BOXER, BARBARA (a Senator from California)

Amendments

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: approve (H.R. 7081), S10201, S10340 [1OC]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), S4702 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1885 [11MR], S2017, S2018, S2023, S2025, S2026 [12MR], S2058, S2069, S2078, S2079, S2082, S2136, S2137, S2138, S2169, S2179, S2183, S2186 [13MR]

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1543 [4MR], S1602, S1603, S1604, S1605 [5MR], S1694 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S6287 [26JN], S8287 [10SE], S8530, S8541, S8555 [15SE]

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

Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S744 [6FE]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5049 [4JN], S5233, S5262, S5266, S5325, S5330 [5JN]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3609 [30AP], S3793, S3807, S3815 [6MY]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3982 [8MY], S4056 [13MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S330 [25JA]

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

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: promote respect for fundamental human rights (H.R. 5834), S9216, S9219 [22SE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2495, S2499, S2515 [3AP], S2612 [4AP], S2646, S2650, S2658 [7AP], S2806 [9AP], S6044 [24JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), S4201 [14MY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S1754 [7MR], S3060, S3086 [16AP]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Africa: call on relevant governments, multilateral bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan to achieve and implement a negotiated resolution to national and regional conflicts (see S. Res. 470), S2819 [9AP]

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

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 583), S5040 [4JN]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see S. 3406), S8037 [1AU]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see S. 714), S492 [30JA]

———prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see S. 2912), S3401 [24AP]

Armed Forces: ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (see S. 2874), S3080 [16AP]

———expand certain bonus special pay authorities to enhance the recruitment and retention of psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, and other mental health professionals (see S. 2778), S2133 [13MR]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits available to veterans and members and enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2963), S3698 [1MY] (see S. 3008), S4028 [12MY]

———investigate suicides committed by members (see S. 2772), S2133 [13MR]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 1390), S1122 [25FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see S. 2579), S5963 [23JN]

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

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

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

Aviation: allow additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see S. 2783), S2133 [13MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see S. 2136), S208 [23JA]

———improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 2092), S96 [22JA]

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

Burma: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of cyclone (see S. Res. 554), S3891 [7MY]

California: designate the North Palisade in the Sierra Nevada as ``Brower Palisade'' in honor of David Brower (see S. 3304), S7030 [22JY]

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

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

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

———create conditions, structures, and supports needed to ensure permanency for unaccompanied youth (see S. 2560), S1123 [25FE]

———ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (see S. 400), S970 [13FE]

———provide disadvantaged children with dental services (see S. 739), S2134 [13MR]

———update definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and protect Federal investment in national school lunch and breakfast programs (see S. 771), S8036 [1AU]

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

Commodity Exchange Act: require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (see S. 3134), S6020 [24JN]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: implement immediate ceasefire and work with international community towards comprehensive and lasting solution to crisis in eastern region (see S. Res. 713), S10743 [20NO]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 3068), S4793 [22MY]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see S. 1782), S9205 [22SE]

Convention on Cluster Munitions: encourage U.S. signature (see S.J. Res. 37), S5699 [17JN]

Credit: create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators and develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators (see S. 2595), S1056 [14FE]

Crime: require listing of cruelty to animals as a separate offense category by National Incident Based Reporting System, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and Law Enforcement National Data Exchange Program (see S. 2439), S493 [30JA]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 2042), S2296 [1AP]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see S. 1232), S9205 [22SE]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (see S. 1760), S849 [11FE]

Dept. of Justice: require State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funds awarded to States and political subdivisions be distributed within 120 days of the annual application period (see S. 2588), S543 [31JA]

Dept. of Labor: summer youth job programs funding (see S. 2755), S3146 [17AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (see S. 2523), S1877 [11MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure that certain deferred disability benefits be excluded from consideration as annual income when determining eligibility for low-income housing programs (see S. 2625), S1056 [14FE]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2799), S4376 [19MY]

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

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 3527), S9659 [26SE]

Digital Television Transition Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 576), S4793 [22MY]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 3187), S9416 [24SE]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see S. 1459), S1467 [3MR]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see S. 3092), S5390 [9JN]

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

———support prevention and treatment of diabetes (see S. 1343), S1704 [6MR]

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

———codify executive order addressing environmental justice in minority and low-income populations and implement EPA and GAO recommendations on environmental justice (see S. 642), S7905 [31JY]

———lead renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in conserving natural resources and preventing extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species (see S. Res. 598), S6019 [24JN]

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

Employment: increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries (see S. 1975), S95 [22JA]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 520), S3145 [17AP]

EPA: establish a working group to assist Federal agencies develop criteria for identifying disproportionately high and adverse health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations (see S. 2549), S817 [8FE]

———oppose a proposed regulation now under review by OMB that would undercut air quality protections for national parks, national wilderness areas, national monuments, and national seashores (see S. Res. 729), S10881 [10DE]

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

FAA: improve dispute resolution relative to the personnel management system (see S. 3416), S9027 [18SE]

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

FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (see S.J. Res. 28), S1878 [11MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require manufacturers of bottled water to submit annual reports (see S. 3475), S8383 [11SE]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 2577), S492 [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 (see S. 2630), S5524 [11JN]

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

Food industry: require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly (see S. 414), S395 [28JA]

Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see S. 367), S94 [22JA]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see S. 2793), S3792 [6MY]

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

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

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

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia (see S. 3528), S9204 [22SE]

Hazardous substances: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (see S. 906), S2295 [1AP]

———reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (see S. 3040), S4623 [21MY]

Health: expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting (see S. 2723), S2348 [2AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see S. 358), S3207 [21AP]

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

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see S. 2510), S8132 [8SE]

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

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

Ho, Feng Shan: tribute (see S. Res. 588), S5366 [6JN]

Housing: protect property and security of homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings (see S. 2888), S3259 [22AP]

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

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2279), S3146 [17AP]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see S. 2587), S543 [31JA]

Intellectual property: enhance remedies for violations of laws (see S. 3325), S9416 [24SE]

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: adopt bluefin tuna conservation and management measures (see S. Res. 709), S10660 [19NO]

International law: hold surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity committed during World War II by encouraging foreign prosecution and extradition (see S. 3007), S4028 [12MY]

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

Iraq: provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (see S. 2633), S1123 [25FE]

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

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

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 584), S5699 [17JN]

Kenya: call for a peaceful resolution to current electoral crisis (see S. Res. 431), S329 [25JA]

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

Law enforcement officers: establish an awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 2565), S6159 [25JN]

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 3186), S7280 [24JY]

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

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see S. 2578), S2135 [13MR]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 3484), S8949 [17SE]

———enhance beneficiary protections under parts C and D (see S. 2687), S7480 [25JY]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see S. 2790), S4283 [15MY]

———establish a prospective payment system for covered services provided by federally qualified health centers and expand such services to account for certain other expansions (see S. 2188), S2975 [14AP]

———expand coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 1161), S1597 [5MR]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 1164), S1597 [5MR]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: preserve access to health care (see S. 3656), S10487 [2OC]

Members of Congress: require public disclosure of the terms of home mortgages held by Members of Congress (see S. 3542), S9280 [23SE]

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

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 2504), S5833 [19JN]

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

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

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

National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 719), S10743 [20NO]

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

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

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

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

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

National objectives: advance America's priorities (see S. 3297), S7030 [22JY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 678), S9281 [23SE]

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

National Public Health Week: observance (see S. Res. 509), S2817 [9AP]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 488), S2134 [13MR]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 2681), S2946 [10AP]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 2035), S2296 [1AP]

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

Nurses: fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses (see S. 2064), S1122 [25FE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: pursue complaints of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries (see S. 2976), S5964 [23JN]

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

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

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 826), S8948 [17SE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 537), S3976 [8MY]

Poverty: develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate global poverty (see S. 2433), S5593 [12JN]

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (see S. 2991), S4030 [12MY] (see S. 3044), S4487 [20MY]

Presidents of the U.S.: prohibit the selling or counterfeiting of tickets for a Presidential inaugural ceremony (see S. 3685), S10578 [17NO]

Product safety: ban bisphenol A in children's products (see S. 2928), S3596 [30AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 2123), S1877 [11MR]

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

Real estate: improve disclosures by all mortgage lenders at the loan approval and settlement stages of all mortgage loans (see S. 2296), S733 [6FE]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see S. 3021), S9205 [22SE]

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

Seeds of Peace (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 536), S3442 [28AP]

Senior citizens: improve elderly suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 1854), S1271 [27FE]

———protect from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices by senior financial advisors who have misleading designations (see S. 2794), S9026 [18SE]

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

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

———preserve access to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn (see S. 2819), S3081 [16AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 2858), S3259 [22AP]

Stanford University: tribute to women's cross country team (see S. Res. 426), S329 [25JA]

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

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

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

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 1410), S3508 [29AP]

———encourage investment in affordable housing (see S. 2666), S1819 [10MR]

———establish financial security accounts for the care of family members with disabilities (see S. 2743), S2437 [3AP]

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

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 712), S5390 [9JN]

———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see S. 2314), S4376 [19MY]

———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile and exclude charitable mileage reimbursements from gross income (see S. 3532), S9204 [22SE]

———provide an increased mileage rate for charitable deductions (see S. 3429), S8949 [17SE]

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

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S8132 [8SE]

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

———require a report setting forth the U.S. global strategy to combat and defeat al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) and its affiliates (see S. 2634), S1124 [25FE]

Thailand: anniversary of relations with the U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 66), S785 [7FE]

Treaties and agreements: provide for congressional oversight of U.S. agreements with Iraq (see S. 2426), S208 [23JA]

U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (see S. 2684), S1819 [10MR]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see S. 2544), S1202 [26FE] (see S. 3507), S8948 [17SE]

University of California, Berkeley: tribute to men's water polo team (see S. Res. 427), S329 [25JA]

University of Southern California: tribute to women's soccer team (see S. Res. 428), S329 [25JA]

Water: enhance ability of drinking water utilities to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies (see S. 2970), S8856 [16SE]

———improve water and wastewater infrastructure (see S. 3500), S8855 [16SE]

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (see S. 2766), S2132 [13MR]

Women: reduce maternal mortality (see S. Res. 616), S9206 [22SE]

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

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

Zimbabwe: support people, condemn manipulation of electoral process, reject results of runoff election, tighten sanctions against human rights violators, and support political resolution of current crisis (see S. Res. 611), S6650 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: require report on inclusion of severe and acute post-traumatic stress disorder among the conditions covered by traumatic injury protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see S. 2965), S3699 [1MY]

California: address health and economic development impact of nonattainment of federally mandated air quality standards in the San Joaquin Valley by designating air quality empowerment zones (see S. 3496), S8855 [16SE] (see S. 3565), S9415 [24SE]

———designate certain land as wilderness (see S. 3069), S4793 [22MY]

———tribute to firefighters and emergency workers for courageous actions in fighting wildfires (see S. Res. 714), S10743 [20NO]

California State University, Fresno: tribute to baseball team (see S. Res. 604), S6286 [26JN]

China, People's Republic of: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of earthquake (see S. Res. 569), S4375 [19MY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see S. 2635), S970 [13FE]

Dept. of Defense: require an electronic database of information on the incidence of suicide among members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2780), S2133 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 3253), S6560 [10JY]

Ecology and environment: restore value of every American in environmental decisions (see S. 3494), S8855 [16SE] (see S. 3564), S9415 [24SE]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (see S. 3036), S4487 [20MY]

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

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see S. 3256), S6604 [11JY]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see S. 2635), S970 [13FE]

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

Health: protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures (see S. 3639), S9658 [26SE]

Immigration: authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a U.S. college or university in science, technology, engineering, or math to be admitted for permanent residence (see S. 3084), S5204 [5JN]

Johnson, Stephen L.: express no confidence in performance of duties as EPA Administrator, urge resignation, and encourage investigation of testimony on California waiver decision on automobile emissions (see S. Res. 631), S7629 [29JY]

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

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

National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 560), S4028 [12MY]

National Trails System Act: provide for the study of the Western States Trail (see S. 2909), S3401 [24AP]

Oceans: protect (see S. 3314), S7148 [23JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 3551), S9414 [24SE]

Rappahannock River: designate portion as John W. Warner Rapids (see S. 3550), S9414 [24SE]

Senior citizens: attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans (see S. 2708), S1596 [5MR]

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

Vietnam: promote freedom, human rights, and the rule of law (see S. 3678), S10324 [1OC]

Water: improve water and wastewater infrastructure (see S. 3617), S9657 [26SE]

Cloture motions

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

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

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

———establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), motion to proceed, S4837 [22MY], S4886 [2JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S5922 [20JN], S5978 [24JN]

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

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

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

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

Taxation: 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]

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

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

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

Documents

American Council for Capital Formation/National Association of Manufacturers Modeling Analysis Is Flawed, S4959 [3JN]

Excerpts

Newspaper editorials on S. 3036, Climate Security Act, S4958 [3JN]

Letters

Ban use of diacetyl in the production of microwave popcorn: several consumer organizations, S1683 [6MR]

Climate Security Act: Senator Biden, S5197 [5JN]

———Senator Clinton, S5197 [5JN]

———Senator Kennedy, S5196 [5JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

Lists

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

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

Messages

Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: President Bush, S8142 [8SE]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S4255 [15MY]

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

Privilege of the floor

Barron, Alexander, S4895 [2JN]

Bruce, Robert, S8135 [8SE]

Cohen, Ellen, S4895 [2JN]

Gamboa, Javier, S4895 [2JN]

Gillespie, Sherry, S4895 [2JN]

McGuire, Suzanne, S4895 [2JN]

Morgan, Michael C., S4983 [3JN]

Radell, Rachel, S4895 [2JN]

Questions and answers

Climate Security Act: Senators Levin and Boxer, S5344 [6JN]

Remarks

Africa: call on relevant governments, multilateral bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan to achieve and implement a negotiated resolution to national and regional conflicts (S. Res. 470), S2982 [14AP]

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: approve (H.R. 7081), S10214 [1OC]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4229 [15MY]

Albany, CA: anniversary, S7625 [29JY]

Allensworth, CA: anniversary, S10556 [17NO]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve, S7545 [28JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3604), S9602 [26SE]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001, S4477 [20MY]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S3068-S3070 [16AP], S10712-S10714 [20NO]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S3301 [23AP]

Army: anniversary of Reserves, S1115 [25FE]

Army Reserve: anniversary (H.J. Res. 70), S2982 [14AP]

———anniversary (S. Res. 513), S2981 [14AP]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, S3786 [6MY]

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]

Berkeley, CA: rescind funds appropriated for certain local entities and transfer such funds to the Marine Corps, S1022, S1023, S1024 [14FE], S2081, S2082 [13MR]

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

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S2069, S2070, S2081, S2082, S2084 [13MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), motion to instruct conferees, S4253, S4254, S4264, S4265 [15MY]

Burlingame, CA: anniversary, S4100 [13MY]

Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (S. Res. 106), S3301 [23AP]

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

———tribute to fallen firefighters, S10308 [1OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (H. Con. Res. 309), S4989 [3JN]

Chaffey College: anniversary, S1873 [11MR]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network, S7545 [28JY]

Climate: global warming, S3050 [16AP]

———prohibit new mandates on greenhouse gas emissions that would harm U.S. economy or result in job loss unless China and India institute similiar mandates, S4253, S4254, S4264, S4265 [15MY]

———prohibit new mandates on greenhouse gas emissions until Congress effectively addresses imports from China, India, and other nations that have no similiar emissions programs, S4253, S4254, S4264, S4265 [15MY]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S6797 [15JY]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (S. 3134), S5983 [24JN]

Contra Costa County, CA: anniversary of Bay Area Green Business Program, S2291 [1AP]

Courts: grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S5985 [24JN], S6385 [8JY]

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1584, S1585 [5MR], S1683, S1686 [6MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S5726 [18JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1858), technical corrections (S. Con. Res. 76), S2983 [14AP]

———reauthorize Adoption Incentive Program, S4174 [14MY]

Dept. of Justice: increase local law enforcement funding to enforce prohibition against taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, S2069, S2070 [13MR]

———local law enforcement funding for child protection programs, S2069 [13MR]

Dept. of State: extend certain authorities (H.R. 6456), S8141 [8SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: permit transfer of funds to restore the Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 6532), S8111 [8SE], S8152, S8153, S8154, S8155 [9SE], S8256 [10SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), S3354 [24AP]

———improve treatment and services provided to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders (S. 2162), S4983, S4986 [3JN]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), motion to proceed, S3227 [22AP]

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

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S5726 [18JN]

Economy: impact of economic conditions on the middle class, S6526, S6527 [10JY]

———proposed Government bailout of automobile industry, S10896, S10932 [11DE]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S10244, S10245, S10251 [1OC]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S584, S585, S587 [4FE], S768, S769 [7FE]

Eden Housing, Inc.: anniversary, S8176 [9SE]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5014, S5026, S5027 [4JN], S5158, S5169, S5178, S5179, S5190, S5191, S5196, S5197 [5JN], S5350 [6JN], S5423 [10JN]

———establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), motion to proceed, S4866, S4868, S4884, S4887, S4888 [2JN], S4913, S4916, S4917, S4920, S4922, S4928, S4930, S4938, S4939, S4942, S4943, S4949, S4952, S4957, S4959 [3JN]

———establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent request, S4887 [2JN]

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

Family Service Association of Redlands: anniversary, S2739 [8AP]

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

Firefighters: commend firefighters for their courageous actions and sacrifices in fighting the California wildfires and pledge support for victims, S6525 [10JY]

Florida: investigate transfer of funding from I-75 widening project to Coconut Road interchange project, S3060, S3062 [16AP], S3106, S3110, S3115, S3118, S3119 [17AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: district court decision on the constitutionality of warrantless electronic surveillance, S6386 [8JY]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6385 [8JY]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), motion to proceed, S5985 [24JN]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S584, S585, S587 [4FE], S892 [12FE]

Forests: establish a program to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments to sequester carbon and reduce emissions, S4952 [3JN]

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act: expand coverage to include military recruiting stations, S2081 [13MR]

Georgia, Republic of: condemn statements and actions of Russia that undermine territorial integrity (S. Res. 550), S4988 [3JN]

Global Change Research Act: amend (S. 2307), star print, S4983 [3JN]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (H.R. 1595), unanimous-consent request, S3135 [17AP]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, S2259 [1AP], S5796, S5797 [19JN]

Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3352), S2981 [14AP]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S1022, S1023, S1024 [14FE]

Indio, CA: tribute to Student Creative Recycle Art Program (S.C.R.A.P.) Gallery, S4479 [20MY]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S1250 [27FE]

———impact of financial costs of war on U.S. domestic priorities, S3654 [1MY]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (S. 2633), motion to proceed, S1161 [26FE], S1250 [27FE]

Israel: independence anniversary, S3142 [17AP]

Kingsburg, CA: anniversary, S7625 [29JY]

Larkspur, CA: anniversary, S1052 [14FE]

Las Trampas (organization): anniversary, S1872 [11MR]

LIHEAP: funding, S584 [4FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), veto, S6710 [15JY]

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

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10244, S10245, S10251 [1OC]

Military Order of the Purple Heart: extend eligibility for associate membership to the spouse and siblings of Purple Heart recipients (H.R. 1119), S2981 [14AP]

Moorpark, CA: tribute to Moorpark High School academic decathlon team, S4479 [20MY]

Muir Woods National Monument: anniversary, S88 [22JA]

NASA: anniversary of Explorer I satellite launch and birth of U.S. space exploration program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, S727 [6FE]

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

National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 649), S8141 [8SE]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (S. 2569), S448 [29JA]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 647), S8141 [8SE]

National Foster Care Month: observance, S4174 [14MY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 622), S8141 [8SE]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 581), S4989 [3JN]

National Military Appreciation Month: observance, S4477 [20MY]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), motion to proceed, S7545, S7546 [28JY]

National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 620), S8141 [8SE]

Nuclear energy: increase production, S4913 [3JN]

OSHA: issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl, S1585 [5MR], S1683 [6MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S5727 [18JN], S5984 [24JN], S6710 [15JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, S2993 [15AP], S5172 [5JN]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S4921, S4930, S4938, S4957 [3JN], S5423 [10JN], S5727 [18JN], S6527 [10JY], S6710-S6712 [15JY]

———gasoline price levels relative to oil futures purchasing, S5425 [10JN], S5983 [24JN]

Pinnacles National Monument: anniversary, S88 [22JA]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates' economic proposals, S8823 [16SE]

Power resources: national energy policy, S5423 [10JN], S6710-S6712 [15JY], S7723 [30JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), House amendments, S5796, S5797 [19JN]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed, S2259 [1AP]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5423 [10JN]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), conference report, S7873, S7876 [31JY]

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

Railroads: exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board, S10286 [1OC]

Rialto, CA: tribute to AIDS Walk Rialto, S89 [22JA]

Sacramento River Cats (baseball team): tribute, S10472 [2OC]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: prohibit use of funds for earmarks, S3047, S3055 [16AP]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3014, S3018 [15AP], S3046, S3049, S3050, S3060, S3062, S3067 [16AP], S3106, S3109, S3110, S3115, S3118, S3119, S3135, S3136 [17AP]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1195), motion to proceed, S2933 [10AP], S2961, S2963, S2970, S2971 [14AP], S2993, S2995, S3006, S3010, S3011 [15AP]

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

San Diego County, CA: anniversary of YWCA, S1873 [11MR]

San Francisco Giants (baseball team): anniversary, S3786 [6MY]

Screen Actors Guild, Inc.: anniversary, S4479 [20MY]

Sea Otter Awareness Week: observance, S8367 [11SE]

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]

———legislative process, S5026, S5027 [4JN]

———legislative program, S584, S585, S587 [4FE], S1021 [14FE], S2984 [14AP], S3103 [16AP], S4899 [2JN], S4989 [3JN], S5152 [5JN], S6797 [15JY], S8143 [8SE]

Social Security: codify the unborn child rule allowing States to provide prenatal care to unborn children and their mothers under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S2082 [13MR]

———expand Federal benefit eligibility for children in foster care who have attained a certain age (S. 1512), S4174 [14MY]

———facilitate coverage of pregnant women under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S2082 [13MR]

Stockton, CA: anniversary of Port of Stockton, S442 [29JA]

Taxation: allow a credit for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide from an industrial source, S10251 [1OC]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, create energy tax incentives, and provide disaster relief (S. 3335), motion to proceed, S7723 [30JY]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil companies, S5425 [10JN]

———include senior citizens and disabled veterans in the provision of recovery rebates to individuals, S584, S585 [4FE], S768 [7FE]

———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), S9256 [23SE]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 7005), motion to proceed, S10896, S10932 [11DE]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters, S9256 [23SE]

———temporarily suspend excise tax on highway motor fuels, S3110 [17AP]

Terrorism: compensate relatives of U.S. citizens killed as a result of the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa (H.R. 2828), unanimous-consent request, S3135 [17AP]

———require a report setting forth the U.S. global strategy to combat and defeat al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) and its affiliates (S. 2634), motion to proceed, S1161 [26FE]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), House amendment, S10035 [29SE], S10286, S10290 [1OC]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S8142 [8SE]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), S5686 [17JN]

———rates, S8111 [8SE], S8153, S8155 [9SE]

University of California, Davis: anniversary, S7626 [29JY]

Veterans: expansion of benefits to Filipino veterans who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. residents, S3354 [24AP]

Vietnam: promote freedom, human rights, and the rule of law (S. 3678), S10338 [1OC]

Votes: position on missed, S2424 [3AP]

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

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (S. 2766), unanimous-consent request, S6267 [26JN]

Week of the Young Child: designate (S. Res. 517), S3103 [16AP]

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

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

Reports

California Recession Figures, S10897 [11DE]

Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select) Activities, S538 [31JA]

Reports filed

Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3565) (S. Rept. 110-500), S9414 [24SE]

America's Climate Security Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2191) (S. Rept. 110-337), S4485 [20MY]

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

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2707) (S. Rept. 110-404), S6327 [27JN]

Clean Boating Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2766) (S. Rept. 110-398), S5962 [23JN]

Climate Change Drinking Water Adaptation Research Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2970) (S. Rept. 110-487), S9414 [24SE]

Crane Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1771) (S. Rept. 110-493), S9414 [24SE]

Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3224) (S. Rept. 110-495), S9414 [24SE]

Designate Portion of Rappahannock River as John W. Warner Rapids: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3550), S9414 [24SE]

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

Economic Development Revitalization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3551) (S. Rept. 110-490), S9414 [24SE]

Environmental Justice Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 642) (S. Rept. 110-485), S9414 [24SE]

Environmental Justice Renewal Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2549) (S. Rept. 110-498), S9414 [24SE]

EPA Acceptance, as Part of a Settlement, of Diesel Emission Reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2146) (S. Rept. 110-266), S1384 [28FE]

EPA Study on Black Carbon Emissions: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3489) (S. Rept. 110-489), S9414 [24SE]

EPA Study on the Feasibility of Increasing the Consumption of Certain Ethanol-Blended Gasoline in the U.S.: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1828) (S. Rept. 110-494), S9414 [24SE]

George Howard, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Pine Bluff, AR: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1189), S207 [23JA]

Great Cats and Rare Canids Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1464) (S. Rept. 110-492), S9414 [24SE]

Great Lakes Legacy Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2994) (S. Rept. 110-488), S9414 [24SE]

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3109) (S. Rept. 110-478), S9203 [22SE]

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

Improve Sanitation in Rural and Native Villages in Alaska: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 199) (S. Rept. 110-476), S9203 [22SE]

J. James Exon Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Omaha, NE: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3009), S5039 [4JN]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Appropriations: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3986), S5039 [4JN]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3986) (S. Rept. 110-406), S6327 [27JN]

Lock and Dam No. 5 of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Redesignation as the ``Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock and Dam'': Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 781), S5039 [4JN]

Marine Vessel Emissions Reduction Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1499) (S. Rept. 110-413), S6559 [10JY]

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

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Board of Directors Size Increase: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3891) (S. Rept. 110-405), S6327 [27JN]

National Greenhouse Gas Registry Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1387) (S. Rept. 110-491), S9414 [24SE]

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

Neal Smith Federal Building, Des Moines, IA: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 862), S207 [23JA]

Oil Pollution Act Amendments: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1566) (S. Rept. 110-403), S6327 [27JN]

Old Post Office Building Redevelopment Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 5001) (S. Rept. 110-501), S9414 [24SE]

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

Protect Pregnant Women and Children From Dangerous Lead Exposures Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3639) (S. Rept. 110-515), S9655 [26SE]

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

Rafael Martinez Nadal U.S. Customhouse Building, Mayaguez, PR: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1019), S5039 [4JN]

Reducing Global Warming Pollution From Vehicles Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2555) (S. Rept. 110-407), S6327 [27JN]

Restore the Value of Every American in Environmental Decisions Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3564) (S. Rept. 110-499), S9414 [24SE]

Richard B. Anderson Federal Building, Port Angeles, WA: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 4140), S5039 [4JN]

Ronald H. Brown U.S. Mission to the U.N. Building, New York, NY: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 735), S207 [23JA]

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

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

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

Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Federal Courthouse, Richmond, VA: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2403), S5039 [4JN]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2837), S5039 [4JN]

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

Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2728) (S. Rept. 110-446), S8130 [8SE]

Water Infrastructure Financing Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3617) (S. Rept. 110-509), S9655 [26SE]

Statements

Medical Status of Senator Kennedy: Allan Friedman, S4876 [2JN]

Reiteration of Berkeley, CA, Opposition to the Iraq War and Clarification for Support of Men and Women of the Armed Forces: Berkeley, CA, City Clerk Dept., S1022 [14FE]

Tables

State Federal highway funds in jeopardy, S8154 [9SE]

Testimonies

Greenhouse Gas Management: David D. Freudenthal, Governor of Wyoming, S4928-S4930 [3JN]

Tributes

Averill, Donald F., S5442 [10JN]

Behrens, B. Lyn, S726 [6FE]

Bergman, Alan and Marilyn, S10644 [19NO]

Brown, Michael E., S5749 [18JN]

Burgelin, Louis B., S203 [23JA]

Butkiewicz, Jerry, S1872 [11MR]

Canfield, Lawrence, S10645 [19NO]

Diaz, Jose A. (Tony), S6358 [7JY]

Fernandez, Louis, S4479 [20MY]

Fischer, Herbert R., S7277 [24JY]

Frost, Maxine Pierce, S88 [22JA]

Garcia, Matt, S8177 [9SE]

Green, Dorothy, S10555 [17NO]

Greenburg, Earl, S600 [4FE]

Haws, Kent, S203 [23JA]

Houston, Jackie Lee, S6358 [7JY]

Jacobsen, Timothy J., S10298 [1OC]

Kennedy, Senator, S4876 [2JN]

Korman, Harvey H., S4891 [2JN]

Lantos, Tom, S915 [12FE]

Lovrien, Brent A., S2814 [9AP]

Lyons, Arthur, S2291 [1AP]

McCarthy, Robert J., S9016 [18SE]

Moody, Bradley, S10556 [17NO]

Newman, Paul, S10461 [2OC]

Nguyen, Vu Dinh, S89 [22JA]

Pollack, Sydney, S4963 [3JN]

Pollak, Stuart, S8370 [11SE]

Simmons, Randal, S1116 [25FE]

Soto, Nell, S5443 [10JN]

Starzyk, Paul, S8370 [11SE]

Stokes, Sean A., S615 [5FE]

Streisand, Barbra, S10556 [17NO]

Van Deerlin, Lionel, S5437 [10JN]

Vanderhoef, Larry, S10555 [17NO]

Watkin, Rebecca Wood, S2291 [1AP], S2433 [3AP]