SAFETY

Amendments

Bridges: improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), H7025, H7027, H7028, H7029, H7030, H7031, H7032, H7033, H7034, H7035 [23JY], H7093 [24JY]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), consideration (H. Res. 1344), H7016 [23JY]

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1203 [26FE], S1483, S1484 [3MR], S1495, S1498, S1502, S1512, S1531, S1532, S1533, S1535, S1541, S1542, S1543, S1544 [4MR], S1557, S1561, S1568, S1570, S1571, S1575, S1576, S1577, S1585, S1600, S1601, S1602, S1603, S1604, S1605, S1606 [5MR], S1679, S1694, S1695, S1696, S1713, S1714, S1715 [6MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (S. 1738), S9535, S9541, S9544, S9548 [25SE]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2914, H2915 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (H. Res. 1157), H2893 [30AP]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3449 [28AP], S3516, S3517, S3518, S3548 [29AP], S3554, S3581, S3582, S3601, S3602, S3604, S3605, S3606, S3607, S3608, S3609, S3610, S3641 [30AP], S3656, S3660, S3722, S3723, S3724, S3725, S3726 [1MY], S3749 [2MY], S3779, S3805, S3806, S3807, S3808, S3809, S3810, S3811, S3813, S3814, S3815, S3816, S3817, S3818, S3819, S3820 [6MY]

FCC: provide a short term extension of analog television broadcasting authority to ensure continuation of essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information (S. 3663), S10757, S10770 [20NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), H2071, H2072 [8AP], H2152, H2162, H2164 [9AP], H2199, H2202 [10AP], H2399, H2412, H2414, H2416, H2419, H2420, H2421, H2423 [16AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: 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]

Hazardous substances: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), S9848 [26SE]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), S9325, S9340 [23SE]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), H54, H60, H64, H65, H66 [16JA]

———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), consideration (H. Res. 918), H43 [16JA]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), S1781 [7MR]

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

———extend (S. 2556), S454 [29JA]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S1754 [7MR], S2980, S2981 [14AP], S3014, S3033 [15AP], S3058, S3060, S3061, S3084, S3085, S3086, S3087 [16AP], S3165, S3166, S3168 [17AP], H2867 [30AP]

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]

Telephones: facilitate rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities (H.R. 3403), S5663 [16JN], H5826 [23JN]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), S8051 [1AU], S10015, S10016, S10019 [27SE], S10081 [29SE]

Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act: amend (S. 428), S1204, S1205, S1206 [26FE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act, H3856 [14MY]

———H.R. 4040, CPSC Reform Act, S3549 [29AP]

Articles and editorials

Cold Water on River Plan, H6592 [16JY]

Dark Addiction, H62 [16JA]

Local Roads Suffer From CDOT Shortfall, H7014 [23JY]

Lowering the Drinking Age Is Not a Good Idea, S8938 [17SE]

Oil Shortage Halts Road Repair Projects, H7015 [23JY]

Options for Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs, S2811-S2813 [9AP]

Our View—SouthCoast's Wild Side, H6593 [16JY]

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

Portage Woman, 43, Dies When Hit by Train, H10161 [27SE]

Scenic Designation Could Sink Riverfront Business, H6593 [16JY]

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

Station Menemsha Wins Rare Readiness Award, E189 [14FE]

Three Dead in Car-Train Crash, H10161 [27SE]

Train Hits Truck, Injures Three, H10161 [27SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: prohibit importation of ruminants, swine, and their products from Argentina until the Dept. of Agriculture certifies that Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease (see S. 3238), S6559 [10JY] (see H.R. 6522), H6673 [16JY]

———prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (see H.R. 6635), H7306 [29JY]

———provide emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the FDA public health advisory regarding tomatoes (see H.R. 6581), H7057 [23JY]

Alcoholic beverages: observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (see S. Res. 551), S3790 [6MY] (see H. Con. Res. 341), H3050 [5MY] (see H. Con. Res. 415), H8275 [16SE]

Armed Forces: increase rate for hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay, family separation allowance, and other special and incentive pays (see H.R. 6686), H7784 [31JY]

Army: clarify authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety (see H.R. 6040), H3776 [13MY]

Aviation: enhance safety (see S. 3440), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 6493), H6576 [15JY]

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

———establish prohibitions against voice communications using a mobile communications device on commercial airline flights (see H.R. 5788), H2354 [15AP]

———improve airport runway safety (see S. 2941), S3594 [30AP]

———increase safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances (see S. 3229), S6441 [8JY]

Border Patrol: impose requirements on searches of laptop computers and other similar devices (see H.R. 6702), H7785 [31JY]

———preclude searches of laptop computers and other similar devices based on sovereign power to search at the border or upon entry into the U.S. (see H.R. 6588), H7058 [23JY]

———protect citizens and legal residents from unreasonable searches and seizures of electronic equipment (see S. 3612), S9657 [26SE] (see H.R. 7118), H10129 [26SE]

Bridges: improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (see S. 3338), S7479 [25JY]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), consideration (see H. Res. 1344), H6576 [15JY]

———require corrosion mitigation and prevention plans for bridges receiving Federal funding (see S. 3319), S7148 [23JY] (see H.R. 6234), H5327 [11JN]

Bureau of Prisons: provide stab-resistant personal body armor to all correctional officers and require such officers to wear such armor while on duty (see H.R. 6462), H6405 [10JY]

Cape Hatteras National Seashore: reinstate Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use pending issuance of a final rule by the National Park Service (see S. 3113), S5523 [11JN] (see H.R. 6233), H5327 [11JN]

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (see S. Res. 662), S8856 [16SE] (see H. Con. Res. 411), H8049 [11SE]

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

Children and youth: establish a task force to address the environmental health and safety risks posed to children (see S. 3502), S8856 [16SE]

———establish and implement concussion management guidelines for student athletes (see H.R. 7274), H10844 [19NO]

———express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 1446), H8276 [16SE]

———promote the safe use of the Internet by students (see H.R. 6490), H6472 [14JY]

———require schools and libraries that receive discounted Internet access services to educate minors about safe online behavior (see H.R. 6145), H4830 [22MY]

———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (see H. Res. 1023), H1341 [5MR] (see H. Res. 1042), H1618 [12MR]

China, People's Republic of: condemn manufacture and export of unsafe products, disregard for environment, and exploitation of workers and encourage U.S. suspension of importation and purchase of goods (see H. Res. 925), H295 [16JA]

Colorado: reduce risks to communities and water supplies from severe wildfires, especially in areas affected by insect infestations, and provide model legislation that may be applied to other States (see S. 2546), S207 [23JA] (see H.R. 5241), H621 [6FE]

Commission on Securing the U.S. in the 21st Century: establish (see H.R. 5980), H3108 [6MY]

Communications Act: permit universal service support to schools to be used for enhanced emergency notification services (see H.R. 5806), H2355 [15AP]

Convention on Cluster Munitions: encourage U.S. signature (see S.J. Res. 37), S4969 [3JN] (see H.J. Res. 91), H5043 [5JN]

Courts: 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]

———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]

CPSC: prescribe rules requiring distinctive markings on toy and look-alike firearms (see H.R. 5471), H994 [14FE]

———promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (see S. 3375), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6488), H6472 [14JY]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (see S. 2663), S1121 [25FE]

———require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 3660), S10323 [1OC]

Crime: 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]

———protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks (see S. 2619), S815 [8FE] (see S. 3499), S8855 [16SE] (see H.R. 5434), H942 [13FE]

———provide for the use of information in the National Directory of New Hires in enforcing sex offender registration laws (see H.R. 6539), H6726 [17JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 5518), H1183 [28FE]

———conduct a ``Charter Forest'' demonstration project on National Forest System lands in Colorado to protect and improve forest health, safety, and diversity (see H.R. 6189), H4974 [4JN]

———improve food safety through mandatory meat and poultry recall authority and improve communication about recalls with national school lunch and breakfast program participants (see S. 2952), S3698 [1MY]

Dept. of Defense: assure the safety of expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting U.S. military operations overseas (see S. 3580), S9492 [25SE] (see H.R. 7102), H9973 [25SE]

———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]

———ensure that personal protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale production (see H.R. 5875), H2657 [23AP]

Dept. of Education: establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories (see S. 3574), S9492 [25SE]

———provide grants to rural local educational agencies to purchase new school buses (see S. 3590), S9492 [25SE]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a study on how airports can transition to uniform, standards-based, and interoperable biometric identifier systems for airport workers with access to secure areas (see H.R. 5982), H3185 [7MY]

———designate an agency to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the U.S. (see H.R. 6392), H6174 [26JN]

———develop a memorandum of understanding and clarify criteria for certification relative to advanced spectroscopic portal monitors (see H.R. 5531), H1341 [5MR]

———develop and acquire new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft to ensure transportation security (see H.R. 6247), H5328 [11JN]

———establish an international registered traveler program that incorporates available technologies to expedite and enhance security, screening, and processing of international travelers (see H.R. 6246), H5328 [11JN]

———establish an Office of National School Preparedness and Response (see H.R. 5766), H2223 [10AP]

———establish the Office for Bombing Prevention to address terrorist explosive threats (see S. 2960), S3698 [1MY]

———impose requirements to improve security camera and video surveillance systems at certain airports (see H.R. 6606), H7164 [24JY]

———require motor vehicle operators transporting security sensitive material in commerce to obtain a permit from the Dept. (see H.R. 5915), H2852 [29AP]

———revise and extend the chemical facility security program (see H.R. 5533), H1341 [5MR]

———secure domestic sources of radiological materials that could be used to make a radiological dispersion device against access by terrorists (see H.R. 5624), H1701 [13MR]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, adolescents, teachers, families, and community leaders (see H.R. 5637), H1701 [13MR]

———defend against child exploitation and pornography by improving the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, blocking illegal images, and eliminating release of certain sex offenders (see S. 3344), S7526 [26JY]

———encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 7227), H10641 [29SE]

———establish a system of background checks for employers and employees of the electronic life safety and security system installation and monitoring industry (see H.R. 5920), H2852 [29AP]

———extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see S. 3012, 3012), S4106 [13MY] (see H.R. 6045), H3776 [13MY]

———extend pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks (see S. 3218), S6286 [26JN] (see S. 3605), S9657 [26SE] (see H.R. 6350), H5864 [23JN]

———limit transfer of firearms by persons who have received official notice of Federal firearms dealer license revocation or denial of application for license renewal (see H.R. 6664), H7628 [30JY]

———require Bureau of Prisons provision of secure storage areas in prison facilities for employees authorized to carry a firearm (see H.R. 5674), H1888 [1AP]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 5522), H1219 [4MR]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (see H. Res. 1157), H2852 [29AP]

———prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (see S. 3566), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 6660), H7627 [30JY]

Dept. of State: encourage cooperation with Pakistan to secure and return to the U.S. all American children being educated in madrassas in Pakistan (see H. Res. 1336), H6407 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out annual inspections of canals, levees, tunnels, dikes, pumping plants, dams, and reservoirs (see S. 2842), S2945 [10AP]

———establish a coordinated avalanche protection program (see S. 3042), S4487 [20MY]

———establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses (see S. 3555), S9414 [24SE]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out programs and activities to improve highway safety (see H.R. 6757), H7787 [31JY]

———impose sanctions and penalties on employers whose employee is convicted of driving an over-the-road bus under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance (see H.R. 7204), H10330 [28SE]

———prohibit Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area unless expressly authorized by Congress (see H.R. 6630), H7306 [29JY]

———study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 5734), H2149 [9AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans and their surviving spouses and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see S. 3167), S5832 [19JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3261), S6650 [14JY]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: make technical corrections and reauthorize Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (see S. 3175), S5941 [20JN]

Disasters: enhance disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities (see H.R. 6658), H7627 [30JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 6691), H7784 [31JY]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 1399), consideration (see H. Res. 1331), H6406 [10JY]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (see S. Res. 718), S10743 [20NO]

Drugs: improve safety (see H.R. 5839), H2486 [17AP]

———mandate early access by patients to new drugs under clinical investigation for a serious or immediately life-threatening condition for which no comparable or satisfactory drug or other therapy is available (see H.R. 6047), H3884 [14MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 3520), S9025 [18SE]

EPA: convene a task force to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 6451), H6342 [9JY]

———promulgate regulations on management of medical waste (see H.R. 7163), H10131 [26SE]

———revise regulations relative to lead-based paint hazards, lead-contaminated dust, and lead-contaminated soil (see S. 3513), S8948 [17SE]

———study presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in U.S. drinking water supplies (see H.R. 6820), H7808 [1AU]

FAA: establish procedures to limit for a period of one year flight standards inspectors from accepting certain employment positions or responsibilities with an air carrier (see H.R. 5880), H2657 [23AP]

———provide adequate oversight and inspection of foreign aircraft repair facilities that perform maintenance on U.S. commercial aircraft (see S. 3090), S5204 [5JN]

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (see S. 3173), S5941 [20JN]

FBI: prevent destruction of terrorist and criminal National Instant Criminal Background Check System records (see S. 2935), S3507 [29AP]

FCC: provide a short term extension of analog television broadcasting authority to ensure continuation of essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information (see S. 3663), S10324 [1OC] (see H.R. 7013), H9083 [23SE]

FDA: amend policies relative to postmarket surveillance of devices (see S. 3020), S4282 [15MY]

———authorize appropriations for seafood inspection regime (see H.R. 5219), H557 [29JA]

———establish a program to assure the safety of fresh produce intended for human consumption (see H.R. 5620), H1701 [13MR]

———finalize proposed rule on sunscreen product labeling (see S. 3425), S8035 [1AU]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the safety of the food supply (see S. 3385), S7904 [31JY]

———preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 3398), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6381), H6173 [26JN]

———require manufacturers of bottled water to submit annual reports (see S. 3475), S8383 [11SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (see S. 2844), S2945 [10AP]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), consideration (see H. Res. 1083), H2068 [8AP]

FEMA: allow coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program for new structures designed to protect public safety that are located in special flood hazard zones (see H.R. 7288), H10844 [19NO]

———ensure that all trailers or mobile homes purchased meet Dept. of HUD housing program safety standards (see S. 2659), S1121 [25FE]

———modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the U.S. (see H.R. 6038), H3776 [13MY]

———reauthorize Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (see H.R. 6109), H4453 [21MY]

Fire Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 699), S10176 [30SE] (see H. Res. 1485), H9085 [23SE]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 2577), S492 [30JA]

———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 6257), H5406 [12JN]

———reduce gun trafficking by prohibiting bulk purchases of handguns (see S. 3634), S9657 [26SE]

———require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition (see S. 2605), S784 [7FE] (see H.R. 5266), H811 [7FE]

Fish and fishing: establish a program to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public is fit for human consumption (see S. 2688), S1521 [4MR] (see H.R. 5738), H2150 [9AP] (see H.R. 5956), H3018 [1MY]

———permit qualified withdrawals from certain capital construction fund accounts for gear or equipment required for fishery conservation or safety at life at sea (see S. 2865), S3026 [15AP]

Food: ensure safety (see H.R. 5827), H2442 [16AP]

———ensure the safety of imported seafood and seafood products (see S. 2914), S3401 [24AP]

———improve safety by providing for improved information technology to identify high-risk imports and enhanced use of science to identify and address food safety issues (see H.R. 5904), H2759 [24AP]

———prohibit use of nonambulatory livestock for human food and require the publishing of names of retailers and school districts that have purchased meat, poultry, or egg products subject to voluntary recall (see H.R. 5762), H2223 [10AP]

———provide for enhanced food-borne illness surveillance and food safety capacity (see S. 3358), S7629 [29JY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 6636), H7306 [29JY]

———strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 2770), S2133 [13MR]

Food industry: establish traceability system for food (see S. 3422), S8035 [1AU]

———improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 3267), S6722 [15JY]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 7143), H10130 [26SE]

Foreign trade: eliminate barriers to exports of U.S. goods and services, restore rights under trade remedy laws, and strengthen enforcement of intellectual property rights and health and safety laws at U.S. borders (see H.R. 6530), H6726 [17JY]

———require report on invasive agricultural pests and diseases and sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade before beginning negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (see S. 2906), S3401 [24AP]

Green Chemistry Research and Development Program: implement (see S. 2669), S1201 [26FE]

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 5580), H1538 [11MR]

———protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures (see S. 3495), S8855 [16SE]

———provide for the safe development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada (see S. 2551), S283 [24JA]

———reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (see S. 3127), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6671), H7628 [30JY]

———reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (see S. 3040), S4487 [20MY] (see H.R. 6100), H4321 [20MY]

———require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 4936), H23 [15JA]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see S. 2932), S3507 [29AP] (see H.R. 5669), H1888 [1AP]

———support efforts to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure through computed tomography scans for children (see H. Res. 1216), H4321 [20MY]

Higher Education Act: require institutions of higher education to disclose their emergency response and evacuation procedures (see H.R. 5735), H2149 [9AP]

Housing: improve research on health hazards in housing, enhance capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, and expand national outreach about housing hazards (see S. 3654), S10069 [29SE]

———require that weather radios be installed in all manufactured homes manufactured or sold in the U.S. (see S. 2724), S1703 [6MR]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 3155), S5753 [18JN]

Lake County, IL: recognize law enforcement officers for their cooperative work with ATF agents and support ongoing efforts to protect communities from drugs and gangs (see H. Res. 1465), H8477 [18SE]

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

Local Initiatives Support Corp.: funding (see S. 2955), S3698 [1MY] (see H.R. 6892), H8127 [15SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (see S. 2641), S1054 [14FE] (see H.R. 5799), H2354 [15AP] (see H.R. 7128), H10130 [26SE]

Mexico: express that program allowing Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate in the U.S. jeopardizes safety of U.S. citizens and that the program should be terminated (see H. Con. Res. 304), H1154 [27FE]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), consideration (see H. Res. 918), H23 [15JA]

Motor vehicles: establish national standards for State safety inspections (see H.R. 7210), H10330 [28SE]

———improve safety of motorcoaches and allow a tax credit for costs of motorcoaches complying with Federal safety standards (see H.R. 6747), H7786 [31JY]

———promote safe operation of 15-passenger vans (see H. Res. 964), H813 [7FE]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 454), S1055 [14FE] (see H. Res. 988), H994 [14FE]

National Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (see H.R. 5881), H2657 [23AP]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 462), S1271 [27FE]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1288), H5729 [19JN]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see H.R. 6838), H7853 [8SE]

National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see S. 2756), S2132 [13MR]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 683), S9415 [24SE]

National Cyber Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 697), S10176 [30SE] (see H. Res. 1456), H8396 [17SE]

National Drug Prevention and Education Week: designate (see S. Res. 434), S445 [29JA]

National Facial Protection Month: support (see H. Res. 1062), H1821 [31MR]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 674), S9204 [22SE] (see H. Res. 1478), H8578 [22SE]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 589), S5447 [10JN] (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4877 [3JN]

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 296), H942 [13FE]

National Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 567), S4282 [15MY]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1260), H5214 [10JN]

National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 614), S6869 [16JY]

National Methamphetamine Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 703), S10486 [2OC]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 468), S1467 [3MR]

National Protect Your Hearing Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 436), H10131 [26SE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 646), S8036 [1AU] (see H. Res. 1375), H7164 [24JY]

National Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 1225), H4831 [22MY]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 5662), H1821 [31MR]

———enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (see H.R. 5577), H1538 [11MR]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 77), S3206 [21AP] (see H. Con. Res. 330), H2486 [17AP]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (see S. 3638), S9658 [26SE] (see H.R. 7159), H10131 [26SE]

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

Natural gas: provide for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals (see S. 3441), S8035 [1AU]

———restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals (see S. 2822), S2612 [4AP]

New and Emerging Technologies (NET) 911 Improvement Act: technical correction (see H.R. 6946), H8475 [18SE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 6594), H7163 [24JY] (see H.R. 7174), H10299 [27SE]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (see S. Res. 547), S3699 [1MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day: designate (see S. Res. 547), S3699 [1MY]

Product safety: ban bisphenol A in children's products (see S. 2928), S3507 [29AP]

———ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 6228), H5214 [10JN]

———establish a comprehensive process to inform consumers about food and product recalls (see H.R. 5636), H1701 [13MR]

———prohibit the sale of kitchen ranges or ovens which do not include designs or devices which comply with an applicable consensus product safety standard intended to prevent the product from tipping (see H.R. 5753), H2150 [9AP]

———provide for infant crib safety (see H.R. 5692), H2010 [3AP]

———recognize impact of U.S. trade policies on the number and safety of imports and improve inspection of imported food and products (see H. Res. 926), H295 [16JA]

———require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls (see H.R. 5069), H349 [17JA]

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]

Public Health Service Act: protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 7140), H10130 [26SE]

Public lands: provide opportunities for continued recreational shooting on certain Federal public land (see H.R. 6449), H6342 [9JY]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see S. 3225), S6362 [7JY] (see H.R. 5632), H1701 [13MR]

———upgrade security at civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that could be used to construct a dirty bomb (see S. 3444), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 6816), H7807 [1AU]

Railroads: require rail carriers to develop positive rail control system plans for improving safety and increase civil penalties for safety violations (see S. 3493), S8855 [16SE] (see H.R. 6973), H8476 [18SE]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see S. 3021), S4282 [15MY]

———establish a national maximum speed limit of 60 miles per hour on highways, and 65 miles per hour on portions of the National Highway System located outside of an urbanized area (see H.R. 6458), H6405 [10JY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (see S. 3075), S4893 [2JN]

———technical corrections relative to Lake Charles, LA, project (see S. 2986), S3891 [7MY]

———technical corrections relative to Orleans Parish, LA, transit project (see S. 2985), S3891 [7MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 6313), H5728 [19JN]

———repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 7231), H10642 [29SE]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 6453), H6405 [10JY]

———provide States with resources needed to rid schools of performance-enhancing drug use (see H.R. 6281), H5481 [17JN]

———recognize school resource officers and their role in keeping students, teachers, and administrators safe (see H. Res. 1009), H1183 [28FE]

———require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired (see S. 3378), S7904 [31JY]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 6064), H4059 [15MY]

———encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. and authorize grants to organizations to find missing adults (see S. 3579), S9492 [25SE]

———establish pilot programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse (see H.R. 6141), H4830 [22MY]

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

Shipping industry: improve port and intermodal supply chain security (see S. 3174), S5941 [20JN]

Ships and vessels: double liability limits for single-hull tankers and tank barges (see S. 2700), S1521 [4MR]

———establish a marine emergency protocol and requirements for double-hulling of vessel fuel tanks (see S. 2841), S2944 [10AP]

———establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (see S. 3204), S6285 [26JN] (see H.R. 6408), H6175 [26JN]

———extend exemption for vessels operating within the Boundary Line from fire-retardent materials construction requirement (see S. 3498), S8855 [16SE]

———require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls (see S. 2699), S1521 [4MR]

Space policy: congratulate the Navy and the Dept. of Defense for successfully intercepting the disabled National Reconnaissance Office satellite, NROL-21 (see H. Res. 1004), H1154 [27FE]

Supreme Court: 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]

Surface Transportation Board: consider impact of certain railroad transactions on local communities (see H.R. 6707), H7785 [31JY]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified expenditures paid or incurred to replace certain wood stoves (see S. 2576), S492 [30JA]

———allow deduction for personal safety clothing for volunteer firefighters (see H.R. 5555), H1417 [6MR]

———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see S. 3428), S8035 [1AU]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 5700), H2010 [3AP]

———provide income tax credit for Eagle employers (see H.R. 5907), H2759 [24AP]

Telecommunications: reserve certain proceeds from the auction of spectrum, including the auction of the D-block of spectrum, for use to provide interoperable devices to public safety personnel (see S. 3465), S8275 [10SE]

Terrorism: improve Federal response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major disaster affecting homeland security (see H.R. 6852), H7955 [9SE]

Transportation: implement a safe and complete streets program to improve safety of nonmotorized transportation, including bicycle and pedestrian safety (see H.R. 5951), H3018 [1MY]

———improve safety and convenience of street and highway transportation for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users as well as children, older individuals, and individuals with disabilities (see S. 2686), S1467 [3MR]

———prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 6278), H5481 [17JN]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: technical corrections relative to Jefferson Parish, LA, highway project (see S. 2987), S3891 [7MY]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security against terrorist attacks and other security threats to rail and mass transit lines (see H. Res. 1150), H2759 [24AP]

Trucking industry: permit commercial trucks to use certain Interstate System highways to provide significant fuel savings in the transportation of goods (see S. 3059), S4792 [22MY]

Water: protect the health of pregnant women, infants, and children by requiring a health advisory and drinking water standard for trichloroethylene vapor intrusion (see H.R. 5527), H1220 [4MR]

Wildlife: protect captive wildlife and make technical corrections to certain laws (see H.R. 4933), H293 [16JA]

———treat wildlife intended to be used in penned dog training activities as prohibited wildlife species and make corrections to captive wildlife offenses (see H.R. 6988), H8577 [22SE]

Cloture motions

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1593 [5MR]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), motion to proceed, S1434 [29FE], S1459 [3MR]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3689 [1MY], S3777 [6MY]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), motion to proceed, S3411 [24AP], S3430 [28AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S269, S302 [24JA], S387, S388 [28JA], S813 [8FE], S890 [12FE]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3052 [16AP], S3119 [17AP]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1195), motion to proceed, S2933 [10AP], S2971 [14AP]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), House amendment, S10019 [27SE], S10037 [29SE]

Conference reports

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 4040), H7194-H7214 [29JY]

Factsheets

What To Do If a Fluorescent Bulb Breaks, H3755 [13MY]

Letters

Highway Trust Fund funding: Senators Baucus and Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S3759 [6MY]

Clarify Army authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety: David G. Mongan, American Society of Civil Engineers, H5825 [23JN]

Coast Guard Marine Safety program: several retired Coast Guard officers, H2673 [24AP]

Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: OSHA Fairness Coalition, H2916 [30AP]

CPSC Reform Act: John C. Dean, National Association of State Fire Marshals, S1514 [4MR]

Determination of GlaxoSmithKline, PLC, action after receiving study on the potential health risks associated with diabetes drug Avandia: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S486 [30JA]

Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act: Burdell Johnson, American Sheep Industry Association, S6563 [10JY]

———Doug Sombke, South Dakota Farmers Union, S6564 [10JY]

———Jodie Hickman, South Dakota Cattlemen's Association, S6564 [10JY]

———R.M. Thornsberry, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF) United Stockgrowers of America (organization), S6564 [10JY]

———Tom Buis, National Farmers Union, S6563 [10JY]

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]

Highway Technical Corrections Act: several transportation and construction organizations, S2962 [14AP]

National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act: David A. Raymond, American Council on Engineering Companies, S9604 [26SE]

———David G. Mongan, American Society of Civil Engineers, S9603 [26SE]

———Edward Wytkind, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Dept., S9604 [26SE]

———Jennifer J. Wilson, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, S9603 [26SE]

———John Krieger, Federation of State PIRGS, S9603 [26SE]

———Stephen E. Sandherr, Associated General Contractors of America, S9604 [26SE]

———T. Peter Ruane, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, S9603 [26SE]

Native American public safety and water development funding through reductions in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization: Charles E. Johnson, Dept. of HHS, H7117 [24JY]

———Senator Thune, H7117 [24JY]

Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates: Jeanne Rizzo, Breast Cancer Fund (organization), S1512 [4MR]

———several consumer organizations, S7875 [31JY]

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

Sewage Overflow Community Right-To-Know Act: Kamil Azoury, California Association of Sanitation Agencies, H5822, H5824 [23JN]

———Ken Kirk, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, H5822 [23JN]

———several environmental organizations, H5822 [23JN]

Sunscreen Labeling Protection (SUN) Act: Daniel E. Smith and Dick Woodruff, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, S8038 [1AU]

———Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group (organization), S8038 [1AU]

———Robert F. Hurley, Citizens for Sun Protection (organization), S8038 [1AU]

Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act: Edward R. Hamberger and Richard Timmons, Association of American Railroads, H10161 [27SE]

Transfer funding from Coconut Road interchange project to I-75 widening project in Florida: Carla Brooks Johnston, Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization, S3049 [16AP]

———Representative Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), S3048 [16AP]

Lists

Earmarks requested by Senator DeMint in Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, S3047 [16AP]

Industries that could be impacted by combustible dust, H2917 [30AP]

OSHA standards addressing combustible dust, H2917 [30AP]

Senate staff working on S. 2663, CPSC Reform Act, S1697 [6MR]

Supporters of amendment to S. 2663, CPSC Reform Act, to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates, S1512 [4MR]

Motions

Bridges: improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), H7094 [24JY]

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1517 [4MR], S1585 [5MR], S1671 [6MR]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2919 [30AP]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3656 [1MY]

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

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), H73 [16JA]

———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), consideration (H. Res. 918), H43 [16JA]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), H3854 [14MY], H5844 [23JN], H5997 [24JN]

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

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3047, S3056 [16AP]

Telephones: facilitate rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities (H.R. 3403), H5828 [23JN]

Press releases

Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act: U.S. Cattlemen's Association, S6563 [10JY]

Remarks in House

Adams, Marilyn: Volvo, Inc., Volvo for Life National Hometown Hero Award recipient, E1467 [15JY]

Agriculture: prohibit importation of ruminants, swine, and their products from Argentina until the Dept. of Agriculture certifies that Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease (H.R. 6522), H6678 [17JY]

———prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (H.R. 6635), E1596 [30JY]

Alcoholic beverages: observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (H. Con. Res. 415), H8377-H8379 [17SE], E1840 [18SE]

American Highway Users Alliance: anniversary (H. Res. 772), H367 [22JA]

Amtrak: require study on impact of raising station platforms on the safe and efficient boarding of trains by all passengers, H5246 [11JN]

Army: clarify authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety (H.R. 6040), H5824-H5826 [23JN]

———provision of steel for manufacture of uparmored High Mobility Multipurposed Wheeled Vehicles (Humvees), H10121 [26SE]

———require public disclosure of names of students and instructors at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H4798-H4800 [22MY]

Aviation: enhance safety (H.R. 6493), H6744-H6749 [22JY], E1460 [15JY], E1530, E1542 [23JY], E1629 [31JY]

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

Beach Protection Act: prohibit use of funds for earmarks, H2202-H2207 [10AP]

Bridges: allow State performance plans to provide for increased inspection of historic bridges rather than rehabilitation or replacement, H7034, H7035 [23JY]

———consider emergency evacuation routes in the risk-based prioritization for replacement or rehabilitation of deficient bridges, H7014-H7016 [23JY]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), H7018-H7037 [23JY], H7093-H7097 [24JY], E1551 [24JY], E1571 [25JY]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), consideration (H. Res. 1344), H7013-H7018 [23JY]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), corrections in engrossment, H7097 [24JY]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), motion to recommit, H7094, H7095 [24JY]

———provide for removal of certain structurally deficient bridges on Federal-aid highways when a replacement has been constructed, H7094, H7095 [24JY]

———provide risk-based priority for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient bridges that serve as emergency evacuation routes, H7029 [23JY]

———require corrosion mitigation and prevention plans for bridges receiving Federal funding, H7013, H7016, H7032 [23JY]

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

Children and youth: establish and implement concussion management guidelines for student athletes (H.R. 7274), E2294 [20NO]

———permit educational agencies and institutions to disclose information to parents of students who may pose a significant risk to their own safety or well-being or to the safety or well-being of others, H646 [7FE], H7666 [31JY]

———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (H. Res. 1042), H8682-H8684 [23SE]

Chilmark, MA: Coast Guard Station Menemsha recipient of Coast Guard Sumner I. Kimball Readiness Award, E189 [14FE]

China, People's Republic of: condemn manufacture and export of unsafe products, disregard for environment, and exploitation of workers and encourage U.S. suspension of importation and purchase of goods, H375 [22JA]

———condemn manufacture and export of unsafe products, disregard for environment, and exploitation of workers and encourage U.S. suspension of importation and purchase of goods (H. Res. 925), H7345 [30JY]

Civil liberties: ensure the civil liberties of U.S. citizens are safeguarded relative to conducting electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists, H1329-H1335 [5MR]

———ensure the civil liberties of U.S. citizens are safeguarded relative to conducting war on terror, H6390 [10JY]

Coast Guard: allow use of State and local security assets for waterside security around liquefied natural gas tankers and terminals, H2665-H2667, H2669, H2670, H2672, H2674, H2714, H2715 [24AP]

———ensure that marine safety responsibilities do not prevent the carrying out of homeland security missions, H2718, H2719 [24AP]

———establish mandatory boater education programs, H2676 [24AP]

———establish marine safety as a core function, H2669, H2725, H2726 [24AP]

———increase oversight and efficiency of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program, H2670-H2672 [24AP]

———provide mission requirement analysis for navigable portions of Rio Grande River international water boundary, H2727, H2728 [24AP]

———require a study to assess the standards for State and local law enforcement to perform maritime patrols and to provide port security, H2724 [24AP]

———require Internet posting of the number of deaths, missing persons, and reported crimes committed on cruise ships and require cruise lines to include this as a link on their public Internet sites, H2715-H2717 [24AP]

———require marine pilots to carry portable electronic navigational devices, H2668, H2673 [24AP]

———tribute to Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, E1001 [21MY]

Colleges and universities: adopt policy on a working relationship of campus security personnel with State and local law enforcement agencies for the investigation of felonies or a report of a missing student, H775, H776 [7FE]

———campus security technologies funding, H646 [7FE]

———disclose fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings, H648 [7FE], H7646 [31JY]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories, H656 [7FE]

Colorado: reduce risks to communities and water supplies from severe wildfires, especially in areas affected by insect infestations, and provide model legislation that may be applied to other States (H.R. 3072), E96 [29JA]

———reduce risks to communities and water supplies from severe wildfires, especially in areas affected by insect infestations, and provide model legislation that may be applied to other States (H.R. 5241), E126 [6FE]

Construction industries: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (H.R. 4461), H6266-H6269 [9JY]

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

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

CPSC: create and make available to the public a database containing information about unsafe products, H7585 [30JY]

———prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates, H7582, H7584, H7586 [30JY]

———require certain manufacturers to provide consumer product registration forms to facilitate recalls of durable infant or toddler products, H7583 [30JY]

Crime: 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]

Delta Queen (steamboat): allow continuation of nighttime operations within domestic inland waters, H2734, H2735 [24AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (H.R. 5518), E272 [28FE]

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]

———develop comprehensive policy relative to the prevention of, and response to, sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces, H29 [16JA]

———preserve Air Force and Navy aviation training areas, H8238, H8239 [16SE]

———prioritize research, accelerate transition, and facilitate deployment of unexploded ordnance detection instrument technology, H4754 [22MY]

———remediation of unexploded ordnance on former defense sites, H7653 [31JY]

Dept. of Education: allow colleges and universities to apply for a non-Federal matching grant for fire prevention technologies, H646 [7FE]

———establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories (H.R. 642), H8528-H8530 [22SE], E1916 [25SE]

Dept. of HHS: expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (H.R. 3701), E1267 [18JN]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (S. 845), H2034-H2036 [8AP], E546 [8AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a study on how airports can transition to uniform, standards-based, and interoperable biometric identifier systems for airport workers with access to secure areas (H.R. 5982), H5496-H5498 [18JN], E841 [7MY], E1265 [18JN]

———develop a memorandum of understanding and clarify criteria for certification relative to advanced spectroscopic portal monitors (H.R. 5531), H7180-H7182 [29JY], H7596 [30JY], E1634 [31JY]

———develop and acquire new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft to ensure transportation security (H.R. 6247), E1201 [11JN]

———establish an international registered traveler program that incorporates available technologies to expedite and enhance security, screening, and processing of international travelers (H.R. 6246), E1201 [11JN]

———establish an Office of National School Preparedness and Response (H.R. 5766), H3044 [5MY], E587 [10AP]

———notify FERC relative to safety of marine traffic near liquefied natural gas facilities, H2721, H2722 [24AP]

———prohibit approval of chemical facility site security plans unless the facility meets or exceeds State or local security requirements (H.R. 1530), H2090 [9AP]

Dept. of Justice: encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (H.R. 3971), H428-H431 [23JA], E2245 [3OC]

———establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (S. 1738), H10241-H10251 [27SE]

———extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (H.R. 6045), H9884-H9886 [25SE], E2086 [27SE]

———extend pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks (S. 3218), H6441-H6443 [14JY]

———extend pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks (S. 3605), H10241 [27SE]

———provide grants for organizations to find missing adults, H8082 [15SE]

———tribute to U.S. Marshall Service Fugitive Safe Surrender program, E2169 [30SE]

Dept. of Labor: eliminate delays by certain mine operators in providing supplies of breathable air for use by miners who may become trapped, H61, H64 [16JA]

———exempt organic dust in food grain from standards relative to worker exposure to combustible dust if standards would increase the domestic price of such food grain, H2919, H2920 [30AP]

———increase time permitted for installation of fire-resistant conveyor belts, H61, H64 [16JA]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2736 [24AP], H2909-H2922 [30AP], E793 [1MY], E847 [7MY]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (H. Res. 1157), H2891-H2894 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), corrections in engrossment, H2922 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), motion to recommit, H2919, H2920 [30AP]

———personal coal dust monitors funding, H61, H64 [16JA]

———prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (H.R. 6660), E1632 [31JY]

———require study on substance abuse by miners and authorize establishment of a substance abuse testing and treatment program if deemed necessary, H42, H45, H46, H61, H64 [16JA]

———require substance abuse testing for miners, H73 [16JA]

Dept. of State: issuance of travel alert for U.S. citizens living and traveling in Mexico relative to drug violence, H946 [14FE], H4286 [20MY]

Dept. of Transportation: conduct a study of the cost benefits of using carbon fiber composite materials in bridge projects, H7031 [23JY]

———establish National Tunnel Inspection Program, H7036 [23JY]

———issue a report on the economic impact of bridge closures on regional transportation and transit, H7029, H7030 [23JY]

———limit authority to grant authority to motor carriers domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border (H.R. 1773), H7913, H7915, H7917 [9SE]

———prohibit Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area unless expressly authorized by Congress (H.R. 6630), H7913-H7918 [9SE], E1752 [10SE]

———require consultation with States prior to establishing a process for assigning risk-based priorities for bridge reconstruction and rehabilitation, H7027 [23JY]

———require study of train horn technology, H5257 [11JN]

———Safe Routes to School Program funding, H4929 [4JN]

———study risks posed by floods to bridges on Federal-aid highways and other public roads, bridges on Indian reservations, and park bridges located in a 500-year floodplain, H7033, H7034 [23JY]

Disasters: anniversary of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 crash in New York, E1499 [17JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms, H8267-H8272 [16SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (H.R. 4926), H5073-H5075 [9JN]

EPA: conduct a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in coastal recreation waters, H2423 [16AP]

———conduct a study to assess the benefits of using molecular diagnostics for monitoring and assessing the quality of coastal recreation waters, H2414-H2416 [16AP]

———create and maintain a National List of Beaches to provide the public with information on beach conditions, H2420, H2421 [16AP]

———require a study on the long-term impact of global climate change on coastal recreation waters, H2421-H2423 [16AP]

———revise formula used to allocate beach monitoring grants to States and provide flexibility in the use of such grants, H2192 [10AP]

———update existing monitoring protocols and develop updated testing recommendations for the existence of mercury, H2419, H2420 [16AP]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), H833, H834 [12FE], H5918, H5920 [24JN], H8336, H8338 [17SE], H8588, H8589 [23SE]

———impact of NY/NJ/PA Metropolitan Airspace Redesign Project on local communities, H5920 [24JN]

———require studies of airspace redesign proposals for Philadelphia International Airport, H4806 [22MY]

Fairfax County, VA: tribute to Chamber of Commerce Valor Awards recipients, E335, E336, E337, E338, E339 [10MR]

FCC: provide a short term extension of analog television broadcasting authority to ensure continuation of essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information (S. 3663), H10943, H10944 [10DE]

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]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), H2190-H2207 [10AP], H2251 [14AP], H2399-H2424 [16AP]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), consideration (H. Res. 1083), H2169-H2174 [10AP]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), corrections in engrossment, H2424 [16AP]

FEMA: ensure that all trailers or mobile homes purchased meet safety standards, H1057 [26FE]

———Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program funding, H6476 [15JY]

———reauthorize Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (H.R. 6109), H5816-H5818 [23JN]

Fire prevention: encourage installation of fire sprinklers in commerical buildings and support educational programs that raise awareness of importance of installation of fire sprinklers in residential buildings, H1988, H1989 [3AP]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 6257), E1229 [12JN]

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]

Florida: investigate transfer of funding from I-75 widening project to Coconut Road interchange project, H2881, H2882 [30AP]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 6636), E1596 [30JY]

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 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: conduct a study on the causes of bridge construction and rehabilitation delays and make recommendations to avoid such delays, H7033 [23JY]

———study effectiveness of the bridge rating system used by the Federal Highway Administration, H7028 [23JY]

General Motors Corp.: Michigan Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Commission Richard H. Austin Long-Term Traffic Safety Award recipient, E454 [31MR]

Hazardous substances: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), H10177-H10181 [27SE], H10333 [29SE], E2217 [3OC]

———reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (H.R. 6671), E1623 [30JY]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (H.R. 5669), H1943 [2AP], H4896-H4899 [4JN], H9921 [25SE], E512 [4AP]

———reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), H9920-H9922 [25SE]

———use of electronic medical records to decrease health care costs and improve patient safety, H14 [15JA], H601 [6FE]

Higher Education Act: require institutions of higher education to disclose their emergency response and evacuation procedures, H7664 [31JY]

———require institutions of higher education to disclose their emergency response and evacuation procedures (H.R. 5735), E633 [16AP]

Hull, MA: Coast Guard Station Allerton recipient of Coast Guard Sumner I. Kimball Readiness Award, E193 [14FE]

Hurst, TX: tribute to Hurst Main Post Office for certification as a Star site in the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program, E1853 [22SE]

Jefferson County, IL: anniversary of Jefferson Fire Protection District, E1435 [10JY]

Litvinenko, Alexander: express that fatal radiation poisoning raises significant concerns about potential involvement of the Russian Government and about security and proliferation of radioactive materials (H. Con. Res. 154), H1839-H1841 [1AP]

Marquette, MI: transfer certain lands owned by the Coast Guard, H2731, H2732 [24AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (H.R. 7128), E2100 [28SE]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), H45-H75 [16JA], E54 [22JA]

———establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 2768), consideration (H. Res. 918), H39-H44 [16JA]

———provide relief to mine operators who pay fines in a timely fashion and establish trust fund consisting of mine safety civil penalities to be used for mine safety inspections and investigations, H65, H66 [16JA]

Minnesota: tribute to Heats On program, E1875 [24SE]

———tribute to police officers, E316 [6MR]

Motor vehicles: promote safe operation of 15-passenger vans (H. Res. 964), H2888-H2890 [30AP]

———require installation of seatbelts in buses, E2048 [27SE]

Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: support goals (H. Res. 339), H4100-H4102 [19MY], H4432 [21MY]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 988), H8685, H8686 [23SE], H9938 [25SE]

NASA: improve safety standards and oversight of International Space Station, H572 [6FE]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1288), H7263-H7265 [29JY], H7709 [31JY], E1616 [30JY], E1646 [1AU]

National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week: observance, H4862 [3JN]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (H.R. 6838), H10267, H10268 [27SE], E2224 [3OC]

National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse: anniversary, E418 [14MR]

National Cyber Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1456), E1828 [17SE]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1478), E2000 [25SE]

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 296), H7531-H7533 [30JY]

National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act: prohibit funds from being used to employ illegal aliens, H7035 [23JY]

National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1260), H6309-H6311 [9JY], E1635 [31JY]

National Missing Persons Day: establish (H. Res. 303), H775 [7FE]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (H. Res. 537), H1421-H1423 [10MR]

National Public Safety Telecommunications Week: observance, E635 [16AP]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1375), H10214 [27SE]

National Safe Boating Week: observance, E1001 [21MY]

National Safety Month: designate (H. Res. 1225), H5067-H5069 [9JN]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry, H2677 [24AP]

———enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 5577), E350 [11MR]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 330), H2898-H2901 [30AP], E823 [6MY]

National Stalking Awareness Month: establish (H. Res. 852), H422-H424 [23JA]

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

———public safety and water development funding through reductions in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, H7116 [24JY]

New and Emerging Technologies (NET) 911 Improvement Act: technical correction (H.R. 6946), H9926 [25SE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 6594), E1553 [24JY], E1560 [25JY], E1768 [11SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 2049), H2662 [24AP]

Pinellas County, FL: Coast Guard Auxiliarists winners of International Search and Rescue Competition, E205 [14FE]

Product safety: define a children's product as a consumer product designated or intended for children up to age 12, H5997, H5998 [24JN]

———establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), H3854 [14MY], E57 [22JA], E940 [15MY]

———establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), conference report, H7335, H7577-H7588 [30JY], H7636 [31JY], E1645, E1663, E1665, E1670, E1688 [1AU], E1709 [8SE]

———establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), motion to instruct conferees, H3854-H3856 [14MY], H5997, H5998 [24JN]

———prohibit preemption of State warning laws relative to consumer products or substances, H7580 [30JY]

———provide for infant crib safety (H.R. 5692), E505 [4AP]

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]

Queens (NY) Courier: tribute to series on working conditions of day laborers, E579 [10AP]

Reimschuessel, Renate: Partnership for Public Service (organization) Service to America Homeland Security Medal nominee, E1350 [25JN]

Roads and highways: establish a national maximum speed limit of 60 miles per hour on highways, and 65 miles per hour on portions of the National Highway System located outside of an urbanized area, H6479 [15JY]

———inspect highway tunnels (H.R. 409), H365-H367 [22JA]

———roads and bridges infrastructure repair funding, H10055 [26SE]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), H5315 [11JN]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1195), Senate amendment, H2865, H2867-H2885 [30AP]

Safe Kids USA (organization): tribute, E1279 [19JN], E1586 [29JY]

Schools: improve safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher learning (H.R. 2352), H8083-H8085 [15SE], H8368 [17SE], E1828 [17SE], E2240 [3OC]

———prohibit Federal education funding for abstinence only education, H9872 [25SE]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (H.R. 6064), H8078-H8083 [15SE], H8368 [17SE], E2217 [3OC]

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

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (H.R. 2452), H5820-H5824 [23JN]

Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (H.R. 6408), E1368 [26JN]

———express importance of protecting cruise ship passengers against crimes on the high seas and ensure perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice (H. Res. 652), E532 [8AP]

Skordinski, Karen: Emergency Management Association of Texas Excellence in Emergency Management Award recipient, E316 [6MR]

Space policy: congratulate the Navy and the Dept. of Defense for successfully intercepting the disabled National Reconnaissance Office satellite, NROL-21, E300 [5MR]

———seek cooperation with Europe and Russia to create an international effort to detect and characterize near-earth objects, H5370, H5381 [12JN]

Supreme Court: 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]

———filing of amicus briefs in connection with District of Columbia v. Heller, E244 [26FE]

Surface Transportation Board: consider impact of certain railroad transactions on local communities (H.R. 6707), H10158-H10164 [27SE], E1671 [1AU]

Taxation: treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (H.R. 1742), H1988 [3AP]

Telephones: facilitate rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities (H.R. 3403), Senate amendment, H5826-H5828 [23JN], E1314 [23JN], E1331 [24JN]

Terrorism: improve Federal response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major disaster affecting homeland security (H.R. 6852), E1731 [9SE]

Texas: Dept. of Public Safety issuing of advisory for U.S. citizens to not travel to Mexican border towns, H539 [29JA]

Thomasville, NC: anniversary of Thomasville Fire Dept., E2094 [27SE]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 1492), H9325-H9364 [24SE], E2035 [27SE]

———implement a safe and complete streets program to improve safety of nonmotorized transportation, including bicycle and pedestrian safety (H.R. 5951), E798 [1MY]

———prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (H.R. 6278), E1251 [17JN]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security against terrorist attacks and other security threats to rail and mass transit lines, H5229 [11JN]

———enhance security against terrorist attacks and other security threats to rail and mass transit lines (H. Res. 1150), H2742 [24AP], H5502-H5506 [18JN], E728 [24AP], E1265 [18JN]

U.S. Fire Administration: develop and provide information and training on importance of clearing biomass in wildland areas of Federal lands in order to promote the safety of firefighters, H1987, H1988 [3AP]

University of Delaware: tribute to Dept. of Public Safety, E120 [6FE]

Virginia: tribute to Dept. of the Interior Honor Award recipients, E922 [14MY]

Water pollution: require that States or local governments make the existence of a source of pathogenic contamination available to the public on the Internet within a certain time period, H2416, H2417, H2419 [16AP]

Wildlife: protect captive wildlife and make technical corrections to certain laws (H.R. 4933), H1781, H1782 [31MR], E1 [3JA]

Wisconsin: tribute to Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources for beach monitoring standards, H2191 [10AP]

ZAKA Search and Rescue (organization): tribute, E2028 [26SE], E2074 [27SE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: prohibit importation of ruminants, swine, and their products from Argentina until the Dept. of Agriculture certifies that Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease (S. 3238), S6562, S6563 [10JY]

Alcoholic beverages: minimum drinking age, S8938 [17SE]

———observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (S. Res. 551), S9436 [24SE]

Army: clarify authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety (H.R. 6040), S6171 [25JN]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight, S3430 [28AP], S3484 [29AP]

———increase safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances (S. 3229), S6443 [8JY]

Border Patrol: protect citizens and legal residents from unreasonable searches and seizures of electronic equipment (S. 3612), S9671-S9673 [26SE]

Bridges: improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges, S7735 [30JY], S8261 [10SE]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), S9614, S9633 [26SE]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (H.R. 3999), unanimous-consent request, S9602 [26SE]

———improve safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, strengthen inspection standards and processes, and increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges (S. 3338), S7817 [31JY]

———require corrosion mitigation and prevention plans for bridges receiving Federal funding (S. 3319), S7998 [1AU]

California: protect State statutes that prohibit exposure to chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without a clear and reasonable warning, S1686 [6MR]

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (S. Res. 662), S10130 [30SE]

China, People's Republic of: prohibit export of unsafe products and reform U.S. trade policy, S3067 [16AP]

Civil liberties: ensure the civil liberties of U.S. citizens are safeguarded relative to conducting electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists, S6084 [24JN]

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

———provide in statute for the conduct of electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists and ensure the civil liberties of U.S. citizens are safeguarded, S421 [29JA]

Colleges and universities: enhance security of college campuses and require campuses to develop and test emergency response procedures and notification systems (S. 1228), S1099 [25FE]

Convention on Cluster Munitions: encourage U.S. signature (S.J. Res. 37), S4973 [3JN]

Courts: 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]

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

———allow for competition in garage door safety technologies, S1581-S1584 [5MR]

———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]

———conduct a study on the use of formaldehyde in textiles and apparel articles and establish safety standards for such articles, S1570 [5MR]

———create and make available to the public a database containing information about unsafe products, S1564-S1566 [5MR], S1685 [6MR]

———develop training standards for product safety inspectors, S1575 [5MR]

———establish a swimming pool safety grant program to encourage States to improve their pool and spa safety laws and to educate the public about pool and spa safety (S. 1771), S4788 [22MY]

———issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (H.R. 814), S5665 [16JN]

———modify whistleblower protection, S1507 [4MR], S1557, S1574 [5MR], S1678 [6MR], S7876 [31JY]

———prohibit certification of a proprietary laboratory for third-party verification of products' compliance applicable safety standards, S1573 [5MR]

———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]

———prohibit the Commissioner or any employee from accepting payment or reimbursement for travel expenses from any entity with interests in CPSC regulations, S1561, S1562, S1575, S1576 [5MR]

———prohibit the importation of toys by companies that have a persistant pattern of violating product safety regulations, S1572 [5MR]

———prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates, S1510-S1513 [4MR]

———promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (S. 3375), S7914, S7915 [31JY]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, S7869 [31JY]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1145 [25FE], S1149 [26FE], S1434 [29FE], S1495-S1519 [4MR], S1549, S1556-S1558, S1560-S1586, S1593 [5MR], S1669-S1671, S1673-S1676, S1678, S1682-S1690, S1693-S1697 [6MR], S1738 [7MR]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), motion to proceed, S1438, S1440, S1451-S1457, S1459 [3MR]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), unanimous-consent agreement, S1656 [5MR]

———strengthen consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products, S1682, S1688 [6MR]

Crime: protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks (S. 2619), S821 [8FE], S823 [11FE]

Dept. of Defense: Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles funding, S4735-S4737 [22MY]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to rural local educational agencies to purchase new school buses (S. 3590), S9502 [25SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: agriculture and food security and inspections jurisdiction, S4236 [15MY]

———establish the Office for Bombing Prevention to address terrorist explosive threats (S. 2960), S3714 [1MY]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (S. 1237), S3513 [29AP]

———defend against child exploitation and pornography by improving the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, blocking illegal images, and eliminating release of certain sex offenders (S. 3344), S7537 [26JY], S7549, S7554, S7555, S7578 [28JY], S7882 [31JY]

———establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, and improve Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and prosecution of predators (H.R. 3845), unanimous-consent request, S8984 [18SE]

———establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators, S6951 [21JY], S7888 [31JY]

———establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (S. 1738), S4589 [21MY], S9015 [18SE], S9229 [23SE], S9352 [24SE], S9544-S9548 [25SE]

———extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, S4085 [13MY], S4277 [15MY]

———extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (H.R. 6045), S10183, S10184 [30SE]

———extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (S. 3012), S4108 [13MY]

———extend pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks (S. 3218), S6306 [26JN]

———extend pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks (S. 3605), S9574 [26SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses (S. 3555), S9420 [24SE]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (H.R. 1216), S1083 [14FE], S2739 [8AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans and their surviving spouses and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (S. 3167), S5837 [19JN]

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, S8367 [11SE]

Drive Safer Sunday: designate (S. Res. 718), S10835 [9DE]

Drugs: prohibit the sale of prescriptions for human growth hormone for illegitimate purposes (S. 877), S1345 [28FE]

Epstein, Nicole: American Automobile Association School Safety Patrol Lifesaving Medal Award recipient, S3586 [30AP]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 1300), S990 [13FE]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3484-S3486 [29AP], S3554-S3564, S3568-S3572, S3580, S3585, S3646, S3647 [30AP], S3649, S3655-S3660, S3663-S3666, S3668, S3681, S3684, S3688, S3689 [1MY], S3736 [2MY], S3751, S3753, S3758-S3769, S3771-S3779, S3784 [6MY], S4098 [13MY]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), motion to proceed, S3411, S3412 [24AP], S3426-S3431 [28AP], S3459, S3460, S3467-S3469, S3472, S3475-S3477, S3481-S3484 [29AP]

———implementation of NY/NJ/PA Metropolitan Airspace Redesign Project, S3570 [30AP]

———mandatory airline safety inspections funding, S3760 [6MY]

———prohibit use of dispersal departure headings at Philadelphia International Airport unless 10 or more aircraft are waiting to depart, S3581 [30AP]

———require U.S. carriers to use foreign aircraft repair stations that have FAA certification, S3665 [1MY]

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (S. 3173), S5941 [20JN]

FBI: prevent destruction of terrorist and criminal National Instant Criminal Background Check System records (S. 2935), S3512 [29AP]

FCC: provide a short term extension of analog television broadcasting authority to ensure continuation of essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information (S. 3663), S10324 [1OC], S10769, S10770 [20NO]

FDA: finalize proposed rule on sunscreen product labeling (S. 3425), S8037 [1AU]

———food safety program funding, S1986 [12MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the safety of the food supply (S. 3385), S7933 [31JY]

———preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (S. 3398), S7953 [31JY], S8022 [1AU]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring, S7545 [28JY]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), S2990 [15AP]

FEMA: study inclusion of building codes in National Flood Insurance Program floodplain management criteria, S3882 [7MY]

Fire Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 699), S10127 [30SE]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (S. 2577), S496, S497 [30JA]

———reduce gun trafficking by prohibiting bulk purchases of handguns (S. 3634), S9716 [26SE]

———require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition (S. 2605), S787 [7FE]

———require provision of a child safety lock in connection with the transfer of a handgun, S4778 [22MY]

Fish and fishing: establish a program to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public is fit for human consumption (S. 2688), S1523 [4MR]

———permit qualified withdrawals from certain capital construction fund accounts for gear or equipment required for fishery conservation or safety at life at sea (S. 2865), S3031 [15AP]

Florida: investigate transfer of funding from I-75 widening project to Coconut Road interchange project, S3049, S3058-S3063 [16AP], S3106, S3110, S3111, S3115-S3119 [17AP], S3300 [23AP]

———transfer funding from Coconut Road interchange project to I-75 widening project, S3048, S3049 [16AP]

Food: strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (S. 2770), S2151 [13MR]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 3267), S6817 [16JY]

———improve public health and food safety through enhanced food traceability and inspection systems, S7471 [25JY]

———lift ban on interstate distribution of State-inspected meat, S4242 [15MY]

———require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly, S1580 [5MR]

———require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly (S. 414), S158 [23JA]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: 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]

———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]

———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]

Foreign trade: require report on invasive agricultural pests and diseases and sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade before beginning negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (S. 2906), S3403 [24AP]

Green Chemistry Research and Development Program: implement (S. 2669), S1267 [27FE]

Hazardous substances: prevent development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada, S10165 [30SE]

———prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), S9874 [26SE]

———provide for the safe development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada (S. 2551), S285 [24JA], S416 [29JA]

———reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (S. 3127), S5686 [17JN]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), S9340 [23SE]

Housing: improve research on health hazards in housing, enhance capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, and expand national outreach about housing hazards (S. 3654), S10074 [29SE]

Insurance: extend aviation war risk insurance program, S3659, S3660 [1MY]

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

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

Medicare: withhold payment for treatment of certain preventable medical injuries developed during hospital admission, S9355 [24SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the expansion of background check pilot program for nursing facility and other long-term care facility employees, S1991 [12MR], S2061 [13MR]

———improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (S. 2641), S1058, S1059 [14FE], S7145 [23JY]

———require background checks for nursing facility and other long-term care facility employees (S. 1577), S10466 [2OC]

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: maintain current slot and perimeter rules for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport, S3476 [29AP]

———revise current slot and perimeter rules for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, S4098 [13MY]

Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies, S6262 [26JN]

Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Emergency Communications Center recipient of E9-1-1 Institute Outstanding Call Center award, S1594 [5MR]

Motor vehicles: assure compliance with basic standards for all-terrain vehicles, S1452 [3MR]

———improve safety of motorcoaches (S. 2326), S1517 [4MR], S6429 [8JY]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 454), S1072 [14FE]

NASA: improve safety standards and oversight of International Space Station, S810 [8FE]

National Arson Awareness Week: observation, S3885 [7MY]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 462), S1273 [27FE], S1654 [5MR]

National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (S. 2756), S2139 [13MR], S2306 [1AP], S7556 [28JY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 683), S9435 [24SE]

National Cyber Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 697), S10127, S10179 [30SE]

National Drug Prevention and Education Week: designate (S. Res. 434), S450 [29JA], S671 [5FE], S1087 [15FE]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 674), S9179, S9215 [22SE]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (S. Res. 589), S5457 [10JN]

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 296), S9179 [22SE]

National Internet Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 567), S4286 [15MY], S4845 [22MY]

National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 614), S6875 [16JY], S9179 [22SE]

National Methamphetamine Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 703), S10426 [2OC]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (S. Res. 468), S1578 [5MR], S2825 [9AP]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 646), S9179 [22SE]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 77), S3209 [21AP], S3332 [23AP]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (S. 3638), S9717 [26SE]

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

———public safety and water development funding through reductions in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, S6637, S6638 [14JY], S6810-S6813, S6815 [16JY]

Natural gas: restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals (S. 2822), S2613 [4AP]

New and Emerging Technologies (NET) 911 Improvement Act: technical correction (H.R. 6946), S10019 [27SE]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (S. Res. 547), S3730 [1MY]

Nuclear energy: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored, S10165 [30SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day: designate (S. Res. 547), S3730 [1MY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S2087 [13MR]

———potential health risks associated with anxiety drug Paxil, S5519 [11JN]

———potential health risks associated with diabetes drug Avandia, S486 [30JA]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), S157, S158 [23JA], S1697 [6MR], S1737-S1739 [7MR]

———establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), conference report, S7620 [29JY], S7843, S7867-S7878, S7897 [31JY]

———establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S7867 [31JY]

———establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), insert S. 2663 language in lieu, S1693 [6MR]

———prohibit preemption of State warning laws relative to consumer products or substances, S7876 [31JY]

———require third-party verification of compliance of children's products with consumer product safety standards promulgated by the CPSC, S1518 [4MR], S7871 [31JY]

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]

Railroads: require rail carriers to develop positive rail control system plans for improving safety and increase civil penalties for safety violations (S. 3493), S8858 [16SE], S10035 [29SE]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: Highway Trust Fund funding, S3759, S3760 [6MY]

———prohibit use of funds for earmarks, S2997-S2999 [15AP], S3047, S3048, S3055 [16AP]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3014-S3019 [15AP], S3046-S3052, S3057-S3063, S3067 [16AP], S3106, S3109-S3112, S3115, S3136 [17AP], S3300 [23AP]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1195), motion to proceed, S2933, S2934 [10AP], S2961-S2963, S2969-S2972 [14AP], S2993-S3000, S3004, S3009-S3012 [15AP]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1195), motion to recommit, S3047, S3048, S3055 [16AP]

———technical corrections relative to Lake Charles, LA, project (S. 2986), S3893 [7MY]

———technical corrections relative to Orleans Parish, LA, transit project (S. 2985), S3893 [7MY]

Schools: promote school safety and improved law enforcement (S. 2084), S845 [11FE], S1196 [26FE], S3022 [15AP]

Senate: tribute to Senators and staff working on H.R. 4040, CPSC Reform Act, S1697, S1699 [6MR]

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]

Sharpe, Tony: E9-1-1 Institute Citizen in Action Award recipient, S1578 [5MR]

Ships and vessels: establish a marine emergency protocol and requirements for double-hulling of vessel fuel tanks (S. 2841), S2947 [10AP]

———extend exemption for vessels operating within the Boundary Line from fire-retardent materials construction requirement (S. 3498), S8859 [16SE]

Sourada, Clarissa: American Automobile Association School Safety Patrol Lifesaving Medal Award recipient, S3586 [30AP]

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), S6976 [21JY], S9459 [25SE]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified expenditures paid or incurred to replace certain wood stoves, S3231 [22AP]

Telephones: facilitate rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities (H.R. 3403), S5665 [16JN], S7732 [30JY]

Toys: improve safety, S1452 [3MR]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), S8003 [1AU], S10720 [20NO]

———authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), House amendment, S10019 [27SE], S10028, S10031-S10037, S10039-S10041, S10051, S10054 [29SE], S10164 [30SE], S10236, S10283-S10290 [1OC]

———authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), unanimous-consent agreement, S10188 [30SE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: technical corrections relative to Jefferson Parish, LA, highway project (S. 2987), S3893 [7MY]

Treaties and agreements: resolutions of ratification considered and ratified en bloc, S9554 [25SE]

Trucking industry: permit commercial trucks to use certain Interstate System highways to provide significant fuel savings in the transportation of goods (S. 3059), S4797, S4798 [22MY]

Valdez, Raul: American Automobile Association School Safety Patrol Lifesaving Medal Award recipient, S3586 [30AP]

Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate, S5726 [18JN]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species, S7545 [28JY]

Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act: amend (S. 428), S1205-S1208 [26FE], S1578 [5MR]

Women Escaping a Violent Environment (WEAVE), Inc.: anniversary, S203 [23JA]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S3431 [28AP]

Reports

Border Travel Advisory: Texas Dept. of Public Safety, H540 [29JA]

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

Reports filed

Aging Water Infrastructure and Maintenance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2842), S8854 [16SE]

Beach Protection Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2844) (S. Rept. 110-414), S6559 [10JY]

Biometric Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 5982) (H. Rept. 110-688), H5042 [5JN]

Bureau of Reclamation Site Security Costs Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1662) (S. Rept. 110-323), S2944 [10AP]

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 5577) (H. Rept. 110-550), H1770 [14MR]

Child Protection Improvements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2756), S7573 [28JY]

Combating Child Exploitation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1738), S6362 [7JY]

Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5522) (H. Rept. 110-601), H2551 [22AP]

Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2688) (S. Rept. 110-420), S6722 [15JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1083) (H. Rept. 110-572), H2068 [8AP]

Consideration of H.R. 2768, Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (S-MINER) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 918) (H. Rept. 110-508), H23 [15JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3999, National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1344) (H. Rept. 110-760), H6576 [15JY]

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. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1157) (H. Rept. 110-613), H2852 [29AP]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4040) (H. Rept. 110-787), H7305 [29JY]

CPSC Reform Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2045) (S. Rept. 110-265), S1121 [25FE]

Death in Custody Reporting Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3971) (H. Rept. 110-512), H352 [18JA]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 3971), S9492 [25SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3261) (S. Rept. 110-418), S6650 [14JY]

Double Liability Limits for Single-Hull Tankers and Tank Barges: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2700) (S. Rept. 110-445), S8130 [8SE]

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]

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

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

Grant Waivers or Reductions in Matching Requirement for Certain Bulletproof Armor Vest Purchases Under the Matching Grant Program for Bulletproof Armor Vests: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2511), S4282 [15MY]

Halting Airplane Noise To Give Us Peace Act: Committee on Transportation (House) (H.R. 5788) (H. Rept. 110-900), H10330 [28SE]

Highway Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1195), S1818 [10MR]

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

Kids and Cars Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 694) (S. Rept. 110-275), S2130 [13MR]

Mercury Market Minimization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 906) (S. Rept. 110-477), S9203 [22SE]

National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3999) (S. Rept. 110-482), S9279 [23SE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3999) (H. Rept. 110-750), H6405 [10JY]

National Internet Safety Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 567), S4791 [22MY]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: Committee on Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 468), S2435 [3AP]

National Silver Alert Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6064) (H. Rept. 110-825), H7852 [8SE]

Next Generation Radiation Screening Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 5531) (H. Rept. 110-764), H6823 [22JY]

Oil Spill Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2699) (S. Rept. 110-513), S9655 [26SE]

Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1577) (S. Rept. 110-474), S9203 [22SE]

Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 24) (S. Rept. 110-483), S9414 [24SE]

Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5669) (H. Rept. 110-681), H4973 [4JN]

Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3175) (S. Rept. 110-479), S9204 [22SE]

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 6109) (H. Rept. 110-725), H5728 [19JN]

Prohibit Mexico-Domiciled Motor Carriers From Operating Beyond U.S.-Mexico Border Area Unless Expressly Authorized by Congress: Committee on Transportion and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 6630) (H. Rept. 110-833), H7955 [9SE]

Promote Safe Operation of 15-Passenger Vans: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 964) (H. Rept. 110-608), H2851 [29AP]

Protect Captive Wildlife and Make Technical Corrections to Certain Laws: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4933) (H. Rept. 110-551), H1820 [31MR]

Protect Innocent Americans From Violent Crime in National Parks: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 3499), S8854 [16SE]

Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 150) (S. Rept. 110-484), S9414 [24SE]

Protocols to the Convention Concerning Safety of Maritime Navigation and to the Protocol Concerning Safety of Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 110-25), S8854 [16SE]

Railroad Safety Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1889) (S. Rept. 110-270), S1467 [3MR]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users Technical Corrections: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 3075), S4892 [2JN]

SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3248), S6868 [16JY]

Safety of Seniors Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3701) (H. Rept. 110-569), H2068 [8AP]

School Safety Enhancements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2352) (H. Rept. 110-821), H7805 [1AU]

Sewage Overflow Community Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2452) (H. Rept. 110-723), H5728 [19JN]

Sewage Overflow Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2080) (S. Rept. 110-497), S9414 [24SE]

Small Community Drinking Water Funding Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1933) (S. Rept. 110-475), S9203 [22SE]

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

Support Goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 339) (H. Rept. 110-655), H4150 [19MY]

Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 6707) (H. Rept. 110-893), H10129 [26SE]

Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 357) (S. Rept. 110-278), S2636 [7AP]

Toxic Chemical Exposure (TCE) Reduction Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1911) (S. Rept. 110-486), S9414 [24SE]

Transportation Security Administration Enhancement of Security Against Terrorist Attacks and Other Security Threats to Rail and Mass Transit Lines: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H. Res. 1150) (H. Rept. 110-716), H5480 [17JN]

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]

Resolutions of ratification

Protocols to the Convention Concerning Safety of Maritime Navigation and to the Protocol Concerning Safety of Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf, S8854 [16SE], S9556 [25SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), H2410 [16AP]

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

Statements

Dept. of Homeland Security Agriculture and Food Security and Inspections Jurisdiction, S4237 [15MY]

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]

Summaries

Colorado Forest Insect Emergency Response Act (H.R. 5241), E126 [6FE]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 4040), E1689-E1691 [1AU]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70): Vitter Amendment on Importation of Prescription Drugs, S2299 [1AP]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013, S10054 [29SE], S10721 [20NO]

Dept. of Transportation transfer of bridge funds by States, H7020 [23JY]

Dept. of Transportation—Federal Highway Administration—comparision of distribution of obligation limitation, S3759 [6MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 154, express that fatal radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko raises significant concerns about potential involvement of the Russian Government and about security and proliferation of radioactive materials, H1839 [1AP]

H. Con. Res. 296, National Heat Stroke Awareness Month, S9182 [22SE], H7531 [30JY]

H. Con. Res. 330, support goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, H2898 [30AP]

H. Con. Res. 415, observe anniversary of State-based alcoholic beverage regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system, H8377 [17SE]

H. Res. 339, support goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, H4100 [19MY]

H. Res. 537, National 9-1-1 Education Month, H1422 [10MR]

H. Res. 772, American Highway Users Alliance anniversary, H367 [22JA]

H. Res. 852, National Stalking Awareness Month, H422 [23JA]

H. Res. 918, consideration of H.R. 2768, Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (S-MINER) Act, H39 [16JA]

H. Res. 964, promote safe operation of 15-passenger vans, H2888 [30AP]

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

H. Res. 988, MRSA Awareness Month, H8685 [23SE]

H. Res. 1042, support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign, H8682 [23SE]

H. Res. 1083, consideration of H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act, H2169 [10AP]

H. Res. 1150, Transportation Security Administration enhancement of security against terrorist attacks and other security threats to rail and mass transit lines, H5502 [18JN]

H. Res. 1157, consideration of H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act, H2891 [30AP]

H. Res. 1225, National Safety Month, H5067 [9JN]

H. Res. 1260, support goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month, H6309 [9JY]

H. Res. 1288, support goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month, H7263 [29JY]

H. Res. 1344, consideration of H.R. 3999, National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act, H7013 [23JY]

H. Res. 1375, support goals and ideals of National Runaway Prevention Month, H10214 [27SE]

H. Res. 1492, concur in Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 2095, Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act, H9325-H9359 [24SE]

H.R. 409, inspect highway tunnels, H365 [22JA]

H.R. 642, College Fire Prevention Act, H8528 [22SE]

H.R. 1195, Highway Technical Corrections Act, S3014-S3018 [15AP], S3122-S3135 [17AP]

H.R. 2352, School Safety Enhancements Act, H8083 [15SE]

H.R. 2452, Sewage Overflow Community Right-To-Know Act, H5820 [23JN]

H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act, H2199 [10AP]

H.R. 3403, New and Emerging Technologies (NET) 911 Improvement Act, H5826-H5828 [23JN]

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

H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act, H428 [23JA]

H.R. 4040, CPSC Reform Act, S1768-S1781 [7MR]

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

H.R. 4461, Community Building Code Administration Grant Act, H6266-H6268 [9JY]

H.R. 4926, Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act, H5073 [9JN]

H.R. 4933, protect captive wildlife and make technical corrections to certain laws, H1781 [31MR]

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

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

H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act, H2913 [30AP]

H.R. 5531, Next Generation Radiation Screening Act, H7180 [29JY]

H.R. 5669, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act, H4896 [4JN]

H.R. 5982, Biometric Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction Act, H5496 [18JN]

H.R. 6040, clarify Army authority to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the members of the Committee on Levee Safety, H5824 [23JN]

H.R. 6045, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, H9884 [25SE]

H.R. 6064, National Silver Alert Act, H8078-H8080 [15SE]

H.R. 6109, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act, H5816 [23JN]

H.R. 6493, Aviation Safety Enhancement Act, H6744 [22JY]

H.R. 6630, prohibit Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area unless expressly authorized by Congress, H7913 [9SE]

H.R. 6707, Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act, H10158 [27SE]

H.R. 6838, Center To Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security (CAMPUS) Safety Act, H10267 [27SE]

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

H.R. 6946, technical correction to New and Emerging Technologies (NET) 911 Improvement Act, H9926 [25SE]

S. 428, IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act, S1206-S1208 [26FE]

S. 845, Safety of Seniors Act, H2034 [8AP]

S. 906, Mercury Export Ban Act, S9874-S9876 [26SE], H10178 [27SE]

S. 1738, Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, H10242-H10248 [27SE]

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

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. 2663, CPSC Reform Act, S1127-S1138 [25FE]

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

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

S. 2688, Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act, S1523 [4MR]

S. 2756, Child Protection Improvements Act, S2140-S2142 [13MR]

S. 2822, restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals, S2614 [4AP]

S. 2842, Aging Water Infrastructure and Maintenance Act, S2948 [10AP]

S. 2865, Fisheries Capital Construction Fund Enhancement Act, S3031 [15AP]

S. 2906, Agriculture Smart Trade Act, S3404 [24AP]

S. 2932, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act, S9340 [23SE], H9920 [25SE]

S. 3012, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, S4109 [13MY]

S. 3155, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization and improvement, S5762-S5767 [18JN]

S. 3173, Keeping Families Safe Act, S5941 [20JN]

S. 3218, Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act, S6306 [26JN], H6442 [14JY]

S. 3238, Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act, S6563 [10JY]

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. 3320, Tribal Law and Order Act, S7158-S7170 [23JY]

S. 3375, Protect Children From Dangerous Lighters Act, S7915 [31JY]

S. 3385, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S7934-S7946 [31JY]

S. 3498, extend exemption for vessels operating within the Boundary Line from fire-retardent materials construction requirement, S8859 [16SE]

S. 3555, National Lighthouse Stewardship Act, S9420 [24SE]

S. 3590, Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act, S9503 [25SE]

S. 3605, Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act, S9574 [26SE], H10241 [27SE]

S. 3612, Travelers' Privacy Protection Act, S9673-S9676 [26SE]

S. 3634, End Gun Trafficking Act, S9716 [26SE]

S. 3638, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program reauthorization, S9718-S9720 [26SE]

S. 3654, Research, Hazard Intervention, and National Outreach for Healthier Homes Act, S10075-S10078 [29SE]

S. 3663, Short-Term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act, H10943 [10DE]

S. Con. Res. 77, support goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, S3209 [21AP], S3332 [23AP]

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. 434, National Drug Prevention and Education Week, S449 [29JA], S671 [5FE]

S. Res. 454, MRSA Awareness Month, S1072 [14FE]

S. Res. 462, National Asbestos Awareness Week, S1273 [27FE], S1654 [5MR]

S. Res. 468, National 9-1-1 Education Month, S1482 [3MR], S2825 [9AP]

S. Res. 547, North American Occupational Safety and Health Week and Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day, S3720, S3730 [1MY]

S. Res. 551, observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system, S9436 [24SE]

S. Res. 551, observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system for alcoholic beverages, S3801 [6MY]

S. Res. 567, National Internet Safety Month, S4285 [15MY], S4846 [22MY]

S. Res. 589, National Health Information Technology Week, S5455, S5457 [10JN]

S. Res. 614, National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month, S6875 [16JY], S9180 [22SE]

S. Res. 646, support goals and ideals of National Runaway Prevention Month, S8049 [1AU], S9180 [22SE]

S. Res. 662, Celebrate Safe Communities Week, S8862 [16SE], S10130 [30SE]

S. Res. 674, support goals and ideals of National Falls Prevention Awareness Day, S9185, S9214 [22SE]

S. Res. 683, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S9425, S9435 [24SE]

S. Res. 697, support goals and ideals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, S10127, S10178 [30SE]

S. Res. 699, support goals and ideals of Fire Prevention Week, S10128, S10180 [30SE]

S. Res. 703, National Methamphetamine Awareness Month, S10427, S10490 [2OC]

S. Res. 718, Drive Safer Sunday, S10754 [20NO], S10835 [9DE]