LEAHY, PATRICK J. (a Senator from Vermont)

Addresses

Georgetown University Honorary Degree Receipt: Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, S1712-S1714 [18FE]

National Portrait Gallery Paul Peck Presidential Awards Ceremony: Paul L. Peck, S5297 [17MY]

100th Anniversary of the Birth of J. William Fulbright: Senator Lugar, S13348-S13350 [18NO]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10245 [20SE], S10270, S10314 [21SE]

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

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3498 [12AP], S3532, S3540, S3542, S3557, S3567, S3576, S3577, S3588, S3594, S3597, S3599 [13AP], S3619, S3622, S3655, S3694 [14AP], S3759 [15AP], S3811, S3851 [18AP], S3881, S3899, S3952 [19AP], S3966, S4000, S4023 [20AP], S4080 [21AP], S4259 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1821, S1835, S1850, S1878, S1880, S1881 [1MR], S2048 [3MR], S2125, S2139, S2174, S2182 [7MR], S2203, S2230, S2288 [8MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12185, S12270, S12272 [2NO], S12314, S12363 [3NO], S12448 [7NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13097, S13119, S13162, S13187, S13218 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2748, S2750, S2751, S2752 [15MR], S2832, S2866, S2868, S2870, S2871 [16MR], S2887, S2908, S2930, S2937, S2938, S2940, S2944, S2945, S2998, S3076, S3077, S3080, S3081, S3082, S3083 [17MR]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), S1142 [8FE], S1165 [9FE]

———extend authority to redact certain sensitive information in financial disclosure statements filed by judges (S. 1558), S12702, S12712 [10NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8625, S8640, S8693, S8699 [21JY], S8756 [22JY], S8816, S8841, S8843, S8856, S8890, S8893 [25JY], S10765 [29SE], S11162 [5OC], S12129 [1NO], S12408 [4NO], S12448 [7NO], S12500, S12528 [8NO], S12591 [9NO], S12779 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10700, S10702, S10765 [29SE], S10918, S10974, S10990 [4OC], S11132 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8001 [11JY], S8186 [13JY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), S13875 [16DE]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3329, S3330 [6AP]

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11770 [24OC], S11794, S11798 [25OC], S11857, S11948 [26OC]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11489 [18OC], S11521, S11590 [19OC], S11688 [20OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8395, S8402, S8429, S8432 [18JY], S8452, S8453, S8473, S8489, S8493, S8494, S8495, S8496, S8497 [19JY], S8533, S8574, S8575 [20JY]

Intellectual property: strengthen laws and rights (S. 167), S826, S827 [1FE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6666 [15JN], S6899 [21JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9941 [12SE], S9994 [13SE], S10019, S10039 [14SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4881 [10MY], S4928 [11MY]

Analyses

Convention Against Torture Implementation Act (S. 654), S3008 [17MR]

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

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, S4094 [21AP]

———H.R. 2360, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S8290 [14JY]

———H.R. 2361, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S7644 [29JN]

———H.R. 2862, science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, S10079 [15SE]

———H.R. 2863, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S11275 [7OC]

———H.R. 3057, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S8536 [20JY]

———H.R. 3058, Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies appropriations, S11696 [20OC]

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

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

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S5743 [23MY]

Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, S1218 [9FE]

Articles and editorials

Abu Ghraib Accountability, Nat Hentoff, Washington (DC) Times, S845 [2FE]

Appeals Nominee Gets Low Grade; ABA Cites Licensing Lapses in Granting `Qualified' Rating, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington (DC) Post, S6430 [14JN]

Bad Fit for a Key Court, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S6210 [8JN]

Better Patriot Act, Washington (DC) Post, S13465 [13DE]

Building an Airport, Burlington (VT) Free Press, S8941 [26JY]

Class-Action Lawsuits, New York (NY) Times, S1005 [7FE]

Court Nominee Gave False Data, Text Shows; Law License Was Suspended Despite Early Denial, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington (DC) Post, S6429 [14JN]

Deal Reached on Managing the Internet, Matt Moore, Associated Press (news service), S13064 [16NO]

Degrading Policy, Washington (DC) Post, S696 [1FE]

Don't Confirm Gonzales, Milwaukee (WI) Journal Sentinel, S694 [1FE]

Fund Chairman Prepares To Bid a Fond Farewell, Irish Times (publication), S1861 [1MR]

Gonzales; Democrats Should Reject Him, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, S694 [1FE]

Gonzales Helped Set the Course of Detainees—Justice Nominee's Hearings Likely To Focus on Interrogation Policies, R. Jeffrey Smith and Dan Eggen, Washington (DC) Post, S868-S870 [2FE]

Gonzales Nomination Leaves Many Questions, Springfield (MA) Republican, S695 [1FE]

Gonzales Rewrites Laws of War, Jeanne Cummings, Wall Street Journal, S844 [2FE]

Hatch Is Wrong About History of Judicial Appointments, John J. Flynn, Salt Lake City (UT) Salt Lake Tribune, S5768 [23MY]

Hilton Wick Gives His All to Community, Burlington (VT) Free Press, S13355 [18NO]

Howrigans—A Dynasty of Dairying, Candace Page, Burlington (VT) Free Press, S9152 [27JY]

Jeffords Leaves Before His Time, Accomplishes Much, Emerson Lynn, St. Albans (VT) Messenger, S4254 [26AP]

Judicial Pick Not Fit for U.S. Court, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, S6210 [8JN]

Lehman's Russo—``Create a Culture of Doing the Right Thing,'' Pranay Gupte, New York (NY) Sun, S4394 [27AP]

Lifetime of Faith in the Law; at 93, Senior Judge William Bryant Still Wins Plaudits for Dedication to Justice, Carol Leonnig, Washington (DC) Post, S1871 [1MR]

More Time Needed To Forge Better Bill, Barbara Shelly, Kansas City (MO) Star, S13465 [13DE]

No on Gonzales, Rutland (VT) Herald, S844 [2FE]

Opening Argument—The Problems With Alberto Gonzales, Stuart Taylor, Jr., National Journal, S845 [2FE]

Out of the Mainstream, Again, New York (NY) Times, S6210 [8JN]

Patriot Act Renewal—Take Time To Do It Right, Sacramento (CA) Bee, S13466 [13DE]

Qaeda-Iraq Link U.S. Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim, Douglas Jehl, New York (NY) Times, S14246 [21DE]

Repealing Patriotism, Brattleboro (VT) Reformer, S13467 [13DE]

Skiing Matriarch Ginny Cochran Dies—Mother of Olympians Taught Thousands To Love the Sport, and Sportsmanship, Susan Green, Burlington (VT) Free Press, S1195 [9FE]

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

Time To Stand Up, Barre (VT) Times Argus, S3269 [6AP]

Torture Taint Should Disqualify Nominee Gonzales, Slate (Internet site), S695 [1FE]

True Patriots—A Bipartisan Group of Senators Vows To Push for a Better USA Patriot Act, Albany (NY) Times Union, S13466 [13DE]

Unfit as Attorney General, Boston (MA) Globe, S695 [1FE]

War on Terrorism—Critics of USA Patriot Act ``Compromise'' Deserve Further Hearing in Congress, Allentown (PA) Morning Call, S13466 [13DE]

War Over Judges Is No Longer Subtle Fight, Wall Street Journal, S5384 [18MY]

What Does Professor Wertheimer Think? Kevin Foley, Vermont Quarterly (publication), S3273 [6AP]

Window on a Man's Morality; Alberto R. Gonzales' Record Raises Questions About His Fitness To Serve as Attorney General, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S693 [1FE]

Wrong Attorney General, New York (NY) Times, S695 [1FE]

Wrong for the Job, Tucson (AZ) Arizona Daily Star, S694 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 1779), S11666 [20OC]

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

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

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

Armed Forces: enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see S. 32), S142 [24JA]

———ensure adequate strengths, protections, and benefits for members and their families (see S. 11), S142 [24JA]

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

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

———repeal requirement for reduction of certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation and modify effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see S. 185), S12128 [1NO]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see S. 337), S1198 [9FE]

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

Arms control: improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and U.S. nonproliferation operations (see S. 313), S8419 [18JY]

Bankruptcy: increase amount of claims for income given priority in bankruptcy and provide cash payments to retirees for lost health benefits from bankruptcy of their former employer (see S. 329), S1198 [9FE]

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

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (see S. Con. Res. 26), S3481 [12AP]

Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership: establish (see S. 322), S1116 [8FE]

Children and youth: assist law enforcement in efforts to recover missing children and strengthen standards for State sex offender registration programs (see S. 1220), S6299 [9JN]

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (see S. 994), S4936 [11MY]

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

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

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see S. 342), S1514 [16FE]

Coins: authorize the minting and issuance of a Presidential $1 coin series, improve circulation of the $1 coin, and create a new bullion coin (see S. 1047), S8303 [14JY]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 2075), S13361 [18NO]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (see S. 589), S2482 [10MR]

Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (see S. 393), S1513 [16FE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 1214), S6299 [9JN]

Copyrights: amend vessel hull design protection laws to clarify distinction between hull and deck and provide factors for protection of a revised design and guidance for assessment of similarity (see S. 1785), S10594 [28SE]

Courts: allow media coverage of proceedings (see S. 829), S3817 [18AP]

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

———protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members (see S. 1968), S12447 [7NO]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 852), S3897 [19AP]

———restore to the judiciary the power to decide all trademark and trade name cases arising under the laws and treaties of the U.S. (see S. 1604), S13571 [14DE]

Crime: allow for the prosecution of members of criminal street gangs (see S. 1322), S7520 [28JN]

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

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see S. 1699), S10037 [14SE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see S. 382), S1413 [15FE]

Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see S. 328), S2996 [17MR]

———lift travel restrictions (see S. 894), S4184 [25AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: provide additional authority and funding to provide emergency food relief, in coordination with the Dept. of Homeland Security, to victims of Hurricane Katrina and related conditions (see S. 1643), S9833 [8SE] (see S. 1695), S9985 [13SE]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize appropriations for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see S. 296), S6101 [6JN]

Dept. of HHS: revise minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program (see S. 319), S1624 [17FE]

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

———establish a National Methamphetamine Information Clearinghouse (see S. 2046), S13363 [18NO]

———improve investigation of criminal antitrust offenses (see S. 443), S1623 [17FE]

———provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see S. 1958), S12353 [3NO]

Dept. of State: encourage active engagement of Americans in world affairs and create online database of international exchange programs and related opportunities (see S. Res. 104), S5073 [12MY]

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

———require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see S. Res. 261), S12527 [8NO]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 37), S7614 [29JN]

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

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

Ecology and environment: encourage reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (see S.J. Res. 5), S1514 [16FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S7071 [22JN]

Economy: provide fair wages for workers, create new jobs through investment, and provide fair trade and competitiveness (see S. 14), S142 [24JA]

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

El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (see S. Res. 327), S13362 [18NO]

Elections: prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (see S. 1975), S13452 [12DE]

EPA: establish performance standards for fine particulates for certain pulp and paper mills that use tires as a fuel source (see S. 2011), S12839 [15NO]

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

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

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see S. 776), S4548 [28AP]

———preserve Essential Air Service Program (see S. 217), S647 [31JA]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (see S. 282), S978 [3FE]

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

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations and protect radio reading services (see S. 312), S1115 [8FE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see S. 494), S1930 [2MR]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 8), S8303 [14JY]

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

———provide that spouses of Federal public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty may remarry and continue to receive a survivor annuity (see S. 968), S4547 [28AP]

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

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see S. 1615), S10188 [19SE]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see S. 491), S1930 [2MR]

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

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes (see S. 317), S1199 [9FE]

Foreign policy: clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see S. Con. Res. 55), S12128 [1NO]

Forests: provide a tax exemption for forest conservation bonds (see S. 1530), S10120 [15SE]

Freedom of Information Act: 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]

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

Government: stop taxpayer funded propaganda by making anti-propaganda laws permanent, pursuing violators, authorizing citizen lawsuits, and withholding salaries of noncompliant agency heads (see S. 266), S886 [2FE]

Hazardous substances: prepare comprehensive strategy for international negotiations to reduce global mercury use to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment (see S. Res. 64), S1624 [17FE]

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

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

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 471), S6482 [14JN]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see S. 450), S1868 [1MR]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S1049 [7FE]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 2059), S13361 [18NO]

Hunger: encourage effective use of community resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food recovery and job training (see S. 1885), S11476 [18OC]

———reduce (see S. 1120), S6102 [6JN]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see S. 1622), S10188 [19SE] (see S. 1748), S10295 [21SE]

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

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see S. 359), S1260 [10FE]

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

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see S. 119), S3201 [5AP]

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

Intellectual property: strengthen laws and rights (see S. 167), S436 [25JA]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by heavily indebted poor countries (see S. 1320), S7615 [29JN]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 64), S12607 [9NO] (see S. Res. 317), S12949 [16NO]

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

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

Jackson, Shirley A.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 8), S2734 [15MR]

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

Kogod, Robert P.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 9), S2734 [15MR]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 842), S3897 [19AP]

Law enforcement: clarify the prohibition on the trafficking in goods or services (see S. 1095), S5580 [20MY]

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

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

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

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see S. 440), S4109 [21AP]

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

———prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State (see S. 1007), S6300 [9JN]

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

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

———improve (see S. 18), S142 [24JA]

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

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see S. 1841), S12950 [16NO]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see S. 300), S1049 [7FE]

Mental health: authorizing appropriations for diversion courts (see S. 289), S979 [3FE]

———combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see S. 843), S6910 [21JN]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see S. Con. Res. 16), S2384 [9MR]

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

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

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see S. 889), S4109 [21AP]

National Archives and Records Administration: extend the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (see S. 384), S1515 [16FE]

National Citizens' Crime Prevention Campaign: anniversary (see S. Res. 208), S8826 [25JY]

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

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 156), S5922 [25MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 757), S11918 [26OC]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 154), S7429 [27JN]

National Time Out Day: support goals and ideas (see S. Res. 40), S2246 [8MR]

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

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 770), S3555 [13AP]

Northern Ireland: condemn violence and criminality by the Irish Republican Army (see S. Res. 84), S2995 [17MR]

———reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see S. Res. 173), S6741 [16JN]

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

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

———direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see S. 1959), S12840 [15NO]

———direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 62), S12683 [10NO]

———tribute (see S. Res. 287), S11918 [26OC]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 131), S4547 [28AP]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 555), S2244 [8MR]

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

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

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see S. 662), S3483 [12AP]

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 (see S. 1332), S7614 [29JN] (see S. 1789), S10723 [29SE]

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

Public debt: reduce budget deficits by restoring budget enforcement and strengthening fiscal responsibility (see S. 19), S142 [24JA] (see S. 851), S3897 [19AP]

Refugees: encourage protection of rights (see S. Res. 177), S6826 [20JN]

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

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see S. 863), S5072 [12MY]

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

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see S. 793), S10120 [15SE]

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

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

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 1587), S9467 [29JY]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see S. 1795), S10724 [29SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 619), S5301 [17MY]

Stang, Dorothy: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 37), S6226 [8JN]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see S. 495), S2484 [10MR]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region (see S. 1462), S12607 [9NO]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see S. 1768), S10424 [26SE]

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

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 484), S3482 [12AP]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 35), S3201 [5AP]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers (see S. 1631), S13162 [17NO]

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

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 849), S3897 [19AP]

———provide for a deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 94), S144 [24JA]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 196), S574 [26JA]

Technology: establish a national innovation initiative (see S. 2109), S13659 [15DE]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 268), S886 [2FE]

Terrorism: provide for medal to be awarded by the President to representatives of individuals killed in terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 passengers (see S. 1423), S8487 [19JY]

Tour de France: tribute to victories by Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, and Team Discovery (see S. Res. 222), S9285 [28JY]

U.S. Parole Commission: extend (see S. 1368), S7909 [1JY]

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

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (see S. 2082), S13451 [12DE] (see S. 2167), S14317 [21DE]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 241), S1867 [1MR]

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

Vermont: recognize Vermont Dairy Festival in honor of Harold J. Howrigan for service to his community and the Vermont dairy industry (see S. Res. 118), S4109 [21AP]

Veterans: expand and enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits (see S. 13), S142 [24JA]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 633), S12607 [9NO]

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

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1197), S6225 [8JN]

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

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

Wiesenthal, Simon: tribute (see S. Res. 245), S10295 [21SE]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see S. 1796), S10724 [29SE]

World Intellectual Property Day: support goals and recognize the importance of intellectual property in the U.S. and worldwide (see S. Con. Res. 28), S4258 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: require that National Guard and Reserve component members called to extended active duty receive the same basic housing allowance as similarly situated regular component members (see S. 938), S4546 [28AP]

Computers: criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing (see S. 472), S1794 [28FE]

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

Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of New Hampshire and Vermont (see S. 301), S1049 [7FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize sale or exchange of certain National Forest System land in Vermont (see S. 425), S1622 [17FE]

E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Washington, DC: designate Judge William B. Bryant Annex (see S. 478), S1867 [1MR]

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

Federal employees: provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 2076), S13361 [18NO]

Green Mountain National Forest: adjust boundaries (see S. 664), S2994 [17MR]

Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (see S. 730), S3278 [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]

Human rights: prohibit expulsion, return, or extradition of persons by the U.S. to countries engaging in torture (see S. 654), S2994 [17MR]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 1278), S6909 [21JN]

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

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

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

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [4JA]

Cloture motions

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

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (S. 147), motion to proceed, S9557 [29JY]

Discharge petitions signed

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

Letters

Bankruptcy protection for victims of domestic violence by granting relief from summary eviction from rental housing: Jill Morris, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, S2230 [8MR]

———several domestic violence organizations, S2229 [8MR]

Class Action Fairness Act: Michael Balboni, National Conference of State Legislatures, S1002 [7FE]

———several State Attorneys General, S1002 [7FE]

Community Development Block Grant Program funding: several Senators, S2892 [17MR]

Crime Victims Fund funding: National Crime Victim Organizations Contact Group, S3409 [11AP]

Dept. of Agriculture Milk Income Loss Contract Program extension: by, S85 [20JA]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S3939 [19AP]

———Barry B. Direnfeld, Asbestos Study Group, S3940 [19AP]

———by, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7287-S7289 [23JN]

———several veterans' organizations, S3940 [19AP]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S.: Congressional Internet Caucus, S13064 [16NO]

Judicial review of habeas corpus petitions from detainees held in the war on terror: several law school deans, S12802 [15NO]

Judicial vacancies: by, S5385 [18MY]

Liability protection to manufacturers of pandemic vaccines: Erwin Chemerinsky, S14247 [21DE]

Modify definition of disinterested person in the bankruptcy code relative to conflict-of-interest standards: several consumer organizations, S2329 [9MR]

National Guard and Reserve members basic housing allowance: Gordon R. Sullivan, Association of the U.S. Army, S4557 [28AP]

———Joseph L. Barnes, Fleet Reserve Association, S4558 [28AP]

———Michael P. Kline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., S4557 [28AP]

———Robert A. McIntosh and Lani Burnett, Reserve Enlisted Association, S4557 [28AP]

———Stephen M. Koper, National Guard Association of the U.S., S4557 [28AP]

Nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General: by, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S956 [3FE]

Nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to be circuit judge: Clyde E. Bailey, Sr., National Bar Association, S6209 [8JN]

———Gillian G.M. Small, California Association of Black Lawyers, S6209 [8JN]

Nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., to be Supreme Court Justice: several Senators, S9083 [27JY]

Nomination of Michael Chertoff to be Sec. of Homeland Security: by, S1381 [15FE]

Nomination of William H. Pryor, Jr., to be circuit judge and the Voting Rights Act: Representative John L. Lewis, S9151 [27JY]

Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants: by, S14277 [21DE]

Restrict access to certain personal information in bankruptcy documents: Leonidas R. Mecham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S1851 [1MR]

Senate Rules amendment relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster: Abraham H. Foxman, Anti-Defamation League, S4147 [22AP]

———C. Welton Gaddy, S4146 [22AP]

———several religious leaders, S4146 [22AP]

Setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010: Larry Snyder, Catholic Charities USA (organization), S2963 [17MR]

Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act: Allen Brill, Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc., S12717 [10NO]

———Charles J. Duke, Zippo Manufacturing Co., S12717 [10NO]

———Danette Wineberg, Timberland Co., S12718 [10NO]

———Donna Van Green, Vision Council of America, S12717 [10NO]

———Doreen Small, Warnaco, Inc., S12717 [10NO]

———Patrick T. Brewer, Lexmark International, Inc., S12717 [10NO]

Thomas B. Griffith Utah Bar membership: Katherine A. Fox, Utah State Bar, S6432 [14JN]

———Thomas B. Griffith, Brigham Young University, S6432 [14JN]

Lists

Editorials, columns, and letters to the editor opposing nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to be circuit judge, S6210 [8JN]

Letters opposing nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to be circuit judge, S6208 [8JN]

Organizations opposing nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General, S957 [3FE]

Memorandums

Tentara Nasional Indonesia Participation in the Dept. of Defense International Military Education and Training Program and the Counterterrorism Fellowship Program: Dept. of Defense, S735 [1FE]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S13544 [14DE]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [4JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S11449 [18OC]

Press releases

Reform Jewish Movement Calls on Senator Frist To Repudiate Claim That Judicial Nominees Are Victims of a ``Filibuster Against Faith'': Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, S4147 [22AP]

Privilege of the floor

Barrett, Molly, S12371 [3NO]

Boehm, Eric, S7539 [28JN]

Burke, Caroline, S11846 [25OC]

Hamlin, Sally, S9941 [12SE]

Harris, Joshu, S10441 [26SE]

Narasimhan, Priya, S13253 [17NO]

Nelson, Matthew, S826 [1FE]

Oresman, Matt, S10441 [26SE]

Pasquarella, Jennie, S10441 [26SE]

Santo Pietro, Erica, S12549 [8NO]

Schneider, Sam, S10441 [26SE]

Sexton, Bill, S12702 [10NO]

Townsend, Brian, S1811 [28FE]

Williams, Eric, S8391 [15JY]

Questions and answers

Nomination of Michael Chertoff to be Sec. of Homeland Security: by and Michael Chertoff, S1381 [15FE]

Remarks

Afghan Medical Relief Foundation: funding, S8534 [20JY]

AID: devise strategy to assist in reversing the decline of the Irrawaddy dolphin habitat, S2239 [8MR]

———prohibit funding for entertainment expenses, S8468, S8469 [19JY]

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S12060 [31OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3621, S3645 [14AP], S3819 [18AP], S3877 [19AP], S4002 [20AP], S4088 [21AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), conference report, S4822, S4841 [10MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: ensure legislation allowing oil and gas exploration receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, S2776 [16MR]

———oil and gas exploration, S2776 [16MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S11070 [5OC]

———require that National Guard and Reserve component members called to extended active duty receive the same basic housing allowance as similarly situated regular component members (S. 938), S4556 [28AP]

———TRICARE military health benefits for reservists and guardsmen, S8629 [21JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1780 [28FE], S1848, S1850, S1851 [1MR], S2139 [7MR], S2229 [8MR], S2328, S2329, S2331, S2334 [9MR], S2424 [10MR]

———exempt means testing, disallow claims on certain high-cost loans, and establish Federal homestead and personal property exemptions for servicemen, veterans, and spouses of those who die in military service, S1848 [1MR]

———modify definition of disinterested person in the bankruptcy code relative to conflict-of-interest standards, S2328, S2329, S2331, S2334 [9MR], S2424 [10MR]

———protect victims of domestic violence by granting relief from summary eviction from rental housing, S2229 [8MR]

———restrict access to certain personal information in bankruptcy documents, S1850, S1851 [1MR], S2139 [7MR]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S5989 [26MY]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: funding, S2944 [17MR]

Brown, Janice Rogers: confirmation as circuit judge, S6279 [9JN]

———nomination to be circuit judge, S6126 [7JN], S6208, S6209, S6211 [8JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12316 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), conference report, S14216, S14217 [21DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, S4503 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2776 [16MR], S2891, S2892, S2937, S2944, S2945, S2963, S2964 [17MR]

Chertoff, Michael: nomination to be Sec. of Homeland Security, S1380, S1382 [15FE]

Colombia: human rights violations, S13152 [17NO]

———U.S. policy, S13152 [17NO]

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

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): programs under committee oversight funding, S14216 [21DE]

Computers: criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing (S. 472), S1804 [28FE]

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

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, S47 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, S47 [6JA]

Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of New Hampshire and Vermont (S. 301), S1053 [7FE]

Conrad, Robert J., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S4477 [28AP]

Copyrights: amend vessel hull design protection laws to clarify distinction between hull and deck and provide factors for protection of a revised design and guidance for assessment of similarity (S. 1785), S10600 [28SE], S13412 [18NO]

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

Courts: allow U.S. courts to conduct business during emergency conditions (H.R. 3650), S9775 [8SE]

———allow U.S. courts to conduct business during emergency conditions (S. 1634), S9775 [8SE]

———amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), S1002, S1003, S1005 [7FE], S1176 [9FE], S1243 [10FE]

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

———establish time limits for action by Federal district courts on motions to remand class action cases that have been removed to Federal court, S1243 [10FE]

———extend authority to redact certain sensitive information in financial disclosure statements filed by judges (S. 1558), S12711 [10NO], S14300 [21DE]

———Federal court management of interstate class actions asserting claims governed by differing State laws, S1176 [9FE]

———increase criminal penalties for assaults against judges and their families, S3267 [6AP]

———politicization of the judicial decisionmaking process, S3267 [6AP]

———protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members (S. 1968), S12449 [7NO]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S3939, S3941 [19AP], S5493 [19MY], S6278 [9JN]

Crime: allow for the prosecution of members of criminal street gangs (S. 1322), S7528 [28JN]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (S. 1699), S10044 [14SE], S12715, S12716, S12718 [10NO]

Crotty, Paul A.: nomination to be district judge, S3399 [11AP]

Cuba: treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, S6390 [13JN], S7809 [30JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide additional authority and funding to provide emergency food relief, in coordination with the Dept. of Homeland Security, to victims of Hurricane Katrina and related conditions (S. 1643), S9773 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8629 [21JY], S12660 [10NO], S12801 [15NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report—motion to proceed, S14014 [19DE]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, S11070 [5OC]

———judicial review of habeas corpus petitions from detainees held in the war on terror, S14245 [21DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10700, S10701 [29SE], S11070 [5OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S14245, S14246 [21DE]

———review status of detainees held in the war on terror, S12660 [10NO], S12801 [15NO]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program, section 8 housing choice voucher program, and Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds funding, S11639, S11640 [20OC]

———restore Community Development Block Grant Program funding through closing certain tax loopholes, S2891, S2892 [17MR]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), S13749 [16DE]

———Crime Victims Fund funding, S2937 [17MR], S3408 [11AP], S4503 [28AP]

———domestic violence victims transitional housing funding, S11121 [5OC]

———improve investigation of criminal antitrust offenses (S. 443), S1657 [17FE], S11850 [25OC]

———Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement Grant Program funding, S11121 [5OC]

———waive the match requirement under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program for purposes of replacing defective vests, S10020 [14SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, S14217 [21DE]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11638, S11639, S11640 [20OC]

Dever, James C., III: nomination to be district judge, S4477 [28AP]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, S9820 [8SE]

———report on congressional trip to areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa that were struck by earthquake and tsunami, S734 [1FE]

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

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7720 [30JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (S. 103), S12520 [8NO]

E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Washington, DC: designate Judge William B. Bryant Annex, S11894 [26OC]

———designate Judge William B. Bryant Annex (S. 478), S1870 [1MR]

East Timor: allocation of foreign aid, S12651 [10NO]

EPA: disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (S.J. Res. 20), S7640 [29JN], S8416 [18JY], S9915 [12SE], S9961 [13SE]

Ethiopia: elections, S13772 [16DE]

———human rights violations, S13772 [16DE]

Families and domestic relations: Child Survival and Maternal Health Program funding, S2945 [17MR]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations and protect radio reading services (S. 312), S1124 [8FE]

Federal employees: provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (S. 2076), S13388 [18NO]

Flag—U.S.: prohibit desecration, S1001 [7FE]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to countries refusing to extradite criminal suspects to the U.S. for trial or sentencing, S8530 [20JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8372 [15JY], S8402 [18JY], S8455, S8456, S8468, S8469 [19JY], S8517, S8530, S8534, S8535 [20JY], S9275 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3057), conference report, S12649, S12651 [10NO]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons, S2478 [10MR]

Foreign trade: report on congressional trip to New Zealand and Australia, S735 [1FE]

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), S6161 [7JN], S7383 [24JN]

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

Gardner, Oliver: SBA Vermont Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S6222 [8JN]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: nomination to be Attorney General, S693, S696, S708, S710 [1FE], S843, S851, S868, S870 [2FE], S955, S957 [3FE]

———role in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S708, S710 [1FE], S843, S851, S868, S870 [2FE], S955, S957 [3FE]

Griffin, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6286, S6291 [9JN]

Griffith, Thomas B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4613, S4614 [9MY], S5374 [18MY], S6354 [13JN], S6428, S6430, S6432, S6433 [14JN]

Guatemala: human rights violations, S9446 [29JY]

Gutierrez, Carlos M.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, S125 [24JA]

Haiti: elections, S11913 [26OC]

Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (S. 730), S3312 [6AP]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S6279 [9JN]

———provide liability protection to manufacturers of pandemic vaccines, S14246 [21DE]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), S6384 [13JN]

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

Human rights: prevent human trafficking, S9447 [29JY]

———prohibit expulsion, return, or extradition of persons by the U.S. to countries engaging in torture (S. 654), S3007 [17MR], S12520 [8NO]

Hurricanes: relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9820 [8SE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, S3877 [19AP]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (S. 1278), S6917 [21JN]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants, S3621 [14AP], S4842 [10MY]

———streamline H-2A worker program and create blue card program for temporary agricultural guest workers, S3877 [19AP]

Indonesia: Tentara Nasional Indonesia participation in the Dept. of Defense International Military Education and Training Program and the Counterterrorism Fellowship Program, S734 [1FE]

Insurance: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (S. 1525), S9290 [28JY]

Intellectual property: strengthen laws and rights (S. 167), S498 [25JA], S827 [1FE], S3893 [19AP]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (S. Res. 317), S13063 [16NO]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S9437 [29JY], S11780-S11782 [25OC]

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

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, S11780-S11782 [25OC]

———war victims program funding, S4822 [10MY]

Law enforcement: clarify the prohibition on the trafficking in goods or services (S. 1095), S5582 [20MY], S12713 [10NO]

———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]

———justice programs funding, S12316 [3NO]

———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]

Lewis, Representative John L.: clarification of views on the Voting Rights Act, S9150 [27JY]

McKeague, David W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6286, S6291 [9JN]

Mental health: authorizing appropriations for diversion courts (S. 289), S3862 [18AP]

Miers, Harriet: withdrawal of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S12060 [31OC]

National Archives and Records Administration: extend the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (S. 384), S1446 [16FE]

National Citizens' Crime Prevention Campaign: anniversary (S. Res. 208), S8831 [25JY]

National Commission on U.S. Policies and Practices Relating to the Treatment of Detainees Since September 11, 2001: establish, S12520 [8NO]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: observance, S3408 [11AP]

National Guard: homeland security and natural disaster response equipment funding, S10700, S10701 [29SE]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers, S3645 [14AP], S4002 [20AP], S4841 [10MY]

———national objectives priority assignments, S1382 [15FE]

National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, S14276 [21DE]

Nepal: allocation of foreign aid, S969 [3FE], S9275 [28JY], S13341 [18NO]

———democracy efforts, S13341 [18NO], S14307 [21DE]

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

Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S5426 [18MY], S5825 [24MY], S5868, S5874 [25MY]

Pakistan: human rights violations relative to violence against women, S11299 [7OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, S10699 [29SE], S12060 [31OC]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (S. Res. 131), S4603 [28AP], S5493 [19MY]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, S6899 [21JN], S7465 [28JN]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 555), S2239 [8MR], S5493 [19MY], S6278 [9JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6899 [21JN], S7465 [28JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S9339 [29JY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S3399 [11AP], S3773 [18AP], S4099 [21AP], S4144 [22AP], S4239 [26AP], S4378 [27AP], S4477 [28AP], S4613, S4614, S4618 [9MY], S5374, S5383, S5385, S5386, S5426 [18MY], S5493 [19MY], S5571 [20MY], S5744, S5747, S5762, S5807 [23MY], S5824 [24MY], S5868, S5874 [25MY], S6126 [7JN], S6286 [9JN], S6355 [13JN], S6428 [14JN], S7206 [23JN], S8507 [20JY], S10645 [29SE]

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), S7631 [29JN]

———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]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6278 [9JN]

Reid, Senator: release of Republican National Committee research briefing criticizing political tactics, S1176 [9FE]

Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela U.S. Courthouse, Brownsville, TX: designate (H.R. 483), S6667 [15JN]

Rice, Condoleezza: nomination to be Sec. of State, S522 [26JA]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10250-S10253 [21SE], S10404 [26SE], S10470 [27SE], S10645 [29SE]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8507 [20JY], S9082-S9084 [27JY], S9420 [29JY]

Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (S. 1285), S11894 [26OC]

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

SBA: tribute to Vermont Small Business Champion Award recipients, S6222 [8JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S10020 [14SE]

Seabright, J. Michael: nomination to be district judge, S4099 [21AP], S4378 [27AP]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S4239 [26AP], S14291 [21DE]

———legislative priorities, S6278 [9JN]

———legislative program, S8397 [18JY], S14234 [21DE]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S3268 [6AP], S3773 [18AP], S4144 [22AP], S4239 [26AP], S4613, S4614, S4618 [9MY], S5374, S5383, S5385, S5386, S5426 [18MY], S5493 [19MY], S5571 [20MY], S5744, S5747, S5762, S5807 [23MY], S5824 [24MY], S5868, S5874 [25MY], S6355 [13JN]

September 11th Victims Compensation Fund: final report by the Families of September 11, Inc., S6294 [9JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (S. 619), S5493 [19MY], S6279 [9JN]

Supreme Court: nominee selection process, S6388-S6390 [13JN], S7206 [23JN], S7807 [30JN], S10645 [29SE]

———permit televising of proceedings (S. 1768), S10429 [26SE]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (S. 372), S1346 [14FE]

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

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions (S. 2082), unanimous-consent request, S13720 [16DE]

———extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2082), S13453 [12DE], S13464 [13DE], S13701 [16DE]

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

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), S9559 [29JY], S13299 [18NO]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13464 [13DE], S13609, S13616 [15DE], S13701, S13718 [16DE]

Vallee, Rodolphe M.: nomination to be Ambassador to Slovak Republic, S6779 [16JN]

Vermont: tribute to National Guard and Reserves members serving or killed in Iraq, S1177 [9FE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize, S13749 [16DE]

———reauthorize (S. 1197), S6231 [8JN], S11121 [5OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S4239 [26AP]

Reports

National Guard Disaster Response Capabilities: H. Steven Blum, National Guard, S10700 [29SE]

Statements

Disagreeing Without Demonizing: National Council of Churches, S4147 [22AP]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, S3940 [19AP]

Summaries

Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry: Jay Angoff, S9291 [28JY]

Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act (S. 1643), S9773 [8SE]

Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act (S. 730), S3313 [6AP]

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 Report: Families of September 11, Inc., S6294 [9JN]

Texts of

S. 301, Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act, S1054 [7FE]

S. 372, Artist-Museum Partnership Act, S1347 [14FE]

S. 478, Judge William B. Bryant Annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, S1872 [1MR]

S. 622, Restoration of Freedom of Information Act, S2737 [15MR]

S. 654, Convention Against Torture Implementation Act, S3008 [17MR]

S. 936, E-Mail Privacy Act, S4553 [28AP]

S. 1278, Uniting American Families Act, S6917-S6919 [21JN]

S. 1739, amend the material witness statute to strengthen procedural safeguards, S10298 [21SE]

S. 2076, Assistant U.S. Attorney Retirement Benefit Equity Act, S13388 [18NO]

S. 2078, clarify National Indian Gaming Commission authority to regulate class III gaming and to limit lands eligible for gaming, S13390-S13393 [18NO]

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]

Tributes

Bentley, Shawn M., S11202 [6OC]

Bruhn, Paul, S10290 [21SE]

Cochran, Virginia Davis, S1195 [9FE]

Corzine, Senator, S13731 [16DE]

Hamilton, J.J., S8941 [26JY]

Howrigan, Harold J., S1113 [8FE]

Howrigan family, S9152 [27JY]

Jeffords, Senator, S4009 [20AP], S4254 [26AP]

McCarrick, Theodore Cardinal, S1712 [18FE]

McCarter, Willie, S1860 [1MR]

Pace, Peter, S10420 [26SE]

Peck, Paul L., S5297 [17MY]

Pomerleau, Claude, S11449 [18OC]

Rainville, Martha, S1862 [1MR]

Reid, Senator, S4239 [26AP], S10649 [29SE]

Russo, Tom, S4394 [27AP]

Ruzicka, Marla, S3773, S3795, S3797 [18AP], S4822 [10MY]

Sadoski, Alan C., S9442 [29JY]

Specter, Senator, S1001 [7FE]

Wertheimer, Alan, S3273 [6AP]

Wick, Hilton A., S13355 [18NO]