FAMILIES AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Addresses

Increasing Economic Opportunity—Challenges and Strategies: Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board Chair, H4559-H4561 [27JN]

Amendments

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), S5672, S5673 [8JN]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1583 [1MR], S1636, S1658 [2MR], S1798 [6MR], S1815, S1844, S1845, S1846 [7MR]

Taxation: increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), H4446 [22JN]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), consideration (H. Res. 885), H4432 [22JN]

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), S7220 [29JN]

Articles and editorials

Agenda of Divisiveness, S5477 [6JN]

Americans Abroad Outraged Over Tax Changes, H2877 [18MY]

Bankrupted by Voodoo Economics, H2876 [18MY]

Banned in Boston—The Coming Conflict Between Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty, S5417-S5419 [5JN]

Bill of Wrongs—No Need for Federal Marriage Amendment, S5532 [7JN]

Bully's Pulpit, S5477 [6JN]

Dahl Family To Close June 28, H4790 [28JN]

Democrats Must Confront GOP Strategy, S5530 [7JN]

Deputy Mayor & Children's Character Clifford the Big Red Dog Join in Opening Mother Hale Learning Center, E828 [12MY]

Divide and Conquer the Voters, S5475 [6JN]

Endangered Land of Renter-World, E839 [16MY]

Estate Tax Lunacy, E1083 [8JN]

Fallen Soldiers' Mothers Are Also War Casualties, E999 [26MY]

Family Feud; Sparks Fly in the Senate Over Gay Marriage, S5532 [7JN]

Few Treatment Dollars for Gamblers Who Need Help, E1063 [8JN]

Gambling Commission Dealt Dead Man's Hand, E1063 [8JN]

Gambling Series Shows Value of Public Service Journalism, E1061 [8JN]

Invisible People, E1059 [8JN]

It Is the Estate Tax Rate That Matters, S5613 [8JN]

Just Say ``I Don't'', S5475 [6JN]

Legal Gambling Begets Millions of Neglected Addicts, E1061-E1063 [8JN]

Marriage Amendment Protects Federalism, S5443 [6JN]

Military Fails Some Widows Over Benefits, S6512-S6514 [27JN]

More Amendment Politics, S5531 [7JN]

On Gay Unions, Pandering Rises Above Principles, S5531 [7JN]

On the Low Road to November, S5475 [6JN]

One Down—One To Go, S6542 [27JN]

Or Unfair Burden on Families?, S5616 [8JN]

Playing Fair on Taxes, S5683 [9JN]

Probing the Mind To Unlock Gambling Addiction, E1064 [8JN]

Running Against Gays; As an Election Approaches, Can a Vote To Ban Same-Sex Marriage Be Far Behind?, S5476 [6JN]

Senate Should Focus on Real Issues, S5532 [7JN]

Stafford's Gift, S5476 [6JN]

Tax Deal Sets Day of Reckoning, H2877 [18MY]

Taxes Everlasting, S5612 [8JN]

Tsunamis, Floods and Earthquakes—Seen and Unseen, E179 [17FE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (see S. 2785), S4469 [11MY]

———provide eligibility for certain additional dependent children for annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 5391), H2641 [16MY]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 5212), H1852 [26AP]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Christopher House (organization) (see H. Res. 708), H565 [2MR]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 5694), H4794 [28JN]

Child support: provide for mandatory revocation of passports of individuals whose arrears in child support payments have reached a certain level (see H.R. 4956), H972 [14MR]

Children and youth: authorize grants to carry out educational projects on preventing teen pregnancies (see S. 2508), S2901 [5AP]

———clarify that needs of children affected by disasters are unique and should be given special consideration in planning, responding, and recovering from such disasters (see S. Con. Res. 94), S4469 [11MY] (see H. Con. Res. 406), H2705 (see H. Con. Res. 406), H2757 [17MY]

———eliminate child poverty (see S. 2504), S2799 [4AP]

———improve foster care court capacity through grants, loan forgiveness, and performance measurement (see H.R. 5436), H2961 [19MY]

———improve outcomes for children in families affected by methamphetamine abuse and addiction and reauthorize the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (see S. 3525), S5950 [15JN]

———improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (see S. 2999), S5117 [24MY] (see H.R. 5403), H2705 (see H.R. 5403), H2757 [17MY]

———provide for pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the temporary assistance for needy families program (see H.R. 5706), H4795 [28JN]

———recognize and celebrate students who overcome immeasurable adversity to excel academically (see H. Res. 798), H2174 [4MY]

———reform Federal procedures relating to intercountry adoption (see H.R. 5726), H4915 [29JN]

———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 4794), H388 [16FE]

Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools, nonprofit community-based educational organizations, and families of deployed members of the Armed Forces (see S. 3455), S5490 [6JN]

Constitutional amendments: definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN] (see H.J. Res. 91), H5047 [11JY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 2206), S249 [27JA]

Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (see H.R. 5739), H4915 [29JN]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 5188), H1741 [25AP]

Death on the High Seas Act: limit application to maritime accidents (see H.R. 4921), H866 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program on the provision of assistance to certain military families (see S. 2702), S3984 [3MY]

Dept. of HHS: improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (see S. 3055), S5226 [25MY] (see H.R. 5493), H3307 (see H.R. 5493), H3359 [25MY]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see S. 2375), S1833 [7MR] (see S. 2393), S1965 [9MR] (see H.R. 4927), H867 [9MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 5364), H2584 [11MY]

———expand (see H.R. 5625), H4133 [15JN]

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

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]

Federal aid programs: authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies (see H.R. 5332), H2338 [9MY]

———provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see S. 3607), S6786 [29JN]

Federal employees: 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]

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

Foreign Assistance Act: provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H224 [8FE]

Health: establish an interagency task force to develop a national strategy to combat the increase in infertility in the U.S. (see H.R. 5284), H2101 [3MY]

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (see S. 2244), S510 [2FE]

Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H1678 [6AP]

Immigration: expand the definition of immediate relative to include the minor siblings of U.S. citizens (see S. 2496), S2730 [3AP]

———extend the special adjustment of status to certain aliens who are married to U.S. citizens and parents of a U.S. citizen child (see H.R. 5747), H4957 [10JY]

———prohibit a convicted sex offender from obtaining approval of immigration petitions filed by the offender on behalf of family members (see H.R. 5767), H5127 [12JY]

———provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a U.S. citizen child should not be ordered removed from the U.S. (see H.R. 5035), H1196 [28MR]

———provide for legal permanent resident status for certain undocumented or nonimmigrant aliens (see H.R. 4847), H564 [2MR]

———provide permanent resident status for certain alien orphans physically present in the U.S. and deferred enforced departure status for alien parents of certain children born in the U.S. (see H.R. 4848), H564 [2MR]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H273 [14FE]

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 2273), S1071 [10FE] (see S. 2320), S1414 [16FE] (see H.R. 4785, 4793), H388 [16FE]

———release contingency funds (see S. 2628), S3420 [24AP]

Medicaid: expand access to contraceptive services for low-income women and men (see S. 2916), S4836 [19MY]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5508), H3307 (see H.R. 5508), H3360 [25MY]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 5324), H2338 [9MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: make improvements to payments to Medicare Advantage plans and reinstate protections in Medicaid against excessive out-of-pocket costs, inadequate benefits, and health care coverage loss (see S. 2260), S864 [8FE] (see H.R. 4719), H223 [8FE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 3529), S5950 [15JN]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish database to preserve servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction records and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 5216), H1915 [27AP]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 479), S4554 [15MY] (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 743), H1320 [29MR] (see H. Res. 763), H1562 [5AP]

National Domestic Violence Hotline: anniversary (see S. Res. 373), S1414 [16FE] (see H. Res. 689), H389 [16FE]

National Foster Care Month: observance (see S. Res. 471), S4211 [9MY]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 464), S3984 [3MY]

National Police Survivors Day: designate (see S. Res. 473), S4339 [10MY]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 390), S1790 [6MR]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 439), S3378 [7AP] (see H. Res. 779), H1852 [26AP]

National Sibling Connection Day: designate (see S. Res. 381), S1414 [16FE]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: designate (see S. Res. 462), S3984 [3MY]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]

Older Americans Act: establish National Long-Term Care Choice Program (see S. 2620), S3378 [7AP]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see S. 2283), S1175 [14FE] (see H.R. 4753), H273 [14FE]

Passports: provide for mandatory revocation, in addition to the mandatory denial, of passports of individuals who have a certain level of child support arrearages (see S. 2994), S5116 [24MY]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): commend the shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals (see H. Res. 731), H1129 [16MR]

Public welfare programs: eliminate separate work participation rate for 2-parent families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2286), S1175 [14FE]

———reauthorize the safe and stable families program (see H.R. 5640), H4327 [20JN]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 384), S1540 [28FE]

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), S370 [31JA]

Rural areas: promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing for low-income households (see H.R. 5373), H2585 [11MY]

Senior citizens: improve quality of life (see H.R. 5211), H1852 [26AP]

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

———exclude benefits of adopted disabled adult children from determinations of the family maximum (see H.R. 5183), H1741 [25AP]

———provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 5152), H1678 [6AP]

Taxation: eliminate income threshold for the child tax credit in the case of taxpayers who had a primary residence in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area (see S. 2257), S864 [8FE] (see H.R. 4708), H223 [8FE]

———extend period of limitation for filing a claim for credit or refund of an estate tax overpayment attributable to litigation continuing after the return for the estate is filed (see H.R. 5488), H3306 (see H.R. 5488), H3359 [25MY]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4220 [19JN]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), consideration (see H. Res. 885), H4423 [21JN]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see S. 2272), S1071 [10FE]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———provide estate tax relief and reform (see S. 3626), S6787 [29JN]

———provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending (see S. 3523), S5950 [15JN]

———reduce the earned income threshold applicable to the refundable portion of the child tax credit, increase the age limit for such credit, and impose an individual income tax surcharge (see H.R. 5600), H3907 [13JN]

———repeal increase in the age of minor children whose unearned income is taxed as if parent's income (see H.R. 5463), H3137 [23MY]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see S. 2366), S1680 [3MR]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and reduce rate of estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains rates (see H.R. 5421), H2832 (see H.R. 5421), H2890 [18MY]

———simplify and provide greater uniformity for child-related tax benefits and eliminate potential for abuse created by the uniform definition of a child (see H.R. 5123), H1677 [6AP]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code and make tax system fairer and more fiscally responsible (see H.R. 5176), H1741 [25AP]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 5601), H3907 [13JN]

Veterans: expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 5499), H3307 (see H.R. 5499), H3359 [25MY]

———expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries and provide governmental markers or memorial headstones for certain deceased dependents of veterans (see H.R. 5038), H1319 [29MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2562), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 4843), H563 [2MR]

———provide annual cost-of-living adjustments in rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3068), S5227 [25MY]

———provide automatic cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans (see H.R. 5444), H3016 [22MY]

Week of the Young Child: designate (see S. Res. 418), S2689 [31MR]

Women: recognize benefits of breastfeeding (see S. Res. 403), S2313 [16MR]

———strengthen family planning services (see S. Res. 485), S4891 [22MY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2705 (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2757 [17MY]

Cloture motions

Constitutional amendments: definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5424 [5JN], S5534 [7JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5509 [6JN], S5628 [8JN]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1666 [3MR], S1815 [7MR]

———funding (S. 2320), motion to proceed, S1522 [28FE]

Cost Estimates

LIHEAP funding (S. 2320): CBO, H1049 [15MR]

Descriptions

Debra Brown Steinberg's work assisting families of World Trade Center victims, E816 [12MY]

Essays

My Father: Aish Thamba, S5714 [12JN]

———Alison Mansfield, S5713 [12JN]

———Corey Richards, S5714 [12JN]

Eulogies

Sago Memorial Service, S60 [25JA]

Letters

Call Home Act: Casey W. Coane, Naval Reserve Association, S3592 [26AP]

———Clarence Hill, American Legion, S3591 [26AP]

———Dave Davidson, Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, S3592 [26AP]

———Gordon R. Sullivan, Association of the U.S. Army, S3591 [26AP]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard, S3591 [26AP]

———Military Coalition, S3591 [26AP]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S3592 [26AP]

———Rose Lee, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., S3592 [26AP]

Commend the Patriot Guard Riders (organization) for shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals: David Wagler, H4229 [20JN]

Constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage: Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts, S5443 [6JN]

———Pro-Family Pediatricians (organization), S5477 [6JN]

———Senator Leahy, S5406 [5JN]

Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act: Donald Dulle, Jr., Flathead Beverage Co., S5622 [8JN]

———Mary Jo Lane, S5622 [8JN]

———Merelee Manuel, S5622 [8JN]

———Robert Rumney, S5622 [8JN]

Deficit Reduction Act: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H39 [1FE]

Democratic Party national agenda: several Senators, S6594 [28JN]

Give priority in the issuance of immigrant visas to the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who are or were naturalized U.S. citizens: Eric Lachica, American Coalition for Filipino Veterans, Inc., S4749 [18MY]

———Karen K. Narasaki, Asian American Justice Center, S4749 [18MY]

LIHEAP funding: Donald B. Marron, CBO, H1048 [15MR]

———Michael O. Leavitt, Sec. of HHS, H1048 [15MR]

———several Governors, S1058 [10FE]

———several Senators, S1059 [10FE]

Maintain relief for certain immigrants under the Violence Against Women Act: Joanne Lin, Gail Pendleton, and Leni Marin, National Network To End Violence Against Immigrant Women, S5147 [25MY]

Reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children: Ernie Allen, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, H4898 [29JN]

———Representative Ehlers, Committee on House Administration (House), H4533 [26JN]

Veterans Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act: James B. King, AMVETS (organization), E921 [22MY]

———Joseph A. Violante, DAV, E921 [22MY]

Veterans health care funding: Dennis Cullinan, VFW, S2094 [14MR]

———several veterans organizations, S2081 [14MR]

Lists

Groups supporting S. Res. 439, National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, S3401 [7AP]

National Park Service African American genealogy Internet sites, E653 [27AP]

Outstanding Hoosier Dad essay contributors, S5947 [15JN]

Messages

State of the Union: President Bush, S366-S370 [31JA]

Motions

Constitutional amendments: definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), S5394 [26MY]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1632 [2MR]

Taxation: increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), H4461, H4462, H4464 [22JN]

Papers

Why a Marriage Amendment Is Necessary (excerpt): Senate Republican Policy Committee, S5463-S5465 [6JN]

Poems

``By My Dad's Side,'' Sandra L. Moore, E440 [29MR]

``My Beloved Sons'', E1379 [12JY]

``That Dad of Mine'', S6006 [16JN]

``We Have Lived and Loved Together,'' Charles Jeffreys, S2431 [28MR]

Remarks in House

Abortion: effect of parental notification laws on abortion rates, H877 [14MR]

Albon, Brian: tribute to birth of child, E1156 [14JN]

Armed Forces: allow surviving spouses the option of assigning Survivor Benefit Plan payments to their children, H2523 [11MY]

———allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan, H4307, H4308 [20JN]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (H.R. 2131), H3023 [23MY]

———include number of disciplinary actions as part of the annual report on sexual assault in the military, H2523, H2524 [11MY]

———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to a surviving spouse of a member in any case in which there are dependent children (H.R. 1573), E1305 [28JN]

———prohibit funding for placement of Social Security numbers on identification cards issued to members, retired members, or dependents, H4293 [20JN]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (H.R. 5212), E607 [26AP]

———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), H887 [14MR], E363 [15MR]

Beaver County, PA: tribute to Beaver County Children and Youth Services, E635 [27AP]

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP: tribute, E316 [8MR]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Christopher House (organization) (H. Res. 708), E272 [2MR]

Child Welfare League of America: tribute, E1141 [14JN], E1180 [16JN]

Children and youth: child support enforcement programs funding, H37-H40 [1FE]

———improve foster care court capacity through grants, loan forgiveness, and performance measurement (H.R. 5436), H3217 [24MY]

———improve foster care through subsidized guardianship, E1370 [11JY]

———improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (H.R. 5403), H3149-H3154 [24MY]

———provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers (H.R. 3380), E306 [8MR], E579 [25AP]

———reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (H.R. 4416), H4532 [26JN], H4897 [29JN]

———value of mentoring programs, H1438 [4AP]

Citizenship: interpretation of U.S. Constitution regarding birthright citizenship, H2946, H2947 [19MY]

———restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S., H3263 [25MY], H3370, H3371 [6JN]

Civil rights: definition relative to issues of same-sex marriage or immigration, H3709 [9JN]

Colleges and universities: allow unaccompanied homeless youth to be considered as independent students upon verification of living situation by an authorized official, H1335, H1336 [30MR]

———establish pregnant and parenting student services offices, H1278, H1279 [29MR]

———tutition costs, H3772, H3775 [12JN]

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: tribute, H4563 [27JN]

Constitutional amendments: definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), E1023 [6JN]

Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (H.R. 5739), E1326 [29JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H481 [1MR], H1369-H1374 [30MR], H1747, H1841 [26AP], H3136 [23MY], H3772-H3777 [12JN], H3801 [13JN], H4181-H4187 [16JN], H4332, H4390-H4394 [21JN], H4507-H4510 [22JN], H4947, H4948, H4953, H4954 [10JY], H5030-H5036 [11JY]-H5118 [12JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: WIC Program funding, H228 [14FE]

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, H2940, H2941 [19MY]

———anniversary of Uniformed Services Family Health Plan, E626 [26AP], E634 [27AP]

Dept. of HUD: section 8 housing vouchers program funding through reductions in Working Capital Fund, H3851 [13JN], E1191 [16JN]

Dept. of Justice: Jessica Gonzales Victim Assistance Program funding, H4763 [28JN]

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, H2981 [22MY]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation, H2549, H2550 [11MY]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 808), E1305 [28JN]

———tribute to health care and services provided to veterans, E484 [30MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H3480 [7JN], H4222, H4224 [20JN], H4454 [22JN], H4569 [27JN], E1083 [8JN]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, H204 [8FE], H1285-H1289, H1313 [29MR], H1377 [30MR], H1400 [4AP], H1550-H1555 [5AP], H1572-H1574, H1578-H1584, H1598, H1601, H1602, H1606, H1674 [6AP], H2453-H2459, H2484, H2485, H2488 [10MY], H2556, H2574 [11MY], H2685, H2686, H2723 [17MY], H2875, H2876 [18MY], H3419 [6JN], H3431 [7JN], H3628 [8JN], H3801 [13JN], H3913 [14JN], H4398 [21JN], H4535-H4537 [26JN], H5051, H5100 [12JY]

Education: strengthen the compact between States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher learning to address the rising cost of college tuition, E611 [26AP]

———tribute to parents who home school their children, E745 [5MY]

Eskew, Lisa and Tucker: tribute to birth of child, E208 [28FE]

Eynon, Elizabeth and Teddy: tribute to birth of child, E464 [30MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (H.R. 5625), E1171 [16JN]

Fathers: support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, H1436 [4AP]

———support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (H. Res. 318), H3813-H3815 [13JN], E1147 [14JN]

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

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 (H.R. 5598), E1137 [13JN]

Felder, Beth and Ted: tribute to birth of child, E454 [29MR]

Flint, MI: anniversary of Flint Olympian Games, E765 [10MY]

Foothill Family Service (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E342 [9MR]

Foreign aid: establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries, H3528 [8JN], E119 [8FE]

———international family planning programs criteria for voluntarism, E1089 [9JN]

Foutz, Lori A.: American Mothers, Inc., Nevada Young Mother of the Year Award recipient, E386 [16MR]

Gambling: impact on society, E1061 [8JN]

Georgia: anniversary of Hill-Smith family reunion, E960 [24MY]

Gift of Life, Inc.: tribute, E1365 [11JY]

Hart, John W. and Virginia Sparrow: tribute to birth of child, E1175 [16JN]

Health: medical research funding, H315 [15FE], H1571 [6AP]

Helping the Hurting, Inc.: tribute, E290 [7MR]

Higel family: Environmental Law Institute National Wetlands Landowner Stewardship Award recipient, E789 [10MY]

Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers, H4953 [10JY]

———reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (H.R. 5150), H3717, H3720 [9JN], H4339 [21JN]

Housing: promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing for moderate- and low-income households, E839 [16MY]

Hurricanes: ensure assistance for children impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E1059 [8JN]

Immigration: 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), E316 [8MR], E816 [12MY]

India: express condolences to families and friends of individuals killed in terrorist bombing in Mumbai, H5014 [11JY], E1375 [11JY]

Insurance: health savings accounts, H259 [14FE], H304 [15FE], H373 [16FE], H457 [1MR], H609, H611, H612 [7MR], H1382 [30MR], H2085 [3MY]

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

Korean Americans: tribute to Saemsori initiative to reunite Korean families, E143 [14FE]

Kuntamukkala, Ajay and Lavanya Reddy: tribute to birth of child, E661 [27AP]

Lawrnence County, PA: anniversary of Lawrence County Crisis Shelter, E262 [2MR]

LIHEAP: funding, H245 [14FE], H294 [15FE], H1087, H1088, H1116, H1117 [16MR]

———funding (S. 2320), H1047-H1051 [15MR]

———prohibit use of certain funding relative to Federal prohibition on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration, H1047 [15MR]

Lloyd, Matt and Amy: tribute to birth of child, E758 [9MY]

Medicaid: funding, H228 [14FE]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 5508), E990 [26MY]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (H.R. 5324), E764 [10MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: make improvements to payments to Medicare Advantage plans and reinstate protections in Medicaid against excessive out-of-pocket costs, inadequate benefits, and health care coverage loss (H.R. 4719), E117 [8FE]

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]

Morality and ethics: national objectives priority assignments, H1435-H1439 [4AP]

Mother's Day: observance, H2305 [9MY], H2554, H2559, H2560 [11MY], H2600 [16MY], E800 [11MY]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish database to preserve servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction records and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (H.R. 5216), E653, E664 [27AP]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: tribute to efforts to reunite families after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, H3800 [13JN], E1170 [16JN]

National Childcare Provider Appreciation Day: observance, E822 [12MY]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 763), H3404, H3405 [6JN]

National Day of Recognition for All Veterans Survivors: establish, E1305 [28JN]

National Missing Children's Day: observance, H3229 [25MY]

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: observance, H1202 [29MR]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 422), H3403 [6JN]

New York, NY: tribute to opening of Mother Hale Learning Center, E827 [12MY]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (H.R. 4753), E141 [14FE]

Pandit, Rahul and Lavannya: tribute to birth of child, E109 [8FE]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): commend the shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals (H. Res. 731), H4228-H4231 [20JN], E1245 [21JN]

Poe, Kurt and Susie: tribute to birth of child, H1705 [25AP]

Public welfare programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, H54 [1FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4799 [29JN], E1023 [6JN]

Rice, Robert and Sarah: tribute to birth of child, E1320 [29JN]

Richardson, Laurie: American Mothers, Inc., Mother of the Year award recipient, E768 [10MY]

———American Mothers, Inc., Nevada Mother of the Year Award recipient, E387 [16MR]

Romania: 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), H1475-H1479 [5AP]

Social Security: elimination of death benefits to widows and widowers, H196 [8FE]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H1457 [5AP]

Stegmaier, Paige and Christian: tribute to birth of child, E205 [28FE]

Stickney, Charles: tribute to birth of child, E1025 [6JN]

Suburban areas: national objectives priority assignments, H4014 [15JN]

Taxation: eliminate income threshold for the child tax credit in the case of taxpayers who had a primary residence in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area (H.R. 4708), E86 [8FE]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (H.R. 1518), H3019 [23MY]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), H4392, H4395 [21JN], H4425, H4435, H4444-H4467, H4496, H4499, H4507, H4510 [22JN], E1271 [26JN], E1283, E1284 [27JN], E1357 [10JY]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), consideration (H. Res. 885), H4427-H4433 [22JN]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), motion to recommit, H4462, H4465 [22JN]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), question of consideration, H4444 [22JN]

———rates, H512, H550, H551 [2MR], H1958, H1960-H1963 [2MY], H2161-H2163 [4MY], H2184 [9MY], H2455, H2456 [10MY], H2576-H2579 [11MY], H2682, H2683, H2685, H2694, H2696, H2699, H2700 [17MY], H2894 [19MY], H3123 [23MY], H3345 [25MY], H3774 [12JN], H4226 [20JN]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules, H4465 [22JN]

Teller, Paul and Maxine: tribute to birth of child, E737 [5MY]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund, H3697 [9JN]

United Service Organizations: recognize contribution to morale and welfare of our servicemen and women and their families (H. Con. Res. 322), H231-H234 [14FE], E172 [15FE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries and provide governmental markers or memorial headstones for certain deceased dependents of veterans (H.R. 5038), E445 [29MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4843), H4528-H4530 [26JN], E264 [2MR], E1283 [27JN]

———provide automatic cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans (H.R. 5444), E921 [22MY]

Violence Against Women Act: funding, H4644, H4645 [27JN], H4757, H4758 [28JN]

Viroqua, WI: tribute to Dahl Pharmacy, H4789 [28JN]

West, Allen and Emily: tribute to birth of child, E1294 [27JN]

West Virginia: express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine disaster, E1 [3JA]

Women: impact of Bush administration budget proposal, E536 [6AP]

Zarelli, Leslie and Mike: tribute to birth of child, E263 [2MR]

Remarks in Senate

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]

———improve collection of survivors' benefits, S6511 [27JN]

Camp Lejeune, NC: require Marine Corps to notify affected persons of drinking water contamination, provide benefits to those exposed, and require a study on the health effects of such exposure, S6004 [16JN]

Children and youth: authorize grants to carry out educational projects on preventing teen pregnancies (S. 2508), S2903 [5AP]

———clarify that needs of children affected by disasters are unique and should be given special consideration in planning, responding, and recovering from such disasters (S. Con. Res. 94), S4478 [11MY]

———improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (H.R. 5403), S5394 [26MY], S5433 [5JN], S6463 [23JN], S6489 [26JN]

———improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (H.R. 5403), unanimous-consent request, S5509 [6JN]

———improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (S. 2999), S5120 [24MY]

———support community-based efforts to support girls' education, discourage early marriage, and assist young girls and women already in marriage, S7409 [12JY]

Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools, nonprofit community-based educational organizations, and families of deployed members of the Armed Forces (S. 3455), S5504 [6JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, S6599 [28JN]

Constitutional amendments: definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), S5393 [26MY], S5945 [15JN], S6057 [19JN]

———definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5403-S5424 [5JN], S5439-S5484 [6JN], S5517-S5534, S5581 [7JN]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (S. 2206), S250 [27JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, S6051 [19JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S4242 [10MY], S6592-S6599 [28JN]

Dept. of State: establish an Office of Intercountry Adoptions and reform U.S. laws governing intercountry adoptions, S2853, S2854 [5AP], S5072, S5073, S5092 [24MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide adaptive housing assistance to disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member (S. 1947), S5294 [25MY]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (S. 2393), S1967 [9MR]

Duffield, Steven and Cara: tribute to birth of child, S1459 [17FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5535-S5554, S5579-S5584, S5586, S5588-S5591 [7JN], S5610-S5629 [8JN]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, S720 [6FE], S1321-S1323 [15FE], S1990, S1993, S2003 [13MR], S4181 [9MY], S4402, S4404, S4406, S4408, S4410, S4413, S4418-S4425, S4432-S4438 [11MY], S7292, S7293 [11JY], S7408 [12JY]

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]

Father's Day: observance, S5947 [15JN], S6004-S6006 [16JN]

FCC: make efforts to reduce telephone rates for Armed Forces personnel deployed overseas (S. 2653), S3591 [26AP]

Federal aid programs: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (S. 3607), S6793 [29JN]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S1957 [9MR]

Health: encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices, S108 [25JA]

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (S. 2244), S513 [2FE]

Illinois: tribute to caregivers of children, S6412 [22JN]

Immigration: expand the definition of immediate relative to include the minor siblings of U.S. citizens (S. 2496), S2733 [3AP]

———give priority in the issuance of immigrant visas to the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who are or were naturalized U.S. citizens, S4747-S4750 [18MY]

———grant a humanitarian waiver to an immigrant if deportation would create extreme hardship for an immediate family member of a U.S. citizen or legal resident, S4949, S4950, S4954 [23MY]

Insurance: health savings accounts, S722 [6FE], S1099 [13FE], S4518 [12MY]

Las Vegas, NV: tribute to Take Back the Night March, S3494 [25AP]

LIHEAP: funding, S186 [26JA], S1056, S1058, S1059 [10FE], S1458 [17FE], S2088 [14MR], S2230, S2254 [16MR]

———funding (S. 2273), S1075 [10FE], S1133 [13FE]

———funding (S. 2320), S1448 [16FE], S1474 [17FE], S1632-S1638 [2MR], S1665 [3MR], S1778-S1780 [6MR], S1808-S1815, S1824-S1828 [7MR], S1887 [8MR]

———funding (S. 2320), motion to proceed, S1522 [28FE]

———funding (S. 2320), unanimous-consent agreement, S1632 [2MR], S1804 [6MR]

———improve distribution of funding to States, S1824-S1826 [7MR]

Lobbyists: restrict the ability of the spouses of Members of Congress to lobby Congress, S1600 [2MR], S1822 [7MR]

Lugar, David and Katherine Graham: tribute to birth of child, S118 [25JA]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S723 [6FE]

Melmed, Lynden and Meredith: tribute to birth of child, S2551 [30MR]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (S. 3529), S5945, S5966 [15JN]

Mother's Day: observance, S4514, S4520 [12MY]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 479), S4566 [15MY]

National Domestic Violence Hotline: anniversary (S. Res. 373), S1436 [16FE]

National Foster Care Month: observance (S. Res. 471), S4239 [9MY]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 464), S3994 [3MY]

———observance, S5486 [6JN], S5584-S5586, S5591 [7JN]

National Police Survivors Day: designate (S. Res. 473), S4380 [10MY]

National Safe Place Week: designate (S. Res. 390), S1804 [6MR], S2118 [14MR]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 439), S3400, S3401 [7AP]

National Sibling Connection Day: designate (S. Res. 381), S1553 [28FE]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: designate (S. Res. 462), S3990 [3MY]

Native Americans: economic condition of tribes, S324 [30JA]

Older Americans Act: establish National Long-Term Care Choice Program (S. 2620), S3390 [7AP]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (S. 2283), S1178 [14FE]

Passports: provide for mandatory revocation, in addition to the mandatory denial, of passports of individuals who have a certain level of child support arrearages (S. 2994), S5119 [24MY]

Political campaigns: prohibit Members of Congress from having spouses or dependent children on campaign payrolls, S1599 [2MR], S1821 [7MR]

Power resources: increase supply of natural gas, home heating oil, and refining capacity, S1778-S1780 [6MR]

Public welfare programs: eliminate separate work participation rate for 2-parent families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2286), S1179 [14FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S723 [6FE]

Read Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 384), S1554 [28FE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5446-S5449, S5451 [6JN], S7363-S7366 [12JY]

Taxation: eliminate income threshold for the child tax credit in the case of taxpayers who had a primary residence in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area (S. 2257), S868 [8FE]

———eliminate the income threshold for the child tax credit to victims of Hurricane Katrina, S431 [1FE], S1107, S1112 [13FE]

———improve the child and dependent care credit, S429-S431 [1FE]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), S6463 [23JN], S6495 [26JN]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (S. 2272), S1072 [10FE]

———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), S4442 [11MY]

———permanently extend the child tax credit, S485 [2FE]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (S. 324), S1530 [28FE]

———provide estate tax relief and reform (S. 3626), S6807 [29JN]

———provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending (S. 3523), S5962, S5963 [15JN]

———rates, S1860 [8MR], S3974 [3MY], S5682 [9JN], S7302, S7303 [11JY]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code and make tax system fairer and more fiscally responsible (S. 1927), S356-S358 [31JA], S1323-S1325 [15FE], S4400 [11MY], S6617 [28JN]

Veterans: expand and enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits, S6594 [28JN]

———expand and enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits (S. 13), S6526 [27JN]

———health care funding, S2075-S2083, S2094, S2095 [14MR]

———improve treatment provided to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, S3787 [1MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 2562), S3219 [6AP]

Week of the Young Child: designate (S. Res. 418), S2697 [31MR]

West Virginia: express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine and Aracoma Alma Mine disasters, S58 [25JA]

Women: recognize benefits of breastfeeding (S. Res. 403), S2376 [16MR]

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), insert S. 1021 language in lieu, S7219 [29JN]

Reports filed

Child and Family Services Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5640) (H. Rept. 109-555), H5127 [12JY]

Consideration of H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 885) (H. Rept. 109-517), H4423 [21JN]

Constitutional Amendment Relative to Definition of Marriage: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 1), S4795 [18MY]

Improve Standard of Care of Children, Resolve Pending Intercountry Adoption Cases, and Remove Barriers to the Adoption of Orphaned and Abandoned Children in Romania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 359), S4963 [23MY]

Improving Outcomes for Children Affected by Meth Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3525), S5949 [15JN]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3525) (S. Rept. 109-269), S6457 [23JN]

Protection of Vulnerable Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 559), S5226 [25MY]

Reporting and Reduction of Child Abuse and Family Violence Incidences on Indian Reservations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1899) (S. Rept. 109-255), S4795 [18MY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4843) (H. Rept. 109-521), H4519 [22JN]

Rulings of the Chair

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1826 [7MR]

Taxation: increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), motion to recommit, H4462 [22JN]

Statements

Constitutional Amendment Relative to Definition of Marriage (S.J. Res. 1): Executive Office of the President, S5443 [6JN]

Tables

Constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), S5450 [6JN]

Earmarks for States of cosponsors of LIHEAP funding legislation, S1814 [7MR]

Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4297): individual savings, H2462 [10MY]

Testimonies

Child Welfare System: Linda Spears, Child Welfare League of America, E1141 [14JN], E1180 [16JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 322, recognize contribution of United Service Organizations to morale and welfare of our servicemen and women and their families, H231 [14FE]

H. Con. Res. 422, support goals and ideals of National Vigil for Lost Promise, H3403 [6JN]

H. Res. 318, support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, H3813 [13JN]

H. Res. 578, improve Romanian standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children, H1475 [5AP]

H. Res. 731, commend Patriot Guard Riders (organization) for shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals, H4228 [20JN]

H. Res. 763, support goals and ideals of National Children and Families Day, H3404 [6JN]

H. Res. 885, consideration of H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act, H4427 [22JN]

H.R. 27, strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability, S7220-S7257 [29JN]

H.R. 4416, reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children, H4532 [26JN]

H.R. 4843, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H4528 [26JN]

H.R. 5403, Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act, H3149 [24MY]

H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act, H4445, H4446-H4448 [22JN]

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, H887 [14MR]

S. 2272, Youth Exchange Support Act, S1072 [10FE]

S. 2283, Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act, S1178 [14FE]

S. 2320, LIHEAP funding, S1828 [7MR], H1047 [15MR]

S. 2393, Conquer Childhood Cancer Act, S1966 [9MR]

S. 2496, expand the definition of immediate relative to include the minor siblings of U.S. citizens, S2734 [3AP]

S. 2508, Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act, S2904 [5AP]

S. 2562, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S3219 [6AP]

S. 2620, Community-Based Choices for Older Americans Act, S3391-S3394 [7AP]

S. 3523, provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending, S5963 [15JN]

S. Con. Res. 94, clarify that needs of children affected by disasters are unique and should be given special consideration in planning, responding, and recovering from such disasters, S4478 [11MY]

S. Res. 359, improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children in Romania, S373 [31JA]

S. Res. 373, National Domestic Violence Hotline anniversary, S1436 [16FE]

S. Res. 381, National Sibling Connection Day, S1439 [16FE], S1553 [28FE]

S. Res. 384, Read Across America Day, S1550, S1554 [28FE]

S. Res. 390, National Safe Place Week, S1797, S1805 [6MR]

S. Res. 403, recognize benefits of breastfeeding, S2376 [16MR]

S. Res. 418, Week of the Young Child, S2692, S2697 [31MR]

S. Res. 439, National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, S3395, S3401 [7AP]

S. Res. 462, National Vigil for Lost Promise, S3990 [3MY]

S. Res. 464, National Hunger Awareness Day, S3991, S3994 [3MY]

S. Res. 471, National Foster Care Month, S4224, S4240 [9MY]

S. Res. 473, National Police Survivors Day, S4341, S4380 [10MY]

S. Res. 479, support goals and ideals of National Child Care Worthy Wage Day, S4555, S4567 [15MY]

S. Res. 485, strengthen family planning services, S4896 [22MY]

Transcripts

Constitutional Amendment Relative to Definition of Marriage: Jack Cafferty, Situation Room (television program), S5532 [7JN]