NELSON, BILL (a Senator from Florida)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), S4700 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S1839, S1885 [11MR], S2015, S2018, S2024 [12MR], S2048, S2055, S2058, S2066, S2168, S2175 [13MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7335, S7402 [24JY]

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1605 [5MR], S1695, S1713 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S6299 [26JN], S8189, S8203, S8212 [9SE], S8240, S8316 [10SE], S8432, S8444 [11SE], S8480, S8499 [12SE], S8554, S8787 [15SE], S8864, S8871 [16SE], S8950, S8958 [17SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (S. 1738), S9535 [25SE]

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

Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S745, S747 [6FE]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5105 [4JN], S5225 [5JN], S5374 [6JN]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3554, S3601 [30AP], S3700, S3726 [1MY]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3821, S3833 [6MY], S3908, S3910 [7MY], S3962, S3981 [8MY], S4030 [12MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6298 [26JN], S6443 [8JY]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S288 [24JA], S334 [25JA], S706, S707 [6FE]

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 [12JN]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6063), S9524 [25SE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2547, S2549, S2550 [3AP], S2598 [4AP], S2758 [8AP], S5911 [19JN], S5969 [23JN]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3058, S3085, S3086 [16AP]

Sudan: support, enforce, and expand U.N. embargo on arms sales to belligerents and seek political solution to conflict in Darfur (S. Res. 660), S10015 [27SE]

Telephones: facilitate rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities (H.R. 3403), S5663 [16JN]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S3213 [22AP], S8505 [15SE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S4899 [2JN]

Articles and editorials

Burden Lifted, WWII Vet Dies, John Barry, St. Petersburg (FL) Times, S7584 [29JY]

Gov't Officials Probed About Illicit Sex, Gifts, Dina Cappiello, Associated Press (news service), S8253 [10SE]

He Stood Tall After Army Dealt Blow, Robert L. Jamieson, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, S7584 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Africa: anniversary of bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (see S. Res. 618), S7781 [30JY]

———call on relevant governments, multilateral bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan to achieve and implement a negotiated resolution to national and regional conflicts (see S. Res. 470), S2437 [3AP]

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see S. Con. Res. 90), S5592 [12JN]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see S. 3406), S7905 [31JY]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 22), S1597 [5MR]

———include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see S. 2836), S7574 [28JY]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 1390), S1598 [5MR]

———limit increases in the certain costs of health care services under the health care programs of the Dept. of Defense (see S. 604), S7479 [25JY]

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

———provide relief relative to contracts for cellular phone service (see S. 1313), S3080 [16AP]

———provide travel and transportation allowances for family members of members of the uniformed services with serious inpatient psychiatric conditions (see S. 2689), S1521 [4MR]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service for members of the Ready Reserve in active Federal status or on active duty for significant periods (see S. 648), S7573 [28JY]

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

Army Reserve: anniversary (see S. Res. 513), S2977 [14AP]

Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2631), S1123 [25FE]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see S. 678), S3026 [15AP]

Biscet, Oscar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2777), S2133 [13MR]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3070), S4793 [22MY]

Business and industry: allow for regulation of electronic energy commodity trading conducted by large traders and prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy commodities (see S. 2058), S2347 [2AP]

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

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

CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building, Fort Pierce, FL: designate (see S. 3241), S6560 [10JY]

Children and youth: establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see S. 661), S395 [28JA]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S5447 [10JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: reduce speculation in crude oil markets (see S. 3183), S6019 [24JN]

Communications Act: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (see S. 2469), S8036 [1AU]

Computers: prohibit collection of identifying information of individuals by false, fraudulent, or deceptive means (phishing) and provide the FTC the necessary enforcement authority (see S. 2661), S1121 [25FE]

Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S) (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 562), S4106 [13MY]

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

Congress: allow Members of Congress or authorized employees to lead tours of publicly accessible areas of the Capitol complex (see S. Con. Res. 107), S10946 [11DE]

Congressional Club: anniversary (see S. Res. 555), S3975 [8MY] (see S. Res. 578), S4793 [22MY]

Consumers: improve access to passenger vehicle loss data held by insurers (see S. 545), S5754 [18JN]

Courts: appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges (see S. 2774), S7630 [29JY]

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

———require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 3660), S10323 [1OC]

Credit: create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators and develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators (see S. 2595), S3792 [6MY]

Crime: restore fairness relative to bail bond forfeitures (see S. 2495), S2946 [10AP]

Cuba Solidarity Day: observance (see S. Res. 573), S4621 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve for one year or until price of oil drops below a certain level in order to increase supply and reduce costs (see S. 2598), S1704 [6MR]

Dept. of HUD: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (see S. 2736), S4970 [3JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (see S. 1738), S9281 [23SE]

———make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see S. 2667), S6869 [16JY]

Dept. of the Interior: improve administration of the Minerals Management Service (see S. 3543), S9280 [23SE]

Developing countries: provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the U.S. and international financial institutions by low-income countries (see S. 2166), S5448 [10JN]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see S. 1843), S2945 [10AP]

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

———establish Federal policy to assist wildlife population in adapting to and surviving the effects of global warming (see S. 2204), S6560 [10JY]

———lead renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in conserving natural resources and preventing extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species (see S. Res. 598), S8385 [11SE]

Economy: provide for financial market investigation, oversight, and reform (see S. 3652), S10177 [30SE]

EPA: clarify circumstances under which permits for discharges from certain vessels may be required and conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels (see S. 3298), S7030 [22JY]

Everglades National Park: provide for resolution of several land ownership and related issues relative to parcels of land (see S. 3340), S7526 [26JY]

FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (see S.J. Res. 28), S2136 [13MR]

Fish and fishing: establish a program to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public is fit for human consumption (see S. 2688), S1819 [10MR]

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

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 476), S1878 [11MR]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see S. 2932), S4893 [2JN]

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

Hispanic Americans: recognize efforts and contributions of Hispanic scientists (see S. Res. 669), S9204 [22SE]

Housing: provide needed housing reform (see S. 2636), S1272 [27FE]

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

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

Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see S. Res. 580), S6287 [26JN]

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

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

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

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 3186), S6651 [14JY]

———provide additional appropriations for home heating aid (see S. 2405), S446 [29JA]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 3484), S9027 [18SE]

———preserve access to physicians' services (see S. 2785), S3443 [28AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (see S. 2641), S3892 [7MY]

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

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

National Hurricane Preparedness Week: designate (see S. Res. 579), S4793 [22MY]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 468), S2819 [9AP]

National Park Service: establish a National Park Centennial Fund (see S. 2817), S8856 [16SE]

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

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 692), S10004 [27SE]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 3490), S10743 [20NO]

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

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

Peace Corps: empower volunteers (see S. 732), S8528 [15SE]

Power resources: regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act (see S. 3185), S6019 [24JN]

Product safety: ban bisphenol A in children's products (see S. 2928), S4795 [22MY]

Real estate: diminish predatory lending by enhancing appraisal quality and standards, improve appraisal oversight, ensure mortgage appraiser independence, and provide for enhanced remedies and enforcement (see S. 2860), S4108 [13MY]

Saffir, Herbert: tribute (see S. Res. 582), S5039 [4JN]

Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see S. 2498), S330 [25JA]

Ships and vessels: make the embarkment and operation of stateless submersible or semi-submersible vessels subject to Federal prosecution (see S. 3198), S7781 [30JY] (see S. 3526), S9206 [22SE] (see S. 3598), S9493 [25SE]

Social Security: disapprove final rule imposing crowd-out strategies on States that expand income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S.J. Res. 44), S7150 [23JY]

———extend moratorium on implementation of a rule on Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program and finalization of graduate medical education rule (see S. 2460), S2135 [13MR]

———preserve access to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn (see S. 2819), S3443 [28AP]

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

Tariff: footwear (see S. 2372), S1123 [25FE]

Taxation: encourage investment in affordable housing (see S. 2666), S4182 [14MY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 881), S2636 [7AP]

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

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see S. 2170), S971 [13FE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S6363 [7JY]

Technology: develop the next generation of parental control technology (see S. 602), S10486 [2OC]

Telecommunications: prohibit text message spam (see S. 3138), S5657 [16JN]

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

Tourist trade: initiate a nationally coordinated travel campaign to increase international travel to the U.S. (see S. 1661), S3699 [1MY]

Treaties and agreements: provide for congressional oversight of U.S. agreements with Iraq (see S. 2426), S3081 [16AP]

U.S. Marshals Service: anniversary (see S. Res. 679), S9415 [24SE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 439), S7479 [25JY]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide for payment of interest on claims paid by the U.S. in connection with the correction of military records when a military corrections board sets aside a conviction by court-martial (see S. 2548), S207 [23JA]

Colombia: welcome home Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves after being held hostage for over five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (see S. Res. 627), S7479 [25JY]

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

Dept. of the Interior: establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (see S. 3135), S5592 [12JN]

Europe: commend countries that passed laws for the restitution of, or compensation for, property illegally confiscated by Nazi or Communist regimes, and encourage other countries to pass such laws (see S. Res. 603), S6286 [26JN]

Everglades National Park: adjust boundaries (see S. 2804), S2346 [2AP]

FBI: establish a Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator (see S. 3547), S9280 [23SE]

Fish and fishing: include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen in certain collective marketing associations (see S. 2803), S2346 [2AP]

Immigration: provide relief for surviving spouses and children (see S. 3369), S7780 [30JY]

Levinson, Robert: urge Iran to intensify cooperation relative to investigation of his disappearance, commend Switzerland for ongoing assistance, and express sympathy to family (see S. Con. Res. 106), S10743 [20NO]

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

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6063), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 105), S10324 [1OC]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (see S. 3638), S9658 [26SE]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see S.J. Res. 39), S5366 [6JN]

Rivers: provide for a National Research Council study to assess water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama (see S. 3152), S5753 [18JN]

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

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

Voting: require early voting in Federal elections, prohibit restrictions on absentee voting in Federal elections, and establish a grant program to promote voting by mail (see S. 3100), S5366 [6JN]

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

Wildlife: protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats on Federal lands through grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species (see S. 3366), S7780 [30JY]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), S4475 [20MY]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7130 [23JY], S7435 [25JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S6918 [17JY], S6993 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8470 [12SE], S8826 [16SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), motion to proceed, S7759 [30JY], S7879 [31JY], S8109 [8SE]

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

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

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6470 [9JY]

———establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), motion to proceed, S6224 [26JN]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S302 [24JA], S388 [28JA], S813 [8FE], S890 [12FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), conference report, S845 [11FE], S937 [13FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), motion to proceed, S6224, S6231 [26JN]

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

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2606 [4AP], S2726 [8AP], S5922 [20JN], S5978 [24JN], S6224 [26JN], S6355 [7JY], S6448 [8JY], S7131 [23JY], S7436 [25JY]

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

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

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

Letters

Repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation: Military Coalition, S8240 [10SE]

Transfer funding from Coconut Road interchange project to I-75 widening project in Florida: Carla Brooks Johnston, Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization, S3049 [16AP]

———Representative Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), S3048 [16AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S3213 [22AP], S8505 [15SE]

Privilege of the floor

Couch, Bill, S1545 [4MR]

Day, Christopher, S1545 [4MR]

Sanders, Sara, S4983 [3JN]

Zebrowski, Catherine, S7704 [29JY]

Remarks

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (S. Con. Res. 104), S9606 [26SE]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, S4233 [15MY]

Air Force: conduct a cost-benefit study on the transfer of title of certain Patrick AFB, FL, lands to fund military housing construction in Georgia and Arkansas, S3685 [1MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S3662 [1MY]

Biscet, Oscar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2777), S2125 [13MR]

Boy Scouts: express condolences to victims and those affected by tornado at Boy Scout camp in Iowa, S5590 [12JN]

Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 92), S5375 [6JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), motion to instruct conferees, S4262, S4263, S4266 [15MY]

Colombia: condemn hostage-taking of 3 U.S. citizens by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and demand their immediate and unconditional release (S. Con. Res. 53), S1047 [14FE]

———welcome home Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves after being held hostage for over five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (S. Res. 627), S7482 [25JY]

Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance: establish, S3859, S3861, S3880 [7MY], S3950, S3967 [8MY]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S6804 [16JY], S7231, S7264 [24JY], S7454 [25JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), unanimous-consent agreement, S6946 [17JY]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (S. 3134), S5632 [12JN], S5989 [24JN], S6829 [16JY], S8105 [8SE]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 1580), S176 [23JA]

Courts: grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, S234 [24JA], S6467 [9JY], S6646 [14JY]

———stay pending cases against telecommunications companies named in civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance and delay pursuit of retroactive immunity until release of report on such surveillance, S6467 [9JY], S6646 [14JY]

CPSC: provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), S1514, S1517 [4MR], S1688 [6MR]

———provide greater protection for children's products and improve screening of noncompliant consumer products and effectiveness of consumer product recall programs (S. 2663), motion to proceed, S1454 [3MR]

———strengthen consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products, S1688 [6MR]

Cuba: withdraw exchange of letters enforcing the Maritime Boundary Agreement with Cuba in protest of Cuba's plans for offshore drilling off the Florida coast, S278 [24JA]

Cuban Independence Day: observance, S4478 [20MY]

CWO Richard R. Lee Post Office Building, Wallingford, CT: designate (H.R. 6834), S10422 [2OC]

Democratic Party: pledge by Presidential candidates to not campaign in Florida due to date of primary election, S45 [22JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8234, S8235, S8236, S8241, S8264 [10SE], S8461 [12SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), unanimous-consent request, S8242 [10SE]

———effect of oil and gas leasing activities in Outer Continental Shelf on military training operations, S3703 [1MY], S8461 [12SE]

———national missile defense system funding, S8234, S8235, S8236, S8242, S8264 [10SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Adoption Incentive Program, S4781 [22MY]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Americans (H.R. 2786), S9474 [25SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (S. 3135), S5632 [12JN]

———improve administration of the Minerals Management Service (S. 3543), S9283 [23SE]

———offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, S3967 [8MY]

———release of Inspector General report on mismanagement in Minerals Management Service Royalty-in-Kind Program, S8253, S8254 [10SE], S8463 [12SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a National Homeowners Insurance Stabilization Program, S3880 [7MY]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (H.R. 1216), S1083 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans (S. 1315), S3353 [24AP]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, S8241, S8264 [10SE]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 2831), motion to proceed, S3391 [24AP]

Diseases: provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (H.R. 5265), S9605 [26SE]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through baseline research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 3191), S6165 [25JN]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of automobile industry, S10541 [17NO]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, S9352 [24SE], S10242 [1OC]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S45 [22JA]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S513 [31JA]

Elections: impact of scheduling of Democratic Party Presidential primaries in Florida and Michigan relative to seating of delegates at the Democratic National Convention, S809 [8FE], S1514 [4MR], S2284 [1AP], S2625 [7AP], S3390 [24AP]

———provide for interregional primary elections and caucuses for the selection of delegates to political party Presidential nominating conventions (S. 2024), S45 [22JA]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S4996, S5020 [4JN]

Europe: commend countries that passed laws for the restitution of, or compensation for, property illegally confiscated by Nazi or Communist regimes, and encourage other countries to pass such laws (S. Res. 603), S6296 [26JN]

Federal Protective Service: prohibit award of contracts under the contract security guard program to a business owned, controlled or operated by someone convicted of a felony (H.R. 3068), S9474 [25SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: remediate sediment contamination in areas of concern (H.R. 6460), S9473 [25SE]

FEMA: provide for the National Flood Insurance Program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods, S3859, S3861 [7MY]

———quickly and fairly address the abundance of surplus manufactured housing units stored around the country at taxpayer expense (S. 2382), S9604, S9605 [26SE]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3859, S3861, S3880 [7MY], S3950, S3967 [8MY]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 495), S2306 [1AP]

Fish and fishing: include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen in certain collective marketing associations (S. 2803), S2358 [2AP]

Florida: investigate transfer of funding from I-75 widening project to Coconut Road interchange project, S3049 [16AP]

———transfer funding from Coconut Road interchange project to I-75 widening project, S3048, S3049 [16AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), S6467 [9JY], S6646 [14JY]

———modernize and streamline (S. 2248), S234 [24JA]

Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building, San Jose, CA: designate (H.R. 6558), S10422 [2OC]

Government: political influence on scientific findings and regulatory actions, S3740 [2MY]

Health: provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (S. 334), S4301 [19MY]

Ho, Feng Shan: tribute (S. Res. 588), S5374, S5375 [6JN]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, S2324 [2AP], S2421 [3AP], S2599, S2600 [4AP], S2625 [7AP], S5952 [23JN], S5988 [24JN]

Immigration: impose criminal penalties on individuals who assist aliens who have engaged in genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killings to enter the U.S. (S. 3166), S9606 [26SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S45 [22JA]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2082), conference report, S937, S950 [13FE]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S937, S950 [13FE]

International law: hold surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity committed during World War II by encouraging foreign prosecution and extradition (S. 3007), S4031 [12MY]

Investments: provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for mortgage delinquency relief, S2421 [3AP], S2599, S2600 [4AP], S2625 [7AP], S5952 [23JN], S5988 [24JN]

Iraq: congressional testimony of David H. Petraeus and Ryan C. Crocker relative to assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S2832 [10AP]

———investigation of incidents of sexual assault against U.S. contractor and military personnel, S950 [13FE], S2832 [10AP], S3741 [2MY]

———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces (S. 2633), motion to proceed, S1189 [26FE]

Israel: independence anniversary, S3943 [8MY]

Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (S. 3625), S10422 [2OC]

Leo J. Ryan Post Office Building, San Mateo, CA: designate (H.R. 6982), S10422 [2OC]

Levinson, Robert: disappearance from Kish Island, Iran, S1816 [10MR]

———urge Iran to intensify cooperation relative to investigation of his disappearance, commend Switzerland for ongoing assistance, and express sympathy to family (S. Con. Res. 106), S10756 [20NO]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 3186), motion to proceed, S7466 [25JY]

Louisa Swain Day: designate (H. Con. Res. 378), S10422, S10423 [2OC]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10242 [1OC]

Minnie Cox Post Office Building, Indianola, MS: designate (H.R. 4010), S10422 [2OC]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), S10423 [2OC]

NASA: anniversary, S7730 [30JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6063), S9471 [25SE], S10058 [29SE]

———funding, S3463 [29AP]

———improve safety standards and oversight of International Space Station, S810 [8FE]

National Catastrophe Risk Consortium: establish, S3880 [7MY]

National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (S. 2756), S2306 [1AP]

National Foster Care Month: observance, S4781 [22MY]

National Methamphetamine Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 703), S10426 [2OC]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (S. 3638), S9717 [26SE]

Olympic games: tribute to U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams and encourage the International Olympic Committee to choose Chicago, IL, as site for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (S. Res. 704), S10424, S10426 [2OC]

Omaha (NE) Star: anniversary, S3695 [1MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow State governors to petition for increased energy exploration off their coast and allow for revenue sharing on new areas of production if price of gasoline reaches a certain level, S4262, S4263, S4266 [15MY]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S3662 [1MY], S4908 [3JN], S5778 [19JN], S6829 [16JY], S6927 [17JY], S7264 [24JY], S8105 [8SE], S8242, S8253 [10SE]

———revise formula used to allocate State revenue on areas of production in Federal oil and gas leasing program, S8906 [17SE]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S4908 [3JN]

———gasoline price levels, S4908 [3JN], S5361 [6JN], S5485 [11JN], S6927 [17JY]

———gasoline price levels relative to oil futures purchasing, S5485 [11JN], S5778 [19JN]

———provide for development and inventory of certain Outer Continental Shelf resources and suspend acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (S. 2953), S3703 [1MY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (S. 980), S2307, S2310 [1AP]

Pickwick Post Office Building, Counce, TN: designate (H.R. 6197), S10422 [2OC]

Power resources: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production, S2048 [13MR]

———national energy policy, S3662 [1MY], S4909 [3JN], S5485 [11JN], S5778 [19JN], S6829 [16JY], S6927 [17JY], S7231 [24JY], S7454 [25JY], S7583 [29JY], S8105 [8SE], S8242, S8253, S8254 [10SE]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2421 [3AP], S2599, S2600 [4AP], S2625 [7AP]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), House amendments, S5952 [23JN], S5988 [24JN]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), motion to proceed, S2324 [2AP]

———promote energy security, S3967 [8MY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5485 [11JN]

———reduce oil dependency, expand access to Federal resources, revise relationship between energy industry and consumers, end tax subsidies, and facilitate energy efficiency (H.R. 6899), S8906 [17SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2310 [1AP]

Presidents of the U.S.: require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations (H.R. 1254), unanimous-consent request, S1204 [26FE]

Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (H.R. 4040), conference report, S7871 [31JY]

———require third-party verification of compliance of children's products with consumer product safety standards promulgated by the CPSC, S1518 [4MR], S7871 [31JY]

Rivers: provide for a National Research Council study to assess water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama (S. 3152), S5760 [18JN]

Rural areas: rural electric cooperatives emissions of greenhouse gas allowances, S5020 [4JN]

Russia: approve agreement for nuclear cooperation (S.J. Res. 42), indefinitely postponed, S8454 [11SE]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3048, S3049 [16AP]

Scriven, Mary Stenson: nomination to be district judge, S9592 [26SE]

Senate: authority of officials during adjournment, S10427 [2OC]

———legislative program, S2311 [1AP], S6946 [17JY], S8455 [11SE]

Smithsonian Institution: provide for construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona (S.J. Res. 35), S6946 [17JY]

Snow, Samuel: receipt of honorable discharge papers and apology from Army for court-martial during World War II, S7583 [29JY], S7731 [30JY]

Spencer Byrd Powers Jr., Post Office, Cary, MS: designate (S. 3521), S10422 [2OC]

Staff Sergeant Nicholas Ray Carnes Post Office, Dayton, KY: designate (H.R. 6902), S10422 [2OC]

Sudan: support, enforce, and expand U.N. embargo on arms sales to belligerents and seek political solution to conflict in Darfur (S. Res. 660), S8532 [15SE]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (S. 3098), S5375 [6JN]

———provide rate parity for open-loop and closed-loop biomass facilities under the renewable fuels tax credit, S10249 [1OC]

Telephones: facilitate rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities (H.R. 3403), S7732 [30JY]

———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (S. 2998), S3976 [8MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (S. Res. 656), S8455 [11SE]

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

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize and rename as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act (S. 2020), S176 [23JA]

U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad: support efforts to preserve religious and cultural sites and condemn Lithuanian Government for allowing construction on a Jewish cemetery (S. Res. 705), S10423 [2OC]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (S. 2731), S6633 [14JY]

Veterans: expansion of benefits to Filipino veterans who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. residents, S3353 [24AP]

Votes: position on missed, S390 [28JA]

Voting: reform elections process, S2284 [1AP], S2625 [7AP]

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (S. 2766), S7732 [30JY]

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

Wildlife: protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats on Federal lands through grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species (S. 3366), S7782 [30JY]

Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act: amend (S. 428), S1205, S1206, S1208 [26FE]

Women: reduce maternal mortality (S. Res. 616), S10423 [2OC]

Zimbabwe: support people, condemn manipulation of electoral process, reject results of runoff election, tighten sanctions against human rights violators, and support political resolution of current crisis (S. Res. 611), S6634 [14JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S1519 [4MR]

Summaries

Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act (S. 2284): Nelson of Florida Amendment on National Catastrophe Risk Consortium and Dept. of the Treasury National Homeowners Insurance Stabilization Program Establishment, S3881 [7MY]

Texts of

S. 2803, Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act, S2358 [2AP]

S. 2804, Everglades National Park Boundary Adjustment Act, S2358 [2AP]

S. 2998, Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act, S3977-S3979 [8MY]

S. 3134, require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets, S5632 [12JN]

S. 3135, Outer Continental Shelf Production Incentive Fee Act, S5632 [12JN]

S. 3152, provide for a National Research Council study to assess water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, S5761 [18JN]

S. 3366, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act, S7783-S7785 [30JY]

S. 3638, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program reauthorization, S9718-S9720 [26SE]

Tributes

Barnes, Willie C., S7204 [24JY]

Byrd, Senator, S1047 [14FE]

Casey, Senator, S176 [23JA]

Johnson, Lyndon B., S4565 [21MY]

Warner, Senator, S10901 [11DE]