FAMILIES AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Addresses

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

Amendments

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H2606, H2607, H2609 [27AP], H3082 [10MY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), consideration (H. Res. 236), H2573 [27AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H1933 [13AP]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 202), H1919 [13AP]

Immigration: treatment of unaccompanied alien children (S. 119), S14386 [21DE]

National Military Family Month: designate (S. Res. 9), S12702, S12711 [10NO]

National Safe Place Week: designate (S. Res. 71), S2499, S2501 [10MR]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 483), H12213, H12214 [18DE]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (H.R. 3200), S10480, S10519 [27SE], H8413 [28SE]

Spain: express condolences to families of individuals killed and sympathy to individuals injured on anniversary of terrorist bombing attacks in Madrid (H. Res. 99), H1326 [10MR]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 1234), S13033, S13041 [16NO]

Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H881, H903, H904, H905 [2MR]

Articles and editorials

Anti-Gay Bill Won't Help Your Marriage, E2467 [7DE]

Army Plans To Keep Iraq Troop Level Through '06—Year-Long Active-Duty Stints Likely To Continue, S683 [1FE]

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

Erosion of Estate Tax Is a Session in Politics, H1914 [13AP]

Fearing Shortfall Linked to Hurricanes, States Scramble To Stretch Federal Aid Among the Needy, S11553 [19OC]

Federal Head Start Suit Pending, S599 [26JA]

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

``Harvard''—The Best Name Money Can Buy, E1376 [28JN]

House Divided Against Itself, H2997 [5MY]

Howrigans—A Dynasty of Dairying, S9152 [27JY]

Illegal Immigrants Are Criminals, E2342 [14NO]

Paris Hilton Tax Cut, H1915 [13AP]

Poor Have More Things Today—Including Wild Income Swings, H870-H874 [2MR]

Reservations Not Required, E1475 [13JY]

Town Called to Duty—For a Rural Vermont Community, the Conflict in Iraq Hits Home. With Its Guardsmen Deployed, Locals Band Together To Cover Their Absence, S11562 [19OC]

Washington's Cold Shoulder, S11795 [25OC]

When Gambling Becomes Obsessive, E1691 [29JY]

Why Our Black Families Are Failing, E1598 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 2971), H4721 [17JN]

Adoptions: expand tax incentives for adoption and increase adoptive incentive payments (see H.R. 1561), H1894 [12AP]

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] (see H.J. Res. 66), H8247 [21SE]

American Prosecutors Research Institute: authorize funding for National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse and National Child Protection Training Center (see S. 885), S4108 [21AP]

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]

———allow members and reservists to transfer certain educational assistance entitlement to dependents (see H.R. 3625), H7612 [29JY]

———authorize space-available air transportation for certain survivors of deceased members when traveling with a relative of such member who is otherwise eligible for such transportation (see H.R. 407), H234 [26JA]

———authorize travel and transportation for families of members hospitalized in the U.S. for non-serious illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation (see S. 782), S3652 [14AP]

———commend individuals that have participated in volunteer programs that repair the homes of families of deployed members (see H. Con. Res. 171), H4142 [26MY]

———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see S. 32), S142 (see S. 38), S143 [24JA] (see H.R. 1169), H1024 [8MR] (see H.R. 1543), H1893 (see H.R. 1565), H1894 [12AP]

———enhance protection of members and their spouses from unscrupulous financial services sales practices through increased consumer education (see S. 1028), S5071 [12MY] (see H.R. 3472), H6933 [27JY]

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

———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H717 [16FE]

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

———establish pilot programs to authorize use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service (see S. 1888), S11559 [19OC]

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

———express support for members and their families and support the Military Severely Injured Joint Support Operations Center (see H. Res. 152), H1416 [14MR]

———extend child care eligibility for children of members who die in the line of duty (see S. 1065), S5437 [18MY]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 1478), H1777 [5AP]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]

———improve computer access for members serving in combat zones so that such members can communicate via e-mail (see H.R. 545), H349 [2FE]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill educational benefits (see H.R. 2248), H3196 [11MY]

———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]

———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to a surviving spouse of a member in any case in which there are dependent children (see H.R. 1573), H1894 [12AP]

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

———protect financial condition of members of Reserve components ordered to long-term active duty in support of a contingency operation (see S. 624), S2734 [15MR] (see H.R. 1102), H982 [3MR]

———provide leave for members in connection with adoptions of children (see S. 487), S1867 [1MR] (see H.R. 1373), H1691 [17MR]

———provide TRICARE standard coverage for members of Reserve components who serve at least one year on active duty overseas (see H.R. 2824), H4296 [8JN]

———recognize families of members for their contributions and sacrifices (see H. Con. Res. 169), H4142 [26MY]

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

———require employers of National Guard and Reserve members called to active duty continue to offer health care coverage for dependents of such members (see H.R. 2572), H3892 [24MY]

———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]

———require States to charge in-State tuition rates to members and their dependents who are domiciled or stationed on active duty in that State (see H.R. 197), H77 [4JA]

———tribute to civilian employers of members of the Reserve components for their support of members who are called to active duty and for their support of the members' families (see S. Res. 47), S1260 [10FE]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members if the former spouse left the marriage due to domestic violence or unbearable conditions (see H.R. 2125), H3052 [5MY]

———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]

Bureau of Justice Statistics: establish a task force to gather information about, study, and report on incidents of abandonment of infant children (see H.R. 254), H136 [6JA]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 336), H4896 [21JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care (see S. 526), S2004 [3MR]

———reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (see S. 525), S2004 [3MR]

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: characterization of Democratic amendments contained in the Committee on the Judiciary (House) report (see H. Res. 253), H2880 [3MY]

Child support: ensure that interest accrues on overdue child support payments (see H.R. 1754), H2469 [21AP]

———increase money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution, and collection of certain child support (see S. 321), S1116 [8FE]

———require anticipated child support be held in trust on the sale or refinancing of certain real property of an obligated parent (see H.R. 1755), H2469 [21AP]

Children and youth: construction and renovation of child care facilities (see H.R. 1311), H1507 [15MR]

———eliminate child poverty (see S. 1084), S5531 [19MY]

———ensure that appropriate State social services officers have access to certain Federal databases to carry out checks in cases of child abuse and neglect and cases of missing children (see H.R. 1223), H1368 [10MR]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see H.R. 2000), H2736 [28AP]

———establish kinship navigator programs and establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see S. 985), S4869 [10MY]

———establish public-private partnership programs to provide child care (see H.R. 2097), H2977 [4MY]

———express that the attachment therapy technique known as rebirthing is a dangerous practice and should be prohibited (see S. Res. 276), S11477 [18OC]

———help children make the transition from foster care to self-sufficiency by addressing weaknesses in the implementation of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (see H.R. 3471), H6933 [27JY]

———improve foster care court capacity through grants, loan forgiveness, and performance measurement (see H.R. 3758), H7861 [13SE]

———improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3576), H7559 [28JY]

———increase the availability and affordability of quality child care by creating incentives for older individuals to join the child care workforce (see H.R. 335), H194 [25JA]

———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]

———promote adoption of children with special needs (see S. 1539), S9285 [28JY]

———promote safe and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3379), H6327 [21JY]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 1142), H1023 [8MR]

———provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers (see H.R. 3380), H6327 [21JY]

———provide protection and victim services to children abducted by family members (see H.R. 1672), H2102 [14AP]

———reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H11034 [18NO]

———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 69), H73 [4JA]

———strengthen accountability of the child welfare system in its mandate to ensure the safety, permanence, and well-being of children who are victims of abuse and neglect (see H.R. 3470), H6933 [27JY]

Citizenship: authorize a case-by-case waiver of certain naturalization requirements for children of members of the Armed Forces who are adopted outside the U.S. (see H.R. 4498), H11327 [8DE]

———constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based on citizenship or legal permanent resident status of parents (see H.J. Res. 41), H1969 [13AP] (see H.J. Res. 46), H2737 [28AP]

———modify requirements for a child born abroad and out of wedlock to acquire citizenship based on the citizenship of the child's father (see H.R. 260), H136 [6JA]

———restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H521 [9FE]

Colleges and universities: ensure that all college students and families have the tools and resources to adequately save for, finance, and repay postsecondary and post-baccalaureate expenses (see H.R. 151), H76 [4JA]

———establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible institutions to establish pregnant and parenting student services offices (see S. 1966), S12447 [7NO] (see H.R. 4265), H10144 [9NO]

———improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education (see H.R. 2508), H3694 [19MY]

Constitutional amendments: definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 1), S145 [24JA] (see S.J. Res. 13), S3653 [14AP] (see H.J. Res. 39), H1694 [17MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 1214), S6299 [9JN] (see H.R. 4651), H13188 [22DE]

Correctional institutions: encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release (see H.R. 4202), H9555 [2NO]

Courts: amend Federal Rules of Evidence to establish a parent-child privilege (see H.R. 3433), H6649 [26JY]

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

———establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3920), H8387 [27SE]

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

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H982 [3MR]

———provide for the payment of certain annuities to survivors of judicial officials (see H.R. 2304), H3198 [11MY]

———recognize the need for judges who hear causes of action brought by teenage victims of dating violence to be educated as to the specific needs of such victims (see H. Con. Res. 239), H7814 [8SE]

———strengthen courts for at-risk children (see S. 1679), S9930 [12SE]

Crime: authorize appropriations for grants for specialized technical assistance and training to improve investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases (see H.R. 3687), H7742 [7SE]

———establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (see H.R. 696), H521 [9FE]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 8), S142 [24JA] (see S. 396, 403), S1513 [16FE] (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), consideration (see H. Res. 236), H2548 [26AP]

———protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (see H.R. 714), H522 [9FE]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities and immigrant communities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3921), H8387 [27SE]

Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances (see H.R. 2617), H4072 [25MY]

———temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H5740 [12JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: 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]

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

———provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 1523), H1845 [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), S6658 [15JN] (see H.R. 2927), H4560 [15JN]

Dept. of HHS: award on a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention program (see H.R. 3555), H7558 [28JY]

———collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (see S. 233), S738 [1FE]

———make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see S. 755), S3413 [11AP] (see H.R. 216), H78 [4JA]

———reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 1722), S10187 [19SE] (see H.R. 4212), H9555 [2NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the National Emergency Family Locator System (see S. 1630), S9727 [7SE] (see H.R. 3999), H8733 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect (see S. 1940), S12076 [31OC] (see H.R. 764), H583 [10FE]

———provide grants for organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 2103), H2977 [4MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve health care for veterans (see S. 1182), S6154 [7JN]

———improve outreach programs (see S. 1342), S7820 [30JN] (see S. 1990), S12681 [10NO] (see H.R. 4264), H10144 [9NO]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 2306), H3198 [11MY]

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

———provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member and make direct housing loans to Native American veterans (see H.R. 3665), H7741 [7SE]

———provide same type of vocational rehabilitation benefits and services for certain children with spina bifida as are currently available to veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2929), H4560 [15JN]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H628 [15FE]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 808), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H3198 [11MY]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 123), S4257 [26AP] (see S. Res. 128), S4547 [28AP]

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: authorize appropriations to fully enforce and implement such Act and its amendments (see H.R. 2485), H3693 (see H.R. 2510), H3694 [19MY]

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see S. Res. 331), S13570 [14DE] (see H. Con. Res. 174), H4296 [8JN]

———authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3642), H7613 [29JY]

———reauthorize and extend certain programs to provide coordinated services and research relative to children and families with HIV/AIDS (see S. 1051), S5300 [17MY]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 72), H73 [4JA]

Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 3594), H7560 [28JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see S. 78), S144 [24JA] (see H.R. 3384), H6327 [21JY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see S. 420), S1622 [17FE] (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE] (see H.R. 183), H77 [4JA]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 202), H1893 [12AP]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see S. 246), S739 [1FE] (see H.R. 268), H137 [6JA] (see H.R. 305), H193 [25JA]

———repeal sunset on increase of dependent care tax credit and make the credit refundable (see H.R. 351), H195 [25JA]

Education: expand Parents as Teachers programs and other programs of early childhood home visitation (see S. 503), S2003 [3MR]

———expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H7612 [29JY]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see S. 1098), S5778 [23MY] (see H.R. 134), H75 [4JA]

———provide loan forgiveness for family law attorneys who represent low-income families or individuals (see S. 1431), S8559 [20JY]

———provide loan forgiveness for social workers who work for child protective agencies (see S. 1430), S8558 [20JY] (see H.R. 127), H75 [4JA]

———strengthen the compact between States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher learning to address the rising cost of college tuition (see H.R. 2739), H4142 [26MY]

Employment: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 1589), H1967 [13AP]

———provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3972), H8732 [6OC]

———provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (see H.R. 3192), H5602 [30JN]

Extension Living Well Week: designate (see S. Res. 67), S1794 [28FE] (see H. Con. Res. 29), H235 [26JA]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 476), H284 [1FE]

———allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 475), H284 [1FE]

———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] (see H.R. 1667), H2102 [14AP]

———expand (see S. 282, 282), S978 [3FE]

———include nurse practitioners and domestic partners within the scope of coverage, and extend the period of family or medical leave for spouses employed by the same employer (see H.R. 279), H137 [6JA]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 266), S11130 [5OC]

Fathers: support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H4486 [14JN]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 666), S2995 [17MR] (see H.R. 1376), H1691 [17MR]

Federal aid programs: authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies (see H.R. 4644), H12289 [18DE]

Federal employees: make health coverage available for dependent parents (see H.R. 2752), H4186 [7JN]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3267), H5800 [13JY]

———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]

———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 1418), H1693 [17MR]

———require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 735), H523 [9FE]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (see S. 409), S1513 [16FE] (see H.R. 856), H718 [16FE]

Foreign aid: establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries (see H.R. 2957), H4721 [17JN]

———make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (see S. 559), S2244 [8MR] (see H.R. 1413), H1693 [17MR]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 4188), H9472 [1NO]

Friends of the Children (organization): funding (see S. 940), S4546 [28AP] (see H.R. 1876), H2646 [27AP]

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

Global Family Day: observance (see S. Con. Res. 72), S13787 [16DE] (see H. Con. Res. 317), H11879 [15DE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see S.J. Res. 23), S9877 [9SE] (see S. Res. 250), S10378 [22SE] (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

Government regulations: regulate international marriage broker activity in the U.S. and provide certain protections for individuals who utilize the services of international marriage brokers (see S. 1618), S9727 [7SE] (see H.R. 3657), H7672 [6SE]

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend to benefit individuals who were children when enacted (see H.R. 1737), H2393 [20AP]

Head Start Program: address needs of victims of child abuse and neglect, children in foster care, kinship care, and homeless children (see S. 1101), S5778 [23MY]

———require parental consent for nonemergency intrusive physical examinations (see S. 189), S574 [26JA]

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1020), H846 [1MR]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 1283), S6910 [21JN] (see H.R. 3248), H5740 [12JY]

———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]

———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (see S. 609), S2517 [11MR] (see H.R. 1353), H1621 [16MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. Con. Res. 30), S4547 [28AP] (see H.R. 1399), H1692 [17MR] (see H.R. 2197), H3054 [5MY]

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

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (see H.R. 3254), H5740 [12JY]

———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 1613), H1968 [13AP]

Health care professionals: improve response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through training and education (see H.R. 4367), H10908 [17NO]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: eliminate application deadlines (see H.R. 3018), H4896 [21JN]

Housing: assist low-income families in obtaining decent, safe, and affordable housing by converting section 8 housing choice voucher program into a flexible voucher program (see S. 771), S3555 [13AP] (see H.R. 1999), H2736 [28AP]

———protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and the section 8 housing choice voucher program from eviction by reason of criminal activity (see H.R. 1309), H1507 [15MR]

Human rights: condemn honor killings (see H. Con. Res. 296), H10156 [10NO]

Hurricanes: ensure assistance for foster children impacted by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3711), H7813 [8SE]

———ensure that Federal response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Katrina include consideration for animal rescue and care (see S. Res. 251), S10425 [26SE]

———provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses and parents of the victims of Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3802), H8087 [15SE]

———provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses and parents of the victims who were Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita first responders (see H.R. 4074), H8918 [18OC]

Immigration: assist aliens transplanted as children in continuing their education and successfully integrating into society (see H.R. 251), H136 [6JA]

———cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 2055), H2879 [3MY]

———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]

———extend nonimmigrant status for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa (see H.R. 1823), H2548 [26AP]

———permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses or children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 4448), H11109 [6DE]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 1278), S6909 [21JN] (see H.R. 3006), H4895 [21JN]

———provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see S. 1620), S9727 [7SE] (see H.R. 3575), H7559 [28JY]

———reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, protect against unfair employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, and adjust status for Haitian and Liberian nationals (see H.R. 257), H136 [6JA]

———reunify families and permit earned adjustment of status (see S. 1919), S11823 [25OC]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see S. 119), S145 [24JA] (see H.R. 1172), H1024 [8MR]

Insurance: coverage of fertility and impotence treatment under group and individual health plans and the Federal employees' health benefits program (see H.R. 2759), H4186 [7JN]

———make a stillborn child an insurable dependent for purposes of the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program (see S. 423), S1622 [17FE]

———make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 4424) (see H.R. 4424), H11034 [18NO]

———make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to spouses and children of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1244), H1369 [10MR]

Laos: honor Lao and Hmong veterans and their refugee families upon the anniversary of the end of the Indochina conflict (see H. Res. 317), H4486 [14JN]

Law enforcement: enforcement of restraining orders (see H. Res. 382), H6431 [25JY]

———provide penalties for failure to pay certain obligations to spouses and ex-spouses that are similar to the penalties imposed for failure to pay child support obligations (see H.R. 229), H78 [4JA]

LIHEAP: extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 1210), H1264 [9MR]

———funding (see S. 2107), S13659 [15DE]

———home heating funding limitations (see H.R. 108), H74 [4JA]

Medicaid: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 49), S9469 [29JY] (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6327 [21JY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 183), S574 [26JA] (see H.R. 1443), H1694 [17MR]

Medicare: coverage of infertility treatment services for certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 2758), H4186 [7JN]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 784), S3652 [14AP] (see H.R. 1447), H1694 [17MR]

———provide exception to reduction in unused medical residency positions for small family practice residency programs (see H.R. 4039), H8808 [7OC]

———provide for the use of qualified family caregivers in the provision of home health aide services and amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (see H.R. 175), H77 [4JA]

———require hospitals to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 252), H136 [6JA]

———require hospitals to make an effort to contact a surrogate decisionmaker of patients who arrive at an emergency department physically incapable of communicating with the attending health care practitioners (see H.R. 2560), H3892 [24MY]

Mental health: 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), S1413 [15FE] (see H.R. 823), H629 [15FE]

———protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1790), H2471 [21AP]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1940), H2647 [27AP]

National Academy of Sciences: convene an expert panel on data collection relative to foster care and streamlining the application and approval process for moving a child from foster care to a permanent home (see H. Con. Res. 17), H138 [6JA]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 299), S12353 [3NO] (see H. Res. 544), H10145 [9NO]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see S. 1248), S6481 [14JN] (see H.R. 2891), H4485 [14JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 90), S144 [24JA]

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

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

———support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 139), H2648 [27AP]

National Children's Day: designate (see H. Res. 103), H630 [15FE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 282), S11665 [20OC] (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5914 [14JY]

National Family Caregiver Support Program: funding (see H. Con. Res. 8), H136 [6JA]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2976 [4MY]

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

National Military Families Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 41), S6299 [9JN] (see H. Con. Res. 159), H3694 [19MY]

National Military Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 9), S145 [24JA]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see S. Con. Res. 27), S3653 [14AP] (see H. Res. 212), H1969 [13AP]

National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 222), H6934 [27JY]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 71), S2004 [3MR]

National School Lunch Act: expand fruit and vegetable pilot program and include Head Start programs (see H.R. 203), H78 [4JA]

———restore funds under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (see H.R. 204), H78 [4JA]

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]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H8734 [6OC] (see H. Res. 617), H11879 [15DE]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 672), S2995 [17MR]

———provide for reporting and reduction of child abuse and family violence incidences on Indian reservations (see S. 1899), S11664 [20OC]

———restore safety to Indian women (see S. 987), S4869 [10MY]

Passports: deny passports to noncustodial parents charged with nonpayment of child support or custodial parents who are likely to remove a child to prevent contact with the noncustodial parent (see H.R. 4327), H10225 [15NO]

Population: prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity (see H.R. 777), H583 [10FE]

POW: eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former POW to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2344), H3260 [12MY]

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

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

Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools To End the Exploitation of Children Today (PROTECT) Act: modify standards for issuance of an AMBER Alert (see S. 133), S145 [24JA] (see H.R. 96), H74 [4JA]

Public housing: repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 1018), H846 [1MR]

Public welfare programs: allow State receipt of credit towards the work requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for certain disabled recipients (see S. 456), S1623 [17FE]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 1385), S8134 [12JY]

———exempt preparation for high-skilled, high-demand jobs from participation and time limits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 1161), S6100 [6JN]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 141), S145 [24JA]

———make grants to States to establish emergency assistance programs to help low-income households purchase gasoline (see H.R. 4010), H8734 [6OC]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 458), S1717 [18FE]

———promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (see S. 923), S4397 [27AP]

———provide a State option to extend current waivers and create additional waiver authority under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3663), H7673 [6SE]

———provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3672), H7741 [7SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 105), S144 [24JA] (see S. 667), S2995 [17MR] (see S. 2119), S13786 [16DE] (see H.R. 240), H136 [6JA] (see H.R. 1160), H1024 [8MR] (see H.R. 3021), H4984 [22JN] (see H.R. 4635), H12289 [18DE]

———reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by promoting work, family, and opportunity (see H.R. 751), H582 [10FE]

———reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4067), H8846 [17OC]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 68), S1795 [28FE]

Refugees: extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried children of certain Vietnamese refugees (see H.R. 3320), H5962 [18JY]

Romania: improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children (see H. Res. 578), H11035 [18NO]

Safety: encourage cell phones and other devices to show personal emergency contacts under the acronym ICE (In Case of Emergency) so emergency personnel can contact family and friends (see H. Con. Res. 236), H7742 [7SE]

———establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H1778 [5AP]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (see H.R. 3200), H5637 [11JY]

Social Security: allow certain remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 77), H74 [4JA]

———allow foster care maintenance payments to be made to private for-profit agencies (see S. 1894), S11559 [19OC] (see H.R. 3008), H4895 [21JN]

———create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 750), H582 [10FE]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 2189), H3054 [5MY]

———encourage large employers to make premium payments for their employees, spouses and dependents who are covered under the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3917), H8387 [27SE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H2975 [4MY]

———improve provision of care under Medicare, Medicaid, and certain public welfare programs (see S. 2164), S14316 [21DE]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 2190), H3054 [5MY]

———modify calculation of child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 2409), H3434 [17MY]

———provide benefits to certain uninsured children living without parents (see H.R. 2622), H4072 [25MY]

———provide full benefits for disabled widow's and widower's regardless of age (see H.R. 2191), H3054 [5MY]

———provide grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1049), S5300 [17MY] (see H.R. 3050), H5100 [23JN]

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

———reduce the age at which an eligible individual may be paid widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 2126), H3052 [5MY]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 2192), H3054 [5MY]

———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] (see H.R. 2948), H4655 [16JN]

Spain: express condolences to families of individuals killed and sympathy to individuals injured on anniversary of terrorist bombing attacks in Madrid (see H. Res. 99), H630 [15FE]

SSI: eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military compensation other than basic pay (see H.R. 536), H349 [2FE]

States: require States to conduct DNA tests to ascertain the degree of genetic relatedness between two or more persons in accordance with a national standard (see H.R. 2623), H4072 [25MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (see S. Res. 162), S6154 [7JN] (see H. Res. 311), H4355 [9JN]

Taxation: allow a custodial parent a refundable credit for unpaid child support payments and require a parent who is chronically delinquent in child support to include the amount of the unpaid obligation in gross income (see H.R. 4233), H9695 [4NO]

———allow a nonrefundable credit for elder care expenses (see S. 835), S3817 [18AP]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H583 [10FE]

———allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9042 [20OC]

———allow certain surviving spouses to exclude certain gains from the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 3803), H8087 [15SE]

———allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (see H.R. 3077), H5252 [27JN]

———allow deduction for uncompensated education costs incurred by certain veterans' survivors and dependents (see H.R. 924), H793 [17FE]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H1621 [16MR]

———allow individuals a tax check-off to designate contributions to the Armed Forces Relief Trust (see S. 1559), S9467 [29JY]

———allow legally separated individuals to exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay higher education expenses (see H.R. 3460), H6933 [27JY]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 2968), H4721 [17JN]

———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]

———assist families to save and invest by modifying the saver's credit that matches retirement savings of low-income families (see H.R. 1519), H1845 [6AP]

———eliminate capital gains tax on investments in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area to reduce estate taxes for victims (see H.R. 4035), H8808 [7OC]

———eliminate marriage penalty in contribution rules for Roth individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 293), H141 [20JA]

———exclude farmland still in use from the estate tax and repeal dollar limitation on estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 3523), H7557 [28JY]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H1845 [6AP]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4388), H11033 [18NO]

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

———extend low-income housing credit for certain buildings in high cost areas (see H.R. 1984), H2736 [28AP]

———impose flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income (see S. 812), S3734 [15AP]

———increase age limit for the child tax credit (see H.R. 1597), H1968 [13AP]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see S. 1305), S7294 [23JN] (see H.R. 3080), H5252 [27JN]

———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]

———increase exclusion from gross income of an employee for dependent care assistance and adjust such amount each year for inflation (see H.R. 1275), H1416 [14MR]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 1504), H1844 [6AP]

———make child tax credit permanent and allow for adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 3317), H5914 [14JY]

———make credit for adoption expenses permanent and repeal limitation on carryforwards of unused credit (see H.R. 347), H195 [25JA]

———make permanent the option of including combat pay when computing earned income (see H.R. 3400), H6327 [21JY]

———make permanent the rate reductions for individual income taxes and capital gains and dividend taxes, and the repeal of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 7), S142 [24JA]

———modify and make refundable the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (see H.R. 2249), H3196 [11MY]

———modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 1775), S10513 [27SE]

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

———permit subchapter S election to be made on returns filed prior to the due date with extensions, reduce certain payroll deposit penalties, and allow certain married couples to file separate self-employment tax returns (see H.R. 3629), H7612 [29JY]

———provide a religious exemption from providing identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain credits and deductions on a tax return (see H.R. 3410), H6380 [22JY]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (see S. 324), S1198 [9FE] (see H.R. 969), H795 [17FE]

———provide cover over of the refundable portion of the earned income and child tax credits to Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1555), H1894 [12AP]

———provide for advance payment of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit to provide needed funds to victims of Hurricane Katrina and to stimulate local economies (see S. 1770), S10424 [26SE] (see H.R. 3844), H8247 [21SE]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see S. 1780), S10594 [28SE]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 406), H234 [26JA] (see H.R. 441), H283 [1FE]

———provide tax relief, improve certain welfare and child care programs, encourage charitable contributions, improve disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance financial security opportunities (see S. 6), S142 [24JA]

———provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H940 [2MR]

———provide that income tax shall not apply during the years which the taxpayer, or either spouse of a married couple, is serving in the war in Iraq (see H.R. 848), H718 [16FE]

———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]

———reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see S. 965), S4547 [28AP] (see H.R. 2239), H3113 [10MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H73 [4JA]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 988), S4869 [10MY]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (see S. 1099), S5778 [23MY]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1468), H1777 [5AP]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 1457), H1777 [5AP]

———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]

———S corporation reform (see H.R. 4421), H11034 [18NO]

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

———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (see H.R. 2950), H4655 [16JN]

———simplify the earned income tax credit eligibility requirements regarding filing status, presence of children, investment income, and work and immigrant status (see S. 2139), S13786 [16DE]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see S. 1824), S11130 [5OC]

U.N.: provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 2811), H4295 [8JN]

United Service Organizations: recognize contribution to morale and welfare of our servicemen and women and their families (see H. Con. Res. 322), H12049 [16DE]

Veterans: authorize additional compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care (see H.R. 3777), H7948 [14SE]

———continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 1462), H1777 [5AP]

———expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 4361), H10908 [17NO]

———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]

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

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 1234), S6481 [14JN] (see H.R. 1220), H1368 [10MR]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3185), H5602 [30JN]

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

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 2122), H3052 [5MY]

———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]

Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (see H.R. 27), H72 [4JA]

———strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), consideration (see H. Res. 126), H845 [1MR]

Cloture motions

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S9558 [29JY]

E-Mails

Impact of military service on Armed Forces members and their families: Alan Neville, S3545 [13AP]

———Carrie Philpott, S3546 [13AP]

———Christopher Perkins, S3545 [13AP]

———D. Bottoms, S3545 [13AP]

———Doris Fulmer, S3545 [13AP]

———Doug Brewer, S3547 [13AP]

———Gail Mountain, S3547 [13AP]

———George Cleveland, S3547 [13AP]

———Heidi Behr, S3546 [13AP]

———Holly Ortman, S3547 [13AP]

———Jack Cooper, S3545 [13AP]

———James Tate, S3545 [13AP]

———Jean Harris-Letts, S3547 [13AP]

———Kara Block, S3546 [13AP]

———Kathy Hartman, S3546 [13AP]

———Katie Laude, S3547 [13AP]

———Linda Brown, S3547 [13AP]

———Mark Vaughn, S3546 [13AP]

———Nada Smith McLeskey, S3547 [13AP]

———Pamela Goers, S3545 [13AP]

———Richard Perez, Sr., S3548 [13AP]

———Sandy Fox, S3546 [13AP]

———Sarah O'Malley, S3547 [13AP]

———Stephen Cleff, S3545 [13AP]

———Theresa Grof, S3546 [13AP]

Excerpts

Mexico City Policy on International Family Planning Programs Implementation Reports: Congressional Research Service, S3183 [5AP]

Factsheets

Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act: Several Consumer Organizations, S1201 [9FE]

Letters

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Deborah Cutler-Ortiz, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S2227 [8MR], S2408 [10MR]

———Lisalyn R. Jacobs, Legal Momentum (organization), H1983 [14AP]

———Margot Bean, National Child Support Enforcement Association, H1982 [14AP]

———Nancy Duff Campbell, Marcia Greenberger, and Joan Entmacher, National Women's Law Center, S1839 [1MR], S2226 [8MR], H1982 [14AP]

———several bankruptcy and commercial law professors, H1984-H1986 [14AP]

———Wade Henderson and Nancy Dirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, H1983 [14AP]

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

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

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act: several agricultural organizations, H1935 [13AP]

Deficit Reduction Act: William S. Skylstad, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, S14081 [20DE]

Dept. of HUD section 8 housing vouchers program funding: several religious organizations, H5423 [29JN]

Ensure assistance for foster children impacted by Hurricane Katrina: Shay Bilchik, Child Welfare League of America, H7914 [14SE]

Fiscal year 2006 Federal budget reconciliation process: several religious leaders, E1856 [15SE]

Head Start Program joint governance structure preservation: Barbara L. Jones, H8303 [22SE]

———Chris Wallace, Sr., H8303 [22SE]

———Dee Jones, Indiana PTA, H8303 [22SE]

Impact of gambling on society: Guy C. Clark, National Coalition Against Gambling Expansion, E1375 [28JN]

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]

Increase the period of TRICARE health benefits for children of Armed Forces members who die while serving on active duty: Candace A. Wheeler, National Military Family Association, S3720 [15AP]

———Robert A. McIntosh, Reserve Officers Association, S3720 [15AP]

Job Training Improvement Act: Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (organization), E365 [3MR]

———C. Welton Gaddy, Interfaith Alliance, E360 [3MR]

———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, E361 [3MR]

———Coalition Against Religious Discrimination, E363 [3MR]

———David M. Smith and Christopher Labonte, Human Rights Campaign (organization), E362 [3MR]

———David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, E360 [3MR]

———Elenora Giddings Ivory, E360 [3MR]

———Gary Bass, OMB Watch (organization), E359 [3MR]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, E361 [3MR]

———K. Hollyn Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee, E363 [3MR]

———Laura W. Murphy and Terri A. Schroeder, ACLU, E364 [3MR]

———Marsha Atkind, National Council of Jewish Women, E359 [3MR]

———Ralph G. Neas and Tanya M. Clay, People for the American Way (organization), E359 [3MR]

———Representative Robert Scott, E357 [3MR]

———Richard T. Foltin, American Jewish Committee, E359 [3MR]

———Robert C. Keithan, Universalist Association of Congregations, E360 [3MR]

———several organizations, E357 [3MR]

———several religious and civil rights organizations, H862 [2MR]

———Timothy McDonald, African American Ministers in Action (organization), E363 [3MR]

———Tony Hileman, American Humanist Association, E359 [3MR]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, E362 [3MR]

LIHEAP funding: David Fox, Campaign for Home Energy Assistance, S14128 [20DE]

———several Senators, S11810 [25OC]

———Thomas R. Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, S14128 [20DE]

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding: Mike Johanns, Sec. of Agriculture, H4203 [8JN]

———several Representatives, H4203 [8JN]

Military Families Leave Act: Candace A. Wheeler, National Military Family Association, E666 [15AP]

———Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women & Families, E666 [15AP]

———Lani Burnett, Reserve Enlisted Association, and Robert A. McIntosh, Reserve Officers Association, E666 [15AP]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., E666 [15AP]

Pathways to Independence Act: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S1677 [17FE]

———several organizations, S1677 [17FE]

Procedural waivers and requests and budgetary requests for family and child services programs in response to Hurricane Katrina: Marketa G. Gautreau, Louisiana Dept. of Social Services, H9983 [8NO]

Prohibit funding to implement requirements for public housing residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs: Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, H5532 [30JN]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance requirement for spousal consent relative to beneficiary designation: Military Coalition, H1451 [15MR]

———Steven P. Strobridge, Military Officers Association of America, H1451, H1465 [15MR]

State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services establishment: Mark Westrum, Fight Crime—Invest in Kids (organization), S1422 [15FE]

———several family organizations, S1422 [15FE]

Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act: National Consumer Law Center Inc., S1201 [9FE]

Tribal casino moratorium: Representative Wolf, E1474 [13JY]

Tribute to employers assisting and supporting National Guard and Reserve members: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense, E262 [16FE]

TRICARE military health benefits for reservists and guardsmen: Dirk Kempthorne and Michael F. Easley, National Governors Association, S8626 [21JY]

———Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, H3907 [25MY]

———Joseph L. Barnes, Fleet Reserve Association, S8627 [21JY]

———Lani Burnett, Reserve Enlisted Association, S8627 [21JY]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., H3886 [24MY]

———Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., Military Officers Association of America, S8627 [21JY]

———Representative Hunter, Committee on Armed Services (House), H3907 [25MY]

———Richard M. Dean, Air Force Sergeants Association, S8627 [21JY]

———Robert A. McIntosh, Reserve Officers Association, H3886 [24MY]

———Roger P. Lempke, Adjutants General Association of the U.S., H3886 [24MY]

———Stephen M. Koper, National Guard Association of the U.S., S8627 [21JY], H3886, H3887 [24MY]

———Steven P. Strobridge, Military Officers Association of America, H3886 [24MY]

U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in the People's Republic of China: Colin L. Powell, Dept. of State, H4597-H4599 [16JN]

Lists

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, and other legislation in support of retirees and military survivors, S12380 [4NO]

Endorsers of proposed change to distribution formula for Dept. of HUD section 8 housing vouchers program renewal funding, H5429 [29JN]

Groups supporting S. Res. 112, National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, S3760 [15AP]

Illustrated cases of women and their children exploited and abused through the international marriage broker industry, S13752 [16DE]

National Guard members in States with Representatives on the Committee on Rules (House), H3905 [25MY]

Organizations supporting Dodd amendment to S. 256, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, to protect assets necessary for the financial support of children, S2310 [9MR]

Memorandums

Presidential Authority With Repsect to Indian Gaming: M. Maureen Murphy, Congressional Research Service, E1475 [13JY]

Messages

State of the Union: President Bush, S878-S881 [2FE]

Motions

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: characterization of Democratic amendments contained in the Committee on the Judiciary (House) report (H. Res. 253), H2777 [3MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H2614 [27AP]

Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H914 [2MR]

Poems

``Kindly Neighbor,'' Edgar Guest, S9241 [28JY]

``Little Chap Who Follows Me'', S6717 [16JN]

``My Neighbor's Roses,'' Abraham L. Gruber, S9240 [28JY]

``Reading Mother,'' Strickland Gillilan, S4536 [28AP]

``Yo Soy Joaquin,'' Rodolfo (Corky) Gonzales, E656 [15AP]

Press releases

House Republicans Arrogance Unchecked: Representative Slaughter, H3083 [10MY]

Proposals

Committee on the Judiciary (House) characterization of Democratic amendments in report on H.R. 748, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, H2702 [28AP]

Remarks in House

Addison, William and Margurite: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, E2543 [15DE]

African Americans: improve family stability, E1598 [25JY]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (H.J. Res. 66), H8366, H8367 [27SE], E1971, E1977 [28SE], E1992 [29SE]

Albany, NY: tribute to Parsons Child and Family Center, E84 [26JA]

Arlington Food Assistance Center: tribute, E1197 [9JN]

Armed Forces: enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves, H3748 [23MY]

———enhance and improve benefits for members returning from service in Afghanistan and Iraq, H947 [3MR], H1028 [9MR], H2132 [19AP], H9022 [20OC]

———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members, H1494, H1495, H1497 [15MR]

———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (H.R. 838), E261 [16FE]

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

———express support for members and their families and support the Military Severely Injured Joint Support Operations Center (H. Res. 152), E439 [14MR]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors, H4177, H4178 [7JN]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (H.R. 2131), E1120 [26MY], E1342 [24JN]

———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 requirement for spousal consent relative to beneficiary designation, H1450, H1465 [15MR]

———tribute to families of members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, E2621 [19DE]

———TRICARE military health benefits for reservists and guardsmen, H3885 [24MY], H3900, H3904, H3907, H3921, H4044, H4045, H4054 [25MY], H4080 [26MY], E1127 [26MY]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members if the former spouse left the marriage due to domestic violence or unbearable conditions (H.R. 2125), E897 [5MY]

Army: tribute to Freedom Team Salute program, E2622 [19DE]

Baden, Amanda: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, E1886 [19SE]

Ball, George and Brenda: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, H8064 [15SE]

Bankruptcy: protect assets necessary for the financial support of children, H1981, H1982 [14AP]

———protect victims of domestic violence by granting relief from summary eviction from their homes, H2060 [14AP]

Barton, Representative and Terri: tribute to birth of child, H8127 [20SE]

Berkshire County, MA: tribute to Berkshire Juvenile Court, E2410 [18NO]

Birmingham, MI: opening of Michigan chapter of Justice for Children (organization), E1077 [24MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H12234-H12241 [18DE]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (H. Res. 336), E1739 [29JY]

Business and industry: freeze new oil industry subsidies and redirect funds to LIHEAP, H11226 [8DE]

Callahan, Jenni and Paul: tribute to birth of child, E1874 [15SE]

Campagna Center (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1943 [22SE]

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: characterization of Democratic amendments contained in the Committee on the Judiciary (House) report, H2563-H2572 [27AP], H2702 [28AP], H2779 [3MY], H2985, H2986, H2990, H2996, H2997 [5MY], H3079-H3084 [10MY]

———characterization of Democratic amendments contained in the Committee on the Judiciary (House) report (H. Res. 253), H2768-H2778 [3MY], E903 [5MY]

Child Start, Inc.: anniversary, E1880 [15SE]

Children and youth: child abuse prevention, H817 [1MR]

———Child Exploitation Tracking System implementation, E613 [12AP]

———child support enforcement programs funding, H10531-H10533 [17NO], H11963, H11964 [16DE]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (H.R. 2000), E814 [28AP]

———foster care programs funding, H11084 [6DE], H12161 [17DE]

———improve foster care court capacity through grants, loan forgiveness, and performance measurement (H.R. 3758), H8326 [22SE]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (H.R. 1142), H1270 [10MR]

———provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers (H.R. 3380), E2478 [7DE]

———tribute to grandparent-headed and other relative-headed households, E2554 [15DE]

———tribute to grandparents and other relatives who are caregivers, E2061 [7OC]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based on citizenship or legal permanent resident status of parents (H.J. Res. 46), E816 [28AP]

Colleges and universities: improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education, E953 [12MY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize, H8489, H8491-H8493 [28SE], H8712-H8714 [6OC], E2000 [29SE], E2004 [3OC], E2037 [6OC], E2051, E2053 [7OC]

Conaster, Elizabeth and Blake: tribute to birth of child, E2543 [15DE]

Constitutional amendments: definition of marriage, H4076 [26MY]

———definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), E2467 [7DE]

Correctional institutions: encourage successful reentry of incarcerated persons into the community after release (H.R. 4202), E2249 [3NO]

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

Crime: authorize appropriations for grants for specialized technical assistance and training to improve investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases, H7898 [14SE]

———establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (H.R. 696), E190 [9FE]

———exempt certain family members and clergy from prohibition on taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, H2567, H2570, H2572, H2609-H2612 [27AP]

———exempt persons from prohibition on taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions in cases of incest, H2569 [27AP]

———exempt taxi and bus drivers and certain health care professionals from prohibition on taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, H2607-H2609 [27AP]

———expedite background checks of possible foster or adoptive parents for children affected by natural disaster or terrorist attack, H7911 [14SE]

———permit child welfare agencies to access the national crime information database for background checks on possible foster or adoptive parents, H7911 [14SE]

———prevention and punishment of domestic violence, H8921 [19OC]

———prohibit a parent who caused a minor to become pregnant from suing anyone taking the minor across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, H2614 [27AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H1900, H1943 [13AP], H2481 [26AP], H2555, H2556, H2593-H2616 [27AP], E813, E814, E817, E831 [28AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), amendment process, H2450 [21AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), consideration (H. Res. 236), H2562-H2573 [27AP]

———protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (H.R. 714), E202 [9FE]

Cuba: prohibit funding to enforce certain restrictions on the sending of gift parcels, H4493, H4516-H4518 [15JN]

———temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (H. Con. Res. 206), E1571 [21JY]

Cunningham, Dan: tribute to birth of child, E1940 [22SE]

Dallas, TX: Lake Highlands High School PTA recipient of National Parent Teachers Association Parent Involvement Schools of Excellence certification, E2495 [8DE]

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

Democratic Party: national agenda, H2540 [26AP], H8989 [20OC], H9110 [26OC], H9633-H9638 [3NO], H10150 [10NO], H10379, H10382 [16NO]

Denton, Wesley and Kari: tribute to birth of child, E1909 [21SE]

Denton County, TX: anniversary of Friends and Family (organization), E1971 [28SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H4203 [8JN], H9368 [28OC]

Dept. of Defense: domestic violence prevention and response programs funding, H4767 [20JN]

———implement a mental health awareness campaign for families of servicemembers deployed to a combat theater, H4003, H4006 [25MY]

Dept. of Education: funding, H5060 [23JN]

———prohibit funding to require local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters without parental consent, H5119-H5121 [24JN]

Dept. of HHS: community health centers programs funding, H389 [8FE], H591 [15FE]

———require report on the correlation between a perpetrator's drug and alcohol abuse and reported incidence of domestic violence, H8473, H8474 [28SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the National Emergency Family Locator System (H.R. 3999), E2225 [31OC]

Dept. of HUD: distribution formula for section 8 housing vouchers program renewal funding, H5428, H5429 [29JN]

———section 8 housing vouchers program funding through reductions in Working Capital Fund, H5422-H5427 [29JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect, H7915 [14SE]

———Office of Violence Against Women grants to increase public awareness concerning domestic violence against pregnant women, H8477 [28SE]

———prohibit a person convicted of domestic violence from sponsoring a visa applicant, H8476 [28SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member and make direct housing loans to Native American veterans (H.R. 3665), H10074-H10081 [9NO], H10151 [10NO]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation, H3906 [25MY]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 808), E934 [11MY]

———veterans health care funding through reductions in Base Realignment and Closure Account funding, H4096, H4097 [26MY]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: observance, E812, E824 [28AP]

Disasters: Tsunami Recovery and Reconstruction Fund pregnant victims assistance funding, H1468-H1471 [15MR]

Domestic violence: address incidence of domestic violence involving law enforcement officers, H8426, H8431 [28SE], E1989 [29SE]

———research health impact and prevention and provide training and Federal coverage for health care professionals to identify and treat families experiencing family violence, H1271 [10MR]

Eberhardt, Jennifer: tribute to birth of child, E1940 [22SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent, H2589 [27AP]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H1857, H1869 [12AP], H1900, H1901, H1902, H1921-H1943, H1946, H1960 [13AP], H1971, H1972, H1980, H2073 [14AP], E661, E662 [15AP], E699, E702 [19AP], E711 [21AP]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 202), H1910-H1919 [13AP]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, H5747 [13JY], H5896 [14JY], H8155 [20SE], H8803, H8804 [7OC], H11086-H11092 [6DE], H11195-H11201 [7DE]

Education: prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, H5142 [24JN]

Ellsworth, WI: Army Reserve 652d Engineer Co., recipient of Dept. of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award, E294 [18FE]

Employment: provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (H.R. 3192), E1425 [1JY]

Espinal, Jose, Agueda, and family: Brooklyn, NY, Caribe Lions Club Outstanding Family of the Year award recipients, E570 [7AP]

Etheridge, Brian and Meredith: tribute to birth of child, E2268, E2270 [3NO]

European Union: urge Romania to settle pending intercountry adoption cases, E2591 [17DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (H.R. 476), E120 [1FE]

———allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (H.R. 475), E120 [1FE]

———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 (H.R. 1667), E665 [15AP]

———anniversary, E145 [2FE]

Father's Day: observance, E1272 [17JN]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs, H605 [15FE]

———establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (H.R. 856), H10179-H10182 [15NO]

———establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (S. 409), H6415 [25JY]

FEMA: ensure disaster claims are handled in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner, H1869 [12AP]

First Coast Energy Shell Corp.: tribute to Tribute to Heroes Campaign for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, H4902 [22JN]

Foreign aid: establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries and provide access to certain family planning services, H6050-H6052 [19JY], E1572 [21JY]

Fort Worth, TX: tribute to Texas National Guard 136th Airlift Wing Family Readiness Team, E1 [4JA]

Friends of the Children (organization): funding (H.R. 1876), H2554 [27AP], E798 [27AP]

Gambling: impact on society, H5644 [12JY], E1374 [28JN], E1690 [29JY]

———place moratorium on tribal casinos, E1474 [13JY]

Gans, Laura and Dan: tribute to birth of child, E2475 [7DE]

Gladney Center for Adoption: tribute to sponsorship of Gladney Cup Golf Tournament, E605 [12AP]

Global Family Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 317), E2546 [15DE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: observance, H8326 [22SE], E1927 [22SE]

———support goals and ideals (H.J. Res. 61), H8107 [20SE], H8180-H8182 [21SE], E1950, E1952 [27SE], E1972 [28SE], E1997 [29SE]

Government regulations: regulate international marriage broker activity in the U.S. and provide certain protections for individuals who utilize the services of international marriage brokers, H8425 [28SE]

Grant, Bill and Claudia: tribute to birth of child, E1364 [27JN]

Halme, Matt and Tracy: tribute to birth of child, E1609 [27JY]

Hanner, Andy and Jennifer: tribute to birth of child, E1671 [29JY]

Head Start Program: preserve joint governance structure by allowing parents' policy councils to approve or disapprove most program planning and operation activities along with the board of directors, H8271, H8302-H8304 [22SE]

———provide employees with training to support families and children with disabilities, H8305, H8306 [22SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8959-H8966 [19OC]

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (H.R. 3254), E1461 [12JY]

Henry, Mike and Denise: Alabama Farmers Federation Outstanding Young Farm Family for Alabama award recipient, E2581 [17DE]

Hurricanes: ensure assistance for foster children impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7913 [14SE]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H7791 [8SE]

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]

———increase number of employment-based visas available through a reduction in other non-employment-based categories, H11943, H11944 [16DE]

———national policy, H4475 [14JN]

———provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (H.R. 3575), E1676 [29JY]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 1172), E383 [8MR]

Insurance: health savings accounts, H6433 [26JY]

International relations: reunion of families in Republic of Korea and Democratic People's Republic of Korea, E2331 [10NO]

Jackson, Morgan and Shawn: tribute to birth of child, E2276 [4NO]

Kneeland, Mike and Becky: Arkansas Parents of the Year Award recipients, H6209 [21JY]

Kroart, Michael G. and Elizabeth Sparrow: tribute to birth of child, E1115 [26MY]

LaPierre, Amy R. and Steve: tribute to birth of child, E1851 [14SE]

Laredo, TX: anniversary of Holding Institute, E2316 [9NO]

Laylagian, Leon and Janelle: tribute to birth of child, E1673 [29JY]

Legal Services of Northern Virgina (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E2312 [9NO]

LIHEAP: funding, H1630 [17MR], H6953 [28JY], H8790 [7OC], H8989 [20OC], H10008 [8NO], H10518, H10521, H10525, H10641 [17NO], H11077 [6DE], H11179, H11180 [7DE], H11509, H11547 [14DE], H12239 [18DE]

Lone Star, SC: anniversary of Good Hope Picnic, E1596 [25JY]

Maniam, Suresh and Jey: tribute to birth of child, E2423 [18NO]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H144 [25JA], E104 [26JA]

Medicaid: anniversary, E1742 [29JY]

———funding, H1560 [16MR], H1671 [17MR], H10045 [9NO]

Medicare: require hospitals to make an effort to contact a surrogate decisionmaker of patients who arrive at an emergency department physically incapable of communicating with the attending health care practitioners (H.R. 2560), H3880 [24MY]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (H.R. 823), E237 [15FE]

———protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (H.R. 1790), H10185-H10187 [15NO], E2379, E2380 [17NO]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (H.R. 1940), H8989 [20OC]

Military Officers Association of America: tribute to Tampa, FL, chapter's ``Operation Helping Hand'' program to assist families of wounded members of the Armed Forces, E1332, E1353 [24JN]

Military Spouse Appreciation Day: observance, H3047, H3049 [5MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, H6439 [26JY]

Morality and ethics: national objectives priority assignments, H7839-H7843 [13SE]

Mulvee, Patrick and Carrie: tribute to birth of child, E862 [4MY]

Mustian, Ben and Rebecca: tribute to birth of child, E1986 [29SE]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (H.R. 2891), E1227 [14JN]

National Caregiver Month: observance, E2537 [14DE]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance, E832 [28AP]

National Children's Day: designate (H. Res. 103), E248 [15FE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E2216 [28OC]

———support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 209), H8370-H8374 [27SE], H8820 [17OC], E1975 [28SE], E1995, E2001 [29SE], E2205 [27OC]

National Family Caregivers Month: observance, E2236 [1NO]

National Hunger Awareness Day: observance, H4207 [8JN], E1197 [9JN]

National Institute of Mental Health: prohibit funds for peer-reviewed studies of newlyweds' relationship resilience and pigeons' visual concepts, H5137-H5139 [24JN]

National Military Families Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 159), H4194-H4197 [8JN]

National Missing Children's Day: observance, H3898 [25MY]

National Prematurity Awareness Day: observance, H10167 [15NO]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 483), H12213 [18DE]

Nelson, Jimmy W., and family: Santa Rosa County, FL, Outstanding Farm Family award recipient, E1564, E1573 [21JY]

New York, NY: tribute to Motivating Youth to Achievement Program, E1064 [23MY]

Nurse, Shannon and Courtney: tribute to birth of child, E1846 [14SE]

Parents Day: observance, H6209 [21JY]

Population: prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity (H.R. 777), E214 [10FE]

Potter, Jim and Karen: tribute to birth of child, E1254 [17JN]

Pregnancy Care Centers (organization): anniversary, E694 [19AP]

Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month: observance, H3883 [24MY]

Priest, Matt and Lisa: tribute to birth of child, E295 [18FE]

Public housing: prohibit funding to implement requirements for residents to engage in community service and complete economic self-sufficiency programs, H5531, H5532 [30JN]

Public welfare programs: funding, H12237 [18DE]

———make grants to States to establish emergency assistance programs to help low-income households purchase gasoline (H.R. 4010), E2051 [7OC]

———provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3672), H7766-H7773 [8SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H10001 [8NO]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 1160), H1387, H1388 [14MR]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 240), E20 [4JA]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3021), H5373-H5376 [29JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4635), H12285 [18DE]

Romania: condition allocation of foreign aid on resolution of U.S. adoption cases, H5341, H5342 [28JN]

———improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children (H. Res. 578), E2538-E2540 [14DE]

San Leandro, CA: tribute to George Mark Children's House, E850 [3MY]

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

Schools: circuit court decision on parental rights relating to public school curriculum, H9967 [8NO], H10044 [9NO]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (H.R. 3200), H6453-H6458 [26JY], E1454 [11JY]

———enhance program (H.R. 3200), Senate amendment, H8413-H8416 [28SE], E1987 [29SE]

Sharma, Persis and Kapil: tribute to birth of child, E1940 [22SE]

Siblings Day: observance, E567 [7AP]

Social Security: allow foster care maintenance payments to be made to private for-profit agencies (H.R. 3008), E2307 [9NO]

———allow foster care maintenance payments to be made to private for-profit agencies (S. 1894), H9982-H9987 [8NO]

———apply savings from the enactment of certain estate tax legislation to trust fund restoration, H1918 [13AP]

———create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (H.R. 750), E220 [10FE]

———disability and survior benefits, H841 [1MR]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (H.R. 2071), H8950 [19OC], E874 [4MY]

———modify calculation of child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (H.R. 2409), H3338 [17MY]

———reduce the age at which an eligible individual may be paid widow's or widower's insurance benefits (H.R. 2126), E897 [5MY]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H2787 [3MY]

———streamline enrollment for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with low-income nutrition and related assistance programs (H.R. 2948), E1253 [17JN]

Spain: express condolences to families of individuals killed and sympathy to individuals injured on anniversary of terrorist bombing attacks in Madrid (H. Res. 99), H1326 [10MR]

SSI: eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military compensation other than basic pay (H.R. 536), E154 [2FE]

Stepfamily Association of America: tribute, E1766 [7SE]

Stop Violence Against Women Week: observance, H1206 [9MR], H1270, H1349 [10MR], E643 [13AP]

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

Taxation: allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (H.R. 3077), E1370 [27JN]

———earned income tax credit, H396 [8FE], H8168 [21SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4388), H11150-H11152 [7DE], E2490 [8DE]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (H.R. 3080), E1358 [27JN]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (H.R. 1504), H8221 [21SE]

———provide cover over of the refundable portion of the earned income and child tax credits to Guam and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 1555), E607 [12AP]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 406), E82 [26JA]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 441), E160 [2FE]

———provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (H.R. 1040), H6209 [21JY]

———rates, H393, H395, H397 [8FE], H484, H495 [9FE], H824, H826, H827 [1MR], H1512, H1597 [16MR], H2583, H2587, H2642 [27AP], H2694 [28AP], H9348 [27OC], H10010 [8NO], H10632 [17NO], H11965 [16DE], H12240 [18DE], E557-E559 [6AP]

———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]

———simplify earned income credit questions for families within a certain income bracket, H1962, H1963 [13AP]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (H.R. 2950), H4904 [22JN]

Teglia, Albert: American Institute for Public Service Jefferson Award recipient, E1935 [22SE]

Temple, Adam and Rachel: tribute to birth of child, E1672 [29JY]

U.N.: provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (H.R. 2811), E1176 [8JN], E1186 [9JN]

———U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund, H4593-H4599 [16JN], H5289, H5294 [28JN]

Veterans: health care funding, H1572 [16MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 1220), H5749-H5754 [13JY], E412 [10MR], E1491 [14JY], E1493 [15JY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 1234), H10357-H10360 [16NO]

Victims Service Center of Montgomery County, Inc.: anniversary, E1155 [8JN]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure prosecution of offenders on tribal lands, H8427 [28SE]

———reauthorize, H1028, H1029 [9MR], H1270, H1271, H1272, H1327 [10MR], E399 [9MR]

Wagner, Matt and Kate: tribute to birth of child, E2541 [15DE]

Women: human rights advances, H5625-H5630 [11JY]

———impact of Bush administration budget proposal, H1610 [16MR]

———prenatal care for pregnant women funding, H7962 [15SE]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 3185), E2645 [22DE]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (H.R. 2122), E888 [5MY]

———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]

Work, Micki and Ryan: tribute to birth of child, E2091 [17OC]

Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H827 [1MR], H868-H917 [2MR], E357 [3MR], E384 [8MR], E391 [9MR]

———strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), consideration (H. Res. 126), H859-H866 [2MR]

———strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), motion to recommit, H915 [2MR]

Remarks in Senate

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (S. Res. 280), S11596 [19OC]

AID: Child Survival and Maternal Health Program funding, S2727 [15MR], S2945 [17MR], S7893 [1JY]

American Beverage Licensees (organization): advertising campaign designed to stop charitable donations by General Motors Corp. to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (organization), S2232-S2234 [8MR]

Armed Forces: authorize travel and transportation for families of members hospitalized in the U.S. for non-serious illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation, S3998, S3999 [20AP], S4090 [21AP], S12809 [15NO]

———child care services and family assistance centers funding, S11186, S11187 [6OC], S12647 [10NO]

———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (S. 38), S683-S685 [1FE]

———enhance protection of members and their spouses from unscrupulous financial services sales practices through increased consumer education, S12805 [15NO]

———enhance protection of members and their spouses from unscrupulous financial services sales practices through increased consumer education (S. 1028), S5158-S5160 [12MY]

———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]

———establish pilot programs to authorize use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service (S. 1888), S11561-S11564 [19OC]

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

———extend child care eligibility for children of members who die in the line of duty (S. 1065), S5443 [18MY]

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

———impact of military service on members and their families, S3545 [13AP]

———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]

———increase the period of TRICARE health benefits for children of members who die while serving on active duty, S3719 [15AP]

———protect financial condition of members ordered to active duty, S2506 [11MR]

———provide employment services for spouses of certain members, S12807 [15NO]

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

———provide income replacement payments for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty, S12579-S12584 [9NO]

———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]

———TRICARE military health benefits for reservists and guardsmen, S3628-S3630 [14AP], S8625-S8631 [21JY]

———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]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing debtors whose financial situations were caused by failure to receive alimony or child support, S2322 [9MR], S2416 [10MR]

———impact of laws on women and children, S2463-S2465 [10MR]

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

———preserve existing protections for economically distressed caregivers to ill or disabled family members, S1908 [2MR]

———protect assets necessary for the financial support of children, S2223-S2227 [8MR], S2310, S2311, S2325 [9MR]

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

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

California: observance of Blue Star Families Week, S2381 [9MR]

Carpenter, Lori: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, S10227 [20SE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care (S. 526), S2037, S2040 [3MR]

———reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (S. 525), S2031, S2037 [3MR], S2063 [4MR]

Child support: increase money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution, and collection of certain child support, S14212 [21DE]

———increase money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution, and collection of certain child support (S. 321), S1136 [8FE]

Children and youth: child support enforcement programs funding, S12311, S12312 [3NO], S13326-S13328 [18NO], S13523 [14DE], S13632 [15DE], S14021 [19DE], S14097 [20DE]

———eliminate child poverty (S. 1084), S5539, S5549 [19MY]

———establish kinship navigator programs and establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (S. 985), S4872 [10MY]

———express that the attachment therapy technique known as rebirthing is a dangerous practice and should be prohibited (S. Res. 276), S11499, S11500 [18OC]

———impose a tax surcharge to eliminate child poverty, S13093, S13094, S13095, S13124, S13125 [17NO]

———make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members (S. 994), S4938 [11MY]

———promote adoption of children with special needs (S. 1539), S9299 [28JY]

———provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers, S13773 [16DE], S14211, S14215 [21DE]

———tribute to grandparents and other relatives who are caregivers, S11662 [20OC]

Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana: America's Second Harvest (organization) Food Bank of the Year award recipient, S13445 [12DE]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets, S13117 [17NO]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize, S11297 [7OC]

Constitutional amendments: definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), S365 [24JA]

———definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 13), S5434 [18MY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (S. 1214), S6316-S6318 [9JN]

Cooper, Clay: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, S10227 [20SE]

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

———strengthen courts for at-risk children (S. 1679), S9932, S9939 [12SE]

Crime: prevention and punishment of domestic violence, S10794 [30SE]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), S7924 [1JY], S8090 [11JY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 403), S1577 [16FE], S1694 [17FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S127, S130-S132 [24JA]

Dept. of Defense: 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 Education: improve the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program (CCAMPIS) (S. 725), S3295 [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 (S. 1249), S6660, S6661 [15JN]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (S. 233), S743 [1FE]

———community health centers programs funding, S11789 [25OC]

———community health centers programs funding for areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, S11906 [26OC]

———Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program funding to create a national family reunification initiative, S11989 [27OC]

———reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program (S. 1722), S10184, S10193 [19SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the National Emergency Family Locator System (S. 1630), S9737 [7SE]

Dept. of HUD: distribution formula for section 8 housing vouchers program renewal funding, S13323 [18NO]

Dept. of Justice: domestic violence victims transitional housing funding, S9799 [8SE], S10026 [14SE], S11121 [5OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve health care for veterans (S. 1182), S6161-S6163 [7JN]

———improve outreach programs (S. 1342), S7827 [30JN]

———improve outreach programs (S. 1990), S12684 [10NO]

———provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member (S. 1947), S12129 [1NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S13605 [15DE]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (S. Res. 123), S4264 [26AP]

———designate (S. Res. 128), S4602 [28AP]

Diseases: reauthorize and extend certain programs to provide coordinated services and research relative to children and families with HIV/AIDS (S. 1051), S5305, S5306 [17MY]

District of Columbia: reduce crime, provide scholarship vouchers for school choice, and establish Marriage Development Accounts, S11454-S11458 [18OC]

Dodd, Senator: tribute to birth of child, S2076 [4MR]

Eaton Rapids, MI: tribute to VFW National Home for Children, S2844 [16MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (S. 78), S253 [24JA]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S7055 [22JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), S3770 [18AP], S3957 [19AP], S4038 [20AP]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S9558 [29JY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (S. 420), S1633 [17FE]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (S. 246), S752 [1FE]

Education: expand Parents as Teachers programs and other programs of early childhood home visitation (S. 503), S2009 [3MR]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (S. 1098), S5857 [24MY]

———provide loan forgiveness for family law attorneys who represent low-income families or individuals (S. 1431), S8563 [20JY]

———provide loan forgiveness for social workers who work for child protective agencies (S. 1430), S8563 [20JY]

Ellsworth, WI: Army Reserve 652d Engineer Co., recipient of Dept. of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award, S1709 [18FE]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees, S11516-S11521, S11533-S11548 [19OC]

Evangel Home (organization): anniversary, S9983 [13SE]

Extension Living Well Week: designate (S. Res. 67), S1811 [28FE]

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 (S. 798), S3668 [14AP]

———expand (S. 282), S984 [3FE]

Family History Month: designate (S. Res. 266), S11166 [5OC]

Father's Day: observance, S6716-S6718 [16JN]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (S. 666), S3037-S3054 [17MR]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (S. 409), S1554 [16FE]

FEMA: reform administration, inspection, distribution, and reimbursement of disaster claims handling, S8377 [15JY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S3177-S3185, S3189, S3190 [5AP]

———make protection of women and children who are affected by humanitarian emergencies a priority (S. 559), S2259-S2263 [8MR]

———promote family stabilization and reduce child abandonment and exploitation, S8400 [18JY], S8513-S8516, S8529, S8534 [20JY]

Garrett, Heath and Lee: tribute to birth of child, S8486 [19JY]

Global Family Day: observance (S. Con. Res. 72), S13856 [16DE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 250), S10391 [22SE]

Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.: anniversary, S8297 [14JY]

Government regulations: regulate international marriage broker activity in the U.S. and provide certain protections for individuals who utilize the services of international marriage brokers, S13752 [16DE]

Head Start Program: address needs of victims of child abuse and neglect, children in foster care, kinship care, and homeless children (S. 1101), S5784-S5787 [23MY]

———anniversary, S9448 [29JY]

———require parental consent for nonemergency intrusive physical examinations (S. 189), S599 [26JA]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (S. 1283), S6933 [21JN]

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

———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (S. 609), S2982 [17MR]

———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]

Housing: prohibit funding to provide section 8 housing voucher assistance to certain students at institutions of higher education, S11549 [19OC]

Hurricanes: ensure that Federal response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Katrina include consideration for animal rescue and care (S. Res. 251), S10460 [26SE]

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

———provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (S. 1620), S9734 [7SE]

———reunify families and permit earned adjustment of status (S. 1919), S11825 [25OC]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (S. 119), S303 [24JA]

Levin, Senator: tribute to birth of granddaughter, S99 [20JA]

Lieberman, Senator: appreciation for condolences on death of Marcia Lieberman, S7971 [11JY]

LIHEAP: funding, S2943 [17MR], S9269 [28JY], S10364 [22SE], S11081, S11094, S11115 [5OC], S11522, S11524-S11526, S11552-S11554 [19OC], S11616, S11617, S11620, S11622, S11647, S11648 [20OC], S11794-S11796, S11798, S11807-S11812 [25OC], S11858, S11889, S11909 [26OC], S11996 [27OC], S12124 [1NO], S12747 [14NO], S13136 [17NO], S13288-S13290, S13339 [18NO], S13481-S13483, S13492 [13DE], S13543-S13545 [14DE], S13634, S13635 [15DE], S14228, S14285, S14289 [21DE]

———funding (S. 2107), S13663 [15DE]

Lugar, John and Kelly: tribute to birth of child, S12126 [1NO]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, S138 [24JA]

Matric Human Services (nonprofit organization): anniversary, S14316 [21DE]

Medicaid: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 49), S9542-S9544 [29JY]

———eliminate targeted case management reforms, S12321 [3NO]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S14117 [20DE], S14219 [21DE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 183), S592, S593 [26JA]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (S. 784), S3657 [14AP]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (S. 380), S1420-S1423 [15FE]

Mercer County, WV: tribute to Mercer County Drug Free Community Support Program, S12126 [1NO]

Miami, FL: tribute to Dependency Court Intervention Program for Family Violence, S6479 [14JN]

Mother's Day: observance, S4535 [28AP]

National Adoption Day: observance, S13154 [17NO], S13355 [18NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 299), S12372 [3NO]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (S. 1248), S6494 [14JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 90), S257 [24JA]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 271), S11327, S11332 [7OC]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (S. Res. 137), S5181 [12MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, S11300 [7OC]

———support goals and ideals (S. Res. 282), S11950 [26OC], S12002 [27OC]

National Foster Care Month: observance, S6013 [26MY]

National Good Neighbor Day: observance, S9240 [28JY]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 156), S5939 [25MY]

———observance, S6129-S6133 [7JN], S6221 [8JN]

National Military Families Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 159), S6342 [9JN]

National Military Family Month: designate (S. Res. 9), S369 [24JA], S12711 [10NO]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (S. Con. Res. 27), S3713 [14AP]

National objectives: promote healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood, S11883-S11885 [26OC]

National Prematurity Awareness Day: observance, S12739 [14NO]

National Safe Place Week: designate (S. Res. 71), S2501 [10MR], S2642 [14MR]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 112), S3760, S3761 [15AP]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 275), S11482 [18OC], S13509 [13DE]

Native Americans: provide for reporting and reduction of child abuse and family violence incidences on Indian reservations (S. 1899), S11666, S11669 [20OC]

———restore safety to Indian women, S11124 [5OC]

———restore safety to Indian women (S. 987), S4873 [10MY]

Public welfare programs: allow State receipt of credit towards the work requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for certain disabled recipients (S. 456), S1676-S1679 [17FE]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 1385), S8139 [12JY]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 141), S363 [24JA]

———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 458), S1719 [18FE]

———promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and allow such education to count as a work activity under that program (S. 923), S4418 [27AP]

———provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3672), S10149 [15SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S13469-S13471 [13DE], S13528 [14DE], S14117, S14120, S14152, S14154 [20DE], S14206, S14210, S14213, S14217 [21DE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 1160), S2754 [15MR]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3021), S7786 [30JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 105), S264 [24JA]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2119), S13788 [16DE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 667), unanimous-consent request, S9586 [29JY]

Read Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 68), S1811 [28FE]

Reno, NV: anniversary of Crisis Call Center, S12073 [31OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, S109 [24JA]

Romania: democracy efforts, S2729 [15MR]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (H.R. 3200), S10480 [27SE]

Social Security: allow foster care maintenance payments to be made to private for-profit agencies (S. 1894), S11596 [19OC]

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

———provide grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1049), S5302-S5305 [17MY]

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

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

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: observance, S4932 [11MY]

Taxation: accelerate marriage penalty relief and extend inclusion of combat pay relative to the earned income tax credit through modification of effective date of the tax treatment of leases to foreign entities, S13131, S13132 [17NO]

———allow a nonrefundable credit for elder care expenses (S. 835), S3831 [18AP]

———clarify eligibility and expedite receipt of benefits from the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit for hurricane victims, S13704, S13705 [16DE]

———earned income tax credit, S3627 [14AP]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4388), S13457 [12DE], S13509 [13DE]

———impose flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income (S. 812), S3736 [15AP]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (S. 1305), S7313 [23JN]

———make permanent the rate reductions for individual income taxes and capital gains and dividend taxes, and the repeal of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 7), S109 [24JA]

———modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S13127 [17NO]

———modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit (S. 1775), S10516 [27SE]

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

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (S. 324), S1199 [9FE]

———provide additional relief for members of the Armed Forces and their families, S13743 [16DE]

———provide for advance payment of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit to provide needed funds to victims of Hurricane Katrina and to stimulate local economies (S. 1770), S10435 [26SE]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (S. 1780), S10597 [28SE]

———provide tax relief, improve certain welfare and child care programs, encourage charitable contributions, improve disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance financial security opportunities (S. 6), S109 [24JA], S14206 [21DE]

———provide tax relief, improve certain welfare and child care programs, encourage charitable contributions, improve disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance financial security opportunities (S. 6), star print, S2197 [7MR]

———rates, S964 [3FE], S1071 [8FE], S2611 [14MR], S2955 [17MR], S4488, S4491-S4494, S4498-S4500, S4509, S4521 [28AP], S9712 [7SE], S11653-S11656 [20OC], S12080-S12084, S12088, S12089, S12090 [1NO], S12178 [2NO], S12286 [3NO], S12516 [8NO]

———reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (S. 965), S4580 [28AP]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (S. 1099), S5782 [23MY]

———restore the phaseout of personal exemptions and the overall limitation on itemized deductions and reduce the income threshold for the child tax credit, S13133, S13134 [17NO]

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

———simplify the earned income tax credit eligibility requirements regarding filing status, presence of children, investment income, and work and immigrant status (S. 2139), S13809 [16DE]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (S. 1824), S11141 [5OC]

———treatment of combat pay relative to earned income tax credit and child tax credit, S2943 [17MR]

Veterans: expand and enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits (S. 13), S111, S168 [24JA], S510-S512 [26JA]

———health care funding, S2720-S2726 [15MR], S2788-S2793, S2806, S2807 [16MR]

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

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 1234), S6484 [14JN], S13041, S13042 [16NO]

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

Warren, Elizabeth: results of study on medical bankruptcies, S1996 [3MR]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (S. 1796), S10737 [29SE], S11123 [5OC], S11817 [25OC], S14173 [20DE]

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

———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]

Wood, Chris: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, S9981 [13SE]

Reports

Budget Conference Agreement Contains Substantial Cuts Aimed at Low-Income Families and Individuals: Edwin Park, Sharon Parrott, and Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S14022 [19DE]

Child Custody Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (105th Congress), H2571 [27AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (106th Congress), H2570 [27AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (107th Congress), H2570 [27AP]

Reports filed

Caring for Children Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 525) (S. Rept. 109-130), S9599 [1SE]

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 748) (H. Rept. 109-51), H2469 [21AP], H3051 [5MY]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 202) (H. Rept. 109-35), H1893 [12AP]

Consideration of H.R. 27, Job Training Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 126) (H. Rept. 109-11), H845 [1MR]

Consideration of H.R. 748, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 236) (H. Rept. 109-56), H2548 [26AP]

Job Training Improvement Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 27) (H. Rept. 109-9), H845 [1MR]

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]

Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone (PRIDE) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 667), S2993 [17MR]

President Bush Addressing of Issues of Neighborhood Crime Prevention and Community Policing and Support Federal Participation in National Night Out: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 336) (H. Rept. 109-194), H6932 [27JY]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 109-177), H6204 [20JY]

Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 119), S3652 [14AP]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1220) (H. Rept. 109-162), H5637 [11JY]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1234) (S. Rept. 109-138), S10294 [21SE]

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

Veterans Housing and Employment Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3665) (H. Rept. 109-263), H9471 [1NO]

Statements

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Marshall Wolf, ABA, H1983 [14AP]

Expedite Background Checks of Possible Foster or Adoptive Parents for Children Affected by Natural Disaster or Terrorist Attack: Representative Jackson Lee, H7912 [14SE]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act Senate Amendments, H8415 [28SE]

Survivor Benefit Program Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Elimination: Dept. of Defense, S12380 [4NO]

Tribute to Marie Smith: Chris Smith, E752 [22AP]

———Elyse Smith, E752 [22AP]

———Melissa Smith Clement, E751 [22AP]

———Mike Smith, E752 [22AP]

Studies

Keeping What They've Earned—Working Families and Tax Credits: Children's Defense Fund (organization), S1201 [9FE]

Summaries

Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (S. 282), S985 [3FE]

Senior Elder Care Relief and Empowerment (SECURE) Act (S. 835), S3832 [18AP]

Tables

Child support collections, S13327 [18NO]

Comparison of flat tax to current tax system, S3739 [15AP]

Federal child support funding reduction, S13326 [18NO]

Flat tax individual return form, S3738 [15AP]

Polls on requiring parental involvement in minors' abortions, S5432 [18MY]

Proposed VA budget for fiscal year 2006, S2723 [15MR]

State ballot results on marriage amendments, S365 [24JA]

Taxes owed under 20% flat tax for married couple with two children filing jointly, S3741 [15AP]

Testimonies

Pediatric HIV/AIDS Treatment: Josephine Nabukenya, E2166 [25OC]

Select Revenue Measures: Representative Kucinich, E1690 [29JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 159, National Military Families Week, H4194 [8JN]

H. Con. Res. 209, support goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, H8370 [27SE]

H. Res. 99, express condolences to families of individuals killed and sympathy to individuals injured on anniversary of terrorist bombing attacks in Madrid, Spain, H1326 [10MR]

H. Res. 126, consideration of H.R. 27, Job Training Improvement Act, H859 [2MR]

H. Res. 202, consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act, H1910 [13AP]

H. Res. 236, consideration of H.R. 748, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, H2562 [27AP]

H. Res. 253, characterization of Democratic amendments to Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act contained in the Committee on the Judiciary (House) report, H2768 [3MY]

H. Res. 483, support goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week, H12213 [18DE]

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

H.J. Res. 61, support goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day, H8180 [21SE]

H.J. Res. 66, support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event, H8366 [27SE]

H.R. 8, Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act, H1921 [13AP]

H.R. 27, Job Training Improvement Act, H881-H902 [2MR]

H.R. 748, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, H2606 [27AP]

H.R. 856, Federal Youth Coordination Act, H10179 [15NO]

H.R. 1160, Welfare Reform Extension Act, H1387 [14MR]

H.R. 1220, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H5749-H5751 [13JY]

H.R. 1790, Child Medication Safety Act, H10185 [15NO]

H.R. 3021, TANF Extension Act, H5372 [29JN]

H.R. 3200, Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act, S10480 [27SE], H6453 [26JY], H8413 [28SE]

H.R. 3665, Veterans Housing and Employment Improvement Act, H10074-H10078 [9NO]

H.R. 3672, TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act, H7766 [8SE]

H.R. 4388, Tax Revision Act, H11150 [7DE]

H.R. 4635, TANF and Child Care Continuation Act, H12285 [18DE]

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

S. 13, Fulfilling Our Duty to America's Veterans Act, S169-S174 [24JA]

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

S. 78, Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act, S254 [24JA]

S. 90, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S257 [24JA]

S. 105, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, S264-S278 [24JA]

S. 119, Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act, S304-S309 [24JA]

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

S. 133, AMBER Response Act, S348 [24JA]

S. 141, increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S363 [24JA]

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

S. 233, Caring for Children Act, S743 [1FE]

S. 324, Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act, S1200 [9FE]

S. 409, Federal Youth Coordination Act, S1554 [16FE]

S. 456, Pathways to Independence Act, S1678 [17FE]

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

S. 525, Caring for Children Act, S2032-S2037 [3MR]

S. 526, Child Care Quality Incentive Act, S2038 [3MR]

S. 559, Protection of Vulnerable Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act, S2260-S2262 [8MR]

S. 666, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, S3037-S3053 [17MR]

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

S. 725, Dept. of Education Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program (CCAMPIS) improvement, S3296 [6AP]

S. 784, Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act, S3657 [14AP]

S. 798, Military Families Leave Act, S3669 [14AP]

S. 812, Flat Tax Act, S3742-S3747 [15AP]

S. 835, Senior Elder Care Relief and Empowerment (SECURE) Act, S3832 [18AP]

S. 923, TANF Financial Education Promotion Act, S4418 [27AP]

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

S. 965, reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations, S4581 [28AP]

S. 987, Restoring Safety to Indian Women Act, S4873 [10MY]

S. 994, Family Abduction Prevention Act, S4938 [11MY]

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

S. 1028, Military Personnel Financial Services Education Act, S5159 [12MY]

S. 1049, Covering Kids Act, S5303 [17MY]

S. 1099, Tax Simplification Act, S5782-S5784 [23MY]

S. 1101, Improving Head Start Access for Homeless and Foster Children Act, S5785 [23MY]

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. 1234, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S6484 [14JN], H10359 [16NO]

S. 1248, Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse (SEARCH) Act, S6494 [14JN]

S. 1249, Student Fairness Act, S6661 [15JN]

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

S. 1342, Veterans Outreach Improvement Act, S7828 [30JN]

S. 1385, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act, S8140-S8142 [12JY]

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

S. 1630, National Emergency Family Locator Act, S9737 [7SE]

S. 1679, Working to Enhance Courts for At-Risk and Endangered Kids Act, S9933-S9939 [12SE]

S. 1722, Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act, S10189-S10193 [19SE]

S. 1775, Working Family Child Assistance Act, S10517 [27SE]

S. 1796, Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act, S10738-S10746 [29SE]

S. 1888, Military Family Support Act, S11563 [19OC]

S. 1894, Fair Access Foster Care Act, S11597 [19OC], H9982 [8NO]

S. 1899, provide for reporting and reduction of child abuse and family violence incidences on Indian reservations, S11667-S11669 [20OC]

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

S. Con. Res. 27, National Month of the Military Child, S3690, S3713 [14AP]

S. Con. Res. 30, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4597 [28AP]

S. Con. Res. 41, National Military Families Week, S6340 [9JN]

S. Con. Res. 49, Medicaid anniversary, S9541 [29JY]

S. Con. Res. 58, support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event, S11328 [7OC]

S. Con. Res. 72, Global Family Day, S13856 [16DE]

S. Res. 9, National Military Family Month, S369 [24JA], S12711 [10NO]

S. Res. 47, tribute to civilian employers of members of the Reserve components of the Armed Forces for their support of members who are called to active duty and for their support of the members' families, S1307 [10FE]

S. Res. 67, Extension Living Well Week, S1810, S1811 [28FE]

S. Res. 68, Read Across America Day, S1810, S1811 [28FE]

S. Res. 71, National Safe Place Week, S2046 [3MR], S2501 [10MR]

S. Res. 112, National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, S3753, S3761 [15AP]

S. Res. 123, Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans, S4264 [26AP]

S. Res. 128, Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans, S4595, S4603 [28AP]

S. Res. 137, National Child Care Worthy Wage Day, S5171, S5182 [12MY]

S. Res. 156, National Hunger Awareness Day, S5938, S5939 [25MY]

S. Res. 162, anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples, S6170 [7JN]

S. Res. 250, support goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day, S10383, S10391 [22SE]

S. Res. 251, ensure that Federal response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Katrina include consideration for animal rescue and care, S10440, S10460 [26SE]

S. Res. 266, Family History Month, S11142, S11166 [5OC]

S. Res. 271, National Character Counts Week, S11326, S11332 [7OC]

S. Res. 275, National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week, S11482 [18OC], S13509 [13DE]

S. Res. 276, express that the attachment therapy technique known as rebirthing is a dangerous practice and should be prohibited, S11482, S11500 [18OC]

S. Res. 280, support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event, S11579, S11596 [19OC]

S. Res. 282, support goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, S11672 [20OC], S11950 [26OC]

S. Res. 299, support goals and ideals of National Adoption Month, S12358, S12372 [3NO]

S. Res. 331, address fertility issues facing cancer survivors, S13591 [14DE]

S.J. Res. 1, constitutional amendment on definition of marriage, S366 [24JA]

Transcripts

Analysis—Indonesian Government Bans Adoptions of Tsunami Orphans: National Public Radio, S8516 [20JY]

Foster-Care System Often Ends Up Hurting the Kids It Was Designed To Protect: Minnesota Public Radio, E953 [12MY]