EMPLOYMENT related term(s) Sexual Harassment

Addresses

Economy and Education National Objectives: Senator Edwards, S9478-S9480 [22SE]

Amendments

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H6011, H6012, H6013, H6014, H6016 [20JY]

Congressional Office of Compliance: permit Board of Directors to serve for 2 terms (H.R. 5122), S10377, S10378 [4OC]

Government: reform Federal employment (S. 129), S4058, S4068 [8AP]

———reform Federal employment (S. 129), House amendment, S11264 [11OC]

NASA: make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), H142 [28JA]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (S. 2267), S4716, S4721 [29AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2976 [13MY]

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), S8151, S8244 [15JY], H4303, H4347 [17JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration (H. Res. 681), H4303 [17JN]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), H2844 [12MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2829 [12MY]

Veterans: improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), S10869, S10880 [8OC]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), consideration (H. Res. 656), H3616 [2JN]

Analyses

American Jobs Creation Act Provisions on Deductions Relating to Domestic Production Activities Income: Dept. of the Treasury and IRS, E1872 [11OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act, H3741 [3JN]

———H.R. 4520, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act, S8221 [15JY], H7777 [29SE]

Helping To Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission, S2936 [22MR], S4777 [3MY], S8923 [7SE]

Articles and editorials

Altering of Worker Time Cards Spurs Growing Number of Suits, S3743 [6AP]

Another Blow to America's Firefighting Volunteers, H3572 [1JN]

Bush Choice for Manufacturing Post in Question, S2595 [11MR]

Bush Supports Shift of Jobs Overseas, S777 [10FE], S2100 [3MR]

Charity Reopens Bible, H330 [4FE]

China's Workers—And Ours, E480 [30MR]

Chinese Workers Pay for Wal-Mart's Low Prices, E158 [10FE]

Disaster Lurks in April Jobs Numbers, H2899 [12MY]

Employers Support Grows, S10804 [8OC]

Erasing the Rules, E2129-E2132 [20NO]

Exhausting Federal Compassion, S351 [2FE]

Food-Stamp Calls Routed to India—Firm That Runs Part of the Virginia Program Outsourced Call Center, H1574 [25MR]

Gaming Overtime, S8 [20JA]

Gap in Wages Is Growing Again for U.S. Workers, S210 [23JA]

Gateway To Close All Stores, Fire 2,500, H2136 [2AP]

He Helped Rebuild Iraq, Now He Must Rebuild His Business, S5202 [11MY]

``High Tech'' Narrated by Walter Cronkite, H616 [25FE]

High-Tech Jobs Are Going Abroad! But That's Okay, S2184 [4MR]

Ignoring Other Candidates, Kerry Turns Focus on Bush, S133 [22JA]

Jobless; Benefits Are Running Out, S1556 [25FE]

Jobless Count Skips Millions, S1556 [25FE]

Lesson in India—Not Every Job Translates Overseas, S2084 [3MR]

My Economic Policy, S9255 [15SE]

Overtime Improvement, S4796 [4MY]

Owens Lays Off Training Employees Before Bush's Visit, H67 [21JA]

Pact To Affect 8,000 Migrants, H8003 [4OC]

Pension Perniciousness, S267 [27JA]

Permanent Job Proves an Elusive Dream, S11239-S11241 [11OC]

Poll—Enthusiasm for Free Trade Fades; Dip Sharpest for $100K Set; Loss of Jobs Cited, H737 [2MR]

Private Contractors May Handle Food Stamps, H1575 [25MR]

Protectionism Happens To Be Congress's Job, S3188 [25MR], S3453 [31MR]

Reservists Under Economic Fire, S5203 [11MY]

Sanctions Alter Dynamic on House Tax Bill, H4300 [17JN]

Snow Boasts Spring Has Sprung for U.S. Economy, H853 [4MR]

Timeout on Overtime Rule, S4749 [3MY]

Trade and Labor Rights, E480 [30MR]

U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences, S4729-S4731 [3MY], S5456 [13MY]

Wage Gap Increases Between Women and Men, U.S. Census Reports, H6842 [8SE]

War Carries a Hidden Cost—Reservists' ``Pay Gap'' Often Forces Difficult Choices on Families, S5202 [11MY]

We're More Productive. Who Gets the Money?, S3744 [6AP], S4115 [20AP]

What Goes Around . . ., S2183 [4MR]

When Outsourcing Takes Your Job, Then It Will Matter, S8843 [7SE]

Who Left the Door Open?, H7248-H7253 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: provide competitive status to certain Federal employees (see S. 2768), S8688 [22JY]

American Library Association: observance of National Library Workers Day (see H. Res. 597), H2153 [2AP]

Armed Forces: assist with the transition of members from combat zones to noncombat zones and veterans from active service to civilian life (see H.R. 5332), H9049 [8OC]

———coordinate rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act with other Federal laws (see S. 2448), S5799 [19MY]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring (see S. 2427), S5535 [17MY]

———provide improved income security for members of the Individual Ready Reserve who are called to active duty (see H.R. 4733), H5149 [25JN]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H2019 [1AP]

Bankruptcy: provide priority for the payment of employee claims arising under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (see H.R. 3808), H514 [11FE]

Business and industry: implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector (see H.R. 4177), H2199 [20AP]

———make certain companies that have outsourced jobs during the previous five years ineligible for the receipt of Federal grants, contracts, loan guarantees, and other Federal funding (see H.R. 3911), H871 [4MR]

———prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H830 [3MR]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3816), H515 [11FE]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), consideration (see H. Res. 725), H5982 [19JY]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see S. 2088), S1286 [12FE] (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

Coal miners: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 459), H4647 [21JN]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 2159), S2105 [3MR]

Commission on American Jobs: establish (see H.R. 3878), H752 [2MR]

Congressional Accountability Act: extend to legislative branch employees certain protections available to Federal employees under certain laws (see H.R. 3963), H1071 [11MR]

Congressional Office of Compliance: permit Board of Directors to serve for 2 terms (see H.R. 5122), H7442 [22SE]

Contracts: prohibit the award of a Federal contract unless the contractor agrees to offer their employees certain health insurance benefits (see H.R. 4028), H1483 [24MR]

———require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H1739 [30MR]

Convention Concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right To Organize: ratification (see H. Res. 836), H8859 [7OC]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 4752), H5150 [25JN]

———encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release (see H.R. 5075), H7137 [14SE]

———establish a commission to review Federal inmate work opportunities (see S. 2414), S5371 [12MY]

Crime: protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (see H.R. 3703), H35 [20JA]

Dept. of Commerce: establish position of Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Job Retention and Creation (see H.R. 4089), H1790 [31MR]

———rename as the Dept. of Trade and Commerce, transfer the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and consolidate and enhance statutory authority to protect jobs from unfair international competition (see S. 2235), S3180 [25MR]

Dept. of HHS: expand the National Practitioner Data Bank (see S. 2341), S4300 [22AP] (see H.R. 4211), H2372 [22AP]

Dept. of Justice: award grants under a homeland security overtime program to reimburse law enforcement agencies for past overtime expenditures and waive matching funds requirement for such grants (see H.R. 4153), H2152 [2AP]

———establish the Office of Community Justice Services (see S. 2977), S11305 [11OC]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see S. 2789), S9075 [10SE] (see S. 2923), S10703 [7OC] (see H.R. 4676), H4893 [23JN]

Dept. of Labor: declare operation of power driven amusement park rides a hazardous occupation for purposes of certain child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 4190), H2265 [21AP]

———establish a pilot project to create a system of industry validated national certifications of skills in high-technology industries and homeland security technology (see S. 2649), S8030 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior: recruit volunteers to assist with activities of various agencies and offices (see H.R. 4170), H2198 [20AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: contract for a report on employment placement, retention, and advancement of recently separated servicemembers (see H.R. 4173), H2198 [20AP]

———establish a pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of nurses (see H.R. 4231), H2482 [28AP]

———establish a program to assist States in hiring and retaining nurses at State veterans homes (see H.R. 4020), H1483 [24MR]

District of Columbia: improve the administration of pension benefit payments to teachers, police officers, and firefighters (see H.R. 4657), H4893 [23JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset and make permanent deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses (see S. 2048), S541 [3FE]

Economy: eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs and provide assistance and improve the health care tax credit for certain displaced workers (see S. 2531), S6881 [16JN]

Education: access to, and affordability of, higher education (see S. 2795), S9130 [13SE]

———authorize local educational agencies in rural areas to obtain a limited waiver of certain requirements relative to the employment of highly qualified teachers (see S. 2164), S2223 [4MR] (see H.R. 3781), H396 [6FE]

———encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4765), H5195 [6JY]

———enhance teacher training and preparation programs (see S. 2335), S4300 [22AP]

———increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

———provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teacher Professional Development Institutes (see S. 2538), S6997 [17JN] (see H.R. 4784), H5401 [8JY]

———provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3764), H392 [4FE]

———provide for regional skills training alliances (see S. 2586), S7435 [24JN]

———reduce certain special allowance payments and provide additional teacher loan forgiveness on Federal student loans (see H.R. 5186), H7944 [30SE]

———reduce special allowance for loans from the proceeds of tax-exempt issues and provide additional loan forgiveness for teachers who teach mathematics, science, or special education (see S. 2877), S10061 [30SE]

ERISA: exclude cooperative employing units from multiple employer welfare arrangements (see H.R. 4795), H5470 [9JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain construction engineering and design professionals (see H.R. 4396), H3391 [19MY]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 3780), H392 [4FE]

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 (see H.R. 5199), H7944 [30SE]

———eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 4720), H5149 [25JN]

FBI: employment reform (see H.R. 4564), H3963 [14JN]

Federal employees: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 5063), H7072 [13SE]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 88), S721 [9FE] (see H. Con. Res. 356), H303 [3FE] (see H. Res. 581), H1643 [29MR]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (H. Res. 581), consideration (see H. Res. 585), H1739 [30MR]

———provide wage parity for prevailing rate employees in Guam (see H.R. 4429), H3438 (see H.R. 4429), H3538 [20MY]

Financial institutions: impose a cooling off period before a senior Federal financial institutions examiner may be employed by the financial institution examined by that person (see S. 2814), S9386 [20SE]

———prevent conflicts of interest by establishing post-employment limitations on bank examiners-in-charge (see H.R. 5097), H7234 [15SE]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see S. 2695), S8474 [20JY] (see H.R. 4472), H3604 [1JN]

Foreign countries: protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (see S. 2090), S1286 [12FE] (see H.R. 4740), H5149 [25JN]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts (see S. 2094), S1286 [12FE] (see S. 2148), S1933 [1MR] (see H.R. 3820), H574 [24FE]

Foreign policy: conduct an economic impact study on the dual gateway policy of Ireland before the U.S. takes any action that could lead to the discontinuation of the policy (see H.R. 4271), H2548 [4MY]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see S. 2143), S1891 [27FE] (see S. 2157), S1999 [2MR] (see H.R. 3881), H830 [3MR] (see H.R. 3957), H1071 [11MR] (see H.R. 4090), H1790 [31MR]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and to certain communities (see H.R. 5030), H6898 [8SE]

Health: improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]

———increase insurance coverage by requiring employers to offer health insurance with greater Government assistance and by expanding current safety net programs (see H.R. 5218), H8167 [5OC]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see S. 2520), S6803 [15JN] (see H.R. 4575), H4170 [15JN]

Health care professionals: establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals (see S. 2913), S10702 [7OC]

Higher Education Act: extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to certified or licensed teachers (see H.R. 4465), H3439 (see H.R. 4465), H3539 [20MY]

Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 791), H7442 [22SE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see S. 2823), S9441 [21SE]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 5111), H7329 [21SE]

———increase availability of H-2B nonimmigrant visas for rural border areas (see S. 2616), S7750 [7JY]

———increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (see S. 2252), S3294 [29MR] (see H.R. 4052), H1643 [29MR]

———limit timing of issuance of H-2B visas during a fiscal year (see H.R. 5379), H9962 [17NO]

———permit athletes to receive nonimmigrant status under certain conditions (see S. 2792), S9130 [13SE]

———provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects workers, and strengthen national security (see S. 2381), S4837 [4MY] (see H.R. 4262), H2547 [4MY]

———reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, protect against unfair employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, and adjust status for Haitian and Liberian nationals (see H.R. 3918), H926 [9MR] (see H.R. 4885), H6556 [21JY]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers (see S. 2258), S3366 [30MR]

———strengthen national security and U.S. borders, reunify families, provide willing workers, and establish earned adjustment under immigration laws (see S. 2010), S108 [21JA]

———waive numerical limitation on certain nonimmigrants if a petitioning employer employed such a nonimmigrant during a certain period (see H.R. 4041), H1592 [25MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to certain H-1B and L nonimmigrants (see H.R. 4166), H2153 [2AP]

———improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (see H.R. 4306), H2727 [6MY]

———provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program (see H.R. 5413), H10079 [19NO]

Income: clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation (see S. 2975), S11090 [10OC]

———ensure equal pay for equal work performed by public sector and private sector employees within each State and locality in which such employees work (see H. Res. 865), H10079 [19NO]

India: urge investigation of, and provide remedies for, abusive child labor in circuses, and protect Kailash Satyarthi and his family and colleagues in the South Asian Coalition Against Child Servitude (see H. Con. Res. 466), H4927 (see H. Con. Res. 466), H5071 [24JN]

Indonesia: condemn terrorist attack in Jakarta (see H. Res. 767), H7073 [13SE]

Insurance: extend period for COBRA coverage for recipients of trade adjustment assistance (see S. 2226), S2996 [23MR]

———extend period for COBRA coverage for victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 2837), S9611 [23SE]

International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 315), S2440 [9MR]

Library of Congress: permit hiring of Library of Congress Police employees (see H.R. 4816), H5536 [12JY]

Medicare: provide whistleblower protection to employees of clinical laboratories (see H.R. 5311), H9048 [8OC]

———require providers to disclose staffing and performance data (see H.R. 4374), H3093 [17MY]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2370), S4692 [29AP] (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP] (see H.R. 5043), H6996 [9SE]

NASA: make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), consideration (see H. Res. 502), H127 [27JA]

———make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 354), H263 [3FE]

National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (see H.R. 3715), H88 [21JA]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 452), H4286 [16JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure that certain prevailing parties receive attorneys' fees (see H.R. 4499), H3780 [3JN]

———ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see S. 2637), S7896 [9JY] (see H.R. 4343), H2917 [12MY]

National Manufacturing Week: support goals (see H. Res. 516), H392 [4FE]

National Workers Memorial Day: require display of the U.S. flag at half-staff (see H.R. 4253), H2490 [30AP]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4906), H6701 [22JY]

———ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4680), H4926 (see H.R. 4680), H5070 [24JN]

———facilitate economic growth and development and promote tribal sovereignty by encouraging individuals with higher education degrees to work within, or for, Indian Country (see H.R. 4948), H6703 [22JY]

———regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and local governments relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (see S. 2831), S9525 [22SE]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding (see S. 2588), S7435 [24JN]

Northeast Regional Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 4739), H5149 [25JN]

NSF: establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 5255), H8857 [7OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend enforcement provisions (see H.R. 4712), H4927 (see H.R. 4712), H5071 [24JN]

———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]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (H.R. 2729), consideration (see H. Res. 645), H3093 [17MY]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (H.R. 2728), consideration (see H. Res. 645), H3093 [17MY]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 2161), S2105 [3MR] (see S. 2163), S2223 [4MR] (see S. 2630), S7828 [8JY] (see H.R. 4498), H3780 [3JN]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (H.R. 2730), consideration (see H. Res. 645), H3093 [17MY]

———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), consideration (see H. Res. 645), H3093 [17MY]

Pensions: clarify status of certain employee benefit plans (see S. 2928), S10703 [7OC]

———limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see H.R. 5292), H9047 [8OC]

———protect retirement security of workers by ensuring assets are adequately diversified and providing workers with access to information about their plans (see S. 2424), S5499 [14MY]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (see H.R. 5181), H7863 [29SE]

Public housing: provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement for a resident of a public housing project (see H.R. 4737), H5149 [25JN]

———provide that public housing project residents who perform community service shall receive priority consideration for participation in certain economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 4738), H5149 [25JN]

Public welfare programs: exempt preparation for high-skilled, high-demand jobs from participation and time limits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2256), S3366 [30MR]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (see S. 2687), S8423 [19JY]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see S. 2267), S3456 [31MR] (see H.R. 4376), H3093 [17MY]

———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (see S. 2266), S3455 [31MR]

Senate: clarify definition of displaced staff members of Senators and Senate leaders relative to continuation of salary payment following displacement (see S. Res. 478), S11640 [19NO]

Small business: certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (see S. 2544), S6997 [17JN]

———extend redesignation period for certain HUBZones in States with persistently high unemployment (see H.R. 4695), H4927 (see H.R. 4695), H5070 [24JN]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 4281), H2656 [5MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), consideration (see H. Res. 638), H2815 [11MY]

———promote business incubator activities (see S. 2591), S7435 [24JN]

———promote growth (see S. 2946), S10845 [8OC]

Small Business Act: amend to reauthorize the Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program (see H.R. 4119), H2019 [1AP]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 3821), H574 [24FE]

———allow waiver of old-age insurance benefits, provide tax deduction for waived benefits, and ensure that certain Trust Fund investments bear interest at prevailing private sector rate (see H.R. 3877), H752 [2MR]

———exempt certain employment as a member of a local governing board from coverage (see S. 2832), S9611 [23SE]

———provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 4701), H4927 (see H.R. 4701), H5071 [24JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (H.R. 594), consideration (see H. Res. 523), H515 [11FE]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see S. 2455), S5949 [20MY] (see H.R. 4391), H3390 [19MY]

Space policy: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (see H.R. 5388), H9999 [18NO]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: make technical changes and resolve certain issues beneficial to coal miners (see H.R. 4529), H3872 [9JN] (see H.R. 4549), H3963 [14JN]

———make technical changes and resolve certain issues beneficial to coal miners (H.R. 4529), consideration (see H. Res. 672), H3963 [14JN]

Taxation: allow a credit for businesses who employ military reservists (see H.R. 5079), H7233 [15SE]

———allow a credit for businesses who employ veterans (see H.R. 5080), H7233 [15SE]

———allow carryforward of certain unused benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements for dependent care assistance (see H.R. 4372), H3093 [17MY]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see S. 2316), S4024 [8AP]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see S. 2433), S5607 [18MY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 2359), S4493 [28AP]

———allow State government employers to contribute to section 403(b) pension plans (see H.R. 3718), H88 [21JA]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 4655), H4892 [23JN]

———allow the work opportunity credit, welfare-to-work credit, and research credit against the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 3977), H1116 [16MR]

———amend Internal Revenue Code to protect American jobs (see H.R. 3827), H632 [25FE]

———clarify treatment of differential wage payments made to employees called to active military duty (see S. 2858), S9936 [29SE] (see H.R. 5154), H7735 [28SE]

———clarify treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (see H.R. 5298), H9047 [8OC]

———deny deduction for the portion of employer-provided vacation flights in excess of the amount of such flights which is treated as employee compensation (see H.R. 4352), H2917 [12MY]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data and treat certain census tracts with low population as low-income communities for purposes of new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4193), H2371 [22AP]

———expand the incentives for renewal communities (see H.R. 4096), H1790 [31MR]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 2925), S10703 [7OC]

———expand work opportunity credit for small business jobs creation (see S. 2585), S7435 [24JN]

———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 4945), H6703 [22JY]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 2298), S3919 [7AP] (see H.R. 4796), H5470 [9JY]

———improve the health coverage tax credit (see S. 2935), S10703 [7OC]

———increase exclusion from gross income of an employee for dependent care assistance relative to dependent care services provided during a taxable year and adjust such amount each year for inflation (see H.R. 4379), H3229 [18MY]

———modify and make refundable the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (see H.R. 4748), H5150 [25JN]

———prohibit the double taxation of telecommuters and others who work at home (see S. 2785), S9032 [9SE] (see H.R. 5067), H7072 [13SE]

———provide for a manufacturer's jobs credit (see S. 2155), S1999 [2MR]

———provide for retirement savings accounts (see H.R. 4714), H5149 [25JN]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5355), H9184 [9OC]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 5397, 5398), H10078 [19NO]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H2918 [12MY]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see H.R. 5169), H7863 [29SE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3784 [4JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration (see H. Res. 681), H4286 [16JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 830), H8856 [7OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 830)—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 828), H8407 [6OC]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3868), H752 [2MR]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see H.R. 4073), H1739 [30MR]

———treatment of student loan payments made by employers on behalf of employees (see H.R. 4723), H5149 [25JN]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4007), H1322 [18MR] (see H.R. 4279), H2656 [5MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), consideration (see H. Res. 638), H2815 [11MY]

———update optional methods for computing self-employment net earnings (see S. 2326), S4225 [21AP]

———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 3811), H515 [11FE]

Trade Act: permit eligible workers who are rehired by the same employer to continue to receive trade adjustment assistance if unable to work because of a lock-out or labor dispute (see H.R. 4708), H4927 (see H.R. 4708), H5071 [24JN]

U.S. Olympic Committee: require companies that enter into licensing agreements observe certain labor standards (see H.R. 4988), H6704 [22JY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 2006), S52 [20JA] (see S. 2250), S3294 [29MR] (see H.R. 4684), H4926 (see H.R. 4684), H5070 [24JN]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: extend period for which an individual may elect to continue employer-sponsored health care coverage (see H.R. 4659), H4893 [23JN]

———require employers to post a notice of applicable rights and duties (see H.R. 4477), H3719 [2JN]

Veterans: improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (see S. 2486), S6274 [1JN]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 4444), H3438 (see H.R. 4444), H3538 [20MY]

———establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), consideration (see H. Res. 656), H3604 [1JN]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see S. Con. Res. 103), S4837 [4MY] (see H. Con. Res. 413), H2548 [4MY]

Cloture motions

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, S10764 [8OC], S11038 [10OC]

Conference reports

American Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 4520), H8411-H8640 [7OC]

Excerpts

As Income Gap Widens, Uncertainty Spreads, S9402 [21SE]

Data Dearth in Offshore Outsourcing—Policymaking Requires Facts (white paper): Senator Lieberman, S12089-S12092 [20DE]

Explanations

Improve Operation of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (H.R. 4796), E1344 [9JY]

Kerry-Edwards Economic Plan: Senators Kerry and Edwards, S9403 [21SE]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act (S. 2486), S10884-S10891 [8OC]

Factsheets

Evidence on Job Creation, Wages, and Health Insurance, H852 [4MR]

Patriotic Employers of Guard and Reservists Act (H.R. 4655), H5067 [24JN]

Training Requirements for Optometrists and Ophthalmologists, E2097 [20NO]

Hearings

Faith-based perspectives on the provision of community services: Committee on Government Reform (House) (excerpts), H333 [4FE]

Letters

Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act: several organizations, S1273-S1275 [12FE]

American Jobs Creation Act: John W. Snow, Sec. of the Treasury, S11030 [10OC]

———Mark W. Everson, IRS, E1872 [11OC]

———Representative English, E1921 [11OC]

———Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4434 [17JN]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4435 [17JN]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4434, H4435 [17JN], E1921 [11OC]

Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act: Francisco Sanchez, Wisconsin Association of Job Training Executives, S10707 [7OC]

———Fred Schnook, Concentrated Employment Program, Inc., and Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board, Inc., S10707 [7OC]

———Hal Daub, American Health Care Association, S10707 [7OC]

———J. Michael Zelley and Jeffrey Howe, National Association of Workforce Boards, S10706 [7OC]

———Robert T. Borremans, Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, S10707 [7OC]

Dept. of Labor overtime pay regulations: Senators Enzi and Collins, S4796 [4MY]

Dept. of Labor proposal to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, S2978 [23MR]

———Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, S351 [2FE], S1541 [25FE], S2973 [23MR], H368 [4FE]

———Gene Overstreet, Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A., S2981 [23MR], E172 [12FE]

———Randy Fleming, S230 [26JA], S1542 [25FE]

———Senator Boxer, S2972 [23MR]

———Senators Harkin, Kennedy, and Daschle, S8 [20JA]

Dept. of Labor proposals to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements: Randy Fleming, S10943 [9OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act: Jonathan B. Perlin, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H7799 [29SE]

Financial assistance to State and local governments that continue to pay employees who serve on active duty in a Reserve component of the uniformed services: Barry Kasinitz, International Association of Fire Fighters, S11198 [11OC]

———Craig R. Benson, Governor of New Hampshire, S11198 [11OC]

———F.C. Rockholm, Roseville, CA, City Council, S11198 [11OC]

———Gus Morrison, Fremont, CA, City Council, S11198 [11OC]

———Marty Blum, Santa Barbara, CA, City Council, S11198 [11OC]

———Sacramento, CA, employee, S11197 [11OC]

———Stephen C. Padilla, Chula Vista, CA, City Council, S11198 [11OC]

GAO Human Capital Reform Act: Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H583 [25FE]

———Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H583 [25FE]

Guest Services, Inc., decision not to pay food service workers for National Day of Mourning granted to Federal employees: several Members of Congress, E1293 [7JY]

Improve tax credit for National Guard and Reserve employees and provide a credit for those replacing National Guard and Reserve employees called to active military duty: Richard C. Alexander, National Guard Association of the U.S., S5202 [11MY]

Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding: James Haney, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (organization), S2594 [11MR]

Medicare Early Access Act: Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, E827 [12MY]

Military Families Leave Act: Candace A. Wheeler, National Military Family Association, E1774 [1OC]

———Lani Burnett, Reserve Enlisted Association and Robert A. McIntosh, Reserve Officers Association, E1774 [1OC]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., E1774 [1OC]

Minimum wage increase: several economists, S10557 [6OC]

Minimum wage level: Imo Harned, S3351 [30MR]

NASA Flexibility Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H136 [28JA]

———Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H136 [28JA]

9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act immigration provisions: Angela Kelley, National Immigration Forum, S11302 [11OC]

———9/11 Families for a Secure America (organization), H8979 [8OC]

———several family members of 9/11 terrorist attack victims, S11300 [11OC]

———several human rights organizations, S11301 [11OC]

———several immigration organizations, S11301 [11OC]

———Wendy Young and Joanne Kelsey, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, S11302 [11OC]

Nomination of William J. Sanchez to be Dept. of Justice Special Counsel of Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices: Katherine A. Baldwin, Dept. of Justice, S12016 [8DE]

———Loretta King, Dept. of Justice, S12016 [8DE]

———Senators Durbin, Leahy, and Kennedy, S12016 [8DE]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S12016 [8DE]

Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act: Representative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3124 [18MY]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3124, H3125 [18MY]

OSHA reform legislation: Alan Reuther, UAW, H3118 [18MY]

———Michael E. Mathis, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H3118 [18MY]

———Representatives Boehner and Norwood, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3105 [18MY]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H3117 [18MY]

Patriotic Employers of Guard and Reservists Act: Representatives McGovern and Lantos, H5067 [24JN]

Pay raise parity between members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees: Joshua B. Bolten, OMB, H1755 [31MR]

———Steven P. Strobridge, Military Officers Association of America, H1754 [31MR]

Permit athletes to receive nonimmigrant status under certain conditions: Richard L. Alderson, Major League Baseball, S9132 [13SE]

Permit hiring of Library of Congress Police employees: James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, H6085 [20JY]

Prohibit Dept. of the Treasury funding to assist in overturning district court ruling on IBM Corp., cash balance pension conversion: Michael Naylor, AARP, H7271 [21SE]

Provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program: Kathleen Fontana, S3392 [31MR]

Provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard and allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve: Senator Landrieu, S10965 [9OC]

Repeal tax deferral for U.S. companies that outsource manufacturing facilities to foreign countries and import products back into the U.S.: Alan Reuther, UAW, S4872 [5MY]

———Bridget P. Martin, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, et al, S4871 [5MY]

———Edwin D. Hill, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, S4872 [5MY]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S4872 [5MY]

Small Business Health Fairness Act: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, H2973 [13MY]

———Karen Bender, American Academy of Actuaries, H2972 [13MY]

Tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve: several Senators, S11194 [11OC]

———William S. Cohen, Dept. of Defense, S11199 [11OC]

Temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S4983 [6MY]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act: Al Mansell, National Association of Realtors, E1992 [16NO]

———Representative Christopher H. Smith, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H9766 [17NO]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H9766 [17NO]

Lists

Comments by financial experts opposing H.R. 3574, Stock Option Accounting Reform Act, H6009 [20JY]

Economists supporting minimum wage increase, S10557-S10560 [6OC]

Employment categories losing overtime benefits, H6767 [8SE]

National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve outstanding employers, S10806 [8OC]

Oregonians killed on the job, E693 [28AP]

Organizations opposing H.R. 4281, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H2961-H2966 [13MY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4281, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H2980 [13MY]

Organizations supporting S. 486, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S5732 [19MY]

Organizations supporting the multiemployer pension plan provisions of H.R. 3108, Pension Funding Equity Act, S3977 [8AP]

Proposed OSHA reform legislation (1995-2003), H3119 [18MY]

Senate staff assisting with H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act, S11219 [11OC]

State, county, and local governments covering pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard, S11196 [11OC]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day participants, S4281 [22AP]

Messages

Economic Report: President Bush, S719 [9FE], H401 [10FE]

Motions

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2984 [13MY]

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4408 [17JN], H7749 [29SE]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), H2850 [12MY]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), H3738 [3JN]

Newsletters

BAE Systems Spouses Get Support While Loved Ones Are Miles Away From Home: BAE Systems (business), S6720 [14JN]

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: proposed rulemaking relative to overtime pay eligibility regulations, S9917-S9927 [29SE], H7850-H7861 [29SE]

———proposed rulemaking relative to Veterans Employment Opportunities Act, S26 [20JA], H24 [20JA]

Poems

``Right To Labor in Joy,'' Edwin Markham, S164 [22JA]

Press releases

Agenda To Reform the Federal Workforce—Accomplishments: Senator Voinovich, S10907 [9OC]

Final DOL Regulations Protect and Expand Overtime for America's First Responders—F.O.P. Efforts Crucial to Protection of Overtime for Public Safety: Fraternal Order of Police, S4733 [3MY]

Justice Department Announces Grants for Training on the Prevention of Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination: Dept. of Justice, S12017 [8DE]

Small Business Health Fairness Act: American Academy of Actuaries, H2971 [13MY]

Proclamations

Hocking-Athens-Perry Community Action Agency Anniversary: Representative Ney, E1043 [4JN]

Questions and answers

Jobs forecast: N. Gregory Mankiw, Council of Economic Advisers, H852 [4MR]

Regulations

Estimating overtime costs of employers, S6 [20JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act overtime treatment of professional employees, S4 [20JA]

Remarks in House

Actors' Equity Association: anniversary, E290 [3MR]

Adgate, James R. (Dick): Experience Works, Inc., Ohio Outstanding Older Worker award recipient, E1879 [11OC]

Adult Education Week: observance, E369 [16MR]

AFL-CIO: filing of trade complaint relative to the effects of People's Republic of China human rights abuses on U.S. employment, E480 [30MR]

AID: Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships program funding, E1448 [21JY]

Alajar, Gredia Grecia: Experience Works, Inc., Nevada Outstanding Older Worker award recipient, E1806 [6OC]

Armed Forces: improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring, H4701 [22JN]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (H.R. 1345), H1143 [17MR], H2222 [21AP]

Bankruptcy: provide priority for the payment of employee claims arising under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (H.R. 3808), H483 [11FE]

Brecksville, OH: tribute to Cuyahoga Valley Career Center expansion, E2014 [17NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H487 [11FE], E261 [26FE]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, H900 [9MR], H1057-H1063 [11MR]

———provide adjustment assistance for dislocated workers, H1581 [25MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H534, H540 [24FE], H598 [25FE], H805 [3MR], H878, H880 [9MR], H1715 [30MR], H5466 [9JY], H6763 [8SE], H7823 [29SE], E243 [26FE]

———impact of economic policies on Texas, H4897 [24JN]

Business and industry: allow voluntary expensing of stock options in certain filings required under securities laws, H6012, H6013 [20JY]

———costs of providing employee benefits and employment taxes relative to the status of manufacturing jobs, H1745 [31MR], H2891-H2893 [12MY]

———implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector, H2384 [27AP], H2520 [4MY], H2891-H2893 [12MY], H4142 [15JN]

———implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector (H.R. 4177), E550 [20AP]

———prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (H.R. 3888), H2724 [6MY]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H5958 [19JY], H6001-H6022 [20JY], H6446 [21JY], E1443 [21JY], E1487 [22JY]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), amendment process, H5167 [6JY]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), consideration (H. Res. 725), H5991-H5998 [20JY]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), corrections in engrossment, H6022 [20JY]

———requirements relative to assumption of zero volatility in calculating stock option values for certain top executives, H6013, H6014 [20JY]

CBS Worldwide Inc.: failure to adequately report on the significant increase in jobs, H4896 [24JN]

ChevronTexaco Corp.: anniversary, E1587 [10SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1688), H2046 [1AP]

Colleges and universities: job-training grants for community colleges, E93 [3FE]

Community Services Block Grant Act: prohibit faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds from discriminating in hiring practices, H314-H325, H328-H345 [4FE], E212 [24FE]

Congress: effects of various legislation on employment and the economy, H2995 [13MY]

Congressional Accountability Act: extend to legislative branch employees certain protections available to Federal employees under certain laws (H.R. 3963), E354 [11MR]

Congressional Office of Compliance: permit Board of Directors to serve for 2 terms (H.R. 5122), H7698 [28SE], H8330 [6OC]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (H.R. 4752), E1283 [25JN]

———encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release (H.R. 5075), E1618 [14SE], E2190 [7DE]

Council of Economic Advisers: prohibit use of funds to produce the President's economic report that includes employment at a retail fast food restaurant in the definition of manufacturing employment, H7208 [15SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H7331, H7332, H7335 [22SE], H7449 [23SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit use of funding to pay for outsourcing of food stamp call center jobs to foreign countries, H5599, H5600 [13JY]

———restrict travel funding for headquarters employees relative to implementation of a bovine spongiform encephalopathy beef testing program, H5602 [13JY]

Dept. of Commerce: require independent study on effects of outsourcing of jobs to other countries, H5460, H5461 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compenstion Program Act improvements, H3427-H3429 [20MY]

———importance of job creation, H3426 [20MY]

Dept. of Energy: employee security clearance application backlog, H5092 [25JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect defense-related industries and preserve U.S. jobs, H4558 [18JN]

Dept. of Justice: ex-offender reentry programs funding, H5276, H5277 [7JY]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (H.R. 4676), H6540 [21JY]

Dept. of Labor: declare operation of power driven amusement park rides a hazardous occupation for purposes of certain child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 4190), E582 [21AP]

———National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute funding to educate employers about National Guard and Reserves employment and reemployment rights, H6821 [8SE]

———prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H2836 [12MY], H3238 [19MY], H6447, H6448 [21JY], H6817, H6876 [8SE], H6922-H6932, H6982 [9SE], H7000 [13SE], H10203 [20NO], E713 [29AP], E834 [12MY], E858 [14MY], E884 [17MY], E903 [18MY], E932 [21MY], E1618 [14SE]

———treatment of veterans and military personnel in overtime regulations revisions, H368 [4FE]

Dept. of the Interior: recruit volunteers to assist with activities of various agencies and offices (H.R. 4170), H5942 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to assist in overturning district court ruling on IBM Corp., cash balance pension conversion, H7132 [14SE], H7269-H7274 [21SE]

Dept. of Transportation: clarify certain Buy American Act provisions, H2025-H2027 [1AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of nurses (H.R. 4231), H7797-H7802 [29SE], E701 [28AP]

———establish a program to assist States in hiring and retaining nurses at State veterans homes (H.R. 4020), E442 [24MR]

———improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (H.R. 1716), H2766 [11MY]

———Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force report, E1466 [22JY]

Disabled: tribute to Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program services for the blind and disabled, E182 [12FE], E249 [26FE], E1485 [22JY], E1579 [9SE]

District of Columbia: improve the administration of pension benefit payments to teachers, police officers, and firefighters (H.R. 4657), H7705-H7707 [28SE]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, H2922, H2924 [13MY]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H2497 [4MY], H3098, H3184 [18MY], H3232, H3361, H3365, H3377 [19MY], H3498 [20MY], H4769, H4770 [23JN], H4898 [24JN], H5132, H5133 [25JN], H5658, H5659, H5660 [14JY], H7301 [21SE], H7449, H7545, H7546 [23SE], H8173, H8174 [6OC], H8862 [8OC], H9053 [9OC], H9707, H9709 [16NO], E1771 [1OC]

———impact of Internet commerce, H7079 [14SE]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on employment, H398, H399, H401, H415, H416, H421 [10FE], H485, H494 [11FE], H533, H535, H544-H549 [24FE], H579, H599, H615-H621 [25FE], H683-H686 [26FE], H878, H880, H901 [9MR], H929, H995 [10MR], H1039, H1042 [11MR], H1096, H1099 [16MR], H1213-H1216 [17MR], H1234 [18MR], H1456, H1462, H1463 [24MR], H1541, H1573, H1574, H1575 [25MR], H1616, H1617, H1630-H1636 [29MR], H1716-H1718, H1723 [30MR], H2037, H2054-H2059 [1AP], H2169 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2338 [22AP], H2395, H2402 [27AP], H2466-H2471 [28AP], H2722-H2724 [6MY], H2777 [11MY], H2898 [12MY], H3723, H3724 [3JN], H3937, H3945-H3950 [14JN], H4393-H4403 [17JN], H5615 [13JY], H6107-H6111 [20JY], H6625 [22JY], H7754 [29SE], H8720, H8724 [7OC], E158 [10FE], E485 [30MR]

———importance of job creation, H66 [21JA], H423 [10FE], H543, H545, H546 [24FE], H579, H599, H615-H621 [25FE], H683-H686 [26FE], H846-H853 [4MR], H878, H901, H924 [9MR], H930, H995 [10MR], H1039, H1042, H1045-H1051 [11MR], H1096, H1099 [16MR], H1213-H1216 [17MR], H1279 [18MR], H1462, H1463 [24MR], H1761 [31MR], H2039, H2040, H2054-H2059 [1AP], H2140, H2141 [2AP], H2410, H2466-H2471 [28AP], H2721-H2724 [6MY], H2741 [11MY], H2891-H2893 [12MY], H2922, H2990 [13MY], H3364 [19MY], H3705-H3711 [2JN], H3724 [3JN], H7046 [13SE], H7839-H7842 [29SE]

———importance of job creation for young adults, H3184 [18MY]

———national objectives priority assignments, H7, H8, H16, H17 [20JA], H119 [27JA], H230-H241 [28JA], H296 [3FE], H543-H550 [24FE], H615-H621 [25FE], H671 [26FE], H731 [2MR], H804 [3MR], H846-H853 [4MR], H877, H880, H897, H899, H905, H907-H913 [9MR], H1045-H1051 [11MR], H1100 [16MR], H1583-H1585 [25MR], H2039 [1AP], H2134, H2139-H2144 [2AP], H2168, H2169, H2182-H2188 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2452 [28AP], H2632-H2636 [5MY], H3096, H3097, H3098, H3170 [18MY], H3600 [1JN], H3609, H3610, H3711-H3717 [2JN], H3750 [3JN], H3935, H3945-H3952 [14JN], H4292, H4294 [17JN], H4573-H4577 [18JN], H4617, H4620, H4622, H4635-H4638 [21JN], H4886-H4890 [23JN], H4896 [24JN], H5140-H5146 [25JN], H5187-H5192 [6JY], H5199, H5202, H5203, H5326-H5328 [7JY], H5464, H5466 [9JY], H5540, H5545 [13JY], H6717, H6740, H6744-H6751 [7SE], H6760, H6762 [8SE], H6905 [9SE], H7035 [13SE], H7309 [21SE], H7418, H7420 [22SE], H7839-H7842 [29SE], H9748 [17NO], H10003 [19NO], E921 [19MY]

Education: access to, and affordability of, higher education, H2528-H2535 [4MY]

———effects of Federal mandates on local school districts, H1314 [18MR]

———encourage lifelong learning by investing in public schools and improving access to, and affordability of, higher education and job training, H3704-H3711 [2JN]

———expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (H.R. 934), E737 [4MY]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 1751), E737 [4MY]

———increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (H.R. 4410), H3706 [2JN]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H8325 [6OC]

———provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teacher Professional Development Institutes (H.R. 4784), E1333 [8JY]

———reduce certain special allowance payments and provide additional teacher loan forgiveness on Federal student loans (H.R. 5186), H8319-H8326 [6OC], E1984 [16NO]

EEOC: National Contact Center funding, H5266 [7JY]

ERISA: amortization hiatus for the 20 percent of multiemployer pension plans with the largest net investment losses, H2124-H2132 [2AP]

———provide for security of multiemployer pension plans, H2123-H2132 [2AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood, H256 [3FE]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (H.R. 3780), H420 [10FE], H7543 [23SE]

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 (H.R. 5199), E1773 [1OC]

Farm Labor Organizing Committee: labor agreement on wages for migrant workers in the U.S., H8002 [4OC]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees, H3360 [19MY]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (H. Res. 581), H1751-H1760 [31MR], E528 [2AP]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (H. Res. 581), consideration (H. Res. 585), H1750 [31MR]

———provide wage parity for prevailing rate employees in Guam (H.R. 4429), E955 [21MY]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: preserve integrity in establishing accounting standards, H6016-H6019 [20JY]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (H.R. 4472), H3572 [1JN]

Foreign countries: protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (H.R. 4740), E1275 [25JN]

Foreign policy: conduct an economic impact study on the dual gateway policy of Ireland before the U.S. takes any action that could lead to the discontinuation of the policy (H.R. 4271), E736 [4MY]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (H.R. 3881), H1630-H1636 [29MR]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H543-H550 [24FE], H1002-H1008 [10MR], H2228 [21AP], H3937 [14JN], H5785-H5788 [14JY]

GAO: provide for new human capital flexibilities (H.R. 2751), H527 [24FE], H579-H583 [25FE]

Government: reform Federal employment (S. 129), H8259-H8264 [6OC]

Gravette, AR: Arkansas Dept. of Economic Development Arkansas Community of Excellence Award recipient, H7217 [15SE]

Guest Services, Inc.: decision not to pay food service workers for National Day of Mourning granted to Federal employees, E1293 [7JY]

Hammond, IN: tribute to Hammond Carpenters Union Local 599, E543 [20AP]

Health: improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (H.R. 4357), E826 [12MY], E843 [14MY]

———increase in insurance premiums, H7587 [28SE]

———increase insurance coverage by requiring employers to offer health insurance with greater Government assistance and by expanding current safety net programs (H.R. 5218), E2028 [18NO]

———medical savings accounts, H114 [27JA], H2894 [12MY]

Hispanic Americans: impact of Bush administration economic policies, E1111 [14JN]

Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 791), E1695 [24SE]

House of Representatives: 30-Something Caucus efforts to involve young adults in government, H2525, H2528-H2535 [4MY], H3180-H3185 [18MY], H3955-H3960 [14JN], H4746, H4752 [22JN], H5186, H5187 [6JY], H5899-H5901 [15JY], H6118-H6124 [20JY]

IBM Corp.: investment in employee training and education, H3709 [2JN], H3724 [3JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (H.R. 3142), E1663 [21SE]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (H.R. 5111), H7247 [21SE], H7947 [4OC]

———impact of illegal immigration on employment, H550-H555 [24FE], H1779-H1783 [31MR], H2059-H2062 [1AP], H2144-H2149 [2AP], H3952-H3955 [14JN], E786, E792 [7MY], E1064 [8JN]

———increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (H.R. 4052), E479 [30MR]

———make exemptions to limits on H-1B visas for temporary skilled workers, H10196 [20NO]

———national policy, H6 [20JA], H422, H423 [10FE]

———provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects workers, and strengthen national security (H.R. 4262), H2791 [11MY], H4537 [18JN], E745 [5MY], E1663 [21SE]

———require a due process review of certain illegal aliens before expediting deportation, H8894-H8896, H8978-H8981, H8984 [8OC]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (H.R. 4306), H8235-H8237 [6OC]

Indonesia: condemn terrorist attack in Jakarta, H7078 [14SE]

———condemn terrorist attack in Jakarta (H. Res. 767), H7386-H7388 [22SE]

Insurance: health savings accounts, H7302 [21SE]

International Women's Day: observance, E506 [2AP]

J.M. Smucker Co.: recognition by Fortune (publication) as one of the Top 100 Companies To Work for in America, E33 [21JA]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: anniversary, H3938-H3945 [14JN], H4768 [23JN]

Kerry, Senator: budget and tax proposals, H2204 [21AP]

———elimination of private sector contractor jobs, H2299 [22AP]

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), E360 [11MR], E1087 [9JN]

Library of Congress: permit hiring of Library of Congress Police employees (H.R. 4816), H6084, H6085 [20JY], E1561 [8SE]

Lincoln, AL: Honda Manufacturing of Alabama dedication of vehicle assembly line, E929 [21MY]

MARO Employment and Training Association: anniversary, E1064 [8JN]

McClees, Richard: John S. Lyons Foundation Labor Leader of the Year award recipient, E1551 [8SE]

Medicare: provide whistleblower protection to employees of clinical laboratories (H.R. 5311), E1944 [11OC]

Melville (NY) Newsday: tribute to investigative series on OSHA, E2129 [20NO]

Mendez, Roberto: San Mateo, CA, County Central Labor Council Committee on Political Education Unity Award recipient, E1391 [16JY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 953), H8174, H8243, H8244 [6OC], H8642 [7OC]

Mexico: immigration reform, H102 [27JA]

Minimum wage: level, H2143 [2AP]

———level (H.R. 4256), E716 [30AP], E1894 [11OC]

Morocco: U.S. policy, H6625 [22JY]

Mosely-Maberry, Betty: UAW Walter Reuther Distinguished Service Award recipient, E2040 [18NO]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H731, H737 [2MR], H6111 [20JY]

NASA: make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), H132-H143 [28JA], E100 [3FE]

———make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), consideration (H. Res. 502), H131, H132 [28JA]

———make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 354), H263 [3FE]

———require budget requests to include a statement demonstrating that amounts requested for the previous year were equal to or less than reductions in specific item budget requests made for that same year, H142, H143 [28JA]

National Guard: tribute to employers' support of National Guard and Reserve members, E346 [11MR]

National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E764 [5MY]

Native Americans: ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act, H6933, H6934, H6936-H6938 [9SE], E1610 [13SE]

———facilitate economic growth and development and promote tribal sovereignty by encouraging individuals with higher education degrees to work within, or for, Indian Country (H.R. 4948), E1473 [22JY]

New Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council: tribute, E1603 [13SE]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5226, H5262, H5263 [7JY], H5440-H5449 [9JY], E485 [30MR]

Northeast Regional Development Commission: establish (H.R. 4739), E1279 [25JN]

Oakland, CA: anniversary of Service Employees International Union Local 250, E1728 [29SE]

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

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (H.R. 2729), H3096, H3108-H3123, H3127, H3139, H3140 [18MY], H3533 [20MY]

———increase membership to improve efficiency (H.R. 2729), consideration (H. Res. 645), H3099-H3106 [18MY]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (H.R. 2728), H3096, H3107-H3117, H3127, H3139, H3140 [18MY], H3533 [20MY], E992 [2JN]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (H.R. 2728), consideration (H. Res. 645), H3099-H3106 [18MY]

Ohio: economic impact of Bush administration policies, H6106-H6111 [20JY]

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

———provide for an independent review of citations (H.R. 2730), H3096, H3108-H3117, H3124-H3132, H3139, H3140 [18MY], H3533 [20MY], E992 [2JN]

———provide for an independent review of citations (H.R. 2730), consideration (H. Res. 645), H3099-H3106 [18MY]

———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), H3096, H3108-H3117, H3127, H3132-H3140 [18MY], H3533 [20MY], E992 [2JN]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 645), H3099-H3106 [18MY]

Ostrom, Carl: Experience Works, Inc., Washington Outstanding Older Worker award recipient, E1783 [4OC]

Overstock.com, Inc.: tribute to employment assistance efforts in Afghanistan, E1510 [22JY]

Palisade, CO: anniversary of Child and Migrant Services (organization), E1424 [20JY]

Penfold, Nancy: Experience Works, Inc., Colorado Outstanding Older Worker award recipient, E1796 [4OC]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: prohibit funding enforcing ERISA provisions that avoid disclosing to workers and retirees the status of their pension plan, H6852-H6855 [8SE]

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (H.R. 5292), E1892 [11OC]

Phelps, Regi: John S. Lyons Foundation Fellowship Award recipient, E1548 [8SE]

Power resources: economic impact of increasing natural gas prices, H4293 [17JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil and natural gas prices, H1723-H1728 [30MR], H1794 [1AP], H2140 [2AP]

———impact of a national energy policy on job creation, H1723, H1728 [30MR]

———national energy policy, H2140-H2143 [2AP], H4269-H4272 [16JN]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (H.R. 5181), E1749 [30SE]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (H.R. 623), H2230 [21AP]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (S. 1814), H7972-H7974 [4OC], E1795 [4OC]

Raimondo, Anthony F.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services, H1014 [11MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H252 [3FE], H3020 [17MY], H7041 [13SE], H7079 [14SE], H7450 [23SE], H9966 [18NO], E927 [20MY]

Richland County, IL: tribute for pursuing international businesses, H2817 [12MY]

San Diego, CA: San Diego Community and Economonic Development Dept. recipient of Economic Development Administration Excellence in Economic Development Award, E1022 [3JN]

San Jose, CA: tribute to Center for Training and Careers Women Empowered To Move Ahead program, E1728 [29SE]

SCANA Corp.: Dept. of Labor Opportunity Award recipient, E342 [11MR]

Science: ensure U.S. competitiveness in the areas of science, research, and technology, H6121, H6122 [20JY], H7220 [15SE]

SEC: preserve authority to establish accounting principles and standards, H6014-H6016 [20JY]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: anniversary, E1248 [25JN]

Sidney Tool & Die, Inc.: anniversary, E1916 [11OC]

Small business: costs of providing employee health care, H1101 [16MR]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care, E761 [5MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H114 [27JA], H2735, H2737 [11MY], H2820, H2895 [12MY], H2923 [13MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2818 [12MY], H2951-H2986 [13MY], E876 [17MY], E891 [18MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2822-H2829 [12MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), motion to recommit, H2984-H2986 [13MY]

———reduce unnecessary regulations, H1374 [24MR]

Social Security: benefits, H2717 [6MY], H3176-H3180 [18MY]

———payroll taxes, H3589-H3593 [1JN]

———provide for personal retirement savings accounts, increase individual control over retirement income, protect surpluses, and reform certain benefits (H.R. 3055), H1736 [30MR], H2719 [6MY], H3176-H3180 [18MY], H3589-H3593 [1JN], H6885-H6889 [8SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, H438-H443, H458-H464 [11FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (H.R. 594), E737 [4MY]

Southwest Airlines Co.: encourage National Mediation Board to declare an impasse in contract negotiations between labor and management, E907 [19MY]

Springfield, VA: anniversary of National Association of Retired Federal Employees Chapter 893, E4 [20JA]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: make technical changes and resolve certain issues beneficial to coal miners (H.R. 4529), consideration (H. Res. 672), H3968-H3973 [15JN]

Szubski, Grace: Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Distinguished Service Award for Worker's Compensation recipient, E1135 [16JN]

Taxation: allow a credit for businesses who employ military reservists (H.R. 5079), E1634 [15SE]

———allow a credit for businesses who employ veterans (H.R. 5080), E1630 [15SE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (H.R. 583), H2897 [12MY]

———allow carryforward of certain unused benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements for dependent care assistance (H.R. 4372), H4663-H4665 [22JN]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (H.R. 4655), H5067 [24JN]

———amend Internal Revenue Code to protect American jobs (H.R. 3827), H1344 [23MR], H1632 [29MR], H2037 [1AP]

———clarify treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (H.R. 5298), E1933 [11OC]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data and treat certain census tracts with low population as low-income communities for purposes of new markets tax credit (H.R. 4193), H3030-H3033 [17MY]

———impact of tax cuts on employment levels, H2133 [2AP]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (H.R. 4796), E1343 [9JY]

———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 (H.R. 2166), H130 [28JA], H6540 [21JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H3166, H3167, H3182, H3183 [18MY], H3240 [19MY], H3444 [20MY], H3938-H3945 [14JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H880 [9MR], H1203 [17MR]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (H.R. 4356), H2975 [13MY], E843 [14MY]

———rates, H1345 [23MR]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4291, H4292, H4293, H4294, H4305, H4393-H4433 [17JN], H7749 [29SE], E1182, E1187, E1189 [18JN], E1220 [23JN], E1393 [16JY], E1506 [22JY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8711-H8726 [7OC], E1852 [10OC], E1909, E1914, E1917, E1918, E1921, E1923, E1940, E1945, E1950 [11OC], E2150 [6DE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration (H. Res. 681), H4295-H4305 [17JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 830), H8704-H8711 [7OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 830)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 828), H8651-H8658 [7OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), motion to instruct conferees, H7750-H7757 [29SE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), motion to recommit, H4431-H4433 [17JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 434), H709 [2MR]

———treatment of cigar manufacturers, E1852 [10OC]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, H2896 [12MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), H2838-H2853 [12MY], E869 [14MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2822-H2829 [12MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), motion to recommit, H2850, H2851 [12MY]

Texas: collection of spousal and retirement benefits by individuals in the Texas Teacher Retirement System, E182 [12FE]

Texas Instruments Inc.: Working Mother (publication) 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers designation, E1878 [11OC]

Unemployment: level, H7 [20JA], H130 [28JA], H877, H880, H896 [9MR], H1100 [16MR], H1233 [18MR], H1617 [29MR], H2040 [1AP], H2410 [28AP], H3180, H3181, H3183, H3184 [18MY], E315 [8MR]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H5 [20JA], H348-H358, H359-H361, H371 [4FE], H878, H880 [9MR], H1617 [29MR], H1695, H1713, H1716-H1718 [30MR], H2135 [2AP], H2383 [27AP], H2410, H2451, H2466, H2467 [28AP], H2821 [12MY], H2990 [13MY], H3172 [18MY], H3738, H3739 [3JN], H3945 [14JN], E66 [28JA], E126 [6FE], E161 [10FE]

Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: require employers to post a notice of applicable rights and duties (H.R. 4477), H6821 [8SE], H8389 [6OC]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: extend period for which an individual may elect to continue employer-sponsored health care coverage (H.R. 4659), E1228 [24JN]

United Airlines, Inc.: plan to reduce retiree health benefits, H437 [11FE]

United Food and Commercial Workers (organization): end of supermarket worker strike in California, H730 [2MR]

Ventura, CA: contract agreement between Pictsweet Mushroom Farms and United Farm Workers of America, E360 [11MR]

Veterans: improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), H9749-H9772 [17NO], E1992 [16NO], E2058 [18NO], E2074 [20NO]

Virgin Islands: residency requirements for tax liability, H10916, H10917 [6DE], E1950 [11OC]

Wheatland Tube Co.: American Legion and DAV National Outstanding Employer of Veterans Award recipient, E1582 [9SE]

Women: impact of Bush administration policies, H4736 [22JN]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, E693 [28AP]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), H3607, H3609, H3706 [2JN], H3725-H3740 [3JN], E1062 [8JN], E1103 [14JN]

———establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), consideration (H. Res. 656), H3611-H3617 [2JN]

———establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (H.R. 444), motion to recommit, H3738, H3739 [3JN]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (H. Con. Res. 413), H3643-H3648 [2JN], E1022 [3JN], E1067 [8JN], E1081 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: provide competitive status to certain Federal employees (S. 2768), S8757 [22JY]

American Jobs Creation Act: recusal by Senator Kohl from votes due to conflict of interest, S11033 [10OC]

Armed Forces: coordinate employer rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act with the Internal Revenue Code, S6720 [14JN]

———coordinate rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act with other Federal laws (S. 2448), S5806, S5891 [19MY]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring, S7294-S7296 [23JN]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring (S. 2427), S5537-S5539 [17MY]

———provide financial assistance to State and local governments that continue to pay employees who serve on active duty in a Reserve component of the uniformed services, S11195-S11198 [11OC]

———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard, S10402 [5OC], S10791-S10793, S10799, S10801-S10807 [8OC], S10962-S10969 [9OC], S11012, S11025-S11029, S11033, S11034, S11039-S11045, S11047, S11060-S11063, S11084 [10OC], S11195-S11202, S11219, S11304 [11OC]

Budget: evaluation of Bush administration proposals, S2407-S2410 [9MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to promote job creation, discourage outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries, and provide adjustment assistance for dislocated workers, S2592-S2606, S2640, S2687 [11MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3442 [31MR], S3523-S3525 [1AP], S5894 [20MY], S8495-S8498 [21JY], S8643 [22JY], S9252-S9257 [15SE], S9404-S9406 [21SE], S10213-S10215 [1OC], S10803 [8OC]

Business and industry: establish an Assistant Sec. for Manufacturing within the Dept. of Commerce, an Interagency Manufacturing Task Force, and a Small Business Manufacturing Task Force, S11749-S11751 [20NO]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (S. 1873), S3520 [1AP]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (S. 1890), S3562 [1AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 841), S6827 [16JN]

———restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (S. 2088), S1296, S1308 [12FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, S6052, S6249 [21MY], S8091 [14JY], S11336 [16NO], S11794 [20NO]

Congressional Office of Compliance: permit Board of Directors to serve for 2 terms (H.R. 5122), S10378 [4OC]

DeLisle, MS: anniversary of DuPont Chemical Co. plant, S5369 [12MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3527 [1AP]

Dept. of Commerce: rename as the Dept. of Trade and Commerce, transfer the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and consolidate and enhance statutory authority to protect jobs from unfair international competition (S. 2235), S3186 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: require an increase in the size of the acquisition and support workforce, S5787 [19MY]

Dept. of HHS: expand the National Practitioner Data Bank (S. 2341), S4328 [22AP]

Dept. of HUD: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition, S4821 [4MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Office of Community Justice Services (S. 2977), S11306 [11OC]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (S. 2789), S9077 [10SE]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (S. 2923), S10717-S10725 [7OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish a pilot project to create a system of industry validated national certifications of skills in high-technology industries and homeland security technology (S. 2649), S8105 [14JY]

———GAO report on trade adjustment assistance reform implementation, S10429 [5OC]

———prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S4-S8, S14, S17, S19 [20JA], S67, S70, S84, S92, S96-S100 [21JA], S132-S136, S140, S155, S162-S164 [22JA], S209 [23JA], S227 [26JA], S274 [27JA], S351, S352 [2FE], S586, S587 [4FE], S1541 [25FE], S2076-S2079, S2081-S2083 [3MR], S2211 [4MR], S2839, S2848-S2850, S2852 [22MR], S2947, S2962-S2981 [23MR], S3062-S3068, S3071, S3075, S3082, S3085 [24MR], S3205 [26MR], S3269, S3288 [29MR], S3433 [31MR], S3555 [1AP], S3739, S3765 [6AP], S4115, S4116, S4143 [20AP], S4183 [21AP], S10942-S10944 [9OC], S11187 [10OC], S11237 [11OC], S11745, S11793 [20NO]

———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition, S3091 [24MR]

———release of report on the state of unemployment in the U.S., S10795 [8OC]

———treatment of veterans and military personnel in overtime regulations revisions, S1541 [25FE], S2839 [22MR], S2964, S2966 [23MR]

District of Columbia: improve the administration of pension benefit payments to teachers, police officers, and firefighters (H.R. 4657), S12027 [8DE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset and make permanent deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses (S. 2048), S541 [3FE]

Economic Policy Institute: report on wage and salary income for U.S. workers, S626 [5FE]

Economy: eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs, S10410 [5OC], S11029 [10OC]

———eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs and provide assistance and improve the health care tax credit for certain displaced workers (S. 2531), S6894 [16JN]

———evaluation of Bush administration, S3391 [31MR], S5176-S5179 [11MY], S5563-S5566 [18MY], S10795, S10810 [8OC], S11239, S11241, S11244, S11245, S11281 [11OC]

———impact of the insourcing of jobs from foreign companies on employment, S4006, S4008 [8AP]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on employment, S762, S769, S777 [10FE], S958-S962, S968, S982-S985, S1007, S1008 [11FE], S1196, S1197 [12FE], S1439, S1441, S1443-S1446 [23FE], S1554, S1557 [25FE], S2023, S2066-S2068, S2070, S2071 [3MR], S2181-S2186 [4MR], S2281, S2283 [8MR], S2409 [9MR], S2833, S2840-S2844 [22MR], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3266 [29MR], S3442 [31MR], S3520, S3526, S3527, S3549 [1AP], S4678 [29AP], S6076-S6078 [21MY], S7726-S7729 [7JY], S8624 [22JY], S8979 [9SE], S9658-S9661 [24SE], S10410 [5OC], S10944 [9OC], S11029, S11030 [10OC], S11454-S11456 [18NO], S11794 [20NO], S12089 [20DE]

———importance of job creation, S675, S677 [6FE], S705, S709, S710 [9FE], S957-S964 [11FE], S1439, S1440, S1441 [23FE], S1554-S1556, S1559 [25FE], S2066-S2068 [3MR], S2270, S2271 [8MR], S2378-S2384, S2424-S2429, S2462-S2464 [9MR], S2467 [10MR], S2833, S2840-S2844 [22MR], S3052-S3055, S3068 [24MR], S3205-S3207 [26MR], S3323 [30MR], S3429-S3431, S3442 [31MR], S3521, S3555 [1AP], S3601-S3603 [2AP], S3627 [5AP], S3873, S3875, S3907-S3909 [7AP], S4006, S4008 [8AP], S4117, S4118 [20AP], S5033 [7MY], S5178 [11MY], S5739 [19MY], S8271 [16JY], S9272, S9273 [15SE], S10472 [6OC], S10795 [8OC], S11239, S11241, S11244, S11245, S11250, S11272-S11274 [11OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, S16 [20JA], S80-S83 [21JA], S227 [26JA], S351 [2FE], S675, S677 [6FE], S762 [10FE], S959-S964 [11FE], S1438-S1441 [23FE], S2186 [4MR], S2286-S2290 [8MR], S2389-S2392, S2396-S2398, S2399-S2403 [9MR], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3555 [1AP], S3619-S3622 [2AP], S3730-S3732 [5AP], S3742-S3745, S3778-S3780 [6AP], S3873, S3875 [7AP], S4116-S4118 [20AP], S4782-S4784 [4MY], S5033 [7MY], S5176-S5179 [11MY], S5735, S5739, S5743 [19MY], S6387, S6388, S6390-S6394 [3JN], S6476-S6478 [4JN], S6826-S6828 [16JN], S7530 [6JY], S7691-S7697 [7JY], S7776-S7778 [8JY], S8433 [20JY], S8613 [22JY], S8825-S8827, S8842 [7SE], S8931 [8SE], S9059-S9061 [10SE], S9271-S9273 [15SE], S9401-S9404 [21SE], S9480-S9486 [22SE], S10416 [5OC], S10472 [6OC], S10770-S10774, S10800 [8OC], S10955 [9OC], S11246-S11249, S11250, S11272-S11274 [11OC]

Education: access to, and affordability of, higher education, S4936 [6MY], S10396 [5OC]

———access to, and affordability of, higher education (S. 2795), S9137-S9140 [13SE]

———authorize local educational agencies in rural areas to obtain a limited waiver of certain requirements relative to the employment of highly qualified teachers (S. 2164), S2226 [4MR]

———enhance teacher training and preparation programs (S. 2335), S4302 [22AP]

———enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), S2081 [3MR], S9414-S9417 [21SE]

———provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teacher Professional Development Institutes (S. 2538), S7005 [17JN]

———reduce certain special allowance payments and provide additional teacher loan forgiveness on Federal student loans (H.R. 5186), S10918-S10921 [9OC]

———reduce special allowance for loans from the proceeds of tax-exempt issues and provide additional loan forgiveness for teachers who teach mathematics, science, or special education (S. 2877), S10071 [30SE]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S4150 [20AP]

ERISA: improve disclosure of funding status and suspend amortization of experience losses of multiemployer pension plans, S157-S159, S165 [22JA], S298 [28JA]

———provide for security of multiemployer pension plans, S3968-S3989, S3995, S3996 [8AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify provisions relating to overtime pay, S4732-S4734, S4742-S4752 [3MY], S4781, S4788-S4794, S4796-S4806 [4MY], S4854 [5MY], S7266 [23JN], S8173, S8219, S8220 [15JY]

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, S7143 [22JN], S7265-S7267 [23JN]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving, S7031-S7033 [18JN]

Financial institutions: combat terrorist financing and impose post-employment limitations on Federal bank examiners, S10355-S10357 [4OC]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (S. 2695), S8481, S8490 [20JY], S8574 [21JY]

Foreign countries: protect employees from outsourcing of jobs, S2467 [10MR]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts, S2083-S2101, S2171-S2173 [3MR], S2188-S2210, S2216 [4MR]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (S. 2090), S1275 [12FE]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, S4679 [29AP], S4753-S4760 [3MY], S4812-S4821 [4MY]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (S. 2143), S1892 [27FE]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (S. 2157), S2003 [2MR], S3758-S3760 [6AP]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, S699-S701 [9FE], S2092 [3MR], S3549 [1AP], S11870 [7DE]

———selection process for free trade agreements, S786 [10FE]

Frenchburg, KY: anniversary of Job Corps Center, S6445 [3JN]

GAO: provide for new human capital flexibilities (H.R. 2751), S7499 [24JN]

———provide for new human capital flexibilities (S. 1522), S1676 [26FE]

———report on impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S2774 [12MR]

Government: reform Federal employment (S. 129), S4062, S4068 [8AP]

———reform Federal employment (S. 129), House amendment, S11263-S11267 [11OC]

Health: increase in insurance premiums, S9473 [22SE], S10292 [4OC]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (S. 2520), S11793 [20NO]

Health care professionals: establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals (S. 2913), S10705 [7OC]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (S. 1645), S1272 [12FE]

———adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (S. 2823), S9429 [21SE], S9538 [22SE], S10788-S10790 [8OC]

———establish guest worker programs and adjust status of certain aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. to non-immigrant guest worker (S. 1387), S312 [28JA]

———increase availability of H-2B nonimmigrant visas for rural border areas (S. 2616), S7753 [7JY]

———increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (S. 2252), S3296 [29MR], S4825 [4MY], S6083 [21MY], S8661 [22JY]

———issuance of H-2B visas for temporary seasonal workers, S6257 [1JN]

———permit athletes to receive nonimmigrant status under certain conditions (S. 2792), S9131 [13SE]

———provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects workers, and strengthen national security (S. 2381), S4842 [4MY]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers, S8661 [22JY]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers (S. 2258), S3368 [30MR], S4825 [4MY], S6083 [21MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (H.R. 4306), S11271 [11OC]

Income: clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation, S10670 [7OC], S10809 [8OC], S10972 [9OC], S11030 [10OC], S11276-S11278 [11OC]

———clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation (S. 2975), S11068, S11107 [10OC]

Insurance: extend period for COBRA coverage for recipients of trade adjustment assistance (S. 2226), S3001 [23MR]

———extend period for COBRA coverage for victims of terrorist attacks (S. 2837), S9615 [23SE], S9670 [24SE]

International Women's Day: designate (S. Res. 315), S2457-S2459 [9MR]

———observance, S2296 [8MR], S2991 [23MR]

Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act: delay implementation of certain provisions until it can be certified that they will not result in a net loss of U.S. jobs or harm the economy, S2192-S2205 [4MR]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 486), S599-S601 [5FE], S5730-S5733 [19MY], S5907 [20MY], S10692 [7OC]

Minimum wage: level, S101, S102 [21JA], S211 [23JA], S1440, S1441 [23FE], S1539 [25FE], S3265, S3266, S3268, S3269 [29MR], S3336-S3345, S3349-S3352 [30MR], S3407-S3420, S3428, S3433, S3437, S3447 [31MR], S3529-S3538, S3548 [1AP], S3765 [6AP], S7698, S7700, S7705 [7JY], S8271 [16JY], S9401-S9404 [21SE], S10557 [6OC], S10943 [9OC], S11793 [20NO]

———level (S. 2370), S4699, S4722 [29AP], S4727 [3MY]

Morganfield, KY: anniversary of the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center, S3453 [31MR]

NASA: make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 354), S953 [10FE]

National objectives: priority assignments, S2066-S2068 [3MR], S6825 [16JN]

National Veterans Business Development Corp.: clarify status as a private entity, S8539 [21JY]

Native Americans: Federal aid programs funding, S4626 [29AP], S5038 [7MY]

———regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and local governments relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (S. 2831), S9533 [22SE]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Easter Seals Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, S6670 [9JN]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S2593 [11MR], S7280, S7281 [23JN]

North Greenville, KY: tribute to Muhlenberg Career Development Center, S8471 [20JY]

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

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), S5891 [19MY]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (S. 2161), S2109 [3MR]

———administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (S. 2163), S2224-S2226 [4MR], S3278 [29MR], S5175 [11MY]

———administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (S. 2630), S7867 [8JY], S7900 [9JY]

Opportunity Village (nonprofit organization): anniversary, S7746 [7JY]

Political campaigns: comparison of Vice President Cheney and Senator Edwards relative to war on terror and economy, S10473, S10474-S10476 [6OC]

Power resources: economic impact of increasing oil and natural gas prices, S3600 [2AP], S3871-S3873 [7AP]

Public welfare programs: allow financial literacy training to count towards work requirement, S3446 [31MR]

———allow States flexibility in implementing alternative programs to assist Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients in achieving self-sufficiency, S3422 [31MR]

Puxico, MO: transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service (S. 1814), S4162, S4163 [20AP]

Railway Labor Act: provide coverage to employees of certain air and surface transportation entities (S. 2687), S8426 [19JY]

Raimondo, Anthony F.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services, S2619 [11MR]

Reno, NV: anniversary of Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center, S8022 [13JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3288 [29MR]

Roads and highways: improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic, S768 [10FE]

Robards, KY: opening of Columbia Sportswear 4 Star Distribution Center, S11630 [19NO]

Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park: tribute, S5794 [19MY]

Sanchez, William J.: nomination to be Dept. of Justice Special Counsel of Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, S12015 [8DE]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (S. 2267), S3461 [31MR], S4719-S4721 [29AP]

———funding, S2685 [11MR]

———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (S. 2266), S3461 [31MR]

Schuyler, Virginia: Experience Works, Inc., South Dakota Outstanding Older Worker award recipient, S1582 [25FE]

Science: ensure U.S. competitiveness in the areas of science, research, and technology, S4728 [3MY], S8105-S8107 [14JY]

Senate: clarify definition of displaced staff members of Senators and Senate leaders relative to continuation of salary payment following displacement (S. Res. 478), S11663 [19NO]

———legislative priorities, S8813 [7SE]

Senate Republican High Tech Task Force: accomplishments, S9281 [15SE]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: anniversary, S7165 [22JN]

Small business: certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (S. 2544), S7014 [17JN]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: observance, S4280 [22AP]

Taxation: allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (S. 2316), S4053 [8AP]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (S. 2433), S5610 [18MY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 2359), S4502 [28AP]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve, S10402 [5OC], S10791-S10793, S10799, S10801-S10807 [8OC], S10962-S10969 [9OC], S11012, S11025-S11029, S11033, S11034, S11039-S11045, S11047, S11060-S11063, S11084 [10OC], S11195-S11202, S11219, S11304 [11OC]

———clarify treatment of differential wage payments made to employees called to active military duty (S. 2858), S9938 [29SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1896), S689 [6FE]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit, S2216 [4MR]

———formula used to calculate the financial statement limitation for computing the amount of permanently reinvested earnings eligible for repatriation, S11036 [10OC]

———impact of tax cuts on employment levels, S3907-S3909, S3912-S3914 [7AP]

———improve credit for National Guard and Reserve employees and provide a credit for those replacing National Guard and Reserve employees called to active military duty, S5200-S5204 [11MY]

———improve portability of retirement savings and expand pension coverage and savings opportunities (S. 1912), S298 [28JA]

———improve the health coverage tax credit (S. 2935), S10733 [7OC]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit, S2981 [23MR]

———prohibit the double taxation of telecommuters and others who work at home (S. 2785), S9036 [9SE]

———provide for a manufacturer's jobs credit, S4753 [3MY]

———provide for a manufacturer's jobs credit (S. 2155), S2024 [3MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S2281-S2285 [8MR]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements, S9544 [23SE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), S8150-S8178, S8199, S8217-S8221 [15JY], S8402 [16JY], S9519 [22SE], S9558 [23SE], S10394, S10402, S10410 [5OC], S10547 [6OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, S10624 [7OC], S10791-S10793, S10795-S10807, S10815, S10816 [8OC], S10928-S10932, S10934-S10945, S10957-S10960, S10962-S10978 [9OC], S11012, S11019-S11045, S11047-S11050, S11052-S11055, S11060-S11063, S11084-S11087 [10OC], S11191-S11222, S11235, S11237, S11243, S11244, S11246, S11249, S11303 [11OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11068 [10OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), unanimous-consent agreement, S8104, S8105 [14JY]

———repeal extraterritorial income exclusion and simplify rules for U.S. businesses operating abroad (S. 1475), S10957 [9OC]

———repeal tax deferral for U.S. companies that outsource manufacturing facilities to foreign countries and import products back into the U.S., S4869-S4874, S4888-S4894 [5MY], S11303 [11OC]

———replace manufacturers' deduction based on domestic production with manufacturing employers' credit based on payroll taxes, S4793 [4MY], S4874-S4883, S4885 [5MY]

———treatment of certain engineering and architectural services income, S5200 [11MY]

———treatment of certain offshore corporations and qualified production activities income, S5194-S5199 [11MY]

———treatment of companies that manufacture products in foreign countries, S2101 [3MR]

———treatment of interest on certain borrowing, S3090 [24MR]

———update optional methods for computing self-employment net earnings (S. 2326), S4226 [21AP]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to certain unemployed individuals, S2586 [10MR]

Technology: research funding relative to high-wage job creation, S985-S990 [11FE], S1572 [25FE]

Transportation: reform border and corridor programs to alleviate NAFTA-related congestion (S. 1099), S348-S350 [2FE]

U.S. Airways, Inc.: pension plan restructuring, S241 [26JA], S295-S297 [28JA]

Unemployment: allow access to Individual Retirement Accounts upon exhaustion of benefits, S2663 [11MR]

———level, S211 [23JA], S272-S274 [27JA], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3205-S3207 [26MR], S3392 [31MR], S3601-S3603, S3619-S3622 [2AP], S3873 [7AP], S10955 [9OC], S11245 [11OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S15 [20JA], S227, S230 [26JA], S351, S352 [2FE], S626 [5FE], S971-S974, S1007 [11FE], S1441 [23FE], S1539-S1543, S1554-S1556 [25FE], S1641-S1649, S1655 [26FE], S3392, S3427 [31MR], S3555, S3557, S3596 [1AP], S3765 [6AP], S4895, S4898 [5MY], S4982-S4986 [6MY], S5054-S5056 [10MY], S5179 [11MY], S11793 [20NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 2006), S60 [20JA], S123 [21JA], S689 [6FE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 2006), unanimous-consent request, S100, S101 [21JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 2250), S3312 [29MR], S3388 [30MR], S3424-S3427 [31MR], S4285 [22AP]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 2250), unanimous-consent request, S3426 [31MR]

Veterans: improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), S6288 [1JN], S10880-S10892 [8OC], S11195 [11OC], S11885 [7DE]

Workforce Investment Act: reauthorize (S. 1627), S3627 [5AP], S8091 [14JY], S8931 [8SE]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (S. Con. Res. 103), S5554 [17MY], S5794 [19MY]

Reports

Incentives to Employers of Members of the Reserve Components: Dept. of Defense, S11199 [11OC]

Income in the U.S.: Bureau of the Census, H6765 [8SE]

Wage and Salary Income Yet To Share in Growth: Economic Policy Institute, S626 [5FE]

Reports filed

American Jobs Creation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4520) (H. Rept. 108-755), H8856 [7OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4520) (H. Rept. 108-548), H4286 [16JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 830) (H. Rept. 108-762), H8856 [7OC]

Consideration of H. Res. 581, Ensure Parity Between the Compensation of Members of the Armed Forces and Civilian Employees: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 585) (H. Rept. 108-454), H1739 [30MR]

Consideration of H.R. 444, Back to Work Incentive Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 656) (H. Rept. 108-518), H3604 [1JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2728, Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 645) (H. Rept. 108-497), H3093 [17MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2729, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 645) (H. Rept. 108-497), H3093 [17MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2730, Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 645) (H. Rept. 108-497), H3093 [17MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2731, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 645) (H. Rept. 108-497), H3093 [17MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3574, Stock Option Accounting Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 725) (H. Rept. 108-616), H5982 [19JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4279, Tax Treatment of Unused Nontaxable Benefits Under Cafeteria Plans and Flexible Spending Arrangements: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 638) (H. Rept. 108-484), H2814 [11MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4281, Small Business Health Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 638) (H. Rept. 108-484), H2814 [11MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 681) (H. Rept. 108-549), H4286 [16JN]

Consideration of S. 610, NASA Flexibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 108-406), H127 [27JA]

Dept. of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4170) (H. Rept. 108-613), H5982 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4231) (H. Rept. 108-538), H3872 [9JN]

Federal Workforce Flexibility Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (S. 129) (H. Rept. 108-733), H8167 [5OC]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 129) (S. Rept. 108-223), S286 [27JA]

Improve Process for Verifying an Individual's Eligibility for Employment Under the Immigration and Nationality Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4306) (H. Rept. 108-731), H8166 [5OC]

L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1635), S10365 [4OC]

National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2424) (S. Rept. 108-266), S5499 [14MY]

Nomination of William J. Sanchez To Be Dept. of Justice Special Counsel of Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10061 [30SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2730) (H. Rept. 108-488), H3015 [13MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2729) (H. Rept. 108-486), H3014 [13MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2728) (H. Rept. 108-487), H3015 [13MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2731) (H. Rept. 108-489), H3015 [13MY]

Reservists Pay Security Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 593) (S. Rept. 108-409), S11377 [16NO]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 830, Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 828) (H. Rept. 108-752), H8407 [6OC]

Stock Option Accounting Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3574) (H. Rept. 108-609), H5907 [15JY]

Support Goals of National Manufacturing Week: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 516) (H. Rept. 108-471), H2405 [27AP]

Transfer Control of the Mingo Job Corps Center in Puxico, MO, From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1814) (H. Rept. 108-716), H8037 [4OC]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2486) (S. Rept. 108-352), S9386 [20SE]

Veterans Earn and Learn Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1716) (H. Rept. 108-572), H5148 [25JN]

Resolutions by organizations

OSHA reform legislation: National Council for Occupational Safety and Health Network, H3119 [18MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H7751 [29SE]

Statements

American Jobs Creation Act: Executive Office of the President, H4403 [17JN]

Basic Assumptions and Principles for an Alternative Budget: Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Progressive Caucus, H241 [28JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force Recommendations: Dorcas R. Hardy, E1466 [22JY]

GAO Pay Gap Report Highlights: Representatives Dingell and Maloney, H6842 [8SE]

Impact of Bush Administration Policies on African Americans: Several African Americans, E243 [26FE]

It's Time for a Raise—Hundreds of Economists Support a Minimum Wage Increase: several economists, E1894 [11OC]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act (S. 2486): Senate Amendments, H9759-H9766 [17NO]

Studies

Small Business Health Fairness Act: Beth Fritchen and Karen Bender, Mercer Risk, Finance & Insurance Consulting, Inc., H2971 [13MY]

Summaries

Death on the Job Report: AFL-CIO, H3138 [18MY]

Medicare Early Access Act (H.R. 4357), E827 [12MY]

Offshore Outsourcing and America's Competitive Edge—Losing Out in the High Technology R&D and Services Sectors: Senator Lieberman, S6078 [21MY]

Tables

Cumulative extension of unemployment benefits program (1974-2002), S1646 [26FE]

Total highway/transit investment increases and new jobs created under Davis of Tennessee motion to recommit H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H1825 [1AP], H2119 [2AP]

Testimonies

FRS Monetary Policy Report: Alan Greenspan, FRS, and Representative Maloney, Committee on Financial Services (House), H852 [4MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 354, technical corrections to S. 610, NASA Flexibility Act, H263 [3FE]

H. Con. Res. 413, honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront during World War II, H3643 [2JN]

H. Res. 502, consideration of S. 610, NASA Flexibility Act, H131 [28JA]

H. Res. 581, ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees, H1751 [31MR]

H. Res. 585, consideration of H. Res. 581, ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees, H1750 [31MR]

H. Res. 638, consideration of H.R. 4279, taxation of cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, H.R. 4280, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, and H.R. 4281, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H2821 [12MY]

H. Res. 645, consideration of H.R. 2728, Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act, H3099 [18MY]

H. Res. 645, consideration of H.R. 2729, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act, H3099 [18MY]

H. Res. 645, consideration of H.R. 2730, Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act, H3099 [18MY]

H. Res. 645, consideration of H.R. 2731, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act, H3099 [18MY]

H. Res. 656, consideration of H.R. 444, Back to Work Incentive Act, H3611 [2JN]

H. Res. 672, consideration of H.R. 4529, Arctic Coastal Plain and Surface Mining Improvement Act, H3968 [15JN]

H. Res. 681, consideration of H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act, H4295 [17JN]

H. Res. 725, consideration of H.R. 3574, Stock Option Accounting Reform Act, H5991 [20JY]

H. Res. 767, condemn terrorist attack in Jakarta, Indonesia, H7386 [22SE]

H. Res. 828, same-day consideration of H. Res. 830, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act, H8651 [7OC]

H. Res. 830, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act, H8704 [7OC]

H.R. 444, Back to Work Incentive Act, H3725-H3729 [3JN]

H.R. 2728, Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act, H3107, H3108 [18MY]

H.R. 2729, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act, H3115 [18MY]

H.R. 2730, Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act, H3124 [18MY]

H.R. 2731, Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act, H3132, H3133 [18MY]

H.R. 2751, GAO Human Capital Reform Act, H579, H580 [25FE]

H.R. 3574, Stock Option Accounting Reform Act, H6011 [20JY]

H.R. 4170, Dept. of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act, H5942 [19JY]

H.R. 4193, expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data and treat certain census tracts with low population as low-income communities for purposes of new markets tax credit, H3030 [17MY]

H.R. 4231, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act, H7797 [29SE]

H.R. 4279, treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, H2838 [12MY]

H.R. 4281, Small Business Health Fairness Act, H2951-H2957 [13MY]

H.R. 4306, improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment relative to immigration, H8235 [6OC]

H.R. 4372, Working Families Assistance Act, H4663 [22JN]

H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act, H4306-H4347 [17JN]

H.R. 4520, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act, S8281-S8399 [16JY]

H.R. 4657, District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act, H7705 [28SE]

H.R. 4816, permit hiring of Library of Congress Police employees, H6084 [20JY]

H.R. 5122, permit Congressional Office of Compliance Board of Directors to serve for 2 terms, H7699 [28SE]

H.R. 5186, Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act, H8319 [6OC]

S. 129, Federal Workforce Flexibility Act, S4062, S4068-S4070 [8AP], S11264-S11267 [11OC], H8259-H8263 [6OC]

S. 610, NASA Flexibility Act, H137-H141 [28JA]

S. 1814, transfer control of the Mingo Job Corps Center in Puxico, MO, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service, S4163 [20AP], H7972-H7974 [4OC]

S. 2010, Immigration Reform Act—Strengthening America's National Security, Economy, and Families, S109-S117 [21JA]

S. 2048, repeal Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act sunset provisions and make permanent deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses, S541 [3FE]

S. 2088, Fairness and Individual Rights Necessary To Ensure a Stronger Society—Civil Rights Act, S1297-S1308 [12FE]

S. 2157, Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act, S2004 [2MR]

S. 2164, Assisting America's Rural Schools Act, S2226 [4MR]

S. 2226, extend period for COBRA coverage for recipients of trade adjustment assistance, S3001 [23MR]

S. 2235, Domestic Workforce Protection Act, S3186-S3188 [25MR]

S. 2266, Women's Business Center Safeguard Act, S3461 [31MR]

S. 2267, Women's Sustainability Recovery Act, S3461 [31MR], S4721 [29AP]

S. 2335, Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining Education Professionals Act, S4303-S4309 [22AP]

S. 2427, Veterans' Enhanced Transition Services Act, S5539-S5541 [17MY]

S. 2486, Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act, S6289-S6291 [1JN], S10880-S10884 [8OC], H9749-H9758 [17NO]

S. 2531, Keeping American Jobs at Home Act, S6895-S6898 [16JN]

S. 2538, provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teacher Professional Development Institutes, S7006 [17JN]

S. 2544, Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act, S7015 [17JN]

S. 2616, Emergency Relief for Rural Borderlands Act, S7753 [7JY]

S. 2768, Public Land Career Opportunity Act, S8757 [22JY]

S. 2785, Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act, S9037 [9SE]

S. 2795, Higher Education Affordability, Access, and Opportunity Act, S9138-S9140 [13SE]

S. 2831, Governmental Pension Plan Equalization Act, S9533 [22SE]

S. 2858, Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act, S9938 [29SE]

S. 2877, Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act, S10072 [30SE]

S. 2913, Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, S10706 [7OC]

S. 2923, Enhanced Second Chance Act—Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention, S10718-S10724 [7OC]

S. 2935, TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act, S10735-S10738 [7OC]

S. 2975, clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation, S11084, S11107 [10OC]

S. 2977, Protecting Our Communities by Making Returning Offenders Better Citizens Act, S11307-S11309 [11OC]

S. Con. Res. 88, ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees, S723 [9FE]

S. Con. Res. 103, honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront during World War II, S4845 [4MY], S5554 [17MY]

S. Res. 315, International Women's Day, S2450, S2459 [9MR]

S. Res. 478, clarify definition of displaced staff members of Senators and Senate leaders relative to continuation of salary payment following displacement, S11650, S11663 [19NO]

Transcripts

Overwhelmed America: CNN, S210 [23JA]