KERRY, JOHN F. (a Senator from Massachusetts)

Addresses

Path Forward: by, S12051-S12053 [28OC]

Republican Response to Remarks on Iraq by Representative Murtha: by, E2444 [6DE]

Amendments

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 72), S13285, S13403 [18NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3435 [11AP], S3455, S3494 [12AP], S3532, S3557, S3587, S3594 [13AP], S3635, S3655, S3701, S3709 [14AP], S4259 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1878 [1MR], S1955 [2MR], S1980, S2046 [3MR], S2177 [7MR], S2246 [8MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12120, S12143 [1NO], S12150, S12254, S12269, S12271 [2NO], S12354, S12355, S12368 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13082, S13097, S13119, S13122, S13126, S13131, S13162, S13208, S13209, S13211, S13218, S13227, S13230 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2679, S2695, S2716, S2720, S2747, S2748, S2751, S2752 [15MR], S2847, S2861, S2865, S2866, S2867 [16MR], S2887, S2901, S2933, S2938, S2942, S2996, S2997, S2998, S3075, S3077, S3079, S3080 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S5450 [18MY], S8625, S8632, S8693, S8698 [21JY], S8719, S8754, S8760 [22JY], S8813, S8816, S8839, S8856, S8857, S8858, S8859, S8867, S8883, S8884, S8893 [25JY], S9014 [26JY], S9160 [27JY], S12378, S12408, S12409 [4NO], S12502 [8NO], S12593, S12625 [9NO], S12645, S12669, S12696, S12701 [10NO], S12779, S12780, S12781, S12856 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10766 [29SE], S10988, S10989 [4OC], S11081, S11107, S11131, S11132, S11143 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8005, S8024, S8066, S8080, S8082 [11JY], S8126 [12JY], S8189, S8238 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7405, S7439, S7440, S7443 [27JN], S7523 [28JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11770 [24OC], S11794, S11798, S11829, S11830, S11842 [25OC], S11857, S11859, S11866, S11928, S11934, S11940 [26OC], S11981, S11985, S12008 [27OC]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11478, S11489 [18OC], S11521 [19OC], S11688 [20OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6422 [13JN], S6587 [14JN], S6742, S6769 [16JN], S6802 [20JN], S6959 [21JN], S6981, S7033, S7042, S7078, S7079, S7089 [22JN], S7264, S7296 [23JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9854, S9856 [8SE], S9873, S9877, S9884 [9SE], S9990 [13SE], S10039 [14SE], S10072, S10121, S10140 [15SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4964, S4982 [11MY]

Articles and editorials

Assault on Murtha Should Alarm Us All, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (news service), S14175 [20DE]

Help Africans Help Themselves in Sudan, Jeremy Barnicle, Christian Science Monitor, S12124 [1NO]

Shellfish Growers Feel Snubbed by ``Red Tide'' Loan Program, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press (news service), S7446 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Con. Res. 58), S11314 [7OC] (see S. Res. 280), S11559 [19OC]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 1779), S10725 [29SE]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 150), S435 [25JA]

Animals: prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see S. 304), S5219 [16MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 261), S886 [2FE]

Armed Forces: increase end strengths of the Army and Marine Corps (see S. 530), S2083 [4MR]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 639), S2846 [16MR]

———repeal requirement for reduction of certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation and modify effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see S. 185), S4646 [9MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 407), S7821 [30JN]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see S. 337), S2996 [17MR]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 338), S13787 [16DE]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 320), S13453 [12DE]

Arms control: improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and U.S. nonproliferation operations (see S. 313), S8488 [19JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see S. 338), S1199 [9FE]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 18), S5532 [19MY]

Canada: urge end to commercial hunt for seals (see S. Res. 33), S4871 [10MY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see S. 1405), S11560 [19OC]

Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see S. 1343), S8136 [12JY]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 677), S2995 [17MR]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 840), S3897 [19AP]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see S. 342), S1259 [10FE]

Coastal Zone Management Act: amend (see S. 360), S1260 [10FE]

———authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 1215), S6299 [9JN]

Coastal zones: develop and maintain an integrated system of ocean and Great Lakes coastal observations (see S. 361), S1260 [10FE]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see S. 1196), S13451 [12DE]

———improve international and foreign language studies (see S. 1105), S6300 [9JN]

———improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (see S. 371), S4022 [20AP]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 1145), S6021 [26MY]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see S. 382), S5301 [17MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 894), S5220 [16MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see S. 1749), S10295 [21SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see S. 1139), S13362 [18NO]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 986), S7295 [23JN]

———rebate amount of Pell Grant aid lost as a result of updates to the tables for State and other taxes used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see S. 1249), S9286 [28JY]

———revise regulations for student loan payment deferment for borrowers who are in postgraduate medical or dental internship, residency, or fellowship programs (see S. 1246), S6481 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program to increase the number of doctorally-prepared nurse faculty (see S. 1575), S9467 [29JY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see S. 285), S2004 [3MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve allocation of grants (see S. 1013), S5220 [16MY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding (see S. 945), S4546 [28AP]

———establish a national sex offender registration database (see S. 792), S5437 [18MY]

———establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see S. 1369), S7909 [1JY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in the Minute Man National Historical Park (see S. 2034), S13160 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member (see S. 1947), S12127 [1NO]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see S. 828), S3817 [18AP]

Disasters: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see S. Res. 4), S28 [4JA]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see S. 306), S1624 [17FE]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 602), S2482 [10MR]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see S. Res. 182), S9648 [6SE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see S. 195), S740 [1FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S5851 [24MY]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 1376), S13452 [12DE]

———improve elementary and secondary education (see S. 1055), S11422 [17OC]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 15), S10295 [21SE]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see S. 2039), S13161 [17NO]

———provide grants to rural local educational agencies to purchase new school buses (see S. 1311), S7377 [24JN]

———provide grants to States for improved workplace and community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders (see S. 1352), S8420 [18JY]

Elections: prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns (see S. 391), S1513 [16FE]

———prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see S. 1975), S12683 [10NO]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see S. 1309), S8827 [25JY]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 219), S12354 [3NO]

EPA: disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (see S.J. Res. 20), S7614 [29JN]

Exon, J. James: tribute (see S. Res. 170), S6405 [13JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: repeal any weakening of overtime protections and avoid future loss of overtime protections due to inflation (see S. 223), S647 [31JA]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend and improve national dairy market loss payments (see S. 273), S978 [3FE]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 8), S1346 [14FE]

———ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see S. 981), S4646 [9MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 1221), S6299 [9JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see S. 912), S4397 [27AP]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see S. 2012), S13571 [14DE]

Foreign trade: require payment of interest on amounts owed by the U.S. pursuant to the reliquidation of certain entries under the Tariff Suspension and Trade Act and the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act (see S. 949), S4546 [28AP]

FTC: improve ability to protect consumers from price-gouging during energy emergencies (see S. 1735), S10233 [20SE]

Giugni, Henry K.: tribute (see S. Res. 300), S12353 [3NO]

Government: stop taxpayer funded propaganda by making anti-propaganda laws permanent, pursuing violators, authorizing citizen lawsuits, and withholding salaries of noncompliant agency heads (see S. 266), S1116 [8FE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 75), S2245 [8MR]

Hazardous substances: reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (see S. 1391), S8217 [13JY]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other diseases (see S. 550), S2244 [8MR]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 1283), S6910 [21JN]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see S. 20), S142 [24JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 16), S142 [24JA]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 424), S10119 [15SE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 471), S3414 [11AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see S. 450), S1623 [17FE]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 19), S6482 [14JN]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of independent student for purposes of need analysis to include older adopted students (see S. 1287), S7988 [11JY]

———assist homeless students in obtaining postsecondary education (see S. 1429), S8827 [25JY]

———establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see S. 1247), S6481 [14JN]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S1796 [28FE]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives and post-exposure prophylaxis to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see S. 1264), S6740 [16JN]

Hunger: reduce (see S. 1120), S10120 [15SE]

Hurricanes: express condolences to victims of Hurricane Katrina, commend resiliency of the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and commit to relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts (see S. Res. 233), S9645 [6SE]

———permit the solicitation of donations in Senate buildings for the relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina (see S. Res. 235), S9727 [7SE]

———provide for workers and businesses during the response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 1925), S11917 [26OC]

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. 359), S1260 [10FE]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 1278), S12076 [31OC]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see S. 352), S1260 [10FE]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see S. 119), S4109 [21AP]

Insurance: extend period for COBRA coverage for victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 224), S3279 [6AP]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see S. 1303), S7294 [23JN]

International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 74), S2245 [8MR]

Investments: increase participation in section 401(k) plans through automatic contribution trusts (see S. 875), S7615 [29JN]

Iraq: commend for conducting free elections and encourage further steps toward establishment of a free, democratic, secure, and prosperous Iraq (see S. Res. 38), S1049 [7FE]

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: update Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan, extend Commission authority, authorize resource study, and authorize additional appropriations (see S. 1387), S8217 [13JY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 1512), S12527 [8NO]

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. 842), S3897 [19AP]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see S. 2138), S13786 [16DE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see S. 582), S3203 [5AP]

Lowell National Historical Park: adjust boundaries (see S. 1616), S9645 [6SE]

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. 33), S5219 [16MY]

McCarthy, Eugene J.: tribute (see S. Res. 330), S13451 [12DE]

Medicaid: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 49), S9469 [29JY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 311), S1115 [8FE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 183), S1261 [10FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 401), S1513 [16FE]

———recognize importance and ensure that reconciliation legislation reported by a conference committee does not have an adverse affect on beneficiaries (see S. 1969), S13162 [17NO]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see S. Con. Res. 65), S13161 [17NO]

Medicare: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 50), S9469 [29JY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 1152), S6021 [26MY]

———improve (see S. 18), S142 [24JA]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see S. 635), S8135 [12JY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 1217), S6299 [9JN]

———preserve access to appeals before administrative law judges (see S. 1335), S7614 [29JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 351), S1260 [10FE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 438), S3556 [13AP]

———require that prescription drug plans or Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans with initial coverage limits obtain signed certification prior to enrolling benficiaries (see S. 2026), S12949 [16NO]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see S. 843), S5220 [16MY]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 1272), S10188 [19SE]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 1062), S5436 [18MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 1580), S9728 [7SE]

Motley, Constance Baker: tribute (see S. Res. 272), S11313 [7OC]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 299), S12353 [3NO]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see S. 1405), S11560 [19OC]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 86), S4647 [9MY]

National Audubon Society, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 301), S12526 [8NO]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 271), S11313 [7OC]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 137), S5071 [12MY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 278), S11477 [18OC]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 282), S11665 [20OC]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 180), S10515 [27SE]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 31), S2385 [9MR]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 158), S6022 [26MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 757), S10295 [21SE]

———develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see S. 1500), S10514 [27SE]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see S. Con. Res. 27), S3653 [14AP]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 120), S4184 [25AP]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 155), S6660 [15JN]

National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan: designate (see S. Res. 186), S7909 [1JY]

National Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 105), S3481 [12AP]

Native Americans: promote development of small business concerns (see S. 1907), S11744 [21OC]

Nelson, Gaylord: tribute (see S. Res. 194), S7987 [11JY]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 41), S1050 [7FE]

News media: ensure that prepackaged news stories contain announcements that inform viewers that the information within was provided by the U.S. Government (see S. 967), S4547 [28AP]

———maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 340), S6659 [15JN] (see S. 1419), S8950 [26JY]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program (see S. 50), S648 [31JA]

———establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program (see S. 39), S1261 [10FE]

———establish a program to integrate Federal coastal and ocean mapping activities (see S. 364), S1260 [10FE]

Oceans: establish a program to help identify, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety (see S. 362), S1260 [10FE]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see S. Res. 191), S7909 [1JY]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 62), S12840 [15NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. 2154), S14186 [20DE]

———tribute (see S. Res. 287), S11823 [25OC]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strike which led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union (see S. Res. 198), S8419 [18JY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see S. Res. 94), S3147 [4AP] (see S. Res. 95), S3201 [5AP]

Power resources: promote international clean energy development, expand clean energy markets abroad, and engage developing nations in the advancement of sustainable energy use and climate change actions (see S. 745), S3413 [11AP]

Proxmire, William: tribute (see S. Res. 334), S13659 [15DE]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see S. 1721), S10187 [19SE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 513), S2004 [3MR]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see S. 427), S1622 [17FE]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates (see S. 574), S2383 [9MR]

Raymond J. Salmon Post Office, Clinton, MA: designate (see S. 2036), S13160 [17NO]

Refugees: encourage protection of rights (see S. Res. 177), S8950 [26JY]

Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (see S. Res. 234), S9727 [7SE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see S. 863), S4021 [20AP]

Roybal, Edward R.: tribute (see S. Res. 290), S12007 [27OC]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see S. 1881), S14065 [19DE]

SBA: anniversary of Small Business Development Centers (see S. Res. 165), S6299 [9JN]

———permit women's business centers to recompete for sustainability grants (see S. 1517), S9158 [27JY]

———provide emergency relief to shellfish growers affected by toxic red tide losses (see S. 1316), S7428 [27JN]

Schools: establish State infrastructure banks to improve financing of school construction and renovation (see S. 2057), S13361 [18NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1520), S9158 [27JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (see S. 876), S4185 [25AP]

Small business: enhance compliance assistance (see S. 769), S7294 [23JN]

———provide assistance for small businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita (see S. 1807), S10796 [30SE]

Social Security: allow States to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 740), S3358 [7AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 619), S2735 [15MR]

———streamline enrollment for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with low-income nutrition and related assistance programs (see S. 747), S3413 [11AP]

Sudan: encourage NATO to assess the potential effectiveness of, and requirements for, a NATO-enforced no-fly zone in Darfur (see S. Con. Res. 17), S3359 [7AP]

———impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see S. 495), S2149 [7MR]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region (see S. 1462), S9470 [29JY]

Tariff: gemifloxacin, gemifloxacin mesylate, and gemifloxacin mesylate sesquihydrate (see S. 1617), S9645 [6SE]

Taunton River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 2033), S13160 [17NO]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 372), S1344 [14FE]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 484), S7821 [30JN]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 1366), S7820 [30JN]

———equalize employer-provided parking and transit benefits and allow Federal agencies to offer transit and parking benefits in tandem to assist with costs of parking at transit facilities (see S. 787), S3652 [14AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 1538), S9471 [29JY]

———improve deduction for depreciation (see S. 2100), S13570 [14DE]

———include combat pay in determining allowable contributions to an individual retirement plan (see S. 601), S5779 [23MY]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see S. 187), S574 [26JA]

———modify and expand credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources and waste products (see S. 1229), S6404 [13JN]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see S. 627), S2734 [15MR]

———prevent dividends received from corporations in tax havens from receiving a reduced rate (see S. 1363), S7820 [30JN]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 859), S4021 [20AP]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see S. 1584), S9648 [6SE]

———provide for advance payment of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit to provide needed funds to victims of Hurricane Katrina and to stimulate local economies (see S. 1770), S10424 [26SE]

———provide taxpayer protection and assistance relative to tax preparation (see S. 832), S12401 [4NO]

———retain Federal tax deduction for State and local taxes paid (see S. Res. 294), S12238 [2NO]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 1160), S6022 [26MY]

Technology: promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services (see S. 1063), S8303 [14JY]

Telecommunications: preserve and protect the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services (see S. 1294), S10120 [15SE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see S. 211), S740 [1FE]

Terrorism: provide for medal to be awarded by the President to representatives of individuals killed in terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 passengers (see S. 1423), S9286 [28JY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: extend applicability (see S. 467), S3898 [19AP]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 392), S1513 [16FE]

United Kingdom: condemn terrorist bombings in London and express condolences to the families of the victims (see S. Res. 193), S7986 [11JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (see S. 2082), S13503 [13DE] (see S. 2167), S14317 [21DE]

———limit use of surveillance and issuance of search warrants (see S. 737), S3359 [7AP]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 429), S1622 [17FE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 882), S4108 [21AP]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 558), S4646 [9MY]

———health care funding (see S. 331), S5778 [23MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 633), S5779 [23MY]

Veterans Day: observance (see S. Res. 305), S12682 [10NO]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1197), S6741 [16JN]

Voting: extend to Hurricane Katrina evacuees the right to use absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters (see S. 1867), S11423 [17OC]

———oppose any effort to impose photo identification requirements for voting (see S. Con. Res. 53), S10234 [20SE]

Voting Rights Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 232), S9469 [29JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 7), S2734 [15MR]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see S. 1172), S6827 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: expand and enhance benefits (see S. 460), S1717 [18FE]

Attouoman, Obain: relief (see S. 522), S2004 [3MR]

Corps of Engineers: authorize the conduct of small projects for the rehabilitation or removal of dams (see S. 1887), S11559 [19OC]

Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see S. Res. 261), S10724 [29SE]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see S. 1698), S10037 [14SE]

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1898), S11664 [20OC]

Iraq: provide for a comprehensive, new strategy for success that includes a sustainable political solution and the redeployment of U.S. forces tied to specific political and military benchmarks (see S. 1993), S12681 [10NO]

Law enforcement: provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children (see S. 2155), S14186 [20DE]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see S. 2055), S13361 [18NO]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see S. 1959), S12353 [3NO]

SBA: clarify authority to provide emergency assistance to non-farm related small business concerns that have suffered substantial economic harm from drought (see S. 1463), S8664 [21JY]

———establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 1411), S8384 [15JY]

———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see S. 139), S145 [24JA]

———make improvements to microenterprise programs (see S. 138), S145 [24JA]

Small business: provide emergency relief to small businesses and farms affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (see S. 269), S886 [2FE]

Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 137), S145 [24JA]

Social Security: ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 114), S144 [24JA]

Tariff: tuna (see S. 599), S2482 [10MR]

Taxation: allow credits for small businesses who employ activated military reservists and self-employed activated military reservists (see S. 240), S738 [1FE]

———allow the deductibility of manufacturing income attributable to domestic production activities in any U.S. possession (see S. 1818), S10972 [4OC]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see S. 1824), S11130 [5OC]

Telecommunications: develop and implement an emergency backup communications system (see S. 1703), S10037 [14SE]

Veterans: ensure adequate and equitable education benefits under the Montgomery GI bill for active duty and selected Reserve members and include certain servicemembers previously excluded (see S. 2163), S14316 [21DE]

YouthBuild USA (organization): transfer from the Dept. of HUD to the Dept. of Labor and enhance the program (see S. 1999), S12682 [10NO]

Discharge petitions signed

EPA: disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (S.J. Res. 20), S8416 [18JY]

E-Mails

Impact of military service on Armed Forces members and their families: Alan Neville, S3545 [13AP]

———Carrie Philpott, S3546 [13AP]

———Christopher Perkins, S3545 [13AP]

———D. Bottoms, S3545 [13AP]

———Doris Fulmer, S3545 [13AP]

———Doug Brewer, S3547 [13AP]

———Gail Mountain, S3547 [13AP]

———George Cleveland, S3547 [13AP]

———Heidi Behr, S3546 [13AP]

———Holly Ortman, S3547 [13AP]

———Jack Cooper, S3545 [13AP]

———James Tate, S3545 [13AP]

———Jean Harris-Letts, S3547 [13AP]

———Kara Block, S3546 [13AP]

———Kathy Hartman, S3546 [13AP]

———Katie Laude, S3547 [13AP]

———Linda Brown, S3547 [13AP]

———Mark Vaughn, S3546 [13AP]

———Nada Smith McLeskey, S3547 [13AP]

———Pamela Goers, S3545 [13AP]

———Richard Perez, Sr., S3548 [13AP]

———Sandy Fox, S3546 [13AP]

———Sarah O'Malley, S3547 [13AP]

———Stephen Cleff, S3545 [13AP]

———Theresa Grof, S3546 [13AP]

Letters

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration: by, S2714 [15MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration addition to the Dept. of Defense appropriations bill: several retired military officers, S14005 [19DE]

Emergency relief to small businesses and farms affected by significant price increases in heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene: several Senators, S7607 [29JN]

Montgomery GI Bill usage and improvement of educational benefits for veterans: by, S11296 [7OC]

Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act: several Senators, S902 [2FE]

Lists

Armed Forces members from Massachusetts killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S6007 [26MY]

Cosponsors of S. 269, Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act, S903 [2FE]

Cosponsors of Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act (2001), S7607 [29JN]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13132 [17NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S11115 [5OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: delay in implementation of country of origin labeling requirements for meat and meat products, S12287 [3NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), conference report, S12287 [3NO]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (S. Res. 207), S8769 [25JY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3455 [12AP], S3513, S3520, S3521, S3545 [13AP], S3819 [18AP], S4089 [21AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), conference report, S4834 [10MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: ensure legislation allowing oil and gas exploration receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, S2770, S2771 [16MR]

———oil and gas exploration, S2770, S2771, S2772 [16MR], S14004-S14006 [19DE], S14229 [21DE]

Armed Forces: expand and enhance benefits (S. 460), S1720-S1722 [18FE]

———extend temporary continuation of basic housing allowance for dependents of members who die on active duty, S3456 [12AP], S3513, S3521 [13AP], S4089 [21AP]

———impact of military service on members and their families, S3545 [13AP]

———increase death gratuity, S3455 [12AP], S3513, S3521 [13AP], S4089 [21AP]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits, S8632 [21JY]

———require a report on Montgomery GI Bill usage and how to improve educational benefits for veterans, S11295 [7OC]

———TRICARE military health benefits for reservists and guardsmen, S8630 [21JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S2471 [10MR]

Barnstable County, MA: America's Promise—The Alliance for Youth 100 Best Communities for Young People award recipient, S10719 [29SE]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S4076 [21AP], S5980 [26MY]

Brockton, MA: America's Promise—The Alliance for Youth 100 Best Communities for Young People award recipient, S10719 [29SE]

Brown, Janice Rogers: confirmation as circuit judge, S6470 [14JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13132, S13137 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, S4517 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2770, S2771, S2772 [16MR], S2947 [17MR]

———treatment of appropriations for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere overseas, S11081 [5OC]

Bush, President: speech on Iraq, S7513-S7516 [28JN]

Cambridge, MA: America's Promise—The Alliance for Youth 100 Best Communities for Young People award recipient, S10719 [29SE]

Climate: address global climate change through participation in international negotiations under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, S7042, S7043, S7044, S7046 [22JN]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, S50 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, S50 [6JA]

Corps of Engineers: authorize the conduct of small projects for the rehabilitation or removal of dams (S. 1887), S11561 [19OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Conservation Security Program funding, S12287 [3NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8630, S8632 [21JY], S8907 [26JY], S12646, S12652, S12653, S12654, S12662 [10NO], S12799, S12809 [15NO], S12941 [16NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, S14122 [20DE], S14271 [21DE]

———judicial review of habeas corpus petitions from detainees held in the war on terror, S12799 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S11081, S11115 [5OC], S11295 [7OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S14004-S14006 [19DE], S14229, S14250 [21DE]

———review status of detainees held in the war on terror, S12799 [15NO]

———submit reports on existence of clandestine facilities used to detain individuals captured in the global war on terrorism, S12646, S12652, S12653, S12654, S12662 [10NO], S14122 [20DE]

Dept. of Energy: prevent the counting of subcontracts toward small business prime contracting goal, S4089 [21AP]

Dept. of HHS: require notification of patients whose federally-maintained records are lost, stolen, or used for unauthorized purposes, S11985 [27OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8126, S8128 [12JY]

———require report on port security grant programs, S8126, S8128 [12JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7485, S7489, S7499 [28JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program funding, S9405 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11985 [27OC]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11546 [19OC], S11638, S11648 [20OC]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7690, S7692 [30JN]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (S. 1698), S10039 [14SE]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (S. 1975), S12679 [10NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), S7788, S7792 [30JN]

EPA: disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (S.J. Res. 20), S9919 [12SE]

Feldman, Sandra: tribute (S. Res. 256), S10622 [28SE]

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (S. 1898), S11666 [20OC]

Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.: anniversary, S8297 [14JY]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: nomination to be Attorney General, S936 [3FE]

———role in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S936 [3FE]

Griffith, Thomas B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6470 [14JN]

Hester, Leigh Ann: Army Silver Star recipient, S7065 [22JN]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), S6374 [13JN]

Home Depot, Inc.: tribute for support of U.S. Armed Forces, S3730 [15AP]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S12736-S12738 [14NO], S13292, S13294 [18NO]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1803), S14122 [20DE]

Iraq: U.S. policy, S12809 [15NO]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (S. Con. Res. 42), S6726 [16JN]

Law enforcement: provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children (S. 2155), S14194 [20DE]

LIHEAP: funding, S11081, S11115 [5OC], S11648 [20OC]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (S. 2055), S13364 [18NO]

Memorial Day: observance, S6007 [26MY]

Minimum wage: level, S11546 [19OC]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers, S4834 [10MY]

National Small Business Week: observance, S4384-S4386 [27AP]

———observance (S. Res. 120), S4160 [25AP]

Neely, Cam: National Hockey League Hall of Fame inductee, S6402 [13JN]

Negroponte, John D.: nomination to be Director of National Intelligence, S4069 [21AP]

Nuclear weapons: prohibit funding to develop robust nuclear earth penetrator weapons, S7788, S7792 [30JN]

Owen, Priscilla Richman: confirmation as circuit judge, S6470 [14JN]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (H.R. 4145), S13409 [18NO]

———direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (S. 1959), S12357 [3NO]

———direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol (S. Con. Res. 62), S13041 [16NO]

Parliamentary inquiry, S11115 [5OC], S11638 [20OC]

Pensions: reform funding rules (S. 1783), S12910 [16NO]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S3961 [20AP], S4171 [25AP]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S3961 [20AP]

———gasoline price levels, S3961 [20AP]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S3960-S3962 [20AP], S4171 [25AP], S7042, S7043, S7044, S7046 [22JN], S7376 [24JN], S7606 [29JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S9261 [28JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent request, S7038 [22JN]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S5485 [19MY], S6469-S6471 [14JN]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: confirmation as circuit judge, S6470 [14JN]

Reach Out and Read (organization): tribute, S5918 [25MY]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10261-S10264 [21SE]

Rove, Karl: characterization of Democratic response to terrorist attacks on U.S., S7235 [23JN]

SBA: clarify authority to provide emergency assistance to non-farm related small business concerns that have suffered substantial economic harm from drought, S12942 [16NO]

———clarify authority to provide emergency assistance to non-farm related small business concerns that have suffered substantial economic harm from drought (S. 1463), S8682 [21JY]

———establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (S. 1411), S8385 [15JY]

———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (S. 139), S351-S353 [24JA]

———funding, S4384-S4386 [27AP]

———loan programs funding, S2947 [17MR]

———make improvements to microenterprise programs (S. 138), S351-S353 [24JA]

———provide emergency relief to shellfish growers affected by toxic red tide losses (S. 1316), S7446 [27JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S10010 [14SE], S10071 [15SE]

Senate: legislative program, S7231, S7232 [23JN]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S4076-S4078 [21AP], S5485 [19MY]

Small business: provide assistance for small businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, S11638 [20OC]

———provide assistance for small businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita (S. 1807), S10801 [30SE], S13635 [15DE]

———provide emergency relief to small businesses and farms affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene, S7606 [29JN]

———provide emergency relief to small businesses and farms affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (S. 269), S902 [2FE]

———provide emergency relief to small businesses impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S10010 [14SE], S10071 [15SE]

Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (S. 137), S351-S353 [24JA]

Springfield, MA: tribute to Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce on opening of new business center, S13447 [12DE]

Sudan: impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region, S12123 [1NO]

Taxation: accelerate marriage penalty relief and extend inclusion of combat pay relative to the earned income tax credit through modification of effective date of the tax treatment of leases to foreign entities, S13132 [17NO]

———allow credits for small businesses who employ activated military reservists and self-employed activated military reservists (S. 240), S747-S749 [1FE]

———allow the deductibility of manufacturing income attributable to domestic production activities in any U.S. possession (S. 1818), S10976 [4OC]

———improve deduction for depreciation (S. 2100), S13576 [14DE]

———provide relief from the alternative minimum tax, S13137 [17NO]

———provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma (H.R. 4440), S13705 [16DE]

———provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (H.R. 3768), S10324 [21SE]

———provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (S. 1696), S10067 [15SE]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (S. 1824), S11141 [5OC]

Telecommunications: develop and implement an emergency backup communications system (S. 1703), S10045 [14SE], S10716 [29SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, S9405 [29JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2082), S14004 [19DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13720 [16DE], S14003 [19DE]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 1389), S14003 [19DE]

Veterans: ensure adequate and equitable education benefits under the Montgomery GI bill for active duty and selected Reserve members and include certain servicemembers previously excluded (S. 2163), S14326 [21DE]

———health care funding, S7489, S7499 [28JN]

Veterans Day: observance, S12736 [14NO]

Votes: position on missed, S7054 [22JN], S9919 [12SE]

YouthBuild USA (organization): transfer from the Dept. of HUD to the Dept. of Labor and enhance the program (S. 1999), S12689 [10NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to Junko Cushman: Juan Vargas, California State Assemblyman, S8824 [25JY]

Statements

Clear Science Demands Prompt Action on Climate Change: Science Academies of the G8 Nations, S7043 [22JN]

Texts of

S. 137, Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act, S353-S355 [24JA]

S. 138, SBA Microenterprise Improvements Act, S355 [24JA]

S. 139, Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act, S356 [24JA]

S. 269, Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act, S903 [2FE]

S. 1411, National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act, S8385 [15JY]

S. 1463, Small Business Drought Relief Act, S8682 [21JY]

S. 1698, Vaccines for the New Millennium Act, S10040-S10043 [14SE]

S. 1703, Communications Security Act, S10045 [14SE]

S. 1959, direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall, S12358 [3NO]

S. 2055, provide for use of gold in metal content of Medal of Honor, S13365 [18NO]

S. 2163, Armed Forces Education Benefits Improvement Act, S14327 [21DE]

Tributes

Athanas, Anthony, S6652 [15JN]

Corzine, Senator, S13728 [16DE]

Cushman, Junko, S8823 [25JY]

Fletcher, Arthur A., S8661 [21JY]

Forbes, Patricia R., S1861 [1MR]

Murtha, Representative, S13292 [18NO], S14175 [20DE]

Sorum, Peter H., S13566 [14DE]