JOHNSON, TIM (a Senator from South Dakota)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), S3560, S3590, S3614, S3620 [26AP], S3691 [27AP], S3819 [1MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), S512, S647, S663 [2FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2083, S2131 [14MR], S2210, S2216 [15MR], S2229, S2235, S2262, S2315, S2379, S2381 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5876, S5882 [14JN], S5970, S5977 [15JN], S6156 [20JN], S6285, S6292, S6310 [21JN], S6421 [22JN]

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

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2903 [5AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S4697 [17MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4939, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery, S4029 [4MY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (see S. 2131), S212 [26JA]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see S. 2381), S2123 [14MR]

Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see S. 2658), S4836 [19MY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 2449), S2313 [16MR]

Arms control: provide for coordination of proliferation interdiction activities and conventional arms disarmament (see S. 2566), S5660 [8JN]

Army: anniversary (see S. Res. 512), S5951 [15JN]

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

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

Borlaug, Norman E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2250), S6155 [20JN]

Business and industry: strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see S. 2134), S728 [6FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a temporary memorial honoring members of the Armed Forces killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Con. Res. 86), S2902 [5AP]

Children and youth: limit exposure of children to violent video games (see S. 2126), S1415 [16FE]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see S. 350), S3704 [27AP]

Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see S. 3553), S6283 [21JN]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: promote relief, security, and democracy (see S. 2125), S6787 [29JN]

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]

———promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting relative to reconstruction efforts in the Gulf Coast Region or Iraq (see S. 2277), S1129 [13FE]

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), S5431 [5JN]

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), S5599 [7JN]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see S. 2178), S2314 [16MR]

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

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

———establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see S. 2157), S1644 [2MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 2245), S728 [6FE]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see S. 2231, 2308), S4797 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior: offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing (see S. 2253), S979 [9FE]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see S. 1948), S4469 [11MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see S. 3276), S5341 [26MY]

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

———establish Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers and Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 1537), S7416 [12JY]

———provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see S. 2970), S5118 [24MY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see S. 2548), S4052 [4MY]

Disasters: authorize a program for the protection of the health and safety of residents, workers, volunteers, and others in a disaster area (see S. 1741), S4052 [4MY]

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see S. Res. 331), S7417 [12JY]

———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. 2393), S7416 [12JY]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see S. 2465), S5718 [12JN]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see S. Res. 182), S7416 [12JY]

Education: improve global competitiveness through mathematics and science scholarships, fellowships, and research grants, visa programs for mathematics and science doctoral students, and Dept. of Defense research grants (see S. 2198), S330 [30JA]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see S. 2201), S1540 [28FE]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (see S. 409), S211 [26JA]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 410), S2467 [28MR]

Food industry: reform State inspection of meat and poultry (see S. 3519), S6635 [28JN]

GAO: submit a report to Congress on the compliance of the Postal Service with procedural requirements in the closing of the postal sorting facility in Aberdeen, SD (see S. 3481), S5718 [12JN]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see S. 2180), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2180), S123 [25JA]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 399), S2027 [13MR]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 1283), S1644 [2MR]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 2322), S2534 [29MR]

———support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see S. Res. 420), S4618 [16MY]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see S. 2123), S1540 [28FE]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 2284), S1175 [14FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2185), S123 [25JA]

Insurance: issue charters and licenses for sale, solicitation, negotiation, and underwriting, regulate national insurers and agencies, and provide protections to policyholders (see S. 2509), S2901 [5AP]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see S. 2551), S6561 [27JN]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see S. Con. Res. 101), S5874 [14JN]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see S. 3548), S6283 [21JN]

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

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see S. 1515), S3507 [25AP]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 401), S4211 [9MY]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 345), S5875 [14JN] (see S. 2342), S6062 [19JN]

———eliminate months from calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the prescription drug program and provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs and area agencies on aging (see S. 2810), S5718 [12JN]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see S. 635), S5230 [25MY]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 3650), S7415 [12JY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 3500), S5779 [13JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 351), S3506 [25AP]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 2354), S5950 [15JN]

———waive monthly beneficiary premium under prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan during months in which an enrollee has a gap in coverage (see S. 3647), S7415 [12JY]

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

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2409), S7285 [10JY]

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

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see S. Con. Res. 16), S2314 [16MR]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see S. 2370), S2123 [14MR]

———withhold U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if any representative political party holding a majority of parliamentary seats calls for the destruction of Israel (see S. Con. Res. 79), S446 [1FE]

Minimum wage: increase and ensure that increases keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress (see S. 2725), S4618 [16MY]

Missouri River: permit the use of certain funds for recovery and mitigation activities in the upper basin (see S. 2371), S1790 [6MR]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 405), S2415 [27MR]

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

National Association of State Veterans Homes: tribute (see S. Res. 417), S2689 [31MR]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 371), S1175 [14FE]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 499), S5430 [5JN]

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

National Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 486), S4891 [22MY]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 508), S6420 [22JN]

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 357), S249 [27JA]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see S. Res. 313), S979 [9FE]

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

National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see S. 2333), S1541 [28FE]

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

Native Americans: clarify that Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine (see S. 2643), S3506 [25AP]

———provide for reporting and reduction of child abuse and family violence incidences on Indian reservations (see S. 1899), S2416 [27MR]

———support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see S. 2674), S3704 [27AP]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 637), S1579 [1MR] (see S. 2382), S1834 [7MR] (see S. 2510), S2901 [5AP]

Power resources: improve global competitiveness in science and energy technology, strengthen basic research programs, and support mathematics and science education (see S. 2197), S330 [30JA]

———promote renewable fuel and energy security (see S. 2817), S4617 [16MY]

———reduce U.S. addiction to oil, ensure near-term energy affordability, accelerate clean fuels and electricity, provide government leadership for a reliable energy future (see S. 2829), S4695 [17MY]

———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see S. Con. Res. 97), S5599 [7JN]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see S. 1881), S2122 [14MR]

South Dakota: convey certain lands acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project to certain State agencies for wildlife habitat mitigation and provide conditional purchase options (see S. 2205), S330 [30JA]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see S. Con. Res. 71), S2903 [5AP]

Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see S. Res. 383), S1645 [2MR]

Taxation: extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 2503), S3894 [2MY]

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

———provide a credit for manufacture of flexible fuel motor vehicles and extend and increase the credit for alternative fuel refueling property (see S. 2816), S4617 [16MY]

———provide incentives to promote research and development, innovation, and continuing education (see S. 2199), S330 [30JA]

———simplify taxation of business activity (see S. 2721), S4050 [4MY]

———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1864), S2800 [4AP]

Technology: establish a national innovation initiative (see S. 2390), S1966 [9MR]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 58), S370 [31JA]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2385), S2469 [28MR]

———expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see S. 3069), S5227 [25MY]

———mental health care funding (see S. 2351), S1645 [2MR]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 3475), S5951 [15JN]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see S. 2703), S4523 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

China, Republic of: lift restrictions on U.S. visits by elected officials to encourage high-level exchanges (see S. Con. Res. 106), S6560 [27JN]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: extend authority for establishment of memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 2236), S446 [1FE]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see S. 2350), S1579 [1MR]

Indian Health Service: maintain current operating hours of the Wagner Service Unit until a report is submitted that evaluates the impact of reduction of emergency room services (see S. Res. 358), S329 [30JA]

South Dakota: reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project (see S. 3404), S5489 [6JN]

Remarks

Aberdeen, SD: anniversary, S5775 [13JN]

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (S. 2438), S5654 [8JN]

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S185 [26JA]

Ashton, SD: anniversary, S6558 [27JN]

Baltic, SD: anniversary, S6456 [23JN]

Bath, SD: anniversary, S6632 [28JN]

Brentford, SD: anniversary, S5776 [13JN]

Brookings, SD: anniversary of DAV chapter, S5714 [12JN]

Budget: deficit, S2287 [16MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2286, S2287 [16MR]

Chelsea, SD: anniversary, S5775 [13JN]

Clark, SD: anniversary, S4834 [19MY]

Colombia: Lutheran World Relief (organization) observance of Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia, S4792 [18MY]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 2349), S2448 [28MR]

Cresbard, SD: anniversary, S5870 [14JN]

Crocker, SD: anniversary, S6277 [21JN]

Dakota State University: anniversary, S2120 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (S. 3276), S5594 [7JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5410 [5JN]

Financial institutions: reform Federal deposit insurance system and merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds (S. 1562), S507 [2FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 12), S6531 [27JN]

Foreign aid: increase efforts to combat international hunger, poverty, and disease, S5210 [25MY]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities, S2448 [28MR]

Groton, SD: anniversary, S5775 [13JN]

Hartford, SD: anniversary, S6279 [21JN]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4434 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, S4434 [11MY]

Howard, SD: anniversary, S6279 [21JN]

Keeble, Woodrow W.: award Medal of Honor, S1348 [15FE]

Medicare: extend implementation of prescription drug program, S4434 [11MY]

Mellette, SD: anniversary, S5775 [13JN]

Miller, SD: anniversary, S6456 [23JN]

Mitchell, SD: anniversary, S7329 [11JY]

Mobridge, SD: anniversary, S6277 [21JN]

Mount Vernon, SD: anniversary, S6277 [21JN]

National Children's Study: funding, S2286 [16MR]

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

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

Ortley, SD: anniversary, S6278 [21JN]

Plankinton, SD: anniversary, S6279 [21JN]

Senate: establish an Office of Public Integrity, S2448 [28MR]

Sioux Falls, SD: anniversary, S6277 [21JN]

South Dakota: tribute to Bill Tallman Memorial Women in Science Conference, S1350 [15FE]

South Dakota State University: anniversary, S1785 [6MR]

Stratford, SD: anniversary, S6278 [21JN]

Taxation: provide a credit for manufacture of flexible fuel motor vehicles and extend and increase the credit for alternative fuel refueling property (S. 2816), S4624 [16MY]

Tea, SD: anniversary, S6278 [21JN]

Votes: position on missed, S1831 [7MR], S2117 [14MR], S6149 [20JN]

Webster, SD: anniversary, S6277 [21JN]

Wecota, SD: anniversary, S6278 [21JN]

Wentworth, SD: anniversary, S6557 [27JN]

Women's History Month: observance, S2527 [29MR]

Tributes

Barvels, Roland C., S110 [25JA]

Baum, Darlys J., S2412 [27MR]

Byrd, Senator, S5700 [12JN]

Gulson, George, S7330 [11JY]

Herried, Patrick, S1346 [15FE]

Kokesh, Allen, Jr., S1170 [14FE]

Lundstrom, Brett L., S6 [18JA]

Mooney, Bill and Rose Mary, S6276 [21JN]

Pagones, Carole, S443 [1FE]

Pyle, Mamie, S2527 [29MR]

Wagner, Gregory, S4464 [11MY]

Whitepipe, Charles I., Sr., S6632 [28JN]

Ziolkowski, Ruth, S5871 [14JN]