JEFFORDS, JAMES M. (a Senator from Vermont)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), S3621 [26AP], S3691, S3706 [27AP], S3802 [1MY], S3906, S3907, S3908, S3909 [2MY], S4053 [4MY]

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

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2046 [13MR], S2136 [14MR], S2168, S2203, S2212 [15MR], S2316 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5816 [13JN], S6019 [16JN], S6118, S6121, S6156, S6170, S6177 [20JN], S6296, S6306 [21JN], S6353, S6422, S6431 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7346, S7348 [11JY], S7428 [12JY]

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2705, S2732, S2739, S2749 [3AP], S2840 [4AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S4633 [16MY], S4676 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see S. 2593), S3422 [24AP]

Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see S. 2658), S4797 [18MY]

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

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 38), S6062 [19JN]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see S. 2553), S4968 [23MY]

———strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see S. 2134), S979 [9FE]

Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3618), S6786 [29JN]

Children and youth: establish kinship navigator programs and establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see S. 985), S4469 [11MY]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see S. 2296), S2123 [14MR]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (see S. 1354), S4617 [16MY]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (see S. 1354), S4617 [16MY]

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

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see S. 1862), S7416 [12JY]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see S. 3620), S6786 [29JN]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see S. 1948), S3421 [24AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: protect privacy of veterans and spouses of veterans affected by security breach (see S. 3176), S5344 [26MY] (see S. 3486), S5659 [8JN]

———remove certain limitations on attorney representation of claimants for veterans benefits in administrative proceedings (see S. 2694), S4340 [10MY]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see S. 828), S769 [7FE]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see S. 2548), S5231 [25MY]

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

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

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see S. 2399), S3507 [25AP]

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

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see S. 2302), S5491 [6JN]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see S. 2180), S126 [25JA]

Health: improve emergency medical services for children (see S. 760), S4796 [18MY]

Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3618), S6786 [29JN]

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

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

International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 37), S7285 [10JY]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see S. Res. 427), S2902 [5AP]

Jordan, I. King: tribute (see S. Res. 411), S2467 [28MR]

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

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 2273), S1071 [10FE]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see S. 811), S4156 [8MY]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Con. Res. 99), S5717 [12JN]

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

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 2305), S1413 [16FE]

Medicare: eliminate months from calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the prescription drug program and provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs and area agencies on aging (see S. 2810), S5118 [24MY]

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

———simplify and improve the prescription drug program (see S. 2665), S3703 [27AP]

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

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

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see S. 537), S728 [6FE]

Minimum wage: increase and ensure that increases keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress (see S. 2725), S4051 [4MY]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 378), S1414 [16FE]

National Public Works Week: designate (see S. Res. 475), S4469 [11MY]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 1035), S1414 [16FE]

News media: guarantee the free flow of information to the public through a free and active press while protecting the right of the public to effective law enforcement and the fair administration of justice (see S. 2831), S4893 [22MY]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 3617), S6786 [29JN]

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]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see S. 431), S979 [9FE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: eliminate security risks by replacing the use of extremely hazardous gaseous chemicals with inherently safer technologies (see S. 2855), S4796 [18MY]

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

Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve (see S. 1979), S249 [27JA]

Taxation: exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 1906), S4554 [15MY]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 2503), S3421 [24AP]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see S. 2677), S3704 [27AP]

Transportation: improve maritime, rail, and public transportation security (see S. 2791), S4469 [11MY]

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

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2385), S3590 [26AP]

———health care funding (see S. 331), S3801 [1MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 633), S2800 [4AP]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see S. 2121), S3421 [24AP]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see S. 2703), S4618 [16MY]

White Rocks National Recreation Area: redesignate as the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area (see S. 2447), S2313 [16MR]

Women: strengthen family planning services (see S. Res. 485), S5232 [25MY]

Year of the Museum: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 437), S3212 [6AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Conservation of energy: coordinate governmental efforts within GSA and EPA to promote high-performance green buildings (see S. 3591), S6634 [28JN]

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]

Vermont: designate certain National Forest System lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System and designate a national recreation area (see S. 2565), S3211 [6AP]

Cloture motions

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (S. 147), motion to proceed, S5510 [6JN], S5640 [8JN]

Letters

High-Performance Green Buildings Act: Carol Werner, Environmental and Energy Study Institute, S6643 [28JN]

———Christine W. McEntee, American Institute of Architects, S6642 [28JN]

———Claire L. Barnett, Healthy Schools Network, Inc., S6642 [28JN]

Remarks

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S185 [26JA], S259 [30JA]

Armed Forces: establish pilot programs to authorize use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service, S6122 [20JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2083 [14MR]

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

Conservation of energy: coordinate governmental efforts within GSA and EPA to promote high-performance green buildings (S. 3591), S6637 [28JN]

Courts: politicization of the judicial decisionmaking process, S185 [26JA], S259 [30JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S6004 [16JN], S6122 [20JN], S6326 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the U.S. Emergency Management Authority, S7315 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7315 [11JY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5522 [7JN]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency, S7315 [11JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 12), S6501 [27JN]

Hayden, Michael V.: nomination to be CIA Director, S5313 [26MY]

Iraq: spur political solution and encourage the people to provide for their own security through the redeployment of U.S. forces, S6326 [22JN]

Middlebury College: tribute to men's ice hockey team, S2464 [28MR]

———tribute to women's ice hockey team, S2464 [28MR]

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 (S. 3634), S7334 [11JY]

Olympic games: tribute to Vermont participants, S1641 [2MR]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S185 [26JA], S259 [30JA]

Vermont: designate certain National Forest System lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System and designate a national recreation area (S. 2565), S3227 [6AP]

Veterans: health care funding, S2083 [14MR]

White Rocks National Recreation Area: redesignate as the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area (S. 2447), S2388 [16MR]

Statements

Homeland Security Initiatives: by, S7315 [11JY]

Tables

Profile of Supreme Court Justices, S185 [26JA]

Texts of

S. 3591, High-Performance Green Buildings Act, S6638-S6642 [28JN]

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