MURRAY, PATTY (a Senator from Washington)

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), S3521 [25AP], S3560, S3620, S3621 [26AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), S454 [1FE], S645 [2FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2046 [13MR], S2096, S2111, S2124, S2130, S2133, S2137, S2138, S2140 [14MR], S2209, S2211, S2214, S2216, S2217, S2219 [15MR], S2235, S2262, S2382 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S5781 [13JN], S5876 [14JN], S5972, S5974 [15JN], S6155, S6185, S6186 [20JN], S6285, S6293 [21JN], S6422 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7306, S7308, S7340, S7350 [11JY], S7430, S7431, S7436, S7437, S7440 [12JY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4373 [10MY]

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2840 [4AP], S3213 [6AP]

———reform (S. 2611), S4676, S4697 [17MY], S4798 [18MY], S5004 [23MY], S5119 [24MY]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Republican Budget Plan Advances as Challenges by Democrats Fail, David Rogers, Wall Street Journal, S2172 [15MR]

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), S3212 [6AP]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see S. 2487), S2689 [31MR]

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

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see S. 914), S3507 [25AP]

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), S4554 [15MY]

———provide reports on the withdrawal or diversion of equipment from Reserve units to other units being mobilized (see S. 2681), S4554 [15MY]

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

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see S. 2321), S5118 [24MY]

Cargo transportation: improve cargo security (see S. 2459), S2415 [27MR]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see S. 2296), S2468 [28MR]

Crime: prohibit unauthorized removal or use of personal information contained in a database owned, operated, or maintained by the Federal Government (see S. 3506), S5876 [14JN]

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

Dept. of Energy: ensure equitable provision of pension and medical benefits to contractor employees (see S. 2794), S5343 [26MY]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see S. 2231), S1644 [2MR] (see S. 2308), S1835 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: reauthorize appropriations for Northwestern salmon run restoration programs (see S. 3522), S5950 [15JN]

———study feasibility of establishing the Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area in Washington and Oregon (see S. 3035), S5226 [25MY]

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]

———establish Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers and Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 1537), S4211 [9MY]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see S. 1353), S4554 [15MY]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see S. 1698), S4212 [9MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S1965 [9MR]

Education: improve global competitiveness through mathematics and science scholarships, fellowships, and research grants, visa programs for mathematics and science doctoral students, and Dept. of Defense research grants (see S. 2198), S211 [26JA]

———make college more afffordable, fulfill commitments to fully fund certain education programs, and reject proposed education budget cuts (see S. Res. 395), S1965 [9MR]

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), S211 [26JA]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see S. 2803), S4617 [16MY]

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

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

Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see S. 809), S5950 [15JN]

Immigration: prohibit unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting (on one's land) the construction or use of a tunnel or subterranean passageway between the U.S. and another country (see S. 2652), S6788 [29JN]

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

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

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

LIHEAP: release contingency funds (see S. 2628), S3420 [24AP]

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

Medicaid: delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 3590), S6634 [28JN]

———expand access to contraceptive services for low-income women and men (see S. 2916), S5432 [5JN]

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 2305), S2800 [4AP]

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]

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

———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see S. 2255), S864 [8FE]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 3500), S5876 [14JN]

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]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see S. 843), S3801 [1MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see S. 2370), S2603 [30MR]

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

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

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

National Guard: commend members, fully fund equipment needs, and request consultation by the Dept. of Defense with Congress and the States prior to proposing force structure changes (see S. Res. 355), S511 [2FE]

National Health IT Week: designate (see S. Res. 506), S5659 [8JN]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 508), S6014 [16JN]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see S. Res. 313), S2801 [4AP]

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

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 439), S3378 [7AP]

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

———eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see S. 2659), S5718 [12JN]

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]

Power resources: improve global competitiveness in science and energy technology, strengthen basic research programs, and support mathematics and science education (see S. 2197), S211 [26JA]

Public Health Service Act: provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see S. 1687), S1414 [16FE]

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

SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see S. 1263), S4617 [16MY]

Taxation: provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see S. 3616), S6786 [29JN]

———provide incentives to promote research and development, innovation, and continuing education (see S. 2199), S211 [26JA]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see S. 2083), S2731 [3AP]

Week of the Young Child: designate (see S. Res. 418), S2689 [31MR]

Women: strengthen family planning services (see S. Res. 485), S4891 [22MY]

YouthBuild USA (organization): transfer from the Dept. of HUD to the Dept. of Labor and enhance the program (see S. 3534), S6013 [16JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (see S. 2338), S1539 [28FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize approprations for medical care and to improve the security for personal data of veterans (see S. 3531), S6013 [16JN]

———authorize appropriations to improve security for personal data and provide remedial assistance to veterans and other persons who have had personal data stolen (see S. 3592), S6634 [28JN]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 360), S370 [31JA]

Tariff: boots (see S. 3198), S5229 [25MY]

———modified steel leaf spring leaves (see S. 3199), S5229 [25MY]

———provide for duty free entry of certain tramway cars and associated spare parts for use by Seattle, WA (see S. 3196), S5229 [25MY]

———returned property (see S. 3197), S5229 [25MY] (see S. 3452), S5490 [6JN]

———steel leaf spring leaves (see S. 3200), S5229 [25MY]

———suspension system stabilizer bars (see S. 3201), S5229 [25MY]

———U.S. Government property returned to the U.S. (see S. 3453), S5490 [6JN]

Letters

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

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, S4200 [9MY]

———Peter J. Dunbar, Washington State Medical Association, S4200 [9MY]

Long Range Aids to Navigation (LORAN) stations operation funding: Jeffrey N. Shane, Dept. of Transportation, S7376 [12JY]

Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to be Supreme Court Justice: Eileen Kaufman and Tayyab Mahmud, Society of American Law Teachers, S90-S92 [25JA]

Veterans health care funding: several veterans organizations, S2081 [14MR]

Privilege of the floor

Benjamin, Darren, S3846 [1MY]

Heggem, Chris, S3846 [1MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: strike appropriations for grants to States based on their production of certian types of crops, livestock, and dairy products, S3954, S3955 [3MY]

Alito, Samuel A., Jr.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S89 [25JA]

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), S3561, S3567 [26AP], S3656, S3675, S3679, S3691 [27AP], S3948, S3954, S3955, S3970 [3MY], S4013, S4017, S4029 [4MY]

———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), conference report, S5755 [13JN], S5904 [15JN]

———on-budget treatment and reporting requirements relative to future requests for supplemental appropriations for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, S5755 [13JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S734-S736 [7FE], S1525 [28FE], S2021 [13MR]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), S484 [2FE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, S4430 [11MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2011 (S. Con. Res. 83), S2021 [13MR], S2077, S2080, S2112, S2113 [14MR], S2154, S2155, S2172, S2173 [15MR], S2284 [16MR]

Cargo transportation: improve cargo security (S. 2459), S2871 [5AP]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), conference report, S6041, S6042 [19JN]

———prohibit funding for Long Range Aids to Navigation (LORAN) stations operation, S7372, S7375, S7376, S7377 [12JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S6594 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2766), S6199, S6229 [21JN]

———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding, S3691 [27AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), S7372, S7374, S7375, S7376, S7377 [12JY]

———seaports security funding, S2113 [14MR]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S2112 [14MR], S2154, S2155, S2172, S2173 [15MR]

———public housing energy costs funding, S3970 [3MY]

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, S6455 [23JN]

European Union: reject Airbus Industries request for launch aid and comply with agreement prohibiting governmental support of the civil aircraft industry (S. Con. Res. 25), S6499-S6501 [27JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S5469 [6JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: clarify status of certain communities in the western Alaska community development quota program, S6041, S6042 [19JN]

———reauthorize (S. 2012), S6041, S6042 [19JN]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S1957 [9MR]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4198, S4199 [9MY]

Higher Education Act: improve access to higher education through expansion of Pell grants, S2284 [16MR]

Immigration: reform (S. 2454), S2565 [30MR]

International Women's Day: observance, S1957 [9MR]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S1525 [28FE], S5469 [6JN]

———spur political solution and encourage the people to provide for their own security through the redeployment of U.S. forces, S6229 [21JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit, S484 [2FE]

Minimum wage: level, S6199 [21JN]

National School Counseling Week: designate (S. Res. 360), S375 [31JA]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5469 [6JN]

Stickler, Richard E.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, S5738, S5739 [13JN]

Veterans: expand and enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits, S6594 [28JN]

———health care funding, S2077, S2080 [14MR], S3561 [26AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S2291 [16MR]

Tributes

Byrd, Senator, S5766 [13JN], S5940 [15JN]

Inouye, Margaret Awamura, S2018 [13MR]