CANTWELL, MARIA (a Senator from Washington)
Amendments
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1883, S1885 [11MR], S2019, S2023 [12MR], S2058, S2078, S2138 [13MR]
Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7402, S7421 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S6021 [24JN], S8950 [17SE]
Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), S9323 [23SE]
EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5206, S5225, S5272, S5274, S5275, S5295, S5313 [5JN], S5367 [6JN]
FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3517 [29AP], S3609, S3610, S3641 [30AP], S3722, S3725 [1MY], S3810 [6MY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S453, S454 [29JA], S850 [11FE]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S109, S110, S153 [22JA], S1004 [14FE]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10388 [1OC]
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2403, S2513, S2521, S2524 [3AP], S2592, S2613 [4AP], S2637, S2650 [7AP], S6032 [24JN]
Protect America Act: extend (S. 2556), S454 [29JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 394), S3975 [8MY]
Air Force: encourage re-competition for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract (see S. Res. 609), S6505 [9JY]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see S. 3406), S8276 [10SE]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see S. 714), S10487 [2OC]
Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 22), S3145 [17AP]
———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), S6722 [15JY]
———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 501), S2436 [3AP]
Army Reserve: anniversary (see S. Res. 513), S2977 [14AP]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2631), S970 [13FE]
Border Patrol: protect citizens and legal residents from unreasonable searches and seizures of electronic equipment (see S. 3612), S9657 [26SE]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 41), S5592 [12JN]
Business and industry: 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]
Canada: urge end to commercial hunt for seals (see S. Res. 118), S2819 [9AP]
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]
China, People's Republic of: end crackdown in Tibet and enter dialogue with the Dalai Lama to negotiate solution respecting distinctive Tibetan language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedoms (see S. Res. 504), S2636 [7AP]
———express sympathy and pledge support to victims of earthquake (see S. Res. 569), S4375 [19MY]
Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see S. 2554), S284 [24JA]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S5754 [18JN]
Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 3610), S9657 [26SE]
Coast Guard: tribute to efforts relative to the seizure of cocaine at sea (see S. Res. 429), S329 [25JA]
Commodity Exchange Act: 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]
Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 1555), S602 [4FE]
———require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 3068), S7480 [25JY]
Convention on Cluster Munitions: encourage U.S. signature (see S.J. Res. 37), S5367 [6JN]
Credit: create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators and develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators (see S. 2595), S2946 [10AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see S. 1445), S3508 [29AP]
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), S8529 [15SE]
———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 the Treasury: improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 3731), S10881 [10DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide a temporary increase in the maximum loan guaranty amount for guaranteed housing loans (see S. 2768), S2233 [31MR]
Digital Television Transition Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 576), S4793 [22MY]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see S. 1183), S4970 [3JN]
Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see S. 911), S658 [5FE]
———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), S601 [4FE]
———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 2618), S5963 [23JN]
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]
———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), S8385 [11SE]
Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 520), S3145 [17AP]
EPA: clarify circumstances under which permits for discharges from certain vessels may be required and conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels (see S. 3298), S7030 [22JY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 2059), S3699 [1MY]
FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (see S.J. Res. 28), S1597 [5MR]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 1924), S7574 [28JY]
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), S10660 [19NO]
Firefighters: assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices (see S. 3237), S8132 [8SE]
Fish and fishing: establish uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties to enforce the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes (see S. 2907), S5833 [19JN]
Food: strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 2770), S2233 [31MR]
Foreign policy: end use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world (see S. 1175), S733 [6FE]
Forests: establish a program to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land (see S. 2593), S658 [5FE]
Global Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3257 [22AP]
GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia (see S. 3528), S9204 [22SE]
Health: ensure provision of health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see S. 1169), S8131 [8SE]
———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see S. 2161), S4622 [21MY]
———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see S. 334), S6363 [7JY]
———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see S. 2510), S7150 [23JY]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see S. 972), S4793 [22MY]
———understand and comprehensively address inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 1907), S4283 [15MY]
———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 1906), S4283 [15MY]
Helms, Jesse: tribute (see S. Res. 608), S6362 [7JY]
Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see S. 2587), S543 [31JA]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 1328), S8856 [16SE]
———recapture family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and prevent losses of such visas in the future (see S. 3414), S7905 [31JY]
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: adopt bluefin tuna conservation and management measures (see S. Res. 709), S10660 [19NO]
Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1430), S1598 [5MR]
———respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see S. Res. 580), S4971 [3JN]
Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see S. Res. 522), S3145 [17AP]
Johnson, Lyndon B.: tribute (see S. Res. 571), S4487 [20MY]
Lantos, Tom: tribute (see S. Res. 446), S849 [11FE]
LIHEAP: funding (see S. 3186), S6561 [10JY]
Medicaid: extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see S. 1589), S5963 [23JN]
———include all public clinics for the distribution of pediatric vaccines (see S. 2465), S5524 [11JN]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 932), S4487 [20MY]
———delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 3144), S5697 [17JN]
———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 3484), S9027 [18SE]
———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 1715), S3791 [6MY]
———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), S4107 [13MY]
———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers (see S. 2962), S3698 [1MY]
———modernize quality improvement organization (QIO) program (see S. 2396), S5698 [17JN]
———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see S. 2704), S6605 [11JY]
———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program (see S. 2408), S3792 [6MY]
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), S9416 [24SE]
———preserve access to health care (see S. 3656), S10487 [2OC]
Metzenbaum, Howard M.: tribute (see S. Res. 485), S2133 [13MR]
NASA: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 2159), S2134 [13MR]
National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day: designate (see S. Res. 665), S9025 [18SE]
National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 719), S10743 [20NO]
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 Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 430), S329 [25JA]
National Methamphetamine Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 703), S10486 [2OC]
National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 559), S4108 [13MY]
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 678), S9281 [23SE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 3160), S5832 [19JN]
National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 524), S3257 [22AP]
Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 2681), S3258 [22AP]
———improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see S. 3320), S7148 [23JY]
Natural gas: restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals (see S. 2822), S3596 [30AP]
North Aleutian Basin Planning Area: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing (see S. 1311), S5833 [19JN]
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize and expand (see S. 3373), S7904 [31JY]
Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met (see S. 2568), S602 [4FE]
Paone, Martin P.: tribute (see S. Res. 420), S94 [22JA]
Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 826), S8856 [16SE]
Power resources: ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol (see S. 3080), S5039 [4JN]
———establish national renewable energy standard and extend and create renewable energy tax incentives (see S. 2642), S1054 [14FE]
———provide emergency energy assistance (see S. 3292), S6972 [21JY]
Pran, Dith: tribute (see S. Res. 515), S3146 [17AP]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 2123), 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), S6605 [11JY]
———reauthorize and improve financing and entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 2920), S5390 [9JN]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 1070), S3742 [2MY]
Ships and vessels: make the embarkment and operation of stateless submersible or semi-submersible vessels subject to Federal prosecution (see S. 3198), S6158 [25JN] (see S. 3598), S9493 [25SE]
———require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls (see S. 2699), S4182 [14MY]
Small business: provide incentives to small business concerns for innovative energy-efficient technologies and products (see S. 3682), S10486 [2OC]
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), S2637 [7AP]
———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see S. 2908), S7150 [23JY]
———provide grants to eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals (see S. 3053), S4792 [22MY]
States: permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles (see S. 2555), S3081 [16AP]
———provide fiscal relief through a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage and direct payments to States (see S. 2586), S733 [6FE]
Taxation: allow a credit for green roofs (see S. 3228), S6441 [8JY]
———allow a credit for qualified expenditures paid or incurred to replace certain wood stoves (see S. 2576), S2637 [7AP]
———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see S. 3199), S6158 [25JN]
———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see S. 1627), S2232 [31MR]
———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see S. 2314), S659 [5FE]
———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 3399), S7904 [31JY]
———modify penalty on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by tax return preparers (see S. 2851), S6560 [10JY]
———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile (see S. 3246), S7907 [31JY]
———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), S9027 [18SE]
———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (see S. 3125), S6605 [11JY]
———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S1522 [4MR]
———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 582), S2295 [1AP]
Television: make digital television transition and public safety funds available sooner to low-power rural stations and translators (see S. 2607), S2233 [31MR]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 656), S8383 [11SE]
U.N.: direct U.S. funding to the U.N. Population Fund for essential women's health services (see S. 2682), S4970 [3JN]
U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see S. 960), S815 [8FE]
Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (see S. 2766), S7031 [22JY]
Women: reduce maternal mortality (see S. Res. 616), S10177 [30SE]
———support legislation promoting improved health care and access to health care (see S. Res. 638), S7905 [31JY]
X Prize Foundation: commend leadership in inspiring a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles (see S. Res. 486), S2133 [13MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aviation: increase safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances (see S. 3229), S6441 [8JY]
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 (see S. 3205), S6285 [26JN]
Commodity Exchange Act: provide for the regulation of oil commodities markets (see S. 3122), S5592 [12JN]
Economy: provide for financial market investigation, oversight, and reform (see S. 3652), S10069 [29SE]
International relations: establish a framework for coordination and cooperation on energy and environmental issues among the U.S., the People's Republic of China, and India (see S. 3723), S10812 [8DE]
Kittitas County, WA: convey a parcel of National Forest System land to facilitate construction of a new fire and rescue station (see S. 2601), S733 [6FE]
Motor vehicles: 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]
National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 649), S8036 [1AU]
NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see S. 3608), S9657 [26SE]
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail: designate (see S. 2943), S3594 [30AP]
Power resources: regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act (see S. 3185), S6019 [24JN]
Puget Sound: provide assistance for programs and activities to protect water quality (see S. 3196), S6158 [25JN]
Tariff: provide duty-free treatment of certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan (see S. 2776), S2133 [13MR]
Taxation: encourage investment in affordable housing (see S. 2666), S1121 [25FE]
———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (see S. 2821), S2435 [3AP]
———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see S. 3359), S7629 [29JY]
Cloture motions
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), S4475 [20MY]
Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S6918 [17JY], S6993 [22JY]
Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 2739), S2607 [4AP]
Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), S2607 [4AP]
Economy: 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]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S1045 [14FE], S1108 [25FE]
LIHEAP: funding (S. 3186), motion to proceed, S7131 [23JY], S7508 [26JY]
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]
National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), motion to proceed, S7509 [26JY], S7551 [28JY]
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]
Northern Mariana Islands: further implement Act approving covenant (S. 2739), S2607 [4AP]
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S5922 [20JN], S5978 [24JN], S7131 [23JY], S7436 [25JY]
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]
U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (S. 2731), motion to proceed, S6493 [9JY], S6596 [11JY]
Letters
Coast Guard appropriations: Donald H. Kent, Jr., Dept. of Homeland Security, S7614 [29JY]
Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act: several Senators, S649 [5FE]
Privilege of the floor
Adkins, Nora, S8875 [16SE]
Remarks
Africa: anniversary of bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (S. Res. 618), S8014 [1AU]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4227, S4228 [15MY]
Air Force: awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, S1490 [4MR]
———encourage re-competition for the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, S7753 [30JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S3385 [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 (H.R. 6580), S8004, S8005 [1AU]
Aviation: increase safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances (S. 3229), S6443 [8JY]
Bruce W. Carter Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL: designate (H.R. 4918), S8004 [1AU]
Business and industry: 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), S3731 [1MY]
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]
———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]
Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, White Plains, NY: designate (H.R. 6340), S8004 [1AU]
Children and youth: establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (S. 661), S4175 [14MY]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2830), S7614 [29JY]
Colombia: welcome home Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves after being held hostage for over five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (S. Res. 627), S8015 [1AU]
Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance: establish, S3877 [7MY]
Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7251 [24JY]
———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S7099, S7101 [23JY]
Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 2739), S2919 [10AP]
Courts: grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S6467 [9JY]
———prohibit granting of retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S896 [12FE]
Dept. of HHS: proposed regulation to change the definition of abortion, S7141 [23JY]
Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), S2919 [10AP]
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, S3276, S3277 [23AP]
Ecology and environment: enhance ability of the U.S. to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies, S5348 [6JN]
Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S10246 [1OC]
———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S270 [24JA]
———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S532 [31JA]
———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, S648, S650 [5FE]
———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S8813 [16SE]
El Dorado, AR: tribute to El Dorado High School recipients of the Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado Promise scholarship (S. Res. 545), S3729 [1MY]
Elwood ``Bud'' Link Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Wenatchee, WA: designate (H.R. 2245), S8003 [1AU]
EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5348 [6JN]
FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (S.J. Res. 28), S4270 [15MY]
FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3877 [7MY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6467 [9JY]
———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S896 [12FE]
Forest Service: authorize direct tribal governmental participation in State and private forestry conservation and support activities and enhance and facilitate tribal relations on National Forest System lands, S4228 [15MY]
———provide free of charge any portions of trees or forest product to Native American tribes for cultural or traditional purposes providing products are not used for commercial purposes, S4227 [15MY]
Gasoline: stabilize prices (S. 3202), S6313 [27JN]
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact: grant congressional consent and approval (S.J. Res. 45), S8006, S8007 [1AU]
Health: 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]
———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (S. 334), S6431 [8JY]
Housing: provide needed housing reform, S2596 [4AP], S2832 [10AP], S5976 [24JN], S6516 [10JY], S7620 [29JY]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S1041 [14FE]
International Year of Sanitation: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 318), S8016 [1AU]
Iraq: urge neighboring countries and other international partners to fulfill pledges to provide reconstruction assistance and consider merging U.S. assistance with international funds (S. Res. 494), S3727 [1MY]
Jicarilla Apache Reservation: ratify land dispute settlement with Rio Arriba County, NM, authorize patent for lands acquired by the county, and modify reservation boundaries (H.R. 3522), S3727 [1MY]
Kittitas County, WA: convey a parcel of National Forest System land to facilitate construction of a new fire and rescue station (S. 2601), S740 [6FE]
Law enforcement: provide for investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes (S. 3430), S8017 [1AU]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10246 [1OC]
Minidoka Internment National Monument: adjust boundary to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial, S2919 [10AP]
National Airborne Day: designate (S. Res. 625), S8016 [1AU]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 112), S3727 [1MY]
National Drug Court Month: designate (S. Res. 534), S3728 [1MY]
National Foster Care Month: observance, S4175 [14MY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (S. 579), unanimous-consent request, S3495 [29AP]
National Physical Education and Sports Week: designate (S. Res. 546), S3729, S3730 [1MY]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (S. Res. 546), S3729, S3730 [1MY]
National Substitute Teacher Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 544), S3729 [1MY]
National Truancy Prevention Month: designate (S. Res. 624), S8015 [1AU]
New Orleans, LA: oil spill in Mississippi River, S7614 [29JY]
Niehaus, Dave: National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, S7512 [26JY]
NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (S. 3608), S9669 [26SE]
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (S. Res. 547), S3730 [1MY]
North Seattle Community College: tribute to Sustainability Committee, S3025
Northern Mariana Islands: further implement Act approving covenant (S. 2739), S2919 [10AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day: designate (S. Res. 547), S3730 [1MY]
Oceans: establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and establish an ocean acidification program within NOAA, S5348 [6JN]
———protect (S. 3314), S7156 [23JY]
Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S7099, S7101 [23JY], S8001 [1AU]
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail: designate (S. 2943), S3597 [30AP]
Petroleum: close tax loopholes and impose windfall profits tax on oil companies, S3386 [24AP]
———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S3490 [29AP]
———gasoline price levels, S3385, S3386 [24AP]
———gasoline price levels relative to oil futures purchasing, S3579 [30AP], S3737 [2MY], S4294-S4296 [19MY], S4763-S4765 [22MY], S8813 [16SE]
———impact of environmental regulations on refinery expansion and capacity, S3385 [24AP]
Power resources: national energy policy, S3490 [29AP], S3731-S3733 [1MY], S4763, S4765 [22MY], S7101 [23JY], S7251 [24JY], S8000-S8003 [1AU]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2596 [4AP], S2832, S2838 [10AP]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), House amendments, S5976 [24JN], S6516 [10JY], S7620 [29JY]
———promote energy security, S3877 [7MY], S4018 [12MY]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, S3386 [24AP], S3491 [29AP]
Public welfare programs: extend SSI for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants and collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud (H.R. 2608), S8003, S8004 [1AU]
Real estate: provide needed housing reform, S2838 [10AP]
Senate: legislative program, S3733 [1MY]
Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness, S2919 [10AP]
Taxation: clarify the ``general public use'' requirements of the low-income housing credit, S7620 [29JY]
———encourage investment in affordable housing (S. 2666), S1139 [25FE]
———extend renewable energy production tax credit and encourage all emerging renewable sources of electricity, S2838 [10AP]
———include senior citizens and disabled veterans in the provision of recovery rebates to individuals, S532, S533 [31JA]
———increase and extend certain renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives, S533 [31JA]
———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency, S2596 [4AP], S2838 [10AP], S5976 [24JN]
———provide incentives for energy production and conservation, extend certain expiring provisions, and provide individual income tax relief (H.R. 6049), S8988, S9001 [18SE], S9242 [23SE]
———provide incentives for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (S. 1617), S8002 [1AU]
Television: address digital television transition in border States (S. 2507), S8005 [1AU]
Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), S8003 [1AU]
Texts of
S. 2601, Snoqualmie Pass Land Conveyance Act, S741 [6FE]
S. 2666, Affordable Housing Investment Act, S1140-S1142 [25FE]
S. 2943, Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Act, S3597 [30AP]
S. 3608, Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act, S9669-S9671 [26SE]
Tributes
Loveland, Valoria, S3973
Packer, Dan, S7626
Palmer, Andrew J., S7626