POVERTY related term(s) Homeless

Addresses

Assistance to Countries Seriously Affected by HIV/AIDS: Representative Sanders, E908-E910 [9MY]

Handicapped Americans: Bob Dole, S5001-S5003 [9AP]

Prayer of Peace: Mother Teresa, E1680 [4SE]

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

Amendments

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

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6445, S6449, S6476, S6478, S6481, S6484, S6486, S6531, S6532, S6562, S6563, S6564, S6565, S6566 [15MY], H3575, H3588, H3596, H3600, H3601, H3602, H3603, H3604, H3605, H3608, H3609, H3612 [1MY], H4375 [21MY]

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

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

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

Analyses

Millennium Challenge Act (S. 571), S3328 [6MR]

Articles and editorials

AIDS Fuels Famine in Africa as Swaziland Farmers Die, Their Land Goes Unplanted, S9214 [10JY]

Children Left Behind, H4990 [5JN]

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

Ethiopian Hunger Problem Baffles the Mind, S1231 [21JA]

Ethiopia's Dying Children, S6574 [19MY]

Future Farmers Raise Crops for Those in Need, E195 [12FE]

Gone With Globalization, E1971 [2OC]

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

House GOP Responds to Senate Child Credit Bill—$82 Billion Plan Offers Breaks for Military Families, H5192 [11JN]

Hunger Has a New Face, H8324 [17SE]

In Another Break With Past, Kenyans See Hope on AIDS, H4381 [21MY]

Middle Class Tax Share Set To Rise—Studies Say Burden of Rich To Decline, H4992 [5JN]

Poor Held Hostage for Tax Cuts, H4990 [5JN]

Roberson's FFA Good Sign of Bright Future for WNC Citizenship, E195 [12FE]

Scores Show Broad Gains on MCAS, S11211 [9SE]

Study—Military Kids Slighted on Tax Credit—Parents Earn Too Little To Qualify for the Provision, H5014 [5JN]

Tool Tracks Potential Dropouts—Profiler Software Lets HISD Keep Tabs on At-Risk Students, S11339 [10SE]

What Would Jesus Do? Sock It to Alabama's Corporate Land Owners, H5659 [19JN]

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

``Zero Dropout'' Miracle—Alas! Alack! A Texas Tall Tale, S11339 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions

Africa: authorize emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa (see S. 185), S1069 [16JA] (see H.R. 390), H171 [27JA]

———recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 158), H3571 [30AP]

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

Aroostook County, ME: modify empowerment zone boundaries (see S. 299), S1871 [4FE] (see H.R. 3448), H10457 [5NO]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Community development: correct certain inequities in the second round of designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 593), H320 [5FE]

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

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

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 3030), H8016 [5SE]

———revise and extend (see S. 1786), S13377 [28OC]

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

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

Congressional Hunger Center: administer funds made available for the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships (see H.R. 2474), H5407 [16JN]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 108), H2270 [20MR]

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

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

———establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 3588), H12307 [21NO]

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

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

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consolidate and improve programs to assist homeless veterans and assume management of National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records facility (see H.R. 2518), H5661 [19JN]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see S. 1014), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 2816), H7329 [22JY]

———provide for annual placement of memorials honoring the military service of veterans who were homeless or indigent at the time of death (see H.R. 1256), H1900 [13MR]

———reinstate the vocational training program for certain low-income veterans (see H.R. 966), H1460 [27FE]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H5364 [12JN]

———increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H58 [7JA]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 1009), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 1298), H1908 [17MR]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), consideration (see H. Res. 210), H3571 [30AP]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 46), S6707 [20MY]

———facilitate service of health care professionals in areas of the world that are severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria (see S. 1067), S6256 [14MY]

District of Columbia: provide low-income students who attend under-performing schools with scholarships to attend private school of choice (see H.R. 2556), H5713 [23JN]

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

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

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

———establish a pilot program to encourage certification of teachers in low-income, low-performing public elementary and secondary schools by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (see H.R. 1390), H2269 [20MR]

———expand the eligibility for teacher loan forgiveness to provide additional incentives for teachers in economically depressed rural areas, territories, and Indian reservations (see H.R. 789), H700 [13FE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: encourage implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs for students 4 years of age or younger (see H.R. 3301), H9477 [15OC]

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

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

———establish a living wage, and a policy providing jobs for everyone in the U.S. and its territories (see H.R. 1040), H1464 [27FE]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: improve (see H.R. 1376), H2268 [20MR]

———reform (see H.R. 643), H322 [5FE]

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

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

FEMA: establish a demonstration program to assist disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 3495), H11358 [17NO]

———establish a demonstration program to assist disadvantaged communities (H.R. 3495), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H12310 [21NO]

Focus—HOPE (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 295), H9281 [7OC]

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

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations for foreign assistance programs (see S. 1161), S7381 [4JN]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 1721), H3301 [10AP]

Foreign policy: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (see S. 1160), S7381 [4JN]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (see S. 571), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1966), H3682 [6MY]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 1192), H1744 [11MR]

Haiti: express need to reengage Congress and the Administration regarding social conditions and need for poverty reduction (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1641 [5MR]

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

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

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

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

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

———require parental consent for nonemergency intrusive physical examinations (see S. 1699), S12277 [1OC] (see H.R. 3130), H8381 [17SE]

———tribute (see H. Res. 238), H4204 [15MY]

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

———establish system of health insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2698), H6602 [10JY]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for certain individuals and provide Medicaid financial assistance to individuals who are too poor to afford premiums (see H.R. 3189), H8949 [25SE]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1030), S5950 [8MY] (see S. Con. Res. 41), S5541 [30AP] (see H.R. 15), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 676), H390 [11FE] (see H.R. 1200), H1744 [11MR] (see H.R. 1287), H1901 [13MR] (see H.R. 2196), H4528 [21MY] (see H.R. 2402), H5173 [10JN] (see H.R. 2544), H5662 [19JN] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1954 [18MR]

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

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

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

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

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

Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 1868), H3452 [29AP]

———provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (see S. 673), S4165 [20MR] (see H.R. 1386), H2269 [20MR]

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

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 47), H705 [13FE]

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

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

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

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

———constitutional amendment on the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (see H.J. Res. 32), H1516 [4MR]

———encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 43), S5771 [6MY] (see H. Con. Res. 184), H4204 [15MY]

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

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

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

———promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing in rural areas for low-income households (see H.R. 1722), H3301 [10AP]

Humanitarian Trust Act: clarify period of time for which funds may be held in trust (see H.R. 2054), H3973 [9MY]

Hunger: encourage support of U.S. hunger relief organizations (see H. Res. 261), H5045 [5JN]

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

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

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

IRS: establish an earned income credit public awareness campaign (see H.R. 2756), H7019 [16JY]

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

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

Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (see S. 542), S3163 [5MR]

———allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 1143), H1680 [6MR]

———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1429), S9592 [17JY]

———coverage of disabled children and individuals who became disabled as children without regard to income or assets (see H.R. 2320), H4976 [4JN]

———coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (see S. 874), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1736), H3302 [10AP]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 63), S36 [7JA]

———establish a demonstration grant program to assist States in providing subsidies for group health insurance premiums for low-income, Medicaid-eligible individuals (see H.R. 2947), H7783 [25JY]

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

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

———extend Medicare cost-sharing for certain qualifying individuals (QI-1s) (see S. 1641), S11832 [23SE]

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

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H4787 [2JN]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H7784 [25JY]

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

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

———increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals (see H.R. 1757), H3303 [10AP]

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

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

———provide American Samoa with treatment similar to that provided to States (see H.R. 1188), H1744 [11MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 622), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 1811), H3353 [11AP]

———provide fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (see S. 1012), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 2000), H3760 [7MY]

———remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 675), H390 [11FE]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (see H.R. 2024), H3761 [7MY]

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

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1568), H2702 [2AP]

———establish a safety net outpatient prescription drug program for certain indigent beneficiaries (see H.R. 3332), H9687 [17OC]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H10977 [6NO]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: establish (see S. 1240), S7718 [11JN]

Mother Teresa: tribute (see H. Res. 413), H9819 [24OC]

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

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

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 240), H4254 [19MY]

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

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

———phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see S. 1549), S10618 [31JY] (see H.R. 3441), H10456 [5NO]

Nepal: provide duty-free treatment to certain apparel articles (see S. 662), S3993 [19MR] (see H.R. 3033), H8016 [5SE]

New York, NY: anniversary of the Triangle Fire (see H. Con. Res. 115), H2311 [25MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 3049), H8081 [9SE]

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

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 770), S4702 [2AP]

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

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

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

———promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (see S. 813), S4957 [8AP]

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

———require identification used to obtain Federal public benefits meet restrictions ensuring that it is secure and verifiable (see H.R. 502), H244 [29JA]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the earned income tax credit, the refundable portion of the child tax credit, and SSI benefits (see S. 1658), S11988 [25SE]

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

Shriver, Sargent: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 299), H9376 [8OC]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 3447), H10457 [5NO]

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

———assure coverage of legal immigrant children and pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 322), H137 [8JA]

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

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1033), S5950 [8MY] (see S. 1734), S12607 [15OC] (see H.R. 2268), H4737 [22MY] (see H.R. 3293), H9477 [15OC]

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

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

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

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

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

———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1889), S15187 [19NO] (see H.R. 3192), H8949 [25SE]

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

SSI: increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (see H.R. 2187), H4527 [21MY]

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

———streamline enrollment processes for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families (see S. 1083), S6707 [20MY]

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

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain nearby areas (see H.R. 3669), H12918 [8DE]

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (see S. 903), S5342 [11AP]

———assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (see S. 685), S4275 [21MR]

———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1782), H3351 [11AP]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see S. 1119), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 1928), H3635 [1MY]

———cover over to a possession of the U.S. whose income tax laws mirror the refundable portions of the child tax credit and earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2186), H4527 [21MY]

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

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), agree to conference report that increases child tax credit refundability and include military pay in such credit (see S. Res. 200), S9959 [25JY]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 400), S2457 [13FE] (see H.R. 840), H703 [13FE]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 1131), H1679 [6MR]

———include high-speed Internet capability as a criteria for selecting a project for the low-income housing credit (see S. 305), S1976 [5FE]

———increase incentives for business investments in low-income communities and small businesses (see H.R. 1135), H1679 [6MR]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2286), H4786 [2JN]

———prohibit the implementation of discriminatory precertification requirements for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 1894), H3570 [30AP]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (see H.R. 1672), H2938 [8AP]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 1643), H2821 [3AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 1132), H1679 [6MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 198), S1245 [21JA]

———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 for a temporary ex-offender low-income housing credit to encourage the provision of housing, job training, and other essential services to ex-offenders (see H.R. 2166), H4367 [20MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 135), S133 [9JA] (see H.R. 459), H242 [29JA]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3610), H12308 [21NO]

———replace the earned income tax credit, child tax credit, and the deduction for dependents with a simplified family tax credit (see H.R. 3655), H12918 [8DE]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 1556), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 973), H1461 [27FE] (see H.R. 1549), H2586 [1AP] (see H.R. 2031), H3856 [8MY]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 85), S37 [7JA] (see H.R. 807), H701 [13FE]

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

U.S.-Mexico border: condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure (see S. 1163), S7188 [2JN]

———enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (see S. 532), S3162 [5MR] (see H.R. 1088), H1640 [5MR]

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

Comparisons

Millennium Challenge Corp., establishment legislation, S7729 [11JN]

Descriptions

Early Treatment for HIV Act (S. 847), S5087 [9AP]

Excerpts

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

Factsheets

Child Tax Credit Refundability: Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4994, H5017 [5JN]

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

Letters

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

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

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

Dept. of 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]

Early Treatment for HIV Act: A. Cornelius Baker and Eugenia Handler, National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, S5088 [9AP]

———David Adkins, Beaver County AIDS Service Organization, S5089 [9AP]

———David R. Beckley, Metropolitan Community Church of Portland, S5089 [9AP]

———David Tseng, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (organization), S5089 [9AP]

———Deborah Dietrich, Association of Maternal Child Health Programs, S5090 [9AP]

———Ernest Hopkins, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, S5086, S5091 [9AP]

———Jerome J. Radwin, American Foundation for AIDS Research, S5086 [9AP]

———Julie M. Harris, AIDS Council of Northeastern New York, S5089 [9AP]

———Julie M. Scofield, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, S5090 [9AP]

———Kathy Kilcourse, Vermont People With AIDS Coalition, S5088 [9AP]

———Kenneth Haller, Jr., Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, S5088 [9AP]

———Mark Isaac, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, S5090 [9AP]

———Mark M. Levin and A. Cornelius Baker, Whitman-Walker Clinic, S5088 [9AP]

———Rebecca Isaacs, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, S5086 [9AP]

———Robert Greenwald, Treatment Access Expansion Project (organization), S5087 [9AP]

———Ruth Taylor, Parents Anonymous of Oregon (organization), S5089 [9AP]

———Thomas Gegeny, Center for AIDS—Hope and Remembrance Project, S5090 [9AP]

———Tom Peterson, Southern California HIV Advocacy Coalition, S5090 [9AP]

———William E. Arnold, AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Working Group, S5087 [9AP]

———Winnie Stachelberg, Human Rights Campaign (organization), S5086 [9AP]

Emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa: Alliance for Food Security, S1232 [21JA]

Ensure that dual-eligible beneficiaries are eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage: Paul Baldwin, Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance, S8640 [26JN]

Expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis: Jodi L. Jacobson, Center for Health and Gender Equity, S9555 [17JY]

———Joseph F. O'Neill, Office of National AIDS Policy, S9549 [17JY]

———Leonard S. Rubenstein, Physicians for Human Rights (organization), S9555 [17JY]

———Linda Bales, General Board of Church & Society of the United Methodist Church, S9555 [17JY]

———Maureen T. Shea and Jere Myrick Skipper, Episcopal Church, S9554 [17JY]

———Paul Zeitz, Global AIDS Alliance, S9554 [17JY]

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

Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity (HealthCARE) Act: E. Stephen Edwards, American Academy of Pediatrics, S5955 [8MY]

———Jerry Johnson, American Geriatrics Society, S5955 [8MY]

———Munsey S. Wheby, American College of Physicians, S5955 [8MY]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S5955 [8MY]

———Warren A. Jones, American Academy of Family Physicians, S5955 [8MY]

Include certain Caribbean nations in expansion of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis: several ambassadors, S6483 [15MY]

Inclusion of people with disabilities in foreign assistance programs: Lex Frieden, National Council on Disability, S13365 [28OC]

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

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

Medicaid reform: Ronald Hollander, Massachusetts Hospital Association, Abraham Morse, Massachusetts Extended Care Federation, and Patricia Kelleher, Home & Health Care Association of Massachusetts, Inc., E356 [4MR]

Provide payment for community health center services relative to coverage of individuals under Medicare managed care plans: Craig Hostetler, Oregon Primary Care Association, S8397 [24JN]

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act: several Senators, S5969, S5970 [8MY]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S5969, S5970 [8MY]

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

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

Lists

Supporters of S. 847, Early Treatment for HIV Act, S5087 [9AP]

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

Motions

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

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6450, S6500 [15MY], H4375 [21MY]

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

Poems

``Stop the War—We Need the Cash,'' Representative Owens, H9018 [30SE]

``Welfare Mother at the Vietnam Wall,'' Representative Owens, E1254 [13JN]

Prayers

``Mother Teresa's Prayer'', E1925 [30SE]

Press releases

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

Remarks in House

Africa: allocation of foreign aid, H7382 [23JY]

———recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women, H3603 [1MY], H4378 [21MY]

———U.S. policy, H6434, H6437 [9JY], E1425 [8JY], E1456, E1458 [11JY]

Africa Malaria Day: observance, E791 [29AP]

African Americans: improve public education systems and family involvement to reduce drug-related crime in the African American community, H10334 [4NO]

Alabama: proposed changes in State tax rates, H5658 [19JN]

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

Augusta, GA: tribute to Golden Harvest Food Bank, H11367 [18NO]

Black Women United for Action (organization): tribute, E610 [27MR]

Budget: impact on health care, H2943 [9AP]

Bush, President: trip to Africa, E1552 [22JY]

Centerport, NY: anniversary of Camp Alvernia, E460 [13MR]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to City Mission (organization), E1411 [8JY]

Columbus, OH: tribute to Greater Columbus Arts Council's Children of the Future Program, E306 [27FE]

Community development: correct certain inequities in the second round of designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (H.R. 593), E144 [6FE]

Community Reinvestment Act: anniversary, E2104 [21OC]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), E1726 [5SE]

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

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

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

Congressional Hunger Center: administer funds made available for the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships (H.R. 2474), H5825-H5828 [25JN], E1421 [8JY]

Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships: funding, H7377 [23JY]

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]

Denton, TX: Denton Housing Authority recipient of National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials Merit Awards, E2378 [21NO], E2390 [22NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: decision to revise verification process used to determine eligibility for free or reduced school meals, H9488 [16OC]

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

Dept. of HHS: community health centers funding, H6535, H6536 [10JY]

———establish demonstration projects between community health centers and minority health professions schools to reduce disparities in minority health care, H6571, H6572 [10JY]

———establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (H.R. 3588), E2403 [22NO]

Dept. of HUD: homeless assistance grants funding, H7705, H7706 [25JY]

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

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

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

Dept. of the Treasury: report on the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, H6823, H6824 [15JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consolidate and improve programs to assist homeless veterans and assume management of National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records facility (H.R. 2518), E1318 [20JN]

———reinstate the vocational training program for certain low-income veterans (H.R. 966), E334 [27FE]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps, H6716, H6726, H6781-H6785 [15JY]

———increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 192), H4032-H4035 [14MY], E999 [21MY]

Diseases: encourage countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis to accept U.S. food assistance, H3603 [1MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H330 [11FE], H6330 [8JY], H6437 [9JY], H7370-H7375, H7402 [23JY], H10364-H10367 [5NO], H12823 [8DE], E1460 [11JY], E2404 [22NO]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H2280 [25MR], H3457 [30AP], H3574, H3579-H3618 [1MY], H6583 [10JY], H7386 [23JY], E876 [6MY], E886 [7MY], E923 [9MY], E1057 [22MY], E1068, E1084 [23MY], E2258 [6NO]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), Senate amendments, H4375-H4382 [21MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), consideration (H. Res. 210), H3575-H3578 [1MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46), H4382 [21MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46), unanimous-consent agreement, H4511 [21MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), unanimous-consent agreement, H4325 [20MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS through reductions in the Millennium Challenge Account, H7383-H7393 [23JY]

———funding preference to programs operating in developing countries emphasizing prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission and lifelong care for children of HIV/AIDS infected individuals, H4378 [21MY]

———include certain Caribbean nations in expansion of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, H6821, H6822 [15JY]

———reduce first year's funding for assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H3605-H3607 [1MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children, H3604, H3605 [1MY], H7402 [23JY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for abstinence education programs, H3574, H3583, H3586, H3612-H3617 [1MY]

———strengthen accountability and reporting requirements relative to assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H3597-H3600 [1MY]

District of Columbia: provide low-income students who attend under-performing schools with scholarships to attend private school of choice (H.R. 2556), E1326 [23JN]

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

Economy: impact of unregulated free trade on division between economic classes, H9795-H9798 [21OC], H10554-H10557 [6NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, H9795-H9800 [21OC], H10553-H10558 [6NO], H10982 [7NO]

Education: establish a pilot program to encourage certification of teachers in low-income, low-performing public elementary and secondary schools by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (H.R. 1390), E547 [21MR]

———expand the eligibility for teacher loan forgiveness to provide additional incentives for teachers in economically depressed rural areas, territories, and Indian reservations (H.R. 789), E247 [13FE]

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

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

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

———funding, H10331 [4NO]

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

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: encourage implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs for students 4 years of age or younger (H.R. 3301), E2051 [15OC]

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

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

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

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations for foreign assistance programs, H6766-H6772 [15JY]

———provide debt relief to developing countries relative to prior loans under agricultural and food assistance programs, H7378 [23JY]

Foreign policy: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, H7370-H7373 [23JY]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, H3031 [9AP]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development funding, H12835 [8DE]

Foreign trade: economic impact of globalization, E1971 [2OC]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, H3585 [1MY]

———initiate campaign to increase public awareness and encourage private contributions, H3601, H3602 [1MY]

———limit top salary levels of administrators to that of the Vice President of the U.S., H3602 [1MY]

Good Neighbor Settlement House (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E2486 [8DE]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 1192), E421 [11MR]

Haiti: U.S. policy, H3558-H3564 [30AP]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———tribute (H. Res. 238), H5258 [11JN]

Health: eliminate disparities in care for racial and ethnic minorities, H8960 [30SE]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H162 [27JA], H1798 [12MR], H1853 [13MR], H2207, H2208, H2210 [20MR], H3410 [29AP], H7952 [5SE], H8961, H8999, H9001, H9025 [30SE], H9798 [21OC], H10331 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), H1727 [11MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1287), E467 [13MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2544), H5808-H5811 [24JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H1520 [5MR], H4974 [4JN], E1163 [5JN]

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

———provide health care for active duty National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families, H2729 [3AP]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (S. Con. Res. 43), H5424-H5431 [17JN], E1319 [20JN]

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

———encourage support of U.S. hunger relief organizations (H. Res. 261), E1158 [5JN], E1173 [9JN]

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

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

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 2095), E948 [14MY]

Inter-American Foundation: funding, H7405 [23JY]

IRS: corporate audit funding through reductions in earned income tax credit precertification compliance funding, H7913-H7918 [4SE], E1723 [5SE]

———establish an earned income credit public awareness campaign (H.R. 2756), E1494 [17JY]

Johnson County, KS: tribute to Christmas Bureau, E1389 [27JN]

Kids Breakfast Club: anniversary, E560 [25MR]

Lakewood, OH: anniversary of George E. Fedor Manor, E1411 [8JY]

Lansing, MI: tribute to Lansing City Rescue Mission, E1795 [16SE]

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

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation: tribute to premature birth awareness, education, and research campaign, E91 [29JA]

Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (H.R. 1143), E551 [21MR]

———coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (H.R. 1736), H9003 [30SE]

———expand coverage for uninsured children, H2462 [27MR]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, H6576 [10JY]

———increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State, H6119 [26JN]

———increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State (H.R. 1342), E503 [18MR]

———reform, H1313-H1318 [25FE], H1476 [4MR], E356 [4MR]

———remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (H.R. 675), E199 [12FE]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity, E755 [11AP]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (H.R. 2024), E887 [7MY]

———tribute to Cash and Counseling Program, H398 [12FE], H4261 [20MY]

———tribute to Consumer Directed Care, H4261 [20MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 1568), E1416 [8JY]

———ensure Medicare+Choice and Medicare Advantage payments attributable to disproportionate share hospitals are paid directly to such hospitals, H8880-H8886 [24SE], H8925-H8930 [25SE], H10528-H10534 [6NO], E1907 [25SE], E1968 [2OC]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (H.R. 1940), E853 [1MY]

———make equitable standardize payment amounts for urban and rural inpatient hospital services, H9011 [30SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: funding, H2842, H2843 [7AP], H2868 [8AP]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: accelerate eligibility for assistance for certain developing countries, H6785-H6788 [15JY]

———clarify authorities of AID and Dept. of State, H6788 [15JY]

———eligibility for assistance relative to private-sector expenditures on health care, H6785 [15JY]

Millvale, PA: anniversary of North Hills Community Outreach satellite office, E1908 [25SE]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, H2870 [8AP], E803 [30AP]

National Commission on Marginal Tax Rates for the Working Poor: establish (H.R. 618), H278 [5FE], E132 [5FE]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (H. Res. 240), H7179-H7181 [21JY], E1554 [22JY], E1568, E1569 [23JY]

National Hunger Awareness Day: observance, E1173 [9JN]

Nations Associations, Inc.: anniversary, E2169 [30OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (H.R. 3049), H8022 [9SE]

Nonprofit organizations: development of municipally-owned vacant lots into community open spaces or parks (H.R. 2373), E1158 [5JN]

Norwood, CO: tribute to Uncompahgre Medical Center Neighbor-to-Neighbor fund, E397 [7MR]

Peekskill, NY: observance of Health Center Week, E1631 [25JY]

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

———reform, H395 [12FE]

———require identification used to obtain Federal public benefits meet restrictions ensuring that it is secure and verifiable (H.R. 502), H2281 [25MR]

Pyramid Community Development Corp.: anniversary of Power Center, H8194 [10SE]

Rancho Cucamonga, CA: tribute to Housing Action Resource Trust, H2870 [8AP]

Saginaw, MI: tribute to Habitat for Humanity chapter, E403 [7MR]

Senior citizens: nutrition programs funding, H6523 [10JY], H11500-H11503 [18NO]

Share and Care Foundation: tribute, E1379 [27JN]

Shriver, Sargent: tribute (H. Con. Res. 299), H11174-H11177 [17NO], E2434, E2437 [23NO]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), H7715 [25JY], E1648 [25JY], E1702 [5SE]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (H.R. 3288), H9703 [20OC], E2110, E2111 [21OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 531), H6006, H6007 [26JN]

———Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H2580 [1AP]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (H.R. 515), E120 [31JA]

States: 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]

Taxation: application of the earned income tax credit, H3750 [7MY]

———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (H.R. 1782), E778 [12AP]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, H5091, H5093, H5096, H5098, H5099, H5130-H5134, H5160 [10JN], H5179, H5191-H5197, H5243, H5246, H5247, H5253 [11JN], H5270, H5317-H5342, H5346 [12JN], H5432-H5437, H5441, H5445 [17JN], H5477-H5491 [18JN], H5555, H5557-H5562, H5590, H5591, H5594 [19JN], H5686, H5690 [23JN], H5822, H5910 [25JN], H6468 [10JY], H6826-H6834 [15JY], H6985-H6990 [16JY], H7107-H7112 [17JY], H7158, H7162 [18JY], H7320-H7326 [22JY], H7444-H7449 [23JY], H7621, H7622-H7630 [25JY], H7931-H7936 [4SE], H7996-H8001 [5SE], H8178-H8182 [10SE], H8354, H8359-H8361 [17SE], H8930-H8935 [25SE], H9067-H9073 [1OC], H9346-H9349 [8OC], H9784-H9787 [21OC], H10434-H10438 [5NO], E1202, E1211 [11JN], E1263 [16JN], E1280 [17JN], E1293 [18JN]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (H.R. 2286), H4859 [3JN], H4986-H4996, H5012-H5020, H5032, H5040 [5JN], H5057-H5061 [9JN], H5092, H5094, H5098, H5161 [10JN], H5178 [11JN], E1100 [2JN], E1168 [5JN]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (H.R. 2286), unanimous-consent request, H4803, H4811 [3JN]

———prohibit the implementation of discriminatory precertification requirements for the earned income tax credit (H.R. 1894), E872 [6MY]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (H.R. 3610), E2409 [22NO]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 807), E237 [13FE]

Tri-County Housing & Community Development Corp.: tribute, E1878 [24SE]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund, H6809 [15JY], E1509 [18JY]

Uganda: political reform, H3031 [9AP]

Urban areas: development of municipally-owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations into community open spaces or parks (H.R. 2373), E1158 [5JN]

Women: ensure that programs in countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS include a curriculum for men and boys that emphasizes gender equality and respect for women and girls, H3600 [1MY]

Worcester, MA: tribute to Worcester Community Action Council Warm Friends Award recipients, E1130 [4JN]

World Bank Group: continue U.S. participation in, and contribution to, certain multilateral development institutions, H7428, H7429 [23JY]

Wyeth (company): tribute to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals patient assistance program, E1350 [25JN]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: authorize emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, S1230-S1234 [21JA], S1340, S1341, S1359 [22JA], S1374, S1448 [23JA]

———efforts to reduce hunger in HIV/AIDS affected populations in sub-Saharan Africa, S6449, S6450 [15MY], S6574 [19MY]

———U.S. policy, S9162 [10JY]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries, S8419-S8421, S8422 [24JN], S8529, S8530 [25JN]

Aroostook County, ME: modify empowerment zone boundaries (S. 299), S1908, S1909 [4FE]

Assets for Independence Act: revise and extend (S. 1786), S13378-S13380 [28OC]

Autore, Tony: Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency honoree, S11831 [23SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: improve injection safety in immunization programs in developing countries, S6614 [19MY]

Charities: support initiative to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, S4932-S4937, S4943-S4945 [8AP]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (S. 880), star print, S5436 [28AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (S. 1142), S7137-S7139 [23MY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 668), S4018 [19MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to child care funding, S4351 [25MR]

Colleges and universities: improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (S. 1793), S13383-S13386, S13406 [28OC]

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

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 272), S1835 [30JA]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), S4930-S4949 [8AP], S5007-S5044 [9AP], S5154 [10AP], S12439 [3OC]

———provide incentives to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 476), unanimous-consent agreement, S4870-S4872 [3AP]

Community Services Block Grant Act: revise and extend (S. 1786), S13378-S13380 [28OC]

Congressional Hunger Center: administer funds made available for the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships (H.R. 2474), S8846 [27JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S90 [9JA], S210-S212 [13JA], S14638 [12NO]

Denver, CO: tribute to Whiz Kids volunteer program for underprivileged and underachieving students, S8224 [19JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: nutrition programs funding, S1436-S1438 [23JA], S4413 [26MR], S14013 [5NO]

Dept. of Education: Hispanic education programs funding, S10992-S11003 [3SE], S11149 [5SE], S11299, S11324-S11327 [10SE]

———Rural Education Achievement Program funding, S11078-S11081, S11086 [4SE]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (S. 389), S2465 [13FE], S2714 [25FE]

———Community Access Program funding, S1357, S1358 [22JA], S1384, S1456 [23JA], S11334, S11335 [10SE]

———reduction of health program disparities and promotion of minority health funding, S1387, S1388, S1401 [23JA]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S5015, S5016 [9AP]

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 Veterans Affairs: place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (S. 1014), S5872 [7MY], S14392 [11NO]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 192), S7173 [23MY]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, S4409 [26MR]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S314 [15JA], S1347-S1350 [22JA], S1464 [23JA], S8871 [7JY], S9100 [9JY], S9182-S9184, S9186-S9188, S9190, S9191 [10JY], S12667, S12668 [16OC], S12772 [17OC], S13190-S13192 [24OC], S13256-S13258 [27OC], S13347-S13349, S13368, S13371, S13419 [28OC], S13638-S13647 [30OC], S16083, S16084 [9DE]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S5753 [6MY], S6036 [13MY], S6147, S6249 [14MY], S6415-S6421, S6445-S6450, S6475-S6500 [15MY], S6574, S6614 [19MY], S7119-S7121 [23MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46), S6786 [20MY], S6918 [22MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), unanimous-consent agreement, S6196 [14MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 1009), S5878 [7MY], S6416, S6417 [15MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis through reductions in Dept. of Defense procurement, research, development, and evaluation funding, S9547-S9557 [17JY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis through reductions in Millennium Challenge Account, S13645-S13648 [30OC]

———facilitate service of health care professionals in areas of the world that are severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, S6497 [15MY]

———include certain Caribbean nations in expansion of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S6482-S6484 [15MY]

———international mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention activities funding, S11102, S11105 [4SE], S11330, S11331 [10SE]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children, S6481, S6488 [15MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for abstinence education programs, S6476-S6478 [15MY]

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

———use of information technology devices to convey HIV/AIDS information in developing countries, S13650 [30OC]

Drugs: ensure access to assured quality pharmaceuticals at the lowest possible price to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, S6478-S6480 [15MY]

Education: disadvantaged student programs funding, S10944-S10948, S10952-S10957 [2SE], S11000, S11006-S11009, S11018-S11020 [3SE], S11053 [4SE], S11175-S11178, S11180 [8SE], S11209-S11212, S11214, S11223-S11225 [9SE]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (S. 140), S204, S205 [10JA]

———funding, S10959, S10962 [2SE], S11072 [4SE]

———increase availability of Head Start programs and quality child care, reduce child hunger and encourage healthy eating habits, and facilitate parental involvement (S. 18), S38 [7JA], S134-S136 [9JA], S1966 [5FE]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 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: dislocated worker assistance programs funding, S11335 [10SE]

———workforce training programs funding, S1409-S1411 [23JA], S4144 [20MR]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform, S6485-S6488 [15MY]

Food stamps: funding for residents in Alaska and Hawaii, S14154 [6NO]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations for foreign assistance programs, S9087-S9111 [9JY], S9162-S9184, S9186-S9215 [10JY], S13352-S13356 [28OC]

———clarify definition of HIV/AIDS prevention relative to sexual transmission prevention and abstinence education programs funding, S13341-S13343 [28OC], S13644, S13645 [30OC]

———funding, S4363-S4365 [25MR]

Foreign policy: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, S9089-S9092 [9JY], S9162, S9212 [10JY], S13352-S13356 [28OC]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (S. 571), S3326 [6MR]

———prohibit Millennium Challenge assistance funds from being used on projects that could displace U.S. jobs or production, or pose an environmental or health hazard, S9195, S9196 [10JY]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, S6446-S6448, S6491, S6498 [15MY]

Head Start Program: funding, S9325 [14JY], S11054 [4SE], S11226, S11227 [9SE]

———increase reservation of funds for programs for low-income families with very young children (S. 1444), S9736 [22JY]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 1483), S10145-S10149 [29JY]

———require parental consent for nonemergency intrusive physical examinations (S. 1699), S12293 [1OC]

Health: increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (S. Res. 96), S4180 [20MR]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1384-S1386 [23JA], S1510-S1512 [28JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S214 [13JA], S1651 [28JA], S2450 [13FE], S3115, S3116 [5MR], S4145 [20MR], S4361 [25MR], S5754, S5755 [6MY], S6049 [13MY], S11613 [17SE], S12488, S12490 [14OC], S14715 [12NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1030), S5954 [8MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. Con. Res. 41), S5614 [30AP]

———protect consumers in managed care and other health coverage plans, provide parity for mental health coverage, reduce medical errors, and increase access to quality health care (S. 10), S38 [7JA], S134-S136 [9JA]

———provide health care for active duty National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families, S4335 [25MR]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (S. 453), S2843 [26FE]

———technical amendments to legislation reauthorizing health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establishing Healthy Communities Access Program (H.R. 3038), S15303 [20NO]

Health care facilities: provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (S. 673), S4170 [20MR]

Health care professionals: immunity from liability for physicians providing free medical care to medically underserved or indigent patients, S11149 [5SE]

Higher Education Act: eliminate certain eligibility requirements for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions (S. 1287), S8159 [18JN]

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

Housing: encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (S. Con. Res. 43), S7172 [23MY]

———establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (S. 1697), S12287 [1OC]

Hunger: efforts to reduce hunger, S7418-S7420 [5JN]

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: ensure that children with disabilities who are homeless or are wards of the State have access to special education services (S. 1619), S11569 [16SE]

International Fund for Agricultural Development: funding, S13192 [24OC]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families, S4941 [8AP]

LIHEAP: provide guidelines for the release of contingency funds (S. 1761), S12891 [20OC]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: revise and extend (S. 1786), S13378-S13380 [28OC]

LSC: restrictions on legal aid groups that receive both Federal and private funds, S6598 [19MY]

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation: tribute to premature birth awareness, education, and research campaign, S1724 [29JA]

Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (S. 542), S3112 [5MR]

———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1429), S9596-S9598 [17JY]

———coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (S. 874), S5199 [10AP]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 63), S61 [7JA]

———establish alternatives to Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S11106 [4SE]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (S. 652), S3900 [18MR]

———extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (S. 1519), S10643 [31JY]

———extend Medicare cost-sharing for certain qualifying individuals (QI-1s) (S. 1641), S11833 [23SE]

———extend the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage adjustment for Alaska (S. 294), S1900 [4FE]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S1505 [28JA], S3980-S3984 [19MR], S4112 [20MR]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 138), S164, S165 [9JA]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (S. 847), S5085 [9AP]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 622), S3740-S3742 [13MR]

———provide fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (S. 1012), S5862-S5871 [7MY]

———reform, S1958-S1960 [5FE], S2654-S2657 [25FE], S2883 [27FE]

———restore disproportionate share hospital allotment for Hawaii, S8495 [25JN]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals, S6462, S6470 [15MY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 204), S1370 [22JA]

Medicare: allow certain beneficiaries to purchase supplemental Medigap prescription drug plans, S8641, S8648 [26JN]

———allow eligible beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans to elect zero premium, stop-loss drug coverage protection, S8679 [26JN]

———eliminate asset test to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries, S8111, S8115 [18JN], S8169-S8172 [19JN], S8338-S8340, S8343-S8345 [23JN]

———ensure Medicare+Choice and Medicare Advantage payments attributable to disproportionate share hospitals are paid directly to such hospitals, S8335 [23JN]

———ensure that dual-eligible beneficiaries are eligible for prescription drug coverage, S8324-S8329 [23JN], S8393 [24JN], S8640, S8641, S8644, S8647 [26JN]

———extend low-income beneficiary access to quality health care services, S1374 [23JA]

———provide payment for community health center services relative to coverage of individuals under managed care plans, S8336 [23JN], S8397, S8398 [24JN], S8482 [25JN]

———require Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to study disproportionate share hospital payments, S8336 [23JN], S8396 [24JN]

———update asset test to determine eligibility for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries, S8623 [26JN]

Menominee Indian Tribe: rural development assistance funding, S14018 [5NO]

Mexico: provide economic assistance to minimize impact of rural development crisis, S9166-S9169 [10JY]

Millennium Challenge Account: ensure eligibility for assistance includes providing people with disabilities opportunities for inclusion, S13364 [28OC]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: ensure eligibility for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Account includes a demonstrated commitment to sustainable use of natural resources, S9174 [10JY]

———establish (S. 1240), S7729 [11JN]

———include women and girls as beneficiaries under the Millennium Challenge Assistance program, S9205 [10JY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 1411), S9423 [15JY]

National Center for Healthy Housing: anniversary, S1461 [23JA]

National Hunger Awareness Day: observance, S7418-S7420 [5JN]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children participating in summer food service programs, S1436 [23JA]

———phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (S. 1549), S12132 [29SE]

Nepal: provide duty-free treatment to certain apparel articles (S. 662), S4000 [19MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: data-tracking and transfer technology funding to facilitate State compliance, S11309, S11311, S11339 [10SE]

Public welfare programs: ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 770), S4708-S4712 [2AP]

———exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 261), S1822-S1824 [30JA]

———ignore certain time limits for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for recipients in States experiencing significant increases in unemployment (S. 574), S3370 [7MR]

———promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (S. 813), S4961 [8AP]

———reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs operated by Indian tribes (S. 751), S4633 [1AP]

———reform, S9671 [22JY]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the earned income tax credit, the refundable portion of the child tax credit, and SSI benefits (S. 1658), S11999 [25SE]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, S3425-S3428, S3468-S3478 [11MR], S3613 [12MR]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 1843), S14335, S14336 [10NO]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1033), S5966-S5971 [8MY]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1734), S12612-S12616 [15OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), S10847 [31JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (H.R. 3288), S13742 [31OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1502), S10285 [30JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1503), S10285 [30JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (S. 1547), S10679, S10847 [31JY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 312), S1989-S1993 [5FE], S8633 [26JN]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (S. 1976), S16024 [25NO]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (S. 621), S3738 [13MR]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 264), S1827, S1828 [30JA]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S8424-S8428 [24JN], S8642-S8644 [26JN]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 845), S5083, S5084 [9AP], S5643 [1MY]

———restore Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to legal residents who are citizens of the Freely Associated States, S8330 [23JN]

South Dakota: tribute to Habitat for Humanity chapter, S13258 [27OC]

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]

———streamline enrollment processes for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families (S. 1083), S6708 [20MY]

———use of budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief for child care, S7084, S7085 [23MY]

Taxation: accelerate marriage penalty relief for earned income tax credit, S6195 [14MY], S6412 [15MY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (S. 1570), S10919 [1AU]

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities, S6426 [15MY]

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (S. 903), S5357 [11AP]

———assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (S. 685), S4283-S4286 [21MR]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (S. 1119), S7003 [22MY]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), agree to conference report that increases child tax credit refundability and include military pay in such credit (S. Res. 200), S9929, S9931 [25JY]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, S7420, S7447, S7449-S7456 [5JN], S7512 [9JN], S7970 [17JN], S9744 [23JY]

———preserve the value of the low-income housing credit, S6442 [15MY]

———prohibit the implementation of discriminatory precertification requirements for the earned income tax credit, S9931 [25JY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 198), S1246 [21JA], S8714 [26JN]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (S. 1556), S10909 [1AU]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (S. 85), S5014 [9AP]

U.S. Housing Act: amend the definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM (S. 258), S1821 [30JA]

U.S.-Mexico border: condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure (S. 1163), S7190 [2JN]

———enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (S. 532), S3187 [5MR]

Reports

Trip to Eritrea and Ethiopia: Representative Wolf, S1230 [21JA], S1360 [22JA]

Reports filed

American Dream Downpayment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1276) (H. Rept. 108-164), H5661 [19JN]

CARE Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 476) (S. Rept. 108-11), S2919 [27FE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 880) (S. Rept. 108-37), S5172 [10AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1298, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 210) (H. Rept. 108-80), H3569 [30AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 336) (H. Rept. 108-232), H7453 [23JY]

Family Opportunity Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 622) (S. Rept. 108-157), S12192 [30SE]

Foreign Assistance Programs Appropriations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1161) (S. Rept. 108-56), S7187 [2JN]

Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3038) (H. Rept. 108-275), H8380 [17SE]

HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1614) (H. Rept. 108-165), H5661 [19JN]

Improving the Community Services Block Grant Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3030) (H. Rept. 108-310), H9380 [10OC]

Increase Assistance for the Poorest People in Developing Countries Under Microenterprise Assistance Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 192), S6851 [21MY]

Millenium Challenge Account Authorization and Peace Corps Expansion Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 2441) (H. Rept. 108-205), H6705 [14JY]

Millennium Challenge Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1160) (S. Rept. 108-55), S7187 [2JN]

School Readiness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2210) (H. Rept. 108-184), H6261 [26JN]

State Children's Health Insurance Program Allotments Availability Extension: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 312) (S. Rept. 108-78), S8438 [24JN]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 1298) (H. Rept. 108-60), H2863 [7AP]

Songs

``Shortest Story,'' Harry Chapin, S6574 [19MY]

Statements

Eliminate Health Care Disparities Among Minorities: Delegate Christensen, H9163-H9165 [2OC]

Ethics and Policy—4th Global Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Nobel Peace Laureates, E2490 [8DE]

Inclusion of People With Disabilities in Foreign Assistance Programs: National Council on Disability, S13364 [28OC]

Millennium Challenge Act: President Bush, S3329 [6MR]

Summaries

American Indian Welfare Reform Act (S. 751), S4633-S4635 [1AP]

Head Start School Readiness and Coordination Act (S. 1483), S10146 [29JY]

Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act (H.R. 3196), E1910 [29SE]

Working Families Tax Credit Act (H.R. 2286), H5020 [5JN]

Tables

Child tax credit refundability examples, H4994, H5020 [5JN]

HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis initiatives funding, S9549 [17JY]

Projected U.S. spending for global HIV/AIDS initiatives (2004-2008), S9549 [17JY]

Testimonies

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization) Funding: Elton John, S6498 [15MY]

———Senator Sessions, S6498 [15MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 299, tribute to Sargent Shriver, H11175 [17NO]

H. Res. 210, consideration of H.R. 1298, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, H3575 [1MY]

H. Res. 240, National Community Health Center Week, H7179 [21JY]

H. Res. 336, consideration of H.R. 2210, School Readiness Act, H7518 [24JY]

H.R. 192, increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs, S7173 [23MY], H4032 [14MY]

H.R. 531, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, H6006 [26JN]

H.R. 1276, American Dream Downpayment Act, H9039 [1OC]

H.R. 1298, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, H3588-H3596 [1MY]

H.R. 2474, Congressional Hunger Center administration of funds made available for the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, H5825 [25JN]

H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, H7715 [25JY]

H.R. 3038, Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act, H9049 [1OC]

H.R. 3288, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H9703 [20OC]

S. 63, Nursing School Clinics Act, S61 [7JA]

S. 138, increase Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S164 [9JA]

S. 140, Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act, S204 [10JA]

S. 198, New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act, S1246-S1249 [21JA]

S. 204, Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act, S1371 [22JA]

S. 258, amend U.S. Housing Act definition of low-income families as it applies to Los Alamos County, NM, S1821 [30JA]

S. 261, Children First Act, S1823 [30JA]

S. 312, extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1990 [5FE]

S. 312, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S8633-S8635 [26JN]

S. 389, Caring for Children Act, S2466 [13FE]

S. 453, Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act, S2844-S2848 [26FE]

S. 476, CARE Act, S5020-S5043 [9AP]

S. 532, Colonias Gateway Initiative Act, S3188 [5MR]

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

S. 571, Millennium Challenge Act, S3326-S3328 [6MR]

S. 574, Unemployment Protection for Low-Income Families Through TANF (UPLIFT) Act, S3370 [7MR]

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

S. 621, Children's Health Equity Act, S3739 [13MR]

S. 622, Family Opportunity Act, S3740 [13MR]

S. 652, Access to Hospitals Act, S3901 [18MR]

S. 662, provide duty-free treatment to certain apparel articles from Nepal, S4001 [19MR]

S. 668, Child Care Quality Incentive Act, S4019 [19MR]

S. 685, Low Income Taxpayer Protection Act, S4284 [21MR]

S. 770, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act, S4709-S4712 [2AP]

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

S. 813, TANF Financial Education Promotion Act, S4961 [8AP]

S. 847, Early Treatment for HIV Act, S5091 [9AP]

S. 874, Sickle Cell Treatment Act, S5200 [10AP]

S. 903, Renewal Community Employment Credit Improvement Act, S5357 [11AP]

S. 1012, Strengthening Our States (SOS) Act, S5864-S5871 [7MY]

S. 1014, place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category, S5873 [7MY]

S. 1030, Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity (HealthCARE) Act, S5956-S5964 [8MY]

S. 1033, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S5967 [8MY]

S. 1119, clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing tax credit, S7004 [22MY]

S. 1142, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S7139-S7142 [23MY]

S. 1163, condition receipt of certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonias that lack necessary infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border, S7190 [2JN]

S. 1287, eliminate certain eligibility requirements for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions under the Higher Education Act, S8160 [18JN]

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

S. 1429, Family Planning State Empowerment Act, S9597 [17JY]

S. 1502, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10285 [30JY]

S. 1503, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10286 [30JY]

S. 1519, Medicaid Federal-State cost-sharing program extension to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs, S10643 [31JY]

S. 1547, technical corrections to H.R. 2854, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S10847 [31JY]

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

S. 1556, Legal Services Benefit Act, S10910 [1AU]

S. 1570, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S10920-S10923 [1AU]

S. 1641, QI-1s Medicare Cost-Sharing Extension Act, S11833 [23SE]

S. 1658, Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Act, S12000 [25SE]

S. 1697, Elderly Housing Plus Health Support Demonstration Act, S12288 [1OC]

S. 1734, Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act, S12612-S12615 [15OC]

S. 1793, College Quality, Affordability, and Diversity Improvement Act, S13386-S13406 [28OC]

S. 1976, permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures, S16025 [25NO]

S. Con. Res. 41, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5613 [30AP]

S. Con. Res. 43, encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S., S5789 [6MY], S7172 [23MY], H5424 [17JN]

S. Con. Res. 46, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 1298, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, S6717, S6786 [20MY], S6918 [22MY], H4382 [21MY]

S. Res. 96, Resolution To Expand Access to Community Health Centers (REACH) Initiative, S4179 [20MR]

S. Res. 200, agree to conference report on H.R. 1308, Relief for Working Families Tax Act, that increases child tax credit refundability and include military pay in such credit, S9976 [25JY]

Tributes

Mother Teresa, S12365 [2OC], S12443 [3OC], S12530 [14OC], S12732 [16OC], H7797 [3SE], E1704, E1708, E1716 [5SE], E1743 [9SE], E1776 [11SE], E1828 [17SE], E1883 [24SE], E1921, E1925, E1928 [30SE], E1937, E1940 [1OC], E1986 [7OC], E2009, E2012 [8OC], E2034 [14OC], E2037, E2041 [15OC], E2062 [16OC], E2076 [17OC], E2321 [19NO]