BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
Addresses
Affirmative Action: Representative Lee, E1360 [26JN]
Case for Labor Standards in Trade Agreements: Representative Levin, E1363 [26JN]
Depression-Era America: Conrad Black, S8719 [26JN]
Effect of Certain Environmental Regulations on Massachusetts Fishing Industry: Frederick Kalisz, Jr., E1877 [24SE]
Jumping a Stalled Economy: Frederick W. Smith, FedEx Corp., H153-H155 [27JA]
Transatlantic Partnership: Jurgen E. Schrempp, S3989 [19MR]
Amendments
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H1999, H2046, H2051, H2053, H2055, H2097 [19MR]
Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), S13012, S13024, S13027, S13035, S13037, S13040, S13057, S13058, S13059 [22OC], S16036 [25NO], H12854 [8DE]
Credit: prevent identity theft, improve use of and access to consumer reports, limit sharing of certain consumer information, and improve financial education and literacy (S. 1753), S13876, S13877, S13878, S13879, S13884, S13885, S13886, S13889, S13912, S13923, S13924, S13925, S13926, S13927, S13942 [4NO]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), H8084, H8085, H8086, H8087 [9SE], H8131, H8139, H8140, H8145, H8149, H8151, H8152, H8156, H8158, H8160, H8163, H8176 [10SE]
Defense Production Act: reauthorize (S. 1680), S12204, S12208 [30SE], S15478, S15480 [21NO], H12861 [8DE]
Dept. of Transportation: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road bus operations (S. 929), S10450 [30JY]
Ecology and environment: manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 139), S13523 [29OC]
Employment: enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), H3789, H3806, H3809, H3810, H3811, H3813, H3814, H3815 [8MY]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), consideration (H. Res. 221), H3774 [8MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (S. 313), S7165 [23MY], S7262 [3JN], S14279 [7NO]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H10341 [4NO], H10480, H10488, H10490, H10491, H10492, H10495, H10496, H10498, H10501, H10504, H10507 [6NO]
Ford Motor Co.: anniversary (H. Res. 100), H4401, H4402 [21MY]
———anniversary (S. Res. 100), S6637 [19MY]
Immigration: extend basic pilot employment verification system (S. 1685), S14505, S14843 [12NO]
———extend duration of the immigrant investor regional center program (S. 1642), S12473, S12476 [3OC]
Laborers' International Union of North America: anniversary (S. Res. 117), S5388, S5394 [11AP]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), H4013, H4014 [13MY], H4073 [14MY]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), consideration (H. Res. 230), H4039 [14MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), H9707 [20OC], H9762 [21OC]
Railroads: revitalize and enhance the passenger and freight rail transportation system (S. 1961), S15987, S16041 [25NO]
SBA: reauthorize loan programs (S. 1375), S12057, S12060, S12094 [26SE]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5605, H5625 [19JN]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), consideration (H. Res. 283), H5560 [19JN]
Taxation: amend laws assisting States in the collection of sales and use taxes on cigarettes (H.R. 1839), H10458 [5NO]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3521), H11832 [20NO]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S13943 [4NO], S14157, S14185, S14219 [6NO], S14239, S14278 [7NO], S14364 [10NO]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), H8308, H8326 [17SE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), S6738, S6739, S6740 [20MY], H3858 [8MY], H3887, H3940 [9MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H4715 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 249), H4562 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 2), S6031 [12MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6143 [13MY], S6152, S6154, S6164, S6176, S6178, S6188, S6195, S6197, S6201, S6210, S6214, S6216, S6217, S6239, S6241, S6246, S6266, S6268, S6269, S6270, S6271, S6272, S6274, S6275, S6289, S6290, S6291, S6292, S6293, S6294, S6296, S6298, S6300, S6301, S6316, S6317, S6318, S6320, S6321, S6322, S6323, S6324, S6326, S6329, S6330, S6331, S6333, S6334, S6335, S6337, S6338, S6342, S6343, S6345, S6367, S6384, S6388, S6403 [14MY], S6409, S6422, S6426, S6432, S6434, S6435, S6437, S6438, S6439, S6441, S6442, S6443, S6451, S6452, S6454, S6455, S6456, S6518, S6520, S6522, S6523, S6524, S6525, S6526, S6527, S6528, S6529, S6530, S6531, S6532, S6533, S6548, S6549, S6551, S6552, S6553, S6556, S6562, S6564 [15MY]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), consideration (H. Res. 14), H72 [8JA]
Tobacco products: ensure collection of all cigarette taxes (S. 1177), S16147, S16202 [9DE]
Workforce Investment Act: reauthorize (S. 1627), S14861 [12NO]
Analyses
Criminal Spam Act (S. 1293), S8239 [19JN]
Energy Policy Act (S. 14): Feinstein Amendment on Regulatory Oversight Over Energy Trading Markets, S7662 [11JN]
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (H.R. 2622): Conference Report, E2512-E2519 [8DE]
Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act (H.R. 2), H3829-H3832 [8MY]
Small Manufacturers Assistance, Recovery, and Trade (SMART) Act (S. 1977), S16029 [25NO]
Appointments
Antitrust Modernization Commission, S2872 [26FE]
Conferees: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S6475 [15MY], H4542 [22MY]
———H.R. 2622, National Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act, S13994 [5NO], H10515 [6NO]
Articles and editorials
Alaska, No Longer So Frigid, Starts To Crack, Burn and Sag, S3351 [7MR]
Alexander's Principled Stand for State Control, S14253 [7NO]
America, Brought to You by . . ., S11432 [15SE]
And That's the Way It Is, S11386 [11SE]
Assault on Iraq—USAID Defends Secret Bids To Rebuild Iraq, S4811 [3AP]
Better Governance in Public Agencies?, S9399 [15JY]
Big Shakedown on Russian Business, E1646 [25JY]
Binge Isn't Over for Diller, E1165 [5JN]
Businesses Sore About Medical Leave, S2002 [5FE]
`But' Economy, E2199 [31OC]
Center for Public Ignorance, H2511 [31MR]
Chatter in the Cave of the Winds, S14668 [12NO]
China Set To Act on Fuel Economy—Tougher Standards Than in U.S., S15351 [21NO]
Climate Change—The Science Isn't Settled, S13491 [29OC]
Consumers Trimmed Spending in April—Drop in Gasoline Sales Was Factor in Decline, S6423 [15MY]
Contracts To Rebuild Iraq Go to Chosen Few, S4812 [3AP]
Cook and the Law, S5705 [5MY]
Desecration of the Mall, S11431 [15SE]
Drawbacks of Buy American Act, E2021 [8OC]
Dubious Energy Bill Better Shelved, S10175 [30JY]
Economic View; Producing Abroad Is Harming Recovery, S10495 [31JY]
Economy—More Financial Jobs Go Offshore, S5797 [7MY]
Establishing a Permanent Presence in the Middle East, H2813-H2815 [3AP]
Even Luckier Duckies, S7226 [3JN]
Exxon Valdez Appeals Ruling, Stuns, Alaskans, S3920 [19MR]
ExxonMobil Damages for Valdez Spill Cut to $4 Billion From 5; To Appeal, S3920 [19MR]
Faust in Texas II, S5244 [10AP]
FCC's Powell Keeps Chin Up as Regulation Storm Rages, S11464 [15SE]
Feds Win Job Competitions at Park Service, Agriculture Department, S11793 [23SE]
Feeble Plan To Save U.S. Manufacturing, E1822 [17SE]
Few Spared as Insurance Rates Soar; Corporate, Household Budgets Feel Same Pain, S9018 [8JY]
Finding Fraud on Wall St. May Be a Step to Higher Post, H3626 [1MY]
Fix This Loophole, S3635 [12MR]
Ford, GM Push Vendors Toward China; `World Price' Frenzy Threatens U.S. Jobs, S10497 [31JY]
GMC Has Expansion Brewing, S14961 [17NO]
Gone With Globalization, E1971 [2OC]
Great Media Gulp, S11517 [16SE]
Greenspan Says Tax Cut Without Spending Reductions Could Be Damaging, S5794 [7MY]
Halloween Scare—Internet Taxes, S14165 [6NO]
Health on the Border—Elderly Americans Head North and South To Find Drugs They Can Afford, H5347 [12JN]
Houston Link to D-FW Smog Doubted, H10099 [29OC]
How Media Giants Are Reassembling the Old Oligopoly, S11514 [16SE]
How Michael Powell Could Have the Last Laugh, S11463 [15SE]
How To Save the Performing Arts, S1065 [16JA]
How To Unspam the Internet, S8564 [25JN]
Hunger Has a New Face, H8324 [17SE]
I.B.M. Explores Shift of Some Jobs Overseas, S10499 [31JY]
In a Wall St. Hierarchy, Short Shift to Little Guy, H3625 [1MY]
In the Northwest—`Outsourcing' a Sweeping Attack on National Parks, S11802 [23SE]
Insurers Scale Back Corporate Liability Policies, S9020 [8JY]
Internet's Taxing Issue—State, Service Providers Wage Fight Over Sales Tax on Web Access, S13892 [4NO]
Investors First, H11544 [19NO]
Iraq Business Deals May Be Invalid, Law Experts Warn, H10233 [30OC]
Iraq Strengthens Air Force With French Parts, S3344 [7MR]
Irrelevant Proposal, H35 [7JA]
It Reeks of Politics, S216 [13JA]
It's About Taxes—Yours, S14253 [7NO]
J.P. Morgan, Insurance Firms Settle Legal Dispute, S9019 [8JY]
Judge Voids Portion of Exxon Fine, S3920 [19MR]
Keep Pros Who Love Parks, S11804 [23SE]
Keeping Saddam Hussein in a Box, E151 [6FE]
Knights in Golden Armour, S5242 [10AP]
Labor Dept. Shifts Whistle-Blower View, S1727 [29JA]
Laid-Off Factory Workers Find Jobs Are Drying Up for Good, S10492-S10494 [31JY]
Legacy of Power Cost Manipulation, S10127 [29JY]
Let Freedom Ring, S3637 [12MR]
Let's Compete, S10136 [29JY]
Let's Keep Doctors in Business, S9078 [9JY]
Little to Celebrate for Unemployed, E1798 [16SE]
Marketing the Mall, S11432 [15SE]
Medco Accused of Favoring Merck Drugs, S8615 [26JN]
Morales, Friend Indicted in Texas Tobacco Case—Former AG Has Denied Wrongdoing; Federal Charges Include Tax Evasion, S5243 [10AP]
More Public Drilling? Let's Collect Bills First, H3314 [11AP]
Most Dangerous Indiscretion—The Legal, Economic, and Political Legacy of the Governments' Tobacco Litigation, S5242 [10AP]
Mugging the Needy, E659 [3AP]
N.M. Gets Shock at Pump, S3769 [17MR]
Nation Builders for Hire, S9174-S9177 [10JY]
New Kind of Job Loss, E2153 [28OC]
No More Than 30%, S1760 [30JA]
No New Tax Cuts, S5290 [11AP]
110 Economists Back Bush Tax Plan—3 Nobel Laureates Join Group Urging Congress' Support, S1653 [28JA]
Perle's Vindication, E2420 [22NO]
Place for Capital Controls, H7484 [24JY]
Political Malpractice, S9071 [9JY]
Power Points—Second Thoughts on FERC's California D-Day, S15262 [20NO]
Powerful New Revolver Is Drawing Fire Already, S2915 [27FE]
President's Tax Cut and Its Unspoken Numbers, S2638 [25FE]
Program Puts College Students on Business-Leadership Paths, H3416 [29AP]
Read My Lips, E1257 [13JN]
Regulation Begins at Home, H11542 [19NO]
Reservists Under Economic Fire, H4889 [4JN]
Responsible George, S14165 [6NO]
Small Firms Are Turning to Financial Futures for Fuel, S13976 [5NO]
Some Investors Could Trim Their Tax Bills to Near Zero, H4732 [22MY]
Stubborn Stagnation, S5796 [7MY]
Success With Scallops—Cooperation Between Managers and Fishermen Has Rebuilt Stocks, E1129 [4JN]
Sure-Fire Recipe for Trouble, S8117 [18JN]
Tax and Click, S14165 [6NO]
Tax Plan That Will Pay Few Dividends, S216 [13JA]
Ten Wall St. Firms Settle With U.S. in Analyst Inquiry—Agree To Pay $1.4 Billion, H3625 [1MY]
There Is a Catch—Jobs, S14294 [10NO]
These Are Your Parks, S11800 [23SE]
Time To Switch Drugstores?, S12367 [2OC]
Too Little Discussion Has Preceded FCC Decision on Media Ownership, H4775 [2JN]
Too Many Leaps of Faith in Bush Tax-Cut Plan, S264 [14JA]
Too Many Secrets, S3635 [12MR]
2 Bills Would Benefit Top Bush Fundraisers—Executives' Companies Could Get Billions, S15558 [22NO], S15728 [24NO]
2002 Rate Survey Finds Malpractice Premiums Are Soaring, S9068 [9JY]
U.S. Corporate Tax and the Global Economy, E2099 [20OC]
U.S. Is Joining Lawsuit That Says Medco Put Profits Before Patients, S8614 [26JN]
U.S. Job-Market Slump Is Longest in Decades—Near Term Prospects for Workers Remain Grim Despite Hopeful Forecasts, S211 [13JA]
U.S. Joining Suit Against Medco, S8614 [26JN]
Walter Clore, ``Father of Washington Wine,'' Dies, S3248 [6MR]
Warming Is Global but the Legislating, in the U.S., Is All Local, S13573 [30OC]
Washington Insiders' New Firm Consults on Contracts in Iraq, H9187 [2OC]
Washington's Wild Ways Choke Recovery, S5796 [7MY]
Washington-Style Politics, E2420 [22NO]
We Need To Forget ``Free'' Trade, Move Toward ``Fair'' Trade, E1738 [9SE]
What if a Pension Shift Hit Lawmakers, Too?, E447 [12MR]
What Would Jesus Do? Sock It to Alabama's Corporate Land Owners, H5659 [19JN]
Where the Good Jobs Are Going; Forget Sweatshops, U.S. Companies Are Now Shifting High-Wage Work Overseas, Especially to India, S10494 [31JY]
Why This Tax Loophole for Losers Should End, S6442 [15MY], S8567 [25JN]
Bills and resolutions
Advertising: create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business concerns (see H.R. 132), H56 [7JA]
Agricultural Adjustment Act: remove requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears (see S. 1827), S14032 [5NO] (see H.R. 2984), H7785 [25JY]
Agricultural Marketing Act: specify model for country-of-origin labeling requirements certification program for producers, ease verification of compliance with requirements, and impose schedule of penalties for violations (see H.R. 3083), H8216 [11SE]
Agriculture: allow modified bloc voting by dairy marketing cooperatives in the scheduled referendum on Federal milk marketing order reform (see S. 43), S36 [7JA]
———ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H9213 [2OC]
———ensure regulatory equity among dairy farmers for milk sales in certain non-federally regulated marketing areas (see H.R. 1659), H2937 [8AP]
———ensure regulatory equity among dairy farmers for milk sales in certain non-federally regulated marketing areas and apply minimum price requirements to certain Arizona-Las Vegas marketing area milk handlers (see H.R. 1650), H2863 [7AP]
———expand country of origin labeling requirements to additional agricultural commodities and implement requirements on certain covered commodities (see H.R. 2270), H4737 [22MY]
———increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased (see S. 325), S2051 [6FE]
———prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (see H.R. 2921), H7782 [25JY]
———provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (see S. 91), S37 [7JA]
———provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 2918), H7782 [25JY]
Air pollution: prohibit liability for the effects of emissions and emission byproducts caused by an act of nature (see H.R. 1891), H3570 [30AP]
———reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 366), S2340 [12FE] (see H.R. 2042), H3857 [8MY]
American Concrete Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 394), H9377 [8OC]
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 728), H460 [12FE]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see S. 1799), S13660 [30OC] (see H.R. 1086), H1640 [5MR]
———enhance FTC or Dept. of Justice authority to prevent anticompetitive practices in tightly concentrated gasoline markets (see S. 1737), S12607 [15OC]
———implement antitrust enforcement enhancements and cooperation incentives (see S. 1797), S13516 [29OC]
———increase certain antitrust penalties on individuals and corporations and repeal the U.S. Antidumping Act (see S. 1080), S6624 [19MY]
Armed Forces: encourage employers who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve to provide a pay differential benefit and an extension of employee benefits to members on active duty (see H. Con. Res. 193), H4737 [22MY]
———ensure military pay increases are comparable to private sector pay growth as measured by the Employment Cost Index (see H.R. 1885), H3570 [30AP]
———express appreciation to members engaging in military action in Iraq and against terrorism and recognize communities, businesses, and organizations for their support (see H. Con. Res. 177), H4011 [13MY]
———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard (see S. 442), S2701 [25FE]
———reform computation of retired pay for members with hazardous duty experience, study benefits for employers of National Guard or Reserve members, and assess military youth programs expansion (see H.R. 1325), H1953 [18MR]
———revise certain retired pay eligibility requirements, provide TRICARE eligibility to certain reservists, and allow reservists and their employers a tax credit (see S. 1000), S5771 [6MY] (see H.R. 2168), H4367 [20MY] (see H.R. 2413), H5174 [10JN]
———tribute to businesses and business owners for support of our troops and their families (see H. Res. 201), H3354 [11AP]
Army: authorize arsenals to undertake orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment under certain circumstances (see H.R. 479), H243 [29JA]
Aroostook County, ME: modify empowerment zone boundaries (see S. 299), S1871 [4FE] (see H.R. 3448), H10457 [5NO]
Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 1034), S5950 [8MY] (see S. 1431), S9592 [17JY] (see H.R. 2038), H3856 [8MY]
Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 1553), H2702 [2AP]
———enable the U.S. to maintain its leadership in aeronautics and aviation (see S. 788), S4824 [3AP] (see H.R. 2271), H4737 [22MY]
———establish a temporary moratorium on the imposition of passenger and air carrier security fees and reimburse the airline industry for homeland security costs (see H.R. 1467), H2470 [27MR]
———establish an award program to encourage the development of effective bomb-scanning technology (see S. 1927), S15407 [21NO]
———improve security (see H.R. 2144), H4254 [19MY]
———provide an apportionment to certain primary airports that had reduced passenger boardings due to the discontinuance of air carrier service (see H.R. 630), H322 [5FE]
———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2499), H5467 [17JN]
———provide relief to the airline industry (see H.R. 1366), H2131 [19MR]
Bank for International Settlements (organization): develop uniform U.S. standards before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review the Committee's recommendation for an accord on capital standards (see H.R. 2043), H3972 [9MY]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1461 [27FE]
———amend laws (H.R. 975), consideration (see H. Res. 147), H1952 [18MR]
———establish a priority for the payment of claims for duties paid to the U.S. by licensed customs brokers and sureties on behalf of a debtor (see S. 1772), S12969 [21OC] (see S. 1891), S15187 [19NO] (see H.R. 3003), H7948 [4SE]
———include bonuses and other extraordinary or excessive compensation of corporate officers and violators of securities and accounting laws in bankruptcy estates (see S. 832), S5059 [9AP]
———increase amount of claims for income given priority in bankruptcy and provide cash payments to retirees to compensate for lost health benefits resulting from the bankruptcy of their former employer (see S. 1970), S15975 [25NO]
———revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (see H.R. 2120), H4203 [15MY]
Biomedical research corporations: permit engagement in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (see S. 1773), S13053 [22OC] (see H.R. 2968), H7784 [25JY]
Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2879), H7616 [24JY]
Buy American Act: amend to increase requirement for American-made content and to tighten waiver provisions (see S. 1480), S10140 [29JY]
California: provide an additional bankruptcy judge for the eastern district (see H.R. 2158), H4367 [20MY]
———require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3187), H8949 [25SE]
Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (see S. Con. Res. 53), S7718 [11JN] (see H. Con. Res. 215), H5266 [11JN]
Charities: require improved disclosure of corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 275), H136 [8JA]
Children and youth: establish public-private partnership programs to provide child care (see H.R. 1242), H1811 [12MR]
———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (see H. Res. 254), H4738 [22MY]
China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see H.R. 3364), H9811 [21OC]
———encourage fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, support the U.S. manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms (see H. Res. 414), H9981 [28OC]
Civil rights: provide equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and support affirmative action programs in securing such equal access (see H. Res. 32), H171 [27JA]
Clean Air Act: amend gasoline requirements to prevent future supply shortages and price spikes in the gasoline market (see H.R. 1020), H1463 [27FE]
———reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 203), H59 [7JA]
———reduce powerplant pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs and an alternative regulatory classification for units subject to such programs (see S. 485), S2920 [27FE] (see S. 1844), S14335 [10NO] (see H.R. 999), H1462 [27FE]
Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 1870), H3452 [29AP]
Colleges and universities: improve access through experiential education (see H.R. 3408), H10235 [30OC]
———require agreements with private for-profit organizations for the provision of work-study employment (see H.R. 2390), H5045 [5JN]
Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (see S. Res. 274), S15812 [24NO]
Community development: correct certain inequities in the second round of designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 593), H320 [5FE]
———increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see S. 1711), S12448 [3OC] (see H.R. 1480), H2471 [27MR]
———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 586), S3504 [11MR]
Computers: criminalize sending of predatory and abusive e-mail (see S. 1293), S8232 [19JN]
———ensure that recipients of unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail can identify the sender of such e-mail (see S. 1052), S6070 [13MY]
———expand computer and telecommunications advancements in rural areas (see H.R. 138), H56 [7JA]
———prohibit transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail to persons on a national No-Spam Registry and impose requirements on content of all commercial e-mail (see S. 1231), S7718 [11JN]
———reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail and protect children from unsolicited e-mail containing sexually oriented advertisements (see S. 1327), S8559 [25JN] (see H.R. 1933), H3636 [1MY]
———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see S. 877), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 2214), H4734 [22MY] (see H.R. 2515), H5551 [18JN]
———study the business practices, procedures, accountability, and administration of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and of the Internet domain name system (see H.R. 2521), H5661 [19JN]
Conservation of energy: improve energy use of transportation and infrastructure facilities (see H.R. 1491), H2471 [27MR]
Consumer and Small Business Energy Commission: establish (see S. 1192), S7476 [5JN]
Consumers: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to a national emergency (see H.R. 2549), H5662 [19JN]
———prohibit operators of automatic teller machines that display paid advertising from imposing any fee (see H.R. 774), H700 [13FE]
———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see S. 1873), S14965 [17NO]
———treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit use in consumer transactions (see H.R. 1887), H3570 [30AP]
Contracts: increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses (see H.R. 1216), H1745 [11MR]
———provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal contractor to subcontract with small businesses as described in its subcontracting plan (see H.R. 1217), H1745 [11MR]
———require certain prospective government contractors to employ a certain percentage of their employees in the U.S. (see H.R. 3134), H8381 [17SE]
———require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1348), H2131 [19MR]
———require Federal contractors to possess a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics (see H.R. 1218), H1745 [11MR]
———require the provision of a written prompt payment policy to each subcontractor under a Federal contract and a clause outlining the provisions of such policy in each subcontract (see H.R. 1215), H1745 [11MR]
Copyrights: allow abandoned copyrighted works to enter the public domain after a certain period (see H.R. 2601), H5928 [25JN]
———promote effective enforcement (see S. 1933), S15573 [22NO]
———replace copyright arbitration royalty panels with a Copyright Royalty Judge (see H.R. 1417), H2310 [25MR]
Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 2902), H7781 [25JY]
Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 108), H2270 [20MR]
———prevent corporate auditors from providing tax shelter services to their audit clients (see S. 1767), S12969 [21OC] (see H.R. 3599), H12307 [21NO]
———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal payments, benefits, services, and tax advantages (see H.R. 3082), H8216 [11SE]
———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 2153), H4254 [19MY]
Corps of Engineers: reimburse non-Federal interests for managing recreation facilities and natural resources at water resource development projects (see H.R. 30), H52 [7JA]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1994), H3683 [6MY]
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see S. 1061), S6255 [14MY] (see H.R. 1112), H1678 [6MR] (see H.R. 1428), H2310 [25MR]
———establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1114), H1678 [6MR]
———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 339), H169 [27JA]
———prohibit civil liability actions against the food industry for damages or injunctive relief for claims of injury resulting from a person's weight gain, obesity, or any related health conditions (see S. 1428), S9592 [17JY]
———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 413), S2457 [13FE] (see S. 1125), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 1586), H2819 [3AP] (see H.R. 1737), H3302 [10AP]
Credit: prevent identity theft, improve use of and access to consumer reports, limit sharing of certain consumer information, and improve financial education and literacy (see S. 1753), S12838 [17OC]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (see H.R. 2622), H6262 [26JN]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), consideration (see H. Res. 360), H8081 [9SE]
———protect consumers from unfair and deceptive practices by organizations providing debt counseling, debt consolidation, or debt settlement services (see H.R. 3331), H9686 [17OC]
Crime: clarify the criminal intent required to be established to prove a criminal violation for wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 2003), H3760 [7MY]
———combat, deter, and punish individuals and enterprises engaged in organized retail theft (see S. 1553), S10618 [31JY]
———establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (see H.R. 858), H704 [13FE] (see H.R. 1731), H3301 [10AP]
———establish penalties for aggravated identity theft and enhance existing identity theft penalties (see S. 153), S288 [14JA]
———increase civil penalties for violations involving certain actions that exploit popular reaction to a Presidentially declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 346), H169 [27JA]
———prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (see S. 1533), S10618 [31JY] (see S. 1581), S11032 [3SE]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H390 [11FE]
———provide relief for victims of identity theft (see S. 1749), S12737 [16OC] (see H.R. 3296), H9477 [15OC]
Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 2283), H4786 [2JN]
Defense Production Act: reauthorize (see S. 1680), S12192 [30SE] (see S. 1738), S12607 [15OC] (see H.R. 1280), H1901 [13MR]
Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 678), H390 [11FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a study on the effectiveness of silver-based biocides as an alternative treatment to preserve wood (see H.R. 688), H390 [11FE]
———recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 2273), H4737 [22MY]
Dept. of Commerce: establish an Assistant Sec. for Manufacturing within the Dept. of Commerce, an Interagency Manufacturing Task Force, and a Small Business Manufacturing Task Force (see S. 1977), S15975 [25NO]
———establish an Office of Manufacturing (see S. 592), S3504 [11MR]
———establish position of Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing (see S. 1326), S8559 [25JN]
———establish position of Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing (see H.R. 2172), H4367 [20MY]
———establish position of Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing and Technology and manufacturing research and implementation program, and promote manufacturing education (see H.R. 2908), H7781 [25JY]
———establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (see S. 1120), S6978 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: establish pilot and demonstration program in New Jersey and elsewhere to improve military installation security and defense contractors and subcontractors quality (see H.R. 3695), H12919 [8DE]
———expand Energy Efficiency Program by entering into energy savings performance contracts (see H.R. 3339), H9687 [17OC]
———require certain contractors to investigate, assess, and provide fingerprint cards for individuals who work on military installations or facilities (see H.R. 2463), H5365 [12JN]
Dept. of Energy: develop and implement a strategy for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of distributed power hybrid energy systems (see H.R. 1041), H1464 [27FE]
———establish and fund catalysis science research and development program (see S. 873), S5173 [10AP]
———establish Next Generation Lighting Initiative (see S. 167), S848 [15JA]
———freeze price of gasoline pending analysis of price fluctuations (see H.R. 1379), H2268 [20MR]
Dept. of HHS: develop health advisories to provide notice and education on effects of mercury exposure and require posting or availability at seafood businesses where the potential for mercury exposure exists (see S. 1939), S15812 [24NO]
———take action to remove dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids from the market (see S. Res. 260), S14177 [6NO] (see H. Res. 435), H10978 [6NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities (see H.R. 1355), H2131 [19MR]
———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 2014), H3761 [7MY]
———provide that waivers of certain prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates shall apply only if the waiver is required in the interest of national security (see S. 29), S35 [7JA] (see S. 134), S133 [9JA]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 239), H134 [8JA]
Dept. of Justice: expand powers and jurisdiction to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of firearms and ammunition (see S. 1224), S7619 [10JN] (see H.R. 2403), H5173 [10JN]
———provide additional resources for investigation and prosecution of identity theft and related credit card and other fraud (see H.R. 3693), H12919 [8DE]
Dept. of Labor: establish a pilot grant program to retrain displaced workers in high technology fields (see H.R. 3368), H9811 [21OC]
———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 1606), H2820 [3AP]
———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (see S. 1597), S11245 [9SE] (see H.R. 3067), H8174 [10SE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study of Coltsville, CT, for potential inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 437), H241 [29JA]
———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 1013), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 1697), H3051 [9AP] (see H.R. 2244), H4736 [22MY]
———provide for maintenance and repair of buildings and properties located on National Wildlife Refuge System lands by lessees of such facilities (see H.R. 1204), H1745 [11MR]
———reallocate costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, SD, to reflect increased demands for municipal and industrial and fish and wildlife purposes (see H.R. 2132), H4204 [15MY]
Dept. of Transportation: address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased Buy American Act compliance levels (see H.R. 3017), H8015 [5SE]
———authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road bus operations (see S. 929), S5434 [28AP]
———clarify certain Buy American Act provisions (see H.R. 3682), H12919 [8DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determine the effectiveness of contracting for the use of private memory care facilities for veterans with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 2337), H4977 [4JN]
———extend certain authorities for health care services and reporting dates and augment certain health care business practices or programs (see H.R. 3260), H9375 [8OC]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H58 [7JA]
Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (see S. 775), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 1455), H2401 [26MR]
———modify terms of the community disaster loan program and authorize assistance under that program for losses related to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 1542), H2585 [1AP]
———prohibit price gouging of products and services that are widely needed during a designated disaster (see H.R. 3236), H9213 [2OC]
District of Columbia: reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, and improve the quality of life in Washington metropolitan region (see H.R. 2882), H7616 [24JY]
Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see H.R. 780), H700 [13FE]
———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 946), S5484 [29AP]
Ecology and environment: manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (see S. 139), S133 [9JA]
———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 645), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1334), H1954 [18MR]
———regulate concentrated animal feeding operations for the protection of the environment and public health (see S. 1407), S9414 [15JY]
Economic Development Administration: authorize grants to producers of taconite for implementation of new technologies to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve overall product quality and performance (see S. 1990), S16120 [9DE] (see H.R. 3686), H12919 [8DE]
———reauthorize and improve (see S. 1134), S6978 [22MY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: accelerate individual income tax rate cuts and make all tax cuts permanent (see H.R. 210), H59 [7JA]
———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]
Economy: establish a commission to study employment and economic insecurity in the U.S. workforce (see H.R. 3435), H10339 [4NO]
———provide unemployment assistance, tax relief, fiscal assistance to State and local governments, and jobs and security through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 396), H217 [28JA]
Education: establish a vocational and technical education grant program (see H.R. 2762), H7019 [16JY]
———improve financial literacy and education programs and facilitate cooperation between governmental units and the private sector by establishing a national strategy for assuring financial education (see H.R. 3520), H11650 [19NO]
———support business incubation in academic settings (see H.R. 2314), H4876 [3JN]
EEOC: require report on use of the Fair Labor Standards Act by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity (see H.R. 1487), H2471 [27MR]
Electric power: prohibit fraudulent recording of revenue from round trip sales of electric power (see H.R. 1255), H1811 [12MR]
———protect customers by ensuring States maintain jurisdiction over electric utilities and prohibiting FERC implementation of a standard market design (see S. 954), S5541 [30AP]
———provide market transparency in wholesale sales of electric energy and prohibit round trip trading of electricity (see H.R. 1254), H1811 [12MR]
———provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (see S. 688), S4275 [21MR] (see H.R. 1341), H1954 [18MR]
Electronics: prohibit the Depts. of Defense and Homeland Security from purchasing equipment containing electronic components that are not manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 2974), H7784 [25JY]
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2881), H7616 [24JY]
Employment: allow employees the right to accept or reject arbitration to resolve an employment controversy (see H.R. 540), H318 [5FE]
———amend and improve workforce investment and adult education systems (see H.R. 1992), H3683 [6MY]
———enhance the workforce investment system (see H.R. 1261), H1900 [13MR]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), consideration (see H. Res. 221), H3760 [7MY]
———ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people (see H.R. 2298), H4787 [2JN]
———establish a commission to promote employee ownership (see H.R. 1778), H3351 [11AP]
———establish an Adult Job Corps demonstration program for the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 2594), H5814 [24JN]
———minimum wage and maximum hour requirement exemptions for certain seasonal fireworks employees (see H.R. 2263), H4737 [22MY]
———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain computer professionals (see S. 495), S3027 [3MR] (see H.R. 1996), H3683 [6MY]
———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain construction engineering and design professionals (see S. 237), S1736 [29JA]
———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see S. 292), S1871 [4FE] (see H.R. 2065), H3973 [9MY]
———prevent an employer from placing a nonimmigrant who is an intracompany transferee with another employer (see H.R. 2154), H4254 [19MY]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1705), S12376 [2OC] (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]
———protect employee rights (see H.R. 2146), H4254 [19MY]
———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see S. 1485), S10140 [29JY] (see H.R. 2665), H6347 [8JY]
———provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H1678 [6MR]
———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 317), S1977 [5FE]
———provide for labor recruiter accountability (see H.R. 3530), H11650 [19NO]
———provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (see S. 1965), S15975 [25NO]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see S. 194), S1144 [17JA] (see H.R. 1245), H1811 [12MR]
ERISA: ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from pension and welfare benefits based on status misclassification or reclassification (see H.R. 1397), H2269 [20MR]
———exclude from preemption State causes of action to enforce determinations by group health plans based on medical necessity (see H.R. 596), H320 [5FE]
———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1953 [18MR]
———require equitable funding of pension plans maintained by corporations which also maintain executive pension plans (see H.R. 2078), H4011 [13MY]
FAA: enhance Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 2077), H4011 [13MY]
———ensure control of air traffic control system functions (see H.R. 1711), H3300 [10AP]
———preserve Essential Air Service Program (see S. 1998), S16120 [9DE]
———promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (see S. 1260), S7876 [13JN] (see H.R. 3245), H9213 [2OC]
———reauthorize the Essential Air Service Program (see S. 964), S5541 [30AP]
———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility (see S. 975), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 1944), H3636 [1MY]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: require consumer reporting agencies to notify consumers when negative information is added to their file (see H.R. 1729), H3301 [10AP]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H8174 [10SE]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 956), H1460 [27FE]
———allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1430), H2310 [25MR]
———allow leave to employees whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see S. 683), S4275 [21MR]
———clarify (see S. 320), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 35), H53 [7JA]
———expand (see S. 304), S1976 [5FE]
FCC: allocate spectrum for the enhancement of wireless services and invest wireless spectrum auction proceeds for military and educational digital era preparedness (see H.R. 1396), H2269 [20MR]
———amend media ownership rules (see H.R. 1035), H1464 [27FE]
———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see S.J. Res. 17), S9414 [15JY] (see H.J. Res. 72), H9614 [16OC]
———encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 212), H3636 [1MY] (see H. Res. 218), H3683 [6MY]
———end requirements that providers of telecommunications and information services provide such services for schools and libraries at a discounted rate (see H.R. 1252), H1811 [12MR]
———invalidate ruling on media ownership rules (see H.R. 2462), H5365 [12JN]
———monitor complaints on the quality of wireless telephone service (see H.R. 1642), H2821 [3AP]
———protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators (see S. Res. 283), S16120 [9DE]
———require compliance with Government regulations relative to media ownership rules (see H.R. 2212), H4734 [22MY]
———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (see S. 1525), S10618 [31JY] (see S. 1563), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 3027), H8016 [5SE]
———ruling on media ownership rules (see S. Res. 159), S7381 [4JN]
FDA: require manufacturers of dietary supplements submit reports on adverse experiences with dietary supplements (see S. 722), S4434 [26MR]
Federal agencies and departments: authorize civilian contracting officers to competitively evaluate products offered by Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (see H.R. 1982), H3682 [6MY]
Federal aid programs: extend and expand certain trade adjustment assistance programs and reauthorize certain Dept. of Commerce partnership programs (see S. 1884), S15061 [18NO]
Federal contracts: improve Federal agency oversight and assistance and strengthen accountability of the governmentwide debarment and suspension system (see H.R. 2767), H7085 [17JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to dietary supplements (see H.R. 3377), H9981 [28OC]
———amend relative to dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids (see H.R. 1075), H1515 [4MR]
———amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 741), S4512 [27MR] (see H.R. 2079), H4011 [13MY]
———establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see S. 313), S1977 [5FE] (see H.R. 1260), H1900 [13MR]
———establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (see H.R. 725), H460 [12FE]
———establish requirements to allow sale of prescription drugs over the Internet (see H.R. 2652), H6263 [26JN]
———require manufacturers of dietary supplements to register and require submission of reports on adverse experiences regarding such supplements (see H.R. 724), H460 [12FE]
———safeguard public health and provide food that is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented (see H.R. 1495), H2471 [27MR]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (see S. 346), S2187 [11FE]
———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]
———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), consideration (see H. Res. 428), H10338 [4NO]
FERC: provide authority to order certain refunds of electric rates (see H.R. 964), H1460 [27FE]
Financial institutions: accept U.S.-issued matricula consular as a valid form of identification (see H.R. 773), H699 [13FE]
———clarify the citizenship of Federal savings associations for purposes of Federal court jurisdiction (see S. 1812), S13802 [3NO]
———enhance security at depository institutions and automatic teller machines through use of improved surveillance pictures and require FBI recommendations on such security measures (see H.R. 1544), H2586 [1AP]
———exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 781), H700 [13FE]
———increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see S. 553), S3252 [6MR] (see S. 1967), S15975 [25NO] (see H.R. 758), H698 [13FE]
———notify customers of unauthorized use of personal information and include fraud alerts in consumer credit files (see S. 1633), S11648 [17SE] (see H.R. 3233), H9213 [2OC]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 98), S37 [7JA] (see H.R. 111), H55 [7JA]
———prohibit use of identification issued by foreign governments, other than passports, for purposes of verifying identity of a person opening an account (see H.R. 3674), H12919 [8DE]
———protect customers whose identities are stolen from financial institutions (see H.R. 818), H702 [13FE]
———provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 3681), H12919 [8DE]
———require truncation of account numbers on transaction receipts (see H.R. 3254), H9281 [7OC]
———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 1458), S9959 [25JY]
Fire prevention: improve fire safety in nonresidential buildings (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1689 [10MR]
Firearms: control sale of gun kits (see H.R. 144), H57 [7JA]
———reinstate felony penalties for licensed gun dealers who fail to maintain records of sales (see S. 217), S1479 [23JA]
Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1945), H3636 [1MY]
———extend reimbursement period under the Fisherman's Protective Act and reauthorize the Yukon River Restoration and Enhancement Fund (see H.R. 2048), H3973 [9MY]
———prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 1286), H1901 [13MR]
———support domestic shrimping industry by eliminating taxpayer subsidies for certain competitors (see H.R. 155), H57 [7JA] (see H.R. 2406), H5173 [10JN]
Flag—U.S.: prohibit importation of foreign-made U.S. flags (see H.R. 2410), H5173 [10JN]
Food: ensure that consumers receive information about the nutritional content of restaurant foods (see H.R. 3444), H10457 [5NO]
Food Security Act: strengthen payment limitations for commodity payments and benefits (see S. 667), S3993 [19MR]
Ford Motor Co.: anniversary (see S. Res. 100), S4434 [26MR] (see H. Con. Res. 100), H1954 [18MR] (see H. Res. 100), H1396 [26FE]
Foreign currencies: require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation (see S. 1592), S11186 [8SE] (see H.R. 3269), H9375 [8OC]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things and libraries from requests for records for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see S. 1158), S7135 [23MY]
———exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1680 [6MR]
———limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes (see S. 1507), S10617 [31JY]
Foreign trade: address foreign private and joint public-private market access barriers that harm U.S. trade and address foreign governments which fail to cooperate with certain investigations (see H.R. 2737), H6868 [15JY]
———aid dislocated workers and rebuild communities devastated by international trade (see S. 1541), S10618 [31JY]
———amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 2365), H5043 [5JN]
———eliminate incentives to move operations abroad, enforce antidumping and trade laws, prohibit commerce in products made with child labor, and extend Buy American Act provisions (see S. 592), S3504 [11MR]
———impact on employment of NAFTA and the entry of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 851), H704 [13FE]
———oppose OPIC, IMF or Eximbank aid to countries that subsidize their steel industries and for projects producing goods subject to antidumping duties (see H.R. 3072), H8175 [10SE]
———remove U.S. fair trade laws from the World Trade Organization dispute settlement system process (see H.R. 3564), H11701 [20NO]
———seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of textile and apparel articles imported in violation of certain U.S. laws (see H.R. 3661), H12918 [8DE]
France: discourage participation by U.S. citizens, companies, and Armed Forces in the Paris Air Show should France continue opposition to potential use of force against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 48), H705 [13FE]
———prohibit Dept. of Defense participation in any international aviation trade exhibition to be held in France (see H.R. 1023), H1463 [27FE]
Free Enterprise Education Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 253), H7617 [24JY]
Freedom of Information Act: reinstate requirement that firearms dealers comply by providing information about firearms purchasers (see H.R. 2275), H4737 [22MY]
FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (see H.R. 107), H55 [7JA]
———collect fees for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 395), H217 [28JA]
———deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 414), H217 [28JA]
———disapprove court decision preventing implementation of a ``do-not-call'' registry and support constitutionality of such a registry (see S. Res. 242), S12448 [3OC]
———enhance enforcement against cross-border fraud and deception (see H.R. 3143), H8490 [23SE]
———establish a list of consumers who request not to receive telephone sales calls (see S. 1661), S11989 [25SE] (see H.R. 526), H274 [4FE]
———expand calling time restrictions on telemarketing telephone calls (see S. 335), S2119 [10FE]
———issue new rules preventing telemarketing firms from calling during certain hours (see H.R. 1330), H1953 [18MR]
———issue rules on the disclosure of technological measures that restrict consumer flexibility to use and manipulate digital information and entertainment content (see S. 692), S4325 [24MR]
———monitor and investigate gasoline prices under certain circumstances (see S. 694), S4325 [24MR]
———ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see S. 1652, 1654), S11913 [24SE] (see S. 1655), S11988 [25SE] (see H.R. 3161), H8904 [24SE]
———reauthorize (see S. 1234), S7718 [11JN]
GAO: conduct a study on price controls of foreign governments on pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2577), H5813 [24JN]
Gasoline: stabilize prices (see H.R. 1221), H1810 [12MR]
Government: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H12307 [21NO]
———limit procurement period for property or services using noncompetitive procedures during emergency and urgent situations (see S. 981), S5651 [1MY]
———prohibit from entering into contracts with companies that do not include certifications for certain financial reports (see H.R. 746), H461 [12FE]
Government regulations: reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes (see H.R. 2432), H5266 [11JN]
Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council: restore balance to membership (see S. 781), S4823 [3AP]
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.: anniversary (see S. Res. 167), S7832 [12JN] (see H. Res. 296), H5814 [24JN]
Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (see S. 484), S2920 [27FE]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1247), H1811 [12MR]
———clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 1120), H1679 [6MR]
———improve access to prescription drugs, prohibit tax deductions for direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements, and ban campaign contributions from pharmaceutical company chief executive officers (see H.R. 1733), H3301 [10AP]
———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 321), H137 [8JA]
———promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (see S. 39), S36 [7JA]
———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (see S. 11), S8725 [26JN]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 1945), S15812 [24NO] (see H.R. 597), H320 [5FE]
———require notification by manufacturers before discontinuing production of a vaccine and develop a national vaccine stockpile (see S. 371), S2340 [12FE]
Health care professionals: provide immediate relief from increased medical malpractice insurance costs and deal with root causes of the current medical malpractice insurance crisis (see S. 1374), S9049 [8JY]
Homeland Security Act: amend provisions on voluntarily furnished critical infrastructure information to restore public disclosure, government regulation, and whistleblowing protections (see S. 609), S3620 [12MR]
———repeal certain provisions (see S. 41), S36 [7JA]
———repeal certain provisions relative to pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability (see S. 105), S37 [7JA] (see H.R. 248), H135 [8JA]
Housing: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (see H.R. 730), H460 [12FE]
———combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, establish a consumer mortgage protection board, and establish licensing and minimum standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 833), H703 [13FE]
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride: support goals (see H. Res. 384), H9130 [1OC]
Immigration: admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (see S. 1635), S11648 [17SE] (see H.R. 2702), H6603 [10JY]
———enhance border enforcement, improve homeland security, remove incentives for illegal immigration, and establish a guest worker program (see H.R. 3534), H11650 [19NO]
———establish guest worker programs and adjust status of certain aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. to non-immigrant guest worker (see S. 1387), S9244 [10JY]
———extend basic pilot employment verification system (see S. 1685), S12192 [30SE] (see H.R. 2359), H5043 [5JN]
———extend duration of the immigrant investor regional center program (see S. 1642), S11832 [23SE]
———reduce annual income level at which a person petitioning for a family-sponsored immigrant's admission must agree to provide support in certain cases (see H.R. 3136), H8381 [17SE]
———repeal authorities relative to H-1B visas for temporary skilled workers (see H.R. 2688), H6464 [9JY]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to certain visa programs to prevent unintended U.S. job losses and increase Dept. of Labor monitoring and enforcement authority over such programs (see S. 1452), S9905 [24JY] (see H.R. 2849), H7615 [24JY]
Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see S. 1409), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 2615), H6261 [26JN]
Inmarsat Ltd.: dilution of ownership interest by former signatories to the Inmarsat Operating Agreement (see H.R. 2312), H4876 [3JN]
Insurance: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 352), S2187 [11FE]
———modify antitrust exemption for the insurance industry (see H.R. 448), H242 [29JA]
———permit States to require insurance companies to disclose Armenia genocide-era insurance information (see H.R. 3323), H9613 [16OC]
———permit States to require insurance companies to disclose Holocaust-era insurance information (see H.R. 3129), H8381 [17SE]
———prohibit a health plan from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) unless certain requirements are satisfied (see S. 1300), S8232 [19JN]
———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see S. 423), S2522 [14FE] (see H.R. 1749), H3303 [10AP]
———reduce the cost of medical malpractice insurance to enhance patient access to medical care (see H.R. 1124), H1679 [6MR]
———require employers to offer health care coverage for all employees and guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children of a certain age (see S. 1935), S15647 [23NO]
———stabilize medical malpractice premiums (see H.R. 485), H243 [29JA]
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: imposition of sanctions on nations that undermine effectiveness of conservation and management measures for Atlantic highly migratory species (see H. Con. Res. 268), H7785 [25JY]
Interstate commerce: clarify jurisdiction over digital transactions of goods and services on the Internet (see H.R. 945), H1395 [26FE]
———prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H704 [13FE]
Investments: enhance investor confidence by providing investors with easy online access to complete information about securities firms and their brokers (see H.R. 957), H1460 [27FE]
———improve transparency relative to fees and costs that mutual fund investors incur and improve corporate governance of mutual funds (see S. 1971), S15975 [25NO] (see H.R. 2420), H5265 [11JN]
———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see S. 1890), S15187 [19NO] (see H.R. 3574), H12306 [21NO]
———review accounting treatment and adopt generally accepted accounting principles for the treatment of employee stock options (see S. 181), S1068 [16JA]
Iraq: adjudication of certain claims against Iraq (see H.R. 3603), H12307 [21NO]
———encourage use of small and minority owned businesses in the post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq (see H. Res. 214), H3636 [1MY]
———give preference to U.S. companies in the award of contracts for post-conflict assistance and require use of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology in any wireless communication service contract (see H.R. 1441), H2400 [26MR]
———prohibit post-conflict assistance from being expended with any French firm (see H.R. 1072), H1515 [4MR]
———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see S. 1813), S13802 [3NO] (see H.R. 3673), H12918 [8DE]
———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (see S. 876), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1888), H3570 (see H.R. 1901), H3571 [30AP] (see H.R. 2017), H3761 [7MY]
———require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (see H.R. 1920), H3635 [1MY]
———require transparency, increased competition in contracting, and the increased use of Iraqi contractors for post-conflict reconstruction (see H.R. 3275), H9375 [8OC]
Iron and steel industry: prohibit investment of loan proceeds in foreign steel companies and prohibit use of loan proceeds to import steel products from foreign countries that are subject to certain trade remedies (see H.R. 629), H322 [5FE]
———reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see S. 1997), S16120 [9DE] (see H.R. 3699), H12920 [8DE]
———revocation of certain exclusions from safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 2877), H7616 [24JY]
———treat semifinished or slab steel as being in direct competition with taconite pellets for trade remedy purposes and provide assistance for impacted workers (see S. 1989), S16120 [9DE] (see H.R. 3624), H12308 [21NO]
ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see S. Con. Res. 27), S4166 [20MR] (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make increase in expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses permanent (see H.R. 2638), H6262 [26JN]
———make the treatment of dividend income as capital gains permanent (see H.R. 2332), H4977 [4JN]
Khodorkovsky, Mikhail B.: arrest in Russia (see S. Res. 258), S13909 [4NO]
Korea, Republic of: end unlawful bailout of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (see S. Con. Res. 11), S2920 [27FE]
———ensure U.S. trade actions relative to semiconductor trade do not result in geopolitical tensions or U.S. job losses (see S. Con. Res. 29), S4376 [25MR] (see H. Con. Res. 124), H2472 [27MR]
Kosovar-American Enterprise Fund: establish (see S. 1284), S8125 [18JN] (see H.R. 2506), H5551 [18JN]
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] (see H.R. 3619), H12308 [21NO]
———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 1765), S12969 [21OC] (see H.R. 391), H171 [27JA]
Laborers' International Union of North America: anniversary (see S. Res. 117), S5174 [10AP] (see H. Res. 186), H3052 [9AP]
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the notification of democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 992, 994), H1462 [27FE]
Law enforcement: require ballistics testing of all firearms manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies (see S. 469), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 776), H700 [13FE]
Law enforcement officers: permit reviews of criminal records of applicants for private security officer employment (see S. 769), S4702 [2AP] (see S. 1665), S12056 [26SE] (see S. 1743), S12737 [16OC]
Maine: establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program (see S. 510), S3086 [4MR] (see H.R. 1142), H1680 [6MR]
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: allow nonprofit organizations to be eligible (see H.R. 3389), H10129 [29OC]
Marine Mammal Protection Act: modify goals relative to incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations (see H.R. 2142), H4204 [15MY]
Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3671), H12918 [8DE]
———prepare audit reports based upon financial auditing of Medicare+Choice organizations and make such reports available to the public (see H.R. 1853), H3451 [29AP]
———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see S. 1994, 1999), S16120 [9DE] (see H.R. 3672), H12918 [8DE]
———repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund (see S. 1995), S16120 [9DE]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council: include Rhode Island as a member (see S. 1624), S11648 [17SE]
Middle East: extend certain trade benefits (see S. 1121), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2267), H4737 [22MY] (see H.R. 2467), H5365 [12JN]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 20), S35 [7JA] (see S. 224), S1668 [28JA] (see H.R. 965), H1460 [27FE]
Motion pictures: criminal penalties for unauthorized recording of motion pictures in an exhibition facility and criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized distribution of commercial prerelease copyrighted works (see S. 1932), S15573 [22NO]
Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see S. 255), S1812 [30JA] (see H.R. 1605), H2820 [3AP]
———protect consumers by requiring complete disclosure and warranty of any add-ons included with the sale of a new automobile (see H.R. 1283), H1901 [13MR]
———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H6868 [15JY]
NAFTA: require President notify Congress of withdrawal (see H. Con. Res. 224), H5663 [19JN]
National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1660), H2937 [8AP]
National Labor Relations Act: prevent Government agencies from requiring or prohibiting construction industry employers to enter into agreements with labor organizations (see H.R. 2293), H4786 [2JN]
———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1793), H3352 [11AP]
———require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 93), H55 [7JA]
National Marine Fisheries Service: establish a pelagic longline highly migratory species bycatch and mortality reduction research program (see H.R. 1024), H1463 [27FE]
National Park Service: prohibit study or implementation of plan to privatize, divest, or transfer any part of its mission, function, or responsibility (see S. 1363), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 2650), H6263 [26JN]
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H8283 [16SE]
National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 172), H3973 [9MY]
National Women's Business Council: insure that vacancies are filled in a timely and equitable manner (see S. 1442), S9708 [22JY]
Native Americans: authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (see S. 1528), S10618 [31JY]
———regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and local government employers relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3605), H12308 [21NO]
New England Fishery Management Council: include New York as a member (see S. 1463), S9959 [25JY] (see H.R. 2679), H6464 [9JY]
NIST: abolish the Advanced Technology Program (see H.R. 175), H57 [7JA]
NLRB: expand statutory authority relative to employees and labor organizations engaged in or encouraging violent and other potentially injurious conduct (see H.R. 1656), H2863 [7AP]
———inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see S. 782), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 1909), H3634 [1MY]
Nuclear energy: anniversary of industry (see H. Res. 442), H11359 [17NO]
———extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see H.R. 330), H138 [8JA]
———prohibit operation of nuclear power plants unless there exists a State and county certified radiological emergency response plan (see H.R. 2951), H7783 [25JY]
———renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see S. 156), S288 [14JA]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (see S. 1272), S7980 [17JN]
———provide adjudicative improvement (see H.R. 1583), H2819 [3AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 2728), H6867 [15JY]
OMB: provide an additional function of the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy relative to encouraging policies that enhance energy efficiency (see H.R. 1346), H2131 [19MR]
OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (see H.R. 2730), H6867 [15JY]
———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 2731), H6867 [15JY]
Packers and Stockyards Act: limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain packers may slaughter in any calendar year (see S. 1644), S11832 [23SE]
———prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (see S. 27), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 719), H460 [12FE]
———prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see S. 1044), S6070 [13MY]
Patent and Trademark Office: adjust fees so that fees collected in any fiscal year equals the amount of funding received for that fiscal year (see H.R. 909), H1333 [25FE]
Pensions: ensure adequate funding of pension plans (see S. 1610), S11416 [11SE]
———exempt elementary and secondary school teachers from Federal age discrimination laws relative to voluntary early retirement incentive plans (see H.R. 1893), H3570 [30AP]
———protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see S. 825), S4957 [8AP] (see H.R. 1677), H2938 [8AP]
———protect retirement security of workers by ensuring assets are adequately diversified and providing workers with access to information about their plans (see S. 9), S35 [7JA]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (see H.R. 1000), H1462 [27FE]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), consideration (see H. Res. 230), H4010 [13MY]
———provide additional protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee pension benefit plans (see H.R. 2101), H4130 [14MY]
———provide information and advice to pension plan participants to assist them in making decisions regarding investment of their pension plan assets (see S. 1892), S15187 [19NO]
———provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H6706 [14JY]
———reform (see H.R. 1776), H3351 [11AP]
Petroleum: prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (see H.R. 1039), H1464 [27FE]
———prohibit certain transfers or assignments of service station franchises and certain fixing or maintaining of motor fuel prices (see H.R. 949), H1395 [26FE]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil (see S. 1639), S11753 [22SE]
Pharmaceuticals: eligibility of certain applicants for approval of a generic drug for a competition-free period (see H.R. 828), H702 [13FE]
———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 847), H703 [13FE] (see H.R. 2497), H5467 [17JN] (see H.R. 2769), H7085 [17JY]
———permit importation of prescription drugs from Canada and Mexico (see H.R. 2629), H6262 [26JN]
———provide for prices that are fair to the producer and the consumer (see H.R. 608), H321 [5FE]
———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 616), H321 [5FE]
———require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with promotional or marketing activities (see S. 948), S5484 [29AP] (see H.R. 757), H698 [13FE]
Political campaigns: provide lowest advertising rate, establish airtime requirements for campaign related programming, and create political advertisement voucher system (see S. 1497), S10265 [30JY]
Poverty: 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]
Power resources: accelerate the commercialization and widespread use of hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology (see S. 821), S4957 [8AP]
———establish programs for fuel cell and hydrogen production, delivery, and storage technologies for transportation and stationary applications (see H.R. 1395), H2269 [20MR]
———make grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes (see H.R. 1550), H2586 [1AP]
———prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates (see H.R. 1272), H1901 [13MR]
———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (see S. 509), S3086 [4MR]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 1636), H2821 [3AP]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see H.R. 69), H54 [7JA]
———require consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of personally identifiable information (see S. 745), S4557 [31MR]
———require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information, to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (see S. 1350), S8725 [26JN]
Professional Boxing Safety Act: amend (see S. 275), S1870 [4FE] (see H.R. 1281), H1901 [13MR]
Public utilities: improve electricity transmission system (see S. 716), S4434 [26MR]
———improve operation of electric transmission system, enhance reliability of electric grid, increase consumer benefits from competition and restore investor confidence in the electric industry (see S. 475), S2920 [27FE]
———improve operation of electric transmission system and enhance reliability of electric grid (see S. 1754), S12838 [17OC]
———improve reliability of electric transmission system (see H.R. 3004), H7948 [4SE]
———provide for expansion of electricity transmission networks to encourage competition, ensure reliability, and modernize regulation in the electric power industry (see H.R. 1370), H2132 [19MR]
———revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1627), H2821 [3AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (see H.R. 2454), H5365 [12JN] (see H.R. 2535), H5662 [19JN]
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.: tribute to relationship with motorsports and contributions to the sport of stock-car racing (see H. Res. 353), H7839 [3SE]
Radio: increase locally and independently produced content and facilitate competition in programming, advertising, and concert promotion (see S. 221), S1668 [28JA] (see H.R. 1763), H3303 [10AP]
Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (see S. 919), S5343 [11AP] (see H.R. 2924), H7782 [25JY]
———resolve certain labor issues relative to merger of Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road (see H.R. 308), H137 [8JA]
———revitalize and enhance the passenger and freight rail transportation system (see S. 1961), S15975 [25NO]
Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 116), H1466 [27FE]
Recycling: require implementation by brand owners of management plans that provide refund values for certain beverage containers (see S. 1867), S14804 [12NO]
Research: promote among universities, the public sector, and private enterprise (see H.R. 2391), H5088 [9JN]
Revenue Act: repeal anti-dumping provisions (see S. 1155), S7135 [23MY]
Rural areas: provide job creation and assistance (see H.R. 137), H56 [7JA]
———reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 602), S3620 [12MR] (see H.R. 1686), H3051 [9AP] (see H.R. 2194), H4528 [21MY]
Salmon River: use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps (see H.R. 2266), H4737 [22MY]
SBA: allow more joint ventures, leader-follow arrangements, and teaming arrangements under the minority business development program (see H.R. 2374), H5044 [5JN]
———anniversary (see H. Res. 368), H8284 [16SE]
———establish the Native American Entrepreneurs Program (see S. 1488), S10140 [29JY]
———establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (see S. 1126), S6978 [22MY]
———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see H.R. 1387), H2269 [20MR]
———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development program (see S. 1254), S7831 [12JN]
———expand the HUBZone program to include difficult development areas (see S. 961), S5541 [30AP]
———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (see S. 1247), S7831 [12JN]
———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 822), S4957 [8AP]
———prohibit from selling loans under the Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 2994), H7838 [3SE]
———raise awareness about telework among small business employers and encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees (see H.R. 2788), H7085 [17JY]
———reauthorize assistance programs for small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 1154), S7135 [23MY]
———reauthorize loan programs (see S. 1375), S9049 [8JY]
SEC: enhance authority to investigate, punish, and deter securities laws violations and improve ability to return funds to defrauded investors (see H.R. 2179), H4527 [21MY]
———prevent publicly traded corporations from issuing stock options to top management in a manner detrimental to long-term interest of shareholders (see S. 690), S4275 [21MR]
———provide authority to impose civil money penalties in administrative proceedings for violations of securities laws (see S. 183), S1068 [16JA]
———require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see S. 979), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 1372), H2268 [20MR]
Securities: require disclosure of insider sales of stock of publicly held companies be filed electronically (see H.R. 600), H321 [5FE]
Ships and vessels: accelerate requirement that tankers carrying oil in bulk as cargo must be equipped with a double hull (see H.R. 880), H1331 [25FE]
———expand use of Capital Construction Fund to expand U.S. maritime industry and promote construction by domestic shipbuilders (see H.R. 2190), H4527 [21MY]
Small business: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (see H.R. 2345), H5042 [5JN]
———certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (see S. 906), S5343 [11AP]
———establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 3483), H11133 [7NO]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see S. 545), S3252 [6MR] (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), consideration (see H. Res. 283), H5550 [18JN]
———improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 2851), H7615 [24JY]
———improve small business advocacy (see H.R. 1772), H3351 [11AP]
———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see S. 1546), S10618 [31JY] (see H.R. 2813), H7328 [22JY]
———provide additional grants to small business development centers in high unemployment districts (see H.R. 2922), H7782 [25JY]
———provide incentives for investment (see H.R. 3170), H8905 [24SE]
———recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 138), H1746 [11MR]
Small Business Act: extend (see S. 1895), S15187 [19NO]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 2802), H7225 [21JY]
Small Business Investment Act: extend (see S. 1895), S15187 [19NO]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 2802), H7225 [21JY]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H7784 [25JY]
———exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1631), H2821 [3AP]
———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (see S. 228), S1668 [28JA] (see H.R. 637), H322 [5FE]
Southwest Regional Border Authority: establish (see S. 458), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 1071), H1515 [4MR]
Sports: require sports franchises to make all games available for local television broadcasting in order to be subject to certain presumptions relative to the sale or exchange of a sports franchise (see H.R. 2745), H6868 [15JY]
States: improve temporary Federal fiscal assistance programs (see H.R. 3415), H10236 [30OC]
———permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see S. 559), S3252 [6MR] (see H.R. 1179), H1743 [11MR]
Students in Free Enterprise (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 107), H1396 [26FE]
Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1389), S9244 [10JY]
———authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2192), H4527 [21MY]
Tariff: determination of certain antidumping calculations for merchandise from former nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 2736), H6868 [15JY]
Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (see S. 219), S1668 [28JA] (see H.R. 491), H244 [29JA]
———expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see S. 136), S133 [9JA] (see H.R. 2092), H4130 [14MY]
Taxation: allow a business credit for donations for vocational educational purposes (see H.R. 2763), H7019 [16JY]
———allow a deduction for certain distributions from a controlled foreign corporation to encourage personnel and economic investments by companies (see H.R. 1162), H1681 [6MR]
———allow a deduction for start-up and organizational expenditures in order to spur entrepreneurship (see H.R. 1808), H3353 [11AP]
———allow a deduction from work-related expenses of disabled individuals (see H.R. 1693), H3051 [9AP]
———allow a married couple conducting an unincorporated trade or business to elect out of partnership status (see H.R. 1558), H2702 [2AP]
———allow a married couple who operates an unincorporated business as co-owners to file separate returns for purposes of the self-employment tax (see H.R. 1640), H2821 [3AP]
———allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (see S. 1524), S10618 [31JY] (see H.R. 2900), H7781 [25JY]
———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see H.R. 2891), H7616 [24JY]
———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 758), S4629 [1AP] (see H.R. 2113), H4203 [15MY]
———allow businesses a credit for security devices, assessments, and other security-related expenses (see H.R. 3562), H11701 [20NO]
———allow businesses to expense qualified security devices (see H.R. 1259), H1900 [13MR]
———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]
———allow corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses only to the extent that such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements (see S. 182), S1068 [16JA] (see H.R. 626), H321 [5FE]
———allow corporations a charitable deduction for donation of services relative to contributions of computer technology or equipment (see H.R. 691), H390 [11FE]
———allow credit for production of oil and gas from domestic marginal wells and extend credit for alternative fuels (see H.R. 503), H244 [29JA]
———allow credits to radio station owners who donate the license and other assets of such station to a nonprofit corporation that supports the fine arts (see H.R. 668), H390 [11FE]
———allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid (see H.R. 312), H137 [8JA]
———allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid and exclusion of dividends for individuals (see H.R. 178), H58 [7JA]
———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see S. 1506), S10617 [31JY] (see H.R. 791), H700 [13FE]
———allow drug manufacturers a tax credit if they certify that the price of a drug in the U.S. is not greater than its price in Canada or Mexico (see H.R. 354), H170 [27JA]
———allow employers a tax credit to encourage employee volunteer services that aid science, mathematics, and engineering education in schools (see H.R. 3590), H12307 [21NO]
———allow expanded penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for unemployed employees of air carriers or manufacturers of aircrafts or aircraft parts or components (see H.R. 320), H137 [8JA]
———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see S. 160), S288 [14JA] (see H.R. 769), H699 [13FE]
———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]
———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 496), H244 [29JA] (see H.R. 1989), H3682 [6MY]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H320 [5FE]
———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 349), H169 (see H.R. 350), H170 [27JA] (see H.R. 454), H242 [29JA]
———amend laws assisting States in the collection of sales and use taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 1839), H3451 [29AP] (see H.R. 2824), H7453 [23JY]
———application of excise tax to excessive attorney fees for legal judgments, settlements, or agreements that operate as a tax (see S. 887), S5174 [10AP]
———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (see S. 914), S5343 [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]
———attract foreign corporations to relocate to the area in New York, NY, surrounding the former World Trade Center (see S. 1070), S6507 [15MY]
———capital gains rates (see H.R. 2081), H4011 [13MY]
———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2814), H7329 [22JY]
———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 735), S4512 [27MR] (see H.R. 1530), H2585 [1AP]
———clarify treatment of certain tax attributes for companies whose debt is cancelled in a bankruptcy proceeding (see S. 1331), S8559 [25JN]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see S. 206), S1479 [23JA] (see S. 697), S4325 [24MR] (see H.R. 286), H136 [8JA]
———compute the deduction for depreciation of certain property on a neutral cost recovery basis (see H.R. 1339), H1954 [18MR]
———curtail use of tax shelters (see S. 1937), S15812 [24NO] (see H.R. 3650), H12320 [25NO]
———deny a deduction for securities-related fines, penalties, and other amounts, and transfer revenues resulting from such denial to Fair Funds for the relief of victims (see S. 1975), S15975 [25NO]
———deny all deductions for business expenses associated with the use of a club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color (see H.R. 2418), H5265 [11JN]
———deny any deduction for certain fines, penalties, and other amounts (see S. 936), S5483 [29AP]
———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 2888), H7616 [24JY]
———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 1555), H2702 [2AP]
———disallow deductions and credits for companies who discriminate against Canadian pharmacies that pass along discounts to consumers living in the U.S. (see S. 477), S2920 [27FE]
———disclose to State and local law enforcement agencies individuals using Social Security numbers of others to claim tax benefits (see H.R. 2774), H7085 [17JY]
———employer credit for hiring new employees (see H.R. 3608), H12308 [21NO]
———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (see S. 596), S3504 [11MR] (see H.R. 767), H699 [13FE]
———encourage investment in facilities using wind to produce electricity (see S. 1476), S10045 [28JY]
———encourage investment in high productivity property (see H.R. 1234), H1810 [12MR]
———encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 2358), H5043 [5JN]
———enhance charitable contribution deductions for book donations and literacy (see S. 680), S4166 [20MR]
———enhance the portability of retirement benefits (see H.R. 518), H268 [31JA]
———ensure dividend and interest income of individuals not be taxed at rates in excess of the maximum capital gains rate (see S. 26), S35 [7JA]
———ensure dividend income of individuals not be taxed at rates in excess of the maximum capital gains rate (see S. 25), S35 [7JA]
———equalize employer-provided parking and transit benefits and allow Federal agencies to offer transit and parking benefits in tandem to assist with costs of parking at transit facilities (see S. 661), S3993 [19MR] (see H.R. 2614), H6261 [26JN]
———exclude dividends received by individuals from gross income (see S. 24), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 225, 226), H59 [7JA]
———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (see S. 1936), S15812 [24NO] (see H.R. 3527), H11650 [19NO]
———exclude working capital in applying the accumulated earnings tax (see H.R. 2822), H7329 [22JY]
———exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see S. 1681), S12192 [30SE]
———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 400), S2457 [13FE] (see H.R. 840), H703 [13FE]
———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 1018), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]
———expand availability of the refundable tax credit to the health insurance costs paid by former employers (see H.R. 3601), H12307 [21NO]
———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]
———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see S. 158), S288 [14JA] (see H.R. 179), H58 [7JA]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 856), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 717), H460 [12FE] (see H.R. 930), H1394 [26FE]
———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 402), H217 [28JA]
———expand income averaging to include the trade or business of fishing (see S. 1831), S14176 [6NO]
———expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see S. 850), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 714), H460 [12FE]
———expand special depreciation allowance (see S. 879), S5174 [10AP]
———expand tax benefits for the New York Liberty Zone (see H.R. 3508), H11391 (see H.R. 3508), H11514 [18NO]
———expand the expense treatment for small businesses and provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 1126), H1679 [6MR]
———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H4204 [15MY]
———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see S. 1491), S10265 [30JY] (see H.R. 1818), H3353 [11AP]
———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 1131), H1679 [6MR]
———extend and modify credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 1331), H1953 [18MR]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 3521), H11650 [19NO]
———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 487), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 2973), H7784 [25JY]
———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries of employees (see S. 1702), S12376 [2OC]
———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 2815), H7329 [22JY]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 173), S848 [15JA]
———extend special carryback of certain net operating losses to losses for additional years (see S. 1494), S10265 [30JY] (see H.R. 2448), H5365 [12JN]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H53 [7JA] (see H.R. 1481), H2471 [27MR]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see S. 1093), S6853 [21MY] (see H.R. 1052), H1514 [4MR]
———impose flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income (see S. 907), S5343 [11AP]
———improve portability of retirement savings and expand pension coverage and savings opportunities (see S. 1912), S15406 [21NO]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 289), S1871 [4FE] (see S. 351), S2187 [11FE] (see H.R. 662), H389 [11FE]
———include sports utility vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see S. 265), S1813 [30JA] (see H.R. 727), H460 [12FE]
———increase and modify the exclusion for qualified small business stock and reduce the depreciation recovery period for certain restaurant buildings (see S. 106), S132 [9JA]
———increase expensing for small business and allow small business to compute the deduction for depreciation of certain property on a neutral cost recovery basis (see H.R. 1079), H1639 [5MR]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 224), H59 [7JA]
———increase incentives for business investments in low-income communities and small businesses (see H.R. 1135), H1679 [6MR]
———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 492), H244 [29JA]
———increase the bonus depreciation (see H.R. 223), H59 [7JA]
———increase transparency of corporate tax accounting, liability and strategies, facilitate analysis of financial statements, discourage abusive tax sheltering activities, and restore investor confidence (see H.R. 1556), H2702 [2AP]
———installment reporting of certain gain from the sale of an interest in service business (see H.R. 1129), H1679 [6MR]
———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities and application of volume caps for private activity bonds for such facilities and water and sewage facilities (see S. 1917), S15406 [21NO] (see H.R. 3042), H8081 [9SE]
———make alternative minimum tax exemption increase permanent (see S. 102), S37 [7JA]
———make Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits refundable and allow taxpayers to obtain short-term student loans by using the future refund of such credits as collateral for the loans (see H.R. 2150), H4254 [19MY]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 52), S36 [7JA] (see S. 150), S230 [13JA]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable in the case of hardship of certain employees due to facility closures or employers in bankruptcy (see H.R. 2545), H5662 [19JN]
———modify at-risk rules for publicly traded nonrecourse debt (see H.R. 451), H242 [29JA]
———modify small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction (see S. 934), S5483 [29AP]
———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see S. 756), S4629 [1AP]
———modify unrelated business income limitation on investment in certain debt-financed properties (see S. 855), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 739), H461 [12FE]
———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see S. 34), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 2513), H5551 [18JN]
———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H242 [29JA]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 664), S3993 [19MR]
———permit a special amortization deduction for intangible assets acquired from eligible small businesses and encourage growth in industries for which intangible assets are an important source of revenue (see S. 1371), S9049 [8JY] (see H.R. 1222), H1810 [12MR]
———permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds issued for the purchase or maintenance of assets used to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity (see S. 1290), S8232 [19JN] (see H.R. 2313), H4876 [3JN]
———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see S. 1495), S10265 [30JY] (see H.R. 2228), H4735 [22MY]
———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see S. 785), S4824 [3AP] (see H.R. 1671), H2938 [8AP]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see S. 384), S2341 [12FE] (see H.R. 737), H461 [12FE]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 2184), H4527 [21MY]
———prevent fraudulent avoidance of fuel taxes (see S. 1979), S15976 [25NO]
———prohibit treatment of certain games of chance as an unrelated trade or business expense (see H.R. 3073), H8175 [10SE]
———promote, protect, and clarify status of professional employer organizations (see S. 1269), S7926 [16JN] (see H.R. 2178), H4527 [21MY]
———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see S. 1736), S12607 [15OC] (see H.R. 3184), H8949 [25SE]
———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see S. 1703), S12376 [2OC] (see H.R. 876), H1331 [25FE]
———provide a credit for offering employer-based health insurance coverage and establish health plan purchasing pools (see S. 1901), S15287 [20NO]
———provide a credit for qualifying clean technology engines (see H.R. 2838), H7454 [23JY]
———provide a rebate to individuals for payroll taxes and provide employers with an income tax credit for payroll taxes paid during the payroll tax holiday period (see S. 911), S5343 [11AP]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space (see H.R. 3561), H11701 [20NO]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 576), S3369 [7MR] (see H.R. 1634), H2821 [3AP]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 973), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 571), H319 [5FE]
———provide a special depreciation allowance for property acquired during a certain period (see H.R. 683), H390 [11FE]
———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]
———provide a tax credit for small employer-based health insurance coverage in States in which such coverage is mandated (see S. 1972), S15975 [25NO]
———provide corporate income tax rate reductions (see H.R. 3343), H9738 [20OC]
———provide credit for farmers' investments in value-added agriculture (see H.R. 136), H56 [7JA]
———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see S. 759), S4629 [1AP] (see H.R. 790), H700 [13FE]
———provide economic incentives for the preservation of open space and conservation of natural resources (see H.R. 2036), H3856 [8MY]
———provide energy tax incentives (see S. 597), S3504 [11MR] (see S. 1149), S7134 [23MY]
———provide excise tax reform and simplification (see S. 1962), S15975 [25NO]
———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see S. 267), S1813 [30JA] (see H.R. 2044), H3972 [9MY]
———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 for an election for special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions (see H.R. 1791), H3352 [11AP]
———provide for employee benefits for work site employees of certain corporations operating on a cooperative basis (see H.R. 541), H318 [5FE]
———provide for Small Business Protection Accounts (see H.R. 2591), H5814 [24JN]
———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 302), H137 [8JA]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H3760 [7MY]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 370), H8282 [16SE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 2), S2919 [27FE] (see S. 135), S133 [9JA] (see S. 414), S2522 [14FE] (see S. 1054), S6070 [13MY] (see H.R. 2), H1459 [27FE] (see H.R. 459), H242 [29JA]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 227), H3855 [8MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 253), H4733 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 249), H4527 [21MY]
———provide incentives for investing in companies involved in space-related activities (see H.R. 914), H1333 [25FE]
———provide incentives for manufacturing businesses (see S. 1885), S15061 [18NO]
———provide incentives for new technologies to reduce energy consumption in buildings (see H.R. 1271), H1900 [13MR]
———provide incentives for the ownership and control of corporations by employees (see H.R. 913), H1333 [25FE]
———provide incentives to encourage diversity of ownership of telecommunications businesses (see H.R. 2604), H5928 [25JN]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 507), S3086 [4MR]
———provide physicians and other health care professionals with a credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see S. 1055), S6070 [13MY]
———provide procedural fairness in application of controlled group provisions to employers who contribute to multiemployer pension plans and engage in bona fide corporate transactions (see S. 1857), S14804 [12NO]
———provide tax credits for Indian investment and employment (see H.R. 388), H171 [27JA]
———provide tax relief for military personnel and their employers and offset such relief by preventing tax avoidance through renouncing U.S. citizenship (see S. Res. 257), S13802 [3NO]
———provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (see S. 58), S36 [7JA] (see H.R. 1383), H2268 [20MR]
———provide that the foreign tax credit not be redetermined relative to refunds of unlawful foreign taxes to taxpayers who successfully challenge those taxes (see H.R. 940), H1395 [26FE]
———rebuild America through job creation (see H.R. 2046), H3973 [9MY]
———reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 311), H137 [8JA]
———reduce capital gains rates and allow exclusion of dividends for individuals (see H.R. 170), H57 [7JA]
———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 44), H53 [7JA]
———reduce corporate refunds by fines and penalties imposed for improper accounting or reporting practices or financial misstatements (see H.R. 2836), H7454 [23JY]
———reduce depreciation recovery period for certain software and qualified technological equipment (see H.R. 1232), H1810 [12MR]
———reduce holding period relative to determination whether horses are certain business assets (see S. 1759), S12888 [20OC]
———reform Internal Revenue Code (see H. Con. Res. 141), H2938 [8AP]
———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3220), H9129 [1OC]
———reinstate Superfund and oil spill excise taxes and extend leaking underground storage tank taxes (see H.R. 610), H321 [5FE]
———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 2896), H7781 [25JY]
———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 43), H53 [7JA] (see H.R. 1233), H1810 [12MR]
———repeal benefits relative to company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2127), H4203 [15MY]
———repeal corporate income tax and estate and gift taxes, impose flat tax on earned income of individuals, and provide amnesty for tax liability from prior taxable years (see H.R. 1789), H3351 [11AP]
———repeal double taxation of corporate profits (see H.R. 45), H53 [7JA]
———repeal exclusion for extraterritorial income and provide a deduction relating to income attributable to U.S. production activities (see S. 1688), S12193 [30SE]
———repeal extraterritorial income exclusion and simplify rules for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see S. 1475), S10045 [28JY]
———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see S. 970), S5650 [1MY] (see S. 1637), S11723 [18SE] (see S. 1922), S15407 [21NO] (see S. 1964), S15975 [25NO] (see H.R. 1769), H3351 [11AP]
———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see S. 1493), S10265 [30JY] (see H.R. 25), H52 [7JA]
———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 44), S36 [7JA]
———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (see S. 1482), S10140 [29JY]
———repeal the mid-quarter convention for depreciable property (see H.R. 1535), H2585 [1AP]
———requirements on the percentage of completion accounting method for the manufacture of property (see H.R. 61), H54 [7JA]
———restore applicability of estate tax to estates over a certain amount and a maximum rate, and deposit revenues from estate tax into Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 2532), H5662 [19JN]
———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see S. 1408), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 1313), H1953 [18MR]
———restore standards for determining employee status of technical workers (see H.R. 1488), H2471 [27MR]
———S corporation reform (see H.R. 1896), H3570 [30AP]
———simplify certain Internal Revenue Code provisions relative to individuals and small businesses (see H.R. 22), H52 [7JA]
———simplify certain rules governing the taxation of U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 285), H136 [8JA]
———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (see H.R. 1939), H3636 [1MY]
———stimulate economic development by enhancing the availability and benefits of small issue bonds (see H.R. 1140), H1680 [6MR]
———treat distributions from publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated investment companies (see S. 752), S4629 [1AP] (see H.R. 1536), H2585 [1AP]
———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 644), H322 [5FE]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see S. 1566), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 1824), H3354 [11AP]
———treatment of businesses who employ military reservists, and self-employed military reservists (see S. 1595), S11245 [9SE] (see H.R. 2399), H5173 [10JN]
———treatment of certain expenses for disabled workers (see S. 1560), S10906 [1AU]
———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]
———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (see S. 1305), S8300 [20JN] (see H.R. 870), H1331 [25FE]
———treatment of certain reinvested gains by S corporations (see H.R. 1498), H2472 [27MR]
———treatment of certain tax attributes for taxpayers who file consolidated returns (see H.R. 2706), H6603 [10JY]
———treatment of charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food inventory (see H.R. 543), H318 [5FE]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 85), S37 [7JA] (see H.R. 807), H701 [13FE]
———treatment of clean-fuel vehicles used by businesses within Clean Air Act nonattainment areas (see H.R. 185), H58 [7JA]
———treatment of corporate expatriation transactions (see S. 513), S3086 [4MR]
———treatment of corporate reorganization or division (see S. 933), S5483 [29AP]
———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see S. 895), S5342 [11AP] (see H.R. 1927), H3635 [1MY]
———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see H.R. 149), H57 [7JA]
———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (see H.R. 3155), H8490 [23SE]
———treatment of employee leasing organizations (see H.R. 1270), H1900 [13MR]
———treatment of employer contributions to college tuition plans and education savings accounts (see H.R. 3318), H9613 [16OC]
———treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (see S. 202), S1368 [22JA] (see S. 393), S2457 [13FE] (see H.R. 1504), H2472 [27MR]
———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (see H.R. 1139), H1679 [6MR]
———treatment of investments in wind energy facilities (see H.R. 1099), H1640 [5MR]
———treatment of meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 2094), H4130 [14MY]
———treatment of natural gas distribution lines (see S. 360), S2187 [11FE]
———treatment of natural gas pipelines, equipment, and infrastructure (see H.R. 1468), H2470 [27MR]
———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 3410), H10235 [30OC]
———treatment of qualified rental office furniture (see S. 1578), S11032 [3SE] (see H.R. 1597), H2819 [3AP]
———treatment of small businesses (see S. 842), S5059 [9AP]
———treatment of startup partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 3225), H9130 [1OC]
———treatment of tax attributes in connection with a discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy case of a company having asbestos-related claims against it (see H.R. 2503), H5551 [18JN]
———treatment of unrelated business taxable income (see H.R. 1912), H3635 [1MY]
———update optional methods for computing self-employment net earnings (see H.R. 2747), H6868 [15JY]
Technology: make consumers, educational institutions, and libraries aware of digital rights management technologies included in the digital media products they purchase (see S. 1621), S11568 [16SE]
Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning and market development (see H.R. 2530), H5662 [19JN]
———equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see S. 1380), S9119 [9JY] (see H.R. 1582), H2819 [3AP]
———facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see S. 865), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1320), H1953 [18MR]
———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see S. 1963, 1973), S15975 [25NO] (see H.R. 3558), H11701 [20NO]
———require customer consent to the provision of wireless call location information (see H.R. 71), H54 [7JA]
———require vendors of multichannel services to protect the privacy of their customers (see H.R. 3511), H11391 (see H.R. 3511), H11514 [18NO]
Telecommunications Development Fund (investment corporation): improve (see H.R. 747), H461 [12FE]
Telephones: improve wireless service (see S. 1216), S7540 [9JN]
Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see S. 1046), S6070 [13MY] (see H.R. 2052), H3973 [9MY]
———reinstate authority of the FCC and local franchising authorities to regulate cable television rates (see H.R. 2478), H5407 [16JN]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (see S. 23), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 209, 228), H59 [7JA]
———extend (S. 23), consideration (see H. Res. 14), H51 [7JA]
———provide for an alternative trigger for second-tier benefits (see H.R. 2111), H4130 [14MY]
Terrorism: ensure that appropriate security measures are taken to address threat of terrorism against facilities that manufacture, use, or process potentially dangerous chemicals (see S. 994), S5725 [5MY]
———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals (see S. 157), S288 [14JA] (see H.R. 1861), H3451 [29AP]
———improve building and fire codes and standards, strengthen the private security industry, and create a safer environment in commercial buildings and industrial facilities (see S. 216), S1479 [23JA]
———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack (see S. 666), S3993 [19MR]
Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities (see S. 1490), S10265 [30JY]
———eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 140), H56 [7JA]
———eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]
———ensure collection of all cigarette taxes (see S. 1177), S7235 [3JN]
———make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1091), H1640 [5MR]
———prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for flue-cured and burley tobacco (see H.R. 3500), H11359 [17NO]
———replace existing Federal price support and quota programs for flue-cured and burley tobacco with a licensing program designed to assist producers (see H.R. 1566), H2702 [2AP]
———replace existing tobacco program with a federally chartered corporation, compensate quota holders, provide transition assistance for producers and increase competitiveness of domestically produced tobacco (see H.R. 986), H1462 [27FE]
———replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 245), H134 [8JA]
———require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter in retail sales (see H.R. 3162), H8904 [24SE]
Tourist trade: establish a pilot program for the promotion of travel and tourism in the U.S. through international broadcasting (see H.R. 2002), H3760 [7MY]
Trade Act: amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (see S. 1110), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2308), H4875 [3JN]
———amend to provide trade readjustment and development enhancement for communities (see S. 1299), S8232 [19JN]
———amend trade adjustment assistance program to establish a demonstration project to provide self-employment training and assistance to eligible adversely affected workers (see H.R. 1807), H3353 [11AP]
Tradeswomen: tribute (see S. Res. 162), S7541 [9JN]
Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see S. 1776), S13134 [23OC] (see H.R. 2863), H7615 [24JY]
Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act: exempt small trailer manufacturers from certain reporting requirements (see S. 1667), S12056 [26SE] (see H.R. 1137), H1679 [6MR]
Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see S. 1325), S8439 [24JN] (see H.R. 871), H1331 [25FE]
Truth in Lending Act: require stores offering credit or charge accounts to prominently display certain information (see H.R. 3135), H8381 [17SE]
U.S. Airways, Inc.: pension plan restructuring (see S. 119), S132 [9JA]
U.S. Antidumping Act: repeal (see H.R. 1073), H1515 [4MR]
U.S. Boxing Administration: establish (see S. 275), S1870 [4FE] (see H.R. 1281), H1901 [13MR]
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (see S. 1416), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 2738), H6868 [15JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2738), consideration (see H. Res. 329), H7328 [22JY]
U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (see S. 1417), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 2739), H6868 [15JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2739), consideration (see H. Res. 329), H7328 [22JY]
Unemployment: provide a Federal payment, or reimbursement, to States for special unemployment assistance to individuals participating in qualified worker training programs (see H.R. 3010), H7948 [4SE]
Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 1292), H1901 [13MR]
Veterans: establish development program for disabled veterans' small businesses, reauthorize National Veterans Business Development Corp., programs, and establish procurement goal for veterans' small businesses (see H.R. 1712), H3301 [10AP]
———permit use of education benefits for certain entrepreneurship courses and permit veterans enrolled in certain vocational rehabilitation programs to have self-employment as a vocational goal (see H.R. 1460), H2470 [27MR]
Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (see H.J. Res. 64), H6464 [9JY]
Walker, C.J.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 65), H1465 [27FE]
Web's Construction Co., Inc.: relief (see H.R. 649), H323 [5FE]
Women: collect data on the availability of credit for women-owned business (see H.R. 1846), H3451 [29AP]
———provide comprehensive pension protection (see S. 1617), S11479 [15SE]
Workforce Investment Act: provide for job training grant pilot program (see S. 988), S5725 [5MY]
———reauthorize (see S. 1627), S11648 [17SE]
World Trade Organization: disapprove report which concluded that U.S. safeguards on imports of certain steel products were in violation of certain agreements and call for reforms in dispute settlement system (see H. Res. 441), H11359 [17NO] (see H. Res. 445), H11391 (see H. Res. 445), H11515 [18NO]
———encourage greater access for U.S. agricultural producers to foreign markets (see S. Res. 217), S10906 [1AU]
———request investigation of cause of confidential interim report on U.S. steel safeguard measure being widely leaked to the media (see H. Res. 328), H7225 [21JY]
World War II: condemn war crimes committed by Japan and establish liability of Japanese companies to former POW used by such companies as slave labor (see H. Res. 382), H9033 [30SE]
———preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former POW used as slave labor (see H.R. 1703), H3052 [9AP] (see H.R. 1864), H3452 [29AP]
Cloture motions
Health: protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), motion to proceed, S8894 [7JY], S9083 [9JY]
Conference reports
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (H.R. 2622), H12198-H12214 [21NO]
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 2), H4625-H4706 [22MY]
Cost Estimates
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (H.R. 2622): CBO (Private Sector Mandates), E1742 [9SE]
Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act (S. 150): CBO, S13033 [22OC]
———CBO (intergovernmental mandates), S14169 [6NO]
Court documents
District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ruling in U.S. Security, et al., v. FTC relative to ``do-not-call'' registry implementation, S11891 [24SE]
Descriptions
Fortune (publication) system for choosing the 50 Best Companies for Minorities, E1447 [11JY]
Small Business Expensing Improvement Act (S. 158), S300 [14JA]
Essays
Way My Life Is Going Now Is Just Perfect: Mario Argueta, E958 [15MY]
Excerpts
``Collapse of the Common Good,'' Philip Howard, S9063 [9JY]
Explanations
Differences Between Representative Barton's Ozone Extension Provisions in H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, and President Clinton's 1994 ``Bump-Up'' Policy for Ozone Pollution Standards, S15223 [20NO]
Small Business Health Fairness Act (S. 545), S3263-S3265 [6MR]
Women's Small Business Programs Improvement Act (S. 1154), S7151 [23MY]
Factsheets
Animal Drug User Fee Act Performance Goals and Procedures: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, S14791 [12NO]
Bush Administration's Contracts With Halliburton (company): Committee on Government Reform (House) Minority Staff, S6915 [22MY]
Derivatives and Their Impact on the Mining Industry, S7662 [11JN]
Smokeless (``Spit'') Tobacco in the U.S.—An Overview of the Health Risks and Industry Marketing Aimed at Children, E1145-E1147 [5JN]
U.S. Airways, Inc., Pension Plan Restructuring (S. 119), S118 [9JA]
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Inc., Spit Tobacco Products, E1147 [5JN]
Letters
Allow Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by regulating contracting cycles: James Firman, National Council on the Aging, S8394 [24JN]
Allow private sector businesses to compete against Federal Prison Industries, Inc., for Federal procurement contracts: Billy Carroll, C&C Office Supply Co., S2206 [11FE]
———Diane Lake, Economy Office Products, Inc., S2206 [11FE]
———Rick Buchholz, Christianson's Business Furniture, Inc., S2206 [11FE]
———Ruthanne S. Pitts, Simmons Contract Furnishings (business), S2206 [11FE]
Animal Drug User Fee Act: Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S14791 [12NO]
Antitrust penalties on individuals and corporations and repeal the U.S. Antidumping Act: John Ashcroft, Attorney General and Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, S6632 [19MY]
Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act: Carol Wayman, National Congress for Community Economic Development, S3892 [18MR]
———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S3892 [18MR]
———Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, S3893 [18MR]
———F. Barton Harvey III, Enterprise Foundation, S3892 [18MR]
———Larry Naake, National Association of Counties, S3892 [18MR]
———Thomas L. Jackson, American Society of Civil Engineers, S3893 [18MR]
Cash balance pension conversion: several Members of Congress, S1792 [30JA]
Chemical facility security relative to terrorism: Thomas J. Ridge, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Christine Todd Whitman, EPA Administrator, S297 [14JA]
Clarify that administrative overhead costs for one-stop career development centers will be shared proportionately by all providers: L. Robert McConnell and Michelle Vaughan, National Rehabilitation Association, H3812 [8MY]
———Richard Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of America, H3813 [8MY]
Climate Stewardship Act: Bob Epstein and Nicole Lederer, Environmental Entrepreneurs (organization), S13487 [29OC]
———David Roux, Silver Lake Partners, Inc., S13597 [30OC]
———Donald L. Evans, Sec. of Commerce, Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, and Marianne L. Horinko, EPA, S13495 [29OC], S13596 [30OC]
———James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, S13579 [30OC]
———Michael L. Marvin, Business Council for Sustainable Energy, S13486 [29OC]
———several business leaders, S13487 [29OC], S13597 [30OC]
———several organizations, S13582 [30OC]
———several scientists, S13507 [29OC]
Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H5183 [11JN]
———Steven K. Berry, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, H5183 [11JN]
Conflict of interest allegations of Richard Perle relative to membership on Defense Policy Board: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2673 [2AP]
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act: Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology, S13021 [22OC]
———Chris Murray, Consumers Union, S13021 [22OC]
———John Scheibel, Yahoo! Inc., S13022 [22OC]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S13021 [22OC]
———Robert Holleyman, Business Software Alliance, S13021 [22OC]
Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for motor vehicles: Alan Reuther, International Union, United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, S9895 [24JY]
———Charles E. Frank, S10113 [29JY]
———Marianne McInerney, American International Automobile Dealers Association, S10104 [29JY]
Create a more efficient electrical grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections: several Senators, S15162 [19NO]
Create more efficient electric grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections: Alan H. Richardson, American Public Power Association, S9997 [28JY]
———Davis L. Sokol, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., S9998 [28JY]
———Donald F. Santa, Jr., Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, S9999 [28JY]
———Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S9998 [28JY]
———Independent Petroleum Association of America and Natural Gas Supply Association, S9999 [28JY]
———Jan Schori, Large Public Power Council, S9998 [28JY]
———Michehl R. Gent, North American Electric Reliability Council, S9999 [28JY]
———Senator Fitzgerald, S9997 [28JY]
———Spencer Abraham, Sec. of Energy, S9996 [28JY]
———several Senators, S9997 [28JY]
———several State commissions, S9998 [28JY]
Deadline extension for compliance with certain Clean Air Act provisions in ozone nonattainment areas: Robert Perciasepe, EPA, H10092 [29OC]
———several Senators, H10100 [29OC]
Delta Air Lines, Inc., executive compensation: Leo F. Mullins, Delta Air Lines, H2805 [3AP]
Dept. of Agriculture country of origin labeling requirements implementation: Bruce Bass and Gary Machan, IBP, Inc., S14114 [6NO]
———several organizations, S14112 [6NO]
Dept. of Agriculture country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, H6643 [14JY]
Dept. of Defense process for granting or renewal of security clearances for defense contractor personnel: Kenneth Delacruz, Metal Trades Council of New London County, H4588 [22MY]
———M.W. Toner, General Dynamics Corp., H4588 [22MY]
Dept. of HHS certification of safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada: Asa Hutchinson, DEA, S8206 [19JN]
———Donna E. Shalala, S8204 [19JN]
———Mark B. McClellan, FDA, S8203, S8205 [19JN]
———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S8204 [19JN]
Disapprove FCC ruling on media ownership rules: Neil Faber, NexGen Media Worldwide, Inc., S11516 [16SE]
———several Senators, S11388 [11SE]
Energy Market Oversight Act: Alan H. Richardson, American Public Power Association, S3097 [4MR]
———Bill Carnahan, Southern California Public Power Authority, S3098 [4MR]
———Bob Cave, American Public Gas Association, S3097 [4MR]
———Dan Richard, PG&E Corp., S3097 [4MR]
———Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S3098 [4MR]
———John E. Bryson, Edison International, S3097 [4MR]
———Joseph E. Ronan, Jr., Calpine Corp., S3097 [4MR]
———Pat Wood III, FERC, S3097 [4MR]
———Roy Thilly, Transmission Access Policy Study Group, S3099 [4MR]
———several consumer organizations, S3099 [4MR]
———Vincent Viola and J. Robert Collins, New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., S3098 [4MR]
Enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs: Timothy J. Muris, FTC, S15886 [25NO]
EPA and OMB proposed rule setting maximum achievable control technology standards to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants: several Senators, S14249 [7NO]
Essential Air Service Program funding: Aliceann Wohlbruck, National Association of Development Organizations, S7799 [12JN]
———Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, S7798 [12JN]
———Donald E. Carroll, Mayor of Alamagordo, NM, S7798 [12JN]
———John D. (Mike) Rice, New Mexico Aviation Division, S7798 [12JN]
———several Representatives, S12366 [2OC], S13116 [23OC]
———several Senators, S12366 [2OC], S13116 [23OC]
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), E2463 [25NO]
———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E2463 [25NO]
FCC media ownership rules: Ross Connelly, Vermont Press Association, S6971 [22MY]
FCC review of media ownership rules: Representative Sanders, E435 [12MR]
Federal competitive outsourcing: Paul J. Gessing, National Taxpayers Union, Adrian T. Moore, Reason Foundation, Randall W. Hatcher, MAU, Inc., and Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S11796 [23SE]
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Charles W. Colson and Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship Ministries, H10474 [6NO]
———Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H10473 [6NO]
FERC authority to review public utility mergers: Richard L. Weill, MBIA Insurance Corp., S10123 [29JY]
FERC investigation into fraud and manipulation of California energy crisis: Senator Feinstein, S3015 [3MR]
FERC protection of electricity consumers under the Federal Power Act: Nielsen Cochran, Mississippi Public Service Commission, S10573 [31JY]
Financial Accounting Standards Board independence: Eugene D. O'Kelly, KPMG LLP, E1848 [22SE]
Include educational information about prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer advertising: several health organizations, S8609 [26JN]
Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Bill Bogaard, Mayor of Pasadena, CA, S14235 [7NO]
———Dan Albert, Mayor of Monterey, CA, S14235 [7NO]
———David F. Romero, Mayor of San Luis Obispo, CA, S14237 [7NO]
———Judith Valles, Mayor of San Bernardino, CA, S14237 [7NO]
———Mark A. Peterson, Mayor of Concord, CA, S14234 [7NO]
———R.E. Lamkin, Mayor of Lakeport, CA, S14235 [7NO]
———Robert D'Amato, S14236 [7NO]
———Roderick J. Wood, S14236 [7NO]
———Stacey Murphy, Mayor of Burbank, CA, S14234 [7NO]
———Walter Allen III, Mayor of Covina, CA, S14235 [7NO]
———William H. Batey II, Mayor of Moreno Valley, CA, S14236 [7NO]
Investigation of prices charged to import gasoline into Iraq by Halliburton (company): Representative Waxman, Committee on Government Reform (House) and Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E2557 [15DE]
Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act: Thomas Zogg, H3882 [9MY]
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: several Senators, S6472 [15MY]
———several State and local Government organizations, S6473 [15MY]
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]
Manipulation of electricity markets: Joseph T. Kelliher, S13999 [5NO]
Medicare drug plans and organizations transfer of savings from drug manufacturers' rebate, discount, and incentive programs to local pharmacies and consumers: Barry F. Scher and John J. Fegan, Ahold USA, Inc., S8183 [19JN]
———John J. Motley III, Food Marketing Institute, S8183 [19JN]
———Joseph A. Piohler, Kroger Co., S8184 [19JN]
———Randy Hutton, Winn Dixie Stores, Inc., S8184 [19JN]
Military Pay Comparability Act: Military Coalition, E831 [1MY]
National laboratories management and operating contract procurement funding: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H7130 [18JY]
———Representative Hobson, Committee on Appropriations (House), H7130 [18JY]
National Wildlife Refuge System concessions policy: Steve Williams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, H11448 [18NO]
Natural gas prices and supply: several Senators, S7527 [9JN]
———Spencer Abraham, Sec. of Energy, S7527 [9JN]
Pension Security Act: Representative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H4060 [14MY]
———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4060 [14MY]
People's Republic of China compliance with World Trade Organization accession commitments: William Primosch, National Association of Manufacturers, H10069-H10071 [29OC]
Permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada: Thomas Huebner and M. Betrice Grause, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, E2174 [30OC]
Postal Service privatization: Representatives Cummings and Danny K. Davis, Congressional Black Caucus, E432 [12MR]
Prevent affiliated companies from sharing personal customer information through creation of a national opt-out standard: Jackie Speier, California State Senate, S13861 [4NO], S13981 [5NO]
Prohibit a health plan from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) unless certain requirements are satisfied: Charles Bofferding, Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, S8616 [26JN]
———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, S8616 [26JN]
———Rod Shafer, Washington State Pharmacy Association, S8616 [26JN]
———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S8616 [26JN]
Prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf and impose time limits on considering appeals on consistency determinations for Federal projects: several Members of Congress, H9341 [8OC]
———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S7748 [12JN]
———Florida congressional delegation, H9344 [8OC]
———several Representatives, H9343 [8OC]
Prohibit funding for implementing IRS regulations allowing the conversion of defined benefit pension plans into cash balance plans: Michael W. Naylor, AARP, S13091 [23OC]
Prohibit new Dept. of the Interior competitive outsourcing studies funding: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, S11790 [23SE]
———Camille Fleenor, American Council of Engineering Companies, S11796 [23SE]
———Chuck Luttrell, S11798 [23SE]
———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S11797 [23SE]
———Lin Yeazell, S11799 [23SE]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S11797 [23SE]
———Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, S11790 [23SE]
———Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste (organization), S11797 [23SE]
———Thomas C. Kiernan, National Parks Conservation Association, S11789 [23SE]
Prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico: several Florida elected officials, H3311 [11AP]
Prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf: several Representatives, H3312 [11AP]
Prohibit personal loans to corporate directors or chief officers: Senators Collins and Levin, Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S2179 [11FE]
Provide tax incentives for economic recovery: Senator Frist, S5313 [11AP]
———Senators Snowe, Breaux, Baucus, and Voinovich, S5313 [11AP]
Reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail and protect children from unsolicited e-mail containing sexually oriented advertisements: Mary K. Barnwell, S9622 [21JY]
Regulatory oversight over energy trading markets: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S13974 [5NO]
———Bob Cave, American Public Gas Association, S13977 [5NO]
———Charles A. Acquard, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, S13979 [5NO]
———Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General, S13978 [5NO]
———Jack Gerard, National Mining Association, S7661 [11JN]
———Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan, S13979 [5NO]
———President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S7676, S7680 [11JN]
———Ralph A. Lambiase, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S13978 [5NO]
———Randall Dodd, Financial Policy Forum Derivatives Study Center, S13979 [5NO]
———several business leaders, S13978 [5NO]
———several financial organizations, S7662 [11JN]
———several Government officials, S13969 [5NO]
———several Senators, S13969 [5NO]
Reinstate felony penalties for licensed gun dealers who fail to maintain records of sales: M. Kristen Rand, Violence Policy Center, S1493 [23JA]
Religious organizations' campaign opposing drug reimportation reform legislation due to increased accessibility to abortion drug known as RU-486: Representatives Pitts and Chris Smith, H6997 [16JY]
———Tom Coburn, H6593 [10JY], H6997 [16JY]
Remedies for retaliation against corporate whistleblowers: Howard M. Radzely, Dept. of Labor, S1726 [29JA]
———Senator Leahy, S1726 [29JA]
———Senators Leahy and Grassley, S1725, S1726 [29JA]
Remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services: several Representatives, H9960, H9961 [28OC]
———several Senators, H9960 [28OC]
Request for Defense Policy Board minutes from meetings and financial records: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2673 [2AP]
Require foreign aircraft repair stations be subject to the same safety standards as domestic air stations: AFL-CIO, S7808 [12JN]
———Richard L. Trumka and Sonny Hall, AFL-CIO, S7808 [12JN]
Restoration of Freedom of Information Act: several media organizations, S3637 [12MR]
SEC authority to impose civil money penalties in administrative proceedings for violations of securities laws: Harvey L. Pitt, SEC, S4947 [8AP]
———William H. Donaldson, SEC, S4946 [8AP]
SEC Civil Enforcement Act: Harvey L. Pitt, SEC, S1076 [16JA]
Small Business Health Fairness Act: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, H5634 [19JN]
Small Business Liability Reform Act: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S10676 [31JY]
———James A. Anderson, Jr., National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, S10676 [31JY]
———Kathy R. Van Kleeck, Motorcycle Industry Council, S10675 [31JY]
———Small Business Legal Reform Coalition, S10675 [31JY]
Strengthen restrictions on business affiliate sharing of medical information: Clint Trout, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, S13879 [4NO]
———Daniel E. Smith and Wendy K.D. Selig, American Cancer Society, S13878 [4NO]
———Ernest Hopkins, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, S13879 [4NO]
———John Gressman, San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, S13878 [4NO]
———Michael D. Maves, AMA, S13878 [4NO]
———Representatives Emanuel and Walter B. Jones, S13879 [4NO]
———Steven M. Thompson, California Medical Association, S13878 [4NO]
Study new source review program changes relative to preventing deterioration of clean air regulations and determine effects on air pollution and human health: Ande Abbott, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, S1215 [21JA]
———Lloyd L. Eagan and Ellen Garvey, S1174 [21JA]
———Martha A. Marks, REP America (organization), S1174 [21JA]
———Physicians for Social Responsibility (organization), S1173 [21JA]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1213 [21JA]
———Robert Perciasepe, EPA, S1212, S1215 [21JA]
———Senators Inhofe and Breaux, S1212 [21JA]
———several Senators, S1173, S1224 [21JA]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, S1325 [22JA]
———Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, S12 [7JA]
Textile commercial availability provisions clarification under U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: David M. Spooner, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, E1685 [4SE]
Tobacco Market Transition Act: Henry S. West, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, and George Marks, Burley Stabilization Corp., S10189 [30JY]
———Johnny Bullock and Dean M. Wallace, Council for Burley Tobacco, S10189 [30JY]
———several State farm bureau presidents, S10189 [30JY]
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Inc., request to market certain tobacco products as less harmful than cigarettes: Representative Waxman, Committee on Government Reform (House), E1145, E1148 [5JN]
———Richard H. Verheij, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Inc., E1147 [5JN]
U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute funding: Senator McConnell, S2433 [13FE]
Lists
African Growth and Opportunity Act eligible countries, E1465 [14JY]
Amendments rejected during consideration of H. Res. 147, consideration of H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H1983 [19MR]
Bibliography of select research on the health impacts of soot, S3349 [7MR]
Californians' experiences with computer viruses, E2062 [16OC]
Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality witnesses for hearing on extension of deadlines for compliance with certain Clean Air Act provisions in ozone nonattainment areas, H10097 [29OC]
Court cases in which Deborah L. Cook ruled in favor of an employee, S5708 [5MY]
Economists' and industry leaders' statements supporting President Bush's tax plan to provide incentives for economic recovery, S3853 [18MR]
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act consumer protections, H12216 [21NO]
J.C. Ehrlich Co., Inc., civic contributions by employees, E1758 [10SE]
Medical malpractice awards in California under California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, S8883 [7JY]
Organizations and businesses helping to promote civic education, E1958 [2OC], E2080 [17OC], E2264 [6NO], E2323 [19NO]
Organizations involved in California financial privacy legislation negotiations, H8149 [10SE]
Organizations opposing S. 139, Climate Stewardship Act, S13598 [30OC]
Projected State shares of tobacco settlement payments under the Intermediate Sanctions Compensatory Revenue Adjustment (ISCRAA) Act, S5240 [10AP]
State-owned corporations in Singapore, S10491 [31JY]
Supporters of Feingold amendment to S. 14, Energy Policy Act, on protection of consumers and investors from abusive affiliate, associate company, and subsidiary company transactions, S10206 [30JY]
Memorandums
Deadline Extension for Compliance With Certain Clean Air Act Provisions in Ozone Nonattainment Areas: Mary D. Nichols, EPA, H10094 [29OC]
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Inc., Request To Market Certain Tobacco Products as Less Harmful Than Cigarettes: A.E. Cameron, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Inc., E1150 [5JN]
———Barry J. Nova, Sr., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Inc., E1148-E1150 [5JN]
Messages
Telecommunications Services Payments to Cuba: President Bush, S3160 [5MR], H1603 [5MR]
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: President Bush, S9403 [15JY], H6841 [15JY]
U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: President Bush, S9402 [15JY], H6834 [15JY]
Motions
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H2097 [19MR]
Credit: prevent identity theft, improve use of and access to consumer reports, limit sharing of certain consumer information, and improve financial education and literacy (S. 1753), S13875, S13890 [4NO]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), H10514 [6NO]
Employment: enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), H3817 [8MY]
Health: protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), S8871 [7JY]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), H4089 [14MY]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5636 [19JN]
Taxation: provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), H8346 [17SE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3940, H3954 [9MY], H4534 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6174 [14MY], S6408, S6410, S6411, S6412, S6414, S6421, S6423, S6424, S6425, S6426, S6428, S6429, S6430, S6431, S6432, S6441, S6443 [15MY]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H86, H88 [8JA]
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), H7515 [24JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2738), consideration (H. Res. 329), H7349, H7350 [23JY]
U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), H7512 [24JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2739), consideration (H. Res. 329), H7349, H7350 [23JY]
Poems
``Corporate Credo 1,'' Representative Owens, E132 [5FE]
``Corporate Credo 2,'' Representative Owens, E132 [5FE]
Press releases
Prohibit New Dept. of the Interior Competitive Outsourcing Studies Funding: Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S11796 [23SE]
———Wilderness Society, S11789 [23SE]
Proclamations
SBA Week: President Bush, H8245 [16SE]
Proposals
Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 2989): compromise language to ensure fair treatment of Federal employees in competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S15916 [25NO]
State and local officials' alternative to S. 150, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S12567-S12569 [15OC]
Questions and answers
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement sugar provisions: Senator Conrad and Robert B. Zoellick, S10582 [31JY]
Remarks in House
Acosta, Barbara: Durango Area Chamber Resort Association Athena Award recipient, E1523 [18JY]
Ada, Pedro P.: Guam Chamber of Commerce Guam Business Hall of Fame inductee, E1093 [2JN]
Advertising: create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business concerns (H.R. 132), E27 [8JA]
Aetna Inc.: anniversary, E1209 [11JN]
African Americans: convening of African American leadership summit, H4188-H4192 [15MY]
African Growth and Opportunity Act: impact, E1464 [14JY]
Agriculture: country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, H6620, H6640-H6648 [14JY], H12837 [8DE], E1504 [17JY], E1536 [18JY]
———ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (H.R. 3242), E2527 [8DE]
Air pollution: oppose EPA new source review rule changes relative to preventing deterioration of clean air regulations, H8224 [16SE], E1866 [23SE]
———reduce emissions from electric powerplants (H.R. 2042), E903 [9MY]
Airlines: impose conditions on use of federally provided relief funds, H2797 [3AP]
———prohibit air carriers receiving Federal assistance from reducing services, H8058 [9SE]
Alameda County, CA: anniversary of East Bay Conversion and Reinversion Commission, E160 [6FE]
Alamosa County, CO: tribute to Chamber of Commerce, E2502 [8DE]
American Concrete Institute: anniversary (H. Res. 394), H10249, H10250 [4NO], E2231 [5NO]
American Eagle Harley-Davidson/Buell Dealership: tribute, E859 [1MY]
American Forest & Paper Association: tribute to paper recovery efforts, E1034 [21MY]
American Frozen Food Institute: anniversary, E164 [6FE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, E1711 [5SE]
AmeriChoice Alliance, Inc.: American Association of Health Plans/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals HERA Bronze award recipient, E1243 [13JN]
AMI Semiconductor, Inc.: initial public offering of common stock on Nasdaq National Market, E1972 [2OC]
Amtrak: make funding contingent upon submission of reports required under corporate accountability law, H8052, H8053 [9SE]
Analytical Services, Inc.: NASA Woman Owned Business of the Year award recipient, E1868 [23SE]
Anaya, Pedro: Reebok Human Rights Foundation award recipient, E693 [7AP]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (H.R. 1086), H5104-H5106 [10JN]
———encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (H.R. 1086), permission to file supplemental report, H4922 [4JN]
Arcata Associates, Inc.: NASA Minority Subcontractor of the Year award recipient, E1919 [30SE]
Armed Forces: ensure military pay increases are comparable to private sector pay growth as measured by the Employment Cost Index (H.R. 1885), E830 [1MY]
———express appreciation to members engaging in military action in Iraq and against terrorism and recognize communities, businesses, and organizations for their support (H. Con. Res. 177), H4847 [3JN], H4883-H4892, H4902, H4919 [4JN], E1139, E1156, E1170 [5JN], E1175 [9JN], E1198 [11JN]
———tribute to businesses and business owners for support of our troops and their families (H. Res. 201), H4892-H4895, H4902, H4920 [4JN], E1174 [9JN], E1189 [10JN], E1198 [11JN]
Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices, E983 [15MY]
———reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 2038), E906 [9MY]
AT&T Corp.: advertising campaign relative to regulation of local telephone service, H2590 [2AP]
———layoff of employees by wireless unit, H11519 [19NO]
Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq, H2784, H2785 [3AP], H2870-H2872, H2913, H2917 [8AP], E731 [10AP]
———assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (H.R. 1553), E654 [2AP]
———enable the U.S. to maintain its leadership in aeronautics and aviation, H5161 [10JN]
———prohibit funding from supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security to any air carrier that discontinues service to Killeen, TX, Municipal Airport, H2806, H2807 [3AP]
———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks, H5230 [11JN]
———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks, H7869, H7870 [4SE]
———provide relief to the airline industry (H.R. 1366), E512 [19MR]
———research, development, and deployment of technology to protect commercial aircraft from man-portable air defense systems, H2793 [3AP]
Bank One Corp.: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Delaware Small Business Champion Award recipient, E130 [5FE]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H1960, H1961, H1991-H2100 [19MR], H2256 [20MR], E534 [20MR], E551 [21MR], E623 [31MR]
———amend laws (H.R. 975), consideration (H. Res. 147), H1981-H1988 [19MR]
———amend laws (H.R. 975), corrections in engrossment, H2100 [19MR]
———amend laws (H.R. 975), motion to recommit, H2097, H2098 [19MR]
———discourage predatory lending practices, H1982 [19MR]
———increase cap on wage and benefit claims, strengthen fraud provisions, and require reinstatement of retiree benefits modified within a certain period preceding filing, H2052 [19MR]
———prevent corporate abuse and provide greater protection for employees, H1983, H1985 [19MR]
———prevent creditors from employing involuntary bankruptcy actions relative to certain liability claims, E551 [21MR]
———require corporations to file claims in the district where their principal place of business is located, H1994, H2053-H2055 [19MR]
———treatment of financial contracts such as derivative transactions to include banks and credit unions, H2051 [19MR]
Bausch & Lomb Inc.: anniversary, E2185 [31OC]
Becton, Dickinson and Co.: tribute to efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, E2404 [22NO]
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC: tribute to treatment of junior partner serving in the military in Iraq, E2494 [8DE]
Blevins, Patricia: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Special Recognition Award recipient, E129 [5FE]
Boston, Hugh E.: Thomas R. Fortune Business Award recipient, E2055 [16OC]
BP Solvay Polyethylene North America (business): Deer Park, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year award recipient, E1736 [9SE]
Buckley's Auto Care (business): Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Diamond Award recipient, E134 [5FE]
Budget: impact of Bush administration proposals on Hispanic Americans, H1476 [4MR]
Burch Oil Co.: anniversary, E914 [9MY]
Bush, President: visit to Indiana, H4018 [14MY]
Buy American Act: compliance, H5226, H5227 [11JN], H5774, H5776, H5779-H5781 [24JN], H6564 [10JY], H7041 [17JY], H7140, H7142 [18JY], H7990 [5SE], H8024 [9SE]
———compliance relative to ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, E2021 [8OC]
Cabrillo Power, LLC: Walter Jones NOAA Excellence in Business Leadership Award recipient, E493 [18MR]
California: anniversary of Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Local Union No. 104, E889 [7MY]
———effects of budget cuts, H3923 [9MY]
———provide an additional bankruptcy judge for the eastern district (H.R. 2158), E1005 [21MY]
Calvo's Insurance Underwriters, Inc.: anniversary, E2459 [25NO]
Cambridge, MA: anniversary of Bisuteki Japanese Steakhouse, E962 [15MY]
Cargo transportation: create an all-inclusive database that will allow State and local law enforcement officials to coordinate reports of cargo theft, H11162 [17NO]
CCH Inc.: anniversary, E980 [15MY]
CERCLA: Superfund program funding through reductions in NASA Project Prometheus funding, H7700-H7702 [25JY]
CH2M Hill, Inc.: anniversary, E1991 [7OC]
Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (H. Con. Res. 215), H6666-H6668 [14JY]
Chatterjee, Oona: Reebok Human Rights Foundation award recipient, E693 [7AP]
Cheney, Vice President: relationship with Halliburton Co., H10112, H10116, H10122-H10128 [29OC]
———relationship with Halliburton (company), H2510 [31MR]
Chew, Niels: Sonoma Valley, CA, Chamber of Commerce Sonoma Valley Business of the Year award recipient, E1854 [23SE]
Chicago Board Options Exchange: anniversary, E811 [30AP]
Children and youth: implement Code Adam child safety alert program in Federal buildings, H2428, H2429 [27MR]
China, People's Republic of: encourage fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, support the U.S. manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms (H. Res. 414), H10062-H10071 [29OC], E2188 [31OC]
———maritime trade agreement with the U.S., E2326 [19NO]
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.: Dept. of Defense National Committee for the Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve Seven Seals award recipient, E2060 [16OC]
———Rhode Island Guard and Reserve Pro Patria award recipient, E2060 [16OC]
Citrus County, FL: observance of Industry Appreciation Week, E1799 [16SE]
Civil rights: affirmative action policies, H2315 [26MR]
———provide equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and support affirmative action programs in securing such equal access, H1493 [4MR], E362 [4MR]
Clean Air Act: extension of deadlines for compliance with certain provisions in ozone nonattainment areas, H10091-H10106 [29OC], E2191 [31OC]
Cleveland, OH: tribute to International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local No. 436, E839 [1MY]
Coast Guard: require diesel engines used in vessels and ships to be manufactured in the U.S., H5783, H5784 [24JN], H10421-H10423 [5NO]
Coastal Zone Management Act: impose time limits on Dept. of Commerce for considering appeals on consistency determinations for Federal projects that may violate State management plans, H9336-H9341, H9344, H9345 [8OC]
Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H5354 [12JN]
Community development: correct certain inequities in the second round of designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (H.R. 593), E144 [6FE]
Computers: address problems associated with computer viruses, E2062 [16OC]
———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), H12186-H12198, H12297 [21NO]
———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), Senate amendment, H12854-H12861 [8DE], E2555 [15DE]
Conservation of energy: improve energy use of transportation and infrastructure facilities (H.R. 1491), E604-E606 [27MR]
Consolidated Wood Products (business): Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2255 [6NO]
Continental Airlines, Inc.: anniversary of Continental Micronesia, E1335 [24JN]
Contracts: increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses (H.R. 1216), E1367 [26JN]
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H3624 [1MY], H10332 [4NO], E132 [5FE]
———prevent corporate auditors from providing tax shelter services to their audit clients, H9741 [21OC]
———prevent corporate auditors from providing tax shelter services to their audit clients (H.R. 3599), E2440 [23NO]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H7858, H7918, H7919 [4SE]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts in Iraq, H9974 [28OC]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (H.R. 1994), E879 [6MY]
Cortez, CO: tribute to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., employees for preserving Mesa Verde National Park artifacts, E1931 [30SE]
Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (H.R. 1114), H1660 [6MR], H5159 [10JN], H5459 [17JN]
———prevent domestic corporations from escaping liability from class action lawsuits through repatriation or merging with a foreign corporation, H5296, H5297 [12JN]
———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 1125), H5159 [10JN], H5459 [17JN]
Credit: address credit bureau regulations that prevent certain individuals from obtaining a credit rating, H8157 [10SE]
———allow adjustment of response time for requests for free credit reports whenever national credit bureaus experience a high volume of such requests, H8156, H8157 [10SE]
———allow any consumer to receive a free credit report annually from any national or regional consumer reporting agency, H8160-H8163 [10SE]
———allow consumers to require confirmation of identity before any new credit account is issued in their name, H8163 [10SE]
———clarify the variables used in determining the need for a risk-based pricing notice in connection with mortgage loans, E2493 [8DE]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), H8118-H8167 [10SE], E1775 [11SE]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), amendment process, H7994 [5SE]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), conference report, H12214-H12224 [21NO], E2463 [25NO], E2493, E2512 [8DE]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), consideration (H. Res. 360), H8111-H8116 [10SE]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), corrections in engrossment, H8167 [10SE]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), motion to instruct conferees, H10514, H10515 [6NO]
———require entities that furnish information to credit bureaus to reinvestigate any disputed information after the consumer has asked for reinvestigation that fails to resolve the dispute, H8151, H8152 [10SE], H10514, H10515 [6NO]
Crime: increase civil penalties for violations involving certain actions that exploit popular reaction to a Presidentially declared emergency or disaster (H.R. 346), H413-H415 [12FE]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (H.R. 669), H9735 [20OC]
Data Systems Analysts, Inc.: anniversary, E2296 [14NO]
Deary, William: SBA Michigan Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1840 [17SE]
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: require roads to remain open to local residents following base closures, H4589 [22MY]
Defense Production Act: applicability to critical infrastructure protection and restoration, H9418 [15OC]
———reauthorize (S. 1680), H9416-H9418 [15OC], E2050 [15OC]
———reauthorize (S. 1680), Senate amendment, H12861, H12862 [8DE]
———require report on minority contracting, H9417 [15OC]
Delta Air Lines, Inc.: actions of Chief Executive Officer Leo F. Mullins relative to executive compensation, H2805 [3AP]
Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (H.R. 678), H419 [12FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (H.R. 2273), E1055 [22MY]
Dept. of Commerce: establish position of Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing and Technology and manufacturing research and implementation program, and promote manufacturing education (H.R. 2908), E1626 [25JY]
———Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H7369 [23JY]
———oversee interagency team that works with foreign countries to mitigate effects of foreign offset contracts on U.S. businesses, H9417 [15OC]
Dept. of Defense: ensure that defense-related contracts are filled by U.S. defense workers, H4587, H4591 [22MY]
———ensure the use of U.S. made titanium on U.S. military systems, H10988, H10989 [7NO]
———feasibility of using small, minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses in Iraq post-conflict reconstruction, H4591, H4592 [22MY]
———improve process for granting or renewal of security clearances for defense contractor personnel, H4588 [22MY]
———prohibit funding to overhaul, repair, or maintain naval vessels in shipyards outside the U.S. or Guam, H6301, H6302 [8JY]
———promote public-private competition for contracts and procurement, H4593 [22MY]
———require use of domestic products, H3658 [6MY]
———use of U.S. industrial companies and technical assistance firms for war production, H4392 [21MY], H4587 [22MY]
———use of U.S.-flag commercial vessels for military and national security purposes under the Maritime Security Program, H4592 [22MY], E2495 [8DE]
Dept. of Energy: develop and implement a strategy for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of distributed power hybrid energy systems (H.R. 1041), E335 [27FE]
———national laboratories management and operating contract procurement funding, H7129 [18JY]
———permit flexible contract arrangements that exempt companies from certain Federal patent rules, H11386 [18NO]
———sale of surplus Government property to nonprofit organizations at below market value, H2404 [27MR]
Dept. of HHS: take action to remove dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids from the market (H. Res. 435), E2259 [6NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities, H5773, H5774 [24JN]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H119 [8JA]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 239), E44 [8JA]
Dept. of Justice: provide additional resources for investigation and prosecution of identity theft and related credit card and other fraud (H.R. 3693), E2485 [8DE]
Dept. of Labor: provide technical assistance to local boards for accounting and program operation practices and establish a system for States to share information on practical workforce investment activities, H3816 [8MY]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, H7037-H7040 [17JY], H10199 [30OC]
———provide for maintenance and repair of buildings and properties located on National Wildlife Refuge System lands by lessees of such facilities (H.R. 1204), H11446-H11448 [18NO]
———require oil industry pay fair market value for oil and gas removed from public lands, H3082 [10AP]
Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to implement revisions to OMB rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, H8044-H8047 [9SE]
Dept. of Transportation: airline ticket voucher program funding, H2775, H2776 [3AP], E762 [11AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend certain authorities for health care services and reporting dates and augment certain health care business practices or programs (H.R. 3260), E2019 [8OC]
Detroit, MI: anniversary of Chamber of Commerce, E1470 [14JY], E1552 [22JY]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 192), H4032-H4035 [14MY], E999 [21MY]
Disasters: prohibit price gouging of products and services that are widely needed during a designated disaster (H.R. 3236), E1967 [2OC]
Diseases: encourage U.S. businesses to provide assistance to sub-Saharan Africa to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, H3608, H3609 [1MY]
District of Columbia: Anacostia Waterfront Initiative funding, H7956, H7957 [5SE]
———reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, and improve the quality of life in Washington metropolitan region (H.R. 2882), E1588 [25JY]
Dow Chemical Co.: responsibility for injuries resulting from Union Carbide Corp., chemical accident at Bhopal, India plant, H7164 [18JY]
Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H8002 [5SE]
———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H4095 [14MY], H4342-H4349 [20MY], H4845 [3JN], H4953 [4JN], H5056-H5058 [9JN], H5155-H5159 [10JN], H5346, H5360-H5362 [12JN], H5453-H5459 [17JN], H6434 [9JY], H6858-H6864 [15JY], H9257 [7OC]
———investigate alleged pharmaceutical industry support of religious organizations' campaign opposing drug reimportation reform legislation due to increased accessibility to abortion drug known as RU-486, H6593 [10JY], H6682-H6685 [14JY], H6873, H6996 [16JY]
Drury University: tribute to Students In Free Enterprise World Cup Team, E2306 [17NO]
DynCorp: contract to train police in Iraq, H10461 [6NO]
E.G. Bowman Co., Inc.: anniversary, E936 [13MY]
Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush administration policies, H6842 [15JY]
Economy: address loss of manufacturing base, H10114-H10117 [29OC]
———address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through application of fairer taxation and reduction of manufacturing regulations, H4259 [20MY]
———address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through application of fairer taxation and through math and science education initiatives, H2837 [7AP]
———address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased Buy American Act compliance levels, H6807 [15JY]
———address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased research and development, H5092 [10JN]
———effects of gold standard, H8003-H8009 [5SE]
———effects of war, H1494 [4MR]
———establish a commission to study employment and economic insecurity in the U.S. workforce (H.R. 3435), E2220 [4NO]
———impact of unemployment, H12753 [8DE], E2153 [28OC]
———impact of unregulated free trade on division between economic classes, H9795-H9798 [21OC], H10554-H10557 [6NO]
———importance of home building industry, E1108 [3JN]
———importance of job creation, H5069-H5076 [9JN], H5178 [11JN], H8192 [10SE], H8998 [30SE]
———investment in surface transportation infrastructure and in rail and passenger transit industries, H40 [7JA]
———national objectives priority assignments, H33-H40 [7JA], H65, H66, H127-H132 [8JA], H153, H156, H160-H165 [27JA], H173 [28JA], H1284, H1311-H1318 [25FE], H1370-H1377 [26FE], H1797-H1802 [12MR], H1938-H1944 [18MR], H2145 [20MR], H2563-H2567 [1AP], H2867, H2915 [8AP], H5069-H5076 [9JN], H7814 [3SE], H7843 [4SE], H7952 [5SE], H8270-H8276 [16SE], H8406 [23SE], H8998, H9025 [30SE], H9038 [1OC], H9259 [7OC], H9691, H9711 [20OC], H9795-H9800 [21OC], H9821, H9969 [28OC], H10241, H10324-H10330 [4NO], H10553-H10558 [6NO], H10981, H10982 [7NO], H11194 [17NO], H11519 [19NO], E111 [29JA], E1982 [7OC], E2198 [31OC]
Education: allow school districts to form partnerships with universities and businesses for teachers to gain clinical experience in science, mathematics, and technology, H6369 [9JY]
———establish a vocational and technical education grant program (H.R. 2762), E1503 [17JY]
Electric Energy, Inc.: anniversary, E1824 [17SE]
Electric power: ensure State actions to implement reliability standards do not adversley impact transmission reliability in other States, E2429 [23NO]
Electronics: prohibit the Depts. of Defense and Homeland Security from purchasing equipment containing electronic components that are not manufactured in the U.S. (H.R. 2974), E1632 [25JY]
Emmett, ID: tribute to Rumor Mill Bakery's recognition of veterans and active duty personnel, E804 [30AP]
Employee Benefit Research Institute: anniversary, E1685 [4SE], E1735 [9SE], E1830 [17SE]
Employment: clarify that administrative overhead costs for one-stop career development centers will be shared proportionately by all providers, H3812 [8MY]
———dislocated worker assistance programs funding, H6528 [10JY]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), H3766, H3777-H3820 [8MY], E475 [13MR], E925, E926, E927 [9MY], E958, E965 [15MY]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), amendment process, H3618 [1MY]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), consideration (H. Res. 221), H3767, H3776 [8MY]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), corrections in engrossment, H3821 [8MY]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), motion to recommit, H3817, H3818 [8MY]
———ensure that centers and providers of training services meet specific employment needs of local employers and participants, H3810, H3811 [8MY]
———extend age for eligibility for certain youth training programs, H3813, H3814 [8MY]
———include administrators of adult education and literacy programs on local workforce investment boards, H3809, H3810 [8MY]
———increase need-based funding to local workforce development boards, H3814, H3815 [8MY]
———prevent an employer from placing a nonimmigrant who is an intracompany transferee with another employer (H.R. 2154), E996 [19MY]
———provide compensatory time for private sector employees (H.R. 1119), H4207 [19MY], H4260 [20MY], H5095, H5098 [10JN], E401 [7MR]
———provide compensatory time for private sector employees (H.R. 1119), amendment process, H4756 [2JN]
———provide for labor recruiter accountability (H.R. 3530), E2341 [20NO]
———provide priority training for single parents, displaced homemakers and pregnant, single women under certain adult training programs, H3815 [8MY]
———vocational rehabilitation programs funding, E925 [9MY]
Engineered Fabrics Corp.: Defense Contract Management Agency Commander's Medallion of Outstanding Warfight Support award recipient, H9288 [8OC]
Enstrom Candies, Inc.: tribute, E1300 [18JN]
ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (H.R. 1322), H2104 [19MR]
———require equitable funding of pension plans maintained by corporations which also maintain executive pension plans (H.R. 2078), H4084 [14MY], E939 [13MY]
Etter, James: SBA Virginia Small Business Advocate of the Year award recipient, E1347 [25JN]
Evans, Donald L.: visit to Iraq by Sec. of Commerce, H9288 [8OC]
FAA: ensure control of air traffic control system functions (H.R. 1711), E742 [11AP]
———Essential Air Service Program funding, H5206, H5207 [11JN], H8048 [9SE]
———give smaller carriers preference to certain routes in new markets, H5204 [11JN]
———permit airport sponsors to fund the environmental review process of airport development projects, H7867 [4SE]
———remove co-payments from Essential Air Service communities relative to distance from a hub, H5210, H5233-H5235 [11JN]
———remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services funding, H8059 [9SE], H9960 [28OC], H10168, H10186 [30OC]
———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility, H5236-H5238 [11JN]
———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility (H.R. 1944), H3410 [29AP], E845 [1MY]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: sunset uniform national consumer protection standards, H8158-H8160 [10SE], E1775 [11SE]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (H.R. 956), E323 [27FE]
———clarify (H.R. 35), H25 [7JA]
Farmers Insurance Group: anniversary, E852 [1MY]
FBI: definition of ``financial institution'' relative to authority to subpoena financial records in terrorism or espionage investigations, H11674, H11676 [20NO], E2399 [22NO], E2423, E2428 [23NO], E2491 [8DE]
FCC: allocate spectrum for the enhancement of wireless services and invest wireless spectrum auction proceeds for military and educational digital era preparedness (H.R. 1396), E545 [21MR]
———amend media ownership rules, H3538 [30AP], H3965 [9MY], H12834, H12837 [8DE], E435 [12MR], E736 [11AP]
———development and deployment of high-speed communications technologies to rural areas, E743 [11AP]
———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (H.J. Res. 72), H9799 [21OC]
———encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (H. Res. 218), H4095, H4096 [14MY], H4172, H4179-H4184 [15MY], H4326 [20MY], E1075 [23MY]
———impact of local telephone exchange carriers' network unbundling regulations on the telecommunications industry, H1662 [6MR], H2316 [26MR], H2405 [27MR], H3056, H3058 [10AP], H3574 [1MY], H4373 [21MY], E493 [18MR], E678 [3AP], E736 [11AP], E778 [12AP], E848 [1MY], E882, E888 [7MY], E915, E916, E920 [9MY], E1004, E1006, E1007, E1008 [21MY], E1052, E1059, E1062 [22MY], E1654, E1656 [25JY]
———prohibit funding to implement new media ownership rules, H7250, H7278-H7288 [22JY]
———regulatory parity for local phone competition and broadband providers, E1210 [11JN]
———release of triennial review rulemaking on local phone competition and broadband deployment, H4373 [21MY], H4532 [22MY], H4880 [4JN], E848 [1MY], E882, E888 [7MY], E915, E916, E920 [9MY], E949 [14MY], E954 [15MY], E994 [19MY], E1004, E1006, E1007, E1008, E1041 [21MY], E1050, E1052, E1059 [22MY], E1502 [17JY]
———require compliance with Government regulations relative to media ownership rules (H.R. 2212), E1059 [22MY]
———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (H.R. 3027), E1728 [5SE]
———ruling on media ownership rules, H4761-H4763, H4770-H4776 [2JN], H4791, H4794, H4795, H4796 [3JN], H5370 [16JN], H5415 [17JN], E1112, E1118 [3JN], E1142 [5JN], E1200 [11JN]
———strengthen regulatory guidelines to promote investment in the telecommunications industry, H2556 [1AP], H2870 [8AP]
FDA: lobbying activities relative to Pharmaceutical Market Access Act, H7459 [24JY]
———proposed rule for dietary supplement current good manufacturing practices, H7937 [4SE]
Federal aid programs: reduce reliance on Government subsidies, H12107 [21NO]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to dietary supplements (H.R. 3377), E2150 [28OC], E2192 [31OC]
———amend relative to new animal drugs (H.R. 2079), E940 [13MY]
———establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (H.R. 1260), H9054-H9059 [1OC], E462 [13MR]
———establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (S. 313), H10293-H10297 [4NO]
———establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (H.R. 725), E218 [13FE]
———establish requirements to allow sale of prescription drugs over the Internet (H.R. 2652), E1617 [25JY]
———require manufacturers of dietary supplements to register and require submission of reports on adverse experiences regarding such supplements (H.R. 724), E218 [13FE]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts, H4360-H4365 [20MY], H4533 [22MY], H5358-H5360 [12JN]
———authorize Federal civilian contracting officers to competitively evaluate products, H10492 [6NO]
———develop programs for inmates to produce goods and services for charitable organizations, H10500-H10502 [6NO]
———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H3539-H3545 [30AP], H4363 [20MY], H10469-H10510 [6NO], E1948 [1OC], E2319 [19NO]
———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), consideration (H. Res. 428), H10374-H10376 [5NO]
———increase hourly wage earned by inmates with less than two years remaining on their prison terms, H10495 [6NO]
———maintain mandatory source contract requirement for Federal Bureau of Prisons, H10488, H10489 [6NO]
———permit GAO study on effects of eliminating mandatory source requirements, H10480-H10487 [6NO]
———permit the Attorney General to postpone, for one year, phaseout of mandatory source program law if a determination is made that the phaseout would threaten prison operations or prison safety, H10493-H10494 [6NO]
———prohibit bidding on any Federal contracts that are reserved for small business, H10488 [6NO]
———prohibit prison industries from contracting for work to provide services, H10496 [6NO]
———provide a 5-year phaseout of mandatory source program law, H10490, H10491 [6NO]
———require certain goods and services to be manufactured in the U.S., H10507 [6NO]
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: provide a sunset provision relative to significant or adverse effects on the public, prison operations or safety, H10504-H10507 [6NO]
FERC: clarify jurisdiction relative to companies integrating into a regional transmission organization, H7123 [18JY]
Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (H.R. 781), E238, E244 [13FE]
———increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (H.R. 758), H2527-H2533 [1AP]
———prevent Federal preemption of State financial privacy laws, H8131, H8141-H8149 [10SE]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, E1729 [5SE]
———protect customers whose identities are stolen from financial institutions (H.R. 818), E268 [13FE]
Fire prevention: improve fire safety in nonresidential buildings (H. Con. Res. 85), H1701-H1704 [11MR], E421 [11MR]
Fish and fishing: extend reimbursement period under the Fisherman's Protective Act and reauthorize the Yukon River Restoration and Enhancement Fund (H.R. 2048), H9700 [20OC]
———prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (H.R. 1286), E460 [13MR]
———support domestic shrimping industry by eliminating taxpayer subsidies for certain competitors, H7378 [23JY]
———support domestic shrimping industry by eliminating taxpayer subsidies for certain competitors (H.R. 155), E4 [8JA]
———tribute to success of scallop fishery, E1129 [4JN]
Florence, AL: anniversary of Milner-Rushing Discount Drugs (business), E808 [30AP]
Fofanah, Mohamed Pa-Momo: Reebok Human Rights Foundation award recipient, E693 [7AP]
Ford Motor Co.: anniversary, H5382, H5388 [16JN], H5541 [18JN], E895 [9MY]
———anniversary (H. Res. 100), H4399-H4402 [21MY]
Foreign aid: require large companies submit a subcontracting plan prior to being awarded a contract for reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9637 [17OC]
Foreign countries: impact of companies utilizing foreign labor in low-wage countries on employment levels of U.S. high-tech workers, H4094 [14MY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations, H7266, H7267, H7271, H7272 [22JY], H7432, H7433 [23JY]
———exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (H.R. 1157), E441 [12MR]
Foreign trade: economic impact of globalization, E1971 [2OC]
———impact of free-trade agreements, H8228 [16SE], H8289 [17SE], E1822 [17SE]
———oppose OPIC, IMF or Eximbank aid to countries that subsidize their steel industries and for projects producing goods subject to antidumping duties (H.R. 3072), E1768 [11SE]
———treatment of orange juice, H11634 [19NO]
———U.S. deficit, H2591 [2AP], H5647 [19JN], H7233, H7251 [22JY], H8288 [17SE], H10114-H10117 [29OC]
Fortune (publication): tribute to businesses named to 50 Best Companies for Minorities list, E1446 [11JY]
Foster, Max and Verda: California Poultry Federation Pioneer Award recipients, E1858 [23SE]
FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (H.R. 107), E19-E21 [8JA]
———collect fees for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 395), H407-H413, H416 [12FE], E243, E246 [13FE], E344 [3MR]
———collect fees for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 395), unanimous-consent agreement, H350 [11FE]
———deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (H.R. 414), E76 [28JA]
———ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 3161), H8898 [24SE], H8916-H8922 [25SE], E2128 [24OC]
Gasoline: stabilize prices, E2028 [10OC]
———stabilize prices (H.R. 1221), H1780 [12MR]
General Dynamics Electric Boat (company): tribute to Distinguished Shipbuilders, E2170 [30OC]
German, Ryan: Delaware Young Entrepreneur award recipient, E856 [1MY]
GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics, Inc.: anniversary, E2065 [16OC]
Government: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 3598), E2444 [23NO]
———ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, H12841 [8DE]
———require all agencies requesting private credit information in the course of terrorism investigations to abide by certain privacy protections, H8160 [10SE]
Government regulations: reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes (H.R. 2432), E1221 [11JN]
Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H3321-H3323 [11AP]
GTR Labs, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2253 [6NO]
Guam: effects of proposed tax cuts on revenue, H3646 [6MY]
Guevarra, Ernest: Reebok Human Rights Foundation award recipient, E692 [7AP]
Halliburton (company): investigation of prices charged to import gasoline into Iraq, E2497 [8DE], E2557 [15DE]
Hamburg, NY: tribute to Character First (organization), E2260 [6NO]
Hansen, Christopher: SBA National Home-Based Business Advocate of the Year award recipient, E1291 [18JN]
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.: anniversary (H. Res. 296), H6668-H6670 [14JY], E1332 [24JN]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1247), H1859 [13MR], E436 [12MR]
———clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health care insurance issuers (H.R. 1120), E395 [7MR]
———expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5555, H5612-H5624, H5627-H5635 [19JN]
———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), H6352 [9JY]
HK Casting, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2250 [6NO]
Homeland Security Act: repeal certain provisions relative to pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability, H66, H119 [8JA], E89 [28JA], E113 [29JA], E164 [6FE]
HSBC Holdings plc: tribute to employees injured in terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey, E2464 [25NO]
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride: support goals, H9134, H9135 [2OC], H9220 [7OC], E1930 [30SE], E1965, E1972 [2OC], E1978 [7OC]
———support goals (H. Res. 384), H9036 [1OC], E1964, E1966 [2OC]
Immigration: establish temporary foreign worker program, H6438 [9JY], H6990 [16JY], H7206 [21JY]
———extend basic pilot employment verification system (H.R. 2359), H9893-H9898 [28OC]
———extend basic pilot employment verification system (S. 1685), H11582-H11586 [19NO], E2367, E2372 [21NO], E2389 [22NO]
———impact of illegal immigration on employment, H5076-H5081 [9JN], H5537-H5541 [18JN], H6701-H6704 [14JY]
———national policy, H7206 [21JY]
———repeal authorities relative to H-1B visas for temporary skilled workers (H.R. 2688), H6701 [14JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit States to establish costs and risk-sharing funds, consortiums, and cooperatives to assist severly disabled students, H3511 [30AP]
Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities, E1374 [26JN]
———invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (H.R. 2615), E1798 [16SE]
Inmarsat Ltd.: dilution of ownership interest by former signatories to the Inmarsat Operating Agreement (H.R. 2312), H5342, H5343 [12JN]
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital: Mount Vernon-Lee, VA, Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year award recipient, E276 [25FE]
Institute of the Americas: anniversary, E950 [14MY]
Insurance: modify antitrust exemption for the insurance industry, H10440 [5NO]
———permit States to require insurance companies to disclose Armenia genocide-era insurance information (H.R. 3323), E2059 [16OC]
———permit States to require insurance companies to disclose Holocaust-era insurance information (H.R. 3129), E1820 [17SE], E2059 [16OC]
———reduce the cost of medical malpractice insurance to enhance patient access to medical care (H.R. 1124), E578 [26MR]
———stabilize medical malpractice premiums, H1621 [5MR]
———stabilize medical malpractice premiums (H.R. 485), H1783 [12MR]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters: anniversary, E1727, E1729 [5SE]
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: imposition of sanctions on nations that undermine effectiveness of conservation and management measures for Atlantic highly migratory species (H. Con. Res. 268), H9843-H9846 [28OC]
International Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims: enforcement of insurance claims made by Holocaust victims, E815 [30AP]
Interstate Worldwide Relocation (business): anniversary, E420 [11MR]
Investments: improve transparency relative to fees and costs that mutual fund investors incur and improve corporate governance of mutual funds (H.R. 2420), H11533-H11547 [19NO]
———protect mutual fund investors, H10461 [6NO]
Iraq: limit conflicts of interest by prohibiting certain senior U.S. officials from participating in negotiations of Federal contracts related to the war or reconstruction of Iraq, H2795 [3AP]
———obligations of Coalition Provisional Authority to uphold law concerning contracts and asset ownership, H10233 [30OC]
———prohibit funding for relief and reconstruction efforts prior to a certain date, H9637, H9638 [17OC]
———prohibit post-conflict reconstruction funding from benefiting citizens or businesses in France, Germany, Russia, or Syria, H2798-H2806 [3AP], H2869 [8AP]
———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts, H10462 [6NO]
———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (H.R. 3673), E2547 [8DE]
———reduce reconstruction funding for oil importation, H9586-H9588, H9592, H9593 [16OC], H9740 [21OC], E2086 [17OC]
———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict petroleum industry infrastructure reconstruction, H9633 [17OC], H10122-H10128 [29OC]
———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, H2799 [3AP], H7240 [22JY]
———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction, H4174 [15MY], H4418 [21MY], H9588, H9589 [16OC]
———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (H.R. 1888), E825 [1MY]
———require executive agencies to provide specific information to Congress when an agency awards no-bid or sole-source contracts using funds from the Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction Fund, H9595 [16OC]
———require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (H.R. 1920), E1175 [9JN]
Iron and steel industry: evaluation of Bush Administration policies, H9355 [8OC]
———job loss and bankrupting of companies, H8002 [5SE]
———respond to the surge of steel imports, E383, E384, E386 [6MR], E387, E402, E403, E404 [7MR]
IRS: corporate audit funding through reductions in earned income tax credit precertification compliance funding, H7913-H7918 [4SE], E1723 [5SE]
ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (H. Con. Res. 23), E106 [29JA]
J.C. Ehrlich Co., Inc.: anniversary, E1757 [10SE]
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make increase in expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses permanent (H.R. 2638), E1383 [27JN]
John H. Harland Co.: anniversary, E1263 [16JN]
Kanawha Scales & Systems, Inc.: West Virginia Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting recipient, E2229 [5NO]
Kansas: tribute to wheat harvest, H5797 [24JN]
King, Raul: Thomas R. Fortune Business Award recipient, E2164 [30OC]
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 (H.R. 3619), E2421 [22NO]
Laborers' International Union of North America: anniversary, E569 [25MR]
———anniversary (H. Res. 186), H3014, H3015 [9AP]
Lafarge Group (corporation): tribute, E2441 [23NO]
Lake/Flato Architects Inc.: American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award recipient, E2471 [8DE]
Lenexa, KS: tribute to U.S. Central Credit Union, E126 [4FE]
Leonard S. Fiore, Inc.: anniversary, E2495 [8DE]
LexisNexis (business): anniversary, E775 [12AP]
Library Corp.: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2251 [6NO]
Logue, John: Ford Foundation Leadership for a Changing World Award recipient, E2017 [8OC]
Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Fugetsu-Do bakery, E1634 [25JY]
Machaskee, Alex: World Trade Center Cleveland (organization) International Business Executive of the Year award recipient, E1770, E1776 [11SE], E1809 [16SE], E1816 [17SE]
Magee Rieter Automotive Systems (business): General Motors Corp. Supplier of the Year award recipient, E2043 [15OC]
Maine: establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program (H.R. 1142), E406 [7MR]
Martelli, Valerie: SBA Rhode Island Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1796 [16SE]
Mason Building Group, Inc.: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Government Market Assistance Program Delaware Diamond Award recipient, E139 [6FE]
Massachusetts: effect of certain environmental regulations on fishing industry, E1876 [24SE]
McGoldrick, John L.: American Jewish Committee Institute of Human Relations honoree, E103 [29JA]
Medicare: allow negotiated pricing for prescription drugs, H5912 [25JN]
———privatization, H160 [27JA], H239 [29JA], H4759 [2JN], H5915-H5921 [25JN], H8182-H8189 [10SE], H9780-H9784 [21OC], H10439-H10443 [5NO], H11600, H11603, H11643 [19NO], H12903, H12905 [8DE], E2250 [6NO]
———prohibit implementation of premium support system which would require competition with private insurance carriers in delivering basic services, H10106-H10112 [29OC], H10528-H10534 [6NO]
Medrad, Inc.: NIST Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, E2551 [15DE]
Meeks, Frank: Mount Vernon-Lee, VA, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E277 [25FE]
Michael F. Simon Builders (business): anniversary, E2480 [8DE]
Michigan Agri-Business Association: anniversary, E1661 [25JY]
Middle East: U.S. policy, H2812 [3AP]
Miller, Mary E.: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Special Family Business Longevity Award recipient, E131 [5FE]
Mineola, NY: tribute to Randi's Cleaners (business), E1847 [22SE]
Minimum wage: level, H10331 [4NO]
———level (H.R. 965), E333 [27FE]
Mining and mineral resources: cooperative research and development and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry funding, H3263-H3266 [10AP]
Minority Business and Professionals Network (organization): tribute to Award Gala, E1352 [25JN]
Mitchell, Connie: Delaware Home-Based Business Advocate Award recipient, E856 [1MY]
Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.: dedication of Warrendale, PA, headquarters, E899 [9MY]
Modesitt, Gregg: Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year award recipient, E63 [27JA]
Moldova: condition U.S. assistance on certification that certain obligations relative to investments by U.S. citizens have been met, H6796 [15JY]
Monical Pizza Corp.: Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program Restaurant Neighbor Award finalist, E2498 [8DE]
———Nation's Restaurant News (publication) and Coca-Cola North America People and Performance Award recipient, E2500 [8DE]
Montrose, CO: anniversary of Russell Stover Candies, Inc., factory, E2508 [8DE]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H3192-H3194, H3231-H3235 [10AP], E776 [12AP]
Mount Vernon Voice (publication): Mount Vernon-Lee, VA, Chamber of Commerce New Business of the Year award recipient, E276 [25FE]
Mukosa, Christian: Reebok Human Rights Foundation award recipient, E693 [7AP]
Narragansett, RI: Coast Guard House Restaurant recipient of National Restaurant Association Restaurant Neighbor Award, E1886 [24SE]
National Auctioneers Day: observance, H3622 [1MY]
National Bass Guide Service: Mount Vernon-Lee, VA, Chamber of Commerce Home-Based Business of the Year award recipient, E280 [25FE]
National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (H.R. 93), E2 [8JA]
National Marine Fisheries Service: establish a pelagic longline highly migratory species bycatch and mortality reduction research program (H.R. 1024), E311 [27FE]
National Park Service: prohibit study or implementation of plan to privatize, divest, or transfer any part of its mission, function, or responsibility (H.R. 2650), E1378 [27JN]
National security: protection of manufacturing and industrial base relative to maintaining a strong defense base, H8290 [17SE]
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 280), H10250-H10253 [4NO], E2219 [4NO], E2229, E2245 [5NO]
National Tourism Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 172), H4150 [15MY], H4751-H4754 [2JN], E976 [15MY]
New Bridge Strategies, LLC: role in Iraq reconstruction contracts, H9187 [2OC]
New Glarus Brewing Co.: tribute, E1977 [7OC]
New York, NY: terrorist attack recovery and rebuilding funding, E590 [26MR]
NIST: funding, H7251, H7265 [22JY]
Oak Park Business and Education Alliance: tribute, E606 [27MR]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: provide adjudicative improvement (H.R. 1583), E665 [3AP], E1483 [15JY]
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (H.R. 2728), E1483 [15JY]
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.: tribute to Henderson, NV, processing and distribution facility, E648 [2AP]
Oceanside, CA: tribute to new chamber of commerce offices, E462 [13MR]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: consultation with private-sector advisory committees relative to U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, H7477 [24JY]
Ohio: unemployment statistics, E2143 [28OC]
Oludina, Olakunle: Delaware Minority Business Advocate Award recipient, E859 [1MY]
OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (H.R. 2730), E1483 [15JY]
———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (H.R. 2731), E1483 [15JY]
Outer Continental Shelf: inventory oil and gas resources on certain portions, H3309-H3313 [11AP]
———prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions, H9336-H9346 [8OC], E2043 [15OC]
Owens-Illinois, Inc.: anniversary, E1917 [30SE]
Pasadena, CA: anniversary of Woods-Valentine Mortuary, E2473, E2498 [8DE]
Pascal, Hamilton: Thomas R. Fortune Business Award recipient, E2055 [16OC]
Pawtucket, RI: U.S. Conference of Mayors best small business practice city honoree, E1457 [11JY], E1611 [25JY]
Pensions: change 30-year treasury bond rate to a fixed rate for calculation of the maximum cap on benefits under small business defined benefit plans, E2070 [17OC]
———conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, E446 [12MR]
———exempt elementary and secondary school teachers from Federal age discrimination laws relative to voluntary early retirement incentive plans (H.R. 1893), E828 [1MY]
———protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans, H4038, H4085 [14MY], H12838 [8DE]
———protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (H.R. 1677), E699, E708 [8AP]
———protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, H4090 [14MY]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), H3978 [13MY], H4021, H4040-H4092 [14MY], E338, E339 [27FE], E975, E980 [15MY]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), consideration (H. Res. 230), H4035-H4040 [14MY]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), motion to recommit, H4090 [14MY]
———provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers, H11829, H11831 [20NO]
———reform (H.R. 1776), H9300 [8OC]
Perle, Richard: conflict of interest allegations relative to membership on Defense Policy Board, H2509-H2511 [31MR], H2673, H2674 [2AP], E2420 [22NO]
Petroleum: definition of small oil refinery, H11412 [18NO]
———relationship between U.S. political leaders and oil industry corporations and organizations, H3838 [8MY]
Pharmaceuticals: pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability protection, H1876 [13MR], H2299 [25MR], H2913, H2914 [8AP], H4220 [19MY]
———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, H6620, H6700 [14JY], E1489 [15JY], E2174 [30OC]
———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (H.R. 847), H4768 [2JN]
———permit importation of prescription drugs, H9709 [20OC]
———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (H.R. 616), E190 [12FE]
———reductions in prescription drug prices, H3998 [13MY], H4095 [14MY], H4175 [15MY], H4763-H4770 [2JN], H4789 [3JN], H5039 [5JN], H5056-H5058 [9JN], H5155-H5159 [10JN], H5346, H5360-H5362 [12JN], H5446, H5447, H5453-H5459 [17JN], H5796, H5801 [24JN], H9253, H9254, H9257 [7OC], H9800 [21OC], H11196-H11198 [17NO], H12901-H12903, H12907 [8DE]
———require manufacturers to sell FDA-approved prescription drugs to U.S. wholesalers and retailers on the same terms as Canadian purchasers, H12752 [8DE]
Portage, IN: tribute to Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Local Union No. 20 awards banquet, E2014 [8OC]
Potlatch Corp.: anniversary, E2557 [15DE]
Power resources: amend regulations relative to commingling of ethanol and non-ethanol blended gasoline in storage tanks, H3089 [10AP]
———establish programs for fuel cell and hydrogen production, delivery, and storage technologies for transportation and stationary applications (H.R. 1395), E546 [21MR]
———national energy policy, H5355-H5358 [12JN]
———prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates, H3237-H3242 [10AP]
———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, H3078 [10AP]
———renewable fuel standard, H11384 [18NO]
Preiser Scientific, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2252 [6NO]
Presidential Commission on the U.S. Postal Service: recommendations for privatization, E432 [12MR]
Price, Anthony: Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc., National Champion for Computer Applications award recipient, E1875 [24SE]
Providence, RI: PROV/Atomic Catering recipient of National Restaurant Association Restaurant Neighbor Award, E1886 [24SE]
Public lands: development of natural gas and oil resources, H3313-H3316 [11AP]
Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system, H7922-H7930 [4SE], H8791 [24SE], H8937 [25SE], H11416, H11419 [18NO]
———provide for expansion of electricity transmission networks to encourage competition, ensure reliability, and modernize regulation in the electric power industry, H11406 [18NO]
———revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (H.R. 1627), E664 [3AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), H9759-H9770 [21OC]
———reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), unanimous-consent agreement, H9707 [20OC]
Pueblo, CO: tribute to Vail Hotel, E1154 [5JN]
Pueblo Motive Service, Inc.: tribute, E2400 [22NO]
Pyramid Community Development Corp.: anniversary of Power Center, H8194 [10SE]
Quick, Gary: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E736 [11AP]
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.: tribute to relationship with motorsports and contributions to the sport of stock-car racing (H. Res. 353), E2320 [19NO]
Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (H.R. 2924), E1638 [25JY]
Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (H. Res. 116), E341 [27FE]
Raymond Vineyard & Cellar (business): anniversary, E1853 [23SE]
Reflections Photography (business): anniversary, E1936 [1OC]
Rent-All Center, Inc.: Mount Vernon-Lee, VA, Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award recipient, E279 [25FE]
Republican Party: national agenda, H10377 [5NO]
Robinson, IL: Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, Illinois Refining Division recipient of Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, President's Award for Responsible Care, E1457 [11JY]
Rockstar Games: condemn racist and stereotyped images used in ``Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' video game, H12752 [8DE], E2524 [8DE]
Rockwell Automation International Inc.: anniversary of Allen-Bradley brand, E2063 [16OC]
Russia: adherence to free market economic principles, E1646 [25JY]
San Francisco, CA: tribute to businesses named to Fortune (publication) 100 Best Companies To Work For list, E58 [8JA]
Savanna, GA: tribute to ports, H4020 [14MY]
SBA: anniversary, E1924 [30SE]
———anniversary (H. Res. 368), H8244-H8247 [16SE], E1830 [17SE]
———raise awareness about telework among small business employers and encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees (H.R. 2788), E1514 [18JY]
———review eligibility standards for Small Business Innovation Research Program grants, E2006 [8OC]
Scott, Helen Wise: National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs of Central New Jersey Sojourner Truth Award recipient, E625 [31MR]
Securities: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws, H95, H114, H115 [8JA], H4059 [14MY]
Sierra Tel Communications Group: tribute, E1800 [16SE]
Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group: anniversary, E2167 [30OC]
Small business: ensure continuation of existing group health plan coverage, H5636 [19JN]
———establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (H.R. 3483), E2275 [7NO]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H4225 [19MY], H5473 [18JN], H5597-H5638, H5649 [19JN], E1324 [23JN], E1331 [24JN], E1382, E1394 [27JN]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), consideration (H. Res. 283), H5555-H5562 [19JN]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), motion to recommit, H5636 [19JN]
———improve small business advocacy (H.R. 1772), H5720-H5724 [24JN]
Small Business Act: extend (S. 1895), H11844 [20NO]
Small Business Investment Act: extend (S. 1895), H11844 [20NO]
Small Business Week: observance, E1790 [16SE], E1823 [17SE], E1847 [22SE]
Snell, William E., Jr.: Greater Chambersburg, PA, Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year award recipient, E69 [27JA]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (H.R. 2971), E1637 [25JY], E1710 [5SE]
Society for Human Resource Management: tribute, E419 [11MR]
Southeast Texas Community Development Corp., Inc.: anniversary, E809 [30AP]
Spangler Candy Co.: anniversary of Dum Dum Pop, E1274 [17JN]
Spencer Veneer, LLC: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2230 [5NO]
Splenda, Inc.: Alabama Technology Network and Business Council of Alabama Alabama Manufacturer of the Year Award Medium Manufacturer honoree, E683 [3AP]
Spring Creek Natural Foods (business): Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2252 [6NO]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (H.R. 1179), E442 [12MR]
Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey: tribute, E2075 [17OC]
Stillman, Margaret: Hampton Roads, VA, Chamber of Commerce-Chesapeake Woman of the Year award recipient, E140 [6FE]
Stillwater Mining Co.: acquisition by Norilsk Nickel (Russian company), E1389 [27JN]
Stockdale, Joanne: SBA Iowa Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1821, E1830 [17SE]
Students in Free Enterprise (organization): tribute, E200 [12FE]
———tribute (H. Res. 107), H3415-H3417 [29AP]
Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (H.R. 491), E108 [29JA]
Taxation: allow a business credit for donations for vocational educational purposes (H.R. 2763), E1503 [17JY]
———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, H6587 [10JY]
———allow a married couple who operates an unincorporated business as co-owners to file separate returns for purposes of the self-employment tax (H.R. 1640), E673 [3AP]
———allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (H.R. 2900), E1629 [25JY]
———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (H.R. 2891), E1594 [25JY]
———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (H.R. 2113), E974 [15MY]
———allow corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses only to the extent that such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements (H.R. 626), E141 [6FE]
———allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid (H.R. 312), E44 [8JA]
———allow drug manufacturers a tax credit if they certify that the price of a drug in the U.S. is not greater than its price in Canada or Mexico (H.R. 354), amendment process, H675 [13FE]
———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (H.R. 1989), E877 [6MY]
———allow targeted tax cuts for investment in the U.S. to create manufacturing jobs, H8289 [17SE]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (H.R. 286), E51 [8JA]
———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (H.J. Res. 15), E79 [28JA]
———deny all deductions for business expenses associated with the use of a club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color (H.R. 2418), E1248 [13JN]
———disclose to State and local law enforcement agencies individuals using Social Security numbers of others to claim tax benefits (H.R. 2774), E1506 [18JY]
———eliminate double taxation of dividends, H1964 [19MR]
———end abusive tax sheltering activities by corporations, H8317, H8320, H8322, H8323 [17SE]
———enhance the portability of retirement benefits (H.R. 518), E118 [31JA]
———exclude dividends received by individuals from gross income (H.R. 225), H397 [12FE], H1816 [13MR]
———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced workers, H5595, H5596 [19JN]
———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (H.R. 179), E28 [8JA]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 717), H9286 [8OC], E224 [13FE]
———expand tax benefits for the New York Liberty Zone (H.R. 3508), E2333 [19NO]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3521), H11762-H11833 [20NO]
———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (H.R. 2973), E1654 [25JY]
———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (H.R. 2815), E1633 [25JY]
———extend tax incentives for the District of Columbia, H11830 [20NO]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 49), H8295-H8301 [17SE], E1926 [30SE], E1942 [1OC]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (H.R. 1052), E363 [4MR]
———increase the bonus depreciation, H3766 [8MY]
———installment reporting of certain gain from the sale of an interest in service business (H.R. 1129), E404 [7MR]
———permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds issued for the purchase or maintenance of assets used to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity (H.R. 2313), E1114 [3JN]
———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (H.R. 1671), E701 [8AP]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, H1975 [19MR], H3101 [10AP], H4852 [3JN]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (H.R. 737), H1522 [5MR]
———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (H.R. 876), H11191 [17NO]
———provide corporate income tax rate reductions (H.R. 3343), E2098 [20OC]
———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (H.R. 2044), E917 [9MY]
———provide for an election for special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions (H.R. 1791), E768 [12AP]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), H8304-H8356 [17SE], E1865 [23SE], E1911 [29SE], E2336 [19NO]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 370), H8301-H8304 [17SE]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H8354, H8355 [17SE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H36 [7JA], H65, H66, H127-H132 [8JA], H156, H160-H165 [27JA], H198-H204 [28JA], H381, H382 [11FE], H1311 [25FE], H1358, H1370, H1373-H1377 [26FE], H1441 [27FE], H1608, H1619-H1621 [5MR], H1752, H1753, H1754 [12MR], H1910, H1931 [18MR], H1964 [19MR], H2147-H2156, H2158, H2168-H2170, H2195-H2203 [20MR], H2299 [25MR], H2373, H2382-H2388 [26MR], H2405, H2457-H2460 [27MR], H2517, H2564-H2567 [1AP], H2692, H2693 [2AP], H2943 [9AP], H3283-H3290, H3292, H3294-H3297 [10AP], H8274, H8275 [16SE], H9287 [8OC], E145, E151 [6FE], E549 [21MR], E588 [26MR], E659 [3AP]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3409, H3410 [29AP], H3456, H3538, H3545-H3552 [30AP], H3574 [1MY], H3643-H3647, H3659, H3660, H3664-H3668 [6MY], H3686, H3687, H3739, H3740, H3742-H3744, H3747-H3755 [7MY], H3765, H3766, H3767, H3829, H3832-H3850 [8MY], H3861, H3862, H3863, H3902-H3956, H3958-H3970 [9MY], H3978, H3998 [13MY], H4022, H4094, H4096-H4098, H4100, H4101, H4107-H4113 [14MY], H4150, H4159 [15MY], H4225, H4246 [19MY], H4325, H4327, H4337-H4342 [20MY], H4372 [21MY], H4532, H4533, H4534 [22MY], E939, E940, E942 [13MY], E951 [14MY], E971 [15MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H4716-H4732 [22MY], H4742, H4757-H4761 [2JN], H4790, H4791, H4792, H4793, H4795, H4796, H4797, H4843-H4865 [3JN], H4881, H4882, H4883, H4954-H4964 [4JN], H4983, H4984, H4985, H4993, H5033 [5JN], H5048, H5057-H5059, H5063-H5067, H5069-H5076 [9JN], H5092, H5160 [10JN], H5349 [12JN], H5412 [17JN], H5690 [23JN], H10446-H10452 [5NO], H10982, H10990 [7NO], H12106 [21NO], E1089, E1092, E1096, E1100 [2JN], E1108 [3JN], E1257 [13JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 227), H3864-H3902 [9MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H4706-H4715 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 249), H4558-H4564 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), motion to instruct conferees, H4534-H4542 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H3953-H3955 [9MY]
———provide incentives for new technologies to reduce energy consumption in buildings (H.R. 1271), E470, E472 [13MR]
———provide incentives to encourage diversity of ownership of telecommunications businesses (H.R. 2604), E1357 [26JN]
———rates, H65 [8JA], H173 [28JA], H1608 [5MR], H1733-H1735 [11MR], H1752, H1754, H1779, H1800, H1806 [12MR], H1940, H1943, H1944 [18MR], H2113-H2117 [19MR], H2141, H2142, H2143, H2210, H2221, H2223, H2251-H2262 [20MR], H3409, H3410 [29AP], H5195 [11JN], H7814 [3SE], H8089 [10SE], H9038 [1OC], H10462 [6NO]
———rebuild America through job creation (H.R. 2046), H4562 [22MY]
———reduce capital gains rates (H.R. 311), H123 [8JA]
———reform Internal Revenue Code (H. Con. Res. 141), H3004-H3009 [9AP], E757 [11AP], E777 [12AP]
———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (H.R. 3220), E1947 [1OC]
———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 2896), H9969 [28OC]
———repeal double taxation of corporate profits, H1521 [5MR]
———repeal double taxation of corporate profits (H.R. 45), E31 [8JA]
———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (H.R. 1769), H9969 [28OC], E773, E778 [12AP]
———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H6829 [15JY]
———require publicly-traded companies to disclose certain tax information to ensure accuracy and reliability of stated earnings, H1474 [4MR]
———restore applicability of estate tax to estates over a certain amount and a maximum rate, and deposit revenues from estate tax into Social Security trust funds (H.R. 2532), E1347 [25JN]
———simplify certain Internal Revenue Code provisions relative to individuals and small businesses (H.R. 22), E29-E31 [8JA]
———simplify certain rules governing the taxation of U.S. businesses operating abroad (H.R. 285), E54 [8JA]
———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (H.R. 1939), E851 [1MY]
———treat distributions from publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated investment companies (H.R. 1536), E640 [1AP]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (H.R. 1824), E1453 [11JY]
———treatment of certain expenses for disabled workers, E711 [9AP]
———treatment of certain mobile machinery (H.R. 3246), E1963 [2OC]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 807), E237 [13FE]
———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (H.R. 3155), E1862 [23SE]
———treatment of employer contributions to college tuition plans and education savings accounts (H.R. 3318), E2067 [16OC]
———treatment of small businesses, H4372 [21MY], E1830 [17SE]
———treatment of tax attributes in connection with a discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy case of a company having asbestos-related claims against it (H.R. 2503), E1298 [18JN]
Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (H.R. 1320), H5179-H5185 [11JN]
———provide additional protections to subscribers to wireless communication services relative to transmission of unsolicited commercial messages, H12860 [8DE]
———require vendors of multichannel services to protect the privacy of their customers (H.R. 3511), E2325 [19NO]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (H.R. 209), E13 [8JA]
———extend (S. 23), H39, H40 [7JA], H63, H64, H65, H75-H92, H127 [8JA], E33 [8JA], E63, E65 [27JA], E107 [29JA]
———extend (S. 23), consideration (H. Res. 14), H66-H74 [8JA]
Territories: increase personal duty exemptions, H1588 [5MR]
Thompson Engineering, Inc.: American Council of Engineering Companies Alabama Chapter Engineering Excellence Honor Award recipient, E499 [18MR]
Tobacco products: make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (H.R. 1091), E380 [6MR]
———replace existing Federal price support and quota programs for flue-cured and burley tobacco with a licensing program designed to assist producers (H.R. 1566), E652 [2AP]
Touch of Elegance (business): anniversary, E1778 [11SE]
Travelers Property Casualty Corp.: anniversary of Pittsburgh, PA, office, E2161 [30OC]
Treaties and agreements: impact of free-trade agreements, H7229, H7230, H7232 [22JY]
TVA: prohibit repeal of protections which allow sale of excess power outside the TVA region, H11385 [18NO]
23rd Street Association: tribute, E2332 [19NO]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: repairing and restoring habitats funding, H11447 [18NO]
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Inc.: request to market certain tobacco products as less harmful than cigarettes, E1145 [5JN]
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), H7171, H7200, H7204, H7206 [21JY], H7229, H7230, H7231, H7232, H7233, H7235, H7236 [22JY], H7334 [23JY], H7459-H7489, H7497-H7511 [24JY], E1624, E1627, E1630, E1631, E1640, E1664 [25JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2738), consideration (H. Res. 329), H7339-H7351 [23JY]
U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), H7200, H7204, H7206 [21JY], H7229, H7230, H7232, H7233, H7235, H7236, H7237 [22JY], H7334 [23JY], H7470, H7472, H7475-H7477, H7478-H7513 [24JY], E1624, E1627, E1630, E1631, E1640, E1664 [25JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2739), consideration (H. Res. 329), H7339-H7351 [23JY]
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.: anniversary, E1933 [30SE]
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: tribute to employers of members of the National Guard or Reserves called to active duty that are exceeding minimum requirements, E2399 [22NO]
Union City, TN: anniversary of P.V.'s Hut (business), E1868 [23SE]
Union Park Automotive Group, Inc.: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Family Business of the Year Award recipient, E132 [5FE]
Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (H.R. 1292), E457 [13MR]
Veterans: establish development program for disabled veterans' small businesses, reauthorize National Veterans Business Development Corp., programs, and establish procurement goal for veterans' small businesses (H.R. 1712), E746 [11AP]
———permit use of education benefits for certain entrepreneurship courses and permit veterans enrolled in certain vocational rehabilitation programs to have self-employment as a vocational goal, H11715 [20NO], E2432 [23NO]
———permit use of education benefits for certain entrepreneurship courses and permit veterans enrolled in certain vocational rehabilitation programs to have self-employment as a vocational goal (H.R. 1460), H5675-H5679 [23JN], E603 [27MR], E1331 [24JN]
Viking Pools, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2249 [6NO]
Walker, C.J.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 65), E341 [27FE]
Walker Machinery Co.: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2233 [5NO]
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: independent monitoring of labor and employment practices, H12748 [8DE]
———tribute to retail chain for encouraging family-friendly environment by covering certain magazine covers, H5177 [11JN]
Ward, G. William: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Advocacy recipient, E795 [29AP]
———Penns Woods Council of the Boy Scouts National Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recipient, E795 [29AP]
West Columbia, SC: anniversary of Sunset Restaurant, E641 [1AP]
Wilkes-Barre, PA: anniversary of Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, E2182 [31OC]
Wilmington Trust Co.: anniversary, E1467 [14JY]
Woonsocket, SD: anniversary of Deluxe Hotel, E2547 [8DE]
World Trade Organization: encourage greater access for U.S. agricultural producers to foreign markets, H8066 [9SE]
———impact on developing countries, H8020 [9SE]
World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former POW used as slave labor, H7289 [22JY], E1572 [23JY]
WorldCom, Inc.: GSA prohibition on receipt of new Federal contracts, H7858 [4SE]
———investigation of unethical activities, H5063, H5064 [9JN]
———reorganization under bankruptcy protection, H4263 [20MY], H5063, H5064 [9JN]
Wyeth (company): tribute to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals patient assistance program, E1350 [25JN]
Zackiewicz, Dona: Delaware Women in Business Advocate the Year Award recipient, E858 [1MY]
Remarks in Senate
Agriculture: allow modified bloc voting by dairy marketing cooperatives in the scheduled referendum on Federal milk marketing order reform (S. 43), S48 [7JA]
———country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, S14110-S14126, S14139 [6NO]
———increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased (S. 325), S2052 [6FE]
———provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (S. 91), S75 [7JA]
Air pollution: oppose EPA new source review rule changes relative to preventing deterioration of clean air regulations, S13260 [27OC]
———reduce emissions from electric powerplants, S14248-S14250 [7NO], S15959 [25NO]
———reduce emissions from electric powerplants (S. 366), S2345-S2353 [12FE], S3348-S3354 [7MR], S13588 [30OC]
———study new source review program changes relative to preventing deterioration of clean air regulations and to determine effects of such changes on air pollution and human health, S1171-S1194, S1208, S1212-S1220, S1223-S1226 [21JA], S1303-S1307 [22JA], S1446 [23JA]
Alaska: labor agreements relative to natural gas pipeline construction, S10571 [31JY]
Albertson's Inc.: Dept. of Defense National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Home Front Award recipient, S12732 [16OC]
Antitrust policy: enhance FTC or Dept. of Justice authority to prevent anticompetitive practices in tightly concentrated gasoline markets (S. 1737), S12621 [15OC]
———implement antitrust enforcement enhancements and cooperation incentives (S. 1797), S13520 [29OC]
———increase certain antitrust penalties on individuals and corporations and repeal the U.S. Antidumping Act (S. 1080), S6631, S6632 [19MY]
Arizona Bankers Association: anniversary, S12835 [17OC]
Armed Forces: improve process for notifying members of the reserve components, their families, employers, and Congress of changes in deployment policies and revise method used in calculating deployment periods, S12682, S12724 [16OC]
———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard, S6425 [15MY], S14423 [11NO]
———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard (S. 442), S2708 [25FE], S4477 [27MR]
Aroostook County, ME: modify empowerment zone boundaries (S. 299), S1908, S1909 [4FE]
Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices, S7124 [23MY]
———reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (S. 1034), S5971 [8MY], S9295 [11JY], S11471 [15SE]
Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq, S5106 [10AP]
———enable the U.S. to maintain its leadership in aeronautics and aviation (S. 788), S4841 [3AP], S7780 [12JN]
———ensure fair resolution of labor integration issues relative to airline mergers, S4770-S4772 [3AP]
———establish an award program to encourage the development of effective bomb-scanning technology (S. 1927), S15470 [21NO]
———improve security, S9399 [15JY]
———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks, S7810 [12JN]
———research, development, and deployment of technology to protect commercial aircraft from man-portable air defense systems, S4737-S4742, S4762 [3AP]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), S4223 [20MR], S4228, S4229 [21MR]
———include bonuses and other extraordinary or excessive compensation of corporate officers and violators of securities and accounting laws in bankruptcy estates (S. 832), S5068 [9AP]
———increase amount of claims for income given priority in bankruptcy and provide cash payments to retirees to compensate for lost health benefits resulting from the bankruptcy of their former employer (S. 1970), S16014 [25NO]
Biomedical research corporations: permit engagement in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (S. 1773), S13055 [22OC]
Boeing Co.: violations in Evolved Expendable Vehicle competition process, S10137 [29JY]
Budget: reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to deficit reduction, S4114-S4125 [20MR]
———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism and to deficit reduction, S4349 [25MR]
Buy American Act: amend to increase requirement for American-made content and to tighten waiver provisions (S. 1480), S10142 [29JY], S12270 [1OC]
———compliance, S9519, S9520 [17JY], S9757, S9758 [23JY], S11824 [23SE], S12270 [1OC]
———require a report to Congress relative to Federal acquisitions of U.S.-made products, S13887, S13889 [4NO]
Canada: sealing industry subsidies, S9700 [22JY]
Cedar Rapids, IA: anniversary of Workplace Learning Connection project, S13511 [29OC]
CERCLA: Superfund program funding, S1430, S1431 [23JA]
Chadron State College: tribute to Exploring Free Enterprise Program, S14026 [5NO]
Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (S. Con. Res. 53), S9619 [17JY]
Cheney, Vice President: relationship with Halliburton Co., S11557 [16SE]
China, Republic of: commemoration of China Airlines purchase of Boeing aircraft, S4273 [21MR]
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.: tribute to enhanced employee military leave policy, S5722 [5MY]
Clean Air Act: reduce powerplant pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs and an alternative regulatory classification for units subject to such programs, S1788 [30JA]
———reduce powerplant pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs and an alternative regulatory classification for units subject to such programs (S. 485), S2943 [27FE], S3352-S3354 [7MR]
Coal: mine safety and health benefits for coal miners, S15967 [25NO]
Combs, Charleen: SBA Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S12835 [17OC]
Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (S. Res. 274), S15879 [24NO]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (S. 1711), S12449 [3OC]
———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 586), S3506 [11MR]
Computers: criminalize sending of predatory and abusive e-mail, S13028-S13032, S13042 [22OC], S14172 [6NO]
———criminalize sending of predatory and abusive e-mail (S. 1293), S8238-S8241 [19JN]
———ensure that recipients of unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail can identify the sender of such e-mail (S. 1052), S6054, S6055, S6142 [13MY]
———prohibit transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail to persons on a national No-Spam Registry and impose requirements on content of all commercial e-mail (S. 1231), S13125 [23OC]
———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail, S320 [15JA], S8287 [20JN]
———reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail and protect children from unsolicited e-mail containing sexually oriented advertisements, S9622 [21JY]
———reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail and protect children from unsolicited e-mail containing sexually oriented advertisements (S. 1327), S8562 [25JN]
———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail, S6501 [15MY]
———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), S5204-S5208 [10AP], S13012-S13032, S13035-S13045 [22OC], S14172 [6NO], S15938-S15948 [25NO]
———require warning labels on sexually explicit commercial e-mail, S13035-S13037, S13039, S13040 [22OC]
———study the business practices, procedures, accountability, and administration of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers and of the Internet domain name system, S11982 [25SE]
Consumer and Small Business Energy Commission: establish (S. 1192), S7482 [5JN]
Consumers: allow consumer marketing opt-out to be permanent and define the term ``pre-existing business relationship'', S13877, S13878 [4NO]
———prevent affiliated companies from sharing personal customer information through creation of a national opt-out standard, S13860-S13865, S13871, S13876 [4NO], S13980 [5NO], S14172 [6NO]
———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (S. 1873), S14965 [17NO]
———strengthen restrictions on business affiliate sharing of medical information, S13878, S13879 [4NO], S13980 [5NO]
Copyrights: promote effective enforcement, S16157 [9DE]
———promote effective enforcement (S. 1933), S15573 [22NO]
Cordes, Kirk: Rapid City, SD, Chamber of Commerce Ag Producer of the Year award recipient, S16116 [9DE]
Corporations: enforcement of requirement that certain corporate officers certify financial reports, S5533 [30AP]
———prevent corporate auditors from providing tax shelter services to their audit clients (S. 1767), S12965, S12976-S12978 [21OC]
———prohibit personal loans to directors or chief officers, S2178 [11FE]
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (S. 1061), S6261, S6262 [14MY]
———prohibit civil liability actions against the food industry for damages or injunctive relief for claims of injury resulting from a person's weight gain, obesity, or any related health conditions (S. 1428), S9595 [17JY]
———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure, S7095 [23MY]
———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 1125), S6600 [19MY], S6947-S6950 [22MY], S9631 [21JY], S15514-S15521 [22NO]
———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 413), S2492 [13FE]
Credit: prevent identity theft, improve use of and access to consumer reports, limit sharing of certain consumer information, and improve financial education and literacy (S. 1753), S13848-S13866, S13868, S13870-S13891 [4NO], S13980 [5NO], S14172 [6NO]
———prevent identity theft, improve use of and access to consumer reports, limit sharing of certain consumer information, and improve financial education and literacy (S. 1753), unanimous-consent agreement, S13124 [23OC], S13419 [28OC]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), S13980-S13994 [5NO]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), conference report, S15570 [22NO], S15806 [24NO], S15966 [25NO]
———prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), insert S. 1753 language in lieu, S13980 [5NO]
Crime: combat, deter, and punish individuals and enterprises engaged in organized retail theft (S. 1553), S10685 [31JY]
———establish penalties for aggravated identity theft and enhance existing identity theft penalties (S. 153), S293 [14JA], S4031 [19MR]
———prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (S. 1533), S10661-S10665 [31JY]
———prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (S. 1581), S11034-S11036 [3SE]
———provide for access to business records by consumers who are victims of identity theft, S13876, S13882 [4NO]
———provide relief for victims of identity theft (S. 1749), S12746 [16OC]
Deadwood, SD: anniversary of Franklin Hotel, S7923 [16JN]
Defense Production Act: reauthorize (S. 1680), S12181-S12183, S12207, S12208 [30SE], S15480 [21NO]
———reauthorize (S. 1738), S12621 [15OC]
Democratic Party: national agenda, S210-S212 [13JA], S14638 [12NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Utilities Service broadband loan program funding, S13957, S13960 [5NO], S14128-S14130 [6NO]
Dept. of Commerce: establish an Assistant Sec. for Manufacturing within the Dept. of Commerce, an Interagency Manufacturing Task Force, and a Small Business Manufacturing Task Force (S. 1977), S16025-S16027 [25NO]
———establish an Office of Manufacturing (S. 592), S3516 [11MR]
———establish position of Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing (S. 1326), S8551-S8553 [25JN]
———establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (S. 1120), S7004 [22MY]
———oversee interagency team that works with foreign countries to mitigate effects of foreign offset contracts on U.S. businesses, S12181-S12183 [30SE]
Dept. of Defense: ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S9529-S9531, S9564 [17JY]
———promote public-private competition for contracts and procurement, S6923 [22MY]
———require reports on safety issues due to defective parts, S9567 [17JY]
———restrict bundling of contract requirements that unreasonably disadvantage small businesses, S6794-S6796 [21MY]
———waiver authority for domestic source or content requirements for food or clothing, S6822 [21MY], S6922 [22MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish and fund catalysis science research and development program (S. 873), S5198 [10AP]
———establish Next Generation Lighting Initiative, S7219, S7220 [3JN]
———establish Next Generation Lighting Initiative (S. 167), S851 [15JA]
———Next Generation Lighting Initiative funding, S1440, S1441, S1444 [23JA]
———Office of International Market Development funding, S11543 [16SE]
Dept. of HHS: certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S8203-S8215 [19JN], S8266-S8268 [20JN]
———include educational information about prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer advertising, S8609 [26JN]
———require drug companies to test drugs against their competitors, disclose results of such tests in advertising, and include educational information about the drug in direct-to-consumer advertising, S8484, S8485 [25JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S9868, S9869 [24JY]
———provide that waivers of certain prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates shall apply only if the waiver is required in the interest of national security, S1209-S1211 [21JA]
———provide that waivers of certain prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates shall apply only if the waiver is required in the interest of national security (S. 134), S258 [14JA]
———provide that waivers of certain prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates shall apply only if the waiver is required in the interest of national security (S. 29), S258 [14JA]
Dept. of Justice: enforcement of antitrust laws relative to pork processing industry acquisitions by Smithfield Foods, Inc., S12600 [15OC]
———expand powers and jurisdiction to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of firearms and ammunition (S. 1224), S7630 [10JN]
Dept. of Labor: establish the Office of Pension Participant Advocacy, S1452 [23JA]
———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1597), S11249 [9SE]
———reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics, S1441 [23JA]
Dept. of the Interior: ban commercial advertising on the National Mall, S11429-S11432 [15SE], S11733 [22SE], S11804, S11805 [23SE]
———decision allowing sponsor recognition by the National Football League at event held on the National Mall, S11429-S11432 [15SE]
———prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, S11624 [17SE], S11788-S11804, S11807 [23SE], S11903 [24SE]
———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 1013), S5871 [7MY]
———report on competitive outsourcing, S11807 [23SE]
Dept. of Transportation: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road bus operations (S. 929), S5435 [28AP], S10450, S10451 [30JY]
Detroit, MI: tribute to Metro Detroit Youth Day, S9047 [8JY]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 192), S7173 [23MY]
Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (S. 775), S4826 [3AP]
Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, S2793 [26FE]
———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs, S8012 [18JN], S8351 [23JN], S8429, S8431 [24JN], S8692 [26JN], S15884-S15886 [25NO]
———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 946), S5493, S5494 [29AP]
———ensure access to assured quality pharmaceuticals at the lowest possible price to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, S6478-S6480 [15MY]
Drummond, Garry N., Sr.: Alabama Business Hall of Fame inductee, S13512 [29OC]
E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co., LLC: anniversary, S5480 [29AP]
Ecology and environment: manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 139), S166-S174 [9JA], S13484-S13509 [29OC], S13572-S13600 [30OC]
———manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 139), unanimous-consent agreement, S10529 [31JY]
———national objectives priority assignments, S1647-S1649 [28JA]
———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 645), S3891-S3894 [18MR]
Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (S. 1134), S7038-S7040 [22MY]
Economy: address loss of manufacturing base, S14693, S14750 [12NO]
———impact of productivity, S15937 [25NO]
———impact of unemployment, S9313 [14JY], S10960 [2SE], S11193 [9SE], S14287-S14298, S14304-S14310 [10NO], S14633, S14715 [12NO]
———importance of job creation, S14287-S14298, S14304-S14310 [10NO], S14580, S14583, S14586, S14715 [12NO]
———national objectives priority assignments, S21-S23 [7JA], S101, S106-S112 [9JA], S182-S192 [10JA], S215-S220 [13JA], S334-S336 [15JA], S2271, S2276 [12FE], S2377 [13FE], S2760-S2765 [26FE], S2876-S2883, S2901 [27FE], S3110, S3121 [5MR], S3208 [6MR], S3390 [10MR], S3585 [12MR], S3708-S3710 [13MR], S3768, S3774-S3798, S3811-S3813 [17MR], S4317-S4323 [24MR], S8354-S8356 [23JN], S10890-S10892 [1AU], S11021 [3SE], S11182 [8SE], S12488 [14OC], S12908, S12912-S12914, S12965 [21OC], S13070-S13072 [23OC], S13703 [31OC], S14580, S14583, S14586, S14646, S14653, S14655, S14660, S14738, S14740 [12NO], S14952-S14960 [17NO]
Electric power: protect consumers and investors from abusive affiliate, associate company, and subsidiary company transactions, S10204-S10209 [30JY], S13375 [28OC]
———protect customers by ensuring States maintain jurisdiction over electric utilities and prohibiting FERC implementation of a standard market design, S15108 [19NO], S15902-S15904 [25NO]
———protect customers by ensuring States maintain jurisdiction over electric utilities and prohibiting FERC implementation of a standard market design (S. 954), S5600 [30AP]
———provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (S. 688), S4287 [21MR]
Employment: dislocated worker assistance programs funding, S11335 [10SE]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), S14920, S14921 [12NO]
———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), insert S. 1627 language in lieu, S14919 [12NO]
———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (S. 292), S1899 [4FE]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation, S104 [9JA]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (S. 1705), S12382, S12383 [2OC]
———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (S. 1485), S10151 [29JY]
———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 317), S1999 [5FE]
———provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (S. 1965), S16007 [25NO]
———workforce training programs funding, S1409-S1411 [23JA], S4144 [20MR]
Enron Corp.: involvement in manipulation of California energy crisis, S15261, S15262 [20NO]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (S. 194), S1145 [17JA]
FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, S7796-S7799 [12JN], S12364, S12365 [2OC], S13115-S13118 [23OC], S15388, S15389 [21NO]
———preserve Essential Air Service Program (S. 1998), S16137 [9DE]
———reauthorize the Essential Air Service Program (S. 964), S5611 [30AP]
———require foreign aircraft repair stations be subject to the same safety standards as domestic air stations, S7807-S7810 [12JN]
———require that U.S. air carriers be effectively controlled by U.S. citizens, S7813 [12JN]
———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility, S7806 [12JN]
———use the most common route to determine mileage between a small airport and a hub airport in establishing Essential Air Service Program eligibility (S. 975), S5666 [1MY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation, S12592, S12593 [15OC]
———allow leave to employees whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (S. 683), S4280 [21MR]
———anniversary, S1966 [5FE]
———clarify (S. 320), S2005 [5FE]
———expand (S. 304), S1980 [5FE]
FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules, S11454 [15SE]
———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (S.J. Res. 17), S9490 [16JY], S11016 [3SE], S11383-S11402 [11SE], S11463-S11465 [15SE], S11501 [16SE], S14447 [11NO]
———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (S.J. Res. 17), unanimous-consent agreement, S11427 [11SE]
———encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules, S6971 [22MY]
———issuance of broadcast flag regulations protecting distribution of over-the-air digital programming, S14960 [17NO]
———protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators (S. Res. 283), S16213 [9DE]
———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (S. 1563), S10914 [1AU]
———ruling on media ownership rules, S7177 [2JN], S8117 [18JN], S11451-S11453 [15SE], S11901 [24SE]
———ruling on media ownership rules (S. Res. 159), S7403 [4JN]
———ruling on media ownership rules (S. Res. 159), unanimous-consent request, S7415 [4JN]
FDA: review safety of dietary supplements containing ephedrine, S14002 [5NO]
Federal aid programs: extend and expand certain trade adjustment assistance programs and reauthorize certain Dept. of Commerce partnership programs (S. 1884), S15068-S15072 [18NO]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (S. 741), S4530 [27MR]
———establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (S. 313), S7165 [23MY], S7266 [3JN], S14279-S14282 [7NO], S14791 [12NO]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, S8187-S8198, S8200 [19JN]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (S. 346), S2205-S2207 [11FE]
Fedex Corp.: tribute to use of hybrid vehicles, S7130 [23MY]
FERC: enhance protection of electricity consumers under the Federal Power Act, S10173 [30JY], S10470, S10483, S10529, S10572 [31JY]
———ensure delay of rulemaking on a standard market design does not delay rulemaking on other issues, S10125, S10126 [29JY], S10214, S10215 [30JY]
———improve authority to review public utility mergers, S10117-S10124 [29JY], S10213, S10214 [30JY]
———inclusion of electric power grid security in proposed rulemaking on cybersecurity, S11640 [17SE]
———investigation into fraud and manipulation of California energy crisis, S3015, S3016 [3MR], S5895 [8MY]
Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (S. 1967), S16010 [25NO]
———notify customers of unauthorized use of personal information and include fraud alerts in consumer credit files (S. 1633), S11724 [18SE]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (S. 98), S151-S153 [9JA]
Fire prevention: improve fire safety in nonresidential buildings (H. Con. Res. 85), S3760, S3761 [13MR]
Firearms: NAACP lawsuit against firearms manufacturers to force meaningful steps toward safer business practices, S10602 [31JY]
———reauthorize the ban on prohibiting the manufacture of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, S5163 [10AP]
———reinstate felony penalties for licensed gun dealers who fail to maintain records of sales (S. 217), S1492 [23JA]
Fish and fishing: promote domestic seafood production, S2439 [13FE]
Floods: disaster assistance to West Virginia and Michigan, S9225 [10JY]
Food Security Act: strengthen payment limitations for commodity payments and benefits (S. 667), S4017, S4018 [19MR]
Ford Motor Co.: anniversary (S. Res. 100), S6637, S6638 [19MY], S6847 [21MY]
Foreign currencies: require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation, S12486 [14OC]
———require negotiation and appropriate action relative to certain countries that engage in currency manipulation (S. 1592), S11187 [8SE], S12965 [21OC]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes (S. 1507), S10621-S10623 [31JY], S12990-S12992 [22OC]
Foreign trade: eliminate incentives to move operations abroad, enforce antidumping and trade laws, prohibit commerce in products made with child labor, and extend Buy American Act provisions (S. 592), S3516 [11MR]
———protect U.S. interest in semiconductor manufacturing and trade, S7468-S7471 [5JN]
———protection of U.S. salmon fishing industry, S10509, S10510 [31JY]
———reduce duties on cotton shirting fabric, S16108 [9DE]
———U.S. deficit, S2732-S2734 [26FE], S3001-S3004, S3007 [3MR], S3053 [4MR], S4059 [20MR], S4887-S4890 [7AP], S5698 [5MY], S7111, S7112 [23MY], S9935-S9939 [25JY], S10490-S10502 [31JY], S10957, S10958 [2SE], S14534 [12NO]
Forests: use best value contracting criteria when awarding contracts for hazardous fuels reduction, S13616 [30OC]
FRS: ensure independence of Board of Governors, S2751 [26FE]
FTC: address issue of anticompetitive practices in the oil industry, S3049 [4MR]
———collect fees for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 395), S2500 [13FE], S11890 [24SE]
———compensate persons who assist in identifying violators of unsolicited commercial e-mail laws and require subject lines of unsolicited commercial e-mail include an identifier, S13040, S13041 [22OC]
———disapprove court decision preventing implementation of a ``do-not-call'' registry and support constitutionality of such a registry (S. Res. 242), S12472 [3OC]
———establish a list of consumers who request not to receive unsolicited commercial e-mail, S13019, S13024-S13027 [22OC]
———issue rules on the disclosure of technological measures that restrict consumer flexibility to use and manipulate digital information and entertainment content (S. 692), S4326 [24MR]
———monitor and investigate gasoline prices under certain circumstances (S. 694), S4328 [24MR]
———ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 3161), S11957-S11967 [25SE], S12101 [26SE]
———ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (S. 1652), S11890, S11900, S11903 [24SE]
———reauthorize (S. 1234), S7721 [11JN]
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc.: tribute, S2451 [13FE]
Gasoline: stabilize prices, S11408 [11SE]
General Electric Co.: tribute to Louisville, KY, Appliance Park, S6027 [12MY]
General Motors Corp.: tribute to Bowling Green, KY, Corvette assembly plant, S9116 [9JY]
Government: ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S15915-S15917 [25NO]
———limit procurement period for property or services using noncompetitive procedures during emergency and urgent situations (S. 981), S5673 [1MY]
———prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to entities paying deferred compensation to certain senior U.S. officials, S12657-S12660, S12671, S12672 [16OC]
———requirements for an annual report on competitive sourcing activities, S13101-S13105 [23OC]
Government regulations: prohibit sales of products such as dietary supplements containing ephedra or ephedrine alkaloids, S2511-S2513 [14FE], S2674-S2676 [25FE]
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.: anniversary (S. Res. 167), S7843 [12JN]
Harris, Bob: SBA Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S12835 [17OC]
Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions, S15959 [25NO]
———require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (S. 484), S2941-S2943 [27FE]
Health: improve employee health care access and choice for small business owners through association health plans, S2278, S2279 [12FE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S11613 [17SE]
———promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (S. 39), S44 [7JA]
———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), S8816 [26JN], S8825 [27JN], S8870 [7JY]
———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), motion to proceed, S8871-S8894 [7JY], S9001-S9043 [8JY], S9061-S9083, S9113 [9JY], S9235, S9236 [10JY]
———protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S9009 [8JY]
———protect retiree health benefits, S13068 [23OC]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S1505, S1506 [28JA]
———require notification by manufacturers before discontinuing production of a vaccine and develop a national vaccine stockpile (S. 371), S2356-S2358 [12FE]
Homeland Security Act: amend provisions on voluntarily furnished critical infrastructure information to restore public disclosure, government regulation, and whistleblowing protections (S. 609), S3631-S3639 [12MR]
———repeal certain provisions relative to pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability, S1439 [23JA]
———repeal certain provisions relative to pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability (S. 105), S81 [7JA]
———repeal certain provisions (S. 41), S45-S47 [7JA]
Hunter, Karlene: National Indian Business Association Native American Businesswoman of the Year award recipient, S11905 [24SE]
Immigration: admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (S. 1635), S11686 [17SE]
———establish guest worker program, S7922 [16JN]
———extend basic pilot employment verification system (S. 1685), S14504, S14505 [12NO]
———extend duration of the immigrant investor regional center program (S. 1642), S12476 [3OC]
———U.S. authority to limit duration of L-1 visas for temporary skilled workers, S10101-S10104 [29JY]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to certain visa programs to prevent unintended U.S. job losses and increase Dept. of Labor monitoring and enforcement authority over such programs (S. 1452), S10574 [31JY]
Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (S. 1409), S9421 [15JY], S9489 [16JY]
Inmarsat Ltd.: dilution of ownership interest by former signatories to the Inmarsat Operating Agreement (H.R. 2312), S8297, S8315 [20JN]
Insurance: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (S. 352), S2210 [11FE], S9080 [9JY]
———prohibit a health plan from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) unless certain requirements are satisfied, S8613-S8617 [26JN]
———prohibit a health plan from contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) unless certain requirements are satisfied (S. 1300), S8244 [19JN]
———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (S. 423), S2539 [14FE]
———provide health care coverage for qualified caregivers, S6439 [15MY]
———require employers to offer health care coverage for all employees and guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children of a certain age (S. 1935), S15652 [23NO]
Investments: improve transparency relative to fees and costs that mutual fund investors incur and improve corporate governance of mutual funds (S. 1971), S16015-S16017 [25NO]
———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (S. 1890), S15188-S15190 [19NO]
———review accounting treatment and adopt generally accepted accounting principles for the treatment of employee stock options (S. 181), S1074 [16JA]
Iraq: prohibit post-conflict reconstruction funding from benefiting citizens or businesses in France or Germany, S4752-S4755, S4762 [3AP]
———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts, S13781 [3NO]
———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (S. 1813), S13803 [3NO]
———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S4811-S4813 [3AP], S6914-S6920 [22MY], S7126 [23MY], S9174-S9177 [10JY], S12355 [2OC]
———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction, S6834 [21MY], S11085 [4SE]
———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), S5203 [10AP], S5631-S5633 [1MY]
———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), star print, S5437 [28AP]
———require report on awarding of contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S9573-S9575 [17JY]
———use of oil revenues to finance reconstruction, S12427-S12430 [3OC], S12487, S12488, S12514-S12521 [14OC], S12570, S12573 [15OC], S12771 [17OC], S13755 [3NO]
Iron and steel industry: end steel tariffs, S9484-S9486 [16JY], S10960 [2SE], S11746-S11748 [22SE], S14447 [11NO]
———reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (S. 1997), S16135-S16137 [9DE]
IRS: clarify treatment of net operating loss in calculating taxes, S6442, S6443 [15MY]
———prohibit funding for implementing regulations allowing the conversion of defined benefit pension plans into cash balance plans, S13089-S13091 [23OC]
———use of private collection companies to collect IRS debt, S6443, S6463 [15MY]
Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management: ratification, S4730 [2AP]
Khodorkovsky, Mikhail B.: arrest in Russia (S. Res. 258), S16201 [9DE]
Kizito, Elizabeth Namusoke: National Association of Women Business Owners Louisville, KY, Chapter Woman Business Owner of the Year award recipient, S4432 [26MR]
Korea, Republic of: end unlawful bailout of Hynix Semiconductor Inc., S3077 [4MR]
———end unlawful bailout of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (S. Con. Res. 11), S2979 [27FE]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (S. 1925), S15805 [24NO]
Laborers' International Union of North America: anniversary (S. Res. 117), S5394 [11AP]
Law enforcement: require ballistics testing of all firearms manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies (S. 469), S2925 [27FE]
———require ballistics testing of all manufactured firearms and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies, S2446 [13FE]
Law enforcement officers: permit reviews of criminal records of applicants for private security officer employment (S. 1743), S14969, S14970 [17NO]
———permit reviews of criminal records of applicants for private security officer employment (S. 769), S4707 [2AP]
LexisNexis (business): anniversary, S4700, S4701 [2AP]
Maine: establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program (S. 510), S3100 [4MR]
McGoldrick, John L.: American Jewish Committee Institute of Human Relations honoree, S1364 [22JA]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by regulating contracting cycles, S8285 [20JN], S8390-S8394, S8408 [24JN]
———clarification of a hospital ``under development'' relative to exemption from the self-referral limitation, S15743 [24NO]
———definition of negotiated price for drug coverage relative to inclusion of dispensing fees, S15742, S15743 [24NO]
———ensure beneficiaries have convenient access to retail pharmacies for prescription drug coverage and prohibit the tying of contracts by health plans, S8487, S8488, S8489 [25JN], S15743 [24NO]
———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (S. 1994), S16133 [9DE]
———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (S. 1999), S16138 [9DE]
———repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund (S. 1995), S16133 [9DE]
———require drug plans and organizations to transfer savings from drug manufacturers' rebate, discount, and incentive programs to local pharmacies and consumers, S8105-S8108 [18JN], S8183, S8184 [19JN]
Menominee Indian Tribe: rural development assistance funding, S14018 [5NO]
Merchant marine industry: apply laws requiring the use of privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels for the transport of U.S. aid and materials relative to the war in Iraq, S4776 [3AP]
Mexico: provide economic assistance to minimize impact of rural development crisis, S9166-S9169 [10JY]
———rural small business assistance funding, S13650 [30OC]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council: include Rhode Island as a member (S. 1624), S11649 [17SE]
Middle East: extend certain trade benefits (S. 1121), S7004-S7007 [22MY]
Minimum wage: level, S2652 [25FE], S9283-S9286, S9288-S9290 [11JY], S12214, S12215 [1OC], S12361 [2OC]
———level (S. 20), S134-S136 [9JA]
———level (S. 224), S1661 [28JA], S1689 [29JA], S14587, S14674, S14679 [12NO]
———level (S. 224), unanimous-consent request, S14557, S14564, S14587, S14599, S14615, S14631, S14647, S14681, S14748 [12NO]
Mining and mineral resources: relieve reachback companies no longer involved in mining of liability for the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan for miners, S8434 [24JN]
Minnesota Metropolitan Airports Commission: decision-making authority on noise standards, S10932-S10935 [1AU]
Motor vehicles: impose additional requirements for improving corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, S9890-S9895 [24JY], S10005-S10010 [28JY], S10087-S10090, S10104-S10115 [29JY]
———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, S1449 [23JA]
———increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards, S5897 [8MY]
———increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (S. 255), S1819-S1821 [30JA], S3873 [18MR]
Motorola, Inc.: anniversary, S11907-S11909 [24SE]
NASA: research partnerships with universities and industry funding, S14525, S14526 [12NO]
National Cybersecurity Day: observance, S13374 [28OC]
National Park Service: prohibit study or implementation of plan to privatize, divest, or transfer any part of its mission, function, or responsibility (S. 1363), S8758 [26JN]
National Women's Business Council: insure that vacancies are filled in a timely and equitable manner (S. 1442), S9717 [22JY]
Native Americans: authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (S. 1528), S10651 [31JY]
New England Fishery Management Council: adoption of new regulations, S14445 [11NO]
Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S1414, S1445 [23JA]
———renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents (S. 156), S294 [14JA]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (S. 1272), S7982 [17JN]
OMB: prohibit funding to implement revisions to rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, S13092-S13101, S13105, S13106 [23OC]
Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions, S7702-S7706 [11JN], S7742-S7750 [12JN]
Packers and Stockyards Act: limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain packers may slaughter in any calendar year (S. 1644), S11834 [23SE]
———prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (S. 27), S42 [7JA]
———prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (S. 1044), S6078-S6081 [13MY]
Pawtucket, RI: U.S. Conference of Mayors best small business practice city honoree, S9790 [23JY]
Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (S. 825), S4973 [8AP]
———protect retirement security of workers by ensuring assets are adequately diversified and providing workers with access to information about their plans (S. 9), S134-S136 [9JA]
———protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, S1790-S1793 [30JA]
———provide information and advice to pension plan participants to assist them in making decisions regarding investment of their pension plan assets (S. 1892), S15190 [19NO]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil (S. 1639), S11756 [22SE]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S8186, S8203-S8215 [19JN], S8265, S8269 [20JN]
———require manufacturers to sell FDA-approved prescription drugs to U.S. wholesalers and retailers on the same terms as Canadian purchasers, S8332-S8335, S8341-S8343 [23JN], S8403 [24JN]
Political campaigns: provide lowest advertising rate, establish airtime requirements for campaign related programming, and create political advertisement voucher system (S. 1497), S10272-S10275 [30JY], S10898 [1AU]
Poverty: 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]
———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]
Power resources: accelerate the commercialization and widespread use of hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology (S. 821), S4969 [8AP]
———conduct demonstration programs on production of hydrogen for fuel cells from renewable resources, S10030 [28JY]
———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14)-S10188 [30JY]
———exclude metal derivatives from certain regulatory oversight over energy trading markets by the CFTC, S7594, S7599 [10JN], S7675 [11JN]
———expand tax credit for installation of qualified fuel cells, S10571 [31JY]
———impact of establishing a national energy policy on the economy, S7654 [11JN]
———prohibit manipulation of electricity markets, S13998-S14001 [5NO], S15154 [19NO]
———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, S7590-S7599 [10JN], S7656-S7662, S7668-S7676, S7679-S7682 [11JN], S10004, S10005 [28JY], S13961-S13980 [5NO], S15346 [21NO]
———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (S. 509), S2567-S2569 [24FE], S3094-S3100 [4MR], S3159 [5MR]
———require reports on hydrogen vehicle programs, the impact of hydrogen fuel usage on natural gas demands, and future Federal agency use of hydrogen, S7526, S7527 [9JN]
———subject renewable fuels to the same liability standard as vehicle fuels and fuel additives, S7424-S7430, S7443 [5JN]
Privacy: require consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of personally identifiable information (S. 745), S4559-S4561 [31MR]
———require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information, to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (S. 1350), S8738 [26JN]
Professional Boxing Safety Act: amend (S. 275), S1877 [4FE]
Public utilities: create more efficient electric grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections, S9994-S9999 [28JY], S10116-S10133 [29JY], S10173-S10188, S10204-S10209, S10212-S10215 [30JY], S10470-S10485, S10529 [31JY]
———improve electricity transmission system (S. 716), S4442 [26MR]
———improve operation of electric transmission system, enhance reliability of electric grid, increase consumer benefits from competition and restore investor confidence in the electric industry (S. 475), S2929-S2931 [27FE]
———improve operation of electric transmission system and enhance reliability of electric grid (S. 1754), S12840 [17OC]
Radio: increase locally and independently produced content and facilitate competition in programming, advertising, and concert promotion (S. 221), S1674 [28JA]
Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (S. 919), S5378, S5379 [11AP]
———revitalize and enhance the passenger and freight rail transportation system (S. 1961), S15986, S16002-S16004 [25NO]
Raytheon Co.: tribute to Louisville, KY, employees, S4374 [25MR]
Recycling: require implementation by brand owners of management plans that provide refund values for certain beverage containers (S. 1867), S14816, S14817 [12NO], S14924 [17NO]
Republican Party: national agenda, S12879 [20OC]
Revenue Act: repeal anti-dumping provisions (S. 1155), S7153 [23MY]
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: tribute, S3879 [18MR]
Rural areas: provide incentives to individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns, S114-S116 [9JA]
———reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (S. 602), S3664-S3666 [13MR]
SBA: anniversary, S11639 [17SE]
———clarify loan eligibility requirements for businesses providing on-demand air service to small communities, S12093, S12094 [26SE]
———establish the Native American Entrepreneurs Program (S. 1488), S10153 [29JY]
———establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (S. 1126), S7011-S7016 [22MY]
———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development program (S. 1254), S7839 [12JN]
———expand the HUBZone program to include difficult development areas (S. 961), S5608 [30AP]
———HUBZone Program funding, S12090 [26SE]
———HUBZone Program price preferences for food aid contracts, S12092 [26SE]
———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (S. 1247), S7860 [12JN]
———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (S. 822), S4970 [8AP]
———reauthorize assistance programs for small business concerns owned and controlled by women (S. 1154), S7126, S7149 [23MY]
———reauthorize loan programs (S. 1375), S9051-S9057 [8JY], S11241 [9SE], S11639 [17SE], S11909 [24SE], S12053, S12060-S12095 [26SE]
———transfer unused funds from the loan program for businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks to 7(a) loan program, S1435 [23JA]
———tribute for disaster assistance to Virginia following Hurricane Isabel, S15181 [19NO]
———tribute to Outstanding Women Entrepreneur Award recipients, S11909 [24SE]
———Women's Business Centers funding, S7707 [11JN]
SEC: provide authority to impose civil money penalties in administrative proceedings for violations of securities laws, S4946-S4948 [8AP]
———provide authority to impose civil money penalties in administrative proceedings for violations of securities laws (S. 183), S1075 [16JA]
———require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (S. 979), S5644, S5670-S5672 [1MY]
Securities: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws, S5325 [11AP], S5533 [30AP]
Small business: certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (S. 906), S5361 [11AP]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (S. 545), S3255 [6MR], S3667 [13MR], S10877-S10879 [1AU]
———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (S. 1546), S10674 [31JY]
———tribute to independent community pharmacies, S12367 [2OC]
Small Business Act: extend (S. 1895), S15207-S15209 [19NO]
Small Business Investment Act: extend (S. 1895), S15207-S15209 [19NO]
Smith & Wesson (business): unveiling of largest, most powerful, commercially-produced handgun, S2915 [27FE]
Snow, John W.: nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S1789-S1793 [30JA]
Social Security: ensure that trust fund surpluses are not reduced to fund tax cuts on corporate dividends, S6164-S6166, S6171-S6174 [14MY]
———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (S. 228), S1680, S1686 [28JA], S1689 [29JA]
Society for Human Resource Management: tribute, S3500 [11MR]
Southwest Regional Border Authority: establish (S. 458), S2849 [26FE], S2884 [27FE]
States: ensure that fiscal relief is not compromised to fund tax cuts on corporate dividends, S6458, S6459 [15MY]
———permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (S. 559), S3317 [6MR]
Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations (S. 1389), S9248 [10JY]
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: observance, S5942 [8MY]
Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (S. 219), S1669-S1673 [28JA]
Taxation: abolish certain tax cuts, S6438, S6439 [15MY]
———allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (S. 1524), S10648 [31JY]
———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (S. 758), S4640, S4641 [1AP]
———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]
———allow corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses only to the extent that such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements (S. 182), S1074 [16JA]
———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax, S6469 [15MY]
———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (S. 1506), S10621 [31JY]
———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures, S6198-S6200 [14MY]
———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (S. 160), S302-S304 [14JA]
———allow pension plans to replace Treasury bonds with conservative long-term corporate bonds and establish Commission on Defined Benefit Pension Plans, S6436 [15MY]
———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve, S13833 [3NO]
———application of excise tax to excessive attorney fees for legal judgments, settlements, or agreements that operate as a tax (S. 887), S5237-S5248 [10AP]
———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (S. 914), S5374 [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 rules governing bonus deduction for depreciable business assets, S6458 [15MY]
———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (S. 735), S4526 [27MR]
———clarify treatment of certain tax attributes for companies whose debt is cancelled in a bankruptcy proceeding (S. 1331), S8567 [25JN]
———curtail use of tax shelters (S. 1937), S15816-S15827 [24NO]
———deny a deduction for securities-related fines, penalties, and other amounts, and transfer revenues resulting from such denial to Fair Funds for the relief of victims (S. 1975), S16024 [25NO]
———deny any deduction for certain fines, penalties, and other amounts (S. 936), S5487 [29AP]
———disallow deductions and credits for companies who discriminate against Canadian pharmacies that pass along discounts to consumers living in the U.S. (S. 477), S2935 [27FE]
———eliminate double taxation of dividends, S3784 [17MR], S4137 [20MR], S4244-S4246 [21MR]
———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes, S6240, S6241 [14MY], S6427, S6428 [15MY]
———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (S. 596), S3519, S3520 [11MR]
———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (S. 596), star print, S3910 [18MR]
———encourage investment in facilities using wind to produce electricity (S. 1476), S10069 [28JY]
———enhance charitable contribution deductions for book donations and literacy (S. 680), S4178 [20MR]
———ensure dividend and interest income of individuals not be taxed at rates in excess of the maximum capital gains rate (S. 26), S39 [7JA]
———ensure dividend income of individuals not be taxed at rates in excess of the maximum capital gains rate (S. 25), S39 [7JA]
———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 (S. 661), S3999 [19MR]
———excise tax on excessive attorney fees for certain legal judgments, settlements, or agreements, S6222, S6225 [14MY], S6424, S6461 [15MY]
———exclude dividends received by individuals from gross income (S. 24), S39 [7JA]
———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (S. 1936), S15813-S15815 [24NO]
———exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (S. 1681), S12194 [30SE]
———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (S. 158), S299 [14JA]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools, S6440 [15MY]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (S. 856), S5182 [10AP]
———expand special depreciation allowance (S. 879), S5208 [10AP]
———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (S. 1491), S10268 [30JY]
———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (S. 487), S2940 [27FE]
———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries of employees (S. 1702), S12378, S12380 [2OC]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes, S4361, S4362 [25MR], S4417 [26MR]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (S. 173), S859, S860 [15JA], S1647 [28JA]
———extend special carryback of certain net operating losses to losses for additional years (S. 1494), S10269 [30JY]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 49), S11707 [17SE], S11711 [18SE]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, amend definition of Internet access, and allow existing State and local taxes to remain for 2 years, S14166-S14171 [6NO], S14233, S14250-S14254 [7NO]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (S. 1093), S6857 [21MY]
———impact of sunset provisions on cost forecasts, S7112-S7114 [23MY]
———impose flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income (S. 907), S5363-S5365 [11AP]
———improve portability of retirement savings and expand pension coverage and savings opportunities (S. 1912), S15408 [21NO]
———improve tax equity for military personnel, S6247 [14MY], S12582, S12585 [15OC], S13831-S13834 [3NO]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (S. 289), S1892 [4FE], S3399 [10MR]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (S. 351), S4097, S4102 [20MR], S4477, S4482 [27MR]
———include sports utility vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (S. 265), S1828 [30JA]
———income forecast depreciation method, S6458 [15MY]
———increase criminal monetary penalty limitation for underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud, S6409 [15MY]
———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities and application of volume caps for private activity bonds for such facilities and water and sewage facilities (S. 1917), S15414 [21NO]
———limit phase-in of revenue reducing measures, S6440 [15MY]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S236 [13JA], S11901 [24SE], S12567-S12569 [15OC], S13032-S13035 [22OC], S13791-S13793 [3NO], S13891-S13897 [4NO], S14156-S14171 [6NO], S14228-S14244, S14250-S14254 [7NO], S14286, S14334 [10NO], S15958 [25NO]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), unanimous-consent agreement, S11874 [23SE], S13643 [30OC]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 52), S54 [7JA]
———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (S. 756), S4639 [1AP]
———modify unrelated business income limitation on investment in certain debt-financed properties (S. 855), S5181 [10AP]
———permanently extend research and development credit, S6191-S6195 [14MY], S6412 [15MY]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (S. 664), S4002-S4005 [19MR]
———permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds, S6248 [14MY]
———permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds issued for the purchase or maintenance of assets used to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity (S. 1290), S8236 [19JN]
———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (S. 1495), S10269 [30JY]
———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (S. 785), S4836, S4837 [3AP]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, S4338 [25MR], S5287 [11AP], S11895 [24SE]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (S. 384), S2520 [14FE]
———prevent fraudulent avoidance of fuel taxes (S. 1979), S16030 [25NO]
———promote, protect, and clarify status of professional employer organizations (S. 1269), S7927 [16JN]
———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (S. 1736), S12620 [15OC]
———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (S. 1703), S12380 [2OC]
———provide a rebate to individuals for payroll taxes and provide employers with an income tax credit for payroll taxes paid during the payroll tax holiday period (S. 911), S5374 [11AP]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (S. 576), S3371 [7MR]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (S. 973), S5665 [1MY]
———provide a tax credit for small employer-based health insurance coverage in States in which such coverage is mandated (S. 1972), S16022 [25NO]
———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (S. 759), S4641 [1AP]
———provide energy tax incentives, S10533-S10569, S10571 [31JY]
———provide energy tax incentives (S. 597), S3520-S3547 [11MR], S3914 [19MR]
———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (S. 267), S1829 [30JA]
———provide for deficit reduction by delaying the acceleration of income tax reductions, S6439 [15MY]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), S13829 [3NO], S13897 [4NO]
———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), unanimous-consent request, S12562 [14OC], S12822 [17OC], S13061 [22OC], S13419 [28OC], S13734 [31OC], S13830, S13831 [3NO], S13898, S13899 [4NO], S14458 [11NO]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S96-S100, S106-S112 [9JA], S182-S192 [10JA], S210-S213, S215-S220 [13JA], S264-S267, S275, S281 [14JA], S308-S319, S321-S329, S334-S336 [15JA], S1043, S1044 [16JA], S1134 [17JA], S1218-S1220 [21JA], S1392, S1393 [23JA], S1649-S1655 [28JA], S1697-S1704, S1706-S1712 [29JA], S1760 [30JA], S2245-S2248, S2282 [12FE], S2637-S2646 [25FE], S2760-S2765, S2783, S2784 [26FE], S2876-S2883 [27FE], S3053 [4MR], S3376-S3379 [10MR], S3774-S3798 [17MR], S3842-S3855 [18MR], S3942, S3943, S3946 [19MR], S4055, S4057, S4060, S4146, S4150 [20MR], S4243-S4248, S4264 [21MR], S4317-S4323 [24MR], S4398, S4402-S4404 [26MR], S5159 [10AP], S5268-S5280, S5284-S5291, S5295-S5315 [11AP], S10890-S10892 [1AU]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), S6572-S6574 [19MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, S6950-S6964, S6969 [22MY], S7071-S7089, S7123 [23MY], S7186 [2JN], S7276 [4JN], S7512 [9JN], S7572 [10JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S6964 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), insert S. 1054 language in lieu, S6474 [15MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S6196 [14MY], S6738 [20MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 2), S2922 [27FE], S5514, S5515 [30AP], S5640 [1MY], S5744-S5747 [6MY], S5793-S5798 [7MY], S6014-S6022 [12MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), S2548 [14FE], S2620 [24FE], S2694 [25FE], S2753, S2834 [26FE], S3112 [5MR], S3439 [11MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 414), unanimous-consent request, S2639 [25FE], S2763 [26FE], S3022 [3MR], S3113 [5MR], S3390 [10MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6039-S6043, S6049, S6051-S6060 [13MY], S6147-S6226, S6233-S6248 [14MY], S6407-S6415, S6421-S6445, S6451-S6475 [15MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), unanimous-consent agreement, S6048 [13MY], S6196, S6226, S6405 [14MY]
———provide incentives for manufacturing businesses (S. 1885), S15069-S15072 [18NO]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (S. 507), S3093, S3094 [4MR]
———provide physicians and other health care professionals with a credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance, S9005-S9007 [8JY]
———provide procedural fairness in application of controlled group provisions to employers who contribute to multiemployer pension plans and engage in bona fide corporate transactions (S. 1857), S14808 [12NO]
———provide tax relief for military personnel and their employers and offset such relief by preventing tax avoidance through renouncing U.S. citizenship (S. Res. 257), S13833, S13834 [3NO]
———provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (S. 58), S59 [7JA]
———rates, S1760 [30JA], S2048 [6FE], S2876 [27FE], S3005-S3007 [3MR], S3053 [4MR], S3376-S3379 [10MR], S4068, S4140 [20MR], S7276 [4JN], S9516, S9578-S9580 [17JY], S10181 [30JY], S11460-S11463 [15SE], S11742, S11744, S11746 [22SE]
———repeal exclusion for extraterritorial income and provide a deduction relating to income attributable to U.S. production activities (S. 1688), S12200 [30SE], S14619, S14699 [12NO]
———repeal extraterritorial income exclusion and simplify rules for U.S. businesses operating abroad (S. 1475), S10065-S10067 [28JY]
———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1922), S15415 [21NO]
———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1964), S16006 [25NO]
———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 970), S5657 [1MY], S11783 [23SE]
———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (S. 1493), S10269 [30JY]
———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (S. 44), S48 [7JA]
———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (S. 1482), S10145 [29JY]
———repeal tax benefits relative to company-owned life insurance, S6441 [15MY]
———require chief executive officers of corporations to sign tax returns, S5043 [9AP], S6960 [22MY], S7084 [23MY]
———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (S. 1408), S9421 [15JY]
———sunset certain tax increases, S6432 [15MY]
———treat distributions from publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated investment companies (S. 752), S4635 [1AP]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (S. 1566), S10915 [1AU]
———treatment of businesses who employ military reservists, and self-employed military reservists (S. 1595), S11248 [9SE], S15403 [21NO]
———treatment of certain expenses for disabled workers (S. 1560), S10911 [1AU]
———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (S. 1305), S8302, S8303 [20JN]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (S. 85), S5014 [9AP]
———treatment of company-owned life insurance, S15886, S15887 [25NO]
———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (S. 895), S5353 [11AP]
———treatment of employee welfare benefit plans, S5012 [9AP]
———treatment of existing inversions by corporations to avoid the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, S6440 [15MY]
———treatment of income earned while working abroad, S6174, S6175 [14MY], S6434 [15MY]
———treatment of natural gas distribution lines (S. 360), S2213-S2216 [11FE]
———treatment of small businesses (S. 842), S5075 [9AP]
———treatment of the depreciation of certain property in integrated hotel, restaurant, and casino businesses, S6459 [15MY]
Technology: make consumers, educational institutions, and libraries aware of digital rights management technologies included in the digital media products they purchase (S. 1621), S11571-S11574 [16SE]
Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (S. 1380), S9121 [9JY], S13793 [3NO], S14264 [7NO]
———facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (S. 865), S5191 [10AP]
———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (S. 1963), S16004-S16006 [25NO]
Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations, S14447 [11NO]
———preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (S. 1046), S11385 [11SE], S11505, S11507, S11517, S11518 [16SE]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend, S1222, S1226-S1229 [21JA], S1325-S1327 [22JA]
———extend (S. 23), S9-S20, S23-S26 [7JA], S127 [9JA], S331 [15JA]
Terrorism: ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals, S4691, S4694-S4697 [2AP]
———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals (S. 157), S295-S297 [14JA]
———improve building and fire codes and standards, strengthen the private security industry, and create a safer environment in commercial buildings and industrial facilities (S. 216), S1492 [23JA]
———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack (S. 666), S4009-S4016 [19MR], S4152 [20MR]
Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities (S. 1490), S10188-S10193, S10267 [30JY], S10987 [2SE]
———ensure collection of all cigarette taxes (S. 1177), S7257 [3JN], S7375 [4JN], S16202-S16212 [9DE]
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.: tribute to Georgetown, KY, production facility, S9791 [23JY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S2044 [6FE], S2115 [10FE]
———amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (S. 1110), S6991-S6994 [22MY]
———amend to provide trade readjustment and development enhancement for communities (S. 1299), S8243 [19JN]
Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (S. 1776), S13135 [23OC]
Treaties and agreements: application of fast-track authority to trade agreements, S10023 [28JY]
———impact of free-trade agreements, S9400 [15JY], S9935-S9939, S9943-S9946 [25JY], S10034-S10038 [28JY], S10490-S10502 [31JY], S13840 [4NO]
———inclusion of child labor protections in free trade agreements, S10520 [31JY]
Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (S. 1325), S8444 [24JN]
U.S. Airways, Inc.: pension plan restructuring, S1342-S1346 [22JA]
———pension plan restructuring (S. 119), S117-S120 [9JA]
U.S. Boxing Administration: establish (S. 275), S1877 [4FE]
U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute: funding, S2433 [13FE]
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), S10023 [28JY], S10101-S10104 [29JY], S10490, S10491, S10509-S10516, S10518-S10526, S10530-S10533, S10574-S10589 [31JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2738), unanimous-consent agreement, S10086 [29JY], S10529 [31JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2738), unanimous-consent request, S10076 [28JY]
———implementation (S. 1416), S9935, S9943-S9946 [25JY], S10034-S10038, S10040 [28JY]
U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), S10023 [28JY], S10101-S10104, S10134 [29JY], S10491, S10511-S10516, S10518-S10526, S10530-S10533, S10574-S10589 [31JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2739), unanimous-consent agreement, S10086 [29JY], S10529 [31JY]
———implementation (H.R. 2739), unanimous-consent request, S10076 [28JY]
———implementation (S. 1417), S9935, S9943-S9946 [25JY], S10034-S10038, S10040 [28JY]
Ukraine: political reform relative to business climate, S15278 [20NO]
United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan, S7600 [10JN], S7713 [11JN], S8434 [24JN]
United Parcel Service: Women's Business Enterprise National Council ``Elite Eight'' honoree, S4701 [2AP]
Whistleblowing: remedies for retaliation against corporate whistleblowers, S1725 [29JA]
Women: provide comprehensive pension protection (S. 1617), S11482 [15SE]
Workforce Investment Act: reauthorize (S. 1627), S11651 [17SE], S14861-S14919 [12NO]
World War II: provide compensation to former POW used as slave labor for Japanese companies, S9565, S9566, S9572 [17JY]
WorldCom, Inc.: investigation of unethical activities, S7128 [23MY]
Reports
Allow a Married Couple Who Operates an Unincorporated Business as Co-owners To File Separate Tax Returns for Purposes of the Self-Employment Tax: Nina E. Olsen, National Taxpayers Advocate, E674 [3AP]
Impact of Republican Medicare Proposals on Insurance Industry Revenues and Profits: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Minority Staff, S15769 [24NO]
Investigations of Misconduct in Energy-Related Markets: CFTC, S7659-S7661 [11JN]
New Evidence That Energy Companies Besides Enron Manipulated the Western Energy Market: Senator Feinstein, S5895-S5897 [8MY]
Weiss Ratings Report on Medical Malpractice Caps—Propagating the Myth That Non-Economic Damage Caps Don't Work: Physicians Insurance Association of America, S9237-S9239 [10JY]
Reports filed
Acknowledge Chambers of Commerce Contributions To Improve Communities and Strengthen Local and Regional Economies: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 53), S9591 [17JY]
American Jobs Creation Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2896) (H. Rept. 108-393), H12306 [21NO]
American Spirit Fraud Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 346) (H. Rept. 108-5), H273 [4FE]
Animal Drug User Fee Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1260) (H. Rept. 108-287), H9032 [30SE]
———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 313) (S. Rept. 108-51), S6851 [21MY]
Arrest of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky in Russia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 258), S14270 [7NO]
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 975) (H. Rept. 108-40), H1952 [18MR]
Basic Pilot Extension Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2359) (H. Rept. 108-304), H9281 [7OC], H9980 [28OC]
Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1685), S14176 [6NO]
Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 239) (H. Rept. 108-22), H1639 [5MR]
Business Checking Freedom Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 758) (H. Rept. 108-53), H2514 [31MR]
Charitable Giving Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 108-270), H8282 [16SE]
Commercial Space Transportation Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1260) (S. Rept. 108-111), S9904 [24JY]
Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 1320) (S. Rept. 108-168), S12838 [17OC]
———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1320) (H. Rept. 108-37), H4875 [3JN]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 253) (H. Rept. 108-129), H4733 [22MY]
Consideration of H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 227) (H. Rept. 108-95), H3855 [8MY]
Consideration of H.R. 7, Charitable Giving Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 370) (H. Rept. 108-273), H8282 [16SE]
Consideration of H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 283) (H. Rept. 108-160), H5550 [18JN]
Consideration of H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 147) (H. Rept. 108-42), H1952 [18MR]
Consideration of H.R. 1000, Pension Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 230) (H. Rept. 108-98), H4010 [13MY]
Consideration of H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 221) (H. Rept. 108-92), H3760 [7MY]
Consideration of H.R. 1829, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 428) (H. Rept. 108-348), H10338 [4NO]
Consideration of H.R. 2622, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 360) (H. Rept. 108-267), H8081 [9SE]
Consideration of H.R. 2738, U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and H.R. 2739, U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 329) (H. Rept. 108-229), H7328 [22JY]
Consideration of S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 14) (H. Rept. 108-1), H51 [7JA]
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 877) (S. Rept. 108-102), S9495 [16JY]
Criminal Spam Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1293), S11987 [25SE]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1293) (S. Rept. 108-170), S13052 [22OC]
Defense Production Act Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1680) (S. Rept. 108-156), S12192 [30SE]
———Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1280) (H. Rept. 108-56), H2702 [2AP]
Do-Not-Call Implementation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 395) (H. Rept. 108-8), H389 [11FE]
Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Treaty With Australia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 108-3), S3729 [13MR]
Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Treaty With Mexico: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 108-4), S3729 [13MR]
Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Treaty With the United Kingdom: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 108-2), S3729 [13MR]
Energy Tax Incentives Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1149) (S. Rept. 108-54), S7134 [23MY]
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2622) (H. Rept. 108-396), H12306 [21NO]
———Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2622) (H. Rept. 108-263), H7948 [4SE], H8081 [9SE]
Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1125) (S. Rept. 108-118), S10264 [30JY]
Family Time Flexibility Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1119) (H. Rept. 108-127), H4733 [22MY]
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1829) (H. Rept. 108-286), H8949 [25SE]
Financial Contracts Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2120) (H. Rept. 108-277), H8400 [18SE]
FTC Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1234) (S. Rept. 108-127), S10970 [2SE]
Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 167), S9904 [24JY]
Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 153), S1811 [30JA]
Imposition of Sanctions on Nations That Undermine Effectiveness of Conservation and Management Measures for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Committee on Resources (House) (H. Con. Res. 268) (H. Rept. 108-327), H9980 [28OC]
Increase Assistance for the Poorest People in Developing Countries Under Microenterprise Assistance Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 192), S6851 [21MY]
International Fisheries Reauthorization Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2048) (H. Rept. 108-300), H9281 [7OC]
Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 49) (H. Rept. 108-234), H7614 [24JY]
Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2), S5995 [9MY]
———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 108-94), H3855 [8MY]
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 108-126), H4733 [22MY]
———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1054), S6070 [13MY]
Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 108-5), S4628 [1AP]
Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1637) (S. Rept. 108-192), S14270 [7NO]
Laborers' International Union of North America Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 117), S5172 [10AP]
Maintenance and Repair of Buildings and Properties Located on National Wildlife Refuge System Lands by Lessees of Such Facilities: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1204) (H. Rept. 108-347), H10338 [4NO]
Mutual Funds Integrity and Fee Transparency Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2420) (H. Rept. 108-351), H10339 [4NO]
National Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1753) (S. Rept. 108-166), S12837 [17OC]
Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 929) (S. Rept. 108-104), S9496 [16JY]
Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1945) (H. Rept. 108-272), H8282 [16SE]
Pension Security Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1000) (H. Rept. 108-43), H1952 [18MR]
Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1046) (S. Rept. 108-141), S11032 [3SE]
Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1177), S10616 [31JY]
Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1743), S13133 [23OC]
Professional Boxing Safety Act Amendments and U.S. Boxing Administration Establishment: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 275) (S. Rept. 108-47), S6255 [14MY]
Provide an Additional Function of the OMB Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Relative to Encouraging Policies That Enhance Energy Efficiency: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1346) (H. Rept. 108-78), H3450 [29AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act Programs Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2535) (H. Rept. 108-242), H7790 [29JY]
Renew Dept. of Energy and NRC Indemnity Authority for Damages From Nuclear Incidents: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 156) (S. Rept. 108-218), S16119 [9DE]
Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 249) (H. Rept. 108-124), H4527 [21MY]
SBA Loan Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1375) (S. Rept. 108-124), S10970 [2SE]
Small Business Advocacy Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1772) (H. Rept. 108-162), H5550 [18JN]
Small Business Health Fairness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 660) (H. Rept. 108-156), H5407 [16JN]
Small Business Reauthorization and Manufacturing Revitalization Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2802) (H. Rept. 108-325), H9818 [24OC]
Standards Development Organization Advancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1086) (H. Rept. 108-125), H4733 [22MY], H4976 [4JN]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1086), S14176 [6NO]
Surface Transportation Board Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1389) (S. Rept. 108-129), S10970 [2SE]
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1416), S9708 [22JY]
———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1416) (S. Rept. 108-116), S10139 [29JY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2738) (H. Rept. 108-224), H7328 [22JY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1416), S9708 [22JY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1416) (S. Rept. 108-116), S10139 [29JY]
———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2738) (H. Rept. 108-224), H7224 [21JY]
U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1417), S9708 [22JY]
———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1417) (S. Rept. 108-117), S10139 [29JY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2739) (H. Rept. 108-225), H7328 [22JY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1417), S9708 [22JY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1417) (S. Rept. 108-117), S10139 [29JY]
———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2739) (H. Rept. 108-225), H7224 [21JY]
Veterans Entrepreneurship Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 1460) (H. Rept. 108-142), H5088 [9JN]
Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1627) (S. Rept. 108-187), S14031 [5NO]
Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1261) (H. Rept. 108-82), H3634 [1MY]
Resolutions by organizations
FCC media ownership rules: Vermont State Legislature, S6971 [22MY]
Resolutions of ratification
Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Treaty With Australia, S3729, S3763 [13MR]
Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Treaty With Mexico, S3729, S3763 [13MR]
Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Treaty With the United Kingdom, S3729, S3763 [13MR]
Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management, S4628 [1AP], S4730 [2AP]
Rulings of the Chair
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3954 [9MY], H4537 [22MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6437, S6441 [15MY]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H88 [8JA]
Statements
Cash Balance Pension Conversion: Larry Cutrone, S1791 [30JA]
Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act: Executive Office of the President, H5182 [11JN]
Conflict of Interest Allegations Relative to Membership on Defense Policy Board: Richard Perle, H2511 [31MR]
Court Decision Preventing FTC Implementation of a ``Do-Not-Call'' Registry: Timothy J. Muris, FTC, S11891 [24SE]
Disapprove FCC Ruling on Media Ownership Rules: Executive Office of the President, S11392 [11SE]
Enhanced Employee Military Leave Policy: Citizens Financial Group, Inc., S5722 [5MY]
Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Senator Frist, S15516-S15518 [22NO]
FERC Authority To Review Public Utility Mergers: Executive Office of the President, S10123 [29JY]
Freedom To Read Protection Act: Representatives Sanders, E441 [12MR]
National Security Aspects of the Global Migration of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry: Senator Lieberman, S7468-S7471 [5JN]
Pension Security Act: Executive Office of the President, H4069 [14MY]
Research Equals Jobs Growth and Economic Growth: R&D Credit Coalition, S6192 [14MY]
Restoration of Freedom of Information Act: Several Organizations, S3636 [12MR]
Small Business Provisions of Economic Growth Package: Hector V. Barreto, SBA, E145 [6FE]
Study New Source Review Program Changes Relative To Preventing Deterioration of Clean Air Regulations and Determine Effects on Air Pollution and Human Health: Ande Abbott, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, S1214 [21JA]
U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University, H7485 [24JY]
Studies
Energy Price Impacts of S. 139, Climate Stewardship Act: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S13496 [29OC]
Summaries
America's Better Classroom Act (H.R. 717), E224 [13FE]
Biological, Chemical and Radiological Weapons Countermeasures Research Act (S. 666), S4016 [19MR]
Clean Power Act (S. 366), S2351 [12FE]
Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (S. 304), S1981 [5FE]
Family Time and Workplace Flexibility Act (S. 317), S2002 [5FE]
Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act (S. 906), S5363 [11AP]
Homeland Security Report—Voluntary Initiatives Are Under Way at Chemical Facilities but the Extent of Security Preparedness Is Unknown: GAO, S4695 [2AP]
Job Protection Act (H.R. 1769), E773 [12AP]
Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act (S. 484), S2942 [27FE]
Promote Growth & Jobs in the USA (Pro Grow USA) Act (S. 1475), S10067-S10069 [28JY]
Railroad Competition Act (H.R. 2924), E1639 [25JY]
Rebuild America Act (H.R. 2615), E1798 [16SE]
Require Mandatory Expensing of Stock Options Granted to Business Executive Officers (S. 1890), S15189 [19NO]
Restoration of Freedom of Information Act (S. 609), S3635 [12MR]
Securing America's Future—The Case for a Strong Manufacturing Base: National Association for Manufacturing, H6807 [15JY]
Small Business Investment Company Capital Access Act (S. 855), S5181 [10AP]
Tables
Budget outlook with conference tax cuts, H4711 [22MY]
Budget realities, S5794 [7MY], S7107 [23MY]
Communities dependent on the Essential Air Service Program, S7798 [12JN]
Comparing the Clean Air Act, Clean Power Act, and Clear Skies Act, S3353 [7MR]
Debt to the penny, S1699 [29JA], S3006 [3MR]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act final vote (2001), H4964 [4JN]
Estimated annual health and mortality costs due to particulate matter pollution from powerplants, S15960 [25NO]
Import percentages of certain products, S10495 [31JY]
Manufacturing jobs lost by State, H10117 [29OC]
New source review correspondence—information requests and Bush administration responses, S1177-S1193 [21JA]
State by State estimated impact of increasing business meal deductibility, S10145 [29JY]
U.S., Canadian negotiated Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Defense prescription drug prices, H5912 [25JN]
Testimonies
Capital Control Provisions in U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Jadish Bhagwati, Columbia University, H7484 [24JY]
Deadline Extension for Compliance With Certain Clean Air Act Provisions in Ozone Nonattainment Areas: David S. Baron, Earthjustice (law firm), H10104 [29OC]
———J. David Farren, Southern Environmental Law Center, H10102 [29OC]
———Ramon Alvarez, Environmental Defense (organization), H10101 [29OC]
———Samuel A. Wolfe, New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, H10100 [29OC]
Impact of Iraqi War and Energy Markets on the Economy: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S13494 [29OC]
Patients First Act: Leanne Dyess, S8875 [7JY]
U.S. Airways, Inc., Pension Plan Restructuring: James J. Keightley, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., and William Kilberg, S1343 [22JA]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 85, improve fire safety in nonresidential buildings, H1701 [11MR]
H. Con. Res. 141, reform Internal Revenue Code, H3004 [9AP]
H. Con. Res. 172, National Tourism Week, H4751 [2JN]
H. Con. Res. 177, express appreciation to Armed Forces members engaging in military action in Iraq and against terrorism and recognize communities, businesses, and organizations for their support, H4883-H4885 [4JN]
H. Con. Res. 215, acknowledge chambers of commerce contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies, H6666 [14JY]
H. Con. Res. 268, imposition of sanctions on nations that undermine effectiveness of conservation and management measures for Atlantic highly migratory species, H9843 [28OC]
H. Con. Res. 280, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association anniversary, H10250 [4NO]
H. Res. 14, consideration of S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension, H66 [8JA]
H. Res. 100, Ford Motor Co., anniversary, H4399 [21MY]
H. Res. 107, tribute to Students in Free Enterprise (organization), H3415 [29AP]
H. Res. 147, consideration of H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H1981 [19MR]
H. Res. 186, Laborers' International Union of North America anniversary, H3015 [9AP]
H. Res. 201, tribute to businesses and business owners for support of our troops and their families, H4892 [4JN]
H. Res. 221, consideration of H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act, H3767 [8MY]
H. Res. 227, consideration of H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act, H3864 [9MY]
H. Res. 230, consideration of H.R. 1000, Pension Security Act, H4035 [14MY]
H. Res. 249, same-day consideration of consideration of conference report on H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H4558 [22MY]
H. Res. 253, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, H4706 [22MY]
H. Res. 283, consideration of H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H5555 [19JN]
H. Res. 296, Harley-Davidson Motor Co., anniversary, H6668 [14JY]
H. Res. 329, consideration of H.R. 2738, U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, and H.R. 2739, U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, H7339 [23JY]
H. Res. 360, consideration of H.R. 2622, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, H8111 [10SE]
H. Res. 368, SBA anniversary, H8244 [16SE]
H. Res. 370, consideration of H.R. 7, Charitable Giving Act, H8301 [17SE]
H. Res. 394, American Concrete Institute anniversary, H10249 [4NO]
H. Res. 414, encourage People's Republic of China fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, support the U.S. manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms, H10062 [29OC]
H. Res. 428, consideration of H.R. 1829, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act, H10374 [5NO]
H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act, H3902, H3910-H3913, H3940-H3953 [9MY]
H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S6741-S6786 [20MY]
H.R. 7, Charitable Giving Act, H8304-H8308 [17SE]
H.R. 49, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, H8295 [17SE]
H.R. 192, increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs, S7173 [23MY], H4032 [14MY]
H.R. 346, American Spirit Fraud Protection Act, H413 [12FE]
H.R. 395, Do-Not-Call Implementation Act, H407 [12FE]
H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H5598, H5605-H5612 [19JN]
H.R. 758, Business Checking Freedom Act, H2527-H2529 [1AP]
H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H1999-H2046 [19MR]
H.R. 1000, Pension Security Act, H4040, H4050-H4059 [14MY]
H.R. 1086, Standards Development Organization Advancement Act, H5104 [10JN]
H.R. 1204, provide for maintenance and repair of buildings and properties located on National Wildlife Refuge System lands by lessees of such facilities, H11446 [18NO]
H.R. 1260, Animal Drug User Fee Act, H9054-H9057 [1OC]
H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act, H3789-H3806 [8MY]
H.R. 1320, Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act, H5180 [11JN]
H.R. 1460, Veterans Entrepreneurship and Benefits Improvement Act, H5675 [23JN]
H.R. 1772, Small Business Advocacy Improvement Act, H5720 [24JN]
H.R. 2048, International Fisheries Reauthorization Act, H9700 [20OC]
H.R. 2312, ORBIT Technical Corrections Act, H5342 [12JN]
H.R. 2359, Basic Pilot Extension Act, H9893 [28OC]
H.R. 2420, Mutual Funds Integrity and Fee Transparency Act, H11533-H11537 [19NO]
H.R. 2535, Public Works and Economic Development Act programs reauthorization and improvement, H9759-H9762 [21OC]
H.R. 2622, National Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act, S13982-S13994 [5NO]
H.R. 2738, U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, H7459-H7470 [24JY]
H.R. 2739, U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, H7489-H7495 [24JY]
H.R. 3161, ratify FTC authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms, H8916 [25SE]
H.R. 3521, Tax Relief Extension Act, H11762-H11827 [20NO]
S. 23, Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act extension, H75 [8JA]
S. 24, exclude dividends received by individuals from gross income, S40 [7JA]
S. 25, ensure dividend income of individuals not be taxed at rates in excess of the maximum capital gains rate, S40 [7JA]
S. 26, ensure dividend and interest income of individuals not be taxed at rates in excess of the maximum capital gains rate, S41 [7JA]
S. 27, prohibit meat packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S42 [7JA]
S. 41, repeal certain Homeland Security Act provisions, S47 [7JA]
S. 44, Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act, S49 [7JA]
S. 52, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S54 [7JA]
S. 58, provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums, S59 [7JA]
S. 91, Fair Contracts for Growers Act, S76 [7JA]
S. 98, Community Choice in Real Estate Act, S152 [9JA]
S. 105, repeal certain Homeland Security Act provisions relative to pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability, S81 [7JA]
S. 139, Climate Stewardship Act, S167-S173 [9JA]
S. 150, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S236 [13JA], S14156 [6NO]
S. 153, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, S294 [14JA], S4031 [19MR]
S. 156, renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S295 [14JA]
S. 157, Chemical Security Act, S297-S299 [14JA]
S. 158, Small Business Expensing Improvement Act, S300 [14JA]
S. 167, Dept. of Energy Next Generation Lighting Initiative, S852 [15JA]
S. 181, Stock Option Accounting Review Act, S1075 [16JA]
S. 182, Ending the Double Standard for Stock Options Act, S1075 [16JA]
S. 183, SEC Civil Enforcement Act, S1076-S1078 [16JA]
S. 194, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Registry Act, S1146-S1148 [17JA]
S. 217, reinstate felony penalties for licensed gun dealers who fail to maintain records of sales, S1493 [23JA]
S. 228, Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act, S1681-S1685 [28JA]
S. 267, Telecommunications Ownership Diversification Act, S1829-S1832 [30JA]
S. 275, Professional Boxing Safety Act amendments and U.S. Boxing Administration establishment, S1878-S1882 [4FE]
S. 289, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act, S1892-S1897 [4FE]
S. 292, minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers, S1899 [4FE]
S. 313, Animal Drug User Fee Act, S7168-S7171 [23MY], S14279-S14282 [7NO], H10293-H10296 [4NO]
S. 317, Family Time and Workplace Flexibility Act, S1999-S2002 [5FE]
S. 320, Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act, S2006 [5FE]
S. 325, increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased, S2052 [6FE]
S. 360, tax treatment of natural gas distribution lines, S2218 [11FE]
S. 366, Clean Power Act, S2346-S2351 [12FE]
S. 371, require notification by manufacturers before discontinuing production of a vaccine and develop a national vaccine stockpile, S2357 [12FE]
S. 393, tax treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants, S2469 [13FE]
S. 413, Asbestos Claims Criteria and Compensation Act, S2493-S2495 [13FE]
S. 414, Economic Recovery Act, S2523-S2537 [14FE]
S. 442, Reservists and Guardsmen Pay Protection Act, S2709 [25FE]
S. 458, Southwest Regional Border Authority Act, S2850-S2855 [26FE]
S. 469, Technological Resource To Assist Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act, S2926 [27FE]
S. 475, Electric Transmission and Reliability Enhancement Act, S2931-S2935 [27FE]
S. 485, Clear Skies Act, S2943-S2971 [27FE]
S. 532, Colonias Gateway Initiative Act, S3188 [5MR]
S. 545, Small Business Health Fairness Act, S3256-S3263 [6MR]
S. 559, Commercial Driver's License Devolution Act, S3318 [6MR]
S. 586, Round II EZ/EC Flexibility Act, S3507 [11MR]
S. 596, Invest in the U.S.A. Act, S3519 [11MR]
S. 597, Energy Tax Incentives Act, S3520-S3546 [11MR]
S. 645, Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act, S3893 [18MR]
S. 661, Commuter Benefits Equity Act, S3999 [19MR]
S. 664, Investment in America Act, S4004 [19MR]
S. 667, strengthen payment limitations for commodity payments and benefits under Food Security Act, S4017 [19MR]
S. 680, enhance charitable contribution tax deductions for book donations and literacy, S4178 [20MR]
S. 683, Military Families Leave Act, S4281 [21MR]
S. 685, Low Income Taxpayer Protection Act, S4284 [21MR]
S. 692, Digital Consumer Right to Know Act, S4327 [24MR]
S. 735, Small Insurance Company Inflation Adjustment Act, S4526 [27MR]
S. 745, Privacy Act, S4561-S4570 [31MR]
S. 756, modify tax treatment of qualified small issue bonds, S4639 [1AP]
S. 758, allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property, S4640 [1AP]
S. 759, Residential, Farm, Ranch, and Small Business Wind Energy Systems Act, S4642 [1AP]
S. 769, Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act, S4708 [2AP]
S. 785, permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends, S4837 [3AP]
S. 855, Small Business Investment Company Capital Access Act, S5181 [10AP]
S. 873, Dept. of Energy Catalysis Research and Development Act, S5198 [10AP]
S. 876, Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act, S5203 [10AP]
S. 877, Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act, S5204-S5207 [10AP], S13012-S13019 [22OC], S13176-S13182 [23OC], S15938-S15943 [25NO], H12186-H12191 [21NO], H12854-H12859 [8DE]
S. 879, Economic Stimulus Act, S5209 [10AP]
S. 887, Intermediate Sanctions Compensatory Revenue Adjustment (ISCRAA) Act, S5240-S5242 [10AP]
S. 903, Renewal Community Employment Credit Improvement Act, S5357 [11AP]
S. 906, Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act, S5361-S5363 [11AP]
S. 907, Flat Tax Act, S5365-S5370 [11AP]
S. 914, apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation, S5375 [11AP]
S. 929, Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act, S5436 [28AP], S10450 [30JY]
S. 936, Government Settlement Transparency Act, S5488 [29AP]
S. 948, Drug Company Gift Disclosure Act, S5494 [29AP]
S. 961, expand the SBA HUBZone program to include difficult development areas, S5608 [30AP]
S. 964, Small Community and Rural Air Service Revitalization Act, S5609-S5611 [30AP]
S. 970, Job Protection Act, S5658-S5660 [1MY]
S. 979, Broad-Based Stock Option Plan Transparency Act, S5671 [1MY]
S. 981, Business and Taxpayer Procurement Protection Act, S5673 [1MY]
S. 988, Workforce Investment Act job training grant pilot program, S5733 [5MY]
S. 1000, National Guard and Reserves Reform Act for the 21st Century, S5777-S5779 [6MY]
S. 1013, Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, S5872 [7MY]
S. 1034, Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act, S5972 [8MY]
S. 1046, Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act, S6082 [13MY]
S. 1052, Ban on Deceptive Unsolicited Bulk Electronic Mail Act, S6142 [13MY]
S. 1061, Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, S6261 [14MY]
S. 1120, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Reorganization Act, S7004 [22MY]
S. 1121, Middle East Trade and Engagement Act, S7005-S7007 [22MY]
S. 1125, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S6600-S6612 [19MY]
S. 1126, Native American Small Business Development Act, S7012-S7015 [22MY]
S. 1134, Economic Development Administration reauthorization and improvement, S7038-S7040 [22MY]
S. 1154, Women's Small Business Programs Improvement Act, S7150 [23MY]
S. 1155, repeal Revenue Act anti-dumping provisions, S7153 [23MY]
S. 1177, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act, S16208-S16212 [9DE]
S. 1192, Consumer and Small Business Energy Commission Act, S7482 [5JN]
S. 1224, Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act, S7630-S7632 [10JN]
S. 1234, FTC reauthorization, S7722-S7725 [11JN]
S. 1247, Women's Business Centers Preservation Act, S7836, S7861 [12JN]
S. 1269, Professional Employer Organization Workers Benefits Act, S7928-S7931 [16JN]
S. 1272, Wrongful Death Accountability Act, S7983 [17JN]
S. 1290, permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds issued for the purchase or maintenance of assets used to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity, S8236 [19JN]
S. 1305, tax treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance, S8303 [20JN]
S. 1326, establish position of Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing, S8562 [25JN]
S. 1327, Restrict and Eliminate the Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail or Spam (REDUCE Spam) Act, S8563 [25JN]
S. 1331, clarify treatment of certain tax attributes for companies whose debt is cancelled in a bankruptcy proceeding, S8567 [25JN]
S. 1350, Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act, S8739 [26JN]
S. 1363, Park Professionals Protection Act, S8758 [26JN]
S. 1375, SBA loan programs reauthorization, S12060-S12080 [26SE]
S. 1380, Rural Universal Service Equity Act, S9122 [9JY]
S. 1389, Surface Transportation Board appropriations, S9248 [10JY]
S. 1408, restore tax deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel, S9421 [15JY]
S. 1442, National Women's Business Council Independence Preservation Act, S9718 [22JY]
S. 1476, Wind Power Tax Incentives Act, S10069 [28JY]
S. 1480, Buy American Improvement Act, S10143 [29JY]
S. 1482, repeal reduction in tax deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses, S10145 [29JY]
S. 1497, Our Democracy, Our Airwaves Act, S10272-S10275 [30JY]
S. 1507, Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act, S10623 [31JY]
S. 1528, Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act, S10651-S10653 [31JY]
S. 1533, Identity Theft Victims Assistance Act, S10662-S10665 [31JY]
S. 1546, Small Business Liability Reform Act, S10676-S10679 [31JY]
S. 1553, Organized Retail Theft Act, S10686 [31JY]
S. 1560, Disabled Workers Empowerment Act, S10911 [1AU]
S. 1581, Identity Theft Victims Assistance Act, S11036-S11038 [3SE]
S. 1592, Fair Currency Enforcement Act, S11188 [8SE]
S. 1597, Homestead Preservation Act, S11250 [9SE]
S. 1610, Defined Benefit Pension Plan Reform Act, S11418 [11SE]
S. 1621, Consumers, Schools, and Libraries Digital Rights Management Awareness Act, S11574-S11576 [16SE]
S. 1624, include Rhode Island as a Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council member, S11649 [17SE]
S. 1627, Workforce Investment Act reauthorization, S11651-S11680 [17SE], S14861-S14918 [12NO]
S. 1633, Identity Theft Notification and Credit Restoration Act, S11725 [18SE]
S. 1639, extend certain Petroleum Marketing Practices Act protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil, S11756 [22SE]
S. 1642, immigrant investor regional center program duration extension, S12476 [3OC]
S. 1644, limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain packers may slaughter in any calendar year, S11834 [23SE]
S. 1667, exempt small trailer manufacturers from certain Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act reporting requirements, S12057 [26SE]
S. 1680, Defense Production Act reauthorization, S15480 [21NO], H9416 [15OC]
S. 1685, Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act, S14505 [12NO], H11582 [19NO]
S. 1688, Securing American Factory Employment (SAFE) Act, S12200-S12203 [30SE]
S. 1702, Domestic Partner Health Benefits Equity Act, S12378-S12380 [2OC]
S. 1703, Local Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act, S12381 [2OC]
S. 1711, Community Economic Development Expertise Enhancement Act, S12449-S12452 [3OC]
S. 1738, Defense Production Act reauthorization, S12621 [15OC]
S. 1743, Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act, S14970 [17NO]
S. 1754, Electric Reliability Security Act, S12840-S12845 [17OC]
S. 1767, Auditor Independence and Tax Shelters Act, S12978 [21OC]
S. 1776, Intermodal Equipment Safety and Responsibility Act, S13135-S13137 [23OC]
S. 1844, Clear Skies Act, S14336-S14364 [10NO]
S. 1857, Multiemployer Pension Plan Procedural Fairness Act, S14810 [12NO]
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. 1892, provide information and advice to pension plan participants to assist them in making decisions regarding investment of their pension plan assets, S15190 [19NO]
S. 1895, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act extension, S15209 [19NO], H11845 [20NO]
S. 1912, Retirement Account Portability Act, S15408-S15411 [21NO]
S. 1917, Clean Air and Water Investment and Infrastructure Act, S15414 [21NO]
S. 1922, American Manufacturing Jobs Act, S15416-S15418 [21NO]
S. 1935, Universal Secure Access to Health Care Act, S15653-S15663 [23NO]
S. 1936, exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites, S15815 [24NO]
S. 1937, Tax Shelter Transparency and Enforcement Act, S15819-S15827 [24NO]
S. 1961, American Railroad Revitalization, Investment, and Enhancement (ARRIVE 21) Act of the 21st Century, S15989-S16002 [25NO]
S. 1963, Wireless 411 Privacy Act, S16005 [25NO]
S. 1965, Community Workforce Development and Modernization Partnership Act, S16007 [25NO]
S. 1967, Interest on Business Checking Act, S16010 [25NO]
S. 1971, Mutual Fund Investor Confidence Restoration Act, S16017-S16022 [25NO]
S. 1977, Small Manufacturers Assistance, Recovery, and Trade (SMART) Act, S16027-S16029 [25NO]
S. 1994, Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act, S16133 [9DE]
S. 1995, repeal Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund, S16133 [9DE]
S. 1998, Essential Air Service Preservation Act, S16137 [9DE]
S. Con. Res. 11, end unlawful bailout of Hynix Semiconductor Inc., by Republic of Korea, S2979 [27FE]
S. Con. Res. 27, request ITC take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products, S4181 [20MR]
S. Con. Res. 29, ensure U.S. trade actions relative to semiconductor trade with the Republic of Korea do not result in geopolitical tensions or U.S. job losses, S4382 [25MR]
S. Con. Res. 53, acknowledge chambers of commerce contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies, S7730 [11JN], S9619 [17JY]
S. Res. 100, anniversary of Ford Motor Co., S6888 [21MY]
S. Res. 100, Ford Motor Co., anniversary, S4446 [26MR]
S. Res. 159, FCC ruling on media ownership rules, S7403 [4JN]
S. Res. 162, tribute to tradeswomen, S7555 [9JN]
S. Res. 167, anniversary of Harley-Davidson Motor Co., S7842 [12JN]
S. Res. 167, Harley-Davidson Motor Co., anniversary, S9987 [25JY]
S. Res. 217, greater access for U.S. agricultural producers to foreign markets, S10925 [1AU]
S. Res. 242, disapprove court decision preventing FTC implementation of a ``do-not-call'' registry and support constitutionality of such a registry, S12471 [3OC]
S. Res. 257, provide tax relief for military personnel and their employers and offset such relief by preventing tax avoidance through renouncing U.S. citizenship, S13804, S13834 [3NO]
S. Res. 258, arrest of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky in Russia, S13911 [4NO], S16202 [9DE]
S. Res. 260, Dept. of HHS action to remove dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids from the market, S14180 [6NO]
S. Res. 274, Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations records production, S15845, S15879 [24NO]
S. Res. 283, protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators, S16141, S16213 [9DE]
S.J. Res. 17, disapprove FCC ruling on media ownership rules, S11519 [16SE]
Transcripts
U.S. Economic Policy: Kevin Phillips, National Public Radio, S217 [13JA]