CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM (a Senator from New York)

Addresses

Foreign Policy National Objectives: by, S15962-S15964 [25NO]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S14009, S14068, S14069 [5NO], S14128, S14131, S14143, S14183, S14184 [6NO], S14335 [10NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1023, S1087, S1088, S1089, S1091 [16JA], S1145 [17JA], S1174, S1200, S1222, S1246, S1253, S1254, S1255, S1256, S1258, S1268, S1269, S1285, S1287, S1296 [21JA], S1347, S1353, S1357, S1369, S1370 [22JA], S1407, S1411, S1412, S1427, S1480 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12354, S12390, S12393 [2OC], S12491, S12559 [14OC], S12585, S12596, S12627, S12628, S12629, S12630 [15OC], S12660, S12667, S12688, S12751 [16OC], S12794 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4677, S4686, S4716, S4717, S4719, S4720 [2AP], S4742, S4747, S4752, S4769, S4771, S4786, S4857, S4860, S4861, S4863, S4864, S4865 [3AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S3907 [18MR], S3979, S3995, S4021, S4023, S4026 [19MR], S4048, S4168, S4183, S4185, S4186, S4187, S4188, S4189, S4191, S4193, S4196, S4197, S4205, S4212, S4213, S4220 [20MR], S4239, S4251, S4259, S4299, S4300, S4301, S4310 [21MR], S4341, S4348, S4353, S4359, S4362, S4389, S4390, S4392, S4393 [25MR], S4413 [26MR]

Burma: sanction the ruling military junta, strengthen democracy efforts, and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as legitimate representative of the Burmese people (S. 1215), S7736 [11JN]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), S13037 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S6635 [19MY], S6708, S6727, S6728, S6730 [20MY], S6834, S6872, S6886 [21MY], S6897, S6981 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), S7405, S7407 [4JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), S9457, S9505 [16JY], S9548, S9563, S9566, S9601, S9602, S9603 [17JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2555), S9710 [22JY], S9769, S9774, S9807, S9808 [23JY], S9851, S9856, S9865, S9871, S9917, S9918 [24JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9156, S9157 [9JY], S9170, S9182, S9194, S9258, S9259, S9262, S9263 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), S11704 [17SE], S11814, S11833 [23SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11004, S11009, S11040 [3SE], S11090, S11103, S11120, S11121, S11122 [4SE], S11136, S11170 [5SE], S11226, S11228, S11230, S11234, S11246, S11258, S11259 [9SE], S11321, S11324, S11351, S11358, S11360 [10SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13173 [23OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), S14496, S14521, S14835, S14845 [12NO]

Disasters: authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area (S. 1279), S15478 [21NO]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6476, S6484, S6532, S6563, S6566 [15MY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), S12377 [2OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), S11569 [16SE]

FAA: reauthorize (S. 824), S7796, S7855 [12JN]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S13521, S13522 [29OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13265 [27OC], S13344, S13378, S13411 [28OC], S13661 [30OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2657), S9266, S9267 [10JY]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8089, S8161 [18JN], S8308, S8309 [20JN], S8325, S8341, S8367, S8368, S8371, S8375, S8376 [23JN], S8405, S8418, S8421, S8422, S8441, S8446, S8457, S8475 [24JN], S8500 [25JN], S8775 [26JN]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9156, S9157 [9JY], S9170, S9182, S9194, S9258, S9259, S9262, S9263 [10JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S7372, S7414 [4JN], S7424, S7498 [5JN], S7516, S7557 [9JN], S10726, S10728 [31JY]

Public debt: ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S7161 [23MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6266, S6269, S6324, S6329, S6330, S6331, S6335, S6337 [14MY], S6508 [15MY]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S1843 [30JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7364 [4JN]

Articles and editorials

Advice and Consent—Role of the United States Senate in the Judicial Selection Process (excerpt), Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., Chicago Law Review (publication), S2292 [12FE]

Easing Foster Care's Pain Unites Disparate Politicians, by, USA Today, S2767 [26FE]

Hospitals Say They're Penalized by Medicare for Improving Care, Reed Abelson, New York (NY) Times, S16139 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 1298), S13661 [30OC]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 21), S35 [7JA]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 366), S2340 [12FE]

American Jewish History Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 25), S8561 [25JN]

America's National Maritime Museum: reaffirm and revise designation to establish additional museums around the country (see S. 674), S15287 [20NO]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see S. 736), S13803 [3NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 543), S3163 [5MR]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see S. 1622), S11568 [16SE]

———improve benefits and protections provided for regular and Reserve members deployed or mobilized in the interests of national security (see S. 806), S4897 [7AP]

———improve benefits for members of the uniformed services and veterans (see S. 19), S35 [7JA]

———revise certain retired pay eligibility requirements, provide TRICARE eligibility to certain reservists, and allow reservists and their employers a tax credit (see S. 1000), S5771 [6MY]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (see S. Res. 95), S4166 [20MR]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see S. Res. 214), S10619 [31JY]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Con. Res. 44), S6508 [15MY]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 1034), S12193 [30SE] (see S. 1431), S12278 [1OC]

ATF: enhance authority to enforce compliance of gun dealers with Federal firearms laws (see S. 1983), S16119 [9DE]

Aviation: require that air traffic control remain a Government function (see S. 338), S5484 [29AP]

Baltimore, MD: authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center (see S. 1233), S7718 [11JN]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see S.J. Res. 19), S15187 [19NO]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 56), S8726 [26JN]

Ben R. Gerow Post Office Building, Liberty, NY: designate (see S. 1763), S12969 [21OC]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 709), S4513 [27MR]

Brian C. Hickey Post Office Building, Bethpage, NY: designate (see S. 1746), S13378 [28OC]

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 61), S10907 [1AU]

Burma: sanction the ruling military junta, strengthen democracy efforts, and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as legitimate representative of the Burmese people (see S. 1182), S7719 [11JN] (see S. 1215), S7833 [12JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 1015), S5859 [7MY]

Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership: establish (see S. 1118), S6978 [22MY]

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

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 121), S132 [9JA]

———establish a Community Corps (see S. 1219), S7618 [10JN]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see S. 1419), S9496 [16JY]

———provide grants to support farm-to-cafeteria projects under the National School Lunch Act (see S. 1755), S15813 [24NO]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see S. 448), S3994 [19MR]

———reauthorize adoption incentives payments (see S. 1686), S12192 [30SE]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see S. 1586), S11649 [17SE]

Citizenship: accord honorary citizenship to certain alien victims of terrorist attacks against the U.S. and grant permanent residence status to the alien spouses and children of certain victims of such attacks (see S. 889), S5342 [11AP]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 893), S5342 [11AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 76), S36 [7JA]

———protect (see S. 16), S35 [7JA]

Claims: extend deadline for victims of terrorist attacks to file claims to receive certain compensation (see S. 1602), S11245 [9SE]

Climate: reduce risks from global warming and climate change to the economy, environment, and quality of life (see S. 17), S35 [7JA]

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

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 1545), S11119 [4SE]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see S. Res. 41), S1870 [4FE] (see S. Res. 45), S1977 [5FE]

Conservation of energy: encourage through bicycling (see S. 547), S4558 [31MR]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 1928), S15407 [21NO]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see S. Res. 164), S7833 [12JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: improve approval and obligation recording process for national service positions (see S. 1276), S8125 [18JN]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see S. 1061), S6255 [14MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 966), S5650 [1MY]

Crippen, Dan L.: tribute (see S. Res. 15), S133 [9JA]

Cruz, Celia: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1477), S10045 [28JY]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute: support (see S. 1302), S8232 [19JN]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 498), S4513 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see S. 1103), S6977 [22MY]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see S. 457), S2839 [26FE]

Dept. of Defense: continuation of health insurance coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents (see S. 647), S6707 [20MY]

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]

Dept. of Energy: transfer of, and full responsibility for possession, transportation, and disposal of, radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration project (see S. 619), S3730 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see S. 1143), S7134 [23MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program with State and local law enforcement agencies (see S. 1612), S12889 [20OC]

———reimburse State, local, and Indian tribal governments for certain costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder personnel of such governments or tribes (see S. 921), S5343 [11AP]

Dept. of HUD: establish intergenerational family programs (see S. 381), S4276 [21MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see S. 1024), S5950 [8MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish an incentive program for States to promote efficient safety belt laws and increase safety belt use (see S. 1993), S16120 [9DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see S. 1014), S5859 [7MY]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 50), S8358 [23JN]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see S. 1283), S10620 [31JY]

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: authorize appropriations to fully enforce and implement such Act and its amendments (see S. 1538), S14806 [12NO]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see S. 1010), S11754 [22SE]

Disasters: authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area (see S. 1279), S8125 [18JN]

Diseases: develop and provide information on bacterial meningitis and the availability and effectiveness of vaccinations (see S. 583), S5174 [10AP]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see S. 1559), S11833 [23SE]

———establish a comprehensive Federal effort relating to early detection of, treatments for, and prevention of cancer (see S. 1101), S6853 [21MY]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 491), S5344 [11AP]

District of Columbia: provide a site for the National Women's History Museum (see S. 1741), S12737 [16OC]

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

Economy: provide Federal aid and economic stimulus through a one-time revenue grant to the States and their local governments (see S. 201), S3505 [11MR]

Education: encourage lifelong learning by investing in public schools and improving access to and affordability of higher education and job training (see S. 8), S34 [7JA]

———establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see S. 504), S8233 [19JN]

———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]

———oppose any changes to Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see S. Res. 153), S9639 [21JY]

———provide personnel preparation, enhanced support and training for beginning special educators, and professional development of special educators, general educators, and early intervention personnel (see S. 608), S4558 [31MR]

———reaffirm support for Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (see S. Res. 40), S1872 [4FE]

Edward O'Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post Office Building, Nyack, NY: designate (see S. 1591), S11186 [8SE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1705), S12376 [2OC]

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see S. 1485), S10140 [29JY]

EPA: provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see S. 515), S3162 [5MR]

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

Families and domestic relations: promote adoption of children with special needs (see S. 862), S6980 [22MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (see S. 304), S1976 [5FE]

FCC: require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (see S. 1563), S10906 [1AU]

FDA: provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (see S. 650), S3881 [18MR]

———require manufacturers of dietary supplements submit reports on adverse experiences with dietary supplements (see S. 722), S9245 [10JY]

Federal employees: adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments (see S. 481), S3164 [5MR]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 1), S133 [9JA]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1252), S7831 [12JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see S. 7), S34 (see S. 54), S36 [7JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see S. 473), S6853 [21MY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 98), S37 [7JA]

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: designate (see S. Res. 48), S3411 [10MR]

Finger Lakes National Forest: prohibit oil and natural gas drilling (see S. 1041), S6029 [12MY]

———withdraw certain Federal land from entry, appropriation, disposal, or disposition under certain Federal laws (see S. 438), S2701 [25FE]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see S. 1807), S13910 [4NO]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see S. 544), S3163 [5MR]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of warfare and civil strife (see S. 742), S4512 [27MR]

———make protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority (see S. 1001), S5771 [6MY]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 1200), S7476 [5JN]

Funny Cide (racehorse): congratulate Sackatoga Stables for victories at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes (see S. Res. 181), S8439 [24JN]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see S. 1398), S9328 [14JY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3253 [6MR]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (see S. 1483), S10140 [29JY]

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), S13263 [27OC]

———ensure that children at highest risk for asthma, vision, hearing, and other health problems are identified and treated (see S. 1004), S5771 [6MY]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see S. 1172), S7234 [3JN]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see S. 518), S8126 [18JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. Con. Res. 41), S9497 [16JY]

———protect consumers in managed care and other health coverage plans, provide parity for mental health coverage, reduce medical errors, and increase access to quality health care (see S. 10), S35 [7JA]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see S. 1087), S6707 [20MY]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see S. 239), S1978 [5FE]

———require notification by manufacturers before discontinuing production of a vaccine and develop a national vaccine stockpile (see S. 371), S2340 [12FE]

Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (see S. 999), S5771 [6MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see S. 1645), S11832 [23SE]

———extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see S. 412), S3028 [3MR]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see S. 1129), S8359 [23JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 939), S5483 [29AP]

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), S14806 [12NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: establish high cost funds to assist local educational agencies in providing education to high need children (see S. 890), S6980 [22MY]

———reauthorize (see S. 1248), S8440 [24JN]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see S. 1409), S12534 [14OC]

International Religious Freedom Day: designate (see S. Res. 251), S13134 [23OC]

Iraq: prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see S. 1813), S13802 [3NO]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (see S. 876), S5173 [10AP]

———treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see S. Con. Res. 31), S4704 [2AP]

James E. Davis Post Office Building, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see S. 1590), S11186 [8SE]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see S. 976), S7236 [3JN]

John G. Dow Post Office Building, Tappan, NY: designate (see S. 1659), S12608 [15OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1368), S8862 [27JN]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 478), S2920 [27FE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 1925), S15407 [21NO]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see S. 152), S288 [14JA]

———community policing programs (see S. 679), S4166 [20MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see S. 1700), S12277 [1OC]

———require certain notifications when a National Instant Criminal Background Check System query reveals someone in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File attempting to purchase a firearm (see S. 1882), S15061 [18NO]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 985), S5651 [1MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 253), S6070 [13MY]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 894), S7620 [10JN]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 1531), S12278 [1OC]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 780), S14805 [12NO]

Medgar Evers National Week of Remembrance: designate (see S. Con. Res. 54), S7833 [12JN]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1429), S9709 [22JY]

———establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (see S. 1394), S14805 [12NO]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 652), S3881 [18MR]

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

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

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

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 847), S5059 [9AP]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 622), S3730 [13MR]

———provide fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (see S. 1012), S5859 [7MY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 971), S5650 [1MY]

Medicare: consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see S. 306), S1976 [5FE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 1037), S8358 [23JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 7), S34 [7JA]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (see S. 869), S5173 [10AP]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 853), S11417 [11SE]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 654), S6979 [22MY]

———evaluate leading health care performance measures and options to implement policies that align performance with payment (see S. 1328), S8559 [25JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 465), S5950 [8MY]

———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1095), S7876 [13JN]

———modify definition of rehabilitation hospital and rehabilitation unit for reimbursement under prospective payment system (see S. 1222), S10907 [1AU]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 171), S3253 [6MR]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 373), S2340 [12FE]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see S. 590), S6071 [13MY]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology (see S. 823), S4957 [8AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 569), S3253 [6MR]

———restore (see S. 1926), S15407 [21NO]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see S. 899), S7136 [23MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 486), S3370 [7MR]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 450), S2838 [26FE]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 20), S35 [7JA] (see S. 224), S1668 [28JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 1833), S14176 [6NO]

Mohamad, Mahathir: condemn anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister (see S. Res. 247), S12838 [17OC]

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see S. 255), S1812 [30JA]

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick: tribute (see S. Res. 99), S4434 [26MR]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 238), S1736 [29JA] (see S. 888), S5342 [11AP]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S12607 [15OC]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 196), S9496 [16JY]

National Day To Prevent Teen Pregnancy: designate (see S. Con. Res. 18), S4899 [7AP]

National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets: establish (see S. 1184), S7381 [4JN]

National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3505 [11MR]

National Good Neighbor Day: designate (see S. Res. 124), S5484 [29AP]

National Guard: authorize Federal funding assistance to States for the discharge of homeland security activities (see S. 215), S1479 [23JA]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 983), S5651 [1MY]

National Labor Relations Act: establish efficient system to enable employees to form or become members of labor organizations (see S. 1513), S14177 [6NO]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 222), S11349 [10SE]

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1479 [23JA]

National Oceans Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 49), S7381 [4JN]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 201), S9959 [25JY]

National security: authorize appropriations for border and transportation security personnel and technology (see S. 539), S5434 [28AP]

———enhance homeland security (see S. 6), S34 (see S. 22), S35 [7JA]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 1587), S11350 [10SE]

———establish strategy for dealing with the threat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (see S. Res. 77), S3163 [5MR]

———improve and coordinate emergency communications systems through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services and support construction and operation of ubiquitous and reliable citizen activated system (see S. 1250), S7831 [12JN]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 204), S10140 [29JY]

National Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 112), S5059 [9AP]

Nuclear energy: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities (see S. 131), S133 [9JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (see S. 1272), S7980 [17JN]

Ogilvie, Mary Jane Jenkins: tribute (see S. Res. 110), S4957 [8AP]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities (see S. Con. Res. 7), S2457 [13FE]

Pensions: protect retirement security of workers by ensuring assets are adequately diversified and providing workers with access to information about their plans (see S. 9), S35 [7JA]

Power resources: establish hydrogen fuel cell programs (see S. 461), S2839 [26FE]

Powers, Hiram: tribute (see S. Res. 209), S11246 [9SE]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see S. 459), S2839 [26FE]

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

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 786), S7188 [2JN]

Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 104), S37 [7JA]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see S. 300), S3087 [4MR]

Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see S. Con. Res. 14), S4167 [20MR]

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

Science: authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research (see S. 189), S1069 [16JA]

Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 74), S3163 [5MR]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see S. 468), S2919 [27FE]

———promote elder justice (see S. 333), S7235 [3JN]

Shinseki, Eric K.: tribute (see S. Res. 190), S8726 [26JN]

Ships and vessels: extend authorization for the ferry boat discretionary program (see S. 1345), S8725 [26JN]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 1157), S7135 [23MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 363), S2187 [11FE]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1033), S5950 [8MY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 312), S1977 [5FE]

———oppose reduction of annual cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 155), S7135 [23MY]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 845), S5486 [29AP]

Sports: recognize evolution and importance of motorsports (see S. Res. 253), S14965 [17NO]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's basketball team (see S. Res. 115), S5059 [9AP]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see S. 982), S6257 [14MY]

Tariff: encourage countries who are party to NAFTA to promote parity relative to the personal exemption allowance for merchandise purchased abroad by returning residents (see S. Res. 119), S5174 [10AP]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 560), S3370 [7MR]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see S. 1162), S7188 [2JN] (see S. 1434), S10620 [31JY]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 758), S4629 [1AP]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1613), S12838 [17OC]

———allow Armed Forces Reserve members a deduction for contributions to savings accounts which may be used when the members are called to active duty (see S. 803), S4897 [7AP]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 287), S2051 [6FE]

———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see S. 160), S288 [14JA]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 623), S7541 [9JN]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 53), S36 [7JA]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 595), S7619 [10JN]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see S. 206), S1479 [23JA]

———encourage and accelerate production, sale, and use of new motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see S. 505), S3086 [4MR]

———equalize employer-provided parking and transit benefits and allow Federal agencies to offer transit and parking benefits in tandem to assist with costs of parking at transit facilities (see S. 661), S3993 [19MR]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 400), S2457 [13FE]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 1018), S5859 [7MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 856), S6980 [22MY]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 173), S1069 [16JA]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 289), S4513 [27MR]

———include sports utility vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see S. 265), S1813 [30JA]

———make higher education more affordable (see S. 348), S7188 [2JN]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see S. 384), S5344 [11AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 875), S5173 [10AP]

———provide a partially refundable tax credit to family caregivers (see S. 1214), S7540 [9JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 576), S3369 [7MR]

———provide tax relief and assistance for the families of the Columbia (space shuttle) crew and for future astronauts killed in the line of duty (see S. 298), S1871 [4FE]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see S. 970), S12737 [16OC]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see S. 127), S5434 [28AP]

———treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (see S. 202), S8439 [24JN]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see S. 1046), S9119 [9JY]

———provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 480), S4958 [8AP]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (see S. 23), S35 [7JA]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 224), S11416 [11SE]

———compensate victims of attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa and the U.S.S. Cole on the same basis as victims of attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1728), S12533 [14OC]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals (see S. 157), S288 [14JA]

———provide compensation to victims of terrorist-related laboratory-confirmed anthrax infection in the U.S. during the period between September 13, 2001, and November 30, 2001 (see S. 1740), S12737 [16OC]

———provide for medal to be awarded by the President to representatives of individuals killed in terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 passengers (see S. 533), S3163 [5MR]

Thurmond, Strom: tribute (see S. Res. 191), S8862 [27JN]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit inclusion of immigration provisions in trade agreement implementation legislation (see S. 1481), S10620 [31JY]

Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (see S. Res. 202), S15062 [18NO]

Undetectable Firearms Act: repeal sunset provisions (see S. 1774), S13053 [22OC]

Unemployment: 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. 1839), S15813 [24NO] (see S. 1853), S14804 [12NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see S. 1708), S12376 [2OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 639), S6507 [15MY]

Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see S. 68), S7718 [11JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 451), S8439 [24JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 1379), S10907 [1AU]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 392), S2456 [13FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 1076), S6854 [21MY]

Water: establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see S. 525), S7927 [16JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 11), S3881 [18MR]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see S. 337), S9708 [22JY]

Years of Foreign Language Study: designate (see S. Res. 170), S8728 [26JN]

YMCA: authorizing appropriations to implement program for teens providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1201), S10972 [2SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see S. 1841), S14335 [10NO]

Aviation: establish an award program to encourage the development of effective bomb-scanning technology (see S. 1927), S15407 [21NO]

Children and youth: issue commemorative postage stamp to recognize U.S. efforts to reunite missing children with their families and to honor the victims of abduction and murder (see S. Con. Res. 74), S13053 [22OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: identify certain sites as key resources for protection by the Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (see S. 1212), S7540 [9JN]

Disabled: coordinate efforts in collecting and analyzing data on the incidence and prevalence of developmental disabilities (see S. 1226), S7619 [10JN]

Education: improve quality of interim alternative educational settings, provide more behavioral supports in schools, and support whole school interventions (see S. 1321), S8439 [24JN]

Employment: improve workforce investment and adult education systems relative to English language training (see S. 1543), S10618 [31JY]

Food: require certain ready-to-eat meat or poultry products to bear a label advising at-risk consumers of Dept. of Agriculture and FDA recommendations relative to listeria monocytogenes (see S. 1187), S7381 [4JN]

Frank, Anne: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Res. 169), S7832 [12JN]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 538), S3163 [5MR]

———improve health care quality by strengthening health information, information infrastructure, and use of health information by providers and patients (see S. 2003), S16120 [9DE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1266), S7876 [13JN]

Help America Vote Act: require voter verification and improved security for voting systems (see S. 1986), S16119 [9DE]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 1311), S8357 [23JN]

Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish (see S. 1241), S7718 [11JN]

Kosovar-American Enterprise Fund: establish (see S. 1284), S8125 [18JN]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see S. 1468), S9959 [25JY]

National Park Service: establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program (see S. 1108), S6978 [22MY]

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S5541 [30AP]

National security: provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 87), S37 [7JA]

New England Fishery Management Council: include New York as a member (see S. 1463), S9959 [25JY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (see S. 1425), S9592 [17JY]

Nuclear energy: strengthen security of sensitive radioactive material (see S. 350), S2187 [11FE]

Public buildings: require that certain procedures are followed in Federal buildings when a child is reported missing (see S. 802), S4897 [7AP]

Taxation: allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 86), S37 [7JA]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see S. 1228), S7619 [10JN]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see S. 1630), S11648 [17SE]

Terrorism: provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (see S. Res. 34), S1736 [29JA]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY: designate (see S. 1856), S14804 [12NO]

Tradeswomen: tribute (see S. Res. 162), S7541 [9JN]

Veterans: provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after a certain age will not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 249), S1812 [30JA]

Votes for Women History Trail: establish (see S. 749), S4629 [1AP]

Letters

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 Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative funding: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, S14498 [12NO]

———Gerard M. Kelly, Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, S14499 [12NO]

———John A. Brieden III, American Legion, S14497 [12NO]

———Thomas H. Corey, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., S14497 [12NO]

Lower Manhattan, New York, NY, air quality: James L. Connaughton, Council on Environmental Quality, S13250 [27OC]

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act: George E. Pataki, Governor of New York, S8271 [20JN], S8856 [27JN]

Role of advice and consent in judicial nominations: several professors, S2292 [12FE]

Status of U.S. relationships with traditional allies and within international organizations: David A. Harris, S6067-S6069 [13MY]

Supreme Court pending hearing on University of Michigan affirmative action policies: by, S1138 [17JA]

Motions

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1402 [23JA]

Privilege of the floor

Golden, Robyn, S15207 [19NO]

Raju, Murali, S1495 [23JA], S8478 [24JN]

Rimmer, Robyn, S2370 [12FE]

Rom, William, S15207 [19NO]

Trasande, Leonardo, S8478 [24JN]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, S3585, S3587, S3588, S3589, S3590 [12MR]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), S3585, S3587, S3588, S3589, S3590 [12MR]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), conference report, S13208 [24OC]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries, S8419, S8421 [24JN], S8529 [25JN]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance, S1334 [22JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S13957, S14012, S14013, S14021 [5NO], S14144 [6NO]

Air pollution: study new source review program changes relative to preventing deterioration of clean air regulations and to determine effects of such changes on air pollution and human health, S1305 [22JA]

Appropriations: convert portion of supplemental appropriations for reconstruction efforts in Iraq into loan guarantees, S12706 [16OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1201 [21JA], S1305, S1334 [22JA], S1389, S1390, S1391, S1402, S1445 [23JA]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S1201 [21JA], S1305, S1334 [22JA], S1389, S1390, S1391, S1402, S1445 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2859), S10842 [31JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), S12827 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12328, S12377 [2OC], S12518 [14OC], S12661, S12706 [16OC], S12778 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4790 [3AP]

Armed Forces: U.S. policy on use against Iraq, S3022 [3MR]

Aviation: establish an award program to encourage the development of effective bomb-scanning technology (S. 1927), S15470 [21NO]

———require that air traffic control remain a Government function, S7789 [12JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S4052, S4054 [20MR], S4240 [21MR], S4354, S4363 [25MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Vaccines for Children Program funding, S11336 [10SE]

Children and youth: issue commemorative postage stamp to recognize U.S. efforts to reunite missing children with their families and to honor the victims of abduction and murder (S. Con. Res. 74), S13056 [22OC]

———reauthorize adoption incentives payments (H.R. 3182), S14859, S14860 [12NO]

———reform foster care systems, S2669 [25FE], S2765 [26FE]

Congressional Hispanic Caucus: membership, S2133 [11FE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, S10842 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: farmers' market electronic benefit transfer program funding, S14021 [5NO]

———prohibit the purchase of chickens treated with fluoroquinolone for school nutrition programs, S14144 [6NO]

———Rural Utilities Service broadband loan program funding, S13957 [5NO]

———Tree Assistance Program funding, S14021 [5NO]

———use of Rural Utilities Service unobligated funds to carry out 911 access loan program for emergency communications systems in rural areas, S14012, S14013 [5NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), S7290 [4JN]

———terminate additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S7290 [4JN]

Dept. of Education: Hispanic education programs funding, S11149 [5SE], S11325 [10SE]

Dept. of HHS: develop literacy standards for informational materials to assist in the safe and appropriate use of prescription drugs, S8422 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allocate homeland security block grant funds to States using a threat-based formula, S9775, S9777, S9778 [23JY]

———allocation of homeland security block grant funds to high-threat urban areas, S9854 [24JY]

———first responders funding, S9690, S9693 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2555), S9690, S9693 [22JY], S9775, S9777, S9778 [23JY], S9854 [24JY]

———Office of Domestic Preparedness funding, S4790 [3AP]

Dept. of HUD: section 8 housing vouchers programs funding, S14522 [12NO]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S11267 [10SE]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9177, S9195 [10JY]

———embassy security funding, S9195 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: modify Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative to include long-term, domiciliary, and mental health care provisions, S14497, S14498, S14500, S14504 [12NO]

———require further analysis on future needs of veterans health care services and facilities under the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative, S14939 [17NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11005 [3SE], S11091, S11093, S11094, S11103, S11105 [4SE], S11138, S11141 [5SE], S11223, S11229 [9SE], S11267, S11325, S11332, S11336 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), S14497, S14498, S14500, S14504, S14522, S14523 [12NO], S14939 [17NO]

Disabled: coordinate efforts in collecting and analyzing data on the incidence and prevalence of developmental disabilities (S. 1226), S7633 [10JN]

Disasters: authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area (S. 1279), S13249 [27OC]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6485 [15MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for women's health and empowerment programs and to reduce women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, S6485 [15MY]

Drugs: AIDS Drug Assistance Program funding, S11229 [9SE]

Ecology and environment: manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 139), S13500 [29OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S110 [9JA], S3585 [12MR]

Education: disadvantaged student programs funding, S11223 [9SE]

———funding, S1645, S1646 [28JA]

———student financial aid programs, S11091 [4SE]

———vocational education programs funding, S4363 [25MR]

Employment: improve workforce investment and adult education systems relative to English language training (S. 1543), S10671 [31JY]

Estrada, Miguel A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2128, S2130, S2133, S2134 [11FE], S2291, S2293 [12FE], S2667 [25FE]

FAA: reauthorize (S. 824), S7789 [12JN]

FDA: provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (S. 650), S9818 [23JY]

FEMA: funding, S10842 [31JY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (S. 98), S152 [9JA]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations for foreign assistance programs, S9177, S9195 [10JY]

Frank, Anne: issue commemorative postage stamp (S. Res. 169), S7844 [12JN]

GAO: review effectiveness and efficiency of contracts awarded for the reconstruction of Iraq, S12661 [16OC]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (S. 1483), S10149 [29JY]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (S. 538), S3190 [5MR]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (S. 1172), S7249 [3JN]

———improve health care quality by strengthening health information, information infrastructure, and use of health information by providers and patients (S. 2003), S16138 [9DE]

———require notification by manufacturers before discontinuing production of a vaccine and develop a national vaccine stockpile (S. 371), S2357 [12FE]

Help America Vote Act: require voter verification and improved security for voting systems (S. 1986), S16122 [9DE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 1053), S12496 [14OC]

Iraq: require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S9177 [10JY]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), S5632 [1MY]

———use of oil revenues to finance reconstruction, S12518 [14OC]

Leavitt, Michael O.: nomination to be EPA Administrator, S13247, S13249, S13250 [27OC]

LIHEAP: funding, S1201 [21JA]

Medicare: develop and standardize quality indicators in health care data collection priority areas and develop programs to assist beneficiaries in making informed health plan decisions, S8421 [24JN]

———evaluate leading health care performance measures and options to implement policies that align performance with payment (S. 1328), S8565 [25JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals, S8418 [24JN]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations, S8506 [25JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), S15172 [19NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S15686, S15714 [24NO], S15900 [25NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8269, S8271 [20JN], S8418, S8419, S8421, S8422 [24JN], S8506, S8529 [25JN], S8643 [26JN], S8855 [27JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve services, S1389, S1390, S1391, S1402 [23JA]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (S. 450), S2986 [27FE]

Mohamad, Mahathir: condemn anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister (S. Res. 247), S12852 [17OC]

NASA: funding, S10842 [31JY]

National Commission on the Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq: establish, S12778 [17OC]

National Creative Arts Therapies Week: observance, S7230 [3JN]

National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets: establish (S. 1184), S7471 [5JN]

National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center: establish, S8421 [24JN]

National security: homeland security funding, S4052, S4054 [20MR], S4240 [21MR]

———provide for homeland security block grants (S. 87), S73 [7JA]

———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, S2893-S2895 [27FE], S3022 [3MR]

New York, NY: release of EPA report on air quality relative to collapse of World Trade Center, S11138-S11141 [5SE]

NIH: Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research funding, S11332 [10SE]

Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S1445 [23JA]

Nurse Reinvestment Act: funding, S11005 [3SE]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9177, S9195 [10JY]

Petroleum: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence, S7444 [5JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15170 [19NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S7444 [5JN]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2128, S2130 [11FE], S2291, S2293 [12FE], S2667 [25FE], S14641 [12NO]

President's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics: report on Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, S2892 [27FE]

Public debt: ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S7100 [23MY]

Schools: provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities, S11091, S11093, S11094 [4SE]

Science: authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research (S. 189), S15099 [18NO]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 312), S1992 [5FE]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S8643 [26JN]

Taxation: allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 86), S73 [7JA]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (S. 1228), S7635 [10JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S110 [9JA]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), unanimous-consent request, S3022 [3MR]

———suspend a portion of reduction in highest income tax rate and use such revenue to make supplemental appropriations for security and stabilization of Iraq, S12328 [2OC]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (S. 1630), S11686 [17SE]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), S9, S20 [7JA]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness workforce funding, S11103, S11105 [4SE]

———enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, S4054 [20MR], S4354 [25MR]

———enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, S4790 [3AP]

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: support decision on University of Michigan affirmative action policies (S. Res. 23), S1138 [17JA]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), S10579 [31JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), S10579 [31JY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S7100 [23MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 923), unanimous-consent request, S6912, S6913 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1079), unanimous-consent request, S6913 [22MY]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1839), unanimous-consent request, S15713, S15714 [24NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 1853), unanimous-consent request, S14642 [12NO]

Veterans: provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after a certain age will not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation (S. 249), S1814 [30JA]

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA): offer certain participants the option of receiving an educational award or stipend, S14523 [12NO]

Votes for Women History Trail: establish (S. 749), S4631 [1AP]

Wesley, Richard C.: nomination to be circuit judge, S7663 [11JN]

Statements

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: Audrey Eisen, S3586 [12MR]

———Maureen Britell, S3587 [12MR]

Texts of

S. 249, provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after a certain age will not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation, S1814 [30JA]

S. 1187, At-Risk Consumer Protection Through Food Safety Labeling Act, S7401 [4JN]

S. 1212, identify certain sites as key resources for protection by the Dept. of Homeland Security Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, S7550 [9JN]

S. 1226, Act to Prevent Developmental Disabilities in Education, S7633 [10JN]

S. 1228, Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act, S7635 [10JN]

S. 1986, Protecting American Democracy Act, S16123 [9DE]

Tributes

Ashe, Arthur, S2048 [6FE]

August, Thomas W., S11981 [25SE]

Davis, James, S9773 [23JY]

De Pietro, Joseph, S11982 [25SE]

Farrell, James F., S11982 [25SE]

Gross, Walter F., S11981 [25SE]

Mitola, Ralph R., S11981 [25SE]

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, S4426 [26MR], S4500 [27MR]

Shepardson, Thomas, S6066 [13MY]

Weinberg, Nadia, S2835 [26FE]