BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Addresses

Communtiy Reinvestment Act's Role in Financial Crisis: John C. Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency, E2326 [20NO]

Presentation of Offshore Mariners Wives Association Friend of the Fishing Industry Award to Kevin Stokesbury: Jim Kendall, New Bedford Seafood Consulting (company), E2348 [9DE]

Rising Above the Gathering Storm—Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future: Representative Wolf, E865-E867 [8MY]

Women's Economic Opportunity Conference: Marilyn Skoglund, S10725-S10727 [20NO]

Amendments

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), H8416 [18SE]

———bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), consideration (H. Res. 1449), H8412 [18SE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7129, S7130, S7180, S7181, S7182, S7183, S7188, S7190, S7191, S7193, S7194, S7195 [23JY], S7304, S7312, S7314, S7315, S7317, S7319, S7320, S7321, S7325, S7328, S7330, S7331, S7332, S7335, S7345, S7346, S7347, S7348, S7352, S7353, S7354, S7355, S7356, S7357, S7373, S7374, S7375, S7383, S7384, S7385, S7386, S7387, S7393, S7394, S7395, S7396, S7397, S7399, S7401, S7402, S7403, S7407, S7408, S7409, S7410, S7411, S7412, S7413, S7414, S7415, S7416, S7417, S7418, S7419, S7420, S7421 [24JY], S7483, S7484 [25JY], S7577 [28JY], S7702, S7703 [29JY], S7978 [31JY], S9428 [24SE]

Computers: improve quality of Federal and State data on availability and quality of broadband services and promote deployment of affordable broadband services (S. 1492), S9840, S9843, S9853, S9856 [26SE], S10183 [30SE], H10620 [29SE]

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

Crime: protect children from online predators, enhance efforts to eliminate child pornography, and help parents protect children from inappropriate material (S. 1965), S4836, S4839 [22MY]

DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (S. 2071), S854, S861 [11FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend other transaction authority (S. 3328), S9324, S9335 [23SE]

Dept. of Justice: require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (S. 431), S4504, S4549 [20MY], S10182 [30SE], H10240 [27SE]

Economy: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), S10952 [11DE], H10932 [10DE]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S552, S553, S554 [31JA], S656, S662, S663, S670 [5FE], S744, S745, S746, S747, S748, S749 [6FE], S773, S797, S800 [7FE], H500 [29JA], H784 [7FE]

Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), S3311 [23AP], H2961 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1156), H2960 [1MY]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 1490), H9894 [25SE]

Intellectual property: enhance remedies for violations of laws (S. 3325), S9583, S9723 [26SE]

Pharmaceuticals: improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (S. 980), S2301, S2307 [1AP]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2301 [1AP], S2363, S2364 [2AP], S2403, S2407, S2412, S2413, S2415, S2419, S2423, S2487, S2495, S2497, S2498, S2499, S2503, S2504, S2505, S2506, S2507, S2513, S2514, S2515, S2519, S2521, S2524, S2544, S2547, S2548, S2549, S2550, S2551 [3AP], S2592, S2593, S2596, S2598, S2602, S2603, S2605, S2610, S2614, S2615, S2616, S2617 [4AP], S2628, S2642, S2644, S2645, S2646, S2647, S2648, S2649, S2650, S2651, S2653, S2656, S2658, S2662, S2663, S2664, S2665, S2667, S2668, S2669, S2670, S2705, S2706 [7AP], S2722, S2723, S2758, S2759, S2760, S2761, S2762, S2763 [8AP], S2806, S2807, S2808, S2810, S2811, S2822 [9AP], S2844, S2859, S2951 [10AP], S5781, S5783, S5785, S5799, S5808, S5840, S5904, S5906, S5907, S5908, S5909, S5910, S5911, S5912, S5913, S5914 [19JN], S5942, S5945 [20JN], S5965, S5966, S5967, S5968, S5969 [23JN], S6027, S6029, S6032, S6033, S6044, S6075, S6076, S6078, S6079 [24JN], S6138, S6139 [25JN], S6447, S6448 [8JY], S6736 [15JY], S7131, S7190 [23JY], H3204, H3219, H3291 [8MY], H6854, H6916 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1363), H6851 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1175), H3144 [7MY]

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

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), S7792 [30JY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), S9285, S9300, S9304 [23SE], H4367 [21MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), consideration (H. Res. 1212), H4336 [21MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), consideration (H. Res. 1501), H9905 [25SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), consideration (H. Res. 1502), H9942 [25SE]

Appointments

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

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

Articles and editorials

AAA—Average Gallon of Gas in Washington Hits $3.86, H4335 [21MY]

Alan Newman Opens Up, S10973 [12DE]

American Dreams Built on a Shaky Foundation of Subprime Loans, S1402 [29FE]

AmerisourceBergen's Scrimp-and-Save Dave, E2173 [30SE]

Bad News for the Bailout, S10408 [2OC]

Bailout Fever—Rush to Judgement, H10385 [29SE]

Bair—How To Get More Bang for Bailout Buck, H10761 [3OC]

Banks Owe Billions to Executives, S10903 [11DE]

Barre Firm Adapts Products To Survive—Capacitor Company Moves Focus From TV and Stereos to Tasers and Hybrids, S8369 [11SE]

Better Bailout, H10797 [3OC]

Better Way To Aid Banks, S10412 [2OC], H10633 [29SE]

Carbon Bill Isn't the Answer, S4905 [3JN]

Caribbean Conference Initiative, From Brooklyn to Wall Street—Rangel, Great Friend of Caricom Sees Opportunity for Diaspora To Display Pride and for Leaders To Pursue Paths for Economic Expansion, E1231 [13JN]

Carris Reels Wins `Company of Year' Award, S5034 [4JN]

Chrysler Building on the Block, H5303 [11JN]

Citigroup May Cut Thousands of Jobs, H262 [16JA]

Cold Water on River Plan, H6592 [16JY]

Commentary—Manufacturers Know All About Economic Collapse, E2227 [3OC]

Credit Crunch—Emergency Scheme To Help Cash-Strapped Homeowners, H6555 [15JY]

Deals With Iraq Are Set To Bring Oil Giants Back, H5781 [20JN]

Democrats Against Drilling, S7235, S7237 [24JY]

Don't Like Bailouts? Consider the Alternatives, E1772 [11SE]

Drill Deeper, S5980 [24JN]

Economic Development Has ``No Barriers'' in Cramer's View, E2004 [25SE]

FARC's Guardian Angel, S1791 [10MR]

FISA Fix for Lawyers, H1759 [14MR]

Food Price Rises Threaten Efforts To Cut Poverty, H2326 [15AP]

For Pelosi, a Fight Against Offshore Drilling, H7651 [31JY]

Foreclosure Victim, 90, Apparently Shoots Self, H10766 [3OC]

Free Colombia—A Trade Pact Everyone Can Love, H1874 [1AP], H1945 [2AP]

Free Trade in Thugs—Getting Tougher With Right-Wing Warlords, H4156 [20MY]

Gas Price Follies, S7544 [28JY]

Gas Prices Force Business Owners To Clamp Down, H4986 [5JN]

Gas Prices Fuel Dip in Fishing; Charter Operations, Bait Shops Feeling Economic Pinch, H4986 [5JN]

Gas Prices We Deserve, S5495 [11JN]

Global Reach—U.S. Corporate Interests in Colombia (excerpt), H2126 [9AP]

Goodbye Capitalism, H6556 [15JY]

Government Is Too Big Not To Fail, E2215 [3OC]

Historic Caribbean Community Conference in NY—Caricom Leaders Deserve Enthusiastic Red Carpet Welcome, E1232 [13JN]

Holding Telecoms Hostage—A Risky Game, H511 [29JA]

Housing Bill Hammers Taxpayers, S7495 [26JY]

How To Save the Financial System, H10632 [29SE]

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

Irrational Policy Part of the Show, H4335 [21MY]

Isaac—Banking Crisis? What Banking Crisis?, H10385 [29SE]

Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up, S6497 [9JY]

It Takes Black Gold To Get to Green Future, S5980 [24JN]

JFK Stimulus Plan, S104 [22JA]

Jobs Post Biggest Drop in 5 Years (excerpt), H1434 [10MR]

Killing a Trade Pact, H1874 [1AP], H1945 [2AP]

Korean Free-Trade Pact Important for Washington, E815 [5MY]

Latin America Wants Free Trade, S8158 [9SE]

Let's Shoot the Speculators!, S6916 [17JY]

McCain Criticizes Obama's Opposition to NAFTA, H6000 [24JN]

Miller Is a Builder and a Giver, S10635 [19NO]

National Upheaval, Local Shudders—Credit Woes Convulse Plans of Cities, Towns, H10762 [3OC]

Nationalizing Detroit, E2278 [19NO]

NMSDC President To Retire in 2009, E1260 [18JN]

No Immunity—Senate Veers Off Track in Its Surveillance Bill, H1759 [14MR]

Offshore Drilling, E1580, E1582 [29JY]

Offshore Drilling Won't Affect Prices Much, EIA Says, H6096 [26JN]

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

Overseers Plan for Unprecedented Task, E2215 [3OC]

Oversight Provisions, E2215 [3OC]

Pelosi Vows To Block Offshore Drilling Vote, H7652 [31JY]

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

Recapitalise the Banking System, H10796 [3OC]

Regulating Wall Street, H10631 [29SE]

Reid Won't Allow Offshore Vote in Senate, H7653 [31JY]

Rescue Plan—Direct Capital Investments Would Be Better for Both Markets and Taxpayers, H10797 [3OC]

Rescuing Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac Is Nonsense, S7468 [25JY]

Right Financial Fix, H8709 [23SE]

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

Slow Rise for a New Era, S10411 [2OC]

Strategy To Promote Healthy Globalisation, E858 [8MY]

Surging Prices Pump Up Oil Giant's Record $40.6B Profit, H596 [6FE]

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

They Just Don't Get It, S10124 [30SE]

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

Time for the Colombia Trade Pact, H2338 [15AP]

Too Much Money Is Beyond Legal Reach, S10459 [2OC]

Traders Manipulated Oil Prices—U.S., S7240 [24JY]

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

Trickle-Up Bailout, S10410 [2OC]

Truth About McCain and Insurance Taxes, S10164 [30SE]

Uniting Around Food To Save an Ailing Town, S10727 [20NO]

Webb Splits With Obama Over Drilling, H7652 [31JY]

When Caribbean Sovereign Nations Come to Town It's About Economic Development, E1232 [13JN]

When Giants Fall—Shutdown of One or More U.S. Automakers Could Eliminate up to 3.3 Million U.S. Jobs, H10917 [10DE]

Why America Needs a Little Less Laissez-Faire, E92 [29JA]

You Can't Soak the Rich, S4428 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: require certain labeling of unsolicited commercial mail (see H.R. 5895), H2758 [24AP]

Africa: establish partnerships between businesses and postsecondary educational institutions in developing countries to increase economic freedom and competitiveness, promote civil society, and improve quality of life (see H.R. 5836), H2485 [17AP]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: amend relative to lesser developed countries (see H.R. 5059), H349 [17JA]

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

———protect farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 6637), H7306 [29JY]

———provide farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural entities with the opportunity to provide input into Federal rulemakings (see S. 2691), S1521 [4MR]

———provide for country of origin labeling for dairy products (see S. 3653), S10069 [29SE]

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

———prohibit funding for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract unless certain conditions are met (see S. 3203), S6285 [26JN] (see H.R. 6426), H6176 [26JN]

Air pollution: distribute proceeds from greenhouse gas emissions allowance auctions to low and moderate income households to offset losses caused by greenhouse gas emissions regulation (see H.R. 7194), H10300 [27SE]

———provide for creation of a Federal greenhouse gas registry (see H.R. 6877), H8048 [11SE]

Alaska: establish a grant program to encourage retooling of entities in the timber industry (see S. 3696), S10659 [19NO]

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

———recognize importance of the U.S. wine industry to the American economy (see H. Con. Res. 429), H9974 [25SE]

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

American Cybersecurity Commission: establish (see H.R. 7007), H9083 [23SE]

American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 421), S207 [23JA]

Amtrak: increase availability of domestically manufactured passenger cars for intercity rail service (see S. 3360), S7629 [29JY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see S. 3519), S9025 [18SE] (see H.R. 6949), H8475 [18SE]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (see S. 3086), S5204 [5JN] (see H.R. 5546), H1416 [6MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (see S. 3689), S10578 [17NO]

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] (see H.R. 6326), H5729 [19JN]

Augusta, GA: anniversary of Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce (see H. Res. 949), H557 [29JA]

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

———exempt certain charitable flights from certain regulations applicable to commercial flights (see S. 3553), S9414 [24SE]

———improve quality of airline services (see H.R. 6355), H6009 [24JN]

———provide incentives for the production and use of unconventional aviation fuels (see H.R. 6131), H4829 [22MY]

———require air carriers and ticket brokers to notify consumers of taxes, fees, charges, and fuel surcharges in a timely manner (see S. 3736), S10946 [11DE]

———require air carriers to establish reduced air fares and more flexible terms for members of the Armed Forces on active duty (see H.R. 6446), H6342 [9JY]

———require air carriers to waive certain baggage fees for members of the uniformed services traveling under orders (see H.R. 6985), H8577 [22SE]

Bankruptcy: provide that claims arising from high cost consumer credit transactions shall be subordinated to all other claims (see S. 3259), S6650 [14JY]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 930), H349 [17JA]

CERCLA: authorize funding for brownfields revitalization and State response programs (see H.R. 5336), H868 [12FE]

CFTC: cooperate with United Kingdom Financial Services Authority to establish position limits on oil futures traded on the International Exchange similar to those on the New York Mercantile Exchange (see H. Res. 1289), H5729 [19JN]

———curb role of excessive speculation in contract markets involving energy futures or swaps and eliminate excessive speculation or other activity causing major energy market disturbances (see S. 3205), S6285 [26JN] (see H.R. 6377), H6173 [26JN]

———develop and impose aggregate position limits on certain large over-the-counter transactions and classes of large over-the-counter transactions (see S. 3671), S10324 [1OC]

———improve transparency in energy futures markets and provide authority over off-exchange retail foreign currency transactions (see H.R. 5768), H2223 [10AP]

———prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation and increase transparency with respect to energy trading on foreign exchanges conducted within the U.S. (see S. 3129), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6284), H5481 [17JN]

———provide for oversight of large trades of over-the-counter energy and agricultural contracts to prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation (see S. 3255), S6604 [11JY]

———provide greater resources and authority to improve transparency and accountability in the energy futures markets (see S. 3130), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6334), H5796 [20JN] (see H.R. 6349), H5864 [23JN]

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] (see H. Res. 1332), H6406 [10JY]

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

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 3628), S9657 [26SE]

Clean Air Act: waive applicable volume requirement for renewable fuels if the applicable volume is not technologically feasible or the fuel is not commercially available in the required volume (see H.R. 6136), H4829 [22MY]

Clean Energy Fund: establish (see H.R. 6155), H4830 [22MY]

Climate: distribute emission allowances to facilities in certain industrial sectors to prevent an increase in greenhouse gas emissions by facilities in countries without commensurate greenhouse gas regulation (see H.R. 7146), H10130 [26SE]

Colorado: provide for orderly and balanced development of energy resources within the Roan Plateau Planning Area (see S. 2879), S3144 [17AP] (see H.R. 5851), H2486 [17AP]

Commission on Women's Business Ownership: establish (see H.R. 5672), H1888 [1AP]

Committee on Financial Bailouts (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 1452), H8396 [17SE]

Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting (Senate, Special): establish (see S. Res. 437), S492 [30JA]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 6604), H7163 [24JY] (see H.R. 6976), H8476 [18SE]

———bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), consideration (see H. Res. 1449), H8396 [17SE]

———clarify treatment of certain commodity futures contracts and financial instruments purchases relative to limits on excessisve speculation established by the CFTC (see S. 3248), S6560 [10JY]

———enhance oil trading transparency (see S. 2995), S3975 [8MY]

———ensure the application of speculation limits to speculators in energy markets (see S. 3131), S5592 [12JN]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (see S. 3577), S9492 [25SE]

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

———provide for regulation of energy derivatives (see H.R. 6341), H5796 [20JN]

———provide for the regulation of oil commodities markets (see S. 3122), S5592 [12JN]

———reduce speculation in crude oil markets (see S. 3183), S6019 [24JN] (see H.R. 6279), H5481 [17JN]

———reestablish standards to provide for regulation of energy commodity futures markets (see H.R. 6372), H6089 [25JN]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (see S. 3134), S5592 [12JN]

Communications Act: reform collection and distribution of universal service support provisions (see H.R. 6356), H6009 [24JN]

Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see H. Res. 1477), H8578 [22SE]

Consumer Credit Safety Commission: establish (see S. 3629), S9657 [26SE]

Contracts: ensure efficiency and fairness in awarding of Federal contracts in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 3703), S10659 [19NO]

———ensure greater accountability and transparency in the Federal contracting process (see S. 3139), S5657 [16JN]

———ensure greater transparency in the Federal contracting process and help prevent contractors that violate criminal laws from obtaining Federal contracts (see S. 2916), S3401 [24AP]

———extend requirement for certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 5596), H1618 [12MR]

———improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts and assistance and strengthen accountability of Government-wide suspension and debarment system (see S. 2904), S3401 [24AP]

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

———provide for full and open competition for Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 3702), S10659 [19NO]

———repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 7185), H10299 [27SE]

———require disclosure by defense contractors of information on former Dept. of Defense officials (see H.R. 7168), H10131 [26SE]

———require disclosure by Federal contractors of certain violations relative to the award or performance of Federal contracts (see S. 2905), S3401 [24AP] (see H.R. 5712), H2011 [3AP]

———require the consent of both automobile dealers and consumers to enter into automobile sales and lease contracts with binding arbitration clauses (see H.R. 5312), H812 [7FE]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (see S. 3649), S10069 [29SE] (see H.R. 7084), H9973 [25SE]

Corporations: reduce internal auditing reporting and certification burdens for certain financial institutions (see S. 2703), S1596 [5MR]

———require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (see S. 2956), S3698 [1MY]

———require officers to repay bonus amounts received during a year in which their company is subject to a taxpayer bailout, as well as the two previous years (see H.R. 6987), H8577 [22SE]

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

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

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

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

———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), S733 [6FE]

———establish requirements for private lenders to protect student borrowers receiving private educational loans (see S. 2894), S3206 [21AP]

———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]

———permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures to take remedial action and require home mortgage servicers to provide notice of any upcoming reset of interest rates (see S. 3738), S10946 [11DE] (see H.R. 6076), H4060 [15MY]

———recognize disparities associated with predatory lending abuses in minority communities and ensure nondiscriminatory mortgage practices (see H. Con. Res. 391), H6727 [17JY]

———remove an impediment to troubled debt restructuring on the part of holders of residential mortgage loans (see H.R. 5579), H1538 [11MR]

Credit cards: impose a cap on interest rates charged on consumer accounts (see H.R. 5988), H3186 [7MY]

———limit amount of interchange fee imposed on sale of motor vehicle fuel (see H.R. 6620), H7164 [24JY]

———prevent unfair practices in accounts (see H.R. 5280), H812 [7FE]

———protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing debt, unfair practices, and deceptive offers (see S. 2753), S1999 [12MR]

Crime: combat, deter, and punish individuals and enterprises engaged in organized crime involving theft and interstate fencing of stolen retail merchandise (see H.R. 6491), H6576 [15JY]

———combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (see S. 3434), S8035 [1AU]

———enable increased Federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and allow restitution to victims of identity theft (see H.R. 6060), H3885 [14MY]

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

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

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

———provide for more effective enforcement of prohibition on interstate shipment of stolen property (see H.R. 6713), H7785 [31JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: waiver of prevailing wage reguirements for certain nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 6317), H5729 [19JN]

DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (see H.R. 5619), H1701 [13MR]

Defense Production Act: extend and reauthorize (see H.R. 6894), H8127 [15SE]

Dept. of Commerce: create an Office of Domestic Product Promotion (see H.R. 6573), H6824 [22JY]

———establish an award program to honor achievements in nanotechnology (see S. 3269), S6868 [16JY] (see H.R. 6661), H7627 [30JY]

Dept. of Defense: expand whistleblower protections to contract employees who report abuses to their superiors (see H.R. 6303), H5580 [18JN]

———provide an evaluation factor for defense contractors employing or subcontracting with recipients of certain special immigrant visas (see H.R. 6043), H3776 [13MY]

Dept. of Energy: enter into cooperative agreements with private entities to obtain construction and operating licenses for used nuclear fuel storage and recycling facilities (see S. 3215), S6285 [26JN]

———establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (see S. 3618), S9657 [26SE]

———establish Pulp and Paper Energy Security Task Force (see H.R. 7101), H9973 [25SE]

Dept. of HHS: require removal of Social Security account numbers from Medicare identification cards and communications provided to beneficiaries (see S. 3512), S8948 [17SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend and improve the effectiveness of the employment eligibility confirmation program (see S. 3093), S5204 [5JN]

———extend other transaction authority (see S. 3328), S7278 [24JY]

———make permanent the E-Verify Program (see H.R. 6008), H3402 [8MY]

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

———use an employer's failure to timely resolve discrepancies with the SSA after receiving a ``no match'' notice as evidence of violation of immigration law (see S. 2710), S1596 [5MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Joint Task Force on Financial Crimes (see S. 3677), S10324 [1OC]

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

———establish the Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force (see S. 3081), S5039 [4JN]

———provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs (see S. 3016), S4182 [14MY] (see S. 3074), S4893 [2JN] (see H.R. 6120), H4453 [21MY]

Dept. of Labor: certify certain groups of workers to apply for trade adjustment assistance if their firm sells articles which are related to articles that were previously the basis for such certification (see H.R. 6442), H6229 [8JY]

Dept. of State: conduct ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of sanctions against Iran (see H.R. 5084), H352 [18JA]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in establishment of an industrial history interpretive center and museum in Bethlehem, PA (see H.R. 6703), H7785 [31JY]

———conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California and to provide a water supply (see H.R. 6994), H8577 [22SE]

———conduct an expeditious environmentally responsible program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserves in Alaska (see H.R. 6515), H6673 [16JY]

———establish a program to facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities (see H.R. 6992), H8577 [22SE]

———improve administration of the Minerals Management Service (see S. 3543), S9280 [23SE] (see S. 3556), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 7211), H10330 [28SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow waiver of tax penalties for failure to disclose reportable transactions (see S. 3121), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6266), H5407 [12JN]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see H.J. Res. 101), H10844 [19NO]

———establish an Office of Foreclosure Evaluation (see S. 3686), S10578 [17NO]

———establish the Orange Juice Promotion and Production Improvement Trust Fund (see H.R. 5189), H556 [29JA]

———impose limits on the exercise of certain actions under any law that authorizes the purchase of troubled assets (see H.R. 7119), H10129 [26SE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 18), S10742 (see S. 3716), S10743 [20NO] (see S. 3731), S10881 [10DE] (see H.R. 7333), H10975 [10DE]

———provide for the licensing of Internet skill game facilities by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see S. 3616), S9657 [26SE]

———provide for Troubled Asset Relief Program purchase of vacant properties by regional public-private partnerships to retain value, stabilize communities, and minimize impact on taxpayers (H.R. 7189) (see H.R. 7189), H10299 [27SE]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S. 3683), S10578 [17NO] (see S. 3694, 3697), S10659 [19NO] (see H.R. 7276), H10844 [19NO]

———terminate authority to purchase troubled assets, make insurance of troubled mortgage-backed securities available for purchase, and provide incentives to reinvest foreign earnings in the U.S. (see H.R. 7305), H10856 [20NO]

———terminate authority to purchase troubled assets and make a portion of unused funding for such program available to meet critical U.S. infrastructure needs (see H.R. 7306), H10856 [20NO]

Dept. of Transportation: develop procedures for permitting car rental companies to have limited access to information in the National Driver Register (see H.R. 6775), H7805 [1AU]

———establish and collect a fee based on value of imported and exported articles and use such fees to carry out transportation projects in trade corridors where the fee is collected (see H.R. 5102), H454 [23JA]

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

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

———require certain air carriers of foreign air transportation to disclose the nature and source of delays and cancellations experienced by air travelers (see H.R. 7337), H10975 [10DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: include in each goods and services contract a provision requiring contractee compliance with goals and preferences for veteran-owned or controlled small businesses (see H.R. 6221), H5213 [10JN]

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

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): establish an earned import allowance program (see H.R. 6560), H6824 [22JY]

Drugs: prohibit the manufacture, marketing, sale, or shipment of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test (see H.R. 6486), H6472 [14JY]

Ecology and environment: reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and direct revenues to public interests (see H.R. 6316), H5728 [19JN]

Economy: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (see H.R. 7321), H10975 [10DE]

———authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), consideration (see H. Res. 1534), H10975 [10DE]

———encourage energy efficiency, infrastructure and workforce investment, and homeownership retention, and provide certain business tax relief and incentives (see S. 3119), S5592 [12JN]

———encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to invest in renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services (see H. Res. 987), H994 [14FE]

———encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (see H. Res. 977), H870 [12FE]

———establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (see S. 3522), S9025 [18SE]

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

———improve and expand the Social Security system as the social safety net to meet the needs of the current economy and labor market and improve skills of the U.S. workforce (see H. Con. Res. 420), H8477 [18SE]

———limit compensation for executives at companies that receive Federal bailout funds (see S. 3693), S10659 [19NO]

———promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure (see S. 3725), S10881 [10DE]

———promote homeownership, manufacturing, and economic growth (see S. 12), S1419 [29FE]

———proposed Government bailout of automobile industry (see H.R. 7297), H10856 [20NO]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and authorize loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers (see S. 3688), S10578 [17NO]

———provide for financial market investigation, oversight, and reform (see S. 3652), S10069 [29SE]

———provide grants to middle and low-income consumers to purchase new domestically manufactured automobiles if that consumer owns, and turns into the dealer, an older, less fuel-efficient automobile (see S. 3737), S10946 [11DE]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (see H.R. 5140), H479 [28JA]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), consideration—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 941), H478 [28JA] (see H. Res. 955), H620 [6FE]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see H.R. 6110), H4453 [21MY]

———stimulate and provide financial relief to low-income families (see H.R. 6152), H4830 [22MY]

———suspend capital gains tax, schedule government-sponsored enterprises for privatization, repeal Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act, and suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements (see H.R. 7223), H10641 [29SE]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 6856), H8018 [10SE]

Electronics: anniversary of the successful demonstration of the first integrated circuit (see H. Res. 1471), H8577 [22SE]

Employment: create an electronic employment eligibility verification system to ensure that all U.S. workers are legally able to work (see H.R. 6782), H7806 [1AU]

———encourage employers to give veterans a holiday on Veterans Day (see H. Res. 969), H813 [7FE]

———evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries (see H.R. 6633), H7306 [29JY]

———evaluate certain certification programs (see S. 3461), S8275 [10SE]

———extend and expand the E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 6454), H6405 [10JY]

———increase incentives to hire qualified ex-felons, reduce work opportunity tax credit application backlog, enhance Federal bonding program, and authorize employment-focused re-entry projects (see S. 2800), S2346 [2AP]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 3368), S7780 [30JY]

———provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (see H.R. 5873), H2552 [22AP]

———require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see S. 3648), S10069 [29SE] (see H.R. 6111), H4453 [21MY]

———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), S2133 [13MR] (see H.R. 5602), H1700 [13MR]

Energy Policy Act: repeal certain mandatory royalty relief incentives for the oil and gas industries on the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 2922), S3442 [28AP]

EPA: conduct study on black carbon emissions (see S. 3489), S8528 [15SE]

Executive Office of the President: establish Office of Trade Promotion (see H.R. 5883), H2657 [23AP]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: allow private sector employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay (see H.R. 6025), H3776 [13MY]

———increase penalties for violations of child labor laws (see H.R. 6861), H8018 [10SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: permit a family member of a wounded veteran to take leave after a lesser period of service with an employer (see H.R. 5090), H389 [22JA]

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investigative Commission: establish (see H.R. 6990), H8577 [22SE]

FBI: authorize additional field agents to investigate financial crimes (see S. 3704), S10659 [19NO]

FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (see S.J. Res. 28), S1597 [5MR] (see H.J. Res. 79), H1702 [13MR]

———establish broadband policy and conduct public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 5353), H869 [12FE]

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

———clarify priority review voucher laws (see S. 3151), S5753 [18JN]

———implement safeguards in direct-to-consumer advertising following FDA approval of prescription drugs and medical devices (see H.R. 6151), H4830 [22MY]

Financial institutions: provide for reform of fair value accounting standards (see H.R. 7190), H10300 [27SE]

Financial Oversight Commission: establish (see H.R. 7275), H10844 [19NO]

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

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

———require background checks for employees of a licensed firearms business authorized to possess or transfer firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 6676), H7628 [30JY]

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), S970 [13FE] (see H.R. 5404), H942 [13FE]

———extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 5425), H942 [13FE]

———include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen in certain collective marketing associations (see S. 2803), S2346 [2AP] (see H.R. 5850), H2486 [17AP]

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

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 6235), H5327 [11JN]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 2784), S2133 [13MR]

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

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

Foreign countries: require disclosure of payments to foreign governments for the extraction of natural resources and allow shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks (see S. 3389), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6066), H4059 [15MY]

———require report on business and investment climates (see H.R. 7193), H10300 [27SE]

Foreign policy: support international diplomatic initiative to limit inefficient speculation on international energy exchanges through adoption of standards for energy futures trading margin requirements (see H. Res. 1278), H5481 [17JN]

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

———enhance reliability of information in the Automated Export System (see H.R. 5828), H2485 [17AP]

———establish congressional review of Presidential decisions on ITC recommendations for relief for businesses jeopardized by a surge of Chinese imports (see H.R. 5960), H3049 [5MY]

FRS: prohibit Board of Governors from making funds available at a discount rate to private individuals, partnerships, and corporations (see S. 3510), S8948 [17SE]

FTC: explicitly prohibit the sending of text messages containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 5769), H2223 [10AP]

———investigate rise in gasoline prices relative to speculator manipulation of the financial markets (see H.R. 6647), H7307 [29JY]

———reauthorize (see S. 2831), S2743 [8AP]

GAO: conduct study on consolidation of gasoline refiners, importers, producers, and wholesalers with retail sellers (see H.R. 6012), H3402 [8MY]

Gasoline: stabilize prices (see S. 3202), S6285 [26JN]

General Motors Corp.: anniversary (see H. Res. 1445), H8276 [16SE]

Global Entrepreneurship Week: designate (see H. Res. 1017), H1220 [4MR]

Government regulations: 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), S10659 [19NO]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term certain for conservatorships and provide conditions for continued operation and eventual dissolution of certain enterprises (see H.R. 7094), H9973 [25SE]

———prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see S. 3458), S8179 [9SE] (see S. Res. 658), S8479 [12SE] (see H.R. 6864), H8018 [10SE]

———prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unless specifically authorized by law (see H.R. 6907), H8127 [15SE]

———suspend contributions to Housing Trust Fund during conservatorship of such enterprises and repay costs of such conservatorship and HOPE for Homeowners loan program (see H.R. 6955), H8476 [18SE]

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

Haiti: provide for professional exchanges with Haiti (see H.R. 6255), H5406 [12JN]

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

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

Health: ensure a sufficient supply of vaccines (see H.R. 4991), H294 [16JA]

———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), S2345 [2AP] (see H.R. 5918), H2852 [29AP] (see H.R. 6210), H5110 [9JN]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1156), H2851 [29AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), technical corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 340), H3018 [1MY]

———recognize importance of workplace wellness as a strategy to help maximize employees' health and well being (see S. Res. 673), S9204 [22SE]

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

Health care professionals: provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (see S. 3396), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6752), H7787 [31JY]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 1489), H9083 [23SE] (see H. Res. 1533), H10866 [9DE]

Housing: address foreclosure crisis and revitalize neighborhoods (see S. 2791), S2295 [1AP]

———aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis (see S. 2734), S1741 [7MR]

———provide assistance to States for foreclosure mitigation counseling activities and increased Community Development Block Grant Program assistance (see H.R. 5572), H1445 [10MR]

———provide needed housing reform (see S. 2636), S970 [13FE] (see H.R. 5857), H2551 [22AP]

Illinois: commend Federal and local law enforcement for illegal immigration crackdown in Chicago area and urge implementation of employee verification technology (see H. Res. 1380), H7164 [24JY]

Immigration: admit for permanent residence certain aliens who have postgraduate degrees in certain fields of study and allow an exemption from H-1B nonimmigrant numerical limitations (see H.R. 7184), H10299 [27SE]

———eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories (see H.R. 5921), H2852 [29AP]

———establish procedures for issuance of ``no match'' letters to employers by the SSA and notification of the Dept. of Homeland Security regarding such letters (see H.R. 5732), H2069 [8AP]

———extend EB-5 regional center program (see S. 2751), S1999 [12MR] (see H.R. 5569), H1445 [10MR]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 5233), H621 [6FE] (see H.R. 5495), H1073 [26FE]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (H.R. 1843), consideration (see H. Res. 1025), H1417 [6MR]

———extend the returning worker exemption to the H-2B numerical limitation (see H.R. 5849), H2486 [17AP]

———improve enforcement of laws prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens (see S. 2711), S1597 [5MR]

———increase number of H-1B visas (see H.R. 5642), H1770 [14MR]

———increase penalties for employing illegal aliens (see H.R. 5706), H2011 [3AP]

———modify certain requirements with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 5630), H1701 [13MR]

———provide emergency relief for businesses that currently employ temporary foreign workers (see S. 2839), S2944 [10AP]

———require prospective employers of H-1B nonimmigrants to participate in an educational, training, or mentorship program for U.S. workers (see H.R. 5726), H2069 [8AP]

Income: require greater disclosure of senior corporate officer compensation (see S. 2866), S3026 [15AP]

India: initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement and pursue negotiations for international reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers (see H. Res. 928), H349 [17JA]

Insurance: ensure that third party review is available whenever health insurance coverage in the individual market is terminated (see S. 3559), S9415 [24SE]

———impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (see S. 2706), S1596 [5MR] (see H.R. 6528), H6725 [17JY]

———require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to plan sponsors and clearly communicated to plan participants and beneficiaries (see H.R. 6908), H8275 [16SE]

Intellectual property: enhance remedies for violations of laws (see S. 3325), S7278 [24JY]

International corporations: strengthen liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign entities (see H.R. 6361), H6009 [24JN]

International Whaling Commission: end commercial, coastal, and community-based whaling and strengthen whale conservation efforts (see S. Con. Res. 86), S4969 [3JN] (see H. Con. Res. 350), H3885 [14MY]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (see S. Res. 564), S4182 [14MY]

Iran: impose sanctions (see S. 3227), S6362 [7JY]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (see S. 3445), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 7112), H10129 [26SE]

IRS: repeal Treasury Notice relative to treatment of losses and deductions attributable to loans or bad debts of banks after ownership changes of such banks (see S. 3692), S10659 [19NO]

Labor-Management Relations Act: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 6477), H6406 [10JY]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: provide specified civil penalties for violations (see S. 2878), S3144 [17AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: prohibit offices from entering into certain contracts with any contractor who does not participate in the employment eligibility verification program (see H.R. 5731), H2069 [8AP]

———require offices to meet a threshold for participation by small businesses owned and controlled by certain disabled veterans in procurement contracts (see H.R. 5037), H348 [17JA]

Liability Risk Retention Act: increase insurance competition and available coverage for consumers (see H.R. 5792), H2354 [15AP]

Lobbying Disclosure Act: require disclosure of political intelligence activities (see H.R. 5617), H1701 [13MR]

Lobbyists: require individuals who represent foreign politicians, political parties, or other foreign entities to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (see S. 3123), S5592 [12JN]

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 82), S4029 [12MY]

Macy's, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 1473), H8578 [22SE]

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

———limit prescription drug program premium increases to no more than Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and require Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 5317), H812 [7FE]

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

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

Minimum wage: condition further increases applicable to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands on a Dept. of Labor determination that such increases will not adversely impact territorial economies (see H.R. 5154), H555 [29JA]

Missouri River: honor historical significance of and reaffirm support for commercial navigation (see H. Res. 1012), H1188 [3MR]

Mondavi, Robert G.: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 84), S4793 [22MY] (see H. Con. Res. 365), H4831 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: amend definition of commercial motor vehicle to exclude certain farm vehicles (see S. 3271), S6868 [16JY]

———determine the maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based on certain gasoline price level projections (see S. 3403), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6643), H7307 [29JY]

———increase average fuel economy of light-duty vehicles in the Federal fleet (see H.R. 5860), H2551 [22AP]

———increase standard mileage rate for certain tax deductions for the use of an automobile and temporarily increase reimbursement rate for use of an automobile by Federal employees (see S. 3032), S4375 [19MY] (see H.R. 6283), H5481 [17JN]

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

———require a large majority of automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol or methanol, or biodiesel (see S. 3303), S7030 [22JY] (see H.R. 6559), H6824 [22JY]

———require all automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to be equipped with a real time and average fuel economy display (see S. 3054), S4792 [22MY]

———require manufacturers to increase the percentage of automobiles that are capable of operating on higher-level blends of renewable fuels in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel (see S. 3485), S8479 [12SE]

———require that any automobile manufactured after a certain model year be an alternative fueled automobile (see H.R. 6231), H5214 [10JN]

National Advertising Specialty Day: designate (see S. Res. 722), S10812 [8DE]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 5611), H1700 [13MR]

National Commission on the Financial Collapse and Recovery: establish (see H.R. 7104), H9973 [25SE]

National Consumer Protection Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 973), H870 [12FE]

National Energy Efficiency Development Administration: establish (see S. 2925), S3442 [28AP]

National Information and Referral Services Day: designate (see H. Res. 985), H943 [13FE]

National Innovation Council: establish (see S. 3078), S4969 [3JN]

National Miner's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1006), H1183 [28FE]

National Plumbing Industry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1082), H2069 [8AP]

National Save for Retirement Week: designate (see S. Res. 601), S6158 [25JN]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1294), H5864 [23JN]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 524), S3257 [22AP]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act: improve process of reallocation of spectrum from Federal government uses to commercial uses (see H.R. 7207), H10330 [28SE]

National Workforce Development Professionals Month: designate (see H. Res. 1164), H2853 [29AP]

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

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

NIH: enhance public and private research efforts to develop new tools and therapies that prevent, detect, and cure diseases (see S. 2988), S3891 [7MY]

Nord, Eric: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7030 [22JY]

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

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

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]

OPM: allow companies who offer non-Governmentwide service benefit health care plans to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4932), H293 [16JA]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow State governors to petition for increased energy exploration off their coast and allow for revenue sharing on new areas of production if price of gasoline reaches a certain level (see S. 3146), S5753 [18JN]

———authorize and expedite oil and gas lease sales (see S. 3646), S10004 [27SE]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (see H.R. 6302), H5580 [18JN] (see H.R. 6529), H6726 [17JY] (see H.R. 7030), H9084 [23SE] (see H. Res. 1282), H5580 [18JN]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions and allow State governors to petition for increased energy exploration off their coast (see H.R. 6418), H6175 [26JN]

———prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off of Florida (see H.R. 5861), H2551 [22AP]

———provide for State enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources and expansion of natural gas and oil supplies (see H.R. 6428), H6228 [8JY]

Patents: create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture (see H.R. 5638), H1701 [13MR]

Pelosi, Speaker: express support for revealing of commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices (see H. Res. 1135), H2658 [23AP]

Pension Protection Act: exempt longstanding nonfunctionally-integrated supporting organizations from certain holding and payout requirements (see H.R. 6227), H5214 [10JN]

———technical corrections (see H.R. 6382), H6174 [26JN] (see H.R. 7242), H10699 [2OC] (see H.R. 7327), H10975 [10DE]

———technical corrections relative to ERISA (see H.R. 6143), H4830 [22MY]

Pensions: provide necessary reforms for employee pension benefit plans (see H.R. 5754), H2150 [9AP]

Petroleum: encourage oil companies to build additional refining capacity on existing refinery campuses (see H. Con. Res. 346), H3403 [8MY]

———establish an interagency working group to identify factors that affect pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products and make appropriate recommendations (see H.R. 6238), H5327 [11JN]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see H.R. 6074), H4060 [15MY]

———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 6139), H4830 [22MY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 6353), H6009 [24JN]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see H.R. 6673), H7628 [30JY]

———coordinate efforts in the development of viable efficient alternative fuel technologies to assist automakers in meeting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 5917), H2852 [29AP]

———establish national renewable energy standard and extend and create renewable energy tax incentives (see S. 2642), S1054 [14FE]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see S. 3679), S10486 [2OC]

———expedite exploration and development of oil and gas from Federal lands (see H.R. 6379), H6173 [26JN]

———facilitate participation of private capital and skills in development, commercialization, and market penetration of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies (see S. 2730), S1703 [6MR]

———leverage market forces to bring greater efficiency and capacity to domestic refineries and to bring new sources of domestic energy to market (see H.R. 6009), H3402 [8MY]

———open and preserve access to oil and gas deposits to increase refining capacity and the supply of fuel (see S. 3280), S6937 [17JY]

———open certain Federal lands to leasing for exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources (see H.R. 6715), H7785 [31JY]

———open Outer Continental shelf areas to oil and gas leasing, curb excessive energy speculation, and require Strategic Petroleum Reserve sale and acquisitions of certain fuels (see H.R. 6670), H7628 [30JY]

———prevent excessive speculation in derivatives markets for certain energy commodities by limiting participation to those capable of producing or taking delivery of the commodities (see H.R. 6264), H5407 [12JN]

———promote development of advanced energy systems to increase U.S. competitiveness in the world energy technology marketplace (see S. 3233), S6441 [8JY] (see H.R. 7018), H9084 [23SE]

———promote energy independence and security (see S. 3240), S6560 [10JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1363), H6824 [22JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1175), H3108 [6MY]

———promote energy security (see H.R. 6412), H6175 [26JN]

———promote green energy production (see S. 2940), S3594 [30AP]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 6346), H5864 [23JN]

———provide for U.S. energy independence (see H.R. 6161), H4830 [22MY]

———provide market incentives to produce and deploy alternative energy solutions and reduce dependence on foreign oil (see H.R. 6385), H6174 [26JN]

———repeal certain incentives and subsidies for renewable fuels (see H.R. 5911), H2852 [29AP]

———study effects of speculation in the futures markets on cash market, prices, and trading venue, and issue notice of proposed rulemaking on foreign regulation of futures and derivatives trading (see H.R. 6130), H4829 [22MY]

———study measures to achieve energy independence without adversely affecting the environment (see H.R. 6484), H6472 [14JY]

———terminate or suspend Federal restrictions on exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or oil shale and facilitate construction of new oil refineries (see H.R. 6463), H6405 [10JY] (see H.R. 6717), H7785 [31JY]

———terminate prohibitions on leasing of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas (see H.R. 6593), H7163 [24JY]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (see H.R. 5228), H620 [6FE]

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

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

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

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 3264), S6722 [15JY]

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

Railroads: designate a rail right-of-way as a corridor for inter-suburban commuter rail (see H.R. 6476), H6406 [10JY]

Real estate: prohibit home equity conversion mortgage lenders from requiring seniors to purchase annuities with reverse mortgages proceeds and provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage borrowers (see H.R. 5758), H2223 [10AP]

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen copper (see S. 3666), S10324 [1OC] (see H.R. 6831), H7808 [1AU]

Reinsurance International Solvency Standards Evaluation Board: establish (see H.R. 6213), H5110 [9JN]

Roads and highways: recognize benefits of transportation improvements along U.S. Route 36 to Colorado communities and businesses (see S. Res. 639), S7905 [31JY] (see H. Res. 1408), H7788 [31JY]

SBA: conduct pilot program to raise awareness about telework among small business employers and encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees (see H.R. 5217), H556 [29JA]

———establish a Small Business Information Security Task Force (see S. 3102), S5390 [9JN] (see H.R. 6206), H5110 [9JN]

———establish the Office of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change and the Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse (see H.R. 5402), H870 [12FE]

———extend term for participating in 8(a) business development program for small businesses affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 3285), S6937 [17JY]

———make improvements to women's procurement program (see S. 2608), S784 [7FE]

———reauthorize and improve financing and entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 2920), S3402 [24AP]

———reauthorize women's entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 3262), S6650 [14JY]

———stabilize the small business lending market (see S. 3596), S9493 [25SE]

SEC: enhance effectiveness of enforcement, corporation finance, trading and markets, investment management, and examination programs (see H.R. 6513), H6673 [16JY]

———establish a process by which asset-backed instruments can be deemed eligible for nationally recognized statistical rating organization ratings and a list of such eligible asset-backed instruments (see H.R. 6482), H6472 [14JY]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (see H.R. 6517), H6673 [16JY]

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

Senate: continue certain Federal employee benefits for certain employees of the Senate Restaurants after operations of the restaurants are contracted to a private business concern (see S. 2967), S3699 [1MY]

Senior citizens: improve employability (see S. 2933), S3507 [29AP]

Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 6272), H5407 [12JN]

Shipping industry: require that fuel surcharges collected by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder be passed through to the person responsible for bearing the cost of fuel (see H.R. 5934), H2947 [30AP] (see H.R. 5977), H3108 [6MY] (see H.R. 5997), H3402 [8MY]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see S. 2881), S3144 [17AP] (see H.R. 6434), H6229 [8JY]

Small business: encourage provision of financial education to employees and give such businesses preferential status when applying for Federal contracts, loans, and other assistance (see H.R. 5965), H3050 [5MY]

———establish mentorship program to help minority and women-owned small businesses build capacity and access to contracts in the construction industry (see H.R. 7087), H9973 [25SE]

———modify certain fees, make emergency appropriations for certain small business programs, and provide increased expensing and a carryback for certain net operating losses for tax purposes (see S. 2553), S284 [24JA]

———provide disaster assistance (see H.R. 6641), H7307 [29JY]

———provide employees of small employers with access to quality, affordable health insurance coverage (see S. 3554), S9414 [24SE]

———provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals (see S. 2948), S3595 [30AP]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch (see S. 3705), S10659 [19NO]

Small Business Act: expand ability of suburban areas to be HUBZones (see H.R. 6080), H4060 [15MY]

Social Security: issue uniform standards for the truncation of account numbers to protect from fraud or identity theft and prohibit display on the Internet of such account numbers (see S. 2915), S3401 [24AP]

———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (see H.R. 5234), H621 [6FE]

———prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (see H.R. 5515), H1183 [28FE]

———prevent unauthorized earnings of illegal immigrants from being credited toward certain pension benefits (see S. 3346), S7573 [28JY]

———provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs (see H.R. 5605), H1700 [13MR]

Solar energy: establish public-private partnerships and energy leasing for reliable and affordable energy (see H.R. 5805), H2355 [15AP]

Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund: conduct public offerings or private placements for purposes of soliciting and accepting venture capital (see H.R. 7164), H10131 [26SE]

States: provide for secure rural schools and counties and enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources (see H.R. 6779), H7806 [1AU]

Sudan: codify existing sanctions until certain conditions relative to a just and lasting peace are met (see H.R. 6416), H6175 [26JN]

Surety and Fidelity Association of America: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 343), H3186 [7MY]

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

Tariff: manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 5318, 5319, 5320, 5321), H813 [7FE]

———permit foreign jewelry manufacturers who use U.S. precious metals in their articles to deduct the value of such metals when paying import duties on the articles (see H.R. 5136), H456 [23JA]

Taxation: accelerate phase-in of the deduction for domestic production activities (see H.R. 5101), H454 [23JA]

———allow a carryback for certain net operating losses and increase dollar limitation on expensing certain depreciable assets (see H.R. 5107), H455 [23JA]

———allow a credit for green roofs (see S. 3228), S6441 [8JY]

———allow a credit for recycling or remanufacturing equipment (see H.R. 5659), H1821 [31MR]

———allow a credit for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide from an industrial source (see S. 3132), S5592 [12JN]

———allow a credit for the use of ethanol in tetra ethyl ortho silicate (TEOS) production (see H.R. 6269), H5407 [12JN]

———allow a credit to vehicle fleet operators for purchasing tires made from recycled rubber (see H.R. 5103), H455 [23JA]

———allow a deduction for income attributable to business activities conducted in high job-loss areas (see H.R. 7096), H9973 [25SE]

———allow a one-time credit for purchase of an automobile manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 7303), H10856 [20NO]

———allow a special depreciation allowance for reuse and recycling property and provide tax-exempt financing of recycling equipment (see H.R. 5372), H869 [12FE]

———allow banks to be taxed as limited liability companies (see S. 3254), S6604 [11JY]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses and suspend the alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating losses (see S. 2650), S1054 [14FE]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see S. 3684), S10578 [17NO] (see H.R. 7273), H10844 [19NO]

———allow employers a credit for employing members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see H.R. 5725), H2069 [8AP]

———allow employers a credit for telecommuting equipment and expenses (see H.R. 7009), H9083 [23SE]

———allow employers a refundable credit against income tax for a portion of the employer's cost of providing tax-free transit passes to employees (see H.R. 6030), H3776 [13MY]

———allow hardship distributions from 401(k) plans to prevent the insolvency of a trade or business of the employee (see H.R. 6719), H7785 [31JY]

———allow individuals a credit for health insurance costs and allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income for employer payments (see H.R. 5923), H2852 [29AP]

———allow retail businesses a tax credit against income for a portion of the cost of recycling plastic carry-out bags and other types of plastic (see H.R. 6749), H7786 [31JY]

———allow small businesses a refundable credit to offset the cost of providing health care coverage for employees (see H.R. 6422), H6175 [26JN]

———allow temporary refundable credit for residential heating costs and for fuel costs of farmers, small businesses, and fishermen, and increase and make permanent nonbusiness energy property credit (see H.R. 6804), H7807 [1AU]

———clarify eligibility for certain fuels credits for fuel with insufficient nexus to the U.S. (see H.R. 5713), H2016 [4AP]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 6813), H7807 [1AU]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 7103), H9973 [25SE]

———defer tax on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications and media businesses (see S. 3446), S8035 [1AU]

———disallow deduction for excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums relative to U.S. risks paid to affiliates (see H.R. 6969), H8476 [18SE]

———encourage investment in affordable housing (see S. 2666), S1121 [25FE]

———encourage investment in high productivity property (see H.R. 5141), H479 [28JA]

———encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5160), H555 [29JA]

———encourage use of corrosion prevention and mitigation measures in the construction and maintenance of business property (see S. 3316), S7148 [23JY]

———establish certain advertising and disclosure requirements relative to tax refund anticipation loans (see H.R. 7188), H10299 [27SE]

———exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock (see H.R. 6419), H6175 [26JN] (see H.R. 7292), H10844 [19NO]

———exclude from gross income gain from the sale of troubled assets (see H.R. 7269), H10828 [3OC]

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

———exempt renewable energy projects receiving Rural Energy for America Program grants from production tax credit offsets (see H.R. 6672), H7628 [30JY]

———expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property (see S. 2885), S3144 [17AP]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 7290), H10844 [19NO]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see S. 3679), S10486 [2OC]

———expand expensing for small business (see H.R. 5085), H389 [22JA]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (see S. 2886), S3144 [17AP] (see S. 3098), S5366 [6JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions and provide individual income tax relief (see H.R. 7202), H10330 [28SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7202), consideration (see H. Res. 1516), H10330 [28SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (see S. 3335), S7279 [24JY]

———extend certain tax benefits applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 2757), S2132 [13MR]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 3544), S9280 [23SE]

———extend permanently the election to deduct State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 5744), H2150 [9AP]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and transfer proceeds to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 2761), S2132 (see S. 2782), S2133 [13MR]

———improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts (see S. 3626), S9657 [26SE]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H. Con. Res. 333), H2759 [24AP]

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 6755), H7787 [31JY]

———increase and make permanent the election to expense certain refineries (see H.R. 6612), H7164 [24JY]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 7236), H10642 [29SE]

———increase maximum reduction in estate tax value for farmland and other special use property and restore and increase estate tax deduction for family-owned businesses (see H.R. 6289), H5579 [18JN]

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

———index certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss (see S. 3535), S9204 [22SE]

———limit discriminatory taxation of oil pipeline property (see H.R. 5558), H1417 [6MR]

———make permanent the deduction for expensing certain depreciable business assets and allow a deduction for the original purchase of domestically manufactured automobiles (see H.R. 7298), H10856 [20NO]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 3399), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6896), H8127 [15SE]

———make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent (see S. 3048), S4792 [22MY]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 5804), H2355 [15AP]

———modify the partial exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (see H.R. 6507), H6673 [16JY]

———permanently extend the research credit, increase expensing for small businesses, and reduce corporate tax rates (see H.R. 6611), H7164 [24JY]

———prohibit deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof for major integrated oil companies (see S. 3279), S6937 [17JY]

———prohibit imposition of a separate fee for electronic filing of returns and statements for individuals (see S. 2861), S3026 [15AP]

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

———provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 2863), S3026 [15AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain energy production and distribution facilities (see H.R. 6716), H7785 [31JY]

———provide a special depreciation allowance for property placed in service during a certain period (see S. 2539), S94 [22JA]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see S. 3371), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6214), H5110 [9JN] (see H.R. 6972), H8476 [18SE] (see H.R. 7074), H9972 [25SE]

———provide a tax credit for qualified donations of employee services (see S. 3488), S8528 [15SE]

———provide accelerated depreciation for computer equipment placed in service by small businesses (see H.R. 6718), H7785 [31JY]

———provide employers a credit for reimbursing employee carpooling expenses (see H.R. 6810), H7807 [1AU]

———provide expensing for property placed in service during a certain period (see S. 2540), S94 [22JA]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited sales, use, and retailers' occupation tax holiday (see S. 2567), S445 [29JA]

———provide for bonus depreciation or an additional minimum tax credit in lieu of such bonus depreciation (see S. 2572), S492 [30JA]

———provide for disclosure of schedule M-3 to the SEC, public disclosure of certain information, and penalties for failure to file or provision of inaccurate information on such schedule (see S. 3659), S10323 [1OC]

———provide for economic stabilization, capital utilization, and enterprise reform (see H.R. 7264), H10827 [3OC]

———provide for eligibility of computer technology and equipment development businesses for enterprise zone incentives (see S. 3735, 3735), S10946 [11DE]

———provide for proper application of the limitations on built-in losses following an ownership change of a bank (see H.R. 7300), H10856 [20NO]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities (see H.R. 6827), H7808 [1AU]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (see S. 2821), S2435 [3AP] (see H.R. 5984), H3185 [7MY]

———provide incentives for carbon sequestration (see H.R. 5858), H2551 [22AP]

———provide incentives for energy production, conservation, and efficiency and provide transportation and domestic fuel security (see S. 3478), S8383 [11SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation (see H.R. 7201), H10330 [28SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (see S. 3125), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6049), H3884 [14MY] (see H.R. 7060), H9972 [25SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), consideration (see H. Res. 1212), H4320 [20MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), consideration (see H. Res. 1501, 1502), H9971 [25SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation (H.R. 7201), consideration (see H. Res. 1516), H10330 [28SE]

———provide incentives for investing in companies involved in space-related activities (see H.R. 5310), H812 [7FE]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (see S. 2884), S3144 [17AP] (see H.R. 5681), H1972 [2AP]

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

———provide individuals a deduction for commuting expenses (see H.R. 5905), H2759 [24AP]

———provide middle class tax relief while closing tax loopholes (see H.R. 6595), H7163 [24JY]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 5109), H455 [23JA]

———provide permanent tax incentives for economic growth (see S. 2592), S658 [5FE]

———provide permanent zero percent capital gains rate for individuals and corporations (see H.R. 5908), H2759 [24AP]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters (see H.R. 6640), H7307 [29JY] (see H.R. 7006), H9083 [23SE]

———provide relief to improve competitiveness of U.S. corporations and small businesses and eliminate incentives to move jobs and profits overseas (see S. 3162), S5832 [19JN]

———provide stimulus to small businesses by increasing expensing, extending the carryback period for certain net operating losses, and extending the research and development credit (see S. 2552), S284 [24JA]

———provide tax incentives for clean coal technology (see S. 3208), S6285 [26JN] (see H.R. 6756), H7787 [31JY]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 6194), H5043 [5JN]

———reduce corporate marginal income tax rates (see H.R. 4995), H294 [16JA] (see H.R. 5169), H555 [29JA]

———reduce individual income taxes by creating a new 5 percent rate and increase dollar limitation on current-tax-year expensing of qualified property for small businesses (see H.R. 5126), H455 [23JA]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (see S. 2547), S207 [23JA] (see H.R. 5105), H455 [23JA]

———reform treatment of certain excessive employee remuneration (see S. 3675), S10324 [1OC]

———regulate certain State and local taxation of electronic commerce (see S. 3670), S10324 [1OC]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 5267), H811 [7FE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S1201 [26FE] (see H.R. 5450), H993 [14FE]

———require employers to notify their employees of availability of the earned income tax credit (see S. 3190), S6158 [25JN] (see H.R. 6371), H6089 [25JN]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 3331), S7279 [24JY] (see H.R. 6310), H5728 [19JN]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see S. 2792), S2295 [1AP]

———S corporation reform (see S. 3063), S4793 [22MY]

———simplify deduction for business use of a home and make other changes affecting small businesses (see H.R. 6601), H7163 [24JY]

———suspend employment and income taxes for a certain period (see H.R. 7309), H10867 [9DE]

———treat certain income and gains relating to fuels as qualifying income for publicly traded partnerships (see S. 3291), S6972 [21JY] (see H.R. 6805), H7807 [1AU]

———waive deadline on construction of Gulf Opportunity Zone property which is eligible for bonus depreciation (see H.R. 5612), H1700 [13MR]

Technology Administration Act: technical corrections (see S. 3504), S8947 [17SE] (see H.R. 6935), H8396 [17SE]

Telecommunications: ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet (see H.R. 5994), H3402 [8MY]

———improve effectiveness of rural health care support (see S. 3491), S8855 [16SE]

———promote deployment of next-generation broadband networks and develop a strategy, enact legislation, and adopt policies to accomplish this objective (see H. Res. 1292), H5797 [20JN]

———require accurate transmission of voice communications network traffic identification information to allow for accurate billing (see S. 2919), S3402 [24AP]

———require eligible carriers receiving universal service support to offer automatic roaming services to technically compatible carriers (see H.R. 7000), H9083 [23SE]

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

———support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 1457), H8396 [17SE]

Telephones: require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (see S. 2998), S3975 [8MY]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 3249), S6560 [10JY] (see H.R. 5793), H2354 [15AP]

Television: establish a Federal interagency task force to improve public awareness among older individuals and their families and caregivers about the impending digital television transition (see H. Con. Res. 339), H3018 [1MY]

———require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets (see H.R. 5470), H994 [14FE]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: temporarily reduce the insurer deductibles for insurers sustaining insured losses from large terrorism events (see S. 2621), S849 [11FE]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 5689), H2010 [3AP]

———prohibit cigarette manufacturers from making claims or representations based on data derived from the cigarette testing method established by the FTC (see S. 2685), S1467 [3MR]

———reduce youth usage of tobacco products and enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors (see H.R. 5513), H1183 [28FE]

Trade Act: improve international protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (see S. 3464), S8275 [10SE]

Trade Agreement Enforcement Commission: establish (see H.R. 6540), H6726 [17JY]

Treaties and agreements: make bills implementing trade agreements subject to a point of order unless certain conditions are met (see S. 2611), S784 [7FE] (see H.R. 6148), H4830 [22MY]

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

———require brokers to disclose and pay independent truckers for any fuel surcharges received from shippers that relate to fuel costs paid for by the truckers (see S. 2910), S3401 [24AP]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification (see S. 2830), S2743 [8AP] (see H.R. 5724; H. Con. Res. 324), H2069 [8AP]

———ratification (H.R. 5724), consideration (see H. Res. 1252), H5110 [9JN]

———ratification (H.R. 5724), waiver of fast-track authority (see H. Res. 1092), H2149 [9AP]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see S. 3432), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 7178), H10299 [27SE]

Veterans: support veteran entrepreneurs and encourage Federal agencies to improve contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (see S. Res. 575), S4793 [22MY]

Virginia: allow offshore oil and gas leasing off the coast (see H.R. 6724), H7786 [31JY]

Workers Memorial Day: observance (see H. Res. 1141), H2658 [23AP] (see H. Res. 1154), H2759 [24AP]

Workforce Investment Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 6650), H7307 [29JY]

———make non-union training programs eligible for Federal funding under the ``Green Jobs'' program (see H.R. 6220), H5213 [10JN]

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

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

Biographies

Gann, Herbert M., E1780 [15SE]

Cloture motions

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), S1593 [5MR]

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

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]

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], S6520 [10JY], S7131 [23JY], S7436 [25JY]

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

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], S8934 [17SE]

Colloquies

Increase motor vehicle corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards: Senators Inouye and Feinstein, S1520 [4MR]

———Senators Levin, Inouye, and Feinstein, S1519 [4MR]

Conference reports

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

E-mails

FRS bailout of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and energy prices: Michael Cembalest, JPMorgan Chase & Co., S8924 [17SE]

Gasoline price levels: Abbie R. Byrom, S5717 [18JN]

———Jerry and Judy Wilson, S5717 [18JN]

———Joshua L. Yarbrough, S5718 [18JN]

———Kathryn Stewart, Franklin County, TN, Board of Education, S5717 [18JN]

———Pat Taylor, Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc., S5717 [18JN]

———Robin Lasseter, S6882 [17JY]

———several Tennessee citizens, S6805 [16JY], S7582, S7583 [29JY]

Lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf: Scott Needling, S6882 [17JY]

Promote energy independence and security: several Idaho citizens, S5746, S5747 [18JN], S5824, S5825 [19JN], S5937-S5939 [20JN], S5958-S5960 [23JN], S6009-S6011 [24JN], S6149-S6152 [25JN], S6276-S6278 [26JN], S6322-S6324 [27JN], S6357, S6358 [7JY], S6432-S6434 [8JY], S6495-S6497 [9JY], S6554 [10JY], S6599 [11JY], S6647, S6648 [14JY], S6715-S6717 [15JY], S6865, S6866 [16JY], S6931-S6933 [17JY], S6966-S6968 [21JY], S7026, S7027 [22JY], S7143-S7145 [23JY], S7275, S7276 [24JY], S7476, S7477 [25JY], S7568, S7569 [28JY], S7623-S7625 [29JY], S7770-S7772 [30JY], S7893-S7895 [31JY], S8024, S8025 [1AU], S8118, S8119 [8SE], S8174 [9SE], S8268-S8270 [10SE], S8367-S8369 [11SE], S8525, S8526 [15SE], S8845, S8846 [16SE], S8939, S8940 [17SE], S9013-S9015 [18SE], S9194-S9196 [22SE], S9270, S9271 [23SE], S9401-S9403 [24SE], S9480-S9482 [25SE], S9639-S9641 [26SE], S9996-S9998 [27SE], S10056-S10058 [29SE], S10167-S10169 [30SE], S10305-S10307 [1OC], S10470, S10471 [2OC], S10553-S10555 [17NO], S10640, S10641 [19NO], S10729-S10731 [20NO], S10802-S10804 [8DE], S10832, S10833 [9DE], S10876-S10878 [10DE], S10942, S10943 [11DE]

Proposal to close Wilmington, OH, DHL International, Ltd., facilities: several Ohio citizens, S6532, S6533 [10JY]

Proposed Government bailout of financial institutions: several Vermont citizens, S9612 [26SE]

Explanations

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (H.R. 1424): Tax Provisions, S10252-S10256 [1OC]

Factsheets

Agriprocessors, Inc., immigration raids, E1082 [23MY]

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

Histories

Contributions Made by U.S. Automobile Manufacturers Toward World War II Efforts, S10925 [11DE]

Letters

Awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers: Senator McCain, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2125 [13MR]

———Senator Warner, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2125 [13MR]

———Senators Levin and Warner, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2124, S2125 [13MR]

Climate Security Act: several businesses and organizations, S4886 [2JN]

Committee on Financial Services (House) hearing on the merger of Bear Stearns Cos., Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co.: Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H3127, H3162, H3171 [7MY]

———several Representatives, Committee on Financial Services (House), H3127, H3161, H3171 [7MY]

Committee on Natural Resources (House) report on oil companies holding non-producing leases which could produce oil: C. Stephen Allred, Dept. of the Interior, H6113 [26JN]

Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act: President's Working Group on Financial Markets, H7529 [30JY]

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H10113 [26SE]

———Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H10113 [26SE]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H10112 [26SE]

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act: Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2235 [14AP]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H2236 [14AP]

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

Create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators and develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators: Neil Milner, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, S2411 [3AP]

———Richard F. Gaylord, National Association of Realtors, S2411 [3AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security implementation of a Hawaii specific coastwise passenger vessel rule protecting U.S.-flag cruise ships from unfair foreign competition: Representative Abercrombie, H2675 [24AP]

Earned Income Credit Information Act: Senator Schumer and Representative Emanuel, S6161 [25JN]

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, S10245 [1OC], H10764 [3OC]

———Bill Himpler, American Financial Services Association, H10394 [29SE]

———Business Roundtable (organization), H10795 [3OC]

———Frank S. Alexander, Emory School of Law, H10389 [29SE]

———Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Sec. of the Treasury, H10757 [3OC]

———Joseph M. Stanton, National Association of Home Builders, H10394 [29SE]

———Kevin I. Fromer, Dept. of the Treasury, S10283 [1OC]

———several business organizations, H10762 [3OC]

———several organizations, H10394 [29SE]

Energy Information Administration analysis of Federal subsidies and support for the energy markets: Guy F. Caruso, Dept. of Energy, S2721 [8AP]

———Senator Alexander, S2721 [8AP]

Energy prices: Senator Dorgan, S8924 [17SE]

Evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H7593 [30JY]

———David P. Sloane, AARP, H7592 [30JY]

Gasoline price levels: Jonathan S. Henry, S5482 [11JN]

———Joseph Rizzo, S5482 [11JN]

———Kathy Crowe, S5482 [11JN]

———Lounita Howard, S5482 [11JN]

———Marti Lewis, S5482 [11JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital financial disclosure policies implementation: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S5031-S5033 [4JN]

Housing and Economic Recovery Act: Jon Corzine and Michael Rounds, National Governors Association, H6850, H6851 [23JY]

Housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises regulation reform: Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), H6995 [23JY]

Investigation of Charles B. Nemeroff of Emory University relative to financial disclosure requirements: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S10467 [2OC]

Kurdistan Regional Governments contract with Hunt Oil Co.: Senator Levin, S6587, S6588 [11JY]

———Stephen J. Hadley, S6587 [11JY]

Merger of Bear Stearns Cos., Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co.: several Representatives, Committee on Financial Services (House), H3161 [7MY]

NASA appropriations legislation amendments creating greater diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce: House Diversity and Innovation Caucus, H5393 [12JN]

NIH extramural funding program oversight and transparency: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S5030 [4JN]

Permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses: research and design industry workers, E1759 [10SE]

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act: Brian A. Benczkowski, Dept. of Justice, S1195 [26FE]

Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7925, H7926 [9SE]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7925 [9SE]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H7925 [9SE]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H7925 [9SE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H7926 [9SE]

Prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities: several airline companies, S6891 [17JY]

Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act: Alan C. Drewsen, International Trademark Association, H3077 [6MY]

———Dan Glickman, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., H3077 [6MY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3077 [6MY]

———Rick Cotton, Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy, H3077 [6MY]

———several Representatives, H3076 [6MY]

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

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

Proposed Government bailout of automobile industry: Gina Underwood, Saturn of Ontario (business), S10898 [11DE]

———Maria E. Durazo, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, S10898 [11DE]

———Pat Caccamo, UAW, S10898 [11DE]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H10913 [10DE]

———Russell R. Hoyt, Vehicle Accessory Center LLC, S10898 [11DE]

———Senator Specter, S10540 [17NO]

Proposed Government bailout of financial institutions: John Allison, Branch Banking and Trust Co. (BB&T), H10386 [29SE], E2092 [27SE]

———Senator E. Benjamin Nelson, S10276 [1OC]

———Senator Specter, S9892, S9893 [27SE], S10539, S10540, S10541 [17NO]

———several economists, S9579, S9580 [26SE], S10411 [2OC]

Provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production tax incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency: Faith A. Cristol, Retail Industry Leaders Association, S2802 [9AP]

———Jack N. Gerard, American Chemistry Council, S2837 [10AP]

———Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers, S2837 [10AP]

———Jeffrey D. DeBoer, Real Estate Roundtable (organization), S2802 [9AP]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2802 [9AP]

———several energy organizations, S2800, S2801 [9AP]

Provide stimulus for economic recovery: John Gay, National Restaurant Association, S105 [22JA]

———John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, S24 [22JA]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S104 [22JA]

———Senator Specter, S104, S105 [22JA]

Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act: several Senators, S649 [5FE]

Removal of regulatory roadblocks to oil and gas drilling: Representatives Pearce, Rob Bishop, and Cannon, H6699, H6700 [17JY]

Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Robert A. McDonald, Procter & Gamble Co., H4389 [21MY]

———Senator McConnell, S6529 [10JY]

———Senator Reid, S6530 [10JY]

———several corporations, S5671 [17JN]

———Thomas Prevost, Credit Suisse Securities LLC, H4390 [21MY]

Repeal certain Energy Policy Act mandatory royalty relief incentives for the oil and gas industries on the Outer Continental Shelf: C. Stephen Allred, Dept. of the Interior, S3444 [28AP]

Scientific process used to find and develop oil and natural gas resources: Willard R. Green, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, H6111, H6117, H6156 [26JN]

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

Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act: James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, S7229 [24JY]

———President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S7012 [22JY]

———several financial organizations, S7726 [30JY]

———William F. Quinn, Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets (organization), S7726 [30JY]

Support for revealing of Speaker Pelosi's commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices: several Representatives, H2578 [23AP]

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

Travel Promotion Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H9934 [25SE]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9934 [25SE]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: Representative Weller, H1436 [10MR]

———several former commanders of the U.S. Southern Command, S3007 [15AP]

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

Lists

Companies relocated to Mexico since NAFTA, H5999 [24JN]

Groups supporting H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, S10229 [1OC]

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

Organizations supporting H.R. 3221, Housing and Economic Recovery Act, S7226 [24JY]

Organizations supporting S. 3335, Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act, S7714 [30JY]

Permits, plans, and surveys for development of an oil and gas lease onshore, H6114 [26JN]

Plans and permits required to bring an oil and gas lease to production, H6114 [26JN]

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

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

States benefiting from higher loan limits, S5797 [19JN]

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

Take Your Daughter and Son to Work Day participants, S5445 [10JN]

U.S. rail car facilities, H6989 [23JY]

Memorandums

Application of Senate Rule on Limited Tax Benefits Relative to Restructuring of New York Liberty Zone Tax Incentives: Edward K. Kleinbard, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H8153-H8155 [16SE]

Messages

Certification Pursuant to Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: President Bush, H10829 [19NO]

Economic Report: President Bush, S848 [11FE], H847 [12FE]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: President Bush, S2740 [8AP], H2019 [8AP]

U.S.-Rwanda Investment Treaty: President Bush, S10775 [20NO]

Motions

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), H8427 [18SE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S6880 [17JY], S7130 [23JY], S7436 [25JY]

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

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], H786 [7FE]

Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), H2972 [1MY]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2403, S2422 [3AP], S2594 [4AP], S5776, S5812, S5814 [19JN], S7131 [23JY], H3219 [8MY], H6916 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1175), H3145, H3146 [7MY]

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

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

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), S5376 [6JN], S9255 [23SE], H4395 [21MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), H10006, H10041 [26SE]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification (H.R. 5724), waiver of fast-track authority (H. Res. 1092), H2189 [10AP]

Petitions and memorials

Mississippi: awarding of contracts to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, E914 [14MY]

Press releases

Baucus, Grassley, New Analysis Shows Tax Cuts Help Small Business: Committee on Finance (Senate), S8357 [11SE]

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: FRS Board of Governors, H10394 [29SE]

Republicans Use Scare Tactics To Promote Failed ``Drill & Veto'' Energy Policies of the Past—GOP Claims China Is Drilling for Oil Off Florida's Coast Proven False: Speaker Pelosi, H5564 [18JN]

Treasurer Lockyer Urges Congress To Adopt Economic Recovery Plan To Thaw Market for Infrastructure Bonds, Cash-Flow Borrowing: California State Treasury Office, H10765 [3OC]

With Skyrocketing Gas Prices, Americans Can No Longer Afford Rubber Stamp Congress: Representative Pelosi, H2578 [23AP]

Proclamations

Pearl Valley Cheese Co., Anniversary: Representative Space, E1494 [17JY]

Rexam Prescription, Inc., Anniversary: Representative Space, E626 [16AP]

Tribute to Meteor Sealing Systems, Inc.: Representative Space, E624 [16AP]

Quotations

Academics and economists on role of price speculation of energy commodities on oil prices, S7235 [24JY]

Regulations

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act Regulations: Congressional Office of Compliance, S3191-S3203 [21AP]

Remarks in House

A and M Excavating, Inc.: tribute to participation in Texas Emissions Reduction Program, E501 [3AP]

Ada Jobs Foundation: anniversary, E1214 [12JN]

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

———protect farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (H.R. 6637), E1596 [30JY]

———provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy (H.R. 80), H3007 [1MY], H3330 [8MY], H6723 [17JY]

———provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm (H.R. 1371), E945 [15MY]

AID: provide grants to food processing plant in Iraq to create jobs and stimulate the economy, H4962 [4JN]

Air Force: awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, H1207 [4MR], H1225, H1316 [5MR], H1399 [6MR], H1420 [10MR], H1622 [13MR], H1877-H1883 [1AP], H1993 [3AP], H4052 [15MY], H4285 [20MY], H4460 [22MY], H5416, H5417, H5459 [17JN], H5486, H5487, H5490 [18JN], E562 [9AP], E896 [13MY], E914 [14MY], E1224 [12JN], E1239 [17JN], E1266 [18JN]

———GAO decision on awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, H5543 [18JN], H5585, H5586, H5710-H5716 [19JN]

———prohibit funding for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract unless certain conditions are met (H.R. 6426), H6146 [26JN]

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

———recognize importance of the U.S. wine industry to the American economy (H. Con. Res. 429), H10214 [27SE]

Anderson, Jade: SBA Nevada Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E881 [8MY]

Anderson Homes, Inc.: tribute, E163 [12FE]

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.: inclusion in Fortune (publication) ``America's Most Admired Companies'' list, E554 [9AP]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (H.R. 5546), E318 [6MR]

———prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions, H3872 [14MY]

Armed Forces: allow active members to terminate or suspend certain service contracts entered into prior to notice of transfer or deployment and penalize violations of interest rate limits, H7250, H7251 [29JY]

Au-Yeung, Benson: SBA Guam Minority Small Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E424 [14MR]

Aviation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise funding, H8589 [23SE]

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

———require air carriers to establish reduced air fares and more flexible terms for members of the Armed Forces on active duty (H.R. 6446), H6347 [10JY]

BASF Corp.: anniversary of Freeport, TX, facility, E1429 [10JY]

BLM: prohibit issuance of regulations for commercial-scale leasing of oil shale, H4296 [20MY]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H353 [22JA], H804 [7FE], H937, H938 [13FE], H1554, H1589-H1591 [12MR], H1622 [13MR], H1894 [2AP], H2360 [16AP], H2454 [17AP], H2650-H2653 [23AP], H2864 [30AP], H3057, H3059 [6MY], H3870-H3876 [14MY], H6235 [9JY], H6480 [15JY], H6581 [16JY], H7062 [24JY], H7995-H7998, H8000 [10SE], H8022 [11SE], H8281, H8383-H8388 [17SE], H8402 [18SE], H8581, H8582, H8584 [23SE], H9090 [24SE], H9873, H9874 [25SE], H9977 [26SE], H10313, H10314 [28SE], E208 [15FE]

Business Executives for National Security (organization): tribute, E372 [12MR]

Buy American Act: compliance, H6788-H6790, H6792 [22JY]

Byers, Lewie: Rusk, TX, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E155 [8FE]

Cafe 2115 (business): tribute, E501 [3AP]

California: anniversary of Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, E343 [10MR]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 930), H1007-H1010 [25FE], E272, E273 [28FE]

Caribbean nations: importance of remittances to economy, E515 [4AP]

CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc.: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Women of Excellence Award for Employer of Excellence recipient, E1295 [19JN]

CFTC: curb role of excessive speculation in contract markets involving energy futures or swaps and eliminate excessive speculation or other activity causing major energy market disturbances (H.R. 6377), H6096, H6098, H6103-H6110, H6128, H6157 [26JN], H7071 [24JY]

———ensure that position limits in commodity markets will not cause equity loss in pension funds, H8427-H8429 [18SE]

———improve transparency in energy futures markets and provide authority over off-exchange retail foreign currency transactions (H.R. 5768), E580 [10AP]

———provide greater resources and authority to improve transparency and accountability in the energy futures markets (H.R. 6334), H6105 [26JN]

Chantland MHS Co.: Monsanto Co., Supplier Quality Recognition Award recipient, E1549 [24JY]

Chemung Canal Trust Co.: anniversary, E1749 [10SE]

Children and youth: connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth (H. Res. 1332), H7271, H7272 [29JY], H7709 [31JY], E1644 [1AU]

China, People's Republic of: condemn economic impact of unfair trade policies to Wisconsin paper industry, H7862, H7940 [9SE], H7992 [10SE]

———condemn manufacture and export of unsafe products, disregard for environment, and exploitation of workers and encourage U.S. suspension of importation and purchase of goods, H375 [22JA]

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

———unfair trade practices, H2076 [9AP]

Cincinnati, OH: anniversary of Busken Bakery, E1632 [31JY]

Citizens Telephone Co.: tribute, E1846 [18SE]

Civil rights: delay implementation of new wage discrimination regulations until a study is conducted examining effect on employer recruiting and hiring, H7694, H7695 [31JY]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (H.R. 2493), H5191 [10JN], H6211 [8JY], H6594, H6659 [16JY], H6684, H6694 [17JY], H6797 [22JY]

Clean Energy Fund: establish (H.R. 6155), E1088 [23MY]

Cleveland Steel Tool Co.: anniversary, E1017 [22MY]

CMW and Associates, Inc.: tribute, E122 [6FE]

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

Colleges and universities: ensure textbooks and supplemental materials are available and affordable, H7648 [31JY]

———require the Depts. of Education and the Treasury to evaluate the feasibility of an alternative market-based reform to the Federal Family Education Loan Program, H755, H756 [7FE]

Colombia: report on congressional delegation trip, H2334-H2341 [15AP]

Colorado: recognize benefits of bus rapid transit and the transportation improvements along the U.S. Route 36 Corridor to communities, individuals, and businesses (H. Res. 1408), E1696 [1AU]

Colorado Energy Science Center (organization): Golden, CO, Rotary Club Ethics in Business Award recipient, E1151 [5JN]

Committee on Financial Bailouts (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 1452), H8547 [22SE]

Committee on Financial Services (House): hearing on merger of Bear Stearns Cos., Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co., H3160, H3170, H3172, H3175-H3177 [7MY], H3287 [8MY]

Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports: tribute, E774 [30AP]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), H7333, H7519-H7530 [30JY], H8413-H8429, H8439 [18SE], E1645 [1AU], E1851, E1852 [22SE]

———bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), consideration (H. Res. 1449), H8406-H8413 [18SE]

———bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), corrections in engrossment, H8432 [18SE]

———bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), motion to recommit, H8427-H8429 [18SE]

———provide for regulation of energy derivatives (H.R. 6341), H5850 [23JN], E1305 [20JN]

Communtiy Reinvestment Act: role in financial crisis, E2326 [20NO]

Computers: improve quality of Federal and State data on availability and quality of broadband services and promote deployment of affordable broadband services (S. 1492), H10618-H10621 [29SE], H10693 [2OC]

———promote freedom of expression on the Internet and protect U.S. businesses from coercion by foreign entities to participate in repression of such freedom (H.R. 275), H2054 [8AP], H5283 [11JN], H7347 [30JY]

Congressional Management Foundation: anniversary, E273 [28FE]

Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (H.R. 1510), H8605 [23SE]

Contracts: ensure greater accountability and transparency in the Federal contracting process, H9304 [24SE]

———exemption of foreign contracts from taxpayer fraud protections, H1707 [14MR]

———improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts and assistance and strengthen accountability of Government-wide suspension and debarment system, H9215 [24SE]

———improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts and assistance and strengthen accountability of Government-wide suspension and debarment system (H.R. 3033), H2569-H2572 [23AP]

———practice of defense contractors hiring Pentagon civilian and military retirees, H6389 [10JY]

———promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting relative to reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H7172 [29JY]

———reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government, H4771-H4774 [22MY]

———require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, H4039 [15MY]

———require disclosure by defense contractors of information on former Dept. of Defense officials (H.R. 7168), E2110 [28SE]

———require disclosure by Federal contractors of certain violations relative to the award or performance of Federal contracts, H3952 [15MY]

———require disclosure by Federal contractors of certain violations relative to the award or performance of Federal contracts (H.R. 5712), H2572-H2574 [23AP]

———require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (H.R. 4881), H2234-H2237 [14AP]

———require the consent of both automobile dealers and consumers to enter into automobile sales and lease contracts with binding arbitration clauses (H.R. 5312), E147 [7FE]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (H.R. 7084), H10278-H10281 [27SE], E2148 [28SE], E2225 [3OC]

Corp. for National and Community Service: identify areas of need for displaced workers and determine how existing programs can better serve such workers and communities affected by plant closings and job losses, H1389, H1390 [6MR]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans, H6842 [23JY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 3915), H1970 [2AP], H2000 [3AP]

———remove an impediment to troubled debt restructuring on the part of holders of residential mortgage loans, H3201 [8MY]

Credit unions: exempt business loans made in underserved areas from existing cap on member business lending, H5984 [24JN]

Crime: combat, deter, and punish individuals and enterprises engaged in organized crime involving theft and interstate fencing of stolen retail merchandise (H.R. 6491), E1457 [15JY]

———enable increased Federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and allow restitution to victims of identity theft, H8076, H8078 [15SE]

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

Cummins Engine, Inc.: tribute, E573 [10AP]

Dacanay, Laura-Lynn Viegas: SBA Guam Financial Services Champion of the Year award recipient, E415 [14MR]

Dallaire, Dawn: SBA Georgia Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E659 [17AP]

Davenport, IA: Davenport One (organization) recipient of American Chamber of Commerce Executives (organization) Chamber of the Year award, E2176 [30SE]

DEA: tribute, H2358 [16AP]

Deere & Co.: inclusion in CRO (publication) ``100 Best Corporate Citizens'' list, H2864 [30AP]

Defense Production Act: extend and reauthorize (H.R. 6894), H8699, H8700 [23SE]

Deffenbaugh, Ron: Shawnee, KS, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E149 [7FE]

DeLaney, Jackie: SBA Nevada Financial Services Champion of the Year award recipient, E860 [8MY]

Delaware State Chamber of Commerce: tribute to Marvin S. Gilman Superstars in Business Awards, E2292 [20NO]

Denton County, TX: tribute to businesses and chambers of commerce delegation trip to the District of Columbia, H2662 [24AP]

Dept. of Defense: consider impact on U.S. industrial base during source selection for major defense acquisition programs, H4431 [21MY]

———effect of oil and gas leasing activities in Outer Continental Shelf on military training operations, H8255 [16SE]

———expand whistleblower protections to contract employees who report abuses to their superiors (H.R. 6303), E1270 [18JN]

———phase out the use of private military contractors (H.R. 4102), H2168 [10AP], H8139 [16SE]

———prohibit contractors from using foreign shell companies incorporated outside the U.S. or Canada to perform the work of the contract, H4801 [22MY]

———prohibit use of private contractors to conduct interrogations of detainees, H4794-H4796 [22MY]

———require defense contractors to report and make public violent crimes committed against or by their employees, H4754 [22MY]

Dept. of Education: create a pilot competitive grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing college textbook rental programs, H772, H773 [7FE]

———give veteran-owned businesses same contracting preferences as minority and women-owned businesses, H4943 [4JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish a partnership with appropriate industry groups for the creation of a transportation fuel conservation education campaign (H.R. 2496), H1145 [27FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: expand enforcement authority of coastwise passenger vessel laws by including the Coast Guard, H2675 [24AP]

Dept. of HUD: HOPE for Homeowners loan program funding, H10767 [3OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force (S. 3081), H5577 [18JN]

———require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (S. 431), H10238-H10241 [27SE]

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

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

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

Dept. of State: renewal of contract with Blackwater Worldwide (company), H2456 [17AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California and to provide a water supply (H.R. 2535), H8053 [15SE], H8368 [17SE]

———conduct an expeditious environmentally responsible program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserves in Alaska (H.R. 6515), H6663 [16JY], H6678, H6679, H6680, H6683, H6685, H6686, H6688-H6710 [17JY], H6830 [23JY], H7071, H7135, H7137 [24JY], H7524 [30JY], E1515, E1520 [22JY]

———release of Inspector General report on mismanagement in Minerals Management Service Royalty-in-Kind Program, H7977, H7997, H7998 [10SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: impose limits on the exercise of certain actions under any law that authorizes the purchase of troubled assets (H.R. 7119), E2083 [27SE]

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

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a portal on the VA web site containing a comprehensive listing of veteran employment opportunities, E1720 [8SE]

———include in each goods and services contract a provision requiring contractee compliance with goals and preferences for veteran-owned or controlled small businesses (H.R. 6221), H7253-H7255 [29JY], H7707 [31JY]

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

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: eliminate requirement that funded projects comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H7773, H7774 [31JY]

Dilworth, Blackstone: Laredo, TX, Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1338 [25JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): establish an earned import allowance program (H.R. 6560), H7272-H7276 [29JY]

Douglass, Bill: Convenience Store News (publication) Hall of Fame inductee, E2342 [9DE]

Economy: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), H10870, H10872-H10875, H10908-H10935, H10946, H10947, H10951, H10952 [10DE], E2388 [3JA]

———authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), consideration (H. Res. 1534), H10878-H10888 [10DE]

———encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (H. Res. 977), H5276, H5279 [11JN]

———establish a payroll tax holiday, H353 [22JA]

———growth, H297, H299 [17JA], E45 [17JA]

———impact of proposed merger of Delta Air Lines, Inc., and Northwest Airlines Corp., H5218 [11JN]

———impact of subprime mortgage lending, H262, H266 [16JA], H1964, H1967-H1971 [2AP], H8389 [17SE], H10650 [2OC]

———impact of tax cuts, H284 [16JA], H929, H935 [13FE], H2543-H2549 [22AP]

———importance of job creation, H1434 [10MR], H1585 [12MR], H7998, H8000 [10SE], E407 [13MR]

———invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. (H.R. 2272), conference report, H894-H896 [13FE], E865 [8MY]

———national objectives priority assignments, H27, H28, H29, H30, H276-H283 [16JA], H1449, H1450, H1451 [11MR], H1955-H1957, H1964-H1971 [2AP], H2641 [23AP], H4326 [21MY], H5486 [18JN], H8001 [10SE], H8380, H8382-H8388 [17SE], H10135 [27SE], E1424 [9JY], E2334 [20NO]

———proposed Government bailout of automobile industry, E2278 [19NO]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H8479, H8481, H8545, H8550-H8559 [22SE], H8581, H8582, H8583, H8584, H8585, H8586, H8587, H8707 [23SE], H9088, H9089, H9090, H9300 [24SE], H9872, H9873, H9874, H9948-H9951, H9967-H9969 [25SE], H9978, H9979, H10120 [26SE], H10135, H10136, H10281 [27SE], H10301, H10302, H10303, H10304, H10314, H10316-H10327 [28SE], H10359-H10411, H10631, H10633, H10634, H10635, H10637 [29SE], H10646, H10647, H10648, H10649, H10650, H10652, H10653, H10678, H10679, H10682-H10693 [2OC], H10701, H10702-H10710, H10712-H10806, H10811, H10816-H10821 [3OC], H10950 [10DE], E1996 [25SE], E2187 [30SE], E2209, E2212 [2OC], E2259 [19NO], E2293, E2307 [20NO]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H374, H375 [22JA], H392, H393, H394, H432, H435-H441 [23JA], H2074 [9AP], H2324 [15AP], H2867 [30AP]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), H459, H460 [28JA], H483, H484, H485-H509, H537, H538 [29JA], H626, H627, H784, H798, H799 [7FE], H874, H875, H935-H937 [13FE], H1319 [5MR], H1421 [10MR], H1807, H1808 [31MR], H1957, H1960 [2AP], H2273 [15AP], H2867 [30AP], H2990, H2991 [1MY], E120, E122 [6FE], E148 [7FE], E177, E182 [13FE], E211 [19FE]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), concur in Senate amendment, H786-H793 [7FE]

———recognize importance of free-market capitalism and innovation to U.S. economic health, H4055 [15MY]

———record increases in corporate profits, unemployment, budget deficit, and trade deficit, H611 [6FE]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (H.R. 6110), H4329 [21MY]

———suspend capital gains tax, schedule government-sponsored enterprises for privatization, repeal Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act, and suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements (H.R. 7223), H10635 [29SE]

———suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements, H10633 [29SE]

———utilize certain Government-sponsored enterprises to ensure funding and credit under the proposed Government bailout of financial institutions assists small businesses, homeowners, and farmers, H10768 [3OC]

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.: anniversary, E1212 [12JN]

Electronics: anniversary of the successful demonstration of the first integrated circuit (H. Res. 1471), H8541-H8543 [22SE]

Employee Benefit Research Institute: anniversary, E2237 [3OC]

Employment: evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries (H.R. 6633), H7588-H7596 [30JY]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H1225 [5MR]

———job training programs funding, H460 [28JA], H607 [6FE]

———provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (H.R. 5873), E678 [22AP]

———require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (H.R. 6111), E1049 [23MY]

———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, H4170 [20MY]

Energy Policy Act: repeal certain provisions, close tax loopholes, and impose windfall profits tax on oil companies, H1226 [5MR]

Evonik Degussa Corp.: anniversary of Mobile, AL, plant, E1702 [1AU]

Executive departments: require agencies that serve food on their premises to donate excess food to nonprofit organizations to assist in battling hunger (S. 2420), H4852, H4853 [3JN]

Exelon Corp.: tribute to efforts to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, H7063 [24JY]

FAA: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs funding, E2174 [30SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: allow private sector employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay (H.R. 6025), H7687 [31JY], E897 [13MY]

———increase penalties for violations of child labor laws, H2975 [1MY]

Fairfax County, VA: anniversary of Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, E1707 [8SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (H.R. 2392), H5599 [19JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (H.R. 2744), H4096-H4098 [19MY], E1007 [21MY], E1033 [22MY]

FCIC: allow approved insurance companies to consult with each other and the FCIC during periodic renegotiations for the standard reinsurance agreement, H3820 [14MY]

Financial institutions: eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money services businesses and enhance availability of transaction accounts (H.R. 4049), H6775-H6777 [22JY]

———encourage cooperation between borrowers and lenders to decrease foreclosures, H6478 [15JY]

———enhance community development investments, H3134, H3140 [7MY]

———handling of foreclosure crisis, H3059 [6MY], H5550 [18JN], H6553 [15JY], H10770, H10771 [3OC]

Financial Services Roundtable (organization): tribute for Community Service 2008 initiative, E1687 [1AU]

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

FirstBank (business): Golden, CO, Rotary Club Customer Service Award recipient, E1155 [5JN]

Fish and fishing: moratorium on regulations negatively impacting the shrimp industry, E1281 [19JN]

Fluor Corp.: tribute, H6238 [9JY]

Foreign countries: deny countries with business relationships with Iran eligibility for debt relief programs, H2391, H2392 [16AP]

Foreign investments: foreign government sovereign wealth fund buyouts of U.S. businesses, real estate, and assets, H5303 [11JN]

Foreign policy: support international diplomatic initiative to limit inefficient speculation on international energy exchanges through adoption of standards for energy futures trading margin requirements (H. Res. 1278), E1238 [17JN]

Foreign trade: access of U.S. business to markets, H2271 [15AP]

———enhance and improve U.S. trade policy, E858 [8MY]

———expand to promote job creation and economic growth, H5416 [17JN]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H337 [17JA], H1435 [10MR], H2139 [9AP], H2184, H2211 [10AP], H5999 [24JN], H7960, H7998 [10SE], H8023 [11SE], E41 [17JA]

———U.S. deficit, H29 [16JA], H5563 [18JN], H5999 [24JN], H9966 [25SE]

———U.S. standing in international manufacturing markets, H2187 [10AP]

FremantleMedia North America, Inc.: alleged unfair wage and employment practices, E1486 [16JY]

FTC: extend authority to collect ``do-not-call'' registry fees (S. 781), H588-H591 [6FE]

Gann, Herbert M.: ROFEH International (organization) New England Chassidic Center Man of the Year Award recipient, E1780 [15SE]

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

Global Staffing, Inc.: inclusion in Diversity Business Magazine Top 100 Veteran Owned Business in America, E2042 [27SE]

Gorham, NH: impact of Fraser Papers Inc., jobs lay-off, H1227 [5MR]

Government regulations: allow for regulation of electronic energy commodity trading conducted by large traders and prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy commodities, H5118 [10JN]

———allow for regulation of electronic energy commodity trading conducted by large traders and prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy commodities (H.R. 4066), H2832 [29AP], H4977, H4978 [5JN], H8409 [18SE]

Grifols USA, LLC: anniversary of East Los Angeles, CA, facility, E1351 [25JN]

Gulf Cooper & Manufacturing Corp.: Galveston, TX, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, E191 [14FE]

Gulfstream Aerospace Co.: anniversary, E2199 [2OC]

Gundlach Bundschu Winery (business): anniversary, E329 [6MR]

H.E. Butt Grocery Co.: tribute to involvement in Windtricity program, E521 [4AP]

Harris Farms (business): Baker, Peterson and Franklin Ag Business Award recipient, E2277 [19NO]

Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information, H1261, H1302, H1306 [5MR]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), H2736 [24AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), Senate amendment, H2953, H2961-H2980 [1MY], E771, E784 [30AP], E818 [5MY], E849 [7MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1156), H2956-H2961 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), return to Senate, H2828 [29AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 340), H2982 [1MY]

Health care facilities: ensure that private for-profit nursing homes affected by major disasters receive the same reimbursement as public nursing homes (H.R. 7054), E1913 [25SE]

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

Henry Ford Scholarship Program: establish to provide scholarships to high-achieving students to pursue undergradusate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and health-related fields, H7645 [31JY]

Higher Dimension Materials, Inc.: tribute, E1329 [24JN]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 1490), H9889-H9896 [25SE]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 1533), H10871-H10876 [10DE]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis, H2284 [15AP], H2633 [23AP], H8402 [18SE], H10798, H10799 [3OC]

———increase the conforming loan limit in high-cost areas, H3297 [8MY]

———minority serving organizations funding for counseling and support, H2865 [30AP]

———provide needed housing reform, H1652 [13MR], H1830, H1868, H1875 [1AP], H1892 [2AP], H1975, H2000 [3AP], H2273 [15AP], H2453, H2469 [17AP], H2865 [30AP], H3056, H3058, H3059 [6MY], H3134, H3181 [7MY], H3195, H3197-H3201, H3204-H3308 [8MY], H4326 [21MY], H5977 [24JN], H6333 [9JY], H6480 [15JY], H6828, H6840, H6854-H7011, H7054, H7055 [23JY], H7062 [24JY], H7332 [30JY], H7857 [9SE], E864 [8MY], E898 [13MY], E921 [14MY], E956 [16MY], E983, E986, E988 [21MY], E1142 [4JN], E1549, E1551 [24JY], E1555, E1556, E1559, E1563, E1564 [25JY], E1581 [29JY], E1602, E1604, E1606 [30JY], E1630 [31JY], E1693 [1AU]

———provide needed housing reform (H.R. 5857), E986 [21MY], E1693 [1AU]

———simplify the historic rehabilitation tax credit, H7005 [23JY]

Hudson, Rodney D.: SBA Maryland Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E679 [22AP]

Immigration: comply with all applicable immigration laws, H7697 [31JY]

———continue to prohibit the hiring, recruitment, or referral of unauthorized aliens, H28 [16JA]

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

———extend EB-5 regional center program (H.R. 5569), H5060-H5063 [9JN]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (H.R. 1843), H6 [15JA]

———increase oversight of H-2B visa program, H5332 [12JN]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants, H2360 [16AP]

Income: disparity between the salaries of chief executive officers and their employees, H1615 [12MR]

———require certain Government contractors and other entities receiving most of their revenue from Federal sources to disclose names and salaries of their most highly compensated officers, H3952 [15MY]

———require certain Government contractors and other entities receiving most of their revenue from Federal sources to disclose names and salaries of their most highly compensated officers (H.R. 3928), H2574-H2577, H2644 [23AP]

India: initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement and pursue negotiations for international reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers (H. Res. 928), H338 [17JA]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: limit casino expansion (H.R. 2562), H6051 [25JN]

Indiana: tribute to Northwest Indiana Business and Industry Hall of Fame honorees, E292 [4MR]

Insurance: impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (H.R. 6528), E1499 [17JY]

———require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to plan sponsors and clearly communicated to plan participants and beneficiaries (H.R. 6908), H8666-H8668 [23SE]

Intellectual property: enhance remedies for violations of laws (H.R. 4279), H3067-H3078 [6MY], E853 [7MY]

———enhance remedies for violations of laws (S. 3325), H10229-H10238 [27SE], E2141 [28SE]

International Networking Week: observance, E125 [6FE]

International relations: economic conditions in Russia and States of the former Soviet Union, E2313 [20NO]

International Whaling Commission: end commercial, coastal, and community-based whaling and strengthen whale conservation efforts (H. Con. Res. 350), H5526-H5530, H5547, H5550 [18JN], E915 [14MY]

Investments: allow for the issuance of green building and sustainable design project bonds, E2230 [3OC]

Iowa Select Farms (business): Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (organization) Above and Beyond award recipient, E1514 [22JY]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (H.R. 2347), H3325 [8MY]

———enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (H.R. 1400), H3324 [8MY], H4822 [22MY], H10108 [26SE]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (H.R. 7112), H10103-H10113 [26SE], E2154, E2159 [29SE], E2162 [30SE]

Iran Sanctions Act: expand and clarify the entities against which sanctions may be imposed (H.R. 957), H3324 [8MY]

Iraq: investigation into private security contractors, H8139 [16SE]

———prohibit private security contractors from combat areas, H9211 [24SE]

———proposal to negotiate no-bid contracts with several western oil companies to service Iraq oil fields, H5780 [20JN], H6092 [26JN]

Iron and steel industry: require Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of buildings, H7723 [31JY]

IRS: prohibit use of private debt collection companies, H2310, H2312-H2316 [15AP]

John Deere Co.: anniversary, H8587 [23SE]

Jovenes, Inc.: tribute to sponsorship of Homeless USA Cup street soccer team, E1641 [1AU]

Kloppenburg, Earl E., and family: SBA Guam Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year award recipient, E433 [14MR]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 800), H3873 [14MY]

Laino, Vincent A., Jr.: Philadelphia (PA) Business Journal and Drexel University LeBow College of Business Chief Financial Officer of the Year Award recipient, E1764 [11SE]

LaMantia, Joe, Jr.: McAllen, TX, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Golden Eagle Award recipient, E86 [28JA]

LATINA Style (publication): tribute to LATINA Style 50 Awards program, E127 [6FE]

Lee Co.: tribute to work with the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, E1372 [26JN]

LEGO Group: anniversary of LEGO brick, E148 [7FE]

Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc.: Affordable Housing Finance (publication) Reader's Choice Award for Best Homeownership Project recipient, E13 [15JA]

Lobbying Disclosure Act: require disclosure of political intelligence activities (H.R. 5617), E428 [14MR]

Long, Sam: SBA Idaho Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E667 [22AP]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Philippe the Original restaurant, E1873 [24SE]

Louisiana: anniversary of Louisiana Small Business Development Center, E195 [14FE]

Macy's, Inc.: anniversary (H. Res. 1473), H8625, H8626 [23SE]

Mars, Inc.: tribute to opening of facility in Elizabethtown, PA, E2030 [26SE]

McCain, Senator: evaluation of Bush administration economic policies, H2866 [30AP]

McNabb, Stan: Time (publication) Dealer of the Year Award recipient, E425 [14MR]

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

Meeco, Inc.: anniversary, E2175 [30SE]

Meinke Car Care Centers, Inc.: tribute for participation in the Second Chance Program, Inc., H2359 [16AP]

Middle East: provide assistance to improve the health and economic conditions in Gaza, E920 [14MY]

Minimum wage: level, H7064 [24JY]

———provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 3, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (H.R. 4637), H7063 [24JY]

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

Minority Business Development Agency: tribute, E1529 [23JY]

MITRE Corp.: anniversary, E1455 [15JY], E2239 [3OC]

Mondavi, Robert G.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 365), H5993 [24JN], H6121 [26JN], E1347 [25JN], E1376 [26JN]

———tribute (S. Con. Res. 84), H10210 [27SE]

Morris Black and Sons, Inc.: anniversary, H2209 [10AP]

Motor vehicles: advanced vehicle batteries and battery systems manufacturing facilities construction loan program funding, H10085 [26SE]

———corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H6218 [8JY]

———development of alternative energy vehicles funding, H9299 [24SE]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles, H5118 [10JN], H5312, H5315 [11JN]

Muna, Annmarie T.: SBA Guam Women in Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E433 [14MR]

Mutual Benefit Insurance Co.: anniversary, E1327 [24JN]

NASA: clarify that Outreach and Technology Assistance Program will include small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses and give preference to small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans and HUBZone small businesses, H5371, H5391-H5393 [12JN]

———encourage collaboration with other Federal agencies and the aerospace industry to sustain and expand the aerospace industry workforce, H5387-H5389 [12JN]

National Association of Credit Management Southwest: anniversary, E1337 [25JN]

National Association of Realtors: anniversary, H4283 [20MY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (H.R. 5611), H8363-H8368 [17SE], E1845 [18SE]

National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 444), H2886-H2888 [30AP]

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

National Miner's Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1006), E271 [28FE]

National Plumbing Industry Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1082), H2092, H2093 [9AP]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1294), H5932-H5934 [24JN], H6121 [26JN]

National security: condemn businesses for selling equipment to U.S. enemies, H4129 [19MY]

National Steel Car Ltd.: Alabama facility funding, H6989 [23JY]

National Tourism Week: observance, H3780 [14MY]

Nelson Family of Cos.: Sonoma Valley, CA, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, E2156 [29SE], E2175 [30SE]

New Jersey: tribute to Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program, E1498 [17JY]

———tribute to the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, E2097 [28SE]

New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners: anniversary, E2128 [28SE]

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

———restructuring of New York Liberty Zone tax incentives, H8152-H8157, H8232, H8235 [16SE]

———tribute to Caribbean Community Conference, E1231 [13JN]

———tribute to Harlem YMCA National Salute to Black Achievers in Industry (BAI) Awards dinner, E796 [1MY]

Nielsen Builders, Inc.: anniversary, E2321 [20NO]

Nortex Modular Space (business): anniversary, E1189 [10JN]

North Coast Distributing, Inc.: anniversary, E1805 [16SE]

Ntim, George: Marriott International, Inc., J. Willard Marriott Award of Excellence recipient, E488 [2AP]

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

Ohio: tribute to Ohio Business Women's Conference and Expo, E950 [15MY]

OPM: allow companies who offer non-Governmentwide service benefit health care plans to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 4932), E2 [3JA]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow State governors to petition for increased energy exploration off their coast and allow for revenue sharing on new areas of production, H8220, H8221, H8232, H8233, H8234 [16SE]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H2196, H2197 [10AP], H2271 [15AP], H2667 [24AP], H2840 [29AP], H2866 [30AP], H3123 [7MY], H3313 [8MY], H3758 [13MY], H3781, H3825, H3827, H3847-H3854 [14MY], H4157, H4290, H4294-H4297, H4304-H4307 [20MY], H4387 [21MY], H4881, H4910, H4911, H4967-H4970 [4JN], H4978, H4980, H4991 [5JN], H5051-H5053 [9JN], H5114, H5115, H5117, H5118, H5178, H5188 [10JN], H5302, H5304-H5310, H5313, H5314, H5316 [11JN], H5364 [12JN], H5416, H5427 [17JN], H5486, H5487, H5501, H5506, H5545, H5550, H5552-H5565, H5569-H5572, H5574 [18JN], H5707 [19JN], H5782, H5790 [20JN], H5799, H5801, H5847 [23JN], H5868, H5869, H5870, H5871, H5874, H6002 [24JN], H6013, H6084 [25JN], H6092, H6093, H6097, H6126, H6159 [26JN], H6180, H6181, H6186, H6187, H6205, H6206, H6211-H6217, H6221 [8JY], H6235, H6236, H6301, H6317, H6331, H6336 [9JY], H6366, H6370 [10JY], H6412, H6452, H6457, H6461, H6463, H6464, H6469 [14JY], H6477, H6478, H6479, H6506, H6565-H6567, H6570 [15JY], H6580, H6581, H6582, H6658, H6659 [16JY], H6678, H6679, H6680, H6711 [17JY], H6801, H6809 [22JY], H6829, H6830, H7042, H7052, H7054 [23JY], H7063, H7136, H7139-H7142 [24JY], H7221, H7287, H7291, H7294-H7296 [29JY], H7334, H7617 [30JY], H7651 [31JY], H7846-H7849 [8SE], H7860, H7863, H7864, H7949, H7952 [9SE], H8008 [10SE], H8056, H8061, H8062, H8115-H8117 [15SE], H8159, H8213, H8218, H8246 [16SE], H8462 [18SE], H8540, H8542 [22SE], H9224, H9225, H9299, H9300 [24SE], H9966, H9967 [25SE], H9977 [26SE], E1580, E1582 [29JY]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (H. Res. 1282), H5734 [20JN]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (H.R. 6529), H7617 [30JY]

———prohibit offshore drilling off of Florida, H2171 [10AP]

———provide for State enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources and expansion of natural gas and oil supplies (H.R. 6428), H7615 [30JY]

PACCAR Inc.: Washington (State) Governor's Trader of the Year Award recipient, E641 [17AP]

PACE Staffing Network, Inc.: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility recipient, E2372 [10DE]

Palestinian Authority: tribute to Palestine Investment Conference, E1080 [23MY]

Pangelinan, Dolores McDonald (Laling): SBA Guam Home-Based Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E431 [14MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: tribute to National Trademark Expo, E529 [8AP]

Pelosi, Speaker: express support for revealing of commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices, H2578, H2579, H2581-H2585, H2626 [23AP], H2663 [24AP], H2892 [30AP], H2960 [1MY], H3123, H3128 [7MY], H5051 [9JN], H5218 [11JN]

———express support for revealing of commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices (H. Res. 1135), H3114 [7MY]

Pension Protection Act: allow asset smoothing in pension plans, H1604, H1605 [12MR]

———require States to credit interest on public pension plans at no greater than market value, H1604, H1605 [12MR]

———technical corrections (H.R. 3361), H1598-H1606 [12MR], H1685 [13MR]

———technical corrections (H.R. 6382), H6243-H6252 [9JY]

———technical corrections (H.R. 7327), H10935, H10943 [10DE]

———technical corrections relative to ERISA (H.R. 6143), E1097 [23MY]

Petroleum: construction or expansion of refineries, H5314 [11JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H392 [23JA], H1226 [5MR], H1415 [6MR], H2270, H2271, H2272, H2323-H2326 [15AP], H2360, H2437 [16AP], H2495 [22AP], H2557 [23AP], H2748-H2751 [24AP], H2832, H2833, H2843 [29AP], H2866, H2933-H2938 [30AP], H3014-H3016 [1MY], H4910, H4911 [4JN], H6236, H6330, H6335 [9JY], H6356 [10JY], H6475 [15JY], H6802 [22JY], H6829 [23JY], H7153, H7154 [24JY], H7289, H7291, H7292 [29JY], H7612, H7613, H7616 [30JY], H7864, H7865 [9SE], H7960 [10SE], H8393 [17SE], E1099 [23MY], E2153 [29SE]

———expedite construction of new refinery capacity on closed military installations, H5554 [18JN], H8118 [15SE]

———expedite construction of new refinery capacity on closed military installations (H.R. 2279), H5191 [10JN], H5584, H5585, H5589-H5591 [19JN], H5738 [20JN], H6104 [26JN], H6211 [8JY], H6280 [9JY], H6684, H6688, H6694, H6714 [17JY], H6797 [22JY], H7049 [23JY]

———gasoline price levels, H266 [16JA], H634 [10JY], H1317, H1320 [5MR], H1623 [13MR], H1796 [31MR], H1892 [2AP], H2136 [9AP], H2171-H2173, H2196-H2198, H2200-H2204 [10AP], H2227, H2251-H2256 [14AP], H2269, H2270, H2271, H2274 [15AP], H2359, H2364, H2412-H2420 [16AP], H2454, H2455 [17AP], H2494, H2532, H2533, H2547 [22AP], H2556, H2557, H2559, H2578-H2586, H2587, H2591, H2592, H2594, H2601, H2604, H2605, H2643-H2650 [23AP], H2662, H2663, H2667, H2748-H2751 [24AP], H2765, H2832, H2834 [29AP], H2864, H2865, H2866, H2892, H2893, H2932-H2938 [30AP], H2954, H2955, H2960, H3012-H3016 [1MY], H3054, H3056, H3058, H3059 [6MY], H3112, H3113, H3123, H3137, H3143, H3158 [7MY], H3191, H3310, H3311, H3318 [8MY], H3758, H3762 [13MY], H3781, H3825, H3826, H3872 [14MY], H4050 [15MY], H4157, H4158, H4159, H4168, H4284, H4290, H4292 [20MY], H4326, H4327, H4330, H4335, H4343-H4345, H4437-H4441 [21MY], H4457, H4823 [22MY], H4836, H4838, H4839, H4842, H4844, H4845, H4848, H4850, H4851, H4855, H4861, H4863-H4868 [3JN], H4879, H4880, H4881, H4882, H4883-H4886, H4894, H4910, H4914-H4917, H4923-H4926, H4932, H4933, H4951, H4952, H4963, H4965-H4971 [4JN], H4977, H4978, H4979, H4980, H4982-H4989, H4991, H5006-H5011, H5018, H5021, H5029-H5034 [5JN], H5051-H5053, H5068, H5085 [9JN], H5113, H5114, H5115, H5116, H5117, H5118, H5121-H5124, H5174, H5175, H5178, H5180, H5186-H5192 [10JN], H5217, H5218, H5219, H5220, H5221, H5222, H5248, H5277, H5292, H5293, H5302, H5304-H5313, H5316, H5320-H5322, H5326 [11JN], H5331, H5332, H5334-H5338, H5340, H5355, H5358, H5395-H5405 [12JN], H5414, H5416, H5419, H5423, H5459, H5465 [17JN], H5485, H5486, H5487, H5488, H5489, H5532, H5545, H5548, H5549, H5552-H5557, H5559-H5565, H5571 [18JN], H5584, H5585, H5586, H5608, H5706, H5707, H5710, H5716-H5727 [19JN], H5733, H5734, H5776 [20JN], H5806, H5814, H5847-H5855, H5857, H5859 [23JN], H5869, H5872, H5873, H5875, H5917, H5919, H5920, H5946-H5949, H6003, H6005-H6007 [24JN], H6014, H6016, H6087 [25JN], H6155-H6162 [26JN], H6180, H6181, H6186, H6188, H6189, H6194, H6203, H6205, H6207-H6223 [8JY], H6240-H6243, H6281-H6285, H6289, H6290, H6292, H6317, H6319, H6328-H6332 [9JY], H6347, H6348, H6350-H6363, H6372 [10JY], H6449, H6452, H6455 [14JY], H6492, H6497, H6549 [15JY], H6651, H6653-H6660 [16JY], H6799, H6801, H6821 [22JY], H6830, H7042, H7043 [23JY], H7138, H7145 [24JY], H7296 [29JY], H7332, H7333, H7609, H7612, H7617 [30JY], H7863, H7939 [9SE], H7994, H8002-H8008 [10SE], H9873 [25SE]

———gasoline price levels relative to oil futures purchasing, H4910 [4JN], H5869, H5870, H5938, H5939, H6006 [24JN], H6319 [9JY], H8401, H8426 [18SE]

———impact of environmental regulations on refinery expansion and capacity, H5115 [10JN], H6460 [14JY]

———increase refining capacity, H4157 [20MY], H5562 [18JN], H5858 [23JN], H6459 [14JY], H8115 [15SE]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 2264), H2588, H2644 [23AP], H2750 [24AP], H3015 [1MY], H4106 [19MY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 6074), H4104-H4109 [19MY], H4294, H4310 [20MY], H4328 [21MY], H4879 [4JN], H4978, H4979 [5JN], H5113, H5117, H5118 [10JN], H5586 [19JN], H6005 [24JN], E988 [21MY]

———nationalize U.S. oil industry, H5806 [23JN]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, H2955 [1MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (H.R. 2335), H5315 [11JN]

———quarterly profits of oil companies, H6798 [22JY], H6830, H7053 [23JY]

———streamline the process of Federal approval for construction or expansion of refineries (H.R. 2471), H4978 [5JN]

———year-end profits of oil companies, H595 [6FE], H875 [13FE], H2270 [15AP], H2359 [16AP], H2588, H2589, H2643-H2647 [23AP], H2748 [24AP], H2832 [29AP], H2955 [1MY], H4159 [20MY], H5316 [11JN], H5815, H5849 [23JN], H6182 [8JY], H6330 [9JY], H6465-H6469 [14JY], H6799 [22JY], H7065 [24JY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (H.R. 6353), H8691, H8696 [23SE], E1969 [25SE]

Pierce Bros. Repair (business): anniversary, E409 [13MR]

Pizza Hut, Inc.: anniversary, H4288 [20MY]

Platte County, MO: tribute to Platte County Economic Development Council, E1181 [10JN]

Port Arthur, TX: expansion of Valero Energy Corp., refinery, E299 [5MR]

Power resources: application of energy tax increases to CITGO Petroleum Corp., H1109, H1111 [27FE]

———coal-to-liquid fuels research funding, H2019 [8AP]

———coordinate efforts in the development of viable efficient alternative fuel technologies to assist automakers in meeting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (H.R. 5917), E763 [29AP]

———eliminate requirement that renewable energy and energy conservation projects comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H1116 [27FE]

———eliminate tax deduction on domestic production activities for U.S. oil and gas companies, H8224 [16SE]

———expedite exploration and development of oil and gas from Federal lands (H.R. 6379), H6694 [17JY]

———national energy policy, H3059 [6MY]

———open Outer Continental shelf areas to oil and gas leasing, curb excessive energy speculation, and require Strategic Petroleum Reserve sale and acquisitions of certain fuels (H.R. 6670), H7609 [30JY], H8163 [16SE]

———prevent excessive speculation in derivatives markets for certain energy commodities by limiting participation to those capable of producing or taking delivery of the commodities (H.R. 6264), H5723 [19JN]

———promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities, H2667 [24AP], H2932 [30AP], H3123 [7MY], H3314 [8MY], H3753 [13MY], H3781 [14MY], H4881 [4JN], H5783 [20JN], H6181 [8JY], H6368 [10JY], H6491, H6492 [15JY], H7289 [29JY], H7950 [9SE], H8229, H8230 [16SE]

———promote energy independence and security, H48, H49 [16JA], H2248 [14AP]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H1830, H1868 [1AP], H1892 [2AP], H1975, H2000 [3AP], H2273 [15AP], H2453 [17AP], H2557 [23AP], H6333 [9JY], H7857 [9SE], E1142 [4JN]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1363), H6840-H6854 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1175), H3134-H3147, H3181 [7MY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), corrections in engrossment of Senate amendments, H3311 [8MY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendment, H6828, H6854-H7011, H7054, H7055 [23JY], H7062 [24JY], H7332 [30JY], E1549, E1551 [24JY], E1555, E1556, E1559, E1563, E1564 [25JY], E1581 [29JY], E1602, E1604, E1606 [30JY], E1630 [31JY], E1693 [1AU]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), Senate amendments, H3058 [6MY], H3195, H3197-H3201, H3204-H3308 [8MY], H4326, H4334 [21MY], E864 [8MY], E898 [13MY], E921 [14MY], E956 [16MY], E983, E986, E988 [21MY]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, H5311 [11JN]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 1252), H2583, H2588, H2644 [23AP], H2750 [24AP], H5577 [18JN], H5706 [19JN], H5784 [20JN]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 6346), H5934-H5940, H6005 [24JN], E1344 [25JN]

———provide for a standby loan program for certain coal-to-liquid projects (H.R. 2208), H6211 [8JY], H6238, H6241 [9JY], H6354 [10JY], H6659 [16JY], H6684, H6688, H6694, H6714 [17JY], H6797 [22JY]

———provide market incentives to produce and deploy alternative energy solutions and reduce dependence on foreign oil (H.R. 6385), E1366 [26JN], E1707 [8SE]

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

———repeal certain incentives and subsidies for renewable fuels (H.R. 5911), H2953 [1MY]

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

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

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

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

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

Real estate: prohibit home equity conversion mortgage lenders from requiring seniors to purchase annuities with reverse mortgages proceeds and provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage borrowers, H3304 [8MY]

RichmondBUILD, Inc.: FBI Director's Community Leadership Award recipient, E2372 [10DE]

Rose, Matthew K.: Fort Worth, TX, Business Hall of Fame inductee and Business Executive of the Year award recipient, E2111 [28SE]

Saad, Mara Letica: inclusion in Crain's Detroit Business (publication) list of southeast Michigan's ``Most Influential Women'', E947 [15MY]

Sacramento, CA: tribute to Chamber of Commerce honorees, E76 [28JA]

Salinas, Fernando (Chito): Junior Achievement (organization) Laredo, TX, Business Hall of Fame inductee, E792 [1MY]

SBA: clarify eligibility of business incubators for partnerships with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program awardees, H2618 [23AP]

———conduct pilot program to raise awareness about telework among small business employers and encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees (H.R. 5217), E94 [29JA]

———eligibility of companies backed with venture capital under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H2606, H2607 [23AP], E794 [1MY]

———grant priority to companies in areas that have lost a major source of employment under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H2612, H2613 [23AP]

———include projects with potential to lower gasoline and diesel prices under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, H2626, H2627 [23AP]

———require that primary business operations of applicants be in the U.S. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, H2616 [23AP]

Schostak, Jerome L.: Detroit, MI, District Council of the Urban Land Institute Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1022 [22MY]

SEC: enhance effectiveness of enforcement, corporation finance, trading and markets, investment management, and examination programs (H.R. 6513), H7888-H7893 [9SE], H8025 [11SE], E1756 [10SE]

Securities: impose a fee on stock transactions, H9978 [26SE]

Securities Investor Protection Corp.: extend insurance to futures positions held in a portfolio margining account under an SEC-approved program, H3819 [14MY]

Senate: continue certain Federal employee benefits for certain employees of the Senate Restaurants after operations of the restaurants are contracted to a private business concern (S. 2967), H6378 [10JY]

Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act: authorize appropriations, H7254 [29JY]

Shared Interest (organization): tribute, E523 [4AP]

Shipping industry: require that fuel surcharges collected by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder be passed through to the person responsible for bearing the cost of fuel, H4754 [22MY]

———require that fuel surcharges collected by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder be passed through to the person responsible for bearing the cost of fuel (H.R. 5934), E777 [30AP]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (H.R. 6434), E1414 [9JY]

———repeal requirement to have a license for employment in the business of salvaging on the coast of Florida (S. 2482), H10141, H10142 [27SE]

Silicon Valley Leadership Group (organization): anniversary, E1116 [3JN]

Small business: provide disaster assistance (H.R. 6641), H7621-H7624 [30JY]

———provide support for small business concerns (H.R. 2133), H7609 [30JY]

Social Security: prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (H.R. 5515), H1344 [6MR], H2168 [10AP], H4979 [5JN], E268 [28FE]

South Dakota: lift restrictions on oil and gas drilling in Williston-Bakken Basin, H5115 [10JN]

Space policy: establish an interagency committee to study issues related to location of commercial space launch ranges near Federal launch ranges, H5380 [12JN]

Spartanburg, SC: tribute to additional investment by BMW of North America, Inc., in Spartanburg plant, H2074 [9AP]

Steinhagen Oil Co.: Greater Beaumont, TX, Chamber of Commerce Spindletop Award recipient, E1676 [1AU]

Stephens, Carolyn: SBA Nevada Women in Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E873 [8MY]

Stokesbury, Kevin: Offshore Mariners Wives Association Friend of the Fishing Industry Award recipient, E2348 [9DE]

Stork Medical, LLC: tribute, E1750 [10SE]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, H6335 [9JY], H6462-H6465 [14JY], H6477, H6478, H6479 [15JY], H6579, H6664 [16JY], H6685, H6686, H6692, H6693, H6702, H6712 [17JY], H6800 [22JY], H6828, H6829, H6830 [23JY], H7332 [30JY], H8229, H8232, H8233 [16SE]

Sung, Gary K.: SBA Guam Small Business Young Entrepreneur Champion of the Year award recipient, E420 [14MR]

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

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

Syngenta, Inc.: Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana Platinum Award for Continued Excellence recipient, E1413 [9JY]

Taft-Hartley Act: repeal certain provisions allowing States to pass right-to-work laws that prevent labor unions from charging fees for negotiating labor contracts, H6202 [8JY]

Tariff: explanation of duty suspension process, E95 [29JA]

Taunton River: impact of designating portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System on proposed construction of a liquefied natural gas facility, H6587-H6596, H6629-H6633, H6639, H6643, H6646 [16JY]

Tavares, Stephanie: SBA Nevada Small Business Journalist of the Year award recipient, E867 [8MY]

Taxation: accelerate phase-in of the deduction for domestic production activities (H.R. 5101), E63 [23JA]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (H.R. 7273), H10915 [10DE]

———allow employers a refundable credit against income tax for a portion of the employer's cost of providing tax-free transit passes to employees (H.R. 6030), H5776 [20JN], H6126 [26JN], E901 [13MY]

———allow exchange of like-kind property involving certain mutual ditch, reservoir, or irrigation company stock, H3815 [14MY]

———disallow deduction for excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums relative to U.S. risks paid to affiliates (H.R. 6969), E1847 [18SE]

———expand expensing for small business (H.R. 5085), E53 [22JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 2470), H3044 [5MY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (H.R. 1748), E1059 [23MY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives, H4398, H4399 [21MY]

———extend bonus depreciation for certain machinery and equipment purchases, H459 [28JA], H495, H496 [29JA]

———extend certain expiring provisions and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7202), consideration (H. Res. 1516), H10309-H10316 [28SE]

———extend certain tax benefits applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (H.R. 4312), H1991 [3AP]

———extend new markets tax credit, E1462 [15JY]

———extend the research and development tax credit, H4284 [20MY], E584 [10AP], E614 [15AP]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters, H1189 [4MR]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil companies, H2864 [30AP], H4159, H4309 [20MY], H5311 [11JN], H5568 [18JN], H6158 [26JN], H6334 [9JY]

———make permanent the research and development tax credit, H9947 [25SE]

———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (H.R. 2138), H2209 [10AP], E1759 [10SE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain energy production and distribution facilities (H.R. 6716), H7634 [31JY]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (H.R. 6214), E1168 [9JN]

———provide credit for cellulosic biofuel production, H3317-H3319 [8MY], H3767 [13MY], H5576 [18JN], H6335 [9JY]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (H.R. 5984), H3007 [1MY], H3329 [8MY], H3797, H3825, H3826, H3827 [14MY], H4340, H4344 [21MY], H5791 [20JN], H6237 [9JY], H6694, H6723 [17JY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief, H10758, H10760, H10761, H10777 [3OC]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), H4299 [20MY], H4327, H4349-H4401 [21MY], H4879 [4JN], H4979 [5JN], H5315 [11JN], H5358 [12JN], H7051 [23JY], H7634 [31JY], E1058, E1066, E1081, E1087 [23MY], E1971 [25SE], E2121 [28SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), consideration (H. Res. 1212), H4330-H4337 [21MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to recommit, H4398, H4399 [21MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), H9981-H10042 [26SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), consideration (H. Res. 1501), H9896-H9911 [25SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), consideration (H. Res. 1502), H9938-H9947 [25SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation (H.R. 7201), consideration (H. Res. 1516), H10309-H10316 [28SE]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (H.R. 1712), E597 [14AP]

———provide individuals a deduction for commuting expenses (H.R. 5905), H2892 [30AP], H4932 [4JN], H5292 [11JN]

———provide middle class tax relief while closing tax loopholes (H.R. 6595), H7063 [24JY], E1624 [30JY]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (H.R. 5109), H504 [29JA]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters (H.R. 7006), H9312-H9319 [24SE]

———provide tax relief to active duty military personnel and employers who assist them, H4170 [20MY]

———rates, H612, H613 [6FE], H932 [13FE], H1059-H1065 [26FE], H1224 [5MR], H1555, H1556, H1566, H1568, H1571, H1577-H1584, H1587-H1596, H1612, H1616 [12MR], H1624, H1636-H1638, H1640, H1642, H1650, H1652, H1658 [13MR], H1892, H1949-H1955 [2AP], H2273 [15AP], H2360, H2364 [16AP], H2543-H2549 [22AP], H4341-H4344 [21MY], H4990-H4998 [5JN], E619 [15AP]

———reduce individual income taxes by creating a new 5 percent rate and increase dollar limitation on current-tax-year expensing of qualified property for small businesses (H.R. 5126), E73 [23JA]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (H.R. 5105), H392 [23JA]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (H.R. 5267), E137 [7FE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (H.R. 5450), H1079 [27FE]

———repeal oil and gas subsidies, H875 [13FE], H2270 [15AP], H2359 [16AP], H2588, H2589, H2591 [23AP], H2748 [24AP], H2955 [1MY], H4861 [3JN], H6024 [25JN]

———require employers to notify their employees of availability of the earned income tax credit (H.R. 6371), E1352 [25JN]

———suspend employment and income taxes for a certain period (H.R. 7309), H10949-H10954 [10DE]

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

Technology Administration Act: technical corrections (H.R. 6935), E1819 [17SE]

Telecommunications: ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet (H.R. 5994), E859 [8MY]

Telephones: eliminate automatic removal of telephone numbers on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry (H.R. 3541), H591 [6FE]

———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (H.R. 3402), H9935-H9938 [25SE], E2087 [27SE], E2113 [28SE]

Texas City, TX: anniversary of Valero Energy Corp., refinery, E318 [6MR]

Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: tribute, E894 [13MY]

TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC: anniversary, E941, E947 [15MY]

Tilsner Carton Co.: anniversary, E719 [24AP]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (H.R. 4081), H7918-H7928 [9SE], E1749, E1752, E1755 [10SE]

———reduce youth usage of tobacco products and enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors (H.R. 5513), H7573 [30JY]

———role of cigarette trafficking in funding terrorist activities, E1752 [10SE]

Tourist trade: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (H.R. 3232), H9929-H9934 [25SE], E2087 [27SE], E2098 [28SE]

Trinity Valley Exposition (organization): anniversary, E2088 [27SE]

Turbomeca USA (company): tribute to grand opening of manufacturing facility in Monroe, NC, E2299 [20NO]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H1017 [25FE], H1132-H1137 [27FE], H1169 [28FE], H1316 [5MR], H1400 [6MR], H1435 [10MR], H1447 [11MR], H1825, H1830, H1831, H1874, H1875 [1AP], H1893, H1945, H1947, H1948 [2AP], H7861 [9SE], H9224, H9225 [24SE], H10871, H10872 [10DE]

———ratification (H.R. 5724), H2018 [8AP], H2123-H2126 [9AP], H2249 [14AP], H2328, H2336-H2341 [15AP], H2424 [16AP], H3058 [6MY], H3311 [8MY], H4155 [20MY], H5546 [18JN], E656 [17AP]

———ratification (H.R. 5724), waiver of fast-track authority (H. Res. 1092), H2168, H2169, H2170, H2171, H2173, H2177-H2190 [10AP], H2334-H2336 [15AP], E599, E602 [14AP]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: ratification, E656 [17AP], E815 [5MY], E1355 [25JN], E1385 [26JN]

U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation (H.R. 3688), H1132-H1137 [27FE]

Unemployment: rates, H2074 [9AP]

Varias, Faye Balmonte: SBA Guam Journalist Champion of the Year award recipient, E434 [14MR]

Vaswani, Shashi and Priya: Junior Achievement (organization) Laredo, TX, Business Hall of Fame inductees, E794 [1MY]

Veridian Homes, Inc.: Professional Builder Magazine Builder of the Year Award recipient, E98 [29JA]

W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: anniversary, E12 [15JA]

Waters, Representative: South Africa Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo Silver Award recipient, E801 [1MY]

West Virginia: anniversary of Poca Valley Bank, E420 [14MR]

Westmoreland, Inc.: inclusion in Diversity Business Magazine Top 100 Disabled Owned Business in America, E2042 [27SE]

Weyerhaeuser Corp.: tribute, E2382 [10DE]

Willow Grove, PA: prevent use of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove for commercial operations, H4806 [22MY]

Wireless Broadband Co.: tribute, E1692 [1AU]

Workers Memorial Day: observance (H. Res. 1154), H2662 [24AP], H2906, H2907 [30AP], E790 [1MY], E816 [5MY]

———tribute to York-Adams County, PA, Central Labor Council observance, E731 [24AP]

Young, Kim Anderson: SBA Guam Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E431 [14MR]

Zakheim, Irv: Eastern Washington University Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, E916 [14MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: provide farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural entities with the opportunity to provide input into Federal rulemakings (S. 2691), S1524 [4MR]

Air Force: awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, S1457-S1459 [3MR], S1487-S1492, S1517 [4MR], S1554, S1560 [5MR], S1690 [6MR], S1720 [7MR], S1788 [10MR], S1831 [11MR], S2123 [13MR], S3107-S3109 [17AP], S3685 [1MY], S3840 [7MY], S4144 [14MY], S5149 [5JN], S5466, S5471 [11JN], S5684 [17JN], S5718 [18JN]

———encourage re-competition for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, S7753-S7755 [30JY]

———GAO decision on awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, S5724 [18JN], S5789, S5794 [19JN], S6180, S6202 [26JN], S6531 [10JY], S6588-S6590 [11JY], S6682 [15JY], S8333, S8334 [11SE]

———prohibit funding for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract unless certain conditions are met (S. 3203), S6589 [11JY]

———tribute to senior leadership, S3377 [24AP]

Air pollution: establish economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S4914-S4916 [3JN], S5153-S5156, S5160 [5JN], S5432 [10JN]

———reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, S5156 [5JN]

———reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (S. 309), S5019 [4JN]

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

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: tribute to Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility recipients, S5590 [12JN]

American Business Women's Association: tribute to National Women's Leadership Conference, S5200 [5JN]

American Energy Freedom Day: observance, S7815 [31JY]

American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.: anniversary (S. Res. 421), S214 [23JA], S226 [24JA]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S7523 [26JY]

Amtrak: increase availability of domestically manufactured passenger cars for intercity rail service (S. 3360), S7633 [29JY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (S. 3519), S9031 [18SE]

Antignano, Robert: SBA National Jeffrey H. Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year award recipient, S3303 [23AP]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (S. 3086), S5208-S5210 [5JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3689), S10602 [17NO], S10607, S10609, S10615-S10620 [19NO]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3689), unanimous-consent request, S10625, S10626 [19NO]

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

———modify funding requirements for new accruals under air carrier pension plans, S3429 [28AP], S3483, S3484 [29AP], S3554-S3564, S3568, S3583 [30AP], S3774-S3777 [6MY]

———provide relief for all air carriers with pension plans that are not frozen pension plans (S. 191), S3556, S3561 [30AP]

Baker Co.: International Trade Center Exporter of the Year award recipient, S4481 [20MY]

Bankruptcy: provide that claims arising from high cost consumer credit transactions shall be subordinated to all other claims (S. 3259), S9464 [25SE]

Battelle Memorial Institute: anniversary, S9641 [26SE]

BLM: prohibit issuance of regulations for commercial-scale leasing of oil shale, S3464 [29AP]

Bonneville County, ID: selection of site for uranium enrichment facility, S3960 [8MY]

Budget: manufacturing initiatives funding, S2097 [13MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, S630, S637 [5FE], S1183-S1185 [26FE], S1785-S1787, S1791 [10MR], S8821 [16SE], S8907-S8910 [17SE], S8966, S8999-S9001 [18SE], S9189 [22SE], S9358, S9368 [24SE]

———State of the Union Message, S414 [29JA]

Business Executives for National Security (organization): tribute, S2127 [13MR]

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

Carris Reels, Inc.: ESOP Association Company of the Year award recipient, S5033 [4JN]

CFTC: curb role of excessive speculation in contract markets involving energy futures or swaps and eliminate excessive speculation or other activity causing major energy market disturbances (H.R. 6377), S6218 [26JN], S6313 [27JN], S6368 [7JY], S6371 [8JY]

———curb role of excessive speculation in contract markets involving energy futures or swaps and eliminate excessive speculation or other activity causing major energy market disturbances (H.R. 6377), unanimous-consent request, S6313 [27JN]

———develop and impose aggregate position limits on certain large over-the-counter transactions and classes of large over-the-counter transactions (S. 3671), S10335 [1OC]

———improve transparency in energy futures markets and provide authority over off-exchange retail foreign currency transactions, S5377 [9JN]

———prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation and increase transparency with respect to energy trading on foreign exchanges conducted within the U.S., S6989 [22JY]

———prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation and increase transparency with respect to energy trading on foreign exchanges conducted within the U.S. (S. 3129), S5627 [12JN]

———provide for oversight of large trades of over-the-counter energy and agricultural contracts to prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation, S6989 [22JY]

———provide for oversight of large trades of over-the-counter energy and agricultural contracts to prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation (S. 3255), S6607 [11JY]

———provide greater resources and authority to improve transparency and accountability in the energy futures markets (S. 3130), S5628 [12JN]

Chemicals: regulation of and transition from hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, S5345 [6JN], S5437 [10JN]

Children and youth: connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth (S. Res. 630), S7638 [29JY]

———provide a summer jobs program for teenagers, S520 [31JA]

China, People's Republic of: require negotiation of a bilateral investment treaty that benefits U.S. workers, manufacturers, businesses, and protects consumers, S5742 [18JN]

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (S. 3628), S9710 [26SE]

Climate Security Act: suspend provisions of legislation that increase gasoline price levels, S5164 [5JN]

Coal: production of carbon emissions, S4879 [2JN], S4905 [3JN], S5148 [5JN]

Colleges and universities: make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (H.R. 2669), conference report, S6183 [26JN]

Colorado: provide for orderly and balanced development of energy resources within the Roan Plateau Planning Area (S. 2879), S3147 [17AP]

Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council: anniversary, S3787 [6MY]

Commission on Wartime Contracting: establish, S424, S429 [29JA]

Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting (Senate, Special): establish (S. Res. 437), S501 [30JA], S2216 [31MR], S2623 [7AP], S3002 [15AP], S3423 [28AP]

Commodity Exchange Act: clarify treatment of certain commodity futures contracts and financial instruments purchases relative to limits on excessisve speculation established by the CFTC (S. 3248), S6567-S6571 [10JY], S7467 [25JY]

———enhance oil trading transparency, S5516, S5517 [11JN]

———enhance oil trading transparency (S. 2995), S3999 [12MY], S5406 [10JN]

———ensure the application of speculation limits to speculators in energy markets (S. 3131), S5629 [12JN], S5721 [18JN], S6891 [17JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (S. 3577), S9494-S9496 [25SE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, S7996 [1AU]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S6725, S6797 [15JY], S6799, S6802, S6804, S6821-S6826, S6859 [16JY], S6879 [17JY], S7129-S7140 [23JY], S7206-S7209, S7211, S7214, S7217-S7223, S7226-S7232, S7234-S7245, S7247-S7253, S7257, S7262, S7265 [24JY], S7435-S7440, S7442-S7447, S7451-S7456, S7458, S7466-S7468, S7473 [25JY], S7488, S7490, S7493, S7494, S7513 [26JY], S7543, S7544, S7552, S7556, S7557 [28JY], S7588, S7597-S7599, S7610 [29JY], S7718, S7725, S7751, S7752, S7763-S7767 [30JY], S7809, S7813, S7831 [31JY], S7985 [1AU]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S6880, S6881, S6885, S6888-S6890, S6903-S6908 [17JY], S6947, S6949, S6950, S6952-S6960 [21JY], S6983-S7024 [22JY], S7090-S7129 [23JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), star print, S7079 [22JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), unanimous-consent agreement, S6946 [17JY], S6983 [22JY], S7433 [24JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), unanimous-consent request, S6880 [17JY], S7091, S7132 [23JY], S7227, S7228, S7244 [24JY], S7518 [26JY], S7541, S7542, S7552, S7553 [28JY], S7721 [30JY], S7824-S7830 [31JY]

———reduce speculation in crude oil markets (S. 3183), S5738 [18JN], S5928-S5930 [20JN], S6021 [24JN], S6104 [25JN], S6352 [7JY], S6616 [14JY], S6677, S6680 [15JY], S6802 [16JY]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (S. 3134), S5632 [12JN], S5983, S5989 [24JN], S6829 [16JY], S8105 [8SE], S8151 [9SE]

Computers: improve quality of Federal and State data on availability and quality of broadband services and promote deployment of affordable broadband services (S. 1492), S9853-S9856 [26SE]

———improve quality of Federal and State data on availability and quality of broadband services and promote deployment of affordable broadband services (S. 1492), House amendments, S10183 [30SE]

Construction industries: allow carryback of certain net operating losses, S2726-S2728 [8AP], S2798 [9AP]

Consumer Credit Safety Commission: establish (S. 3629), S9711 [26SE]

Contingency Contracting Corps: establish, S8521 [15SE]

Contra Costa County, CA: anniversary of Bay Area Green Business Program, S2291 [1AP]

Contracts: authorize use of Federal supply schedules for the acquisition of law enforcement, security, and certain other related items by State and local governments (H.R. 3179), S5457 [10JN]

———promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting relative to electrical work done in reconstruction efforts in Iraq, S7241 [24JY]

———promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting relative to reconstruction efforts in Iraq, S635 [5FE], S3387-S3389 [24AP], S3420 [28AP], S5724 [18JN], S8246, S8267 [10SE]

———promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting relative to war and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, S2213-S2216 [31MR], S2623 [7AP], S3002 [15AP]

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

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

———require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, S8522 [15SE]

———require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts (H.R. 2740), S8229 [10SE]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (H.R. 7084), S10186 [30SE]

Corporations: improve efficiency of complying with internal auditing control requirements in order to maintain U.S. capital market global competitiveness, S684 [6FE]

———require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (S. 2956), S3704-S3706 [1MY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Credit: allow States to enact lending laws and consumer protections that set limits on interest rates and fees charged to State residents, S9464 [25SE]

———ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (S. 3252), S6572-S6581 [10JY], S10409 [2OC]

———create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators and develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators, S1362 [28FE], S2383-S2385, S2410-S2412 [3AP]

———create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators and develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators (S. 2595), S734 [6FE]

———establish requirements for private lenders to protect student borrowers receiving private educational loans, S7864 [31JY]

———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 (S. 2895), S3208 [21AP]

———transaction fees for small business-related credit card purchases, S7470 [25JY]

Crime: combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (S. 3434), S8041 [1AU]

———modernize and expand reporting requirements relative to child pornography and expand cooperation in combating child pornography (S. 519), S9015 [18SE]

———protect children from online predators, enhance efforts to eliminate child pornography, and help parents protect children from inappropriate material (S. 1965), S4837, S4838 [22MY]

Cuba: withdraw exchange of letters enforcing the Maritime Boundary Agreement with Cuba in protest of Cuba's plans for offshore drilling off the Florida coast, S278 [24JA]

DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (S. 2071), S861 [11FE]

Defense Production Act: extend and reauthorize (H.R. 6894), S9551, S9552 [25SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an award program to honor achievements in nanotechnology (S. 3269), S6870 [16JY]

———establish an Innovation Prize program for researching and developing innovative technologies (S. 1371), S2094 [13MR]

Dept. of Defense: designation of an Executive Agent to monitor and protect issues related to printed circuit board technology, S8523 [15SE]

———effect of oil and gas leasing activities in Outer Continental Shelf on military training operations, S3703 [1MY], S8461 [12SE]

———privatization of military housing, S8466 [12SE]

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

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program funding, S9958 [27SE]

———enter into cooperative agreements with private entities to obtain construction and operating licenses for used nuclear fuel storage and recycling facilities (S. 3215), S6293 [26JN], S8106 [8SE], S10458 [2OC]

———establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (S. 3618), S9682 [26SE]

———Office of Science funding, S1918-S1921 [12MR], S2042 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: require removal of Social Security account numbers from Medicare identification cards and communications provided to beneficiaries (S. 3512), S8954 [17SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend and improve the effectiveness of the employment eligibility confirmation program (S. 3093), S5214 [5JN], S5438 [10JN]

———extend other transaction authority (S. 3328), S9335 [23SE]

———use an employer's failure to timely resolve discrepancies with the SSA after receiving a ``no match'' notice as evidence of violation of immigration law (S. 2710), S1655 [5MR], S1661 [6MR]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S412 [29JA], S2841 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Joint Task Force on Financial Crimes (S. 3677), S10338 [1OC]

———establish the Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force (S. 3081), S5042 [4JN]

———require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (S. 431), S4549-S4554 [20MY], S10300 [1OC]

———require sex offenders to register online identifiers with the National Sex Offender Registry in order to protect users of social networking websites (S. 431), House amendment, S10182, S10183 [30SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct an expeditious environmentally responsible program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserves in Alaska (H.R. 6515), S6886 [17JY]

———improve administration of the Minerals Management Service (S. 3543), S9282, S9283 [23SE]

———improve administration of the Minerals Management Service (S. 3556), S9420 [24SE]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 391), S9963 [27SE]

———release of Inspector General report on mismanagement in Minerals Management Service Royalty-in-Kind Program, S8245, S8253, S8254 [10SE], S8462, S8463 [12SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish an Office of Foreclosure Evaluation (S. 3686), S10582 [17NO]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 18), S10744 [20NO]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 3716), S10750 [20NO]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 3731), S10884 [10DE], S10971 [12DE]

———increase oversight for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, S10791-S10799 [8DE], S10831 [9DE]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S. 3683), S10544 [17NO], S10892 [11DE]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S. 3697), S10683 [20NO]

———troubled assets relief plan contracting provisions for asset managers, S10249 [1OC]

———use funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program for proposed Government bailout of the automobile industry, S10789 [8DE]

DHL International, Ltd.: proposal to close Wilmington, OH, facilities, S6532 [10JY], S6617 [14JY]

Diveroli, Efraim: investigation into awarding of Dept. of Defense contract, S6103 [25JN]

Drugs: increase in prices for prescription drugs, S7440 [25JY]

Ecology and environment: prohibit speculation, fraud, and false reporting by traders in carbon markets, S5347 [6JN]

Economy: encourage energy efficiency, infrastructure and workforce investment, and homeownership retention, and provide certain business tax relief and incentives (S. 3119), S5594 [12JN]

———establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (S. 3522), S9032 [18SE]

———growth, S616-S618 [5FE], S701 [6FE], S1564 [5MR], S3005 [15AP]

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

———impact of subprime mortgage lending, S2329-S2332 [2AP], S8826, S8828, S8833 [16SE], S8922-S8925 [17SE], S8965, S8967, S8996 [18SE]

———impact of tax cuts, S634 [5FE], S3012 [15AP], S5559 [12JN]

———invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. in the global economy (S. 761), S3572-S3574 [30AP]

———invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. (H.R. 2272), conference report, S21 [22JA], S315 [25JA], S1189 [26FE], S1833 [11MR], S2334 [2AP]

———limit compensation for executives at companies that receive Federal bailout funds, S9175-S9177 [22SE], S10243 [1OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, S2321-S2324 [2AP], S7984-S7986 [1AU], S8465 [12SE], S8516 [15SE], S8826-S8828 [16SE], S8898-S8902, S8909, S8910 [17SE], S8964, S8966-S8983, S8991-S8993, S8996-S8999 [18SE], S9567 [26SE]

———promote homeownership, manufacturing, and economic growth (S. 12), S1437 [3MR]

———proposed Government bailout of automobile industry, S10539-S10542, S10546-S10548 [17NO], S10607-S10613, S10615, S10627 [19NO], S10681-S10685 [20NO], S10789-S10799 [8DE], S10821, S10822, S10824-S10826 [9DE], S10841-S10848, S10850-S10852, S10858-S10861 [10DE], S10889-S10913, S10919-S10935 [11DE], S10970 [12DE]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S9170, S9171, S9175-S9179, S9186, S9189-S9191 [22SE], S9223-S9226, S9263-S9267 [23SE], S9352, S9353, S9357-S9366, S9368-S9372, S9382-S9388 [24SE], S9446, S9447, S9455, S9463, S9466, S9468 [25SE], S9567, S9568, S9570-S9573, S9578-S9583, S9607-S9614, S9616-S9624 [26SE], S9891, S9893, S9965, S9966 [27SE], S10027-S10030, S10037-S10039, S10050 [29SE], S10115, S10116, S10118-S10127, S10131, S10133-S10135, S10140-S10146, S10150-S10155, S10188 [30SE], S10190, S10205, S10215-S10284, S10291-S10295, S10328 [1OC], S10407-S10413, S10415, S10429-S10434 [2OC], S10542-S10544 [17NO], S10683, S10707-S10709 [20NO], S10859 [10DE], S10892 [11DE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and authorize loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers (S. 3688), S10602 [17NO]

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

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

———provide grants to middle and low-income consumers to purchase new domestically manufactured automobiles if that consumer owns, and turns into the dealer, an older, less fuel-efficient automobile (S. 3737), S10859 [10DE]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S23-S25, S34-S36, S39-S41, S45, S48-S52 [22JA], S159-S161, S193, S202 [23JA], S270-S275 [24JA], S305, S310, S322-S326 [25JA], S374 [28JA], S403, S410-S413, S417-S420, S434-S440 [29JA], S1441 [3MR], S1586-S1590 [5MR], S2097 [13MR]

———provide stimulus through investment in ``ready to go'' infrastructure projects, S1954, S1955 [12MR], S2054, S2055 [13MR]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S408 [29JA], S460-S470, S474, S478-S480, S483 [30JA], S507, S509, S511-S526, S530, S532-S535 [31JA], S562, S581-S596 [4FE], S656, S672 [5FE], S679-S685, S688, S700-S702, S715-S725 [6FE], S754-S759, S762-S773 [7FE], S1183-S1185 [26FE], S1219, S1220, S1243 [27FE], S1735 [7MR], S3684 [1MY]

———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, S454 [29JA], S530 [31JA], S580 [4FE], S613-S620, S622-S636, S648-S650, S655 [5FE]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), unanimous-consent agreement, S457 [29JA], S656 [5FE], S762 [7FE]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), unanimous-consent request, S623, S624, S656 [5FE], S762, S763 [7FE]

———trade and manufacturing policies, S10935 [11DE]

Employee Benefit Research Institute: anniversary, S10473 [2OC]

Employment: evaluate certain certification programs (S. 3461), S8277 [10SE]

———impact of certain pending legislation on U.S. labor and employment laws, S5733-S5735 [18JN]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S8466 [12SE]

———improve training of manufacturing workers, S2060 [13MR]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (S. 3368), S7786-S7789 [30JY], S10166 [30SE]

———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, S4773 [22MY]

———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 (S. 2775), S2155 [13MR]

Energy Policy Act: repeal certain mandatory royalty relief incentives for the oil and gas industries on the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 2922), S3444 [28AP]

———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]

Executive departments: require agencies that serve food on their premises to donate excess food to nonprofit organizations to assist in battling hunger (S. 2420), S4844, S4845 [22MY]

FAA: address flight delays caused by airline overscheduling, S3580 [30AP]

———Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs funding, S9338-S9340 [23SE]

FBI: authorize additional field agents to investigate financial crimes (S. 3704), S10665 [19NO]

FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (S.J. Res. 28), S1872 [11MR], S3389 [24AP], S4267-S4271 [15MY], S4372 [19MY]

———disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (S.J. Res. 28), unanimous-consent agreement, S4267 [15MY]

———promote transparency in adoption of new media ownership rules and establish independent panel to recommend how to increase representation of women and minorities in broadcast media ownership (S. 2332), S1872 [11MR], S4268, S4269 [15MY]

FDA: clarify priority review voucher laws (S. 3151), S5760 [18JN]

Financial institutions: handling of foreclosure crisis, S5384 [9JN], S8467 [12SE]

———regulation and enhancement of the over-the-counter market for interest rate swaps and credit default swaps under the proposed Government bailout, S10434 [2OC]

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

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 (S. 2630), S978 [13FE]

———include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen in certain collective marketing associations (S. 2803), S2358 [2AP]

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

Fishman Realty Group (business): tribute to management of Army Corps of Engineers Homeowners' Assistance Program, S10320 [1OC]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (S. 2784), S2159 [13MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: district court decision on the constitutionality of warrantless electronic surveillance, S6381, S6382, S6386 [8JY]

Foreign trade: impact of free trade agreements on U.S. economy, S437 [29JA], S760-S762 [7FE]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, S193 [23JA], S3956 [8MY], S5683 [17JN]

———prevent illegal logging practices, S5200 [5JN]

———require all U.S. manufacturers who use coltan to have a certificate of origin, S1047-S1049 [14FE]

———U.S. deficit, S39-S41 [22JA], S160, S193 [23JA], S437, S438 [29JA], S3067 [16AP], S3957 [8MY]

FTC: grant rulemaking authority to allow regulation and prosecution of companies engaged in deceptive mortgage advertising, S2623 [7AP]

———reauthorize (S. 2831), S2754 [8AP]

Ganneston Construction Corp.: Kennebec Valley, ME, Chamber of Commerce President's Award recipient, S202 [23JA]

GAO: audit of Defense Contract Audit Agency relative to allegation of audits being changed in order to help contractors, S7210 [24JY]

Gasoline: stabilize prices (S. 3202), S6306 [26JN], S6309, S6313, S6321 [27JN], S6346, S6347 [7JY], S6513, S6514, S6516, S6538 [10JY], S6645 [14JY], S6677 [15JY], S6804 [16JY], S6883 [17JY], S6947, S6952-S6957 [21JY], S6986, S6996 [22JY], S7092, S7097, S7102, S7104, S7109, S7113, S7133 [23JY], S7221 [24JY], S7582 [29JY], S7727, S7738, S7740, S7743, S7761 [30JY], S8146 [9SE]

———stabilize prices (S. 3202), unanimous-consent request, S6539, S6540, S6542 [10JY]

General Motors Corp.: anniversary, S9647 [26SE]

Government regulations: allow for regulation of electronic energy commodity trading conducted by large traders and prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy commodities, S6987 [22JY]

———allow for regulation of electronic energy commodity trading conducted by large traders and prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy commodities (S. 2058), S3683, S3688, S3731 [1MY], S3999 [12MY], S5404 [10JN]

———impact of deregulation on U.S. consumers, S8981 [18SE]

———prohibit recipients of emergency Federal assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve transparency, accountability, and corporate governance (S. 3698), S10660 [19NO]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, S8222 [10SE]

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

Gulfstream Aerospace Co.: anniversary, S10472 [2OC]

Hardwick, VT: tribute to entrepreneurs, S10727 [20NO]

Health: assessment of Senator McCain's health insurance tax credit proposal, S10162-S10164 [30SE]

———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 (S. 2795), S2348-S2356 [2AP], S2425 [3AP]

———link between health insurance policyholders' vital signs and their insurance premiums, S3379 [24AP]

———prevent the use of genetic information from unborn children and children in the process of being adopted, S3370 [24AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), S3363-S3375 [24AP], S3420 [28AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), request return to Senate, S3415 [28AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 340), S3727 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), unanimous-consent agreement, S3296 [23AP], S3363 [24AP]

———recognize importance of workplace wellness as a strategy to help maximize employees' health and well being (S. Res. 673), S9179 [22SE]

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

Health care professionals: provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (S. 3396), S7952 [31JY]

Healy, Larry: Sioux Falls, SD, Chamber of Commerce Agri-Business Citizen of the Year award recipient, S279 [24JA]

Hodgdon Yachts Inc.: tribute to development of V.1 Mako vessel for the Navy, S728 [6FE]

Horizon Health Care, Inc.: anniversary, S8178 [9SE]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis, S2325 [2AP], S9582 [26SE], S10252 [1OC]

———aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis (S. 2734), S1743, S1781 [7MR], S1785 [10MR], S2254, S2278 [1AP], S2385 [3AP], S5781 [19JN]

———create a Federal Board of Certification to regulate the secondary mortgage market, S5953 [23JN]

———enhance mortgage disclosure requirements with additional safeguards for certain adjustable rate mortgages and loans, S5782 [19JN], S6138 [25JN]

———modify volume cap for housing bonds, S2603 [4AP]

———provide needed housing reform, S1217-S1220 [27FE], S1342, S1346-S1348, S1358-S1371, S1374-S1376 [28FE], S1393-S1398, S1401-S1409, S1413, S1416 [29FE], S1437-S1440, S1443-S1446 [3MR], S1549, S1550, S1586-S1590 [5MR], S1663, S1687 [6MR], S1728, S1735 [7MR], S1971 [12MR], S2207, S2212, S2218 [31MR], S2254-S2263, S2266-S2275, S2277-S2284 [1AP], S2314-S2319, S2321-S2333, S2336 [2AP], S2367-S2371, S2375-S2396, S2400-S2424 [3AP], S2591-S2610 [4AP], S2619-S2625, S2628-S2632 [7AP], S2710, S2716-S2731, S2733-S2738 [8AP], S2780, S2782-S2790, S2792, S2794, S2797-S2811 [9AP], S2829, S2832, S2836-S2861 [10AP], S3932 [7MY], S5384 [9JN], S5772-S5776, S5781-S5788, S5790, S5791, S5796, S5814-S5819 [19JN], S5921, S5925-S5928 [20JN], S5949, S5952-S5954 [23JN], S5975-S5978, S5980-S5983, S6004, S6082 [24JN], S6101, S6105-S6108, S6112-S6114, S6137-S6143 [25JN], S6185, S6270, S6274 [26JN], S6354-S6356 [7JY], S6494 [9JY], S6512, S6516-S6521, S6524, S6540, S6543, S6547 [10JY], S6585, S6590-S6595 [11JY], S6646 [14JY], S6713 [15JY], S6884 [17JY], S7089, S7111, S7112, S7130, S7131 [23JY], S7217, S7223-S7226, S7248, S7255, S7256, S7268-S7270 [24JY], S7438, S7443, S7448-S7451, S7454, S7456, S7458, S7459, S7468, S7472 [25JY], S7489-S7496, S7498-S7506, S7511, S7513, S7518 [26JY], S7566 [28JY], S7620 [29JY], S7985, S7999 [1AU]

———provide needed housing reform, unanimous-consent agreement, S4243 [15MY]

———provide needed housing reform (S. 2636), S992 [13FE], S993 [14FE], S1183-S1185 [26FE], S1724 [7MR], S8828 [16SE]

Hurricanes: acknowledge the progress made and yet to be made to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S1680, S1681 [6MR]

Immigration: extend EB-5 regional center program (H.R. 5569), unanimous-consent request, S9008 [18SE]

———extend EB-5 regional center program (S. 2751), S2006, S2007 [12MR]

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

———improve enforcement of laws prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens (S. 2711), S1655 [5MR], S1661 [6MR]

———increase number of H-1B visas, S1968, S1969, S2030 [12MR]

———increase number of H-2B visas, S4296-S4298 [19MY]

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

Intellectual property: enhance remedies for violations of laws (S. 3325), S7280-S7287 [24JY], S8848 [16SE], S9469 [25SE], S9577, S9578, S9583-S9591, S9599 [26SE]

———enhance remedies for violations of laws (S. 3325), unanimous-consent request, S9469 [25SE]

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: provide for continued oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S. (S. Res. 564), S4185 [14MY]

Iran: impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items, S8509 [15SE]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (H.R. 7112), S10211 [1OC]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (H.R. 7112), unanimous-consent request, S10418 [2OC]

———strengthen economic sanctions on Iran and other countries supporting the development of a nuclear program, S3944 [8MY]

———strengthen economic sanctions on Iran and other countries supporting the development of a nuclear program (S. 970), S1594 [5MR]

Iraq: condemn Kurdistan Regional Government contracts with international oil companies, S6587 [11JY]

IRS: prohibit use of private debt collection companies, S638 [5FE]

———prohibit use of private debt collection companies (S. 335), S3023 [15AP]

———tax collection enforcement, S1554 [5MR]

Kenway Corp.: Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership Manufacturer of the Year award recipient, S6153 [25JN]

Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc.: Affordable Housing Finance (publication) Reader's Choice Award for Best Homeownership Project recipient, S278 [24JA]

Martin and Seibert, L.C.: anniversary, S10297 [1OC]

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

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

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian business venture, S6497 [9JY]

Minimum wage: level, S6106 [25JN], S10638 [19NO]

Mondavi, Robert G.: tribute (S. Con. Res. 84), S5666 [16JN]

Motor vehicles: amend definition of commercial motor vehicle to exclude certain farm vehicles (S. 3271), S6871 [16JY]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, S1519 [4MR]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (S. 1118), S85 [22JA]

———increase U.S. production of hybrid car batteries, S5469 [11JN], S7733 [30JY], S7809 [31JY]

———provide for emergency bridge loan assistance to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers (S. 3715), S10705, S10748 [20NO], S10790, S10792 [8DE]

———require a large majority of automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol or methanol, or biodiesel, S7610 [29JY]

———require manufacturers to increase the percentage of automobiles that are capable of operating on higher-level blends of renewable fuels in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel (S. 3485), S8481 [12SE]

National Innovation Council: establish (S. 3078), S4971-S4973 [3JN]

National Life Group (business): tribute to efforts to create a energy efficient work place, S6501 [9JY]

National objectives: develop manufacturing policy for the 21st century relative to innovative technologies, advanced battery technology, and next generation of vehicles, S6685 [15JY], S7257 [24JY]

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

National Small Business Week: observance, S3303 [23AP], S3342, S3396 [24AP]

———observance (S. Res. 524), S3260, S3261 [22AP], S3452 [28AP]

New Hartford, IA: impact of closing of Kwik Star convenience store damaged by tornado and flooding, S6143 [25JN]

NIH: enhance public and private research efforts to develop new tools and therapies that prevent, detect, and cure diseases (S. 2988), S3894 [7MY]

Nike, Inc.: tribute for ranking first on Climate Counts (organization) scorecard as the most climate-friendly company, S5940 [20JN]

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

NSF: funding, S1918-S1921 [12MR], S2042 [13MR]

Nuclear energy: provide tax credits for the production of new nuclear powerplants, accelerate depreciation or recovery of investment, and establish standby loan guarantees for the nuclear energy industry, S4912 [3JN]

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

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

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: pursue complaints of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries, S5402 [10JN]

Oldenburg Group Inc.: anniversary of Oldenburg Lake Shore product line, S6650 [14JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow State governors to petition for increased energy exploration off their coast and allow for revenue sharing on new areas of production if price of gasoline reaches a certain level, S4259, S4260, S4262, S4263, S4266 [15MY], S5428 [10JN], S5781 [19JN], S7103 [23JY]

———assess environmental impact of offshore oil and gas drilling, S6689 [15JY]

———authorize and expedite oil and gas lease sales (S. 3646), S9893, S10019 [27SE]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S1399 [29FE], S3463-S3466 [29AP], S3650, S3652, S3662, S3667, S3671, S3676 [1MY], S3939 [8MY], S3993-S3997, S4011 [12MY], S4048-S4054 [13MY], S4908 [3JN], S5161 [5JN], S5403, S5404 [10JN], S5476 [11JN], S5720, S5722, S5723, S5727, S5736 [18JN], S5778-S5781 [19JN], S5924 [20JN], S5978, S5984 [24JN], S6100 [25JN], S6211 [26JN], S6351, S6353 [7JY], S6414 [8JY], S6548 [10JY], S6616, S6645 [14JY], S6679, S6683-S6685, S6689-S6692, S6698, S6710 [15JY], S6800-S6809, S6823, S6824, S6829, S6860 [16JY], S6881, S6883, S6886, S6890, S6892, S6903, S6907-S6909, S6915, S6921-S6924, S6927 [17JY], S6950, S6955, S6959 [21JY], S6986, S6991, S6993, S6999, S7006-S7010, S7014 [22JY], S7090, S7094, S7098-S7103, S7107-S7110, S7112, S7117, S7121, S7125, S7127-S7129 [23JY], S7206-S7209, S7212, S7218-S7223, S7234-S7238, S7248-S7250, S7262-S7264 [24JY], S7438-S7440, S7445, S7457, S7458, S7464 [25JY], S7513, S7515 [26JY], S7581, S7585, S7586, S7597 [29JY], S7733, S7738, S7748 [30JY], S7809, S7811, S7815, S7818, S7827, S7828, S7832-S7839, S7843-S7845 [31JY], S8001 [1AU], S8105 [8SE], S8242, S8253 [10SE], S8811-S8813 [16SE], S9009 [18SE], S9356 [24SE], S9455 [25SE], S10119 [30SE], S10416 [2OC]

———revise formula used to allocate State revenue on areas of production in Federal oil and gas leasing program, S8906 [17SE]

Patent and Trademark Office: prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, S2095 [13MR]

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

Pension Protection Act: technical corrections (H.R. 7327), S10914 [11DE]

———technical corrections (S. 1974), unanimous-consent agreement, S2250 [31MR]

Petroleum: close tax loopholes and impose windfall profits tax on oil companies, S3384, S3386 [24AP]

———construction or expansion of refineries, S6882 [17JY]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S3383, S3389 [24AP], S3454-S3456 [28AP], S3477, S3488, S3490 [29AP], S3576, S3577 [30AP], S3666, S3679, S3683, S3685-S3688 [1MY], S3993 [12MY], S4095-S4097 [13MY], S5150 [5JN], S5543, S5572 [12JN], S5719, S5746 [18JN], S5824 [19JN], S5937 [20JN], S5958 [23JN], S6009 [24JN], S6149 [25JN], S6276 [26JN], S6322 [27JN], S6356 [7JY], S6414, S6432 [8JY], S6495 [9JY], S6554 [10JY], S6599 [11JY], S6646 [14JY], S6679-S6684, S6715 [15JY], S6804-S6809, S6821-S6826, S6858, S6860, S6864 [16JY], S6914, S6931 [17JY], S6959, S6966 [21JY], S6989, S6994, S7026 [22JY], S7097, S7143 [23JY], S7216, S7227, S7275 [24JY], S7476 [25JY], S7507 [26JY], S7568 [28JY], S7582, S7589, S7591, S7623 [29JY], S7724, S7732-S7734, S7750, S7770 [30JY], S7833, S7893 [31JY], S8024 [1AU], S8118 [8SE], S8173 [9SE], S8268 [10SE], S8367 [11SE], S8525 [15SE], S8844 [16SE], S8922-S8925, S8939 [17SE], S9013 [18SE], S9194 [22SE], S9270 [23SE], S9401 [24SE], S9480 [25SE], S9639 [26SE], S9996 [27SE], S10056 [29SE], S10167 [30SE], S10305 [1OC], S10470 [2OC], S10553 [17NO], S10640 [19NO], S10729 [20NO], S10802 [8DE], S10831 [9DE], S10876 [10DE], S10942 [11DE]

———gasoline price levels, S2990 [15AP], S3339, S3344-S3347, S3383-S3387, S3389 [24AP], S3421-S3426, S3432, S3454-S3456 [28AP], S3460, S3463-S3466, S3475, S3479-S3481 [29AP], S3564-S3568 [30AP], S3650, S3652, S3653, S3666-S3668, S3676, S3684-S3688 [1MY], S3751, S3753, S3756 [6MY], S3988, S3992, S3993, S3997-S4004, S4006, S4010-S4014 [12MY], S4095-S4097 [13MY], S4434, S4471 [20MY], S4901, S4903, S4908, S4921, S4952, S4957 [3JN], S4996-S4999, S5002-S5005 [4JN], S5130, S5133 [5JN], S5360, S5361 [6JN], S5377, S5380-S5383, S5386 [9JN], S5404, S5409, S5423-S5429, S5434, S5436 [10JN], S5461-S5464, S5466, S5468, S5502, S5505, S5509, S5513, S5533 [11JN], S5535, S5537-S5539, S5541-S5543, S5545, S5552, S5570-S5573 [12JN], S5651 [16JN], S5672 [17JN], S5710, S5711, S5715, S5721, S5722, S5727, S5735-S5739, S5743 [18JN], S5788, S5791-S5794 [19JN], S5922, S5924 [20JN], S5978 [24JN], S6099 [25JN], S6207, S6220 [26JN], S6351-S6353 [7JY], S6414, S6416 [8JY], S6513, S6526, S6527, S6536, S6542, S6546, S6548 [10JY], S6689, S6697, S6710-S6712 [15JY], S6881-S6883, S6885-S6892, S6918-S6924, S6927 [17JY], S6947, S6949 [21JY], S7213 [24JY], S7513 [26JY], S7579-S7581, S7612 [29JY], S7717, S7763 [30JY], S7809-S7811 [31JY], S7987 [1AU], S9009 [18SE]

———gasoline price levels relative to oil futures purchasing, S3579 [30AP], S3670, S3671 [1MY], S3737 [2MY], S3952 [8MY], S3994, S3998, S3999, S4007 [12MY], S4052, S4055 [13MY], S4294-S4296 [19MY], S4469-S4471, S4473 [20MY], S4763-S4765 [22MY], S5012-S5014 [4JN], S5402, S5407, S5425 [10JN], S5485 [11JN], S5544, S5570 [12JN], S5648 [16JN], S5778, S5789, S5792 [19JN], S5983 [24JN], S6204 [26JN], S6352, S6353 [7JY], S6691 [15JY], S6859, S6860 [16JY], S7581, S7582 [29JY], S7762 [30JY], S8813 [16SE]

———gasoline shortages due to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, S9468 [25SE]

———impact of environmental regulations on refinery expansion and capacity, S3385 [24AP]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, S1732 [7MR], S3565 [30AP], S3686 [1MY], S3938 [8MY], S4096 [13MY], S5426 [10JN], S5468 [11JN], S5572 [12JN], S7265 [24JY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 2264), S1418 [29FE], S6349 [7JY], S6950 [21JY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 2264), unanimous-consent request, S6185 [26JN], S7826 [31JY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 879), S6322 [27JN], S7826 [31JY]

———quarterly profits of oil companies, S7986 [1AU]

———year-end profits of oil companies, S3383, S3384 [24AP], S3460, S3477 [29AP], S3564-S3568 [30AP], S3653, S3687 [1MY], S4096 [13MY], S4472 [20MY], S5545, S5570 [12JN], S5793 [19JN], S7126 [23JY], S7212, S7216 [24JY], S7590 [29JY], S7762 [30JY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (H.R. 6353), S10184, S10185 [30SE]

———improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (S. 980), S2307-S2310 [1AP]

Power resources: allow exploration of oil and natural gas off the coasts of consenting States, permit States to retain a significant percentage of revenues, and transfer a portion of revenues to the Conservation Fund, S3766-S3769 [6MY], S4129 [14MY]

———eliminate tax deduction on domestic production activities for U.S. oil and gas companies, S3110 [17AP]

———establish national renewable energy standard and extend and create renewable energy tax incentives (S. 2642), S1059-S1061 [14FE], S3673 [1MY], S8998, S8999 [18SE]

———expedite development of oil and gas leases, modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, encourage conservation, and repeal certain deep water and deep gas royalty relief, S7218 [24JY], S7824 [31JY]

———facilitate participation of private capital and skills in development, commercialization, and market penetration of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies (S. 2730), S1707 [6MR], S4008 [12MY]

———open and preserve access to oil and gas deposits to increase refining capacity and the supply of fuel (S. 3280), S6939 [17JY]

———promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities, S3937 [8MY], S7243, S7244 [24JY], S7830 [31JY]

———promote development of advanced energy systems to increase U.S. competitiveness in the world energy technology marketplace (S. 3233), S6444 [8JY]

———promote energy independence and security, S3172 [18AP]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S1083 [14FE], S1437-S1440, S1443-S1446 [3MR], S1549, S1550 [5MR], S1687 [6MR], S1728, S1735 [7MR], S2119 [13MR], S2367-S2371, S2375-S2396, S2400-S2424 [3AP], S2591-S2610 [4AP], S2619-S2625, S2628-S2632 [7AP], S2710, S2716-S2731, S2733-S2738 [8AP], S2780, S2782-S2790, S2792, S2794, S2797-S2811 [9AP], S2829, S2832, S2836-S2861 [10AP], S3932 [7MY], S5384 [9JN]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), House amendments, S5772-S5776, S5781-S5788, S5790, S5791, S5796, S5814-S5819 [19JN], S5921, S5925-S5928 [20JN], S5949, S5952-S5954 [23JN], S5975-S5978, S5980-S5983, S6004, S6082 [24JN], S6097, S6101, S6105-S6108, S6112-S6114, S6137-S6143 [25JN], S6185, S6270, S6274 [26JN], S6354-S6356 [7JY], S6494 [9JY], S6516-S6521, S6524, S6540, S6543, S6547 [10JY], S6585, S6590-S6595 [11JY], S6646 [14JY], S6713, S6735 [15JY], S6884 [17JY], S7089, S7111, S7112, S7130, S7131 [23JY], S7217, S7223-S7226, S7248, S7255, S7256, S7268-S7270 [24JY], S7436, S7438, S7443, S7448-S7451, S7454, S7456, S7458, S7459, S7468-S7472 [25JY], S7489-S7496, S7498-S7506, S7511, S7513, S7518 [26JY], S7566 [28JY], S7620 [29JY], S7985, S7999 [1AU]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed, S1217-S1220 [27FE], S1342, S1346-S1348, S1358-S1371, S1374-S1376 [28FE], S1393-S1398, S1401-S1409, S1413, S1416 [29FE], S2207, S2212, S2218 [31MR], S2254-S2263, S2266-S2275, S2277-S2284 [1AP], S2314-S2319, S2321-S2333, S2336 [2AP]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S1358 [28FE], S2250 [31MR]

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

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), unanimous-consent request, S5975 [24JN], S6141, S6142 [25JN], S7255 [24JY]

———promote green energy production (S. 2940), S3596 [30AP], S3653 [1MY], S4610-S4612 [21MY]

———promote U.S. energy production, S7124 [23JY]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, S3386 [24AP], S3491 [29AP], S3938 [8MY], S5473 [11JN]

———provide for deep sea exploration for oil and natural gas beyond 50 miles from coastline and expand and accelerate research and development of advanced batteries for electric drive vehicles, S7451-S7453 [25JY], S7493, S7494 [26JY]

Privacy: require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (S. 239), unanimous-consent request, S4920 [3JN]

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

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

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

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

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

Professional Landcare Network (organization): tribute to ``Renewal and Rememberance'' event to refurbish grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, S7275 [24JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize (S. 3264), S6724 [15JY]

R.E.M. Development Co.: Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year award recipient, S10635 [19NO]

Ready, Brendan: SBA National Young Entrepreneurs of the Year award recipient, S3888 [7MY]

Ready, John: SBA National Young Entrepreneurs of the Year award recipient, S3888 [7MY]

Real estate: prohibit home equity conversion mortgage lenders from requiring seniors to purchase annuities with reverse mortgages proceeds and provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage borrowers, S2417 [3AP]

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen copper (S. 3666), S10325 [1OC]

Reiche, Ford: SBA Maine Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S4103 [13MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S315-S317 [25JA], S1189 [26FE]

Rural areas: rural electric cooperatives emissions of greenhouse gas allowances, S5020 [4JN]

SBA: establish a Small Business Information Security Task Force (S. 3102), S5391 [9JN]

———extend term for participating in 8(a) business development program for small businesses affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (S. 3285), S6940 [17JY]

———improve the disaster loans program, S4242 [15MY]

———make improvements to women's procurement program (S. 2608), S790 [7FE]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (S. 1671), S3342 [24AP]

———reauthorize and improve financing and entrepreneurial development programs (S. 2920), S3413 [24AP], S3415 [28AP], S7530 [26JY]

———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Investment Company Program (S. 1662), S3342 [24AP]

———stabilize the small business lending market (S. 3596), S9505 [25SE]

SBE Inc.: tribute, S8369 [11SE]

Science: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for development and construction of science parks, S1959 [12MR], S2054, S2094 [13MR]

SEC: investigation into merger of Bear Stearns Cos., Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co., S2831 [10AP]

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

Senate: continue certain Federal employee benefits for certain employees of the Senate Restaurants after operations of the restaurants are contracted to a private business concern (S. 2967), S4986 [3JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, S434 [29JA]

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

Senate Border Security and Enforcement First Caucus: introduction of immigration-related legislative package, S1662, S1664-S1669, S1700 [6MR], S1721 [7MR]

Senior citizens: improve employability (S. 2933), S3510 [29AP]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (S. 2881), S3147 [17AP]

———repeal requirement to have a license for employment in the business of salvaging on the coast of Florida (S. 2482), S5331 [5JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care, S3462 [29AP]

———modify certain fees, make emergency appropriations for certain small business programs, and provide increased expensing and a carryback for certain net operating losses for tax purposes (S. 2553), S389 [28JA]

———provide employees of small employers with access to quality, affordable health insurance coverage (S. 3554), S9418 [24SE]

———provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals (S. 2948), S3599 [30AP], S3653 [1MY]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch (S. 3705), S10665 [19NO]

Smart Motors, Inc.: anniversary, S6499 [9JY]

Social Security: issue uniform standards for the truncation of account numbers on Medicare identification cards to protect from fraud or identity theft and prohibit display on the Internet of such account numbers, S6430 [8JY]

———provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs, S7890 [31JY]

———provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs (S. 2029), S2319 [2AP], S5029 [4JN], S5956 [23JN], S8165 [9SE], S10467 [2OC], S10641 [19NO]

Sony Electronics Inc.: tribute to Electronics Take Back and Recycle Program, S8371 [11SE]

St. Charles County, MO: tribute to Economic Development Center, S2290 [1AP]

Stockton, CA: anniversary of Port of Stockton, S442 [29JA]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, S6677 [15JY], S7599 [29JY], S7723, S7733, S7736, S7758 [30JY], S7992 [1AU]

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

Take Your Daughter and Son to Work Day: observance, S3392 [24AP], S5445 [10JN]

Taxation: allow a credit for green roofs (S. 3228), S6443 [8JY]

———allow a credit for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide from an industrial source, S10251, S10252 [1OC]

———allow banks to be taxed as limited liability companies (S. 3254), S6605 [11JY]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses and suspend the alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating losses (S. 2650), S1067 [14FE]

———allow certain companies to substitute alternative minimum tax and research and development tax credits in lieu of bonus depreciation deductions, S2404-S2407 [3AP], S2592 [4AP]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (S. 3684), S10579-S10582 [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]

———allow use of revenue from pollution emission cap and trade program for reduction in income taxes, S3861 [7MY]

———capital gains rates, S6217 [26JN]

———delay implementation of merchant card transaction reporting requirements until cost of changes to businesses are identified, S5975 [24JN]

———encourage investment in affordable housing (S. 2666), S1139 [25FE]

———encourage use of corrosion prevention and mitigation measures in the construction and maintenance of business property (S. 3316), S7999 [1AU]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace, S2080, S2081, S2085 [13MR]

———expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property (S. 2885), S3155, S3156 [17AP]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives, S6215-S6218, S6221 [26JN]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (S. 2886), S3156 [17AP], S5480 [11JN]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (S. 3098), S5375 [6JN], S5377 [9JN], S5678 [17JN]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (S. 3098), unanimous-consent request, S5463 [11JN], S5710 [18JN]

———extend and expand incentives for production of renewable energy and clean energy sources, S8150 [9SE]

———extend and expand incentives for production of renewable energy and clean energy sources (S. 1508), S3672, S3673 [1MY], S6548 [10JY]

———extend bonus depreciation for certain machinery and equipment purchases, S633 [5FE], S685, S716, S721 [6FE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), S7433 [24JY], S7485 [25JY], S8263 [10SE], S8392 [11SE], S8520 [15SE], S8964 [18SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), motion to proceed, S7554 [28JY], S7585, S7586, S7593, S7594, S7611, S7616-S7619 [29JY], S7711-S7717, S7720-S7729, S7734-S7738, S7744, S7748, S7749, S7755-S7761 [30JY], S7881 [31JY], S7988 [1AU]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), unanimous-consent request, S7761 [30JY], S7824, S7825 [31JY]

———extend new markets tax credit, S8165 [9SE]

———extend the research and development tax credit, S2956 [14AP], S7755 [30JY], S7985 [1AU]

———impose a tax on every ton of carbon dioxide produced, S5335 [6JN]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil companies, S3565 [30AP], S3687 [1MY], S3766 [6MY], S3935-S3939 [8MY], S4048-S4052, S4075, S4096 [13MY], S5398-S5403, S5408, S5425-S5430 [10JN], S5470, S5473, S5483, S5484 [11JN], S5545 [12JN], S5779, S5788 [19JN]

———improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts (S. 3626), S9708 [26SE]

———index certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss (S. 3535), S9220 [22SE]

———lower corporate tax rate, S684, S715 [6FE]

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

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (S. 3399), S7954 [31JY]

———prohibit deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof for major integrated oil companies (S. 3279), S7008 [22JY]

———provide a special depreciation allowance for property placed in service during a certain period (S. 2539), S97-S99 [22JA]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (S. 3371), S7908 [31JY]

———provide a tax credit for qualified donations of employee services (S. 3488), S8530 [15SE]

———provide credit for cellulosic biofuel production, S4165 [14MY], S5470 [11JN]

———provide credits for biodiesel production, clean-burning wood stoves, cellulosic ethanol, and plug-in hybrid vehicles through reductions in credits for oil companies, S1980, S1981 [12MR], S2097 [13MR]

———provide expensing for property placed in service during a certain period (S. 2540), S97-S99 [22JA]

———provide for eligibility of computer technology and equipment development businesses for enterprise zone incentives (S. 3735), S10949-S10951 [11DE]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency, S2418 [3AP], S2595-S2598, S2600 [4AP], S2629-S2632 [7AP], S2720 [8AP], S2785, S2792, S2800-S2804, S2806 [9AP], S2832, S2837-S2839, S2841 [10AP], S5926, S5927 [20JN], S5976 [24JN], S6107, S6141 [25JN], S6185 [26JN], S7815 [31JY]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (S. 2821), S7008 [22JY]

———provide incentives for energy production, conservation, and efficiency and provide transportation and domestic fuel security (S. 3478), S8392 [11SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief, S10263, S10264, S10267, S10269, S10274 [1OC], S10409 [2OC]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), S5120 [4JN], S5128 [5JN], S6529 [10JY], S8985-S8990, S8993-S8995, S9001, S9005, S9009 [18SE], S9223, S9224, S9234-S9261 [23SE], S9400 [24SE], S9636 [26SE], S10082 [29SE], S10249, S10250 [1OC]

———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], S5395 [9JN], S5410-S5412, S5418-S5421, S5430, S5431, S5435, S5436 [10JN], S5472, S5486 [11JN], S5552, S5564, S5576, S5583, S5584 [12JN], S5640, S5646-S5652 [16JN], S5670-S5672, S5674, S5677-S5682 [17JN], S5708, S5711, S5718-S5720, S5723 [18JN], S5772 [19JN], S5924 [20JN], S7585, S7594 [29JY], S7738 [30JY], S7824 [31JY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S5636 [12JN]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), unanimous-consent agreement, S9009, S9167 [18SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), unanimous-consent request, S7826 [31JY], S7991, S7992 [1AU], S8986, S8987 [18SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), S10025-S10027, S10030 [29SE], S10818 [8DE], S10821 [9DE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), unanimous-consent request, S10025, S10026 [29SE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (S. 3125), S5595-S5597 [12JN]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (S. 2884), S3155 [17AP]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters, S9256 [23SE]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters (H.R. 7006), S10818 [8DE], S10821 [9DE]

———provide relief to improve competitiveness of U.S. corporations and small businesses and eliminate incentives to move jobs and profits overseas (S. 3162), S5835 [19JN]

———provide tax credit to employers headquartered in U.S., that pay fair wages, provide benefits, offset income for employees serving in Reserves, and respect the right to organize (S. 1945), S9358 [24SE]

———provide tax incentives for clean coal technology (S. 3208), S6292 [26JN]

———provide tax incentives for employers to offer group legal plans that provide a benefit for real estate and foreclosure review, S2602 [4AP], S2725, S2726 [8AP]

———provide tax relief to active duty military personnel and employers who assist them, S4773 [22MY]

———rates, S616-S618 [5FE], S764, S768 [7FE], S1409 [29FE], S1459 [3MR], S1492-S1495, S1509 [4MR], S1550, S1553, S1563 [5MR], S1698 [6MR], S1795, S1805 [10MR], S1852 [11MR], S1915, S1917, S1952, S1984, S2031 [12MR], S2101 [13MR], S2986-S2990, S3000, S3003 [15AP], S3054 [16AP], S3423 [28AP], S4248-S4251, S4263 [15MY], S4428, S4429 [20MY], S4599-S4606 [21MY], S5007 [4JN], S5503 [11JN], S5559 [12JN], S5730, S5731 [18JN], S8356-S8361 [11SE], S8474 [12SE], S8966, S8981 [18SE]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (S. 2547), S2987 [15AP]

———reform treatment of certain excessive employee remuneration (S. 3675), S10338 [1OC]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (S. 2668), S1203 [26FE], S10459 [2OC]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on middle-income individuals, S1921 [12MR], S2042 [13MR]

———repeal oil and gas subsidies, S3766 [6MY]

———require employers to notify their employees of availability of the earned income tax credit (S. 3190), S6160 [25JN]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (S. 3331), S7300 [24JY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S1800, S1807 [10MR], S1847 [11MR], S2097 [13MR], S4249 [15MY], S10459 [2OC]

———S corporation reform (S. 3063), S4803 [22MY]

———treat certain income and gains relating to fuels as qualifying income for publicly traded partnerships (S. 3291), S6973 [21JY]

———treatment of interest for purposes of the foreign tax credit, S7500 [26JY]

Telecommunications: require accurate transmission of voice communications network traffic identification information to allow for accurate billing (S. 2919), S3408 [24AP]

Telephones: eliminate automatic removal of telephone numbers on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry (H.R. 3541), S750 [6FE]

———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (S. 2998), S3976 [8MY]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (S. 3249), S6571, S6572 [10JY]

Thilmany Papers LLC: anniversary, S6555 [10JY]

Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers (company): tribute, S1998 [12MR]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (S. 1027), unanimous-consent request, S2036 [13MR]

Trade Act: improve international protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (S. 3464), S8278 [10SE]

Transportation: improve consumer protection through regulation of the household goods moving industry, S3057 [16AP]

Trans-Tech Industries, Inc.: tribute, S3590 [30AP]

Treaties and agreements: make bills implementing trade agreements subject to a point of order unless certain conditions are met (S. 2611), S760, S792 [7FE]

———removal of injunction of secrecy, S10775 [20NO]

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

———require brokers to disclose and pay independent truckers for any fuel surcharges received from shippers that relate to fuel costs paid for by the truckers (S. 2910), S3404 [24AP]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, S1390 [28FE], S1441 [3MR], S1789 [10MR], S2627 [7AP], S6516 [10JY], S8145, S8156-S8158 [9SE], S10206 [1OC]

———ratification (S. 2830), S2712-S2715, S2719, S2730, S2734, S2745 [8AP], S2958 [14AP], S3007-S3009, S3019 [15AP], S3067 [16AP], S3840-S3844 [7MY], S4124 [14MY], S5732 [18JN]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: ratification, S1789 [10MR]

Unemployment: rates, S8111 [8SE], S8153-S8155 [9SE], S8829 [16SE]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement, S8882, S8883 [16SE]

VanDerVliet family: Sioux Falls, SD, Chamber of Commerce Agri-Business Farm Family of the Year award recipient, S279 [24JA]

Vermont: anniversary of Women's Economic Opportunity Conference, S10725 [20NO]

Veterans: support veteran entrepreneurs and encourage Federal agencies to improve contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (S. Res. 575), S4807 [22MY]

Wilbur Yachts (business): anniversary, S9408 [24SE]

Wilson, Jennifer J.: Aggregates Manager (publication) AggMan of the Year award recipient, S3024 [15AP]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S3431 [28AP]

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

Reports

California Recession Figures, S10897 [11DE]

Ripple Effect—Why Failure of the Big 3 Is Not an Option: Representative Maloney, H10920 [10DE]

Reports filed

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

Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 5712) (H. Rept. 110-599), H2551 [22AP]

Community Broadband Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1853) (S. Rept. 110-330), S3254 [22AP]

Community Pharmacy Fairness Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 971) (H. Rept. 110-898), H10330 [28SE]

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 3445) (S. Rept. 110-443), S8034 [1AU]

Consideration of H.R. 6049, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1212) (H. Rept. 110-660), H4320 [20MY]

Consideration of H.R. 6604, Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1449) (H. Rept. 110-859), H8396 [17SE]

Consideration of H.R. 7060, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1501) (H. Rept. 110-884), H9971 [25SE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1502) (H. Rept. 110-887), H9971 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 7201, Energy Improvement and Extension Act and H.R. 7202, Temporary Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1516) (H. Rept. 110-902), H10330 [28SE]

Consideration of H.R. 7321, Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1534) (H. Rept. 110-922), H10975 [10DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1156) (H. Rept. 110-612), H2851 [29AP]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 3221, Housing and Economic Recovery Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1363) (H. Rept. 110-767), H6824 [22JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1175) (H. Rept. 110-622), H3108 [6MY]

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

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4881) (H. Rept. 110-578), H2223 [10AP]

Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3033) (H. Rept. 110-596), H2490 [18AP]

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

Credit Card Fair Fee Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5546) (H. Rept. 110-913), H10827 [3OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security Transaction Authority Extension: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3328) (S. Rept. 110-454), S8375 [11SE]

Disapproval of FCC Rule on Broadcast Media Ownership: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S.J. Res. 28) (S. Rept. 110-334), S3975 [8MY]

EB-5 Regional Center Program Extension: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5569) (H. Rept. 110-698), H5043 [5JN]

Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5579) (H. Rept. 110-615), H3017 [1MY]

Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3325), S8528 [15SE]

EPA Study on Black Carbon Emissions: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3489) (S. Rept. 110-489), S9414 [24SE]

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

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

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

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

Federal Food Donation Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2420) (S. Rept. 110-338), S4791 [22MY]

Government Contractor Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3928) (H. Rept. 110-594), H2485 [17AP]

Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6908) (H. Rept. 110-870), H9082 [23SE]

Impose Sanctions on Iran: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3227) (S. Rept. 110-408), S6362 [7JY]

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

Improving Veterans' Opportunity in Education and Business Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 6221) (H. Rept. 110-784), H7305 [29JY]

Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators (KIDS) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 431), S3254 [22AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 431) (S. Rept. 110-332), S3442 [28AP]

Local Community Radio Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1675) (S. Rept. 110-271), S1596 [5MR]

Local Preparedness Acquisition Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3179) (S. Rept. 110-344), S5204 [5JN]

Media Ownership Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2332) (S. Rept. 110-461), S8528 [15SE]

Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6353) (H. Rept. 110-869), H9082 [23SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 980), S1998 [12MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 980) (S. Rept. 110-521), S10578 [17NO]

OPIC Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 2798) (S. Rept. 110-273), S1596 [5MR]

Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4081) (H. Rept. 110-836), H7955 [9SE]

Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4279) (H. Rept. 110-617), H3049 [5MY]

Private Student Loan Transparency and Improvement Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2894) (S. Rept. 110-327), S3206 [21AP]

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

Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1650) (H. Rept. 110-860), H8475 [18SE]

Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6049) (H. Rept. 110-658), H4320 [20MY]

Repeal Requirement To Have a License for Employment in the Business of Salvaging on the Coast of Florida: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2482) (S. Rept. 110-340), S4791 [22MY]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of H.R. 5140, Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 941) (H. Rept. 110-520), H478 [28JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 955) (H. Rept. 110-522), H620 [6FE]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1489) (H. Rept. 110-876), H9083 [23SE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1503) (H. Rept. 110-888), H9971 [25SE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1533) (H. Rept. 110-918), H10866 [9DE]

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

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

Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2685) (S. Rept. 110-512), S9655 [26SE]

Tule River Tribe Water Development Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2535) (H. Rept. 110-812), H7784 [31JY]

Waiver of Fast-Track Authority for H.R. 5724, U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1092) (H. Rept. 110-574), H2149 [9AP]

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

Rulings of the Chair

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (H.R. 6604), H7530 [30JY]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S5812 [19JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), H4399 [21MY]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 7060), H10041 [26SE]

Statements

Economists and Free Trade: Ernest F. Hollings, S10935 [11DE]

Even Big Oil Executives Agree Excessive Speculation Has Driven Up Oil Prices: Several Oil Company Executives, S7102 [23JY]

Foreclosure Diversion and Residential Mortgage Loan Modification Act: Senator Specter, S10583 [17NO]

Housing and Economic Recovery Act: Executive Office of the President, H6850 [23JY]

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises Regulation Reform: Several Housing Organizations, H6993 [23JY]

Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act: Executive Office of the President, S7988 [1AU]

Oil Companies Reap Billions in Royalty Relief: Speaker Pelosi, H4988 [5JN]

Provide for the Limited Continuation of Clean Energy Production Tax Incentives and Incentives To Improve Energy Efficiency: Several Energy Organizations, S2801 [9AP]

Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Executive Office of the President, S9248 [23SE]

S. 3268 ``Stop Oil Speculation Now''—A Weak Dollar Contributes to High Oil Prices, S7488 [26JY]

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

Summaries

Climate Security Act (S. 3036): Specter Amendments on Emissions Caps, Cost Containment, International Competitiveness, Process Gas Emissions, and Incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage and Advanced Coal Technologies, S4918-S4920 [3JN]

———Specter Amendments on Emissions Caps, Cost Containment, International Competitiveness, and Process Gas Emissions, S5136 [5JN]

Commodity Speculation Reform Act (S. 3248), S6569 [10JY]

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

Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (S. 3626), S9708 [26SE]

Foreclosure Prevention Act (H.R. 3221): Senate Amendments, H3138 [7MY]

Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 2956), S3708 [1MY]

Oil Trading Transparency Act (S. 2995), S4000 [12MY]

Over-the-Counter Speculation Act (S. 3255), S6608 [11JY]

Prevent Excessive Speculation Act (S. 3577), S9496 [25SE]

Repeal Certain Energy Policy Act Mandatory Royalty Relief Incentives for the Oil and Gas Industries on the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 2922), S3445 [28AP]

Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act (S. 3268): Democratic Amendment on Oil and Gas Leases Development, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization, Energy Conservation, and Deep Water and Gas Royalty Relief Repeal, S7218-S7220 [24JY]

Tables

Congressionally directed spending items in S. 3689, emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance, S10620 [19NO]

Distribution analysis of small business income by statutory marginal tax rate, S8357 [11SE]

Employee layoffs and plant closures in Michigan's First Congressional District, H10930 [10DE]

Testimonies

Speculation in Contract Markets Involving Energy Futures: Michael Greenberger (excerpt), H6107 [26JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 340, technical corrections in enrollment of H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, H2982 [1MY]

H. Con. Res. 350, end commercial, coastal, and community-based whaling and strengthen whale conservation efforts, H5526 [18JN]

H. Con. Res. 365, tribute to Robert G. Mondavi, H5993 [24JN]

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

H. Con. Res. 429, recognize importance of the U.S. wine industry to the American economy, H10214 [27SE]

H. Res. 444, tribute to Charles E. Taylor and support goals and ideals of National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day, H2886 [30AP]

H. Res. 930, support goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month, H1007 [25FE]

H. Res. 977, encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies, H5276 [11JN]

H. Res. 1082, support goals and ideals of National Plumbing Industry Week, H2092 [9AP]

H. Res. 1092, waiver of fast-track authority for H.R. 5724, U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, H2177 [10AP]

H. Res. 1154, Workers Memorial Day, H2906 [30AP]

H. Res. 1156, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, H2956 [1MY]

H. Res. 1175, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act, H3134 [7MY]

H. Res. 1212, consideration of H.R. 6049, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act, H4330 [21MY]

H. Res. 1294, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, H5932 [24JN]

H. Res. 1332, connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth, H7271 [29JY]

H. Res. 1363, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3221, Housing and Economic Recovery Act, H6840 [23JY]

H. Res. 1449, consideration of H.R. 6604, Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act, H8406 [18SE]

H. Res. 1471, anniversary of the successful demonstration of the first integrated circuit, H8541 [22SE]

H. Res. 1473, Macy's, Inc., anniversary, H8625 [23SE]

H. Res. 1490, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H9889 [25SE]

H. Res. 1501, consideration of H.R. 7060, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act, H9896 [25SE]

H. Res. 1502, consideration of H.R. 7060, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act, H9938 [25SE]

H. Res. 1516, consideration of H.R. 7201, Energy Improvement and Extension Act and H.R. 7202, Temporary Tax Relief Act, H10310 [28SE]

H. Res. 1533, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H10871 [10DE]

H. Res. 1534, consideration of H.R. 7321, Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act, H10878 [10DE]

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

H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, H10712-H10755 [3OC]

H.R. 2535, Tule River Tribe Water Development Act, H8053 [15SE]

H.R. 2744, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act, H4096 [19MY]

H.R. 3033, Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act, H2569 [23AP]

H.R. 3221, American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act, H3219-H3282 [8MY]

H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act, S2844-S2859 [10AP], S3087-S3102 [16AP], H3204-H3219 [8MY]

H.R. 3221, Housing and Economic Recovery Act, S6736-S6797 [15JY], H6916-H6987 [23JY]

H.R. 3232, Travel Promotion Act, H9929-H9931 [25SE]

H.R. 3361, Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act, H1598-H1604 [12MR], H1685-H1690 [13MR]

H.R. 3402, Calling Card Consumer Protection Act, H9935 [25SE]

H.R. 3928, Government Funding Transparency Act, H2575 [23AP]

H.R. 4040, CPSC Reform Act, S1768-S1781 [7MR]

H.R. 4049, Money Service Business Act, H6775 [22JY]

H.R. 4081, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act, H7918-H7924 [9SE]

H.R. 4279, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, H3067-H3074 [6MY]

H.R. 4881, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act, H2234 [14AP]

H.R. 5140, Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act, H485-H487 [29JA]

H.R. 5569, EB-5 regional center program extension, H5060 [9JN]

H.R. 5611, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act, H8363-H8367 [17SE]

H.R. 5712, Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act, H2572 [23AP]

H.R. 6049, Energy Improvement and Extension Act, S10082-S10114 [29SE]

H.R. 6049, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act, H4349, H4367-H4383 [21MY]

H.R. 6074, Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act, H4104 [19MY]

H.R. 6221, Improving Veterans' Opportunity in Education and Business Act, H7253 [29JY]

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

H.R. 6346, Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5934 [24JN]

H.R. 6353, Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act, H8691-H8694 [23SE]

H.R. 6377, Energy Markets Emergency Act, H6103 [26JN]

H.R. 6382, Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act, H6243-H6249 [9JY]

H.R. 6493, Aviation Safety Enhancement Act, H6744 [22JY]

H.R. 6513, Securities Act, H7888-H7892 [9SE]

H.R. 6515, Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands Act, H6697 [17JY]

H.R. 6560, Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) earned import allowance program establishment, H7272-H7274 [29JY]

H.R. 6604, Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act, H7519-H7522 [30JY], H8413-H8416 [18SE]

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

H.R. 6633, evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries, H7588 [30JY]

H.R. 6707, Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act, H10158 [27SE]

H.R. 6894, Defense Production Act extension and reauthorization, H8699 [23SE]

H.R. 6908, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act, H8666 [23SE]

H.R. 7006, Disaster Tax Relief Act, H9312-H9314 [24SE]

H.R. 7060, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act, H9981-H9997 [26SE]

H.R. 7084, Webcaster Settlement Act, H10278 [27SE]

H.R. 7112, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act, H10103-H10107 [26SE]

H.R. 7321, Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act, H10908-H10912 [10DE]

H.R. 7327, Pension Protection Act technical corrections, H10935-H10943 [10DE]

S. 12, Homeownership, Manufacturing, and Economic Growth (HOME) Act, S1420-S1432 [29FE]

S. 18, Troubled Asset Relief Program Inspector General Improvement Act, S10744 [20NO]

S. 431, Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators (KIDS) Act, S4549-S4551, S4553 [20MY], S10182 [30SE], H10238-H10240 [27SE]

S. 781, Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act, H588 [6FE]

S. 980, Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act, S2307-S2309 [1AP]

S. 1492, Broadband Data Improvement Act, S9856-S9858 [26SE], H10618-H10620 [29SE], H10693-H10696 [2OC]

S. 1965, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, S4837, S4839 [22MY]

S. 2420, Federal Food Donation Act, S4844 [22MY], H4852 [3JN]

S. 2482, repeal requirement to have a license for employment in the business of salvaging on the coast of Florida, S5331 [5JN], H10141 [27SE]

S. 2539, provide a special depreciation allowance for property placed in service during a certain period, S99 [22JA]

S. 2540, provide expensing for property placed in service during a certain period, S100-S104 [22JA]

S. 2595, Secure and Fair Enforcement for (S.A.F.E.) Mortgage Licensing Act, S735-S739 [6FE]

S. 2608, Small Business Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act, S791 [7FE]

S. 2611, Trade Agreement Benchmarks and Accountability Act, S793 [7FE]

S. 2630, Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act, S977 [13FE]

S. 2636, Foreclosure Prevention Act, S981-S983 [13FE]

S. 2663, CPSC Reform Act, S1127-S1138 [25FE]

S. 2666, Affordable Housing Investment Act, S1140-S1142 [25FE]

S. 2668, Modernize Our Bookkeeping in the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act, S1203 [26FE]

S. 2691, Farmer Red Tape Reduction Act, S1524-S1527 [4MR]

S. 2730, Clean Energy Investment Bank Act, S1708-S1711 [6MR]

S. 2751, State Foreign Investment Improvement Act, S2007 [12MR]

S. 2775, Fair Share Act, S2155 [13MR]

S. 2795, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act, S2348-S2355 [2AP]

S. 2803, Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act, S2358 [2AP]

S. 2830, U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, S2745-S2754 [8AP]

S. 2831, FTC reauthorization, S2754-S2756 [8AP]

S. 2865, Fisheries Capital Construction Fund Enhancement Act, S3031 [15AP]

S. 2881, Clean Cruise Ship Act, S3148-S3154 [17AP]

S. 2885, expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property, S3156 [17AP]

S. 2886, Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act, S3157-S3160 [17AP]

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

S. 2895, PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act, S3208 [21AP]

S. 2922, repeal certain Energy Policy Act mandatory royalty relief incentives for the oil and gas industries on the Outer Continental Shelf, S3444 [28AP]

S. 2933, Incentives for Older Workers Act, S3511 [29AP]

S. 2956, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, S3706-S3708 [1MY]

S. 2967, continue certain Federal employee benefits for certain employees of the Senate Restaurants after operations of the restaurants are contracted to a private business concern, S4987 [3JN], H6378-H6380 [10JY]

S. 2988, Accelerating Cures Act, S3894-S3899 [7MY]

S. 2998, Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act, S3977-S3979 [8MY]

S. 3098, Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act, S5367-S5372 [6JN]

S. 3102, Small Business Information Security Act, S5391 [9JN]

S. 3125, Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act, S5597, S5619 [12JN]

S. 3130, Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Oil Prices Act, S5628 [12JN]

S. 3131, Oil Speculation Control Act, S5630 [12JN]

S. 3134, require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets, S5632 [12JN]

S. 3190, Earned Income Credit Information Act, S6161 [25JN]

S. 3202, Gas Price Reduction Act, S6287-S6290 [26JN]

S. 3233, 21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act, S6444-S6447 [8JY]

S. 3248, Commodity Speculation Reform Act, S6568 [10JY]

S. 3249, Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act, S6571 [10JY]

S. 3252, Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act, S6574-S6579 [10JY]

S. 3254, allow banks to be taxed as limited liability companies, S6606 [11JY]

S. 3259, Consumer Credit Fairness Act, S6652 [14JY]

S. 3264, Public Works and Economic Development Act, S6724 [15JY]

S. 3268, Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act, S6725-S6729 [15JY]

S. 3269, Nanotechnology Innovation and Prize Competition Act, S6871 [16JY]

S. 3271, amend definition of commercial motor vehicle to exclude certain farm vehicles, S6872 [16JY]

S. 3285, Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act, S6941 [17JY]

S. 3325, Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act, S7281-S7286 [24JY]

S. 3325, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, H10229-H10236 [27SE]

S. 3328, Dept. of Homeland Security other transaction authority extension, S9336 [23SE]

S. 3360, Creating American Rolling Stock (Train CARS) Act, S7633-S7636 [29JY]

S. 3368, Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act, S7786-S7789 [30JY]

S. 3371, Home Office Tax Deduction Simplification and Improvement Act, S7909 [31JY]

S. 3434, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, S8042-S8044 [1AU]

S. 3478, Energy Independence and Investment Act, S8393-S8414 [11SE]

S. 3485, require manufacturers to increase the percentage of automobiles that are capable of operating on higher-level blends of renewable fuels in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel, S8481 [12SE]

S. 3510, prohibit FRS Board of Governors from making funds available at a discount rate to private individuals, partnerships, and corporations, S8954 [17SE]

S. 3512, Social Security Number Protection Act, S8955 [17SE]

S. 3519, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, S9032 [18SE]

S. 3522, Federal Board of Certification Act, S9033 [18SE]

S. 3556, Dept. of the Interior Minerals Management Service administration improvement, S9421 [24SE]

S. 3629, Consumer Credit Safety Commission Act, S9711-S9715 [26SE]

S. 3670, regulate certain State and local taxation of electronic commerce, S10335 [1OC]

S. 3671, Over-the-Counter Swaps Speculation Limit Act, S10336 [1OC]

S. 3688, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S10584-S10586 [17NO]

S. 3689, emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance, S10586-S10599 [17NO]

S. 3690, Homeowner Assistance and Taxpayer Protection Act, S10600 [17NO]

S. 3705, 10 Steps for a Main Street Economic Recovery Act, S10666-S10670 [19NO]

S. 3715, Auto Industry Emergency Bridge Loan Act, S10749 [20NO]

S. 3731, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act, S10884 [10DE]

S. 3735, provide for eligibility of computer technology and equipment development businesses for enterprise zone tax incentives, S10951 [11DE]

S. Con. Res. 82, support Local Radio Freedom Act, S4033 [12MY]

S. Con. Res. 84, tribute to Robert G. Mondavi, S4810 [22MY], S5666 [16JN], H10210 [27SE]

S. Con. Res. 86, end commercial, coastal, and community-based whaling and strengthen whale conservation efforts, S4973 [3JN]

S. Res. 421, American Printing House for the Blind, Inc., anniversary, S209, S214 [23JA]

S. Res. 437, Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting (Senate, Special) establishment, S499-S501 [30JA]

S. Res. 524, National Small Business Week, S3260 [22AP], S3452 [28AP]

S. Res. 547, North American Occupational Safety and Health Week and Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day, S3720, S3730 [1MY]

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

S. Res. 551, observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system for alcoholic beverages, S3801 [6MY]

S. Res. 564, provide for continued Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers oversight of the Internet domain name system and ensure physical location within the U.S., S4184 [14MY]

S. Res. 575, support veteran entrepreneurs and encourage Federal agencies to improve contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, S4807 [22MY]

S. Res. 601, National Save for Retirement Week, S6169 [25JN], S9165 [18SE]

S. Res. 609, encourage re-competition for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, S6365 [7JY]

S. Res. 617, tribute to Eric Nord, S7076 [22JY]

S. Res. 630, connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth, S7638 [29JY]

S. Res. 639, recognize benefits of transportation improvements along U.S. Route 36 to Colorado communities and businesses, S7976 [31JY]

S. Res. 658, prohibit golden parachute payments for former executives and directors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, S8498 [12SE]

S. Res. 673, recognize importance of workplace wellness as a strategy to help maximize employees' health and well being, S9184, S9214 [22SE]

S. Res. 722, National Advertising Specialty Day, S10816 [8DE]

S.J. Res. 28, disapprove FCC rule on broadcast media ownership, S4270 [15MY]

Transcripts

Watermen Feeling Pain at the Pump: Alex DeMetrick, WJZ-TV (Baltimore, MD), H4986 [5JN]