FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3797 [14MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (H.R. 7110), H10080 [26SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (H.R. 7110), consideration (H. Res. 1507), H10067 [26SE]

Crime: provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (S. 2304), S9595, S9596, S9730 [26SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the single family housing loan guarantee program (S. 2008), S1713 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), H4946, H4947, H4949, H4950, H4952, H4953, H4954, H4955 [4JN]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), consideration (H. Res. 1234), H4934 [4JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities (H.R. 6098), S9901 [27SE], H10625 [29SE]

Dept. of HUD: improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), H1051, H1052 [26FE]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), consideration (H. Res. 974), H1043 [26FE]

———reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Americans (H.R. 2786), S9519 [25SE], H10216 [27SE]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), H312, H316, H320, H321, H322, H323, H324, H326, H333 [17JA]

Dept. of the Interior: provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system project (S. 3128), S9552 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), S3263, S3264, S3265, S3266 [22AP], S3288, S3297, S3309, S3310, S3322 [23AP], S3353, S3410 [24AP]

———prescribe regulations specifying content of notices provided to claimants seeking VA benefits and services (S. 3023), S8876, S8883 [16SE]

Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), S2809, S2824 [9AP], S2868, S2871, S2872, S2874, S2951 [10AP]

Disasters: provide tax relief for victims of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Midwestern States (S. 3322), S7791 [30JY]

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

Education: ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), S3602 [30AP], H2462, H2463, H2464, H2465 [17AP], H2983 [1MY]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), consideration (H. Res. 1107), H2366 [16AP]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 1777), S9543, S9552 [25SE], H10264 [27SE]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3820, S3821, S3823, S3833, S3835 [6MY], S3850, S3854, S3855, S3862, S3866, S3879, S3882, S3908, S3909, S3910, S3911, S3919, S3927, S3928 [7MY], S3947, S3950, S3951, S3961, S3962, S3981, S3982, S3983 [8MY], S4056 [13MY]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (H.R. 6849), S10079 [29SE], H10623 [29SE]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 3186), S7792 [30JY]

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), S5634, S5635 [12JN]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H10228, H10229 [27SE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 2062), S850 [11FE], S4836, S4844 [22MY], S4857 [2JN]

Television: make digital television transition and public safety funds available sooner to low-power rural stations and translators (S. 2607), S5913, S5915 [19JN]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), H5348 [12JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), consideration (H. Res. 1265), H5341 [12JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), S10757 [20NO]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act, H2123 [9AP]

———H.R. 2419, Food and Energy Security Act, S609 [4FE]

———H.R. 3121, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, H6378 [10JY]

———S. 2062, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, H6688 [17JY]

Articles and editorials

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

Bloated Payroll Behind Metro's Budgetary Woes, H5251 [11JN]

Capitol Strives To Define ``Homeless'', H10666 [2OC]

Congress Needs To Make Time To Help Iowa, S7461 [25JY]

Fannie, Freddie and You, S6620 [14JY]

Farm Bill Glitch Stalls House, S5185 [5JN]

Formerly Homeless Teen Role Model, H7644 [31JY]

Health Care System I Want Is in France, H2534 [22AP]

Housing Bill Hammers Taxpayers, S7495 [26JY]

Lifespan Shorter in Parts of U.S.—Obesity, Smoking Cited; State Not Immune to Trend, H2533 [22AP]

Mortgage Fable, H10293 [27SE]

Outraged by AIDS Epidemic, E2166 [30SE]

Pasture of Plenty—You Thought You Knew How Bad the Farm Bill Was, S4745 [22MY]

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

Slap at Schoolchildren, H3792 [14MY]

Time To End Metro's Gravy Train, H5251 [11JN]

United States' Triple-A Credit Rating `Under Threat', H1399 [6MR], H1596 [12MR]

Washington Metro Needs Reform, Not a Federal Bailout, H5252 [11JN]

Where Was Senator Dodd?, H9950 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: authorize advance payments under the supplemental revenue assistance program (see S. 3251), S6560 [10JY]

———continue certain programs (see H.R. 6124), H4829 [22MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 1189), H3775 [13MY]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (see S. 2745), S1999 [12MR] (see S. 2954), S3698 [1MY] (see H.R. 5578), H1538 [11MR]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (see S. 3644), S10004 [27SE] (see H.R. 7196), H10300 [27SE]

———provide emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the FDA public health advisory regarding tomatoes (see H.R. 6581), H7057 [23JY]

———provide grants to assist local farmers to grow food crops and livestock to be sold locally, support formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and diversify operations (see H.R. 6793), H7806 [1AU]

———reduce subsidies for agricultural commodity programs (see H.R. 5957), H3049 [5MY]

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

AmeriCorps: establish a program to provide college coaches to low- and middle-income high-achieving high school students (see S. 3027), S4282 [15MY]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (see S. 3037), S4487 [20MY]

AmeriCorps Week: observance (see H. Res. 1173), H3050 [5MY]

Appropriations: audit programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks (see H.R. 6881), H8049 [11SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (see S. 3604), S9657 [26SE] (see S. 3689), S10578 [17NO] (see H.R. 7110), H10129 [26SE]

Armed Forces: authorize extended benefits for autistic dependents of certain retirees (see S. 3621), S9657 [26SE] (see H.R. 6930), H8396 [17SE]

———clarify and improve authorities relative to availability of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 3339), S7526 [26JY]

———deny Federal funds to any State, city, county, or other political subdivision that prohibits or unduly restricts the establishment or operation of a military recruiting office (see H.R. 5462), H993 [14FE]

———establish a mortgage foreclosure counseling program for members returning from service abroad (see H.R. 5824), H2442 [16AP]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5651), H1771 [14MR] (see H.R. 5740), H2150 [9AP]

———establish a returning soldiers' bill of rights (see H.R. 5947), H3018 [1MY]

———extend special survivor indemnity allowance to survivors of certain members who die on active duty (see H.R. 5441), H992 [14FE]

———extend time limit for the use of education benefits by veterans and members of the Reserve component (see H.R. 5034), H348 [17JA]

———extend time limit for use of education assistance for certain persons actively pursuing a qualifying educational degree or certificate (see H.R. 5939), H3017 [1MY]

———implement Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to expand and improve mental health care and reintegration programs for National Guard and Reserves members (see S. 2939), S3594 [30AP] (see H.R. 6075), H4060 [15MY]

———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] (see H.R. 6268), H5407 [12JN]

———improve educational assistance for members and veterans to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces (see S. 2938), S3507 [29AP] (see H.R. 5944), H3018 [1MY]

———improve program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 3400), S7904 [31JY]

———increase loan repayment limits for health professionals serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 6018), H3403 [8MY]

———increase number of nurses through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses (see S. 2705), S1596 [5MR] (see H.R. 5878), H2657 [23AP]

———provide enhanced education and employment opportunities for military spouses (see S. 2599), S733 [6FE]

———provide injured members information concerning benefits (see H.R. 5831), H2485 [17AP]

———require that each member receive employment assistance, job training assistance, and other Dept. of Labor transitional services before that member separates from active duty service (see H.R. 6925), H8396 [17SE]

Bankruptcy: provide protection for medical debt homeowners, restore protections for caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by medical problems (see H.R. 5138), H479 [28JA]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 3701), S10659 [19NO]

Budget: cap discretionary spending, eliminate wasteful and duplicative agencies, reform entitlement programs, and reform the congressional earmark process (see H.R. 7206), H10330 [28SE]

———require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (see S. 3277), S6868 [16JY] (see H.R. 7229), H10642 [29SE]

Business and industry: prohibit recipients of emergency Federal assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve transparency, accountability, and corporate governance (see S. 3698), S10659 [19NO]

Carter Center, Inc.: prohibit assistance (see H.R. 5816), H2441 [16AP]

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

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families (see H.R. 7001), H9083 [23SE]

———provide safe and affordable child care for low income children and working families (see S. 3620), S9657 [26SE]

Children and youth: assist foster children in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school (see H.R. 6307), H5728 [19JN]

———authorize a program to provide grants to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents (see H.R. 5654), H1771 [14MR]

———connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth (see S. Res. 630), S7629 [29JY] (see H. Res. 1332), H6406 [10JY]

———create conditions, structures, and supports needed to ensure permanency for unaccompanied youth (see S. 2560), S394 [28JA]

———encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts (see S. 3557), S9415 [24SE]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 2944), S3594 [30AP]

———improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 5466), H994 [14FE]

———improve vaccination rates (see S. 2911), S3401 [24AP]

———provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental disorders as they transition to adulthood (see S. 3195), S6158 [25JN] (see H.R. 6375), H6089 [25JN]

———provide States with incentives, flexibility, and resources to develop child welfare services that focus on improving circumstances of children (see S. 2900), S3257 [22AP]

———provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (see H.R. 6175), H4973 [4JN]

———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] (see H. Res. 1013), H1220 [4MR]

———require schools and libraries that receive discounted Internet access services to educate minors about safe online behavior (see H.R. 6145), H4830 [22MY]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see S. 2554), S284 [24JA] (see S. 2918), S3401 [24AP] (see H.R. 5129), H455 [23JA] (see H.R. 5896), H2758 [24AP]

Colleges and universities: deny certain Federal funds to any institution that knowingly admits illegal aliens (see H.R. 6886), H8049 [11SE]

Commission on Federal Criminal and Juvenile Justice Assistance Programs: establish (see S. 3018), S4182 [14MY]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (see H. Res. 1221), H4468 [22MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: apply to rural development loan and loan guarantee programs (see H.R. 6267), H5407 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify eligibility for livestock indemnity payments under certain disaster assistance programs (see S. 3211), S6285 [26JN]

———community food projects funding (see S. 3597), S9493 [25SE]

———expand Rural Energy for America Program to include schools in rural areas (see S. 3709), S10742 [20NO]

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

———provide grants to certain health care institutions and social services programs for the acquisition of local nutritious agricultural products (see S. 3588), S9492 [25SE]

———require an immediate adjustment of the thrifty food plan to increase the benefits provided under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (see H.R. 6354), H6009 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention programs (see S. 2585), S543 [31JA] (see H.R. 5223), H620 [6FE]

———make grants to recognized science and technology secondary schools to support research and development projects in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 6369), H6089 [25JN]

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

Dept. of Education: authorize a loan forgiveness program for students of institutions of higher education who volunteer to serve as mentors (see H.R. 7137), H10130 [26SE]

———award grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs (see H.R. 6928), H8396 [17SE]

———award grants to local education agencies to improve college access (see S. 3326), S7278 [24JY]

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

———establish discretionary school construction grant program for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments (see H.R. 6293), H5579 [18JN]

———establish Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows grant program to strengthen expanded learning initiatives, community learning centers, and after-school programs (see H.R. 7154), H10131 [26SE]

———extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see H.R. 6889), H8126 [15SE]

———extend certain waiver authority relative to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief (see H.R. 6890), H8126 [15SE]

———extend loan forgiveness programs to students who volunteer to mentor at-risk children (see S. 3635), S9657 [26SE]

———make grants to implement the Total Learning curriculum (see H.R. 7127), H10130 [26SE]

———make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see H.R. 6926), H8396 [17SE]

———provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see S. 3141), S5697 [17JN]

———provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Federal Student Loan Program (see H.R. 6698), H7784 [31JY]

———provide grants to rural local educational agencies to purchase new school buses (see S. 3590), S9492 [25SE]

———provide grants to States to establish Kindergarten Plus programs (see S. 2759), S2132 [13MR]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 7063), H9972 [25SE]

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

Dept. of Energy: Weatherization Assistance Program funding (see S. 3323), S7278 [24JY] (see H.R. 6538), H6726 [17JY] (see H.R. 6605), H7163 [24JY]

Dept. of HHS: carry out a demonstration grants program to provide for certain patient coordination, outreach, and assistance services to reduce barriers to health care and improve outcomes (see H.R. 7079), H9972 [25SE]

———directly administer Ryan White part A and B grants for eligible areas, States, or territories that failed to make appropriate use of previous Ryan White part A and B grants (see H.R. 5292), H812 [7FE]

———establish a drug discount program for individuals without prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 6619), H7164 [24JY]

———establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see S. 3311), S7148 [23JY] (see H.R. 6948), H8475 [18SE]

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

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 6201), H5043 [5JN]

———Social Services Block Grant Program funding (see H.R. 5133), H456 [23JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that matching funds are not required under the State Homeland Security Grant Program or the Urban Area Security Initiative (see S. 3424), S8035 [1AU]

———improve financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities (see H.R. 6098), H4321 [20MY]

———limit number of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded and clarify the risk assessment formula used to determine such grants (see H.R. 6748), H7786 [31JY]

———require States to include a representative of the State department of education in homeland security decisionmaking bodies in order to be eligible for certain grants (see H.R. 5900), H2758 [24AP]

Dept. of HUD: establish a direct loan program for providing energy efficiency improvements for single family housing (see H.R. 6249, 6249), H5406 [12JN]

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

———extend existing and expiring agreements under the Moving to Work program (see H.R. 6099), H4321 [20MY]

———facilitate use of HOPE VI grant amounts by certain public housing agencies that have suffered project delays due to catastrophes or emergencies (see H.R. 6347), H5864 [23JN]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (see H.R. 5829), H2485 [17AP] (see H.R. 6216), H5110 [9JN]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), consideration (see H. Res. 974), H868 [12FE]

———make grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas (see H.R. 7209), H10330 [28SE]

———prohibit use of State loans and grants to acquire foreclosed housing to assist individuals convicted of certain crimes (see H.R. 6021), H3408 [12MY]

———prohibit use of State loans and grants to acquire foreclosed housing to assist individuals convicted of certain crimes and give disabled veterans preference to purchase such housing (see H.R. 6027), H3776 [13MY]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), consideration (see H. Res. 922), H293 [16JA]

———require the Real Estate Assessment Center to improve inspections of public housing and federally assisted multifamily housing (see H.R. 6803), H7807 [1AU]

Dept. of Justice: establish a competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes (see H.R. 7115), H10129 [26SE]

———establish a Federal Polygamy Task Force and authorize assistance for victims of polygamy (see S. 3313), S7148 [23JY]

———establish a State grant program to establish ``Silver Alert'' notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses (see H.R. 5898), H2758 [24AP]

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

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 6503), H6576 [15JY]

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

———summer youth job programs funding (see S. 2755), S2132 [13MR]

Dept. of the Interior: provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system project (see S. 3128), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6754), H7787 [31JY]

———provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (see S. 2814), S2435 [3AP] (see H.R. 5710), H2011 [3AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize an emergency guarantee of loans made by depository institutions to eligible consumers, under certain conditions, for home heating purchases and repairs (see H.R. 6920), H8396 [17SE]

———require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to report increases in new lending that are attributable to such assistance (see H.R. 7334), H10975 [10DE]

Dept. of Transportation: award grants to assists schools with fuel costs for school buses and energy for school buildings (see H.R. 6809), H7807 [1AU]

———carry out emergency school bus fuel grant program (see H.R. 6596), H7163 [24JY]

———waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities for a certain period (see S. 3728), S10881 [10DE] (see H.R. 7340), H10975 [10DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out quality assurance activities relative to administration of disability compensation (see S. 2870), S3080 [16AP] (see H.R. 5709), H2011 [3AP]

———ensure that certain deferred disability benefits be excluded from consideration as annual income when determining eligibility for low-income housing programs (see S. 2625), S919 [12FE]

———establish a presumption of service connection for veterans with certain cancers who served in Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents (see H.R. 6798), H7807 [1AU]

———extend certain home loan guaranty demonstration programs (see H.R. 6731), H7786 [31JY]

———extend demonstration projects on adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (see S. 3299), S7030 [22JY] (see H.R. 6465), H6406 [10JY] (see H.R. 6543), H6726 [17JY]

———extend or make permanent certain authorities (see H.R. 6802), H7807 [1AU]

———improve basic educational assistance program (see S. 2871), S3080 [16AP] (see H.R. 5684), H1973 [2AP] (see H.R. 6397), H6174 [26JN]

———improve home loan guaranty programs (see S. 3087), S5204 [5JN]

———include federally recognized tribal organizations in certain grant programs for States and territories (see S. 3000), S3975 [8MY]

———increase rates of basic educational assistance (see H.R. 5663), H1821 [31MR]

———make certain payments to eligible persons who served in the Philippines during World War II (see H.R. 6897), H8127 [15SE]

———modernize disability benefits claims processing system to ensure accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors (see S. 3419), S8034 [1AU] (see H.R. 5892), H2758 [24AP] (see H.R. 6236), H5327 [11JN]

———prescribe regulations specifying content of notices provided to claimants seeking VA benefits and services (see S. 3023), S4282 [15MY]

———provide assistance to the Paralympic Program of the U.S. Olympic Committee (see S. 3376), S7904 [31JY]

———reform veterans' disability determination process by requiring payment of disability compensation based on concurring diagnosis of two physicians (see H.R. 5089), H389 [22JA]

———remove certain limitations on the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 2575), S492 [30JA] (see H.R. 5229), H620 [6FE]

———require forgiveness of certain debts of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities incurred on active duty in a combat zone (see S. 2536), S93 [22JA] (see S. 2550), S207 [23JA] (see H.R. 5148), H479 [28JA] (see H.R. 5155), H555 [29JA]

———require pilot program on the use of community-based organizations to ensure that veterans receive the care and benefits they need (see S. 2796), S2345 [2AP]

———require reports on progress in addressing causes for variances in service-connected disability compensation payments (see S. 2951), S3698 [1MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (see S. 2616), S815 [8FE] (see S. 2739), S1818 [10MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3261), S6650 [14JY]

Disabled: increase the level of earnings under which no individual who is blind is determined to have demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability (see S. 2559), S329 [25JA]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective response to catastrophic incidents (see H.R. 7218), H10641 [29SE]

———increase amount of assistance an individual or household is eligible to receive in connection with storm damage and flooding in Midwestern States (see H.R. 6261), H5407 [12JN]

———limit repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of certain property and discontinue large in-lieu contributions (see H.R. 5650), H1771 [14MR]

———make technical corrections and reauthorize Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (see S. 3175), S5941 [20JN]

———provide disaster assistance to electric utility companies serving low-income households (see S. 3572), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 7008), H9083 [23SE]

———provide mental health and substance abuse services (see S. 3176), S5962 [23JN]

———reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 5685), H1973 [2AP]

Disasters: authorize funding for emergency management performance grants (see H.R. 7088), H9973 [25SE]

———clarify that Federal assistance may be provided to reimburse certain amounts paid in insurance deductibles (see H.R. 6900), H8127 [15SE]

———enhance disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities (see H.R. 6658), H7627 [30JY]

———provide assistance to individuals and households that are required to evacuate their primary residences as a result of a major disaster (see H.R. 6916), H8275 [16SE]

———provide assistance to local educational agencies in areas of Midwestern States adversely affected by storms and severe flooding (see H.R. 6733), H7786 [31JY]

———provide tax relief for victims of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Midwestern States (see S. 3322), S7148 [23JY] (see H.R. 6587), H7058 [23JY]

Diseases: develop comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy (see S. Con. Res. 98), S8528 [15SE] (see H. Con. Res. 413), H8127 [15SE]

———ensure that the highest priority for HIV/AIDS-related funding is saving lives most immediately and urgently threatened by HIV/AIDS, including babies at risk of being infected at birth (see S. 2749), S1999 [12MR]

———express that availability of adequate housing is an essential component of an effective strategy to prevent and treat HIV (see S. Con. Res. 102), S9415 [24SE]

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

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

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

———provide Federal aid and economic stimulus through a one-time revenue grant to States and local governments (see H.R. 6770), H7787 [31JY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

———develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring programs (see S. 3200), S6285 [26JN]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (see H.R. 5715), H2069 [8AP]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), consideration (see H. Res. 1107), H2354 [15AP]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), technical corrections (see H.R. 7072), H9972 [25SE]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (see S. 3431), S8035 [1AU]

———establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (see S. 3573), S9492 [25SE]

———increase Federal Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other first responders (see H.R. 5516), H1183 [28FE]

———increase grant aid for neediest students, expand options for Federal student loans, and improve reliability of current Federal loan programs (see S. 2815), S2435 [3AP]

———provide public charter school options for students that attend schools in need of improvement, have been identified for restructuring, and have graduation rates below a certain level (see H.R. 5647), H1770 [14MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 3520), S9025 [18SE]

———establish grants to increase student attendance (see H.R. 6402), H6174 [26JN]

Employment: improve the job access and reverse commute program (see S. 3466), S8275 [10SE]

———provide effective career training and technical education programs, address barriers resulting from family responsibilities, and encourage entrance into nontraditional occupations (see H.R. 5774), H2224 [10AP]

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

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 3329), S7278 [24JY] (see H.R. 6766), H7787 [31JY]

Energy Policy Act: amend to provide States assistance to establish and implement response plans to address rising heating oil, natural gas, diesel, and other energy costs (see S. 3282), S6937 [17JY]

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 5469), H994 [14FE]

———provide grants to certain health care institutions for use in improving building and maintenance operations to engage in environmentally sustainable practices (see S. 3587), S9492 [25SE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 6984), H8577 [22SE]

Families and domestic relations: establish an adoption process improvement pilot program (see H.R. 6459), H6405 [10JY]

———support former foster care youth, recognize organizations and individuals that assist former foster care youth, and review foster care youth transition programs (see H. Res. 1208), H4151 [19MY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: temporarily extend programs (see S. 2903), S3401 [24AP] (see H.R. 5813), H2441 [16AP] (see H.R. 6051), H3884 [14MY]

FCC: establish requirements and issue a nationwide public safety broadband license and establish a grant program to fund administrative and operational costs of the licensee (see H.R. 6055), H3884 [14MY]

Federal agencies and departments: require annual reviews by Inspectors General of the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs (see H.R. 6639), H7307 [29JY]

———require the President to submit recommendations and propose legislation to modernize, consolidate, and when necessary, terminate programs, agencies, and activities (see H.R. 6638), H7307 [29JY]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 3341), S7526 [26JY]

FEMA: allow coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program for new structures designed to protect public safety that are located in special flood hazard zones (see H.R. 7288), H10844 [19NO]

———authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective response to major disasters (see H.R. 7329), H10975 [10DE]

———establish a homeowner mitigation loan program to promote pre-disaster property mitigation measures (see H.R. 6424), H6175 [26JN]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 6965), H8476 [18SE]

———modify terms of the Community Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 6750), H7786 [31JY]

———provide for adequate progress on the construction of a flood protection system and offset sixty percent of the system cost with Federal, State, or local funds (see H.R. 6285), H5481 [17JN]

———provide funding for Emergency Food and Shelter Program for housing-related assistance needed to prevent homelessness of families in connection with foreclosures on their residences (see H.R. 5894), H2758 [24AP]

———reauthorize Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (see H.R. 6109), H4453 [21MY]

———submit a community outreach plan to Congress prior to updating National Flood Insurance Program rate maps (see H.R. 6413), H6175 [26JN]

FHA: create a voluntary program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market (see H.R. 5830), H2485 [17AP]

Financial institutions: allow Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan securities and make advances for student loan financing (see S. 2847), S2945 [10AP] (see H.R. 5723), H2069 [8AP]

———authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (see S. 3410), S7905 [31JY]

Fish and fishing: establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry (see S. 2630), S970 [13FE] (see H.R. 5404), H942 [13FE]

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

———use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch and supplemental nutrition assistance (food stamps) programs (see H.R. 7085), H9973 [25SE]

———reinsert trade title contained in conference report (see H.J. Res. 88), H4831 [22MY]

———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]

———technical corrections (see H.R. 6981), H8577 [22SE]

Food stamps: decrease period of benefit ineligibility of certain adults during their unemployment (see S. 3497), S8855 [16SE] (see H.R. 6651), H7627 [30JY]

———repeal denial of eligibility of ex-offenders (see H.R. 5802), H2355 [15AP]

Government: end speculation on the current cost of multilingual services provided by the Government (see H.R. 7092), H9973 [25SE]

Health: establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (see S. 3584), S9492 [25SE] (see H.R. 7179), H10299 [27SE]

———establish a multi-faceted approach to improve access and eliminate disparities in oral health care (see S. 3064), S4793 [22MY]

———establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 5592), H1538 [11MR]

———expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting (see S. 2723), S1703 [6MR] (see H.R. 5549), H1416 [6MR]

———increase Federal investment in public and preventive health (see S. Res. 640), S7905 [31JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5348), H869 [12FE]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 6680), H7628 [30JY]

———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 for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see S. 3534), S9204 [22SE]

Health care facilities: provide loans to implement green building technologies and practices to improve employee performance, reduce health care costs, and improve patient outcomes (see S. 3586), S9492 [25SE]

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

Higher Education Act: amend relative to institution financial aid offer form requirements (see S. 2594), S733 [6FE]

———clarify the procedures for awarding grants and contracts for Federal Trio Programs (see H.R. 6959), H8476 [18SE]

———expand definition of independent student to include active National Guard or Reserve members and prevent assistance payments for veterans and reservists from being offset (see S. 2732), S1741 [7MR]

———expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 6144), H4830 [22MY]

———extend programs (see S. 2733), S1741 [7MR] (see S. 2929), S3507 [29AP] (see S. 3035), S4487 [20MY] (see S. 3180), S5962 [23JN] (see S. 3352), S7573 [28JY]

———prevent payments of educational assistance for veterans and members of the Selected Reserve from being offset in the calculation of financial aid (see H.R. 5474), H1002 [19FE]

———provide judicial discretion regarding suspensions of eligibility for receiving student financial assistance for persons convicted of drug offenses (see S. 2767), S2132 [13MR]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 5157), H555 [29JA]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 7221), H10641 [29SE]

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

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

———ensure amounts made available for mortgage loss mitigation counseling in areas having the highest foreclosure rates are used in such areas (see H.R. 6790), H7806 [1AU]

———establish a pilot program to preserve affordable housing options for low-income individuals (see S. 3275), S6868 [16JY]

———establish a program to provide grants to help homeowners who are facing foreclosure to receive professional counseling (see H.R. 5855), H2486 [17AP]

———establish a risk-reduction and accountability pilot program for the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 6164), H4831 [22MY]

———expedite transfer of ownership of rural multifamily housing projects with loans made or insured under the Housing Act so that such projects are rehabilitated and used for affordable housing (see S. 3363), S7780 [30JY]

———facilitate preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units (see H.R. 5937), H3017 [1MY]

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

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

———provide rental assistance payments to assist certain owners of manufactured homes who rent the lots on which their homes are located (see H.R. 5108), H455 [23JA]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 6521), H6673 [16JY]

———target housing counseling funding based upon levels of residential mortgage foreclosures and delinquencies (see H.R. 5966), H3050 [5MY]

Hurricanes: make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery (see H.R. 6086), H4320 [20MY]

———provide additional funding for affordable housing for low-income seniors, disabled persons, and others who lost their homes as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 2975), S3742 [2MY] (see H.R. 6751), H7786 [31JY]

———provide Federal assistance to assist States to purchase and install transfer switches and generators at designated emergency service stations in hurricane zones (see H.R. 7075), H9972 [25SE]

———provide funds to certain State and local governments to pay for utility costs resulting from provision of temporary housing units to Hurricane Katrina evacuees (see S. 2789), S2231 [31MR]

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

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 2717), S1597 [5MR]

———extend programs to promote legal immigration (see S. 3257), S6604 [11JY]

———provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along U.S. borders (see S. 3293), S6972 [21JY]

———withhold a portion of Federal highway construction and maintenance funds from States that issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants (see S. 2718), S1597 [5MR]

Insurance: provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating (see S. 2818), S2435 [3AP]

International Boundary and Water Commission: reimburse State and local governments for expenses incurred in designing, constructing, and rehabilitating the Lower Rio Grande Valley Flood Control Project (see S. 2832), S2817 [9AP]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see S. 2719), S1597 [5MR]

Law enforcement: create a program to coordinate various agencies providing services to disabled individuals in investigating and responding to abuse of or crimes committed against such individuals (see S. 3668), S10324 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: provide public safety officer disability benefits to officers disabled before the enactment of the Federal public safety officer disability benefits law (see H.R. 6360), H6009 [24JN]

Lawyers and attorneys: eliminate certain provisions of law providing benefits to trial lawyers (see H.R. 7080), H9972 [25SE]

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 3186), S6019 [24JN] (see S. 3279), S6937 [17JY] (see S. 3323), S7278 [24JY] (see H.R. 6427), H6176 [26JN] (see H.R. 6538), H6726 [17JY]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H1700 [13MR]

———extend the MinnesotaCare Medicaid demonstration project (see S. 3467), S8275 [10SE] (see H.R. 6848), H7955 [9SE]

———improve rehabilitation services and case management and targeted case management services (see S. 3611), S9657 [26SE]

———permit States to exclude earned income in determining eligibility for medical assistance for individuals with extremely high prescription drug costs (see H.R. 5748), H2150 [9AP]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 2620), S815 [8FE] (see H.R. 5268), H811 [7FE]

———provide additional funds for the Qualifying Individual (QI) program (see S. 3549), S9281 [23SE] (see S. 3560), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 7077), H9972 [25SE]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see S. 2578), S492 [30JA] (see H.R. 5173), H555 [29JA]

Medicare: enhance beneficiary protections under parts C and D (see H.R. 6359), H6009 [24JN]

———enter into negotiated rulemaking to modernize Part B fee schedule for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 6761), H7787 [31JY]

———establish budget neutral demonstration projects to study and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer care services provided to beneficiaries (see H.R. 6725), H7786 [31JY]

———extend and revise incentive payments for physician scarcity areas (see H.R. 6386), H6174 [26JN]

———extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 6394), H6174 [26JN]

———improve provision of telehealth services (see S. 2812), S2435 [3AP] (see H.R. 6163), H4830 [22MY]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (see H.R. 7181), H10299 [27SE]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 5877), H2657 [23AP]

———provide coverage of federally recommended vaccines (see H.R. 4992), H294 [16JA]

———provide coverage of remote patient management services for chronic health care conditions (see H.R. 5765), H2223 [10AP]

———reduce variation in Medicare Advantage payment rates among counties within the same State within certain very large metropolitan areas (see H.R. 6174), H4877 [3JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 7139), H10130 [26SE]

———extend expiring provisions (see S. 3236), S6504 [9JY]

———preserve access to health care (see S. 3656), S10176 [30SE] (see H.R. 7241), H10699 [2OC]

———prevent reduction in physician fee schedule, advance value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and maintain and improve access to care in rural areas (see S. 3118), S5524 [11JN]

———promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 5702), H2011 [3AP]

Members of Congress: prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual currently serving (see H.R. 5771), H2224 [10AP]

Mental health: encourage State and local governments to use certain block grant funds to provide housing and financial counseling for individuals before their release from inpatient or residential institutions (see H.R. 6572), H6824 [22JY]

———integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (see H.R. 5176), H555 [29JA]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 103), S9415 [24SE]

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

National Affordable Housing Act: improve program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities (see S. 3593), S9492 [25SE] (see H.R. 5772), H2224 [10AP]

National GEAR UP Day: designate (see H. Res. 1311), H6176 [26JN]

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

National New Deal Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 360), H4453 [21MY]

National Veterans Business Development Corp.: improve (see H.R. 5525), H1220 [4MR]

Native Americans: ensure that local educational agencies receive Impact Aid payments for lands held in trust for a tribe or individual and ensure that local governments receive payments in lieu of taxes for such lands (see H.R. 7251), H10699 [2OC]

———improve health care under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (see S. 2532), S93 [22JA]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see S. 3636), S9658 [26SE] (see H.R. 6941), H8475 [18SE]

Power resources: increase energy assistance for low-income persons and extend energy tax incentives (see S. 3349), S7573 [28JY]

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

———provide disaster assistance for power transmission and distribution facilities (see H.R. 6013), H3402 [8MY]

———provide emergency energy assistance (see S. 3292), S6972 [21JY]

Public Health Service Act: reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Program (see H.R. 6351), H5864 [23JN]

Public safety officers: provide adequate benefits to officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see S. 3397), S7904 [31JY]

———provide enhanced benefits to survivors of Federal officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 7263), H10827 [3OC]

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

———expand educational opportunities for recipients of benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 3417), S7905 [31JY]

———extend and expand the number of States qualifying for supplemental grants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2820), S2435 [3AP]

———increase limit on vocational education training to be counted as work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 6657), H7627 [30JY]

———provide emergency assistance for families receiving aid under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and for low-income working families (see S. 2968), S3699 [1MY]

———require States to implement a drug testing program for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 3361), S7629 [29JY]

———require States to implement a drug testing program for applicants and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 3540), S9280 [23SE]

Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act: amend loan and loan guarantee program relative to construction or repair of railroad bridges damaged by flooding (see H.R. 6464), H6406 [10JY]

Real estate: increase temporarily the conforming loan limits of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in certain areas and enhance mortgage market liquidity (see H.R. 5153), H555 [29JA]

———make permanent the increases in loan limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA (see H.R. 5958), H3049 [5MY]

———temporarily extend increases in certain home loan limits (see S. 13), S10742 [20NO]

Rural areas: establish a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs (see S. 3545), S9280 [23SE]

SBA: establish a Small Business Energy Emergency Disaster Loan Program (see S. 3223), S6327 [27JN] (see H.R. 6429), H6228 [8JY]

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

———improve access to technology by and increase entrepreneurship among small businesses located in rural communities (see S. 3342), S7526 [26JY]

———improve certain loan programs (see H.R. 7175), H10299 [27SE]

———provide low-interest loans to small business concerns providing transportation services to assist them in dealing with high motor fuel prices (see H.R. 6922), H8396 [17SE]

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

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

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 6453), H6405 [10JY]

———withhold Federal funds from schools that permit or require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem in a language other than English (see H.R. 6783), H7806 [1AU]

Senior citizens: establish pilot programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse (see H.R. 6141), H4830 [22MY]

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

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

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

———provide economic stimulus (see S. 2612), S784 [7FE]

———provide incentives to small business concerns for innovative energy-efficient technologies and products (see S. 3682), S10486 [2OC]

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

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

———extend programs (see S. 3026, 3029), S4282 [15MY]

———improve veterans' programs (H.R. 4253), concur in Senate amendment with amendment (see H. Res. 921), H295 [16JA]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (see S. 3026, 3029), S4282 [15MY]

Social Security: allow certain youths who became inmates of public institutions to re-enroll in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program upon release (see H.R. 6621), H7164 [24JY]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see S. 2570), S445 [29JA] (see H.R. 5510), H1183 [28FE] (see H.R. 5812), H2355 [15AP]

———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]

———encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 7191), H10300 [27SE]

———ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 6485), H6472 [14JY]

———establish a sliding disability benefit scale for individuals with waxing and waning diseases and conditions and ensure income while working is more than work income or benefits (see H.R. 6457), H6405 [10JY]

———establish a trust fund with proceeds from Internet gambling taxes to provide opportunities to individuals who are, or were, in foster care and individuals in declining sectors of the economy (see H.R. 6501), H6576 [15JY]

———expand coverage options under the State Children's Health Insurance Program through premium assistance (see H.R. 6963), H8476 [18SE]

———expand State Child Health Insurance Program coverage through employer buy-ins, regional State arrangements, and State initiatives to expand coverage and access (see H.R. 7129), H10130 [26SE]

———extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 6788), H7806 [1AU]

———increase maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives relative to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and require cost-of-living adjustments to such fees (see H.R. 7285), H10844 [19NO]

———increase Social Services Block Grant funding to provide gasoline subsidies to certain low-income individuals (see H.R. 6561), H6824 [22JY]

———nullify effectiveness of a guidance letter proposing rules relative to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5998), H3402 [8MY]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see S. 2908), S3401 [24AP] (see H.R. 6399), H6174 [26JN] (see H.R. 6600), H7163 [24JY]

———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]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (see S. 3206), S6285 [26JN] (see H.R. 6393), H6174 [26JN]

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

———provide grants for school-based mentoring programs of at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy and provide student loan forgiveness for mentors participating in such programs (see H.R. 5810), H2355 [15AP]

———provide monthly benefits for certain uninsured children living without parents (see H.R. 6607), H7164 [24JY]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program and limit income eligibility expansions under that program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled (see S. 2936), S3507 [29AP]

———remove inmate limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 5698), H2010 [3AP]

———report on access to primary care and efforts to avoid displacement of private coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and urge use of surveys to measure physician access (see H.R. 6506), H6673 [16JY]

———require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all forms of immigration relief (see H.R. 6649), H7307 [29JY]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 6259), H5407 [12JN]

SSA: reestablish experiment and demonstration project authority regarding the Social Security Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 6745), H7786 [31JY]

States: authorize transfer or consolidation of funds made available under certain transportation, education, and job training programs after certain periods of slow economic growth (see H.R. 6400), H6174 [26JN]

———provide fiscal relief through a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage and direct payments to States (see S. 2586), S543 [31JA]

Taxation: adjust dollar amounts used to calculate the credit for the elderly and the permanently disabled for inflation since 1985 (see S. 2855), S3025 [15AP]

———allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals with COBRA continuation coverage by reason of termination of employment (see H.R. 7010), H9083 [23SE]

———allow additional expenses for purposes of determining the Hope Scholarship credit (see H.R. 5269), H811 [7FE]

———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 7098), H9973 [25SE]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas and appropriate the proceeds for LIHEAP (see H.R. 5800), H2354 [15AP]

———include senior citizens and disabled veterans in the provision of recovery rebates to individuals (see H.R. 5316), H812 [7FE]

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

———provide an economic stimulus for individuals (see H.R. 5142), H479 [28JA]

———provide assistance for housing (see H.R. 5720), H2069 [8AP]

———provide commuter flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 7170), H10131 [26SE]

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

———provide for tax-favored unemployment savings accounts (see H.R. 6799), H7807 [1AU]

———provide incentives for building homeless shelters in areas affected by incidents of national significance (see H.R. 6674), H7628 [30JY]

———provide incentives for building homeless shelters in areas affected by Presidentially declared disasters (see H.R. 6811), H7807 [1AU]

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

———provide recovery rebates to certain individuals receiving Social Security benefits (see H.R. 5172), H555 [29JA]

———provide recovery rebates to certain pension recipients (see H.R. 6609), H7164 [24JY]

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

———provide temporary housing related tax relief for individuals (see H.R. 5962), H3050 [5MY]

———provide that elderly and disabled individuals receiving in-home care under certain government programs are not liable for employment taxes for the care providers (see H.R. 5703), H2011 [3AP]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (see S. 3718), S10812 [8DE] (see H.R. 6844), H7955 [9SE]

———use amended tax returns to take into account receipt of certain hurricane-related casualty loss grants by disallowing previously taken casualty loss deductions (see H.R. 6602), H7163 [24JY]

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

Television: extend expiration date of digital-to-analog converter box coupons (see H.R. 6763), H7787 [31JY] (see H.R. 6933), H8396 [17SE]

———make digital television transition and public safety funds available sooner to low-power rural stations and translators (see S. 2607), S784 [7FE] (see H.R. 5696), H2010 [3AP]

Terrorism: improve Federal response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major disaster affecting homeland security (see H.R. 6852), H7955 [9SE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: technical corrections relative to Jefferson Parish, LA, highway project (see S. 2987), S3891 [7MY]

U.S. Housing Act: exclude assistance payments under certain post-foster care guardianship assistance programs from consideration as income (see H.R. 5645), H1770 [14MR]

———reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (see S. 2684), S1467 [3MR]

———reform rental assistance program under section 8 (see H.R. 5490), H1073 [26FE]

Unemployment: provide for a targeted extended unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 5688), H2010 [3AP]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (see S. 2544), S94 [22JA] (see S. 3507), S8948 [17SE] (see H.R. 4934), H23 [15JA] (see H.R. 5749), H2150 [9AP] (see H.R. 6867), H8018 [10SE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), consideration (see H. Res. 1265), H5327 [11JN]

USASpending.gov: improve and strengthen transparency, accessibility, and quality of public data on Internet site that lists all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds (see S. 3077), S4969 [3JN]

Veterans: address waiting period for dual VA-SSA disability designees by rating service-connected disabled veterans as totally disabled, thus classifying them as disabled for SSA (see S. 2872), S3080 [16AP]

———enhance and improve insurance, housing, labor and education, and other benefits (see S. 2640), S1054 [14FE]

———enhance housing loan authorities for veterans and otherwise assist veterans and members of the Armed Forces in avoiding the foreclosure of their homes (see S. 2992), S3891 [7MY]

———establish a commission to oversee services for post-traumatic stress and other mental health disorders, the Heroes-to-Healers Program, and grants for mental health provider recruitment (see S. 3374), S7904 [31JY]

———expand and enhance benefits (see S. 2984), S3790 [6MY]

———expand authorized concurrent receipt of disability pay from the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability (see H.R. 7294), H10844 [19NO]

———improve and enhance procedures for the retirement of Armed Forces members for disability and improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of service-connected disabilities in veterans (see S. 2674), S1384 [28FE] (see H.R. 5509), H1183 [28FE]

———increase rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2617), S815 [8FE]

———modify certain authorities relative to educational assistance benefits (see S. 2683), S1467 [3MR]

———provide individualized notice about available benefits and streamline application processes for the benefits (see S. 3307), S7030 [22JY] (see H.R. 6494), H6576 [15JY]

———provide relief for veterans with a disability rated as total (see S. 2655), S1121 [25FE]

Veterans Health Administration: establish position of Director of Physical Therapy Service and a fellowship program for physical therapists in geriatrics, rehabilitation, and polytrauma care (see H.R. 6792), H7806 [1AU]

Washington County, UT: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality economic development (see S. 2834), S2817 [9AP]

White House Office of National Youth Policy: establish (see H.R. 7004), H9083 [23SE]

Women: assist throughout pregnancy by providing services that will alleviate financial, social, emotional, and other difficulties that may otherwise lead to abortion (see H.R. 7091), H9973 [25SE]

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

———implement Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development plans, integrate programs and resources, and provide supplementary grant assistance and additional activities (see S. 2744), S1876 [11MR]

———improve programs carried out through youth opportunity grants (see S. 2648), S1054 [14FE]

———include workforce investment programs on the Internet (see H.R. 6262), H5407 [12JN]

Cloture motions

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

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), 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]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3851 [7MY]

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

LIHEAP: funding (S. 3186), motion to proceed, S7131 [23JY], S7508 [26JY]

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

Conference reports

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (H.R. 2419), H3409-H3700 [13MY]

Cost Estimates

Climate Security Act (S. 3036): CBO, S4946 [3JN]

Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (H.R. 5749): CBO, H5350 [12JN]

Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans Act (H.R. 5715): CBO, E621 [15AP]

Excerpts

Law relative to transfer of entitlement to educational assistance to eligible dependents of Armed Forces members with critical military skills who agree to reenlist, S4140 [14MY]

Explanations

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act (S. 3023), E2051-E2062 [27SE]

Letters

Agriculture disaster assistance: Wallace Ellender IV, American Sugar Cane League, S9975 [27SE]

Call for investigation of housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises: Senator Cornyn, S8228 [10SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directive to States relative to coverage of children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program: several health care organizations, S5687 [17JN]

Consolidated Natural Resources Act: Senator Bingaman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S2863 [10AP]

Consolidated Resources Act: Senator Bingaman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S1869 [11MR]

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

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

Current U.S. fiscal situation: David M. Walker, GAO, H1583, H1596 [12MR]

Dept. of HUD HOPE VI Program compliance with U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating criteria: Douglas J. McCarron, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, H306 [17JA]

Dept. of HUD HOPE VI Program reauthorization: several housing organizations, H305 [17JA]

Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: Donald L. Carcieri and Brad Henry, National Governors Association, H5271 [11JN]

Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans Act: Judith Zaffirini, H2396 [16AP]

Expansion of benefits to Filipino veterans who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. residents: Delfin N. Lorenzana, Embassy of the Philippines, S1039 [14FE]

Federal Family Education Loan Program: Senator Kennedy, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) and Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), S1723 [7MR]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: several agricultural, conservation, and nutrition organizations, S4227 [15MY]

Fostering Connections to Success Act: Candy Hill, Catholic Charities USA (organization), H5931 [24JN]

———Karen Rousey, Baby Fold (organization), H5931 [24JN]

———Lisa M. Carr and Lisa Hassenstab, Lutheran Services in America (organization), H5930 [24JN]

———Nathan Monell and Misty Stenslie, Foster Care Alumni of America (organization), H5928 [24JN]

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

Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act: Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H10665 [2OC]

———Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H10666 [2OC]

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

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

Illinois unemployment compensation laws: Joseph P. Mueller, Illinois Dept. of Employment Security, H5354 [12JN]

Improve educational assistance for Armed Forces members and veterans to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces: Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense, S3514 [29AP]

Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act: Dan Mica, Credit Union National Association, Inc., S9638 [26SE]

———Dennis K. Tanimoto, Hawaii Credit Union League, S7970 [31JY]

———Fred R. Becker, Jr., National Association of Federal Credit Unions, S7970 [31JY]

———Larissa Meinecke, Hawai'i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development, S7971 [31JY]

———Robin Puanani Danner, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, S7970 [31JY]

Increase food stamp benefits: several Representatives, H922 [13FE]

LIHEAP funding: Coalition of Northeastern Governors, S5810 [19JN]

———David P. Sloane, AARP, S958 [13FE]

———James H. Douglas and Jon Corzine, National Governors Association, S958 [13FE]

———Pete Hershberger, National Conference of State Legislatures, S958 [13FE]

Louisiana priorities relative to recovery from effects of Hurricane Gustav: Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, Mitch Landrieu, Lt. Governor of Louisiana, and Mike Strain, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture, S8930 [17SE]

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: Peter R. Orszag, CBO, S5562 [12JN]

Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act: David A. Kakmia, Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards, S2439 [3AP]

———Jonathan D. Linkous, American Telemedicine Association, S2438 [3AP]

———Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, S2438 [3AP]

———several organizations, S2438 [3AP]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act: Michael Festa, Thomas Stickrath, Sharon Keller, and Pat Colloton, Council of State Governments Justice Center, H427 [23JA]

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

Oregon unemployment compensation laws: Tom Byerley, Oregon Employment Dept., H5335 [12JN]

Permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount: Representative Collin C. Peterson, Committee on Agriculture (House), E2210 [2OC]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E2210 [2OC]

Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act: several historical preservation organizations, H6185 [8JY]

Prohibit Indian Health Service funding for abortions except under certain circumstances: Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., S43 [22JA]

———Thomas McClusky, Family Research Council, S43 [22JA]

———Wendy Wright, Concerned Women for America (organization), S43 [22JA]

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

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

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

———Senator Specter, S104, S105 [22JA]

Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act: Catherine M. Bishop, National Housing Law Project (organization), H1043, H1049 [26FE]

———National Training and Information Center, H1047 [26FE]

———Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, H1042, H1048 [26FE]

———several democratic grassroots resident organizations, H1041 [26FE]

———Sunia Zaterman, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, H1042, H1049 [26FE]

———Timothy G. Kaiser, Public Housing Authorities Directors Association, H1043, H1049 [26FE]

Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act: Representative DeFazio, H4926 [4JN]

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

Reduce the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Aaron Broussard, S6268 [26JN]

———Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, S6268 [26JN]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission Act: Representative Wolf, E2319 [20NO]

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

Supportive Housing Investment Act: Michael J. Fitzpatrick, National Alliance on Mental Illness, H8362 [17SE]

Transfer of entitlement to educational assistance to eligible dependents of Armed Forces members with critical military skills who agree to reenlist: Michael L. Dominguez, Dept. of Defense, S4471 [20MY]

Unemployment benefits extension: Donald L. Carcieri and Brad Henry, National Governors Association, H3946 [15MY]

———Phillip Frye and Steve Conway, National Conference of State Legislatures, H3946 [15MY]

Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act: James B. Peake, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S3800 [6MY]

Vision Preservation Act: Michele Haranin, American Optometric Association, S9212 [22SE]

Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer Act: Jennifer Granholm and M. Jodi Rell, National Governors Association, S7465 [25JY]

Lists

Freddie Mac Board of Directors from 1997-2008, H6453-H6455 [14JY]

House staff working on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H3811 [14MY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 1593, Second Chance Act, S2938 [10AP]

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

Organizations supporting H.R. 6307, Fostering Connections to Success Act, H5930 [24JN]

Organizations supporting H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, S6142 [25JN], S6229 [26JN]

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

Supporters of S. 2684, Section 8 Voucher Reform Act, S1480 [3MR]

Volunteers who assisted victims of Hurricane Ike, E2099 [28SE]

Memorandums

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Edward L. Yingling and Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, H10394 [29SE]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House of Representatives, S5185 [5JN]

———Representative Blunt, S5185 [5JN]

Messages

Veto of H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: President Bush, S4713 [22MY], H4402 [21MY]

Veto of H.R. 6124, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: President Bush, S5739 [18JN], H5535 [18JN]

Veto of H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: President Bush, S6705 [15JY], H6520 [15JY]

Motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H2119 [9AP], H2828, H2830 [29AP], H2922, H2924 [30AP], H2992, H2995 [1MY], H3044 [5MY], H3063, H3064, H3092, H3103 [6MY], H3153, H3154, H3177 [7MY], H3311, H3312, H3317 [8MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4160 [14MY], S4227 [15MY], H3821 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), H4959 [4JN]

Dept. of HUD: improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), H1054, H1055 [26FE]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), H331 [17JA]

Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S656 [5FE], H786 [7FE]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program and make available multiperil coverage for damage from windstorms and floods (H.R. 3121), H6355 [10JY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3742 [2MY], S3948 [8MY]

Higher Education Act: extend programs (S. 2929), H3091 [6MY]

Housing: facilitate preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units (H.R. 5937), H3132, H3133 [7MY]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 3186), S7131 [23JY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 2062), H6681 [17JY]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), H5347, H5359 [12JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), S10627 [19NO]

Orders

Military order placing land and sea forces of Philippines under U.S. commands: Franklin D. Roosevelt, S3298 [23AP]

Press releases

Reid Set To Deliver Nearly $200 Million to Nevada To Aid Military, S9233 [23SE]

Remarks in House

AbilityOne Program: tribute efforts to employ the blind and severely disabled persons, E309 [5MR]

African Americans: effect of tax cuts, E517 [4AP]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H922 [13FE], H1976 [3AP], H2075, H2119 [9AP], H2361, H2362 [16AP]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, H3701, H3756, H3767 [13MY], H3779, H3782, H3783, H3801-H3822, H3862 [14MY], H3889 [15MY], H4289 [20MY], H4462-H4465 [22MY], E930, E933, E945 [15MY], E953, E955, E957 [16MY], E994 [21MY], E1024, E1033 [22MY], E1059 [23MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3784-H3799 [14MY], E938, E941 [15MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), motion to instruct conferees, H2119-H2121 [9AP], H2828, H2830 [29AP], H2922, H2924-H2930 [30AP], H2992-H2999 [1MY], H3044 [5MY], H3064, H3103-H3106 [6MY], H3153, H3177-H3181 [7MY], H3311-H3319 [8MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), veto, H4402-H4415 [21MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), H4462-H4465, H4469-H4655 [22MY], H5117 [10JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), veto, H5535-H5537 [18JN], E1332, E1334 [24JN]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (S. 2745), H1597, H1598 [12MR]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (S. 2954), H2987, H2988 [1MY]

———hunger and nutrition programs funding, H1976 [3AP], E1033 [22MY]

———prohibit the establishment of a permanent agriculture disaster assistance program, H3103-H3106 [6MY]

———remove unfunded mandates contained within certain agriculture programs, H3784-H3786 [14MY]

AmeriCorps Week: observance (H. Res. 1173), H3715-H3717 [13MY], H3846 [14MY], H3891 [15MY]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 496), H6489-H6493 [15JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (H.R. 7110), H10050-H10058, H10075-H10088 [26SE], E2117, E2130, E2137 [28SE], E2167 [30SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (H.R. 7110), earmark declaration, E2198 [2OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3604), H10288-H10295 [27SE]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H3951 [15MY]

Armed Forces: deny Federal funds to any State, city, county, or other political subdivision that prohibits or unduly restricts the establishment or operation of a military recruiting office (H.R. 5462), H973 [14FE]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001, H3016 [1MY], H3755 [13MY], H3937, H3940, H3942-H3944, H3949-H3951, H4037, H4040-H4044 [15MY], H4285 [20MY], H4327, H4328 [21MY], H4459, H4819, H4820 [22MY], H4978 [5JN], H5116 [10JN], H5218, H5324, H5325 [11JN], H5565 [18JN], H5615, H5616, H5619, H5670, H5701, H5702 [19JN], H5873 [24JN], H7148 [24JY], E1388 [26JN]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (H.R. 5740), E956 [16MY]

———extend eligibility for disability pay to certain cadets at military academies, H4755 [22MY]

———improve educational assistance for members and veterans to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces (H.R. 5944), E865 [8MY]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty, H647 [7FE]

Brooklyn, NY: preserve affordable housing units in Starrett City complex, H3095 [6MY], E856 [8MY]

Budget: comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H5347, H5351 [12JN]

———deficit, H2212 [10AP]

Business and industry: require certain Government contractors and other entities receiving most of their revenue from Federal sources to disclose names and salaries of their most highly compensated officers (H.R. 3928), H2574-H2577 [23AP]

Chicago, IL: provide relief for victims of flooding, E2150 [28SE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: funding, H2256-H2263 [14AP], H2358 [16AP], E618 [15AP]

Children and youth: assist foster children in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school (H.R. 6307), H5921-H5932 [24JN], E1377 [26JN], E1494 [17JY], E1774 [11SE]

———connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth (H. Res. 1332), H7271, H7272 [29JY], H7709 [31JY], E1644 [1AU]

———create conditions, structures, and supports needed to ensure permanency for unaccompanied youth (H.R. 3409), H5072 [9JN]

———establish an educational mentoring pilot program for at-risk youth through community partnerships that provide life, social, academic, and vocational skills, H764, H765 [7FE]

———establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, H8315 [17SE]

———establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (H.R. 2188), E1494 [17JY], E1774 [11SE]

———make grants to carry out activities to prevent teen pregnancy in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities (H.R. 468), E2119 [28SE]

———provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental disorders as they transition to adulthood (H.R. 6375), E1353 [25JN]

———provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (H.R. 6175), E1139 [4JN]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (H.R. 5129), E73 [23JA]

Civilian Conservation Corps: anniversary, E1838 [18SE]

Colleges and universities: prohibit funding for schools that discriminate against the military by denying equal public access to recruiters, H634 [7FE]

———require the Depts. of Education and the Treasury to evaluate the feasibility of an alternative market-based reform to the Federal Family Education Loan Program, H755, H756 [7FE]

Community service: provide grants to nonprofit organizations to encourage senior citizens to participate in educational activities, community, workforce and volunteerism, H1356 [6MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H435 [23JA]

Construction industries: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (H.R. 4461), H6266-H6269 [9JY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 4133), H6325 [9JY]

Contracts: require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (H.R. 4881), H2234-H2237 [14AP]

Corp. for National and Community Service: give existing Retired Senior Volunteer Program grantees priority consideration for future grants, H1356 [6MR]

Crime: provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (H.R. 3992), H424-H428, H430 [23JA]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (S. 2304), H10268-H10270 [27SE], H10631 [29SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4158 [20MY], H4442-H4446 [21MY], H6326, H6330 [9JY]

Denton, TX: tribute to Cedar Street Capital Improvement Project, E1680 [1AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program funding, H4289 [20MY], H4405 [21MY], H4649-H4651 [22MY]

———community food projects funding (S. 3597), H10272, H10273 [27SE]

———conservation programs funding, H2995-H2999 [1MY]

———Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program funding, H3819 [14MY]

———establish a project to allocate acreage for production of fruits and vegetables for processing, H3820 [14MY]

———modify Federal direct payment rates, H2924-H2930 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: conduct study to identify the mental health risks associated with individual military duties, E1114 [3JN]

———enhance suicide prevention programs, H4430, H4431 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: allow children who have lost a military parent or guardian in Iraq or Afghanistan to receive the maximum Pell Grant award, H766, H767 [7FE]

———allow colleges and universities to apply for a non-Federal matching grant for fire prevention technologies, H646 [7FE]

———allow educational agencies whose energy costs have risen by at least fifty percent to use grants and low-interest loans for maintenance of public educational facilities, H4959, H4960 [4JN]

———allow local educational agencies receiving Federal funds for modernization, renovation, or repair of educational facilities to use funds to reduce class size, H4955, H4956 [4JN]

———allow local educational agencies receiving Federal funds for modernization, renovation, or repair of public educational facilities to give priority to science and technology schools when distributing Federal funds, H4952, H4953 [4JN]

———allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (H.R. 1539), H2638 [23AP]

———conduct a study on providing student loan eligibility to less than half-time students and make recommendations on establishing a pilot program, H769, H770 [7FE]

———encourage environmental education grant applicants to describe their plan to partner with a State or local park or recreation department, H8447 [18SE]

———ensure institutions of higher education receiving sustainability planning grants under the Federal Perkins Loan Program meet current energy efficiency standards, H753 [7FE]

———extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (H.R. 6889), H8089-H8092 [15SE]

———extend certain waiver authority relative to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief (H.R. 6890), H8525-H8527 [22SE]

———extend loan forgiveness programs to community college students who volunteer to mentor at-risk children, H770, H771 [7FE]

———extend loan forgiveness programs to principals and school administrators who work in low-income school districts, H767, H768 [7FE]

———extend the Federal Family Education Loan Program and the Direct Loan Program audit reporting requirements, H756, H757 [7FE]

———give veteran-owned businesses same contracting preferences as minority and women-owned businesses, H4943 [4JN]

———historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities funding, H1356 [6MR]

———Impact Aid Program funding, H4929 [4JN]

———improve and enhance the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), H7644, H7665, H7667 [31JY]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), H4880, H4937-H4961 [4JN], E1172 [9JN]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), corrections in engrossment, H4961 [4JN]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 3021), motion to recommit, H4959, H4960 [4JN]

———make municipalities eligible for the National Capacity Environmental Education Grant Program, H8446 [18SE]

———prohibit local educational agencies receiving Federal funds for modernization, renovation, or repair of public educational facilities to purchase carbon offsets with such funds, H4950 [4JN]

———provide Teach to Reach grants to ensure that general education teaching candidates receive the knowledge and skills to effectively instruct students with disabilities, H762, H763 [7FE]

———provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active duty servicemembers and their spouses, H753 [7FE]

———require local educational agencies receiving Federal funds for modernization, renovation, or repair of educational facilities report on volatility, material type, and cost effectiveness of new flooring, H4954, H4955 [4JN]

———require local educational agencies receiving Federal funds for modernization, renovation, or repair of public educational facilities to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. for such projects, H4945, H4953, H4954 [4JN]

———require States to develop a database of energy usage in public school facilities, H4943 [4JN]

———review and revise regulations concerning prohibited guaranty agency inducements to eligible lenders, H2463 [17AP]

———simplify Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, H645, H768, H769 [7FE]

———student financial aid programs funding, H10771 [3OC]

———treatment of charter schools relative to grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities, H4939 [4JN]

Dept. of Energy: Weatherization Assistance Program funding (H.R. 6538), H6830 [23JY]

———Weatherization Assistance Program funding (H.R. 6605), H7609 [30JY]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and establish school-based food allergy management grants (H.R. 2063), H2036-H2038 [8AP], E546 [8AP]

———improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders, H8680 [23SE]

———make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery (H.R. 3561), E878 [8MY]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (S. 1760), H8670, H8671 [23SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities (H.R. 6098), H7191, H7192, H7267 [29JY]

———improve financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities (H.R. 6098), Senate amendment, H10625 [29SE]

Dept. of HUD: address eligibility for housing assistance funding of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma pending court decision on the Cherokee citizenship of Cherokee Freedman, H6681 [17JY], E1554 [24JY]

———allow public housing agencies to set their own management fees until negotiated rulemaking takes place and restate ineligibility of illegal immigrants for financial assistance, H1052 [26FE]

———apply the one-to-one replacement requirement for dwelling units demolished under a HOPE VI grant only to units that are occupied prior to demolition, H303, H312, H319-H321, H323 [17JA]

———eliminate requirement that HOPE VI Program funded projects comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H323-H326 [17JA]

———ensure all tenant association agreements are upheld in the event of a dispute between the Dept. and a local housing authority resulting in receivership, H1052 [26FE]

———ensure the HOPE VI Program gives priority to veterans and excludes individuals who have served time in a correctional institution, H331, H332 [17JA]

———establish Office of Housing Counseling (H.R. 3019), H3128 [7MY], H8354-H8358 [17SE]

———Fair Housing Initiative Program funding, H1640 [13MR]

———HOPE for Homeowners loan program funding, H10767 [3OC]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), H1046-H1056 [26FE]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), consideration (H. Res. 974), H1037-H1046 [26FE]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), motion to recommit, H1055, H1056 [26FE]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 6216), H6269-H6271 [9JY]

———maintain authority to issue demolition-only grants within the HOPE VI Program, H303, H305, H322, H323 [17JA]

———make all assistance to States to acquire foreclosed housing in the form of loans, H3172, H3173 [7MY]

———make grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas (H.R. 7209), E2151 [28SE]

———prohibit local public housing authorities from restricting gun ownership, H1055, H1056 [26FE]

———provide flexibility in the one-to-one replacement requirement for units demolished under a HOPE VI grant, H318, H319 [17JA]

———provide that development and rehabilitation of utilities and utility services shall be eligible affordable housing activities under the Indian Housing Block Grant Program, H6681-H6683, H6687 [17JY]

———reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Americans (H.R. 2786), Senate amendment, H10216-H10222 [27SE], E2135 [28SE]

———reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians, E2135 [28SE]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), H263 [16JA], H298, H302-H334, H335 [17JA], E76, E79 [28JA]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), consideration (H. Res. 922), H299-H301 [17JA]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), corrections in engrossment, H334 [17JA]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), motion to recommit, H331, H332 [17JA]

———remove mandatory green building requirement from HOPE VI Program and establish a flexible rating system, standard, or code for green buildings, H302-H304, H312, H319, H326, H327 [17JA]

———restore confidence in Government-sponsored enterprises, H6452 [14JY], H6554, H6555, H6559, H6560 [15JY]

———restore the set-aside for the HOPE VI Main Street grant program, H304, H305, H321, H322, H323 [17JA]

———safeguard rights of tenants of HOPE VI housing from eviction based on the criminal activities of others, H323 [17JA]

Dept. of Justice: establish a competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes (H.R. 7115), E2097 [28SE]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (H.R. 1593), H3112 [7MY]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 6503), H8097, H8098 [15SE], H8368 [17SE], E2231 [3OC]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding (H.R. 3494), H2360 [16AP]

Dept. of the Interior: provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system project (S. 3128), H10609 [29SE]

———provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (H.R. 5710), H5428-H5430 [17JN], E505 [4AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to report increases in new lending that are attributable to such assistance, H10933 [10DE]

Dept. of Transportation: Highway Trust Fund funding, H5867 [24JN]

———issue grants to States for capital cost of facilities and equipment necessary to provide new or improved intercity passenger rail service, H5122 [10JN], E1225 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: advertise in the national media to promote awareness of veterans' benefits (H.R. 3681), H4185-H4187 [20MY], E1002 [21MY], E1056, E1066 [23MY]

———enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), H2736, H2737 [24AP], H5153 [10JN], H5966, H5967 [24JN], H7759 [31JY], H8401 [18SE], H8487-H8491 [22SE]

———funding, H1566 [12MR]

———make certain payments to eligible persons who served in the Philippines during World War II (H.R. 6897), H8483-H8487 [22SE], E1884 [24SE], E1969 [25SE], E2114 [28SE]

———modernize disability benefits claims processing system to ensure accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors (H.R. 5892), H7256-H7263 [29JY], H7650 [31JY], E1635 [31JY]

———prohibit an increase in the deductible veterans pay to receive mileage reimbursement as part of the beneficiary travel program, H7764, H7765 [31JY]

———provide assistance to the Paralympic Program of the U.S. Olympic Committee (H.R. 4255), H7246-H7248 [29JY], H7707 [31JY], E1651 [1AU]

———provide benefits to certain Filipino World War II veterans, H7758-H7761 [31JY], H8400, H8401, H8402 [18SE]

———small business loan program funding, H8484 [22SE]

Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2739), H2773-H2814, H2833, H2834 [29AP], H5118 [10JN], E728 [24AP], E788, E804 [1MY], E809, E817 [5MY]

Disabled: allow students with mental disabilities access to Federal work study funds for enrollment in postsecondary education programs, H651 [7FE]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (H.R. 5685), E486 [2AP]

Disasters: provide assistance to local educational agencies in areas of Midwestern States adversely affected by storms and severe flooding (H.R. 6733), E1677 [1AU]

———provide disaster assistance for severe storms and flooding in Midwestern States, H7117 [24JY], H7173 [29JY], H7608 [30JY], H7720 [31JY]

———provide tax relief for victims of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Midwestern States (H.R. 6587), H7620, H7623 [30JY]

Diseases: develop comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy, E2166 [30SE]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (H.R. 3005), E828 [6MY]

Ecology and environment: funding, H1570 [12MR]

Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (H. Res. 977), H5276, H5279 [11JN]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H374, H375 [22JA], H392, H393, H394, H432, H435-H441 [23JA], H2074 [9AP], H2324 [15AP], H2867 [30AP], H7863 [9SE], H8280 [17SE], H9300 [24SE], H10053, H10054, H10055, H10056 [26SE], H10948 [10DE]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), H459, H460 [28JA], H483, H484, H485-H509, H537, H538 [29JA], H626, H627, H784, H798, H799 [7FE], H874, H875, H935-H937 [13FE], H1319 [5MR], H1421 [10MR], H1807, H1808 [31MR], H1957, H1960 [2AP], H2273 [15AP], H2867 [30AP], H2990, H2991 [1MY], E120, E122 [6FE], E148 [7FE], E177, E182 [13FE], E211 [19FE]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), concur in Senate amendment, H786-H793 [7FE]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (H.R. 6110), H4329 [21MY]

Education: Asian-American student financial aid program funding, H7648 [31JY]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families, H10771 [3OC]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), H2394-H2399 [16AP], H2456-H2468 [17AP], H2737 [24AP], E680 [22AP]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), Senate amendments, H2953, H2983-H2987 [1MY]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), consideration (H. Res. 1107), H2362-H2367 [16AP]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), corrections in engrossment, H2473 [17AP]

———expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays (H.R. 2343), E1325 [24JN]

———funding, H1569, H1570 [12MR]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, H649 [7FE]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 1777), H2922-H2924 [30AP]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 1777), Senate amendment, H10264, H10265 [27SE]

———make student financial aid programs available to students with minor drug convictions, H2632 [23AP]

———Pell Grants and Perkins Loans funding, H780, H781 [7FE]

———permit loan limit increases for undergraduate students and families, H2462 [17AP]

———prohibit use of Pell Grants by convicted sex offenders held in civil confinement following release from prison, H7645, H7660 [31JY]

———restore safeguards to student loan borrowers, H637 [7FE]

———student financial aid programs funding, H597 [6FE]

———student loan programs, H7147, H7148 [24JY]

———temporarily classify medical bill payments as extenuating circumstances which shall not interfere with the ability to receive Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) loans for tuition, H2465, H2466 [17AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (H.R. 4926), H5073-H5075 [9JN]

———Title I funding, H4938, H4942, H4943 [4JN]

Employment: job training programs funding, H460 [28JA], H607 [6FE]

———provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (H.R. 5873), E678 [22AP]

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (H.R. 5469), E198 [14FE]

FAA: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs funding, E2174 [30SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 6984), H8588-H8590 [23SE], E2174 [30SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (H.R. 2392), H5599 [19JN]

———support former foster care youth, recognize organizations and individuals that assist former foster care youth, and review foster care youth transition programs (H. Res. 1208), H4173-H4175 [20MY], E1083 [23MY]

Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act: prohibit any provision which may result in an increase in taxes, H2119, H2120 [9AP]

———require use of most recent CBO baseline estimates when determining compliance with pay-as-you-go requirement, H2992-H2995 [1MY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: temporarily extend programs (H.R. 5813), H2361, H2362 [16AP]

———temporarily extend programs (H.R. 6051), H3823 [14MY]

———temporarily extend programs (S. 2903), H2737 [24AP]

———temporarily extend programs (S. 2903), unanimous-consent request, H2720 [24AP]

FCC: establish requirements and issue a nationwide public safety broadband license and establish a grant program to fund administrative and operational costs of the licensee (H.R. 6055), E919 [14MY]

FCIC: allow approved insurance companies to consult with each other and the FCIC during periodic renegotiations for the standard reinsurance agreement, H3820 [14MY]

FEMA: establish a homeowner mitigation loan program to promote pre-disaster property mitigation measures (H.R. 6424), E1374 [26JN]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 6965), H8705 [23SE], E1914 [25SE]

———modify terms of the Community Disaster Loan Program (H.R. 6750), E1660 [1AU]

———phase out practice of permanently subsidizing National Flood Insurance Program premiums and require a risk-based premium pricing structure, H6355 [10JY]

———Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program funding, H6476 [15JY]

———provide for a phase-in of actuarial rates for certain pre-flood insurance rate maps properties under the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 3959), H412-H414 [23JA]

———reauthorize Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (H.R. 6109), H5816-H5818 [23JN]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program and make available multiperil coverage for damage from windstorms and floods (H.R. 3121), H6162-H6166 [26JN], H6355 [10JY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program and make available multiperil coverage for damage from windstorms and floods (H.R. 3121), motion to instruct conferees, H6355, H6359 [10JY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), H6374 [10JY]

———create a voluntary program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market (H.R. 5830), H3123 [7MY]

Floods: flood protection funding for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H3943 [15MY]

———improve Federal flood disaster policy, H5867 [24JN]

Food: impact of increasing food costs on school meal programs, H6237 [9JY]

———permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (H.R. 6849), Senate amendment, H10623 [29SE]

———prohibit funding for earmarks, H3786-H3789 [14MY]

———require use of most recent CBO baseline estimates when determining compliance with pay-as-you-go requirement, H3789 [14MY]

Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, H4651 [22MY]

Food stamps: increase benefits, H538 [29JA], H922 [13FE]

GAO: conduct study to determine the impact of raising loan limits on tuition, fees, room and board, and private loan borrowing, H2464, H2465 [17AP]

Haiti: expedite complete and immediate cancellation of international debts, H2372, H2389 [16AP], E650 [17AP]

Head Start Program: funding, H2256-H2263 [14AP], H2358 [16AP], E618, E620 [15AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2533 [22AP], H2767 [29AP], H4455 [22MY], H5025-H5029 [5JN], H6550 [15JY], E1097 [23MY], E2019 [26SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5348), H2538-H2543 [22AP]

Health care professionals: establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (H.R. 2583), H602 [6FE], H8681, H8682 [23SE]

Henry Ford Scholarship Program: establish to provide scholarships to high-achieving students to pursue undergradusate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and health-related fields, H7645 [31JY]

Higher Education Act: extend programs (S. 2733), H1498, H1499 [11MR]

———extend programs (S. 2929), H3035, H3036 [5MY]

———extend programs (S. 3035), H4278, H4279 [20MY]

———extend programs (S. 3180), H6075 [25JN]

———extend programs (S. 3352), H7352, H7353 [30JY]

———make graduate degree granting institutions eligible under the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program, H657 [7FE]

———prevent payments of educational assistance for veterans and members of the Selected Reserve from being offset in the calculation of financial aid (H.R. 5474), E212 [19FE]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of prior drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance, H644 [7FE]

History: authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program (H.R. 3981), H6182-H6187 [8JY]

Homeless Assistance Act: consolidate housing assistance programs for homeless persons (H.R. 840), H1168 [28FE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 7221), H10653-H10670 [2OC]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis, H2284 [15AP], H2633 [23AP], H8402 [18SE], H10798, H10799 [3OC]

———facilitate preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units (H.R. 5937), H3093-H3096 [6MY], E856 [8MY]

———minority serving organizations funding for counseling and support, H2865 [30AP]

———modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers, H3134, H3140 [7MY], H6841, H6995 [23JY]

———modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (H.R. 1852), H492 [29JA], H2000 [3AP]

———payment of administrative fee to public housing agencies to cover costs of family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the Dept. of HUD housing choice voucher program (H.R. 3018), H8703-H8705 [23SE], H9938 [25SE]

———provide needed housing reform, H1652 [13MR], H1830, H1868, H1875 [1AP], H1892 [2AP], H1975, H2000 [3AP], H2273 [15AP], H2453, H2469 [17AP], H2865 [30AP], H3056, H3058, H3059 [6MY], H3134, H3181 [7MY], H3195, H3197-H3201, H3204-H3308 [8MY], H4326 [21MY], H5977 [24JN], H6333 [9JY], H6480 [15JY], H6828, H6840, H6854-H7011, H7054, H7055 [23JY], H7062 [24JY], H7332 [30JY], H7857 [9SE], E864 [8MY], E898 [13MY], E921 [14MY], E956 [16MY], E983, E986, E988 [21MY], E1142 [4JN], E1549, E1551 [24JY], E1555, E1556, E1559, E1563, E1564 [25JY], E1581 [29JY], E1602, E1604, E1606 [30JY], E1630 [31JY], E1693 [1AU]

———provide needed housing reform (H.R. 5857), E986 [21MY], E1693 [1AU]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, H3134, H3140 [7MY], H6841, H6988-H7010 [23JY], H7857 [9SE], H8000 [10SE], H9949, H9950 [25SE], H10135 [27SE], H10683 [2OC]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1427), H2000 [3AP]

———simplify the historic rehabilitation tax credit, H7005 [23JY]

Hurricanes: improve the provision of disaster assistance for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, H10617 [29SE]

———make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery, H5699 [19JN]

———provide relief for the victims of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, H8138 [16SE]

———provide relief for the victims of Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, H9088, H9299 [24SE]

Illinois: provide relief for victims of flooding, E1816 [17SE]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (H.R. 1512), H3083-H3085 [6MY], H3203 [8MY], E851 [7MY], E858, E882 [8MY]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 3494), H2360 [16AP]

Indiana: disaster assistance for tornadoes and excessive rainfall, H5116 [10JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1896), E1701 [1AU]

———funding, H780, H781 [7FE], H4938, H4942, H4943 [4JN]

Iowa: impact of severe storms and flooding, H5565-H5567 [18JN], H5583, H5616, H5618 [19JN], H7619-H7624 [30JY], H8382 [17SE], E1247 [17JN]

———provide disaster assistance for severe storms and flooding, H8467-H8473 [18SE], H9223 [24SE]

Iraq: impact of financial costs of war on U.S. domestic priorities, H1593 [12MR]

LIHEAP: funding, H265 [16JA], H607, H611 [6FE], H1581 [12MR], H3890 [15MY], H4327 [21MY], H6581 [16JY], H6827, H6828, H6829 [23JY], H7609 [30JY], H9228 [24SE], E947 [15MY]

———funding (H.R. 6538), H6830 [23JY]

Louisiana: tribute to volunteers and workers for efforts to provide relief to those impacted by Hurricane Gustav, H7864 [9SE]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations, H4043 [15MY]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (H.R. 5613), H2502-H2508 [22AP], H2558 [23AP], E691, E693, E696, E698, E703, E706, E709 [23AP], E730 [24AP], E744 [25AP], E985 [21MY]

———graduate medical education program funding, E699 [23AP]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (H.R. 1666), H602 [6FE]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, H10053, H10055 [26SE]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R. 5268), E185 [13FE]

———provide additional funds for the Qualifying Individual (QI) program (S. 3560), H10170-H10176 [27SE]

Medicare: funding, H1653 [13MR]

———Medicare Advantage funding, H5908 [24JN]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (H.R. 154), E878 [8MY]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (H.R. 7181), E2136 [28SE]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (H.R. 5877), E708 [23AP]

———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), H5876-H5916 [24JN], H6013, H6015 [25JN], H6092, H6150 [26JN], H6235, H6237 [9JY], H6479 [15JY], H7127 [24JY], H10171 [27SE], E1346, E1352, E1354 [25JN], E1401 [8JY], E1417, E1419 [9JY], E1473, E1477 [16JY], E1490 [17JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual currently serving, H7764 [31JY]

Mental health: integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (H.R. 5176), E878 [8MY]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H10228 [27SE]

Motor vehicles: advanced vehicle batteries and battery systems manufacturing facilities construction loan program funding, H10085 [26SE]

———make auto financing companies eligible for Federal assistance, H10768 [3OC]

National Academy of Sciences: require Center for Education to study teacher education programs to determine if teachers are prepared to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities, H651 [7FE]

National Affordable Housing Act: improve program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities (H.R. 5772), H8358-H8363 [17SE]

National GEAR UP Day: designate (H. Res. 1311), H6781-H6783 [22JY], E1545 [23JY], E1562 [25JY]

National New Deal Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 360), H10211 [27SE]

National security: establish an advisory panel among the Dept. of Defense, Dept. of State, and AID to improve integration of national security matters, H4743-H4745 [22MY]

National Steel Car Ltd.: Alabama facility funding, H6989 [23JY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 2062), motion to instruct conferees, H6681-H6683, H6687 [17JY], E1554 [24JY], E1562 [25JY]

Natural gas: end prohibition on production of offshore supplies and dedicate portions of royalties to environmental restoration, renewable energy and carbon sequestration research, and weatherization and energy assistance (H.R. 2784), H4970 [4JN], H8165 [16SE]

Neighborhood Stabilization Act: prohibit funds from being used to assist illegal aliens, H3177 [7MY]

NeighborWorks America (organization): establish a mortgage foreclosure counseling program for Armed Forces members returning from service abroad, H3293 [8MY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (H.R. 1700); Memphis, TN, H1207 [4MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: tribute to Sex Ed Week of Action campaign, E2088 [27SE], E2221 [3OC]

Power resources: enhance energy security of the U.S. by promoting biofuels, H5117 [10JN]

Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (H.R. 4852), H387 [22JA]

———provide for pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H4994 [5JN]

Real estate: make permanent the increases in loan limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA, H3302 [8MY]

SBA: improve certain loan programs (H.R. 7175), H10224-H10228 [27SE]

———maintain current level of funding for set-asides for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H2579, H2581, H2613, H2614 [23AP]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for abstinence only education, H9872 [25SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: make payments to local governments in which entitlement land is located and provide transitional payments to entities previously entitled to payments (H.R. 3058), H2557 [23AP], H2662 [24AP], H2865 [30AP], H2953, H2991 [1MY], H3057 [6MY], H3191 [8MY], H3780 [14MY], H3890 [15MY], H4158 [20MY], H4326 [21MY], H4861 [3JN], H4919-H4927 [4JN], E1158 [5JN]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (H.R. 3654), H1399 [6MR], H1576, H1595 [12MR], H1706 [14MR], H1829, H1832 [1AP], H1976 [3AP], H2075 [9AP], H2212 [10AP], H4998 [5JN], H6237 [9JY], H10787 [3OC], E615 [15AP], E2319 [20NO], E2368 [10DE]

Small business: provide disaster assistance (H.R. 6641), H7621-H7624 [30JY]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 3029), H4206-H4209 [20MY]

———improve veterans' programs (H.R. 4253), concur in Senate amendment with amendment (H. Res. 921), H35-H39 [16JA]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 3029), H4206-H4209 [20MY]

Social Security: ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (H.R. 6485), E1451 [14JY]

———ensure that every child in the U.S. has access to affordable, quality health insurance coverage (H.R. 1535), H1829 [1AP]

———ensure that individuals receiving disability insurance benefits obtain enough additional Federal assistance to subsist, H6546 [15JY]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H2249 [14AP], H6495 [15JY]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), H6332 [9JY]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), veto, H267 [16JA], H378 [22JA], H391, H392, H394, H395-H407, H434, H436, H439, H440 [23JA], H2865 [30AP], E83, E84 [28JA]

———extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2499), H395, H398, H400, H401, H404, H405 [23JA]

———increase Social Services Block Grant funding to provide gasoline subsidies to certain low-income individuals (H.R. 6561), H7333 [30JY]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (H.R. 6600), H10200-H10202 [27SE], H10631 [29SE]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3864), H396 [23JA]

———remove inmate limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (H.R. 5698), E507 [4AP]

———require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all forms of immigration relief (H.R. 6649), E1603 [30JY]

Taxation: expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 2470), H3044 [5MY]

———extend new markets tax credit, E1462 [15JY]

———include senior citizens and disabled veterans in the provision of recovery rebates to individuals, H791 [7FE]

———increase rate for top income tax brackets to provide funding for veteran education benefits, H3899 [15MY]

———provide an economic stimulus for individuals, H5669 [19JN]

———provide assistance for housing, H3134, H3140 [7MY]

———provide assistance for housing (H.R. 5720), H3123 [7MY], E984 [21MY]

———provide for tax-favored unemployment savings accounts (H.R. 6799), E1688 [1AU]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters (H.R. 7006), H9312-H9319 [24SE]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (H.R. 6844), E1744 [9SE]

Teach for America, Inc.: funding, H773-H775 [7FE]

Television: make digital television transition and public safety funds available sooner to low-power rural stations and translators (S. 2607), H6306-H6309 [9JY], E1550 [24JY]

Terrorism: improve Federal response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major disaster affecting homeland security (H.R. 6852), E1731 [9SE]

Texas: provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Ike, H9226 [24SE]

———tribute to volunteers and workers for efforts to provide relief to those impacted by Hurricane Ike, E2099 [28SE]

Transportation: importance of public transportation and its effect on climate change, E377 [12MR]

Traumatic Brain Injury Act: reauthorize, H7799 [1AU]

———reauthorize (S. 793), H2041-H2045 [8AP], E546 [8AP]

U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8, H8703 [23SE]

Unemployment: modify requirements to qualify for emergency benefits, target benefits to States with high unemployment rates and subsidize transportation expenses for individuals returning to work, H5359, H5360 [12JN]

———provide for a targeted extended unemployment compensation program, H2556 [23AP]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program, H494, H495, H496 [29JA], H3896, H3897, H3937, H3944, H3946, H3949, H3952 [15MY], H5115, H5117 [10JN], H5584, H5614, H5667-H5670 [19JN], H6015 [25JN], E1307 [20JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), H5219, H5220, H5221, H5267-H5276, H5301, H5324 [11JN], H5345-H5361 [12JN], H5487, H5489 [18JN], H6235 [9JY], E1207 [11JN], E1306, E1308 [20JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), consideration (H. Res. 1265), H5333-H5342 [12JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), motion to recommit, H5359, H5360 [12JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), H10808-H10814 [3OC], E2229 [3OC], E2256 [19NO]

Urban areas: condemn violence in urban communities, H628 [7FE]

Veterans: establish a financial assistance program to facilitate provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing, H9382 [24SE]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, H1293, H1297 [5MR], H8000 [10SE]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (H.R. 3329), H6271-H6278 [9JY], E1442 [10JY]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits, E807 [1MY], E829 [6MY]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (H.R. 760), H5153 [10JN], H5966 [24JN], H7760 [31JY], H8484, H8486 [22SE]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and improving transit system, H5250-H5254 [11JN], H9361 [24SE]

Weather: disaster assistance to Wisconsin for record snowfall, H1035 [26FE]

West Haven, CT: anniversary of Head Start Program, E2387 [3JA]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), S481-S483 [30JA], S2335 [2AP], S3416 [28AP], S3578 [30AP], S3990-S3992 [12MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4123, S4125, S4152, S4172, S4203-S4210 [14MY], S4212-S4243 [15MY], S4477 [20MY], S5185-S5187 [5JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4150 [14MY], S4743 [22MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), veto, S4585 [21MY], S4713, S4743-S4756 [22MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), S5021 [4JN], S5182-S5188 [5JN], S5436, S5437 [10JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), unanimous-consent agreement, S5020 [4JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), veto, S5739-S5741 [18JN]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 6124), veto—unanimous-consent agreement, S5739 [18JN]

———create livestock industry disaster assistance program, S4242 [15MY]

———extend and improve agricultural programs (S. 2228), S4171 [14MY]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (S. 2745), S1916 [12MR]

———extend programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date (S. 2954), S3727 [1MY]

———hunger and nutrition programs funding, S5437 [10JN], S7742 [30JY]

———price supports for milk, S4172 [14MY]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (S. 3644), S9901-S9906, S9973-S9975 [27SE]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (S. 3644), unanimous-consent request, S10418 [2OC]

———strengthen limitations on payments and benefits to farmers and use savings to improve nutrition programs, S1852 [11MR]

AmeriCorps: establish a program to provide college coaches to low- and middle-income high-achieving high school students (S. 3027), S4284 [15MY]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (S. 3037), S4488 [20MY]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve, S7545 [28JY], S7888 [31JY]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 496), House amendment, S9872 [26SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (H.R. 7110), S10602 [17NO]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3604), S9560-S9564, S9601, S9602 [26SE], S9894, S9958, S9995 [27SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3604), motion to proceed, S9574-S9577 [26SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3604), unanimous-consent agreement, S9574 [26SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3689), S10602 [17NO], S10607, S10609, S10615-S10620 [19NO]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance (S. 3689), unanimous-consent request, S10625, S10626 [19NO]

Armed Forces: allow members to earn 3 months of retirement eligibility for every 90 days of active service and make eligibility retroactive to September 11, 2001, S4772 [22MY]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001, S4047 [13MY], S4138-S4140, S4142 [14MY], S4293, S4294 [19MY], S4463-S4469, S4473, S4477 [20MY], S4561, S4587 [21MY], S4714-S4721, S4725-S4728, S4737-S4741, S4756, S4774 [22MY], S5357, S5358 [6JN], S5730 [18JN], S5813, S5814 [19JN], S6214, S6215, S6263, S6265, S6266 [26JN], S6949 [21JY]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (S. 22), S428 [29JA], S1351-S1354 [28FE], S1417 [29FE], S1858 [11MR], S3343 [24AP], S3513 [29AP]

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

———extend time limit for use of education assistance for spouses of severely disabled veterans, S8882 [16SE]

———implement Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to expand and improve mental health care and reintegration programs for National Guard and Reserves members (S. 2939), S3596 [30AP]

———improve educational assistance for members and veterans to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces, S4138-S4140, S4142, S4145-S4150 [14MY], S4715-S4717, S4737-S4741, S4774 [22MY]

———improve educational assistance for members and veterans to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces (S. 2938), S3513 [29AP]

———provide for a comprehensive research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of members and veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, S7010 [22JY]

———transfer of entitlement to educational assistance to eligible dependents of members, S5730 [18JN], S5813, S5814 [19JN]

———transfer of entitlement to educational assistance to eligible dependents of members with critical military skills who agree to reenlist, S4140-S4143 [14MY], S4471 [20MY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (S. 3701), S10664 [19NO]

BIA: Public Safety and Justice Account funding, S1983 [12MR]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (S. 2063), S461, S462 [30JA], S5579 [12JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S594-S596 [4FE], S629-S631 [5FE]

———increase taxes to fully fund certain proposed new and expanded Federal programs, S1966-S1968 [12MR], S2054 [13MR]

California: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of wildfires, S6553 [10JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: provide safe and affordable child care for low income children and working families (S. 3620), S9685 [26SE]

Children and youth: connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth (S. Res. 630), S7638 [29JY]

———establish a grant program to provide vision care (H.R. 507), unanimous-consent request, S9227, S9228 [23SE]

———establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (S. 661), S4175 [14MY]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (S. 2944), S3598 [30AP]

———extend grant program for drug-endangered children, S7888 [31JY]

———extend grant program for drug-endangered children (H.R. 1199), S9350 [24SE]

———extend grant program for drug-endangered children (H.R. 1199), unanimous-consent request, S9228 [23SE]

———extend grant program for drug-endangered children (S. 1210), S9188 [22SE]

———improve vaccination rates (S. 2911), S3405 [24AP]

———provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental disorders as they transition to adulthood (S. 3195), S6167 [25JN], S6306 [26JN]

———provide disadvantaged children with dental services, S1116 [25FE], S5010 [4JN]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (S. 2554), S286 [24JA]

Colleges and universities: make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (H.R. 2669), conference report, S6183 [26JN]

Corps of Engineers: allow acceptance of advance funding from Sioux Falls, SD, for Federal portion of Big Sioux Flood Control Project and reimburse such funding through future appropriations, S3883 [7MY]

Crime: provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, S7888 [31JY]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (S. 2304), S9595-S9599 [26SE]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (S. 2304), unanimous-consent request, S9230 [23SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program funding, S4744 [22MY]

———community food projects funding (S. 3597), S9553 [25SE]

———expand Rural Energy for America Program to include schools in rural areas (S. 3709), S10745 [20NO]

———modify Federal direct payment rates, S4168 [14MY]

———provide a mechanism for the determination of claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relative to racial discrimination but who were denied that determination, S4233 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention programs, S8265 [10SE], S8339 [11SE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to local education agencies to improve college access (S. 3326), S7289 [24JY]

———extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (H.R. 6889), S8960 [17SE]

———extend certain waiver authority relative to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief (H.R. 6890), S9551 [25SE]

———extend loan forgiveness programs to students who volunteer to mentor at-risk children (S. 3635), S9717 [26SE]

———provide grants to rural local educational agencies to purchase new school buses (S. 3590), S9502 [25SE]

———provide grants to States to establish Kindergarten Plus programs (S. 2759), S2142 [13MR]

———21st Century Community Learning Centers funding, S1378 [28FE]

Dept. of Energy: Weatherization Assistance Program funding, S5190 [5JN], S7247 [24JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (S. 3311), S7150 [23JY]

———establish a small house nursing home loan program (S. 3732), S10947 [11DE]

———Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program funding, S1970-S1972 [12MR]

———reauthorize Adoption Incentive Program, S4174 [14MY], S4781, S4782 [22MY]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (S. 1760), S3644 [30AP]

———Traumatic Brain Injury Program funding, S2090 [13MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities (H.R. 6098), S9901 [27SE]

Dept. of HUD: clarify that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have no responsibility for funding housing entities under the Affordable Housing program, S5783, S5806-S5811 [19JN]

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

———housing grant programs funding, S174 [23JA]

———implement Government-sponsored enterprises regulatory reform, S5981, S5982, S5983 [24JN]

———improve congressional oversight of housing assistance programs to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, S2783, S2784, S2785 [9AP]

———increase section 8 vouchers, expand Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program, reauthorize Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program, and create a National Affordable Housing Trust Fund, S7503 [26JY]

———prohibit use of funding to provide Community Development Block Grant Program assistance for the purchase of foreclosed homes from financial institutions, S2782, S2783 [9AP], S5384 [9JN]

———reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Americans (H.R. 2786), S9474 [25SE]

———redirect Community Development Block Grant Program funds to support land banks for homes damaged or destroyed as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, S2788-S2790 [9AP]

———restore confidence in Government-sponsored enterprises, S6588 [11JY], S6619 [14JY], S6884 [17JY]

———submit a congressional report on Federal housing assistance activities, grants, and programs to ensure fiscal responsibility, S2783, S2785 [9AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Federal Polygamy Task Force and authorize assistance for victims of polygamy (S. 3313), S7156 [23JY]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (H.R. 1593), S1893-S1895 [11MR], S1993 [12MR], S2289 [1AP], S2938 [10AP]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (H.R. 1593), corrections in engrossment (H. Con. Res. 270), S1893 [11MR]

———require State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funds awarded to States and political subdivisions be distributed within 120 days of the annual application period (S. 2588), S549 [31JA]

Dept. of the Interior: provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system project (S. 3128), S5626 [12JN], S9552 [25SE]

———provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (S. 2814), S2439 [3AP]

Dept. of Transportation: waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities for a certain period (S. 3728), S10882 [10DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), S1038, S1043 [14FE], S3288-S3299 [23AP], S3337, S3343, S3347-S3355, S3376, S3377 [24AP], S3435-S3437 [28AP], S4889 [2JN], S7808 [31JY], S8996 [18SE]

———enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), motion to proceed, S3169 [17AP], S3171 [18AP], S3178-S3181 [21AP], S3213-S3216, S3221-S3226, S3232, S3236, S3238-S3242, S3244-S3248 [22AP]

———enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), unanimous-consent request, S3226, S3248, S3249 [22AP], S8996 [18SE], S9388, S9389 [24SE]

———funding, S1974 [12MR]

———improve home loan guaranty programs (S. 3087), S5210 [5JN]

———include federally recognized tribal organizations in certain grant programs for States and territories, S8882 [16SE]

———include federally recognized tribal organizations in certain grant programs for States and territories (S. 3000), S3979 [8MY]

———increase specially adapted housing benefits for disabled veterans, S2605 [4AP]

———prescribe regulations specifying content of notices provided to claimants seeking VA benefits and services (S. 3023), S4284 [15MY], S8875-S8889 [16SE], S10016 [27SE], S10444 [2OC]

———provide benefits to certain Filipino World War II veterans, S9961 [27SE]

———require forgiveness of certain debts of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities incurred on active duty in a combat zone (S. 2536), S97 [22JA]

———require pilot program on the use of community-based organizations to ensure that veterans receive the care and benefits they need (S. 2796), S2356 [2AP]

———Veterans Benefits Administration funding, S1948, S1990 [12MR], S2050 [13MR]

Depts. of the Interior and Energy, and Forest Service: authorize certain programs (S. 2616), S821 [8FE], S823 [11FE]

———authorize certain programs (S. 2739), S1822, S1823 [10MR], S1825 [11MR], S2606 [4AP], S2861-S2919, S2934, S2935 [10AP], S3973 [8MY]

———authorize certain programs (S. 2739), unanimous-consent agreement, S2809 [9AP]

Disasters: impact of severe storms and flooding on Midwestern States, S5641-S5646 [16JN], S5820 [19JN]

———provide disaster assistance for severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Midwestern States, S9959 [27SE]

———provide disaster assistance for severe storms and flooding in Midwestern States, S6265 [26JN], S7460 [25JY]

———provide tax relief for victims of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Midwestern States (S. 3322), S7461, S7462 [25JY], S7880, S7881 [31JY], S7988-S7992 [1AU]

———provide tax relief for victims of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Midwestern States (S. 3322), unanimous-consent request, S7881 [31JY], S7992 [1AU]

———urge the Bush Administration to provide a full disaster declaration for Louisiana following Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, S9982 [27SE]

Diseases: ensure that the highest priority for HIV/AIDS-related funding is saving lives most immediately and urgently threatened by HIV/AIDS, including babies at risk of being infected at birth (S. 2749), S2428-S2433 [3AP]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 898), S7855 [31JY]

Economy: help families keep their homes by restructuring loans and modifying mortgages, and protect taxpayers by regulating dividend payments by certain financial institutions (S. 3690), S10599 [17NO]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and authorize loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers (S. 3688), S10602 [17NO]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S23-S25, S34-S36, S39-S41, S45, S48-S52 [22JA], S159-S161, S193, S202 [23JA], S270-S275 [24JA], S305, S310, S322-S326 [25JA], S374 [28JA], S403, S417-S420, S434-S440 [29JA], S1441 [3MR], S1586-S1590 [5MR], S2097 [13MR], S8810 [16SE], S9167 [18SE], S10536, S10542-S10544 [17NO]

———provide stimulus through investment in ``ready to go'' infrastructure projects, S1954, S1955 [12MR], S2054, S2055 [13MR]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S408 [29JA], S460-S470, S474, S478-S480, S483 [30JA], S507, S509, S511-S526, S530, S532-S535 [31JA], S562, S581-S596 [4FE], S656, S672 [5FE], S679-S685, S688, S700-S702, S715-S725 [6FE], S754-S759, S762-S773 [7FE], S1183-S1185 [26FE], S1219, S1220, S1243 [27FE], S1735 [7MR], S3684 [1MY]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), unanimous-consent agreement, S457 [29JA], S656 [5FE], S762 [7FE]

Education: develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring programs (S. 3200), S10552 [17NO]

———ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families (H.R. 5715), S3454 [28AP], S3460 [29AP], S3642-S3644 [30AP], S3678 [1MY]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (S. 3431), S8039 [1AU]

———establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (S. 3573), S10166 [30SE]

———exclude military basic housing allowance from income for purposes of financial aid eligibility, S7856 [31JY]

———expand deficit-neutral reserve funds for higher education to enable an increase in the maximum amount for federally guaranteed student loans, S1946, S1947 [12MR], S2049 [13MR]

———increase grant aid for neediest students, expand options for Federal student loans, and improve reliability of current Federal loan programs (S. 2815), S2440-S2442 [3AP]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 1777), S9552 [25SE]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys, S7862, S7864 [31JY]

———student financial aid programs, S1723 [7MR]

———student loan programs, S9269 [23SE]

Employment: improve the job access and reverse commute program (S. 3466), S8278 [10SE]

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

FAA: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs funding, S9338-S9340 [23SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 6984), S9338-S9340 [23SE]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: temporarily extend programs (H.R. 5813), S3105-S3107 [17AP]

———temporarily extend programs (H.R. 6051), S4202 [14MY]

———temporarily extend programs (S. 2903), S3340-S3342 [24AP]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce spending for programs rated ineffective by the Program Assessment Rating Tool, S1990 [12MR], S2059, S2091 [13MR]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 3341), S7526 [26JY], S9217 [22SE]

FEMA: allow for a multi-year phase-in period for increases in premium rates due to updating or remapping of National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, S3855, S3879 [7MY]

———end practice of permanently subsidizing National Flood Insurance Program premiums of older homes in flood zones, S3882 [7MY], S3958, S3959 [8MY]

———ensure residents of cities have flood insurance even when those cities have long term flood protection plans, S3951, S3952 [8MY]

———improve the Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate, S3864-S3866 [7MY]

———increase coverage limits for flood policies under the National Flood Insurance Program, S3854, S3855, S3878 [7MY]

———prohibit changes in flood insurance status for St. Louis district until completion of the remapping process, S3964 [8MY]

———reform, S5726 [18JN]

———require persons located in flood prone areas to hold flood insurance as a condition for receiving Federal disaster assistance, S3947, S3948 [8MY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program and make available multiperil coverage for damage from windstorms and floods (H.R. 3121), S4128-S4130 [14MY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program and make available multiperil coverage for damage from windstorms and floods (H.R. 3121), insert S. 2284 language in lieu, S4061 [13MY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3845-S3847, S3849-S3884, S3932 [7MY], S3946-S3952, S3958-S3968 [8MY], S4048-S4061, S4075 [13MY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), motion to proceed, S3742 [2MY], S3779-S3784 [6MY], S3844, S3845 [7MY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), unanimous-consent agreement, S3884 [7MY], S3949 [8MY]

———review, update, and maintain National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, S3781 [6MY]

FHA: establish a maximum interest rate on FHA-insured mortgages, S2722 [8AP]

———modernize, S464 [30JA]

———prohibit funding for HOPE for Homeowners loan program, S5781, S5808-S5812 [19JN], S5927 [20JN], S5980, S5982 [24JN], S7438 [25JY]

Financial institutions: allow Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan securities and make advances for student loan financing (S. 2847), S2949 [10AP]

———authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (S. 3410), S7968 [31JY], S9638 [26SE]

Floods: flood protection funding for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S4713 [22MY]

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

Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, S4747 [22MY]

Food stamps: increase benefits, S523 [31JA], S683 [6FE], S763 [7FE], S4157 [14MY], S4749-S4755 [22MY], S5436 [10JN]

FTC: grant rulemaking authority to allow regulation and prosecution of companies engaged in deceptive mortgage advertising, S2623 [7AP]

GAO: require report on the effectiveness of coordination of health care services provided to Indians using Federal, State, local and tribal funds, S961 [13FE]

———study mandatory flood insurance coverage purchasing requirements, S3866-S3868, S3872, S3879, S3880 [7MY]

Head Start Program: reauthorize (H.R. 1429), S3139 [17AP]

———tribute, S3173 [18AP]

Health: establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (S. 3584), S9498 [25SE]

———expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting, S1839 [11MR]

———expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting (S. 2723), S1677 [6MR]

———increase Federal investment in public and preventive health (S. Res. 640), S7977 [31JY]

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (S. 3534), S9210 [22SE]

Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students, S7857 [31JY]

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

Higher Education Act: extend programs (S. 2733), S1782 [7MR]

———extend programs (S. 2929), S3929, S3930 [7MY]

———extend programs (S. 3035), S4425 [20MY]

———extend programs (S. 3180), S5970, S5971 [23JN]

———extend programs (S. 3352), S7578 [28JY]

———provide judicial discretion regarding suspensions of eligibility for receiving student financial assistance for persons convicted of drug offenses (S. 2767), S2149 [13MR]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize (S. 1518), S2784, S2785 [9AP]

Homeownership Preservation Corp.: establish, S413 [29JA]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis, S2325 [2AP], S9582 [26SE], S10252 [1OC]

———aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis (S. 2734), S1743, S1781 [7MR], S1785 [10MR], S2254, S2278 [1AP], S2385 [3AP], S5781 [19JN]

———create a Federal Board of Certification to regulate the secondary mortgage market, S5953 [23JN]

———permit qualified mortgage bonds to be used to refinance homes of persons in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, S2603-S2605 [4AP], S2790 [9AP]

———place income limits on persons receiving Federal mortgage assistance, S6105 [25JN]

———provide needed housing reform, S1217-S1220 [27FE], S1342, S1346-S1348, S1358-S1371, S1374-S1376 [28FE], S1393-S1398, S1401-S1409, S1413, S1416 [29FE], S1437-S1440, S1443-S1446 [3MR], S1549, S1550, S1586-S1590 [5MR], S1663, S1687 [6MR], S1728, S1735 [7MR], S1971 [12MR], S2207, S2212, S2218 [31MR], S2254-S2263, S2266-S2275, S2277-S2284 [1AP], S2314-S2319, S2321-S2333, S2336 [2AP], S2367-S2371, S2375-S2396, S2400-S2424 [3AP], S2591-S2610 [4AP], S2619-S2625, S2628-S2632 [7AP], S2710, S2716-S2731, S2733-S2738 [8AP], S2780, S2782-S2790, S2792, S2794, S2797-S2811 [9AP], S2829, S2832, S2836-S2861 [10AP], S3932 [7MY], S5384 [9JN], S5772-S5776, S5781-S5788, S5790, S5791, S5796, S5814-S5819 [19JN], S5921, S5925-S5928 [20JN], S5949, S5952-S5954 [23JN], S5975-S5978, S5980-S5983, S6004, S6082 [24JN], S6101, S6105-S6108, S6112-S6114, S6137-S6143 [25JN], S6185, S6270, S6274 [26JN], S6354-S6356 [7JY], S6494 [9JY], S6512, S6516-S6521, S6524, S6540, S6543, S6547 [10JY], S6585, S6590-S6595 [11JY], S6646 [14JY], S6713 [15JY], S6884 [17JY], S7089, S7111, S7112, S7130, S7131 [23JY], S7217, S7223-S7226, S7248, S7255, S7256, S7268-S7270 [24JY], S7438, S7443, S7448-S7451, S7454, S7456, S7458, S7459, S7468, S7472 [25JY], S7489-S7496, S7498-S7506, S7511, S7513, S7518 [26JY], S7566 [28JY], S7620 [29JY], S7985, S7999 [1AU]

———provide needed housing reform, unanimous-consent agreement, S4243 [15MY]

———provide needed housing reform (S. 2636), S992 [13FE], S993 [14FE], S1183-S1185 [26FE], S1724 [7MR], S8828 [16SE]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, S2737 [8AP], S5384 [9JN], S7217 [24JY], S7438 [25JY], S7504 [26JY], S7566 [28JY], S8222, S8227 [10SE], S8979-S8981 [18SE], S9360 [24SE], S10236 [1OC]

Hurricanes: acknowledge the progress made and yet to be made to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S1680, S1681 [6MR]

———make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery, S4719, S4725, S4732 [22MY], S6263, S6267-S6269 [26JN]

———provide additional funding for affordable housing for low-income seniors, disabled persons, and others who lost their homes as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (S. 2975), S3744-S3746 [2MY]

———provide housing relief for the victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, S1407, S1408 [29FE]

———provide relief for the victims of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, S8904 [17SE], S9003-S9005 [18SE]

———provide relief for the victims of Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, S8928-S8931 [17SE], S9469-S9471 [25SE], S9624-S9626 [26SE]

———reduce the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S6267 [26JN]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (S. 2587), S549 [31JA]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 2717), S1655 [5MR], S1661, S1666 [6MR]

———extend programs to promote legal immigration (S. 3257), S6612 [11JY], S6613 [14JY], S9005-S9007 [18SE]

———provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along U.S. borders (S. 3293), S6974-S6976 [21JY]

———withhold a portion of Federal highway construction and maintenance funds from States that issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants (S. 2718), S1655 [5MR], S1661 [6MR]

Indian Health Service: prohibit funding for abortions except under certain circumstances, S42, S43 [22JA], S1113, S1114, S1146 [25FE], S1150 [26FE]

———Urban Indian Health Program funding, S44 [22JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S2100 [13MR]

Insurance: provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating (S. 2818), S2426 [3AP]

Iowa: impact of severe storms and flooding, S5813 [19JN], S6144 [25JN]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (S. 2719), S1655 [5MR], S1661, S1665 [6MR]

LIHEAP: funding, S59, S60 [22JA], S562, S581-S588, S590, S593, S594 [4FE], S619, S628, S637 [5FE], S679, S702, S720, S721 [6FE], S762 [7FE], S957-S960 [13FE], S1010-S1013, S1082 [14FE], S1935, S1962 [12MR], S2046, S2047, S2057 [13MR], S4578, S4587 [21MY], S5190 [5JN], S5789, S5809 [19JN], S5976 [24JN], S7247 [24JY], S9896, S9897 [27SE]

———funding (S. 3186), S6006 [24JN], S6097 [25JN], S6212 [26JN], S6535 [10JY], S6818-S6821 [16JY], S6879, S6885, S6886, S6924-S6927 [17JY], S6951 [21JY]

———funding (S. 3186), motion to proceed, S7126, S7131 [23JY], S7233, S7246-S7249, S7256, S7258-S7262 [24JY], S7458, S7462-S7466, S7472 [25JY], S7490, S7496-S7498, S7506-S7509, S7511, S7518, S7521 [26JY], S7566 [28JY]

———funding (S. 3186), unanimous-consent request, S6632 [14JY], S6879, S6880 [17JY], S7825, S7826 [31JY]

———funding (S. 3279), S7008 [22JY]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations, S4721-S4725, S4729-S4732 [22MY]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (H.R. 5613), S3051 [16AP], S3412 [24AP], S3415 [28AP], S3478 [29AP]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (H.R. 5613), unanimous-consent request, S3495 [29AP]

———provide additional funds for the Qualifying Individual (QI) program (S. 3560), S9459 [25SE], S9638 [26SE]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services, S1005, S1008-S1010, S1041 [14FE]

Medicare: improve provision of telehealth services (S. 2812), S2437-S2439 [3AP]

———provide coverage of federally recommended vaccines (S. 2464), S5708 [18JN]

———reform Medicare Advantage Program, S6478 [9JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions (S. 3236), S6510 [9JY], S6583 [11JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), motion to proceed, S6183, S6200-S6202, S6219, S6220, S6222, S6225-S6231 [26JN], S6310, S6311 [27JN], S6349 [7JY], S6378, S6379, S6420-S6424 [8JY], S6476-S6490, S6494 [9JY]

———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, S5467, S5506-S5509, S5512, S5514-S5516, S5530 [11JN], S5539, S5546-S5551, S5553-S5564, S5576-S5578 [12JN]

———extend provisions to improve access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), unanimous-consent agreement, S6451 [9JY]

———preserve access to health care (S. 3656), S10456-S10458 [2OC]

———preserve access to health care (S. 3656), unanimous-consent request, S10623-S10625 [19NO]

———prevent physician fee schedule reduction, advance value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, maintain and improve care access in rural areas (S. 3118), unanimous-consent request, S5710 [18JN], S6420-S6424 [8JY]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), S10423 [2OC]

Missouri: impact of severe storms and flooding, S5986 [24JN]

Motor vehicles: make auto financing companies eligible for Federal assistance, S10250 [1OC]

———provide for emergency bridge loan assistance to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers (S. 3715), S10705, S10748 [20NO], S10790, S10792 [8DE]

National AfterSchool Association: anniversary, S1736 [7MR]

National Innovation Council: establish (S. 3078), S4971-S4973 [3JN]

National Park Service: require the transfer of certain funds to be used to dispose of excess, unused, and unneeded Federal property described in the candidate asset disposition list, S2874-S2876 [10AP]

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

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 2062), S845 [11FE], S4839-S4844 [22MY], S4857 [2JN], S10058 [29SE]

Native Americans: improve mental health services, S43 [22JA]

New Orleans, LA: provide economic assistance to hospitals affected by Hurricane Katrina, S9981 [27SE]

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: improve regulation of appraisal standards for mortgages purchased or guaranteed by Government-sponsored enterprises, S5805, S5807 [19JN], S6140 [25JN]

Pennsylvania: allow use of toll credits as matching funds for U.S. Route 219 highway improvement project, S3120 [17AP]

———make Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway project eligible for Appalachian Development Highway System funding, S3120 [17AP]

Petroleum: close tax loopholes and impose windfall profits tax on oil companies, S3384, S3386 [24AP]

Power resources: enhance energy security of the U.S. by promoting biofuels, S4219 [15MY]

———increase energy assistance for low-income persons and extend energy tax incentives (S. 3349), S7575 [28JY]

———open and preserve access to oil and gas deposits to increase refining capacity and the supply of fuel (S. 3280), S6939 [17JY]

———provide emergency energy assistance (S. 3292), S6974 [21JY]

Public welfare programs: ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (S. 3492), S10302 [1OC]

———extend and expand the number of States qualifying for supplemental grants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S6228 [26JN]

———extend and expand the number of States qualifying for supplemental grants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2820), S2448, S2449 [3AP]

SBA: establish a Small Business Energy Emergency Disaster Loan Program (S. 3223), S6328 [27JN]

———extend term for participating in 8(a) business development program for small businesses affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (S. 3285), S6940 [17JY]

———improve access to technology by and increase entrepreneurship among small businesses located in rural communities (S. 3342), S7528-S7530 [26JY]

———improve the disaster loans program, S4242 [15MY]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (S. 1671), S3342 [24AP]

———reauthorize and improve financing and entrepreneurial development programs (S. 2920), S3413 [24AP], S3415 [28AP], S7530 [26JY]

———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Investment Company Program (S. 1662), S3342 [24AP]

———reauthorize loan programs (S. 1256), S3342 [24AP]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (S. 304), S1592 [5MR], S3073 [16AP], S5579 [12JN]

Senate: national objectives priority assignments, S434 [29JA], S2209-S2211 [31MR]

Senate Border Security and Enforcement First Caucus: introduction of immigration-related legislative package, S1662, S1664-S1669, S1700 [6MR], S1721 [7MR]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: anniversary, S6005 [24JN]

Small business: modify certain fees, make emergency appropriations for certain small business programs, and provide increased expensing and a carryback for certain net operating losses for tax purposes (S. 2553), S389 [28JA]

———provide economic stimulus (S. 2612), S793 [7FE]

———provide incentives to small business concerns for innovative energy-efficient technologies and products (S. 3682), S10489 [2OC]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch (S. 3705), S10665 [19NO]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 3029), S4288 [15MY]

———improve veterans' programs (H.R. 4253), S555-S559 [31JA]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 3029), S4288 [15MY]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (S. 2570), S448 [29JA]

———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, S1989 [12MR], S2082, S2084 [13MR]

———disapprove final rule imposing crowd-out strategies on States that expand income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S.J. Res. 44), S6942-S6944 [17JY]

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

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S3462 [29AP]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), veto, S197 [23JA]

———extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1981-S1983 [12MR]

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

———privatization proposals, S2972 [14AP], S8928 [17SE]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (S. 3206), S6290 [26JN]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) (S. 2501), S598 [4FE]

———provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs, S7890 [31JY]

States: allow voluntary development of qualifying best practices for health care and provide differential rates of payment favoring treatment consistent with such practices under Medicare and Medicaid (S. 1471), S759 [7FE]

———provide fiscal relief through a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage and direct payments to States (S. 2586), S547 [31JA]

Taxation: allow amended returns to take into account receipt of certain hurricane-related casualty loss grants by disallowing previous deductions and waive deadline on GO Zone property construction for bonus depreciation, S2391, S2413, S2415 [3AP], S2594 [4AP], S2794 [9AP], S7112 [23JY]

———extend new markets tax credit, S8165 [9SE]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil companies, S3565 [30AP], S5545 [12JN], S5788 [19JN]

———include senior citizens and disabled veterans in the provision of recovery rebates to individuals, S509, S511, S532-S535 [31JA], S580-S585, S589, S593, S596 [4FE], S616, S619, S627, S631, S633, S635 [5FE], S679-S681, S716-S725 [6FE], S755, S767-S769, S771, S772 [7FE]

———increase rate for top income tax brackets to provide funding for education and low-income individuals and families, S1950, S1952 [12MR], S2056, S2091 [13MR]

———preserve low-income housing tax credits, S10251 [1OC]

———prohibit deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof for major integrated oil companies (S. 3279), S7008 [22JY]

———provide assistance for housing, S7501 [26JY]

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

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters (H.R. 7006), S10818 [8DE], S10821 [9DE]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (S. 3718), S10813 [8DE]

Television: make digital television transition and public safety funds available sooner to low-power rural stations and translators (S. 2607), S790 [7FE], S5915 [19JN]

Texas: provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Ike, S8987 [18SE]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Virginia, S3476 [29AP]

———express condolences to victims in Tennessee and gratitude to emergency response effort, S1191 [26FE], S1219 [27FE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: technical corrections relative to Jefferson Parish, LA, highway project (S. 2987), S3893 [7MY]

Traumatic Brain Injury Act: reauthorize (S. 793), S2090 [13MR], S2952-S2954 [10AP], S2972 [14AP]

U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (S. 2684), S1469 [3MR]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program, S418 [29JA], S516, S518, S524-S526 [31JA], S596 [4FE], S616, S619, S627, S631, S633, S635 [5FE], S679, S681-S683, S702, S716-S725 [6FE], S762, S764, S771 [7FE], S2323, S2327 [2AP], S3677-S3679 [1MY], S4474 [20MY], S4561, S4586 [21MY], S5384 [9JN], S6264, S6265 [26JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), S5638 [12JN], S5675-S5677, S5683, S5684, S5686 [17JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), unanimous-consent request, S5669, S5670 [17JN]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), S10538, S10602 [17NO], S10701, S10702 [20NO]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), motion to proceed, S10627 [19NO], S10685-S10687, S10701 [20NO]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S10700 [20NO]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (S. 2544), S108 [22JA], S202 [23JA]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (S. 3507), S10401, S10406, S10427 [2OC]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (S. 3507), unanimous-consent agreement, S9220 [22SE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (S. 3507), unanimous-consent request, S10418 [2OC]

Veterans: anniversary of State veterans' homes, S6556 [10JY]

———enhance and improve insurance, housing, labor and education, and other benefits (S. 2640), S1043 [14FE], S3244 [22AP]

———ensure adequate and equitable education benefits under the Montgomery GI bill for active duty and selected Reserve members and include certain servicemembers previously excluded, S591 [4FE]

———expand and enhance benefits (S. 2984), S3798 [6MY]

———expansion of benefits to Filipino veterans who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. residents, S1038, S1043 [14FE], S3179-S3181 [21AP], S3213, S3221-S3225, S3232, S3238-S3242, S3245-S3248 [22AP], S3298, S3299 [23AP], S3338, S3343, S3347-S3354 [24AP], S3435-S3437 [28AP]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, S4583 [21MY]

———modify certain authorities relative to educational assistance benefits (S. 2683), S1468 [3MR]

Workforce Investment Act: improve programs carried out through youth opportunity grants (S. 2648), S1061-S1063 [14FE]

Reports

Dept. of HUD HOPE VI Program for Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing Program Assessment: Executive Office of the President, H301 [17JA]

Systemwide Government Waste of Taxpayer Dollars, S1901-S1906 [11MR]

Reports filed

Clarify and Improve Authorities Relative to Availability of Educational Assistance for Armed Forces Members Who Have Served After September 11, 2001: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3339) (S. Rept. 110-433), S7526 [26JY]

Compensate States for Incarcerating Undocumented Aliens Charged With a Felony or Two or More Misdemeanors: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1512) (H. Rept. 110-618), H3049 [5MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1189) (H. Rept. 110-629), H3775 [13MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3021, 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1234) (H. Rept. 110-678), H4876 [3JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3521, Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 974) (H. Rept. 110-524), H868 [12FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3524, Dept. of HUD HOPE VI Program for Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 922) (H. Rept. 110-509), H293 [16JA]

Consideration of H.R. 5715, Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1107) (H. Rept. 110-590), H2354 [15AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1265) (H. Rept. 110-710), H5327 [11JN]

Consideration of H.R. 7110, Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1507) (H. Rept. 110-891), H10129 [26SE]

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4881) (H. Rept. 110-578), H2223 [10AP]

Dept. of HHS Healthy Start Program Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1760), S3507 [29AP]

Dept. of HUD HOPE VI Program for Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing Reauthorization: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3524) (H. Rept. 110-507), H1 [3JA]

Dept. of Justice Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6503) (H. Rept. 110-846), H8126 [15SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3261) (S. Rept. 110-418), S6650 [14JY]

Drug Endangered Children Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1210), S4791 [22MY]

Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2814) (S. Rept. 110-373), S5656 [16JN]

Education Begins at Home Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2343) (H. Rept. 110-818), H7805 [1AU]

Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5749) (H. Rept. 110-607), H2758 [24AP]

Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5715) (H. Rept. 110-583), H2265 [14AP]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3341) (S. Rept. 110-468), S8947 [17SE]

FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5830) (H. Rept. 110-619), H3049 [5MY]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2419) (H. Rept. 110-627), H3775 [13MY]

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2063) (H. Rept. 110-571), H2068 [8AP]

Government Contractor Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3928) (H. Rept. 110-594), H2485 [17AP]

Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 840) (H. Rept. 110-906), H10699 [2OC]

Housing Assistance Tax Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5720) (H. Rept. 110-606), H2758 [24AP]

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Recovery Facilitation Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3247) (S. Rept. 110-471), S9025 [18SE]

Make Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Funds Available Sooner to Low-Power Rural Stations and Translators: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2607) (S. Rept. 110-348), S5447 [10JN]

Mark-to-Market Extension and Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3965) (H. Rept. 110-579), H2223 [10AP]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2532) (S. Rept. 110-255), S93 [22JA]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3992) (H. Rept. 110-514), H389 [22JA]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2304), S2294 [1AP]

Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1650) (S. Rept. 110-257), S93 [22JA]

Need-Based Educational Aid Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1777) (H. Rept. 110-577), H2223 [10AP]

OPIC Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 2798) (S. Rept. 110-273), S1596 [5MR]

Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement (PRICE) of Homeland Security Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 6098) (H. Rept. 110-752), H6405 [10JY]

———Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 6098), S9414 [24SE]

Physician Workforce Enhancement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2583) (H. Rept. 110-872), H9083 [23SE]

Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3175) (S. Rept. 110-479), S9204 [22SE]

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 6109) (H. Rept. 110-725), H5728 [19JN]

Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3981) (H. Rept. 110-738), H6228 [8JY]

Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5613) (H. Rept. 110-600), H2551 [22AP]

Provide for a Phase-In of Actuarial Rates for Certain Pre-Flood Insurance Rate Maps Properties Under the National Flood Insurance Program: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3959) (H. Rept. 110-510), H293 [16JA]

Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3521) (H. Rept. 110-521), H554 [29JA]

Railroad Safety Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1889) (S. Rept. 110-270), S1467 [3MR]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of H.R. 5140, Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 941) (H. Rept. 110-520), H478 [28JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 955) (H. Rept. 110-522), H620 [6FE]

Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5729) (H. Rept. 110-645), H4059 [15MY]

State Court Interpreter Grant Program Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 702) (S. Rept. 110-436), S8034 [1AU]

Stop AIDS in Prison Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1943), S9492 [25SE]

Supportive Housing Investment Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5772) (H. Rept. 110-845), H8126 [15SE]

Traumatic Brain Injury Act Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1418) (H. Rept. 110-567), H2068 [8AP]

21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3021) (H. Rept. 110-623), H3401 [8MY]

U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4255) (H. Rept. 110-774), H7163 [24JY]

Veterans Benefit Awareness Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3681) (H. Rept. 110-644), H4059 [15MY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2617) (S. Rept. 110-430), S7278 [24JY]

Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5892) (H. Rept. 110-789), H7305 [29JY]

Veterans' Notice Clarification Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 3023) (S. Rept. 110-449), S8179 [9SE]

White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 3128) (S. Rept. 110-502), S9414 [24SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1189), H3784, H3785, H3786 [14MY]

AmeriCorps Week: observance (H. Res. 1173), H3717 [13MY]

Dept. of HUD: improve Operating Fund for public housing (H.R. 3521), H1054 [26FE]

Higher Education Act: extend programs (S. 2929), H3036 [5MY]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 5749), H5347 [12JN]

Statements

Dept. of HUD HOPE VI Program for Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing Reauthorization: Executive Office of the President, H301 [17JA]

Economic Rescue Principles, Common Sense Plan To Have Wall Street Fund the Recovery, Not Taxpayers: Several Representatives, H10294 [27SE]

Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: Executive Office of the President, H5269 [11JN], H5338 [12JN]

Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act: Marana, AZ, City Officials, H6374 [10JY]

Handicapped Americans: Bob Dole, James B. Pearson, Norris H. Cotton, Roman L. Hruska, and Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., S2963-S2968 [14AP]

Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act: Representatives Biggert, Capito, and Geoff Davis, H10666 [2OC]

Housing and Economic Recovery Act: Executive Office of the President, H6850 [23JY]

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises Regulation Reform: Several Housing Organizations, H6993 [23JY]

LIHEAP Funding: Southern Governors' Association, S958 [13FE]

NIH/LIHEAP/Mentoring Amendment to the Budget Resolution: Senator Specter, S1936 [12MR]

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

Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act: Executive Office of the President, H1039 [26FE]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act (S. 3023), S10445-S10456 [2OC]

Summaries

Foreclosure Prevention Act (H.R. 3221): Senate Amendments, H3138 [7MY]

Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (S. 2684), S1480-S1482 [3MR]

Tables

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) congressionally directed spending item certification pursuant to Senate Rules, S1869 [11MR]

Congress has extended benefits for hard-hit States in every other recession of the last 25 years, S10427 [2OC]

Congressionally directed Consolidated Natural Resources Act expenditures with or to an entity or targeted to a specific State, locality, or congressional district, S2863 [10AP]

Congressionally directed spending items in S. 3689, emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance, S10620 [19NO]

Corps of Engineers levees with maintenance concerns, S3870 [7MY]

Estimated number of people per State that will exhaust unemployment benefits, S682 [6FE]

Estimated President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Research (PEPFAR) treatment, testing, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) costs and benchmarks, S2431 [3AP]

Pell Grant funding, S4466 [20MY]

States where individuals could qualify for unemployment compensation after 2 weeks of work, H5350 [12JN]

Testimonies

Agricultural Disaster Assistance: Jay Hardwick, National Cotton Council, S9976 [27SE]

Two Years After the Storm—Housing Needs in the Gulf Coast: Alan Brown, Mississippi Methodist Senior Services (organization), S3747 [2MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 360, National New Deal Week, H10211 [27SE]

H. Con. Res. 426, Minority AIDS Initiative anniversary, H10228 [27SE]

H. Res. 921, concur in Senate amendment with amendment to H.R. 4253, Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act, H35-H38 [16JA]

H. Res. 922, consideration of H.R. 3524, Dept. of HUD HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing reauthorization, H299 [17JA]

H. Res. 974, consideration of H.R. 3521, Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act, H1037 [26FE]

H. Res. 977, encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies, H5276 [11JN]

H. Res. 1013, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, H1257 [5MR]

H. Res. 1107, consideration of H.R. 5715, Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans Act, H2362 [16AP]

H. Res. 1173, AmeriCorps Week, H3715 [13MY]

H. Res. 1189, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H3784 [14MY]

H. Res. 1208, support former foster care youth, recognize organizations and individuals that assist former foster care youth, and review foster care youth transition programs, H4173 [20MY]

H. Res. 1221, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) investigation of inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the conference report on H.R. 2419, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H4468 [22MY]

H. Res. 1234, consideration of H.R. 3021, 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, H4927 [4JN]

H. Res. 1265, consideration of H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act, H5333 [12JN]

H. Res. 1311, National GEAR UP Day, H6781 [22JY]

H. Res. 1332, connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth, H7271 [29JY]

H. Res. 1507, consideration of H.R. 7110, Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act, H10059 [26SE]

H.R. 1512, compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors, H3083 [6MY]

H.R. 1777, Need-Based Educational Aid Act, H2922 [30AP]

H.R. 2063, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act, H2036 [8AP]

H.R. 2583, Physician Workforce Enhancement Act, H8681 [23SE]

H.R. 3018, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, H8703 [23SE]

H.R. 3019, Expand and Preserve Homeownership Through Counseling Act, H8354-H8356 [17SE]

H.R. 3021, 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, H4946 [4JN]

H.R. 3058, Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act, H4919-H4921 [4JN]

H.R. 3121, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, S4061-S4072 [13MY]

H.R. 3221, American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act, H3219-H3282 [8MY]

H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act, S3087-S3102 [16AP], H3204-H3219 [8MY]

H.R. 3221, Housing and Economic Recovery Act, H6916-H6987 [23JY]

H.R. 3329, Homes For Heroes Act, H6272-H6276 [9JY]

H.R. 3524, Dept. of HUD HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housingreauthorization, H312, H316 [17JA]

H.R. 3681, Veterans Benefit Awareness Act, H4185 [20MY]

H.R. 3873, Section 515 Rural Housing Property Housing Transfer Improvement Act, H410 [23JA]

H.R. 3928, Government Funding Transparency Act, H2575 [23AP]

H.R. 3959, provide for a phase-in of actuarial rates for certain pre-flood insurance rate maps properties under the National Flood Insurance Program, H412 [23JA]

H.R. 3981, Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act, H6182-H6184 [8JY]

H.R. 3992, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act, H424-H426 [23JA]

H.R. 4253, Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act, S556-S558 [31JA]

H.R. 4255, U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act, H7246 [29JY]

H.R. 4461, Community Building Code Administration Grant Act, H6266-H6268 [9JY]

H.R. 4881, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act, H2234 [14AP]

H.R. 4926, Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act, H5073 [9JN]

H.R. 5140, Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act, H485-H487 [29JA]

H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act, H2502-H2504 [22AP]

H.R. 5710, Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act, H5428 [17JN]

H.R. 5715, Ensure Continued Access to Student Loans Act, H2460-H2462 [17AP]

H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act, H5267 [11JN], H5345-H5347, H5348 [12JN]

H.R. 5772, Supportive Housing Investment Act, H8358-H8361 [17SE]

H.R. 5813, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act programs temporary extension, H2361 [16AP]

H.R. 5892, Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act, H7256-H7261 [29JY]

H.R. 5937, facilitate preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units, H3093 [6MY]

H.R. 6051, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act programs extension, H3823 [14MY]

H.R. 6098, Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement (PRICE) of Homeland Security Act, S9901 [27SE], H7191 [29JY], H10625 [29SE]

H.R. 6109, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act, H5816 [23JN]

H.R. 6124, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, H4469-H4649 [22MY]

H.R. 6216, Asset Management Improvement Act, H6269 [9JY]

H.R. 6307, Fostering Connections to Success Act, H5921-H5927 [24JN]

H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, H5876-H5904 [24JN]

H.R. 6503, Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program reauthorization, H8097 [15SE]

H.R. 6600, Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act, H10200 [27SE]

H.R. 6849, permit producers under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount, H9319 [24SE], H10623-H10625 [29SE]

H.R. 6867, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H10808 [3OC]

H.R. 6889, extend Dept. of Education authority to purchase guaranteed student loans, H8089 [15SE]

H.R. 6890, Dept. of Education extension of certain waiver authority relative to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, H8525 [22SE]

H.R. 6897, Filipino Veterans Equity Act, H8483 [22SE]

H.R. 6965, National Flood Insurance Program authorization extensions, H8705 [23SE]

H.R. 6984, Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act, Part II, H8588 [23SE]

H.R. 7006, Disaster Tax Relief Act, H9312-H9314 [24SE]

H.R. 7110, Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act, H10075-H10080 [26SE]

H.R. 7175, Small Business Financing Improvement Act, H10224-H10226 [27SE]

H.R. 7221, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act, H10654-H10665 [2OC]

S. 496, Appalachian Regional Development Act reauthorization and improvement, S9872-S9874 [26SE], H6489 [15JY]

S. 793, Traumatic Brain Injury Act reauthorization, S2952 [10AP], H2041-H2043 [8AP]

S. 1315, Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act, S3288-S3296 [23AP], S3355-S3363 [24AP], H8487-H8490 [22SE]

S. 1760, Dept. of HHS Healthy Start Program reauthorization, S3644 [30AP]

S. 1760, Healthy Start Program reauthorization, H8670 [23SE]

S. 2062, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, S4839-S4844 [22MY], S4895-S4899 [2JN]

S. 2304, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act, S9596 [26SE], H10268 [27SE]

S. 2559, Blind Persons Earnings Fairness Act, S331 [25JA]

S. 2586, State Fiscal Relief Act, S548 [31JA]

S. 2587, SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act, S550 [31JA]

S. 2588, Ensure Timely SCAAP Reimbursement Act, S550 [31JA]

S. 2607, DTV Transition Assistance Act, H6306 [9JY]

S. 2607, make digital television transition and public safety funds available sooner to low-power rural stations and translators, S790 [7FE]

S. 2617, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S7795 [30JY], H7907 [9SE]

S. 2630, Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act, S977 [13FE]

S. 2636, Foreclosure Prevention Act, S981-S983 [13FE]

S. 2648, Supporting Training and Employment Potential for Underemployed Populations (STEP UP) Act, S1063-S1067 [14FE]

S. 2683, modify certain authorities relative to educational assistance benefits for veterans, S1469 [3MR]

S. 2684, Section 8 Voucher Reform Act, S1470-S1480 [3MR]

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

S. 2733, Higher Education Extension Act, S1782 [7MR], H1498 [11MR]

S. 2739, Consolidated Natural Resources Act, S2883-S2917 [10AP], H2773-H2806 [29AP]

S. 2745, extend agriculture programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date, S1916 [12MR], H1597 [12MR]

S. 2755, Summer Jobs Stimulus Act, S2138 [13MR]

S. 2759, Kindergarten Plus Act, S2142-S2145 [13MR]

S. 2767, provide judicial discretion regarding suspensions of eligibility for receiving student financial assistance under the Higher Education Act for persons convicted of drug offenses, S2150 [13MR]

S. 2814, Dept. of the Interior financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, S2439 [3AP]

S. 2815, Strengthening Student Aid for All Act, S2442 [3AP]

S. 2903, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act programs temporary extension, S3342 [24AP], H2721 [24AP]

S. 2929, Higher Education Act programs extension, S3929 [7MY], H3035 [5MY]

S. 2954, extend agriculture programs and suspend permanent price support authorities beyond a certain date, S3727 [1MY], H2988 [1MY]

S. 2975, Gulf Coast Multifamily and Assisted Housing Recovery Act, S3746 [2MY]

S. 2984, Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act, S3798-S3800 [6MY]

S. 3000, Native American Veterans Access Act, S3979 [8MY]

S. 3023, Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, S8876-S8881, S8884-S8889 [16SE]

S. 3023, Veterans' Notice Clarification Act, S4284 [15MY]

S. 3029, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S4289 [15MY], H4206 [20MY]

S. 3035, Higher Education Act programs extension, S4425 [20MY], H4278 [20MY]

S. 3128, White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act, S5626 [12JN], S9552 [25SE], H10609 [29SE]

S. 3180, Higher Education Act programs extension, S5965, S5971 [23JN], H6075 [25JN]

S. 3195, Healthy Transition Act, S6168 [25JN]

S. 3206, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S6291 [26JN]

S. 3223, Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act, S6329 [27JN]

S. 3236, Medicare and Medicaid Extension Act, S6506-S6509 [9JY]

S. 3285, Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act, S6941 [17JY]

S. 3293, Border Law Enforcement Relief Act, S6975 [21JY]

S. 3311, Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act, S7151-S7153 [23JY]

S. 3313, Victims of Polygamy Assistance Act, S7156 [23JY]

S. 3326, Pathways to College Act, S7290 [24JY]

S. 3341, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act reauthorization and improvement, S7527 [26JY], S9217 [22SE]

S. 3342, Rural Small Business Enhancement Act, S7530 [26JY]

S. 3352, Higher Education Act programs extension, S7576, S7578 [28JY], H7352 [30JY]

S. 3374, Healing Our Nation's Heroes Act, S7910-S7914 [31JY]

S. 3410, Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act, S7969 [31JY]

S. 3507, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S8951 [17SE]

S. 3534, Vision Preservation Act, S9211 [22SE]

S. 3560, QI Program Supplemental Funding Act, S9460 [25SE], H10170 [27SE]

S. 3584, Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act, S9499-S9502 [25SE]

S. 3590, Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act, S9503 [25SE]

S. 3597, Dept. of Agriculture community food projects funding, S9553 [25SE], H10272 [27SE]

S. 3604, Economic Recovery Act, S9660-S9668 [26SE]

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

S. 3668, Crime Victims With Disabilities Act, S10326-S10328 [1OC]

S. 3688, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S10584-S10586 [17NO]

S. 3689, emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investments, and economic and energy assistance, S10586-S10599 [17NO]

S. 3690, Homeowner Assistance and Taxpayer Protection Act, S10600 [17NO]

S. 3701, Best Buddies Empowerment for People With Intellectual Disabilities Act, S10664 [19NO]

S. 3705, 10 Steps for a Main Street Economic Recovery Act, S10666-S10670 [19NO]

S. 3709, expand Dept. of Agriculture Rural Energy for America Program to include schools in rural areas, S10745 [20NO]

S. 3715, Auto Industry Emergency Bridge Loan Act, S10749 [20NO]

S. 3718, Unemployment Benefit Tax Suspension Act, S10813 [8DE]

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

S. Con. Res. 98, comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy development, S8533 [15SE]

S. Con. Res. 102, express that availability of adequate housing is an essential component of an effective strategy to prevent and treat HIV, S9425 [24SE]

S. Con. Res. 103, Minority AIDS Initiative anniversary, S9425 [24SE]

S. Res. 474, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, S1599, S1655 [5MR]

S. Res. 630, connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth, S7638 [29JY]

S. Res. 640, increase Federal investment in public and preventive health, S7976 [31JY]

S.J. Res. 44, disapprove final rule imposing crowd-out strategies on States that expand income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S6943 [17JY]