SESSIONS, JEFF (a Senator from Alabama)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3757 [15AP], S3796 [18AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1849, S1880 [1MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8652, S8686, S8692, S8703 [21JY], S8739, S8759 [22JY], S8894 [25JY], S8950, S9017 [26JY], S12411 [4NO], S12494 [8NO], S12592, S12618, S12624 [9NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8007, S8008, S8024 [11JY], S8282, S8283 [14JY]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3226 [5AP], S3260, S3261, S3327 [6AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11940 [26OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8472, S8492, S8495, S8496 [19JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6981, S7078, S7180 [22JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9962, S9994 [13SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4975 [11MY], S5059 [12MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S12415 [7NO]

Conferee: H.R. 1815, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S12811 [15NO]

———H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S9579 [29JY]

———S. 1932, Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act, S13635 [15DE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S6172 [7JN]

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S5450 [18MY], S12412 [4NO]

Senate National Security Working Group, S1693 [17FE]

Articles and editorials

Filibustering Janice Rogers Brown, Nat Hentoff, Jewish World Review (publication), S6090 [6JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 51), S143 [24JA]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see S. 77), S740 [1FE]

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

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 256), S739 [1FE]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see S. 642), S2846 [16MR]

Budget: establish a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government (see S. 877), S4108 [21AP]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 287), S1931 [2MR]

Chemicals: assist manufacturers and importers in preparing material safety data sheets in compliance with hazard communication standard and establish Global Harmonization Commission (see S. 2067), S13361 [18NO]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see S. 1279), S6910 [21JN]

Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 1215), S12950 [16NO]

Colleges and universities: establish and strengthen post-secondary programs and courses in traditional American history, free institutions, and Western civilization (see S. 1209), S8489 [19JY]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see S. 1155), S6022 [26MY]

Courts: allow U.S. courts to conduct business during emergency conditions (see S. 1634), S9833 [8SE]

———amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see S. 5), S435 [25JA]

———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 691), S13571 [14DE]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see S. 539), S2645 [14MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 8), S142 [24JA] (see S. 403), S1513 [16FE]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see S. Con. Res. 4), S436 [25JA]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see S. 285), S1795 [28FE]

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]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 37), S7520 [28JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1082), S5531 [19MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S6406 [13JN]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see S. 1691), S9984 [13SE]

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

Extension Living Well Week: designate (see S. Res. 67), S1794 [28FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 1), S145 [24JA]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 98), S6154 [7JN]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 397), S1513 [16FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 12), S3653 [14AP]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see S. 593), S6022 [26MY]

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

Health: enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care (see S. 1418), S8746 [22JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see S. 544), S2385 [9MR]

———provide programs for stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation (see S. 1064), S7988 [11JY]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see S. 265), S1624 [17FE]

———reduce health care costs, expand access to affordable coverage, improve health care, and strengthen the health care safety net (see S. 4), S10378 [22SE]

Heflin, Howell: tribute (see S. Res. 93), S3147 [4AP]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S6407 [13JN]

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]

Immigration: provide for true enforcement and border security (see S. 2061), S13361 [18NO]

———strengthen the consequences of the fraudulent use of U.S. or foreign passports and other immigration documents (see S. 524), S2004 [3MR]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see S. 333), S13362 [18NO]

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]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see S. 1922), S12128 [1NO]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 1512), S9471 [29JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 370), S1344 [14FE]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see S. 557), S6826 [20JN]

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

Medicare: contain costs of prescription drug program (see S. 581), S2383 [9MR]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 1109), S5851 [24MY]

Memorial Day: observance of a National Moment of Remembrance (see S. Res. 153), S5778 [23MY]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see S. 380), S1931 [2MR]

National Drug Court Month: designate (see S. Res. 136), S5071 [12MY]

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

National security: strengthen the national biodefense system (see S. 3), S142 [24JA]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 155), S12527 [8NO]

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

Navy: require naval forces to include a certain number of operational aircraft carriers (see S. 145), S435 [25JA] (see S. 145), S887 [2FE]

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: improve safety and health of working environments (see S. 2065, 2066), S13361 [18NO]

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), S12683 [10NO]

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

Power resources: provide for local control of siting of windmills (see S. 1208), S6911 [21JN]

———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 welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 105), S144 [24JA]

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

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (see S. 653), S2994 [17MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 658), S2994 [17MR]

Taxation: make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see S. 441), S6741 [16JN]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see S. 1200), S6406 [13JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 1321), S9470 [29JY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see S. 193), S574 [26JA]

Terrorism: repeal sunset on certain material-support enhancements, increase penalties for providing material support to terrorist groups, and bar from the U.S. aliens who have received terrorist training (see S. 783), S4022 [20AP]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 392), S8488 [19JY]

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: provide for 11 circuit judges (see S. 2016), S12949 [16NO]

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

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

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (see S. 250), S2483 [10MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see S. 77), S144 [24JA]

Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor: conduct suitability and feasibility study (see S. 2148), S14185 [20DE]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 618), S2644 [14MR]

Crime: increase penalties for terrorism against mass transportation and railroads and provide law enforcement with the tools to combat and prevent such attacks (see S. 629), S2734 [15MR]

Drugs: establish an electronic controlled substances monitoring program in each State (see S. 518), S2004 [3MR]

Hurricanes: encourage the President to appoint an individual to oversee Federal funds for Hurricane Katrina recovery (see S. Res. 242), S10119 [15SE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 1362), S7820 [30JN]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 218), S9285 [28JY] (see S. Res. 230), S9468 [29JY]

Privacy: require agencies and persons in possession of computerized data containing sensitive personal information to disclose security breaches posing a significant risk of identity theft (see S. 1326), S7520 [28JN]

Taxation: allow income averaging for private forest landowners (see S. 2077), S13361 [18NO]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 988), S4869 [10MY]

Thank Our Defenders Week: designate (see S. Res. 343), S14317 [21DE]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see S. Con. Res. 11), S1116 [8FE]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S2053 [4MR], S2216 [8MR]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S5914 [25MY], S5997 [26MY], S6801 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, S14014 [19DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10967 [4OC], S11118 [5OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S14014 [19DE], S14233 [21DE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), motion to proceed, S8740 [22JY], S8908 [26JY], S9087 [27JY]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6061 [26MY], S6218 [8JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13546 [14DE], S13719 [16DE]

Letters

Dept. of Defense detainee interrogation methods, S12397 [4NO]

Increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits for Armed Forces members: Dennis Cullinan, VFW, S550 [26JA]

———Kathleen B. Moakler, National Military Family Association, S550 [26JA]

———Steve Robertson, American Legion, S550 [26JA]

Medical debt of individuals who file for bankruptcy protection: William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S2078 [4MR]

Nomination of John R. Bolton to be U.N. Ambassador: Margaret Thatcher, S4860 [10MY]

———several former foreign policy and national security officials, S4860 [10MY]

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: Jeffrey K. Reh, Beretta U.S.A. Corp., S8918 [26JY]

U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism: William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S11335 [7OC]

———by, Senate Steering Committee, S11336 [7OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S12415 [7NO]

Privilege of the floor

Paquette, Richard, S12702 [10NO]

Smith, William, S10520 [27SE]

Thompson, Allison, S8583 [20JY]

Remarks

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons of a certain age (S. 449), S13594 [14DE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3531, S3603 [13AP], S3615 [14AP], S3723, S3766 [15AP], S3780, S3789, S3790 [18AP], S3872 [19AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S13959 [17DE]

Armed Forces: accountability for abuse of prisoners and detainees by U.S. military personnel, S11102 [5OC], S13956 [17DE]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits, S3615 [14AP]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (S. 77), S253 [24JA], S550, S551, S552 [26JA]

———prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S11102 [5OC]

Army: anniversary, S6439 [14JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1820, S1822, S1826, S1831, S1845, S1847, S1849, S1852, S1853, S1854 [1MR], S1913, S1923, S1924 [2MR], S2054, S2076 [4MR], S2138, S2139, S2143 [7MR], S2206, S2219, S2221 [8MR], S2472 [10MR]

———clarify treatment of debtors with serious medical conditons, servicemen called to active duty, and low income veterans, S1845, S1847, S1849, S1852, S1853, S1854 [1MR], S1913 [2MR]

———establish a Federal homestead exemption for debtors whose financial situations were caused by serious medical problems, S1924 [2MR]

———establish a Federal homestead floor exemption for senior citizens, S1831 [1MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors whose financial situations were caused by serious medical problems, S1913 [2MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors whose income falls below the median income level, S2219, S2221 [8MR]

———exempt from means testing economically distressed caregivers to ill or disabled family members, S1923, S1924 [2MR]

———exempt means testing, disallow claims on certain high-cost loans, and establish Federal homestead and personal property exemptions for servicemen, veterans, and spouses of those who die in military service, S1826, S1845, S1847, S1849, S1852, S1853, S1854 [1MR]

———limit exemption for asset protection trusts, S2139 [7MR]

———nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, S2206 [8MR]

———reform homestead exemptions protecting homes from bankruptcy filings, S1822, S1831 [1MR]

Birmingham, AL: tribute to Vestavia Hills High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5579 [20MY]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S4859, S4860, S4861 [10MY]

Boy Scouts: express sympathy to victims of electrical accident resulting in death of adult volunteers at Boy Scout jamboree, S8922 [26JY]

Brown, Janice Rogers: nomination to be circuit judge, S5402 [18MY], S5812 [23MY], S6086, S6090 [6JN], S6121 [7JN], S6183, S6184 [8JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12189 [2NO]

Campbell, Carroll A., Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 332), S13593 [14DE]

Chertoff, Michael: nomination to be Sec. of Homeland Security, S1331 [14FE]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful, S3252 [6AP]

Classified information: prohibit Federal employees who disclose classified information from holding a security clearance, S8270, S8273, S8277 [14JY]

———prohibit Federal office holders, who make reference to a classified FBI report or to an FBI agent's comments which are used for propaganda by terrorists, from holding a security clearance, S8277 [14JY]

Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting (Senate, Special): establish, S12639, S12640, S12641, S12643 [10NO]

Congressional Office of Compliance: permit certain officers to serve one additional term (H.R. 3071), S8245 [13JY]

Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt, S1913 [2MR]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), S1092 [8FE], S1174, S1182 [9FE], S1234 [10FE]

———exempt class actions involving civil rights or certain labor laws from amendments to court procedures to move certain class action cases from State to Federal courts, S1182 [9FE]

———Federal court management of interstate class actions asserting claims governed by differing State laws, S1174 [9FE]

———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (S. 489), S2064, S2065 [4MR]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (S. 539), S2197 [7MR]

Crime: increase penalties for terrorism against mass transportation and railroads and provide law enforcement with the tools to combat and prevent such attacks (S. 629), S8242 [13JY]

———Project Safe Neighborhoods program funding, S10074 [15SE]

Cuba: treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, S6782-S6784 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8542, S8543 [20JY], S8723, S8730 [22JY], S8797, S8798, S8800, S8801 [25JY], S12388, S12389, S12392, S12396 [4NO], S12418, S12440 [7NO], S12599 [9NO], S12639, S12640, S12641, S12643 [10NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), S13956 [17DE]

———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding, S12392 [4NO]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, S8798, S8800, S8801 [25JY]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S13956 [17DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S11102, S11106 [5OC], S13954 [17DE]

———robust nuclear earth penetrator weapons funding, S12599 [9NO]

Dept. of Education: provide authority to waive reallocation rules in Campus-Based Aid programs and extend reallocation deadline for institutions of higher education affected by a natural disaster (H.R. 3863), S10809 [30SE]

Dept. of Energy: provide regular and early retirement benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, S8730 [22JY]

———provide retirement benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, S12388, S12389 [4NO], S12440 [7NO]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (S. 285), S9056 [26JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: include the Sec. of Homeland Security in the line of Presidential succession (S. 442), S9057 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S6293, S6294 [9JN], S8241-S8243 [13JY], S8270, S8273, S8277 [14JY]

———provide information on immigrants who are in violation of certain immigration laws to the National Crime Information Center, S8242 [13JY]

———train State and local law enforcement officers to assist in enforcing immigration laws and reimburse States and local governments for the costs of such training, S8241 [13JY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (S. 1395), S8244 [13JY]

———use of Privacy Act to withhold redacted names from communications dealing with Dept. of Defense interrogation techniques used on detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S1332 [14FE]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3252, S3257 [6AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S13593 [14DE]

Dodd, Senator: tribute to birth of child, S2076 [4MR]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7750 [30JN]

Drugs: establish an electronic controlled substances monitoring program in each State (S. 518), S6014 [26MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), S7787 [30JN]

ERISA: provide appropriate waivers, suspensions, or exemptions for individual account plans of persons affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (S. 1802), S10809 [30SE]

FBI: role of Dept. of Justice Criminial Division employees in addressing concerns regarding Dept. of Defense interrogation techniques used on detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S1332 [14FE]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (S. 981), S4885 [10MY]

———ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (S. 989), S4884 [10MY]

Filipino Americans: recognize centennial of immigration and acknowledge contributions to society (S. Res. 333), S13593 [14DE]

Firearms: exempt cases involving child victims from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9378 [29JY]

———exempt law enforcement officers from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9094 [27JY]

———expand definition of armor piercing ammunition and promulgate uniform testing standards of projectiles against body armor, S9383 [29JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), S9094 [27JY], S9230, S9231, S9233 [28JY], S9378, S9383 [29JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), motion to proceed, S8909, S8916, S8931, S8932 [26JY]

———protect rights of child victims to secure damages from those who participate in the arming of criminals, S9378 [29JY]

———regulate sale and possession of armor piercing ammunition, S9383 [29JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, S13526 [14DE], S14008 [19DE]

Gila River Indian Community: allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts relative to reservation lands (H.R. 327), S13594 [14DE]

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader: public policy views, S6183 [8JN]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: nomination to be Attorney General, S846, S849, S864 [2FE]

———role in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S846, S849, S864 [2FE]

Griffin, Michael D.: nomination to be NASA Administrator, S3606 [13AP]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), S9796-S9799 [8SE]

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, S3603 [13AP], S3723-S3728, S3766 [15AP], S3780, S3789, S3790 [18AP], S3872 [19AP]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 1362), S7852-S7855 [30JN]

———improve border security, S6293, S6294 [9JN]

———national policy, S3531, S3603 [13AP]

———reform (S. 1438), S8927 [26JY]

———streamline H-2A worker program and create blue card program for temporary agricultural guest workers, S3872 [19AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: impose fee on employers relative to certain intra-company transferee nonimmigrants, S12189 [2NO]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S12639 [10NO], S13296 [18NO]

———strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, S13524 [14DE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S12632, S12639 [10NO]

Medicaid: recognize importance and ensure that reconciliation legislation reported by a conference committee does not have an adverse affect on beneficiaries (S. 1969), S12460 [7NO]

National Asphalt Pavement Association: anniversary (S. Res. 135), S4883 [10MY]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (S. Res. 133), S4883 [10MY]

National Commission on U.S. Policies and Practices Relating to the Treatment of Detainees Since September 11, 2001: establish, S12396 [4NO]

National security: reform issuance of national security letters, S13525, S13559 [14DE]

Native Americans: hold certain lands in trust for the Puyallup Tribe (S. 1382), S8243 [13JY]

———settlement of claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (H.R. 1797), S9057 [26JY]

Natural gas: require certain terms and conditions for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals, S6990 [22JN]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (S. Res. 173), S8244, S8245 [13JY]

Nuclear weapons: prohibit funding to develop robust nuclear earth penetrator weapons, S7787 [30JN], S8723 [22JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: establish the Coastal Impact Assistance Program from conservation royalty revenues, S7222, S7223, S7224 [23JN]

Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S5401 [18MY], S5812 [23MY], S5818 [24MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6990 [22JN], S7222, S7223, S7224 [23JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S10807-S10809 [30SE], S12460 [7NO]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S5400, S5403 [18MY], S5475 [19MY], S5752, S5811, S5812 [23MY], S5817 [24MY], S10478 [27SE]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5817 [24MY], S6245, S6247, S6250, S6251, S6252, S6282, S6283 [9JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3021), S7786 [30JN]

Rice, Condoleezza: nomination to be Sec. of State, S423 [25JA]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 3377), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 212), S8714 [21JY]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10403 [26SE], S10478 [27SE], S10555 [28SE]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8586 [20JY]

Rove, Karl: role in release of identity of CIA operative, S8270 [14JY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S10074 [15SE]

Senate: authority of officials during adjournment, S10809 [30SE]

———discharge of certain nominations, S13593 [14DE]

———legislative program, S2197 [7MR], S3606, S3607 [13AP], S4885 [10MY], S8245, S8246 [13JY], S8587 [20JY], S8714 [21JY], S9057 [26JY], S10809 [30SE], S12461 [7NO], S13594 [14DE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Jones v. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, et al. (S. Res. 214), S9056 [26JY]

———authorize representation in Keyter v. McCain, et al. (S. Res. 213), S9056 [26JY]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S5475 [19MY], S5752, S5811, S5812 [23MY], S5817 [24MY]

Taxation: provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (H.R. 1134), S3604, S3605 [13AP]

———provide tax relief, improve certain welfare and child care programs, encourage charitable contributions, improve disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance financial security opportunities (S. 6), star print, S2197 [7MR]

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 (H. Con. Res. 127), S4884 [10MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S5060, S5061 [12MY], S5266 [17MY]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S12460 [7NO]

U.N.: reform (S. 1394), S8243 [13JY]

———require strict accounting of financing for renovation and refurbishment of the U.N. Headquarters Building in New York, S3257 [6AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: limit use of surveillance and issuance of search warrants, S13560 [14DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), S13302-S13304 [18NO]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13524, S13525, S13526, S13559 [14DE], S13721, S13739 [16DE], S13951, S13952, S13957, S13958 [17DE], S14008 [19DE]

University of Denver: tribute to men's hockey team (S. Res. 106), S3605, S3606 [13AP]

Veterans Day: observance, S12632 [10NO]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 26), S4884 [10MY]

———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (S. Con. Res. 11), S1860 [1MR]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S14009 [19DE]

Summaries

Rocky Flats Employee Benefit Initiatives: Dept. of Energy, S12388 [4NO]

Texts of

S. 1362, Homeland Security Enhancement Act, S7855-S7858 [30JN]

Tributes

Butler, Charles R., Jr., S9455 [29JY]

Butler, Donald T., S9453 [29JY]

Corzine, Senator, S13731 [16DE]

Dekeyser, D. Armand, S24 [4JA]

Downs, Jessie Hale, S6016 [26MY]

Evatt, James W., S101 [20JA]

Johnson, Duane, S9454 [29JY]

Parks, Rosa, S12061, S12063 [31OC]

Poor, Jesse L., S100 [20JA]

Rehnquist, William H., S9699 [7SE]

Smith, William, S13304, S13305 [18NO]

Teets, Peter B., S3139 [4AP]