DEATH AND DYING

Analyses

Relief of Parents of Terri Schiavo, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1703 [20MR]

Articles and editorials

Denial of Visa Stymies Filipino Organ Donors, E275 [18FE]

He'll Be Sorely Missed—Niles Police Remember First Officer To Die in Line of Duty, E703 [19AP]

Hospice Offers Patients Expert, Compassionate Care, S4539 [28AP]

Starving for the Truth, H1726 [20MR]

VA Program Offers Solace to Civilians, S3283 [6AP]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: allow a participant in the military Survivor Benefit Plan to designate a new beneficiary upon the death of the original designated beneficiary (see H.R. 2986), H4801 [20JN]

———ensure adequate strengths, protections, and benefits for members and their families (see S. 11), S142 [24JA] (see S. 871), S4108 [21AP]

———expand and enhance benefits (see S. 460), S1717 [18FE]

———increase death gratuity (see S. 42, 44), S143 [24JA] (see H.R. 292), H141 [20JA] (see H.R. 447), H283 [1FE]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see S. 77), S144 (see S. 121), S145 [24JA] (see H.R. 377), H233 [26JA] (see H.R. 502), H285 [1FE] (see H.R. 832), H629 [15FE]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (see H.R. 2042), H2743 [2MY]

———rename the death gratuity payable for deaths of members as fallen hero compensation (see S. 523), S2004 [3MR]

———require members to designate a person to be authorized to direct the disposition of the member's remains if the member should die in service (see H.R. 2075), H2976 [4MY]

———waive passport fees for a relative of a deceased member proceeding abroad to visit the grave or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member (see S. 1184), S6154 [7JN]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see S. 122), S145 [24JA]

———impose a moratorium on the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in certain States (see H.R. 379), H233 [26JA]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see S. 649), S2994 [17MR] (see H.R. 1393), H1692 [17MR]

Courts: provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see S. 539), S2148 [7MR] (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]

———remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (see H.R. 1332, 1334), H1620 [16MR]

———remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (H.R. 1334), consideration (see H. Res. 162), H1620 [16MR]

———remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (H.R. 1334), consideration (H. Res. 162)—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 163), H1620 [16MR]

———remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons, consideration—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 181), H1729 (see H. Res. 181), H1735 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 48), H412 [8FE]

———establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see S. 2157), S14316 [21DE] (see H.R. 2369), H3330 [16MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance services provided by veterans' centers and clarify and improve the provision of bereavement counseling (see S. 716), S3278 [6AP]

———improve health care for veterans (see S. 1182), S6154 [7JN]

Diseases: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H5963 [18JY]

El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (see H. Res. 458), H8341 [22SE]

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

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see S. 1143), S6021 [26MY] (see H.R. 1232), H1369 [10MR]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (see H.R. 104), H135 [6JA]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 94), H74 [4JA]

———request that the flag flown over the Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in honor of U.S. citizens killed in military action (see H. Con. Res. 255), H8513 [28SE]

Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see S. 174), S573 [26JA] (see H.R. 963), H795 [17FE]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see S. 544), S2244 [8MR] (see H.R. 3205), H5739 [12JY]

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

———promote a culture of safety within the health care system through the establishment of a National Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation Program (see S. 1784), S10594 [28SE]

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

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

Immigration: ease requirements for certain aliens seeking nonimmigrant status in order to enter the U.S. for a temporary stay due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 900), H792 [17FE]

Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 239), S10119 [15SE] (see H. Res. 402), H7561 [28JY]

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

———permit waiver of waiting period for Medicare coverage of terminally ill disabled individuals (see H.R. 2680), H4139 [26MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 1217), S6299 [9JN] (see H.R. 2869), H4400 [13JN]

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), S1260 [10FE] (see S. 570), S2383 [9MR] (see H.R. 2058), H2879 [3MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies when a significant number of Members are unable to serve (see H.J. Res. 49), H3261 [12MY]

National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 222), H2150 [19AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 944), S4546 [28AP] (see H.R. 2004), H2736 [28AP]

———modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (see S. 947), S4546 [28AP] (see H.R. 2005), H2736 [28AP]

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

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3055 [5MY]

Public safety officers: provide benefits to those who die or become disabled as a result of certain injuries (see H.R. 1147), H1023 [8MR]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (see S. 653), S2994 [17MR] (see S. 686), S3105 [20MR] (see H.R. 1452), H1729 (see H.R. 1452), H1735 [20MR]

———relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), consideration (see H. Res. 182), H1729 (see H. Res. 182), H1735 [20MR]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2799), H4295 [8JN]

———continuation of benefit payment through the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 3459), H6933 [27JY] (see H.R. 4224), H9641 [3NO]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 961), H795 [17FE]

———provide lump-sum death payments to surviving spouses (see H.R. 78), H74 [4JA]

Taxation: apply child tax credit to a child born within 9 months after the close of the taxable year and to a child who is stillborn or dies in utero during the taxable year (see H.R. 3441), H6650 [26JY]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see S. 381), S1413 [15FE] (see H.R. 819), H629 [15FE]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and establish a flat estate tax rate (see H.R. 1560), H1894 [12AP]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see S. 928), S4398 [27AP] (see H.R. 1624), H1969 [13AP]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H6933 [27JY]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, increase exclusion equivalent and establish inflation adjustment for the unified credit, and increase gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 1568), H1894 [12AP] (see H.R. 1614), H1968 [13AP]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule and increase estate tax unified credit (see H.R. 1574), H1894 [12AP]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (see H.R. 1577), H1894 [12AP]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 531), H349 [2FE] (see H.R. 805), H628 [15FE]

———expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see S. 909), S4257 [26AP]

———increase burial benefits for certain veterans buried in private or State-owned cemeteries (see H.R. 831), H629 [15FE]

———issue a medal to those who died after service in the Vietnamese Conflict as a result of that service, or who were exposed to ionizing radiation, herbicides, or chemical agents during their service (see H.R. 2370), H3330 [16MY]

Women: 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), S3200 [5AP] (see H.R. 2861), H4355 [9JN]

Colloquies

Judicial discretion under legislation relative to relief of parents of Terri Schiavo, Robert and Mary Schindler: Senators Levin and Frist, S3099 [20MR]

Declarations

Condition of Terri Schiavo: William M. Hammesfahr, H1711 [20MR]

———William Maxfield, H1711 [20MR]

Factsheets

Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act (S. 1217), S6321 [9JN]

Letters

Commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed in El Salvador by members of the military in 1980: several Catholic clergy, nuns, and organizations, H11615 [14DE]

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

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

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

Permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts: Military Coalition, H9539 [2NO]

Relief of parents of Terri Schiavo, Robert and Mary Schindler: Robert A. Destro, H1702 [20MR]

Lists

Organzations supporting S. 1217, Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act, S6321 [9JN]

Poems

``Eulogy of the Common Solider,'' Aaron Seesan, E2149 [20OC]

``New Hope,'' Mattie J.T. Stepanek, E1094 [25MY]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits, H291 [2FE], H1433, H1465-H1467 [15MR]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (H.R. 377), E105 [26JA]

———increase death gratuity (H.R. 447), H241 [1FE]

———Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance guidelines governing retroactive coverage, H1465 [15MR]

Capital punishment: imposition of Federal death penalty for killing of certain Federal public safety officers, H10101 [9NO]

Children's Hospice International (organization): anniversary, E1093 [25MY]

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

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (H.R. 1151), H993 [8MR], H1205 [9MR], H1270 [10MR], H1731 [20MR]

———remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (H.R. 1332), H1599-H1604, H1606 [16MR], H1625 [17MR], H1722, H1727, H1734 [20MR], E512 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (H.R. 2369), E983 [16MY]

E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Homes, Inc.: anniversary, E1952 [27SE]

El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (H. Res. 458), H11612-H11618 [14DE]

FEMA: develop guidelines for payment of funeral-related assistance, H3503 [18MY]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (H.R. 1232), E413 [10MR]

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

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, H6999 [28JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (H.R. 3205), H6208 [21JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 544), H6673-H6679 [27JY], H6997 [28JY]

Immigration: ease requirements for certain aliens seeking nonimmigrant status in order to enter the U.S. for a temporary stay due to certain family obligations (H.R. 900), E275 [18FE]

King County, WA: history of the Green River killer, H975-H977 [3MR]

Law enforcement officers: tribute to Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police members killed in the line of duty, E843 [3MY]

National Funeral Directors Association: tribute, E105 [26JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 2004), H5696 [12JY]

———modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace, H5696 [12JY]

———modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (H.R. 2005), E820, E823 [28AP]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, E1020 [19MY]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 266), H3274 [16MY], E964 [13MY], E1080 [24MY]

Schiavo, Terri: legal dispute over removal of feeding tubes, H1427 [15MR], H1835-H1837 [6AP]

———relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1700-H1728, H1731-H1735 [20MR], H1738 [5AP], H1824 [6AP], E533, E534, E540 [5AP], E557 [6AP]

———relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), unanimous-consent agreement, H1700 [20MR]

Social Security: disability and survior benefits, H841 [1MR]

Taxation: permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (H.R. 3478), H9539 [2NO]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, H1930 [13AP]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule and increase estate tax unified credit (H.R. 1574), E624 [12AP]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules, H1911, H1912, H1916-H1919, H1922-H1924, H1926-H1930, H1932-H1943 [13AP], H2073 [14AP]

Texas: tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, E984 [16MY]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (H.R. 531), H336 [2FE]

———issue a medal to those who died after service in the Vietnamese Conflict as a result of that service, or who were exposed to ionizing radiation, herbicides, or chemical agents during their service (H.R. 2370), E983 [16MY]

———recognize and honor the volunteers that participate in honor guards for veterans' funerals, H5368 [29JN]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (H.R. 2861), H10167 [15NO], E1185 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: ensure adequate strengths, protections, and benefits for members and their families (S. 11), S147 [24JA], S684 [1FE]

———ensure adequate strengths, protections, and benefits for members and their families (S. 871), S4137 [21AP], S4157 [22AP]

———ensure increased death gratuity benefits are tax free, S4088 [21AP]

———expand and enhance benefits (S. 460), S1720-S1722 [18FE]

———extend temporary continuation of basic housing allowance for dependents of members who die on active duty, S3456 [12AP], S3513, S3520, S3521 [13AP], S4089 [21AP]

———increase death gratuity, S3455 [12AP], S3513, S3517-S3522 [13AP], S4088, S4089 [21AP]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits, S3614, S3615 [14AP], S8632, S8633 [21JY]

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

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (S. 121), S310 [24JA], S685 [1FE]

———increase death gratuity (S. 42), S229 [24JA], S920 [3FE]

———rename the death gratuity payable for deaths of members as fallen hero compensation, S4088 [21AP], S8737 [22JY], S10782 [30SE]

———rename the death gratuity payable for deaths of members as fallen hero compensation (S. 523), S2029 [3MR]

———waive passport fees for a relative of a deceased member proceeding abroad to visit the grave or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member (S. 1184), S6166 [7JN]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (S. 122), S313 [24JA]

———reconsider the death penalty, S14301 [21DE]

Children's Hospice International (organization): anniversary, S5843 [24MY]

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

Courts: provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (S. 539), S2197 [7MR], S2289 [8MR]

———remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (H.R. 1332), unanimous-consent request, S2920 [17MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (S. 2157), S14319 [21DE]

———require revised protocol on media coverage of return to the U.S. of the remains of Armed Forces members killed overseas, S4519 [28AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance services provided by veterans' centers and clarify and improve the provision of bereavement counseling (S. 716), S3282 [6AP]

———improve health care for veterans (S. 1182), S6161-S6163 [7JN]

Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (S. 174), S581-S583, S586 [26JA]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 544), S8713, S8714 [21JY], S8741-S8744 [22JY], S9060 [27JY]

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

———promote a culture of safety within the health care system through the establishment of a National Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation Program (S. 1784), S10599 [28SE]

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

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

Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 239), S10391 [22SE]

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

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

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (S. 1217), S6320 [9JN]

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 (S. 347), S1275 [10FE]

———provide coverage for end-of-life planning consultations and raise awareness about and assist in preparation of advance directives on end-of-life decisionmaking (S. 570), S2385, S2404 [9MR], S2500 [10MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 944), S4562 [28AP]

———modify certain provisions relative to causing death in the workplace (S. 947), S4566 [28AP]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, S5187 [13MY]

———observance (S. Res. 131), S4538, S4602, S4603 [28AP], S5493 [19MY]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, S2876 [17MR], S3095 [19MR]

———relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 653), S2926-S2929, S2969, S2970, S3090-S3092 [17MR]

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

———relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), S3099, S3100, S3103, S3104 [20MR]

Taxation: exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (S. 381), S1423 [15FE]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (S. 928), S4423 [27AP]

Veterans: expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (S. 909), S4262 [26AP]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 707), S3212-S3214 [5AP], S12739 [14NO]

Reports

FBI Preliminary Statistics Show 54 Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed in 2004: FBI, S9381 [29JY]

Medical and Legal History of the Case of Terri Schiavo: Jay Wolfson, H1704-H1706 [20MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1334, Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 162) (H. Rept. 109-20), H1620 [16MR]

Consideration of S. 686, Relief of Parents of Terri Schiavo, Robert and Mary Schindler: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 182) (H. Rept. 109-28), H1729, H1735 [20MR]

Passport Fee Waiver for a Relative of a Deceased Member of the Armed Forces Proceeding Abroad To Visit the Grave or To Attend a Funeral or Memorial Service for Such Member: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1184), S12401 [4NO]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3205) (H. Rept. 109-197), H6932 [27JY]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Removal to Federal Court Certain State Cases Involving the Rights of Incapacitated Persons: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 181) (H. Rept. 109-27), H1729, H1735 [20MR]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 162, Consideration of H.R. 1334, Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 163) (H. Rept. 109-21), H1620 [16MR]

Vet Center Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 716) (S. Rept. 109-180), S12948 [16NO]

Veterans Health Care Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1182) (S. Rept. 109-177), S12681 [10NO]

Statements

Commemorate Lives and Work of Certain Religious Workers Executed in El Salvador by Members of the Military in 1980: Marie Dennis, H11616 [14DE]

———Thomas G. Wenski, H11614 [14DE]

Tribute to Fallen Servicemen Gertson and Plumondore: Michael E. Kurilla, E992 [16MY]

Visit With Terri Schiavo: Barbara Weller, H1205 [9MR]

Summaries

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (S. 544), S8741 [22JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 266, support goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day, H3273 [16MY]

H. Res. 458, commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed in El Salvador by members of the military in 1980, H11613 [14DE]

H.R. 1332, Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act, H1599 [16MR]

S. 11, Standing With Our Troops Act, S148-S156 [24JA]

S. 44, Military Death Benefit Improvement Act, S231 [24JA]

S. 121, increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits for Armed Forces members, S311-S313 [24JA]

S. 122, Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act, S314 [24JA]

S. 174, Children's Compassionate Care Act, S583-S586 [26JA]

S. 347, Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act, S1275-S1277 [10FE]

S. 381, Retirement Security for Life Act, S1423 [15FE]

S. 523, rename the death gratuity payable for deaths of Armed Forces members as fallen hero compensation, S2030 [3MR]

S. 544, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, H6673-H6676 [27JY]

S. 570, Advance Directives Education Act, S2386 [9MR]

S. 653, relief of parents of Terri Schiavo, Robert and Mary Schindler, S2929 [17MR]

S. 686, relief of parents of Terri Schiavo, Robert and Mary Schindler, S3103, S3105 [20MR], H1700 [20MR]

S. 707, Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act, S3212 [5AP]

S. 909, expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries, S4262 [26AP]

S. 928, Estate Tax Repeal Acceleration (ExTRA) for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms Act, S4423-S4425 [27AP]

S. 947, Workplace Wrongful Death Accountability Act, S4566 [28AP]

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

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

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

S. 1182, Veterans Health Care Act, S6163-S6165 [7JN]

S. 1184, waive passport fees for a relative of a deceased Armed Forces member proceeding abroad to visit the grave or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member, S6166 [7JN]

S. 1217, Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act, S6322 [9JN]

S. Res. 131, Peace Officers Memorial Day, S4596, S4604 [28AP]

S. Res. 239, support goals and ideals of Infant Mortality Awareness Month, S10129 [15SE], S10391 [22SE]