FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

Addresses

Public Service Recognition Week: John E. Potter, Postmaster General, S5220-S5222 [25MY]

Amendments

Courts: extend authority to redact certain sensitive information in financial disclosure statements filed by judges (H.R. 4311), S5606, S5608 [7JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2032, H2036, H2037, H2038, H2039, H2040, H2042, H2044, H2046 [3MY]

OMB: issue guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of micropurchases made with Government-wide commercial purchase cards (S. 457), S5509, S5514 [6JN]

Analyses

Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R. 4975): Public Citizen (organization), H2026-H2028 [3MY]

Applications

Presidential Personnel Application of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., for Non-Career Appointment: Mark R. Levin, Dept. of Justice, S299 [30JA]

Articles and editorials

Kill This Bill, H2012 [3MY]

Lobbyist Empowerment Act, H2014 [3MY]

Now You See It, Now You Don't, H2013 [3MY]

``One of the Greatest Legislative Scams That I Have Seen'', H2013 [3MY]

Sham Lobbying Reform, H2014 [3MY]

Snow Job on Lobbying, H2013 [3MY]

Stillborn Reform, H2013 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions

Air Force: limit Air Force Space Command personnel reduction (see S. 3121), S5228 [25MY] (see H.R. 5497), H3307 (see H.R. 5497), H3359 [25MY]

Alaska: provide competitive status to certain Federal employees (see S. 2797), S4523 [12MY]

Armed Forces: provide pay protection for Federal employees who are members of the Reserve and National Guard (see H.R. 5525), H3423 [6JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H. Con. Res. 427), H3908 [13JN]

Civil Service Retirement System: exempt individuals from paying interest on refund repayments of retirement contributions in order to receive credit for service covered by the refund (see H.R. 4971), H1059 [15MR]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): conduct investigation of alleged misconduct of Members of Congress and their staff implicated in the scandals associated with the criminal activity of Jack Abramoff (see H. Res. 746), H1390 [30MR] (see H. Res. 762), H1562 [5AP]

Congress: establish a fellowship program for the hiring of disabled veterans (see S. 2266), S979 [9FE]

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]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see S. 2276), S1072 [10FE] (see H.R. 5014), H1195 [28MR] (see H.R. 5454), H3137 [23MY]

———provide for ethics reform of the Federal judiciary and instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts (see S. 2202), S211 [26JA]

Credit cards: prevent abuse of Government credit cards (see S. 3480), S5659 [8JN] (see H.R. 5581), H3723 [9JN]

Crime: prohibit unauthorized removal or use of personal information contained in a database owned, operated, or maintained by the Federal Government (see S. 3506), S5779 [13JN] (see H.R. 5661), H4423 [21JN]

———provide an additional penalty for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony (see H.R. 5542), H3496 [7JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish position of Assistant Sec. for Advanced Energy Research, Technology Development, and Deployment (see S. 2196), S124 [25JA]

Dept. of HHS: require Senate confirmation for appointees to position of Assistant Sec. for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (see H.R. 5109), H1562 [5AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify investigative authority of the privacy officer (see S. 2827), S4695 [17MY]

———establish employee professional development programs (see S. 3476), S5598 [7JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: abolish term limits for the Under Sec. for Health and the Under Sec. for Benefits and simplify appointment process (see S. 2634), S3420 [24AP]

District of Columbia: permit the establishment of a program of voluntary separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts (see H.R. 5711), H4914 [29JN]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 2439), S2313 [16MR] (see H.R. 5021), H1195 [28MR]

FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (see H.R. 5449), H3016 [22MY]

———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), S211 [26JA] (see H.R. 4755), H332 [15FE]

———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 (H.R. 4755), consideration (see H. Res. 814), H2588 [12MY]

Families and domestic relations: ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 5148), H1678 [6AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit assistance to entities for course material development or instruction on human development and sexuality, if such material includes medically inaccurate information (see H.R. 5598), H3907 [13JN]

FEMA: establish requirements for appointment of Director (see H.R. 4840), H508 [1MR]

Firefighters: provide for the appropriate designation of certain Federal positions involved in wildland fire suppression activities (see H.R. 5697), H4794 [28JN]

Government: develop a demonstration project to enhance the ability of Federal agencies to continue to operate during an extended emergency situation (see H.R. 5366), H2584 [11MY]

———further restrict Federal officers and employees from representing or advising foreign entities after leaving Government service (see H.R. 4690), H154 [1FE]

———impose additional restrictions on lobbying activities (see H.R. 4670), H24 [31JA]

———improve regulation of lobbying and congressional ethics (see S. 2233), S446 [1FE]

———make certain reforms in lobbying, ethics, and campaign finance laws (see H.R. 4696), H154 [1FE]

———provide for ethics and lobbying reform (see H.R. 5677), H4520 [22JN]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4667), H24 [31JA] (see H.R. 4975), H1128 [16MR]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), consideration (see H. Res. 783), H1851 [26AP]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see S. 2180), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2180), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

———strengthen performance management and make the annual general pay increase for Federal employees contingent on performance (see S. 3492), S5779 [13JN]

Health: health and fitness program programs funding, H3877 [13JN]

House of Representatives: require the Clerk to post on the Internet for public review all travel disclosure reports submitted by Members, officers, and employees of the House (see H. Res. 647), H24 [31JA]

———urge every Member, officer, and employee to read, ponder, and reflect upon the principles of the U.S. Constitution (see H. Res. 883), H4423 [21JN]

House Rules: prohibit Members, officers, and employees of the House from accepting gifts from registered lobbyists (see H. Res. 676), H273 [14FE]

———prohibit privately-funded travel by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 666), H154 [1FE]

———require pre-approval of privately-funded travel and require the Clerk of the House to post on the Internet for public review such travel information (see H. Res. 728), H1059 [15MR]

Income: equalize authorities to provide allowances, benefits, and gratuities to U.S. civilian personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2600), S3378 [7AP]

Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 4980), H1128 [16MR]

———implement a system of electronic health records under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4859), H564 [2MR]

———increase maximum age up to which an individual may be afforded health coverage as a dependent child (see H.R. 5087), H1452 [4AP]

———use information technology in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to increase efficiency and reduce costs (see S. 2247), S728 [6FE]

Investments: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see S. 2490), S2730 [3AP]

Law enforcement: strengthen ability to combat public corruption by prohibiting honest services fraud involving Members of Congress (see S. 2559), S3211 [6AP]

Library of Congress: grant employees competitive status for appointment and extend to displaced employees career-transition assistance comparable to that granted to certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 5328), H2338 [9MY]

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

Members of Congress: require to obtain copies of the Constitution and distribute them to their staff and require that they all read such document (see H.R. 4865), H564 [2MR]

Motor vehicles: temporarily increase standard mileage rate for certain tax deductions for the use of an automobile and temporarily increase reimbursement rate for use of an automobile by Federal employees (see S. 2757), S4155 [8MY]

NASA: recognize dedication of employees at the Michoud Assembly Facility, LA, who risked their lives during Hurricane Katrina to keep generators and pumps running to protect the facilities and flight hardware (see H. Res. 892), H4554 [26JN]

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]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: establish position of Director and make position subject to Senate approval (see S. 2919), S4891 [22MY]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see S. Res. 412), S2533 [29MR]

Rechtschaffen, Joyce A.: tribute (see S. Res. 474), S4469 [11MY]

Social Security: authorize payments under Federal retirement systems to trusts set up for disabled dependents of Federal employees (see S. 2801), S4553 [15MY]

———replace certain employment requirements for Government pension offset exemption with the rule that last applied prior to enactment of the Social Security Protection Act (see H.R. 5210), H1852 [26AP]

Supervisors: establish and fund certain training programs for supervisors of Federal employees (see S. 3584), S6560 [27JN]

Taxation: exclude from gross income amounts awarded to qui tam plaintiffs (see H.R. 4887), H644 [7MR]

Transportation: provide that individuals who are eligible to join the Armed Forces are also eligible to be security screening personnel (see H.R. 4849), H564 [2MR]

———set minimum fuel economy requirements for Federal vehicles and authorize grants to States for the purchase of fuel efficient vehicles (see S. 2675), S3704 [27AP]

Valeo, Francis R.: tribute (see S. Res. 443), S3506 [25AP]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide compensation to Federal employees or defense contractors who suffered disability or death due to exposure to Agent Orange (see H.R. 4739), H224 [8FE]

Women: issue of a semipostal in order to afford a convenient means by which members of the public may contribute towards the acquisition of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government service (see H.R. 5065), H1389 [30MR]

Letters

Equalize authorities to provide allowances, benefits, and gratuities to U.S. civilian personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan: Senator Warner, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3382 [7AP], S3546 [26AP], S3681 [27AP]

Modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the FAA personnel management system: Charles Barclay, American Association of Airport Executives, H3399 [6JN]

———Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H3400 [6JN]

———J. William Lauderback, American Conservative Union, H3399 [6JN]

———National Taxpayers Union, H3399 [6JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3400 [6JN]

———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H3400 [6JN]

———several aviation organizations, H3399 [6JN]

Privacy Officer With Enhanced Rights (POWER) Act: Caroline Fredrickson and Timothy Sparapani, ACLU, S4702 [17MY]

Memorandums

Loss of Federal Pension Annuity Payments for Conviction of Certain Crimes and Contract Issues: Jack Maskell, Congressional Research Service, H2020 [3MY]

Motions

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): conduct investigation of alleged misconduct of Members of Congress and their staff implicated in the scandals associated with the criminal activity of Jack Abramoff (H. Res. 746), H1334 [30MR]

———conduct investigation of alleged misconduct of Members of Congress and their staff implicated in the scandals associated with the criminal activity of Jack Abramoff (H. Res. 762), H1514 [5AP]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2046 [3MY]

Papers

Personnel Action Relative to Bunnatine H. Greenhouse: Dept. of Defense, S5857 [14JN]

Remarks in House

Air Force: limit Air Force Space Command personnel reduction (H.R. 5497), E988 [26MY]

Buevens, Bill: National Air Traffic Controllers Association Archies League Medal of Safety recipient, E577 [25AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H. Con. Res. 427), H4926-H4928 [10JY]

Charleston, SC: tribute to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center employees for volunteer work, E678 [2MY]

Civil Service Retirement System: exempt individuals from paying interest on refund repayments of retirement contributions in order to receive credit for service covered by the refund (H.R. 4971), E373 [15MR]

Classified information: request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (H. Res. 505), H336 [16FE]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Cleveland Federal Executive Board, E578 [25AP]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): conduct investigation of alleged misconduct of Members of Congress and their staff implicated in the scandals associated with the criminal activity of Jack Abramoff (H. Res. 746), H1334 [30MR]

———conduct investigation of alleged misconduct of Members of Congress and their staff implicated in the scandals associated with the criminal activity of Jack Abramoff (H. Res. 762), H1513 [5AP]

Congress: extend civil penalties to lobbyist who knowingly offer gifts in violation of the law, H2037, H2038 [3MY]

———reform intelligence community oversight, H362 [16FE]

———staff exchange program with the German Bundestag, E83 [8FE]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (H.R. 5014), E420 [28MR]

Crime: provide an additional penalty for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony (H.R. 5542), H4676 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: privatization of Food Stamp Program eligibility determination process, H3103, H3104 [23MY]

Dept. of Defense: Defense Travel System funding, H4273, H4274 [20JN]

———prohibit funding for waiver or modification of certain National Security Personnel System regulations declared illegal, H4294, H4295 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: tribute to employees participating in the cleanup of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility, E12 [31JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Metropolitan Medical Response System funding through reductions in the MAX HR performance management program funding, H3297, H3312, H3313 [25MY]

———Office of Inspector General funding, H3300, H3318, H3319 [25MY]

———prohibit funding to reimburse attorneys fees and legal expenses relative to litigation against International Union of Operating Engineers Local 30, H3373 [6JN]

———senior officials' alleged involvement in child pornography and criminal sexual activities, H1456 [5AP]

Dept. of Justice: provide Federal attorneys compensatory time off for travel (H.R. 4057), H1144, H1145 [28MR]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), E119 [8FE]

———prohibit funding for business class or first class airline travel, H4729, H4730 [28JN]

———prohibit funding to prevent executive department personnel from corresponding directly or meeting with Republic of China officials, H4714, H4715 [28JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: prohibit funding to implement revisions to OMB rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, H3827 [13JN]

Disasters: provide for participation of judicial branch employees in the Federal leave transfer program for disasters and emergencies (S. 1736), H2983, H2984 [22MY]

Education: expand student loan forgiveness opportunities for public service employees, H1265, H1266 [29MR]

FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (H.R. 5449), H3394-H3402 [6JN], E1034, E1035, E1044 [7JN], E1059, E1072, E1074 [8JN]

———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 (H.R. 4755), H3395 [6JN]

FBI: create a housing allowance program for employees in the District of Columbia and surrounding metropolitan area, H4632, H4633 [27JN]

———protect retirement benefits of supervisory special agents, H4632, H4633 [27JN]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (H.R. 3282), H1895-H1897 [27AP], H5016 [11JY]

———prohibit assistance to entities for course material development or instruction on human development and sexuality, if such material includes medically inaccurate information (H.R. 5598), E1137 [13JN]

Foreign policy: support the capture, detention, and interrogation of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, E1156 [14JN]

Government: clarify application of criminal bribery and illegal gratuities statutes relative to earmarks, H2044, H2045 [3MY]

———curtail growth and spending, H3348, H3349 [25MY]

———further restrict Federal officers and employees from representing or advising foreign entities after leaving Government service (H.R. 4690), H302 [15FE]

———improve regulation of lobbying and congressional ethics, H229 [14FE], H374 [16FE], H1733 [25AP]

———offer Members a voluntary ethics training program within 100 days of being sworn in, H2040 [3MY]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities, H29-H31, H36 [1FE], H794 [9MR], H1324 [30MR], H1424, H1439 [4AP]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H1427 [4AP], H1710 [25AP], H1746, H1749, H1827-H1829 [26AP], H1873 [27AP], H1985, H2011-H2030, H2032-H2057 [3MY], E643 [27AP], E730 [4MY], E736 [5MY], E775 [10MY]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), consideration (H. Res. 783), H1874-H1886 [27AP]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), corrections in engrossment, H2058 [3MY]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), motion to recommit, H2055, H2056 [3MY]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying, H242 [14FE], H321-H325 [15FE], H2024, H2055, H2056 [3MY], E730 [4MY]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (H.R. 4682), H147 [1FE], H1511 [5AP], E260 [2MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1843-H1849 [26AP]

House of Representatives: prohibit privately funded travel until a system of prior approval within the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) can be established, H458 [1MR]

———urge every Member, officer, and employee to read, ponder, and reflect upon the principles of the U.S. Constitution (H. Res. 883), H4668, H4672, H4673 [27JN]

House Rules: prohibit privately-funded travel by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives, H1885 [27AP]

Income: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees, H4254 [20JN]

Insurance: make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 4424), E882 [19MY]

Intelligence services: remove barriers to intelligence agency employees communicating with certain committees of Congress, H1778, H1779 [26AP]

Library of Congress: grant employees competitive status for appointment and extend to displaced employees career-transition assistance comparable to that granted to certain other Federal employees (H.R. 5328), E843 [16MY]

Lobbyists: examine practice of charging percentage contingency fees in exchange for earmarks, H1881, H1882 [27AP]

———increase civil penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements, H2036, H2037 [3MY]

———require registered lobbyists to complete mandatory ethics training, H2042-H2044 [3MY]

Members of Congress: protect pension benefits of spouses and children of individuals involved in criminal behavior if such family members were not involved in or aware of the crime, H2042-H2044 [3MY]

———require to obtain copies of the Constitution and distribute them to their staff and require that they all read such document (H.R. 4865), H854, H855, H859 [9MR]

NASA: prohibit funding for travel policies and practices in contravention of OMB regulations on the use of agency-owned passenger aircrafts, H4726 [28JN]

———submit plan to protect whistleblowers who expose potentially catastrophic risks to health or safety, H4665 [27JN]

Postal Service: prohibit funding to implement competitive sourcing of postal police officer positions, H3931 [14JN]

Prestonburg, KY: tribute to SSA office, E625 [26AP]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, E702 [3MY]

Pueblo Government Agencies Federal Credit Union: anniversary, E1017 [6JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: prohibit funding to implement revisions to OMB rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, H4800 [29JN]

Secret Service: funding, H3375 [6JN]

Sherman, James R.: NIST Eugene Casson Crittenden Award recipient, E345 [13MR]

Slater, Kristina: Dept. of the Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service Award recipient, H1325 [30MR]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit funding to hire nonscreening personnel other than aviation security inspectors, H3335, H3336 [25MY]

Travel: limit attendance at foreign conferences, H2849 [18MY], H3101 [23MY], H3954 [14JN], H4763 [28JN]

Whistleblowing: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 1317), H4888 [29JN]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: provide competitive status to certain Federal employees (S. 2797), S4525 [12MY]

Armed Forces: establish pilot programs to authorize use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service, S6122 [20JN], S6273 [21JN], S6453 [23JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H. Con. Res. 427), S7360 [11JY]

Contracts: improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse, improving competition, and enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel, S5845-S5847, S5852, S5854-S5857 [14JN]

———improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse, improving competition, and enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel (S. 2361), S1674-S1676 [3MR], S7407 [12JY]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (S. 2276), S1073 [10FE]

———extend authority to redact certain sensitive information in financial disclosure statements filed by judges (H.R. 4311), S5607 [7JN]

———permit judges who must sell financial holdings to avoid conflict of interest to reinvest and defer paying capital gains tax until substitute investment is liquidated, S498, S499 [2FE]

———provide for ethics reform of the Federal judiciary and instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts (S. 2202), S229 [26JA]

Credit cards: prevent abuse of Government credit cards (S. 3480), S5661 [8JN]

Crime: prohibit unauthorized removal or use of personal information contained in a database owned, operated, or maintained by the Federal Government (S. 3506), S5810 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: report on biodefense staffing and training requirements in support of the national biosafety laboratories, S6364 [22JN]

———transform Defense Travel System into a fee-for-use-of-service system, S6370-S6373, S6376, S6393 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify investigative authority of the privacy officer (S. 2827), S4701 [17MY]

———establish employee professional development programs (S. 3476), S5602 [7JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: abolish term limits for the Under Sec. for Health and the Under Sec. for Benefits and simplify appointment process (S. 2634), S3424 [24AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program, S5937 [15JN]

———include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (S. 2439), S2328 [16MR]

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 (S. 2201), S228 [26JA]

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), S6273 [21JN]

Galveston, TX: National Biocontainment Laboratory at the University of Texas funding, S6364 [22JN]

Government: improve regulation of lobbying and congressional ethics, S703, S706 [6FE]

———improve regulation of lobbying and congressional ethics (S. 2233), S452 [1FE]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities, S1762-S1775 [6MR], S1821-S1823, S1851 [7MR], S1861-S1882 [8MR], S1925-S1948, S1952 [9MR], S2434-S2461 [28MR], S2490-S2511 [29MR]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), S3949-S3952 [3MY]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (S. 2128), S36 [25JA], S1598-S1600 [2MR], S1754 [3MR]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying, S1851 [7MR]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (S. 2180), S1760 [6MR]

———strengthen performance management and make the annual general pay increase for Federal employees contingent on performance (S. 3492), S5781 [13JN]

Income: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving, S3554 [26AP]

———equalize authorities to provide allowances, benefits, and gratuities to U.S. civilian personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, S3545 [26AP], S3680-S3682 [27AP]

———equalize authorities to provide allowances, benefits, and gratuities to U.S. civilian personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 2600), S3381, S3382 [7AP]

Insurance: use information technology in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to increase efficiency and reduce costs (S. 2247), S730 [6FE]

Law enforcement: strengthen ability to combat public corruption by prohibiting honest services fraud involving Members of Congress, S1944 [9MR], S2461 [28MR], S2499 [29MR]

———strengthen ability to combat public corruption by prohibiting honest services fraud involving Members of Congress (S. 2559), S3216 [6AP]

Mead, Kenneth M.: tribute (S. Res. 382), S1477, S1478 [17FE]

Mine Safety and Health Administration: mine safety inspector hiring funding, S2108, S2109 [14MR]

National security: authorize appropriations for border and transportation security personnel and technology, S4850 [22MY]

OMB: issue guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of micropurchases made with Government-wide commercial purchase cards (S. 457), S5513 [6JN]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, S4252, S4254, S4295-S4303, S4306, S4321-S4325 [10MY], S4447, S4451, S4456 [11MY]

———administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (S. 2510), S4181-S4185, S4187-S4189 [9MY], S4446 [11MY], S6596 [28JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: establish position of Director and make position subject to Senate approval (S. 2919), S4893 [22MY]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, S5220 [25MY]

———observance (S. Res. 412), S2537 [29MR], S3760 [27AP], S3916 [2MY]

Supervisors: establish and fund certain training programs for supervisors of Federal employees (S. 3584), S6579 [27JN]

Transportation: set minimum fuel economy requirements for Federal vehicles and authorize grants to States for the purchase of fuel efficient vehicles (S. 2675), S3716 [27AP]

Valeo, Francis R.: tribute (S. Res. 443), S3523 [25AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 783) (H. Rept. 109-441), H1851 [26AP]

Executive Office of the President and Dept. of State Provision of Documents Relative to U.N. Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions: Committee on International Relations (House) (H. Res. 624) (H. Rept. 109-375), H272 [14FE]

Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1317) (H. Rept. 109-544), H4957 [10JY]

Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4975) (H. Rept. 109-439), H1740 [25AP]

———Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 4975) (H. Rept. 109-439), H1740 [25AP]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 4975) (H. Rept. 109-439), H1740 [25AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4975) (H. Rept. 109-439), H1740 [25AP]

Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2128), S1680 [3MR]

Participation of Judicial Branch Employees in the Federal Leave Transfer Program for Disasters and Emergencies: Committee on Government Reform (House) (S. 1736) (H. Rept. 109-449), H1979 [2MY]

Provide Federal Attorneys Compensatory Time Off for Travel: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4057) (H. Rept. 109-390), H971 [14MR]

Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 457), S4835 [19MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to Joyce A. Rechtschaffen: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S3501 [25AP]

Summaries

Defense Travel System, S6371 [22JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 427, permit use of Capitol rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs establishment, H4926 [10JY]

H. Res. 746, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) investigation of alleged misconduct of Members of Congress and their staff implicated in the scandals associated with the criminal activity of Jack Abramoff, H1334 [30MR]

H. Res. 762, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) investigation of alleged misconduct of Members of Congress and their staff implicated in the scandals associated with the criminal activity of Jack Abramoff, H1513 [5AP]

H. Res. 783, consideration of H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act, H1874, H1877 [27AP]

H.R. 4057, provide Federal attorneys compensatory time off for travel, H1144 [28MR]

H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act, H2032-H2036 [3MY]

H.R. 5449, modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the FAA personnel management system, H3394 [6JN]

S. 457, Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act, S5513, S5514 [6JN]

S. 1736, provide for participation of judicial branch employees in the Federal leave transfer program for disasters and emergencies, H2983 [22MY]

S. 2180, Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, S20-S23 [20JA], S126-S130 [25JA]

S. 2202, Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act, S229 [26JA]

S. 2233, Lobbyist Reform Act, S452 [1FE]

S. 2276, Federal Judicial Fairness Act, S1074 [10FE]

S. 2382, Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act, S1840-S1844 [7MR]

S. 2439, Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act, S2329 [16MR]

S. 2490, Real Estate Investment Thrift Savings Act, S2732 [3AP]

S. 2510, Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act, S2905-S2908 [5AP]

S. 2559, Honest Services Act, S3217 [6AP]

S. 2797, Public Land Career Opportunity Act, S4525 [12MY]

S. 2827, Privacy Officer With Enhanced Rights (POWER) Act, S4702 [17MY]

S. 2919, PBGC Confirmation Act, S4893 [22MY]

S. 3476, Homeland Security Professional Development Act, S5603 [7JN]

S. 3492, Federal Workforce Performance Appraisal and Management Improvement Act, S5782-S5785 [13JN]

S. 3506, Data Theft Prevention Act, S5810 [13JN]

S. 3584, Federal Supervisor Training Act, S6579 [27JN]

S. Res. 382, tribute to Kenneth M. Mead, S1473, S1478 [17FE]

S. Res. 412, Public Service Recognition Week, S2537 [29MR], S3760 [27AP]

S. Res. 443, tribute to Francis R. Valeo, S3516, S3523 [25AP]

S. Res. 474, tribute to Joyce A. Rechtschaffen, S4477 [11MY]

Tributes

Rechtschaffen, Joyce A., S3501 [25AP]