COURTS related term(s) Crime; Law Enforcement; Lawyers and Attorneys

Addresses

Challenges Ahead: Richard Linn, S10723-S10725 [20NO]

S. Thomas Anderson Investiture as U.S. Magistrate Judge Western District of Tennessee: Thomas A. Higgins, S2922 [10AP]

Amendments

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (H.R. 3195), consideration (H. Res. 1299), H6027 [25JN]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): authorize initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce subpoenas issued to Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten (H. Res. 980), adoption (H. Res. 982), H961 [14FE]

Copyrights: limit remedies in cases in which the copyright owner cannot be located (S. 2913), S9845, S9870 [26SE]

Crime: provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography (H.R. 4120), S9326, S9343 [23SE], H9887 [25SE]

District of Columbia: revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (H.R. 6842), H8265, H8266 [16SE], H8283 [17SE]

———revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (H.R. 6842), consideration (H. Res. 1434), H8178 [16SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S5952 [23JN], S6170 [25JN], S6298 [26JN], S6366 [7JY], S6398, S6407 [8JY]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S179, S184, S210, S211, S212 [23JA], S258, S260, S288, S297, S298, S299, S300, S302 [24JA], S334, S335, S336, S337, S339, S340, S341, S349, S356, S363, S364, S365, S366 [25JA], S399, S401 [28JA], S451, S453, S454 [29JA], S536, S537, S553 [31JA], S564, S574, S577, S607 [4FE], S640, S641, S644, S647 [5FE], S706, S707 [6FE], S881, S900, S922 [12FE]

House of Representatives: recommend the finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 979), adoption (H. Res. 982), H961 [14FE]

Native Americans: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (S. 1255), S9336 [23SE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (S. 2035), S7706 [29JY]

Protect America Act: extend (H.R. 5349), consideration (H. Res. 976), H883 [13FE]

———extend (S. 2556), S454 [29JA]

Supreme Court: extend authority of the U.S. Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice (S. 3296), S9459, S9519 [25SE]

Analyses

Establish a Procedure for Authorizing Certain Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6387-S6393 [8JY], H5758 [20JN]

Appointments

Federal Judicial Center Foundation, S1085 [14FE]

Articles and editorials

Bill Wrongly Shields Press; Those Who Leak Classified Data Should Be Punished, S7712 [30JY]

Cheney Shielded Bush From Crisis, S8912-S8914 [17SE]

Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink, S8915-S8918 [17SE]

DNC To Again File Suit on McCain's Matching Funds, S5923 [20JN]

Empirical Analysis of the Confirmation Hearings of the Justices of the Rehnquist Natural Court, S3074 [16AP]

FISA Fix for Lawyers, H1759 [14MR]

Holding Medvedev to His Words, E308 [5MR]

How To Judge a Would-Be Justice, S3074 [16AP]

In Case You Missed It—Hard of Hearing, S1725 [7MR]

Injustice Undone—Soldier Honored More Than 20 Years After Death, H433 [23JA]

Leon Higginbotham, S605 [4FE]

Libel Tourism—Where Terrorism and Censorship Meet, H10260 [27SE]

Listening to Compromise, S6405 [8JY]

Phone Companies Cut FBI, Wiretaps Due to Unpaid Bills, H891 [13FE]

Prison Nation, H1855 [1AP]

Right To Know, S7718 [30JY]

Society We Live In, S4960 [3JN]

Spy Court Keeping Up With Wiretap Requests, E881 [8MY]

Surveillance Sanity, S474 [30JA], S6198 [26JN]

System of Neglect—As Tighter Immigration Policies Strain Federal Agencies, the Detainees in Their Care Often Pay a Heavy Cost, S5497-S5500 [11JN]

Time To Vote Contempt, H950 [14FE]

U.S. Farmers Using Prison Labor, H2822 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions

Alcoholic beverages: resolve the alcoholic beverage franchise dispute resolution process (see H.R. 7076), H9972 [25SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see S. 3406), S7905 [31JY]

———restore intent and protections (H.R. 3195), consideration (see H. Res. 1299), H6009 [24JN]

Animals: protect farm animals from cruelty and abuse (see H.R. 6202), H5043 [5JN]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 6093), H4321 [20MY]

———protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation (see H.R. 6048), H3884 [14MY]

———provide for payment of interest on claims paid by the U.S. in connection with the correction of military records when a military corrections board sets aside a conviction by court-martial (see S. 2548), S207 [23JA] (see H.R. 5130), H456 [23JA]

Aviation: establish an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight (see S. 3392), S7904 [31JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 7328), H10975 [10DE]

———exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see S. 3197), S6158 [25JN]

———make debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability nondischargeable (see H.R. 5455), H993 [14FE] (see H.R. 5494), H1073 [26FE]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 6875), H8048 [11SE]

Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, White Plains, NY: designate (see H.R. 6340), H5796 [20JN]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5760), H2223 [10AP]

Children and youth: increase the effectiveness of international child abduction remedies (see H.R. 6095), H4321 [20MY]

Civil liberties: restrict protective orders, sealing of cases, and disclosures of discovery information in civil actions if such actions prevent disclosures relevent to public health or safety (see H.R. 5884), H2657 [23AP]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see S. 2554), S284 [24JA] (see S. 2918), S3401 [24AP] (see H.R. 5129), H455 [23JA] (see H.R. 5896), H2758 [24AP]

Classified information: provide guidelines for Federal courts relative to the use of state secrets of privilege in civil cases (see S. 2533), S93 [22JA]

Commission on Federal Criminal and Juvenile Justice Assistance Programs: establish (see S. 3018), S4182 [14MY]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): authorize initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce subpoenas issued to Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten (see H. Res. 980), H942 [13FE]

———authorize initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce subpoenas issued to Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten (H. Res. 980), adoption (see H. Res. 982), H941 [13FE]

———hold inquiry on potential impeachment of G. Thomas Porteous (see H. Res. 1448), H8396 [17SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): certify facts of failure of Joshua B. Bolten, as the White House Custodian of Records, to appear before the Committee and produce documents as required by subpoena (see S. Res. 707), S10659 [19NO]

———certify facts of failure of Karl Rove to appear and testify before the Committee and to produce documents as required by subpoena (see S. Res. 708), S10659 [19NO]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see S. 3159), S5832 [19JN]

Contracts: promote prosecution and enforcement of contracting frauds against the U.S. by suspending statute of limitations when Congress has authorized use of military force (see S. 2892), S3174 [18AP]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to works connected to certain funding agreements (see H.R. 6845), H7955 [9SE]

———limit remedies in cases in which the copyright owner cannot be located (see S. 2913), S3401 [24AP] (see H.R. 5889), H2758 [24AP]

Correctional institutions: restore former system of good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms (see H.R. 7089), H9973 [25SE]

Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see S. 3219), S6327 [27JN]

———prevent, promote awareness of, and educate the public on mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting senior citizens (see H.R. 6954), H8476 [18SE]

———prevent hate crimes and provide support services for victims of hate crimes (see H.R. 6776), H7806 [1AU]

———protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (see H.R. 6927), H8396 [17SE]

———provide Federal penalties for home invasions (see H.R. 6058), H3885 [14MY]

———provide mandatory imprisonment for life for persons raping young children (see H.R. 6050), H3884 [14MY]

———reduce and prevent teen dating violence (see H.R. 7208), H10330 [28SE]

———require reading of victims' rights in open court in criminal cases (see H.R. 5862), H2551 [22AP]

———strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children (see H.R. 6167), H4877 [3JN]

Dept. of Commerce: appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges in consultation with the Patent and Trademark Office (see S. 3295), S6972 [21JY] (see H.R. 6362), H6088 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: develop a comprehensive strategy to increase the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault and rape cases in the military (see S. Con. Res. 97), S8275 [10SE] (see H. Con. Res. 397), H7307 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: revise the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (see H.R. 6391), H6174 [26JN]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to the Departmental Appeals Board (see S. 2849), S2945 [10AP] (see H.R. 5763), H2223 [10AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require States and Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide certain statistics to the FBI and require the FBI to publish such statistics (see H.R. 6192), H5043 [5JN]

Dept. of Justice: assist State and local law enforcement agencies in locating, arresting, and prosecuting fugitives from justice (see S. 3143), S5697 [17JN]

———establish a pilot program to promote fairness in the criminal justice system through identifying and eliminating unjustified disparities in the administration of justice (see S. 3245), S6560 [10JY] (see H.R. 6518), H6673 [16JY]

———issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, and require judicial sanction and provide for Federal monitors to oversee such agreements (see H.R. 5086), H389 [22JA]

———modify practices relative to attorney-client privilege (see S. 3217), S6286 [26JN]

———require reporting on certain authoritative legal interpretations issued by the Dept., including the Office of Legal Counsel (see H.R. 6929), H8396 [17SE]

Dept. of State: ensure that compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Secretary are those which were in effect on January 1, 2007 (see S.J. Res. 46), S10881 [10DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require courts to use its full equity powers to vindicate rights or benefits of persons with complaints relative to State or private employers (see H.R. 6225), H5213 [10JN]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice occurs on the date on which the aggrieved person knew that the person was affected by the decision or practice (see S. 2945), S3594 [30AP]

District of Columbia: implement increase of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants (see H.R. 5551), H1417 [6MR]

———permit nonjudicial employees of the court system and other court-related services to include service prior to conversion to Federal status in determining retirement eligibility (see H.R. 5600), H1618 [12MR]

———revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (see H.R. 6842), H7955 [9SE]

———revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (H.R. 6842), consideration (see H. Res. 1434), H8126 [15SE]

Drugs: eliminate certain increased penalties and minimum mandatory penalties for cocaine offenses, and use resulting savings for drug treatment and diversion programs for cocaine users (see H.R. 5035), H348 [17JA]

———eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use (see H.R. 5843), H2486 [17AP]

Economy: help families keep their homes by restructuring loans and modifying mortgages, and protect taxpayers by regulating dividend payments by certain financial institutions (see S. 3690), S10578 [17NO] (see H.R. 7307), H10856 [20NO]

ERISA: exempt employee benefit plans providing disability benefits from preemption for State tort actions to recover damages arising from failure of the plan to timely provide such benefits (see H.R. 6142), H4830 [22MY]

Executive Office of the President: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege (see H.R. 5607), H1700 [13MR]

Families and domestic relations: call upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children (see S. Res. 572), S4621 [21MY] (see H. Res. 1076), H2011 [3AP]

———eliminate any Federal policy on the definition of marriage (see H.R. 6115), H4453 [21MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: permit leave for victims, and immediate family members of victims, of violent crime and domestic violence to attend court proceedings relating to such crimes (see H.R. 5845), H2486 [17AP]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (see S. 3569), S9415 [24SE]

Federal employees: modify rate of accrual of annual leave for administrative law judges, contract appeals board members, and immigration judges (see S. 3665), S10324 [1OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 3398), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6381), H6173 [26JN]

FERC: provide for enforcement of criminal penalties relative to electric reliability standards (see H.R. 7230), H10642 [29SE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3260), S6650 [14JY] (see H.R. 7323), H10974 [10DE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration and set criminal penalties for such actions (see S.J. Res. 40), S5592 [12JN]

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: authorize certain private rights of action for violations by foreign concerns that damage domestic businesses (see H.R. 6188), H4974 [4JN]

Foreign countries: create a Federal cause of action to determine if defamation exists under U.S. law when defamation actions are brought in foreign courts against U.S. persons based on publications or speech in the U.S. (see S. 2977), S3790 [6MY] (see H.R. 5814), H2441 [16AP]

———prevent the undermining of the judgments of U.S. courts by foreign courts (see S. 3394), S7904 [31JY]

———prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments (see H.R. 6146), H4830 [22MY]

———take certain measures against countries that fail to satisfy certain judgments entered against them in U.S. courts (see H.R. 7205), H10330 [28SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (see H.R. 6304), H5728 [19JN]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), consideration (see H. Res. 1285), H5728 [19JN]

GAO: provide additional authorities (see H.R. 6388), H6174 [26JN]

George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush U.S. Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building, Midland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5903), H2759 [24AP]

Government regulations: regulate certain deferred prosecution agreements in Federal criminal cases (see H.R. 6492), H6576 [15JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5955), H3018 [1MY]

Health care facilities: require certain facilities to disclose charge-related information and to price protect treatments not covered by insurance as conditions for protection from certain legal actions (see H.R. 6015), H3403 [8MY]

———require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (see S. 2838), S2817 [9AP] (see H.R. 6126), H4829 [22MY]

Health care professionals: award grants for demonstration programs to enable States to develop health care volunteer indemnity programs (see S. 3354), S7629 [29JY]

Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 442), S601 [4FE]

Higher Education Act: provide judicial discretion regarding suspensions of eligibility for receiving student financial assistance for persons convicted of drug offenses (see S. 2767), S2132 [13MR]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 5157), H555 [29JA]

House of Representatives: grant authority to bring civil action to enforce, secure a declatory judgement, or prevent a refusal or failure to comply with any House-issued subpoena (see H.R. 5230), H620 [6FE]

———provide an alternate procedure for the prosecution of certain criminal contempts referred for prosecution by the House of Representatives (see H.R. 6508), H6673 [16JY]

———recommend the finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary (House) (see H. Res. 979), H942 [13FE]

———recommend the finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 979), adoption (see H. Res. 982), H941 [13FE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 2717), S1597 [5MR]

———increase criminal penalties for illegally bringing in and harboring aliens with prior felony convictions under Federal law (see H.R. 5948), H3018 [1MY]

———increase criminal penalties for illegally reentering the U.S. (see S. 2709), S1596 [5MR]

———require aliens to attest that they will not advocate installing a Sharia law system in the U.S. as a condition for admission (see H.R. 6975), H8476 [18SE]

International law: create a civil action to provide judicial remedies to carry out certain treaty obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and an optional protocol (see H.R. 6481), H6472 [14JY]

———hold surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity committed during World War II by encouraging foreign prosecution and extradition (see S. 3007), S4028 [12MY] (see H.R. 6094), H4321 [20MY]

Judiciary: appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges (see S. 2774), S2133 [13MR]

———authorize cost of living adjustment for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see S. 3711), S10742 [20NO]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: amend and improve (see H.R. 6934), H8396 [17SE]

———amend relative to juveniles who have committed offenses (see H.R. 5537), H1341 [5MR]

———reauthorize and improve (see S. 3155), S5753 [18JN]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: provide for specified civil penalties for violations (see H.R. 5775), H2224 [10AP]

———provide specified civil penalties for violations (see S. 2878), S3144 [17AP]

Law enforcement: strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children (see S. 3014), S4106 [13MY]

Lawyers and attorneys: address waiver of attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine (see H.R. 6610), H7164 [24JY]

———eliminate certain provisions of law providing benefits to trial lawyers (see H.R. 7080), H9972 [25SE]

———establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network to represent domestic violence victims (see H.R. 6088), H4320 [20MY]

Libya: resolve pending claims of Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other victims of Libyan terrorist attacks (see S. 3370), S7903 [31JY]

Medicare: increase civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse and amount of surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment (see S. 2603), S784 [7FE]

———respond to a funding warning by introducing principles of value-based health care and reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 2662), S1121 [25FE] (see H.R. 5480), H1031 [25FE]

National Crime Victim Law Institute: funding (see S. 3601, 3602), S9493 [25SE] (see S. 3641), S10004 [27SE]

National Criminal Justice Month: establish (see H. Res. 945), H479 [28JA]

National Drug Court Month: designate (see S. Res. 534), S3442 [28AP]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (see S. 3297), S7030 [22JY]

National security: provide an equivalent to habeas corpus protection for persons held under military authority at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 6274), H5480 [17JN]

———provide for habeas corpus review for detainees held in the war on terror (see S. 3401), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6705), H7785 [31JY]

National Youth Court Month: designate (see S. Res. 696), S10176 [30SE]

Native Americans: improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see S. 3320), S7148 [23JY] (see H.R. 6583), H7057 [23JY]

———protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (see H.R. 7024), H9084 [23SE]

———restore Federal recognition and settle claims arising from the use and distribution of judgment funds previously awarded and provided to the Delaware Tribe (see H.R. 6786), H7806 [1AU]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: establish veteran's treatment courts (see S. 3379), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 7149), H10131 [26SE]

Pakistan: condemn dismissal of the Supreme Court and call for reinstatement (see H. Res. 1044), H1618 [12MR]

Pensions: enhance retirement benefits of administrative law judges (see H.R. 6706), H7785 [31JY]

Pornography: limit Federal court jurisdiction over State laws restricting pornography (see H.R. 5514), H1183 [28FE]

Power resources: review and approve oil and gas exploration and production projects under existing Federal leases, and limit administrative and judicial proceedings relative to such projects (see H.R. 6953), H8476 [18SE]

Presidential appointments: provide a protocol for nonpartisan confirmation of judicial nominees (see S. Res. 469), S1521 [4MR]

Presidents of the U.S.: provide penalties for counterfeiting of tickets for a Presidential inaugural ceremony (see H.R. 7332), H10975 [10DE]

Proceedings: provide emergency authority to delay or toll judicial proceedings in U.S. district and circuit courts (see H.R. 6344), H5864 [23JN]

Product safety: provide for service of process over foreign nationals in cases involving defective products causing injury in the U.S. (see H.R. 5913), H2852 [29AP]

Protect America Act: extend (see S. 2541), S94 [22JA] (see S. 2556), S284 [24JA] (see S. 2557), S329 [25JA] (see S. 2615), S815 [8FE] (see S. 2664, 2665), S1121 [25FE] (see H.R. 5104), H455 [23JA] (see H.R. 5349), H869 [12FE]

———extend (H.R. 5349), consideration (see H. Res. 976), H868 [12FE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.J. Res. 94), H5864 [23JN]

———require State and local compliance with constitutional mandates and prevent abuses of power relative to eminent domain (see H. Res. 1264), H5328 [11JN]

Rokita, Todd: tribute to Indiana Sec. of State for leadership and dedication in protecting the integrity of election process and increasing voter confidence in all elections (see H. Res. 1170), H3018 [1MY]

Securities: protect investors by fostering transparency and accountability of attorneys in private securities litigation (see S. 3033), S4375 [19MY] (see H.R. 5463), H994 [14FE]

Senate: authorize testimony in the case of U.S. v. Max Obuszewski (see S. Res. 688), S9658 [26SE]

———authorize the production of records from office of Senator Bond for Dept. of Justice investigation into improper lobbying activities (see S. Res. 686), S9658 [26SE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in National Association of Manufacturers v. Taylor, et al (see S. Res. 460), S1121 [25FE]

———authorize testimony and legal representation in Maine v. Douglas Rawlings, Jonathan Kreps, James Freeman, Henry Braun, Robert Shetterly, and Dudley Hendrick (see S. Res. 539), S3508 [29AP]

———authorize testimony and legal representation in People of the State of Michigan v. Sereal Leonard Gravlin (see S. Res. 687), S9658 [26SE]

———authorize testimony and legal representation in Peter Bergel v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (see S. Res. 706), S10578 [17NO]

———authorize testimony and legal representation in Ramsey, et al. v. Wilson, et al. (see S. Res. 677), S9204 [22SE]

Senior citizens: protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (see H.R. 5352), H869 [12FE]

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act: ensure retroactive application (see S. 2632), S970 [13FE]

Social Security: provide for direct payment of attorney fees and costs to attorney representing prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI claims (see H.R. 5833), H2485 [17AP]

———remove inmate limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 5698), H2010 [3AP]

Supreme Court: commend decision in District of Columbia v. Heller on handgun ownership (see H. Res. 1330), H6406 [10JY]

———express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child (see S. Res. 626), S7479 [25JY]

———extend authority of the U.S. Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds (see H.R. 6855), H8018 [10SE]

———extend authority of the U.S. Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice (see S. 3296), S6972 [21JY]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 6172), H4877 [3JN]

Terrorism: transport enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the District of Columbia to be held on Supreme Court grounds (see H.R. 6615), H7164 [24JY]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see S. 2837), S2817 [9AP]

Trademarks: create an offense for misuse in communications of a registered mark (see H.R. 7224), H10641 [29SE]

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: grant jurisdiction to review compliance of the schedule of ratings for disabilities with statutory requirements applicable to entitlement to disability compensation (see S. 2737), S1818 [10MR]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (see H.R. 6509), H6673 [16JY]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: make certain changes in sentencing guidelines as they affect certain human trafficking offenses (see H.R. 5652), H1771 [14MR]

USEC Privatization Act: waive sovereign immunity and extend period during which individuals may bring a suit for certain violations of employee protection provisions (see H.R. 6623), H7164 [24JY]

Veterans: require a court adjudication before certain veterans may be denied the right to possess a firearm (see H.R. 5865), H2551 [22AP]

Winston E. Arnow Federal Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5676), H1888 [1AP]

World War II: compensate Armed Forces members, U.S. civilian employees, or their surviving spouses who, as POWs, performed slave labor for Japan or Japanese corporations (see S. 3107), S5447 [10JN] (see H.R. 6497), H6576 [15JY]

———ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see S. 3462), S8275 [10SE]

Zimbabwe: sever diplomatic relations until requirements are met relating to elections, civil liberties and human rights, economic system, judiciary, and current leadership (see H. Con. Res. 387), H6176 [26JN]

Biographies

Cleary, Michael J., S2374 [3AP]

Cloture motions

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), motion to proceed, S3188 [21AP], S3288 [23AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6470 [9JY]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), motion to proceed, S5950 [23JN], S6141 [25JN], S6224 [26JN]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S269, S302 [24JA], S387, S388 [28JA], S813 [8FE], S890 [12FE]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), motion to proceed, S7509 [26JY], S7551 [28JY], S8934 [17SE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (S. 2035), motion to proceed, S7554 [28JY], S7721 [30JY]

Explanations

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act (S. 3023), E2051-E2062 [27SE]

Factsheets

Litigation History—Oil and Gas Leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska, H6706 [17JY]

Letters

ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary evaluation of judicial nominees: C. Timothy Hopkins, ABA, S4300 [19MY]

Advancing America's Priorities Act: Peter R. Orszag, CBO, S7510 [26JY], S7543 [28JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act intent and protections restoration: several organizations, S8352 [11SE], E1447 [14JY]

———Veterans for ADA Restoration (organization), S8350 [11SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) discharge of pending judicial nominations: Senator Obama, S3042 [16AP]

———Senator Specter, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3043, S3044, S3045 [16AP]

Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel opinion on legality of Presidential authorization of warrantless electronic surveillance: Brian A. Benczkowski, Dept. of Justice, S5357 [6JN]

Establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence: Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General and J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, S6199 [26JN], H5756 [20JN]

Fair Pay Restoration Act: Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women and Families, S9631 [26SE]

———Lulu Flores, National Women's Political Caucus, S9632 [26SE]

———Marcia Greenberger, National Women's Law Center, S9630 [26SE]

———Sue C. Johnson, Alaska Women's Political Caucus, S9632 [26SE]

———Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S9630 [26SE]

Finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary (House): Charles J. Cooper and Howard C. Nielson, Jr., Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, H954 [14FE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act modernization and streamlining: Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H1326 [5MR]

———J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, H1024-H1026 [25FE]

———Kate Martin and Lisa Graves, Center for National Security Studies, H1753 [14MR]

———Leslie Harris and Gregory T. Nojeim, Center for Democracy and Technology, H1752 [14MR]

———Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, S248 [24JA]

———Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General and J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, S651-S655 [5FE], S1102 [25FE], S1726 [7MR], H1799-H1801 [31MR]

———several organizations, H1753 [14MR]

———several Representatives, S901 [12FE], H1709 [14MR]

———several State attorneys general, S1727 [7MR], H1403 [6MR]

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act: Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators, H8316 [17SE]

Free Flow of Information Act: National Association of Attorneys General, S7719 [30JY]

———several media organizations, S7597 [29JY]

Grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance: Craig Webre, National Sheriff's Association, S832 [11FE]

———Dennis J. Hallion, National Troopers Coalition, S832 [11FE]

———Ronald C. Ruecker, International Association of Chiefs of Police, S833 [11FE]

———Ronald E. Brooks, National Narcotic Officers' Association's Coalition, S833 [11FE]

———Senators Rockefeller and Bond, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S6198 [26JN]

———several State Attorneys General, S832 [11FE]

Installation of Americans With Disabilities Act-compliant door handles in House of Representatives' office buildings: Representative Issa, H6071 [25JN]

Investigation of Samuel R. (Sandy) Berger removal of classified documents from the National Archives: Brian A. Benczkowski, Dept. of Justice, H1068 [26FE]

———Representative Rohrabacher, H1067 [26FE]

———Richard A. Heating, Dept. of Justice, H1070 [26FE]

National Capital Security and Safety Act: DC Vote (organization), H8177 [16SE]

———several religious organizations, H8176 [16SE]

Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants: Senator Specter, S240 [24JA]

———Vice President Cheney, S241 [24JA]

Protect America Act extension: several Representatives, H882 [13FE], H949 [14FE], H1024 [25FE], H1039 [26FE]

Protect child custody arrangements for parents who are Armed Forces members deployed in support of a contingency operation: Heather A. Watkins, H4203 [20MY]

———V. Eva Slusher, H4204 [20MY]

Second Amendment Enforcement Act: several Senators, S9441, S9445 [25SE]

Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees: Barbara Tipton, S6895 [17JY]

———John and Pam Rawlins, S6895 [17JY]

———Lou Baber, S6895 [17JY]

———Peggy Low, S6895 [17JY]

———Samantha Jones, S6895 [17JY]

———Senator Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2286 [1AP]

———Senator Reid, S4771 [22MY]

———Senator Specter, S6898 [17JY]

———Senators McConnell and Specter, S4770 [22MY]

———several grassroots organizations, S2264 [1AP]

———several Senators, S3757 [6MY]

Stay cases against telecommunications companies in actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance and delay retroactive immunity: Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General and J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, S6400 [8JY]

Transfer certain Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge Program resources and authorities to the NTSB: Kip Hawley, Transportation Security Administration, H2669, H2726 [24AP]

Tribute to Paul D. Clement: Antonin Scalia, S5933 [20JN]

———Edwin Meese III, Heritage Foundation, S5933 [20JN]

———John Ashcroft, S5933 [20JN]

———Laurence H. Silberman, S5933 [20JN]

———Mark R. Filip, Dept. of Justice, S5932 [20JN]

———Paul J. McNulty, Baker & McKenzie, LLP, S5932 [20JN]

———Seth P. Waxman, S5932 [20JN]

———Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, S5932 [20JN]

Lists

Individuals who worked on H.R. 3195, Americans With Disabilities Act intent and protections restoration, H6066 [25JN]

National organizations supporting H.R. 3195, Americans With Disabilities Act intent and protections restoration, E1447 [14JY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 2831, Fair Pay Act, S3114 [17AP]

Motions

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S255 [24JA]

National Crime Victim Law Institute: funding (S. 3641), H10671 [2OC]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), S7509 [26JY], S9220 [22SE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (S. 2035), S7554 [28JY]

Protect America Act: extend (H.R. 5349), H905, H906 [13FE]

Press releases

Farmworkers Reach Settlement in Lawsuit Against Watermelon Grower: Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Press Center (Internet site), H2822 [29AP]

Oppose the Cornyn Contingency Fees Admendment—Don't Let Opponents of Stronger Consumer Protections Change the Subject and Weaken Enforcement: American Association for Justice, S1577 [5MR]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Announces Opposition to Paez Judicial Nomination: U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2000), S4769 [22MY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (H.R. 4157), H6325 [9JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (H.R. 3195), H6058-H6075, H6083 [25JN], E1376 [26JN], E1414 [9JY], E1446 [14JY]

———restore intent and protections (H.R. 3195), consideration (H. Res. 1299), H6025-H6028 [25JN]

———restore intent and protections (S. 3406), H8286-H8298 [17SE], E1841 [18SE]

Animals: protect farm animals from cruelty and abuse (H.R. 6202), E1157 [5JN]

Armed Forces: allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (H.R. 3174), H10263 [27SE]

———allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (H.R. 6093), H6318 [9JY]

———protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation (H.R. 6048), H4202-H4206 [20MY], E1002 [21MY]

———provide for payment of interest on claims paid by the U.S. in connection with the correction of military records when a military corrections board sets aside a conviction by court-martial (H.R. 5130), H432 [23JA]

Atchison County, MO: anniversary of Atchison County Courthouse, E2225 [3OC]

Aviation: establish an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight (H.R. 4179), H5491-H5496 [18JN], E1265 [18JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 3609), H1807 [31MR]

———exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (H.R. 4044), H5801-H5805 [23JN], E1327 [24JN], E1345 [25JN], E2226 [3OC]

———exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (S. 3197), H10648-H10653 [2OC], E2226 [3OC]

Berger, Samuel R. (Sandy): investigation of removal of classified documents from the National Archives, H1067 [26FE], H1215 [4MR]

BLM: prohibit lawsuits based on how BLM manages land under the National Landscape Conservation System, H2107 [9AP]

Border Patrol: improve rules of engagement of officers in apprehending drug and human smugglers and provide support for such officers, H336 [17JA], H444 [23JA]

———request Presidential pardon for agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose A. Compean, H336 [17JA], H1944 [2AP], H1976, H1995 [3AP], H2630 [23AP], H3755 [13MY], H4128 [19MY], H5022 [5JN], H7991 [10SE]

Breland, David: Morgan County, AL, Democratic Party Newton B. Powell Loyalty Award recipient, E682 [22AP]

Bucks County, PA, Bar Association: anniversary, E2169 [30SE]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H5872 [24JN]

California: local government policy to provide medical services to illegal aliens, H3758 [13MY]

Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, White Plains, NY: designate (H.R. 6340), H7174, H7267 [29JY], E1601 [30JY]

Child Protection and Safety Act: modify minimum standards required for electronic monitoring units used in the pilot program for monitoring sexual offenders, H10241 [27SE]

Civil rights: clarify legal standard for punitive damages for wage discrimination based on sex to require malice or reckless indifference, H7696, H7697 [31JY]

———prevent protections for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex from including job applicants, H7693 [31JY]

———restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (H.R. 5129), E73 [23JA]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Greater Cleveland Bench-Bar Memorial Program, E535 [8AP]

Coast Guard: transfer certain Administrative Law Judge Program resources and authorities to the NTSB, H2669, H2672, H2725, H2726 [24AP]

Cobb, Sue Bell: Morgan County, AL, Democratic Party Albert P. Brewer Public Service Award recipient, E687 [22AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): authorize initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce subpoenas issued to Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten (H. Res. 980), H957 [14FE], E207 [15FE]

———authorize initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce subpoenas issued to Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten (H. Res. 980), adoption (H. Res. 982), H948-H962 [14FE], E225 [25FE], E259 [27FE]

———hold inquiry on potential impeachment of G. Thomas Porteous (H. Res. 1448), H8353 [17SE]

Constitution—U.S.: historical significance of the Bill of Rights, H268-H275 [16JA]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to works connected to certain funding agreements (H.R. 6845), E1753 [10SE]

Crime: improve and consolidate the law relating to restitution in criminal cases (H.R. 845), H2279 [15AP]

———make restitution mandatory for Federal crimes and simplify and streamline restitution procedures (H.R. 4110), H2279 [15AP]

———protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (H.R. 6927), E1823 [17SE]

———provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography (H.R. 4120), Senate amendment, H9887-H9889 [25SE], H10058 [26SE], E2087 [27SE]

———provide funding for multi-jurisdictional anti-gang task forces (H.R. 3152), H3863 [14MY]

———provide penalties for sex offenders who access social networking websites (H.R. 3144), H2274 [15AP]

Dept. of Commerce: appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges in consultation with the Patent and Trademark Office (S. 3295), H7233-H7235 [29JY], H7707 [31JY], E1657 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: develop a comprehensive strategy to increase the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault and rape cases in the military (H. Con. Res. 397), E1589 [29JY]

———prohibit funding to exercise power of eminent domain on behalf of the military without just compensation to property owners, H7772, H7773 [31JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require States and Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide certain statistics to the FBI and require the FBI to publish such statistics (H.R. 6192), H5544 [18JN]

Dept. of HUD: address eligibility for housing assistance funding of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma pending court decision on the Cherokee citizenship of Cherokee Freedman, H6681 [17JY], E1554 [24JY]

Dept. of Justice: investigate and report if DNA database hits are pursued by law enforcement, brought to prosecutors, and result in a trial, H6440 [14JY]

———modify practices relative to attorney-client privilege (H.R. 3013), E2135 [28SE]

———proposed regulations to the Public Safety Officer's Benefit Program, E1833 [18SE]

Dept. of State: ensure that compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Secretary are those which were in effect on January 1, 2007 (S.J. Res. 46), H10944, H10945 [10DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require courts to use its full equity powers to vindicate rights or benefits of persons with complaints relative to State or private employers (H.R. 6225), H7248-H7253 [29JY], H7707 [31JY]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), E669, E675, E686 [22AP], E698, E702, E705 [23AP]

District of Columbia: implement increase of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants (H.R. 5551), H1852, H1853 [1AP], E320 [6MR]

———permit nonjudicial employees of the court system and other court-related services to include service prior to conversion to Federal status in determining retirement eligibility (H.R. 5600), E375 [12MR]

———preserve existing Superior Court judgeships (S. 550), H1853, H1854 [1AP]

———revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (H.R. 6842), H8257-H8272 [16SE], H8282-H8286 [17SE], E1818, E1823, E1825 [17SE], E1845 [18SE], E1968 [25SE]

———revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (H.R. 6842), consideration (H. Res. 1434), H8168-H8178 [16SE]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, H283-H289 [16JA]

Economy: create oversight board to issue criminal penalties and civil sanctions, H10381 [29SE]

Education: California Appellate Court ruling on constitutional right of parents to homeschool their children, H1946 [2AP], E509 [4AP]

Executive Office of the President: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege (H.R. 5607), E392 [13MR]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (S. 3569), H10270-H10272 [27SE]

Federal employees: prohibit Federal employees not compliant with a court-ordered child support arrangement from receiving paid parental leave, H5608, H5609 [19JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (H.R. 6381), E1387 [26JN], E1402 [8JY], E1523 [22JY]

FERC: provide for enforcement of criminal penalties relative to electric reliability standards (H.R. 7230), H10636 [29SE]

Firefighters: require States or local governments to protect trained firefighters from liability and lawsuits when offering inspection services and advice on proper installation, use, defects, or recalls of child safety seats, H1989, H1990 [3AP]

Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, H4651 [22MY]

Foreign countries: create a Federal cause of action to determine if defamation exists under U.S. law when defamation actions are brought in foreign courts against U.S. persons based on publications or speech in the U.S. (H.R. 5814), H10262 [27SE]

———prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments (H.R. 6146), H10258-H10263 [27SE], E1088 [23MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants (S. 1927), H862-H866 [12FE], E491 [3AP]

———amend to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance (H.R. 3356), H515 [29JA]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), H5743-H5774 [20JN], H5874 [24JN], E1311, E1314, E1316 [23JN], E1325 [24JN], E1344, E1352 [25JN], E1378, E1379 [26JN], E1442-E1444 [10JY], E1448 [14JY]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), consideration (H. Res. 1285), H5739-H5741 [20JN]

———establish criterion to prevent electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants, H516 [29JA]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), H459 [28JA], H483, H484 [29JA], H793-H795 [7FE], H862-H867 [12FE]

———provide safeguards for communications involving persons inside the U.S., H1757 [14MR]

GAO: provide additional authorities (H.R. 6388), H7192-H7194 [29JY], E1382 [26JN]

Government: restore constitutional checks and balances and protections against Federal abuses, H6399-H6403 [10JY]

———restore constitutional checks and balances and protections against Federal abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers, H2454, H2474 [17AP]

Health: provide health care liability reform, H7130 [24JY]

———provide health care liability reform (H.R. 3509), H603 [6FE], H2003 [3AP]

Health care facilities: require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (H.R. 6126), E1079 [23MY]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of prior drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance, H644 [7FE]

Homosexuality: California Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriages, H4052 [15MY]

House of Representatives: grant authority to bring civil action to enforce, secure a declatory judgement, or prevent a refusal or failure to comply with any House-issued subpoena (H.R. 5230), H958 [14FE]

———recommend the finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 979), H957 [14FE], E207 [15FE]

———recommend the finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 979), adoption (H. Res. 982), H948-H962 [14FE], E225 [25FE], E259 [27FE]

Hyman, Eugene: U.N. Public Service Award recipient, E1317 [23JN]

Immigration: clarify citizenship status of children born in the U.S. to parents who are illegal immigrants, H4050 [15MY]

———enforce existing immigration laws and improve border security, H2212 [10AP], H2434 [16AP], H2952 [1MY], H3059 [6MY], H3758 [13MY], H4158 [20MY], H5176 [10JN], H5846 [23JN], H6828 [23JY], H7990 [10SE]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 3494), H2360 [16AP]

———expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability (H.R. 1312), H1857-H1860 [1AP]

———prohibit Federal funding to State or local governments that provide sanctuary to illegal aliens, H2360 [16AP]

———settlement between farmworkers and watermelon growers relative to misuse of the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program, H2822 [29AP]

———strengthen and enforce existing immigration laws, H10282-H10288 [27SE]

Intelligence services: allow telecommunications companies dealing with civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance to use classified information in defense of claims against them, H1707, H1710, H1743-H1750, H1754-H1759 [14MR], H1832 [1AP], E514 [4AP]

———grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, H511 [29JA], H888, H889, H901, H904, H923 [13FE], H998, H999 [15FE], H1079 [27FE], H1168, H1169 [28FE], H1223, H1224, H1327, H1329-H1335 [5MR], H1742-H1750, H1754-H1760 [14MR], H1801 [31MR], H5740, H5755, H5760, H5762, H5766, H5768, H5771-H5773 [20JN], E491 [3AP], E514 [4AP], E537 [8AP], E647 [17AP], E1316 [23JN], E1448 [14JY]

Iraq: allow waiver of claims by victims of state-sponsored terrorism for actions that occured while under leadership of Saddam Hussein, H257-H259 [16JA], H334, H335 [17JA], H447-H453 [23JA]

———investigation into murder charges against U.S. soldiers resulting from the killing of Iraqi civilians, H5845 [23JN]

James M. & Thomas W.L. Ashley Customs Building and U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, OH: designate (H.R. 3712), H4888-H4890 [4JN]

Law enforcement: control violent crime (H.R. 3156), E856 [8MY]

———increase evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a drug offense and require screening of law enforcement officers or others acting under color of law participating in drug task forces (H.R. 253), H5807 [23JN], H6446 [14JY]

Lawyers and attorneys: address waiver of attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine (S. 2450), H7817-H7820 [8SE]

———establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network to represent domestic violence victims (H.R. 6088), E976 [20MY]

Libby, I. Lewis, Jr. (Scooter): conviction on obstruction of justice, giving false statements to the FBI, and perjury charges, H1071 [26FE]

Libya: resolve pending claims of Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other victims of Libyan terrorist attacks (S. 3370), H7705 [31JY]

Mackel, Marilyn: alleged imposition of personal political views in judicial decisions, H1421 [10MR]

Medellin, Jose E.: uphold conviction for capital murder, H1876 [1AP], H6713 [17JY]

Medicare: respond to a funding warning by introducing principles of value-based health care and reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5480), H1210-H1212 [4MR], E228 [25FE]

NAACP: report highlighting social inequalities for African Americans, E498 [3AP]

National Bar Association: anniversary of convention, H7138 [24JY]

National Crime Victim Law Institute: funding (S. 3641), H10653, H10654 [2OC], E2237 [3OC]

National Criminal Justice Month: establish (H. Res. 945), H1854-H1857 [1AP], E408 [13MR]

National Drug Court Month: observance, H4457 [22MY], E1019 [22MY], E1050, E1073, E1078 [23MY]

Native Americans: improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (H.R. 6583), H8456 [18SE], E1542 [23JY]

———restore Federal recognition and settle claims arising from the use and distribution of judgment funds previously awarded and provided to the Delaware Tribe (H.R. 6786), E1700 [1AU]

New York County Lawyers' Association: anniversary, E755 [29AP]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media, H7332 [30JY]

———maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (H.R. 2102), H2454 [17AP], H6714 [17JY], E368 [12MR]

———maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (S. 2035), H7172 [29JY]

Ponomarev, Lev: criminal charges filed in Russia against human rights activist, E308 [5MR]

Power resources: reform litigation process relative to legal challenges to oil and gas leasing programs, H8116, H8117 [15SE], H8219, H8220 [16SE]

Proceedings: provide emergency authority to delay or toll judicial proceedings in U.S. district and circuit courts (H.R. 6344), H5811-H5816 [23JN]

Product safety: provide for service of process over foreign nationals in cases involving defective products causing injury in the U.S. (H.R. 5913), E755 [29AP]

Protect America Act: extend, H339-H344 [17JA], H353 [22JA], H393 [23JA]

———extend (H.R. 5104), H484, H510-H517, H537 [29JA], E166, E169 [12FE]

———extend (H.R. 5349), H887-H892, H901-H907 [13FE], H971, H972, H973 [14FE]

———extend (H.R. 5349), consideration (H. Res. 976), H877-H886 [13FE]

———extend (H.R. 5349), motion to recommit, H905 [13FE]

———extend (S. 2541), H408, H409 [23JA]

Quintero, Juan: trial for capital murder in Houston, TX, H3059 [6MY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain, H2810 [29AP]

Rochester, NY: tribute to the Drug Court, E1019 [22MY]

Rosen, Joel B.: Camden County, NJ, Bar Foundation Judge John F. Gerry Award recipient, E2260 [19NO]

Safety: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence, H2279 [15AP]

San Francisco, CA: local government policy to provide sanctuary to illegal aliens, H2212 [10AP], H2952 [1MY], H6828 [23JY]

Seattle, WA: military ceremony overturning court-martial of 28 African-American military members for rioting at Fort Lawson, WA, E1492 [17JY]

Senior citizens: protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (H.R. 5352), H8519-H8522 [22SE], E2036 [27SE]

Social Security: remove inmate limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (H.R. 5698), E507 [4AP]

Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Federal Courthouse, Richmond, VA: designate (S. 2403), H7813-H7816 [8SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Loving v. Virginia decision legalizing interracial marriage in the U.S., E1213 [12JN]

———decision in Boumediene v. Bush on right of habeas corpus for detainees held in the war on terror, H5733 [20JN], H5873 [24JN], H6084 [25JN], H6606 [16JY], E1449 [14JY], E1669 [1AU]

———decision in District of Columbia v. Heller on handgun ownership, H6154 [26JN], E1364, E1380 [26JN], E1438 [10JY]

———decision on allowing the withdrawal of a voluntary departure request by an immigrant attempting to reopen a removal order, H5705 [19JN]

———decision on constitutionality of lethal injection as a form of capital punishment, H2424 [16AP]

———decision on State laws requiring photo identification to vote, H3057 [6MY]

———decision on use of capital punishment in cases involving child rape, H7 [15JA], H2059 [8AP], H6149 [26JN], H6650 [16JY]

———extend authority of the U.S. Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds (H.R. 6855), H8085, H8086 [15SE], H8368 [17SE], E1825 [17SE]

———extend authority of the U.S. Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice (S. 3296), H10254 [27SE], H10631 [29SE]

———impact of judicial activism, H6068 [25JN]

———ongoing litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, E478 [2AP]

Taxation: allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases, H4384, H4391 [21MY]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming, H7669 [31JY]

Terrorism: improve gathering of human intelligence through effective interrogation and detention of suspects and bring terrorists to justice through effective, constitutional prosecution (H.R. 7056), E2095 [28SE]

Texas: tribute to Operation Streamline initiative requiring every person crossing the border illegally to be charged with at least a misdemeanor and jailed until brought to court, H5846 [23JN]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY: designate (S. 2837), H7816, H7817 [8SE]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (H.R. 6509), E1478 [16JY]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: assure appropriate enhancements of those involved in receiving stolen grave markers of veterans (H.R. 3480), H4109-H4111 [19MY], H4433 [21MY]

West Warwick, RI: manslaughter charges, plea agreements, and parole of individuals responsible for 2003 fire that killed 100 people attending a Great White (musical group) performance, H928 [13FE]

Remarks in Senate

Agee, G. Steven: nomination to be circuit judge, S4291 [19MY], S4435-S4443 [20MY]

al-Bashir, Omar: indictment by the International Criminal Court for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, S6686 [15JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (H.R. 3195), S6309 [27JN], S7768 [30JY]

———restore intent and protections (S. 3406), S7956-S7959, S7981 [31JY], S7983 [1AU], S8342-S8356 [11SE], S8475 [12SE], S8890 [16SE], S9626 [26SE]

Anderson, S. Thomas: nomination to be district judge, S2921-S2923, S2925, S2933 [10AP]

Arguello, Christine M.: nomination to be district judge, S9599, S9600 [26SE]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations, S3778 [6MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, S1445 [3MR], S2267 [1AP], S2316 [2AP], S2371, S2375-S2377, S2380-S2383, S2387-S2395, S2402 [3AP], S2606 [4AP], S2717, S2718, S2723-S2725 [8AP], S2804 [9AP], S2841 [10AP]

———amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (S. 2136), S684 [6FE], S2261 [1AP]

———authorize courts to take certain actions relative to mortgage loans in bankruptcy, S2380, S2381 [3AP], S2718, S2723-S2725 [8AP]

———authorize courts to take certain actions relative to mortgage loans in bankruptcy (S. 2133), S2261 [1AP]

———exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (S. 3197), S6166 [25JN], S10186, S10187 [30SE]

BIA: Public Safety and Justice Account funding, S1983 [12MR]

Brimmer, Philip A.: nomination to be district judge, S9599, S9600 [26SE]

Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, White Plains, NY: designate (H.R. 6340), S8004 [1AU]

Civil liberties: establish procedures for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to review and assess compliance with minimization procedures, S564-S568 [4FE], S686 [6FE]

———restrict protective orders, sealing of cases, and disclosures of discovery information in civil actions if such actions prevent disclosures relevent to public health or safety, S1574, S1593 [5MR]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (S. 2554), S286 [24JA]

Classified information: provide guidelines for Federal courts relative to the use of state secrets of privilege in civil cases (S. 2533), S198-S201 [23JA], S9458 [25SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): court ruling on absolute immunity and executive privilege of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten relative to subpoenas issued, S7840 [31JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, S4562-S4564 [21MY], S4903 [3JN], S6881 [17JY], S8145, S8149 [9SE]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (S. 3159), S6962 [21JY]

Conrad, Glen E.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6910 [17JY]

Conrad, Robert J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3042 [16AP], S4004 [12MY], S6909 [17JY]

Conrad Duberstein U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY: designate (H.R. 430), S6080 [24JN]

Constitution—U.S.: importance of balance of power between three branches of Government, S8914 [17SE], S10545 [17NO]

Contracts: promote prosecution and enforcement of contracting frauds against the U.S. by suspending statute of limitations when Congress has authorized use of military force, S8229, S8230 [10SE], S9964 [27SE]

———promote prosecution and enforcement of contracting frauds against the U.S. by suspending statute of limitations when Congress has authorized use of military force (S. 2892), S3174 [18AP]

Copyrights: limit remedies in cases in which the copyright owner cannot be located (S. 2913), S3405 [24AP], S3437 [28AP], S9867-S9872 [26SE]

CPSC: address impact on small business of imposition of revised civil penalties, S1685 [6MR]

———allow the prevailing party in certain civil actions to recover court costs and attorney fees, S1568, S1578 [5MR], S1669-S1671, S1673 [6MR]

———authorize State attorneys general to bring civil action for violations of consumer protection orders and statutes, S1504-S1506 [4MR]

———prohibit State attorneys general from entering into contingency fee agreements for legal or expert witness services relative to certain civil actions, S1498, S1501, S1506 [4MR], S1569, S1570, S1576-S1580, S1585 [5MR], S1673 [6MR]

Crime: enhance penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors (S. 1211), S9188 [22SE]

———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (S. 1105), S277 [24JA], S440 [29JA], S657 [5FE], S1115 [25FE], S1197 [26FE], S1701 [6MR], S1814 [10MR], S1992 [12MR], S2427 [3AP], S2739 [8AP], S2936 [10AP], S2973 [14AP], S3071 [16AP], S3250 [22AP], S3972 [8MY], S4174 [14MY], S4614 [21MY], S4779 [22MY], S5362 [6JN], S5589 [12JN], S6930 [17JY], S7567 [28JY], S9478 [25SE], S9996 [27SE], S10166 [30SE]

———provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography (H.R. 4120), S9343 [23SE]

———provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child pornography (H.R. 4120), unanimous-consent request, S8984 [18SE], S9228 [23SE]

Davis, Mark S.: nomination to be district judge, S5412-S5417 [10JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S4010 [12MY], S4128, S4129 [14MY], S6680 [15JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide a mechanism for the determination of claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relative to racial discrimination but who were denied that determination, S4233 [15MY]

Dept. of Commerce: appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges in consultation with the Patent and Trademark Office (S. 3295), S7079 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S5573 [12JN]

Dept. of Education: adult English literacy programs funding through reductions in EEOC funding to bring actions against employers requiring employees to speak English, S1953 [12MR], S2050, S2051 [13MR]

Dept. of Justice: assist State and local law enforcement agencies in locating, arresting, and prosecuting fugitives from justice (S. 3143), S5821 [19JN]

———establish a pilot program to promote fairness in the criminal justice system through identifying and eliminating unjustified disparities in the administration of justice (S. 3245), S6565 [10JY]

———investigate firing of U.S. attorneys, S10161 [30SE]

———local law enforcement funding for child protection programs, S2069 [13MR]

———modify practices relative to attorney-client privilege (S. 3217), S6294 [26JN]

———Office of Legal Counsel opinions on legality of Presidential authorization of warrantless electronic surveillance and waterboarding of detainees, S5355-S5357 [6JN]

Dept. of State: ensure that compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Secretary are those which were in effect on January 1, 2007 (S.J. Res. 46), S10883, S10885 [10DE]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), motion to proceed, S3053 [16AP], S3112-S3115 [17AP], S3185-S3188 [21AP], S3218-S3222, S3227-S3230, S3237 [22AP], S3273-S3288, S3298, S3299 [23AP], S3375-S3377, S3391, S3395 [24AP]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), unanimous-consent request, S3248, S3249 [22AP]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 1843), S5724 [18JN], S9630 [26SE]

District of Columbia: implement increase of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants (H.R. 5551), S8875 [16SE]

———preserve existing Superior Court judgeships (S. 550), S609 [4FE]

———revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (H.R. 6842), S9167 [18SE], S9441-S9446, S9476 [25SE], S9632 [26SE]

———revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (H.R. 6842), unanimous-consent request, S9443 [25SE]

Dugas, David R..: nomination to be district judge, S944, S945 [13FE]

Economy: help families keep their homes by restructuring loans and modifying mortgages, and protect taxpayers by regulating dividend payments by certain financial institutions (S. 3690), S10599 [17NO]

———provide for judicial review of Dept. of the Treasury actions relative to proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S10279 [1OC]

———provide for judicial review of Dept. of the Treasury actions relative to proposed Government bailouts of financial institutions and automobile industry, S10902 [11DE]

Farr, Thomas A.: nomination to be district judge, S4004 [12MY]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (S. 3569), S9422 [24SE], S9897, S9898 [27SE]

Federal employees: modify rate of accrual of annual leave for administrative law judges, contract appeals board members, and immigration judges (S. 3665), S10325 [1OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (S. 3398), S7953 [31JY], S8022 [1AU]

Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, S4747 [22MY]

Foreign countries: create a Federal cause of action to determine if defamation exists under U.S. law when defamation actions are brought in foreign courts against U.S. persons based on publications or speech in the U.S. (S. 2977), S3793 [6MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: allow the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to review any request for immunity from an electronic communication service provider, S830-S832, S834, S836 [11FE], S889, S890 [12FE]

———amend relative to electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants, S421, S430-S434 [29JA], S470, S471, S476-S478 [30JA]

———amend relative to electronic surveillance of U.S. persons outside the U.S. without court-approved warrants, S256-S258 [24JA], S307 [25JA], S380, S382 [28JA]

———clarify that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has the authority to determine and enforce compliance with any order of the court, S881 [12FE]

———district court decision on the constitutionality of warrantless electronic surveillance, S6381, S6382, S6386 [8JY]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S5947 [20JN], S6349-S6351 [7JY], S6379-S6416, S6418-S6420, S6424-S6429 [8JY], S6452-S6476 [9JY], S6516 [10JY], S6646 [14JY]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), motion to proceed, S5950 [23JN], S5985, S5986, S6004, S6006, S6082-S6095 [24JN], S6108-S6112, S6115-S6137, S6142, S6143 [25JN], S6174, S6177-S6182, S6196-S6198, S6205-S6207, S6213, S6271 [26JN], S6309, S6313 [27JN]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), unaimous-consent agreement, S6354 [7JY]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), unanimous-consent agreement, S6224, S6306 [26JN]

———expedite court review of electronic communication service provider challenges to Federal directives, S777 [7FE], S842 [11FE]

———include prohibitions on international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, S886 [12FE]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S19-S21 [22JA], S163-S168, S179-S193, S216-S219 [23JA], S225-S271, S301 [24JA], S303-S322 [25JA], S370, S373-S388 [28JA], S403-S409, S420-S423, S430-S435, S439 [29JA], S460, S470-S474, S476-S478 [30JA], S535-S537 [31JA], S564-S591 [4FE], S618-S620, S624-S626, S639-S648, S650-S655 [5FE], S686-S692, S697-S700, S703-S714 [6FE], S775-S778 [7FE], S805-S807, S813 [8FE], S827-S845, S862-S878 [11FE], S879-S913 [12FE], S962-S964 [13FE], S6472, S6475 [9JY]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), unanimous-consent agreement, S369 [28JA], S636 [5FE]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), unanimous-consent request, S589 [4FE], S624 [5FE]

———place flexible limits on use of information gathered about U.S. persons that the Federal Government obtained using unlawful procedures, S577-S580 [4FE], S690 [6FE], S775, S776 [7FE], S843 [11FE]

———provide safeguards for communications involving persons inside the U.S., S568-S574 [4FE], S689, S690 [6FE], S835-S838 [11FE], S883 [12FE]

———reduce duration of sunset provision, S436 [29JA], S574-S577 [4FE], S687, S707-S710 [6FE]

———reiterate exclusivity as the sole authority to permit conduct of electronic surveillance, S707 [6FE], S828, S829, S833 [11FE], S881, S882 [12FE], S6119 [25JN], S6394 [8JY], S6466 [9JY]

———require a report to Congress on any decision, order, or opinion issued by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that includes a significant legal interpretation of any provision, S258-S268 [24JA], S307 [25JA], S380 [28JA]

GAO: require study of tribal justice systems in North and South Dakota, S1146 [25FE]

Gardephe, Paul G.: nomination to be district judge, S6892-S6896, S6916 [17JY]

Goldberg, Mitchell S.: nomination to be district judge, S9599 [26SE]

Hall, James R.: nomination to be district judge, S2920, S2925, S2931, S2933 [10AP]

Haynes, Catharina: nomination to be circuit judge, S2924, S2925, S2931, S2932 [10AP]

Health: provide health care liability reform, S3378 [24AP]

Health care facilities: require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (S. 2838), S2819, S2820 [9AP]

Health care professionals: award grants for demonstration programs to enable States to develop health care volunteer indemnity programs (S. 3354), S7631 [29JY]

Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 442), S604-S607, S611 [4FE]

Higher Education Act: provide judicial discretion regarding suspensions of eligibility for receiving student financial assistance for persons convicted of drug offenses (S. 2767), S2149 [13MR]

Honaker, Richard H.: nomination to be district judge, S6901 [17JY]

Immigration: enforce existing immigration laws and improve border security, S1555 [5MR]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 2717), S1655 [5MR], S1661, S1666 [6MR]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs, S1956 [12MR], S2052 [13MR]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement, S1976-S1978 [12MR], S2052 [13MR]

———increase criminal penalties for illegally reentering the U.S. (S. 2709), S1655 [5MR], S1661, S1665 [6MR]

Intelligence services: clarify definition of electronic communication service provider relative to granting retroactive immunity in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S6471 [9JY]

———grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S165, S216-S219 [23JA], S232-S244, S251 [24JA], S307, S314, S317-S320 [25JA], S373-S382, S384 [28JA], S406, S421, S436, S439 [29JA], S471-S474 [30JA], S575 [4FE], S704-S706 [6FE], S832, S833 [11FE], S890 [12FE], S952, S953, S962-S964 [13FE], S1015, S1033-S1037 [14FE], S1241 [27FE], S1324, S1331-S1334 [28FE], S1412 [29FE], S1725 [7MR], S5950 [23JN], S5985, S5986, S6083-S6095 [24JN], S6109-S6112, S6115-S6118, S6120-S6129 [25JN], S6196-S6198, S6271 [26JN], S6350, S6351 [7JY], S6381-S6386, S6394-S6416, S6419, S6424-S6429 [8JY], S6452, S6454-S6475 [9JY], S6646 [14JY]

———limit retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance to cases where a Federal court has found the surveillance to be constitutional, S6407, S6410, S6413, S6416, S6425 [8JY], S6454, S6455, S6461-S6463, S6469 [9JY]

———prohibit granting of retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S644-S647, S650 [5FE], S698-S700, S703 [6FE], S838-S841, S864-S878 [11FE], S884, S896, S897, S900 [12FE]

———provide for the substitution of the U.S. in place of any electronic communications service company in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S712-S714 [6FE], S807 [8FE], S827, S841, S843, S862-S864 [11FE], S887, S888, S890 [12FE]

———require court order for wiretapping calls originated from within the U.S., S714 [6FE], S6349 [7JY]

———stay pending cases against telecommunications companies named in civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance and delay pursuit of retroactive immunity until release of report on such surveillance, S6398-S6404, S6407, S6410, S6424, S6425 [8JY], S6454, S6455, S6462, S6463, S6467, S6469, S6470, S6472 [9JY], S6646 [14JY]

International law: hold surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity committed during World War II by encouraging foreign prosecution and extradition (S. 3007), S4030, S4031 [12MY], S6969 [21JY], S7567 [28JY]

Iraq: allow waiver of claims by victims of state-sponsored terrorism for actions that occured while under leadership of Saddam Hussein, S424 [29JA], S10413 [2OC]

James M. & Thomas W.L. Ashley Customs Building and U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, OH: designate (H.R. 3712), S6080 [24JN]

Jones, C. Darnell, II: nomination to be district judge, S9599 [26SE]

Judiciary: appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges (S. 2774), S2153-S2155 [13MR], S2923 [10AP]

———authorize cost of living adjustment for Federal judges, S10904 [11DE]

———authorize cost of living adjustment for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (S. 3711), S10746, S10768, S10769 [20NO]

———create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships (S. 1327), S2923 [10AP]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 3155), S5761-S5768 [18JN], S9993 [27SE]

Kays, David G.: nomination to be district judge, S5412, S5414, S5416 [10JN]

Keisler, Peter D.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2930 [10AP], S3042 [16AP], S6897, S6898 [17JY]

Kethledge, Raymond M.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5999-S6003 [24JN]

Law enforcement: strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children (S. 3014), S4111 [13MY]

Lawrence, William T.: nomination to be district judge, S6207-S6211 [26JN]

Lawyers and attorneys: address waiver of attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine (S. 2450), S1317, S1318 [27FE]

Libya: resolve pending claims of Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other victims of Libyan terrorist attacks (S. 3370), S7979 [31JY]

Limbaugh, Stephen N., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S5412, S5414, S5416 [10JN]

Matsumoto, Kiyo A.: nomination to be district judge, S6892-S6896, S6916 [17JY]

Matthews, Steve A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3040 [16AP]

Medicare: increase civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse and amount of surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment (S. 2603), S1221 [27FE]

———respond to a funding warning by introducing principles of value-based health care and reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (S. 2662), S1127 [25FE]

Melgren, Eric F.: nomination to be district judge, S9593 [26SE]

Mendez, John A.: nomination to be district judge, S2923, S2925, S2933 [10AP]

Miller, Brian S.: nomination to be district judge, S2919-S2921, S2925, S2931 [10AP]

Murphy, Stephen J., III: nomination to be district judge, S5999-S6003 [24JN]

National Crime Victim Law Institute: funding (S. 3641), S9899, S9900, S10004 [27SE]

National Drug Court Month: designate (S. Res. 534), S3446 [28AP], S3728 [1MY]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), S6951 [21JY], S6981, S7032 [22JY], S7089, S7090 [23JY], S7270-S7272 [24JY], S9003 [18SE], S9226 [23SE]

———advance America's priorities (S. 3297), motion to proceed, S7509-S7511, S7519, S7520 [26JY], S7542-S7554, S7561-S7564 [28JY], S7757 [30JY], S7883, S7888 [31JY], S10627 [19NO], S10702 [20NO], S10859 [10DE]

———advance America's priorities (S. 3297), unanimous-consent request, S7555, S7561 [28JY], S8984 [18SE], S9172-S9174 [22SE], S9230 [23SE]

National security: provide an equivalent to habeas corpus protection for persons held under military authority at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S6085 [24JN]

———restore right of habeas corpus for detainees held in the war on terror, S7886-S7888 [31JY]

National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, S239, S240 [24JA], S8914, S8915 [17SE]

National Youth Court Month: designate (S. Res. 696), S10127 [30SE]

Native Americans: grant rape and sexual assault victims the right to have assailants tested for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, S1028 [14FE]

———improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (S. 3320), S7158 [23JY]

———protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (S. 1255), S9336 [23SE]

News media: clarify definition of journalist relative to protection of communications from confidential sources, S7715 [30JY]

———maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (S. 2035), motion to proceed, S7554 [28JY], S7595-S7597, S7599, S7613, S7704-S7706 [29JY], S7710, S7711, S7715, S7722 [30JY], S7813 [31JY]

O'Neill, Michael E.: nomination to be district judge, S5954 [23JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5417 [10JN], S6368 [7JY], S8073-S8077 [1AU], S9591 [26SE], S10765-S10768 [20NO]

———provide a protocol for nonpartisan confirmation of judicial nominees (S. Res. 469), S1448 [3MR], S2930 [10AP], S9379 [24SE]

———Senate process for confirmation of high-ranking Dept. of Justice nominees, S2193 [13MR], S2311 [1AP], S6335 [27JN]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S944, S945 [13FE], S1446-S1451, S1460-S1462 [3MR], S1729-S1732 [7MR], S2260, S2263-S2266, S2285 [1AP], S2829, S2830, S2833-S2836, S2925-S2931 [10AP], S3012-S3014 [15AP], S3040-S3046, S3070, S3073 [16AP], S3753, S3756-S3758, S3761 [6MY], S4004 [12MY], S4291, S4298-S4300 [19MY], S4429, S4435-S4443 [20MY], S4766, S4768-S4771 [22MY], S4961-S4963 [3JN], S5014, S5021-S5024 [4JN], S5128, S5135, S5148, S5165 [5JN], S5414-S5416 [10JN], S5680, S5681 [17JN], S5732 [18JN], S5993-S6003 [24JN], S6207-S6209 [26JN], S6892-S6902, S6909-S6911 [17JY], S7084 [22JY], S9592-S9595, S9599 [26SE]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (H.R. 1255), unanimous-consent request, S58 [22JA]

———establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (S. 886), S201 [23JA]

———regulate judicial use of Presidential signing statements in the interpretation of Acts of Congress (S. 1747), S5950 [23JN]

Protect America Act: extend (H.R. 5104), S403, S404, S457 [29JA]

———extend (S. 2541), unanimous-consent request, S57, S58 [22JA]

———extend (S. 2556), S301 [24JA], S305 [25JA], S382 [28JA], S434, S435, S439 [29JA]

———extend (S. 2557), S367 [25JA], S370 [28JA]

———extend (S. 2615), S819, S821 [8FE], S823 [11FE]

———extend (S. 2615), unanimous-consent request, S913 [12FE], S1035 [14FE]

———extend (S. 2664), S1145 [25FE], S1149 [26FE]

———extend (S. 2664), unanimous-consent request, S1415 [29FE], S1734 [7MR], S2632-S2634 [7AP]

———extend (S. 2665), S1145 [25FE], S1149 [26FE]

Reid, Richard C. (Raheen, Abdul): anniversary of conviction of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) operative, S488 [30JA]

Scriven, Mary Stenson: nomination to be district judge, S9592 [26SE]

Securities: protect investors by fostering transparency and accountability of attorneys in private securities litigation (S. 3033), S4376 [19MY]

Seibel, Cathy: nomination to be district judge, S7084-S7087 [22JY]

Senate: authorize testimony in the case of U.S. v. Max Obuszewski (S. Res. 688), S9867 [26SE]

———authorize the production of records from office of Senator Bond for Dept. of Justice investigation into improper lobbying activities (S. Res. 686), S9866 [26SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, S2209-S2211 [31MR]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in National Association of Manufacturers v. Taylor, et al (S. Res. 460), S1145 [25FE], S1194 [26FE]

———authorize testimony and legal representation in Maine v. Douglas Rawlings, Jonathan Kreps, James Freeman, Henry Braun, Robert Shetterly, and Dudley Hendrick (S. Res. 539), S3461, S3462 [29AP]

———authorize testimony and legal representation in People of the State of Michigan v. Sereal Leonard Gravlin (S. Res. 687), S9866 [26SE]

———authorize testimony and legal representation in Peter Bergel v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (S. Res. 706), S10601 [17NO]

———authorize testimony and legal representation in Ramsey, et al. v. Wilson, et al. (S. Res. 677), S9219, S9220 [22SE]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 1070), S4430-S4432 [20MY]

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act: ensure retroactive application (S. 2632), S980 [13FE]

Slomsky, Joel H.: nomination to be district judge, S9599 [26SE]

Snow, G. Murray: nomination to be district judge, S6207-S6211 [26JN]

Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Federal Courthouse, Richmond, VA: designate (S. 2403), S6080 [24JN], S8116 [8SE], S8217 [9SE]

Suddaby, Glenn T.: nomination to be district judge, S7084-S7087 [22JY]

Supreme Court: decision in Boumediene v. Bush on right of habeas corpus for detainees held in the war on terror, S5548, S5551, S5573-S5575 [12JN], S5950 [23JN], S6350 [7JY]

———decision on legislation banning the promoting or pandering of child pornography, S4588 [21MY]

———express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child (S. Res. 626), S10016 [27SE]

———express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child (S. Res. 626), unanimous-consent request, S8990, S8991 [18SE]

———extend authority of the U.S. Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice (S. 3296), S6976 [21JY], S9459 [25SE]

———ongoing litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, S1157 [26FE]

Taxation: allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases, S5681 [17JN]

———allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (S. 814), S5438 [10JN]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming, S7856, S7888 [31JY]

Terrorism: provide justice for victims of state-sponsored terrorism, S53, S54, S56 [22JA]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY: designate (S. 2837), S6080 [24JN]

Trenga, Anthony J.: nomination to be district judge, S9591 [26SE]

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: grant jurisdiction to review compliance of the schedule of ratings for disabilities with statutory requirements applicable to entitlement to disability compensation (S. 2737), S1819 [10MR]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: assure appropriate enhancements of those involved in receiving stolen grave markers of veterans (H.R. 3480), S10405 [2OC]

Waddoups, Clark: nomination to be district judge, S9593 [26SE]

White, Helene N.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4298-S4300 [19MY], S4771 [22MY], S5993-S6003 [24JN]

White Mountain National Forest: support Forest Service management of proposed timber harvesting projects, S1377 [28FE]

World War II: compensate Armed Forces members, U.S. civilian employees, or their surviving spouses who, as POWs, performed slave labor for Japan or Japanese corporations (S. 3107), S5449 [10JN]

Reports

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Modernization and Streamlining: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 2248) (S. Rept. 110-209) (excerpt), S6402-S6404 [8JY]

Predatory Charity—The Self-Interested Self-Help of the Center for Responsible Lending: Consumers Rights League, E581-E583 [10AP]

Reports filed

Address Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2450) (S. Rept. 110-264), S1121 [25FE]

Adoption of H. Res. 979, Recommend Finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in Contempt of Congress for Refusal To Comply With Committee on the Judiciary Subpoenas: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 982) (H. Rept. 110-526), H941 [13FE]

Adoption of H. Res. 980, Committee on the Judiciary Initiation or Intervention in Judicial Proceedings to Enforce Subpoenas Issued to Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 982) (H. Rept. 110-526), H941 [13FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act Intent and Protections Restoration: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3195) (H. Rept. 110-730), H5864 [23JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3195) (H. Rept. 110-730), H5864 [23JN]

Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1312) (H. Rept. 110-540), H1416 [6MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3195, Americans With Disabilities Act Intent and Protections Restoration: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1299) (H. Rept. 110-733), H6009 [24JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5349, Protect America Act Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 976) (H. Rept. 110-525), H868 [12FE]

Consideration of H.R. 6304, Establish a Procedure for Authorizing Certain Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1285) (H. Rept. 110-721), H5728 [19JN]

Consideration of H.R. 6842, National Capital Security and Safety Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1434) (H. Rept. 110-852), H8126 [15SE]

District of Columbia Compensation of Attorneys Representing Indigent Defendants Funding Increase Implementation: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 5551) (H. Rept. 110-560), H1821 [31MR]

Elder Abuse Victims Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5352) (H. Rept. 110-864), H8577 [22SE]

Elder Justice Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1070) (S. Rept. 110-470), S9025 [18SE]

Equal Justice for U.S. Military Personnel Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2052), S8479 [12SE]

Fact Certification of Failure of Joshua B. Bolten To Appear Before the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) and Produce Documents as Required by Subpoena: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 707) (S. Rept. 110-522), S10659 [19NO]

Fact Certification of Failure of Karl Rove To Appear and Testify Before the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) and Produce Documents as Required by Subpoena: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 708) (S. Rept. 110-522), S10659 [19NO]

Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely (FAST) Redress Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 4179) (H. Rept. 110-686), H5042 [5JN]

Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6126) (H. Rept. 110-894), H10129 [26SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2838) (S. Rept. 110-518), S10323 [1OC]

False Claims Act Correction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2041), S7628 [29JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2041) (S. Rept. 110-507), S9491 [25SE]

Federal Judgeship Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2774) (S. Rept. 110-427), S6971 [21JY]

Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1638), S1818 [10MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1638) (S. Rept. 110-277), S2294 [1AP]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 7323) (H. Rept. 110-920), H10974 [10DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3260) (S. Rept. 110-417), S6650 [14JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Modernization and Streamlining: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2248) (S. Rept. 110-258), S207 [23JA]

GAO Improvement Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 6388) (H. Rept. 110-771), H7163 [24JY]

George Howard, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Pine Bluff, AR: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1189), S207 [23JA]

Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2136), S7628 [29JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2136) (S. Rept. 110-514), S9655 [26SE]

Implement Increase of District of Columbia Funds Made Available for the Compensation of Attorneys Representing Indigent Defendants: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 5551) (S. Rept. 110-432), S7479 [25JY]

Improving SCRA and USERRA Protections Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 6225) (H. Rept. 110-778), H7168 [28JY]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3155) (S. Rept. 110-472), S9025 [18SE]

Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3480) (H. Rept. 110-647), H4059 [15MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 3480), S5592 [12JN]

National Capital Security and Safety Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 6842) (H. Rept. 110-843), H8126 [15SE]

National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1515), S7628 [29JY]

National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4044) (H. Rept. 110-726), H5795 [20JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3197), S8528 [15SE]

Nomination of A. Brian Albritton To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of Anthony C. Epstein To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7780 [30JY]

Nomination of Anthony J. Trenga To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of Brian S. Miller To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1703 [6MR]

Nomination of C. Darnell Jones II To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of Carol A. Dalton To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7780 [30JY]

Nomination of Catharina Haynes To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2435 [3AP]

Nomination of Cathy Seibel To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6362 [7JY]

Nomination of Christine M. Arguello To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of Clark Waddoups To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of David G. Kays To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3401 [24AP]

Nomination of David Gustafson To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5753 [18JN]

Nomination of Elizabeth Crewson Paris To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5753 [18JN]

Nomination of Eric F. Melgren To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of G. Murray Snow To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4893 [2JN]

Nomination of G. Steven Agee To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4375 [19MY]

Nomination of Glenn T. Suddaby To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6362 [7JY]

Nomination of Heidi M. Pasichow To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7780 [30JY]

Nomination of Helene N. White To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5592 [12JN]

Nomination of James R. Hall To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1703 [6MR]

Nomination of Joel H. Slomsky To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of John A. Mendez To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1703 [6MR]

Nomination of Kelly Harrison Rankin To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6285 [26JN]

Nomination of Kiyo A. Matsumoto To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6362 [7JY]

Nomination of Mark S. Davis To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3401 [24AP]

Nomination of Mary Stenson Scriven To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of Michael M. Anello To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of Mitchell S. Goldberg To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of Paul G. Gardephe To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6362 [7JY]

Nomination of Philip A. Brimmer To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9492 [25SE]

Nomination of Raymond M. Kethledge To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5592 [12JN]

Nomination of Rebecca A. Gregory To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2435 [3AP]

Nomination of Richard T. Morrison To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5753 [18JN]

Nomination of S. Thomas Anderson To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1703 [6MR]

Nomination of Stephen J. Murphy III To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5592 [12JN]

Nomination of Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3401 [24AP]

Nomination of William T. Lawrence To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4892 [2JN]

Nomination of William W. Wilkins III, To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4792 [22MY]

Orphan Works Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2913), S4282 [15MY]

Permit Televising of Supreme Court Proceedings: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 344), S7628 [29JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 344) (S. Rept. 110-448), S8130 [8SE]

Preserve Existing District of Columbia Superior Court Judgeships: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 550) (S. Rept. 110-256), S93 [22JA]

Protect Indian Arts and Crafts Through the Improvement of Applicable Criminal Proceedings: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1255) (S. Rept. 110-460), S8528 [15SE]

Recommend Finding of Karl Rove in Contempt of Congress for Refusal To Comply With Subpoena: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Rept. 110-847), H8126 [15SE]

Saving Kids From Dangerous Drugs Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1211), S7628 [29JY]

Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Federal Courthouse, Richmond, VA: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2403), S5039 [4JN]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (S. 2403) (H. Rept. 110-824), H7852 [8SE]

State Court Interpreter Grant Program Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 702) (S. Rept. 110-436), S8034 [1AU]

State Secrets Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2533) (S. Rept. 110-442), S8034 [1AU]

Sunshine in Litigation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2449) (S. Rept. 110-439), S8034 [1AU]

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 352), S2130 [13MR]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2837), S5039 [4JN]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (S. 2837) (H. Rept. 110-823), H7852 [8SE]

U.S. Supreme Court Police Authority To Protect Court Officials Off the Supreme Court Grounds Extension and Change the Title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3296), S8375 [11SE]

Wartime Enforcement of Fraud Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2892) (S. Rept. 110-431), S7479 [25JY]

Resolutions by organizations

GSA Capital Investment Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H354-H357 [22JA], H10414-H10609 [29SE]

Resumes

Agee, G. Steven, S4438 [20MY]

Davis, Mark S., S5413 [10JN]

Gardephe, Paul G., S6895 [17JY]

Hall, James R., S2921 [10AP]

Kays, David G., S5413 [10JN]

Keisler, Peter D., S2930 [10AP]

Lawrence, William T., S6209 [26JN]

Limbaugh, Stephen N., Jr., S5413 [10JN]

Matsumoto, Kiyo A., S6896 [17JY]

Miller, Brian S., S2920 [10AP]

O'Neill, Michael E., S5954 [23JN]

Snow, G. Murray, S6210 [26JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Protect America Act: extend (H.R. 5349), H905 [13FE]

Statements

Address Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1317 [27FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act Intent and Protections Restoration: Representatives Hoyer and Sensenbrenner, H6067 [25JN], H8294-H8296 [17SE]

———Senators Harkin and Hatch, S8344-S8348 [11SE], S8840-S8844 [16SE]

Childers Amendment Would Repeal D.C. Gun Laws, Endanger Public Safety and Threaten Homeland Security: Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence (organization), H8175 [16SE]

Congressional Intent Regarding Rule 502 of the Federal Rules of Evidence: Judicial Conference of the U.S., H7818 [8SE]

Foreign Intelligence Acquisitions Procedure Authorization Establishment: Senator Rockefeller, S6404 [8JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Senator Specter, S5951 [23JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Modernization and Streamlining: Dept. of Justice and Office of the Director of National Intelligence, S1103 [25FE]

———Executive Office of the President, S246-S248 [24JA]

National Capital Security and Safety Act: Executive Office of the President, H8169 [16SE]

Nomination of Helene N. White To Be Circuit Judge: Senator Specter, S5997-S5999 [24JN]

Senate Process for Confirmation of Judicial Nominees: Senator Specter, S2930 [10AP]

State of Emergency—Stemming the Tide of Injustice Against African Americans: NAACP, E498-E501 [3AP]

Tribute to A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.: Senator Specter, S604 [4FE]

Subpoena Notices

Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District of Kansas, H2495 [22AP]

District Court of Charles County, MD, H4066 [19MY], H10088 [26SE]

District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City, H4048 [15MY]

San Francisco, CA, Superior Court Small Claims Division, H6649 [16JY]

Superior Court for San Diego County, CA, H2737, H2738 [24AP]

U.S. Court of Federal Claims, H1791 [31MR]

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, H1421 [10MR]

U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, H10847 [20NO]

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, H7835 [8SE]

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, H485 [29JA], H563 [6FE], H10816 [3OC]

Summaries

Establish a Procedure for Authorizing Certain Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6129-S6135 [25JN]

Investigation of firings of U.S. Attorneys, H956 [14FE]

Tables

Current judicial emergencies with nominees, S6898 [17JY]

People who have moved from Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) positions to Federal judgeships and other Federal positions, S5954 [23JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 945, National Criminal Justice Month, H1854 [1AP]

H. Res. 976, consideration of H.R. 5349, Protect America Act extension, H877 [13FE]

H. Res. 979, recommend the finding of Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary (House), H962 [14FE]

H. Res. 980, Committee on the Judiciary (House) initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce subpoenas issued to Harriet E. Miers and Joshua B. Bolten, H962 [14FE]

H. Res. 1285, consideration of H.R. 6304, establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, H5739 [20JN]

H. Res. 1299, consideration of H.R. 3195, Americans With Disabilities Act intent and protections restoration, H6025 [25JN]

H. Res. 1434, consideration of H.R. 6842, National Capital Security and Safety Act, H8168 [16SE]

H. Res. 1448, hold inquiry on potential impeachment of G. Thomas Porteous, H8354 [17SE]

H.R. 1312, Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act, H1857 [1AP]

H.R. 3174, Equal Justice for Our Military Act, H10263 [27SE]

H.R. 3195, Americans With Disabilities Act intent and protections restoration, H6058, H6059-H6061 [25JN]

H.R. 3480, Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act, H4109 [19MY]

H.R. 3712, James M. & Thomas W.L. Ashley Customs Building and U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, OH, H4888 [4JN]

H.R. 3773, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act modernization and streamlining, S904-S913 [12FE]

H.R. 4044, National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act, H5801 [23JN]

H.R. 4120, Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act, S9343 [23SE], H9887 [25SE]

H.R. 4179, Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely (FAST) Redress Act, H5491 [18JN]

H.R. 5104, Protect America Act extension, H510 [29JA]

H.R. 5352, Elder Abuse Victims Act, H8519-H8521 [22SE]

H.R. 5551, implement increase of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia, H1852 [1AP]

H.R. 6048, protect child custody arrangements for parents who are Armed Forces members deployed in support of a contingency operation, H4202 [20MY]

H.R. 6146, prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments, H10258 [27SE]

H.R. 6225, Improving SCRA and USERRA Protections Act, H7248-H7250 [29JY]

H.R. 6304, establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, H5743-H5755 [20JN]

H.R. 6340, Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, White Plains, NY, H7174 [29JY]

H.R. 6344, Responsive Government Act, H5811-H5812 [23JN]

H.R. 6388, GAO Improvement Act, H7192 [29JY]

H.R. 6842, National Capital Security and Safety Act, H8265 [16SE]

H.R. 6855, U.S. Supreme Court Police authority to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Ground extension, H8085 [15SE]

S. 550, preserve existing District of Columbia Superior Court judgeships, S609 [4FE], H1853 [1AP]

S. 1255, protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, S9337 [23SE]

S. 2248, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act modernization and streamlining, S179, S184-S191 [23JA]

S. 2403, Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Federal Courthouse, Richmond, VA, S6081 [24JN], S8217 [9SE], H7813 [8SE]

S. 2450, address waiver of attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine, S1318 [27FE], H7817 [8SE]

S. 2541, Protect America Act extension, S105 [22JA]

S. 2556, Protect America Act extension, S287 [24JA]

S. 2557, Protect America Act extension, S330 [25JA]

S. 2615, Protect America Act extension, S819 [8FE]

S. 2664, Protect America Short-Term Extension Act, S1139 [25FE]

S. 2665, Protect America Long-Term Extension Act, S1139 [25FE]

S. 2737, Veterans' Rating Schedule Review Act, S1820 [10MR]

S. 2767, provide judicial discretion regarding suspensions of eligibility for receiving student financial assistance under the Higher Education Act for persons convicted of drug offenses, S2150 [13MR]

S. 2774, Federal Judgeship Act, S2154 [13MR]

S. 2837, Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY, S6081 [24JN], H7816 [8SE]

S. 2892, Wartime Enforcement of Fraud Act, S3175 [18AP]

S. 2913, Orphan Works Act, S3406 [24AP], S9867, S9870-S9872 [26SE]

S. 3007, World War II War Crimes Accountability Act, S4030 [12MY]

S. 3155, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization and improvement, S5762-S5767 [18JN]

S. 3197, National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act, S6166 [25JN], S10186 [30SE], H10648 [2OC]

S. 3245, Justice Integrity Act, S6566 [10JY]

S. 3295, Dept. of Commerce appointment of administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges in consultation with the Patent and Trademark Office, S6976 [21JY], S7079 [22JY], H7233 [29JY]

S. 3296, extend authority of the U.S. Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice, S6976 [21JY], S9459 [25SE], H10254 [27SE]

S. 3297, Advancing America's Priorities Act, S7032-S7075 [22JY]

S. 3320, Tribal Law and Order Act, S7158-S7170 [23JY]

S. 3354, Volunteer Health Care Program Act, S7632 [29JY]

S. 3370, Libyan Claims Resolution Act, S7980 [31JY], H7705 [31JY]

S. 3406, Americans With Disabilities Act intent and protections restoration, S7957 [31JY], S8342-S8344 [11SE], H8286 [17SE]

S. 3569, improve operation and administration of Federal courts, S9898 [27SE], H10270 [27SE]

S. 3601, National Crime Victim Law Institute funding, S9516 [25SE]

S. 3602, National Crime Victim Law Institute funding, S9516 [25SE]

S. 3641, National Crime Victim Law Institute funding, S9900, S10004 [27SE], H10653 [2OC]

S. 3665, modify rate of accrual of annual leave for administrative law judges, contract appeals board members, and immigration judges, S10325 [1OC]

S. 3690, Homeowner Assistance and Taxpayer Protection Act, S10600 [17NO]

S. 3711, cost of living adjustment for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges, S10746, S10769 [20NO]

S. Con. Res. 97, Dept. of Defense development of a comprehensive strategy to increase the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault and rape cases in the military, S8280 [10SE]

S. Res. 442, tribute to A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., S603, S611 [4FE]

S. Res. 460, Senate Legal Counsel representation in National Association of Manufacturers v. Taylor, et al, S1144, S1145 [25FE]

S. Res. 469, provide a protocol for nonpartisan confirmation of judicial nominees, S1529 [4MR]

S. Res. 534, National Drug Court Month, S3446 [28AP], S3728 [1MY]

S. Res. 539, Senate Legal Counsel testimony and legal representation in Maine v. Douglas Rawlings, Jonathan Kreps, James Freeman, Henry Braun, Robert Shetterly, and Dudley Hendrick, S3462, S3514 [29AP]

S. Res. 572, call upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children, S4626 [21MY]

S. Res. 626, express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided by the Supreme Court and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child, S7481 [25JY]

S. Res. 677, Senate Legal Counsel testimony and legal representation in Ramsey, et al. v. Wilson, et al., S9216, S9220 [22SE]

S. Res. 686, production of records from office of Senator Bond for Dept. of Justice investigation into improper lobbying activities, S9722, S9867 [26SE]

S. Res. 687, testimony and Senate Legal Counsel representation in People of the State of Michigan v. Sereal Leonard Gravlin, S9722, S9867 [26SE]

S. Res. 688, testimony in the case of U.S. v. Max Obuszewski, S9722, S9867 [26SE]

S. Res. 696, National Youth Court Month, S10127, S10178 [30SE]

S. Res. 706, testimony and Senate Legal Counsel representation in Peter Bergel v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co., S10601 [17NO]

S. Res. 707, fact certification of failure of Joshua B. Bolten, as the White House Custodian of Records, to appear before the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) and produce documents as required by subpoena, S10674 [19NO]

S. Res. 708, fact certification of failure of Karl Rove to appear and testify before the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) and to produce documents as required by subpoena, S10675 [19NO]

S.J. Res. 46, ensure that compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of the Sec. of State are those which were in effect on January 1, 2007, S10883, S10885 [10DE], H10945 [10DE]