PRYOR, MARK (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), S3560, S3620 [26AP], S3832 [1MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2203, S2217 [15MR], S2250 [16MR]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 2349), S1912 [8MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5882 [14JN], S6090 [19JN], S6301, S6313, S6318, S6320 [21JN], S6386, S6421, S6436 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7430, S7431, S7434, S7440 [12JY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4365, S4369 [10MY]

Appointments

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, S143 [25JA]

Articles and editorials

After Hu, Who? Financial Times (publication), S3696 [27AP]

Azerbaijan Leader, Under Fire, Hopes U.S. Visit Improves Image, C.J. Chivers, New York (NY) Times, S3697 [27AP]

Hugh Patterson, Chief of Arkansas Gazette for 38 Years, Dies at 91, Noel E. Oman, Little Rock (AR) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, S5427 [5JN]

Retreat From the Freedom Agenda, Jackson Diehl, Washington (DC) Post, S3698 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see S. 2438), S2313 [16MR]

Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see S. 2658), S5231 [25MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 407), S7331 [11JY]

Bentsen, Lloyd: tribute (see S. Res. 489), S4967 [23MY]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 380), S1414 [16FE]

Borlaug, Norman E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2250), S6420 [22JN]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see S. 2321), S3802 [1MY]

Children and youth: protect minors from harmful material on the Internet by implementing .xxx domain names for sexually explicit material (see S. 2426), S2312 [16MR]

Contracts: improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse, improving competition, and enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel (see S. 2361), S1644 [2MR]

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), S6492 [26JN]

———improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see S. 1998), S2534 [29MR]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see S. 2389), S1893 [8MR]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2784), S4468 [11MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see S. 2157), S6560 [27JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an Assistant Sec. for Rural Veterans and improve care provided to veterans living in rural areas (see S. 2433), S2312 [16MR]

———establish Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers and Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 1537), S7332 [11JY]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see S. 2599), S6062 [19JN]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see S. 1353), S6787 [29JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S1834 [7MR]

Economy: improve American innovation and competitiveness in the global economy (see S. 2802), S4892 [22MY]

Education: improve global competitiveness through mathematics and science scholarships, fellowships, and research grants, visa programs for mathematics and science doctoral students, and Dept. of Defense research grants (see S. 2198), S211 [26JA]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see S. 2201), S2314 [16MR]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs until implementing legislation for the World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round is enacted (see S. 2696), S3893 [2MY]

FCC: make efforts to reduce telephone rates for Armed Forces personnel deployed overseas (see S. 2653), S3588 [26AP]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see S. 2012), S329 [30JA]

Hattie W. Caraway Post Office, Jonesboro, AR: designate (see S. 2228), S370 [31JA]

Health: provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 424), S7415 [12JY]

Israel: anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (see S. Con. Res. 98), S5659 [8JN]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see S. 3548), S6561 [27JN]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see S. Res. 362), S370 [31JA]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 1512), S6560 [27JN]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see S. 811), S4108 [5MY]

Mead, Kenneth M.: tribute (see S. Res. 382), S1461 [17FE]

Medicare: coverage of kidney disease education services (see S. 717), S5875 [14JN]

———eliminate months from calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the prescription drug program and provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs and area agencies on aging (see S. 2810), S5600 [7JN]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 1217), S5343 [26MY]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see S. 1841), S728 [6FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 2183), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2183), S123 [25JA]

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see S. 2181), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2181), S123 [25JA]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 1272), S1129 [13FE]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see S. 2370), S2534 [29MR]

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2235), S446 [1FE]

Motor vehicles: reform setting and calculation of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles (see S. 2830), S4796 [18MY]

National Guard: commend members, fully fund equipment needs, and request consultation by the Dept. of Defense with Congress and the States prior to proposing force structure changes (see S. Res. 355), S211 [26JA]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see S. Res. 313), S3422 [24AP]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 439), S3508 [25AP]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 507), S6635 [28JN]

Native Americans: promote development of small business concerns (see S. 1907), S125 [25JA]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 2382), S1834 [7MR] (see S. 2510), S2901 [5AP]

Power resources: improve global competitiveness in science and energy technology, strengthen basic research programs, and support mathematics and science education (see S. 2197), S211 [26JA]

———promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities (see S. 3325), S5342 [26MY] (see S. 3623), S6787 [29JN]

Romania: improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children (see S. Res. 359), S1835 [7MR]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see S. 1881), S3379 [7AP]

SBA: reauthorize 7(a) loan guaranty program (see S. 2594), S3212 [6AP]

———reauthorize and improve the disaster loans program (see S. 3487), S5659 [8JN]

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), S2416 [27MR]

Sigma Alpha Epsilon (fraternal organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 389), S1680 [3MR]

Small business: modernize the treatment of development companies (see S. 2595), S3212 [6AP]

———provide assistance for small businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita (see S. 1807), S125 [25JA]

Tariff: 1-fluoro-2-nitro benzene (see S. 2386), S1893 [8MR]

Taxation: provide incentives to promote research and development, innovation, and continuing education (see S. 2199), S211 [26JA]

Transportation: improve maritime, rail, and public transportation security (see S. 2791), S4469 [11MY]

Uganda: encourage prosecution of terrorists of the Lord's Resistance Army, provide humanitarian assistance, and designate a National Week of Prayer and Reflection for the people of Uganda (see S. Res. 366), S510 [2FE]

Veterans: establish a grant program to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in remote rural areas (see S. 1191), S6492 [26JN]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 558), S1834 [7MR]

———expand scope of educational programs for which accelerated payments of assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used (see S. 2416), S2201 [15MR]

———health care funding (see S. 331), S1505 [27FE]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see S. 2703), S5231 [25MY]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 707), S5660 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see S. 2264), S978 [9FE]

Dept. of the Interior: designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, AR, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System (see S. 2417), S2202 [15MR]

FEMA: provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains (see S. 2343), S1579 [1MR] (see S. 2619), S3378 [7AP]

Natural gas: enhance affordability by rebalancing domestic supply and demand and promoting production from domestic resources (see S. 2290), S1353 [15FE]

Tariff: crotonaldehyde (see S. 2456), S2415 [27MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: reward National Guard and Reserve service in Iraq with paid leave at the end of deployment in Iraq, S6396 [22JN]

Azerbaijan: human rights violations, S3696 [27AP]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 2349), S2451 [28MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S6396 [22JN]

FEMA: provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains (S. 2343), S1580 [1MR]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities, S2451 [28MR]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, S9 [18JA]

Motor vehicles: reform setting and calculation of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles (S. 2830), S4800 [18MY]

Natural gas: enhance affordability by rebalancing domestic supply and demand and promoting production from domestic resources (S. 2290), S1359 [15FE]

Senate: establish an Office of Public Integrity, S2451 [28MR]

Texts of

S. 2417, Dept. of the Interior designation of the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, AR, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, S2205 [15MR]

Tributes

Haines, Curtis, S5593 [7JN]

Mustain, Mitch, S977 [9FE]

Patterson, Hugh, S5426 [5JN]

Rash, Garland, S2412 [27MR]

Thompson, William J., S5596 [7JN]