KERRY, JOHN F. (a Senator from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), S3640 [12MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S14062 [5NO], S14118 [6NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1088, S1091 [16JA], S1195, S1200, S1254, S1268, S1269, S1287, S1289 [21JA], S1353, S1370 [22JA], S1427, S1435, S1480, S1481 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12260, S12301 [1OC], S12390 [2OC], S12535 [14OC], S12630 [15OC], S12667, S12682, S12751 [16OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4718, S4719, S4720 [2AP], S4747 [3AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S3855, S3907 [18MR], S3979, S4021, S4023, S4024, S4026, S4028, S4030 [19MR], S4168, S4183, S4189, S4198, S4205, S4206, S4220 [20MR], S4242, S4251, S4296, S4307, S4312 [21MR], S4359, S4366, S4377, S4389, S4392, S4393 [25MR]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S6921, S6981, S7063 [22MY]

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), S9429 [15JY]

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11004, S11009, S11039, S11040 [3SE], S11069, S11078, S11081, S11090, S11121, S11122 [4SE], S11136, S11170 [5SE], S11226, S11230, S11246, S11258 [9SE], S11321, S11351, S11356 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), S13926 [4NO], S14496, S14506, S14835, S14843, S14845 [12NO]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6445 [15MY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), S12160 [30SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13378 [28OC]

Foreign trade: implement importation requirement system for conflict diamonds (H.R. 1584), S5251 [10AP]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8089, S8161 [18JN], S8247 [19JN], S8278, S8310 [20JN], S8371 [23JN], S8500, S8561, S8580 [25JN], S8775, S8795 [26JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S7516, S7557 [9JN], S7732, S7737 [11JN], S8368 [23JN], S10732 [31JY]

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

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6188, S6266, S6269, S6301, S6322, S6384 [14MY], S6442, S6509, S6527, S6528, S6562 [15MY]

Treaty Between the U.S. and Russia on Strategic Offensive Reductions: ratification, S3233, S3335 [6MR]

Appointments

Senate National Security Working Group, S5979 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

Body Armor Saves Lives in Iraq, Vernon Loeb and Theola Labbe, Washington (DC) Post, S16126 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States (see S. 1840), S14271 [7NO]

———ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 1298), S9709 [22JY]

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

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

America's National Maritime Museum: reaffirm and revise designation to establish additional museums around the country (see S. 674), S4165 [20MR]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see S. 736), S6029 [12MY]

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

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 55), S13516 [29OC]

———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see S. 789), S4958 [8AP]

———encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see S. Con. Res. 36), S5343 [11AP]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see S. 1622), S11833 [23SE]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see S. 852), S8439 [24JN]

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

———prohibit concurrent deployment to combat zones of both military spouses or families with minor children (see S. 687), S9245 [10JY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 1035), S9245 [10JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 56), S8300 [20JN]

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

———waive interest on student loans of military personnel called to active duty (see S. 863), S13909 [4NO]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see S. 1557), S12838 [17OC]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 1034), S13262 [27OC] (see S. 1431), S15407 [21NO]

Assets for Independence Act: revise and extend (see S. 1786), S15813 [24NO]

Aviation: allow the arming of pilots of cargo aircraft (see S. 516), S3506 [11MR]

———enable the U.S. to maintain its leadership in aeronautics and aviation (see S. 788), S4824 [3AP]

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

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 61), S11833 [23SE]

Bunche, Ralph: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 82), S15977 [25NO]

Burma: sanction the ruling military junta, strengthen democracy efforts, and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as legitimate representative of the Burmese people (see S. 1182), S7543 [9JN] (see S. 1215), S7719 [11JN]

Capital punishment: temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see S. 132), S5484 [29AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1142), S9794 [23JY]

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

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 76), S8125 [18JN]

———protect (see S. 16), S9303 [11JY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: amend (see S. 218), S1479 [23JA] (see S. 241), S1736 [29JA]

———authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 861), S5173 [10AP]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 1545), S10907 [1AU]

———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see S. Res. 221), S11245 [9SE]

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

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 55), S2341 [12FE]

Community Services Block Grant Act: revise and extend (see S. 1786), S15813 [24NO]

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

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see S. 896), S11032 [3SE]

———require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 1396), S9303 [11JY]

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

Courts: restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (see S. 787), S4824 [3AP]

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

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

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 950), S11754 [22SE]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 498), S3087 [4MR]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (see S. 1120), S7927 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: continuation of health insurance coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents (see S. 647), S4513 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see S. 1028), S12533 [14OC]

Dept. of the Interior: anniversary of National Wildlife Refuge System (see S. Res. 87), S3730 [13MR]

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, MA, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1069), S6506 [15MY]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 50), S36 [7JA]

Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see S. Con. Res. 21), S11350 [10SE]

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

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 1009), S5859 [7MY]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 491), S8726 [26JN]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see S. 617), S3730 [13MR]

Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act: amend labeling requirements (see S. 130), S133 [9JA]

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

Economy: provide Federal aid and economic stimulus through a one-time revenue grant to the States and their local governments (see S. 201), S3804 [17MR]

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

———increase availability of Head Start programs and quality child care, reduce child hunger and encourage healthy eating habits, and facilitate parental involvement (see S. 18), S11832 [23SE]

———limit the applicability of annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology relative to financial aid eligibility (see S. 1265), S10620 [31JY]

———oppose any changes to Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see S. Res. 153), S7927 [16JN]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see S. 1091), S7981 [17JN]

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

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see S. 1485), S11118 [4SE]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support (see S. 669), S4630 [1AP]

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

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see S.J. Res. 17), S9414 [15JY]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see S. 593), S4326 [24MR]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see S. 473), S4824 [3AP]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see S. 1807), S16121 [9DE]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see S. 544), S3882 [18MR]

Fish and fishing: establish individual fishery quota systems (see S. 1106), S6977 [22MY]

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

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes (see S. 1507), S12738 [16OC]

Foreign trade: implement importation requirement system for conflict diamonds (see S. 760), S4703 [2AP]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 1200), S7981 [17JN]

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see S. 1655), S11988 [25SE]

Great Lakes: develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series of indicators of water quality and related environmental factors (see S. 1116), S7621 [10JN]

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

Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (see S. 616), S3730 [13MR]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (see S. 1483), S14452 [11NO]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 538), S11032 [3SE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see S. 518), S7619 [10JN]

Health Workforce Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 1498), S10265 [30JY]

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

Higher Education Act: amend relative to the Federal Pell Grant maximum amount (see S. 184), S9049 [8JY]

———amend to enhance literacy in finance and economics (see S. 1800), S15062 [18NO]

Homeland Security Act: amend provisions on voluntarily furnished critical infrastructure information to restore public disclosure, government regulation, and whistleblowing protections (see S. 609), S9794 [23JY]

———repeal certain provisions relative to pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability (see S. 105), S203 [10JA]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see S. 1564), S10906 [1AU]

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see S. Con. Res. 26), S4825 [3AP]

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

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 1510), S10617 [31JY]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see S. 1129), S8727 [26JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 939), S8560 [25JN]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 1053), S12533 [14OC]

Iraq: prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see S. 1813), S14335 [10NO]

James, Daniel, Jr. (Chappie): issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 6), S3732 [13MR]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see S. 976), S13134 [23OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 470), S5772 [6MY]

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

Korea, Republic of: anniversary of Mutual Defense Treaty with the U.S. and reaffirmation of commitment to friendship and cooperation (see S. Res. 256), S13711 [31OC]

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

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 679), S4166 [20MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see S. 1700), S16121 [9DE]

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

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

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 253), S7188 [2JN]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S11350 [10SE]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: revise and extend (see S. 1786), S15813 [24NO]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 894), S13660 [30OC]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Con. Res. 55), S7832 [12JN]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 1531), S12534 [14OC]

McKiddy, Gary L.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Vietnamese Conflict (see S. 1834), S15976 [25NO]

Medicaid: clarify that inpatient drug prices charged to certain public hospitals are included in best price exemptions under the drug rebate program (see S. 1195), S7476 [5JN]

———coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (see S. 874), S7620 [10JN]

———establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (see S. 1394), S9303 [11JY]

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

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

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 883), S5486 [29AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 138), S3994 [19MR]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 847), S6256 [14MY]

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

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

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

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 598), S3505 [11MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 632), S7382 [4JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 1037), S5995 [9MY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 853), S5173 [10AP]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 654), S6707 [20MY]

———extend eligibility periods for geriatric graduate medical education, expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine, and provide reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 387), S7541 [9JN]

———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1095), S6853 [21MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 740), S4898 [7AP]

———modify definition of rehabilitation hospital and rehabilitation unit for reimbursement under prospective payment system (see S. 1222), S12376 [2OC]

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

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 569), S7619 [10JN]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see S. 899), S6071 [13MY]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see S. 1098), S10971 [2SE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 486), S3882 [18MR]

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

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

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

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 238), S2120 [10FE] (see S. 888), S5773 [6MY]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 122), S5484 [29AP]

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

National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 46), S2702 [25FE]

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

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 140), S5995 [9MY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 30), S10266 [30JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 983), S8126 [18JN]

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

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

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1737 [29JA]

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

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

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S9497 [16JY]

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

———provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 87), S2701 [25FE]

National Space Commission: establish (see S. 1821), S14031 [5NO]

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

National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 210), S11033 [3SE]

NOAA: ratify certain legal appointments and promotions in the commissioned corps (see S. 886), S5174 [10AP]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Shirin Ebadi for peace (see S. Res. 244), S13661 [30OC]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 196), S3882 [18MR]

Oceans: establish an interagency research program to improve understanding of the role of the oceans and human health and a similar program at NOAA (see S. 1218), S8440 [24JN]

———provide for ocean and coastal observations, enhance security at U.S. ports, and implement a data and information system required by all components of an ocean observing system (see S. 1400), S9328 [14JY]

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

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities (see S. Con. Res. 7), S4630 [1AP]

Patriot's Day: observance (see S. Con. Res. 37), S5343 [11AP]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 75), S3163 [5MR]

Pensions: ensure adequate funding of pension plans (see S. 1610), S11416 [11SE]

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

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see S. 459), S7926 [16JN]

Public utilities: increase production of clean, domestically produced renewable energy as a fuel source for the national electric system (see S. 944), S5483 [29AP]

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

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

Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 104), S134 [9JA]

Recycling: require implementation by brand owners of management plans that provide refund values for certain beverage containers (see S. 1867), S14804 [12NO]

Rynearson, Arthur J.: tribute (see S. Res. 33), S1736 [29JA]

SBA: ensure independence and nonpartisan operation of the Office of Advocacy (see S. 818), S4957 [8AP]

———establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (see S. 1126), S6978 [22MY]

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

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

Science: authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research (see S. 189), S8126 [18JN]

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

Ships and vessels: extend authorization for the ferry boat discretionary program (see S. 1345), S9050 [8JY]

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

Small Business Act: extend (see S. 1895), S15187 [19NO]

Small Business Investment Act: extend (see S. 1895), S15187 [19NO]

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

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 363), S3411 [10MR]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 614), S9415 [15JY]

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

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

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 349), S3254 [6MR]

Sports: recognize evolution and importance of motorsports (see S. Res. 253), S15408 [21NO]

States: 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), S7620 [10JN]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see S. 982), S9592 [17JY]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see S. 1162), S7237 [3JN] (see S. 1434), S10620 [31JY]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1613), S11416 [11SE]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 287), S1871 [4FE]

———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see S. 160), S1872 [4FE]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 623), S11161 [5SE]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 595), S11479 [15SE]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see S. 1119), S7137 [23MY]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see S. 206), S3028 [3MR]

———curtail use of tax shelters (see S. 1937), S16121 [9DE]

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

———equalize employer-provided parking and transit benefits and allow Federal agencies to offer transit and parking benefits in tandem to assist with costs of parking at transit facilities (see S. 661), S5652 [1MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 856), S6625 [19MY]

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 487), S2920 [27FE]

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

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 395), S2457 [13FE]

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

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (see S. 357), S2187 [11FE]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 664), S3993 [19MR]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see S. 384), S5434 [28AP]

———provide a partially refundable tax credit to family caregivers (see S. 1214), S11648 [17SE]

———provide a uniform definition of a qualifying child (see S. 755), S4825 [3AP]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 507), S3086 [4MR]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see S. 970), S9119 [9JY] (see S. 1637), S12193 [30SE]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1637), S12608 [15OC]

———suspend a portion of reduction in highest income tax rate and use such revenue to make supplemental appropriations for security and stabilization of Iraq (see S. 1634), S11648 [17SE]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 1556), S10906 [1AU]

———treatment of bonds originally issued to finance governmental facilities used for essential governmental functions (see S. 271), S8862 [27JN]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 1333), S8559 [25JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 85), S1871 [4FE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 557), S6853 [21MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 283), S1871 [4FE]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see S. 1568), S12970 [21OC]

Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 564), S3253 [6MR]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see S. 1630), S13516 [29OC]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see S. 1046), S7477 [5JN]

———provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 480), S2920 [27FE]

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

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals (see S. 157), S4557 [31MR]

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

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 1527), S10618 [31JY]

Trade Act: amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (see S. 1110), S7981 [17JN]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 72), S12971 [21OC]

Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (see S. Res. 202), S13661 [30OC]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 923), S5951 [8MY] (see S. 1853), S14804 [12NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see S. 1708), S12889 [20OC]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: place reasonable limitations on the use of surveillance and the issuance of search warrants (see S. 1709), S14452 [11NO]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1056), S6255 [14MY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 639), S3881 [18MR]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 59), S13711 [31OC]

———clarify prohibition on assignment of veterans benefits to agreements regarding future receipt of compensation and educate veterans on available legitimate financial services (see S. 257), S1812 [30JA]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see S. 68), S15812 [24NO]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 451), S4898 [7AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 1379), S13378 [28OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 392), S5434 [28AP]

———provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after a certain age will not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 249), S9244 [10JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 1076), S6624 [19MY]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see S. 726), S5060 [9AP]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of carnivorous wild cats for use as pets (see S. 269), S5996 [9MY]

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

YMCA: authorizing appropriations to implement program for teens providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1201), S7621 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: reimburse members for cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member (see S. 1991), S16120 [9DE]

———tribute regular and reserve components, express concern for safety and security, and ensure that reserve components are provided the same equipment as regular components (see S. Con. Res. 84), S15407 [21NO]

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

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see S. 1873), S14965 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications for prescriptions written by private practitioners to veterans awaiting their first VA appointment for medical care (see S. 1112), S6978 [22MY]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see S. 1838), S14176 [6NO]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 530), S3162 [5MR]

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 577), S3369 [7MR]

Investments: prevent the practice of late trading by mutual funds (see S. 1958), S15975 [25NO]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see S. 1386), S9244 [10JY]

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

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

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see S. 300), S1871 [4FE]

SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 1255), S7831 [12JN]

———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development program (see S. 1254), S7831 [12JN]

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

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

Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 633), S3803 [17MR]

Social Security: restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see S. 1011), S5859 [7MY]

Tariff: tuna (see S. 1739), S12737 [16OC] (see S. 1782), S13134 [23OC]

Taxation: allow increase in the minimum credit against alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to incentive stock options is sold or exchanged at a loss (see S. 503), S3086 [4MR]

———apply the harbor maintenance tax to certain ports that import cargo exceeding a certain amount per year (see S. 1310), S8357 [23JN]

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

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

———provide incentives for manufacturing businesses (see S. 1885), S15061 [18NO]

———treatment of businesses who employ military reservists, and self-employed military reservists (see S. 1595), S11245 [9SE]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 842), S5059 [9AP]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [7JA]

Letters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act: Daniel M. Pierce, Maine Osteopathic Association, S5179 [10AP]

———Edward Pontius, Maine Psychiatric Association, S5180 [10AP]

———Joel E. Streim, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, S5179, S5180 [10AP]

———Krishna Bhatta, Maine Medical Association, S5180 [10AP]

———Paul S. Appelbaum, American Psychiatric Association, S5179, S5180 [10AP]

———Richard C. Birkel, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S5180 [10AP]

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

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

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

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

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [7JA]

Remarks

Africa: authorize emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, S1448 [23JA]

Agriculture: cranberry research funding, S14016 [5NO]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S1335 [22JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S14016 [5NO], S14134 [6NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1015, S1039 [16JA], S1102, S1105, S1110 [17JA], S1326, S1335 [22JA], S1426, S1435, S1448, S1455 [23JA]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S1015, S1039 [16JA], S1102, S1105, S1110 [17JA], S1326, S1335 [22JA], S1426, S1435, S1448, S1455 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12320, S12321, S12323 [2OC], S12668 [16OC], S12816 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4697 [2AP], S4809 [3AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S3858 [18MR]

Armed Forces: reimburse members for cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member (S. 1991), S16126 [9DE]

———tribute regular and reserve components, express concern for safety and security, and ensure that reserve components are provided the same equipment as regular components (S. Con. Res. 84), S15477 [21NO]

Aviation: require that air traffic control remain a Government function, S14949 [17NO]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S3858 [18MR], S3962 [19MR], S4246 [21MR], S4409 [26MR]

Business and industry: extend and expand certain trade adjustment assistance programs and reauthorize certain Dept. of Commerce partnership programs (S. 1884), S15068-S15072 [18NO]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (S. 1873), S14965 [17NO]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (S. 893), S5353 [11AP]

Clark, Robert T.: nomination to be Army lieutenant general, S15041 [18NO]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 733), S4525 [27MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (S. Res. 41), S1862 [4FE]

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), S5015 [9AP]

Damelin, Harold: nomination to be SBA Inspector General, S4432 [26MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit use of certain conservation funding to provide technical assistance under the Conservation Reserve Program, S14134 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S6795 [21MY], S6924 [22MY], S7230 [3JN]

———restrict bundling of contract requirements that unreasonably disadvantage small businesses, S6795 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications for prescriptions written by private practitioners to veterans awaiting their first VA appointment for medical care (S. 1112), S6994 [22MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11278 [10SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13088 [23OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), S14996 [18NO]

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

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6417 [15MY]

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

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), S11990 [25SE], S12203 [30SE]

Education: funding, S1039 [16JA], S3962 [19MR]

Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs: funding, S1102 [17JA]

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

FAA: reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), conference report, S14949 [17NO]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (S.J. Res. 17), S11513 [16SE]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (S. 1838), S14179 [6NO]

Federal employees: application of certain goals that would subject employees to public-private competitions or convert work to private contractors, S1426 [23JA]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (S. 530), S3186 [5MR]

FERC: inclusion of electric power grid security in proposed rulemaking on cybersecurity, S11640 [17SE]

Fish and fishing: establish individual fishery quota systems (S. 1106), S6987 [22MY]

Food: seafood safety research programs funding, S14016 [5NO]

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (S. 577), S3372 [7MR]

Health: State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, S6444 [15MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S11278 [10SE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 1053), S12394 [2OC], S12495 [14OC]

Investments: prevent the practice of late trading by mutual funds (S. 1958), S15983-S15985 [25NO]

Iraq: impose limitation on use of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund funding, S12668 [16OC]

———require Presidential report to Congress on cost of use of Armed Forces against Iraq and rebuilding efforts before consideration of deficit-increasing legislation except for economic stimulus or homeland security purposes, S3858 [18MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (S. 253), S9401 [15JY]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (S. Con. Res. 55), S7846 [12JN]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (S. 1386), S9246 [10JY]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services, S8607 [26JN]

Medicare: eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (S. 853), S5179 [10AP]

———increase the availability of discounted prescription drugs through grants to health centers, hospitals, and other qualifying institutions, to create in-house pharmacies, S8280 [20JN]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations, S8693 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S15610 [23NO], S15675, S15697 [24NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8278 [20JN], S8607, S8693 [26JN]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, S13088 [23OC]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 486), S13204 [24OC]

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

National Oceans Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 49), S7405 [4JN]

National Office for the Development of Small Manufacturers: establish (S. 1886), S15069-S15072 [18NO]

National security: provide research and development grants to improve security for U.S. seaports, S1105 [17JA]

———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, S1015 [16JA]

Nuclear weapons: allow research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons, S6924 [22MY], S7230 [3JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S10897 [1AU]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S7707 [11JN], S13375 [28OC]

Public debt: ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S7091 [23MY]

Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 261), S1824 [30JA]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (S. 300), S1909 [4FE], S12853 [17OC]

SBA: anniversary, S11639 [17SE]

———ensure independence and nonpartisan operation of the Office of Advocacy (S. 818), S4966 [8AP]

———establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (S. 1255), S7839 [12JN]

———establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (S. 1126), S7015 [22MY]

———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development program (S. 1254), S7839 [12JN]

———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (S. 1247), S7860 [12JN]

———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (S. 822), S4970 [8AP]

———reauthorize assistance programs for small business concerns owned and controlled by women (S. 1154), S7126 [23MY]

———reauthorize loan programs (S. 1375), S9053 [8JY], S11639 [17SE], S11909 [24SE], S12083 [26SE]

———transfer unused funds from the loan program for businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks to 7(a) loan program, S1435 [23JA]

———tribute to Outstanding Women Entrepreneur Award recipients, S11909 [24SE]

———Women's Business Centers funding, S7707 [11JN]

Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, S4697 [2AP]

———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 318), S2003 [5FE], S4621 [1AP]

Small Business Act: extend (S. 1895), S15208 [19NO]

———modify contract consolidation requirements (S. 633), S3806 [17MR]

Small Business Investment Act: extend (S. 1895), S15208 [19NO]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (H.R. 1828), S14448 [11NO]

Tariff: tuna (S. 1782), S13142 [23OC]

Taxation: provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 875), S5201-S5203 [10AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S4246 [21MR], S4367 [25MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6444 [15MY]

———provide incentives for manufacturing businesses (S. 1885), S15069-S15072 [18NO]

———suspend a portion of reduction in highest income tax rate and use such revenue to make supplemental appropriations for security and stabilization of Iraq, S12320, S12321, S12323 [2OC]

———treatment of businesses who employ military reservists, and self-employed military reservists (S. 1595), S11248 [9SE], S15403 [21NO]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 842), S5075 [9AP]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1307), S4480 [27MR]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend, S1326 [22JA]

———extend (S. 23), S127 [9JA]

Treaties and agreements: impact of free-trade agreements, S9400 [15JY]

Treaty Between the U.S. and Russia on Strategic Offensive Reductions: ratification, S3236 [6MR]

———verification and compliance requirements, S3233, S3236 [6MR]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), S10578 [31JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), S10578 [31JY]

United Service Organizations: tribute to USO of New England, S7975 [17JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (S. 1076), S6627 [19MY]

Winchell, Barry: murder at Fort Campbell, KY, while serving in Army, S15041 [18NO]

YouthBuild USA (organization): funding, S14996 [18NO]

Reports filed

Activities During the 107th Congress: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. Rept. 108-1), S132 [9JA]

Texts of

S. 300, award Jackie Robinson the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition, S1909 [4FE]

S. 318, Small Business Drought Relief Act, S2003 [5FE]

S. 633, Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act, S3807 [17MR]

S. 1112, Veterans' Prescription Drug Reform Act, S6994 [22MY]

S. 1386, use of gold in Medal of Honor metal content, S9246 [10JY]

S. 1873, Call Center Consumer's Right To Know Act, S14966 [17NO]

S. 1884, Enhance Domestic Manufacturing and Worker Assistance Act, S15072-S15074 [18NO]

S. 1885, Manufacturing Job Production Act, S15074-S15076 [18NO]

S. 1886, Manufacturing Assistance, Development, and Education (MADE) in America Act, S15076-S15079 [18NO]

Tributes

Nolan, Joseph D., S4375 [25MR]

Perugini, Nicholas, S6026 [12MY]

Wellstone, Paul D., S13204 [24OC]