HATCH, ORRIN G. (a Senator from Utah)

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13233, S13234 [17NO], S13453 [12DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2866, S2871 [16MR], S2930, S2998 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8686, S8706, S8711 [21JY], S8779, S8860, S8861, S8862 [25JY], S9016 [26JY], S10974 [4OC], S12499, S12505, S12540 [8NO], S12608 [9NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10806 [30SE], S10980 [4OC], S11119 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8007, S8025 [11JY], S8202, S8238 [13JY], S8252 [14JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), S7785, S7869 [30JN]

Health: provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), S13926 [16DE]

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

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 115), S4549 [28AP]

Pensions: reform funding rules (S. 1783), S13032 [16NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S7072, S7170, S7171, S7192 [22JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4964, S4987 [11MY]

Analyses

Family Entertainment and Copyright Act: Title II Provisions Relative to Copyright Infringement Exemptions To Allow Private Individuals To Skip or Mute Objectionable Material in Movies (2004), S501 [25JA]

Appointments

Committee on Taxation (Joint), S506 [25JA]

Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, S6060 [26MY]

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

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

Congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations, S829 [1FE]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, S1309 [10FE]

Articles and editorials

Advice and Consent, Las Vegas (NV) Review Journal, S2410 [10MR]

Battle Over Judges—With Estrada Out, Senate Must End Turmoil, San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, S2410 [10MR]

Call End to Filibuster, Tom Dennis, Grand Forks (ND) Herald, S2410 [10MR]

Hatch Is Wrong About History of Judicial Appointments, S5768 [23MY]

Let's Change Rules That Hang Up Judicial Nominees, Buffalo (NY) News, S2410 [10MR]

Politics of Filibusters, Wall Street Journal, S2409 [10MR]

Time for Filibuster Rules To Change, Wheeling (WV) News Register Intelligencer, S2409 [10MR]

Up, Down or Out, Bob Dole, New York (NY) Times, S4368 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 51), S143 [24JA]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see S. 1333), S7614 [29JN]

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

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

Arms control: improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and U.S. nonproliferation operations (see S. 313), S4109 [21AP]

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 58), S1623 [17FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 256), S739 [1FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of massacre at Srebrenica (see S. Res. 134), S6226 [8JN]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see S. 642), S8218 [13JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (see S. 525), S2004 [3MR]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see S. 408), S3654 [14AP]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 677), S2995 [17MR]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 618), S7521 [28JN]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see S. 1155), S11769 [24OC]

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

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

———amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see S. 5), S435 [25JA]

———establish streamlined procedures for collateral review of mixed petitions, amendments, and defaulted claims (see S. 1088), S7821 [30JN]

———limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see S. 489), S3415 [11AP]

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

Crime: increase penalties for terrorism against mass transportation and railroads and provide law enforcement with the tools to combat and prevent such attacks (see S. 629), S4022 [20AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 8, 403), S2245 [8MR]

———provide enhanced penalties for crimes committed using funds appropriated for remediation of any injury or damage caused by Hurricane Katrina (see S. 1720), S10973 [4OC]

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

———reduce criminal gang activities (see S. 155), S436 [25JA]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for any study related to the transportation of chemical munitions across State lines (see S. 186), S3201 [5AP]

Dept. of Justice: extend and expand the Child Safety Pilot Program (see S. 1961), S12401 [4NO]

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

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see S. 306), S1049 [7FE]

Diseases: enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and strengthen research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus (see S. 756), S3413 [11AP]

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

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 602), S10425 [26SE]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see S. Res. 182), S8950 [26JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1082), S5531 [19MY]

Drugs: lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see S. 45), S143 [24JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S10514 [27SE]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see S. 246), S8826 [25JY]

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

Explosives: require imported explosives to be marked in the same manner as domestically manufactured explosives (see S. 739), S3358 [7AP]

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

FAA: preserve Essential Air Service Program (see S. 217), S3148 [4AP]

———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 65), S6154 [7JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 1), S145 [24JA]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to medical device user fees (see S. 1420), S8746 [22JY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 98), S5071 [12MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 397), S1868 [1MR]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs (see S. 1578), S9467 [29JY]

Food stamps: permit participating households to use food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements providing vitamins or minerals (see S. 1546), S9285 [28JY]

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

Foreign policy: clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see S. Con. Res. 55), S10724 [29SE]

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

Great Basin National Heritage Route: establish (see S. 249), S1199 [9FE]

Health: enhance adoption of health information technology and improve the quality and reduce the costs of healthcare (see S. 1355), S7820 [30JN]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see S. 760), S3414 [11AP]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 424), S5922 [25MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 471), S1794 [28FE]

———reduce health care disparities and improve health care quality of minorities by improving data collection, providing performance incentives, and expanding programs seeking to eliminate health disparities (see S. 1929), S12006 [27OC]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S6742 [16JN]

Hurricanes: encourage the President to appoint an individual to oversee Federal funds for Hurricane Katrina recovery (see S. Res. 242), S10119 [15SE]

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

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

———adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, withdrawn (see S. 359), S2996 [17MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 328), S13362 [18NO]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see S. 577), S4151 [22AP]

International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 74), S2245 [8MR]

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

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 358), S1624 [17FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 370), S1344 [14FE]

Liebengood, Howard S.: tribute (see S. Res. 7), S145 [24JA]

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

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

Medicare: make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see S. 657), S3279 [6AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 438), S1623 [17FE]

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

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 86), S2995 [17MR]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 115), S4549 [28AP]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 31), S3280 [6AP]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 757), S3413 [11AP]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 57), S1514 [16FE]

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

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

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 378), S3898 [19AP]

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

Nuclear energy: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored (see S. 2099), S13570 [14DE]

Nuclear weapons: establish U.S. policy on size of land-based intercontinental ballistic missile force (see S. 1931), S12128 [1NO]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roads and highways: maintenance funding for public roads used by school buses serving certain Indian reservations (see S. 168), S1795 [28FE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see S. 863), S13161 [17NO]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 267), S10797 [30SE]

States: regulation of access to hunting and fishing for residents and nonresidents (see S. 339), S3202 [5AP]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 484), S11768 [24OC]

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

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see S. 419), S6405 [13JN]

———make permanent the shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 621), S6405 [13JN]

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

———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 relief, improve certain welfare and child care programs, encourage charitable contributions, improve disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance financial security opportunities (see S. 6), S2004 [3MR]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 1321), S13660 [15DE]

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

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see S. 193), S740 [1FE]

Television: ensure full access to digital television in areas served by low-power television (see S. 1600), S9468 [29JY]

Terrorism: provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack (see S. 975), S4547 [28AP]

U.N.: withhold funding if the U.N. abridges U.S. right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1488), S9471 [29JY]

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

Utah: authorize exchange of certain land in Grand and Uintah Counties (see S. 1135), S6021 [26MY]

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

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

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

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see S. 1719), S13362 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Beaver County, UT: real property conveyance (see S. 52), S143 [24JA]

Children and youth: improve programs to monitor, register, deter, and punish individuals who commit violent sexual crimes against children (see S. 1086), S5532 [19MY]

Crime: enhance protection of children from sexual exploitation by requiring producers of sexually explicit material to keep and permit inspection of records regarding the age of performers (see S. 2140), S13786 [16DE]

Dept. of Justice: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (see S. 1395), S8217 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to Richfield, UT (see S. 623), S2734 [15MR]

———issue separate leases for tar sand and oil and gas for the same area (see S. 53), S143 [24JA]

———study feasibility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, UT (see S. 1811), S10823 [3OC]

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

Dixie National Forest: convey certain real property (see S. 1941), S12076 [31OC]

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

Feed America Thursday: designate (see S. Res. 298), S12353 [3NO] (see S. Res. 314), S12839 [15NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 12), S3653 [14AP]

Health: provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Cell Transplantation Program (see S. 1317), S7428 [27JN]

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

Juab County, UT: provide for conjunctive use of surface and ground water (see S. 1812), S10823 [3OC]

Martinez, Heilit: relief (see S. 905), S4257 [26AP]

Miller, Arthur: tribute (see S. Res. 78), S2384 [9MR]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see S. 681), S2995 [17MR]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (see S. 54), S143 [24JA]

Petroleum: promote oil shale and tar sand development (see S. 1111), S5851 [24MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (see S. 876), S4108 [21AP]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 2010), S12839 [15NO]

Taxation: allow full expensing for the cost of qualified refinery property in the year the property is placed in service, and classify petroleum refining property as 5-year property for depreciation (see S. 1781), S10594 [28SE]

———clarify calculation of the reserve allowance for medical benefits of plans sponsored by bona fide associations (see S. 897), S4184 [25AP]

———encourage and accelerate production, sale, and use of new motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see S. 971), S4547 [28AP]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see S. 1156), S6022 [26MY]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see S. 627), S2734 [15MR]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see S. 1159), S6022 [26MY]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see S. 1584), S9467 (see S. 1598), S9468 [29JY]

———provide incentives to increase refinery capacity in the U.S. (see S. 1039), S5219 [16MY]

Trail of the Ancients National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see S. 1414), S8384 [15JY]

U.S. Tax Court: modernize (see S. 661), S2994 [17MR]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: assist property owners and Federal agencies in resolving disputes relating to private property (see S. 1883), S11476 [18OC]

Utah: authorize exchange of certain land between the Boy Scouts of America Utah National Parks Council and Brian Head Ski Resort (see S. 476), S1866 [1MR]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3719 [15AP], S3879, S3888 [19AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S2053 [4MR], S2216 [8MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11814 [25OC], S11957 [27OC]

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

Johnson, Stephen L.: nomination to be EPA Administrator, S4431 [27AP], S4529 [28AP]

Portman, Representative: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S4431 [27AP]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4854 [10MY], S5026 [12MY]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), motion to proceed, S4157 [22AP], S4235 [26AP]

Colloquies

Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Title II Provisions Relative to Copyright Infringement Exemptions To Allow Private Individuals To Skip or Mute Objectionable Material in Movies: Senators Hatch, Cornyn, and Feinstein (2004), S500 [25JA]

Eulogies

Puglia, Robert K.: by Janice Rogers Brown, S6194 [8JN]

Hearings

Nomination of William H. Pryor, Jr., To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6271 [9JN]

Letters

Child Protection and Home Safety Act: Ed Rhoades, Utah Chiefs of Police Association, S9519 [29JY]

Nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to be circuit judge: Ellis J. Horvitz, S6123 [7JN]

———Regis Lane, Minorities in Law Enforcement (organization), S6123 [7JN]

———several judicial colleagues of Janice Rogers Brown, S6123 [7JN]

Prevent certain employee retention bonuses during bankruptcy reorganizations: Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, S2341 [9MR]

Reopening of Canadian border relative to Dept. of Agriculture ruling on risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease): by, S1967 [3MR]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement: 9/11 Families for a Secure America (organization), S13644 [15DE]

Lists

Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, St. George, UT, volunteers, S11914 [26OC]

Privilege of the floor

Valentine, Ken, S6341 [9JN]

Winthrop, Katie, S13683 [15DE]

Remarks

Air Force: depot maintenance funding, S8779 [25JY]

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S12882 [16NO], S13565 [14DE]

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

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 58), S1788 [28FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S1785 [28FE], S1842 [1MR], S1893, S1899 [2MR], S1982, S1995 [3MR], S2128 [7MR], S2207, S2215 [8MR], S2310, S2311, S2337, S2341 [9MR], S2427, S2459 [10MR]

———disallow claims against certain underage individuals, S2310 [9MR]

———establish a Federal homestead exemption for debtors whose financial situations were caused by serious medical problems, S1899 [2MR]

———establish a Federal homestead floor exemption for senior citizens, S1893 [2MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors whose financial situations were caused by identity theft, S1982 [3MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors whose financial situations were caused by serious medical problems, S1899 [2MR]

———exempt from means testing debtors whose income falls below the median income level, S2311 [9MR]

———exempt means testing, disallow claims on certain high-cost loans, and establish Federal homestead and personal property exemptions for servicemen, veterans, and spouses of those who die in military service, S1844 [1MR]

———increase accrual period for employee wage priority, S2311 [9MR]

———increase payments of wages and benefits to employees and require payment to retirees for lost health benefits by companies filing for bankruptcy, S1995 [3MR]

———limit exemption for asset protection trusts, S2427 [10MR]

———modify definition of disinterested person in the bankruptcy code relative to conflict-of-interest standards, S2337 [9MR]

———nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, S2207 [8MR]

———protect assets necessary for the financial support of children, S2311 [9MR]

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

Bodman, Sec. of Energy: confirmation, S738 [1FE]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S5984 [26MY]

Brown, Janice Rogers: nomination to be circuit judge, S6122, S6123, S6124 [7JN], S6193, S6195 [8JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12204 [2NO], S12339 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), conference report, S14208 [21DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S12930, S12931 [16NO], S13104, S13138, S13141 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2824 [16MR], S2955, S2965 [17MR]

Chertoff, Michael: nomination to be Sec. of Homeland Security, S1373 [15FE]

Children and youth: improve programs to monitor, register, deter, and punish individuals who commit violent sexual crimes against children (S. 1086), S5539 [19MY]

Citizens' Health Care Working Group: implementation of proposals, S5038 [12MY]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), S1005 [7FE], S1086, S1090, S1094 [8FE], S1163, S1177 [9FE], S1227, S1229 [10FE]

———establish time limits for action by Federal district courts on motions to remand class action cases that have been removed to Federal court, S1227 [10FE]

———exempt class action lawsuits brought by State attorneys general from amended procedures that apply to interstate class actions, S1163 [9FE]

———exempt class actions involving civil rights or certain labor laws from amendments to court procedures to move certain class action cases from State to Federal courts, S1090 [8FE]

———Federal court management of interstate class actions asserting claims governed by differing State laws, S1177 [9FE]

Crawford, Lester M.: nomination to be FDA Commissioner, S8404, S8407, S8408 [18JY]

Credit: limit amount of interest that can be charged on any credit extension, S1982 [3MR]

Crime: enhance protection of children from sexual exploitation by requiring producers of sexually explicit material to keep and permit inspection of records regarding the age of performers (S. 2140), S13810 [16DE]

———reduce criminal gang activities (S. 155), S482 [25JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8777, S8779 [25JY], S9211 [28JY]

———F/A-22 aircraft funding, S8777 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S11117 [5OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 74), S14237 [21DE]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit spent nuclear fuel from being deposited into, or transported to, a non-federally-owned, offsite facility and conduct study on the storage, reprocessing, and recycling of spent nuclear fuel, S7218, S7220 [23JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8284 [14JY]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S2965 [17MR]

Dept. of Justice: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (S. 1395), S8292 [14JY]

Dept. of the Interior: allow BLM to use oil and gas lease rental fees to process applications for natural gas and oil drilling permits, S9271 [28JY]

———convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to Richfield, UT (S. 623), S2738 [15MR]

———issue separate leases for tar sand and oil and gas for the same area, S9357 [29JY]

———study feasibility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, UT (S. 1811), S10826 [3OC]

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

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

Dixie National Forest: convey certain real property (S. 1941), S12077 [31OC]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7729 [30JN]

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

Feed America Thursday: designate (S. Res. 298), S12358 [3NO]

Firearms: exempt cases involving child victims from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9378 [29JY]

———exempt cases involving gross negligence or reckless conduct resulting in a proximate cause of death or injury from prohibition on lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, S9228 [28JY]

———expand definition of armor piercing ammunition and promulgate uniform testing standards of projectiles against body armor, S9382 [29JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), S9211, S9228 [28JY], S9378, S9382, S9387 [29JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), motion to proceed, S8929 [26JY], S9076 [27JY]

———protect rights of child victims to secure damages from those who participate in the arming of criminals, S9378 [29JY]

———regulate sale and possession of armor piercing ammunition, S9382 [29JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 12), S3686 [14AP]

Ginsburg, Douglas: judicial philosophy as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, S14305 [21DE]

Gonzales, Alberto R.: nomination to be Attorney General, S702, S703, S710 [1FE], S859 [2FE], S942 [3FE]

———role in interpretation of law and development of policies relative to treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S703, S710 [1FE], S862 [2FE], S942 [3FE]

Griffith, Thomas B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6351 [13JN], S6433 [14JN]

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

Health: improve emergency medical services for children (S. 760), S3433 [11AP]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Cell Transplantation Program (S. 1317), S7433 [27JN]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), S13639 [15DE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S13639 [15DE]

———provide liability protection to manufacturers of pandemic vaccines, S14237 [21DE]

Higher Education Act: extend programs (H.R. 3784), S10289 [21SE]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3645), S9597 [1SE]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9702 [7SE]

Immigration: improve border security, S8284 [14JY]

Intellectual property: strengthen laws and rights (S. 167), S494, S499 [25JA]

Iraq: elections, S965 [3FE]

Juab County, UT: provide for conjunctive use of surface and ground water (S. 1812), S10826 [3OC]

Leavitt, Michael O.: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S535 [26JA]

Liebengood, Howard S.: tribute (S. Res. 7), S112 [24JA]

Martinez, Heilit: relief (S. 905), S4260 [26AP]

Medicaid: funding, S14209 [21DE]

Medicare: funding, S14208 [21DE]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, S2824 [16MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit for individuals who are both Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, S12204 [2NO]

Miller, Arthur: tribute (S. Res. 78), S2401 [9MR]

Minimum wage: level, S2128 [7MR]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (S. 681), S3060 [17MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (S. 757), S12002 [27OC]

Negroponte, John D.: nomination to be Director of National Intelligence, S4070 [21AP]

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

Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S5413 [18MY], S5740 [23MY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (S. 1783), S12919 [16NO]

Petroleum: promote oil shale and tar sand development, S9357 [29JY]

———promote oil shale and tar sand development (S. 1111), S5853 [24MY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (S. Res. 95), S3169 [5AP]

Portman, Representative: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S4533 [28AP]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S7218, S7220 [23JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S9271 [28JY], S9356 [29JY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S860 [2FE], S1833 [1MR], S2408, S2411 [10MR], S3964 [20AP], S4366, S4369 [27AP], S4798, S4799, S4801 [10MY], S5413 [18MY], S5476 [19MY], S5738, S5751, S5752 [23MY], S6193 [8JN], S9211 [28JY], S10465 [27SE], S12882 [16NO], S13565 [14DE]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6263 [9JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S14210 [21DE]

Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (S. Res. 234), S9707 [7SE]

Rice, Condoleezza: nomination to be Sec. of State, S417 [25JA]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10411 [26SE], S10465 [27SE]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8584-S8586 [20JY], S9211 [28JY], S9421 [29JY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (S. 876), S4120 [21AP]

Senate: clarify treatment of outside income and expenses relative to the practice of medicine, S13104 [17NO]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S1833 [1MR], S2408, S2411 [10MR], S3964 [20AP], S4366, S4369 [27AP], S4798, S4799, S4801 [10MY], S5413 [18MY], S5476 [19MY], S5738, S5751, S5752 [23MY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 2010), S12847 [15NO]

Spellings, Sec. of Education: confirmation, S138 [24JA]

St. George, UT: tribute to Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, S11914 [26OC]

Tariff Act: repeal dumping and subsidy offset, S14210 [21DE]

Taxation: allow full expensing for the cost of qualified refinery property in the year the property is placed in service, and classify petroleum refining property as 5-year property for depreciation (S. 1781), S10598 [28SE]

———clarify calculation of the reserve allowance for medical benefits of plans sponsored by bona fide associations (S. 897), S4190 [25AP]

———encourage and accelerate production, sale, and use of new motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies, S9356 [29JY]

———encourage and accelerate production, sale, and use of new motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (S. 971), S4585 [28AP]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources, S9356 [29JY]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (S. 1156), S6053 [26MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers, S12930, S12931 [16NO]

———modify excise tax on amounts received under insurance policies in which certain exempt organizations hold an interest, S13138 [17NO]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (S. 627), S2740 [15MR]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (S. 1159), S6055 [26MY]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (S. 1598), S9518 [29JY]

———provide incentives to increase refinery capacity in the U.S., S9357 [29JY]

———provide incentives to increase refinery capacity in the U.S. (S. 1039), S5224 [16MY]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates, S13141 [17NO]

Television: ensure full access to digital television in areas served by low-power television, S14211 [21DE]

Terrorism: provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack, S14237 [21DE]

———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack (S. 975), S4594 [28AP]

Trail of the Ancients National Heritage Area: feasibility study (S. 1414), S8387 [15JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S5270 [17MY]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, S9410 [29JY]

U.S. Tax Court: modernize (S. 661), S3011 [17MR]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: assist property owners and Federal agencies in resolving disputes relating to private property (S. 1883), S11479 [18OC]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13640-S13644 [15DE]

Utah: authorize exchange of certain land between the Boy Scouts of America Utah National Parks Council and Brian Head Ski Resort (S. 476), S1785 [28FE]

———transportation projects funding, S9410 [29JY]

Votes: position on missed, S11295 [7OC], S12514 [8NO]

Statements

Deficit Reduction Act Provisions Relative to Medicaid Benefits: Mark B. McClellan, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S14211 [21DE]

Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act: Arthur Miller, S2401 [9MR]

Tribute to Thomas B. Griffith: Senator Dodd, S6353 [13JN]

Summaries

Tax Court Modernization Act (S. 661), S3012 [17MR]

Texts of

S. 167, Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, S495-S498 [25JA]

S. 627, Investment in America Act, S2741 [15MR]

S. 876, Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act, S4121 [21AP]

S. 897, clarify calculation of the reserve allowance for medical benefits of insurance plans sponsored by bona fide associations, S4191 [25AP]

S. 1156, extend tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources, S6054 [26MY]

S. 1159, permanently extend the subpart F tax exemption for active financing income, S6055 [26MY]

S. 1317, Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Therapy and Research Act, S7434-S7437 [27JN]

S. 1598, Child Protection and Home Safety Act, S9518 [29JY]

S. 1781, Refinery Investment Tax Assistance Act, S10599 [28SE]

Tributes

Bentley, Shawn M., S11201, S11202 [6OC]

Callaway, Robbie, S14054 [19DE]

Coburn, Senator, S13104 [17NO]

Cottrell, Vicki, S5067 [12MY]

Martin, Gregory S. (Speedy), S9421 [29JY]

Payne, Rocky, S4537 [28AP]

Rehnquist, William H., S9703 [7SE]

Reid, Mike, S7068 [22JN]

Smith, Matthew R., S1791 [28FE]