BURR, RICHARD M. (a Senator from North Carolina)

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), S3427 [24AP], S3615 [26AP], S3675, S3741 [27AP], S3945 [3MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2218 [15MR], S2231 [16MR]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S1316 [14FE]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S6499 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2832), S4796 [18MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see S. 2381), S1834 [7MR]

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

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see S. 2321), S1461 [17FE]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 38), S5343 [26MY]

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see S. Res. 517), S6154 [20JN]

Children and youth: improve programs to monitor, register, deter, and punish individuals who commit violent sexual crimes against children (see S. 1086), S2028 [13MR]

Corporations: reduce burdens of implementing internal auditing control requirements of companies subject to securities laws (see S. 2824), S5232 [25MY]

Courts: improve delivery of Federal judicial services by requiring the equitable and rational calculation of rent to be paid to the GSA (see S. 2292), S3421 [24AP]

———protect public safety officers, judges, witnesses, victims, and their family members (see S. 1605), S1579 [1MR]

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), S5950 [15JN]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see S. 2178), S2534 [29MR] (see S. 2389), S2028 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see S. 2339), S2417 [27MR]

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]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see S. 1353), S4892 [22MY]

———provide life-saving care for individuals with HIV/AIDS (see S. 2823), S4695 [17MY]

Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act: amend relative to availability of contact lenses (see S. 2480), S3985 [3MY]

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

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 3275), S5341 [26MY]

Foreign trade: enhance and improve U.S. trade relations by strengthening U.S. trade enforcement efforts and encouraging trading partners to adhere to the rules and norms of international trade (see S. 2467), S5118 [24MY]

Health: allow Congress, State legislatures, and regulatory agencies to determine appropriate laws, rules, and regulations to address problems of weight gain, obesity, and associated health conditions (see S. 908), S511 [2FE]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (see S. 1955), S1834 [7MR]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 22), S3984 [3MY]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 2322), S4052 [4MY]

———provide programs for stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation (see S. 1064), S5599 [7JN]

Health care facilities: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see S. 3489), S5684 [9JN]

Immigration: provide for employment of foreign agricultural workers (see S. 2087), S2416 [27MR]

Iran: condemn violations of Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, suspend uranium enrichment activities, refer to U.N. Security Council, and call on others to end cooperation on nuclear program (see S. Con. Res. 78), S249 [27JA]

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

Libya: condition Dept. of State recognition of government representatives on fulfillment of financial obligations to Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other cases involving victims of terrorism (see S. Res. 504), S5598 [7JN]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see S. 635), S7332 [11JY]

———require prompt payment to pharmacies, restrict pharmacy co-branding on prescription drug cards, and provide guidelines for Medication Therapy Management Services programs under prescription drug program (see S. 2563), S3508 [25AP]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see S. 2990), S4967 [23MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see S. 2370), S1966 [9MR]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (see S. Res. 379), S1414 [16FE]

National and Global Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 422), S2800 [4AP]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 453), S3704 [27AP]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 513), S5950 [15JN]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 236), S126 [25JA]

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 357), S511 [2FE]

National Professional Medical Coder Day: designate (see S. Res. 509), S5779 [13JN]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 1035), S4967 [23MY]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2491), S6420 [22JN]

Power resources: improve global competitiveness in science and energy technology, strengthen basic research programs, and support mathematics and science education (see S. 2197), S1176 [14FE]

TVA: increase membership of the Board of Directors and require each State in the service area to be represented (see S. 2258), S1129 [13FE]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification that the U.N. is not engaged in global taxation schemes (see S. 3633), S7331 [11JY]

Veterans: improve services for homeless veterans (see S. 3545), S6154 [20JN]

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

Women: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (see S. 23), S3984 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education Flexibility Partnership Act: extend the educational flexibility program (see S. 2363), S1644 [2MR]

EPA: establish Federal Fuels List applicable to State Clean Air Act implementation plans (see S. 2700), S3893 [2MY]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see S. 3128), S5228 [25MY]

Immigration: improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 2365), S1680 [3MR]

Medicare: enhance disproportionate share hospital treatment for sole community hospitals (see S. 3624), S6787 [29JN]

National security: prepare and strengthen biodefenses against deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness (see S. 2564), S3211 [6AP]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see S. 2304), S1413 [16FE]

Tariff: ACM (see S. 2864), S4835 [19MY]

———acrylic or modacrylic synthetic filament tow (see S. 2859), S4835 [19MY] (see S. 3435), S5490 [6JN]

———acrylic or modacrylic synthetic staple fibers, not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see S. 2858, 2860), S4835 [19MY]

———asulam sodium salt (see S. 2907), S4836 [19MY]

———azoxystrobin technical (see S. 2891), S4835 [19MY]

———chloral (see S. 2861), S4835 [19MY]

———chloroacetic acid, ethyl ester (see S. 2881), S4835 [19MY]

———chloroacetic acid, sodium salt (see S. 2882), S4835 [19MY]

———clothianidin (see S. 2869), S4835 [19MY]

———crotonic acid (see S. 2896), S4835 [19MY]

———cyprodinil (see S. 2889), S4835 [19MY]

———desmedipham (see S. 2885), S4835 [19MY]

———diclofop methyl (see S. 2906), S4836 [19MY]

———difenoconazole (see S. 2887), S4835 [19MY]

———endosulfan (see S. 2872), S4835 [19MY]

———ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-(2-ehylphenyl)-) formulations (see S. 2911), S4836 [19MY]

———ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-(4-isodecylphenyl)- (see S. 2900), S4835 [19MY]

———ethofumesate (see S. 2908), S4836 [19MY]

———ethyl 4,5-dihydro-5,5-diphenyl-1,2-oxazole-3-carboxylate (isoxadifen-ethyl) (see S. 2874), S4835 [19MY]

———(5-cyclopropyl-4-isoxazolyl)[2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl phenyl] methoanone (isoxaflutole) (see S. 2875), S4835 [19MY]

———flutolanil (see S. 2867), S4835 [19MY]

———foramsulfuron and iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium mixtures (see S. 2877), S4835 [19MY]

———imidacloprid pesticides (see S. 2895), S4835 [19MY]

———imidacloprid technical (see S. 2862), S4835 [19MY]

———lambda-cyhalothrin (see S. 2888), S4835 [19MY]

———mesotrione technical (see S. 2870), S4835 [19MY] (see S. 3230), S5230 [25MY]

———methidathion technical (see S. 2886), S4835 [19MY]

———methyl 4-iodo-2-[3-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3 ,5-triazin-2-yl)ureido sulfonyl]benzoate, sodium salt mixtures (see S. 2873), S4835 [19MY]

———methyl 2-[(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-ylcarbamoyl)sulfamoyl]-a-(methanesulfonamido)-p-toluate (mesosulfuron-methyl) (CAS No. 208465-21-8) whether or not mixed with application adjuvants (see S. 2876), S4835 [19MY]

———MKH 6561 isocyanate (see S. 2871), S4835 [19MY]

———mucochloric acid (see S. 2892), S4835 [19MY]

———nemacur VL (see S. 2909), S4836 [19MY]

———1,3-benzenedicarboxamide, N, N'-Bis (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)- (see S. 2898), S4835 [19MY]

———1-acetyl-4-(3-dodecyl-2,5-dioxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl piperidine (see S. 2901), S4836 [19MY]

———parahydroxybenzoic acid sodium esters (see S. 2904), S4836 [19MY]

———permethrin (see S. 2865), S4835 [19MY]

———phenmedipham (see S. 2883), S4835 [19MY]

———phosphorus trichloride with 1,1'-biphenyl and 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol (see S. 2899), S4835 [19MY]

———propamocarb HCL (Previcur) (see S. 2880), S4835 [19MY]

———prosulfuron (see S. 2878), S4835 [19MY]

———resmethrin (see S. 2868), S4835 [19MY]

———sodium petroleum sulfonate (see S. 2905), S4836 [19MY]

———spirodiclofen (see S. 2879), S4835 [19MY]

———synthetic staple fibers that are carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see S. 3434), S5490 [6JN]

———synthetic staple fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see S. 3436), S5490 [6JN]

———tetraacetylethylnediamine (see S. 2903), S4836 [19MY]

———thidiazuron (see S. 2866), S4835 [19MY]

———3,6,9-trioxaundecanedioic acid (see S. 2897), S4835 [19MY]

———3-dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-2,5-pyrrolidinedione (see S. 2902), S4836 [19MY]

———triadimefon (see S. 2863), S4835 [19MY]

———triasulfuron and dicamba formulations (see S. 2910), S4836 [19MY]

———triasulfuron formulations (see S. 2894), S4835 [19MY]

———trinexapac-ethyl (see S. 2893), S4835 [19MY]

———Wakil XL (see S. 2890), S4835 [19MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health and long-term care insurance costs of individuals not participating in employer-subsidized health plans (see S. 2379), S1833 [7MR]

Cloture motions

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), S3692 [27AP], S3859 [2MY]

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), S1379 [16FE], S1522 [28FE]

———clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), motion to proceed, S1169 [14FE], S1379 [16FE]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S1122 [13FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), motion to proceed, S718 [6FE], S765 [7FE]

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

Edelman, Eric S.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Defense for Policy, S872 [8FE]

England, Gordon R.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Defense, S2897 [5AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5424 [5JN], S5534 [7JN]

Flory, Peter C.W.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Defense for International Security Policy, S2898 [5AP], S3366 [7AP]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095 [5MY], S4165 [9MY]

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2393 [16MR]

Kempthorne, Dirk: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S5128 [24MY]

Powell, Benjamin A.: nomination to be Office of the Director of National Intelligence General Counsel, S2897 [5AP]

Smith, J. Dorrance: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Public Affairs, S2898 [5AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S1561 [1MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S6467 [26JN], S6499 [27JN]

Remarks

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S187 [26JA]

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), S3875 [2MY], S4017, S4018 [4MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2231 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS) Program funding, S4018 [4MY]

Diseases: combat avian flu, increase local preparedness, and create a program to develop a vaccine, S2231 [16MR]

Education Flexibility Partnership Act: extend the educational flexibility program (S. 2363), S1677 [3MR]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4253, S4318 [10MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4177, S4192 [9MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4838), S4040 [4MY]

Insurance: reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care, S4040 [4MY]

Smithsonian Institution: migratory bird surveillance program funding, S3875 [2MY], S4017, S4018 [4MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health and long-term care insurance costs of individuals not participating in employer-subsidized health plans (S. 2379), S1835 [7MR]

Whitney, Frank D.: nomination to be district judge, S6403 [22JN]

Women: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (S. 23), S4318 [10MY]

Texts of

S. 2564, Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act, S3222-S3227 [6AP]