LINCOLN, BLANCHE (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments

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

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2046 [13MR], S2083, S2096, S2131, S2133, S2135, S2137, S2138 [14MR], S2217 [15MR], S2244, S2248, S2250, S2262, S2314, S2315, S2382 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5781 [13JN], S6062 [19JN], S6168 [20JN], S6285, S6301, S6310, S6313, S6317 [21JN], S6355, S6386, S6430 [22JN]

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

Public debt: ceiling (H.J. Res. 47), S2221 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see S. 1351), S14 [18JA]

———limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services for military retirees (see S. 2617), S3378 [7AP]

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

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

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

Children and youth: improve programs to monitor, register, deter, and punish individuals who commit violent sexual crimes against children (see S. 1086), S3507 [25AP]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see S. 1998), S5343 [26MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see S. 2157), S1965 [9MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 2663), S6635 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior: designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, AR, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System (see S. 2417), S2202 [15MR]

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

———protect privacy of veterans and spouses of veterans affected by security breach (see S. 3486), S5684 [9JN]

Disasters: authorize a program for the protection of the health and safety of residents, workers, volunteers, and others in a disaster area (see S. 1741), S3985 [3MY]

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see S. Res. 331), S6284 [21JN]

———advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see S. 2393), S1965 [9MR]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see S. 1353), S6457 [23JN]

Education: expand Parents as Teachers programs and other programs of early childhood home visitation (see S. 503), S3704 [27AP]

———improve global competitiveness through mathematics and science scholarships, fellowships, and research grants, visa programs for mathematics and science doctoral students, and Dept. of Defense research grants (see S. 2198), S1540 [28FE]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see S. 2201), S3705 [27AP]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs until implementing legislation for the World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round is enacted (see S. 2696), S3893 [2MY]

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

Forest Service: enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in administration of activities on and near National Forest System lands (see S. 2676), S3704 [27AP]

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

Health: provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 424), S2730 [3AP]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see S. 1289), S1644 [2MR]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see S. 2123), S2314 [16MR]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see S. 333), S2730 [3AP]

Japan: authorize appropriate action against Japan for failing to resume the importation of U.S. beef in a timely manner (see S. 3364), S6155 [20JN]

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

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see S. 811), S4052 [4MY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see S. 440), S3506 [25AP]

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), S4617 [16MY]

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

———improve access to pharmacies under part D (see S. 2664), S3703 [27AP]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 1109), S865 [8FE]

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

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 3500), S6635 [28JN]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see S. 1841), S211 [26JA]

———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]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2409), S2122 [14MR]

———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]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see S. 2370), S2731 [3AP]

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2235), S446 [1FE]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 464), S3984 [3MY]

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

National Police Survivors Day: designate (see S. Res. 473), S4339 [10MY]

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

National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see S. 2333), S1791 [6MR]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 507), S6284 [21JN]

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

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

Power resources: improve global competitiveness in science and energy technology, strengthen basic research programs, and support mathematics and science education (see S. 2197), S1540 [28FE]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see S. 2025), S3985 [3MY]

Public Health Service Act: provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see S. 1687), S6635 [28JN]

Romania: improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children (see S. Res. 359), S2203 [15MR]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 675), S6419 [22JN]

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

Small business: certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (see S. 2588), S3212 [6AP]

Tariff: crotonaldehyde (see S. 2456), S2415 [27MR]

Taxation: establish long-term care trust accounts and allow a refundable tax credit for contributions to such accounts (see S. 2397), S1965 [9MR]

———extend certain energy tax incentives (see S. 2401), S3590 [26AP]

———facilitate increased use of alternative fuels for motor vehicles (see S. 2680), S3704 [27AP]

———permit startup partnerships and S corporations to elect taxable years other than required years (see S. 2462), S2467 [28MR]

———provide incentives to promote research and development, innovation, and continuing education (see S. 2199), S1540 [28FE]

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), S3985 [3MY]

———expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see S. 3069), S5600 [7JN]

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

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see S. 1172), S1644 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Hattie W. Caraway Post Office, Jonesboro, AR: designate (see S. 2228), S370 [31JA]

Medicare: treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 3609), S6786 [29JN]

Tariff: clock radio combos (see S. 2715), S4050 [4MY]

———dog collars (see S. 2712), S4050 [4MY]

———dog harnesses (see S. 2711), S4050 [4MY]

———dog leashes (see S. 2710), S4050 [4MY]

———dog muzzles (see S. 2709), S4050 [4MY]

———floor coverings and mats of vulcanized rubber (see S. 2716), S4050 [4MY]

———manicure and pedicure sets (see S. 2717), S4050 [4MY]

———1-fluoro-2-nitro benzene (see S. 2386), S1893 [8MR]

———reception apparatus (see S. 2713, 2714), S4050 [4MY]

Taxation: extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 2503), S2799 [4AP]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see S. 2366), S1680 [3MR]

Letters

Democratic Party national agenda: by, S6594 [28JN]

Remarks

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S167 [26JA]

Budget: increase advance appropriations allowance for health, education and training, and low-income programs, S2184 [15MR]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), S1112 [13FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2083 [14MR], S2184 [15MR], S2248, S2249, S2260 [16MR]

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (H.R. 5403), S6463 [23JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S6596 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding, S2249, S2260 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S6394 [22JN]

Dept. of HHS: Geriatric Education Centers funding, S2184 [15MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S5544 [7JN]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs until implementing legislation for the World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round is enacted (S. 2696), S3899 [2MY]

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, S5579 [7JN]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4254 [10MY], S4447, S4448 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4181, S4184 [9MY]

Hunger: encourage effective use of community resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food recovery and job training (S. 1885), S5584 [7JN]

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2583 [30MR]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (S. Res. 362), S379 [31JA]

Medicare: extend implementation of prescription drug program, S4447 [11MY]

National Guard: modify time limitation for entitlement to educational assistance for Selected Reserve members supporting contingency operations, S6394 [22JN]

National Hunger Awareness Day: observance, S5584 [7JN]

National security: homeland security programs funding, S2248 [16MR]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, S4254 [10MY], S4447 [11MY]

———administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (S. 2510), S4181, S4184 [9MY], S6596 [28JN]

Taxation: eliminate the income threshold for the child tax credit to victims of Hurricane Katrina, S1112 [13FE]

———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (S. 2503), S2804 [4AP]

———provide a refundable credit to small businesses for the costs of qualified health insurance, S2248 [16MR]

Veterans: health care funding, S2083 [14MR]

Tributes

Beery, Brock A., S3498 [25AP]

Jessen, Kevin P., S3498 [25AP]

Kendall, Dustin L., S767 [7FE]

Purcell, Joe, S7282 [10JY]

West, Bobby, S6627 [28JN]