REED, JACK (a Senator from Rhode Island)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2469, S2545, S2563, S2565 [10MR], S2648, S2678, S2731, S2732, S2733, S2743 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S5615 [18MY], S5771, S5789, S5824, S5833 [19MY], S6426, S6460 [3JN], S6505, S6514, S6529, S6530, S6548 [7JN], S6736 [14JN], S6780, S6786 [15JN], S6928 [17JN], S7037 [18JN], S7094, S7106 [21JN], S7153 [22JN], S7271 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), S7375, S7490, S7493 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S9040, S9041 [9SE], S9194, S9204, S9232, S9236 [14SE]

Disabled: improve access to assistive technologies (H.R. 4278), S10169 [30SE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1805), S1684 [26FE], S1951, S2006, S2008 [2MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1248), S5327, S5377 [12MY]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10087, S10146 [30SE], S10250 [1OC]

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

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S4770 [3MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S1154, S1159 [11FE]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H19 [20JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1350, Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act, S11232 [11OC]

———H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7503 [24JN]

U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, S59 [20JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 1298), S371 [2FE]

———establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see S. 2525), S6998 [17JN]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see S. 2109), S1518 [24FE] (see S. 2498), S6450 [3JN]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see S. Res. 482), S11800 [20NO]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require repayment of appropriated funds that are illegaly disbursed for political purposes (see S. 2473), S6087 [21MY]

Children and youth: support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 2634), S7828 [8JY]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 1545), S4158 [20AP]

Dept. of Defense: expand Energy Efficiency Program by entering into energy savings performance contracts (see S. 2318), S4024 [8AP]

———require registration of contractors' taxpayer identification numbers in the Central Contractor Registry database (see S. 2383), S4910 [5MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: award grants to public transportation agencies to improve security (see S. 2884), S10261 [1OC]

Disabled: improve access to assistive technologies (see S. 2595), S7435 [24JN]

———provide assistance to Special Olympics to support expansion and development of education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program (see S. 2852), S9812 [28SE]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 491), S5078 [10MY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 2533), S7175 [22JN]

Education: improve elementary and secondary education (see S. 2794), S9130 [13SE]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see S. 2861), S9936 [29SE]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see S. 2428), S5535 [17MY]

Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see S. 1706), S287 [27JA]

———strike restriction on use of funds that requires a 24-hour time limit for destroying identifying information submitted in relation to a firearm background check (see S. 2557), S7174 [22JN]

Firefighters: provide financial assistance to improve the health and safety of firefighters, promote use of life saving technologies, and achieve greater equity for departments serving large jurisdictions (see S. 2411), S5227 [11MY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see S. 2568), S11378 [16NO]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 308), S2105 [3MR]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see S. 2158), S1999 [2MR]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (see S. 2340), S4300 [22AP]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see S. 2937), S10703 [7OC]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see S. 2467), S5949 [20MY]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see S. 2308), S4024 [8AP]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 977), S4429 [27AP]

Iraq: condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (see S. Res. 356), S5078 [10MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 2146), S10569 [6OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1368), S9032 [9SE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 1925), S793 [10FE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 606), S2301 [8MR]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: reauthorize (see S. 2949), S10845 [8OC]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Con. Res. 122), S7896 [9JY]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 847), S9722 [27SE]

Medicare: eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 853), S7174 [22JN]

———ensure that prescription drug discount card sponsors pass along discounts to beneficiaries (see S. 2234), S3180 [25MR]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (see S. 2593), S7435 [24JN]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see S. Res. 317), S4097 [19AP]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see S. 1223), S3567 [1AP]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2370), S4692 [29AP]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1411), S7897 [9JY]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 322), S4912 [5MY]

National Park Service: report on the sustainability of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Commission (see S. 2646), S8030 [13JY]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 8), S10704 [7OC]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II (see S. Res. 362), S5472 [13MY]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 295), S371 [2FE]

Nuclear weapons: promote national security by facilitating the removal of potential nuclear weapons materials from vulnerable sites around the world (see S. 2310), S4024 [8AP]

Olympic games: tribute to citizens of Greece, the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Team, and athletes from around the world (see S. Res. 427), S9287 [15SE]

Petroleum: challenge OPEC to increase oil production, direct the FTC to protect consumers from gasoline price gouging and unfair practices, and release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see S. Res. 364), S5607 [18MY]

———express to OPEC countries, and non-OPEC countries that participate in the cartel, the position of the U.S. in favor of increasing world crude oil supplies to achieve stable crude oil prices (see S. Res. 330), S3792 [6AP]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system (see S. 2236), S4374 [26AP]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 306), S1891 [27FE]

Roth, William V., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 284), S52 [20JA]

Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see S. 333), S2301 [8MR]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 750), S2000 [2MR]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see S. 2754), S8688 [22JY]

Spain: condemn terrorist bombing in Madrid and express condolences to the families of the victims (see S. Res. 319), S2717 [11MR]

Taxation: exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 1512), S4837 [4MY]

———treatment of combat pay relative to earned income tax credit (see S. 2942), S10847 [8OC]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: extend applicability (see S. 2764), S8688 [22JY]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see S. Con. Res. 90), S4768 [3MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 2006), S52 [20JA]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 1379), S8423 [19JY]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (see S. 2686), S8423 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Army: provide an increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel (see S. 2165), S2223 [4MR]

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

FHA: preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (see S. 2712), S8548 [21JY]

Health: address shortage of influenza vaccine (see S. 2968), S10846 [8OC]

Higher Education Act: expand college access and increase college persistence and simplify the process of applying for student assistance (see S. 2477), S6087 [21MY]

———provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers (see S. 2215), S2778 [12MR]

Law enforcement officers: extend the same Federal benefits to officers serving private colleges and universities and rail carriers that apply to State and local public safety officers (see S. 2168), S2223 [4MR]

Medicare: prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Rhode Island (see S. 2125), S1586 [25FE]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 457), S11090 [10OC]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi (see S. Res. 286), S108 [21JA]

Eulogies

Riesman, Robert A., S6993 [17JN]

Letters

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: David Boies and Sean Eskovitz, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, S1564-S1567 [25FE]

———several law enforcement organizations, S1564 [25FE]

Privilege of the floor

Chapin, Gabrielle, S7026 [17JN]

Gerson, Seth, S11385 [16NO]

Simmons-Wescott, Leigh Ann, S3595 [1AP]

Triveldi, Harsh, S7026 [17JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, S6 [20JA], S70 [21JA]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S6 [20JA], S70 [21JA]

Armed Forces: addition of armor plating on Humvees, S3392 [31MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S4292 [22AP]

Army: provide an increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel, S6780, S6781 [15JN], S6946, S6948, S6950 [17JN], S7390 [24JN]

———provide an increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel (S. 2165), S2227 [4MR]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons, S1955, S1963, S1970 [2MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2427 [9MR], S2475 [10MR], S2678 [11MR]

Cape Verde: independence anniversary, S7746 [7JY]

Children and youth: support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 2634), S7806 [8JY], S9072 [10SE]

Cleland, Max: characterization of military service in column by Ann Coulter, S1269 [12FE]

Dept. of Defense: airborne laser program funding, S10934 [9OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S6780, S6781 [15JN], S6928, S6929, S6936, S6937, S6940, S6946, S6948, S6950 [17JN], S7038, S7040 [18JN], S7211, S7212, S7213, S7281 [23JN]

———issuance of safety equipment and body armor for soldiers in Iraq, S3392 [31MR]

———limit funding for certain ballistic missile defense programs pending submission of operational testing and evaluation reports, S7038, S7040 [18JN], S7211, S7212, S7213 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), S7390 [24JN]

———oversight of procurement, performance criteria, and operational test plans for ballistic missile defense programs, S6929, S6936, S6937, S6940 [17JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: award grants to public transportation agencies to improve security, S10212 [1OC]

Dept. of Justice: maintenance of records from criminal background checks for firearms sales, S70 [21JA]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S6 [20JA], S70 [21JA]

Disabled: improve access to assistive technologies (H.R. 4278), S10191 [30SE]

———improve access to assistive technologies (S. 2595), S7473 [24JN]

District of Columbia: tribute to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, S10932 [9OC]

Economy: importance of job creation, S2427 [9MR]

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

———funding, S4210 [21AP]

———Pell Grants funding, S4210 [21AP]

———reduce certain special allowance payments and provide additional teacher loan forgiveness on Federal student loans (H.R. 5186), S10920 [9OC]

———student financial aid programs funding, S2678 [11MR]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 40), motion to proceed, S8061 [14JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, S8160 [15JY]

Fire prevention: establish comprehensive fire safety standards for upholstered furniture, mattresses, bedclothing, and candles (S. 1798), S1267 [12FE]

Firearms: exempt lawsuits involving a shooting victim of John A. Muhammad or Lee B. Malvo from the definition of qualified civil liability action, S1657, S1660, S1661 [26FE]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1805), S1612, S1657, S1660, S1661, S1668 [26FE], S1862 [27FE], S1910, S1917, S1919, S1920, S1922 [1MR], S1955, S1960, S1963, S1970, S1975, S2012 [2MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1805), motion to proceed, S1533, S1534, S1535, S1560, S1563, S1564, S1577, S1578, S1579, S1580 [25FE]

———protect rights of law enforcement officers who are victimized by crime to secure compensation from those who participate in the arming of criminals, S1668 [26FE]

———regulation of transfers at gun shows, S1910, S1917, S1919, S1920, S1922 [1MR], S1955, S1960, S1963 [2MR]

Goss, Representative: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S9513 [22SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, S3175 [25MR]

Harvey, Francis J.: nomination to be Sec. of the Army, S11341, S11345 [16NO]

Higher Education Act: expand college access and increase college persistence and simplify the process of applying for student assistance (S. 2477), S6099 [21MY]

———provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers (S. 2215), S2792 [12MR]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (S. 2937), S10741 [7OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), S5529 [17MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), conference report, S11655 [19NO]

———require special education teachers to be fully State-certified, S11655 [19NO]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S2012 [2MR]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10212 [1OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, S11978 [8DE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S2012 [2MR], S3392 [31MR], S4959, S4962 [6MY], S10017-S10021 [30SE], S11341, S11345 [16NO]

Law enforcement officers: extend the same Federal benefits to officers serving private colleges and universities and rail carriers that apply to State and local public safety officers (S. 2168), S2230 [4MR]

Minimum wage: level, S3529 [1AP]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 457), S11013 [10OC]

National security: national missile defense system operational deployment testing, S10933, S10934 [9OC]

Negroponte, John D.: nomination to be Ambassador to Iraq, S4959, S4962 [6MY]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (S. Res. 295), S377 [2FE]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S7281 [23JN]

No Child Left Behind Act: increase funding through closing of certain tax loopholes, S2475 [10MR]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), S3529 [1AP]

Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building, Middletown, RI: designate (H.R. 3942), S7301 [23JN]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (S. 2754), S8742 [22JY]

Taxation: rates, S2427 [9MR]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), S8160 [15JY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, S11214 [11OC]

Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities, S8160 [15JY]

Transportation: create funding flexibility, increase accountability, and improve performance and efficiency of public transit programs, S620 [5FE]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S620 [5FE]

Votes: position on missed, S9215 [14SE]

West Warwick, RI: anniversary of nightclub fire, S1267 [12FE]

White House Conference on Library and Information Services: anniversary, S8224 [15JY]

White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce: anniversary, S8224 [15JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi (S. Res. 286), S122 [21JA]

Texts of

S. 2168, Equity in Law Enforcement Act, S2231 [4MR]

S. 2215, Campus Care and Counseling Act, S2793 [12MR]

S. 2335, Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining Education Professionals Act, S4303-S4309 [22AP]

S. 2477, Accessing College Through Comprehensive Early Outreach, State Partnerships, and Simplification Act, S6100-S6105 [21MY]

S. 2968, Emergency Flu Response Act, S10861-S10863 [8OC]

S. Res. 286, Senate Legal Counsel representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi, S121, S122 [21JA]

Tributes

Hudson, J.B., S11883 [7DE]

Murray, Florence K., S3903 [7AP]

Sellar, Rita Dolan, S1890 [27FE]