GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS

Amendments

Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), H5087, H5089, H5090 [12JY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (H. Res. 906), H5062 [12JY]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H742, H744, H746, H747, H748, H751 [8MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H527 [2MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 710), H734 [8MR]

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

Native Americans: technical corrections to certain laws (H.R. 3351), S3397 [7AP], H1933 [2MY]

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

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (H. Res. 842), H3380 [6JN]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), H1516, H1564 [5AP]

———clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), consideration (H. Res. 755), H1512 [5AP]

Analyses

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

Articles and editorials

Another Cave-In on the Patriot Act, S1602 [2MR]

Checks on the Patriot Act, S1601 [2MR]

China's Trade Surplus Hits New High, H5100 [12JY]

Close the 527 Loophole—Congress Should Beach the Swift Boats and George Soros, Too, H1526 [5AP]

Fighting the Terrorists, S1601 [2MR]

Fuel Costs Ease but Could Climb Higher, H1924 [2MY]

Intimidation Seen as Commission Eyes 527s' Solicitations, S6742 [29JN]

Jimmy Carter Is Right—Amend the Immigration Bill To Require Voters To Show ID, S5052 [24MY]

Kill This Bill, H2012 [3MY]

Lobbyist Empowerment Act, H2014 [3MY]

Migrants' False Claims—Fraud on a Huge Scale, S4934 [23MY]

New Gun Argument—Mayors Turn the Political Issue to Saving Lives, E691 [3MY]

1986 Amenesty Law Is Seen as Failing To Slow Alien Tide, S4933 [23MY]

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

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

Our Right to Security, S1517 [28FE]

PATRIOT Act Compromise Clears Way for Senate Vote, S1459 [17FE]

Real Lobbying Reform, H2026 [3MY]

Sham Lobbying Reform, H2014 [3MY]

Snow Job on Lobbying, H2013 [3MY]

Soft Money Boomerang, H1525 [5AP]

Soros's Deep Pockets vs. Bush; Financier Contributes $5 Million More in Effort To Oust President, H1526 [5AP]

States Find It Tough To Prove Gas Prices Illegal, H1924 [2MY]

Stillborn Reform, H2013 [3MY]

Taking Lumps—As Utilities Seek More Coal, Railroads Struggle To Deliver, S2304 [16MR]

True Patriots—Some in Congress Won't Let Terror Limit Freedom, S1602 [2MR]

Voter IDs Only Part of Elections Solution, S5053 [24MY]

Voting Reform Is in the Cards, S5053 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (see H.R. 5267), H1979 [2MY]

———provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 5266), H1979 [2MY]

———require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail (see S. 2395), S1965 [9MR]

Air pollution: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (see S. 2724), S4050 [4MY]

Antitrust policy: prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry (see S. 2854), S4796 [18MY]

———provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 3612), S6786 [29JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws covering cases of certain debtors who are victims of identity theft (see H.R. 5757), H5046 [11JY]

Budget: provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority, promote fiscal responsibility, reinstate pay-as-you-go rules, and use reconciliation procedures responsibly (see H.R. 5667), H4423 [21JN]

Business and industry: improve competition in the oil and gas industry and strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers (see S. 2557), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5279), H2101 [3MY]

———require U.S. nationals that employ individuals in a foreign country to provide full transparency and disclosure in all their operations (see H.R. 5376), H2585 [11MY]

———require U.S. nationals that employ more than twenty persons in a foreign country to implement a Corporate Code of Conduct (see H.R. 5377), H2585 [11MY]

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

———ensure that electronic surveillance of U.S. persons for foreign intelligence purposes is conducted pursuant to individualized court orders and streamline procedures of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see S. 3001), S5117 [24MY]

———limit delays on notice of search warrants, enhance review and basis of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and create national security letter sunsets (see S. 2369), S1790 [6MR]

———provide in statute for the conduct of electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists and ensure the civil liberties of U.S. citizens are safeguarded (see S. 2455), S2313 [16MR]

Classified information: require notice to Congress of certain declassifications of intelligence information (see S. 2660), S3588 [26AP]

Coins: provide a clear line of demarcation relative to private ownership of certain older U.S. coins, medals, or numismatic items and establish certain guidelines governing newer versions of such items (see H.R. 5077), H1451 [4AP]

Colombia: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4886), H644 [7MR]

Commission on Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance: establish (see H.R. 5587), H3787 [12JN]

Committee on Financial Services (House): require annual testimony by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, on efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting (see H.R. 5024), H1195 [28MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend relative to reporting and recordkeeping for positions involving energy commodities (see S. 2642), S3506 [25AP]

Communications Act: amend (see S. 2686), S3801 [1MY]

Computers: promote a free and open Internet by requiring network operators to treat all content equally and ensuring transparency in provision of any communications (see S. 2360), S1644 [2MR] (see S. 2917), S4836 [19MY]

Construction industries: require companies receiving funds for Federal construction projects to conduct employee background checks prior to participation in the construction of public schools (see H.R. 4661), H23 [31JA]

Contracts: enact certain laws relative to public contracts (see H.R. 5414), H2705 (see H.R. 5414), H2757 [17MY]

———limit the number of, and require reporting relative to, all subcontracts under Federal contracts (see H.R. 5181), H1741 [25AP]

Corporations: reduce burdens of implementing internal auditing control requirements of companies subject to securities laws (see S. 2824), S4695 [17MY] (see H.R. 5405), H2705 (see H.R. 5405), H2757 [17MY]

———require income reported to the IRS to be included in annual reports to the SEC (see H.R. 5469), H3225 [24MY]

Correctional institutions: require minimum workweek for Federal prison inmates and reform inmate work programs (see S. 3629), S6787 [29JN]

Courts: provide comprehensive procedures for adjudication of cases involving unprivileged combatants (see S. 3614), S6786 [29JN]

———simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law (see H.R. 4772), H387 [16FE]

CPSC: confirm jurisdiction relative to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring such bars include a quick-release mechanism (see H.R. 5339), H2501 [10MY]

———establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 4896), H645 [7MR]

———issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see S. 3458), S5598 [7JN]

Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (see H. Res. 906), H4957 [10JY]

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

Crime: prohibit possession, transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents (see S. 2631), S3420 [24AP]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4657), H23 [31JA]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see S. 2177, 2178), S14 [18JA] (see S. 2264), S978 [9FE] (see S. 2389), S1893 [8MR] (see H.R. 4662), H23 (see H.R. 4678), H24 [31JA] (see H.R. 4709, 4714), H223 [8FE] (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]

Dallas, TX: modify restrictions on the provisions of air transportation to and from Love Field (see S. 2857), S4835 [19MY] (see H.R. 5425), H2832 (see H.R. 5425), H2890 [18MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve safety of meat and poultry products through retrieval of history, use, and location of products using a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification (see S. 3601), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5727), H4915 [29JN]

———prevent a quality grade label issued for beef and lamb from being used for imported beef or lamb (see H.R. 4689), H153 [1FE]

Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by salmon fishery restrictions along the California and Oregon coast (see S. 2662), S3588 [26AP]

Dept. of Education: urge withdrawal of changes contained in the ``Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy—Three-Part Test-Part Three'' that harm Title IX (see H. Res. 735), H1130 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations on protections for residents of certain facilities relative to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion (see H. Con. Res. 363), H1129 [16MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs (see S. 2453), S2313 [16MR]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see S. 2231), S446 [1FE] (see S. 2308), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 4695), H154 [1FE]

Dept. of the Interior: impose moratorium on approval of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (see H.R. 4677), H24 [31JA]

———require States to have an approved law providing for a gaming master plan prior to approval of a Tribal-State gaming compact (see H.R. 5125), H1677 [6AP]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize setting of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles based on one or more vehicle attributes (see H.R. 5359), H2584 [11MY]

Disabled: exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students (see S. 2591), S3212 [6AP] (see H.R. 5117), H1677 [6AP]

Disasters: address needs of individuals with disabilities in emergency planning and relief efforts and increase accessibility of post-disaster replacement housing built with Federal funds (see H.R. 4704), H160 [7FE]

Drugs: impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of controlled substances for personal use (see H.R. 4769), H387 [16FE]

———remove market exclusivity for certain drugs in order to enhance competition, improve access to generic drugs, and reduce consumer prices (see S. 2300), S1413 [16FE]

Ecology and environment: ensure that liable entities meet environmental cleanup obligations (see S. 3515), S5874 [14JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: clarify certain Federal requirements (see H.R. 5717), H4914 [29JN]

Employment: prevent acceptance of drivers license for employment eligibility verification if the issuing State uses taxpayer identification numbers other than Social Security numbers in application process (see H.R. 5506), H3307 (see H.R. 5506), H3360 [25MY]

Endangered Species Act: improve information to consumers about the costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 4857), H564 [2MR]

FCC: impose licensing conditions on digital audio radio to protect against the unauthorized distribution of transmitted content (see H.R. 4861), H564 [2MR]

———promote and expedite wireless broadband deployment in rural and other areas (see S. 2332), S1461 [17FE] (see H.R. 5085), H1452 [4AP]

———require issuance of a final order relative to usage of white spaces of the broadband spectrum (see S. 2327), S1461 [17FE]

FDA: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 426), H3787 [12JN]

———conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether the requirements provide sufficient information on the risks such devices pose (see H.R. 4767), H387 [16FE]

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

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (see H. Res. 702), H508 [1MR] (see H. Res. 710), H644 [7MR]

FDIC: establish industrial bank holding company regulation (see H.R. 5746), H4957 [10JY]

Federal Election Administration: establish (see S. 3560), S6419 [22JN] (see H.R. 5676), H4520 [22JN]

Federal Election Campaign Act: exclude certain communications over the Internet from certain requirements (see H.R. 4900), H790 [8MR]

———reduce certain contribution limits (see H.R. 4664), H23 [31JA]

Federal Financial Management Improvement Act: amend to require the head of an Agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless the Agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act (see H.R. 5315), H2337 [9MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: increase penalties relative to counterfeit drugs (see H.R. 5156), H1678 [6AP]

———require serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs (see S. 3546), S6283 [21JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see S. 2803), S4617 [16MY] (see H.R. 5432), H2961 [19MY] (see H.R. 5481), H3306 (see H.R. 5481), H3359 [25MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 2783), S4468 [11MY]

FERC: clarify the applicability of certain deadlines relative to construction of hyroelectric projects located or proposed to be located on the Upper Hudson River in New York (see S. 2297), S1413 [16FE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see S. 2856), S4796 [18MY]

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]

———amend requirement that interstate firearms sales by Federal firearms licensees be made in accordance with the State law of the purchaser (see H.R. 5551), H3496 [7JN]

———improve tracking of stolen firearms and firearms used in a crime, allow more frequent inspections of gun dealers, and enhance penalties for gun trafficking (see S. 2629), S3420 [24AP]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H1129 [16MR]

———require microstamping of all firearms manufactured in or imported into the U.S., and ballistic testing of all firearms in Federal custody (see H.R. 5073), H1395 [3AP]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize various fisheries management laws (see H.R. 4686), H153 [1FE]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5268), H1979 [2MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 5269), H1979 [2MY]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 3615), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5729), H4915 [29JN]

———reform State inspection of meat and poultry (see S. 3519), S5949 [15JN]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (see H.R. 4944), H972 [14MR]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H1389 [30MR]

———restore authority to issue regulations on marketing and advertising to children (see H.R. 5737), H4915 [29JN]

———revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 4931), H867 [9MR] (see H.R. 5325), H2338 [9MY]

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), S5659 [8JN] (see H.R. 5599), H3907 [13JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see S. 3631), S7331 [11JY]

Health: improve oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process (see S. 2609), S3378 [7AP] (see H.R. 5209), H1852 [26AP]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see S. 2618), S3378 [7AP]

Help America Vote Act: clarify treatment of provisional ballots cast in Federal elections, ensure polling places have adequate staff and equipment, and issue durable State voter registration cards (see H.R. 4989), H1128 [16MR]

House of Representatives: require Members and staff to verify their compliance with the gift rule (see H.R. 4669), H24 [31JA]

House Rules: require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (see H. Res. 841), H3226 [24MY]

———restore transparency, accountability, and oversight (see H. Res. 686), H389 [16FE]

Housing Act: exempt qualified public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing an annual public housing agency plan (see S. 2707), S3984 [3MY]

Immigration: align U.S. laws with the immigration laws of Mexico (see H.R. 5523), H3423 [6JN]

———allow aliens who are legally present in the U.S. to return temporarily to their country of citizenship if that country is engaged in post-conflict reconstruction (see S. 2413), S2122 [14MR]

———designate Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as program countries under the visa waiver program (see H.R. 5730), H4915 [29JN]

———establish procedures for issuance of ``no match'' letters to employers by the SSA and notification of the Dept. of Homeland Security regarding such letters (see H.R. 5507), H3307 (see H.R. 5507), H3360 [25MY]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 2284), S1175 [14FE] (see H.R. 4740), H272 [14FE]

———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]

———require the debarment from Federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements of employers who hire unauthorized aliens (see H.R. 5505), H3307 (see H.R. 5505), H3360 [25MY]

———supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3137 [23MY]

———suspend visa waiver program until certain entry-exit control requirements are met (see H.R. 5406), H2705 (see H.R. 5406), H2757 [17MY]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: restrict off-reservation gaming (see H.R. 4893), H644 [7MR]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: modify certain requirements (see S. 3526), S5950 [15JN]

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 disclosure of insurance coverage and noncoverage by insurance companies and provide FTC enforcement (see S. 3239), S5230 [25MY]

———streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 5637), H4219 [19JN]

Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 5248), H1916 [27AP]

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

Lobbyists: require representatives of countries labeled state sponsors of terrorism to disclose lobbying contacts with legislative branch officials (see H.R. 5228), H1915 [27AP]

Medicare: permit beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans that change their formularies or increase prices to enroll in other plans (see S. 2313), S1414 [16FE]

Minimum wage: calculate based on Federal poverty guidelines published by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5731), H4915 [29JN]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (see S. 2798), S4523 [12MY] (see H.R. 5389), H2640 [16MY]

———increase minimum penalties for violations of mine safety laws (see S. 2448), S2313 [16MR]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 5341), H2502 [10MY]

Motor vehicles: ensure that the average fuel economy achieved by automobiles manufactured after 2016 is no less than 33 miles per gallon (see H.R. 5543), H3496 [7JN]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and improve passenger automobile and light truck fuel economy and safety (see S. 3543), S6154 [20JN]

———limit fees imposed in connection with background checks for the issuance of licenses to operate a motor vehicle transporting a hazardous material (see H.R. 5560), H3641 [8JN]

———provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see S. 2318), S1414 [16FE]

———reform setting and calculation of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles (see S. 2830), S4796 [18MY]

———require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (see H.R. 4673), H24 [31JA]

———require that automobiles and light trucks are able to operate on a fuel mixture that has a certain percentage of ethanol (see S. 2263), S978 [9FE]

National Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (see H.R. 5235), H1916 [27AP]

National security: establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4881), H644 [7MR]

———provide for the regulation of certain chemical facilities (see H.R. 5695), H4794 [28JN]

NRC: conduct an independent safety assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Buchanan, NY (see S. 2488), S2730 [3AP] (see H.R. 4891), H644 [7MR]

Nuclear energy: improve civilian nuclear power reactors material control and accounting and data management systems to better account for spent nuclear fuel and reduce risks associated with handling of those materials (see S. 3634), S7331 [11JY] (see H.R. 5761), H5046 [11JY]

Occupational safety and health: prohibit promulgation of safety and health standards that do not meet certain requirements for national concensus standards (see H.R. 5554), H3641 [8JN]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (see S. 2440), S2313 [16MR]

OMB: establish an Internet site that lists all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds (see S. 2590), S3212 [6AP] (see S. 2718), S4050 [4MY]

Organ donation: clarify that kidney paired donation and kidney list donations do not involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration (see S. 2306), S1413 [16FE]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit offshore drilling in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas (see S. 2316), S1414 [16FE]

Paperwork: ensure usability and clarity of information disseminated by Federal agencies and facilitate compliance with Federal paperwork requirements (see H.R. 4809), H449 [28FE]

Passports: allow children to travel to Canada without passports, develop system to allow day trips to Canada without passports, and limit cost of passport cards or similar alternatives (see S. 2632), S3420 [24AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: allow waiver of statutory provisions governing patents and trademarks in certain emergencies (see H.R. 4742), H273 [14FE]

———conform certain filing provisions (see H.R. 5120), H1677 [6AP]

Patents: modify certain procedures (see H.R. 5096), H1561 [5AP]

Petroleum: establish requirements relative to transfer of oil to or from an onshore or offshore facility, or a vessel with a capacity of over 250 barrels in U.S. waters (see H.R. 4724), H224 [8FE]

———expedite consideration of permits for refineries (see S. 3649), S7415 [12JY]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H1979 [2MY]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (see H. Res. 842), H3306 (see H. Res. 842), H3358 [25MY]

Pharmaceuticals: expand human clinical trials qualifying for the orphan drug tax credit (see H.R. 5080), H1452 [4AP]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), consideration (see H. Res. 755), H1451 [4AP]

———clarify when organizations described under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (see S. 2511), S2901 [5AP]

———require political committees to identify each candidate associated with the committee in organization statements and reports filed with the FEC (see H.R. 4655), H23 [31JA]

Pornography: limit Federal court jurisdiction over State laws restricting pornography (see H.R. 5528), H3423 [6JN]

Power resources: establish an alternative diesel standard (see S. 3554), S6283 [21JN]

———prohibit restrictions on installation of renewable fuel pumps (see S. 2812), S4617 [16MY]

Privacy: eliminate requirement that States collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses (see S. 2249), S769 [7FE]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: revise and extend (see S. 2792), S4469 [11MY]

Public Health Service Act: ensure that projects funded through NIH comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements (see H.R. 5545), H3496 [7JN]

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]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see S. 2418), S2202 [15MR]

Railroads: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (see S. 2921), S4891 [22MY]

Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (see S. 3552), S6283 [21JN]

SBA: reauthorize 7(a) loan guaranty program (see S. 2594), S3212 [6AP]

SEC: require the registration of hedge fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act (see H.R. 5712), H4914 [29JN]

Shipping industry: improve codification of U.S. Code title relative to shipping (see H.R. 5413), H2705 (see H.R. 5413), H2757 [17MY]

Ships and vessels: establish vessel ballast water management requirements (see H.R. 5030), H1196 [28MR]

———require exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4771), H387 [16FE]

Small business: modernize the treatment of development companies (see S. 2595), S3212 [6AP]

———reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns (see H.R. 5352), H2584 [11MY]

———suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see S. 2656), S3588 [26AP] (see H.R. 5242), H1916 [27AP]

Social Security: make all uninsured children eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program and simplify enrollment and renewal procedures for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4760), H332 [15FE]

Surface Transportation Board: establish certain rules for approval of waste management company applications to become rail carriers (see H.R. 4870), H565 [2MR]

Taxation: increase penalties for failure to file actuarial reports on certain pension plans (see S. 2919), S4891 [22MY]

———provide a credit to certain concentrated animal feeding operations for the cost of complying with environmental protection regulations (see S. 3596), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5775), H5128 [12JY]

———provide tax relief to promote investments in mine safety (see H.R. 4835), H508 [1MR]

———regulate payroll tax deposit agents (see S. 3583), S6560 [27JN]

Television: provide a national franchise and other regulatory relief to video service providers who offer a-la-carte programming for cable television (see S. 3457), S5598 [7JN]

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

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: exempt from certain requirements (see H.R. 5682), H4554 [26JN]

Veterans Advisory Committee on Certification, Credentialing, and Licensure: establish (see H.R. 5220), H1915 [27AP]

Voting: establish standards for distribution of voter registration application forms (see H.R. 5776), H5128 [12JY]

Water: provide standards and procedures for the review of water reclamation and reuse projects (see S. 3639), S7415 [12JY] (see H.R. 5768), H5127 [12JY]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H3641 [8JN]

Cloture motions

———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]

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]

Colloquies

Clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271): Senators Durbin and Sununu, H587 [7MR]

Letters

Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Association for Financial Professionals, Investment Company Institute, and Financial Services Roundtable, H5085 [12JY]

———Jim Kaitz, Association for Financial Professionals, H5084 [12JY]

———John R. Vogt, Bond Market Association, H5084 [12JY]

———Paul S. Stevens, Investment Company Institute, H5084 [12JY]

———Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable, H5085 [12JY]

527 Reform Act: Daniel R. Ortiz, S6740-S6742 [29JN]

———Representative Ehlers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H1527 [5AP]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on House Administration (House), H1527 [5AP]

———several political organizations, H1526 [5AP]

———several Senators, S6744 [29JN]

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]

Implement Commission on Federal Election Reform recommendations to require presentation of vaild photo identification at polls: several organizations, S5059 [24MY]

Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act: Jeannine Kenney, Consumers Union, H1692 [25AP]

———LeRoy D. Baca, H1693 [25AP]

Lower Prices Reduced With Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs (Lower PRICED Drugs) Act: Annette Guarisco, Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market, S1422 [16FE]

———David P. Sloane, AARP, S1422 [16FE]

———Kathleen Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, S1422 [16FE]

———Ken W. Cole, General Motors Corp., S1422 [16FE]

Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act: Cecil E. Roberts, United Mine Workers of America, H3457 [7JN]

———Kraig R. Naasz, National Mining Association, H3457 [7JN]

———Representative McKeon, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3457 [7JN]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3457 [7JN]

Modify conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. are granted legal status: Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, S4851 [22MY]

———Representatives Napolitano and Gutierrez, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, S4851 [22MY]

Modify travel restrictions to Cuba: Assembly To Promote Civil Society in Cuba, H3921 [14JN]

National Uniformity for Food Act: Connie Tipton, International Dairy Foods Association, and Jerry Kozak, National Milk Producers Federation, H742 [8MR]

———Don Ament, Colorado Dept. of Agriculture, H524 [2MR]

———J. Carlton Courter III, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, H728 [8MR]

———Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H538 [2MR]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H538 [2MR]

Permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs and use resulting savings for budget deficit reduction: David P. Sloane, AARP, S2020 [13MR]

Prohibit EPA implementation and enforcement of the wetlands policy guidance issued in joint memorandum with Corps of Engineers: Tom Kiernan and Andy Buchsbaum, Healing Our Waters Coalition, H2854 [18MY]

Prohibit issuance of national security letters to health insurance companies to obtain private medical records: William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, H4767 [28JN]

Protecting Children From Sexual Exploitation Act: several civic, business, media, and literary associations and organizations, H680 [8MR]

Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act: Eddie Terrill, State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (organization), and John A. Paul, Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials, H2003 [3MY]

———Leonard Bernstein, National Association of Pupil Transportation, and John D. Corr, Jr., National School Transportation Association, H2002 [3MY]

———Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2006 [3MY]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2007 [3MY]

———Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, H3473 [7JN]

Require agricultural employers to pay nonimmigrant H-2A workers the local prevailing wage rate: several organizations, S4872 [22MY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement: Senator Feinstein, S1402 [16FE]

———Senator Specter, S39 [25JA]

———Senators Kyl, Roberts, and Sessions, S1617 [2MR]

Lists

Additional civil liberties protections in conference report on H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, H62 [1FE], H584 [7MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H522 [2MR], H730 [8MR]

Organizations supporting modification of conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. are granted legal status, S4927 [23MY]

Memorandums

Limit Delays on Notice of Search Warrants, Enhance Review and Basis of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Orders and National Security Letters, and Create National Security Letter Sunsets: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1496 [27FE]

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

National Uniformity for Food Act: Bill Lockyer, California Attorney General, H532 [2MR]

Motions

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H755 [8MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H528 [2MR]

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

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H3477 [7JN]

Papers

Free Speech and the 527 Prohibition: Stephen M. Hoersting, Cato Institute (excerpt), H1524 [5AP]

Petitions and memorials

Alaska: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1569 [1MR]

California: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1569 [1MR]

Colorado: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1570 [1MR]

Douglas County, WI, Board of Supervisors: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1573 [1MR]

Eau Claire, WI, City Council: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1573 [1MR]

Hawaii: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1570 [1MR]

Idaho: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1570 [1MR]

Madison, WI, City Council: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1573 [1MR]

Maine: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1571 [1MR]

Milwaukee, WI, City Council: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1574 [1MR]

Montana: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1571 [1MR]

Vermont: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S1572 [1MR]

Press releases

Sprint Nextel Sues To Shut Down Online Services That Illegally Obtain and Sell Confidential Telephone Records: Sprint Nextel Corp., H1693 [25AP]

T-Mobile Sues Cell Record Brokers for Criminal Profiteering: T-Mobile U.S.A., Inc., H1693 [25AP]

Verizon Wireless Applauds Cell Phone Privacy Bill: Verizon, Inc., H1693 [25AP]

Remarks in House

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: prohibit promulgation of regulations without consideration of their effect on the competitiveness of U.S. businesses, H3083 [23MY]

Air pollution: monitor and control fine particulate matter emissions, H2800 [18MY]

Armed Forces: limit percentage of paycheck garnished for recovery of overpayments made to servicemembers, H2538, H2539 [11MY]

———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]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H229 [14FE], H649 [8MR], H963-H969 [14MR], H1969 [2MY], H3417 [6JN], H5021-H5023 [11JY]

Bureau of Customs and Border Patrol: confiscation and destruction of reimported prescription drugs from Canada, H299 [15FE], H3289 [25MY]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H216, H217 [8FE], H1551 [5AP], H2106 [4MY], H4391, H4392 [21JN], H4965, H4968 [11JY]

Business and industry: improve competition in the oil and gas industry and strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers (H.R. 5279), E710 [3MY]

CFTC: regulatory oversight of crude oil markets, H2874 [18MY]

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

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), H393 [28FE], H581-H593, H600 [7MR], E310, E316, E319 [8MR], E333 [9MR], E349 [14MR], E372 [15MR], E466 [30MR]

Colleges and universities: eliminate certain reporting requirements and eliminate ability for States to become recognized accreditors, H1327, H1336, H1337 [30MR]

Congress: relationship with special interest groups, H262 [14FE], H301 [15FE], H5033-H5035 [11JY]

Contracts: enact certain laws relative to public contracts (H.R. 5414), E861 [17MY]

Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), H5080-H5094 [12JY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (H. Res. 906), H5056-H5062 [12JY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), corrections in engrossment, H5095 [12JY]

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, H680 [8MR]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (H.R. 4709), H1690-H1694, H1704 [25AP], E90 [8FE]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (H.R. 4943), H1889 [27AP]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (H.R. 817), E183 [17FE]

Cuba: prohibit funding to modify travel restrictions relative to religious activities, H3920-H3922 [14JN]

———prohibit use of funds to implement certain regulations that restrict travel to Cuba for educational activities, H3952-H3954 [14JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Livestock Identification Board, H3085 [23MY]

———exempt dairy producer-handlers which produce less than 9 million pounds of milk per month from certain regulatory requirements, H3100 [23MY]

———National Animal Identification System funding, H3028, H3080-H3082 [23MY]

Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by salmon fishery restrictions along the California and Oregon coast, H4666 [27JN], H4686, H4687, H4688, H4689, H4700, H4703, H4704 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: additional oversight and accountability of contractors deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, retroactive regulations on previously issued contract extensions, and background checks on foreign nationals funding, H2538, H2539 [11MY]

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

Dept. of HHS: verify that proposed food safety legislation will pose no additional risk to public health or safety from terrorist attacks on the food supply, H746 [8MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: mirror data center funding, H3318 [25MY]

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

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to enforce court decision permitting law enforcement officers to obtain evidence in contravention of search and seizure statutes, H4772-H4774 [28JN]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (H.R. 4695), H28, H127 [1FE], H185 [8FE], H471 [1MR], E38 [31JA], E46, E58 [1FE]

Dept. of State: require a passport for all travel into and out of the U.S., H4800-H4802 [29JN]

Dept. of the Interior: require States to have an approved law providing for a gaming master plan prior to approval of a Tribal-State gaming compact (H.R. 5125), E556 [7AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: prohibit funding to promulgate regulations without consideration of effect on competitiveness of U.S. business, H2847 [18MY]

Dept. of Transportation: rail line relocation projects funding, H3915-H3917 [14JN]

———study amount each State spent to comply with Dept. of Transportation laws and regulations, H3955, H3956 [14JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: theft of veterans' personal records, H3230, H3232 [25MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: prohibit funding to promulgate regulations without consideration of effect on competitiveness of U.S. business, H2940 [19MY]

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

Disabled: exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students (H.R. 5117), H3808, H3809 [13JN]

Disasters: establish special rules relative to certain disaster assistance provided for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (H.R. 4438), H520 [2MR]

Drugs: establish certain restrictions on drugs containing isotretinoin, including the drug marketed as Accutane, H138 [1FE]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, E1294 [27JN]

———reaffirm support for Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, H767 [8MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: clarify certain Federal requirements (H.R. 5717), E1343 [29JN]

EPA: definition of ``fill material'' relative to water pollution, E900 [19MY]

———exempt small public water systems from compliance with arsenic and radionuclide standards for drinking water, H2855 [18MY]

———prohibit funding to implement or enforce the wetlands policy guidance issued in joint memorandum with Corps of Engineers, H2850-H2855 [18MY]

———Toxics Release Inventory Program proposed rule implementation funding, H2816, H2817 [18MY]

FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (H.R. 1415), H419 [28FE], H1125 [16MR], H3979 [14JN]

———National Name Check Program funding, H4649, H4650 [27JN]

FCC: clarify authority of courts to hear antitrust cases involving complaints over Internet network access, H3575, H3576 [8JN]

———permit local governments to resolve certain rights-of-way disputes, H3517 [8JN]

———preserve authority to require VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) providers to contribute to the universal service fund and pay appropriate intercarrier compensation fees, H3581, H3582 [8JN]

———preserve openness of the Internet, promote fair competition among network and service providers, and support an expedited complaint process, H3511, H3552-H3556, H3558, H3560-H3562, H3577-H3580 [8JN], E1104, E1110 [9JN]

———protect children from increasing depictions of indecent and gratuitous and excessive violent material on television, H1437 [4AP]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H4357-H4359 [21JN]

———Center for Veterinary Medicine animal antibiotic use study funding, H3093 [23MY]

———expedite consideration of State petitions for adoption of food warnings relative to cancer-causing agents, reproductive effects or birth defects, or children's exposure to certain harmful agents, H744-H746 [8MR]

———improve ability to ensure drug safety, H3077 [23MY]

———permit States to maintain or enact food warning laws that require notifications regarding health risks associated with sulfiting agents in bulk foods, H748-H751 [8MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H530-H539 [2MR], H574 [7MR], H739-H758 [8MR], E332, E336 [9MR], E467 [30MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H521-H529 [2MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 710), H727-H736 [8MR], E340 [9MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), motion to recommit, H755, H756 [8MR]

———State notification requirement regarding the presence or potential effects of mercury in fish and shellfish, H751, H752 [8MR]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (H.R. 1079), H1136 [28MR]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student financial aid programs are in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, H1278 [29MR]

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

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining, H2769 [18MY]

———improve safety of mines and mining (S. 2803), H3449-H3458 [7JN], H4315 [20JN], E1070 [8JN], E1106 [9JN], E1119 [12JN], E1149 [14JN], E1182 [16JN]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H3345 [25MY]

———State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H1430 [4AP]

FERC: prohibit funding for enforcement of energy market violations, H3198 [24MY], E974, E996 [26MY]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 3505), H698, H702-H722 [8MR]

Firearms: business efforts to ban guns on their private property, H241 [14FE]

———gun control, H5052 [12JY], E691 [3MY]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (H.R. 5005), H1294 [29MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 800), H241 [14FE]

———rate of gun sales relative to decline in gun-related crimes and gun accidents, H3912 [14JN]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (H.R. 5268), E687 [2MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 5269), E687 [2MY]

Food industry: allow States to require labeling of meat or fish packaged with carbon monoxide, H574 [7MR], H728, H730, H755, H756 [8MR]

Foreign trade: require President to take necessary steps to create a more balanced trade relationship with countries with whom the trade deficit exceeds a certain amount for three consecutive years (H.R. 4405), H246 [14FE], H852 [9MR], H1631 [6AP], H5099 [12JY]

———temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4944), H893-H940 [14MR]

FTC: investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, H1836 [26AP], H2094 [3MY]

———restore authority to issue regulations on marketing and advertising to children (H.R. 5737), E1326 [29JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government, H1882 [27AP]

Harlan County, KY: tribute to miners, H4315 [20JN]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, H793 [9MR]

Health care professionals: reform the medical malpractice system, H514 [2MR]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (H.R. 550), H1567 [6AP]

House Rules: require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (H. Res. 841), H4503-H4508 [22JN], H4675 [27JN], H4902-H4905 [29JN], H5021, H5023 [11JY]

———strengthen budget process, H614 [7MR]

Hurricanes: provide for reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of infrastructure in the Gulf Coast States, H952 [14MR]

Idaho: rural water infrastructure upgrade funding, H3165 [24MY]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (H.R. 98), H4969 [11JY]

———provide certain undocumented workers with temporary work visas (H.R. 4065), H3975 [14JN]

———supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (H.R. 5457), H3339 [25MY]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: expansion of off-reservation gambling funding, H2869, H2870 [18MY]

Insurance: prohibit issuance of national security letters to health insurance companies to obtain private medical records, H4765-H4767 [28JN]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (H.R. 2355), H611 [7MR]

Intelligence services: require accountability for intelligence community contracting, H1804, H1805 [26AP]

Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (H.R. 5248), H1923 [2MY], H2343 [10MY], H5101 [12JY]

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

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

———require disclosure of solicitation and transfer of campaign contributions and report of service as officer of campaign or political committees, H2020, H2025 [3MY]

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

———require representatives of countries labeled state sponsors of terrorism to disclose lobbying contacts with legislative branch officials (H.R. 5228), H4234-H4237 [20JN]

Local government: allow a franchising authority to issue an order requiring compliance with FCC revised consumer protection rules, H3572, H3573 [8JN]

———improve fiscal accountability at the State level and decrease dependence on Federal funding, H618-H621 [7MR]

Medicaid: permit States to provide early and periodic screening diagnostic and treatment services to children through benchmark benefits coverage, H54 [1FE]

Medicare: negotiate for lower prices for prescription drugs, eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefits, and promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, H147, H148 [1FE]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, H4333 [21JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, H4967 [11JY]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (H.R. 3861), H1987 [3MY]

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

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 5389), H3145 [24MY], E840 [16MY], E1070 [8JN]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (H.R. 5341), H4576-H4582 [27JN]

Motor vehicles: require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (H.R. 4673), E33 [31JA]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve FEMA oversight of claims and insurance company performance, H4608 [27JN]

———require purchasers of certain primary residential homes to pay phased-in actuarial flood insurance at the same rates to which non-primary and non-residential homes are subject, H4601, H4602 [27JN]

———require written notification to property owners affected by a proposed change in flood elevations, H4600 [27JN]

National security: establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure, H798, H799, H802 [9MR]

———improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), H1627 [6AP]

———provide for the regulation of certain chemical facilities (H.R. 5695), E1303 [28JN]

Native Americans: technical corrections to certain laws (H.R. 3351), H1933-H1936 [2MY]

Natural gas: establish a rational process for the siting of liquefied natural gas facilities off the Northeast U.S. coast, H3338 [25MY]

NRC: conduct an independent safety assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Buchanan, NY (H.R. 4891), H4565 [27JN]

Patents: modify certain procedures (H.R. 5096), E524 [6AP]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S., H1984 [3MY]

———protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, H1366 [30MR]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H1999-H2007 [3MY], H2345 [10MY], H3431, H3432, H3467-H3476 [7JN], H3645 [9JN], E736 [5MY], E845 [16MY], E1100, E1106 [9JN], E1127 [13JN]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), consideration (H. Res. 842), H3376-H3380 [6JN]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), motion to recommit, H3477 [7JN]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), H1427 [4AP], H1514-H1529, H1555 [5AP], E555 [7AP], E651 [27AP], E730 [4MY]

———clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), append language to H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act, H2057 [3MY]

———clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), consideration (H. Res. 755), H1506-H1513 [5AP]

———extend the prohibition on converting campaign dollars for personal use currently applicable to campaign committees to leadership political action committees, H2040-H2042 [3MY]

———increase transparency in activities of groups organized under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, H1203 [29MR], H1368, H1378-H1382 [30MR], H1421 [4AP]

Power resources: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence, H1842 [26AP]

———increase the renewable fuel content of gasoline and require Federal agencies to use ethanol and biodiesel in government vehicles (H.R. 4573), H1747 [26AP], H2645 [17MY]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (H.R. 3936), H1685 [25AP], H1750, H1821 [26AP], H1874 [27AP], H1923 [2MY], H1995 [3MY], H3216 [24MY], H4814, H4816 [29JN], H5101 [12JY]

Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (H.R. 3140), H1185 [28MR]

———protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (H.R. 4127), H3502 [8JN]

Public buildings: enforce energy conservation performance and reporting requirements, H2839 [18MY], H3187 [24MY], H4210 [19JN]

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

Roads and highways: implement traffic safety law enforcement, media campaigns and technological advances to increase seatbelt use, H2302 [9MY]

SBA: 7(a) guaranteed loan program funding, H4645-H4648 [27JN]

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

Ships and vessels: overtime pay for employees on passenger vessels, E1322 [29JN]

———require exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes (H.R. 4771), E186 [17FE]

Small business: promote growth through favorable tax and economic policies, H27 [1FE], H456 [1MR]

States: clarify jurisdiction over certain food adulteration standards in absence of a Federal standard and allow further regulation of dietary supplements, H743, H744 [8MR]

———preserve authorities that help defend and respond to bioterrorism attacks on the food supply, H747, H748 [8MR]

Telecommunications: clarify authority of municipalities to negotiate local cable franchise agreements and assess a franchise fee for rights-of-way for cable service, H3573, H3574 [8JN]

———establish a dispute resolution process for monetary disputes between local franchise authorities and cable operators, H3574 [8JN]

———increase penalties for cable operators who deny cable service to residents based on income, H3573 [8JN]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (S. 193), H3388-H3391 [6JN], H3431 [7JN], H5051 [12JY], E1111 [9JN]

———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services, H794 [9MR]

Truth in Regulating Act: make permanent the pilot project for the report on rules (H.R. 1167), H4425 [22JN]

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: exempt from certain requirements (H.R. 5682), E1315-E1317 [28JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve, H255, H256 [14FE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H380 [16FE], H393, H422 [28FE], H576, H600 [7MR]

Voting: provide fairness in voter participation, H4321 [20JN]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (H.R. 5558), H4586 [27JN], E1086 [8JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail (S. 2395), S1967 [9MR]

Animals: add non-human primates to the definition of prohibited wildlife species (S. 1509), S7357 [11JY]

Antitrust policy: prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry (S. 2854), S4803 [18MY], S4834 [19MY]

———provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (S. 3612), S6794 [29JN]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons, S3694 [27AP], S6453 [23JN]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, S736-S738 [7FE], S7303 [11JY]

Business and industry: improve competition in the oil and gas industry and strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers (S. 2557), S3213-S3216 [6AP]

———prohibit U.S. companies from setting up foreign subsidiaries for purposes of doing business with terror-sponsoring nations, S5920, S5921 [15JN]

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), S1075 [10FE], S1133 [13FE], S1372, S1373 [15FE], S1379-S1390, S1393-S1403, S1405 [16FE], S1495-S1498 [27FE], S1512, S1515-S1525 [28FE], S1557-S1561, S1575 [1MR], S1608-S1618 [2MR]

Classified information: require notice to Congress of certain declassifications of intelligence information (S. 2660), S3597 [26AP]

Coal: provide tax incentives to coal industry to make investments in safety equipment, emergency breathing apparatuses, and emergency training, S424 [1FE], S489 [2FE], S1139 [14FE]

Commission on Federal Election Reform: implement recommendations to require presentation of vaild photo identification at polls, S5051-S5060 [24MY]

Communications Act: amend (S. 2686), S3803, S3804 [1MY], S6624-S6627 [28JN]

Computers: promote a free and open Internet by requiring network operators to treat all content equally and ensuring transparency in provision of any communications (S. 2360), S1652 [2MR], S5642 [8JN]

———promote a free and open Internet by requiring network operators to treat all content equally and ensuring transparency in provision of any communications (S. 2917), S4840, S4841 [19MY], S6624-S6627 [28JN]

Congress: relationship with special interest groups, S1055-S1057 [10FE]

Corporations: reduce burdens of implementing internal auditing control requirements of companies subject to securities laws (S. 2824), S4690 [17MY]

Courts: provide comprehensive procedures for adjudication of cases involving unprivileged combatants (S. 3614), S6796 [29JN]

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

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (S. 2177), S15 [18JA]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (S. 2389), S1895 [8MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: ban on Florida citrus industry shipping fruit to other citrus-producing states, S5771 [13JN]

Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by salmon fishery restrictions along the California and Oregon coast, S4017 [4MY], S5486 [6JN], S5946 [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW, S6274 [21JN], S6364 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: certify that the borders are secured before allowing implementation of a new alien guest worker program, S2685, S2686 [31MR], S2863 [5AP]

———prevent Bureau of Customs and Border Protection seizure of imported prescription drugs for personal use, S7295-S7302, S7304, S7305 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs (S. 2453), S2340 [16MR]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (S. 2231), S447-S452 [1FE], S468 [2FE], S698, S699 [6FE]

———prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (S. 2308), S1429 [16FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: theft of veterans' personal records, S4957 [23MY]

Drugs: remove market exclusivity for certain drugs in order to enhance competition, improve access to generic drugs, and reduce consumer prices (S. 2300), S1420 [16FE]

Ecology and environment: encourage reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (S.J. Res. 5), S6365 [22JN]

———ensure that liable entities meet environmental cleanup obligations (S. 3515), S5878 [14JN]

Employment: make certain illegal or criminal aliens ineligible for conditional nonimmigrant work authorization and status, S2585-S2588, S2590-S2593 [30MR], S2700 [3AP], S2781-S2791 [4AP], S2856-S2858, S2872, S2886-S2889 [5AP], S3172 [6AP], S4539 [15MY], S4606-S4608 [16MY], S4648-S4651 [17MY]

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]

FCC: require issuance of a final order relative to usage of white spaces of the broadband spectrum (S. 2327), S1471 [17FE]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), S7180, S7181 [29JN]

———approval process for Cyberonics, Inc., vagus nerve stimulator, S1388, S1389 [16FE]

———condemn delay of decision on the approval of over-the-counter emergency contraceptives, S7181 [29JN]

Federal Election Campaign Act: exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication (H.R. 1606), S1954 [9MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs (S. 3546), S6285-S6287 [21JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (S. 2803), S4619-S4621 [16MY], S4861, S4862 [22MY], S5045-S5050, S5062, S5093 [24MY], S5738-S5740, S5746 [13JN]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S1390-S1393 [16FE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (S. 2856), S5272 [25MY]

———ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (S. 527), S1884 [8MR]

———gun control, S9 [18JA], S207 [26JA], S1407 [16FE], S1576 [1MR], S2306 [16MR], S3694 [27AP], S3977 [3MY], S4465 [11MY], S6010 [16JN], S6774 [29JN]

———improve safety of handguns, S9 [18JA]

———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (S. 620), S4833 [19MY]

———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (S. 645), S506 [2FE], S3694 [27AP]

———regulate .50 caliber sniper weapons designed for the taking of human life and the destruction of material (S. 935), S506 [2FE]

———regulation of transfers at gun shows, S3694 [27AP]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 3615), S6801 [29JN]

———reform State inspection of meat and poultry (S. 3519), S5957 [15JN]

FTC: investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products (S. 1743), S3782 [1MY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (S. 908), S6056 [19JN]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (S. 2618), S3390 [7AP]

Housing: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 190), S5217 [25MY]

Housing Act: exempt qualified public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing an annual public housing agency plan (S. 2707), S4045 [4MY]

Hurricanes: require Federal hurricane relief and recovery contracts exceeding a certain amount to be awarded only after an open and fair bidding process, S3879 [2MY]

Immigration: allow aliens who are legally present in the U.S. to return temporarily to their country of citizenship if that country is engaged in post-conflict reconstruction (S. 2413), S2126 [14MR]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers, S2709-S2713, S2716 [3AP], S5163 [25MY]

———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]

———limit liability for contractors whose subcontractors hire undocumented workers, S5180 [25MY]

———modify conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. are granted legal status, S4851-S4855, S4873 [22MY], S4924-S4936 [23MY]

———prevent applicants from failing residence requirements if they follow their spouse to a government-ordered post, S3198 [6AP]

———prohibit guest worker program participants from self-petitioning to apply for an employment-based immigrant visa, S4680-S4683, S4684 [17MY]

———require agricultural employers pay nonimmigrant H-2A workers the local prevailing wage rate, S2878 [5AP]

———require agricultural employers to pay nonimmigrant H-2A workers the local prevailing wage rate, S4789-S4791 [18MY], S4863-S4871 [22MY]

———require sworn affidavits or other verifiable documents as proof of work history when determining duration of residence in the U.S., S4683 [17MY], S4750-S4752 [18MY]

Indian Land Consolidation Act: modify certain requirements (S. 3526), S5963 [15JN]

Insurance: reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care, S4036-S4042 [4MY]

———require disclosure of insurance coverage and noncoverage by insurance companies and provide FTC enforcement (S. 3239), S5256, S5257 [25MY]

IRS: tax law enforcement efforts funding, S2276 [16MR]

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

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

Mayors' Summit on Illegal Guns: tribute, S3977 [3MY]

Medicare: permit beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans that change their formularies or increase prices to enroll in other plans (S. 2313), S1526-S1528 [28FE]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, S4101 [5MY], S6470 [26JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs (S. 239), S358 [31JA]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, S4298 [10MY]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs and use resulting savings for budget deficit reduction, S2020 [13MR], S2165-S2168, S2178, S2179 [15MR]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (S. 1841), S4123 [8MY], S4324 [10MY], S4543 [15MY]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (S. 2798), S4552 [15MY]

———increase minimum penalties for violations of mine safety laws (S. 2448), S2337 [16MR]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and improve passenger automobile and light truck fuel economy and safety (S. 3543), S6159 [20JN]

———provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (S. 2318), S1434 [16FE]

———reform setting and calculation of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles (S. 2830), S4798-S4800 [18MY]

———require that automobiles and light trucks are able to operate on a fuel mixture that has a certain percentage of ethanol, S3547 [26AP]

National security: allow recipients of national security letters to consult an attorney and to challenge such letters in court, S1382 [16FE], S1519 [28FE]

———improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), S1392 [16FE]

Native Americans: technical corrections to certain laws (H.R. 3351), S3402, S3403 [7AP]

NOAA: National Marine Fisheries Service seafood promotion strategies funding, S3669, S3670, S3672, S3673 [27AP], S3873 [2MY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: extend oversight to include all appropriations, S5914, S5916 [15JN]

———extend oversight to include certain supplemental appropriations, S3971 [3MY], S4024, S4027 [4MY]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (S. 2440), S2329 [16MR]

OMB: establish an Internet site that lists all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds (S. 2590), S3239 [6AP]

———establish an Internet site that lists all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds (S. 2718), S4053 [4MY]

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

Organ donation: clarify that kidney paired donation and kidney list donations do not involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration (S. 2306), S1427, S1428 [16FE]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit offshore drilling in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas (S. 2316), S1433 [16FE]

Petroleum: address price gouging and market manipulation and provide for a report on oil industry mergers, S3686 [27AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S4194 [9MY]

———importation of prescription drugs (S. 334), S7301 [11JY]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S1514 [28FE]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied, S2850-S2852 [5AP]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (S. 2511), unanimous-consent request, S6738-S6744 [29JN]

———increase transparency in activities of groups organized under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, S3949-S3951 [3MY]

Power resources: energy crisis in Western States, S6744 [29JN]

———establish an alternative diesel standard (S. 3554), S6288 [21JN]

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

———prohibit price gouging relating to gasoline and diesel fuels in areas affected by major disasters (S. 1744), S3782 [1MY]

———prohibit restrictions on installation of renewable fuel pumps (S. 2812), S6776 [29JN]

Privacy: eliminate requirement that States collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses (S. 2249), S770 [7FE]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: revise and extend (S. 2792), S4476 [11MY]

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

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (S. 2418), S2205 [15MR], S2411 [27MR]

Railroads: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (S. 919), S1956 [9MR]

———improve rail capacity, S2303 [16MR]

SBA: reauthorize 7(a) loan guaranty program (S. 2594), S3243 [6AP]

Small business: modernize the treatment of development companies (S. 2595), S3245 [6AP]

Taxation: increase penalties for failure to file actuarial reports on certain pension plans (S. 2919), S4893 [22MY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (S. 193), S4816 [18MY], S4819 [19MY], S5772 [13JN]

Television: provide a national franchise and other regulatory relief to video service providers who offer a-la-carte programming for cable television (S. 3457), S5600 [7JN]

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

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, S37, S38 [25JA], S186 [26JA], S1562-S1575 [1MR], S1593, S1598, S1601-S1632 [2MR], S2596 [30MR]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S1557 [1MR]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 1389), S362 [31JA], S969 [9FE]

Violence Policy Center: release of report on Federal firearms license holders, S2306 [16MR]

Water: provide standards and procedures for the review of water reclamation and reuse projects (S. 3639), S7417-S7420 [12JY]

Reports

Committee Oversight of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act From October 2001 to November 2005, H61 [1FE], H583 [7MR]

Reports filed

Captive Primate Safety Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1509) (S. Rept. 109-263), S6061 [19JN]

Consideration of H.R. 513, 527 Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 755) (H. Rept. 109-404), H1451 [4AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 906) (H. Rept. 109-550), H4957 [10JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 702) (H. Rept. 109-381), H508 [1MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 710) (H. Rept. 109-386), H644 [7MR]

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

Consideration of H.R. 5254, Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 842) (H. Rept. 109-482), H3306, H3358 [25MY]

Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2178), S1643 [2MR]

Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2990) (H. Rept. 109-546), H4957 [10JY]

Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA): Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4127) (H. Rept. 109-453), H2179 [8MY]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4127) (H. Rept. 109-453), H3423 [6JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4127) (H. Rept. 109-453), H3423 [6JN]

Emergency Lease Requirements Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1708) (S. Rept. 109-214), S210 [26JA]

Exempt Persons With Disabilities From the Prohibition Against Providing Section 8 Rental Assistance to College Students: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5117) (H. Rept. 109-500), H3907 [13JN]

FAA Relaxation of Maximum Age Requirements for Certain Pilots: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 65) (S. Rept. 109-225), S2602 [30MR]

FDA Anniversary: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 426) (H. Rept. 109-511), H4327 [20JN]

Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2856) (S. Rept. 109-256), S4795 [18MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3505) (H. Rept. 109-356), H387 [16FE]

GSA Modernization Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2066) (S. Rept. 109-257), S5226 [25MY]

GSA Requirements Relative to Authority To Make Repairs and Lease Space Required as a Result of Damages From Hurricanes Katrina or Rita: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4125) (H. Rept. 109-532), H4679 [27JN]

Health Care Choice Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2355) (H. Rept. 109-378), H387 [16FE]

Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4709) (H. Rept. 109-395), H1127 [16MR]

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

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

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

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

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

Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2803), S4963 [23MY]

Multi-State and International Fisheries Conservation and Management Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4686) (H. Rept. 109-444), H1915 [27AP]

National Indian Gaming Commission Clarification of Authority To Regulate Class III Gaming and To Limit Lands Eligible for Gaming: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2078) (S. Rept. 109-261), S5489 [6JN]

National Uniformity for Food Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4167) (H. Rept. 109-379), H449 [28FE]

Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2557), S3703 [27AP]

Online Freedom of Speech Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 1606) (H. Rept. 109-389), H874 [13MR]

Prevent Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4943) (H. Rept. 109-398), H1195 [28MR]

Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2389) (S. Rept. 109-253), S4211 [9MY]

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

Seasoned Customer CTR Exemption Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5341) (H. Rept. 109-506), H4219 [19JN]

Setting of Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Automobiles Based on One or More Vehicle Attributes: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5359) (H. Rept. 109-475), H3015 [22MY]

Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge (SPY BLOCK) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 687) (S. Rept. 109-262), S5717 [12JN]

U.S. Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2791) (H. Rept. 109-372), H223 [8FE]

Updating Nuclear Security Standards—How Long Can the Dept. of Energy Afford To Wait? Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 109-435), H1740 [25AP]

Waiver of Statutory Provisions Governing Patents and Trademarks in Certain Emergencies: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4742) (H. Rept. 109-408), H1561 [5AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement: Associated Students of Mount Holyoke College, S1603 [2MR]

———University of Texas Student Government, S1602 [2MR]

———University of Wisconsin Student Government, S1604 [2MR]

Statements

Consolidation in the Oil and Gas Industry—Raising Prices? Senator Specter, S3214 [6AP]

Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Executive Office of the President, H5086 [12JY]

527 Reform Act: Several Organizations, H1519 [5AP]

Mayors' Summit on Illegal Guns, S3978 [3MY]

Permit States To Provide Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment Services to Children Through Benchmark Benefits Coverage: Mark B. McClellan, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H54 [1FE]

Summaries

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act (H.R. 4695), E47 [1FE]

Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act (H.R. 5266), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Food Right To Know Act (H.R. 5269), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act (H.R. 5268), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act (H.R. 5267), E688 [2MY]

Protecting America's Miners Act (H.R. 5389), E840 [16MY]

Report on FDA Approval Process for Cyberonics, Inc., Vagus Nerve Stimulator: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1388 [16FE]

Unprivileged Combatant Act (S. 3614), S6801 [29JN]

Tables

Comparison of conference report on H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, to current law, S39 [25JA]

IRS filing schedules for political organizations, H1523 [5AP]

Testimonies

Denial of Overtime Pay: Luis Bolanos, E1322 [29JN]

Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act: Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, NY, H1295 [29MR]

Seasoned Customer CTR Exemption Act: Bradley E. Rock, American Bankers Association, H4579-H4581 [27JN]

———William J. Fox, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, H4581 [27JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 426, FDA anniversary, H4357 [21JN]

H. Res. 702, consideration of H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H521 [2MR]

H. Res. 710, consideration of H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H727 [8MR]

H. Res. 755, consideration of H.R. 513, 527 Reform Act, H1506 [5AP]

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

H. Res. 842, consideration of H.R. 5254, Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act, H3376 [6JN]

H. Res. 906, consideration of H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act, H5056 [12JY]

H.R. 513, 527 Reform Act, H1514-H1518 [5AP]

H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act, H5087-H5089 [12JY]

H.R. 3351, Native Americans Technical Corrections Act, H1933-H1935 [2MY]

H.R. 3505, Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act, H702-H719 [8MR]

H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H739-H741 [8MR]

H.R. 4709, Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act, H1690 [25AP]

H.R. 4944, Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act, H893-H939 [14MR]

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

H.R. 5117, exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students, H3808 [13JN]

H.R. 5228, require representatives of countries labeled state sponsors of terrorism to disclose lobbying contacts with legislative branch officials, H4234 [20JN]

H.R. 5254, Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act, H1999 [3MY], H3467 [7JN]

H.R. 5341, Seasoned Customer CTR Exemption Act, H4576 [27JN]

S. 193, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act, S4816 [18MY], H3388 [6JN]

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

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. 1509, Captive Primate Safety Act, S7358 [11JY]

S. 2177, Phone Records Protection Act, S15 [18JA]

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

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

S. 2271, clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records, S1559 [1MR], H581 [7MR]

S. 2300, Lower Prices Reduced With Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs (Lower PRICED Drugs) Act, S1421 [16FE]

S. 2313, Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act, S1432 [16FE]

S. 2318, Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act, S1435 [16FE]

S. 2327, Wireless Innovation (Winn) Act, S1472 [17FE]

S. 2360, Internet Non-Discrimination Act, S1652 [2MR]

S. 2369, limit delays on notice of search warrants, enhance review and basis of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and create national security letter sunsets, S1496 [27FE], S1792 [6MR]

S. 2389, Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act, S1895-S1897 [8MR]

S. 2395, require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail, S1967 [9MR]

S. 2400, Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act, S2330-S2334 [16MR]

S. 2413, Return of Talent Act, S2127 [14MR]

S. 2448, Mine Safety Enforcement, Reporting, and Training Act, S2338 [16MR]

S. 2453, National Security Surveillance Act, S2341-S2344 [16MR]

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

S. 2660, require notice to Congress of certain declassifications of intelligence information, S3598 [26AP]

S. 2803, Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act, S4707-S4710 [17MY], S5045-S5048 [24MY], H3449-H3452 [7JN]

S. 2830, Corporate Average Fuel Economy Reform Act, S4799 [18MY]

S. 2854, Oil Industry Merger Antitrust Enforcement Act, S4804 [18MY]

S. 2856, Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act, S5272-S5283 [25MY]

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

S. 3239, Honesty Is the Best Insurance Policy Act, S5344 [26MY]

S. 3526, Indian Land Consolidation Act requirement modification, S5964 [15JN]

S. 3543, Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act, S6160-S6162 [20JN]

S. 3612, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, S6795 [29JN]

S. 3614, Unprivileged Combatant Act, S6797-S6801 [29JN]

S. 3634, Spent Nuclear Fuel Control and Accounting Act, S7335 [11JY]

S. 3639, Reclaiming the Nation's Water Act, S7418-S7419 [12JY]