GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E. (a Senator from New York)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8693, S8694, S8696 [3AU], S8767 [4AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1462, S1464 [3FE], S1557 [4FE], S1707, S1745 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5737 [20MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4206 [1AP], S4393, S4395 [2AP]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4992 [30AP], S5028, S5029 [1MY], S5092, S5111 [5MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5364, S5387 [12MY], S5436, S5447 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7491, S7493 [14JY], S7563 [15JY], S7710 [20JY], S7800 [21JY], S7910, S7921, S7932 [22JY], S8026, S8028, S8041, S8051, S8057 [23JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7272 [8JY], S7329 [9JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11297 [9NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9386 [15SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6220 [4JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12323 [3DE], S12521 [5DE], S12637 [7DE], S12709, S12710, S12725, S12726 [8DE], S12917 [10DE], S13041 [11DE], S13191, S13194 [14DE], S13321 [16DE], S13384 [17DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12323 [3DE], S12521 [5DE], S12637 [7DE], S12709, S12710, S12725, S12726 [8DE], S12917 [10DE], S13041 [11DE], S13191, S13194 [14DE], S13321 [16DE], S13384 [17DE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S6660 [16JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10324 [8OC], S10862 [28OC], S10992 [2NO]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S2091 [11FE], S3035 [12MR], S4603 [23AP], S4907 [30AP], S5249 [7MY], S5459 [14MY], S5767 [21MY], S6135 [4JN], S6481 [11JN], S6751 [18JN], S7025 [25JN], S7277 [9JY], S7583 [16JY], S7945 [23JY], S8501 [30JY], S8891 [6AU], S9489 [17SE], S9895 [29SE], S9993 [1OC], S10443 [15OC], S10869 [29OC], S12261 [3DE], S13344 [17DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: express that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed (see S. Con. Res. 19), S4670 [23AP]

———promote empowerment of women (see S. 229), S4891 [29AP]

African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see S. Con. Res. 26), S6806 [18JN]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Res. 318), S10635 [21OC]

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land to make their land available for access by the public for maple-tapping under State or tribal programs (see S. 552), S2909 [9MR]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see S. 727), S8766 [4AU]

———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see S. 529), S5436 [13MY]

Armed Forces: exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (see S. 581), S4964 [30AP]

———express condolences for soldiers killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX (see S. Res. 344), S11253 [6NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S10362 [13OC]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see S. 731), S3897 [26MR]

———reduce minimum distance of travel necessary for reimbursement of covered military health care system beneficiaries for specialty health care (see S. 476), S4891 [29AP]

Baker, Richard A.: designate as Historian Emeritus of the Senate (see S. Res. 230), S8272 [29JY]

Bellmon, Henry: tribute (see S. Res. 293), S9930 [29SE]

Binghamton, NY: grant posthumous citizenship to certain aliens who died as a result of the shootings at the American Civic Association (see S. 905), S4806 [28AP]

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 197), S5435 [13MY]

Borlaug, Norman E.: tribute (see S. Res. 272), S9556 (see S. Res. 273), S9555 [17SE]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7870 [22JY]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 777), S10701 [22OC]

———require operators of Internet sites that sell airline tickets to disclose to the purchaser of each ticket the air carrier that operates each segment of the flight (see S. 1283), S7142 [6JY]

Byrd, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S11492 [18NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize a plaque in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 24), S6544 [11JN]

Census: require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate Caribbean extraction or descent (see S. 1083), S5700 [20MY]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see S. 435), S4063 [31MR]

———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. 67), S2828 [5MR]

———reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see S. 1859), S13033 [11DE]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S4963 [30AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S2623 [2MR]

Climate: reduce global warming pollution through international climate finance and investment (see S. 2835), S12322 [3DE]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S9327 [14SE]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 729), S4064 [31MR]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see S. 414), S4755 [27AP]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see S. 235), S4755 [27AP]

Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see S. 1659), S9264 [10SE]

———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 909), S4806 [28AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emission reductions on private forest land (see S. 1576), S9734 [23SE]

———establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see S. 1709), S9840 [24SE]

———establish a national food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program for agricultural producers (see S. 2758), S11290 [9NO]

Dept. of Commerce: award grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy technology (see S. 1617), S8993 [6AU]

Dept. of Defense: require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see S. 2904), S13383 [17DE]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 1655), S9186 [9SE]

———award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (see S. 1129), S12910 [10DE]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (see S. 1410), S10777 [27OC]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 1362), S8040 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see S. 497), S6650 [16JN]

———conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 1158), S9734 [23SE]

———improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see S. 1445), S7480 [14JY]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see S. 2750), S11253 [6NO]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see S. 1239), S6542 [11JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify use of funds relative to certain homeland security grants (see S. 2793), S11884 [20NO]

———ensure detainees are treated humanely, provided adequate medical care, and granted certain specific rights (see S. 1550), S8557 [30JY]

Dept. of HUD: authorize grants and assistance to local governments and others to design and implement policies and programs that address widespread property vacancy and abandonment (see S. 453), S10735 [26OC]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 1317), S12009 [30NO]

———enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 167), S2423 [24FE]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S4755 [27AP]

———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. 1301), S6804 [18JN]

———provide grants and access to information and resources for the implementation of the Sex Offender Registration Tips and Crime Victims Center Programs (see S. 1146), S8136 [27JY]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security (see S. 1661), S9264 [10SE]

Dept. of Transportation: implement pilot program to establish truck parking facilities (see S. 971), S9187 [9SE]

———reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program (see S. 1156), S12071 [1DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities (see S. 1495), S9265 [10SE]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S10487 [15OC]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see S. 1556), S10852 [28OC]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S7139 [6JY]

Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (see S. 1425), S7317 [9JY]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S10435 [14OC]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 122), S4964 [30AP]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see S. 697), S4575 [22AP]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 332), S6805 [18JN]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S7868 [22JY]

———improve asthma management, education, and research (see S. 1760), S10217 [7OC]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S5281 [7MY]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S5129 [5MY]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S4448 [20AP]

Economic Development Administration: provide funding for the establishment of business incubators in economically-distressed, high-unemployment areas (see S. 1662), S9264 [10SE]

Education: encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, provide needed services and supports to children, and ensure that schools are centers of communities (see S. 1411), S10777 [27OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs (see S. 1480), S8866 [5AU]

———promote environmental education (see S. 866), S4573 [22AP]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 1152), S5820 [21MY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 1584), S8864 [5AU]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 916), S4807 [28AP]

EPA: award grants for electronic device recycling research, development, and demonstration projects (see S. 1397), S7138 [6JY]

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. 153), S6652 [16JN]

FAA: implement certain NTSB recommendations to establish national standards on flight requirements for pilots (see S. 1284), S7194 [7JY]

———prescribe regulations to ensure that crewmembers on air carriers have proper qualifications and experience (see S. 1744), S10061 [1OC]

FAA Management Advisory Council: add one member with aviation safety expertise (see S. 1163), S6257 [8JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 1422), S9134 [8SE]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (see S. 510), S10435 [14OC]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 982), S5128 [5MY]

Federal aid programs: prohibit funding to promote direct deposit of veterans and Social Security benefits until adequate safeguards are established to prevent attachment and garnishment (see S. 1042), S9555 [17SE]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see S. 354), S1058 [29JA]

———establish a scholarship program to encourage outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a career in Government (see S. 2789), S11430 [17NO]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1102), S5822 [21MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 540), S8094 [24JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see S. 696), S5615 [19MY]

———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over waters (see S. 787), S4310 [2AP]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2919), S13698 [21DE]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 94), S4063 [31MR]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 843), S4513 [21AP]

———prohibit possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a felony or domestic violence in a foreign court (see S. 1526), S8196 [28JY]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see S. 1421), S7317 [9JY]

———extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see S. 1255), S13383 [17DE]

———improve conservation of sharks (see S. 850), S9265 [10SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: add New York to the New England Fishery Management Council (see S. 918), S5436 [13MY]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 1048), S5501 [14MY]

Foreign aid: strengthen capacity, transparency, and accountability of U.S. foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges (see S. 1524), S9982 [30SE]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see S. 1738), S10060 [1OC]

Freedom of the press: highlight and promote worldwide (see S. 1739), S11292 [9NO]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S6256 [8JN]

Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 105), S4445 [20AP]

Government: ensure efficient performance of agency functions (see S. 924), S4891 [29AP]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see S. 2129), S10916 [29OC]

Guinea: condemn assault of women and killing of political protesters, support inquiry into, and prosecution for, violence, and consider punitive measures against officials found to be complicit (see S. Res. 345), S11290 [9NO]

Hansen, Clifford P.: tribute (see S. Res. 315), S10635 [21OC]

Hawkins, Paula: tribute (see S. Res. 370), S12413 [4DE]

Health: ensure health care reform includes an option to establish a federally-backed insurance pool to create options for consumers (see S. Res. 156), S5820 [21MY]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see S. 979), S7194 [7JY]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see S. 611), S3370 [18MR]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S7194 [7JY]

Health care professionals: establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see S. 1022), S5371 [12MY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 268), S9372 [15SE]

Housing: express that stable and affordable housing is essential to HIV prevention, treatment, and care and commit to providing adequate funding for development of housing as a response to AIDS pandemic (see S. Con. Res. 39), S12009 [30NO]

Immigration: adjust status for immediate family of Armed Forces members who served honorably in Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (see S. 2757), S11290 [9NO]

———allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 424), S3610 [23MR]

———eliminate the ``widow penalty'' by allowing petitions for legal permanent residency by noncitizen surviving spouses of U.S. citizens to be adjudicated (see S. 815), S4965 [30AP]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see S. 1038), S9134 [8SE]

———provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status (see S. 1736), S10060 [1OC]

Immigration and Nationality Act: promote family unity (see S. 1085), S5700 [20MY] (see S. 1247), S6542 [11JN]

International law: protect U.S. citizens from unlawful arrest and detention (see S. 1549), S8557 [30JY]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1065), S8135 [27JY]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S4892 [29AP]

Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building, Orchard Park, NY: designate (see S. 1211), S7318 [9JY]

Jews: condemn all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirm support for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (see S. Con. Res. 11), S3551 [19MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 159), S6545 [11JN] (see S. Res. 198), S6846 [19JN]

Kennedy, Edward M.: tribute (see S. Res. 255), S9132 [8SE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 560), S2964 [10MR]

Law enforcement: provide grants for the renovation, modernization, or construction of law enforcement facilities (see S. 1039), S5501 [14MY]

Libya: express that Libya should apologize for the welcome home ceremony held to celebrate the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (see S. Res. 253), S9132 [8SE]

LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (see S. 718), S6543 [11JN]

Medicaid: establish a chronic care improvement demonstration program for beneficiaries with severe mental illnesses (see S. 1136), S10487 [15OC]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S4445 [20AP]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S3657 [24MR]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see S. 973), S5503 [14MY]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 1201), S7557 [15JY]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 1066), S12708 [8DE]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see S. 1171), S8273 [29JY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 542), S2965 [10MR]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S13698 [21DE]

NAACP: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 3), S2230 [12FE]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 277), S3551 [19MR]

National Boating Day: observance (see S. Res. 199), S7073 [25JN]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S3897 [26MR]

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 285), S9840 [24SE]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see S. Res. 245), S8994 [6AU]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 317), S10635 [21OC] (see S. Res. 327), S10851 [28OC]

National Estuaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S8994 [6AU]

National Hispanic Media Week: designate (see S. Res. 325), S10777 [27OC]

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: designate (see S. Res. 269), S9436 [16SE]

National Learn and Serve Challenge: support goals (see S. Con. Res. 46), S10217 [7OC]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1672), S9734 [23SE]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 125), S5067 [4MY]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 144), S5372 [12MY]

Native Americans: compensate local educational agencies and governments for tax revenues lost when the Federal Government takes land into trust for an Indian tribe or individual Indian (see S. 1456), S9135 [8SE]

New York: designate certain counties as high-intensity drug trafficking areas (see S. 1075), S5614 [19MY]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute (see S. Res. 347), S11290 [9NO]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 448), S3610 [23MR]

NOAA: develop a research program that assists understanding of past, assesses present, and predicts future human-induced and natural processes of abrupt climate change (see S. 1667), S9326 [14SE]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 151), S5822 [21MY]

Nurses: expand the advanced practice registered nurse workforce (see S. 1569), S9931 [29SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 1580), S12619 [7DE]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (see S. 705), S6939 [23JN]

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (see S. 962), S6651 [16JN]

Patents: reform (see S. 515), S2691 [3MR]

Peace Corps: improve and expand (see S. 1382), S9734 [23SE]

Peace Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 274), S9555 [17SE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 752), S5556 [18MY]

Poverty: prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future (see S. 1608), S8992 [6AU]

Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets: support goals and objectives (see S. Con. Res. 23), S6652 [16JN]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see S. 593), S4964 [30AP]

———prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A (see S. 753), S4892 [29AP]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 799), S5821 [21MY]

Russell Senate Office Building: designate the Kennedy Caucus Room (see S. Res. 264), S9326 [14SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see S. 1215), S10062 [1OC]

Schools: improve automatic enrollment procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (see S. 1343), S9265 [10SE]

Science: provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities (see S. 583), S10701 [22OC]

SEC: strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (see S. 1073), S10435 [14OC]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S6939 [23JN]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see S. 473), S5328 [11MY]

Senior citizens: expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (see S. 245), S4445 [20AP]

———provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1685), S10778 [27OC]

Shipping industry: improve port and intermodal supply chain security (see S. 915), S4807 [28AP]

Smith, Bruce: Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (see S. Res. 26), S1432 [3FE]

Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see S. 958), S5014 [1MY]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 686), S9079 [7AU]

Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission: establish (see S. 518), S4807 [28AP]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see S. Res. 339), S12805 [9DE]

Tariff: aluminum lamp-holder housings containing sockets (see S. 2627), S10989 [2NO]

———brass lamp-holder housings containing sockets (see S. 2628), S10989 [2NO]

———electrical connectors (see S. 2632), S10989 [2NO]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 1542), S8683 [3AU]

———occupancy sensor switches (see S. 2634), S10989 [2NO]

———plastic base material spotlights and nightlights (see S. 2637), S10989 [2NO]

———plastic lamp-holder housing containing sockets (see S. 2630), S10989 [2NO]

———porcelain lamp-holder housings containing sockets (see S. 2629), S10989 [2NO]

———stage lights of aluminum (see S. 2636), S10989 [2NO]

———surge protective receptacles (see S. 2635), S10989 [2NO]

———tamper resistant ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles (see S. 2633), S10989 [2NO]

———time switches (see S. 2631), S10989 [2NO]

Taxation: allow a credit for installation of residential micro-combined heat and power property (see S. 993), S5281 [7MY]

———allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see S. 857), S4573 [22AP]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 1019), S9134 [8SE]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S7360 [10JY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 405), S7261 [8JY]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 864), S12909 [10DE]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see S. 1366), S11383 [16NO]

———allow the cost of labor for building envelope improvements to be included for purposes of the nonbusiness energy property tax credit (see S. 2829), S12322 [3DE]

———enhance administration of, and reduce fraud related to, the first-time homebuyer tax credit (see S. 1930), S10852 [28OC]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S8557 [30JY]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and modify credit period for producing electricity from open-loop biomass (see S. 870), S12008 [30NO]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see S. 1222), S6364 [9JN]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S7071 [25JN]

———extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (see S. 1678), S9841 [24SE]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 1203), S10701 [22OC]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see S. 210), S6720 [17JN]

———make permanent and expand the additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see S. 1268), S6650 [16JN]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S8135 [27JY]

———permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 1313), S12708 [8DE]

———provide a credit for property labeled under the EPA WaterSense program (see S. 1321), S6938 [23JN]

———provide an investment credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property (see S. 2755), S11290 [9NO]

———provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see S. 2794), S12805 [9DE]

———treat trees and vines producing fruit, nuts, or other crops as placed in service in the year in which it is planted for purposes of special allowance for depreciation (see S. 1461), S7639 [16JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S6650 [16JN]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 1192), S6186 [4JN]

Tiller, George: express condolences to family and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs (see S. Res. 187), S6720 [17JN]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (see S. 1147), S6032 [3JN]

Transportation: authorize and sanction programs for residential and commuter toll, user fee, and fare discounts by States, municipalities, other localities, as well as all related agencies and departments (see S. 2775), S11382 [16NO]

———ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 584), S12070 [1DE]

———require States and metropolitan planning organizations to develop transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans (see S. 575), S8197 [28JY]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see S. 1023), S6365 [9JN]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see S. 227), S1864 [6FE]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: express condolences to family of Stephen T. Johns, commend staff for response to shooting, and condemn acts of anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred (see S. Res. 184), S6543 [11JN]

U.S. Military Academy: Forbes (publication) America's Best College honoree (see S. Res. 331), S10991 [2NO]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S11206 [5NO]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see S. 1452), S7480 [14JY]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 1160), S8682 [3AU]

Voting: ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted (see S. 1415), S7700 [20JY]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S9841 [24SE]

Water pollution: remediate sediment contamination in areas of concern (see S. 933), S4963 [30AP]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see S. 938), S4963 [30AP]

Wilson, Ralph, Jr.: Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (see S. Res. 26), S1432 [3FE]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S3551 [19MR]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, provide performance standards for breast pumps, and provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding (see S. 1244), S6652 [16JN]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S3163 [17MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S10777 [27OC]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S4965 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afghanistan: commend the Five Million Afghan Women Campaign, ensure full participation of women in elections, and encourage U.S. support for women's awareness of governance and political participation (see S. Res. 251), S9078 [7AU]

Armed Forces: provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see S. 1169), S6030 [3JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for unveiling of a bust of Sojourner Truth (see S. Con. Res. 17), S4311 [2AP]

Census: require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate Dominican extraction or descent (see S. 1084), S5700 [20MY]

Chinese Student Protection Act: eliminate offset in per country numerical level (see S. 1182), S6185 [4JN]

Citizenship Day: support ideals and goals (see S. Res. 271), S9436 [16SE]

Climate: ensure any treaty or agreement made to address climate change protects intellectual property rights for clean energy and environmental technology (see S. Res. 379), S13383 [17DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: develop an effective sampling and testing program to test for E. coli in boneless beef manufacturing trimmings and other raw ground beef components (see S. 2792), S11492 [18NO]

———ensure safety of school meals by enhancing coordination with States and schools operating school meal programs in the case of recall of contaminated food (see S. 1693), S9653 [22SE]

———establish Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives (see S. 2880), S13190 [14DE]

———increase rate for certain payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program as an emergency measure (see S. 1330), S6938 [23JN] (see S. 1398), S7138 [6JY]

———index for inflation the rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see S. 1331), S6938 [23JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems (see S. 2900), S13383 [17DE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see S. 2809), S11883 [20NO]

Dept. of State: submit a report on improving cybersecurity (see S. 1438), S7359 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: acknowledge receipt of medical, disability, and pension claims and other communications submitted by veterans (see S. 1394), S7138 [6JY]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S10777 [27OC]

———study effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the U.S. and allied military operations in Vietnam (see S. 1940), S10777 [27OC]

Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see S. 1577), S8864 [5AU]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see S. 1545), S8557 [30JY]

———provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for emergency use (see S. 2817), S12008 [30NO]

Ecology and environment: establish a clean energy technology business competition grant program (see S. 1590), S8992 [6AU]

Education: strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see S. 1478), S7779 [21JY]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit States from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support (see S. 335), S894 [27JA]

FDA: study presence of contaminants and impurities in cosmetics and personal care products marketed to and used by children (see S. 925), S4891 [29AP]

Federal employees: require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see S. 1258), S6580 [15JN]

Ferraro, Geraldine A.: anniversary of candidacy to be Vice President (see S. Res. 216), S7639 [16JY]

Firearms: prevent gun trafficking (see S. 2878), S13033 [11DE]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see S. 1503), S7869 [22JY]

Hudson River: recognize quadricentennial celebration of discovery to honor, commemorate, and celebrate the historic ties of the U.S. and the Netherlands (see S. Res. 254), S9132 [8SE]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see S. Res. 278), S9589 [21SE]

Medicaid: provide incentives for increased use of HIV screening tests (see S. 1446), S7480 [14JY]

Motor vehicles: authorize States or political subdivisions thereof to regulate fuel economy and emissions standards for taxicabs (see S. 1741), S10061 [1OC]

National Healthy Schools Day: designate (see S. Res. 114), S4755 [27AP]

National School Lunch Act: expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent (see S. 1499), S7869 [22JY]

———improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care (see S. 2749), S11253 [6NO]

———prohibit schools that participate in the Federal school meal programs from serving foods that contain trans fats derived from partially hydrogenated oils (see S. 1500), S7869 [22JY]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see S. 1334), S6993 [24JN]

Power resources: provide for a refundable heating fuel tax credit and create a State grant program to provide loans to individuals to weatherize their homes (see S. 2894), S13319 [16DE]

SBA: establish Veterans Business Center program (see S. 2770), S11344 [10NO]

Sweeney, John: tribute (see S. Res. 266), S9371 [15SE]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for telecommuting equipment and expenses (see S. 1291), S6804 [18JN]

———encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2754), S11290 [9NO]

———expand the income tax deduction for dependent care to include part-time students for purposes of calculating earned income under the credit (see S. 1290), S6804 [18JN]

Veterans: provide individualized notice about available benefits and streamline application processes for the benefits (see S. 1109), S5700 [20MY]

Certificates of appointment

Senate, S866 [27JA]

Cloture motions

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (S. 146), S5887 [21MY]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3772 [25MR]

Groves, Robert M.: nomination to be Census Director, S7336 [10JY], S7402 [13JY]

Hamilton, David F.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11335 [10NO], S11421 [17NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S13376 [17DE]

Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10465 [15OC], S10614 [21OC]

Sunstein, Cass R.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S9096 [7AU], S9172 [9SE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S13376 [17DE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), motion to proceed, S6526 [11JN], S6628 [16JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10653 [21OC], S10771 [27OC]

Letters

U.N. Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip: Alec Brook-Krasny, New York State Assembly, S10957, S10958 [30OC]

Oaths of office

Senate, S866 [27JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S2091 [11FE], S3035 [12MR], S4603 [23AP], S4907 [30AP], S5249 [7MY], S5459 [14MY], S5767 [21MY], S6135 [4JN], S6481 [11JN], S6751 [18JN], S7025 [25JN], S7277 [9JY], S7583 [16JY], S7945 [23JY], S8501 [30JY], S8891 [6AU], S9489 [17SE], S9895 [29SE], S9993 [1OC], S10443 [15OC], S10869 [29OC], S12261 [3DE], S13344 [17DE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8727, S8728 [4AU]

Armed Forces: provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE, S8024 [23JY]

Brooklyn, NY: tribute to New York Harbor School for environmental teaching and activities, S4537 [22AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: unveiling of bust of Sojourner Truth in the Capitol rotunda, S4769 [28AP]

Collins, Eileen: National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee, S8268 [29JY]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3832 [26MR]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5096 [5MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5364 [12MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7591 [16JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: add New York to list of States combating infestation of trees with emerald ash borer, S8727, S8728 [4AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7591 [16JY], S7814 [22JY], S8024 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), S8024 [23JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7237 [8JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9808 [24SE]

Earth Day: observance, S4537 [22AP]

Economic Development Administration: funding, S11285 [9NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (S. 866), S4537 [22AP]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: require reporting agencies to provide free credit reports in certain languages other than English, S5364 [12MY]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit States from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support (S. 335), S5177 [6MY]

FDA: study presence of contaminants and impurities in cosmetics and personal care products marketed to and used by children (S. 925), S4910 [30AP]

FEMA: prohibit earmarking of grants for Emergency Operations Centers and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, S7237 [8JY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents, S7814 [22JY]

Forest Service: include New York in Northeastern States Research Cooperative funding, S9808 [24SE]

Health: eliminate copays and deductibles for preventive health services for women, S12027 [1DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9999 [1OC], S10264 [8OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12027 [1DE], S12609 [7DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11918, S11919 [21NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11315 [10NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S11315 [10NO], S12609 [7DE]

Housing: protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property, S5096 [5MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S11285 [9NO]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8792 [5AU]

U.N.: Russian endorsement of Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip, S10957 [30OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S8792 [5AU]

Texts of

S. 1334, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, S6995-S7006 [24JN]

Tributes

McHugh, Representative, S8861 [5AU]

Roosevelt, Eleanor, S4769 [28AP]

Wambach, Abby, S8268 [29JY]