MIKULSKI, BARBARA A. (a Senator from Maryland)

Amendments

Armed Forces: assist members in obtaining U.S. citizenship (S. 2516), S1891 [11MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1878, S1883, S1886, S1887 [11MR], S1918, S1939, S1950, S2013, S2014, S2017 [12MR], S2056, S2057, S2136, S2137, S2138 [13MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7181, S7182 [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), S1533 [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8324 [10SE], S8386 [11SE], S8480 [12SE], S8530, S8537 [15SE]

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

Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S602 [4FE], S748 [6FE]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5205, S5275, S5292 [5JN]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3701 [1MY], S3818 [6MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S209 [23JA], S339, S340 [25JA], S574 [4FE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S986 [13FE], S1010 [14FE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2301 [1AP], S2503, S2505 [3AP], S2616 [4AP], S2658, S2665 [7AP], S2722, S2758 [8AP], S5904 [19JN]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3166 [17AP]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: call on relevant governments, multilateral bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan to achieve and implement a negotiated resolution to national and regional conflicts (see S. Res. 470), S2136 [13MR]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 394), S7630 [29JY]

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

AmeriCorps: improve educational awards provided for national service (see S. 3037), S4487 [20MY]

Armed Forces: increase number of nurses through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses (see S. 2705), S1596 [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), S8856 [16SE]

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

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

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]

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (see S. Res. 662), S8856 [16SE]

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

Charles County, MD: anniversary (see S. Res. 553), S3790 [6MY]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (see S. 2707), S1596 [5MR]

Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see S. 400), S7780 [30JY]

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), S7526 [26JY]

Collins, Francis: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2140), S8384 [11SE]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (see S. 3268), S6870 [16JY]

Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S) (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 562), S4106 [13MY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 3068), S5205 [5JN]

Convention on Cluster Munitions: encourage U.S. signature (see S.J. Res. 37), S6723 [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]

Credit: create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators and develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators (see S. 2595), S2946 [10AP]

Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see S. Res. 331), S7032 [22JY]

Dental Health Improvement Act: reauthorize (see S. 3067), S7907 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention programs (see S. 2585), S3258 [22AP]

Dept. of Education: establish sustainability programs at institutions of higher education (see S. 2444), S1123 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 2042), S7906 [31JY]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see S. 1232), S6937 [17JY]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (see S. 1760), S3207 [21AP]

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), S816 [8FE]

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

Dept. of the Interior: establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring and use fees for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects (see S. 3133), S5833 [19JN]

———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 (see S. 3239), S6870 [16JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a study on suicides among veterans (see S. 2899), S3306 [23AP]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2799), S2637 [7AP]

———improve basic educational assistance program (see S. 2871), S3080 [16AP]

———improve collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees (see S. 2824), S2636 [7AP]

———remove certain limitations on the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 2575), S492 [30JA]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 1998), S971 [13FE]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see S. 1069), S6159 [25JN]

Diseases: improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see S. 937), S2743 [8AP]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see S. 3092), S5204 [5JN]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 2618), S8480 [12SE]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through baseline research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (see S. 3191), S6158 [25JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (see S. 1981), S816 [8FE]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 2521), S493 [30JA]

———provide for 4 weeks of paid parental leave (see S. 3140), S5657 [16JN]

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

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 2577), S659 [5FE]

Firefighters: assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices (see S. 3237), S6559 [10JY]

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), S3892 [7MY]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3539), S9280 [23SE]

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: establish an interagency task force responsible for creating a national strategy to combat obesity (see S. 3321), S7148 [23JY]

———provide access to comprehensive primary health care services and improve primary health care delivery through expansion of community health center and National Health Service Corps programs (see S. 3412, 3413), S7905 [31JY]

———provide programs for stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation (see S. 999), S3145 [17AP]

———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), S7781 [30JY]

Health care professionals: provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see S. 1120), S2231 [31MR]

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

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' (see S. 3525), S9025 [18SE]

Housing: protect property and security of homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings (see S. 2888), S5698 [17JN]

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

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), S5449 [10JN]

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]

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

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 3186), S6938 [17JY]

Macedonia: stop utilization of materials that violate agreement with Greece regarding ``hostile activities or propaganda'' and work to find a mutually-acceptable official name for the former Yugoslav republic (see S. Res. 300), S5964 [23JN]

Medicaid: ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see S. 1951), S3146 [17AP]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see S. 2578), S492 [30JA]

Medicare: delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 3144), S5697 [17JN]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (see S. 3613), S9657 [26SE]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see S. 2702), S3403 [24AP]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see S. 2320), S3305 [23AP]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see S. 507), S445 [29JA]

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

NASA: anniversary (see S. Res. 651), S8036 [1AU]

———mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 2159), S2134 [13MR]

National Advocacy Center: funding (see S. 2942), S3792 [6MY]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 3487), S10487 [2OC]

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

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), S2297 [1AP]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 622), S7279 [24JY]

National Infrastructure Bank: establish (see S. 1926), S733 [6FE]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see S. Res. 500), S2976 [14AP]

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

National Truancy Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 624), S7575 [28JY]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 81), S3891 [7MY]

Natural gas: restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals (see S. 2822), S2976 [14AP]

Nuclear weapons: require a comprehensive nuclear posture review (see S. 1914), S95 [22JA]

Olympic games: tribute to U.S. swimming team for participation (see S. Res. 700), S10176 [30SE]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 826), S8131 [8SE]

Pope Benedict XVI: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 519), S3145 [17AP]

Poverty: develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate global poverty (see S. 2433), S4107 [13MY]

Power resources: ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol (see S. 3080), S6363 [7JY]

———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]

———regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act (see S. 3185), S6364 [7JY]

Public utilities: ensure that the mission and functions of regional transmission organizations and independent system operators include keeping energy costs as low as reasonably possible for consumers (see S. 2660), S2297 [1AP]

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

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), S8384 [11SE]

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), S3028 [15AP]

States: permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles (see S. 2555), S284 [24JA]

Sudan: call for peace in Darfur region (see S. Res. 455), S1203 [26FE]

———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]

Taxation: exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see S. 3199), S7781 [30JY]

———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile (see S. 3246), S6560 [10JY]

———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), S9204 [22SE]

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

Treaties and agreements: provide for congressional oversight of U.S. agreements with Iraq (see S. 2426), S2232 [31MR]

Tubman, Harriet: designate national day of remembrance (see S. Con. Res. 69), S1703 [6MR]

———establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see S. 3383), S7904 [31JY]

U.N.: direct U.S. funding to the U.N. Population Fund for essential women's health services (see S. 2682), S6442 [8JY]

U.S. Fire Administration: reauthorize (see S. 2606), S1704 [6MR]

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (see S. 2766), S2297 [1AP]

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

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 903), S3790 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Baltimore National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2604), S784 [7FE]

Constellation (U.S.S.): recognize historical significance as a reminder of the participation of the U.S. in the transatlantic slave trade and of the efforts of the U.S. to end the slave trade (see S. Res. 540), S3508 [29AP]

Medicaid: disapprove rule on optional State plan case management services (see S.J. Res. 30), S2133 [13MR]

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

National Summer Learning Day: designate (see S. Res. 607), S6362 [7JY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3182), S5962 [23JN]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 2858), S3025 [15AP]

Taxation: allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see S. 3684), S10578 [17NO]

University of Maryland: anniversary of School of Medicine (see S. Res. 671), S9204 [22SE]

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]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), S9622 [26SE], S9883 [27SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), House amendment, S9850 [26SE]

Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S656 [5FE], S725 [6FE]

———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, S530 [31JA], S581 [4FE]

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

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

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

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

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), S6224 [26JN], S6355 [7JY], S6448 [8JY], S7131 [23JY], S7436 [25JY]

———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), S4150 [14MY]

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

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

Social Work Reinvestment Commission establishment: Joan L. Zlotnik, Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research, S3029 [15AP]

———several organizations, S3029 [15AP]

Lists

Letters supporting H.R. 4137, Higher Education Opportunity Act, S7866 [31JY]

Staff that worked on H.R. 4137, Higher Education Opportunity Act, S7866 [31JY]

Privilege of the floor

Mazzocco, Michele, S7979 [31JY]

Remarks

Amtrak: reauthorize, S10289 [1OC]

Andrews AFB, MD: anniversary of Malcolm Grow Medical Center, S8125 [8SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3604), S9601 [26SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3604), motion to proceed, S9576 [26SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3689), S10609 [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, S4710, S4711 [22MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S5723 [18JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, S2717 [8AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S2050, S2100 [13MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S6994 [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), S1580 [5MR]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, S6966 [21JY]

———support U.N.-brokered agreement between former Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat relative to reunification, S6966 [21JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S5724, S5727 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8836 [16SE]

———tribute to creation of the Defense Media Activity (organization), S9483 [25SE]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, S2100 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), motion to proceed, S3248 [22AP]

———Veterans Benefits Administration funding, S2050 [13MR]

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, S3218 [22AP], S3276, S3277, S3298 [23AP]

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

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 898), S7855 [31JY]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of automobile industry, S10610 [19NO], S10683 [20NO]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S9175 [22SE], S10219, S10265 [1OC], S10683, S10684 [20NO]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S755 [7FE]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S9175 [22SE]

Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S7855 [31JY]

Food industry: 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]

Frederick (MD) News-Post: anniversary, S10833 [9DE]

Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), S3374 [24AP]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 4137), conference report, S7845, S7847, S7849, S7855, S7864, S7866, S7867, S7878 [31JY]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, S2717, S2718, S2722 [8AP]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers, S4710, S4711 [22MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S1008, S1038 [14FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S2100 [13MR]

Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq, S2739 [8AP]

Israel: independence anniversary, S4098 [13MY]

Medicaid: temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services, S1008 [14FE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10219, S10265 [1OC]

NASA: funding, S2100 [13MR]

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

National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), motion to proceed, S7510 [26JY]

Native American Heritage Day: designate (H.J. Res. 62), S9186 [22SE]

NeighborWorks America (organization): foreclosure mitigation counseling services funding, S2718, S2722 [8AP]

NIH: funding, S2100 [13MR]

Olympic games: tribute to Maryland participants, S10304 [1OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S5723, S5727 [18JN]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S6994 [22JY]

———gasoline price levels, S5727 [18JN]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2717, S2718, S2722 [8AP]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S10609 [19NO]

———legislative program, S3297 [23AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (S. 2858), S3028 [15AP]

Taxation: allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (S. 3684), S10579 [17NO], S10610 [19NO]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (S. 3684), unanimous-consent request, S10623 [19NO]

———include senior citizens and disabled veterans in the provision of recovery rebates to individuals, S755 [7FE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S2717 [8AP]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), House amendment, S10289 [1OC]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (S. 2731), S6836 [16JY]

Veterans: expansion of benefits to Filipino veterans who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. residents, S3248 [22AP]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and improving the transit system, S10289 [1OC]

Reports filed

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3182) (S. Rept. 110-397), S5962 [23JN]

Statements

Higher Education Opportunity Act: Senator Kennedy, S7845-S7847 [31JY]

Texts of

S. 2604, Baltimore National Heritage Area Act, S785-S787 [7FE]

S.J. Res. 30, disapprove Medicaid rule on optional State plan case management services, S2163 [13MR]

Tributes

Geremek, Bronislaw, S6966 [21JY]

McCreedy, Kenneth O., S4481 [20MY]

Obama, Barack, S10609 [19NO]

Parsons, Matthew E., S10558 [17NO]

Rank, Melissa A., S6359 [7JY]

Simon, Gregory, S7855 [31JY]