WYDEN, RON (a Senator from Oregon)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10271, S10310 [21SE], S10379 [22SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3587 [13AP], S3635, S3701 [14AP], S3754 [15AP], S3946, S3953 [19AP], S4110 [21AP], S4259 [26AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12173, S12254, S12269, S12270 [2NO], S12324 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13038 [16NO], S13082, S13208, S13209, S13222 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2752 [15MR], S2821, S2871 [16MR], S2932, S3073 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8652, S8686, S8702 [21JY], S8755, S8756 [22JY], S8893 [25JY], S12427, S12452 [7NO], S12489 [8NO], S12790, S12867 [15NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8007 [11JY]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3191, S3225 [5AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7409, S7422, S7441 [27JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11550, S11560 [19OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), S7781, S7868, S7869 [30JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8465, S8497 [19JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6742, S6770 [16JN], S6786 [20JN], S7058, S7079, S7089, S7099 [22JN], S7244 [23JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9780, S9855 [8SE], S9873 [9SE], S9941 [12SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4984 [11MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, S7924 [1JY]

Articles and editorials

BP, Exxon Hit With Antitrust Suit, John R. Wilke and Russell Gold, Wall Street Journal, S14115 [20DE]

Drug Scourge Creates Its Own Form of Orphan, Kate Zernike, New York (NY) Times, S8547 [20JY]

Little Round Faces of Meth, Portland (OR) Oregonian, S8547 [20JY]

Police Bust Meth Superlab, Steve Suo, Portland (OR) Oregonian, S6473 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: authorize appropriations and improve operations (see S. 1378), S7986 [11JY]

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see S. 548), S9646 [6SE]

———ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 1779), S11769 [24OC]

———restore the original deadline for mandatory country of origin labeling (see S. 2038), S13160 [17NO]

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

Animals: prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see S. 304), S3358 [7AP]

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decision making, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (see S. 263), S1199 [9FE]

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

Armed Forces: prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (see S. 418), S5220 [16MY]

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

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or within Medford Irrigation District (see S. 1576), S9467 [29JY] (see S. 1760), S10378 [22SE]

———authorize participation in the rehabilitation of Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon (see S. 231), S738 [1FE]

———conduct a water resource feasibility study for the Little Butte/Bear Creek Sub-basins in Oregon (see S. 251), S739 [1FE]

———reauthorize participation in the Deschutes River Conservancy (see S. 166), S436 [25JA]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 18), S6102 [6JN]

Canada: urge end to commercial hunt for seals (see S. Res. 33), S739 [1FE]

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), S8303 [14JY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 1215), S13161 [17NO]

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), S8218 [13JY]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (see S. 1354), S7820 [30JN]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (see S. 1354), S7820 [30JN]

Computers: 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: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see S.J. Res. 4), S1796 [28FE]

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

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

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see S. 1749), S10379 [22SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see S. 802), S3653 [14AP]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see S. 1139), S14186 [20DE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for any study related to the transportation of chemical munitions across State lines (see S. 186), S649 [31JA]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see S. 1369), S9931 [12SE]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in the planning, design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project in Deschutes County, OR (see S. 247), S739 [1FE]

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

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 37), S1514 [16FE]

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

Drugs: expand the clinical trials drug data bank (see S. 470), S1794 [28FE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see S. 103), S144 [24JA]

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

Education: national policy to improve system (see S. 15), S436 [25JA]

Electric power: provide market transparency in wholesale sales of electric energy and prohibit round trip trading of electricity (see S. 509), S2004 [3MR]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see S. 1309), S7294 [23JN]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 219), S10973 [4OC]

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

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

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see S. 776), S7987 [11JY]

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

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 8), S3149 [4AP]

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

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

Forest Service: provide for the disposal of certain administrative sites in Oregon (see S. 741), S3358 [7AP]

Friends of the Children (organization): funding (see S. 940), S4546 [28AP]

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

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

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see S. 1358), S10296 [21SE]

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

Health: encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices (see S. 1324), S7520 [28JN]

———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]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see S. 330), S7521 [28JN]

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

Holocaust: observe anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp and honor victims of the Holocaust (see S. Res. 18), S574 [26JA]

Hunger: reduce (see S. 1120), S11314 [7OC]

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

———repeal increase in Federal micropurchase authority for property and services for support of Hurricane Katrina relief and rescue operations (see S. 1805), S10796 [30SE]

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: designate (see S. 206), S7521 [28JN]

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]

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

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]

———extend the termination date of Office of the Special Inspector General of Iraq Reconstruction and provide additional funds for the Office (see S. 1371), S8219 [13JY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 1512), S9158 [27JY]

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]

Lewis and Clark Expedition: bicentennial of arrival at the Pacific Ocean (see S. Res. 315), S12839 [15NO]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see S. 582), S3482 [12AP]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Con. Res. 33), S5219 [16MY]

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

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

———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]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 183), S1624 [17FE]

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

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs (see S. 239), S738 [1FE]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see S. 911), S6911 [21JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage for end-of-life planning consultations and raise awareness about and assist in preparation of advance directives on end-of-life decisionmaking (see S. 347), S4547 [28AP]

Memorial Day: observance of a National Moment of Remembrance (see S. Res. 153), S6227 [8JN]

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

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

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 115), S4021 [20AP]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see S. 515), S3148 [4AP]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 31), S6911 [21JN]

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), S12128 [1NO]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 154), S5921 [25MY]

National parks and recreation areas: provide mass transit services (see S. 890), S4151 [22AP]

National Pear Month: designate (see S. Res. 215), S9158 [27JY]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 155), S6300 [9JN]

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

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

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

Oregon: provide for reimbursement of the cost of certain projects at the Fern Ridge Dam (see S. 2159), S14316 [21DE]

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

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

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

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

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

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see S. 1058), S5301 [17MY]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 513), S3279 [6AP]

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), S13161 [17NO]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see S. 1171), S6100 [6JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 267), S886 [2FE]

Tariff: provide for duty free entry of certain tramway cars and associated spare parts for use by Portland, OR (see S. 915), S4397 [27AP]

Taxation: allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see S. 1240), S8218 [13JY]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 1366), S8136 [12JY]

———ensure that the Federal excise tax on communication services does not apply to Internet access service (see S. 758), S3414 [11AP]

———exclude from gross income the gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain employees of the intelligence community (see S. 469), S1794 [28FE]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see S. 542), S3149 [4AP]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1360), S7820 [30JN]

———extend the new market tax credit (see S. 1800), S13660 [15DE]

———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]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see S. 627), S9646 [6SE]

———provide tax-exempt financing of highway projects and rail-truck transfer facilities (see S. 104), S144 [24JA]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see S. 1200), S7428 [27JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see S. 1103), S5778 [23MY]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see S. 284), S978 [3FE]

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]

Transportation: provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (see S. 428), S1622 [17FE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 392), S8218 [13JY]

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), S13787 [16DE]

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

Veterans: establish a grant program to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in remote rural areas (see S. 1191), S10378 [22SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 633), S3149 [4AP]

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: increase specialty crops competitiveness funding, route value-added agricultural product market development grants through the States, and expand adjusted gross revenue insurance program (see S. 1556), S9466 [29JY]

BLM: convey certain land to Eugene, OR (see S. 2150), S14185 [20DE]

Capital Construction Fund: provide for qualified withdrawals for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover to individual retirement plans (see S. 343), S1259 [10FE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into cooperative agreements to protect National Park System natural resources through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside system units (see S. 1288), S7070 [22JN]

Drugs: provide discounts to Medicaid and other Federal programs for the advertising costs of certain prescription drugs and ensure that these drugs are prescribed based on health needs rather than marketing (see S. 1128), S6021 [26MY]

Ecology and environment: make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement agreements (see S. 2003), S12766 [14NO]

Electronics: reduce and eliminate electronic waste through recycling (see S. 510), S2004 [3MR]

Health: increase faculty in palliative care medicine at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools and promote development of careers as academic palliative specialists who emphasize teaching (see S. 1000), S4936 [11MY]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 999), S4936 [11MY]

Iran: make information on certain investments in the energy sector available to the public (see S. 299), S1049 [7FE]

Medicare: establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (see S. 1001), S4936 [11MY]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare Advantage program to such plans (see S. 1403), S8301 [14JY]

———provide beneficiaries access to information on the quality of care provided by skilled nursing facilities and provide incentives for such facilities to improve the quality of care (see S. 708), S3200 [5AP]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see S. 1344), S7820 [30JN]

Taxation: simplify Internal Revenue Code and make tax system fairer and more fiscally responsible (see S. 1927), S12006 [27OC]

Television: require multi-channel video programming distributors to provide a kid-friendly tier of programming (see S. 946), S4546 [28AP]

Certificates of election

Senate, S4 [4JA]

Cloture motions

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

Discharge petitions signed

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

Letters

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

Negotiation of fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs: David P. Sloane, AARP, S12283 [2NO]

Lists

Potential cooperative projects adjacent to or nearby National Park System lands, S7074 [22JN]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [4JA]

Privilege of the floor

Averyt, Kristen, S11497 [18OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: increase specialty crops competitiveness funding, route value-added agricultural product market development grants through the States, and expand adjusted gross revenue insurance program (S. 1556), S9474 [29JY]

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (S. Res. 336), unanimous-consent request, S13767 [16DE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3778, S3819 [18AP], S4066 [21AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S2761 [16MR], S14114-S14116 [20DE]

———prohibit exportation of oil and gas produced under leases, S12172 [2NO], S12305 [3NO]

Bankruptcy: protect employees and retirees from corporate practices that deprive them of earnings and retirement savings when businesses file for bankruptcy, S5205 [16MY], S9115 [27JY]

BLM: convey certain land to Eugene, OR (S. 2150), S14189 [20DE]

Bonneville Power Administration: proposal to shift pricing structure for electricity generated at hydroelectric dams to market rates, S1586 [17FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12172, S12282-S12284 [2NO], S12305, S12346 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), conference report, S14215 [21DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13083, S13084 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2604 [14MR], S2761, S2808, S2823 [16MR]

Business and industry: freeze new oil industry subsidies and redirect funds to LIHEAP, S11452 [18OC]

Capital Construction Fund: provide for qualified withdrawals for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover to individual retirement plans (S. 343), S1271 [10FE]

Citizens' Health Care Working Group: implementation of proposals, S5037 [12MY]

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

Computers: anniversary of Moore's Law relative to computer chips, S4180 [25AP]

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

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

Courts: treatment of end-of-life care laws, S8617 [21JY]

———use of administrative subpoenas in terrorism investigations, S6080 [6JN], S9558 [29JY]

Cuba: TV Marti funding, S3244, S3248 [6AP]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8608 [21JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S14114-S14116 [20DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S7965 [11JY]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3191 [5AP], S3244, S3248 [6AP]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into cooperative agreements to protect National Park System natural resources through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside system units (S. 1288), S7073 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7588 [29JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7660 [30JN]

Drugs: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program and Justice Assistance Grant Program funding, S6473 [14JN]

———provide discounts to Medicaid and other Federal programs for the advertising costs of certain prescription drugs and ensure that these drugs are prescribed based on health needs rather than marketing (S. 1128), S6056 [26MY]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (S. 103), S6473 [14JN], S8547 [20JY]

Ecology and environment: make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement agreements (S. 2003), S12770 [14NO]

Education: encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology, S91 [20JA]

———national policy to improve system, S91, S93 [20JA]

———reaffirm support for Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, S91, S93 [20JA]

Electronics: reduce and eliminate electronic waste through recycling (S. 510), S2017 [3MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, S6081 [6JN]

FTC: conduct an inquiry into the retail price of gasoline, S13346 [18NO]

———investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, S13747-S13749 [16DE]

Hayden, Michael V.: nomination to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, S4060 [21AP]

Health: coordinate Federal policies and activities to prevent childhood obesity and establish grants for State childhood obesity prevention and control, S16 [4JA]

———encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices (S. 1324), S7537 [28JN]

———increase faculty in palliative care medicine at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools and promote development of careers as academic palliative specialists who emphasize teaching, S3121 [4AP]

———increase faculty in palliative care medicine at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools and promote development of careers as academic palliative specialists who emphasize teaching (S. 1000), S4941 [11MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S15, S16 [4JA]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain, S3121 [4AP]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (S. 999), S4941 [11MY]

Hurricanes: repeal increase in Federal micropurchase authority for property and services for support of Hurricane Katrina relief and rescue operations (S. 1805), S10798 [30SE]

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, S3778 [18AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 1803), S12603 [9NO]

Iran: make information on certain investments in the energy sector available to the public (S. 299), S1051 [7FE]

Kovacic, William E.: nomination to the FTC, S13346 [18NO], S13747-S13749 [16DE]

Leavitt, Michael O.: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S532 [26JA]

LSC: increase funding for nationwide legal services field programs and for legal assistance to victims impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9782 [8SE]

Medicaid: funding, S2604 [14MR], S14215 [21DE]

Medicare: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 50), S9546 [29JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S2604 [14MR]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries, S3121 [4AP]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (S. 1001), S4941 [11MY]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare Advantage program to such plans (S. 1403), S8317 [14JY]

———funding, S14215 [21DE]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, S2823 [16MR]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs (S. 239), S746 [1FE], S1152 [9FE], S1252 [10FE], S1321 [14FE], S1597 [17FE]

———provide beneficiaries access to information on the quality of care provided by skilled nursing facilities and provide incentives for such facilities to improve the quality of care (S. 708), S3214 [5AP]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, S12282-S12284 [2NO], S12346 [3NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage, S16 [4JA]

National Assisted Living Week: observance, S9822 [8SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (S. 757), S12003 [27OC]

Negroponte, John D.: nomination to be Director of National Intelligence, S4058 [21AP]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program (S. 50), S7936 [1JY]

Oregon: bipartisan agenda and legislative goals, S3344, S3345 [7AP]

Parliamentary inquiry, S2822 [16MR], S13084 [17NO]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S7965 [11JY]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S2112 [7MR]

———expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), S11452 [18OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply, S11452 [18OC]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6787 [20JN], S7245, S7249 [23JN], S7965 [11JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S9264 [28JY]

———prohibit loan guarantees for privately owned powerplant construction, S7245, S7249 [23JN]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S4621 [9MY]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10540-S10542 [28SE]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8617 [21JY]

Rosch, J. Thomas: nomination to the FTC, S13346 [18NO], S13747-S13749 [16DE]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 653), S2928 [17MR]

———relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 653), unanimous-consent request, S2920 [17MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9782 [8SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 267), S899 [2FE]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S4621 [9MY]

Spellings, Margaret: nomination to be Sec. of Education, S91, S93 [20JA]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: suspension of acquisitions, S6787 [20JN]

Taxation: repeal certain benefits relative to oil and gas well intangible drilling and development costs, S13083, S13084 [17NO]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code and make tax system fairer and more fiscally responsible (S. 1927), S12009 [27OC], S12146-S12148 [1NO]

Television: require multi-channel video programming distributors to provide a kid-friendly tier of programming (S. 946), S4565 [28AP], S13740 [16DE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S5214 [16MY]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (S. 428), S5214 [16MY]

United Jewish Communities (organization): tribute to efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S10820 [3OC]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize, S6080-S6082 [6JN]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), S9558 [29JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13616, S13618 [15DE]

Winchester Bay, OR: awarding of an EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grant, S7588 [29JN]

World AIDS Day: observance, S13496 [13DE]

Texts of

S. 299, Investor in Iran Accountability Act, S1051 [7FE]

S. 510, Electronic Waste Recycling Promotion and Consumer Protection Act, S2018-S2020 [3MR]

S. 946, Kid Friendly TV Programming Act, S4565 [28AP]

S. 999, Conquering Pain Act, S4941-S4944 [11MY]

S. 1000, Palliative Care Training Act, S4944 [11MY]

S. 1001, Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act, S4944-S4946 [11MY]

S. 1403, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act, S8318 [14JY]

S. 1556, Specialty Crop and Value-Added Agriculture Promotion Act, S9474 [29JY]

S. 1927, Fair Flat Tax Act, S12010-S12013 [27OC]

S. 2003, Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreements Act, S12770 [14NO]

S. 2150, Eugene Land Conveyance Act, S14190 [20DE]

Tributes

Corzine, Senator, S13732 [16DE]