee: H.R. 1646, Dept. of State appropriations, S3605 [1MY]
———H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, S7332 [25JY]
———H.R. 3763, Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, S6898 [17JY]
———S. 1372, Eximbank reauthorization, S4184 [9MY]
U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, S5719 [18JN]
Articles and editorials
America Alone in the World, Stanley Hoffmann, American Prospect (publication), S10199 [9OC]
Boondoggled, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S9057 [24SE]
Homeland Insecurity, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S11163 [15NO]
Quandary on Trade, Keith Bradsher, New York (NY) Times, S4697 [22MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 556), S4840 [23MY]
American National Maritime Museum: reaffirm and revise designation to establish additional museums around the country (see S. 2804), S7430 [26JY]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of U.S. recognition (see S. Res. 309), S7580 [30JY]
Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S587 [11FE]
Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 2608), S5366 [11JN]
Colleges and universities: increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically Black colleges and universities (see S. 2613), S9847 [2OC]
———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 1291), S7579 [30JY]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see S. Res. 307), S8202 [4SE]
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see S. 3074), S11575 [19NO]
Cyprus: membership in European Union (see S. Con. Res. 122), S5772 [19JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State (see S. 2908), S8300 [5SE]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see S. 946), S6573 [10JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see S. 121), S9033 [23SE]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S3626 [1MY]
Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see S. 2697), S6250 [27JN]
Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 2525), S4387 [15MY]
———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (see S. 2649), S6362 [8JY]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see S. 3054), S10443 [15OC]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (see S. 2577), S5633 [17JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S9846 [2OC]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see S. 2210), S2950 [18AP]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see S. Res. 253), S4389 [15MY]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S10572 [16OC]
Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see S. 1818), S8300 [5SE]
———extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 1935), S1004 [25FE]
———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see S. 1982), S1421 [4MR]
Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (see S. Con. Res. 142), S9847 [2OC]
Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see S. 583), S853 [14FE]
Foreign policy: recognize diplomatic importance of U.S. foreign assistance programs in fighting global terrorism and promoting national security (see S. Res. 204), S348 [5FE]
Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see S. Con. Res. 127), S6319 [28JN]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Health: prohibit Federal health insurance programs from reimbursing health care providers who charge membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (see S. 1606), S4840 [23MY]
Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S4839 [23MY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see S. 2600), S5256 [7JN]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1705 [8MR]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see S. 2189), S2829 [17AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3844 [2MY]
Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., Processing and Distribution Center, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 2907), S8300 [5SE]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S2675 [15AP]
Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see S. 1934), S1004 [25FE]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2221), S5957 [24JN] (see S. 2570), S5852 [20JN]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S6948 [17JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S4064 [8MY]
———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 2057), S4388 [15MY]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S6650 [11JY]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 1686), S4493 [16MY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S7470 [29JY]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 2538), S4702 [22MY]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2611), S9426 [26SE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 242), S7165 [22JY]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S587 [11FE]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1536 [5MR]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 255), S3560 [30AP]
National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 206), S1858 [13MR]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
National Missing Adult Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 40), S7745 [31JY]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S3560 [30AP]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see S. 2122), S8674 [17SE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see S. 2667), S10572 [16OC]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see S. 3114), S11315 [18NO]
Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2070), S5454 [12JN]
———improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2116), S3844 [2MY]
———promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (see S. 2628), S6948 [17JY]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S1706 [8MR]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Senior citizens: establish grant program to provide financial and retirement education programs to reduce financial abuse and fraud among mid-life and older individuals (see S. 2982), S8918 [19SE]
Small business: recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 264), S6320 [28JN]
Social Security: restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see S. 2521), S10888 [13NO]
Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 920), S2007 [18MR]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 3126), S10571 [16OC]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S348 [5FE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 1209), S286 [4FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1209 [26FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S9426 [26SE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2952 [18AP]
———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see S. 1203), S11575 [19NO]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S7579 [30JY]
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), S8565 [12SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
American Battlefield Protection Act: establish a battlefield acquisition grant program (see S. 2968), S8918 [19SE]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (see S. 2673), S6013 [25JN]
Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area: designate (see S. 3024), S9714 [1OC]
Chesapeake Bay: make grants to eligible institutions to develop, demonstrate, or disseminate information on practices, methods, or techniques relating to environmental education and training in the watershed (see S. 2675), S6013 [25JN]
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program: reauthorize and improve (see S. 3025), S9714 [1OC]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2438), S3625 [1MY]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see S. 3032), S9846 [2OC]
Eximbank: extend authority (see S. 2019), S1935 [14MR] (see S. 2248), S3303 [24AP]
FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 13), S11736 [20NO]
Forest Service: establish a program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (see S. 3023), S9714 [1OC]
Housing: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (see S. 2721), S6649 [11JY]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S3303 [24AP]
Smith Island, MD: authorize environmental restoration project (see S. 2984), S8980 [20SE]
University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team (see S. Res. 233), S2413 [9AP]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4519 [17MY], S4590 [21MY]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6559 [10JY], S6685 [12JY]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, S9697 [1OC], S9870 [3OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7462 [29JY], S7633 [31JY]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6798 [15JY], S6883 [17JY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11525 [19NO]
Cost Estimates
FHA Downpayment Simplification Act (S. 2239): CBO, S10744 [17OC]
Excerpts
Closing the Achievement Gap—Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning: Gerald A. Lieberman and Linda L. Hoody, State Education and Environment Roundtable (organization), S6016 [25JN]
Letters
Housing Voucher Improvement Act: George Caruso, National Affordable Housing Management Association, S6653 [11JY]
———several organizations, S6652 [11JY]
———Sunia Zaterman, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, S6653 [11JY]
Office for National Capitol Region Coordination establishment within the Dept. of Homeland Security: Carol Schwartz, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, S8655 [17SE]
———Christopher Zimmerman, Washington Area Transit Authority, S8655 [17SE]
———John M. Derrick, Pepco Holdings, Inc., S8655 [17SE]
———Robert A. Peck, Greater Washington Board of Trade, S8655 [17SE]
Motions
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6533 [10JY]
Privilege of the floor
Dettelbach, Steven, S6363 [8JY]
Humphries, Glenna, S6679 [11JY]
Taylor, Jack, S6363 [8JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S4019, S4020 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S684, S689 [13FE]
American Battlefield Protection Act: establish a battlefield acquisition grant program (S. 2968), S8926 [19SE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4559 [20MY], S4696 [22MY], S4766 [23MY], S4957 [4JN]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S8194 [4SE]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5185 [6JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10164, S10165, S10196, S10197, S10198 [9OC], S10256, S10257, S10287 [10OC]
Army: chemical demilitarization program funding, S5185 [6JN]
Baltimore, MD: Beth Tfiloh Community School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1201
Black History Month: observance, S585 [11FE]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6327, S6330, S6340, S6344 [8JY], S6443, S6491, S6493, S6494 [9JY], S6524, S6526, S6530, S6532, S6533, S6535, S6539, S6548, S6550, S6557, S6559 [10JY], S6610, S6613, S6614, S6615, S6619, S6631, S6632, S6633 [11JY], S6684, S6688, S6689, S6693, S6697 [12JY], S6736, S6757, S6777, S6778 [15JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, S7351, S7356, S7357, S7358, S7363 [25JY]
———require publicly traded companies to record and treat stock options as expenses in income statements, S6631, S6632, S6633 [11JY]
———review accounting treatment and adopt generally accepted accounting principles for the treatment of employee stock options, S6697 [12JY], S6736 [15JY]
Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area: designate (S. 3024), S10349 [10OC]
Charlestown, MD: Charlestown Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1201
Chesapeake Bay: make grants to eligible institutions to develop, demonstrate, or disseminate information on practices, methods, or techniques relating to environmental education and training in the watershed (S. 2675), S6015-S6018 [25JN]
———provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed, S684 [13FE], S4019, S4020 [8MY]
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program: reauthorize and improve (S. 3025), S9719 [1OC]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), unanimous-consent request, S10995, S10996 [14NO]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (S. 2438), S3629 [1MY]
Corporations: require certain officers of companies in bankruptcy to return bonuses, incentive- or equity-based compensation, and stock sale profits received prior to a required restatement of earnings, S6689 [12JY]
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (S. 3074), S10836 [12NO]
Crime: increase penalties relating to conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and ERISA violations, S6548 [10JY]
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation, S6530, S6535, S6539 [10JY]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5332 [11JN]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7725 [31JY]
———Operating Room of the Future initiative funding, S7725 [31JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8654 [17SE], S9057 [24SE], S9198 [25SE], S11163, S11165, S11167, S11168, S11193, S11194, S11195 [15NO]
———establish (H.R. 5005), motion to proceed, S8076 [3SE]
———establish the Office for National Capitol Region Coordination, S8654 [17SE]
———maintain civil service rights and protections for transferred Federal employees, S9198 [25SE]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (S. 3032), S9850 [2OC]
Economy: impact of tax cuts, S8714 [18SE]
———national objectives priority assignments, S8714 [18SE]
Education: require use of variable interest rates to consolidate student loans to fund shortfall in Pell Grant Program, S3496, S3497 [29AP]
Egypt: tribute to the New Library of Alexandria, S2480 [10AP]
Enterprise Foundation: anniversary, S8371
Eximbank: reauthorize (S. 1372), S1954 [14MR]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), conference report, S5130 [6JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7366 [25JY]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: issue report on financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options, S10996 [14NO]
Forest Service: establish a program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (S. 3023), S9719 [1OC]
Fort Washington, MD: Fort Foote Elementary recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1201
Gaithersburg, MD: Darnestown Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1201
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, S2176 [20MR]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, S1196 [26FE]
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, S9708
Housing: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (S. 2721), S6651 [11JY]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S3308 [24AP], S10743 [17OC]
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4883), S11798 [20NO]
Ijamsville, MD: Windsor Knolls Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5691
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11162 [15NO], S11401, S11525 [19NO]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5441 [12JN], S5472 [13JN], S5673 [18JN]
Iron and steel industry: make certain steelworker retirees eligible for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs, S4559 [20MY]
Labor unions: require submission of financial reports, S6443, S6493, S6494 [9JY], S6532, S6533 [10JY]
Laurel, MD: Phillips School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5691
Lawyers and attorneys: disclosure of fee arrangements to clients, S6613, S6614, S6615, S6619 [11JY]
———professional conduct and ethical responsibilities under Federal securities laws, S6557 [10JY], S6613 [11JY]
Maryland Development Disabilities Council: anniversary, S3841
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7366 [25JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 10), S4618
National Library Week: observance, S2821
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S9998 [4OC]
NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office, S11798 [20NO]
Ocean City, MD: Ocean City Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1201
Older Americans Month: observance, S4618
Parliamentary inquiry, S9197 [25SE], S10195 [9OC], S10252 [10OC]
Pasadena, MD: Bodkin Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1201
Philippines: effect on tuna industry in Mindanao of duty free treatment of U.S. canned tuna imports from certain Andean countries, S4696 [22MY], S4957 [4JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2152 [20MR]
Public Service Recognition Week: observance, S3838
Rockville, MD: Thomas S. Wootton High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5691
Severna Park, MD: Benfield Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1201
Silver Spring, MD: St. Bernadette School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S1201
Smith Island, MD: authorize environmental restoration project (S. 2984), S8981 [20SE]
Social Security: investment of trust funds in private financial markets, S7417 [26JY]
Taxation: extend timeframe for special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after terrorist attacks, S113, S114 [25JA]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S113, S114 [25JA], S393 [6FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S113, S114 [25JA], S393 [6FE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8496 [11SE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S4559 [20MY], S8194 [4SE]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4766 [23MY], S8194 [4SE]
U.S.-China Security Review Commission: release of report and recommendations, S6804 [15JY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S393 [6FE], S8714 [18SE], S10995 [14NO]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 3009), S9665 [1OC], S10998 [14NO]
University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team (S. Res. 233), S2419 [9AP]
Washington metropolitan area: tribute to first responders, police, and rescue personnel relative to sniper shooting spree, S10835 [12NO]
Wheaton, MD: Our Lady of Good Counsel High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5691
Women's History Month: observance, S1777 [12MR]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S537 [8FE]
Reports filed
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1210), S8672 [17SE]
Nomination of Alberto F. Trevino To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Policy Development and Research: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]
Nomination of Anthony Lowe To Be FEMA Federal Insurance Administrator: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4623 [21MY]
Nomination of Armando J. Bucelo, Jr., to the Securities Investor Protection Corp., Board of Directors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]
Nomination of Ben S. Bernanke to the FRS Board of Governors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7742 [31JY]
Nomination of Carolyn Y. Peoples To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]
Nomination of Cynthia A. Glassman to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7371 [25JY]
Nomination of Deborah Doyle McWhinney to the Securities Investor Protection Corp., Board of Directors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]
Nomination of Deborah Matz to the National Credit Union Administration Board of Directors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2182 [20MR]
Nomination of Harvey J. Goldschmid to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7371 [25JY]
Nomination of JoAnn Johnson to the National Credit Union Administration Board of Directors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2182 [20MR]
Nomination of John M. Reich To Be FDIC Board of Directors Chairperson: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]
Nomination of Michael D. Scott to the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Board of Directors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]
Nomination of Paul S. Atkins to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7371 [25JY]
Nomination of Philip Merrill To Be Eximbank President: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]
Nomination of Rafael E. Cuellar to the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Board of Directors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]
Nomination of Roel C. Campos to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7371 [25JY]
Nomination of Wayne A. Abernathy To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Financial Institutions: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S8672 [17SE]
Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2673), S6013 [25JN]
———Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2673) (S. Rept. 107-205), S6361 [8JY]
Summaries
Housing Voucher Improvement Act (S. 2721), S6653-S6655 [11JY]
Risk or Race? Racial Disparities and the Subprime Refinance Market—A Report of the Center for Community Change: Calvin Bradford, Calvin Bradford & Associates, Ltd., S3630 [1MY]
Texts of
S. 13, National Flood Insurance Program extension, S11738 [20NO]
S. 2239, FHA Downpayment Simplification Act, S3309 [24AP]
S. 2968, Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act, S8926 [19SE]
S. 3025, Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program reauthorization and improvement, S9720 [1OC]
S. 3032, increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs, S9851 [2OC]
Tributes
Byrd, Senator, S11682 [20NO]
Helms, Senator, S9868 [3OC]
Hemming, Val G., S4533
Jordan, Steve, S10439
Kennedy, Senator, S1158 [26FE]
LaFalce, Representative, S10653 [17OC]
Langenberg, Donald N., S2942
Rice, John (Jack), S486
Robson, John E., S2257
Thurmond, Senator, S9080 [24SE]
Wellstone, Paul D., S11536 [19NO]