MURRAY, PATTY (a Senator from Washington)

Amendments

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7335 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8240, S8282 [10SE], S8544, S8558 [15SE]

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 [25SE]

Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), S9323 [23SE]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5224, S5275 [5JN], S5374 [6JN]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3517 [29AP], S3725 [1MY], S3811, S3820 [6MY]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S4030 [12MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S453, S454 [29JA]

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]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S110 [22JA], S446 [29JA], S1004 [14FE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2407, S2505 [3AP], S2614 [4AP], S2628, S2664 [7AP], S2762 [8AP], S2811 [9AP], S5908 [19JN], S5966 [23JN], S6032 [24JN]

Protect America Act: extend (S. 2556), S454 [29JA]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H472 [28JA]

Conferee: H.R. 4137, Higher Education Act amendment and extension, S7591 [29JY]

———S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013, S4267 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Con. Res. 104), S9658 [26SE]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 394), S3975 [8MY]

AID: enhance capacity to undertake global development activities (see S. 3643), S10004 [27SE]

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

Animals: prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see S. 2912), S3509 [29AP]

———strengthen polar bear conservation efforts (see S. 1406), S3791 [6MY]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 22), S1597 [5MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see S. 2579), S6722 [15JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see S. 3356), S9027 [18SE]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 501), S2436 [3AP]

Army Reserve: anniversary (see S. Res. 513), S2977 [14AP]

Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2631), S970 [13FE]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3070), S5448 [10JN]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 41), S6723 [15JY]

Business and industry: prohibit recipients of emergency Federal assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve transparency, accountability, and corporate governance (see S. 3698), S10812 [8DE]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 3368), S9659 [26SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: anniversary of deaths of John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut (see S. Res. 621), S7149 [23JY]

Capitol Police: tribute (see S. Res. 621), S7149 [23JY]

CFTC: provide greater resources and authority to improve transparency and accountability in the energy futures markets (see S. 3130), S5592 [12JN]

Children and youth: connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth (see S. Res. 630), S7629 [29JY]

———create conditions, structures, and supports needed to ensure permanency for unaccompanied youth (see S. 2560), S394 [28JA]

———ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see S. 400), S94 [22JA]

———improve vaccination rates (see S. 2911), S3401 [24AP]

China, People's Republic of: end crackdown in Tibet and enter dialogue with the Dalai Lama to negotiate solution respecting distinctive Tibetan language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedoms (see S. Res. 504), S2636 [7AP]

———express sympathy and pledge support to victims of earthquake (see S. Res. 569), S4375 [19MY]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see S. 2554), S284 [24JA]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S5754 [18JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (see S. 3268), S6722 [15JY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: recognize accomplishments of members and alumni and the contributions made to lives of the people of the U.S. (see S. Res. 548), S3699 [1MY]

Courts: adjust salaries for Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges (see S. 1638), S2974 [14AP]

———appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges (see S. 2774), S2233 [31MR]

Credit: maintain eligibility for Federal Parent Loan for Undergraduate Student (PLUS) loans of borrowers who are delinquent on mortgage loan payments or involved in foreclosure proceedings (see S. 2895), S3206 [21AP]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit implementation or enforcement of proposed rule limiting patients' access to basic reproductive health care services and information (see S. 20), S10742 [20NO]

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 (see S. 1738), S8529 [15SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a study on suicides among veterans (see S. 2899), S3257 [22AP]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see S. 3308), S7030 [22JY]

———provide a temporary increase in the maximum loan guaranty amount for guaranteed housing loans (see S. 2768), S2132 [13MR]

———require forgiveness of certain debts of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities incurred on active duty in a combat zone (see S. 2550), S659 [5FE]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 1398), S4893 [2JN]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 2618), S1123 [25FE]

Education: coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see S. 3047), S10069 [29SE]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 727), S8131 [8SE]

———increase grant aid for neediest students, expand options for Federal student loans, and improve reliability of current Federal loan programs (see S. 2815), S2435 [3AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: provide grants for school renovation (see S. 1942), S6938 [17JY]

EPA: clarify circumstances under which permits for discharges from certain vessels may be required and conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels (see S. 3298), S7030 [22JY]

Explosives: limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions (see S. 594), S8528 [15SE]

Families and domestic relations: extend adoption incentives program, authorize States to establish a relative guardianship program, and promote adoption of children with special needs (see S. 3038), S9026 [18SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 2059), S2975 [14AP]

FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (see S.J. Res. 28), S2348 [2AP]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 1924), S8529 [15SE]

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

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 495), S2295 [1AP]

Fish and fishing: establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry (see S. 2630), S3258 [22AP]

Forests: establish a program to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land (see S. 2593), S971 [13FE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3539), S9659 [26SE]

Global Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3257 [22AP]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 476), S1741 [7MR]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see S. 1003), S5833 [19JN]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 2672), S3700 [1MY]

Helms, Jesse: tribute (see S. Res. 608), S6362 [7JY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 682), S9415 [24SE]

Housing: provide needed housing reform (see S. 2636), S1124 [25FE]

Immigration: recapture family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and prevent losses of such visas in the future (see S. 3414), S7905 [31JY]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see S. 616), S2636 [7AP]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1588), S7780 [30JY]

Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see S. Res. 580), S4971 [3JN]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see S. Res. 522), S3145 [17AP]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: tribute (see S. Res. 571), S4487 [20MY]

Kittitas County, WA: convey a parcel of National Forest System land to facilitate construction of a new fire and rescue station (see S. 2601), S733 [6FE]

Lantos, Tom: tribute (see S. Res. 446), S849 [11FE]

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 3186), S6561 [10JY]

Medicaid: expand access to contraceptive services for low-income women and men (see S. 1075), S3508 [29AP]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 3484), S9027 [18SE]

———preserve access to physicians' services (see S. 2785), S3208 [21AP]

———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see S. 2181), S2744 [8AP]

Medicine Crow, Joseph: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 3283), S10069 [29SE]

Metzenbaum, Howard M.: tribute (see S. Res. 485), S2133 [13MR]

Military Kids Day: designate (see S. Res. 565), S4182 [14MY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 675), S9204 [22SE]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 675), S9204 [22SE]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 625), S7631 [29JY]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 3487), S9416 [24SE]

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

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 83), S4621 [21MY]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see S. 2569), S445 [29JA]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 482), S2133 [13MR]

National Day of the Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 450), S970 [13FE]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 647), S8036 [1AU]

National First Responder Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 670), S9204 [22SE]

National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 471), S1521 [4MR]

National Guard: empower the National Guard, enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response (see S. 2760), S3792 [6MY]

National Homeless Youth Awareness Month: observance (see S. Res. 693), S10004 [27SE]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 559), S4028 [12MY]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 518), S3259 [22AP]

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 661), S9027 [18SE]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 2681), S2233 [31MR]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 2035), S3146 [17AP]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve standards for physical education (see S. 2173), S10660 [19NO]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see S. 3608), S9657 [26SE]

Olympic games: tribute to U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams and encourage the International Olympic Committee to choose Chicago, IL, as site for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see S. Res. 704), S10486 [2OC]

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail: designate (see S. 2943), S3594 [30AP]

Paone, Martin P.: tribute (see S. Res. 420), S94 [22JA]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 826), S9026 [18SE]

Poverty: develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate global poverty (see S. 2433), S1272 [27FE]

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (see S. 2991), S3891 [7MY] (see S. 3044), S4487 [20MY]

Puget Sound: provide assistance for programs and activities to protect water quality (see S. 3196), S6158 [25JN]

Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see S. 2498), S3027 [15AP]

SBA: reauthorize and improve financing and entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 2920), S8036 [1AU]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see S. 991), S5447 [10JN]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 1070), S3699 [1MY]

Social Security: disapprove final rule imposing crowd-out strategies on States that expand income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S.J. Res. 44), S6937 [17JY]

———preserve access to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn (see S. 2819), S3258 [22AP]

States: permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles (see S. 2555), S3081 [16AP]

Sudan: call for a comprehensive strategy to address the crisis in Darfur and condemn the ongoing assaults and obstruction by the Khartoum regime (see S. Res. 684), S9415 [24SE]

———urge international community to provide the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur region with tactical and utility helicopters (see S. Res. 432), S602 [4FE]

Tariff: footwear (see S. 2372), S10660 [19NO]

Taxation: allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see S. 1963), S2232 [31MR]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see S. 3199), S6158 [25JN]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 881), S2134 [13MR]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 3399), S7904 [31JY]

———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile and exclude charitable mileage reimbursements from gross income (see S. 3532), S9282 [23SE]

———provide an increased mileage rate for charitable deductions (see S. 3429), S8857 [16SE]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (see S. 2821), S2637 [7AP]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S5698 [17JN]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see S. 3359), S10660 [19NO]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 582), S3026 [15AP]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 656), S8383 [11SE]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see S. 960), S492 [30JA]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see S. 2544), S284 [24JA] (see S. 3507), S9027 [18SE]

Veterans: increase rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2617), S815 [8FE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 3642), S10004 [27SE]

Week of the Young Child: designate (see S. Res. 517), S3080 [16AP]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see S. 3108), S5658 [16JN]

Women: reduce maternal mortality (see S. Res. 616), S8530 [15SE]

———support legislation promoting improved health care and access to health care (see S. Res. 638), S7905 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air Force: encourage re-competition for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract (see S. Res. 609), S6363 [7JY]

Dept. of Education: provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see S. 3141), S5697 [17JN]

Dept. of HHS: implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative (see S. 2989), S3891 [7MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that matching funds are not required under the State Homeland Security Grant Program or the Urban Area Security Initiative (see S. 3424), S8035 [1AU]

Dept. of Labor: 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]

———summer youth job programs funding (see S. 2755), S2132 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2799), S2346 [2AP]

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

Education: establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (see S. 3573), S9492 [25SE]

Financial literacy: promote (see S. 2671), S1271 [27FE]

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]

Medicare: improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers (see S. 2962), S3698 [1MY]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 510), S2945 [10AP]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 436), S445 [29JA]

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize and expand (see S. 3373), S7904 [31JY]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), S4475 [20MY]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7130 [23JY], S7435 [25JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S6918 [17JY], S6993 [22JY]

CPSC: 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]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8470 [12SE], S8826 [16SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), motion to proceed, S3169 [17AP], S3225 [22AP]

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

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]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), motion to proceed, S3742 [2MY], S3779 [6MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), motion to proceed, S5950 [23JN], S6141 [25JN]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S1045 [14FE], S1108 [25FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), conference report, S845 [11FE], S937 [13FE]

Iraq: provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (S. 2633), motion to proceed, S1145 [25FE], S1166 [26FE]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 3186), motion to proceed, S7131 [23JY], S7508 [26JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), motion to proceed, S6224, S6231 [26JN]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (S. 3101), motion to proceed, S5431 [10JN], S5564 [12JN]

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

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

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S1082 [14FE], S2270 [1AP], S2606 [4AP], S2726 [8AP], S5922 [20JN], S5978 [24JN], S6224 [26JN], S6355 [7JY], S6448 [8JY], S7131 [23JY], S7436 [25JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed, S1364 [28FE]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5020 [4JN], S5376 [6JN], S5409 [10JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), motion to proceed, S3883 [7MY], S4072 [13MY]

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]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), motion to proceed, S7554 [28JY], S7722 [30JY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to proceed, S5376 [6JN], S5410 [10JN], S5564 [12JN], S5681 [17JN], S7595 [29JY]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 7005), motion to proceed, S10859 [10DE], S10931 [11DE]

Terrorism: require a report setting forth the U.S. global strategy to combat and defeat al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) and its affiliates (S. 2634), motion to proceed, S1145 [25FE], S1258 [27FE]

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

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (S. 2731), motion to proceed, S6493 [9JY], S6596 [11JY]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), motion to proceed, S10627 [19NO], S10701 [20NO]

Letters

FAA authority to auction airport arrival and departure slots and to retain and use auction proceeds: Gary L. Kepplinger, GAO, S10462-S10466 [2OC]

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

Motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), S6238 [26JN]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2422 [3AP]

Remarks

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College: anniversary (S. Res. 453), S991 [13FE]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4220 [15MY]

Air Force: awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, S1487, S1492 [4MR], S1554 [5MR], S1690 [6MR], S1720 [7MR], S1788 [10MR], S3840 [7MY], S4144 [14MY], S5149 [5JN], S5466 [11JN], S5684 [17JN], S5718 [18JN]

———encourage re-competition for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, S7754 [30JY]

———GAO decision on awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, S5789 [19JN], S6180 [26JN], S6531 [10JY], S6682 [15JY]

Alaska: anniversary of statehood, S6195 [26JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3689), S10615 [19NO]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), House amendment, S4711, S4712 [22MY]

Armed Forces: improve management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members receiving medical care in an outpatient status (H.R. 1538), S1326 [28FE]

———provide for a comprehensive research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of members and veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, S7010 [22JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S630 [5FE], S1556 [5MR]

———comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, S4598 [21MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), conference report, S4598 [21MY]

Bureau of the Census: funding, S6238 [26JN]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (H.J. Res. 93), S7432 [24JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, S630 [5FE]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (S. 3368), S10166 [30SE]

Children and youth: provide a summer jobs program for teenagers, S520 [31JA]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S6824 [16JY], S7211 [24JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S6991 [22JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), unanimous-consent agreement, S7433 [24JY]

Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 2739), S2917 [10AP], S3973 [8MY]

Connecticut: WorkPlace, Inc., job training program targeted at people facing foreclosure on their homes, S6590 [11JY]

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1690 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: impact of extended deployments on suicide rates among active-duty soldiers, S528 [31JA]

———treatment of injured soldiers and living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, S1325-S1327 [28FE]

Dept. of HHS: implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative (S. 2989), S3899 [7MY]

Dept. of HUD: housing grant programs funding, S174 [23JA]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, S7212 [24JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: permit transfer of funds to restore the Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 6532), S8113 [8SE], S8153, S8154, S8155 [9SE], S8258 [10SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), S3337 [24AP]

———improve treatment and services provided to Iraq war veterans relative to post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and suicide prevention, S3338 [24AP]

———pilot program to establish, publicize, and operate a national toll-free suicide prevention telephone hotline for veterans, S7010 [22JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), S2917 [10AP], S3973 [8MY]

Disasters: first responders funding, S174 [23JA]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), motion to proceed, S3219 [22AP]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S5385, S5387 [9JN]

———proposed Government bailout of automobile industry, S10615 [19NO]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S9570, S9571 [26SE], S10434 [2OC]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S519 [31JA], S769 [7FE]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), motion to proceed, S630 [5FE]

Education: establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (S. 3573), S10166 [30SE]

EPA: clarify circumstances under which permits for discharges from certain vessels may be required and conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels (S. 3298), S6981 [22JY]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3753, S3758, S3759, S3760 [6MY]

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

GAO: ruling on FAA's proposal to auction off landing and takeoff slots at slot-controlled airports, S10461, S10462 [2OC]

Grays Harbor County, WA: emergency response to recent floods, S174 [23JA]

Housing: mortgage foreclosure prevention counseling resources funding, S2407 [3AP], S2628 [7AP]

———provide needed housing reform, S1358 [28FE], S2218 [31MR], S2407, S2422 [3AP], S2628 [7AP], S6590 [11JY], S7268-S7270 [24JY]

———provide needed housing reform (S. 2636), S992 [13FE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S173 [23JA]

Iraq: provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (S. 2633), S992 [13FE]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 3186), unanimous-consent request, S7825, S7826 [31JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), veto, S6706 [15JY]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10434 [2OC]

NeighborWorks America (organization): foreclosure mitigation counseling services funding, S2422 [3AP]

North Seattle Community College: tribute to Sustainability Committee, S3024 [15AP]

Northern Mariana Islands: further implement Act approving covenant (S. 2739), S2917 [10AP], S3973 [8MY]

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize and expand (S. 3373), S7909 [31JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S6683, S6684 [15JY], S6824 [16JY], S7212 [24JY]

Palouse, WA: tribute to Garfield-Palouse High School Junior Engineering Technical Society for participation in the National Engineering and Design Challenge, S965 [13FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, S4073 [13MY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S5386 [9JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S6683 [15JY], S6824 [16JY]

———gasoline price levels, S3566 [30AP], S3753 [6MY], S5386 [9JN], S6546 [10JY]

———year-end profits of oil companies, S3566 [30AP], S7212 [24JY]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary (S. Res. 452), S991 [13FE]

Police Week: observance, S4073 [13MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, S3566 [30AP], S3753 [6MY], S5386 [9JN], S6546 [10JY], S6683, S6684 [15JY], S6824 [16JY], S7211, S7212 [24JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2407, S2422 [3AP], S2628 [7AP]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), House amendments, S6590 [11JY], S7268-S7270 [24JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed, S1358 [28FE], S2218 [31MR]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S1358 [28FE]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), unanimous-consent agreement, S7433 [24JY]

———promote energy security (S. 2973), S3751 [6MY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5386 [9JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), S4073 [13MY]

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

Senate: impact of partisanship, S2992 [15AP], S6546 [10JY]

———legislative process, S2992 [15AP]

———legislative program, S992 [13FE], S3751 [6MY], S5394, S5395 [9JN], S7433 [24JY]

Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness, S2917 [10AP], S3973 [8MY]

Snow, Samuel: receipt of honorable discharge papers and apology from Army for court-martial during World War II, S7755 [30JY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), S7433 [24JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), motion to proceed, S7594, S7616 [29JY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 5270), S990, S991 [13FE]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gain, S10434 [2OC]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to proceed, S7594 [29JY]

———temporarily suspend excise tax on highway motor fuels (S. 2971), S3751 [6MY]

Terrorism: require a report setting forth the U.S. global strategy to combat and defeat al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) and its affiliates (S. 2634), S992 [13FE]

———require a report setting forth the U.S. global strategy to combat and defeat al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) and its affiliates (S. 2634), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S1358 [28FE]

Transporatation: highway and bridge reconstruction funding, S4711, S4712 [22MY]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), S5684 [17JN]

Veterans: expansion of benefits to Filipino veterans who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. residents, S3338 [24AP]

———health care funding, S1327 [28FE]

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (S. 2766), S6981 [22JY]

Remarks in House relative to

New York (NY) Times: response to article on Senator Murray amending legislation closing physician-owned hospitals in order to protect the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, H5707 [19JN]

Reports filed

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

Statements

Speculation in the Energy Commodities Market: Several Economists, S6991 [22JY]

Tables

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

Emergency relief program fund requests by State, S4711 [22MY]

Texts of

S. 2755, Summer Jobs Stimulus Act, S2138 [13MR]

Tributes

Engber, John, S5689 [17JN]

Gates, William H., Sr., S9269 [23SE]

Harps, Shannon, S1997 [12MR]

Heflin, Christopher T., S3753 [6MY]

Hershman, Marc, S1997 [12MR]

Kamela, Bill, S2712 [8AP]

Paone, Martin P., S519 [31JA]

Stevens, Senator, S10692 [20NO]