CIVIL LIBERTIES related term(s) Civil Rights

Addresses

Condemn Oppression of Political Opposition in Russia: Leonid Nevzlin, E1666 [29JY]

Gay Rights Are Civil Rights: Julian Bond, NAACP, E2019 [6OC]

Modern Day Moses: Representative Steve King, E694 [19AP]

Amendments

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (S. 306), S1459, S1561 [16FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4919 [22JN]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9589, H9590, H9591, H9592, H9594, H9595, H9598, H9599, H9600 [3NO]

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. 2167), H13180 [22DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6247, H6249, H6252, H6254, H6256, H6260, H6262, H6263, H6274, H6276, H6277, H6282, H6283, H6285, H6287, H6290, H6292, H6294, H6295, H6297 [21JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration (H. Res. 369), H6219 [21JY]

Analyses

Biography of a Bad Statistic—Abortions Rising Under Bush? Not True. How That False Claim Came To Be—and Lives On: Annenberg Political Fact Check (organization), E1121 [26MY]

Electronic Communications Privacy Judicial Review and Improvement Act (S. 693), S3155 [4AP]

Restoration of Freedom of Information Act (S. 622), S2738 [15MR]

Appointments

Conferees: 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], H10090 [9NO], H10160 [14NO]

Articles and editorials

Abu Ghraib Accountability, S845 [2FE]

Abu Ghraib Whitewash, H3090 [10MY]

Activist Eyes Tough Fight, E527 [5AP]

Air Force Chaplain Says She Was Removed for Being Critical, H3267 [16MY]

American Scar; Permitting Torture Brands Us in the Worst Way, S4063 [21AP]

America's Anti-Torture Tradition, S14427 [30DE]

Attleboro Honored by Another Activist, E527 [5AP]

Better Patriot Act, S13465 [13DE]

Chaplain Says She Was Ousted, H3267 [16MY]

CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons, S12433-S12435 [7NO], H9536-H9538 [2NO], H11866 [15DE]

Close Camp Delta, H4831 [21JN]

Coast Guard Overboard With Searches, H8412 [28SE]

Congress Cloaks More Information in Secrecy, S6160 [7JN], S7385 [24JN]

Court May Hear Chinese (Uyghur) Detainees, S14310 [21DE]

Degrading Policy, S941 [3FE]

Detainee Cleared for Release Is in Limbo at Guantanamo, S14310 [21DE]

Dump the Flag Amendment, S7912 [1JY]

Film Rolls as Troops Burn Dead, H8951 [19OC]

Flag Desecration—Amendment Would Limit the Rights That the Flag Symbolizes, S7912 [1JY]

Flag-Burning Issue a Waste of Time, H4918 [22JN]

Florida's Zeal Against Castro Is Losing Heat, E1571 [21JY]

Freedom and International Marketing, E910 [9MY]

Gingrich Ethics Case—Panel Trusted His Motives, Gingrich Told GOP Allies Tape Reveals Confidence To Seek Speaker's Post, E100 [26JA]

Gingrich Is Heard Urging Tactics in Ethics Case, E99 [26JA]

Glass Houses Human Rights Report Has One Glaring Omission—The United States, S4063 [21AP]

Go Higher on Abu Ghraib—Top Officials Shouldn't Escape Responsibility, H3090 [10MY]

Gonzales Helped Set the Course of Detainees—Justice Nominee's Hearings Likely To Focus on Interrogation Policies, S868-S870 [2FE]

Gonzales Rewrites Laws of War, S844 [2FE]

Good Intentions Gone Bad, H4830 [21JN]

GOP Probes Non-Destructive Cell Research, H5734 [12JY]

Guantanamo Desperation Seen in Suicide Attempts, S12417 [7NO]

Investigate the CIA, S4062 [21AP]

Iraqi Christians Find Safety in Syria—Religious Violence Prompted Many To Flee Homeland, H6143 [20JY]

Justice, Finally, for Jose Padilla, E415 [10MR]

Justice Before Politics, H4832 [21JN]

Khalistan Demand Raised on Genocide Day, E1309 [21JN]

Lawmakers Wary of Backup Stem Cell Bill, H5735 [12JY]

Mann Reverts to Sovereign Punjab Theme, E239 [15FE]

Mann Reverts To Supporting Khalistan, E25 [4JA]

Matter of Honor, S12433 [7NO]

Memo Lets CIA Take Detainees Out of Iraq, S858 [2FE]

Misguided Morality, H12212 [18DE]

More Time Needed To Forge Better Bill, S13465 [13DE]

No on Gonzales, S844 [2FE]

Number of Gay Linguists Discharged Higher Than Thought, H313 [2FE]

On Abu Ghraib, the Big Shots Walk, E895 [5MY]

One Draft of Iraq's Constitution Makes Islam Main Source, H6689 [27JY]

Opening Argument—The Problems With Alberto Gonzales, S845 [2FE]

Panel Discusses Civil Liberties, E123 [1FE]

Patriot Act Renewal—Take Time To Do It Right, S13466 [13DE]

Patriot Second Act, S8224 [13JY]

Pepsi Warehouse Burned in Visa Denial Uproar, E566 [7AP]

Present at the Disintegration, H12032 [16DE]

Preserving the Foundation of Liberty, E1022-E1024 [19MY]

Preserving the Patriot Act, H11536 [14DE]

Price of Homophobia, H313 [2FE]

Qaeda-Iraq Link U.S. Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim, S14246 [21DE]

Qualms About Anti-Terror Law Unite the Left and Right, S13564 [14DE]

Ready or Not? Human ES Cells Head Towards the Clinic, S9327 [29JY]

Real Green Mountain Patriot, S13564 [14DE]

Rebellion Against Abuse, H9563 [3NO]

Repealing Patriotism, S13467 [13DE]

Scientists Claim To Find Cells That Restore Egg Production, S9216 [28JY], S9328 [29JY]

Spin Doctors Without Borders—How One Washington Lobbyist Administers to Dictatorship, E2186 [27OC]

State Must Protect Property Rights, E1720 [29JY]

Stealing Home, S7430 [27JN]

Stem Cell Debate, H3834 [24MY]

Stem Cell Legislation Is at Risk, H5735 [12JY]

Stem Cells Without Embryos?, H5735 [12JY]

Stem-Cell Therapy—Hope and Hype, S9216 [28JY]

Still Waiting Their Turn, S9328 [29JY]

Stories From the Inside, S4063 [21AP]

Superiority Complex, H9612 [3NO]

Suspicious Treatment, H4835 [21JN]

Take the Time—Congress Has No Need To Rush Through Patriot Act Debate, S13465 [13DE]

Test of Wills—Burmese Captive Who Will Not Budge, H4815 [21JN]

Top Officers in Abu Ghraib Case Cleared, E808 [28AP]

Torture Business Lands in Portland, S4062 [21AP]

Torture on the Wing—News Accounts of CIA Abductions Have Tarnished America's Image, S4063 [21AP]

True Patriots—A Bipartisan Group of Senators Vows To Push for a Better USA Patriot Act, S13466 [13DE]

U.S. Running `Archipelago' of Secret Prisons—Amensty International, H11866 [15DE]

Vote on Mr. Gonzales, S942 [3FE]

Voters Could Check Eminent-Domain Abuse, E1728 [29JY]

War on Terrorism—Critics of USA Patriot Act ``Compromise'' Deserve Further Hearing in Congress, S13466 [13DE]

What Emancipation Means to Jamaica and Its People, E2030 [6OC]

When the C.I.A. Played by the Rules, S12385 [4NO]

With Freedom Comes Politics, S11606 [20OC]

Wrong Attorney General, S941 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H350 [2FE]

Aftab, Parry: tribute (see H. Res. 296), H3893 [24MY]

Armed Forces: ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3541), H7557 [28JY]

———ensure that the confidential communications of a member of the Armed Forces with a victim service organization or a health care professional are not disclosed (see H.R. 3837), H8162 [20SE]

———provide that consensual sexual activity between adults shall not be a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (see H.R. 2054), H2879 [3MY]

Azerbaijan: call for free and fair parliamentary elections (see S. Res. 226), S9468 [29JY] (see S. Res. 260), S10724 [29SE] (see H. Res. 326), H4655 [16JN]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 18), S4869 [10MY] (see H.J. Res. 52), H4142 [26MY]

Cambodia: urge release of Cheam Channy from prison and reversal of action to strip immunity of opposition parliamentarians and condemn efforts to undermine democracy (see S. Res. 65), S1624 [17FE]

Cameroon: condemn arrest of Henry Fossung and other political activists (see H. Res. 503), H8985 [19OC]

Central Asia: encourage countries to accelerate democratic reforms and fulfill human rights obligations (see H.R. 3189), H5602 [30JN] (see H. Con. Res. 31), H236 [26JA]

China, People's Republic of: condemn escalating levels of religious persecution (see H. Res. 608), H11654 [14DE]

———condemn the system of forced labor prison camps used as a tool for supression (see H. Con. Res. 294), H10145 [9NO]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 841), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1687), H2148 [19AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 840), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1697), H2149 [19AP]

———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H196 [25JA]

Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4613), H12049 [16DE]

Colleges and universities: allow military service academies to include the offering of voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities (see H.R. 3430), H6649 [26JY]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (see S. 589), S2482 [10MR] (see H.R. 1620), H1969 [13AP]

Commission on Religious Freedom and Respect in the Armed Forces: establish (see H.R. 3108), H5434 (see H.R. 3108), H5479 [29JN]

Computers: discourage spyware (see H.R. 744), H581 [10FE]

———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H72 [4JA]

———protect the reasonable expectation of privacy of users of e-mail (see S. 936), S4546 [28AP] (see H.R. 3503), H7556 [28JY]

———regulate unauthorized installation of computer software and require disclosure to users of certain software features that pose a threat to user privacy (see S. 687), S3105 [20MR]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 12), H136 [6JA]

———require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 11), H136 [6JA]

Cote d'Ivoire: democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 266), H8809 [7OC]

Courts: amend laws relative to protective orders, sealing of cases, and disclosures of discovery information in civil actions (see S. 1348), S7820 [30JN]

———amend the material witness statute to strengthen procedural safeguards (see S. 1739), S10294 [21SE]

———authorize trial by military commissions for violations of the law of war by alien unlawful enemy combatants (see H.R. 3044), H5100 [23JN]

———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see S. 1046), S5300 [17MY] (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Ten Commandments, Pledge of Allegiance, and the National Motto (see H.R. 4576), H12047 [16DE]

———disclose certain taxpayer returns and return information upon written request by an order from a State or local court in a family law proceeding (see H.R. 2756), H4186 [7JN]

———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (see H. Res. 547), H10157 [10NO]

———restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (see H.R. 776), H583 [10FE]

Crime: conduct study evaluating correlations between methamphetamine crimes and identity theft crimes (see S. 884), S4108 [21AP] (see H.R. 3325), H5963 [18JY]

———improve access of victims to information concerning the outcome of disciplinary proceedings by institutions of higher education (see H.R. 81), H74 [4JA]

———punish the placing of sexually explicit photographs on the Internet without the permission of the persons photographed (see H.R. 1189), H1263 [9MR]

Cuba: call for release of political prisoners (see H. Con. Res. 165), H3893 [24MY]

———call for release of political prisoners, legalize political parties and free elections, urge European Union to reexamine policy, and support a U.N. resolution on ending human rights violations (see H. Res. 388), H6650 [26JY]

Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 123), H1778 [5AP]

Death and dying: support rights of individuals to make medical decisions and encourage all Americans to write living wills designating health care surrogates and other advance directives (see H. Res. 217), H2102 [14AP]

Dept. of Defense: 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 (see H.R. 3985), H8733 [6OC]

Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]

Dept. of HUD: require all recipients of Homeless Assistance Act funds to protect personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 2695), H4140 [26MY]

Dept. of State: require report on promotion of religious freedom, democracy, and human rights in foreign countries (see H.R. 1662), H2101 [14AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see S. 306), S1049 [7FE] (see H.R. 1227), H1369 [10MR]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H2879 [3MY]

———provide full voting representation in Congress (see S. 195), S574 [26JA] (see H.R. 398), H234 [26JA]

———restore Federal electoral rights of residents (see H.R. 190), H77 [4JA]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1082), S5531 [19MY] (see H.R. 1288), H1416 [14MR]

Egypt: express concern regarding arrest of Ayman Nour and support for continued progress toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 78), H797 [17FE] (see H. Con. Res. 82), H983 [3MR]

Employment: provide for labor recruiter accountability (see H.R. 2298), H3198 [11MY]

Equal Access Act: expand scope to elementary schools in order to strengthen religious liberty and combat government hostility to expressions of faith (see S. 483, 483), S1867 [1MR]

Ethiopia: prohibit allocation of foreign aid until claims of private property confiscated by the Ethiopian Government are resolved (see H.R. 1061), H941 [2MR]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for secure financial data (see S. 2169), S14317 [21DE] (see H.R. 3375), H6326 [21JY] (see H.R. 3997), H8733 [6OC]

FDA: prohibit the approval of any drug that infringes the right to life (see H.R. 3553), H7558 [28JY]

Federal employees: affirm protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and repudiate any assertion to the contrary (see H.R. 3128), H5599 [30JN]

Federal-State relations: withhold community development block grant funds from States and communities that do not place certain limitations on the use of the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3315), H5914 [14JY]

Financial institutions: notify customers of unauthorized use of personal information (see S. 1216), S6299 [9JN] (see H.R. 3501), H7556 [28JY]

———provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 2387), H3434 [17MY]

———require financial services providers to maintain customer information security systems and notify customers of unauthorized use of personal information (see S. 1594), S9468 [29JY]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H73 [4JA]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1703), H2149 [19AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 12), S3653 [14AP] (see H.J. Res. 5), H79 [4JA] (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]

———constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 330), H4801 [20JN]

———ensure that the right of an individual to display the U.S. flag on residential property not be abridged (see H.R. 42), H72 [4JA]

———provide for proper display over a one-way street (see H.R. 2897), H4485 [14JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]

———limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes (see S. 317), S1115 [8FE]

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), S2004 [3MR] (see H.R. 1133), H983 [3MR]

Foreign trade: eliminate consumptive demand exemption relative to importation of goods made with forced labor (see S. 992), S4869 [10MY]

Freedom of Information Act: exempt certain photographic images of deceased persons taken by or for medical examiners (see H.R. 1513), H1845 [6AP]

———require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation (see S. 1181), S6154 [7JN]

———strengthen (see S. 394), S1513 [16FE] (see H.R. 867), H718 [16FE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

———protect right of elected and appointed officials to express their religious beliefs through public prayer (see H.R. 4364), H10908 [17NO]

Freedom of the press: affirm constitutionally guaranteed freedom of the press and assert that no purpose is served by sentencing journalists to prison for maintaining the anonymity of confidential sources (see S. Res. 192), S7986 [11JY]

FTC: enhance enforcement against illegal spam, spyware, and cross-border fraud and deception (see S. 1608), S9468 [29JY]

———establish and enforce procedures for protection of consumers from misuse of, and unauthorized access to, personal information contained in files maintained by certain businesses (see S. 1336), S7614 [29JN] (see S. 1461), S8664 [21JY]

———provide with resources necessary to protect Internet users from unfair and deceptive acts and practices associated with spyware (see S. 1004), S4936 [11MY]

———revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 1950), H2734 [28AP]

———revise telemarketing rules to prohibit calls from certain political organizations to persons on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 4072), H8918 [18OC]

General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 130), H135 [6JA]

Government: amend requirement for Federal agencies to have a privacy officer to protect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 1271), H1416 [14MR]

Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 2840), H4355 [9JN]

Health: authorize use of Federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells irrespective of date derived (see H.R. 162), H76 [4JA]

———prevent Federal infringement on State or private programs funding embryonic stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 166), H3893 [24MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 471), S1794 [28FE] (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H1846 [6AP]

Homeland Security Act: amend provisions on voluntarily furnished critical infrastructure information to restore public disclosure, government regulation, and whistleblowing protections (see S. 622), S2734 [15MR]

House of Representatives: display the Ten Commandments if the Supreme Court rules that their public display by State and local governments violates the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution (see H. Res. 214), H2102 [14AP]

House Rules: violations by the majority party relative to oversight hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization (see H. Res. 324), H4644 [16JN]

Housing: constitutional amendment relative to the right to a home (see H.J. Res. 40), H1778 [5AP]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H74 [4JA]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

Information services: regulate information brokers and protect individual rights with respect to personally identifiable information (see S. 500), S2003 [3MR]

———require reports on Federal data-mining programs to collect personal information from commercial and governmental sources (see S. 1169), S6100 [6JN]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see H.R. 1310), H1507 [15MR]

Intelligence services: make permanent, reauthorize, and clarify certain provisions of law providing additional investigative tools necessary to protect national security (see S. 1266), S6741 [16JN]

———strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 1526), H1845 [6AP]

International relations: urge peaceful resolution to conflict over Kashmir (see H. Res. 47), H196 [25JA]

Iran: condemn imprisonment of Ali Akbar Ganji and continuous human rights violations against the Iranian people (see H. Res. 414), H7562 [28JY]

Iranian Americans: condemn bigotry, violence, and discrimination against (see H. Res. 367), H6106 [19JY]

Iraq: commend people for holding a successful referendum on a new constitution (see H. Res. 504), H9043 [20OC]

———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] (see H. Res. 383), H6650 [26JY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 151), S5532 [19MY] (see H. Con. Res. 149), H3198 [11MY]

Kazakhstan: call for free and fair Presidential election (see S. Res. 293), S12007 [27OC]

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] (see H. Res. 525), H9426 [28OC]

Korean National Liberation Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 227), H7561 [28JY]

Korematsu, Fred T.: tribute (see S. Res. 126), S4398 [27AP]

Kosovo: agreement on future status (see S. Res. 237), S10037 [14SE] (see H. Res. 634), H12168 [17DE]

———anniversary of ethnic violence (see H. Res. 172), H1695 [17MR]

———declare U.S. support for independence (see H. Res. 24), H80 [4JA]

Kuwait: commend for granting women certain important political rights (see H. Res. 292), H3769 [23MY] (see H. Res. 343), H5252 [27JN]

Kyrgyzstan: encourage democratic reforms, fulfill human rights obligations, and ensure democratic, transparent, and fair process for parliamentary elections (see S. Res. 111), S3735 [15AP]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 370), S1344 [14FE] (see H.R. 500), H285 [1FE]

Law enforcement: clarify legal standard needed to use cellular telephones as tracking devices (see S. 2130), S13786 [16DE]

———establish an opt-out system for expungement of DNA profiles from the national index and authorize collection of DNA samples from persons arrested or detained under Federal authority (see S. 1606), S9468 [29JY]

———limit authority to delay notice of search warrants (see S. 316), S1115 [8FE]

———provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see H.R. 253), H136 [6JA]

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]

Medicare: permit beneficiaries to use identification numbers other than Social Security numbers to deter identity theft (see H.R. 92), H74 [4JA]

———prohibit disclosure of Social Security numbers on Medicare-related mailings (see H.R. 2518), H3767 [23MY]

National motto: support (see H. Con. Res. 302), H10502 [16NO]

National security: affirm authority to detain foreign nationals as unlawful combatants, enable such persons to challenge the basis for their detention, and establish military tribunals to try such persons (see H.R. 3038), H4984 [22JN]

———provide for judicial review of national security letters issued to wire and electronic communications service providers (see S. 693), S3147 [4AP]

———reform issuance of national security letters (see S. 1680), S9930 [12SE]

———require approval of certain judges for issuance of national security letters and require Attorney General to submit semiannual reports on national security letters (see H.R. 4570), H12047 [16DE]

———restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (see H.R. 1502), H1844 [6AP]

National Security Agency: express concern that Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants violates existing law (see H. Con. Res. 330), H13189 [22DE]

———request President and direct Dept. of Defense to transmit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 645), H13189 [22DE]

———request President and direct Dept. of Justice to transmit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 644), H13189 [22DE]

———request President to transmit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 641), H12289 [18DE]

———require Dept. of Justice to submit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 643), H13189 [22DE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 16), H71 [4JA]

News media: establish protections against compelled disclosure of sources, and news or information, by persons providing services for the news media (see S. 369), S1344 [14FE]

———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), S1199 [9FE] (see S. 1419), S8419 [18JY] (see H.R. 581), H352 [2FE] (see H.R. 3323), H5963 [18JY]

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

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (see S. 1557), S9466 [29JY] (see H.R. 3144), H5600 [30JN]

———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities regarding qualifying adult stem cell research (see H.R. 2541), H3768 [23MY]

Parlak, Ibrahim: relief (see S. 2090), S13501 [13DE] (see H.R. 4523), H11504 [13DE]

Pham Hong Son: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 320), H12049 [16DE]

Pledge of Allegiance: district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 243, 244), S10119 [15SE] (see H. Res. 453), H8162 [20SE]

———support recitation in public schools and urge the Supreme Court to uphold constitutionality (see H. Con. Res. 253), H8387 [27SE]

POW: require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces or intelligence operatives (see H.R. 112), H75 [4JA]

———transmit to congressional committees certain reports on international human rights law or related laws in connection with military detainees (see H.R. 2901), H4485 [14JN]

Privacy: eliminate requirement that States collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses (see H.R. 4144), H9275 [26OC]

———prevent and mitigate identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1332), S7614 [29JN] (see S. 1789), S10723 [29SE]

———prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (see H.R. 582), H352 [2FE]

———prohibit transfer of personal information to any person outside the U.S. without notice and consent (see H.R. 1653), H2101 [14AP]

———protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 1263), H1371 [10MR] (see H.R. 3140), H5599 [30JN]

———protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 4127), H9102 [25OC]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H78 [4JA]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 82), H74 [4JA]

———regulate information brokers and protect individual rights with respect to personally identifiable information (see H.R. 1080), H981 [3MR]

———regulate the transmission of personally identifiable information to foreign affiliates and subcontractors (see S. 810), S3653 [14AP]

———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see H.R. 84), H74 [4JA]

———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]

———require consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of personally identifiable information (see S. 116), S145 [24JA]

———require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (see S. 751), S3413 [11AP] (see H.R. 1069), H980 [3MR]

———require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information, to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (see S. 115), S145 [24JA]

———require States to keep confidential the addresses of victims of domestic violence included in the State's computerized voter registration list (see H.R. 4225), H9641 [3NO]

———strengthen data protection and safeguards, require data breach notification, and further prevent identity theft (see S. 1408), S8302 [14JY] (see H.R. 3374), H6326 [21JY]

———strengthen the authority of the Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 1078), H981 [3MR]

Public buildings: expressing that display of the Ten Commandments does not violate the first amendment to the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5361 [28JN]

Real estate: constitutional amendment on the permissible uses for which private property may be taken (see H.J. Res. 60), H5914 [14JY]

———prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H6380 [22JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see S. 1313), S7428 [27JN] (see S. 1895), S11559 [19OC] (see H.R. 3083, 3087), H5361 [28JN] (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9102 [25OC]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), consideration (see H. Res. 527), H9554 [2NO]

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

———condemn bigotry and religious intolerance and recognize that holy books of every religion should be treated with dignity and respect (see H. Res. 288), H3694 [19MY]

———constitutional amendment relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency (see S.J. Res. 24), S10037 [14SE]

———require reasonable accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 1445), H1694 [17MR]

Russia: protect freedoms of all religious communities without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards (see S. Con. Res. 46), S8746 [22JY] (see H. Con. Res. 190), H5101 [23JN]

———urge withdrawal or modification of proposed legislation that would severely restrict establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations (see S. Con. Res. 70), S13659 [15DE] (see S. Res. 339), S13787 [16DE] (see H. Con. Res. 312), H11327 [8DE]

Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 88), H1264 [9MR]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see S. Res. 132), S4547 [28AP] (see H. Res. 146), H1371 [10MR]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H2394 [20AP]

———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (see S. 29), S142 [24JA]

States: prohibit acceptance of individual taxpayer identification numbers as proof of identification or legal residence (see H.R. 4280), H10145 [9NO]

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] (see H. Res. 311), H4355 [9JN]

———disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5176 [24JN]

———encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8088 [15SE]

Syria: human rights and civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 18), H138 [6JA]

———strengthen sanctions, establish a program to support a transition to a democratically elected Government, and restore sovereignty and democratic rule in Lebanon (see H.R. 1141), H1023 [8MR]

Taxation: disclose to State and local law enforcement agencies individuals using Social Security numbers of others to claim tax benefits (see H.R. 1676), H2106 [18AP]

———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2631), H4072 [25MY]

———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 3268), H5800 [13JY]

———provide a 100 percent deduction for expenses related to identity theft (see H.R. 3804, 3804), H8087 [15SE]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see S. 1350), S7820 [30JN] (see H.R. 1139), H988 [7MR]

———require customer consent to the provision of wireless call location information (see H.R. 83), H74 [4JA]

———safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment (see H.R. 4536), H11653 [14DE]

Togo: establish a democratic Government and support free, fair, and open elections (see H. Res. 229), H2472 [21AP]

Turkey: urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch (see H. Res. 166), H1622 [16MR]

U.N.: withhold funding if the U.N. abridges U.S. right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1488), S8948 [26JY] (see H.R. 3436), H6649 [26JY]

U.S. Commission on an Open Society With Security: establish (see H.R. 1525), H1845 [6AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: clarify conditions for the interceptions of computer trespass communications (see S. 318), S1115 [8FE]

———extend sunsets (see H.R. 4647), H13188 [22DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (see S. 2082), S13451 [12DE] (see S. 2118), S13659 [15DE] (see S. 2167), S14317 [21DE] (see H.R. 4506), H11503 [13DE]

———limit use of surveillance and issuance of search warrants (see S. 737), S3278 [6AP]

———reauthorize and improve (see S. 1389), S8217 [13JY] (see H.R. 3199), H5637 [11JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration (see H. Res. 369), H6204 [20JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 595), H11502 [13DE]

Uzbekistan: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 187), H4984 [22JN]

———urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (see S. Res. 295), S12238 [2NO] (see H. Res. 545), H10156 [10NO]

Venezuela: uphold human rights and civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 224), H7561 [28JY]

Vietnam: encourage resolution of claims for confiscated real and personal property (see H. Res. 415), H7562 [28JY]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H941 [2MR]

———oppose any effort to impose photo identification requirements for voting (see S. Con. Res. 53), S10234 [20SE] (see H. Con. Res. 247), H8162 [20SE]

———provide fairness in voter participation (see H.R. 2398), H3434 [17MY]

War: ensure that U.S. citizens in another country during time of war are not detained by the U.S. unless fundamental rights to information, counsel, and communication are protected (see H.R. 2219), H3112 [10MY]

Women: constitutional amendment on equality of rights and reproductive rights (see H.J. Res. 31), H941 [2MR]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 7), S2734 [15MR] (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]

———ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 155), H1509 [15MR]

———repeal law that gags doctors and denies women information and referrals concerning their reproductive health options (see S. 839), S3897 [19AP]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 893), H792 [17FE]

Zimbabwe: condemn government operation under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other buildings were demolished in an attempt to restore order (see H. Res. 409), H7561 [28JY]

Chronologies

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization oversight: Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4646 [16JN], H6232 [21JY]

Cloture motions

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]

Conference reports

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act Reauthorization and Improvement (H.R. 3199), H11279-H11310 [8DE]

E-mails

Redacted versions of FBI communications on Dept. of Defense interrogation techniques used on detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S1324, S1325 [14FE]

Essays

A New Country, A New Century, A New Freedom: Mihan Lee, E861 [4MY], E1015 [19MY]

Enticingly Close . . . Yet Painfully Far: Brooke Ellison, H3850 [24MY]

Eulogies

Parks, Rosa: by Jesse Jackson, Sr., E2301-E2303 [8NO]

Excerpts

Newspaper editorial comments on H.R. 810, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, H3836 [24MY]

Factsheets

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act Oversight Activities: Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4645 [16JN], H6233 [21JY]

Letters

Anniversary of People's Republic of China assault on Roman Catholic Church in Shanghai: Joseph Kung, Cardinal Kung Foundation, E1859 [15SE]

Civil liberties violations of Sikhs: Gurmit Singh Aulakh, Council of Khalistan, E1479 [13JY], E2086 [17OC]

Condemn the People's Republic of China's system of forced labor prison camps used as a tool for supression: Representative Hyde, Committee on International Relations (House), H11628 [14DE]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H11628 [14DE]

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

Dept. of Defense use of U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for techniques used in interrogation of detainees: several retired military officers, S8791 [25JY]

Dept. of Justice use of Privacy Act to withhold redacted names from communications dealing with Dept. of Defense interrogation techniques used on detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Senators Levin and Lieberman, S1324 [14FE]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S1324 [14FE]

District of Columbia Personal Protection Act: several organizations, S11295 [7OC]

Equal rights for Iraqi women: several Representatives, H6689 [27JY]

Establish opt-out system for expungement of DNA profiles from the national index and authorize collection of DNA samples from persons arrested or detained under Federal authority: David LaBahn, California District Attorneys Association, S13759 [16DE]

———Debbie Smith, H-E-A-R-T, Inc., S13759 [16DE]

———Scott Berkowitz, Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, S13759 [16DE]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S13758 [16DE]

Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes: Lynn E. Bradley, American Library Association, S6081 [6JN]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, H4535 [15JN]

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Carol Berkowitz, American Academy of Pediatrics, S1478 [16FE]

Interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S708-S710 [1FE]

Judicial review of habeas corpus petitions from detainees held in the war on terror: Bohdan Danyliw, S12734 [14NO]

———Dominick V. Driano, S12735 [14NO]

———Dwight H. Sullivan, Dept. of Defense, S12730 [14NO], S12800 [15NO]

———Edward F. Rodriguez, Jr., S12734 [14NO]

———Eugene Fidell, National Institute of Military Justice, S12728 [14NO]

———Gilbert J. Regan, S12735 [14NO]

———John D. Hutson, S12729 [14NO]

———Michael Waldman, New York University School of Law Brennan Center for Justice, S12728 [14NO]

———Nolan Sklute, S12735 [14NO]

———Olan G. Waldrop, Jr., S12735 [14NO]

———Robert W. Norris, S12734 [14NO]

———several law school deans, S12802 [15NO]

———several retired military officers, S12729 [14NO], S12800 [15NO]

———Walter A. Reed, S12735 [14NO]

Luis Posada Carriles' asylum application: several Representatives, E1015 [19MY]

Mass secret cremations in Punjab: Brad Adams, Human Rights Watch (organization), E2273 [3NO]

Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government (OPEN Government) Act: Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, S1522 [16FE]

———Joel R. White, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, S1523 [16FE]

———John F. Sturm, Newspaper Association of America, S1524 [16FE]

———Karla Garrett Harshaw, American Society of Newspaper Editors, S1523 [16FE]

———Kelly Shackelford, Liberty Legal Institute, S6160 [7JN]

———Laura W. Murphy and Timothy H. Edgar, ACLU, S1522 [16FE]

———Linda Chavez, One Nation Indivisible (organization), S6160 [7JN]

———Mark Tapscott, Heritage Foundation, S1523 [16FE]

———Mary A. Baish, American Association of Law Libraries, S1522 [16FE]

———Matthew Paxton, National Newspaper Association, S1523 [16FE]

———Nancie G. Marzulla, Defenders of Property Rights (organization), S6160 [7JN]

———Ralph G. Neas, People for the American Way (organization), S1524 [16FE]

———Steve Lilienthal, Free Congress Foundation, S1523 [16FE]

———Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists, S1523 [16FE]

Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants: Senators Reid, Rockefeller, and Leahy, S14277 [21DE]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, H9571 [3NO]

———Janice L. Pauls, National Conference of State Legislatures, H9572 [3NO]

———Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9586 [3NO]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9586 [3NO]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H9587 [3NO]

———Representative Pombo, Committee on Resources (House), H9586 [3NO]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H9586, H9587 [3NO]

———Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, H9572 [3NO]

Prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW: Abe Sofaer, Hoover Institution, S12382 [4NO]

———Gerry Serotta and Brian Walt, Rabbis for Human Rights North America (organization), E2380 [17NO]

Proposed Air Force guidelines restricting religious expression by chaplains: several Representatives, H11189 [7DE]

Rescue of Charles Li: Yeong-Ching Foo, E1581 [22JY]

Respect for Life Pluripotent Stem Cell Act: James F. Battey, Jr., NIH, H5733 [12JY]

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act: James F. Battey, Jr., Dept. of HHS, H3755 [23MY]

———Kelsea King, H3829 [24MY]

———several scientists and medical doctors, H3847 [24MY]

———several university professors, H3879 [24MY]

U.S. Air Force Academy climate and culture for religious tolerance: Michael L. Dominguez, Sec. of the Air Force, H4759 [20JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement: 9/11 Families for a Secure America (organization), S13644 [15DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act delayed-notice search warrants provisions: William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S8225, S8227, S8228 [13JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement: Senator Levin, S13715 [16DE]

———Senator Specter, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S13441, S13442 [12DE]

———several Senators, S13440 [12DE], S13622 [15DE]

Urge Russia to withdraw or modify proposed legislation that would severely restrict establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H11622 [14DE]

Use of U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW: Colin L. Powell, S11094 [5OC]

———Ian Fishback, S11076 [5OC]

———John A. Panneton, Navy League of the U.S., S12382 [4NO]

———several retired military officers, S11063 [5OC]

Lists

Abuses of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) Democratic staff, H6224 [21JY]

Benefits of stem cells to human patients—adult stem cells v. embryonic cells, S9217 [28JY]

Diseases and conditions treatable with stem cells, S9326 [29JY]

New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology Stem Cell Research Grant recipients, E2616 [19DE]

Political prisoners held by Cuba, H8410 [28SE]

Rabbis for Human Rights North America (organization) signatories to letter on prohibiting torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, E2381-E2384 [17NO]

Studies on versatility of adult stem cells for stem cell research, H3837 [24MY]

Veterans organizations supporting H.J. Res. 10, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. Flag, H4906 [22JN]

Memorandums

Dept. of Defense Detainee Interrogation Methods: Jack L. Rives, Dept. of the Air Force, S8794, S8796 [25JY]

———Kevin M. Sandkuhler, Marine Corps, S8794 [25JY]

———Michael F. Lohr, Dept. of the Navy, S8795 [25JY]

———Thomas J. Romig, Dept. of the Army, S8794 [25JY]

Motions

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4924, H4925, H4926 [22JN]

House Rules: violations by the majority party relative to oversight hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization (H. Res. 324), H4649 [16JN]

Iraq: improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H9567 [3NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6306 [21JY], H10084 [9NO]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H11542 [14DE]

Notices

Travel warning for Haiti: Dept. of State, S8527 [20JY]

Petitions and memorials

Idaho: Security and Freedom Enhancement (SAFE) Act, S13624 [15DE]

Prefaces

``Authentic Voices of South Asia,'' Usman Khalid, E975 [13MY]

Press releases

Bail Denied for 11 Sikhs Arrested for Hoisting Sikh Flag in Amritsar—Is This Democracy, Freedom of Speech? Council of Khalistan, E240 [15FE]

In Memory of General Narinder Singh: Council of Khalistan, E2089 [17OC]

Indian Prime Minister Apologizes to Sikh Nation for 1984 Genocide: Council of Khalistan, E1866 [15SE]

Jailed Journalists' Support Day: Reporters Without Borders (organization), S13148-S13151 [17NO]

Khalistan Flag Hoisted in California, USA, Council of Khalistan, E1479 [13JY]

Punjab Assembly Debates Terrorism—Amarinder, Badal Should Discuss Freedom for Sikh Nation: Council of Khalistan, E2273 [3NO]

Proposals

House Rules violations by the majority party relative to oversight hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization, H4414 [14JN]

Improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H9566 [3NO]

Remarks in House

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H11473 [13DE]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 552), E144 [2FE]

———rate, E1121 [26MY]

Afghanistan: condemn cultural and religious intolerance by U.S. troops, H8951 [19OC]

———participation of women in elections, H8107 [20SE]

Air Force: proposed guidelines restricting religious expression by chaplains, H11189 [7DE], H11472 [13DE]

American and International Societies for Yad Vashem: tribute, E2415 [18NO]

Armed Forces: ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H9536 [2NO], H10115 [9NO], H10190 [15NO], H10507 [17NO], E2315 [9NO]

———ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (H.R. 3541), E1669 [29JY]

———ensure that the confidential communications of a member of the Armed Forces with a victim service organization or a health care professional are not disclosed (H.R. 3837), E1902 [20SE]

———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H3922, H4009-H4013 [25MY]

———policy regarding military service by homosexuals, H311-H315, H318, H324 [2FE]

———prohibit funding for torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H3020, H3024 [5MY]

———prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H9476 [2NO], H9995, H9996 [8NO], H10051, H10052 [9NO], E2260 [3NO], E2380 [17NO]

———tribute to soldiers serving at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H5260 [28JN], H6309 [21JY]

Azerbaijan: call for free and fair parliamentary elections (H. Res. 326), H5923-H5925 [18JY], E1580 [22JY]

———independence anniversary, E2126 [19OC]

Bahamas: independence anniversary, E1526 [19JY]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing debtors whose financial situations were caused by identity theft, H1978, H1990 [14AP]

Burma: democracy efforts, E253 [16FE], E267 [17FE], E1266 [17JN]

———provide emergency aid to internally displaced Burmese people, H6041, H6042 [19JY]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (H.J. Res. 52), H4813, H4817 [21JN], E1133 [26MY]

Cape Verde: independence anniversary, E1497 [15JY]

Capital punishment: protect victims' rights, H11183 [7DE]

Center for Reproductive Rights: release of documents on abortion legalization strategies, E340 [2MR]

Cheney, Vice President: role in setting U.S. policy on the interrogation and treatment of detainees by the U.S. military, H9611 [3NO]

China, People's Republic of: anniversary of assault on Roman Catholic Church in Shanghai, E1859 [15SE]

———condemn relative to individuals being held as prisoners of conscience for their involvement in efforts to end the occupation of Tibet, E586 [7AP]

———condemn the system of forced labor prison camps used as a tool for supression (H. Con. Res. 294), H11624-H11629 [14DE]

———human rights violations against religious minorities, E1581 [22JY]

———Internet self-censorship by certain companies doing business in China, H4784 [20JN]

Churches and synagogues: prohibit exercise of eminent domain over houses of worship and other nonprofit or tax-exempt organizations, H9598 [3NO]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1687), E686, E695, E705 [19AP], E719 [21AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1697), E686 [19AP]

———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (H. Con. Res. 25), H254, H261 [1FE], H593-H596 [15FE]

Coast Guard: expand scope of background checks for employment relative to terrorism-related crimes, H8041 [15SE]

———violation of privacy rights at Moss Landing Harbor, CA, H8412 [28SE]

Colombia: civil liberties violations of Afro-Colombians, E1182 [9JN], E1507 [15JY]

Computers: discourage spyware (H.R. 744), H3703-H3705 [23MY], E219 [10FE], E1061 [23MY]

———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (H.R. 29), H3705-H3712 [23MY], E1061 [23MY], E1147 [7JN]

Cote d'Ivoire: democracy efforts (H. Con. Res. 266), E2082 [7OC]

Courts: allow property owners to obtain injunctive or declaratory relief in cases of eminent domain, H9591, H9592 [3NO]

———guarantee incapacitated individuals explicit due process rights of hapeas corpus when a court orders their death by removal of nutrition, hydration, and medical treatment, H972 [3MR]

———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (H. Res. 547), H10312-H10317 [16NO], E2395 [17NO], E2550 [15DE]

———require timely notification to the issuing judge of any changes in the location of roving wiretaps, H6252-H6254 [21JY]

———restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (H.R. 776), E214 [10FE]

———role in interpretation and application of Constitution, H8136, H8140, H8141 [20SE], H9456 [1NO]

Crime: establish penalties for child identity theft, H7917 [14SE]

Croatia: independence anniversary, E1311 [22JN]

Cuba: call for release of political prisoners, H592 [15FE], H945 [3MR], H1513 [16MR], H4053 [25MY], E31 [6JA], E48 [20JA], E95 [26JA], E143 [2FE], E220 [10FE], E294 [18FE], E376 [8MR], E415 [10MR], E510 [17MR], E515 [20MR], E541 [5AP], E658, E659 [15AP], E736 [22AP], E816 [28AP], E893 [5MY], E962 [13MY], E1000 [17MY], E1050 [20MY], E1120 [26MY], E1195 [9JN], E1269 [17JN], E1334 [24JN], E1440 [1JY], E1496 [15JY], E1585 [22JY], E1714 [29JY], E1794 [8SE], E1871 [15SE], E1940 [22SE], E1999 [29SE], E2053 [7OC], E2118 [18OC], E2197 [27OC], E2276 [4NO], E2336 [10NO], E2399 [18NO], E2494 [8DE], E2592 [17DE]

———call for release of political prisoners, legalize political parties and free elections, urge European Union to reexamine policy, and support a U.N. resolution on ending human rights violations (H. Res. 388), H8408-H8413 [28SE], E1627 [27JY], E1991 [29SE]

———treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, H4565 [16JN], H4786 [20JN], H4829-H4838, H4862, H4864 [21JN], H4901, H4903, H4904 [22JN], H4988, H5081 [23JN], H5181, H5220 [27JN], H5356, H5357 [28JN], H5366 [29JN], H5597 [30JN]

Cyprus: independence anniversary, E1998 [29SE]

Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 123), H1901 [13AP], E632 [13AP]

Death and dying: encourage all Americans to write living wills designating health care surrogates and other advance directives, H10113 [9NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H2533 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, H9476 [2NO], H9995, H9996 [8NO], H10051, H10052 [9NO], H10507 [17NO], E2041 [6OC], E2260 [3NO], E2315 [9NO]

———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, H11337 [13DE], H11580-H11583 [14DE], H11859 [15DE], H12204, H12205, H12210, H12225, H12226 [18DE], E2563 [17DE], E2636 [22DE]

———judicial review of habeas corpus petitions from detainees held in the war on terror, H12207, H12210 [18DE], E2654 [30DE]

———prohibit use of funding for activities in Uzbekistan, H4769-H4771 [20JN]

———submit reports on existence of clandestine facilities used to detain individuals captured in the global war on terrorism, H11859-H11867 [15DE], H12031 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS: Office of Information Technology funding for privacy safegaurds on patients' background information, H5137 [24JN]

———require notification of patients whose federally-maintained records are lost, stolen, or used for unauthorized purposes, H5138 [24JN]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit Community Development Block Grant Program funding of private economic development projects involving an acquisition of land through eminent domain, H5427 [29JN]

———require all recipients of Homeless Assistance Act funds to protect personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (H.R. 2695), H4194 [8JN], E1114 [26MY]

Dept. of Justice: inclusion of emergency contraception in National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Examinations, H8403, H8404 [28SE]

———require annual report on use or development of data-mining technology by Federal agencies, H6274-H6276 [21JY]

———require report by Federal agencies on regulations and procedures relating to eminent domain, H9599 [3NO]

Dept. of Labor: National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute funding, H5162 [24JN]

Dept. of State: require report on promotion of religious freedom, democracy, and human rights in foreign countries (H.R. 1662), E658 [15AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (H.R. 1227), H1327 [10MR], E411 [10MR], E437 [14MR]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (H.R. 398), H307 [2FE]

———restore right to keep and bear arms, H5501-H5504 [30JN]

Dominican Republic: independence anniversary, E322 [1MR]

Durbin, Senator: characterization of treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H4658 [17JN], H4783 [20JN], H4806, H4807, H4808 [21JN], H4987 [23JN]

Egypt: democracy and education programs funding, H5298, H5299 [28JN]

———express concern regarding arrest of Ayman Nour and support for continued progress toward democracy (H. Con. Res. 78), H972 [3MR]

Employment: provide for labor recruiter accountability (H.R. 2298), E942 [11MY]

Ethiopia: human rights violations, E2570 [17DE]

———prohibit allocation of foreign aid until claims of private property confiscated by the Ethiopian Government are resolved (H.R. 1061), H924 [2MR]

Executive Office of the President: modify authority of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board relative to terrorism protection, H6218 [21JY]

———Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board funding, H5456, H5457 [29JN], E1419, E1420 [1JY]

FBI: ensure that recipients of national security letters may not be penalized for violating non-disclosure orders relative to mental competance, undue stress, threat of bodily harm, or discharge from employment, H6260-H6262 [21JY]

———prohibit funding to issue national security letters to obtain health insurance records, H4543-H4546 [15JN]

———require Director's approval of requests for library or bookstore records, H6249-H6252 [21JY]

Federal employees: affirm protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and repudiate any assertion to the contrary (H.R. 3128), E1437 [1JY]

Financial institutions: notify customers of unauthorized use of personal information (H.R. 3501), E1743 [29JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4903, H4904-H4928 [22JN], H5243 [27JN], E53 [25JA], E1334 [24JN], E1453 [11JY]

———constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), consideration (H. Res. 330), H4823-H4829 [21JN], E1324 [23JN]

———constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), motion to recommit, H4924-H4927 [22JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H4534-H4542 [15JN], H6214, H6216-H6218, H6222-H6247, H6295, H6296 [21JY], H11516, H11527 [14DE], E1640 [27JY]

Foreign policy: advance democracy, individual freedom, religious freedom, and human rights globally, strengthen alliances, and increase funding for groups and individuals promoting democracy (H.R. 1133), E349 [3MR]

———impact of free markets on society, E910 [9MY]

———support the capture, detention, and interrogation of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H6148-H6155 [20JY], E1580 [22JY]

France: rioting, H9701 [7NO], H10132 [9NO]

Freedom of religion: protect and preserve, H5710 [12JY]

———safeguard religious liberties, E694 [19AP]

Freedom of the press: affirm constitutionally guaranteed freedom of the press and assert that no purpose is served by sentencing journalists to prison for maintaining the anonymity of confidential sources, H5884 [14JY]

Haiti: call for free and fair parliamentary elections, H5342 [28JN]

Health: prevent Federal infringement on State or private programs funding embryonic stem cell research (H. Con. Res. 166), H3849 [24MY]

———provide for adult stem cell research, H721 [17FE], H3203 [12MY], H3548, H3551 [18MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, H3167 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3116 [11MY], H3441 [18MY], H3746, H3749-H3756 [23MY], H3773, H3774, H3775, H3799-H3852, H3879 [24MY], H3900, H4056 [25MY], H4179-H4184 [7JN], H5730 [12JY], H7604-H7608 [29JY], H12067, H12069 [17DE], E1096 [25MY], E1200 [9JN], E1268 [17JN]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (H. Res. 196), H11128-H11130 [7DE], E2484, E2490, E2496, E2499 [8DE], E2562 [17DE]

House Rules: violations by the majority party relative to oversight hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization (H. Res. 324), H4565, H4566, H4567, H4644-H4650 [16JN]

Hurricanes: exempt victims of Hurricane Katrina from seizure of condemned property through exercise of eminent domain, H9599, H9600 [3NO]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database, H11675 [15DE]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (H.R. 98), H2747 [3MY], H2989 [5MY], H3445 [18MY], H9684 [4NO], E14 [4JA], E1061 [23MY]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish, H4830-H4840, H4856, H4857 [21JN], H4901, H4903 [22JN]

———establish (H.R. 3003), H11078 [6DE], E1307 [21JN]

India: civil liberties violations of Sikhs, E25 [4JA], E71 [25JA], E127 [1FE], E239, E240 [15FE], E492 [17MR], E566 [7AP], E1309 [21JN], E1478 [13JY], E1866 [15SE], E2086, E2091 [17OC], E2272, E2273 [3NO], E2506, E2512 [13DE]

———condemn use of sex selection technologies to identify a female fetus for abortion, H10234 [16NO]

———human rights violations, E975 [13MY]

———Sikh observance of Vaisakhi Day, E573 [7AP]

———tribute to independence efforts of the Gadar Movement, E531 [5AP]

Indian National Republic Day: observance, H200 [26JA]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (H.R. 1310), E456 [16MR]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, E2325 [10NO]

———strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (H.R. 1526), H6244 [21JY], E1022 [19MY]

Iraq: accountability for abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H3088-H3090 [10MY], H3164 [11MY], H8629 [29SE], E808 [28AP], E874 [4MY], E895 [5MY]

———commend for granting women certain important political rights, H8892 [18OC]

———encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (H. Res. 383), H6686-H6691 [27JY]

———improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H9562-H9567 [3NO], H10216, H10217 [15NO], H11204, H11205 [7DE]

———provide assistance to Chaldo-Assyrians and other indigenous Christians, H6142-H6144 [20JY]

———treatment of women's rights under the draft constitution, H7792 [8SE]

———vote on new constitution, H8811, H8812, H8820 [17OC], H8851-H8853, H8856, H8907-H8911, H8915 [18OC], H8924, H8925 [19OC], H9050, H9053 [25OC], H9455 [1NO]

IRS: enforce Privacy Act relative to personal information, H5509 [30JN]

Israel: independence anniversary, H3117 [11MY], E951, E955 [12MY], E957, E958, E960, E961, E972, E973, E974 [13MY]

———independence anniversary (H. Con. Res. 149), H3724-H3728 [23MY], E1072 [24MY], E1114, E1134 [26MY]

Jamaica: independence anniversary, E1783 [7SE], E2030, E2035 [6OC]

Khodorkovsky, Mikhail B.: condemn politically-motivated arrest and detention by Russian authorities, H7592 [29JY]

Kuwait: commend for granting women certain important political rights (H. Res. 343), H5612 [11JY], E1513 [18JY]

Law enforcement: limit authority to delay notice of search warrants, H4525, H4526 [15JN]

———limit authority to delay notice of search warrants and establish certain reporting requirements, H6263-H6265 [21JY]

———prohibit Federal investigation of citizens for alleged criminal conduct based solely on membership in nonviolent political organizations or participation in other lawful political activities, H6295-H6297 [21JY]

Macedonia: encourage resolution of dispute with Greece, E565 [7AP]

McDermott, Representative: verdict in civil lawsuit relative to interception of cellular phone conversations between Members of Congress, E99 [26JA]

Medicare: prohibit disclosure of Social Security numbers on Medicare-related mailings (H.R. 2518), E1060 [23MY]

———prohibit inclusion of Social Security numbers on identification cards issued to beneficiaries, H5125, H5126 [24JN]

Nagorno-Karabakh: democracy efforts, E269 [17FE], E279, E288, E299 [18FE], E328 [2MR]

National security: affirm authority to detain foreign nationals as unlawful combatants, enable such persons to challenge the basis for their detention, and establish military tribunals to try such persons (H.R. 3038), H6149 [20JY], E1322 [23JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5232-H5239 [27JN]

———protect civil liberties relative to war on terrorism, E122 [1FE]

———reform issuance of national security letters, H9965 [8NO], H11527 [14DE]

———require approval of certain judges for issuance of national security letters and require Attorney General to submit semiannual reports on national security letters (H.R. 4570), E2572 [17DE]

———restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws, E1313 [22JN]

———restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (H.R. 1502), H11537 [14DE], E588 [7AP]

National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, H12054, H12055, H12056, H12145 [17DE], H12225, H12226 [18DE], E2625 [19DE]

———require Dept. of Justice to submit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (H. Res. 643), E2646 [22DE]

New Jersey: State human embryonic stem cell research grants, H12072 [17DE], E2616 [19DE]

News media: establish protections against compelled disclosure of sources, and news or information, by persons providing services for the news media, E1098 [25MY]

———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 (H.R. 3323), H5969 [19JY]

———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 (H.R. 581), H290 [2FE], H592 [15FE], E147 [2FE]

Newsweek (publication): retraction of news story citing mistreatment of POW at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by desecrating the Koran, H3337, H3338 [17MY], H4862 [21JN], E995 [17MY]

———retraction of news story citing mistreatment of POW at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by desecrating the Koran, H3268, H3269 [16MY]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (H.R. 2574), H5728 [12JY]

———conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (H.R. 3144)-H5733 [12JY], H5888 [14JY], H7604-H7608 [29JY]

NLRB: prohibit funding to exert jurisdiction over tribal government enterprises on sovereign land, H5139-H5141 [24JN]

Padilla, Jose: court ruling relative to detention and classification as ``unlawful combatant'', E415 [10MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', H8131, H8135 [20SE], E1837 [14SE]

Poland: independence anniversary, E2318 [9NO]

Polish Constitution Day: observance, E867 [4MY]

POW: require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces or intelligence operatives (H.R. 112), E15 [4JA]

Privacy: impose restrictions on information contained in any national identification database, H564, H565 [10FE]

———limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H6213 [21JY]

———prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (H.R. 582), E152 [2FE]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (H.R. 220), E3 [4JA]

———regulate information brokers and protect individual rights with respect to personally identifiable information (H.R. 1080), E368 [3MR]

———require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (H.R. 1069), H1972 [14AP]

———strengthen the authority of the Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (H.R. 1078), E368 [3MR]

Real estate: clarify definition of economic development in cases of eminent domain, H9593, H9594 [3NO]

———clarify that the burden is on the State or agency to show that an eminent domain taking is not for certain economic development, H9592 [3NO]

———encourage the cleanup and use of brownfields and other sites that contain hazardous contaminants in cases of eminent domain, H9596, H9597 [3NO]

———enumerate harmful uses of land which constitute a threat to public health and safety in cases of eminent domain, H9594, H9595 [3NO]

———prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons, H9579, H9580 [3NO]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain, H9333 [27OC]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 3083), H5369 [29JN]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 3135), E1426 [1JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9454-H9459 [1NO], H9475, H9476, H9477 [2NO], H9559, H9569-H9605, H9613 [3NO], H9644 [4NO], E2253 [3NO], E2278 [4NO], E2281 [7NO]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), amendment process, H9396 [28OC]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), consideration (H. Res. 527), H9560-H9562 [3NO]

Religion: condemn bigotry and religious intolerance and recognize that holy books of every religion should be treated with dignity and respect (H. Res. 288), E1045 [20MY]

———prohibit funding to enforce the Southern District Court of Indiana ruling in case on the display of the Ten Commandments on government property, H4532, H4533 [15JN]

———Supreme Court cases on the display of the Ten Commandments on government property, H991 [8MR], H1029 [9MR]

Robinson, Michael: ACLU of Sonoma County, CA, Jack Green Civil Liberties Award recipient, E632 [13AP]

Russia: condemn oppression of political opposition, E1666 [29JY]

———urge withdrawal or modification of proposed legislation that would severely restrict establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations (H. Con. Res. 312), H11621-H11624 [14DE]

Schools: voluntary religious study by students, H4299 [9JN]

Seneca Falls, NY: anniversary of women's rights convention, E1531 [19JY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (H.R. 1745), E720 [21AP]

Sudan: hiring of U.S. lobbyist, E2097 [17OC], E2186 [27OC]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples, E1149 [7JN], E1246 [15JN]

———decisions on the display of the Ten Commandments on government property, H5218 [27JN], H5258, H5260, H5261, H5355 [28JN], H5481 [30JN]

———disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H5104, H5167 [24JN], H5218, H5227 [27JN], H5256, H5259 [28JN], H5366 [29JN], H5481 [30JN], H9441, H9454-H9459 [1NO], H9600, H9601 [3NO], E1379 [28JN]

———disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (H. Res. 340), H5370 [29JN], H5577-H5585 [30JN], E1453 [11JY], E1720, E1728 [29JY]

———encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (H. Con. Res. 245), H8418-H8422 [28SE], E2082 [7OC]

———prohibit funding to enforce Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H5504-H5506 [30JN]

Sweden: limitations on religious speech, E2293 [8NO]

Syria: human rights and civil liberties violations (H. Con. Res. 18), H1529-H1532 [16MR]

———strengthen sanctions, establish a program to support a transition to a democratically elected Government, and restore sovereignty and democratic rule in Lebanon (H.R. 1141), H1331 [10MR]

Taxation: exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (H.R. 3268), H5939 [18JY], H6114 [20JY], H6331 [22JY]

Terrorism: clarify definition of domestic terrorism relative to asset forfeiture, H6262, H6263 [21JY]

Tibetan Uprising Day: observance, E410, E411, E412, E426 [10MR]

Trepashkin, Mikhail: condemn arrest and detention in Russia, E2211 [28OC]

Trinidad and Tobago: independence anniversary, E1708 [29JY]

Turkey: urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch (H. Res. 166), E477 [17MR]

U.S. Air Force Academy: address issue of religious discrimination, H3266 [16MY], H3908 [25MY], H4193 [8JN]

———ensure a positive climate of religious freedom and tolerance, H4759-H4767 [20JN]

U.S. Commission on an Open Society With Security: establish (H.R. 1525), E590 [7AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets (H.R. 4647), H13178 [22DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, H11515-H11520, H11522, H11523 [14DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (H.R. 4506), H11533 [14DE], E2511 [13DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2167), H13179-H13181 [22DE]

———include sunsets, H6306, H6307 [21JY]

———modify sunsets on wiretap authority, library and bookseller records, and lone wolf provisions, H10084, H10107 [9NO], H10360 [16NO], E2325 [10NO]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H5746 [13JY], H5969, H6081-H6087 [19JY], H6110, H6114 [20JY], H6210, H6221-H6269, H6273-H6309, H6315-H6323 [21JY], H6332, H6344 [22JY], H6434 [26JY], H10084 [9NO], H10360 [16NO], E1578, E1583, E1584, E1585 [22JY], E1594, E1600, E1601 [25JY], E1620, E1640, E1647 [27JY], E1713, E1719, E1732 [29JY], E1747 [2SE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), amendment process, H5882 [14JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H11337 [13DE], H11509, H11523-H11544 [14DE], H12056 [17DE], E2549, E2556 [15DE], E2572 [17DE], E2633, E2639 [22DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration (H. Res. 369), H6210-H6220 [21JY], E1577 [22JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 595), H11515-H11523 [14DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), corrections in engrossment, H6309 [21JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), motion to instruct conferees, H10084-H10090, H10107 [9NO], E2325 [10NO]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), motion to recommit, H6306, H6307 [21JY]

Uzbekistan: prohibit allocation of foreign aid for military activities, H5977, H6096 [19JY]

———urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (H. Res. 545), H12178, H12179 [18DE]

Voting Rights Act: allow the expiration of provisions requiring certain jurisdictions to obtain preclearance for any new voting practice or procedure, H9613 [3NO]

World Trade Organization: implement basic core labor standards, H4307 [9JN]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (H.R. 893), E280 [18FE]

Zimbabwe: condemn government operation under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other buildings were demolished in an attempt to restore order (H. Res. 409), H11630-H11637 [14DE]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life relative to unborn disabled children, S10531-S10534 [28SE]

Armed Forces: accountability for abuse of prisoners and detainees by U.S. military personnel, S11102-S11104 [5OC], S13956 [17DE]

———ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S405 [25JA]

———prohibit funding for torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S3976 [20AP]

———prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S8790, S8798 [25JY], S9148 [27JY], S9419, S9423, S9451 [29JY], S11062-S11072, S11091, S11092, S11094, S11102-S11104, S11114 [5OC], S12380-S12386 [4NO], S12478 [8NO]

———provide for parental involvement in abortions of dependent children of members, S12562, S12563 [9NO]

Azerbaijan: call for free and fair parliamentary elections (S. Res. 260), S11699 [20OC]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing debtors whose financial situations were caused by identity theft, S1918-S1920 [2MR], S1982 [3MR]

———nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, S2203-S2215 [8MR]

Burma: human rights violations, S13775 [16DE]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (H.J. Res. 52), S8440-S8442, S8445, S8446 [19JY]

———approve renewal of import restrictions (S.J. Res. 18), S4877-S4879 [10MY], S8440 [19JY]

———approve renewal of import restrictions (S.J. Res. 18), unanimous-consent agreement, S8436 [18JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S14010 [19DE]

———role of nominees in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S128-S130 [24JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 841), S3894, S3900 [19AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 840), S3894, S3900 [19AP]

———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'', S1149 [9FE]

Colleges and universities: allow military service academies to include the offering of voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities, S12561-S12568 [9NO]

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

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

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 589), S2485, S2486 [10MR]

Committee on Finance (Senate): retain jurisdiction over Medicare supplemental policies in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, S1484 [16FE]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): conduct investigation into intelligence collection through the detention, interrogation, and rendition of prisoners, S4060-S4066 [21AP]

Computers: protect the reasonable expectation of privacy of users of e-mail (S. 936), S4553 [28AP]

———regulate unauthorized installation of computer software and require disclosure to users of certain software features that pose a threat to user privacy (S. 687), S3106 [20MR]

Courtroom Television Network, LLC.: premiere of television movie ``The Exonerated'', S563 [26JA]

Courts: amend laws relative to protective orders, sealing of cases, and disclosures of discovery information in civil actions (S. 1348), S7831 [30JN]

———amend the material witness statute to strengthen procedural safeguards (S. 1739), S10296-S10298 [21SE]

———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance, S10018 [14SE]

———role in interpretation and application of Constitution, S10273-S10275 [21SE]

Cuba: grant authority to utilize combatant status review tribunals and annual review board to determine status of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, S8811-S8813 [25JY], S9419, S9451 [29JY], S11073-S11075 [5OC]

———treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, S6390 [13JN], S6592-S6595 [14JN], S6671, S6712-S6716, S6718-S6721, S6782-S6784 [16JN], S7397-S7402 [27JN], S7485 [28JN], S7809 [30JN], S14310 [21DE]

Death and dying: protect rights of the incapacitated and improve end-of-life care and decisionmaking, S3120-S3122 [4AP]

Dept. of Defense: construction of a permanent prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, S3514, S3522 [13AP]

———court order to release photographs and videos relative to abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, S10783 [30SE]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, S8790-S8801 [25JY], S9419, S9451 [29JY], S11062-S11072, S11073, S11075, S11091, S11092, S11094, S11114 [5OC], S12380-S12386 [4NO], S12478 [8NO], S12674 [10NO]

———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, S13739 [16DE], S13956, S13958 [17DE], S14010 [19DE], S14134 [20DE], S14251, S14261-S14263, S14268, S14269, S14273, S14274, S14309 [21DE], S14427 [30DE]

———evidentiary standards used by combatant status review tribunals relative to detainees held in the war on terror, S14273 [21DE]

———judicial review of habeas corpus petitions from detainees held in the war on terror, S12727-S12734, S12755 [14NO], S12799 [15NO], S14169 [20DE], S14245, S14251, S14260-S14268, S14274, S14275, S14309 [21DE]

———require the Secretary to establish uniform standards and procedures for the detention and interrogation of detainees, S8792, S8793 [25JY]

———review status of detainees held in the war on terror, S12655-S12661, S12662-S12665, S12667 [10NO], S12753-S12756 [14NO], S12796, S12799-S12803 [15NO], S12942 [16NO]

———submit reports on existence of clandestine facilities used to detain individuals captured in the global war on terrorism, S12646-S12648, S12652-S12655, S12662 [10NO], S14122 [20DE]

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

Dept. of Justice: use of Privacy Act to withhold redacted names from communications dealing with Dept. of Defense interrogation techniques used on detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S1316-S1321, S1323-S1326, S1330-S1332 [14FE], S1366-S1369, S1386 [15FE]

Dept. of State: require report on plan for free and fair parliamentary elections in Haiti, S8527-S8529 [20JY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (S. 306), S1056-S1058 [7FE], S1452, S1459-S1486 [16FE], S1594-S1597 [17FE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (S. 195), S604 [26JA]

———restore right to keep and bear arms, S11646 [20OC]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (S. 1082), S6009 [26MY], S11294 [7OC]

Durbin, Senator: apology relative to characterization of treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S6979 [22JN]

———characterization of treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S6896, S6897 [21JN]

Equal Access Act: expand scope to elementary schools in order to strengthen religious liberty and combat government hostility to expressions of faith (S. 483), S1873-S1875 [1MR]

Ethiopia: human rights violations, S13772 [16DE]

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, S1316, S1322-S1326, S1330-S1332 [14FE], S1366-S1369, S1371, S1376, S1377, S1385, S1386 [15FE]

Financial institutions: notify customers of unauthorized use of personal information (S. 1216), S6318 [9JN]

———require financial services providers to maintain customer information security systems and notify customers of unauthorized use of personal information (S. 1594), S9515 [29JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 12), S3686-S3688 [14AP], S6473 [14JN]

———prohibit desecration, S1001 [7FE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, S6081 [6JN], S13526, S13555 [14DE], S14001, S14008, S14009 [19DE], S14111 [20DE]

———limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes (S. 317), S1131-S1133 [8FE]

Foreign trade: eliminate consumptive demand exemption relative to importation of goods made with forced labor (S. 992), S4876 [10MY]

Freedom of Information Act: require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation (S. 1181), S6159-S6161 [7JN], S7383-S7385 [24JN]

———strengthen (S. 394), S1520, S1524, S1525 [16FE], S6159-S6161 [7JN]

FTC: enhance enforcement against illegal spam, spyware, and cross-border fraud and deception (S. 1608), S9533 [29JY]

———establish and enforce procedures for protection of consumers from misuse of, and unauthorized access to, personal information contained in files maintained by certain businesses (S. 1461), S8681 [21JY]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: role in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S128-S130 [24JA], S698-S732 [1FE], S839-S859, S862-S873 [2FE], S923-S961 [3FE]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform abortions or make referrals regarding abortion services, S4217-S4219 [25AP], S4254 [26AP]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, S6905 [21JN], S9323-S9330 [29JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S5831-S5833, S5840 [24MY], S6003, S6065 [26MY], S6111 [6JN], S6137 [7JN], S6279 [9JN], S9215, S9216 [28JY], S13637-S13640 [15DE], S13746 [16DE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), unanimous-consent request, S9204-S9207 [28JY]

Homeland Security Act: amend provisions on voluntarily furnished critical infrastructure information to restore public disclosure, government regulation, and whistleblowing protections (S. 622), S2736 [15MR]

Information services: require reports on Federal data-mining programs to collect personal information from commercial and governmental sources (S. 1169), S6105 [6JN]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, S13463 [13DE], S13519, S13524 [14DE]

Iraq: accountability for abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, S4246-S4249 [26AP]

———anniversary of disclosure of abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, S4246 [26AP]

———call for independent investigation of abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, S4246-S4249 [26AP], S4540 [28AP]

———encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (S. Res. 231), S9583 [29JY]

———improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, S12879 [16NO]

———vote on new constitution, S11344 [17OC], S11450 [18OC], S11504, S11510-S11512 [19OC], S11604 [20OC], S12463 [8NO], S12556-S12558 [9NO], S12876-S12878 [16NO]

Israel: independence anniversary, S5048 [12MY]

———independence anniversary (S. Res. 151), S5548 [19MY]

Khodorkovsky, Mikhail B.: condemn politically-motivated arrest, detention, sentencing, seizing of assets, and state-directed takeover of the Yukos Oil Co., by Russian authorities (S. Res. 322), S13410 [18NO]

Korematsu, Fred T.: tribute (S. Res. 126), S4432 [27AP]

Kosovo: agreement on future status (S. Res. 237), S11331 [7OC]

Kyrgyzstan: encourage democratic reforms, fulfill human rights obligations, and ensure democratic, transparent, and fair process for parliamentary elections (S. Res. 111), S3759 [15AP]

Ladies in White (organization): European Union Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Award recipient, S13443 [12DE]

Law enforcement: establish an opt-out system for expungement of DNA profiles from the national index and authorize collection of DNA samples from persons arrested or detained under Federal authority, S11121 [5OC], S13756-S13759 [16DE]

———establish an opt-out system for expungement of DNA profiles from the national index and authorize collection of DNA samples from persons arrested or detained under Federal authority (S. 1606), S9528 [29JY]

———limit authority to delay notice of search warrants (S. 316), S1130 [8FE]

———protect crime victims' rights, eliminate backlog of collected DNA samples, and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations, S563 [26JA]

Lebedev, Platon: condemn politically-motivated arrest, detention, sentencing, seizing of assets, and state-directed takeover of the Yukos Oil Co., by Russian authorities (S. Res. 322), S13410 [18NO]

Medicare: permit beneficiaries to use identification numbers other than Social Security numbers to deter identity theft, S11784, S11785 [25OC]

National Commission on Policies and Practices on Treatment of Detainees Since September 11, 2001: establish, S8803 [25JY], S9065 [27JY]

National Commission on U.S. Policies and Practices Relating to the Treatment of Detainees Since September 11, 2001: establish, S12393-S12397 [4NO], S12416, S12420-S12422, S12432-S12436 [7NO], S12472-S12474, S12491, S12520 [8NO]

National security: provide for judicial review of national security letters issued to wire and electronic communications service providers (S. 693), S3154 [4AP]

———reform issuance of national security letters, S10582 [28SE], S13525, S13556, S13559 [14DE], S13619, S13626 [15DE]

———reform issuance of national security letters (S. 1680), S9939 [12SE]

National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, S13736, S13739 [16DE], S14134, S14137, S14140 [20DE], S14276-S14280 [21DE]

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 (S. 1419), S9423 [29JY]

———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 (S. 340), S1215 [9FE], S7604 [29JN]

Nigeria: conduct thorough judicial review of the Ken Saro-Wiwa case (S. Res. 303), S12679, S12692 [10NO]

Parlak, Ibrahim: urge release from prison and approve application for permanent residence, S3730 [15AP]

Pledge of Allegiance: district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', S10103-S10105 [15SE], S10181-S10183 [19SE]

———district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (S. Res. 243), S10147, S10148 [15SE]

———district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (S. Res. 244), S10148 [15SE]

Privacy: prevent and mitigate identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (S. 1332), S7620-S7632, S7644 [29JN], S7871 [30JN]

———prevent and mitigate identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (S. 1789), S10734 [29SE]

———require consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of personally identifiable information (S. 116), S289-S291 [24JA]

———require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information, to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (S. 115), S287 [24JA]

———strengthen data protection and safeguards, require data breach notification, and further prevent identity theft (S. 1408), S8322-S8326 [14JY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain, S10026 [14SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (S. 1313), S7429 [27JN]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (S. 1895), S11568 [19OC]

Religion: accommodations in the workplace (S. 677), S3057 [17MR]

———constitutional amendment relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency (S.J. Res. 24), S10046 [14SE]

Reporters Without Borders (organization): observance of Jailed Journalists' Support Day, S13148 [17NO]

Russia: human rights violations in Chechnya, S9718 [7SE]

———urge withdrawal or modification of proposed legislation that would severely restrict establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations (S. Res. 339), S13942 [16DE]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (S. Res. 132), S4641 [9MY]

Social Security: limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (S. 29), S216 [24JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples, S6149 [7JN], S6222 [8JN]

———anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (S. Res. 162), S6135-S6138, S6170, S6171 [7JN]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (S. 1350), S7833 [30JN]

Tibetan Uprising Day: observance, S2480 [10MR]

U.N.: withhold funding if the U.N. abridges U.S. right to keep and bear arms (S. 1488), S9150 [27JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: clarify conditions for the interceptions of computer trespass communications (S. 318), S1133 [8FE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions (S. 2082), unanimous-consent request, S13720 [16DE], S13996 [19DE], S14084, S14085, S14088 [20DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions (S. 2167), unanimous-consent agreement, S14233 [21DE], S14424 [22DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, S13564 [14DE], S13619, S13624, S13626, S13629 [15DE], S14009 [19DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2082), S13453 [12DE], S13463-S13467 [13DE], S13620 [15DE], S13692, S13701, S13708-S13721, S13768, S13769 [16DE], S13995-S14000, S14004 [19DE], S14085-S14089, S14132 [20DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2167), S14234, S14275-S14281 [21DE]

———limit use of surveillance and issuance of search warrants, S13557, S13560 [14DE], S13619, S13620, S13623, S13624, S13626 [15DE], S13711, S13714, S13716, S13718, S13721 [16DE], S13998, S13999 [19DE], S14165-S14167 [20DE]

———reauthorize and improve, S10582 [28SE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), S9558-S9579 [29JY], S9788 [8SE], S13297-S13300, S13302-S13304, S13328 [18NO]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13438-S13443 [12DE], S13462-S13467, S13471, S13473-S13478 [13DE], S13517, S13519-S13521, S13524, S13531-S13533, S13546-S13561, S13564 [14DE], S13608-S13627, S13629, S13640-S13644 [15DE], S13690-S13692, S13699-S13701, S13708-S13721, S13736-S13740, S13768, S13769 [16DE], S13949-S13954, S13957-S13959, S13962 [17DE], S13995-S14004, S14006-S14014 [19DE], S14099-S14101, S14111, S14112, S14132, S14135-S14138, S14165-S14167 [20DE], S14234 [21DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), insert S. 1389 language in lieu, S9558 [29JY]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 1389), S8222-S8224 [13JY], S14003 [19DE]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 1389), unanimous-consent request, S13996 [19DE]

———repeal sunsets, S13709 [16DE]

Uribe, Alvaro: U.S. visit, S10058 [15SE]

Uzbekistan: urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (S. Res. 295), S12279 [2NO]

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

Voting Rights Act: reauthorize, S6364 [13JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (S.J. Res. 7), S2744 [15MR], S2981 [17MR]

———protection of reproductive rights, S6135-S6138 [7JN]

———repeal law that gags doctors and denies women information and referrals concerning their reproductive health options (S. 839), S3957 [19AP], S4038 [20AP]

Reports

Committee Oversight of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act From October 2001 to November 2005, H11525 [14DE]

Gaps in the Dept. of Defense Detainee Abuse Reviews, S12433 [7NO]

Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government (OPEN Government) Act (S. 394), S1521 [16FE]

Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in the People's Republic of China: Manfred Nowak, U.N. Commission on Human Rights, H11625-H11628 [14DE]

Staffdel Simpkins Trip Report—Zimbabwe and South Africa: Gregory Simpkins, H11632-H11636 [14DE]

Uzbekistan—Rights Defenders Targeted After Massacre: Human Rights Watch (organization), H4770 [20JN]

Reports filed

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act Import Restrictions Renewal Approval: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S.J. Res. 18) (S. Rept. 109-101), S8134 [12JY]

Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3128) (H. Rept. 109-313), H11032 [18NO]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3199, USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 595) (H. Rept. 109-343), H11502 [13DE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 10, Constitutional Amendment To Prohibit Desecration of the Flag: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 330) (H. Rept. 109-140), H4801 [20JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 369) (H. Rept. 109-178), H6204 [20JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4128, Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 527) (H. Rept. 109-266), H9554 [2NO]

Constitutional Amendment To Prohibit Desecration of the U.S. Flag: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.J. Res. 10) (H. Rept. 109-131), H4485 [14JN]

Faster FOIA Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 589), S2993 [17MR]

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 306), S1259 [10FE]

Identity Theft Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1408) (S. Rept. 109-203), S13450 [12DE]

Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 744) (H. Rept. 109-93), H3767 [23MY]

Make Permanent, Reauthorize, and Clarify Certain Provisions of Law Providing Additional Investigative Tools Necessary To Protect National Security: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1266) (S. Rept. 109-85), S6740 [16JN]

Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1326), S11664 [20OC]

Personal Data Privacy and Security Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1789), S13160 [17NO]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4128) (H. Rept. 109-262), H9435 [31OC], H9640 [3NO]

Require Future Legislation Establishing a New Exemption to the Freedom of Information Act To Explicitly State the Exemption Within the Text of Such Legislation: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1181) (S. Rept. 109-81), S6404 [13JN]

Safe Housing Identity Exception for the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims (SHIELD) Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2695) (H. Rept. 109-336), H11502 [13DE]

Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass (SPY) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 29) (H. Rept. 109-32), H1893 [12AP]

Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property (STOPP) Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3405) (H. Rept. 109-261), H9435 [31OC]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3199) (H. Rept. 109-333), H11326 [8DE]

———Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 3199) (H. Rept. 109-174), H5962 [18JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3199) (H. Rept. 109-174), H5962 [18JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1389), S8745 [22JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4925, H4926 [22JN]

Iraq: improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H9566 [3NO]

Statements

Bahama Independence Day: Ivy Dumont, E1527 [19JY]

Civil Rights Act: Senator Inouye, S5041 [12MY]

District of Columbia Full Voting Representation in Congress: Emory Kosh, H307 [2FE]

———Isaac Lewis, H308 [2FE]

———Marcus Gray, H308 [2FE]

Establish Opt-out System for Expungement of DNA Profiles From the National Index and Authorize Collection of DNA Samples From Persons Arrested or Detained Under Federal Authority: Dept. of Justice, S13758 [16DE]

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Executive Office of the President, S1481 [16FE]

Independence Day Message: P.J. Patterson, E1784 [7SE]

May Guru Bless the Khalsa Panth in 2005 With Freedom, Happiness, Unity, and Prosperity—Freedom Lies in the Heart of the Sikh Nation; No Force Can Suppress It: Gurmit Singh Aulakh, Council of Khalistan, E72 [25JA]

Media Bias and the Future of Freedom of Press: Representative McDermott, E1098 [25MY]

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act: Executive Office of the President, S5833 [24MY]

Tibetan Uprising Day: Dalai Lama, E410, E426 [10MR]

Vaisakhi Day: Council of Khalistan, E573 [7AP]

War on Terrorism: Vernon Chong, S12775 [15NO]

Studies

Case Study of 8 Serial Killers and Rapists—60 Violent Crimes Could Have Been Prevented, Including 22 Murders and 30 Rapes, S9529-S9531 [29JY]

Tables

Accountability of senior-level officers relative to treatment of detainees, S12435 [7NO]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 18, human rights and civil liberties violations by Syria, H1529 [16MR]

H. Con. Res. 25, recognize civil rights contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'', H593 [15FE]

H. Con. Res. 149, Israel independence anniversary, H3724 [23MY]

H. Con. Res. 245, encourage Supreme Court finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution, H8418 [28SE]

H. Con. Res. 294, condemn the People's Republic of China's system of forced labor prison camps used as a tool for supression, H11624 [14DE]

H. Con. Res. 312, urge Russian withdrawal or modification of proposed legislation that would severely restrict establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations, H11621 [14DE]

H. Res. 196, anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery, H11128 [7DE]

H. Res. 324, House Rules violations by majority party relative to hearings on Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization, H4644 [16JN]

H. Res. 326, call for free and fair parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, H5923 [18JY]

H. Res. 330, consideration of H.J. Res. 10, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. Flag, H4823 [21JN]

H. Res. 340, disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, Supreme Court decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H5577 [30JN]

H. Res. 343, commend Kuwait for granting women certain important political rights, H5612 [11JY]

H. Res. 369, consideration of H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, H6210 [21JY]

H. Res. 383, encourage Iraqi Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law, H6686 [27JY]

H. Res. 388, call for release of political prisoners in Cuba, legalize political parties and free elections, urge European Union to reexamine policy, and support a U.N. resolution on ending human rights violations, H8408 [28SE]

H. Res. 409, condemn government operation in Zimbabwe under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other buildings were demolished in an attempt to restore order, H11630 [14DE]

H. Res. 527, consideration of H.R. 4128, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H9560 [3NO]

H. Res. 545, urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov in Uzbekistan, H12178 [18DE]

H. Res. 547, infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District, H10312 [16NO]

H. Res. 595, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, H11515 [14DE]

H.J. Res. 10, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. Flag, H4904 [22JN]

H.J. Res. 52, Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act import restrictions renewal, H4813 [21JN]

H.R. 29, Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass (SPY) Act, H3705-H3708 [23MY]

H.R. 744, Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act, H3703 [23MY]

H.R. 810, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, H3809 [24MY]

H.R. 3144, Respect for Life Pluripotent Stem Cell Act, H5730 [12JY]

H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S9562-S9579 [29JY], S9599-S9605 [1SE], H6247-H6249 [21JY]

H.R. 4128, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H9589 [3NO]

H.R. 4647, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act extension of sunsets, H13178 [22DE]

S. 29, Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act, S217-S221 [24JA]

S. 115, Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act, S288 [24JA]

S. 116, Privacy Act, S291-S300 [24JA]

S. 195, No Taxation Without Representation Act, S604 [26JA]

S. 306, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, S1459-S1476 [16FE]

S. 316, Reasonable Notice and Search Act, S1131 [8FE]

S. 317, Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act, S1133 [8FE]

S. 318, Computer Trespass Clarification Act, S1134 [8FE]

S. 394, Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government (OPEN Government) Act, S1524 [16FE]

S. 483, expand scope of Equal Access Act to elementary schools in order to strengthen religious liberty and combat government hostility to expressions of faith, S1875 [1MR]

S. 589, Faster FOIA Act, S2485 [10MR]

S. 622, Restoration of Freedom of Information Act, S2737 [15MR]

S. 677, Workplace Religious Freedom Act, S3057 [17MR]

S. 687, Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge (SPY BLOCK) Act, S3106-S3109 [20MR]

S. 693, Electronic Communications Privacy Judicial Review and Improvement Act, S3155 [4AP]

S. 936, E-Mail Privacy Act, S4553 [28AP]

S. 992, eliminate consumptive demand exemption relative to importation of foreign goods made with forced labor, S4877 [10MY]

S. 1169, Federal Agency Data-Mining Reporting Act, S6106 [6JN]

S. 1181, require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation, S7385 [24JN]

S. 1216, Financial Privacy Breach Notification Act, S6319 [9JN]

S. 1332, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, S7622-S7631 [29JN]

S. 1350, Wireless 411 Privacy Act, S7834 [30JN]

S. 1389, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S8230-S8233 [13JY]

S. 1408, Identity Theft Protection Act, S8323-S8325 [14JY]

S. 1594, Financial Privacy Protection Act, S9515-S9517 [29JY]

S. 1608, Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act, S9533-S9537 [29JY]

S. 1739, amend the material witness statute to strengthen procedural safeguards, S10298 [21SE]

S. 1789, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, S10725-S10734 [29SE]

S. 2082, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act extension of sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, S13454 [12DE]

S. 2167, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act extension of sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, S14281 [21DE], S14424 [22DE], H13180 [22DE]

S. Con. Res. 46, protect freedoms of all Russian religious communities without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards, S8753 [22JY]

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

S. Con. Res. 70, urge Russian withdrawal or modification of proposed legislation that would severely restrict establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations, S13682 [15DE]

S. Res. 65, urge Cambodia to release Cheam Channy from prison and reverse action to strip immunity of opposition parliamentarians and condemn efforts to undermine democracy, S1684 [17FE]

S. Res. 111, encourage democratic reforms, fulfill human rights obligations, and ensure democratic, transparent, and fair process for parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, S3753, S3759 [15AP]

S. Res. 126, tribute to Fred T. Korematsu, S4428, S4433 [27AP]

S. Res. 132, support prayer at school board meetings, S4597 [28AP]

S. Res. 151, Israel independence anniversary, S5546, S5548 [19MY]

S. Res. 162, anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples, S6170 [7JN]

S. Res. 192, affirm constitutionally guaranteed freedom of the press and assert that no purpose is served by sentencing journalists to prison for maintaining the anonymity of confidential sources, S7996 [11JY]

S. Res. 226, call for free and fair parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, S9538 [29JY]

S. Res. 231, encourage Iraqi Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law, S9540, S9583 [29JY]

S. Res. 237, agreement on future status of Kosovo, S10047 [14SE], S11331 [7OC]

S. Res. 243, district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' in the Pledge of Allegiance, S10131, S10148 [15SE]

S. Res. 244, district court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' in the Pledge of Allegiance, S10131, S10148 [15SE]

S. Res. 260, call for free and fair parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, S10759 [29SE], S11700 [20OC]

S. Res. 293, call for free and fair Presidential election in Kazakhstan, S12018 [27OC]

S. Res. 295, urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov in Uzbekistan, S12252, S12280 [2NO]

S. Res. 303, urge Nigeria to conduct a thorough judicial review of the Ken Saro-Wiwa case, S12692 [10NO]

S. Res. 322, condemn politically-motivated arrest, detention, and sentencing of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, and seizing of assets and state-directed takeover of the Yukos Oil Co., by Russian authorities, S13396, S13410 [18NO]

S. Res. 339, urge Russian withdrawal or modification of proposed legislation that would severely restrict establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations, S13856, S13942 [16DE]

S.J. Res. 7, constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights for women, S2745 [15MR]

S.J. Res. 18, approve renewal of import restrictions under the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act, S4878 [10MY]

S.J. Res. 24, constitutional amendment relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency, S10047 [14SE]

Transcripts

Press Briefing With National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, S12383 [4NO]