KOHL, HERB (a Senator from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1885 [11MR], S2000, S2013, S2023, S2024 [12MR], S2058, S2061, S2078, S2080, S2083, S2136, S2137, S2170 [13MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7320 [24JY]

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1601 [5MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8426 [11SE], S8537 [15SE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2519 [3AP], S2617 [4AP], S2662 [7AP], S2745, S2760, S2761 [8AP], S5904 [19JN], S5945 [20JN], S6139 [25JN]

Public welfare programs: extend SSI for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants and collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud (H.R. 2608), S8066 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AARP: anniversary (see S. Res. 666), S9206 [22SE]

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

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

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 22), S2134 [13MR]

———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), S7031 [22JY]

———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]

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

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

———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), S3304 [23AP]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S4970 [3JN]

Copyrights: amend vessel hull design protection laws to clarify distinction between hull and deck and provide factors for protection of a revised design and guidance for assessment of similarity (see S. 3106), S5447 [10JN]

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), S3792 [6MY]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Advanced Multidisciplinary Computing Software Institute (see S. 1948), S395 [28JA]

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 Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (see S. 1738), S8856 [16SE]

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 (see S. 1843), S2347 [2AP]

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

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

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

Health: 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), S5964 [23JN]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see S. 2510), S7630 [29JY]

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

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 2672), S3258 [22AP]

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

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]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 3155), S5753 [18JN]

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

Latvia: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 87), S6505 [9JY]

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

Local Initiatives Support Corp.: funding (see S. 2955), S5040 [4JN]

Medicaid: improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (see S. 3327), S8276 [10SE]

Medicare: provide for additional outreach and education and provide a special enrollment period for individuals who qualify for an income-related subsidy under the prescription drug program (see S. 1108), S4622 [21MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (see S. 2641), S1054 [14FE]

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

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

No Child Left Behind Act: improve standards for physical education (see S. 2173), S6442 [8JY]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 826), S10176 [30SE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 537), S3442 [28AP]

Poverty: develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate global poverty (see S. 2433), S6722 [15JY]

Power resources: ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol (see S. 3080), S7907 [31JY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (see S. 2991), S3976 [8MY] (see S. 3044), S4487 [20MY]

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

SBA: establish a Small Business Energy Emergency Disaster Loan Program (see S. 3223), S6938 [17JY]

———reauthorize and improve financing and entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 2920), S6938 [17JY]

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), S4029 [12MY]

———encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. and authorize grants to organizations to find missing adults (see S. 3579), S9492 [25SE]

———improve employability (see S. 2933), S3507 [29AP]

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), S3509 [29AP]

Sudan: call for peace in Darfur region (see S. Res. 455), S1468 [3MR]

Taxation: encourage investment in affordable housing (see S. 2666), S3792 [6MY]

———prohibit use of a credit card or other intermediary to make loans from qualified employer plans and limit the number of loans to participants (see S. 3278), S6936 [17JY]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S10069 [29SE]

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

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 2119), S817 [8FE]

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (see S. 2766), S3403 [24AP]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see S. 3108), S5447 [10JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 3289), S6972 [21JY]

Dept. of Education: make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see S. 3508), S8948 [17SE]

Dept. of HUD: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (see S. 2736), S1741 [7MR]

Elections: change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (see S. 2638), S1054 [14FE]

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

Housing: protect property and security of homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings (see S. 2888), S3144 [17AP]

National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 620), S7149 [23JY]

Senior citizens: expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (see S. 3730), S10881 [10DE]

———protect from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices by senior financial advisors who have misleading designations (see S. 2794), S2295 [1AP]

Social Security: prohibit use of funds to promote direct deposit of benefits until adequate safeguards are established to prevent the attachment and garnishment of such benefits (see S. 2850), S2977 [14AP]

Tariff: fan-assisted, plug-in, scented oil dispensing, electrothermic appliances (see S. 2647), S1054 [14FE]

Cloture motions

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

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

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

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), motion to proceed, S530 [31JA], S581 [4FE]

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

Letters

Food for Peace Program funding: by, S4718 [22MY]

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) funding: by, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S2097 [13MR]

Privilege of the floor

Kwinn, Laura, S3266 [22AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4232 [15MY]

AID: Food for Peace Program funding, S4717 [22MY]

Appropriations: making continuing, S9963 [27SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), House amendment, S4717 [22MY]

Bourne, Harold O.: FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot award recipient, S8851 [16SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1991 [12MR], S2061, S2096 [13MR]

Chermack Machine, Inc.: anniversary, S7626 [29JY]

Courts: 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 [5MR]

CPSC: create and make available to the public a database containing information about unsafe products, S1685 [6MR]

———prohibit commissioners and staff from accepting trips paid for by lobbyists and industries, S1685 [6MR]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1574 [5MR], S1685 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (S. 3508), S8952 [17SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), House amendment, S9963 [27SE]

Dept. of HUD: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (S. 2736), S1814 [10MR]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of automobile industry, S10924 [11DE]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S9468 [25SE], S10294 [1OC]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S523 [31JA]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S9468 [25SE]

Elections: change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (S. 2638), S1056 [14FE]

Fond du Lac, WI: tribute to American Legion Post 75 for naming building in honor of James Megellas, S9407 [24SE]

Food: increase U.S. contributions to world food assistance programs, S3226 [22AP]

Food stamps: increase benefits, S523 [31JA]

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact: grant congressional consent and approval (S.J. Res. 45), S8006 [1AU]

Health care facilities: require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (S. 2838), S2820 [9AP]

Health care professionals: provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (S. 3396), S7952 [31JY]

Housing: protect property and security of homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings, S5804 [19JN]

———protect property and security of homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings (S. 2888), S3160 [17AP]

———provide needed housing reform, S5804 [19JN], S6646 [14JY]

Intellectual property: enhance remedies for violations of laws (S. 3325), unanimous-consent request, S9469 [25SE]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 3155), S5767 [18JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the expansion of background check pilot program for nursing facility and other long-term care facility employees, S1991 [12MR], S2061 [13MR]

———improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (S. 2641), S1059 [14FE], S7145 [23JY]

———require background checks for nursing facility and other long-term care facility employees (S. 1577), S10466 [2OC]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10294 [1OC]

National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 620), S7178 [23JY]

Oldenburg Group Inc.: anniversary of Oldenburg Lake Shore product line, S6650 [14JY]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 2264), unanimous-consent request, S6185 [26JN]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2840 [10AP]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), House amendments, S5804 [19JN], S6646 [14JY]

Real estate: provide needed housing reform, S2840 [10AP]

Sauk County, WI: anniversary of Sauk County Historical Society stewardship of the Man Mound, S6717 [15JY]

Senior citizens: expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (S. 3730), S10882 [10DE]

———protect from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices by senior financial advisors who have misleading designations (S. 2794), S2297 [1AP]

Smart Motors, Inc.: anniversary, S6499 [9JY]

Tariff: fan-assisted, plug-in, scented oil dispensing, electrothermic appliances (S. 2647), S1061 [14FE]

Taxation: provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 7005), motion to proceed, S10924 [11DE]

Thilmany Papers LLC: anniversary, S6555 [10JY]

Williams, Victoria: Goodwill Industries International, Inc., Achiever of the Year award recipient, S1815 [10MR]

World War II: Berlin Airlift anniversary, S6715 [15JY]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3289) (S. Rept. 110-426), S6971 [21JY]

Recognition of Excellence in Aging Research Committee Report: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 110-527), S10880 [10DE]

Texts of

S. 2638, Weekend Voting Act, S1057 [14FE]

S. 3508, Fast Track to College Act, S8952-S8954 [17SE]

Tributes

Ball, Robert M., S539 [31JA]

Bodin, Sandra M., S6598 [11JY]

Smith, Senator, S10861 [10DE]