DURBIN, RICHARD J. (a Senator from Illinois)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10217, S10243, S10244 [20SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3470, S3494, S3495, S3498, S3500 [12AP], S3556, S3557, S3567, S3576, S3577, S3588, S3596, S3597 [13AP], S3622, S3655, S3694, S3710 [14AP], S3719, S3721, S3754 [15AP], S3812, S3850, S3853 [18AP], S3891, S3892, S3955 [19AP], S3966, S4000 [20AP], S4080 [21AP], S4259 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1821, S1828, S1835, S1878 [1MR], S1918, S1920, S1955 [2MR], S1980, S1986, S2046, S2048 [3MR], S2139, S2149, S2182, S2183 [7MR], S2277 [8MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12239, S12254, S12269, S12275 [2NO], S12354, S12359, S12363, S12365, S12367, S12368 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S12938, S13036, S13038 [16NO], S13187, S13211, S13216 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2695, S2750, S2751, S2752, S2753 [15MR], S2826, S2865, S2868 [16MR], S2887, S2937, S2938, S2996, S2997, S3075, S3076, S3077, S3080 [17MR], S3483 [12AP]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), S1101, S1110, S1142 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S5450 [18MY], S8635, S8699 [21JY], S8747, S8758 [22JY], S8813, S8815, S8816, S8848, S8866, S8893, S8894 [25JY], S11162 [5OC], S12378, S12408, S12409 [4NO], S12500, S12505, S12528, S12548 [8NO], S12574, S12579, S12619, S12621 [9NO], S12669, S12683, S12701 [10NO], S12790, S12867 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10685, S10703, S10763, S10764, S10766 [29SE], S10981, S10989, S10990 [4OC], S11081, S11131 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8000, S8001, S8025 [11JY], S8188, S8219, S8220 [13JY], S8304 [14JY]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3323 [6AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7406, S7440, S7443 [27JN], S7522, S7523 [28JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), S10354, S10385 [22SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11770, S11771 [24OC], S11784, S11794, S11798, S11829, S11830, S11832, S11842 [25OC], S11857, S11863, S11866, S11873, S11901, S11902, S11929, S11934, S11940, S11945, S11947 [26OC], S11981, S12008, S12009 [27OC]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11489 [18OC], S11521, S11560, S11561 [19OC], S11616, S11635, S11666, S11688, S11693 [20OC], S11744 [21OC]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), S9191 [27JY], S9222, S9286, S9312 [28JY], S9471 [29JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8433, S8434 [18JY], S8456, S8470, S8496 [19JY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (S. 1783), S13033 [16NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6580 [14JN], S6664 [15JN], S6742 [16JN], S6834 [20JN], S7059, S7088, S7105, S7106, S7192 [22JN], S7266 [23JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), S9854, S9855, S9856 [8SE], S9873, S9877, S9879 [9SE], S9940 [12SE], S9986, S9994 [13SE], S10038, S10039 [14SE], S10065, S10134 [15SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4344 [26AP], S4655 [9MY], S4938, S4970, S4980, S5002 [11MY], S5019, S5020, S5176 [12MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Into the House Chamber, H5966 [19JY]

Committee To Escort the President, H340 [2FE]

Committee To Escort Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Into the House Chamber, H1784 [6AP]

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. 2744, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S10332 [22SE]

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

———H.R. 2985, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, S7749 [30JN]

———H.R. 3010, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11999 [27OC], S13291 [18NO]

———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]

Senate National Security Working Group, S1218 [9FE]

Articles and editorials

And the Verdict on Justice Kennedy Is—Guilty, Dana Milbank, Washington (DC) Post, S3444 [12AP]

Democracy and the Filibuster, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S4372 [27AP]

Exhibit of Lynching Photos Shows Evil We Must Remember, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S6378 [13JN]

How Many More Mike Browns Are Out There? Mike Allen, Time (publication), S10462-S10464 [27SE]

National ID Party, Wall Street Journal, S3980 [20AP]

``REAL ID'' Act—A Real Nightmare for DoD, Margaret D. Stock, S3978 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Con. Res. 58), S11314 [7OC] (see S. Res. 280), S11559 [19OC]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 1779), S13571 [14DE]

———improve Federal response to agroterrorism and agricultural diseases (see S. 573), S2383 [9MR]

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

Amtrak: reauthorize (see S. 1516), S12076 [31OC]

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see S. 914), S4397 [27AP]

———prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see S. 304), S1049 [7FE]

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), S886 [2FE]

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

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see S. 1351), S11477 [18OC]

———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see S. 32), S5219 [16MY]

———enhance protections for servicemembers and their dependents (see S. 1814), S11314 [7OC]

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

———establish a combat badge for helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews (see S. 612), S6101 [6JN]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see S. 77), S575 [26JA] (see S. 121), S145 [24JA]

———modify eligibility for income replacement payments for Reserves experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for active duty service (see S. 2176), S14317 [21DE]

———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (see S. 418), S6022 [26MY]

———provide a traumatic injury protection rider to certain insured servicemembers (see S. 806), S4871 [10MY]

———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard (see S. 1142), S6021 [26MY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 639), S5301 [17MY]

———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), S574 [26JA]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 407), S11130 [5OC]

———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), S5219 [16MY]

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

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 320), S13361 [18NO]

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

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see S. 338), S1199 [9FE]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 44), S1415 [15FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of massacre at Srebrenica (see S. Res. 134), S6660 [15JN]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 18), S5302 [17MY]

Business and industry: preserve mathematics- and science-based industries (see S. 765), S3481 [12AP]

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), S3481 [12AP]

———provide for oversight over the Capitol Visitors Center by the Architect of the Capitol (see S. Res. 179), S7070 [22JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (see S. 1902), S11665 [20OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see S. 1405), S8827 [25JY]

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

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care (see S. 526), S5852 [24MY]

Children and youth: eliminate child poverty (see S. 1084), S5780 [23MY]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see S. 1343), S11131 [5OC]

———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]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see S. 408), S5301 [17MY]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (see S. 295), S979 [3FE]

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), S1259 [10FE]

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), S5300 [17MY]

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

———ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (see S. 1204), S6225 [8JN]

———expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see S. 357), S3556 [13AP]

———improve access to graduate schools in the U.S. for international students, scholars, scientists, and exchange visitors (see S. 455), S6910 [21JN]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (see S. 589), S2996 [17MR]

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

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), S1415 [15FE]

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]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see S. 1442), S10120 [15SE]

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

Crime: 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), S11131 [5OC]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see S. 382), S1624 [17FE]

Cuba: 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: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see S. 1357), S7820 [30JN]

———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. 1695), S10379 [22SE]

———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see S. 1555), S10973 [4OC]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see S. 1139), S6102 [6JN]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 986), S6827 [20JN]

———improve the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program (CCAMPIS) (see S. 725), S3278 [6AP]

———rebate amount of Pell Grant aid lost as a result of updates to the tables for State and other taxes used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see S. 1249), S7522 [28JN] (see S. 1249), S9159 [27JY]

———rebate amount of Pell Grant aid lost as a result of updates to the tables for State and other taxes used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1249), S8384 [15JY]

———revise regulations for student loan payment deferment for borrowers who are in postgraduate medical or dental internship, residency, or fellowship programs (see S. 1246), S6827 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (see S. 233), S2384 [9MR]

———establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program to increase the number of doctorally-prepared nurse faculty (see S. 1575), S9467 [29JY]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see S. 569), S3415 [11AP]

———increase planning and funding for health promotion programs (see S. 628), S2734 [15MR]

———reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 1722), S10187 [19SE]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see S. 285), S1116 [8FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: add certain biosecurity responsibilities (see S. 572), S2383 [9MR]

———establish the National Emergency Family Locator System (see S. 1630), S9932 [12SE]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 188), S574 [26JA]

———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding (see S. 945), S4546 [28AP]

———establish a national sex offender registration database (see S. 792), S3652 [14AP]

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), S6483 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior: permit continued occupancy and use of certain lands and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park (see S. 584), S6482 [14JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency (see S. 1048), S5300 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance services provided by veterans' centers and clarify and improve the provision of bereavement counseling (see S. 716), S13571 [14DE]

———improve mental health services at all facilities (see S. 1177), S6226 [8JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (see S. 1290), S7378 [24JN]

———provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member (see S. 1947), S12127 [1NO]

———provide sufficient blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists at medical centers (see S. 1190), S12238 [2NO]

———reauthorize programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans (see S. 1180), S8303 [14JY]

Digital Opportunity Investment Trust: establish (see S. 1023), S5071 [12MY]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see S. 828), S4548 [28AP]

Disasters: ensure evacuation of individuals with special needs in times of emergency (see S. 1685), S10038 [14SE]

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

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

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see S. 1353), S7820 [30JN]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 37), S979 [3FE]

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

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see S. 969), S6300 [9JN] (see S. 1821), S11130 [5OC]

District of Columbia: provide a site for the National Women's History Museum (see S. 501), S2003 [3MR]

———provide budget autonomy (see S. 800), S3653 [14AP]

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

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see S. 1698), S13452 [12DE]

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

———expand the clinical trials drug data bank (see S. 470), S8826 [25JY]

———include dehydroepiandrosterone as an anabolic steroid (see S. 1137), S9834 [8SE]

———lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see S. 45), S4869 [10MY]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see S. 103), S9285 [28JY]

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), S6300 [9JN]

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

Education: expand Parents as Teachers programs and other programs of early childhood home visitation (see S. 503), S3415 [11AP]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 117), S648 [31JA]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see S. 1218), S6299 [9JN]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant (see S. 286), S978 [3FE] (see S. Res. 8), S1199 [9FE]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 15), S142 [24JA]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see S. 1098), S5778 [23MY]

———provide additional assistance to Federal Pell Grants recipients who are pursuing programs of study in engineering, mathematics, science, or foreign languages (see S. 1183), S6154 [7JN]

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see S. 932), S4398 [27AP] (see S. 1085), S5532 [19MY]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 219), S12840 [15NO]

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]

ERISA: require Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity for certain retired airline pilots (see S. 685), S11477 [18OC]

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

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see S. 1700), S11423 [17OC]

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), S7987 [11JY]

———designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 776), S9646 [6SE]

———preserve current level of Airport Improvement Program grants to certain primary airports in rural areas (see S. 1793), S11560 [19OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, child, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see S. 798), S3652 [14AP]

———expand (see S. 282), S978 [3FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 666), S2995 [17MR]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see S. 754), S3413 [11AP]

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), S739 [1FE]

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

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), S9877 [9SE]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 98), S1050 [7FE]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 88), S2995 [17MR]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see S. 620), S2644 [14MR] (see S. 645), S2846 [16MR]

———regulate .50 caliber sniper weapons designed for the taking of human life and the destruction of material (see S. 935), S4546 [28AP]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see S. 1402), S8301 [14JY]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (see S. 559), S4022 [20AP]

———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), S1115 [8FE]

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), S10724 [29SE]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see S. 593), S2482 [10MR]

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]

Global Health Corps: establish (see S. 850), S4185 [25AP]

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]

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1250), S6742 [16JN]

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

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see S. 1937), S12007 [27OC]

Health: coordinate Federal policies and activities to prevent childhood obesity and establish grants for State childhood obesity prevention and control (see S. 799), S4647 [9MY]

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

———enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care (see S. 1418), S8950 [26JY]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 1283), S6910 [21JN]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see S. 1325), S9159 [27JY]

———improve accessibility to and administration of immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, including influenza (see S. 1527), S10038 [14SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 16), S142 [24JA]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 424), S4937 [11MY]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Cell Transplantation Program (see S. 1317), S7988 [11JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 471), S2517 [11MR]

Health care facilities: provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital services and drugs (see S. 1827), S11212 [6OC]

Health care professionals: establish a scholarship and loan repayment program for public health preparedness workforce development to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages (see S. 504, 506), S2003 [3MR]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see S. 330), S1198 [9FE]

Higher Education Act: assist homeless students in obtaining postsecondary education (see S. 1429), S9159 [27JY]

———improve higher education through expansion of Pell grants (see S. 697), S3556 [13AP]

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

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

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]

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), S9877 [9SE] (see S. 1748), S10295 [21SE]

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

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

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]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see S. 119), S145 [24JA]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 910), S4257 [26AP]

———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]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see S. 577), S3415 [11AP]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see S. 333), S12766 [14NO]

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]

Kansas City, MO: designate the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (see S. Con. Res. 60), S13162 [17NO]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 283), S11665 [20OC]

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]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see S. 2138), S13786 [16DE]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S3483 [12AP]

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]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 311), S1795 [28FE]

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

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 401), S6910 [21JN]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see S. Con. Res. 65), S13161 [17NO]

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

———clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see S. 236), S1345 [14FE]

———coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant (see S. 173), S573 [26JA]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 784), S4871 [10MY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 604), S2517 [11MR]

———coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms (see S. 390), S4937 [11MY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 1152), S6741 [16JN]

———extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (see S. 856), S4021 [20AP]

———improve (see S. 18), S142 [24JA]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see S. 635), S5437 [18MY]

———make improvements in payments to hospitals (see S. 1002), S6155 [7JN]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 1217), S6299 [9JN]

———prohibit the telemarketing of prescription drug and Advantage plans to beneficiaries (see S. 1798), S11214 [6OC]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see S. 1841), S11560 [19OC]

———reduce part B premium through elimination of certain overpayments to Medicare Advantage organizations (see S. 1589), S9468 [29JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 438), S4646 [9MY]

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), S3735 [15AP]

Mental health: authorizing appropriations for diversion courts (see S. 289), S3555 [13AP]

———establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see S. 380), S2517 [11MR]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see S. 537), S10595 [28SE]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 1272), S11422 [17OC]

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]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: require a report on progress toward Millennium Development Goals (see S. 1315), S13571 [14DE]

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

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

Month of Global Health: designate (see S. Res. 225), S9468 [29JY]

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 Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see S. 1405), S8827 [25JY]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see S. 1248), S6741 [16JN]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (see S. Res. 133), S4646 [9MY]

National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 201), S8488 [19JY]

National Audubon Society, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 301), S12526 [8NO]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 121), S4399 [27AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 271), S11313 [7OC]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 137), S5071 [12MY]

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

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 282), S11744 [21OC]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day: designate (see S. Res. 141), S5071 [12MY]

National Foreign Language Coordination Council: establish to develop and implement a foreign language strategy (see S. 1089), S8384 [15JY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see S. 515), S5779 [23MY]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 31), S739 [1FE]

National Hepatitis B Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 117), S4399 [27AP]

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

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (see S. 579), S2383 [9MR]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 71), S2149 [7MR]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 37), S1199 [9FE]

National security: combat terrorism (see S. 12), S142 [24JA]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 112), S3735 [15AP]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 275), S11477 [18OC]

National Time Out Day: support goals and ideas (see S. Res. 40), S1050 [7FE]

National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan: designate (see S. Res. 172), S7615 [29JN] (see S. Res. 186), S7909 [1JY]

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

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 1035), S11130 [5OC]

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

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

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see S. 724), S3278 [6AP]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 770), S5220 [16MY]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see S. Res. 173), S8219 [13JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 944), S4546 [28AP]

———modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (see S. 947), S4546 [28AP]

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

Office of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: expand responsibilities to provide independent objective audits and investigations relating to the Federal programs for Hurricane Katrina recovery (see S. 1738), S10294 [21SE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: pursue a complaint of anti-competitive practices against certain oil exporting countries (see S. 752), S3413 [11AP]

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), S12767 [14NO]

———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), S12767 [14NO]

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

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

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

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see S. 991), S4869 [10MY]

———protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see S. 1304), S7294 [23JN]

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

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

Poland: anniversary of workers' strike which led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union (see S. Res. 198), S8419 [18JY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see S. Res. 94), S3147 [4AP] (see S. Res. 95), S3201 [5AP]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see S. 662), S8488 [19JY]

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

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

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see S. 431), S1622 [17FE]

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

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to asthma research (see S. 1489), S10120 [15SE]

———enhance biodefense and pandemic preparedness activities (see S. 1880), S11560 [19OC]

———provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see S. 1344), S7820 [30JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 513), S2004 [3MR]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see S. 427), S1622 [17FE]

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

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

Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, CA: designate (see S. 125), S145 [24JA]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see S. 863), S4021 [20AP]

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

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 675), S2995 [17MR]

Russia: condition continued participation in the Group of 8 nations upon voluntary acceptance and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy (see S. Con. Res. 14), S1624 [17FE]

———issue a clear and unambiguous statement of admission and condemnation of the illegal occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union from 1940-1991 of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. Con. Res. 32), S5071 [12MY] (see S. Con. Res. 35), S5532 [19MY]

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

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see S. 1881), S13660 [15DE]

Schools: establish State infrastructure banks to improve financing of school construction and renovation (see S. 2057), S13361 [18NO]

———provide for secondary school reform (see S. 921), S4397 [27AP]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1520), S9158 [27JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (see S. 876), S4185 [25AP]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 1508), S9647 [6SE]

Senior citizens: improve opportunities for older workers by providing tax incentives to employers, extending COBRA coverage, improving job training, and establishing a Federal Task Force on Older Workers (see S. 1826), S11212 [6OC]

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), S980 [3FE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 1799), S10724 [29SE]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1104), S8559 [20JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 619), S3359 [7AP]

———streamline enrollment for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with low-income nutrition and related assistance programs (see S. 747), S3413 [11AP]

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see S. 453), S8665 [21JY]

States: provide with resources needed to rid our schools of performance-enhancing drug use (see S. 1974), S13661 [15DE]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see S. 495), S1931 [2MR]

———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), S8664 [21JY]

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

———permit televising of proceedings (see S. 1768), S12447 [7NO]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see S. 1050), S5300 [17MY]

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

———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]

———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), S4646 [9MY]

———encourage investment in facilities using wind to produce electricity (see S. 715), S3278 [6AP]

———equalize employer-provided parking and transit benefits and allow Federal agencies to offer transit and parking benefits in tandem to assist with costs of parking at transit facilities (see S. 787), S3652 [14AP]

———exclude from gross income amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees and Armed Forces members on active duty under Federal student loan repayment programs (see S. 1255), S6740 [16JN]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see S. 772), S3654 [14AP]

———extend the excise and income tax credits for the production of biodiesel (see S. 1076), S9159 [27JY]

———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 higher education more affordable through expansion of deduction for higher education expenses and a credit for interest on higher education loans (see S. 759), S3414 [11AP]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see S. 663), S10595 [28SE]

———provide a credit for the transportation of food for charitable purposes (see S. 283), S978 [3FE]

———provide a small agri-biodiesel producer credit and improve the small ethanol producer credit (see S. 610), S2645 [14MR]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (see S. 324), S1198 [9FE]

———provide capital gains tax treatment for certain self-created musical works (see S. 1100), S5778 [23MY]

———provide for a deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 94), S5778 [23MY]

———provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance (see S. 1330), S7614 [29JN]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 680), S2995 [17MR]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 196), S1050 [7FE]

———restore the phaseout of personal exemptions and the overall limitation on itemized deductions and create a trust fund for the funding of education programs (see S. 605), S2517 [11MR]

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

Teach for America, Inc.: authorize appropriations (see S. 1367), S8666 [21JY]

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), S1931 [2MR]

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]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: extend applicability (see S. 467), S4548 [28AP]

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: policy concerning supportive actions on the occasion of the Seventh NPT Review Conference (see S. Con. Res. 36), S5778 [23MY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 392), S8135 [12JY]

Ukraine: congratulate people for conducting a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election and Viktor Yushchenko on election as President (see S. Con. Res. 7), S575 [26JA]

———normal trade relations status (see S. 632), S12447 [7NO]

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]

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

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see S. 1571), S12007 [27OC]

———expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents of veterans (see S. 2014), S12839 [15NO]

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

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 558), S2244 [8MR]

———extend period of eligibility after discharge or release for health care for combat service in the Persian Gulf Conflict or future hostilities (see S. 481), S8302 [14JY]

———health care funding (see S. 331), S1198 [9FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 633), S3483 [12AP]

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

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1197), S6827 [20JN]

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]

Wagner, Annice M.: tribute (see S. Res. 107), S3653 [14AP]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (see S. 728), S4258 [26AP]

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

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 7), S2734 [15MR]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see S. 1172), S11213 [6OC]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 707), S13502 [13DE]

Year of Foreign Language Study: designate (see S. Res. 28), S739 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

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

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

Animals: provide better protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases (see S. 2002), S12766 [14NO]

Armed Forces: increase benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 1019), S5071 [12MY]

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

Colleges and universities: 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]

Conservation of energy: encourage through bicycling (see S. 808), S3653 [14AP]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 389), S1413 [15FE]

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

Dandan, Ketty: relief (see S. 743), S3413 [11AP]

Dandan, Nabil Raja: relief (see S. 743), S3413 [11AP]

Dandan, Raja Nabil: relief (see S. 743), S3413 [11AP]

Dandan, Sandra: relief (see S. 743), S3413 [11AP]

Dandan, Souzi: relief (see S. 743), S3413 [11AP]

Disasters: provide grants for mass evacuation exercises for urban and suburban areas and the execution of emergency response plans (see S. 2043), S13161 [17NO]

Diseases: issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see S. Con. Res. 48), S9158 [27JY]

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

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

Employment: clarify overtime regulations, provide a fair minimum wage, and express support for multiemployer pension plans (see S. 846), S3897 [19AP]

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

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see S. 981), S4646 [9MY] (see S. 989), S4869 [10MY]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see S. 729), S3278 [6AP]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see S. 1358), S7820 [30JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. Con. Res. 30), S4547 [28AP]

Hunger: reduce (see S. 1120), S5921 [25MY]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 358), S1260 [10FE]

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

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see S. 811), S3734 [15AP]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 345), S1260 [10FE] (see S. 873), S4108 [21AP]

Military installations: permit State and local governments to enter into lease-purchase agreements with bases located within or near their jurisdictions (see S. 1924), S11917 [26OC]

Motor vehicles: improve system for enhancing automobile fuel efficiency (see S. 1648), S9877 [9SE]

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

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

Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act: extend changes to requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas (see S. 1550), S9285 [28JY]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 637), S2846 [16MR] (see S. 874), S4108 [21AP]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see S.J. Res. 22), S9285 [28JY]

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

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

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see S. 793), S3652 [14AP]

Social Security: make all uninsured children eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program and simplify enrollment and renewal procedures for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2137), S13786 [16DE]

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

Taxation: impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and use proceeds to provide a consumer rebate, fund LIHEAP, provide incentives for manufacture of energy efficient vehicles, and support funding of highway projects (see S. 1981), S12607 [9NO]

Terrorism: reduce risk to food supply from intentional contamination (see S. 1534), S9284 [28JY]

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

Veterans: improve treatment provided to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (see S. 1448), S8664 [21JY]

Victims of Communism Memorial: support construction (see S. Res. 150), S5532 [19MY]

Year of Study Abroad: designate (see S. Res. 308), S12682 [10NO]

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]

Histories

Filibusters and Judges, S4803 [10MY]

Letters

Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards: Roger Tauss, Transport Workers Union of America, S7258 [23JN]

District of Columbia Resident Tuition Assistance Program funding: Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of the District of Columbia, S11644 [20OC]

Ensure Federal employees activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving: Robert A. McIntosh, Reserve Officers Association, S3472 [12AP]

Improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers: Heartland Alliance, S3979 [20AP]

Judicial review of habeas corpus petitions from detainees held in the war on terror: Dwight H. Sullivan, Dept. of Defense, S12800 [15NO]

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

Protect employees and retirees from corporate practices that deprive them of earnings and retirement savings when businesses file for bankruptcy: William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S1989 [3MR]

———several consumer organizations, S1989 [3MR]

Reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service: Stephen M. Koper, National Guard Association of the U.S., S12570 [9NO]

Require manufacturers of dietary supplements to submit reports on certain serious adverse events before allowing sale on military installations: Bruce Silverglade and Ilene R. Heller, Center for Science in the Public Interest, S8637 [21JY]

———Debbie Riggins, S8636 [21JY]

———Janell Mayo Duncan, Consumers Union, S8637 [21JY]

———Kevin S. Riggins, S8636 [21JY]

———Michelle Skinlo, S8636 [21JY]

———Philip Shettle, American Osteopathic Association, S8637 [21JY]

Lists

Comments by Republicans during filibuster of Richard A. Paez and Marsha L. Berzon nominations, S3763 [15AP]

Judicial nominations for which cloture was filed, because of a filibuster, but was later withdrawn, S3763 [15AP]

Judicial nominations needing 60 votes in order to end filibuster prior to the Bush administration, S3763 [15AP], S4442 [27AP]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13124 [17NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S13290 [18NO]

Privilege of the floor

Ginsburg, Andrew, S9196 [27JY]

Preiss, Robert, S2197 [7MR]

Thompson, Douglas, S10770 [29SE]

Young, Andrew, S3227 [5AP]

Remarks

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (S. 973), S4589 [28AP]

Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters, S10276, S10277 [21SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10215, S10217 [20SE], S10276, S10277 [21SE]

Air Force: enter into agreements with St. Clair County, IL, to construct joint administrative and operations structures at Scott AFB, IL, S8815 [25JY]

American Legacy Foundation: EPA Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award recipient, S4150 [22AP]

American Red Cross: tribute for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S10332 [22SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (S. Res. 207), S8771 [25JY]

Amtrak: funding, S2703 [15MR]

Animals: provide better protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases (S. 2002), S12767 [14NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 68), S10711 [29SE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3462, S3470, S3472 [12AP], S3512, S3519, S3528 [13AP], S3619, S3621, S3622, S3638 [14AP], S3976, S3978, S3979, S3980, S3988 [20AP]

———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, S4827, S4829, S4838 [10MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: ensure legislation allowing oil and gas exploration receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, S2706 [15MR]

———oil and gas exploration, S2706 [15MR], S12158, S12159 [2NO], S14073, S14130 [20DE], S14231 [21DE]

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

———increase benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001 (S. 1019), S5109 [12MY]

———increase death gratuity, S3519 [13AP]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (S. 121), S685 [1FE]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of those who distinguished themselves by their service in the Marine Corps, S13334 [18NO]

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

———prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S11068 [5OC]

———provide income replacement payments for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty, S12579, S12580, S12581 [9NO]

———provide pay protection for Federal employees who are members of the Reserve and National Guard, S10703 [29SE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service, S12569, S12586 [9NO]

———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, S8814, S8815 [25JY]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, S11803 [25OC]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S4536 [28AP]

———ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (S. Res. 320), S13395 [18NO]

Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart: anniversary, S3645 [14AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1818, S1821, S1822, S1827, S1828, S1845, S1846, S1849, S1853, S1854 [1MR], S1896, S1897, S1906, S1907, S1919, S1920 [2MR], S1986, S1989, S1995 [3MR], S2126, S2127, S2141 [7MR], S2203, S2216, S2221, S2228 [8MR], S2307, S2326 [9MR], S2420-S2422, S2427 [10MR]

———clarify treatment of debtors with serious medical conditons, servicemen called to active duty, and low income veterans, S1846, S1849, S1853, S1854 [1MR]

———discourage predatory mortgage lending practices, S1920 [2MR]

———establish a Federal homestead exemption for debtors whose financial situations were caused by serious medical problems, S1896, S1897, S1906, S1907 [2MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors who are disabled veterans whose indebtedness occurred primarily during a period of military service, S2427 [10MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors whose financial situations were caused by identity theft, S1919 [2MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors whose financial situations were caused by serious medical problems, S2203 [8MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors whose income falls below the median income level, S2217, S2221 [8MR], S2307 [9MR]

———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, S1823, S1827, S1828, S1846, S1849, S1853, S1854 [1MR], S1907 [2MR], S2203 [8MR]

———prevent courts from dismissing companies' Coal Act obligations to pay workers promised benefits, S1906 [2MR]

———protect employees and retirees from corporate practices that deprive them of earnings and retirement savings when businesses file for bankruptcy, S1986, S1989, S1995 [3MR], S5049 [12MY]

———reform homestead exemptions protecting homes from bankruptcy filings, S1821 [1MR]

Bodman, Samuel W.: nomination to be Sec. of Energy, S629 [31JA]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S5993 [26MY]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities, S8905 [26JY]

Brown, Janice Rogers: nomination to be circuit judge, S5521 [19MY], S6116 [7JN], S6180 [8JN]

Brown, Matthew: Bronze Star recipient, S4177 [25AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12158, S12159 [2NO], S12329 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), conference report, S14073, S14146 [20DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), motion to instruct conferees, S13633 [15DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S12939 [16NO], S13120, S13123, S13124, S13129 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, S4511 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2632 [14MR], S2703, S2706 [15MR], S2938 [17MR]

Bush, President: address to National Endowment for Democracy relative to radical Islamic fundamentalism and assessment of war and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, S11190 [6OC]

———evaluation of administration, S14010 [19DE]

———inauguration, S95 [20JA]

———speech on Iraq, S7545 [29JN]

Capitol Police: funding, S9373 [29JY]

Chalabi, Ahmad: relationship with U.S. Government, S12466 [8NO], S12555 [9NO], S12881 [16NO]

Chertoff, Michael: nomination to be Sec. of Homeland Security, S1375 [15FE]

Chicago, IL: Adler Planetarium anniversary, S4862 [10MY]

Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute, S11656 [20OC]

———tribute (S. Res. 291), S12029 [27OC]

Church, Jeremy: Silver Star recipient, S4177 [25AP]

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

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

Coins: redesign the reverse side of the penny in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (S. 341), S1262 [10FE]

Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting (Senate, Special): establish, S12574 [9NO]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, S44, S45 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, S44, S45 [6JA]

Conservation of energy: encourage through bicycling (S. 808), S3683 [14AP]

Contracts: improve Federal contracting accountability relative to hurricane relief or Iraq reconstruction, S12329 [3NO]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), S1082, S1099, S1110 [8FE], S1235, S1236 [10FE]

———politicization of the judicial decisionmaking process, S3236 [5AP], S3445 [12AP], S4173 [25AP], S4804, S4805 [10MY], S5287 [17MY]

———preserve State court procedures for handling mass actions, S1099 [8FE], S1235 [10FE]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (S. 389), S1430 [15FE]

Crime: allow for the prosecution of members of criminal street gangs (S. 1322), S7526 [28JN]

———condemn courthouse violence, S3236 [5AP]

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

———grant authority to utilize combatant status review tribunals and annual review board to determine status of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, S8812, S8813 [25JY]

———treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, S6592-S6595 [14JN], S6713, S6714, S6715, S6716 [16JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: waiver of prevailing wage requirements for relief effort contracts in States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S10107 [15SE]

DeLay, Representative: comments on Fox News Radio ``Tony Snow Show'' relative to politicization of the judicial decisionmaking process, S3962 [20AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S116 [24JA], S11341-S11343 [17OC], S11751 [24OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (S. 1139), S6031 [26MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8634, S8635, S8636, S8638, S8656 [21JY], S8812, S8813, S8814, S8815, S8816 [25JY], S8901, S8902, S8905 [26JY], S9080 [27JY], S9210, S9211, S9234 [28JY], S10363 [22SE], S10523, S10525 [27SE], S12491 [8NO], S12569, S12574, S12579, S12580, S12581, S12586 [9NO], S12672 [10NO], S12795, S12799, S12818, S12821 [15NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), unanimous-consent request, S8624, S8625 [21JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, S14274 [21DE]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, S11068 [5OC]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S13739 [16DE], S14010 [19DE], S14251, S14274 [21DE]

———judicial review of habeas corpus petitions from detainees held in the war on terror, S12799 [15NO], S14251, S14274 [21DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10691, S10703 [29SE], S10909 [3OC], S11068, S11083, S11096, S11098 [5OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S14073, S14130, S14161-S14164 [20DE], S14231, S14251 [21DE]

———prohibit funding for the development, deployment, or operation of a Federal web-based travel system, S11083 [5OC]

———require reports on efforts to stabilize Iraq and relieve burden on Armed Forces members deployed in Iraq and the Persian Gulf region, S8181 [13JY]

———require reports on training of Iraqi security forces, S3621, S3622 [14AP]

———review status of detainees held in the war on terror, S12799 [15NO]

Dept. of HHS: Community Services Block Grant Program funding, S10711 [29SE]

———reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program (S. 1722), S10184 [19SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve allocation of grants, S8097 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8097, S8109 [12JY], S8181, S8188, S8189 [13JY], S8267, S8277 [14JY]

Dept. of Justice: decision to request lower fine amount in civil lawsuit against tobacco industry to fund smoking-cessation programs, S6255 [9JN], S6360 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7509 [28JN], S7545, S7555, S7574 [29JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program funding, S9413 [29JY]

———prioritize Twin Spans Bridge in Louisiana reconstruction funding, S11637 [20OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct veterans disability compensation information campaign, S10355 [22SE]

———making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (H.R. 3130), unanimous-consent request, S7799 [30JN]

———place conditions on the use of funding for reviewing or revoking approved disability claims for post-traumatic stress disorder, S10331 [22SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), S10355 [22SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11784 [25OC], S11873, S11901, S11902 [26OC], S11963 [27OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, S14286 [21DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), motion to instruct conferees, S13290, S13291 [18NO]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11535 [19OC], S11637, S11643, S11644 [20OC]

Dietary supplements: require manufacturers to submit reports on certain serious adverse events before allowing sale on military installations, S8635, S8636, S8638 [21JY]

———withhold funding from stores on military installations that sell dietary supplements containing stimulants in cases that the manufacturer does not report associated serious adverse events, S11096, S11098 [5OC]

Disasters: establish scholarship fund for victims of the tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa, S1362 [15FE]

———improve preparedness and response plans, S9621 [6SE], S10030 [14SE], S10105 [15SE], S10205, S10206 [20SE], S10333 [22SE], S10461, S10464 [27SE]

———pledge support for victims of the tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa, S1362 [15FE]

Diseases: improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, S10691 [29SE], S11963 [27OC], S14286 [21DE]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (S. 1821), S11468 [18OC]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (S. 969), S10628 [28SE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (S. Con. Res. 48), S9183 [27JY]

District of Columbia: District of Columbia Resident Tuition Assistance Program funding, S11643, S11644 [20OC]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7672, S7673, S7737 [30JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines, S13521 [14DE]

Education: funding, S96 [20JA]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (S. 1218), S6294 [9JN]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, S13633 [15DE]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (S. 2039), S13163-S13165 [17NO]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees, S11535 [19OC]

Engstrom, Diana Gecaj: relief (S. 1233), S6483 [14JN]

EPA: continue ban on human testing of pesticides, S7555 [29JN]

———review studies on human testing of pesticides before issuing final rule, S7555 [29JN]

Executive departments: allegations of payments to journalists for favorable comments concerning Bush administration proposals, S547-S550 [26JA]

ExxonMobil Corp.: quarterly profits, S12556 [9NO]

FBI: role of Dept. of Justice Criminial Division employees in addressing concerns regarding Dept. of Defense interrogation techniques used on detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S1376 [15FE]

FDA: ensure autonomy and eliminate conflicts-of-interest relative to drug company fees and advisory panels, S10217 [20SE]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving, S3470, S3472 [12AP], S3512, S3519 [13AP], S8816 [25JY]

———ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (S. 981), S4787 [9MY]

Firearms: exempt cases involving gross negligence or reckless conduct resulting in a proximate cause of death or injury from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9227 [28JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), S9209, S9210, S9211, S9227, S9234, S9236, S9237, S9238 [28JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), motion to proceed, S8930 [26JY], S9080 [27JY]

Food: promote food safety and protect the animal feed supply from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), S81 [20JA]

Food Safety Administration: establish (S. 729), S3302 [6AP]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), S8470, S8471 [19JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3057), conference report, S14294 [21DE]

Foreign policy: national objectives priority assigments, S405 [25JA]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, S2938 [17MR]

———funding through reductions in Iraq Economic Support Fund funding, S8470 [19JY]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: nomination to be Attorney General, S723 [1FE], S840, S872, S873 [2FE]

———role in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S840 [2FE]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (S. 1358), S7851 [30JN]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (S. 2128), S13793 [16DE]

———stop taxpayer funded propaganda by making anti-propaganda laws permanent, pursuing violators, authorizing citizen lawsuits, and withholding salaries of noncompliant agency heads (S. 266), S547-S550 [26JA]

Gutierrez, Carlos M.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, S95 [20JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S96 [20JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, S9329, S9330 [29JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S6137 [7JN]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (S. Res. 238), S10110 [15SE]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), S6378 [13JN]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 240), adoption (H. Res. 241), S4436 [27AP]

Hunger: reduce (S. 1120), S5928 [25MY], S6132 [7JN]

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, S10030 [14SE], S10205, S10206 [20SE], S10333 [22SE], S12555 [9NO]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), S9810 [8SE]

———provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1716), S10625, S10626 [28SE], S11167 [5OC]

———provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1716), unanimous-consent request, S11523, S11524 [19OC]

———reallocate certain unspent emergency relief funding to meet the immediate health care, housing, education, and financial needs of survivors of Hurricane Katrina, S11167 [5OC]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9621 [6SE], S10030 [14SE], S10105 [15SE], S10205, S10206 [20SE], S10333 [22SE], S10461, S10464 [27SE], S11178 [6OC]

Immigration: national policy, S3528 [13AP]

Indonesia: human rights violations, S14294-S14296 [21DE]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children, S12939 [16NO], S13124 [17NO]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S11504 [19OC], S12465 [8NO], S12818, S12821 [15NO], S12879 [16NO]

———results of investigation of alleged release of identity of CIA operative by Bush administration officials, S11752 [24OC], S12880 [16NO]

———strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, S13519 [14DE]

International Women's Day: designate (S. Res. 74), S2289 [8MR]

Iraq: Advanced First Responders Network funding, S4838 [10MY]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S6592-S6595 [14JN], S10361-S10363 [22SE], S11083-S11085 [5OC], S11504 [19OC], S11803 [25OC]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, S7510 [28JN], S10523, S10525 [27SE], S11504 [19OC], S11803 [25OC]

———elections, S620 [31JA]

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

———U.S. policy, S12795, S12818, S12821 [15NO]

———vote on new constitution, S11504 [19OC]

Johanns, Mike: nomination to be Sec. of Agriculture, S81, S95 [20JA]

Kendall, Virginia M.: nomination to be district judge, S14291 [21DE]

Kim, Wan J.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, S12412 [4NO]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 283), S11673 [20OC]

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

Leavitt, Michael O.: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S537 [26JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of HHS, unanimous-consent agreement, S506 [25JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2985), S7749 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2985), conference report, S9334, S9373 [29JY]

Liebengood, Howard S.: tribute (S. Res. 7), S113 [24JA]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (S. 811), S3736 [15AP]

LSC: increase funding for nationwide legal services field programs and for legal assistance to victims impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9780 [8SE]

Mascoutah, IL: designate MidAmerica St. Louis Airport as a port of entry, S8188, S8189 [13JY]

———designate Mid-American St. Louis Airport as a port of entry, S11901 [26OC]

Medicaid: provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina, S11523, S11524 [19OC]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (S. 345), S1272 [10FE]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (S. 873), S10525 [27SE]

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

———prescription drug discount card program implementation, S132-S134 [24JA]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (S. 1841), S12826-S12828 [15NO]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (S. 1841), unanimous-consent request, S12828 [15NO]

Military installations: permit State and local governments to enter into lease-purchase agreements with bases located within or near their jurisdictions (S. 1924), S11921 [26OC]

Minimum wage: level, S2126, S2127 [7MR]

Motor vehicles: improve system for enhancing automobile fuel efficiency, S621 [31JA]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, S7251, S7253, S7258, S7259, S7262 [23JN]

National Commission on U.S. Policies and Practices Relating to the Treatment of Detainees Since September 11, 2001: establish, S12491 [8NO]

National Hunger Awareness Day: observance, S6132 [7JN]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, S2381 [9MR]

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, S3979, S3980 [20AP], S4829 [10MY]

———reform issuance of national security letters, S10582 [28SE]

National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, S13739 [16DE]

News media: prohibit funding for production of prepackaged news stories by any Federal agency without including a clear notification that it was prepared or funded by a Federal agency, S3638 [14AP]

Nicholson, Jim: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S531 [26JA]

NIH: funding, S13290 [18NO]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (S. Res. 130), S4602 [28AP]

Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S5420 [18MY], S5518 [19MY]

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (S. 991), S5050 [12MY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S621 [31JA], S6619, S6620, S6639, S6642 [15JN], S6671, S6695 [16JN], S9354 [29JY], S10694, S10695 [29SE]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S621 [31JA]

———establish a national reserve for gasoline and jet fuel, S10694 [29SE]

———investigate role of oil corporation officials in development of energy policy legislation, S12880 [16NO]

Point of order, S13123 [17NO]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (S. Res. 95), S3167 [5AP]

Power resources: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence, S6613 [15JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply, S11461, S11466, S11468 [18OC]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6591 [14JN], S6613, S6619, S6620, S6639, S6642 [15JN], S6671, S6695 [16JN], S7236, S7251, S7253, S7258, S7259, S7262 [23JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S9354 [29JY], S12880 [16NO]

———ensure fairness in gasoline, diesel fuel, and home heating oil prices, S11461, S11466, S11468 [18OC]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, S6591 [14JN]

———increase the production and use of ethanol, S10694, S10695 [29SE]

———national energy policy, S2706 [15MR], S11752 [24OC]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S57 [6JA], S3762-S3765 [15AP], S3962 [20AP], S4048 [21AP], S4370, S4372, S4436, S4442 [27AP], S4802, S4803, S4804 [10MY], S5287 [17MY], S5387, S5420 [18MY], S5463, S5464, S5518 [19MY], S5771 [23MY], S6180 [8JN]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6253 [9JN]

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation: anniversary, S6221 [8JN]

Reid, Senator: release of Republican National Committee research briefing criticizing political tactics, S1065 [7FE]

Ressam, Ahmed: sentencing for attempted bombing of Los Angeles International airport, S9422 [29JY]

Rice, Condoleezza: nomination to be Sec. of State, S405 [25JA]

Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building, Flora, IL: designate (S. 2156), S14318 [21DE]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10521-S10523 [27SE]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8519 [20JY]

Rotary International: anniversary (S. Res. 62), S1691 [17FE]

Rove, Karl: role in release of identity of CIA operative, S8277 [14JY]

Schools: provide for secondary school reform (S. 921), S4417 [27AP]

Science: prohibit use of funding to ask scientific advisory committee candidates to disclose political affiliation or voting history, S11873 [26OC]

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

Senate: legislative priorities, S114 [24JA], S9699 [7SE]

———legislative program, S683 [1FE], S1145 [8FE], S1311, S1312 [14FE], S2503 [10MR], S3502 [12AP], S7236 [23JN], S9209 [28JY]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S3762-S3765 [15AP], S4048 [21AP], S4173 [25AP], S4370, S4372, S4436, S4442 [27AP], S4802, S4803, S4804 [10MY], S5287 [17MY], S5387, S5420 [18MY], S5463, S5464, S5518 [19MY], S5771 [23MY]

———historical use of the filibuster as a checks and balance mechanism, S5287 [17MY]

Social Security: advertising campaign designed to build public support for privatization proposals, S547 [26JA]

———improve provision of care under Medicare, Medicaid, and certain public welfare programs (S. 2164), unanimous-consent request, S14290 [21DE]

———privatization proposals, S114 [24JA], S547-S550 [26JA], S686 [1FE], S1222, S1223 [10FE], S1314 [14FE], S1443, S1456 [16FE], S1589 [17FE], S2305 [9MR], S3229, S3231, S3232, S3233, S3234 [5AP], S3444 [12AP], S5051 [12MY]

———reform, S96 [20JA], S1222, S1223 [10FE], S1314 [14FE], S1443, S1456 [16FE], S1589 [17FE], S2305 [9MR], S3229, S3231, S3232, S3233, S3234 [5AP], S3444 [12AP], S5051 [12MY]

Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve: establish (S. 1794), S10780 [30SE]

Sudan: African Union Mission funding, S8471 [19JY]

———condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region, S621-S623 [31JA], S1818 [1MR]

———impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur, S3619 [14AP]

———impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (S. 495), S1940 [2MR]

———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the implementation of a comprehensive peace plan, S621 [31JA]

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

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for employment and business practices favorable to U.S. employees, S13120, S13129 [17NO]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and use proceeds to provide a consumer rebate, fund LIHEAP, provide incentives for manufacture of energy efficient vehicles, and support funding of highway projects (S. 1981), S12556 [9NO]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (S. 187), S634 [31JA]

———provide tax relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and provide incentives for charitable giving (S. 1696), S11178 [6OC]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4626 [9MY], S5281 [17MY]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, S9407, S9413 [29JY]

———increase rail and public transportation security, S8267 [14JY]

Ukraine: congratulate people for conducting a democratic, transparent, and fair Presidential election and Viktor Yushchenko on election as President (S. Con. Res. 7), S613 [26JA]

Union League Club of Chicago: anniversary, S733 [1FE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (S. 2082), S13718, S13769 [16DE], S13995, S13997, S13998, S13999 [19DE]

———limit use of surveillance and issuance of search warrants, S13718 [16DE], S13999 [19DE]

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

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), S9561 [29JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13519-S13521 [14DE], S13718, S13739, S13769 [16DE], S13995, S13997, S13998, S13999, S14000, S14011 [19DE]

University of Illinois: tribute to men's basketball team, S3197 [5AP]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 882), S4129 [21AP]

Veterans: health care funding, S3462 [12AP], S7509 [28JN], S7545, S7574 [29JN], S8109 [12JY]

———improve treatment provided to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (S. 1448), S8678-S8680 [21JY]

———remove payment disparity in compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, S531 [26JA]

———require that National Guard and Reserves combat veterans receive the same consideration as other veterans when applying for Federal jobs, S12672 [10NO]

Victims of Communism Memorial: support construction (S. Res. 150), S5548 [19MY]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (S. 250), S2455 [10MR]

Women: global improvement of access to quality health care relative to reproductive and sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, S2289 [8MR]

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

World War II: anniversary of Battle of Iwo Jima, S2231 [8MR]

Year of Study Abroad: designate (S. Res. 308), S12708 [10NO]

Remarks in House relative to

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

Remarks in Senate relative to

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

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

Stevens, Senator: characterization of ruling on the swearing in of oil executives at Senate committee hearing, S12899 [16NO]

Tribute, S6984 [22JN]

Reports

Preserving Democracy—What Went Wrong in Ohio: Committee on the Judiciary (House) Minority Staff (excerpt), S44 [6JA]

Statements

Ahmed Ressam Sentencing for Attempted Bombing of Los Angeles International Airport: John C. Coughenour, S9422 [29JY]

Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Act: Mark Anderson, United Airlines, Inc., S10781 [30SE]

———Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, S10781 [30SE]

———Will Ris, American Airlines, Inc., S10781 [30SE]

Summaries

American Neighborhoods Taking the Initiative—Guarding Against Neighborhood Gangs (ANTI-GANG) Act (S. 1322), S7527 [28JN]

Texts of

S. 341, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 1-Cent Coin Redesign Act, S1262 [10FE]

S. 345, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act, S1273 [10FE]

S. 358, maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program, S1287 [10FE]

S. 389, Cigarette Fire Safety Act, S1431 [15FE]

S. 495, Darfur Accountability Act, S1940-S1942 [2MR]

S. 729, Safe Food Act, S3303-S3312 [6AP]

S. 743, relief of Nabil Raja Dandan, Raja Nabil Dandan, Souzi Dandan, and Ketty Dandan, S3416 [11AP]

S. 793, Clean Cruise Ship Act, S3658-S3664 [14AP]

S. 808, encourage conservation of energy through bicycling, S3684 [14AP]

S. 846, clarify overtime regulations, provide a fair minimum wage, and express support for multiemployer pension plans, S3902 [19AP]

S. 873, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act, S4114 [21AP]

S. 874, Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act, S4114-S4118 [21AP]

S. 1120, Hunger-Free Communities Act, S5929-S5931 [25MY]

S. 1448, Post-Traumatic Stress Order Treatment Improvement Act, S8680 [21JY]

S. 1648, Automobile Fuel Efficiency Improvements Act, S9877-S9879 [9SE]

S. 1794, Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Act, S10735-S10737 [29SE]

S. 1981, Windfall Profits Tax Act, S12611-S12613 [9NO]

S. 2002, BSE and Other Prion Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act, S12768-S12770 [14NO]

S. 2039, Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act, S13165 [17NO]

S. 2043, Mass Evacuation Exercise Assistance Act, S13172 [17NO]

S. 2075, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S13386-S13388 [18NO]

S. 2137, All Kids Healthy Insurance Coverage Act, S13802-S13804 [16DE]

S. 2151, Fair Share for Military Children in Public Schools Act, S14190 [20DE]

S. 2156, Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building, Flora, IL, S14318 [21DE]

Transcripts

Interview With Pat Robertson: ``This Week With George Stephanopoulos'' (television program), S4804 [10MY]

Tributes

Childers, Ernest, S3267 [6AP]

Corzine, Senator, S13730 [16DE]

Gamelli, Richard, S5295 [17MY]

Goodrich, Gregory, S4177 [25AP]

Karlin, Brett, S9273 [28JY]

Koch, William A., S11657 [20OC]

Korematsu, Fred T., S3267 [6AP]

Mattio, Dave, S9718 [7SE]

Maupin, Keith (Matt), S4177 [25AP]

McDermott, Ignatius D. (Father Mac), S11 [4JA]

McDermott, Terrence M., S10289 [21SE]

Parks, Rosa, S11783 [25OC]

Rehnquist, William H., S9698 [7SE]

Scholz, Charles W., S4536 [28AP]

Stead, Francis P., S2143 [7MR]

Yushchenko, Viktor, S3271 [6AP]