SESSIONS, JEFF (a Senator from Alabama)

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), S3809 [1MY]

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), S869, S870 [8FE], S1036, S1037 [9FE], S1075 [10FE], S1308 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5781 [13JN], S5858, S5891 [14JN], S5996, S6017, S6019 [16JN], S6118 [20JN], S6314, S6318, S6319 [21JN], S6366 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7438, S7439 [12JY]

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2814 [4AP], S2952, S2953, S2954, S3002, S3003, S3029 [5AP], S3287, S3288, S3289, S3290 [6AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S4561 [15MY], S4627 [16MY], S4651, S4685, S4723 [17MY], S4974, S4980 [23MY], S5119 [24MY], S5154 [25MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S1759 [6MR]

Conferee: H.R. 5122, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S6405 [22JN]

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S4725 [17MY]

Articles and editorials

Asbestos Debate, Washington (DC) Times, S1069 [10FE]

Forward on Asbestos, Washington (DC) Post, S1069 [10FE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), S5717 [12JN]

Budget: establish a new process to create a comprehensive plan to rein in spending, reduce the deficit, and regain control of the Federal budget process (see S. 3521), S5950 [15JN]

Children and youth: improve programs to monitor, register, deter, and punish individuals who commit violent sexual crimes against children (see S. 1086), S2416 [27MR]

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), S3894 [2MY]

———permit access to Federal crime information databases by educational agencies for certain purposes (see S. 1896), S5717 [12JN]

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

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see S. 2339), S3985 [3MY]

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

———offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing and provide a portion of the revenues from that leasing to producing States and coastal political subdivisions (see S. 2384), S1893 [8MR]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see S. 1353), S5950 [15JN]

Education: encourage States to accommodate the release of public school pupils from school attendance to attend off-campus religious classes at houses of worship and faith-based organizations (see S. Con. Res. 92), S6788 [29JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: create a three-tiered approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients (see S. 1956), S1129 [13FE]

Government: provide for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (see S. 2695), S4157 [8MY]

Health: 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), S4156 [8MY]

Immigration: provide for true enforcement and border security (see S. 2368), S1680 [3MR] (see S. 2377), S1833 [7MR]

Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act: amend (see S. 2279), S1835 [7MR]

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

Medicare: permanently extend the floor on the work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for physicians' services (see S. 3516), S5949 [15JN]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see S. 2370), S2314 [16MR]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 405), S6062 [19JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 1173), S370 [31JA]

Paige, Leroy R. (Satchel): award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see S. Con. Res. 91), S3801 [1MY]

Patriotism: commemorate, celebrate, and reaffirm the national motto of the U.S. on the 50th anniversary of formal adoption (see S. Con. Res. 96), S6788 [29JN]

Public Health Service Act: increase affordability of inpatient drugs for Medicaid and safety net hospitals (see S. 1840), S5717 [12JN]

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

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see S. 3238), S5718 [12JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 1791), S1834 [7MR]

———expand use of health savings accounts for the payment of health insurance premiums for high deductible health plans purchased in the individual market (see S. 2554), S4157 [8MY]

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

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

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 58), S4156 [8MY]

———expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see S. 3069), S6062 [19JN]

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), S4156 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: increase penalties for engaging in fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency funds (see S. 3547), S6283 [21JN]

Tariff: dimethyl carbonate (see S. 3074), S5227 [25MY]

———ethyl pyruvate (see S. 3072), S5227 [25MY]

———famoxadone and cymoxanil mixtures (see S. 3077), S5227 [25MY]

———5-chloro-1-indanone (EK179) (see S. 3076), S5227 [25MY]

———indoxacarb (see S. 3073), S5227 [25MY]

———methyl-4-trifluor-1 omethoxyphenyl-N-(chlorocarbonyl) carbamate) (see S. 3079), S5227 [25MY]

———methylthioglycolate (MTG) (see S. 3078), S5227 [25MY]

———polyethylene HE1878 (see S. 3075), S5227 [25MY]

Cloture motions

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]

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]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S6142 [20JN], S6335 [22JN]

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]

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

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

Stickler, Richard E.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, S5591 [7JN]

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]

Letters

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act: William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S5587 [7JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement: by, S1617 [2MR]

Memorandums

Partial Cost Estimate for Hagel/Martinez Amendment to S. 2454, Securing America's Borders Act: Bob Sunshine, CBO, S3190 [6AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S1759 [6MR]

Privilege of the floor

Adler, Adam, S870 [8FE]

Barrett, Andrew, S5607 [7JN]

Kane, Jessica, S870 [8FE]

Newell, Robert, S870 [8FE]

Parekh, Raj, S870 [8FE]

Rowe, John, S6187 [20JN]

Sentell, Shannon, S6022 [16JN]

Ward, George, S2540 [29MR]

Remarks

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S45 [25JA], S204 [26JA], S235, S238 [27JA], S335 [31JA]

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), S4023 [4MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S3555-S3557 [26AP]

Armed Forces: prevent imposition of excessive TRICARE fees and co-pays on military retirees, S2261 [16MR]

———prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S5999 [16JN]

———tribute to military recruiters (S. Res. 385), S2540 [29MR]

Army: anniversary, S5998 [16JN]

———anniversary (S. Res. 512), S5897 [14JN]

Birmingham, AL: tribute to Vestavia Hills High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S6279 [21JN]

Border Patrol: assure adequate funding for additional agents, S2870 [5AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1637 [2MR]

———establish a new process to create a comprehensive plan to rein in spending, reduce the deficit, and regain control of the Federal budget process (S. 3521), S5960, S5961 [15JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2261 [16MR]

Cameron, James: tribute (S. Res. 518), S6188 [20JN]

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (S. Res. 517), S6187 [20JN]

China, People's Republic of: authorize appropriate action if negotiations regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulations are not successful (S. 295), unanimous-consent agreement, S2543 [29MR]

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), S1396 [16FE]

———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, S1333, S1336 [15FE]

Coast Guard: tribute to award recipients, S5115 [24MY]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S2522 [29MR]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 2349), S2454 [28MR]

Courts: establish medical criteria for asbestos exposure victims seeking compensation, S953, S955 [9FE]

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

———politicization of the judicial decisionmaking process, S238 [27JA]

———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), S840, S842, S844 [8FE], S953, S955, S964, S967 [9FE], S1065-S1067 [10FE]

———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, S756, S758 [7FE]

Cuba: require detainees held at Guantanamo Bay be charged, repatriated, or released within 180 days, S6143, S6146, S6147 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5923 [15JN], S5998 [16JN], S6143, S6146, S6147 [20JN], S6193, S6194, S6251, S6263 [21JN], S6366, S6369, S6376, S6377 [22JN]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, S5999 [16JN]

———national missile defense system funding, S6366, S6369, S6377 [22JN]

Dept. of Education: tribute to Presidential Scholar Program honorees from Alabama, S5715 [12JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: certify that the borders are secured before allowing implementation of a new alien guest worker program, S2686 [31MR]

———construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S., S2869 [5AP], S4652, S4656, S4662 [17MY], S7401-S7404 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7401 [12JY]

Dept. of the Interior: offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing (S. 2253), S842, S843 [8FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5580, S5586 [7JN], S5624 [8JN]

Employment: impact of illegal immigration on U.S. workforce, S4598, S4599 [16MY], S4826-S4830 [19MY]

———make certain illegal or criminal aliens ineligible for conditional nonimmigrant work authorization and status, S2591, S2592 [30MR]

English language: declare as national language of U.S., S4736 [18MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5479, S5481 [6JN], S5528 [7JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (S. 2803), S4861, S4862 [22MY]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 410), S2541 [29MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 12), S6529 [27JN]

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 (S. 2467), S2542 [29MR]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities, S2454 [28MR]

Hand, Mary: Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, S5715 [12JN]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (S. 147), motion to proceed, S5563, S5586 [7JN]

Holley, Philip: Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, S5715 [12JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, S2523-S2525 [29MR]

———conduct lottery to grant citizenship to certain aliens from underrepresented countries, S4876 [22MY]

———deny eligibility for the earned income tax credit to illegal aliens and certain legalized workers, S5156, S5159, S5160, S5188 [25MY]

———eliminate clear and convincing evidence standard for courts to stay the removal of an alien in certain circumstances, S5152 [25MY]

———establish Secure Authorized Foreign Employee (SAFE) Visa Program, S5079 [24MY]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers, S2712 [3AP]

———lift confidentiality on legalization applications if application is denied so applicant information can be used to assist fraud investigations, S5140 [25MY]

———limit the number of aliens, including spouses and children, granted employment-based legal permanent resident status during any fiscal year, S5144 [25MY]

———prohibit aliens who are currently outside the U.S. from participating in H-2C guest worker visa program, S4590, S4598, S4599 [16MY]

———prohibit granting of amnesty to certain undocumented individuals, S4673 [17MY]

———prohibit H-2C nonimmigrants from adjusting to lawful permanent resident status, S4779 [18MY]

———prohibit hiring and facilitation of hiring of undocumented workers, S5154 [25MY]

———reduce maximum number of nonimmigrants participating in H-2C guest worker visa program, S4651 [17MY]

———reform (S. 2454), S2484, S2520 [29MR], S2591, S2592 [30MR], S2681, S2686 [31MR], S2712, S2714, S2723 [3AP], S2866, S2869, S2870 [5AP], S3189, S3190, S3191, S3197 [6AP], S3356 [7AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S4510-S4514 [12MY], S4547 [15MY], S4590, S4598, S4599 [16MY], S4651, S4652, S4656, S4662, S4673 [17MY], S4736, S4743, S4779 [18MY], S4823, S4825, S4826 [19MY], S4858, S4876, S4918-S4921 [22MY], S5030-S5033 [23MY], S5079, S5080, S5081, S5082, S5083, S5090 [24MY], S5140, S5144, S5152, S5154, S5159, S5160, S5188 [25MY], S6193, S6194 [21JN], S7401-S7404 [12JY]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S6000 [16JN]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, S5998 [16JN]

———proposal to grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces, S5923 [15JN]

———spur political solution and encourage the people to provide for their own security through the redeployment of U.S. forces, S6251, S6263 [21JN]

Kansas City, MO: designate the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (S. Con. Res. 60), S2865 [5AP]

Kavanaugh, Brett M.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5308 [26MY]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: celebrate musical and cultural heritage of country music and recognize the ``Country: A Celebration of America's Music'' festival (S. Res. 414), S2541 [29MR]

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 (S. Res. 504), S5607 [7JN]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1635, S1637 [2MR]

Minimum wage: level, S6193, S6194 [21JN]

National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, S877 [9FE], S1067-S1069 [10FE]

News media: guarantee the free flow of information to the public through a free and active press while protecting the right of the public to effective law enforcement and the fair administration of justice (S. 2831), S4803 [18MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, S3555-S3557 [26AP]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2543 [29MR]

Senate: legislative program, S235 [27JA], S2543 [29MR], S5591, S5608 [7JN], S6188 [20JN]

———require Senators to publicly disclose a notice of intent to object to proceeding to any measure or matter, S2454 [28MR]

Social Security: exclude work done by illegal aliens with fradulent identification prior to change of immigration status from calculation of benefits, S4743 [18MY]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S6187 [20JN]

Virginia Wesleyan College: tribute to men's basketball team (S. Res. 413), S2540 [29MR]

Tables

Age of circuit court judges, S5309 [26MY]

Tributes

Becker, Edward R., S4918 [22MY]

Bond, Senator, S878 [9FE]

Hicks, Taylor, S5154 [25MY]

Inouye, Margaret Awamura, S2018, S2019 [13MR]

King, Coretta Scott, S758 [7FE]

Lord, Lance W., S2599 [30MR]

Proxmire, William, S324 [30JA]

Taylor, Carl, S2798 [4AP]