LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Agreements

Memorandum of understanding between Utah and the Dept. of the Interior on State and county road acknowledgment, S13339 [28OC]

Amendments

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), S13317 [27OC]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), S11917, S11926, S11927 [24SE], S11944, S11957, S12003 [25SE], S12154, S12160, S12203 [30SE], S15022 [18NO], H7086 [17JY], H7455 [23JY], H7966, H7982, H7990 [5SE]

———provide budget autonomy (S. 1267), S16043 [25NO], S16147, S16200 [9DE]

Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (S. 714), S15870 [24NO]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), H2978, H2979, H2982, H2984, H2987, H2991 [9AP]

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

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (S. 195), S5684 [1MY]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S13943 [4NO], S14157, S14185, S14219 [6NO], S14239, S14278 [7NO], S14364 [10NO]

Analyses

Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act (S. 1700), S12294-S12296 [1OC]

Freedom To Establish State High (FRESH) Air Quality Act (H.R. 3133), E1818 [17SE]

Urban Sprawl and Smart Growth Study Act (H.R. 748), E218 [13FE]

Articles and editorials

Alexander's Principled Stand for State Control, S14253 [7NO]

Antiquities Act Merited Supreme Court's Approval, E1998 [8OC]

Ashcroft's Russian Roulette, S3368 [7MR]

Before the Next Tragedy, E24 [8JA]

Better Governance in Public Agencies?, S9399 [15JY]

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

Derailing Metro Transit Plan Isn't Alternative, H11124 [7NO]

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

Federal Funding Helps Defray Local Cost of ESL Programs, S3962 [19MR]

Former Mayor Richard C. Lee Remembered Fondly, S2336-S2338 [12FE]

Halloween Scare—Internet Taxes, S14165 [6NO]

Internet's Taxing Issue—State, Service Providers Wage Fight Over Sales Tax on Web Access, S13892 [4NO]

It's About Taxes—Yours, S14253 [7NO]

Our View—Make Federal Testing Fit With Curriculum, S15278 [20NO]

Private School With Ties to Alleged Terrorist Gets State Money, H7987 [5SE]

Protection Racket—Congress Prepares To Fund the Anti-Death-Penalty Lobby, S14050 [5NO]

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

Responsible George, S14165 [6NO]

Security Costs Rise for Local Officials, Terrorism Alert Puts a Strain on Budgets, S2438 [13FE]

Straight Talk on Vouchers, H7960 [5SE]

Super IGA Now Rules Local Land Use in Boulder, E2320 [19NO]

Take a Test, Get a Prize, S15277 [20NO]

Tax and Click, S14165 [6NO]

Vouchers No Way Out of a Failing Society, S12118 [29SE]

Washington's Children Deserve More Choices, S12036 [26SE]

What Some Much-Noted Data Really Showed About Vouchers, S5850 [7MY]

Women With Political Power in New York, E967 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 257), H135 [8JA]

Armed Forces: 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]

BIA: provide grants to ensure participation of local Governments and tribes in Federal recognition proceedings (see S. 463), S2839 [26FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: assist States and local communities in evaluating and developing rural and small community water supply systems (see S. 1085), S6707 [20MY]

———convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (see S. 900), S5342 [11AP] (see H.R. 2257), H4736 [22MY]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 322), H7019 [16JY]

Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (see S. Con. Res. 53), S7718 [11JN] (see H. Con. Res. 215), H5266 [11JN]

Children and youth: 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] (see H.R. 1401), H2269 [20MR] (see H.R. 2880), H7616 [24JY]

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

Computers: assist States and local governments for conduct of electronic governance transactions at libraries and schools (see H.R. 3089), H8283 [16SE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to responders to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers, and mint coins recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 298), H136 [8JA] (see H.R. 1538), H2585 [1AP]

Corps of Engineers: convey certain land in Georgia and South Carolina to the counties in which the land is located (see H.R. 2753), H7019 [16JY]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1994), H3683 [6MY]

Courts: provide grants to assist State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies with implementing juvenile and young adult witness assistance programs (see H.R. 1786), H3351 [11AP]

Crime: enhance rights of crime victims and establish grants for local governments to assist crime victims (see S. 805), S4897 [7AP] (see H.R. 3381), H9981 [28OC]

———foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see S. 1194), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 2387), H5045 [5JN]

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

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 678), H390 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (see H.R. 3157), H8904 [24SE]

———designate percentage of farmland protection program funds for grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity (see H.R. 2703), H6603 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: promote the creation of military charter schools in partnership with local public school systems (see S. 1078), S6624 [19MY]

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]

———enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 3660), H12918 [8DE]

———establish competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3008), H7948 [4SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs (see H.R. 811), H701 [13FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: appoint a Director to the Office for State and Local Government Coordination and transfer the Office for Domestic Preparedness to the Office of the Secretary (see S. 796), S4897 [7AP]

———establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program with State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3644), H12309 [21NO]

———establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program with State, local, and other Federal law enforcement agencies (see S. 1612), S11416 [11SE]

———establish clearly defined standards and guidelines for Federal, State, and local government emergency preparedness and response capability (see H.R. 3227), H9213 [2OC]

———make changes to the Office for State and Local Government Coordination (see S. 45), S36 [7JA]

———Office for Domestic Preparedness grant programs funding (see H.R. 764), H699 [13FE]

———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] (see H.R. 1803), H3352 [11AP]

———reimburse States for certain expenses and losses incurred during periods of high (Code Orange) or severe (Code Red) threat condition (see H.R. 2570), H5813 [24JN]

———require public hearing before establishing or relocating any Quick Response Team to take illegal and criminal aliens into custody and remove them from the U.S. (see H.R. 3013), H7948 [4SE]

———require State and local governments to provide information on individuals convicted of crimes for use in identifying immigration violations by such individuals (see H.R. 3115), H8380 [17SE]

———transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (see H. Res. 286), H5663 [19JN]

Dept. of HUD: provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (see H.R. 1957), H3681 [6MY]

———provide grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for education programs on predatory lending and establish a toll-free number for complaints (see H.R. 1865), H3452 [29AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish national environmental terrorism clearinghouse and environmental terrorism reduction program (see H.R. 2942), H7783 [25JY]

———provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see S. 1024), S5950 [8MY] (see H.R. 1238), H1811 [12MR]

———transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (see H. Res. 287), H5663 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: establish rural water supply program in Reclamation States to provide clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural residents (see S. 1732), S12607 [15OC]

———establish the Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program (see H.R. 749), H462 [12FE]

———reallocate costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, SD, to reflect increased demands for municipal and industrial and fish and wildlife purposes (see H.R. 2132), H4204 [15MY]

———sell certain public lands in Nevada subject to mining operations, reclaim abandoned Nevada mines, and promote and enhance economic development, education, and local government revenues (see H.R. 2869), H7616 [24JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit use of surplus funds to make any investment in securities, other than Government and municipal securities (see H.R. 165), H57 [7JA]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants to Orange County, CA, for intercounty express bus service (see H.R. 1150), H1680 [6MR]

———offer federally financed, interest-free loans to public schools, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric or other high-efficiency vehicles (see H.R. 1089), H1640 [5MR]

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

———transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (see H. Res. 288), H5663 [19JN]

Disasters: require the Depts. of Homeland Security and Commerce to develop and coordinate a national emergency warning system (see S. 118), S132 [9JA] (see H.R. 2537), H5662 [19JN]

District of Columbia: establish Office of the District Attorney and head with a locally elected and independent district attorney (see H.R. 2334), H4977 [4JN]

———making appropriations (see S. 1583), S11118 [4SE] (see H.R. 2765), H7084 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2765), consideration (see H. Res. 334), H7453 [23JY]

———provide budget autonomy (see S. 1267), S7926 [16JN] (see H.R. 2472), H5407 [16JN]

———provide Mayor with the authority to call on the National Guard (see H.R. 2820), H7329 [22JY]

———retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 381), H171 [27JA]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 684), H390 [11FE]

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]

Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (see S. 714), S4434 [26MR] (see H.R. 514), H268 [31JA]

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]

Economy: 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]

Education: assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives to attract teachers to rural and high-poverty areas (see H.R. 2811), H7225 [21JY]

———authorize grants to local educational agencies for teacher mentoring programs (see H.R. 1611), H2820 [3AP]

———improve financial literacy and education programs and facilitate cooperation between governmental units and the private sector by establishing a national strategy for assuring financial education (see H.R. 3520), H11650 [19NO]

———prohibit transfer of students to schools that are at or above capacity (see H.R. 947), H1395 [26FE]

———provide a grant program for gifted and talented students (see S. 501), S3028 [3MR] (see H.R. 1191), H1744 [11MR]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H134 [8JA]

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

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

———provide grants to local educational agencies for prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 1845), H3451 [29AP] (see H.R. 2561), H5713 [23JN]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers and make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes relative to individualized education programs (see S. 626), S3730 [13MR]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 2884), H7616 [24JY]

———tribute to public education system (see H. Con. Res. 148), H3304 [10AP]

———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]

———permit certain States and local educational agencies to obtain waivers of student testing requirements (see S. 956), S5541 [30AP]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 1372), S9049 [8JY]

Employment: provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (see S. 1965), S15975 [25NO]

EPA: allow States, Indian tribes, municipalities, and air pollution control agencies discretion as to whether or not to implement new source review revisions (see H.R. 3133), H8381 [17SE]

———enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see S. 199), S1245 [21JA] (see S. 383), S2341 [12FE] (see H.R. 411), H217 [28JA]

FBI: establish joint terrorism task forces and promote sharing of personnel between Federal and other public law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3439), H10339 [4NO]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 1478), H2471 [27MR]

Federal aid programs: 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]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to consult with State and local governments on environmental impact statements (see S. 372), S2340 [12FE]

Firearms: assist State and local governments in conducting community gun buy back programs (see H.R. 2493), H5467 [17JN]

———prohibit certain lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 659), S3993 [19MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 1805, 1806), S13711 [31OC] (see H.R. 357), H170 [27JA] (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), consideration (see H. Res. 181), H2937 [8AP]

Firefighters: establish a scientific basis for new firefighting technology standards and improve coordination of training for and responding to terrorist attacks and other emergencies (see S. 321), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 545), H318 [5FE]

Flag—U.S.: ensure that rules of etiquette for flying the flag do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials (see H.R. 3095), H8283 [16SE]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (see H.R. 3249), H9218 [3OC]

Government: commend public servants for their dedication and continued service (see S. Res. 130), S5651 [1MY] (see H. Res. 213), H3636 [1MY]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 3609), H12308 [21NO]

Hawaii: authorize certain water reclamation projects and modify the water resources study (see S. 960), S5541 [30AP] (see H.R. 2355), H5043 [5JN]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: 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]

Housing: exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing annual public housing agency plans (see H.R. 27), H52 [7JA]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 1906), S15287 [20NO] (see H.R. 2671), H6463 [9JY]

———extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see S. 412), S2457 [13FE] (see H.R. 819), H702 [13FE]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: amend to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see S. 1715), S12448 [3OC]

———amend to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes relative to health and health-related programs (see S. 1696), S12277 [1OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior (see H.R. 863), H704 [13FE]

———establish high cost funds to assist local educational agencies in providing education to high need children (see S. 890), S5342 [11AP]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers (see H.R. 464), H242 [29JA]

———use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 1502), H2472 [27MR]

Interstate commerce: clarify jurisdiction over digital transactions of goods and services on the Internet (see H.R. 945), H1395 [26FE]

Kentucky: permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security (see S. 37), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 134), H56 [7JA]

Land use: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 1014), H1463 [27FE] (see H.R. 1595), H2819 [3AP]

Law enforcement: allow use of Community Oriented Policing Services funds for State and local intelligence officers (see H.R. 703), H391 [11FE]

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

———community policing programs (see S. 679), S4166 [20MR] (see H.R. 3449), H10457 [5NO]

———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] (see S. 1828), S14032 [5NO] (see H.R. 3214), H9129 [1OC]

———ensure that State and local law enforcement agencies execute warrants for arrest of nonviolent offenders only during daylight hours and when children are not present, unless overriding circumstances exist (see H.R. 2421), H5265 [11JN]

———give priority funding for DNA backlog elimination and self defense training to States and municipalities that are in the midst of combating a serial killer (see H.R. 2110), H4130 [14MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 606), S3620 [12MR]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, and establish standards for internal investigations, interrogations, and hearings (see S. 1277), S8125 [18JN]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 2967), H7784 [25JY]

———establish a matching grant program to assist local governments in purchasing bullet resistant equipment (see S. 1065), S6255 [14MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 253), S1812 [30JA] (see H.R. 218), H59 [7JA]

———extend the same Federal benefits to officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to officers serving units of State and local government (see H.R. 3523), H11650 [19NO]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see S. 1818), S13909 [4NO] (see H.R. 2135), H4204 [15MY]

———report on parity of pay and benefits among Federal law enforcement officers and establish exchange program between Federal and State and local law enforcement employees (see S. 1683), S12192 [30SE] (see H.R. 3205), H9032 [30SE]

———require adoption of a health standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for public safety officers (see H.R. 3565), H11701 [20NO]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 2510), H5551 [18JN]

Minnesota: encourage the use of medical savings accounts by certain current and retired public employees (see S. 729), S4512 [27MR] (see H.R. 1670), H2938 [8AP]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2386), H5045 [5JN]

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

National Civic League: tribute to communities selected to receive the All-America City Award (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [25JN]

National Environmental Policy Act: require Council on Environmental Quality study on urban sprawl and smart growth and include urban sprawl in environmental reviews by Federal agencies (see H.R. 748), H462 [12FE]

National Guard: authorize the operation of counterdrug schools (see S. 1785), S13209 [24OC]

National security: establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H8904 [24SE]

———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]

———improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services (see H.R. 2898), H7781 [25JY]

———provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 87), S37 [7JA] (see H.R. 1007), H1463 [27FE]

———provide State and local governments with flexibility in using homeland security funding (see S. 909), S5343 [11AP]

Native Americans: distribute judgment funds to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation (see S. 428), S2594 [24FE]

———reaffirm inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government (see H.R. 2912), H7782 [25JY]

No Child Left Behind Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1564), H2702 [2AP]

———ensure appropriate balance between resources and accountability (see S. 1189), S7476 [5JN]

———implementation (see S. Res. 22), S1069 [16JA]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H5043 [5JN]

Nuclear energy: prohibit operation of nuclear power plants unless there exists a State and county certified radiological emergency response plan (see H.R. 2951), H7783 [25JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend to protect State and local government employees (see H.R. 536), H318 [5FE]

Orange County, CA: increase the ceiling on the Federal share of certain costs of the Regional Water Reclamation Project (see H.R. 1156), H1680 [6MR]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: distribute revenues to coastal States and counties (see H.R. 910), H1333 [25FE]

Pensions: allow for alienation of benefits to satisfy court judgments, decrees, or orders requiring restitution for embezzlement of State or local government funds (see H.R. 2222), H4734 [22MY]

Privacy: require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information, to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (see S. 1350), S8725 [26JN]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H701 [13FE]

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

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H3973 [9MY]

Roads and highways: allocate transportation funds to metropolitan areas and increase planning funds to relieve metropolitan congestion (see H.R. 3611), H12308 [21NO]

———empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see S. 1384), S9119 [9JY] (see H.R. 1767), H3351 [11AP]

———promote the integration of local land use and transportation planning (see H.R. 2940), H7783 [25JY]

———provide grants and technical assistance to restore orphan highways (see H.R. 2927), H7782 [25JY]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 3370), H9811 [21OC]

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

Schools: provide a model for school districts based on experience of the District of Columbia in establishing fully accountable public alternatives to traditional public schools (see H.R. 2669), H6348 [8JY]

Small business: recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 138), H1746 [11MR]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 363), S2187 [11FE] (see H.R. 887), H1332 [25FE]

———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]

———reform relative to State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 25), H244 [29JA]

Solid waste: authorize State and local governments to petition the EPA to enforce Solid Waste Disposal Act violations and establish a manifest system for interstate transportation of solid waste (see H.R. 2581), H5814 [24JN]

———limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see S. 431), S2594 [24FE] (see H.R. 1123), H1679 [6MR] (see H.R. 1730), H3301 [10AP]

———State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste (see H.R. 418), H218 [28JA]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: provide funding for cleanup of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) contamination from underground storage tanks (see H.R. 1122), H1679 [6MR]

———require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see S. 195), S1144 [17JA] (see H.R. 2733), H6868 [15JY] (see H.R. 3231), H9213 [2OC]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 141), H56 [7JA]

Sports: require sports franchises to make all games available for local television broadcasting in order to be subject to certain presumptions relative to the sale or exchange of a sports franchise (see H.R. 2745), H6868 [15JY]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 382), H171 [27JA]

———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]

Surface Transportation Board: consider certain issues when deciding whether to authorize construction of a railroad line (see H.R. 413), H217 [28JA]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see S. 1436), S9638 [21JY] (see H.R. 720), H460 [12FE]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax (see S. 467), S2919 [27FE]

———allow certain deductions for school bus owner-operators (see H.R. 642), H322 [5FE]

———allow certain State and local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds (see H.R. 2958), H7783 [25JY]

———allow employees of county and local governments and schools to maintain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 498), H244 [29JA]

———allow residents of States with no income tax a deduction for State and local sales taxes (see H.R. 261), H135 [8JA] (see H.R. 689), H390 [11FE]

———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), S3504 [11MR] (see H.R. 284), H136 [8JA]

———application of installment sales treatment to property acquired for conservation purposes by a State or local government or certain tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2830), H7454 [23JY]

———apply graduated income tax rates for principal campaign committees of congressional candidates to comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices (see H.R. 2368), H5044 [5JN]

———disclose to State and local law enforcement agencies individuals using Social Security numbers of others to claim tax benefits (see H.R. 2774), H7085 [17JY]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (see H.R. 2105), H4130 [14MY]

———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]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H53 [7JA] (see H.R. 1481), H2471 [27MR]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 52), S36 [7JA] (see S. 150), S230 [13JA]

———modify credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds (see S. 1500), S10265 [30JY]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see S. 1736), S12607 [15OC] (see H.R. 3184), H8949 [25SE]

———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see S. 497), S3027 [3MR] (see H.R. 2372), H5044 [5JN]

———provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies (see H.R. 380), H171 [27JA]

———treat contracted firefighters with local governments as employees of such governments for pension plan purposes (see H.R. 1884), H3570 [30AP]

———treat Indian tribes the same as State governments relative to gambling (see H.R. 2675), H6463 [9JY]

———treatment of bonds originally issued to finance governmental facilities used for essential governmental functions (see S. 271), S1813 [30JA] (see H.R. 1076), H1515 [4MR]

———treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes (see H.R. 1512), H2514 [31MR]

———treatment of health care subsidy payments made to employers on behalf of volunteer firefighters (see H.R. 3375), H9981 [28OC]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2964), H7784 [25JY]

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

Television: reinstate authority of the FCC and local franchising authorities to regulate cable television rates (see H.R. 2478), H5407 [16JN]

Terrorism: allow access and handling by State and local government personnel of classified information to facilitate preparation and response to terrorist attacks (see S. 266), S1813 [30JA]

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

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. Marshals Service: establish a short term State witness protection program to provide assistance to State and local district attorneys to protect their witnesses in major violent crime cases (see S. 1982), S16119 [9DE]

Virgin Islands: create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3589), H12307 [21NO]

Water: allow public water systems to avoid filtration requirements (see H.R. 1471), H2470 [27MR]

Cost Estimates

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act (S. 150): CBO, S13033 [22OC]

———CBO (intergovernmental mandates), S14169 [6NO]

Factsheets

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

Letters

Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act: Kent S. Scheidegger, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, S14050 [5NO]

Assist State and local governments implementation of Bush administration's smallpox vaccination plan: George C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, S1017 [16JA]

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]

Clarify restrictions on location of Coast Guard Museum in New London, CT: T.J. Barrett, Coast Guard, H10419 [5NO]

Commending public servants for their dedication and continued service: President Bush, H3709 [7MY]

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]

Education funding: Roderick Paige, Sec. of Education, S96 [9JA]

Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs funding: Joseph Samuels, Jr., International Association of Chiefs of Police, S1060 [16JA]

———Paul E. Patton and Dirk Kempthorne, National Governors Association, S1060 [16JA]

———William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, S1060 [16JA]

E-911 Implementation Act: Vincent Stile, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, International, Inc., H10291 [4NO]

———Richard Taylor, National Emergency Number Association, H10291 [4NO]

———Steven K. Berry, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, H10291 [4NO]

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

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

Firefighting Research and Coordination Act: several firefighting organizations, S2010 [5FE]

Foster Care Mentoring Act: Richard K. Armey, S9499 [16JY]

Freeing Alternatives for Speedy Transportation (FAST) Act: Tom Norton and Margaret Catlin, Colorado Dept. of Transportation, S9124 [9JY]

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

Homeland security: Senator Harkin, S9883 [24JY]

Homeland security funding: Rich Stanek, Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety, E737 [11AP]

———Thomas J. Ridge, Sec. of Homeland Security, S4227, S4229 [21MR]

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

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Bill Bogaard, Mayor of Pasadena, CA, S14235 [7NO]

———Dan Albert, Mayor of Monterey, CA, S14235 [7NO]

———David F. Romero, Mayor of San Luis Obispo, CA, S14237 [7NO]

———Judith Valles, Mayor of San Bernardino, CA, S14237 [7NO]

———Mark A. Peterson, Mayor of Concord, CA, S14234 [7NO]

———R.E. Lamkin, Mayor of Lakeport, CA, S14235 [7NO]

———Robert D'Amato, S14236 [7NO]

———Roderick J. Wood, S14236 [7NO]

———Stacey Murphy, Mayor of Burbank, CA, S14234 [7NO]

———Walter Allen III, Mayor of Covina, CA, S14235 [7NO]

———William H. Batey II, Mayor of Moreno Valley, CA, S14236 [7NO]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: several State and local Government organizations, S6473 [15MY]

Jurisdiction over certain class actions brought by local prosecutors or private attorneys general: Gilbert G. Otero, California District Attorneys Association, H5298 [12JN]

Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, S1817 [30JA]

National Child Identification Program: John S. Hooks, Jr., FBI, E1565 [23JY]

Permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain Kentucky public employees under Social Security: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H1543 [5MR]

———David James, Louisville, KY, Fraternal Order of Police, H1543 [5MR]

Philadelphia, PA, costs for urban terrorism protection and preparedness: John F. Street, Mayor of Philadelphia, PA, S4789 [3AP]

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: Sherman J. Clark, S14265 [7NO]

Scholarship vouchers to provide school choice in the District of Columbia: Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of the District of Columbia, S11954 [25SE]

———Delegate Norton, S12118 [29SE]

———Iris J. Toyer and Darlene T. Allen, Parents United for the D.C. Public Schools (organization), S12119 [29SE]

———Kathy Patterson, S12119 [29SE]

———Lapria Johnson, H7988 [5SE]

———Paul Strauss, S12176 [30SE]

———Peter M. Branch, S11181 [8SE]

———Roderick R. Paige, Sec. of Education, S12035 [26SE]

———Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, S11151 [5SE], S11945 [25SE]

State grants for smallpox and other bioterrorism inoculation activities: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, S4744 [3AP]

———Patrick M. Libbey, National Association of County & City Health Officials, S4744 [3AP]

———Rose Gonzalez, American Nurses Association, S4744 [3AP]

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]

Lists

Congressional Conference on Civic Education State delegations, S11560 [16SE]

Court decisions that support the militia interpretation of the second amendment to the Constitution on the right to keep and bear arms, H2973 [9AP]

Supporters of Feingold amendment to S. 14, Energy Policy Act, on protection of consumers and investors from abusive affiliate, associate company, and subsidiary company transactions, S10206 [30JY]

Memorandums

Commending Public Servants for Their Dedication and Continued Service: Donald Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense, H3709 [7MY]

Investigations of All Physical and Electronic Records and Documents Relative to the Use of Federal Resources To Monitor Actions by Democratic Members of the Texas Legislature: Dept. of Homeland Security, H7312 [22JY]

Messages

District of Columbia Budget Request: President Bush, S9116 [9JY], H6433 [9JY]

District of Columbia Public Safety Funds: President Bush, S14173 [6NO], H10534 [6NO]

Motions

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), H2990, H2997 [9AP]

Petitions and memorials

International Association of Chiefs of Police: homeland security funding, E114 [29JA]

Poems

``Crowd the Children In,'' Representative Owens, E130 [5FE]

Proposals

Provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies, E52 [8JA]

State and local officials' alternative to S. 150, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S12567-S12569 [15OC]

Remarks in House

Abortion: tactics used by pro-life legislators, E1099 [2JN]

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

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

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

ATF: allow individuals to access information on gun dealers engaging in illegal activities, H2949 [9AP]

Aurora, CO: tribute to outgoing mayor and city council members, E2468, E2520 [8DE]

Boulder County, CO: tribute to Coordinated Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, E2320 [19NO]

Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement: prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information relative to an individual's citizenship or immigration status, H5785, H5786, H5791-H5794 [24JN], H6455-H6459, H6461 [9JY], H7293-H7295 [22JY]

Caldwell, ID: tribute to city management, E2477 [8DE]

California: circuit court decision to delay gubernatorial recall election relative to disenfranchisement of certain voters, H8266 [16SE]

Campbell, CA: tribute to Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness Program, E1758 [10SE]

Cargo transportation: create an all-inclusive database that will allow State and local law enforcement officials to coordinate reports of cargo theft, H11162 [17NO]

Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (H. Con. Res. 215), H6666-H6668 [14JY]

Children and youth: reform child welfare systems, E24 [8JA]

———reform foster care systems, H11125 [7NO]

CIA: study feasibility of providing security clearances to State and local law enforcement for access to classified information relative to homeland security and prevention of terrorism, H5868 [25JN]

Congressional Conference on Civic Education: convene, E1816 [17SE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to responders to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers, and mint coins recognizing the heroic efforts (H.R. 1538), H8191 [10SE], H8201-H8207 [11SE]

Cook County, IL: registration of domestic partnerships, E1940 [1OC]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (H.R. 1994), E879 [6MY]

Courts: jurisdiction over certain class actions brought by local prosecutors or private attorneys general, H5297-H5299 [12JN]

Crime: enhance rights of crime victims and establish grants for local governments to assist crime victims (H.R. 3381), E2152 [28OC]

———foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (H.R. 2387), E1161 [5JN]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H3738 [7MY]

Dakota County, MN: Soil and Water Conservation District recipient of EPA Clean Water Partners for the 21st Century award, E262 [13FE]

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (H.R. 678), H419 [12FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (H.R. 3157), H11167-H11169 [17NO]

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

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]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow a percentage of funds to be paid directly to localities and citizens groups without being first allocated to State government agencies, H5782, H5783 [24JN]

———Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program transfer from the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate to the Office for Domestic Preparedness, H8796 [24SE]

———Office of Domestic Preparedness funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H2764-H2769 [3AP]

———transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (H. Res. 286), H6872 [16JY]

Dept. of HUD: provide grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for education programs on predatory lending and establish a toll-free number for complaints (H.R. 1865), E815 [30AP]

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

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

Dept. of Justice: Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program funding, H7358 [23JY]

———establish national environmental terrorism clearinghouse and environmental terrorism reduction program (H.R. 2942), E1650 [25JY]

———prohibit funding to destroy or conceal all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature, H7312, H7313 [22JY]

———transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (H. Res. 287), H6436, H6437, H6440 [9JY], H6872 [16JY]

———use of existing State, local, and private prisons to house Federal prisoners, H7251 [22JY], E1608, E1611 [25JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program (H.R. 749), E219 [13FE]

Dept. of Transportation: transmit all physical and electronic records and documents relative to the use of Federal resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the Texas Legislature (H. Res. 288), H6872 [16JY]

———Transportation Enhancement Program funding, H7852, H7870-H7878 [4SE]

Disasters: require the Depts. of Homeland Security and Commerce to develop and coordinate a national emergency warning system (H.R. 2537), E1313 [20JN]

District of Columbia: across-the-board funding reduction, H7990 [5SE]

———establish Office of the District Attorney and head with a locally elected and independent district attorney (H.R. 2334), E1141 [5JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7771 [25JY], H7955-H7993 [5SE], H8060-H8062 [9SE], E1747 [9SE], E1761 [10SE], E1927 [30SE]

———provide Mayor with the authority to call on the National Guard (H.R. 2820), E1558 [23JY]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7955-H7977, H7983-H7989 [5SE], H8060, H8061 [9SE], E1747 [9SE], E1761 [10SE], E1927 [30SE]

Education: authorize grants to local educational agencies for teacher mentoring programs, H6379 [9JY]

———funding, H173 [28JA], H225-H228 [29JA], H663 [13FE], H1657 [6MR], H2198 [20MR], H2314 [26MR], H2457-H2460 [27MR], H2547, H2580 [1AP], H2793 [3AP], H3766 [8MY], H4189 [15MY], H4881 [4JN], E76 [28JA], E130 [5FE]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (H.R. 236), H2461 [27MR], H4120 [14MY]

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

———school modernization and infrastructure improvements funding, H2457 [27MR]

———use of computer software for multilingual education, H6380 [9JY]

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: exempt religious organizations operating Federal job training programs from religious discrimination laws in hiring, E926, E927 [9MY]

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

EPA: allow States, Indian tribes, municipalities, and air pollution control agencies discretion as to whether or not to implement new source review revisions (H.R. 3133), E1817 [17SE]

———enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste, H7683 [25JY]

FBI: establish joint terrorism task forces and promote sharing of personnel between Federal and other public law enforcement agencies (H.R. 3439), E2213 [4NO]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (H.R. 1478), E599 [27MR]

Federal aid programs: 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]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H1806 [12MR]

FEMA: funding, H7637-H7640, H7648, H7653 [25JY]

Firearms: assist State and local governments in conducting community gun buy back programs (H.R. 2493), E1285 [17JN]

———eliminate requirement that manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms must be convicted for illegal transfers prior to taking any civil action against them, H2982-H2984 [9AP]

———permit lawsuits against persons who sell guns to someone who uses illegal drugs or has been adjudicated as a mental defective, H2984-H2987 [9AP]

———permit lawsuits against weapons distributors, dealers, importers and trade associations, H2991-H2994 [9AP]

———permit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, sellers, or trade associations for negligence, H2987-H2991 [9AP]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), H2968-H2999 [9AP], E740, E757 [11AP], E798 [29AP]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), amendment process, H2810 [3AP]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), consideration (H. Res. 181), H2944-H2950 [9AP]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), motion to recommit, H2997 [9AP]

———strike ``when used as intended'' from exceptions to prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, H2979-H2982 [9AP]

———treatment of pending lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, H2947, H2997 [9AP]

Firefighters: establish a scientific basis for new firefighting technology standards and improve coordination of training for and responding to terrorist attacks and other emergencies (H.R. 545), H12132 [21NO], E149 [6FE]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (H.R. 3249), H9846 [28OC], E2268 [6NO]

Goldman, Roberta R.: Shrewsbury, MA, Democratic Town Committee Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award recipient, E2055 [16OC]

Government: commend public servants for their dedication and continued service (H. Res. 213), H3708-H3712 [7MY]

Hamilton, Carly: Elmhurst, IL, Mayor for the Day award recipient, E1435 [9JY]

Harris County, TX: condemn actions of the Harris County Republican Party relative to hearing on redistricting plan, H5913 [25JN]

Hawaii: authorize certain water reclamation projects and modify the water resources study (H.R. 2355), E1159 [5JN]

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

———implementation, H9713-H9716 [20OC]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 811), H12889, H12892 [8DE], E2555 [15DE]

Houston, TX: referendum on light rail system funding, H7894-H7899 [4SE], H9263 [7OC], H10462 [6NO], H11123-H11125 [7NO]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 2671), H6586 [10JY], H7162 [18JY], H7201 [21JY], H8468 [23SE], H8997 [30SE]

———extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 819), E1599 [25JY]

———prohibit acceptance of consular-issued identification cards, H3670 [6MY], H3738 [7MY], H4513 [21MY], H4870, H4872-H4874 [3JN], H4881 [4JN], H4983 [5JN], H5096, H5098 [10JN], H5554 [19JN], H9204 [2OC]

———reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, H6607 [14JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: allow school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who violate a student code of conduct, H3476 [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]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers, H3473, H3474, H3512 [30AP]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers (H.R. 464), E103, E104 [29JA]

———require that any additional Federal funding be passed directly to the local level, H3526, H3527 [30AP]

Intelligence services: strike creation of pilot programs to encourage State and local officials to collect and share information, and to test use of tear-line intelligence reports, H5888 [25JN]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (H.R. 3449), E2245 [5NO]

———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 (H.R. 3214), H10349-H10363 [5NO]

———prohibit racial profiling, H1442 [27FE]

Law enforcement officers: report on parity of pay and benefits among Federal law enforcement officers and establish exchange program between Federal and State and local law enforcement employees (S. 1683), H12864 [8DE]

Manitowoc, WI: anniversary of sister city relationship with Kamogawa, Japan, E1923 [30SE]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (H.R. 2510), H5541 [18JN]

Minnesota: encourage the use of medical savings accounts by certain current and retired public employees (H.R. 1670), H2867 [8AP]

National Association of Town Watch: tribute to National Night Out program and support of the National Child Identification Program, E1553 [22JY], E1564 [23JY]

National Civic League: tribute to communities selected to receive the All-America City Award (H. Con. Res. 230), H7181-H7183 [21JY], E1543 [21JY]

National Environmental Policy Act: require Council on Environmental Quality study on urban sprawl and smart growth and include urban sprawl in environmental reviews by Federal agencies (H.R. 748), E216 [13FE]

National objectives: impact of national policies on localities and communities, H5654-H5660 [19JN]

National security: homeland security funding, H2105, H2106 [19MR], H2150, H2151, H2152 [20MR], H2446 [27MR], H2672 [2AP], H2708, H2710-H2718, H2731, H2738-H2743 [3AP], H2916 [8AP], H3410 [29AP], E114 [29JA], E737 [11AP]

———improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services (H.R. 2898), H10288-H10293 [4NO]

New London, CT: clarify restrictions on location of Coast Guard Museum, H10417-H10420 [5NO]

New York, NY: tribute to Dominican American women involved in local politics, E967 [15MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding, H6369 [9JY], H10083-H10090 [29OC]

———implementation, H8940 [25SE], E2152 [28OC]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (H.R. 2366), H5179 [11JN], H5474 [18JN], H5821 [25JN], H6469 [10JY], H7333 [23JY], E1170 [5JN]

———suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, H6564-H6568 [10JY]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: distribute revenues to coastal States and counties, E2444-E2446 [23NO]

Pawtucket, RI: U.S. Conference of Mayors best small business practice city honoree, E1457 [11JY], E1611 [25JY]

Pensions: allow for alienation of benefits to satisfy court judgments, decrees, or orders requiring restitution for embezzlement of State or local government funds (H.R. 2222), E1071 [23MY]

Public welfare programs: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals (H.R. 3273), E2014 [8OC]

Rancho Cucamonga, CA: tribute to firefighters and other public servants who responded to the outbreak of wildfires in Southern California, E2257 [6NO]

Registers of Wills & Clerks of Orphans' Court Association of Pennsylvania: tribute to conference, E1540 [18JY]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments, H8009-H8013 [5SE]

———defend the Ten Commandments (H.R. 2045), H7952 [5SE]

Roads and highways: allocate transportation funds to metropolitan areas and increase planning funds to relieve metropolitan congestion (H.R. 3611), E2438 [23NO]

———empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (H.R. 1767), H4184-H4188 [15MY]

Rural areas: effects of unfunded Federal mandates on education, H2314 [26MR]

———promote and improve access to health care services, H179 [28JA]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (H.R. 3370), E2115 [21OC]

Savanna, GA: tribute to ports, H4020 [14MY]

Schools: provide a model for school districts based on experience of the District of Columbia in establishing fully accountable public alternatives to traditional public schools (H.R. 2669), E1425 [8JY]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: provide funding for cleanup of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) contamination from underground storage tanks, H7690 [25JY]

South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association: anniversary, E981 [15MY]

Stamford, CT: tribute to law enforcement efforts, E1306 [19JN]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (H.R. 382), E69 [27JA]

———provide budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments, H4534-H4542 [22MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H4120-H4127 [14MY]

———decision not to hear case on Presidential authority to extend or establish national monuments under the Antiquities Act, E1998 [8OC]

Surface Transportation Board: consider certain issues when deciding whether to authorize construction of a railroad line (H.R. 413), E78 [28JA]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, H4720 [22MY], H6587 [10JY]

———allow certain State and local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds (H.R. 2958), E1636, E1658 [25JY]

———allow residents of States with no income tax a deduction for State and local sales taxes (H.R. 261), E59 [8JA]

———allow residents of States with no income tax a deduction for State and local sales taxes (H.R. 689), E194 [12FE]

———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 (H.R. 284), E46, E48 [8JA]

———apply graduated income tax rates for principal campaign committees of congressional candidates to comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices (H.R. 2368), E1153 [5JN]

———disclose to State and local law enforcement agencies individuals using Social Security numbers of others to claim tax benefits (H.R. 2774), E1506 [18JY]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (H.R. 2105), E945 [14MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 717), H9286 [8OC], E224 [13FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 49), H8295-H8301 [17SE], E1926 [30SE], E1942 [1OC]

———provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies, E52 [8JA]

Terrorism: enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, H5770 [24JN]

Texas: actions by Democratic members of the State Legislature to prevent consideration of a redistricting plan, H4018, H4019, H4020, H4021, H4022, H4023, H4098, H4099, H4102, H4103, H4104, H4105, H4106, H4113-H4120 [14MY], H4151, H4175-H4179 [15MY], H4219, H4221, H4223, H4226, H4241 [19MY], H4263, H4336, H4349-H4354 [20MY], H4519 [21MY], H5251, H5252 [11JN], H5270 [12JN], H5685 [23JN], E954, E956, E986 [15MY]

———anniversary of Texas Legislative Black Caucus, E62 [27JA]

———use of Dept. of Homeland Security and Texas Dept. of Public Safety resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the State Legislature, H4114-H4118 [14MY], H4151, H4177 [15MY], H4219, H4221, H4223, H4224, H4225, H4241 [19MY], H4263, H4325, H4327, H4334, H4335, H4336, H4351-H4354 [20MY], H4372, H4373, H4374, H4518, H4519 [21MY], H5251, H5252 [11JN], H5270 [12JN]

———use of Dept. of Homeland Security resources to monitor actions by Democratic members of the State Legislature, H5735-H5740, H5782, H5783 [24JN]

Traverse Bay Economic Development Corp.: tribute, E777 [12AP]

Urban areas: terrorism protection and preparedness funding, H5765-H5769, H5774 [24JN]

Ventura County, CA: anniversary of Calleguas Municipal Water District, E2218 [4NO]

Virgin Islands: create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands (H.R. 3589), E2426 [23NO]

Western Springs, IL: tribute to retiring board members, E651 [2AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance, S1127 [17JA], S1220 [21JA], S1327-S1340 [22JA], S2420, S2434 [13FE]

Alaska: water and waste disposal grant for Matanuska-Susitna Borough hospital project, S14016, S14017 [5NO]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, S11559 [16SE]

Armed Forces: 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]

Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program: funding, S9843 [24JY]

Aviation: improve security, S9399 [15JY]

BIA: provide grants to ensure participation of local Governments and tribes in Federal recognition proceedings (S. 463), S2863-S2865 [26FE]

Biological weapons: State grants for smallpox and other bioterrorism inoculation activities, S4742-S4747 [3AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: assist States and local communities in evaluating and developing rural and small community water supply systems (S. 1085), S6709-S6711 [20MY]

———convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (S. 900), S5354 [11AP]

Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (S. Con. Res. 53), S9619 [17JY]

Children and youth: establish a Community Corps (S. 1219), S7625 [10JN]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (S. 1419), S9499 [16JY]

———reform foster care systems, S2669 [25FE], S2765 [26FE], S7866 [13JN]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 586), S3506 [11MR]

Congressional Conference on Civic Education: convene, S11559 [16SE]

———tribute, S16101, S16102 [9DE]

Connolly, Angela: American City and County (publication) National County Leader of the Year Award recipient, S9705 [22JY]

Crime: enhance rights of crime victims and establish grants for local governments to assist crime victims (S. 805), S4902-S4908 [7AP]

———foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), S7483-S7488 [5JN], S13317-S13322 [27OC], S13373 [28OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, S123 [9JA], S202 [10JA], S225 [13JA], S286 [14JA], S843 [15JA], S1064 [16JA], S1137 [17JA], S1242 [21JA], S1363 [22JA], S1462 [23JA], S1724 [29JA], S1799 [30JA], S1965 [5FE], S2046 [6FE], S2115 [10FE], S2180 [11FE], S2334 [12FE], S2446 [13FE], S2591 [24FE], S2695 [25FE], S2833 [26FE], S2983 [27FE], S3024 [3MR], S3158 [5MR], S3246 [6MR], S3367 [7MR], S3408 [10MR], S3494 [11MR], S3615 [12MR], S3725 [13MR], S3801 [17MR], S3874 [18MR], S3987 [19MR], S4155 [20MR], S4272 [21MR], S4324 [24MR], S4372 [25MR], S4432 [26MR], S4508 [27MR], S4623 [1AP], S4699 [2AP], S4820 [3AP], S4950 [8AP], S5053 [9AP], S5163 [10AP], S5531 [30AP]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 966), S5644, S5652 [1MY], S5721 [5MY], S5768 [6MY], S5848 [7MY], S5942 [8MY], S6025 [12MY], S6063 [13MY], S6249 [14MY], S6502 [15MY], S6620 [19MY], S6698 [20MY], S6847 [21MY], S6972 [22MY], S7125 [23MY], S7187 [2JN], S7228 [3JN], S7375 [4JN], S7465 [5JN], S7537 [9JN], S7603 [10JN], S7711 [11JN], S7826 [12JN], S7875 [13JN], S7923 [16JN], S7976 [17JN], S8118 [18JN], S8224 [19JN], S8297 [20JN], S8356 [23JN], S8433 [24JN], S8548 [25JN], S8712 [26JN], S8857 [27JN], S8895 [7JY], S9044 [8JY], S9115 [9JY], S9286-S9288, S9295 [11JY], S9328 [14JY], S9489 [16JY], S9580 [17JY], S9633 [21JY], S9703 [22JY], S9790 [23JY], S9899 [24JY], S9956 [25JY], S10040 [28JY], S10135 [29JY], S10257 [30JY], S10604 [31JY], S10900 [1AU], S10968 [2SE], S11023 [3SE], S11113 [4SE], S11155 [5SE], S11184 [8SE], S11749 [22SE], S11829 [23SE], S11902 [24SE], S11983 [25SE], S12132 [29SE], S12183 [30SE], S12272 [1OC], S12362 [2OC], S12445 [3OC], S12530 [14OC], S12600 [15OC], S12726 [16OC], S12832 [17OC], S12888 [20OC], S12963 [21OC], S13048 [22OC], S13130 [23OC], S13206 [24OC], S13262 [27OC], S13355, S13356, S13373 [28OC], S13509 [29OC], S13656 [30OC], S13794 [3NO], S13900 [4NO], S14024 [5NO], S14264 [7NO], S14334 [10NO], S14445 [11NO], S14795 [12NO], S14961 [17NO], S15054 [18NO], S15181 [19NO], S15275 [20NO], S15396 [21NO], S15807 [24NO], S15961 [25NO], S16102 [9DE]

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 Homeland Security: allocate homeland security block grant funds to States using a threat-based formula, S9775-S9778 [23JY], S9880-S9882 [24JY]

———Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program transfer from the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate to the Office for Domestic Preparedness, S11896 [24SE]

———emergency management performance grants program funding, S9753-S9756 [23JY]

———establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program with State, local, and other Federal law enforcement agencies (S. 1612), S11421 [11SE]

———inspection of municipal solid waste shipped into Michigan from Canada, S4810 [3AP]

———make changes to the Office for State and Local Government Coordination (S. 45), S49 [7JA], S2775 [26FE]

———Office for Domestic Preparedness grant programs funding for protection of areas with large tourist populations, S9681-S9683 [22JY], S9878 [24JY]

———Office of Domestic Preparedness funding, S4790-S4800 [3AP]

———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 (S. 921), S5379 [11AP]

———require report on expenses incurred by State and local police complying with Secret Service requirements for transporting foreign and domestic officials, S9751-S9753, S9755 [23JY]

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: decision to restrict local law enforcement use of National Instant Criminal Background Check System, S3368 [7MR]

———provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (S. 1024), S5951 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish rural water supply program in Reclamation States to provide clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural residents (S. 1732), S12609 [15OC]

Disasters: require the Depts. of Homeland Security and Commerce to develop and coordinate a national emergency warning system (S. 118), S153 [9JA]

District of Columbia: education funding, S11887-S11890 [24SE], S12036, S12051 [26SE], S12108-S12110 [29SE], S12166 [30SE]

———funding, S1121 [17JA]

———improve foster care system, S11885-S11887 [24SE], S12108 [29SE]

———infrastructure funding, S11887 [24SE]

———law enforcement funding, S11887 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2765), S11885-S11890 [24SE], S11938, S11943-S11957, S11971-S11978 [25SE], S12027-S12037, S12042-S12045, S12051 [26SE], S12108-S12110, S12115-S12121, S12123-S12125 [29SE], S12154-S12176 [30SE], S12442 [3OC], S15021-S15029 [18NO]

———making appropriations (S. 1583), S11150, S11151 [5SE]

———needle exchange programs funding, S2420 [13FE]

———Potomac Southwest Waterfront improvement funding, S2591 [24FE]

———provide budget autonomy (S. 1267), S16197-S16200 [9DE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S11150, S11151 [5SE], S11181 [8SE], S11887-S11890 [24SE], S11938, S11943-S11957, S11971-S11978 [25SE], S12027, S12028, S12031-S12037, S12042-S12045, S12051 [26SE], S12108-S12110, S12115-S12121, S12123-S12125 [29SE], S12165-S12171, S12173-S12176 [30SE], S12442 [3OC], S15021 [18NO]

Domestic violence: prevent offenders from purchasing or possessing firearms, S12832 [17OC]

Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (S. 714), S4441 [26MR], S15870 [24NO]

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]

Education: funding, S91-S96, S100, S101 [9JA], S193-S195 [10JA], S256 [14JA], S330, S345-S347 [15JA], S1024-S1048 [16JA], S1643, S1646 [28JA], S2282 [12FE], S2881 [27FE], S3121 [5MR], S3787 [17MR], S3940, S3956-S3964 [19MR], S4358 [25MR]

———make grants to States for preschool and general education activities in elementary and secondary schools, S4343 [25MR]

———provide a grant program for gifted and talented students (S. 501), S3032 [3MR], S11754 [22SE]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers and make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes relative to individualized education programs (S. 626), S3744 [13MR]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S5850 [7MY]

———voucher program to provide school choice (S. 1551), S10683 [31JY]

Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs: funding, S1059-S1061 [16JA], S1102-S1104 [17JA], S1442 [23JA]

Electric power: protect consumers and investors from abusive affiliate, associate company, and subsidiary company transactions, S10204-S10209 [30JY], S13375 [28OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (S. 777), S4827 [3AP]

———permit certain States and local educational agencies to obtain waivers of student testing requirements (S. 956), S5600 [30AP], S15275-S15277 [20NO]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 1372), S9050 [8JY]

———transfer surplus Dept. of Education funding to Title I accounts, S9218 [10JY]

Employment: provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (S. 1965), S16007 [25NO]

Endangered Species Act: circuit court decision relative to protection of silvery minnows, S8096 [18JN]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (S. 199), S1250 [21JA]

———enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (S. 383), S2298, S2367 [12FE]

FAA: impose a civil penalty for closure of an airport without sufficient notice, S7814 [12JN]

FBI: establish joint terrorism task forces and promote sharing of personnel between Federal and other public law enforcement agencies, S12362 [2OC]

Federal aid programs: 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]

Federal courts: control of State and local political institutions, S8553 [25JN]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S13891-S13897 [4NO]

———require Federal agencies to consult with State and local governments on environmental impact statements (S. 372), S2358 [12FE]

FEMA: funding, S9990 [25JY]

Firearms: prohibit certain lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 659), S3998 [19MR], S4169 [20MR], S4507 [27MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), S5644 [1MY], S5994 [9MY], S8296 [20JN], S9580 [17JY], S10602 [31JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1805), S13734 [31OC], S14265, S14266 [7NO]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1806), S13734 [31OC]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1806), unanimous-consent request, S14155, S14156 [6NO]

Firefighters: establish a scientific basis for new firefighting technology standards and improve coordination of training for and responding to terrorist attacks and other emergencies (S. 321), S2007 [5FE]

———firefighter assistance grants funding, S9769-S9773 [23JY]

Foreign aid: withhold assistance to countries that owe property taxes to certain U.S. cities, S9195 [10JY]

Government: commend public servants for their dedication and continued service (S. Res. 130), S5678 [1MY], S5878 [7MY]

Hawaii: authorize certain water reclamation projects and modify the water resources study (S. 960), S5607 [30AP]

Heber Springs, AR: water and waste disposal grant for hospital project, S14019 [5NO]

Help America Vote Act: funding, S12673-S12675 [16OC], S13106-S13112 [23OC], S15949 [25NO]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 811), S4959 [8AP], S15874 [24NO]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 1906), S15292-S15295 [20NO]

———extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, S4416, S4417 [26MR]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: amend to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (S. 1715), S12462 [3OC]

———amend to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes relative to health and health-related programs (S. 1696), S12285 [1OC]

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]

Kentucky: permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security (S. 37), S43 [7JA]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, S4252, S4253 [21MR]

———community policing programs funding, S2982, S2983 [27FE], S7231 [3JN]

———community policing programs (S. 679), S4177 [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 (S. 1700), S12184 [30SE], S12293-S12299 [1OC]

———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 (S. 1828), S14044-S14046 [5NO]

———prohibit racial profiling, S103 [9JA]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (S. 606), S3623-S3626 [12MR]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, and establish standards for internal investigations, interrogations, and hearings (S. 1277), S8127 [18JN]

———establish a matching grant program to assist local governments in purchasing bullet resistant equipment (S. 1065), S6262 [14MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (S. 253), S1816-S1819 [30JA], S9401 [15JY], S14689 [12NO]

———report on parity of pay and benefits among Federal law enforcement officers and establish exchange program between Federal and State and local law enforcement employees (S. 1683), S12195 [30SE], S16045 [25NO]

Lexington, KY: Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government recipient of EPA Clean Water Partner Award, S3025 [3MR]

Minnesota Metropolitan Airports Commission: decision-making authority on noise standards, S10932-S10935 [1AU]

National Affordable Housing Act: raise minimum State allocation (S. 1851), S14808 [12NO]

National Guard: authorize the operation of counterdrug schools (S. 1785), S13210 [24OC]

National security: homeland security funding, S2904 [27FE], S4047, S4057 [20MR], S4226-S4230, S4232, S4240, S4262-S4264 [21MR], S4765-S4769, S4774 [3AP]

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

———provide State and local governments with flexibility in using homeland security funding (S. 909), S5371 [11AP]

———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, S2437 [13FE]

National Small Cities Day: observance, S7536 [9JN]

Native Americans: distribute judgment funds to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation (S. 428), S2600 [24FE]

No Child Left Behind Act: implementation, S10952-S10957 [2SE], S11006-S11009, S11018-S11020 [3SE], S11055 [4SE]

———implementation relative to Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations administration, S15275-S15277 [20NO]

———implementation (S. Res. 22), S1085 [16JA]

———suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, S11285-S11289, S11295 [10SE]

NOAA: All Hazards Emergency Warning Network funding, S4806 [3AP], S9785 [23JY]

Pawtucket, RI: U.S. Conference of Mayors best small business practice city honoree, S9790 [23JY]

Privacy: require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information, to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (S. 1350), S8738 [26JN]

Public lands: memorandum of understanding between Utah and the Dept. of the Interior on State and county road acknowledgment, S13787 [3NO]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (S. 1384), S9123 [9JY]

SBA: 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]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (S. 363), S2220 [11FE]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (S. 431), S2602 [24FE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (S. 195), S1148 [17JA], S5684, S5689 [1MY]

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 deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (S. 1436), S9641 [21JY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax (S. 467), S2925 [27FE]

———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 (S. 595), S3518 [11MR]

———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 the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 49), S11707 [17SE], S11711 [18SE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, amend definition of Internet access, and allow existing State and local taxes to remain for 2 years, S14166-S14171 [6NO], S14233, S14250-S14254 [7NO]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S236 [13JA], S11901 [24SE], S12567-S12569 [15OC], S13032-S13035 [22OC], S13791-S13793 [3NO], S13891-S13897 [4NO], S14156-S14171 [6NO], S14228-S14244, S14250-S14254 [7NO], S14286, S14334 [10NO], S15958 [25NO]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), unanimous-consent agreement, S11874 [23SE], S13643 [30OC]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 52), S54 [7JA]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (S. 1736), S12620 [15OC]

———treatment of bonds originally issued to finance governmental facilities used for essential governmental functions (S. 271), S1834 [30JA], S7229 [3JN]

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning and market development (S. 1294), S8241 [19JN]

Terrorism: allow access and handling by State and local government personnel of classified information to facilitate preparation and response to terrorist attacks, S9831, S9832 [24JY]

———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]

———bioterrorism preparedness workforce funding, S11103-S11105 [4SE]

———enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, S4316 [24MR], S4790-S4798 [3AP]

Toal, Jean Hoefer: Government Technology (publication) honoree, S4510 [27MR]

Urban areas: terrorism protection and preparedness funding, S4787, S4789, S4798-S4800 [3AP]

Washington metropolitan area: anniversary of sniper shooting spree, S12362 [2OC]

Reports

Freeing Alternatives for Speedy Transportation (FAST) Act: Committee on Economics (Joint), S9124 [9JY]

Reports filed

Acknowledge Chambers of Commerce Contributions To Improve Communities and Strengthen Local and Regional Economies: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 53), S9591 [17JY]

Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3214) (H. Rept. 108-321), H9737 [20OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1036, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 181) (H. Rept. 108-64), H2937 [8AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2765, District of Columbia Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 334) (H. Rept. 108-230), H7453 [23JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security Transmission of Records on Use of Federal Resources To Monitor Actions by Democratic Members of the Texas Legislature: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H. Res. 286) (H. Rept. 108-223), H7224 [21JY]

Dept. of Justice Transmission of Records on Use of Federal Resources To Monitor Actions by Democratic Members of the Texas Legislature: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 287) (H. Rept. 108-215), H7084 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation Transmission of Records on Use of Federal Resources To Monitor Actions by Democratic Members of the Texas Legislature: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 288) (H. Rept. 108-220), H7169 [18JY]

District of Columbia Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2765) (H. Rept. 108-214), H7084 [17JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1583) (S. Rept. 108-142), S11117 [4SE]

District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1267) (S. Rept. 108-212), S15975 [25NO]

Douglas County, OR, Conveyance of Certain BLM Lands: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 714) (S. Rept. 108-135), S10970 [2SE]

Enhanced 911 Emergency Communications Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1250) (S. Rept. 108-130), S10970 [2SE]

E-911 Implementation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2898) (H. Rept. 108-311), H9384 [14OC]

Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Benefits Parity Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1683) (S. Rept. 108-207), S15572 [22NO]

Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1612), S15975 [25NO]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1612) (S. Rept. 108-217), S16118 [9DE]

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 49) (H. Rept. 108-234), H7614 [24JY]

Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Rept. 107-792), H51 [7JA]

———Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Rept. 107-351), S34 [7JA]

Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 253), S3252 [6MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 253) (S. Rept. 108-29), S4433 [26MR]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1194), S13133 [23OC]

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1036) (H. Rept. 108-59), H2863 [7AP]

Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 195) (S. Rept. 108-13), S3162 [5MR]

Rulings of the Chair

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7981 [5SE]

Schedules

Senator Harkin's staff meetings with local Iowa emergency management and first responders, S9884 [24JY]

Statements

Civic Education Plan for South Dakota, S16101 [9DE]

Civic Education Plan for Tennessee, S16101 [9DE]

Congressional Conference on Civic Education, S16102 [9DE]

District of Columbia Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, S11971 [25SE]

Emergency Agriculture Assistance: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), S2450 [13FE]

Firefighting Research and Coordination Act: Senator McCain, S2009 [5FE]

Homeland Security Funding: Senator Durbin, S2422 [13FE]

No Child Left Behind Act Implementation: Gail Cohen, E2152 [28OC]

———Representative Andrews, E2152 [28OC]

Scholarship Vouchers To Provide School Choice in the District of Columbia: President Bush, S12033 [26SE]

———Representative Tom Davis, S12034 [26SE]

———Roderick R. Paige, Sec. of Education, S12042-S12044 [26SE]

Vouchers—Where I Stand and Why: Delegate Norton, S12119 [29SE]

Summaries

America's Better Classroom Act (H.R. 717), E224 [13FE]

Cooperative Landscape Conservation Act (H.R. 749), E220 [13FE]

Crime Victims Assistance Act (S. 805), S4907 [7AP]

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act (1995): Keith Bea and Richard S. Beth, Congressional Research Service, S13895 [4NO]

Tables

Additional city homeland security spending due to war/high alert, S4787 [3AP]

Bioterrorism preparedness funding, S11104 [4SE]

Dept. of Education fiscal year 2004 President's budget, S3960 [19MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Domestic Preparedness homeland security grants per capita, S9882 [24JY]

District of Columbia public schools test score comparisons, S12175 [30SE]

District of Columbia students in failing public schools, S11945 [25SE]

Myths and facts about the District of Columbia opportunity scholarship program, S12116 [29SE]

Philadelphia, PA, security costs in response to terrorist attacks, S4789 [3AP]

Pittsburgh, PA, Dept. of Public Safety cost increases for terrorism, S4787 [3AP]

State allocation of Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs funds, S1059 [16JA]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 215, acknowledge chambers of commerce contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies, H6666 [14JY]

H. Con. Res. 230, tribute to communities selected to receive the National Civic League All-America City Award, H7181 [21JY]

H. Res. 181, consideration of H.R. 1036, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, H2944 [9AP]

H. Res. 213, commend public servants for their dedication and continued service, H3708 [7MY]

H.R. 49, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, H8295 [17SE]

H.R. 1036, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, H2978 [9AP]

H.R. 1538, True American Heroes Act, H8201-H8203 [11SE]

H.R. 2765, District of Columbia appropriations, S15022-S15029 [18NO]

H.R. 2898, E-911 Implementation Act, H10288 [4NO]

H.R. 3157, designate a Dept. of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area, H11167 [17NO]

H.R. 3214, Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act, H10349-H10357 [5NO]

H.R. 3249, Forest Counties Payments Committee extension, H9846 [28OC]

S. 37, permit the operation by Kentucky of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security, S44 [7JA]

S. 52, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S54 [7JA]

S. 150, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S236 [13JA], S14156 [6NO]

S. 195, Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act, S1149-S1151 [17JA], S5684-S5689 [1MY]

S. 199, EPA enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste, S1249 [21JA]

S. 253, Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, S1817 [30JA]

S. 271, Municipal Debt Refinancing Act, S1835 [30JA]

S. 321, Firefighting Research and Coordination Act, S2008 [5FE]

S. 363, Government Pension Offset Reform Act, S2221 [11FE]

S. 372, State and Local Government Participation Act, S2358 [12FE]

S. 383, Canadian Waste Import Ban Act, S2367 [12FE]

S. 412, Local Emergency Health Services Reimbursement Act, S2492 [13FE]

S. 427, Agriculture Security Assistance Act, S2597 [24FE]

S. 431, Municipal Solid Waste Interstate Transportation and Local Authority Act, S2603-S2609 [24FE]

S. 467, State Sales and Income Tax Deduction Fairness Act, S2925 [27FE]

S. 501, Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, S3033-S3035 [3MR]

S. 565, Homeland Protection and Tax Hike Prevention Act, S3323-S3325 [6MR]

S. 586, Round II EZ/EC Flexibility Act, S3507 [11MR]

S. 595, Housing Bond and Credit Modernization and Fairness Act, S3518 [11MR]

S. 606, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, S3624 [12MR]

S. 645, Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act, S3893 [18MR]

S. 659, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, S3998 [19MR]

S. 714, BLM land conveyance in Douglas County, OR, S15870 [24NO]

S. 714, BLM land conveyance to Douglas County, OR, S4441 [26MR]

S. 729, Minnesota MSA Empowerment Act, S4520 [27MR]

S. 805, Crime Victims Assistance Act, S4903-S4907 [7AP]

S. 811, American Dream Downpayment Act, S4960 [8AP], H12889-H12892 [8DE]

S. 890, Supporting Success for High Need Students Act, S5351 [11AP]

S. 900, Lower Yellowstone Reclamation Projects Conveyance Act, S5355 [11AP]

S. 956, Student Testing Flexibility Act, S5602 [30AP]

S. 961, expand the SBA HUBZone program to include difficult development areas, S5608 [30AP]

S. 966, Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act, S5653-S5655 [1MY]

S. 1065, Bulletproof Police Protective Equipment Act, S6263 [14MY]

S. 1078, Stable Transitions in Education for Armed Services' Dependent Youth Act, S6628-S6631 [19MY]

S. 1085, Reclamation Rural and Small Community Water Enhancement Act, S6710 [20MY]

S. 1109, Build America Bonds Act, S6989-S6991 [22MY]

S. 1134, Economic Development Administration reauthorization and improvement, S7038-S7040 [22MY]

S. 1194, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act, S7484-S7486 [5JN], S13320-S13322 [27OC]

S. 1250, Enhanced 911 Emergency Communications Act, S7837 [12JN]

S. 1267, District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act, S16197-S16200 [9DE]

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. 1277, State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act, S8128-S8131 [18JN]

S. 1294, Community Telecommunications Planning Act, S8241 [19JN]

S. 1350, Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act, S8739 [26JN]

S. 1372, Title I Integrity Act, S9051 [8JY]

S. 1384, Freeing Alternatives for Speedy Transportation (FAST) Act, S9125 [9JY]

S. 1551, Excellence Through Choice To Elevate Learning Act, S10684 [31JY]

S. 1683, Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Benefits Parity Act, S12195 [30SE], S16045 [25NO], H12926 [15DE]

S. 1696, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act amendments to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes relative to health and health-related programs, S12285-S12287 [1OC]

S. 1715, Dept. of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act, S12462-S12468 [3OC]

S. 1732, Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act, S12609 [15OC]

S. 1828, Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act, S14046-S14050 [5NO]

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. 1906, Homeland Security Enhancement Act, S15295-S15297 [20NO]

S. 1965, Community Workforce Development and Modernization Partnership Act, S16007 [25NO]

S. Con. Res. 53, acknowledge chambers of commerce contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies, S7730 [11JN], S9619 [17JY]

S. Res. 22, No Child Left Behind Act implementation, S1085 [16JA]

S. Res. 130, commend public servants for their dedication and continued service, S5678 [1MY], S5878 [7MY]

Transcripts

Islamic Charter Schools Funding: Dan Noyes, ``Baladullah'' (news program), H7986 [5SE]