OBAMA, BARACK (a Senator from Illinois)

Addresses

Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act: by, S12130 [1NO]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10296 [21SE]

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, S3483 [12AP], S3542, S3556, S3557, S3567, S3577, S3588, S3596, S3599 [13AP], S3619, S3641, S3655, S3694 [14AP], S3721, S3759 [15AP], S3892, S3955 [19AP], S3966 [20AP], S4080, S4110 [21AP], S4259 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1925, S1932 [2MR], S2174 [7MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12133 [1NO], S12269 [2NO], S12311, S12321, S12354, S12355, S12363, S12366, S12367 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13090, S13115, S13127, S13131, S13133, S13187, S13206, S13207, S13211, S13216, S13219, S13230, S13234 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2614, S2656 [14MR], S2695, S2720, S2748, S2750, S2751 [15MR], S2795, S2863, S2864, S2866, S2868 [16MR], S2887, S2930, S2937, S2997, S2998, S3075, S3082 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8640, S8687, S8693, S8699 [21JY], S8828, S8840, S8841, S8845, S8848, S8850, S8861, S8865 [25JY], S11162 [5OC], S12498, S12501 [8NO], S12669, S12701 [10NO], S12778 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10685, S10763 [29SE], S10981, S10990 [4OC], S11132 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8001 [11JY], S8137 [12JY], S8220 [13JY]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3226 [5AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7404, S7421, S7439, S7445 [27JN], S7523 [28JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), S10385 [22SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11770 [24OC], S11794, S11798, S11829, S11842 [25OC], S11857, S11929, S11940, S11946 [26OC], S11981, S12008 [27OC]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11561 [19OC], S11635, S11688, S11693 [20OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), S7785, S7869 [30JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8435 [18JY], S8452, S8456, S8496 [19JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6580 [14JN], S6742, S6769 [16JN], S6868 [20JN], S6911 [21JN], S7059, S7081, S7115, S7122 [22JN], S7264, S7266 [23JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9780, S9854, S9855 [8SE], S9873 [9SE], S9932 [12SE], S9986, S9993 [13SE], S10024, S10039 [14SE], S10121 [15SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4344 [26AP], S4598 [28AP], S4882 [10MY], S4920, S4980, S4981, S4999 [11MY], S5020, S5024, S5176 [12MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, S6060 [26MY]

Articles and editorials

Avian Flu Virus Could Hide in Ducks, Associated Press (news service), S8447 [19JY]

Bird Flu Drug Rendered Useless—Chinese Chickens Given Medication Made for Humans, Alan Sipress, Washington (DC) Post, S8448 [19JY]

Deadly Flu Strain Shows Up in Migratory Birds—Scientists' Discovery Gives Rise to Fears the Virus Could Spread Beyond East Asia, David Brown, Washington (DC) Post, S8448 [19JY]

500-Mile-Per-Gallon Solution—High Tech Cars, Arctic Drilling, New Gas Taxes—We Must Have the Will To Do It All, Max Boot, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S7460 [28JN]

Imagine—500 Miles Per Gallon, Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek (publication), S7460 [28JN]

Senate Delays Action on Defense Bill, Rick Maze, Army Times (publication), S9248 [28JY]

Unprepared for a Flu Pandemic, New York (NY) Times, S8448 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 973), S4547 [28AP]

Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters (see S. 1636), S9833 [8SE]

American Academy of Pediatrics: anniversary (see S. Res. 204), S8665 [21JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 207), S8826 [25JY]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see S. 576), S4109 [21AP]

Armed Forces: authorize travel and transportation for families of members hospitalized in the U.S. for non-serious illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation (see S. 782), S4399 [27AP]

———enhance the Montgomery GI Bill benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 43), S143 [24JA]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see S. 121), S145 [24JA]

———provide a traumatic injury protection rider to certain insured servicemembers (see S. 806), S4109 [21AP]

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

———waive passport fees for a relative of a deceased member proceeding abroad to visit the grave or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member (see S. 1184), S12128 [1NO]

Arms control: improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and U.S. nonproliferation operations (see S. 313), S1115 [8FE]

———provide for coordination of proliferation interdiction activities and conventional arms disarmament (see S. 1949), S12127 [1NO]

Azerbaijan: call for free and fair parliamentary elections (see S. Res. 260), S11769 [24OC]

Bankruptcy: provide relief relative to disaster-related debts incurred by victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters (see S. 1647), S9833 [8SE]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see S. 1496), S9647 [6SE]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 44), S1868 [1MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 18), S4869 [10MY]

Children and youth: establish kinship navigator programs and establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see S. 985), S11665 [20OC]

Climate: establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and develop climate change reduction technologies (see S. 1151), S9286 [28JY]

Coins: authorize the minting and issuance of a Presidential $1 coin series, improve circulation of the $1 coin, and create a new bullion coin (see S. 1047), S7295 [23JN]

———redesign the reverse side of the penny in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (see S. 341), S1259 [10FE]

Colleges and universities: build capacity at community colleges to meet increased demand while maintaining affordable tuition rates and open-door policies (see S. 379), S1413 [15FE]

———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. 2075), S13361 [18NO]

Computers: protect the reasonable expectation of privacy of users of e-mail (see S. 936), S4871 [10MY]

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

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: enhance national security by providing research, development, demonstration, administrative support, and market mechanisms for deployment and commercialization of biobased energy technologies and products (see S. 1210), S6298 [9JN]

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), S8488 [19JY]

———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. 1934), S12006 [27OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (see S. 1290), S7378 [24JN]

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]

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

Diseases: improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see S. 1821), S11130 [5OC]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see S. 195), S574 [26JA]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see S. 103), S8488 [19JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorize full funding of payments for eligible federally connected children (see S. 2151), S14185 [20DE]

Engstrom, Diana Gecaj: relief (see S. 1233), S6481 [14JN]

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]

———establish national and State-level grant and loan programs to promote the reduction of diesel emissions (see S. 1265), S6911 [21JN]

ERISA: require Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity for certain retired airline pilots (see S. 685), S5852 [24MY]

European Union: reject Airbus Industries request for launch aid and comply with agreement prohibiting governmental support of the civil aircraft industry (see S. Con. Res. 25), S3358 [7AP]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see S. 1700), S10037 [14SE]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, child, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see S. 798), S4647 [9MY]

Financial institutions: authorize appropriations for and reform certain development banks (see S. 1129), S8488 [19JY]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 98), S10037 [14SE]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see S. 1402), S8489 [19JY]

Foreign aid: support international hunger relief efforts and use resources and diplomatic leverage to secure food aid for countries in need (see S. Res. 227), S9468 [29JY]

Foreign policy: advance democracy, individual freedom, religious freedom, and human rights globally, strengthen alliances, and increase funding for groups and individuals promoting democracy (see S. 516), S8949 [26JY]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see S. 191), S5922 [25MY]

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

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see S. 508), S10188 [19SE]

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

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see S. 1937), S13452 [12DE]

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see S. 375), S9469 [29JY]

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

———enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care (see S. 1418), S8419 [18JY]

———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), S1116 [8FE]

———promote a culture of safety within the health care system through the establishment of a National Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation Program (see S. 1784), S10594 [28SE]

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

———reduce health care costs and improve efficiency and health care quality through the development of a nationwide interoperable health information system (see S. 1262), S6740 [16JN]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 238), S10037 [14SE]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S1625 [17FE]

Human rights: prohibit expulsion, return, or extradition of persons by the U.S. to countries engaging in torture (see S. 654), S7821 [30JN]

Hunger: reduce (see S. 1120), S10038 [14SE]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see S. 1622), S9727 [7SE] (see S. 1748), S10295 [21SE]

———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]

———provide emergency relief to meet the immediate health care, housing, education, and financial needs of survivors of Hurricane Katrina (see S. 1637), S9833 [8SE]

———provide for reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of infrastructure in the Gulf Coast States (see S. 1836), S11212 [6OC]

———provide for workers and businesses during the response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 1925), S12008 [27OC]

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), S3482 [12AP]

———improve border security (see S. 1033), S13571 [14DE] (see S. 1916), S13661 [15DE]

———require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification (see S. 1917), S13661 [15DE]

Insurance: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 1525), S9284 [28JY]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by heavily indebted poor countries (see S. 1320), S7520 [28JN]

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), S4108 [21AP]

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]

———encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (see S. Res. 231), S9468 [29JY]

Khodorkovsky, Mikhail B.: condemn politically-motivated arrest, detention, sentencing, seizing of assets, and state-directed takeover of the Yukos Oil Co., by Russian authorities (see S. Res. 322), S13361 [18NO]

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]

Lebedev, Platon: condemn politically-motivated arrest, detention, sentencing, seizing of assets, and state-directed takeover of the Yukos Oil Co., by Russian authorities (see S. Res. 322), S13361 [18NO]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see S. 811), S4871 [10MY]

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

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

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

———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]

———coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms (see S. 390), S6154 [7JN]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see S. 1841), S13363 [18NO]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: require a report on progress toward Millennium Development Goals (see S. 1315), S12238 [2NO]

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

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 1580), S9467 [29JY]

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

Motor vehicles: require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (see S. 1994), S12681 [10NO]

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

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

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

News media: 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. 1419), S10973 [4OC]

Nigeria: conduct thorough judicial review of the Ken Saro-Wiwa case (see S. Res. 303), S12682 [10NO]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 770), S8135 [12JY]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (see S. Res. 130), S4547 [28AP]

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

Parks, Rosa: authorize remains to lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda (see S. Con. Res. 61), S12007 [27OC]

———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]

———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), S12950 [16NO]

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

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 (see S. 991), S5302 [17MY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 334), S1198 [9FE]

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. 95), S3201 [5AP]

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (see S. 650), S2994 [17MR]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see S. 2025), S12949 [16NO]

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

Public Health Service Act: enhance biodefense and pandemic preparedness activities (see S. 1880), S11422 [17OC]

Public welfare programs: promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (see S. 923), S4397 [27AP]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see S.J. Res. 22), S9648 [6SE]

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

Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building, Flora, IL: designate (see S. 2156), S14316 [21DE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see S. 863), S13161 [17NO]

Rotary International: anniversary (see S. Res. 62), S1623 [17FE]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1520), S9286 [28JY]

Sewage disposal: enhance security of wastewater treatment works (see S. 1995), S12681 [10NO]

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]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 619), S9158 [27JY]

Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve: establish (see S. 1794), S10724 [29SE]

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), S2483 [10MR]

———impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see S. 495), S4937 [11MY]

———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), S12007 [27OC]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (see S. Res. 162), S6154 [7JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see S. 132), S3147 [4AP]

———extend the excise and income tax credits for the production of biodiesel (see S. 1076), S6741 [16JN]

———modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 1775), S10513 [27SE]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see S. 627), S8949 [26JY]

———provide a small agri-biodiesel producer credit and improve the small ethanol producer credit (see S. 610), S3818 [18AP]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see S. 2053), S13360 [18NO]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 1565), S9467 [29JY]

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

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: extend applicability (see S. 467), S3556 [13AP]

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

Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see S. 632), S11768 [24OC]

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. 2118), S13659 [15DE] (see S. 2167), S14317 [21DE]

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

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

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1197), S8218 [13JY]

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

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (see S. 728), S3278 [6AP]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see S. 1172), S6100 [6JN]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 707), S12839 [15NO]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see S. Con. Res. 11), S4110 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute (see S. Res. 291), S12007 [27OC]

Clean Air Act: establish a renewable diesel standard (see S. 1920), S11823 [25OC]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: promote relief, security, and democracy (see S. 2125), S13786 [16DE]

CPSC: classify certain children's products containing lead as banned hazardous substances (see S. 2048), S13161 [17NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the National Emergency Family Locator System (see S. 1630), S9727 [7SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reauthorize programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans (see S. 1180), S6154 [7JN]

Disasters: ensure evacuation of individuals with special needs in times of emergency (see S. 1685), S9931 [12SE]

Diseases: improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see S. 969), S4547 [28AP]

Ecology and environment: promote healthy communities (see S. 2047), S13161 [17NO]

Education: authorize resources to provide students with opportunities for summer learning through summer learning grants (see S. 2149), S14185 [20DE]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see S. 1975), S12526 [8NO]

Health: establish programs and activities to assist in mobilizing appropriate healthcare workforce in the event of a health emergency or natural disaster (see S. 1638), S9833 [8SE]

Higher Education Act: improve higher education through expansion of Pell grants (see S. 697), S3200 [5AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Con. Res. 42), S6658 [15JN]

Motor vehicles: provide incentives to the automobile industry to accelerate efforts to develop more energy-efficient vehicles to lessen dependence on oil (see S. 2045), S13161 [17NO]

NRC: establish guidelines and procedures for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods and segments (see S. 1194), S6225 [8JN]

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

Power resources: provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at refueling stations to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (see S. 918), S4397 [27AP]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize and extend provisions relating to contaminant prevention, detection, and response (see S. 1426), S8488 [19JY]

Taxation: 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]

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

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [4JA]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3635 [14AP], S3886 [19AP]

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]

Letters

Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act: CARE USA (organization), S13789 [16DE]

———Ken Hackett, Catholic Relief Services, S13789 [16DE]

———Mark L. Schneider, International Crisis Group, S13789 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense small disadvantaged business program extension: Carmen Nazario, Elyon International Inc., S14248 [21DE]

EPA promulgation of regulations as required by the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: by, S9368 [29JY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [4JA]

Privilege of the floor

Haman, Pat, S7198 [22JN]

Questions

Nomination of Susan P. Bodine to be EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response: by, S13774 [16DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters, S10277 [21SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10277 [21SE]

Amtrak: funding, S2793 [16MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3642, S3643 [14AP], S3996 [20AP], S4082, S4087, S4088 [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, S4830 [10MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S14248 [21DE]

Armed Forces: prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S11069 [5OC]

———provide a traumatic injury protection rider to certain insured servicemembers, S4082 [21AP]

———provide meal and telephone benefits for members recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, S3642, S3643 [14AP]

Arms control: support nonproliferation programs, S5862-S5864 [25MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1904, S1905 [2MR]

———impact of legislative changes on senior citizens, S1905 [2MR]

———increase payments of wages and benefits to employees and require payment to retirees for lost health benefits by companies filing for bankruptcy, S1905 [2MR]

———prevent courts from dismissing companies' Coal Act obligations to pay workers promised benefits, S1905 [2MR]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish, S2885 [17MR]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S5965 [26MY]

Bradley University: Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week award recipient, S10185 [19SE]

Brown, Janice Rogers: nomination to be circuit judge, S6178, S6180 [8JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12291, S12312 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), conference report, S14149 [20DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), motion to instruct conferees, S13528 [14DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13090, S13121, S13124, S13131 [17NO]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, S12291 [3NO], S13121 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, S4502 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2727 [15MR], S2789, S2793 [16MR]

Capron, Marcella J.: Presidential Scholar Award recipient, S8942 [26JY]

Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute (S. Res. 291), S12028 [27OC]

Children and youth: child support enforcement programs funding, S12312 [3NO]

———provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers, S13773 [16DE]

Clean Air Act: establish a renewable diesel standard (S. 1920), S11826 [25OC]

Climate: establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and develop climate change reduction technologies, S7008, S7009 [22JN]

Colleges and universities: Illinois basin coal research and development funding, S7460 [28JN]

Colombia: civil liberties violations of Afro-Colombians, S3133 [4AP]

———creation of a cabinet level position on Afro-Colombian issues, S10717 [29SE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize, S11297 [7OC]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: promote relief, security, and democracy (S. 2125), S13788 [16DE]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, S53 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, S53 [6JA]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), S1333 [14FE]

CPSC: classify certain children's products containing lead as banned hazardous substances (S. 2048), S13175 [17NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S12805 [15NO]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, S11069 [5OC]

———extend small disadvantaged business program, S14248 [21DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10654 [29SE], S10909 [3OC], S11069 [5OC], S11451 [18OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S14248 [21DE]

———Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program for Epilespy Research funding, S3996 [20AP]

———require a report on the Composite Health Care System II and efforts to develop a medical records system compatible with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs system, S12805 [15NO]

Dept. of Education: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Program funding, S11909 [26OC]

———Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunities Program funding, S11814 [25OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the National Emergency Family Locator System (S. 1630), S9737 [7SE]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program, section 8 housing choice voucher program, and Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds funding, S11647 [20OC]

———Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S2727 [15MR]

Dept. of Justice: Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, S9786 [8SE]

———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. 1934), S12521 [8NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7558, S7595 [29JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), conference report, S9367 [29JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program funding, S9403 [29JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reauthorize programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans (S. 1180), S6159 [7JN]

———submit plan for conducting reviews of certain post-traumatic stress disorder cases, S10358 [22SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), S10358 [22SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11811, S11814 [25OC], S11909 [26OC], S11972, S11982 [27OC]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11647 [20OC]

Disasters: ensure evacuation of individuals with special needs in times of emergency (S. 1685), S9940 [12SE]

———improve preparedness and response plans, S9628 [6SE]

Diseases: avian flu prevention and response funding, S4087, S4088 [21AP]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, S10654 [29SE], S11972 [27OC], S12805 [15NO]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (S. 1821), S11138 [5OC], S11451 [18OC]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (S. 969), S4581 [28AP], S8447 [19JY], S10627, S10628 [28SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7697 [30JN]

Drugs: provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse, S12817 [15NO]

Durbin, Senator: characterization of treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S6897 [21JN]

Ecology and environment: promote healthy communities (S. 2047), S13174 [17NO]

Education: authorize resources to provide students with opportunities for summer learning through summer learning grants (S. 2149), S14187 [20DE]

———Hispanic-serving programs funding, S11982 [27OC]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount, S11909 [26OC]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (S. 1975), S12531 [8NO]

EPA: continue ban on human testing of pesticides, S7558 [29JN]

———promulgate regulations as required by the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, S7595 [29JN], S9367 [29JY]

———review studies on human testing of pesticides before issuing final rule, S7558 [29JN]

FEMA: re-bid noncompetitive contracts and give priority to businesses in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S13090, S13124 [17NO]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), S9248 [28JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8447, S8449 [19JY]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: nomination to be Attorney General, S927 [3FE]

———role in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S927 [3FE]

Health: establish programs and activities to assist in mobilizing appropriate healthcare workforce in the event of a health emergency or natural disaster (S. 1638), S9844 [8SE]

———promote a culture of safety within the health care system through the establishment of a National Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation Program (S. 1784), S10599 [28SE]

———reduce health care costs and improve efficiency and health care quality through the development of a nationwide interoperable health information system (S. 1262), S6754 [16JN]

Higher Education Act: improve higher education through expansion of Pell grants (S. 697), S3205 [5AP]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), S6375 [13JN]

Hurricanes: relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9628 [6SE]

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

Latin America: address racial discrimination against Afro-Latinos, S5918 [25MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S11811 [25OC]

Lincolnshire, IL: tribute to Adlai E. Stevenson High School National History Day scholars for efforts leading to the reopening of murder case of civil rights organizers in Neshoba County, MS, S1257 [10FE]

LSC: increase funding for nationwide legal services field programs and for legal assistance to victims impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9781 [8SE]

Medicaid: funding, S2885 [17MR]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (S. Con. Res. 65), S13185 [17NO]

Motley, Constance Baker: tribute (S. Res. 272), S11333 [7OC]

Motor vehicles: require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (S. 1994), S12686 [10NO]

———State safety belt incentive grant eligibility, S5058 [12MY]

National History Day (organization): tribute to Illinois competition participants, S7516 [28JN]

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 262), S11297 [7OC]

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, S4830 [10MY]

Nigeria: conduct thorough judicial review of the Ken Saro-Wiwa case (S. Res. 303), S12679 [10NO]

Northwestern University: tribute to women's lacrosse team, S6402 [13JN]

NRC: establish guidelines and procedures for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods and segments (S. 1194), S6228 [8JN]

Park Ridge, IL: tribute to Maine Township High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4933 [11MY]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (S. Res. 287), S11847 [25OC]

Peace Corps Week: observance, S2479 [10MR]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S6698 [16JN], S7458 [28JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S7458 [28JN]

Power resources: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence, S6609 [15JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6609 [15JN], S6690, S6698 [16JN], S7008, S7009 [22JN], S7458, S7460 [28JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S9338 [29JY]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (S. 650), S3005 [17MR]

———Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) research and development funding, S7460 [28JN]

———provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at refueling stations to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, S5025 [12MY]

———provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at refueling stations to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (S. 918), S4405 [27AP]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S3511 [13AP]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, S6690 [16JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S13528 [14DE]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10365 [22SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize and extend provisions relating to contaminant prevention, detection, and response (S. 1426), S8490 [19JY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9781, S9786 [8SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2862), conference report, S12817 [15NO]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S3511 [13AP]

Sewage disposal: enhance security of wastewater treatment works (S. 1995), S12943 [16NO]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (S. Res. 162), S6171 [7JN]

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, S13131 [17NO]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (S. 2053), S13364 [18NO]

———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 (S. 1770), S10435 [26SE]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (S. 1565), S9492 [29JY]

Taylor, Charles: call on Nigeria to transfer custody to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law, S6647 [15JN], S8449 [19JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S5025, S5058 [12MY]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, S9403 [29JY]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, S8449 [19JY]

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, S13629 [15DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13629 [15DE]

Veterans: health care funding, S2789 [16MR], S9367 [29JY]

Voting: oppose any effort to impose photo identification requirements for voting (S. Con. Res. 53), S10240 [20SE]

Walker, Albertina: National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship recipient, S8943 [26JY]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (S. 1172), S6110 [6JN]

Woznica, Edgar P.: Presidential Scholar Award recipient, S8942 [26JY]

Zalocusky, Kelly A.: Presidential Scholar Award recipient, S8942 [26JY]

Texts of

S. 697, Higher Education Opportunity Through Pell Grant Expansion Act, S3205 [5AP]

S. 918, E-85 Fuel Utilization and Infrastructure Development Incentives Act, S4406 [27AP]

S. 969, Attacking Viral Influenza Across Nations Act, S4582-S4585 [28AP]

S. 1194, Spent Nuclear Fuel Tracking and Accountability Act, S6228 [8JN]

S. 1630, National Emergency Family Locator Act, S9737 [7SE]

S. 1975, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act, S12531 [8NO]

S. 2149, Summer Term Education Programs for Upward Performance (STEP UP) Act, S14188 [20DE]

Tributes

Hileman, Warren V., S1048 [7FE]

Maung, Cynthia, S13651 [15DE]

McCarthy, Eugene J., S14313 [21DE]

Neal, Earl L., S1928 [2MR]

Rehnquist, William H., S9707 [7SE]

Revels, Hiram R., S1928 [2MR]