DEATH AND DYING

Amendments

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 720), S8776 [22JY]

Native Americans: provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (S. 1721), S6367 [2JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 663, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, S8633 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

Army Reserve Chief Fears Retention Crisis, S3576 [1AP]

First, Do No Harm, S8632 [22JY]

Prom Must Go On, E673 [27AP]

Reservists Under Economic Fire, S3578 [1AP]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: authorize a ``child only'' annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan when there is a surviving spouse of members who died on active duty during a certain time period (see H.R. 3792), H434 [10FE]

———expand and improve retired pay, burial, education, and other mobilization benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who are called or ordered to active duty (see S. 2274), S3567 [1AP]

———increase death gratuity (see S. 2867), S10061 [30SE] (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE] (see H.R. 5207), H8038 [4OC]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (see S. 2573), S7434 [24JN]

Cemeteries and funerals: establish consumer protections for funeral service contracts (see H.R. 4112), H2018 [1AP]

———establish consumer protections for funeral service contracts, and improve funeral home, cemetery, and crematory inspection systems (see S. 3023), S11799 [20NO]

Conversations Before the Crisis Week: designate (see S. Res. 391), S7435 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1072 [11MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: treat injury or death sustained from participation in a medical research program in same manner as an injury incurred from military service (see H.R. 4621), H4580 [18JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: authorize leave for immediate family members of a member of the uniformed services who dies in the line of duty to facilitate their attendance at the burial ceremony (see H.R. 4954), H6703 [22JY]

Flag—U.S.: request that the flag flown over the Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in honor of U.S. citizens killed in military action (see H. Con. Res. 400), H1643 [29MR]

Health: improve access to information about end of life care options and legal rights, promote advance care planning and decisionmaking, and engage health care providers in preparation of advance directives (see S. 2545), S6997 [17JN]

Iraq: recognize individuals working under U.S. contracts and express sympathy to those injured, taken captive, and to the families of those killed (see H. Con. Res. 429), H3229 [18MY]

Law enforcement officers: commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice made by men and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty (see S. Res. 310), S2223 [4MR]

Medicare: establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (see S. 2983), S11377 [16NO]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 436), S9812 [28SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 2371), S4692 [29AP]

———modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (see H.R. 4270), H2548 [4MY]

———suspend from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities persons that have not paid fines resulting from violations that caused a death in the workplace (see H.R. 4385), H3229 [18MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 622), H2548 [4MY]

Social Security: require waivers of waiting period for benefits based on disability in the case of terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 5034), H6899 [8SE]

Taxation: treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see S. 3029), S11897 [7DE] (see H.R. 4849), H5908 [15JY]

Letters

Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act: Karen Orloff Kaplan, Last Acts Partnership (organization), S7018 [17JN]

Lists

Recently deceased former Members of Congress, H2294 [22AP]

Poems

``Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep,'' Mary E. Frye, S9066 [10SE]

Quotations

Indian Farewell: Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Nation, E505 [2AP]

Remarks in House

Divernon, IL: anniversary of Bramley Funeral Home, E1014 [2JN]

Dora, NM: tribute to Dora High School students for assistance to family of Clayton Stokes following his fatal accident, E673 [27AP]

Flag—U.S.: ensure that rules of etiquette for flying the flag do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials (H.R. 3095), H1379 [24MR]

Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (H.R. 3127), E2097 [20NO]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), E845 [14MY]

Mount Morris, MI: anniversary of Martin Funeral Home, E1586 [10SE]

National Homecare and Hospice Month: observance, E2086, E2097, E2106, E2107 [20NO]

Native Americans: provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (S. 1721), H8365-H8376 [6OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (H.R. 4270), H3123, H3129 [18MY]

OSHA: address issue of disproportionate deaths of Latinos in the workplace, H3125 [18MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, H2887 [12MY], H2999, H3009 [13MY], E835, E837 [12MY]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 622), H2751, H2752 [11MY], E830 [12MY], E843, E869 [14MY]

Veterans: recognize and honor the volunteers that participate in honor guards for veterans' funerals (H. Con. Res. 260), H3907, H3908 [14JN], E1165 [18JN]

Wayne State University: tribute to Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences School of Mortuary Science graduates, E1138 [16JN]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: expand and improve retired pay, burial, education, and other mobilization benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who are called or ordered to active duty (S. 2274), S3575-S3579 [1AP]

———increase death gratuity (S. 2867), S10063 [30SE]

Capital punishment: temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 132), S1994 [2MR]

Cemeteries and funerals: establish consumer protections for funeral service contracts, and improve funeral home, cemetery, and crematory inspection systems (S. 3023), S11800 [20NO]

Conversations Before the Crisis Week: designate (S. Res. 391), S7483 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: require revised protocol on media coverage of return to the U.S. of the remains of Armed Forces members killed overseas, S7034-S7037 [18JN], S7088, S7089 [21JN]

Health: improve access to information about end of life care options and legal rights, promote advance care planning and decisionmaking, and engage health care providers in preparation of advance directives (S. 2545), S7016 [17JN]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, S11889 [7DE]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), S8092, S8093 [14JY], S8632, S8633 [22JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), insert S. 720 language in lieu, S8632 [22JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 663), unanimous-consent request, S3877, S3878 [7AP], S8092 [14JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 720), S8091 [14JY], S8222 [15JY], S8416-S8418 [19JY], S8627-S8633 [22JY]

Law enforcement officers: commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice made by men and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty (S. Res. 310), S2234 [4MR], S4380 [26AP], S4424 [27AP]

Medicare: establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (S. 2983), S11381 [16NO]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 436), S9817 [28SE], S11510, S11511 [18NO]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, S4424 [27AP]

Native Americans: provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (S. 1721), S6367-S6384 [2JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 2371), S4699, S4700 [29AP]

Oregon: court review of euthanasia law, S6342 [2JN]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, S5466, S5467 [13MY], S5497 [14MY]

Taxation: treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (S. 3029), S11898-S11900 [7DE]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by, and death gratuity payments to, a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1664), S689 [6FE]

Women: lung cancer death rates, S7117 [22JN]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 1726), S1276 [12FE], S11370 [16NO]

Reports filed

American Indian Probate Reform Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1721) (S. Rept. 108-264), S5472 [13MY]

———Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1721) (H. Rept. 108-656), H6754 [7SE]

Commemorate and Acknowledge the Dedication and Sacrifice Made by Men and Women Who Have Lost Their Lives in the Line of Duty as Law Enforcement Officers: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 310), S4300 [22AP]

Community Recognition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3095) (H. Rept. 108-411), H302 [3FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 260, recognize and honor the volunteers that participate in honor guards for veterans' funerals, H3907 [14JN]

H. Res. 622, support goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day, H2751 [11MY]

H.R. 3095, Community Recognition Act, H1379 [24MR]

S. 720, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, S8627-S8631 [22JY]

S. 1721, American Indian Probate Reform Act, S6367-S6384 [2JN], H8365-H8375 [6OC]

S. 2545, Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act, S7017 [17JN]

S. 2867, increase death gratuity for members of the Armed Forces, S10063 [30SE]

S. 3029, Retirement Security for Life Act, S11898 [7DE]

S. Res. 310, commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice made by law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty, S2233 [4MR]

S. Res. 310, commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice made by men and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty as law enforcement officers, S4380 [26AP]

S. Res. 391, Conversations Before the Crisis Week, S7483 [24JN]

S. Res. 436, National Children's Memorial Day, S9817 [28SE], S11511 [18NO]