CASEY, ROBERT P., JR. (a Senator from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), S4703 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1885, S1886 [11MR], S1939, S2000, S2013, S2014, S2017, S2023, S2024 [12MR], S2058, S2067, S2078, S2079, S2084, S2179, S2182, S2184, S2185 [13MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7280 [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), S1570, S1600, S1606 [5MR], S1679 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8201, S8216 [9SE], S8301, S8312 [10SE], S8386, S8438, S8448 [11SE], S8857 [16SE]

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), S5105 [4JN], S5245, S5247 [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), S3606, S3607, S3609 [30AP], S3723 [1MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6366 [7JY], S6398 [8JY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S1056 [14FE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2407, S2505 [3AP], S2614 [4AP], S2648, S2649, S2664 [7AP], S2811 [9AP], S2947 [10AP], S5945 [20JN], S6032 [24JN]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3165 [17AP]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S157 [23JA], S3459 [29AP], S8097 [2SE], S10509 [6OC], S10531 [10NO]

Committee To Escort Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern Into the House Chamber, H2860 [30AP]

Articles and editorials

Family Mourns a Fallen Soldier, Robert Kalinowski, Wilkes-Barre (PA) Citizens Voice, S2374 [3AP]

Medal of Honor Presented to Family of a Hero, Milan Simonich, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, S5352 [6JN]

Steelers' Former Radio Announcer Myron Cope Dies, Alan Robinson, Associated Press (news service), S1373 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AARP: anniversary (see S. Res. 666), S9025 [18SE]

Abbas, Mahmoud: urge Palestinian Authority President to abrogate anti-Israel articles in the Fatah Constitution (see S. Res. 499), S2435 [3AP]

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

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: establish a Federal employees program to authorize use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service (see S. 3163), S5832 [19JN]

———limit increases in the certain costs of health care services under the health care programs of the Dept. of Defense (see S. 604), S7479 [25JY]

———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), S7630 [29JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see S. 3356), S8949 [17SE]

———require payment of monthly special pay to members whose active duty service is extended by a stop-loss order or similiar mechanism (see S. 3060), S4792 [22MY]

———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]

Bhutto, Benazir: condemn assassination and reaffirm U.S. commitment to assist the people of Pakistan in combating terrorist activity and promoting a free and democratic Pakistan (see S. Res. 445), S784 [7FE]

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

Budget: require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (see S. 3277), S6868 [16JY]

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]

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

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]

———establish a grant program to provide vision care (see S. 1117), S5697 [17JN]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see S. Res. 474), S1597 [5MR]

———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see S. 803), S1597 [5MR]

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), S2744 [8AP]

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

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

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 3610), S9657 [26SE]

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

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: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see S. 3252), S6560 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention programs (see S. 2585), S543 [31JA]

Dept. of Education: provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see S. 3141), S6442 [8JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 2042), S6651 [14JY]

———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), S9026 [18SE]

Dept. of HUD: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (see S. 2736), S10486 [2OC]

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), S6651 [14JY]

———extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see S. 3012), S5658 [16JN]

Dept. of State: establish the Global Service Fellowship Program (see S. 2609), S784 [7FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (see S. 2523), S3976 [8MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance rehabilitative treatment and services to veterans with traumatic brain injury (see S. 1233), S4622 [21MY]

———establish a program to provide readjustment and mental health services to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (see S. 38), S4621 [21MY]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2799), S4488 [20MY]

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

———improve outreach programs (see S. 1314), S5205 [5JN]

———increase authorization for the major medical facility project to consolidate medical centers in Pittsburgh, PA (see S. 1392), S2817 [9AP]

———repeal authority for adjustments to per diem payments to homeless veterans service centers for receipt of other funding and extend certain programs for homeless veterans (see S. 1384), S4622 [21MY]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 935), S7479 [25JY]

Diseases: improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see S. 937), S5040 [4JN]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 626), S1597 [5MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see S. 561), S3207 [21AP]

Employment: treat certain domestically controlled foreign persons performing services under contract with the U.S. Government as American employers for purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits (see S. 2775), S3595 [30AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 2059), S5524 [11JN]

FDA: create a three-tiered approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients (see S. 3046), S4621 [21MY]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 2521), S10812 [8DE]

———provide for 4 weeks of paid parental leave (see S. 3140), S7574 [28JY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 1924), S3305 [23AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 3398), S10660 [19NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: remediate sediment contamination in areas of concern (see S. 2994), S4795 [22MY]

Feed America Thursday: designate (see S. Res. 691), S10004 [27SE]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: suspend prohibition on payments to certain farms with limited base acres and extend signup for direct and counter-cyclical payments (see S. 3538), S9280 [23SE]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (see S. 3529), S9204 [22SE]

———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see S. 1259), S4622 [21MY]

Georgia, Republic of: condemn statements and actions of Russia that undermine territorial integrity (see S. Res. 550), S4183 [14MY]

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

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact: grant congressional consent and approval (see S.J. Res. 45), S7149 [23JY]

Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors: anniversary (see S. Res. 529), S3304 [23AP]

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

Health: ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (see S. 3312), S7480 [25JY]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible (see S. 2795), S6723 [15JY]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see S. 2161), S4794 [22MY]

———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]

———understand and comprehensively address inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 1907), S6441 [8JY]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 1906), S6441 [8JY]

Health care professionals: provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (see S. 3396), S7904 [31JY]

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

Housing: provide needed housing reform (see S. 2636), S1386 [28FE]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 1328), S8384 [11SE]

Insurance: provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services (see S. 3517), S9494 [25SE]

International relations: express that Group of Eight (G8) Summit participants should foster a more constructive relationship and that Russia should eschew behaviors inconsistent with the Group's objectives (see S. Res. 612), S6651 [14JY]

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), S5594 [12JN]

Iraq: develop a policy to address critical needs of Iraqi refugees (see S. 3177), S6364 [7JY]

———ensure that any agreement containing a U.S. security commitment or arrangement is concluded as a treaty or is approved by Congress (see S. 3433), S8035 [1AU]

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]

Kenya: call for a peaceful resolution to current electoral crisis (see S. Res. 431), S396 [28JA]

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

Latvia: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 87), S7907 [31JY]

Lawyers and attorneys: establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network to represent domestic violence victims (see S. 1515), S95 [22JA]

Lebanon: anniversary of bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut (see S. Res. 516), S3026 [15AP]

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

Local Initiatives Support Corp.: funding (see S. 2955), S6159 [25JN]

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

———ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see S. 1951), S4622 [21MY]

———extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see S. 1589), S9658 [26SE]

———provide coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants (see S. 2629), S970 [13FE]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see S. 2347), S2347 [2AP]

———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]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 3484), S9659 [26SE]

———exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated (see S. 3091), S5204 [5JN]

———improve access to pharmacies under part D (see S. 1954), S4622 [21MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 2102), S7906 [31JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 450), S4893 [2JN]

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), S3892 [7MY]

———preserve access to health care (see S. 3656), S10881 [10DE]

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

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

Motor vehicles: provide for emergency bridge loan assistance to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers (see S. 3715), S10743 [20NO]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 454), S1124 [25FE]

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

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 Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 484), S2133 [13MR]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 531), S3402 [24AP]

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

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

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), S4376 [19MY]

National Healthy Schools Day: observance (see S. Res. 535), S3442 [28AP]

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

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

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 558), S4028 [12MY]

National Infrastructure Bank: establish (see S. 1926), S6441 [8JY]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see S. 1888), S2636 [7AP]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 698), S10176 [30SE]

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 430), S329 [25JA]

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

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 667), S9025 [18SE]

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), S9206 [22SE]

National Summer Learning Day: designate (see S. Res. 607), S6505 [9JY]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 692), S10004 [27SE]

Nuclear weapons: prevent nuclear terrorism, reduce global nuclear arsenals, and stop proliferation of nuclear weapons, materials, and technology (see S. 1977), S5963 [23JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: pursue complaints of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries (see S. 2964), S3698 [1MY] (see S. 2976), S3790 [6MY]

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (see S. 3263), S7031 [22JY]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 720), S10743 [20NO]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 826), S7905 [31JY]

Philadelphia Phillies (baseball team): tribute (see S. Res. 712), S10743 [20NO]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary (see S. Res. 452), S970 [13FE]

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), S4893 [2JN]

Public welfare programs: ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (see S. 3492), S8855 [16SE]

Railroads: support development of high-speed rail (see S. 3700), S10659 [19NO]

Rawle and Henderson LLP: anniversary (see S. Res. 451), S970 [13FE]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 676), S9204 [22SE]

Saudi Arabia: encourage end of support for institutions that aid and abet terrorism, secure cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents, and denounce sponsorship of extremist Wahhabi ideology (see S. 2243), S6722 [15JY]

———limit issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and defense services to Saudi Arabia (see S.J. Res. 32), S4106 [13MY]

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), S8179 [9SE]

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]

———expand Federal benefit eligibility for children in foster care who have attained a certain age (see S. 1512), S3026 [15AP]

———preserve access to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn (see S. 2819), S3146 [17AP]

States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see S. 2238), S5963 [23JN]

Stringer, Vivian: tribute (see S. Res. 463), S1420 [29FE]

Sudan: support, enforce, and expand U.N. embargo on arms sales to belligerents and seek political solution to conflict in Darfur (see S. Res. 660), S8528 [15SE]

———urge international community to provide the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur region with tactical and utility helicopters (see S. Res. 432), S816 [8FE]

Tariff: provide duty-free treatment of certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan (see S. 2776), S8180 [9SE]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 773), S284 [24JA]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1556), S8384 [11SE]

———provide that certain tax planning inventions are not patentable (see S. 2369), S3081 [16AP]

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

———require a report setting forth the U.S. global strategy to combat and defeat al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) and its affiliates (see S. 2634), S1202 [26FE]

Tourist trade: initiate a nationally coordinated travel campaign to increase international travel to the U.S. (see S. 1661), S9281 [23SE]

Treaties and agreements: make bills implementing trade agreements subject to a point of order unless certain conditions are met (see S. 2611), S784 [7FE]

———provide for congressional oversight of U.S. agreements with Iraq (see S. 2426), S284 [24JA]

———review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see S. 3083), S5039 [4JN]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see S. 960), S9415 [24SE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 439), S7479 [25JY]

———improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see S. 1146), S4793 [22MY]

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail: designate (see S. 686), S8131 [8SE]

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

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see S. 2771), S2133 [13MR]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see S. 3108), S6505 [9JY]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 903), S3257 [22AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: extend to members with dependents the second basic housing allowance for National Guard, Reserve, and retired members without dependents who are mobilized in support of a contingency operation (see S. 2930), S3507 [29AP]

Army: select a site to establish a memorial for 40 fallen American servicemen who perished in the air crash during World War II at Bakers Creek, Australia (see S. Con. Res. 95), S7573 [28JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families (see S. 2980), S3790 [6MY]

Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (Senate, Select): anniversary (see S. Res. 634), S7780 [30JY]

Cope, Myron: tribute (see S. Res. 467), S1419 [29FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: offset costs of intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of bonus commodities provided to States and food assistance agencies under emergency food assistance program (see S. 2726), S1703 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see S. 3347), S7573 [28JY]

———provide temporary financial relief for rural school districts adversely impacted by the current energy crisis (see S. 3353), S7629 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a small house nursing home loan program (see S. 3732), S10946 [11DE]

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

Food: require semiannual indexing of mandatory Federal food assistance programs (see S. 3614), S9657 [26SE]

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 (see S. 2906), S3401 [24AP]

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

India: condemn terrorist attacks in Mumbai, urge Pakistan to investigate possible connection to groups based in Pakistan, and bolster U.S. counterterrorism cooperation with India (see S. Res. 724), S10834 [9DE]

Iraq: address ongoing humanitarian crisis and potential security breakdown resulting from mass displacement of Iraqis inside Iraq and as refugees into neighboring countries (see S. 3509), S8948 [17SE]

———urge neighboring countries and other international partners to fulfill pledges to provide reconstruction assistance and consider merging U.S. assistance with international funds (see S. Res. 494), S2295 [1AP]

National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 549), S3742 [2MY]

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 477), S1818 [10MR]

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

Philadelphia, PA: establish Centennial Historic District (see S. 3210), S6285 [26JN]

Real estate: diminish predatory lending by enhancing appraisal quality and standards, improve appraisal oversight, ensure mortgage appraiser independence, and provide for enhanced remedies and enforcement (see S. 2860), S3026 [15AP]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: provide a one-year period of protection against mortgage foreclosures for certain disabled or severely injured servicemembers (see S. 2981), S3790 [6MY]

Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 3619), S9657 [26SE]

Taxation: establish financial security accounts for the care of family members with disabilities (see S. 2743), S1876 [11MR]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see S. 3421), S8035 [1AU]

Terrorism: require a report setting forth the U.S. global strategy to combat and defeat al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) and its affiliates (see S. 3637), S9658 [26SE]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see S. 3432), S8035 [1AU]

Biographies

Cleary, Michael J., S2374 [3AP]

McGinnis, Ross A.: Army, S5352 [6JN]

Cloture motions

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

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

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]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5019 [4JN], S5333 [6JN]

———establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), motion to proceed, S4837 [22MY]

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]

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

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

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S890 [12FE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S6224 [26JN], S6355 [7JY], S6448 [8JY]

———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 incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to proceed, S8934 [17SE]

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

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

Letters

Assessment of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts: several Senators, S424 [29JA]

Status of war in Afghanistan: by, S6188 [26JN]

Urge President Bush to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gasoline price levels: several Senators, S7993 [1AU]

Lists

Armed Forces members from Pennsylvania killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S10823 [9DE], S10844 [10DE]

Recent major Pennsylvania plant closings and/or layoffs, S9011 [18SE]

Messages

Extradition Treaty With Bulgaria: President Bush, S154 [22JA]

Extradition Treaty With Romania: President Bush, S154 [22JA]

International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships: President Bush, S155 [22JA]

Obituaries

Chitjian, Adam J.: Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, S175 [23JA]

Horton, Jeremy R.: Associated Press (news service), S176 [23JA]

Morrison, Nicholas B.: Associated Press (news service), S176 [23JA]

Ostrom, Ryan S.: Associated Press (news service), S176 [23JA]

Tomko, Nicholas A.: Associated Press (news service), S175 [23JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S157 [23JA], S3459 [29AP]

Privilege of the floor

Long, Caryn, S4288 [15MY], S7795 [30JY]

Remarks

Afghanistan: assess status of the war on terrorism, S6188-S6190 [26JN]

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: approve (H.R. 7081), S10460 [2OC]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), S3416 [28AP]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4222 [15MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), veto, S4756 [22MY]

———hunger and nutrition programs funding, S7742 [30JY]

Appropriations: 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, S4756 [22MY]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001, S4756 [22MY]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (S. 22), star print, S1390 [28FE]

———extend to members with dependents the second basic housing allowance for National Guard, Reserve, and retired members without dependents who are mobilized in support of a contingency operation (S. 2930), S3585 [30AP]

———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation, S1986 [12MR]

———tribute to members from Pennsylvania killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S10822 [9DE], S10844 [10DE]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, S174 [23JA]

Aviation: expand passenger facility fee eligibility for noise compatibility projects (S. 996), S1390 [28FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1862 [11MR], S1986 [12MR]

C.F. Martin & Co.: anniversary, S8120 [8SE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families (S. 2980), S3794 [6MY]

Children and youth: recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (S. Res. 474), S1654 [5MR]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (H.R. 2040), S10678 [19NO]

Commission on Wartime Contracting: establish, S424 [29JA]

Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (Senate, Select): anniversary (S. Res. 634), S7741 [30JY]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S6997 [22JY]

Courts: grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S6401 [8JY]

———stay pending cases against telecommunications companies named in civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance and delay pursuit of retroactive immunity until release of report on such surveillance, S6401 [8JY]

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

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1570 [5MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: offset costs of intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of bonus commodities provided to States and food assistance agencies under emergency food assistance program (S. 2726), S1705 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8161 [9SE], S9167 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a small house nursing home loan program (S. 3732), S10947 [11DE]

Dept. of HUD: extend Philadelphia, PA, Moving to Work agreement, S2729 [8AP]

———restore confidence in Government-sponsored enterprises, S6884 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior: take into trust 2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in New Mexico (S. 1193), S10676, S10678 [19NO]

Diseases: provide additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus (S. Con. Res. 63), S155 [22JA]

District of Columbia: revise firearms laws as necessary to comply with District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision while protecting law enforcement and security interests (H.R. 6842), S9167 [18SE]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S10230 [1OC]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S324-S326 [25JA]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S688 [6FE]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S9012 [18SE]

Energy Policy Act: repeal certain provisions, close tax loopholes, impose windfall profits tax on oil companies, provide a reserve fund for biofuels research and infrastructure, and payments for low-income households (S. 1238), S6204 [26JN]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), motion to proceed, S4939 [3JN]

Executive Office of the President: issue report to Congress on assessment of status of the war on terrorism, S8160, S8161 [9SE]

FDA: food safety program funding, S1986 [12MR]

Firefighters: assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices (S. 3237), S6561 [10JY]

Food: address domestic and international food security crisis, S3416 [28AP]

———increase U.S. contributions to world food assistance programs, S3738 [2MY]

———require semiannual indexing of mandatory Federal food assistance programs (S. 3614), S9680 [26SE]

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

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6401 [8JY]

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]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9011 [18SE]

Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 442), S605 [4FE]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, S1375 [28FE], S2729 [8AP], S5786 [19JN], S6884 [17JY], S7111 [23JY]

———require second independent appraisals for homes which are resold within a certain time period, S2729 [8AP]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), unanimous-consent agreement, S1208 [26FE]

Iraq: address ongoing humanitarian crisis and potential security breakdown resulting from mass displacement of Iraqis inside Iraq and as refugees into neighboring countries (S. 3509), S9480 [25SE]

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

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S423-S425 [29JA], S3586 [30AP]

———provide for congressional consultation relative to certain long-term agreements and ensure that such agreements are in the form of a treaty to which the Senate has given advice and consent, S5568 [12JN]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (S. 2633), motion to proceed, S1193 [26FE]

———urge neighboring countries and other international partners to fulfill pledges to provide reconstruction assistance and consider merging U.S. assistance with international funds (S. Res. 494), S2320 [2AP]

Israel: independence anniversary, S3941 [8MY]

Lander Trail: anniversary (S. Res. 623), unanimous-consent agreement, S9164 [18SE]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 3186), motion to proceed, S7233 [24JY]

Medicaid: provide coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants (S. 2629), S976 [13FE]

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, S6310 [27JN]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10230 [1OC]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 484), S2165 [13MR]

National Good Neighbor Day: recognize importance (S. Res. 650), unanimous-consent agreement, S9164 [18SE]

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 477), S1820 [10MR]

National Neighbor Day: recognize importance (S. Res. 650), unanimous-consent agreement, S9164 [18SE]

National Neighborhood Day: recognize importance (S. Res. 650), unanimous-consent agreement, S9164 [18SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 667), unanimous-consent agreement, S9164 [18SE]

National Save for Retirement Week: designate (S. Res. 601), unanimous-consent agreement, S9164 [18SE]

National School Lunch Act: make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State (S. 1755), S7742 [30JY]

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

Native Americans: repeal the Bennett Freeze ban on construction to allow Navajo Nation citizens to live in habitable dwellings and raise their living conditions (S. 531), S9165 [18SE]

Paone, Martin P.: tribute (S. Res. 420), S155 [22JA]

Peace Corps: anniversary, S1266 [27FE]

Pennsylvania: impact of foreclosure crisis on plant closings, S9011, S9012 [18SE]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S4939 [3JN]

———gasoline price levels relative to oil futures purchasing, S6204 [26JN]

Power resources: national energy policy, S7992 [1AU]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2729 [8AP]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), House amendments, S5786 [19JN], S6884 [17JY], S7111 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed, S1375 [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, S5419 [10JN], S6204 [26JN]

———reduce oil dependency, expand access to Federal resources, revise relationship between energy industry and consumers, end tax subsidies, and facilitate energy efficiency (H.R. 6899), S9167 [18SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S3473 [29AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), motion to proceed, S4022 [12MY]

Real estate: diminish predatory lending by enhancing appraisal quality and standards, improve appraisal oversight, ensure mortgage appraiser independence, and provide for enhanced remedies and enforcement (S. 2860), S6884 [17JY]

———establish on behalf of consumers a fiduciary duty and other standards of care for mortgage brokers and originators and require assessment of borrowers ability to repay mortgages (S. 1299), S6884 [17JY]

———promote foreclosure mitigation and counseling, S6884 [17JY]

Scranton, PA: anniversary of Holy Family Residence of the Little Sisters of the Poor, S2611 [4AP]

Senate: legislative program, S156 [22JA], S1208 [26FE], S1391 [28FE], S2029 [12MR], S3839 [7MY], S10678 [19NO]

Ships and vessels: make the embarkment and operation of stateless submersible or semi-submersible vessels subject to Federal prosecution (S. 3526), S9167 [18SE]

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 (S.J. Res. 44), S6944 [17JY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, S7992 [1AU]

Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area: establish (S. 3619), S9682 [26SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to proceed, S5419 [10JN]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), unanimous-consent agreement, S9167 [18SE]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S154 [22JA]

U.S. Fire Administration: reauthorize (S. 2606), S9166, S9167 [18SE]

World Refugee Day: observance, S5925 [20JN]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day, S5351 [6JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S176 [23JA]

Statements

Pennsylvania Economic Snapshot: Committee on Economics (Joint), S324 [25JA]

Texts of

S. 2726, Bonus TEFAP Assistance Act, S1706 [6MR]

S. 2906, Agriculture Smart Trade Act, S3404 [24AP]

S. 3237, Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act, S6561 [10JY]

S. 3614, National Hunger Relief Act, S9681 [26SE]

S. 3619, Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act, S9683-S9685 [26SE]

S. 3732, Promoting Small House Nursing Homes Act, S10948 [11DE]

Tributes

Cleary, Michael J., S2375 [3AP]

Cope, Myron, S1372 [28FE]

Kennedy, Senator, S4756 [22MY]

Kimball, L. Robert, S4789 [22MY]

McGinnis, Ross A., S5352 [6JN]

Pausch, Randy, S10613 [19NO]

Quinn, Joseph G., S3839, S3886 [7MY]

Stewart, Jimmy, S4433 [20MY]