FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

Addresses

Women and Ending Hunger—The Inextricable Link: Joan Holmes, Hunger Project (organization), E1804 [16SE]

Amendments

Coastal zones: exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations (S. 1643), S14221 [6NO]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), S4975 [8AP], S5094 [9AP]

Education: increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H6383, H6391 [9JY]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), H12227 [21NO]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7562, H7575 [24JY]

Health care facilities: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), S10985 [2SE], H8290 [17SE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 811), S15850 [24NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3480, H3510, H3512, H3513, H3514, H3517, H3519, H3521, H3525, H3526, H3527, H3528, H3529, H3530 [30AP]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), H11596, H11652 [19NO]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 285), S9819 [23JY]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 196), S5504, S5614 [30AP]

Public welfare programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), S12204, S12210 [30SE], H9008 [30SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H513, H530 [13FE]

SBA: reauthorize loan programs (S. 1375), S12057, S12060, S12094 [26SE]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 312), S8633, S8775 [26JN]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), S16142, S16159 [9DE], H2652 [2AP]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), consideration (H. Res. 168), H2594 [2AP]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), consideration (H. Res. 14), H72 [8JA]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), consideration (H. Res. 248), H4569 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1839), S16043 [25NO]

Veterans: improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans (S. 1132), S13743 [31OC]

Workforce Investment Act: reauthorize (S. 1627), S14861 [12NO]

Analyses

Budget Process Extension To Maintain Fiscal Accountability and Responsibility, S75 [7JA]

Veterans Earn and Learn Act (H.R. 1716), E752 [11AP]

Appointments

Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, S6786 [20MY], S12418 [2OC]

Articles and editorials

Beyond Their Reach, S11236 [9SE]

Bill Would Close Pay Gap for Active Duty Feds, S14515 [12NO]

Chatter in the Cave of the Winds, S14668 [12NO]

Computer Voting Isn't Fool-Proof, H9713 [20OC]

Continuing Good News About Welfare Reform, H527 [13FE]

Cutbacks to Our Children, S4344 [25MR], S5275 [11AP]

Drawing Lines for Dollars—Scientists Get Federal and Private Funding Under One Roof. Why Can't Legal Aid Lawyers?, S6599 [19MY]

Heavy Lifting, S4345 [25MR]

Hispanics Worry About Head Start Proposal, H6845 [15JY]

How To Save the Performing Arts, S1065 [16JA]

Independent Living's Real Costs, E183-E185 [11FE]

Keeping Saddam Hussein in a Box, E151 [6FE]

Law That Transcends Politics, S1772 [30JA]

Legacy of Power Cost Manipulation, S1203 [21JA]

Mugging the Needy, E659 [3AP]

No New Tax Cuts, S5290 [11AP]

President's Tax Cut and Its Unspoken Numbers, S2638 [25FE]

Replacement Near, Old Vote Machines Are New York Issue, H9713-H9715 [20OC]

Road to Reuse, S7238-S7242 [3JN]

3 to 6 Gap, S4345 [25MR]

Time Is Running Out for a New Highway Bill, H8828 [24SE]

Too Many Leaps of Faith in Bush Tax-Cut Plan, S264 [14JA]

White House Takes Opposing Views on Charities, S6599 [19MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries (see H.R. 2161), H4367 [20MY]

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness in ways that provide environmental benefits (see H.R. 1293), H1901 [13MR]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 21), S35 [7JA] (see S. 108, 125), S132 [9JA] (see S. 1309), S8300 [20JN] (see S. 1626), S11648 [17SE] (see H.R. 92), H55 (see H.R. 160), H57 [7JA] (see H.R. 257), H135 (see H.R. 307), H137 [8JA] (see H.R. 376), H171 [27JA] (see H.R. 2684), H6464 [9JY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates, and provide tax relief for farmers and producers of biodiesel (see S. 154), S288 [14JA]

Alaska: provide for construction of the Yupik Alaskan/Central Kuskokwim Energy Project (see S. 1448), S9793 [23JY]

———provide habitable living quarters for educational employees, and their households, in rural areas located in or near Alaska Native Villages (see S. 1905), S15287 [20NO]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief activities associated with California wildfires (see H.R. 3407), H10235 [30OC]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 879), H1331 [25FE]

———allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible or withdraw election not to enroll for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1328), H1953 [18MR]

———allow certain previously unenrolled servicemembers an opportunity to enroll for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 2174), H4367 [20MY]

———allow eligible members under the Montgomery GI Bill to transfer educational assistance entitlement to dependents (see H.R. 2764), H7019 [16JY]

———amend requirements relative to granting posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty service to allow immigration benefits for surviving family members (see H.R. 1685), H3051 [9AP]

———extend and protect student financial aid for postsecondary education (see H. Res. 158), H2311 [25MR]

———extend enrollment period for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 3041), H8081 [9SE]

———extend time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1924), H3635 [1MY]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H5813 [24JN]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program (see S. 177), S1068 [16JA]

———increase amount of basic educational assistance for veterans under Montgomery GI Bill and eliminate reduction of basic pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1212), H1745 [11MR]

———increase basic educational assistance for Selected Reserve members (see H.R. 1374), H2268 [20MR]

———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to a surviving spouse of a member in any case in which there are dependent children (see H.R. 1750), H3303 [10AP]

———increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (see S. 812), S4957 [8AP]

———permit a portion of the entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to be transfered to spouses and children (see S. 730), S4512 [27MR]

———permit Selected Reserve members to use Reserve Montgomery GI Bill education benefits for payment of licensing or certification tests (see H.R. 3018), H8015 [5SE]

———provide financial assistance to State and local governments that continue to pay employees who serve on active duty in a reserve component of the uniformed services (see S. 1845), S14451 [11NO]

———provide grants for cost of child care services provided to dependents of military personnel called to active duty (see S. 864), S5173 [10AP]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see S. 447), S2701 [25FE] (see H.R. 1323), H1953 [18MR] (see H.R. 1503), H2472 [27MR]

———require colleges and universities to refund tuitions and fees of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 1724), H3301 [10AP]

———waive interest on student loans of military personnel called to active duty (see S. 863), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1955), H3681 [6MY]

Assets for Independence Act: revise and extend (see S. 1786), S13377 [28OC]

Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 1553), H2702 [2AP]

———provide a credit toward the non-Federal share of projects carried out under the Airport Improvement Program to airports used to respond to disasters or emergencies (see H.R. 1591), H2819 [3AP]

———provide an apportionment to certain primary airports that had reduced passenger boardings due to the discontinuance of air carrier service (see H.R. 630), H322 [5FE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see H.R. 1988), H3682 [6MY]

Budget: reduce deficit through elimination of funding for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, irrigation water subsidies, and production of Trident II missiles (see S. 49), S36 [7JA]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H12307 [21NO]

———extend and expand certain trade adjustment assistance programs and reauthorize certain Dept. of Commerce partnership programs (see S. 1884), S15061 [18NO]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 168), H57 [7JA]

Charities: nullify contracting exemption provisions of Executive order on the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services (see H.R. 2605), H5928 [25JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (see S. 880), S5174 [10AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1142), S7134 [23MY]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H4367 [20MY] (see H.R. 3602), H12307 [21NO]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see S. 1198), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 2377), H5044 [5JN]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see S. 995), S5725 [5MY] (see H.R. 2626), H6262 [26JN]

———improve school breakfast program (see S. 1020), S5859 [7MY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see S. 668), S3993 [19MR]

———make grants to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 3692), H12919 [8DE]

———promote better nutrition among school children participating in school breakfast and lunch programs (see S. 1007), S5771 [6MY]

———provide grants to support farm-to-cafeteria projects under the National School Lunch Act (see S. 1755), S12838 [17OC]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see S. 448), S2838 [26FE] (see H.R. 936), H1395 [26FE]

———provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (see H.R. 2795), H7169 [18JY]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H10236 [30OC]

Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize grants to coastal States (see H.R. 1028), H1463 [27FE]

Coastal zones: exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations (see S. 1643), S11832 [23SE]

Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 333), H138 [8JA]

———establish a grant program to enable institutions of higher education to improve schools of education (see S. 408), S2457 [13FE]

———improve access through experiential education (see H.R. 3408), H10235 [30OC]

———improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (see S. 1793), S13377 [28OC]

———provide grants to States to establish partnerships among colleges and universities and surrounding communities to reduce underage and binge drinking and illicit drug use by students (see S. 406), S2457 [13FE]

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 2956), H7783 [25JY]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 586), S3504 [11MR]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see S. 256), S1812 (see S. 272), S1813 [30JA] (see S. 476), S2920 [27FE]

Community Services Block Grant Act: revise and extend (see S. 1786), S13377 [28OC]

Compact of Free Association: amend to provide adequate Compact-impact aid (see H.R. 2716), H6706 [14JY]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1633), H2821 [3AP]

———provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (see H.R. 94), H55 [7JA]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 2902), H7781 [25JY]

Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal payments, benefits, services, and tax advantages (see H.R. 3082), H8216 [11SE]

———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 2153), H4254 [19MY]

Corps of Engineers: treat recreation benefits the same as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and environmental protection and restoration (see S. 1653), S11913 [24SE] (see H.R. 2492), H5467 [17JN]

Correctional institutions: require minimum work week, job training, and life skills preparation for Federal prison inmates and establish a grant program for mandatory drug testing (see S. 672), S4165 [20MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow quick aid to producers in federally declared disaster areas, provide emergency disaster assistance to certain producers for qualifying crop losses, and continue livestock assistance program (see H.R. 3402), H10129 [29OC]

———conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (see H.R. 1367), H2131 [19MR]

———conduct a loan repayment program to encourage provision of veterinary services in shortage and emergency situations (see S. 1858), S14804 [12NO]

———establish a counter-cyclical income support program for dairy producers (see H.R. 1990), H3683 [6MY]

———provide administrative or judicial relief for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers who were discriminated against in farm credit and benefit programs (see H.R. 1667), H2938 [8AP]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (see S. 1120), S6978 [22MY]

Dept. of Education: ensure that students are not hurt by changes to needs analysis tables and require consultation with Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (see S. 1268), S7926 [16JN] (see S. 1273), S7980 [17JN]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2464), H5365 [12JN] (see H.R. 2953), H7783 [25JY]

———provide grants for regional workshops designed to permit educators to share successful strategies for mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 329), H138 [8JA]

———provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (see H.R. 1306), H1952 [18MR]

———provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 893), H1332 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 3284), H9376 [8OC]

———award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 2053), H3973 [9MY]

———collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (see S. 389), S2456 [13FE]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H3761 [7MY]

———provide grants to establish summer health career introductory programs for middle and high school students (see S. 1008), S5859 [7MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H9375 [8OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish intergenerational family programs (see S. 381), S2341 [12FE]

———facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 239), H134 [8JA]

———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 445), H242 [29JA]

———guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (see H.R. 2422), H5265 [11JN]

———pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated at-risk areas (see H.R. 729), H460 [12FE]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1077), H1515 [4MR] (see H.R. 1614), H2820 [3AP]

———reduce overpayments of housing assistance program subsidies by providing more accurate verification of participant employment and income (see H.R. 1030), H1464 [27FE]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 1519), H2514 [31MR]

———authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 460), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 933), H1395 [26FE] (see H.R. 1095), H1640 [5MR]

———award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (see S. 1733), S12607 [15OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish a pilot grant program to retrain displaced workers in high technology fields (see H.R. 3368), H9811 [21OC]

———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (see S. 1597), S11245 [9SE] (see H.R. 3067), H8174 [10SE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide Connecticut and Massachusetts technical and financial assistance for management of the Connecticut River (see H.R. 2479), H5407 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a grant program to provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see S. 1329), S8559 [25JN]

———funding for purchase of recycled materials for certain surface transportation programs (see H.R. 2148), H4254 [19MY]

———increase use of recycled materials in Federal-aid highway construction projects (see S. 1168), S7234 [3JN]

———make grants for construction projects to prevent public access to tracks and other hazards of fixed guideway systems in residential areas (see H.R. 2289), H4786 [2JN]

———provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see H.R. 948), H1395 [26FE] (see H.R. 1815), H3353 [11AP]

———require use of recycled materials in Federal-aid highway construction projects (see H.R. 2149), H4254 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the assisted living pilot program to include additional health care regions (see S. 1572), S10970 [2SE]

———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see S. 967), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 270), H135 (see H.R. 271), H136 [8JA] (see H.R. 890), H1332 [25FE]

———improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H3301 [10AP]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 1199), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 3612), H12308 [21NO]

———increase assistance for certain disabled veterans for specially adapted housing, automobiles, and equipment (see H.R. 1048), H1514 [4MR]

———permit Medicare-eligible veterans to receive an outpatient medication benefit (see S. 1153), S7135 [23MY]

———provide adapted housing assistance to disabled Armed Forces members who remain on active duty pending medical separation (see H.R. 761), H699 [13FE]

———provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and expand eligibility for such care to all veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2445), H5364 [12JN]

———provide specially adapted housing assistance to veterans with service-connected disabilities due to loss, or loss of use of both upper extremities that precludes use of the arms at and below the elbows (see H.R. 2612), H6261 [26JN]

———repeal limitation on payment of accrued benefits upon death of beneficiary and allow substitution of parties in pending benefit claims when applicant dies (see S. 1188), S7476 [5JN]

———repeal limitation on the payment of accrued benefits that are due, and unpaid, upon the death of a veteran or other beneficiary (see H.R. 241), H134 [8JA]

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: authorize appropriations to fully enforce and implement such Act and its amendments (see S. 1538), S10618 [31JY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: amend relative to use of Federal disaster assistance for hazard mitigation measures (see H.R. 3380), H9981 [28OC]

———extend period for temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 1986), H3682 [6MY]

———reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 827), H702 [13FE]

Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (see S. 775), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 1455), H2401 [26MR]

———modify terms of the community disaster loan program and authorize assistance under that program for losses related to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 1542), H2585 [1AP]

———reauthorize the predisaster mitigation program (see H.R. 3181), H8949 [25SE]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3451), H10457 [5NO]

———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see S. 1536), S10618 [31JY] (see H.R. 2837), H7454 [23JY]

———provide gratuity to veterans, their spouses, and children who contract HIV or AIDS from a blood transfusion relative to a service-connected disability (see S. 1509), S10617 [31JY]

Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 1895), H3570 [30AP]

———research health impact and prevention and provide training and Federal coverage for health care professionals to identify and treat families experiencing family violence (see H.R. 1267), H1900 [13MR]

Drugs: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used in federally funded health programs (see H.R. 2356), H5043 [5JN]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 645), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1334), H1954 [18MR]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (see S. 1134), S6978 [22MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: accelerate and make child tax credit provisions permanent (see S. 92), S37 [7JA]

———freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction and apply savings to a comprehensive Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 2514), H5551 [18JN]

———increase and repeal sunset imposed on modifications to the child tax credit provisions (see H.R. 2007), H3761 [7MY]

———repeal sunset provisions (see S. 96), S37 [7JA] (see H.R. 407), H217 [28JA]

Economy: provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely distressed regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 3196), H8954 [29SE]

———provide Federal aid and economic stimulus through a one-time revenue grant to the States and their local governments (see S. 201), S1368 [22JA] (see H.R. 1211), H1745 [11MR]

———provide unemployment assistance, tax relief, fiscal assistance to State and local governments, and jobs and security through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 396), H217 [28JA]

———require Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop methodology for measuring cost-of-living in each State, and require Comptroller General to ascertain impact on certain Federal benefits (see H.R. 3640), H12309 [21NO]

Education: condition the implementation of assessment procedures relative to the Head Start National Reporting System on Child Outcomes (see S. 1620), S11568 [16SE] (see H.R. 2945), H7783 [25JY]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 65), S36 [7JA]

———establish strategic sectoral skills gap assessments, strategic skills gap action plans, and strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants (see S. 1346), S8725 [26JN]

———expand opportunities for postsecondary education (see H.R. 3039), H8081 [9SE]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 140), S203 [10JA] (see H.R. 2291), H4786 [2JN]

———extend student loan forgiveness to school adminstrators in low income areas (see H.R. 2892), H7617 [24JY]

———extend student loan forgiveness to school or public librarians in low income areas (see H.R. 2674), H6463 [9JY]

———increase amount of student loan forgiveness and cancellation available to qualified teachers (see S. 110), S132 [9JA]

———increase amount of student loan forgiveness and cancellation available to qualified teachers (S. 110) (see H.R. 647), H322 [5FE]

———increase availability of Head Start programs and quality child care, reduce child hunger and encourage healthy eating habits, and facilitate parental involvement (see S. 18), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 2363), H5043 [5JN]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant (see S. Res. 19), S288 [14JA]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount (see H. Res. 144), H1902 [13MR]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see S. 291), S1871 [4FE] (see H.R. 438), H241 [29JA]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), consideration (see H. Res. 309), H6347 [8JY]

———limit the applicability of annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology relative to financial aid eligibility (see S. 1265), S7876 [13JN] (see H.R. 2485), H5408 [16JN]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 74), S36 [7JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 77), S36 [7JA]

———modify computation of eligibility for Pell Grant Program relative to certain recently unemployed individuals (see S. 1348), S8725 [26JN]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see S. 1091), S6852 [21MY] (see H.R. 2198), H4528 [21MY]

———provide general revenue sharing and assistance for States and local governments (see H.R. 2335), H4977 [4JN]

———provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents and principals and prospects for such positions (see H.R. 1240), H1811 [12MR]

———provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 599), H321 [5FE]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see S. 378), S2341 [12FE] (see H.R. 365), H170 [27JA]

———reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities and staffs implementing Even Start programs (see H.R. 1600), H2819 [3AP]

———restrict the disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who committed offenses while receiving student financial aid (see H.R. 696), H391 [11FE]

———voucher program to provide school choice (see S. 1551), S10618 [31JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see S. 777), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 566), H319 [5FE] (see H.R. 932), H1395 [26FE]

———require GAO report on whether amounts appropriated to carry out grant programs are adequate to permit recipients to meet the conditions imposed by receipt of the grant (see H.R. 3341), H9737 [20OC]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2881), H7616 [24JY]

Employment: ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people (see H.R. 2298), H4787 [2JN]

———establish an Adult Job Corps demonstration program for the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 2594), H5814 [24JN]

FAA: enhance Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 2077), H4011 [13MY]

———preserve Essential Air Service Program (see S. 1998), S16120 [9DE]

———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility (see S. 975), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 1944), H3636 [1MY]

Families and domestic relations: authorize financial assistance to permit infants to be cared for at home by parents (see H.R. 3595), H12307 [21NO]

———promote adoption of children with special needs (see S. 862), S5173 [10AP]

———provide grants for mental health and substance abuse services for women and children who have been victims of domestic or sexual violence (see S. 1809), S13711 [31OC]

———provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and encourage teen pregnancy prevention strategies (see S. 657), S3993 [19MR]

Federal-State relations: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see S. 1838), S14176 [6NO] (see H.R. 1738), H3302 [10AP]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 122), S132 [9JA] (see S. 1768), S12969 [21OC] (see H.R. 11), H51 (see H.R. 215), H59 [7JA]

Firearms: provide grants to law enforcement agencies to use iris scanning technology to conduct background checks on individuals who want to purchase guns (see H.R. 1171), H1743 [11MR]

Florida: exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations (see H.R. 3333), H9687 [17OC]

Food: permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (see H.R. 59), H54 [7JA]

Food Security Act: strengthen payment limitations for commodity payments and benefits (see S. 667), S3993 [19MR]

Freely Associated States: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens (see S. 1632), S11648 [17SE]

Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility (see S. 90), S37 [7JA]

Government regulations: disqualify certain persons from receiving Federal funds if applications for such funds are found to be erroneous or if applicants have been convicted of a crime (see H.R. 1405), H2269 [20MR]

Hawaii: allow counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai to distribute certain grant funds received under the Housing and Community Development Act (see H.R. 2805), H7225 [21JY]

Head Start Program: designate certain Head Start centers as Centers of Excellence in Early Childhood (see S. 1474), S10045 [28JY]

———increase reservation of funds for programs for low-income families with very young children (see S. 1444), S9708 [22JY]

———provide additional funding for States with increased numbers of children eligible for participation (see H.R. 2563), H5713 [23JN]

———reauthorize (see S. 1940), S15812 [24NO]

———reauthorize and improve (see S. 1483), S10140 [29JY] (see H.R. 2210), H4734 [22MY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (see H. Res. 336), H7453 [23JY]

Health: amend legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (see S. 1775), S13053 [22OC]

———establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see S. 1447), S9793 [23JY] (see H.R. 2807), H7225 [21JY]

———expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (see S. 100), S37 [7JA]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (see S. Res. 96), S4166 [20MR] (see H. Res. 142), H1902 [13MR]

———promote improved nutrition for needy Americans by incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and juice products into Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 2592), H5814 [24JN]

———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 1929), H3635 [1MY]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see S. 453), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 918), H1394 [26FE]

———public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 2159), H4367 [20MY]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (see H. Res. 54), H323 [5FE]

———tax treatment of certain medical savings accounts and provide for medical freedom accounts under the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2114), H4203 [15MY]

———technical amendments to legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program (see H.R. 3038), H8081 [9SE]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (see S. 1729), S12533 [14OC] (see H.R. 3035), H8081 [9SE]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (see H.R. 659), H389 [11FE]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to the Federal Pell Grant maximum amount (see S. 184), S1069 [16JA]

———amend to address rising cost of postsecondary education (see H.R. 3311), H9613 [16OC]

———amend to provide for variable interest rates on student loans (see S. 1742), S12737 [16OC]

———eligibility standards for institutions offering accredited distance education programs (see H.R. 2913), H7782 [25JY]

———eliminate certain eligibility requirements for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions (see S. 1287), S8125 [18JN]

———eliminate wait out period between grant applications made by eligible Hispanic-serving institutions (see S. 1081), S6624 [19MY] (see H.R. 2543), H5662 [19JN]

———expand and extend the eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance (see H.R. 2108), H4130 [14MY]

———extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to certified or licensed teachers and provide grants that promote teacher certification and licensing (see S. 227), S1668 [28JA]

———improve opportunity for Federal student loan borrowers to consolidate their loans at reasonable interest rates (see H.R. 2504), H5551 [18JN]

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 2505), H5551 [18JN]

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H6603 [10JY]

———prevent sex offenders subject to involuntary civil commitments from receiving Federal student financial aid (see H.R. 3385), H10129 [29OC]

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (see H.R. 1168), H1689 [10MR]

———provide grants for homeland security scholarships (see S. 479), S2920 [27FE]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 685), H390 [11FE]

———student assistance eligibility standards for institutions offering accredited distance education programs (see S. 1203), S7476 [5JN]

———withhold Federal financial assistance from students who have engaged in hazing (see H.R. 1207), H1745 [11MR]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see S. 1159), S7135 [23MY] (see H.R. 2258), H4736 [22MY]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H1901 [13MR]

———repeal limitations on the funding percentages of the operating budgets of organizations receiving assistance (see H.R. 166), H57 [7JA]

———support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see S. 811), S4957 [8AP]

Homeless: support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H7781 [25JY]

Housing: assist low-income families in obtaining decent, safe, and affordable housing by converting section 8 housing choice voucher program into a State-administered block grant (see S. 947), S5484 [29AP] (see H.R. 1841), H3451 [29AP]

———enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (see S. 1508), S10617 [31JY] (see S. 1656), S11988 [25SE]

———establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making mortgage payments under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 1357), H2131 [19MR]

———establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (see S. 1697), S12277 [1OC]

———expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H11391 (see H.R. 3507), H11514 [18NO]

———prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (see H.R. 3071), H8175 [10SE]

———provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see S. Con. Res. 22), S3730 [13MR] (see H. Con. Res. 197), H4738 [22MY]

———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see H.R. 2628), H6262 [26JN]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see S. 1849), S14451 [11NO]

———provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence (see S. 826), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1704), H3052 [9AP]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2575), H5813 [24JN]

———remove certain advantages for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (see H.R. 2117), H4203 [15MY]

———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 2353), H5043 [5JN]

Housing and Community Development Act: permanently extend the public service cap exemption for certain grantees under the community development block grant program (see H.R. 3045), H8081 [9SE]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 481), H12920 [8DE]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 2435), H5266 [11JN]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 655), H327 [7FE]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens without acceptable identification and that expire after the expiration of the aliens' visas (see H.R. 3461), H10977 [6NO]

Indian Child Welfare Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 2750), H6868 [15JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: amend to improve early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities (see H.R. 1237), H1811 [12MR]

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 133), S133 [9JA] (see S. 939), S5483 [29AP] (see H.R. 823), H702 (see H.R. 864), H704 [13FE] (see H.R. 1094), H1640 [5MR] (see H.R. 1398), H2269 [20MR] (see H.R. 1564), H2702 [2AP]

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: ensure that children with disabilities who are homeless or are wards of the State have access to special education services (see S. 1619), S11568 [16SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: establish high cost funds to assist local educational agencies in providing education to high need children (see S. 890), S5342 [11AP]

———provide options to States to innovate and improve the education of disabled children by expanding choices for students and parents (see H.R. 1373), H2268 [20MR]

———reauthorize (see S. 1248), S7831 [12JN] (see H.R. 1350), H2131 [19MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), consideration (see H. Res. 206), H3450 [29AP]

Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see S. 1607), S11416 [11SE] (see H.R. 1552), H2586 [1AP]

———provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals and permit States to provide temporary Medicaid coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 256), H135 [8JA]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 2095), H4130 [14MY]

Kentucky: include Nicholas and Robertson Counties as part of the Appalachian region (see H.R. 2589), H5814 [24JN]

Klamath River: establish water conservation and habitat restoration programs and provide emergency disaster assistance to those suffering economic harm from the Klamath River basin fish kill (see H.R. 1760), H3303 [10AP]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H137 [8JA]

Law enforcement: assist Neighborhood Watch program to enhance awareness about threats of terrorism and encourage local communities to improve response preparations for terrorist attacks (see S. 329), S2051 [6FE]

———authorize State grants to fund arrangements between local police and public accommodations for emergency domestic violence shelters (see H.R. 777), H700 [13FE]

Lawyers and attorneys: provide financial assistance to law school graduates who choose to accept employment in a public interest position (see H.R. 2562), H5713 [23JN]

LIHEAP: extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 1898), H3570 [30AP]

———home heating funding limitations (see H.R. 103), H55 [7JA]

———provide guidelines for the release of contingency funds (see S. 1761), S12888 [20OC]

Louisiana: provide economic disaster assistance to rice producers (see H.R. 341), H169 [27JA]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: revise and extend (see S. 1786), S13377 [28OC]

Medicaid: coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (see H.R. 690), H390 [11FE]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 652), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 328), H138 [8JA]

———extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (see S. 1519), S10617 [31JY]

———extend the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage adjustment for Alaska (see S. 294), S1871 [4FE]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 883), S5174 [10AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 138), S133 [9JA]

———increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State (see H.R. 1342), H1954 [18MR]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H2269 [20MR]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 1744), H3302 [10AP]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 204), S1368 [22JA]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (see S. 1227), S7619 [10JN] (see H.R. 2453), H5365 [12JN]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 569), H319 [5FE] (see H.R. 883), H1332 [25FE]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 379), S2341 [12FE]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 1940), H3636 [1MY]

———limit the deduction of premiums from Social Security benefits payments only for months in which coverage is provided (see H.R. 3434), H10339 [4NO]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 171), S848 [15JA] (see H.R. 1301), H1908 [17MR]

———revitalize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2070), H4010 [13MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 3549), H11700 [20NO]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see S. 1704), S12376 [2OC] (see H.R. 3243), H9213 [2OC]

———improve programs for veterans (see S. 548), S3252 [6MR]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 1422), S9592 [17JY] (see H.R. 1700), H3052 [9AP]

Michigan: suspend implementation of revised definitions of Metropolitan Statistical Areas applicable to certain counties (see S. 1412), S9414 [15JY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see S. 330), S2051 [6FE] (see H.R. 2076), H4011 [13MY]

National Affordable Housing Act: raise minimum State allocation (see S. 1851), S14804 [12NO]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1411), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor: establish (see H.R. 618), H321 [5FE]

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 2608), H6261 [26JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: repeal State grant limitations (see H.R. 1490), H2471 [27MR]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 253), H135 [8JA] (see H.R. 670), H390 [11FE]

National Guard: extend period of eligibility for survivors' and dependents' education benefits for members who are involuntarily ordered to full-time duty (see H.R. 2164), H4367 [20MY]

National Office for the Development of Small Manufacturers: establish (see S. 1886), S15061 [18NO]

National School Lunch Act: improve child and adult care food program (see S. 1022), S5859 [7MY]

———improve summer food service program for children (see S. 1021), S5859 [7MY]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (see S. 285), S1871 [4FE]

———authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (see S. 1528), S10618 [31JY]

———establish a program to provide assistance to institutions of higher education serving members of Indian tribes (see H.R. 2484), H5408 [16JN]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 331), S2051 [6FE] (see H.R. 443), H242 [29JA]

———improve housing programs (see S. 1802), S13660 [30OC]

———provide equitable funding for tribal transportation programs (see S. 1122), S6978 [22MY]

———provide for periodic Indian needs assessments and require Federal Indian program evaluations (see S. 1600), S11245 [9SE]

———provide grants to tribal colleges and universities to increase number of post-secondary degrees earned in early childhood education and related fields (see S. 1469), S10045 [28JY]

North Carolina: include Catawba and Cleveland Counties as part of the Appalachian region (see H.R. 3393), H10129 [29OC]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 196), S1144 [17JA] (see H.R. 2183), H4527 [21MY] (see H.R. 2272), H4737 [22MY] (see H.R. 2801), H7225 [21JY]

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (see H.R. 874), H1331 [25FE]

Ohio: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 587), H320 [5FE]

Organ donation: authorize demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplant (see H.R. 2856), H7615 [24JY]

Parks and recreation areas: provide grants to States to improve safety at public playgrounds (see H.R. 2041), H3857 [8MY]

Philadelphia, PA: provide financial assistance to rehabilitate Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and develop exhibit to commemorate 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin (see S. 1852), S14804 [12NO]

Population: prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity (see H.R. 1548), H2586 [1AP]

Program Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 2903), H7781 [25JY]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 3203), H9032 [30SE]

Public housing: protect rights of tenants who are evicted as a result of criminal activity through no fault of their own (see H.R. 1429), H2310 [25MR]

———repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 1431), H2311 [25MR]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 316), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 624), H321 [5FE]

———allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals (see H.R. 3273), H9375 [8OC]

———allow States to treat certain disabled and individuals caring for disabled persons as participating in work activities under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 1523), S10617 [31JY]

———exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 261), S1813 [30JA]

———expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (see H.R. 625), H321 [5FE]

———extend State waivers under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 605), S3620 [12MR]

———extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (see H.R. 3146), H8490 [23SE]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (see S. 574), S3369 [7MR]

———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 262), S1813 [30JA]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 327), S2051 [6FE]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 603), S3620 [12MR]

———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. 813), S4957 [8AP]

———promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 706), H391 [11FE]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 786), S4824 [3AP] (see H.R. 3560), H11701 [20NO]

———provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 692), H390 [11FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 5), S2522 [14FE] (see S. 367), S2340 [12FE] (see S. 1443), S9708 [22JY] (see H.R. 4), H273 [4FE] (see H.R. 2350), H5043 [5JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 69), H459 [12FE]

———reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs operated by Indian tribes (see S. 751), S4629 [1AP] (see H.R. 2770), H7085 [17JY]

———require States to develop a strategic plan for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and give them the flexibility to implement alternative welfare programs (see S. 263), S1813 [30JA]

———temporarily extend waivers granted to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1438), H2311 [25MR]

Puerto Rico: increase amount payable to provide nutrition assistance under the Food Stamp Act (see H.R. 3290), H9477 [15OC]

Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate a limitation on benefits (see H.R. 1384), H2269 [20MR]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (see S. 1640), S11753 [22SE] (see H.R. 3087), H8282 (see H.R. 3088), H8283 [16SE]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund safety programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (see S. 1646), S11832 [23SE]

———increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see S. 1090), S6852 [21MY] (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]

———install baby changing stations at public rest areas along Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2977), H7784 [25JY]

Rural areas: distribution of Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 1790), H3352 [11AP]

———provide job creation and assistance (see H.R. 137), H56 [7JA]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see S. 1432), S9638 [21JY] (see H.R. 3328), H9614 [16OC]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 732), S4512 [27MR]

SBA: establish the Native American Entrepreneurs Program (see S. 1488), S10140 [29JY]

———expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 1166), H1681 [6MR]

———expand the HUBZone program to include difficult development areas (see S. 961), S5541 [30AP]

———include drought in the definition of disaster for purposes of the Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 279), H136 [8JA]

———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (see S. 1247), S7831 [12JN]

———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 822), S4957 [8AP]

———prohibit from selling loans under the Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 2994), H7838 [3SE]

———reauthorize assistance programs for small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 1154), S7135 [23MY]

———reauthorize loan programs (see S. 1375), S9049 [8JY]

Schools: ensure safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (see S. 506), S3086 [4MR] (see H.R. 1551), H2586 [1AP]

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. 386), S2456 [13FE]

———modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see S. 468), S2919 [27FE] (see H.R. 1021), H1463 [27FE]

Small business: develop a pilot program for credit enhancement guarantees on pools of non-SBA loans (see S. 1713), S12448 [3OC]

———establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 3483), H11133 [7NO]

———improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (see S. 141), S203 [10JA]

———provide additional grants to small business development centers in high unemployment districts (see H.R. 2922), H7782 [25JY]

———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 318), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 565), H319 [5FE]

Social Security: allocate allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program in the same manner as for States (see H.R. 3291), H9477 [15OC]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H5928 [25JN]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 614), S3730 [13MR]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 172), H57 [7JA]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 750), S4629 [1AP] (see H.R. 173), H57 [7JA]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H7784 [25JY]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1843), S14335 [10NO]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 312), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 531), H317 [5FE] (see H.R. 2854), H7615 [24JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (see S. 1502, 1503), S10265 [30JY] (see S. 1547), S10618 [31JY] (see H.R. 3288), H9384 [14OC]

———improve the administration of unemployment taxes and benefits (see H.R. 3463), H10977 [6NO]

———increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training of certain child welfare agencies staff (see H.R. 1378), H2268 [20MR]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 621), S3730 [13MR] (see S. 1976), S15975 [25NO]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 264), S1813 [30JA] (see H.R. 449), H242 [29JA] (see H.R. 515), H268 [31JA]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 845), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1689), H3051 [9AP]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 439), S2701 [25FE] (see H.R. 743), H461 [12FE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), consideration (see H. Res. 168), H2585 [1AP]

———provide permanent funding level and permit States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to carry out programs relative to the Social Services Block Grant (see H.R. 1858), H3451 [29AP]

———waive certain waiting periods for disability and Medicare benefits in the case of a terminally ill, disabled individual (see H.R. 3382), H9981 [28OC]

Southern Regional Commission: establish (see S. 527), S3162 [5MR]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 166), S848 [15JA] (see H.R. 803), H701 [13FE]

States: improve temporary Federal fiscal assistance programs (see H.R. 3415), H10236 [30OC]

———provide homeland security and budget crisis relief grants and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments (see S. 565), S3253 [6MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see S. 1570), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 583), H319 [5FE]

———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (see S. 235), S1736 [29JA]

———designate educational empowerment zones in certain low-income areas and give a tax incentive to attract teachers to work in such areas (see H.R. 213), H59 [7JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 856), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 717), H460 [12FE] (see H.R. 930), H1394 [26FE]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 3412), H10236 [30OC]

———expand tax benefits for the New York Liberty Zone (see H.R. 3508), H11391 (see H.R. 3508), H11514 [18NO]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H242 [29JA]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 615), H321 [5FE]

———impose moratorium on inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1187), H1744 [11MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 2), S2919 [27FE] (see S. 414), S2522 [14FE] (see H.R. 2), H1459 [27FE]

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 798), H701 [13FE]

———treatment of amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see S. 512), S3086 [4MR] (see H.R. 1056), H1514 [4MR]

———treatment of Community Development Block Grant funds relative to recovery of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 148), H57 [7JA]

———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 1620), H2820 [3AP]

———treatment of property tax reduction vouchers received by senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work (see H.R. 2103), H4130 [14MY]

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning and market development (see S. 1294), S8232 [19JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain benefits (see S. 1870), S14965 [17NO] (see H.R. 3487), H11159 [14NO]

———extend (see S. 23), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 209, 228), H59 [7JA]

———extend (S. 23), consideration (see H. Res. 14), H51 [7JA]

———provide for an alternative trigger for second-tier benefits (see H.R. 2111), H4130 [14MY]

Territories: increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (see H.R. 1189), H1744 [11MR]

Terrorism: assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to agriculture (see S. 427), S2594 [24FE]

———establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for first responders (see H.R. 2512), H5551 [18JN]

———increase criminal penalties for terrorist offenses resulting in death and deny Federal benefits to convicted terrorists (see S. 1604), S11349 [10SE]

———increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists (see H.R. 2934), H7783 [25JY]

———provide benefits to U.S. victims of international terrorism (see S. 1275), S7980 [17JN]

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (see S. 315), S1977 [5FE] (see S. 466), S2919 [27FE] (see S. 930), S5434 [28AP] (see S. Res. 34), S1736 [29JA] (see H.R. 105), H55 [7JA] (see H.R. 1389), H2269 [20MR] (see H. Res. 78), H705 [13FE]

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction and improve security of infrastructure (see H.R. 1449), H2401 [26MR]

Texas: require landowners with tenant rice farmers to continue to maintain rice in their crop rotation in order to receive Federal subsidies (see H.R. 1574), H2703 [2AP]

Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities (see S. 1490), S10265 [30JY]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 140), H56 [7JA]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]

———prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for flue-cured and burley tobacco (see H.R. 3500), H11359 [17NO]

———replace existing Federal price support and quota programs for flue-cured and burley tobacco with a licensing program designed to assist producers (see H.R. 1566), H2702 [2AP]

———replace existing tobacco program with a federally chartered corporation, compensate quota holders, provide transition assistance for producers and increase competitiveness of domestically produced tobacco (see H.R. 986), H1462 [27FE]

———replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 245), H134 [8JA]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (see H.R. 23), H52 [7JA]

Transportation: provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (see S. 1109), S6978 [22MY]

U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (see S. 258), S1812 [30JA]

Unemployment: ensure former employees of foreign air carriers receive same temporary enhanced unemployment benefits available to certain former employees of domestic air carriers (see H.R. 3405), H10130 [29OC]

———establish an emergency program to provide immediate education assistance for unemployed workers (see H.R. 3276), H9375 [8OC]

———modernize benefit system (see H.R. 1802), H3352 [11AP]

———provide a Federal payment, or reimbursement, to States for special unemployment assistance to individuals participating in qualified worker training programs (see H.R. 3010), H7948 [4SE]

———provide additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees, modify the trigger used in determining eligibility for second-tier benefits, and provide an extension of the temporary extended unemployment program (see H.R. 682), H390 [11FE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 35), S35 [7JA] (see S. 225), S1668 [28JA] (see S. 270), S1813 [30JA] (see S. 923), S5343 [11AP] (see S. 1075), S6507 [15MY] (see S. 1079), S6624 [19MY] (see S. 1839), S14271 [7NO] (see S. 1853), S14804 [12NO] (see S. 1943), S15812 [24NO] (see H.R. 17, 19), H52 (see H.R. 162), H57 [7JA] (see H.R. 1652), H2863 [7AP] (see H.R. 2185, 2188), H4527 [21MY] (see H.R. 3156), H8490 [23SE] (see H.R. 3270), H9375 [8OC] (see H.R. 3295), H9477 [15OC] (see H.R. 3639), H12309 [21NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see S. 1708), S12376 [2OC] (see H.R. 3244), H9213 [2OC] (see H.R. 3499), H11359 [17NO] (see H.R. 3568), H12306 [21NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 17), consideration (see H. Res. 232), H4011 [13MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 1652), consideration (see H. Res. 225), H3857 [8MY] (see H. Res. 398), H9477 [15OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), consideration (see H. Res. 248), H4527 [21MY]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 1239), H1811 [12MR]

———temporarily allow States to disregard certain look-back requirements for purposes of determining unemployment insurance eligibility (see H.R. 3554), H11701 [20NO]

Urban areas: development of municipally-owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations into community open spaces or parks (see H.R. 2373), H5044 [5JN]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see S. 1074), S6507 [15MY] (see H.R. 2217), H4734 [22MY] (see H.R. 2354), H5043 [5JN]

———enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the Dept. of Defense relative to veterans' benefits programs (see H.R. 1911), H3635 [1MY]

———exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 1418), H2310 [25MR]

———extend to additional military retirees with service-connected disabilities the special compensation authority provided for certain retirees with combat-related disabilities (see H.R. 2701), H6602 [10JY]

———improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans (see S. 1132), S6978 [22MY]

———improve automobile assistance program for disabled veterans (see H.R. 294), H136 [8JA]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2829), H7453 [23JY]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H3302 [10AP]

———make certain improvements to the National Service Life Insurance and U.S. Government Life Insurance programs (see H.R. 1554), H2702 [2AP]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H390 (see H. Res. 65), H391 [11FE]

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (see S. 69), S36 [7JA]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see S. 1954), S15975 [25NO]

Virginia: designate certain counties and a city as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 360), H170 [27JA]

Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 2245), H4736 [22MY]

Women: expand research for women in trauma (see S. 1811), S13711 [31OC]

———improve treatment for mental health and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence (see S. 1810), S13711 [31OC]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 1801), S13660 [30OC] (see H.R. 3420), H10236 [30OC]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 444), H242 [29JA]

———provide for job training grant pilot program (see S. 988), S5725 [5MY]

———reauthorize (see S. 1627), S11648 [17SE]

Cost Estimates

Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (S. 1248): CBO, S14795-S14798 [12NO]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs extension (H.R. 3146): CBO, S12209 [30SE]

Descriptions

Unemployment Benefits Extension Act (H.R. 1652), H4156 [15MY]

Documents

Reduced Fees on Loans to Small Businesses Adversely Affected by Terrorist Attacks, H357 [11FE]

Excerpts

American Dream Downpayment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1276) (H. Rept. 108-164), H9044 [1OC]

Explanations

Social Security Protection Act (H.R. 743): Managers Amendment, S16180-S16182 [9DE]

Women's Small Business Programs Improvement Act (S. 1154), S7151 [23MY]

Factsheets

Border Health Security Act (S. 1447), S9797 [23JY]

Education Funding, H6509-H6511 [10JY]

Family Farm and Ranch Innovation Act (H.R. 1293), E460 [13MR]

House Republican Record on Education Funding, H6503-H6505 [10JY]

House Republican Record on Pell Grants, H6513 [10JY]

Housing Appropriations Inadequate; 85,000 Families at Risk: National Low Income Housing Coalition, H7696 [25JY]

Parental Attitudes Towards Sex Education: Coalition for Adolescent Sexual Health, E263 [13FE]

Letters

Administration policies to help alleviate poverty: several faith-based organizations, H5186 [11JN]

Amtrak funding: David L. Gunn, Amtrak, S1049 [16JA]

Benefits for Victims of International Terrorism Act: Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, S8001 [17JN]

Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act: Carol Wayman, National Congress for Community Economic Development, S3892 [18MR]

———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S3892 [18MR]

———Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, S3893 [18MR]

———F. Barton Harvey III, Enterprise Foundation, S3892 [18MR]

———Larry Naake, National Association of Counties, S3892 [18MR]

———Thomas L. Jackson, American Society of Civil Engineers, S3893 [18MR]

Calculation of Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans: Leonard R. Ryden, Ryden Heavy Hauling, Inc., H355 [11FE]

———Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB, H356 [11FE]

Collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries: Gail E. Shearer, Consumers Union (organization), S8420 [24JN]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S8421 [24JN]

———RxHealthValue (organization), S8420 [24JN]

Dept. of HUD section 8 housing vouchers program funding: several religious organizations, E1709 [5SE]

Dept. of HUD section 8 housing vouchers programs funding: several housing and real estate organizations, E382 [6MR]

———several religious organizations, H7696 [25JY]

Dept. of Justice State Criminal Alien Assistance Program: George W. Bush (1997), S2987 [27FE]

Education funding: Dan Fuller and Edward R. Kealy, Committee for Education Funding, S4250 [21MR]

Emergency agriculture assistance: several agricultural organizations, S1167 [17JA]

Enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism funding: Joseph Graham (Gray) Davis, Jr., Governor of California, S4096 [20MR]

Essential Air Service Program funding: Aliceann Wohlbruck, National Association of Development Organizations, S7799 [12JN]

———Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, S7798 [12JN]

———Donald E. Carroll, Mayor of Alamagordo, NM, S7798 [12JN]

———John D. (Mike) Rice, New Mexico Aviation Division, S7798 [12JN]

———several Representatives, S12366 [2OC], S13116 [23OC]

———several Senators, S12366 [2OC], S13116 [23OC]

Firefighter assistance grants funding: Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, S9771 [23JY]

———several firefighting organizations, S9771 [23JY]

First Responders Partnership Grant Act: Anthony L. Bossi, Rutland, VT, Police Dept., S1995 [5FE]

———Brett R. Van Noordt, Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police, S1995 [5FE]

———David E. Demag, Essex, VT, Police Dept., S1995 [5FE]

———Douglas S. Hoyt, Montpelier, VT, Police Dept., S1995 [5FE]

———James A. Finger, Vermont Ambulance Association, S1995 [5FE]

———Jeffery L. Whitesell, Winhall, VT, Police & Rescue Dept., S1996 [5FE]

———R.J. Elrick, Vermont Sheriffs' Association, S1995 [5FE]

———Steven Locke, Professional Firefighters of Vermont (organization), S1995 [5FE]

Head Start Program and afterschool programs funding: Judy Samelson, Afterschool Alliance (organization), S4346 [25MR]

———Sanford A. Newman and Miriam A. Rollin, Fight Crime—Invest in Kids (organization), S4346 [25MR]

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S10148 [29JY]

Help America Vote Act funding: several State and local government and civil rights organizations, S12675 [16OC], S13108 [23OC]

Homeland security: Senator Harkin, S9883 [24JY]

Impact Aid Program funding: Senate Impact Aid Coalition, S11010 [3SE]

Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act: Representative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3530 [30AP]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3530 [30AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding: Mary Swaim, S1354 [22JA]

Librarian Education and Development Act: Emily Sheketoff, American Library Association, E1431 [9JY]

LIHEAP funding: Colleen Cousineau, Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments, S11299 [10SE]

———David L. Fox, Campaign for Home Energy Assistance (organization), S11298 [10SE]

———David N. Parker, American Gas Association, S11298 [10SE]

———Mark Wolfe, National Energy Assistance Directors' Association, S11272 [10SE]

Make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain SBA loans: Ardith Wieworka, Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, S4972 [8AP]

———Christopher Sikes, Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund, Inc., S4972 [8AP]

———Edward P. Madaus, Guild of St. Agnes (nonprofit organization), S4971 [8AP]

———Eric Korsh, Neighborhood Business Builders (organization), S4971 [8AP]

———Erika Eurkus, ACCION, USA (nonprofit organization), S4971 [8AP]

———Heather Danton, South Eastern Economic Development Corp., S4972 [8AP]

———Julie A. Cripe, Omni Bank N.A., S4970 [8AP]

Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States: Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, S3982 [19MR]

Medication Errors Reduction Act: Ann Richardson Berkey, McKesson Corp., S12545 [14OC]

———Henri R. Manasse, Jr., American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, S12545 [14OC]

———Herb Kuhn, Premier, Inc., S12545 [14OC]

———several health care organizations, S12544 [14OC]

———Wayne NeSmith, Florida Hospital Association, S12545 [14OC]

National Flood Insurance Program extension: Anthony S. Lowe, FEMA, S156 [9JA]

Oregon's participation under waiver in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, H9010 [30SE]

Pathways to Independence Act: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S10646 [31JY]

———Lorey H. Freeman, Oregon Law Center, S10647 [31JY]

Pell Grant maximum amount: Charles L. Currie, Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities, S4251 [21MR]

———David Ward and David Warren, Student Aid Alliance, S4250 [21MR]

Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H497 [13FE]

Presidential emergency declaration for Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, CA: several California Members of Congress, S13620 [30OC]

Price supports for butter and nonfat dry milk: J.B. Penn, Dept. of Agriculture, S14137 [6NO]

———several Senators, S14136 [6NO]

Provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion: Sandra Grissom, S10668 [31JY]

Provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S14298 [10NO], S14717 [12NO]

———Annette M. Copeland, Employment Security Dept. of Washington, H12183 [21NO]

———Bill Gilbertson, S14659 [12NO]

———Laura Perry, S14659 [12NO]

———Marshall Dunlap, S14659 [12NO]

———Ronnie Harper, S14659 [12NO]

Provide tax incentives for economic recovery: Senator Frist, S5313 [11AP]

———Senators Snowe, Breaux, Baucus, and Voinovich, S5313 [11AP]

Recycled Roads Act: Anne Canby, Surface Transportation Policy Project (organization), S7242 [3JN]

———Karen Florini, Environmental Defense (organization), S7242 [3JN]

———Rhonda G. Faught, New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Dept., S7242 [3JN]

Remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services: several Representatives, H9960, H9961 [28OC]

———several Senators, H9960 [28OC]

Resident Instruction and Distance Education Grants Program funding: several Members of Congress, H6651 [14JY]

Small Business Drought Relief Act: Jim Hodges, S2004 [5FE], S4622 [1AP]

———Kenny Guinn, Governor of Nevada, S2004 [5FE], S4622 [1AP]

———Mike Easley, Governor of North Carolina, S2004 [5FE], S4622 [1AP]

———Southern Governors' Association, S2004 [5FE], S4622 [1AP]

Social Security Protection Act: Anthony Pezza, National Council of Social Security Management Associations, Inc., H2650 [2AP]

———Anthony W. Batts, Long Beach, CA, Police Dept., H1543 [5MR]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H1542 [5MR], H2651 [2AP]

———David Certner, AARP, H1541 [5MR], H2650 [2AP]

———James M. Horvath, Chartiers Township, PA, Police Dept., H1543 [5MR]

———John V. Mintz, Brecknock Township, PA, Police Dept., H1543 [5MR]

———Nancy G. Shor, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, H1542 [5MR], H2651 [2AP]

———Paul Yost, Milton, PA, Police Dept., H1544 [5MR]

———Richard C. Birkel, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, H1542 [5MR]

———Richard H. James, Borough of Churchill, PA, Police Dept., H1543 [5MR]

———Ronald G. Bernoski, Association of Administrative Law Judges, H1543 [5MR], H2651 [2AP]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H2650 [2AP]

———Warren C. Evans, Wayne County, MI, Office of the Sheriff, H1543 [5MR]

Surface Transportation Extension Act: Representative Nussle, Committee on the Budget (House), H8828 [24SE]

Technical corrections to H.R. 2854, extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program: Representatives Tauzin and Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), S10680 [31JY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, S1325 [22JA]

———Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, S12 [7JA]

Tobacco Market Transition Act: Henry S. West, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, and George Marks, Burley Stabilization Corp., S10189 [30JY]

———Johnny Bullock and Dean M. Wallace, Council for Burley Tobacco, S10189 [30JY]

———several State farm bureau presidents, S10189 [30JY]

Transportation Enhancement Program funding: James C. Codell III, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, H7874 [4SE]

———Larry Naake, National Association of Counties, Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, and Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H7874 [4SE]

———Michael W. Naylor, AARP, H7874 [4SE]

———Phil McKnelly, National Association of State Park Directors, E1735 [9SE]

———Transportation Enhancements Coalition, H7874 [4SE]

Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act: Artie Muller, Rolling Thunder, Inc., S2055 [6FE]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4264 [20MY]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4264 [20MY]

———Richard A. Jones, AMVETS, S2055 [6FE]

———Richard B. Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S2055 [6FE]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, S2055 [6FE]

White House conference on hunger: Senator Dole, S7420 [5JN]

Lists

Economists' and industry leaders' statements supporting President Bush's tax plan to provide incentives for economic recovery, S3853 [18MR]

Organizations endorsing increasing maximum Pell Grant amount, S4250 [21MR]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 1350, Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act, H3459 [30AP], E871 [6MY]

Organizations supporting full Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, S1197 [21JA]

Organizations supporting H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act, H1541 [5MR]

Texans endorsing benefits of participating in Head Start Program, H7523 [24JY]

Memorandums

Reduced Fees on Loans to Small Businesses Adversely Affected by Terrorist Attacks: Jane Palsgrove Butler, SBA, H356 [11FE]

———Jeanna M. Sclater, SBA, H357 [11FE]

Motions

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), S5011 [9AP]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7592 [24JY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H550 [13FE]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H2667 [2AP]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H86, H88 [8JA]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4623 [22MY]

Press releases

Depts. of HUD and Commerce Grants to the Virgin Islands: Delegate Christensen, H9165 [2OC]

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act: Sarah Greene, National Head Start Association, S10148 [29JY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness in ways that provide environmental benefits (H.R. 1293), E459 [13MR]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, H40-H43 [7JA]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (H.R. 257), H64 [8JA]

American Samoa: Head Start Program funding, H7559 [24JY]

Amtrak: funding, H396 [12FE], H7852, H7858, H7859, H7860 [4SE]

Appropriations: increase overall funding for education, public health, and services for low-income and elderly persons through reductions in tax cuts, H6397-H6405 [9JY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief activities associated with California wildfires (H.R. 3407), H10225 [30OC], H10383 [5NO], E2208 [4NO]

———require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H2670 [2AP], H3019-H3021 [9AP]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 879), E280 [25FE]

———extend and protect student financial aid for postsecondary education, H4586 [22MY]

———extend and protect student financial aid for postsecondary education (H. Res. 158), E560 [25MR]

———extend time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1924), E1175 [9JN]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (H.R. 2569), H9096 [1OC], H10452-H10454 [5NO], H10544, H10546 [6NO]

———increase amount of basic educational assistance for veterans under Montgomery GI Bill and eliminate reduction of basic pay for participation in the program (H.R. 1212), E435 [12MR]

———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to a surviving spouse of a member in any case in which there are dependent children (H.R. 1750), E764 [11AP]

Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq, H2784, H2785 [3AP], H2870-H2872, H2913, H2917 [8AP], E731 [10AP]

———assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (H.R. 1553), E654 [2AP]

———require Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to address noise pollution in certain residential areas, H5208 [11JN], H7857 [4SE]

Bayaud Industries: tribute for providing employment to disabled persons under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program, E1299 [18JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (H.R. 1988), E875 [6MY]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H8194 [10SE], H8893 [24SE], H8998, H9000 [30SE], H9077, H9080 [1OC], H9254-H9256 [7OC], H9486 [16OC], H9709, H9710, H9712 [20OC], H9739 [21OC], H9986 [29OC]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 3598), E2444 [23NO]

———reduce reliance on Government subsidies, H12107 [21NO]

Children and youth: establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (H.R. 2377), E1162 [5JN]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (H.R. 936), E304 [27FE]

———provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (H.R. 2795), E1531 [18JY]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (H.R. 3416), E2195 [31OC]

Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (H.R. 333), E52 [8JA]

———award grants to highly qualified teacher-training programs at minority-serving institutions of higher education, H6369, H6370, H6373 [9JY]

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (H.R. 2956), E1651 [25JY]

Collingwood, NJ: starvation and mistreatment of foster children, H11125 [7NO]

Compact of Free Association: amend to provide adequate Compact-impact aid (H.R. 2716), E1471, E1475 [14JY]

———education funding, E2176 [30OC]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1633), E666 [3AP]

———enhance digital accessibility for all individuals, E311 [27FE]

———provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (H.R. 94), E1 [8JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: condemn payment of compensation to individuals possessing birds, for the purpose of fighting, relative to outbreak of Exotic Newcastle Disease, H2475 [31MR]

———conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (H.R. 1367), H11164-H11166 [17NO]

———decision to revise verification process used to determine eligibility for free or reduced school meals, H9488 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: Impact Aid Program funding, H6516, H6520 [10JY]

———impact of spending priorities on social and domestic programs, H162 [27JA]

Dept. of Education: collect all grant repayments and redirect funds to low-income and historically low-achieving school districts, H6371 [9JY]

———conduct study to determine State compliance costs relative to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, H3530 [30AP]

———provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (H.R. 1306), E487 [18MR]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (H.R. 2053), E917 [9MY]

———community health centers funding, H6535, H6536 [10JY]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (H.R. 2023), H3647 [6MY]

———Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program funding, H6533 [10JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: first responders funding, H8795-H8802 [24SE]

———first responders funding through reductions in Transportation Security Administration funding, H5761, H5762 [24JN]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 239), E44 [8JA]

———guarantee community development loans to the insular areas (H.R. 2422), E1211 [11JN]

———homeless assistance grants funding, H7705, H7706 [25JY]

———HOPE VI Program funding, H7667, H7685, H7686 [25JY]

———Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding, H7692 [25JY]

———section 8 housing vouchers program funding, E1709 [5SE]

———section 8 housing vouchers programs funding, H7667, H7668, H7686, H7695-H7699 [25JY], E382 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H7027, H7028, H7104 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Enhancement Program funding, H7622 [25JY], H7852, H7870-H7878 [4SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (H.R. 890), H7188 [21JY]

———improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (H.R. 1716), E752 [11AP]

———increase assistance for certain disabled veterans for specially adapted housing, automobiles, and equipment (H.R. 1048), E357 [4MR]

———provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and expand eligibility for such care to all veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities (H.R. 2445), E1253 [13JN]

———repeal limitation on the payment of accrued benefits that are due, and unpaid, upon the death of a veteran or other beneficiary (H.R. 241), E51 [8JA]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (H.R. 827), E243 [13FE]

Disasters: reauthorize the predisaster mitigation program (H.R. 3181), H12126-H12129 [21NO]

Diseases: provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (H.R. 2837), E1581 [24JY]

Drought: disaster assistance to North Carolina, H175 [28JA]

Drugs: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used in federally funded health programs, H6560, H6561 [10JY]

Economy: provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely distressed regions in the U.S. (H.R. 3196), E1909 [29SE]

Education: expand eligibility for loan forgiveness to State-certified reading specialists, H6384, H6392, H6393 [9JY]

———expand opportunities for postsecondary education (H.R. 3039), E1746 [9SE]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers, H6357-H6363 [9JY]

———extend student loan forgiveness to school or public librarians in low income areas, H6357-H6362 [9JY]

———extend student loan forgiveness to school or public librarians in low income areas (H.R. 2674), E1431 [9JY]

———funding, H6500-H6519, H6525-H6534 [10JY]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount, H11622-H11628 [19NO]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H5554 [19JN], H6274 [8JY], H6351, H6353, H6383-H6393 [9JY], E110 [29JA], E1458 [11JY]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), consideration (H. Res. 309), H6356-H6363 [9JY]

———limit the applicability of annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology relative to financial aid eligibility (H.R. 2485), E1269 [16JN]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (H.R. 2198), E1040 [21MY]

———provide general revenue sharing and assistance for States and local governments (H.R. 2335), H5660 [19JN]

———reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities and staffs implementing Even Start programs (H.R. 1600), E680 [3AP]

———student financial aid programs, H2693 [2AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (H.R. 932), H1362 [26FE]

———effect of reduced Impact Aid Program funding on certain military service-dependent economies, H1357, H1376 [26FE], E304, E307 [27FE]

Employment: dislocated worker assistance programs funding, H6528 [10JY]

———increase need-based funding to local workforce development boards, H3814, H3815 [8MY]

———provide assistance to women for nontraditional job training, H3772 [8MY]

FAA: Airport Improvement Program funding, H5204, H5205, H5209 [11JN]

———Essential Air Service Program funding, H5206, H5207 [11JN], H8048 [9SE]

———remove co-payments from Essential Air Service communities relative to distance from a hub, H5210, H5233-H5235 [11JN]

———remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services funding, H8059 [9SE], H9960 [28OC], H10168, H10186 [30OC]

———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility, H5236-H5238 [11JN]

———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility (H.R. 1944), H3410 [29AP], E845 [1MY]

Federal-State relations: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq, H9606 [16OC]

———require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (H.R. 1738), H4518 [21MY], H8064 [9SE], H8090 [10SE], H8406 [23SE], H9003 [30SE], E1208 [11JN], E1867 [23SE]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 11), H97-H101 [8JA], E49 [8JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), H12227 [21NO]

———funding, H8809-H8814 [24SE]

Floods: disaster assistance to Indiana, H6352 [9JY], E1432 [9JY], E1445, E1446 [11JY]

Government: distinction between a democracy and a true republic relative to their effect on personal liberties, social policies, and international relations, H232-H239 [29JA]

Head Start Program: conduct a study comparing participants with eligible children who do not participate, H7527 [24JY]

———ensure coverage of children of migrant and seasonal workers and Native Americans, H7527, H7548, H7549, H7593 [24JY]

———funding, H1911, H1929 [18MR], H2580 [1AP], H6386, H6388, H6389, H6439 [9JY], H6872 [16JY], H7203 [21JY]

———prohibit faith-based organizations providing Head Start services from religious discrimination in hiring, H7523, H7526, H7548, H7557-H7561, H7571-H7575, H7583, H7584, H7587, H7590 [24JY], H11560 [19NO]

———provide block grants to States, E1635, E1636 [25JY]

———provide scholarships for teachers pursuing post-secondary degrees, H7527 [24JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H4983 [5JN], H5257-H5263 [11JN], H5541-H5549 [18JN], H6845, H6848-H6858 [15JY], H7236 [22JY], H7457, H7458, H7542-H7595 [24JY], H8893 [24SE], E1052, E1053 [22MY], E1249 [13JN], E1582 [24JY], E1618, E1624, E1635, E1636, E1642, E1644, E1648, E1650, E1651, E1653, E1663 [25JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (H. Res. 336), H7518-H7531, H7542 [24JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), motion to recommit, H7593 [24JY]

Health: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (H.R. 2807), E1600 [25JY]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (H. Res. 142), E464 [13MR]

———promote improved nutrition for needy Americans by incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and juice products into Federal nutrition programs (H.R. 2592), E2227 [4NO]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (H.R. 918), E308 [27FE]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (H. Res. 54), E129 [5FE]

———tax treatment of certain medical savings accounts and provide for medical freedom accounts under the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2114), H5554, H5649 [19JN], H5692 [23JN]

———technical amendments to legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program (H.R. 3038), H9049-H9051 [1OC], E1971 [2OC]

Health care facilities: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), H1755, H1756 [12MR]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), Senate amendment, H8290-H8292 [17SE]

Help America Vote Act: funding, H11853-H11856 [20NO], E2168 [30OC]

———implementation, H9713-H9716 [20OC]

Higher Education Act: amend to address rising cost of postsecondary education (H.R. 3311), E2057 [16OC]

———prevent sex offenders subject to involuntary civil commitments from receiving Federal student financial aid (H.R. 3385), H9986 [29OC]

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (H.R. 1168), H1783 [12MR], H1930 [18MR], H2524 [1AP]

Hispanic Americans: expand coverage for uninsured under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, H1754 [12MR]

———health care issues, H1726-H1733 [11MR], H1778 [12MR], E1444, E1449 [11JY]

———improve diabetes education and prevention programs, E1136 [5JN]

———provide programs and activities to improve health, H2852-H2856 [7AP], H3437-H3442 [29AP]

———provide programs and activities to improve health (H.R. 2258), E1073, E1078 [23MY]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (H.R. 1276), H2869 [8AP], H9038, H9039-H9045 [1OC], E709 [8AP]

———support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 811), H12889, H12892 [8DE], E2555 [15DE]

Housing: downpayment assistance programs funding, H2870 [8AP]

———prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (H.R. 3071), E1767 [11SE]

———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (H.R. 2628), E1391 [27JN]

———provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence, H3064 [10AP]

———provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence (H.R. 1704), E726 [10AP]

———remove certain advantages for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (H.R. 2117), E972 [15MY]

———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (H.R. 2353), E1168 [5JN]

Hunger: efforts to reduce hunger, H6624 [14JY], H9488 [16OC], E1804 [16SE]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance to Atlantic Coast States, H8809-H8814 [24SE], E1860 [23SE]

———effects of Hurricane Isabel on Atlantic Coast States, H9105-H9110 [1OC], E1949 [1OC]

Immigration: effects of multiculturalism and immigration on U.S. culture, H1390-H1393 [26FE], H2696 [2AP], H3442-H3447 [29AP], H8895-H8898 [24SE]

———impact of costs of illegal and legal immigration on U.S. health and social services systems, H2463-H2467 [27MR], H4870 [3JN], H9204 [2OC]

———national policy, H126 [8JA], H1390-H1393 [26FE], H1507-H1512 [4MR], H2695-H2701 [2AP], H2838 [7AP], H2918-H2922 [8AP], H3442-H3447 [29AP], H3668-H3674 [6MY]

———provide benefits for legal immigrants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H483, H524 [13FE]

Indian Child Welfare Act: anniversary, E2282 [7NO]

———technical amendments (H.R. 2750), E1484 [15JY], E2282 [7NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: allow parents to determine appropriate educational facilities for each child in consultation with the Individualized Family Service Plan team, H3527, H3528 [30AP]

———allow school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who violate a student code of conduct, H3476 [30AP]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 823), E264 [13FE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1094), H3480 [30AP], E387 [7MR]

———define a free public education as enabling disabled children to access the general curriculum, H3513, H3514 [30AP]

———define specific learning disability as a disorder due to a medically detectable and diagnosable physiological condition based on physical and scientific evidence, H3521, H3522 [30AP]

———determination of significant disproportionality relative to identification of children with disabilities, H3473, H3474 [30AP]

———ensure safe and drug-free learning environment for children with disabilities, H3525, H3526 [30AP]

———funding, H10429-H10434 [5NO]

———increase spending caps to adjust for inflation, H3513 [30AP]

———permit local school districts to issue vouchers to parents of disabled children in private schools for their child's specific special education needs, H3517-H3519 [30AP]

———permit States to design, develop, and implement customized educational programs for disabled students, H3476, H3477, H3514-H3517 [30AP]

———permit States to establish costs and risk-sharing funds, consortiums, and cooperatives to assist severly disabled students, H3511 [30AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3457, H3466-H3532 [30AP], H5383 [16JN], E527 [20MR], E847, E848, E851 [1MY], E906, E921 [9MY], E947 [14MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), consideration (H. Res. 206), H3458-H3466 [30AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), corrections in engrossment, H3532 [30AP]

———require students be diagnosed by physicians or persons certified by a State health board to determine eligibility for benefits, H3519, H3520 [30AP]

———require that any additional Federal funding be passed directly to the local level, H3526, H3527 [30AP]

———train school safety personnel and first responders to recognize autism spectrum disorders, H3528, H3529 [30AP]

———use of priority grants to establish training programs for the early and appropriate identification of children with disabilities, H3529, H3530 [30AP]

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 2095), E948 [14MY]

Law enforcement officers: increase scholarship assistance under the Police Corps program, H7272 [22JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H6521, H6524 [10JY], H11409 [18NO], H12824 [8DE]

———funding using Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration bonus payments, H3246-H3248 [10AP]

———home heating funding limitations (H.R. 103), E7 [8JA]

Louisiana: provide economic disaster assistance to rice producers (H.R. 341), E72 [27JA]

Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, H6576 [10JY]

———increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State, H6119 [26JN]

———increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State (H.R. 1342), E503 [18MR]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 2453), E1239 [13JN]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (H.R. 1940), E853 [1MY]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (H.R. 3243), E1968, E1969 [2OC]

Michigan: permit use of State apportioned Federal aid for rehabilitation of Mackinac Bridge, H8058 [9SE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (S. 330), H4263, H4264 [20MY], E1071 [23MY]

National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor: establish (H.R. 618), H278 [5FE], E132 [5FE]

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: reauthorize (H.R. 2608), H9045-H9049 [1OC], E1973 [2OC]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties, H9822 [28OC]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), H11520 [19NO], H11833-H11842 [20NO]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 253), unanimous-consent agreement, H11595-H11598 [19NO]

New York, NY: terrorist attack recovery and rebuilding funding, E590 [26MR]

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H.R. 874), H3705-H3708 [7MY]

Population: prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity (H.R. 1548), H3587 [1MY], E632 [1AP]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (H.R. 3203), E1932 [30SE]

Public welfare programs: abstinence-only sex education programs funding, H483, H484, H485, H486 [13FE], E263 [13FE]

———allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals (H.R. 3273), E2014 [8OC]

———extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), H8815-H8819 [24SE]

———extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), Senate amendment, H9008-H9011 [30SE]

———extend waivers for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and give States the flexibility to implement alternative welfare programs, H9009, H9010 [30SE]

———increase child care programs funding, H550, H551 [13FE], E379 [6MR]

———promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 706), E180 [11FE]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3560), E2384 [21NO]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, E1230 [11JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 2350), H5185-H5190 [11JN], E1254 [13JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H396, H440, H441 [12FE], H471-H552 [13FE], H5185 [11JN], H8816-H8819 [24SE], E188 [12FE], E278 [25FE], E379 [6MR]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), amendment process, H315 [5FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 69), H465-H471 [13FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H550, H551 [13FE]

———reform, H395 [12FE]

———temporarily extend waivers granted to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 1438), E563 [25MR]

———Transitional Medical Assistance Program funding, H486 [13FE]

Rancho Cucamonga, CA: tribute to Housing Action Resource Trust, H2870 [8AP]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 3087), H8819-H8830 [24SE], E1863, E1867 [23SE], E1954 [2OC]

———Federal-aid highway funding through reductions in Amtrak funding, H7880-H7882 [4SE]

———increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (H.R. 2208), H8830 [24SE]

Rural areas: distribution of Federal disaster assistance (H.R. 1790), E766 [12AP]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (H.R. 1166), H2500-H2504 [31MR], E410 [7MR], E648 [2AP]

———include drought in the definition of disaster for purposes of the Disaster Loan Program (H.R. 279), E53 [8JA]

———review eligibility standards for Small Business Innovation Research Program grants, E2006 [8OC]

Schools: ensure safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (H.R. 1551), E638 [1AP]

Senior citizens: nutrition programs funding, H6523 [10JY], H11500-H11503 [18NO]

September 11th Victims Compensation Fund: funding, H2159 [20MR]

Small business: establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (H.R. 3483), E2275 [7NO]

———improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 141), H354-H361 [11FE], E227 [13FE]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (H.R. 2971), E1637 [25JY], E1710 [5SE]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), H7715 [25JY], E1648 [25JY], E1702 [5SE]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (H.R. 3288), H9703 [20OC], E2110, E2111 [21OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 531), H6006, H6007 [26JN]

———Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H2580 [1AP]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (H.R. 515), E120 [31JA]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H1493 [4MR], H1519, H1521, H1524-H1550 [5MR], H2625 [2AP], E229, E230 [13FE], E390 [7MR]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), consideration (H. Res. 168), H2591-H2603 [2AP]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), motion to recommit, H2667 [2AP]

———solvency, H4259 [20MY], H9265-H9267 [7OC]

States: provide budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments, H4534-H4542 [22MY]

Taxation: expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 717), H9286 [8OC], E224 [13FE]

———expand tax benefits for the New York Liberty Zone (H.R. 3508), E2333 [19NO]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (H.R. 442), E109 [29JA]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 615), E158 [6FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H36 [7JA], H65, H66, H127-H132 [8JA], H156 [27JA], H381, H382 [11FE], H1311 [25FE], H1358, H1370, H1373-H1377 [26FE], H1441 [27FE], H1608, H1619-H1621 [5MR], H1752, H1753, H1754 [12MR], H1910, H1931 [18MR], H1964 [19MR], H2147-H2156, H2158, H2168-H2170, H2195-H2203 [20MR], H2299 [25MR], H2373, H2382-H2388 [26MR], H2405, H2457-H2460 [27MR], H2517, H2564-H2567 [1AP], H2692, H2693 [2AP], H2943 [9AP], H3283-H3290, H3292, H3294-H3297 [10AP], E151 [6FE], E549 [21MR], E588 [26MR], E659 [3AP]

———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks, H8036, H8037 [9SE]

———treatment of property tax reduction vouchers received by senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work (H.R. 2103), E945 [14MY]

Telecommunications Development Fund: extend loans to start up technology and telecommunications companies in rural and underserved areas, H5184 [11JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (H.R. 209), E13 [8JA]

———extend (S. 23), H39, H40 [7JA], H63, H64, H65, H75-H92, H127 [8JA], E33 [8JA], E63, E65 [27JA], E107 [29JA]

———extend (S. 23), consideration (H. Res. 14), H66-H74 [8JA]

Territories: eligibility for supplemental, contingency, and child care block grant programs funding, H528 [13FE]

———increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (H.R. 1189), H11468, H11469 [18NO], E2362 [20NO], E2456 [25NO]

———Resident Instruction and Distance Education Grants Program funding, H6624, H6650, H6651 [14JY]

Terrorism: enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, H2672, H2676, H2680 [2AP], H2779 [3AP], H2869 [8AP], H5770 [24JN]

———establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for first responders, H5749, H5750 [24JN]

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, H173, H181-H190 [28JA], E106 [29JA]

Texas: require landowners with tenant rice farmers to continue to maintain rice in their crop rotation in order to receive Federal subsidies (H.R. 1574), E648 [2AP]

Tobacco products: replace existing Federal price support and quota programs for flue-cured and burley tobacco with a licensing program designed to assist producers (H.R. 1566), E652 [2AP]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 23), H7172-H7174 [21JY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: reauthorize, H8824-H8830, H8894, H8895 [24SE], E1863, E1867 [23SE], E1900 [25SE]

Typhoons: disaster assistance to Guam, H175 [28JA], H2747 [3AP]

Unemployment: establish an emergency program to provide immediate education assistance for unemployed workers (H.R. 3276), E2016 [8OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H434 [12FE], H3749, H3751 [7MY], H3817, H3818 [8MY], H3978 [13MY], H4022, H4036-H4040, H4096, H4097, H4099, H4100, H4101 [14MY], H4150, H4165 [15MY], H11828, H11832 [20NO], H12182, H12186 [21NO], E926 [9MY], E995 [19MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system, H12749, H12752, H12753, H12754-H12758, H12761-H12766, H12835, H12861 [8DE], E2556 [15DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (H.R. 3568), H12862 [8DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 17), E63, E65, E68 [27JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 1652), H3623 [1MY], H4152-H4157, H4159 [15MY], H4519-H4525 [21MY], H4532 [22MY], H9986, H9987, H9988 [29OC], H10160 [30OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4613-H4625 [22MY], E1095 [2JN]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), consideration (H. Res. 248), H4564-H4571 [22MY], E1091 [2JN]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), motion to recommit, H4623 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 3156), H8940 [25SE]

United Steelworkers of America: support for health care bill of rights, E1688 [4SE]

Urban areas: development of municipally-owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations into community open spaces or parks (H.R. 2373), E1158 [5JN]

Veterans: benefits funding, H10346 [5NO], E2236 [5NO], E2257, E2261, E2263 [6NO], E2285 [7NO]

———enhance burial benefits (H.R. 2217), E2279 [7NO]

———enhance burial benefits (H.R. 2354), H4983 [5JN]

———enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the Dept. of Defense relative to veterans' benefits programs (H.R. 1911), H3623 [1MY], H4272, H4273, H4276 [20MY], E1043 [21MY]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (H.R. 1735), E756 [11AP]

———make certain improvements to the National Service Life Insurance and U.S. Government Life Insurance programs, H11714 [20NO]

Violence Against Women Act: funding, H1520, H1521, H1522 [5MR], H1692 [11MR], E373 [5MR], E377, E386 [6MR], E393, E403 [7MR], E413 [10MR]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 3420), E2194 [31OC]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), E107, E108 [29JA]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: provide emergency agriculture assistance through CCC funding, S9214 [10JY]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries, S8419-S8421, S8422 [24JN], S8529, S8530 [25JN]

Agriculture: price supports for butter and nonfat dry milk, S13997 [5NO], S14136, S14137 [6NO]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S1127, S1166 [17JA], S1220 [21JA], S1327-S1340 [22JA], S2420, S2434 [13FE], S13773 [3NO], S14001, S14003-S14005 [5NO]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 1309), S8305 [20JN]

Alaska: provide for construction of the Yupik Alaskan/Central Kuskokwim Energy Project (S. 1448), S9798 [23JY]

———provide habitable living quarters for educational employees, and their households, in rural areas located in or near Alaska Native Villages (S. 1905), S15291 [20NO]

Amtrak: Board of Directors appointments, S10840 [31JY]

———funding, S1049-S1059 [16JA], S4144 [20MR], S4249 [21MR]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, S11559 [16SE]

Armed Forces: increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (S. 812), S4960 [8AP]

———provide financial assistance to State and local governments that continue to pay employees who serve on active duty in a reserve component of the uniformed services, S14514, S14515 [12NO]

———provide financial assistance to State and local governments that continue to pay employees who serve on active duty in a reserve component of the uniformed services (S. 1845), S14402, S14452 [11NO]

———provide grants for cost of child care services provided to dependents of military personnel called to active duty (S. 864), S5189 [10AP]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty, S6927 [22MY]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (S. 447), S2711 [25FE]

———waive interest on student loans of military personnel called to active duty (S. 863), S5189 [10AP]

Arts and humanities: efforts to preserve support for the performing arts, S1064 [16JA]

Assets for Independence Act: revise and extend (S. 1786), S13378-S13380 [28OC]

Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq, S5106 [10AP]

Budget: reduce deficit through elimination of funding for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, irrigation water subsidies, and production of Trident II missiles (S. 49), S51-S53 [7JA]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism and to deficit reduction, S4349 [25MR]

Business and industry: extend and expand certain trade adjustment assistance programs and reauthorize certain Dept. of Commerce partnership programs (S. 1884), S15068-S15072 [18NO]

Charities: support initiative to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, S4932-S4937, S4943-S4945 [8AP]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (S. 880), star print, S5436 [28AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (S. 1142), S7137-S7139 [23MY]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (S. 1198), S7491 [5JN]

———improve certain nutritional programs (S. 995), S5736 [5MY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 668), S4018 [19MR]

———promote better nutrition among school children participating in school breakfast and lunch programs (S. 1007), S5787, S5788 [6MY]

———provide grants to support farm-to-cafeteria projects under the National School Lunch Act (S. 1755), S12846 [17OC]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (S. 448), S2840 [26FE]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to child care funding, S4351 [25MR]

Coastal zones: exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations (S. 1643), S14221 [6NO]

Colleges and universities: establish a grant program to enable institutions of higher education to improve schools of education (S. 408), S2480 [13FE]

———improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (S. 1793), S13383-S13386, S13406 [28OC]

———provide grants to States to establish partnerships among colleges and universities and surrounding communities to reduce underage and binge drinking and illicit drug use by students (S. 406), S2480 [13FE]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 586), S3506 [11MR]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 272), S1835 [30JA]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), S4930-S4949 [8AP], S5007-S5044 [9AP], S5154 [10AP], S12439 [3OC]

———provide incentives to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), unanimous-consent agreement, S4870-S4872 [3AP]

Community Services Block Grant Act: revise and extend (S. 1786), S13378-S13380 [28OC]

Compact of Free Association: education funding, S14222-S14225 [6NO]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance to aid impacted States in recovering and rebuilding from natural disasters, S11549 [16SE]

———treat recreation benefits the same as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and environmental protection and restoration (S. 1653), S11917 [24SE]

Correctional institutions: require minimum work week, job training, and life skills preparation for Federal prison inmates and establish a grant program for mandatory drug testing (S. 672), S4169 [20MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (H.R. 1367), S15865 [24NO]

———conduct a loan repayment program to encourage provision of veterinary services in shortage and emergency situations (S. 1858), S14810 [12NO]

———crop insurance programs funding, S4420 [26MR]

———Environmental Quality Incentive Program cost-share assistance payment limitations, S14152 [6NO]

———farmers' market electronic benefit transfer program funding, S14021 [5NO]

———Mormon crickets control programs funding, S9224 [10JY]

———nutrition programs funding, S1436-S1438 [23JA]

———payment limits on certain agricultural programs, S4417, S4420, S4421 [26MR]

———prohibit the purchase of chickens treated with fluoroquinolone for school nutrition programs, S14144 [6NO]

———telemedicine program funding, S14013 [5NO]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (S. 1120), S7004 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: military facilities repair and replacement funding due to Hurricane Isabel, S12656, S12657 [16OC], S12803, S12804 [17OC]

Dept. of Education: ensure that students are not hurt by changes to needs analysis tables and require consultation with Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (S. 1273), S7983 [17JN]

———Impact Aid Program funding, S4409, S4410 [26MR], S11010-S11012, S11017 [3SE]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (S. 389), S2465 [13FE], S2714 [25FE]

———drug addiction treatment programs funding, S4371 [25MR]

———provide grants to establish summer health career introductory programs for middle and high school students (S. 1008), S5861 [7MY]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S5015, S5016 [9AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allocate homeland security block grant funds to States using a threat-based formula, S9775-S9778 [23JY], S9880-S9882 [24JY]

———allocation of homeland security block grant funds to high-threat urban areas, S9785 [23JY], S9851-S9856, S9869, S9870 [24JY]

———allocation of homeland security block grant funds to high-threat urban areas through reductions in information analysis, infrastructure protection, science, technology, and research and development, S9856-S9861 [24JY]

———first responders funding, S9690-S9693, S9696 [22JY]

Dept. of HUD: non-elderly disability voucher program funding, S14524, S14525 [12NO]

———section 8 housing vouchers programs funding, S14521, S14522, S14523, S14524 [12NO]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, S4807 [3AP]

———authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, S4260 [21MR]

———authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (S. 460), S2856 [26FE], S2986 [27FE], S16051 [25NO]

———award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (S. 1733), S12610 [15OC]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1597), S11249 [9SE]

Dept. of Transportation: increase use of recycled materials in Federal-aid highway construction projects (S. 1168), S7237 [3JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the assisted living pilot program to include additional health care regions (S. 1572), S10972 [2SE]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 1199), S7492 [5JN]

———permit Medicare-eligible veterans to receive an outpatient medication benefit (S. 1153), S7147-S7149 [23MY]

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: enforcement funding, S14011 [5NO], S14151 [6NO], S15960 [25NO]

Disabled: promote community integration, S8430 [24JN]

Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (S. 775), S4826 [3AP]

District of Columbia: needle exchange programs funding, S2420 [13FE]

Drought: disaster assistance to Nebraska, S1770 [30JA]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 645), S3891-S3894 [18MR]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (S. 1134), S7038-S7040 [22MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset provisions (S. 96), S225 [13JA]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S3708-S3710 [13MR]

Education: afterschool programs funding, S4408 [26MR]

———condition the implementation of assessment procedures relative to the Head Start National Reporting System on Child Outcomes (S. 1620), S11570 [16SE]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 65), S62 [7JA]

———establish strategic sectoral skills gap assessments, strategic skills gap action plans, and strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants (S. 1346), S8735 [26JN]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (S. 140), S204, S205 [10JA]

———Head Start Program and afterschool programs funding, S4344-S4347 [25MR]

———increase availability of Head Start programs and quality child care, reduce child hunger and encourage healthy eating habits, and facilitate parental involvement (S. 18), S38 [7JA], S134-S136 [9JA], S1966 [5FE]

———increase maximum Pell grant allowable for students in mathematics and science, S11340 [10SE]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount, S4250, S4251 [21MR]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (S. 291), S1899 [4FE]

———literacy, library, and museum programs funding, S11233 [9SE], S11273, S11274 [10SE]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 74), S69 [7JA]

———make grants to States for preschool and general education activities in elementary and secondary schools, S4343 [25MR]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 77), S70 [7JA]

———modify computation of eligibility for Pell Grant Program relative to certain recently unemployed individuals (S. 1348), S8735 [26JN]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys, S14075 [5NO]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (S. 378), S2362 [12FE]

———student financial aid programs, S11068, S11069, S11072, S11086, S11090, S11091 [4SE], S11215, S11225 [9SE]

———student financial aid programs funding through delays in NIH funding obligations, S11234, S11239 [9SE], S11274 [10SE]

———voucher program to provide school choice (S. 1551), S10683 [31JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (S. 777), S4827 [3AP]

Employment: dislocated worker assistance programs funding, S11335 [10SE]

———workforce training programs funding, S1409-S1411 [23JA], S4144 [20MR]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, S7796-S7799 [12JN], S12364, S12365 [2OC], S13115-S13118 [23OC], S15388, S15389 [21NO]

———preserve Essential Air Service Program (S. 1998), S16137 [9DE]

———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility, S7806 [12JN]

———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility (S. 975), S5666 [1MY]

Families and domestic relations: promote adoption of children with special needs (S. 862), S5188 [10AP]

Federal aid programs: reauthorize and improve LIHEAP, Weatherization Assistance Program, and State Energy Conservation Programs, S7180-S7182 [2JN], S7448 [5JN]

Federal-State relations: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (S. 1838), S14179 [6NO]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 11), S176 [9JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 122), S156 [9JA]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1768), S13322 [27OC], S15874 [24NO]

———make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, S4353 [25MR]

Firefighters: firefighter assistance grants funding, S9769-S9773 [23JY]

Floods: disaster assistance to Michigan, S11550 [16SE]

———disaster assistance to West Virginia and Michigan, S9225 [10JY]

Food Security Act: strengthen payment limitations for commodity payments and benefits (S. 667), S4017, S4018 [19MR]

Food stamps: funding for residents in Alaska and Hawaii, S14154 [6NO]

Freely Associated States: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens (S. 1632), S11723 [18SE]

Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility (S. 90), S74 [7JA]

———improve efficiency of programs and delivery of services, S7653 [11JN]

Head Start Program: designate certain Head Start centers as Centers of Excellence in Early Childhood (S. 1474), S10062 [28JY]

———funding, S9325 [14JY], S11054 [4SE], S11226, S11227 [9SE]

———increase reservation of funds for programs for low-income families with very young children (S. 1444), S9736 [22JY]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 1483), S10145-S10149 [29JY]

Health: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (S. 1447), S9795-S9798 [23JY]

———expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (S. 100), S78-S80 [7JA]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (S. Res. 96), S4180 [20MR]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1384-S1386 [23JA], S1510-S1512 [28JA]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (S. 453), S2843 [26FE]

———technical amendments to legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program (H.R. 3038), S15303 [20NO]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (S. 1729), S12544-S12546 [14OC]

———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for hospitals (H.R. 659), S10986 [2SE]

Help America Vote Act: funding, S12673-S12675 [16OC], S13106-S13112 [23OC], S15949 [25NO]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to the Federal Pell Grant maximum amount (S. 184), S1078 [16JA]

———amend to provide for variable interest rates on student loans (S. 1742), S12741 [16OC]

———eliminate certain eligibility requirements for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions (S. 1287), S8159 [18JN]

———eliminate wait out period between grant applications made by eligible Hispanic-serving institutions (S. 1081), S6632 [19MY]

———extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to certified or licensed teachers and provide grants that promote teacher certification and licensing (S. 227), S1680 [28JA]

———provide grants for homeland security scholarships (S. 479), S2936 [27FE]

———student assistance eligibility standards for institutions offering accredited distance education programs (S. 1203), S7494 [5JN]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (S. 1159), S7158 [23MY]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 811), S4959 [8AP], S15874 [24NO]

Housing: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 1508), S10623 [31JY]

———enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 1656), S11990 [25SE]

———establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (S. 1697), S12287 [1OC]

———provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence (S. 826), S5061 [9AP]

Hunger: efforts to reduce hunger, S7418-S7420 [5JN]

Hurricanes: effects of Hurricane Isabel on Atlantic Coast States, S11729 [22SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 939), S5488-S5490 [29AP], S5531 [30AP]

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: ensure that children with disabilities who are homeless or are wards of the State have access to special education services (S. 1619), S11569 [16SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: establish high cost funds to assist local educational agencies in providing education to high need children (S. 890), S5350 [11AP]

———funding, S1195-S1199, S1204-S1208 [21JA], S1353 [22JA], S3607, S3608 [12MR], S4069, S4072 [20MR], S4407 [26MR], S11013, S11017 [3SE], S11081-S11085 [4SE], S11228 [9SE], S11273, S11275-S11280 [10SE]

———reauthorize (S. 1248), S7836, S7837 [12JN]

———reauthorize (S. 1248), unanimous-consent agreement, S15500 [21NO]

LIHEAP: funding, S1199-S1204, S1238-S1240 [21JA], S7181, S7182 [2JN], S11230 [9SE], S11270-S11272, S11297-S11299 [10SE]

———provide guidelines for the release of contingency funds (S. 1761), S12891 [20OC]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: revise and extend (S. 1786), S13378-S13380 [28OC]

LSC: restrictions on legal aid groups that receive both Federal and private funds, S6598 [19MY]

Mariba, KY: tribute to Frenchburg Job Corps Make a Difference Day program, S13658 [30OC]

Medicaid: establish alternatives to Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S11106 [4SE]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (S. 652), S3900 [18MR]

———extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (S. 1519), S10643 [31JY]

———extend the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage adjustment for Alaska (S. 294), S1900 [4FE]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (S. 883), S5232 [10AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S1505 [28JA], S3980-S3984 [19MR], S4112 [20MR]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 138), S164, S165 [9JA]

———restore disproportionate share hospital allotment for Hawaii, S8495 [25JN]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals, S6462, S6470 [15MY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 204), S1370 [22JA]

Medicare: allow certain beneficiaries to purchase supplemental Medigap prescription drug plans, S8641, S8648 [26JN]

———anniversary, S10172, S10173 [30JY]

———coverage of adult day care services, S8687 [26JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (S. 1227), S7633 [10JN]

———eliminate asset test to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries, S8111, S8115 [18JN], S8169-S8172 [19JN], S8338-S8340, S8343-S8345 [23JN]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (S. 379), S2363 [12FE], S2448 [13FE]

———update asset test to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries, S8623 [26JN]

Menominee Indian Tribe: rural development assistance funding, S14018 [5NO]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (S. 1704), S12381 [2OC]

———improve programs for veterans (S. 548), S3269 [6MR]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (S. 1422), S9593 [17JY]

Michigan: suspend implementation of revised definitions of Metropolitan Statistical Areas applicable to certain counties (S. 1412), S9424 [15JY]

Montana: grant waiver to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S12209 [30SE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (S. 330), S2054 [6FE], S4539 [27MR], S6857 [21MY]

National Affordable Housing Act: raise minimum State allocation (S. 1851), S14808 [12NO]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 1411), S9423 [15JY]

National Office for the Development of Small Manufacturers: establish (S. 1886), S15069-S15072 [18NO]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 285), S1886 [4FE], S9819-S9823 [23JY]

———authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (S. 1528), S10651 [31JY]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (S. 331), S2056 [6FE]

———provide for periodic Indian needs assessments and require Federal Indian program evaluations (S. 1600), S11251 [9SE]

———provide grants to tribal colleges and universities to increase number of post-secondary degrees earned in early childhood education and related fields (S. 1469), S10057 [28JY]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 196), S1151, S1152 [17JA], S5504-S5511 [30AP]

———provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 196), unanimous-consent agreement, S5254 [10AP]

Philadelphia, PA: provide financial assistance to rehabilitate Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and develop exhibit to commemorate 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin (S. 1852), S14808 [12NO]

Power resources: reauthorize and improve LIHEAP, Weatherization Assistance Program, and State Energy Conservation Programs, S7180-S7182 [2JN], S7448 [5JN]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 316), S1996-S1999 [5FE]

———allow States to treat certain disabled and individuals caring for disabled persons as participating in work activities under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 1523), S10645-S10648 [31JY]

———exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 261), S1822-S1824 [30JA]

———extend State waivers under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 605), S3623 [12MR]

———extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), S12209 [30SE]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (S. 574), S3370 [7MR]

———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 262), S1822 [30JA]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 327), S2053 [6FE]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 603), S3622 [12MR]

———promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (S. 813), S4961 [8AP]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 786), S4837 [3AP]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 2350), S8711, S8712 [26JN], S8846 [27JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 1443), S9671, S9705, S9718 [22JY]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 367), S2353-S2355 [12FE]

———reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs operated by Indian tribes (S. 751), S4633 [1AP]

———reform, S9671 [22JY]

———require States to develop a strategic plan for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and give them the flexibility to implement alternative welfare programs (S. 263), S1822 [30JA]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 3087), S11903 [24SE], S12095-S12099 [26SE]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (S. 1640), S11757 [22SE]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund safety programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (S. 1646), S11858 [23SE]

———increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs, S12097-S12099 [26SE]

———increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (S. 1090), S6855, S6856 [21MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (S. 1432), S9639 [21JY]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (S. 732), S4522 [27MR]

SBA: clarify loan eligibility requirements for businesses providing on-demand air service to small communities, S12093, S12094 [26SE]

———establish the Native American Entrepreneurs Program (S. 1488), S10153 [29JY]

———expand the HUBZone program to include difficult development areas (S. 961), S5608 [30AP]

———HUBZone Program funding, S12090 [26SE]

———HUBZone Program price preferences for food aid contracts, S12092 [26SE]

———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (S. 1247), S7860 [12JN]

———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (S. 822), S4970 [8AP]

———reauthorize assistance programs for small business concerns owned and controlled by women (S. 1154), S7126, S7149 [23MY]

———reauthorize loan programs (S. 1375), S9051-S9057 [8JY], S11241 [9SE], S11639 [17SE], S11909 [24SE], S12053, S12060-S12095 [26SE]

———transfer unused funds from the loan program for businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks to 7(a) loan program, S1435 [23JA]

———tribute for disaster assistance to Virginia following Hurricane Isabel, S15181 [19NO]

———Women's Business Centers funding, S7707 [11JN]

Schools: ensure safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (S. 506), S3091 [4MR]

Senior citizens: establish grant program to provide financial and retirement education programs to reduce financial abuse and fraud among mid-life and older individuals (S. 386), S2462 [13FE], S15401 [21NO]

Small business: develop a pilot program for credit enhancement guarantees on pools of non-SBA loans (S. 1713), S12458-S12461 [3OC]

———improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, S4697 [2AP]

———improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 141), S206, S207 [10JA]

———provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought, S20 [7JA]

———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 318), S2003 [5FE], S4589 [31MR], S4621 [1AP]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, S3425-S3428, S3468-S3478 [11MR], S3613 [12MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (S. 750), S4631-S4633 [1AP]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 1843), S14335, S14336 [10NO]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), S10847 [31JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (H.R. 3288), S13742 [31OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1502), S10285 [30JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1503), S10285 [30JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1547), S10679, S10847 [31JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 312), S1989-S1993 [5FE], S8633 [26JN]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (S. 1976), S16024 [25NO]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (S. 621), S3738 [13MR]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 264), S1827, S1828 [30JA]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S8424-S8428 [24JN], S8642-S8644 [26JN]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 845), S5083, S5084 [9AP], S5643 [1MY]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), S16159-S16196 [9DE]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 439), S2707 [25FE]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (S. 166), S851 [15JA]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program: funding, S1135, S1136 [17JA]

States: provide budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments, S6204-S6214 [14MY], S6414, S6462, S6463 [15MY], S7123 [23MY]

———provide homeland security and budget crisis relief grants and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments (S. 565), S3323 [6MR]

———use of budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief for child care, S7084, S7085 [23MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (S. 1570), S10919 [1AU]

———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (S. 235), S1739 [29JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools, S6440 [15MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (S. 856), S5182 [10AP]

———extend child tax credit provisions of budget resolution, S4412 [26MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery-S100 [9JA], S182-S192 [10JA], S210-S213 [13JA], S264-S267, S275, S281 [14JA], S308-S319, S321-S329, S334-S336 [15JA], S1043, S1044 [16JA], S1134 [17JA], S2245-S2248, S2282 [12FE], S2637-S2646 [25FE], S2760-S2765, S2783, S2784 [26FE], S2876-S2883 [27FE], S3053 [4MR], S3376-S3379 [10MR], S3774-S3798 [17MR], S3842-S3855 [18MR], S3942, S3943, S3946 [19MR], S4055, S4057, S4060, S4146, S4150 [20MR], S4243-S4248, S4264 [21MR], S4317-S4323 [24MR], S4398, S4402-S4404 [26MR], S5159 [10AP], S5268-S5280, S5284-S5291, S5295-S5315 [11AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 2), S2922 [27FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), S2548 [14FE], S2620 [24FE], S2694 [25FE], S2753, S2834 [26FE], S3112 [5MR], S3439 [11MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), unanimous-consent request, S2639 [25FE], S2763 [26FE], S3022 [3MR], S3113 [5MR], S3390 [10MR]

———repeal dividend and top rate tax cuts and use savings for Pell Grant Program, Hope Scholarship, and Lifetime Learning Credits funding, S6438 [15MY]

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning and market development (S. 1294), S8241 [19JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend, S1222, S1226-S1229 [21JA], S1325-S1327 [22JA]

———extend (S. 23), S9-S20, S23-S26 [7JA], S127 [9JA], S331 [15JA]

Terrorism: assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to agriculture, S14147 [6NO]

———assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to agriculture (S. 427), S2596 [24FE], S5332 [11AP], S11472 [15SE], S15968 [25NO]

———enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, S4049, S4054 [20MR], S4227 [21MR], S4316 [24MR], S4354 [25MR], S4790-S4798 [3AP]

———increase criminal penalties for terrorist offenses resulting in death and deny Federal benefits to convicted terrorists (S. 1604), S11240 [9SE]

———provide access to Federal crime victims fund for families of Marine Corps members killed in 1983 bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, S9107 [9JY]

———provide benefits to U.S. victims of international terrorism (S. 1275), S8000 [17JN]

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, S2379 [13FE], S2694 [25FE], S2834 [26FE]

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (S. 315), S1994 [5FE]

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (S. 466), unanimous-consent request, S2904 [27FE]

Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities (S. 1490), S10188-S10193, S10267 [30JY], S10987 [2SE]

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (H.R. 23), S15103 [18NO]

U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (S. 258), S1821 [30JA]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S4342, S4343 [25MR], S6180-S6191 [14MY], S6410, S6411 [15MY], S7098 [23MY], S9170, S9178-S9181 [10JY], S9931 [25JY], S15806 [24NO], S16084 [9DE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (S. 1708), S13476 [29OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), S7101, S7109, S7110 [23MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), unanimous-consent request, S7101, S7105, S7106 [23MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 225), S1661 [28JA], S1689 [29JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 270), S1834 [30JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 923), S5383-S5385 [11AP]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 923), unanimous-consent request, S6583, S6584 [19MY], S6912-S6914 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1079), S6638 [19MY], S6643 [20MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1079), unanimous-consent request, S6638 [19MY], S6912-S6914 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1839), S15954 [25NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1839), unanimous-consent request, S15713, S15714 [24NO], S15956 [25NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1853), S14550, S14571, S14628, S14658, S14667, S14679, S14785 [12NO], S15178 [19NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1853), unanimous-consent request, S14538, S14543, S14551, S14642, S14643, S14659, S14668, S14669, S14681, S14699, S14748, S14785, S14786 [12NO], S14993 [18NO], S15178 [19NO], S16083 [9DE]

Veterans: benefits funding, S14391, S14392, S14393, S14394, S14401 [11NO], S14514, S14531 [12NO]

———enhance burial benefits (S. 1074), S6513 [15MY]

———improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans, S14393 [11NO]

———improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans (S. 1132), S7029 [22MY], S13707 [31OC]

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (S. 69), S67 [7JA]

West Virginia: disaster assistance, S8320 [20JN]

Women: maternity homes funding, S4941 [8AP]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (S. 1801), S13668 [30OC]

Workforce Investment Act: reauthorize (S. 1627), S11651 [17SE], S14861-S14919 [12NO]

Reports

Emergency Responders—Drastically Underfunded, Dangerously Unprepared: Council on Foreign Relations, S9834-S9836 [24JY]

Reports filed

American Dream Downpayment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1276) (H. Rept. 108-164), H5661 [19JN]

Back to Work Incentive Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 444) (H. Rept. 108-35), H1900 [13MR]

Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 239) (H. Rept. 108-22), H1639 [5MR]

CARE Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 476) (S. Rept. 108-11), S2919 [27FE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 880) (S. Rept. 108-37), S5172 [10AP]

Coastal Barrier Property Exemption From Financial Assistance and Flood Insurance Limitations: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1643) (S. Rept. 108-178), S13515 [29OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 69) (H. Rept. 108-9), H459 [12FE]

Consideration of H.R. 438, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 309) (H. Rept. 108-189), H6347 [8JY]

Consideration of H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 168) (H. Rept. 108-54), H2585 [1AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1350, Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 108-79), H3450 [29AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2185, Temporary Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Program: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 248) (H. Rept. 108-123), H4527 [21MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 336) (H. Rept. 108-232), H7453 [23JY]

Consideration of S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 14) (H. Rept. 108-1), H51 [7JA]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense Cooperation and Sharing of Resources Relative to Veterans' Benefits Programs: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 1911) (H. Rept. 108-115), H4254 [19MY]

Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 196) (S. Rept. 108-34), S4897 [7AP]

Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3038) (H. Rept. 108-275), H8380 [17SE]

HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1614) (H. Rept. 108-165), H5661 [19JN]

Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 659) (H. Rept. 108-27), H1678 [6MR]

Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1350) (H. Rept. 108-77), H3450 [29AP]

Include Additional Ohio Counties as Part of Appalachian Region: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 587) (H. Rept. 108-353), H10976 [6NO]

Increase Waiver Requirement for Certain Local Matching Requirements for Grants Provided to Territories: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1189) (H. Rept. 108-119), H4366 [20MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1248) (S. Rept. 108-185), S13802 [3NO]

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2608) (H. Rept. 108-246), H7837 [3SE]

Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 285) (S. Rept. 108-75), S8125 [18JN]

Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4) (S. Rept. 108-162), S12448 [3OC]

Predisaster Mitigation Program Reauthorization: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3181) (H. Rept. 108-340), H10338 [4NO]

Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 874) (H. Rept. 108-39), H1951 [18MR]

SBA Loan Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1375) (S. Rept. 108-124), S10970 [2SE]

School Readiness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2210) (H. Rept. 108-184), H6261 [26JN]

Social Security Protection Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 743) (S. Rept. 108-176), S13515 [29OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 743) (H. Rept. 108-46), H2277 [24MR]

State Children's Health Insurance Program Allotments Availability Extension: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 312) (S. Rept. 108-78), S8438 [24JN]

Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 438) (H. Rept. 108-182), H6261 [26JN]

Tornado Shelters Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 23) (H. Rept. 108-151), H5364 [12JN]

Transportation Extension Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1640) (S. Rept. 108-154), S11912 [24SE]

Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 253) (H. Rept. 108-266), H8015 [5SE]

Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (S. 330) (H. Rept. 108-112), H4254 [19MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 330), S4165 [20MR]

Veterans' Survivors Benefits Enhancements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1132) (S. Rept. 108-169), S12969 [21OC]

Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1627) (S. Rept. 108-187), S14031 [5NO]

Results

Vote on Harkin Amendment on Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding to H.R. 4577, Social Security and Medicare Safe Deposit Box Act (2000), S3608 [12MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), H1550 [5MR]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H88 [8JA]

Schedules

Senator Harkin's staff meetings with local Iowa emergency management and first responders, S9884 [24JY]

Statements

Emergency Agriculture Assistance: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), S2450 [13FE]

Recycled Materials Policy: Frederick G. Wright, Jr., Dept. of Transportation, S7242 [3JN]

Social Security Protection Act: National Conference of State Social Security Administrators, H2650 [2AP]

Summaries

American Indian Welfare Reform Act (S. 751), S4633-S4635 [1AP]

America's Better Classroom Act (H.R. 717), E224 [13FE]

Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act (H.R. 2716), E1471 [14JY]

Focus on Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake (FOCUS) Act (S. 1198), S7491 [5JN]

Head Start Centers of Excellence Act (S. 1474), S10063 [28JY]

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act (S. 1483), S10146 [29JY]

Leave No Child Behind Act (S. 448), S2841 [26FE]

Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act (H.R. 3196), E1910 [29SE]

Small Business Credit Liquidity Act (S. 1713), S12460 [3OC]

Social Security Protection Act (H.R. 743), H1534-H1541 [5MR]

Surveys

Social Services Block Grant: United Way, S5015 [9AP]

Tables

Communities dependent on the Essential Air Service Program, S7798 [12JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Domestic Preparedness homeland security grants per capita, S9882 [24JY]

Estimated State allocations of increased Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, S1198 [21JA]

Individuals benefiting from a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program by State, S6184 [14MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding by State, S11084 [4SE], S11276 [10SE]

Testimonies

OMB Statistical Designation of Counties on Long Island, NY: Michele De Jesu, E2108 [21OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 14, consideration of S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension, H66 [8JA]

H. Res. 69, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H465 [13FE]

H. Res. 168, consideration of H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act, H2591 [2AP]

H. Res. 206, consideration of H.R. 1350, Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act, H3458 [30AP]

H. Res. 248, consideration of H.R. 2185, temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H4564 [22MY]

H. Res. 309, consideration of H.R. 438, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, H6356 [9JY]

H. Res. 336, consideration of H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act, H7518 [24JY]

H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, H499-H513 [13FE]

H.R. 11, National Flood Insurance Program extension, H97 [8JA]

H.R. 23, Tornado Shelters Act, H7172 [21JY]

H.R. 253, Flood Insurance Reform Act, H11596-H11598 [19NO], H11833-H11835 [20NO]

H.R. 438, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, H6383 [9JY]

H.R. 531, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, H6006 [26JN]

H.R. 659, Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act, S10986 [2SE], H1755 [12MR]

H.R. 743, Social Security Protection Act, S16183-S16196 [9DE], H1524-H1533 [5MR], H2625, H2634-H2642 [2AP]

H.R. 874, Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act, H3705-H3707 [7MY]

H.R. 1166, expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans, H2500 [31MR]

H.R. 1189, increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to certain territories, H11468 [18NO]

H.R. 1276, American Dream Downpayment Act, H9039 [1OC]

H.R. 1350, Improving Education Results for Children With Disabilities Act, H3480, H3510 [30AP]

H.R. 1367, National Veterinary Medical Service Act, H11164 [17NO]

H.R. 1911, enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense relative to veterans' benefits programs, H4272 [20MY]

H.R. 2185, temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H4613 [22MY]

H.R. 2350, Welfare Reform Extension Act, H5185 [11JN]

H.R. 2608, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program reauthorization, H9045-H9047 [1OC]

H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, H7715 [25JY]

H.R. 3038, Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act, H9049 [1OC]

H.R. 3087, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H8819-H8824 [24SE]

H.R. 3146, extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs, H8816 [24SE]

H.R. 3181, predisaster mitigation program reauthorization, H12127 [21NO]

H.R. 3288, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H9703 [20OC]

S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension, H75 [8JA]

S. 49, Deficit Reduction Act, S53 [7JA]

S. 65, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act, S62 [7JA]

S. 69, verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility, S67 [7JA]

S. 74, Strengthen the Public Health Service Act, S69 [7JA]

S. 77, Strengthen Social Work Training Act, S70 [7JA]

S. 90, extend and strengthen budget procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility, S75 [7JA]

S. 138, increase Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S164 [9JA]

S. 140, Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act, S204 [10JA]

S. 141, improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, S207 [10JA], H354 [11FE]

S. 171, Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act, S856 [15JA]

S. 184, amend Higher Education Act relative to the Federal Pell Grant maximum amount, S1078 [16JA]

S. 196, Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act, S1152 [17JA], S5510 [30AP]

S. 204, Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act, S1371 [22JA]

S. 258, amend U.S. Housing Act definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM, S1821 [30JA]

S. 261, Children First Act, S1823 [30JA]

S. 262, Education Works Act, S1824 [30JA]

S. 263, Self Sufficiency and Accountability Act, S1824-S1827 [30JA]

S. 285, Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act, S1886-S1888 [4FE], S9819-S9823 [23JY]

S. 291, Quality Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, S1899 [4FE]

S. 312, extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1990 [5FE]

S. 312, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S8633-S8635 [26JN]

S. 316, Chance To Succeed Act, S1996-S1998 [5FE]

S. 318, Small Business Drought Relief Act, S2003 [5FE], S4589 [31MR]

S. 327, increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S2054 [6FE]

S. 330, Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act, S2055 [6FE], S4539 [27MR], H4263 [20MY]

S. 378, Tribal Colleges and Universities Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act, S2362 [12FE]

S. 379, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act, S2363 [12FE]

S. 386, Education for Retirement Security Act, S2463 [13FE]

S. 389, Caring for Children Act, S2466 [13FE]

S. 406, Communities Combating College Drinking and Drug Use Act, S2482 [13FE]

S. 408, Ready To Educate All Children Act, S2484-S2486 [13FE]

S. 414, Economic Recovery Act, S2523-S2537 [14FE]

S. 427, Agriculture Security Assistance Act, S2597 [24FE]

S. 447, Reservist Opportunities and Protection of Education Act, S2711 [25FE]

S. 453, Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act, S2844-S2848 [26FE]

S. 460, Dept. of Justice State Criminal Alien Assistance Program appropriations, S2856 [26FE], S16052 [25NO]

S. 476, CARE Act, S5020-S5043 [9AP]

S. 479, Protect America Scholarships Act, S2937 [27FE]

S. 506, Safe School Food Act, S3091-S3093 [4MR]

S. 548, improve mental health programs for veterans, S3269 [6MR]

S. 565, Homeland Protection and Tax Hike Prevention Act, S3323-S3325 [6MR]

S. 574, Unemployment Protection for Low-Income Families Through TANF (UPLIFT) Act, S3370 [7MR]

S. 586, Round II EZ/EC Flexibility Act, S3507 [11MR]

S. 621, Children's Health Equity Act, S3739 [13MR]

S. 645, Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act, S3893 [18MR]

S. 652, Access to Hospitals Act, S3901 [18MR]

S. 667, strengthen payment limitations for commodity payments and benefits under Food Security Act, S4017 [19MR]

S. 668, Child Care Quality Incentive Act, S4019 [19MR]

S. 750, Blind Empowerment Act, S4632 [1AP]

S. 786, Business Links Act, S4838 [3AP]

S. 811, American Dream Downpayment Act, S4960 [8AP], H12889-H12892 [8DE]

S. 812, increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve, S4961 [8AP]

S. 813, TANF Financial Education Promotion Act, S4961 [8AP]

S. 863, Fairness for America's Soldiers in Higher Education Act, S5190 [10AP]

S. 864, National Guard and Reserves Child Care Relief Act, S5190 [10AP]

S. 883, Transitional Medical Assistance Improvement Act, S5232 [10AP]

S. 890, Supporting Success for High Need Students Act, S5351 [11AP]

S. 939, IDEA Full-Funding Act, S5488 [29AP]

S. 961, expand the SBA HUBZone program to include difficult development areas, S5608 [30AP]

S. 988, Workforce Investment Act job training grant pilot program, S5733 [5MY]

S. 995, Child Nutrition Initiatives Act, S5737 [5MY]

S. 1007, Better Nutrition for School Children Act, S5787 [6MY]

S. 1008, Dept. of HHS grants to establish summer health career introductory programs for middle and high school students, S5861 [7MY]

S. 1074, Veterans' Burial Benefits Enhancement Act, S6514 [15MY]

S. 1081, eliminate Higher Education Act wait out period between grant applications made by eligible Hispanic-serving higher education institutions, S6632 [19MY]

S. 1090, Highway Funding Equity Act, S6855 [21MY]

S. 1109, Build America Bonds Act, S6989-S6991 [22MY]

S. 1120, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Reorganization Act, S7004 [22MY]

S. 1132, Veterans' Benefits Enhancements Act, S13744-S13748 [31OC]

S. 1132, Veterans' Survivors Benefits Enhancements Act, S7030 [22MY]

S. 1134, Economic Development Administration reauthorization and improvement, S7038-S7040 [22MY]

S. 1142, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S7139-S7142 [23MY]

S. 1153, Veterans Prescription Drugs Assistance Act, S7148 [23MY]

S. 1154, Women's Small Business Programs Improvement Act, S7150 [23MY]

S. 1168, Recycled Roads Act, S7243 [3JN]

S. 1199, Veterans Outreach Improvement Act, S7493 [5JN]

S. 1203, Distance Education and Online Learning Act, S7495 [5JN]

S. 1227, Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, S7634 [10JN]

S. 1247, Women's Business Centers Preservation Act, S7836, S7861 [12JN]

S. 1273, ensure that students are not hurt by changes to needs analysis tables and require Dept. of Education consultation with Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, S7983 [17JN]

S. 1275, Benefits for Victims of International Terrorism Act, S8000 [17JN]

S. 1287, eliminate certain eligibility requirements for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions under the Higher Education Act, S8160 [18JN]

S. 1294, Community Telecommunications Planning Act, S8241 [19JN]

S. 1346, Sectoral Market Assessment for Regional Training Enhancement and Revitalization Act, S8736 [26JN]

S. 1348, Federal Pell Grant Eligibility Clarification Act, S8737 [26JN]

S. 1375, SBA loan programs reauthorization, S12060-S12080 [26SE]

S. 1422, Teacher Education for Autistic Children (TEACH) Act, S9594 [17JY]

S. 1432, Community Drinking Water Assistance Act, S9640 [21JY]

S. 1443, Building on Welfare Success Act, S9720-S9736 [22JY]

S. 1447, Border Health Security Act, S9797 [23JY]

S. 1448, Calista Energy and Economic Revitalization Act, S9799 [23JY]

S. 1469, Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Act, S10058 [28JY]

S. 1474, Head Start Centers of Excellence Act, S10064 [28JY]

S. 1502, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10285 [30JY]

S. 1503, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10286 [30JY]

S. 1508, Federal Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act, S10623-S10631 [31JY]

S. 1509, provide gratuity to veterans, their spouses, and children who contract HIV or AIDS from a blood transfusion relative to a service-connected disability, S10631 [31JY]

S. 1519, Medicaid Federal-State cost-sharing program extension to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs, S10643 [31JY]

S. 1523, Pathways to Independence Act, S10646 [31JY]

S. 1528, Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act, S10651-S10653 [31JY]

S. 1547, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10847 [31JY]

S. 1551, Excellence Through Choice To Elevate Learning Act, S10684 [31JY]

S. 1570, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S10920-S10923 [1AU]

S. 1572, expand the Dept. of Veterans Affairs assisted living pilot program to include additional health care regions, S10973 [2SE]

S. 1597, Homestead Preservation Act, S11250 [9SE]

S. 1600, Indian Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Act, S11251 [9SE]

S. 1604, Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act, S11240 [9SE], S11351 [10SE]

S. 1620, Head Start Assessment Act, S11571 [16SE]

S. 1627, Workforce Investment Act reauthorization, S11651-S11680 [17SE], S14861-S14918 [12NO]

S. 1632, extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States, S11724 [18SE]

S. 1643, exempt certain coastal barrier property from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations, S14221 [6NO]

S. 1646, Transportation Safety Program Extension Act, S11858 [23SE]

S. 1653, National Beach Recreation and Economic Benefits Act, S11917 [24SE]

S. 1656, Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Modernization Act, S11991-S11999 [25SE]

S. 1697, Elderly Housing Plus Health Support Demonstration Act, S12288 [1OC]

S. 1713, Small Business Credit Liquidity Act, S12460 [3OC]

S. 1733, State Court Interpreter Grant Program Act, S12611 [15OC]

S. 1742, Higher Education Loan Plan Act, S12741 [16OC]

S. 1755, Farm-to-Cafeteria Projects Act, S12846 [17OC]

S. 1768, National Flood Insurance Program extension, S13322 [27OC], S15874 [24NO], H12227 [21NO]

S. 1793, College Quality, Affordability, and Diversity Improvement Act, S13386-S13406 [28OC]

S. 1801, Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act, S13668-S13677 [30OC]

S. 1838, require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq, S14180 [6NO]

S. 1845, Service to Country Reimbursement Act, S14453 [11NO]

S. 1851, Small State HOME Program Equity Act, S14808 [12NO]

S. 1884, Enhance Domestic Manufacturing and Worker Assistance Act, S15072-S15074 [18NO]

S. 1886, Manufacturing Assistance, Development, and Education (MADE) in America Act, S15076-S15079 [18NO]

S. 1905, Rural Teacher Housing Act, S15291 [20NO]

S. 1976, permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures, S16025 [25NO]

S. 1998, Essential Air Service Preservation Act, S16137 [9DE]

S. Con. Res. 22, provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber, S3751 [13MR]

S. Res. 19, increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, S305 [14JA]

S. Res. 34, provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, S1755 [29JA]

S. Res. 96, Resolution To Expand Access to Community Health Centers (REACH) Initiative, S4179 [20MR]