LINCOLN, BLANCHE L. (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1470 [3FE], S1558, S1564, S1589, S1591, S1595 [4FE], S1738, S1745 [5FE], S1835, S1865, S1868 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5676, S5740 [20MY], S5822 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4097, S4099 [31MR], S4121, S4122, S4174, S4211, S4212, S4219, S4222, S4224 [1AP], S4254, S4271, S4275, S4314 [2AP]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5475, S5535 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7419, S7425 [13JY], S7492, S7493, S7502, S7503 [14JY], S7558, S7559, S7563, S7564, S7565 [15JY], S7642 [16JY], S7710 [20JY], S7781, S7795, S7800, S7803 [21JY], S7932 [22JY], S7999, S8041 [23JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7303, S7331 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4701 [23AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12167, S12258 [2DE], S12278 [3DE], S12397, S12425, S12429 [4DE], S12639 [7DE], S12717, S12726 [8DE], S12805, S12806, S12820 [9DE], S13384, S13397 [17DE]

Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), S10524 [19OC], S10647 [21OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10325 [8OC], S10375 [13OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12167, S12258 [2DE], S12278 [3DE], S12397, S12425, S12429 [4DE], S12639 [7DE], S12717, S12726 [8DE], S12805, S12806, S12820 [9DE], S13384, S13397 [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), S6898 [22JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10992 [2NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see S. Con. Res. 26), S6652 [16JN]

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

American Legion Day: designate (see S. Res. 260), S9264 [10SE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see S. 1326), S10362 [13OC]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see S. 2743), S11205 [5NO]

———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), S5372 [12MY]

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

———give wounded reservists the option of remaining on active duty during the transition process to continue to receive military pay and allow such members to live at home during transition (see S. 944), S7140 [6JY]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S5066 [4MY]

———improve and enhance operation and improve mobilization and demobilization processes of Reserve components (see S. 262), S4172 [1AP]

———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. 644), S3550 [19MR] (see S. 831), S4445 [20AP]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 572), S3025 [11MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S8272 [29JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S7556 [15JY]

———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), S5282 [7MY]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see S. 711), S5615 [19MY]

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]

Borlaug, Norman E.: tribute (see S. Res. 272), S9436 [16SE] (see S. Res. 273), S9555 [17SE]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see S. Res. 112), S4670 [23AP]

Bread for the World (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 157), S5820 [21MY]

Business and industry: address reimbursement of certain costs to automobile dealers (see S. 1253), S7482 [14JY]

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see S. 259), S7139 [6JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families (see S. 1000), S5281 [7MY]

Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see S. 986), S5232 [6MY]

———expand early childhood home visitation programs that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays (see S. 244), S8135 [27JY]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S5233 [6MY]

Computers: promote Internet safety education and cybercrime prevention initiatives (see S. 1047), S9265 [10SE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 738), S7556 [15JY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Encore Service programs, Encore Fellowship programs, and Silver Scholarship programs (see S. 467), S4312 [2AP]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (see S. 464), S2423 [24FE]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see S. 1089), S5700 [20MY]

———lift travel restrictions (see S. 428), S4964 [30AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (see S. 972), S8766 [4AU]

———provide emergency disaster assistance to certain agricultural producers that suffered losses (see S. 2810), S11883 [20NO]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1345), S6993 [24JN]

———establish Secondary School Innovation Fund (see S. 968), S6453 [10JN]

———establish Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee (see S. 1137), S5819 [21MY]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 1362), S9134 [8SE]

———provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active duty servicemembers regardless of disbursement date (see S. 1775), S12619 [7DE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see S. 1151), S10521 [19OC]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see S. 456), S8197 [28JY]

———establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see S. 682), S5066 [4MY]

———establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program and a Nurse and Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program (see S. 1161), S5943 [2JN]

———provide for acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities (see S. 1002), S5281 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice: 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), S8558 [30JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow discretion to not impose a penalty for failure to disclose reportable transactions when there is reasonable cause for such failure and to modify such penalty (see S. 765), S8558 [30JY]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (see S. 1243), S6542 [11JN]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S. 64), S41 [6JA]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (see S. 1113), S8865 [5AU]

———reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program (see S. 1156), S9079 [7AU]

———require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see S. 1266), S6581 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S12619 [7DE]

———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), S3550 [19MR]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 597), S3113 [16MR]

———furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see S. 1518), S12619 [7DE]

———include certain active duty service in the Reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 1668), S10436 [14OC]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S2691 [3MR]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 535), S2828 [5MR]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see S. 1204), S9187 [9SE]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S9133 [8SE]

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. 181), S211 [8JA]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S8040 [23JY]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S5701 [20MY]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S7556 [15JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program (see S. 1052), S5556 [18MY]

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

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see S. 1309), S6845 [19JN]

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

FDIC: increase borrowing authority (see S. 541), S4807 [28AP]

Financial literacy: provide for financial literacy education (see S. 1339), S9187 [9SE]

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

Firearms: preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas (see S. 816), S4311 [2AP]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see S. 604), S7556 [15JY]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities (see S. 513), S2828 [5MR]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S2365 [23FE]

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

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: 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), S5128 [5MY]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see S. 468), S3610 [23MR]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see S. 726), S7869 [22JY]

Health care facilities: expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers (see S. 631), S3368 [18MR]

Housing: protect property and security of homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings (see S. 117), S42 [6JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1652), S9188 [9SE]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S5503 [14MY]

Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (see S. Res. 10), S212 [8JA]

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), S6806 [18JN]

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

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 654), S3785 [25MR]

———establish programs to improve the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care (see S. 225), S337 [13JA]

———improve and protect rehabilitative and case management services to improve the health and welfare of the most vulnerable seniors and children (see S. 1217), S6364 [9JN]

Medicare: cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care (see S. 1295), S6804 [18JN]

———ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see S. 1221), S6453 [10JN]

———establish a Care Transitions Program to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (see S. 1009), S6805 [18JN]

———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see S. 935), S6994 [24JN]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 700), S6365 [9JN]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 1066), S6721 [17JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S6453 [10JN]

———provide a five-year payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area (see S. 1123), S5819 [21MY]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see S. 565), S6543 [11JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S40 [6JA]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see S. 1171), S8558 [30JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 534), S4312 [2AP]

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

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S4445 [20AP]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7482 [14JY]

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 Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 235), S8681 [3AU]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 277), S652 [16JA]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S7556 [15JY]

National FFA Organization: anniversary of membership of women (see S. Res. 319), S10635 [21OC]

———mint coins in commemoration of founding (see S. 1553), S11291 [9NO]

National Guard: authorize availability of appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities (see S. 775), S7556 [15JY]

———empower, enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response (see S. 1361), S9134 [8SE]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 229), S8272 [29JY]

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 380), S13458 [18DE] (see S. Res. 383), S13698 [21DE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 308), S10217 [7OC]

National School Lunch Act: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families (see S. 990), S6257 [8JN]

National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see S. Res. 340), S11205 [5NO]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve certain amendments (see S. 1581), S8864 [5AU]

Pell, Claiborne: tribute (see S. Res. 8), S43 [6JA]

Pensions: suspend minimum distribution requirements for certain retirement plans (see S. 157), S43 [6JA]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 525), S7481 (see S. 1232), S7482 [14JY]

Poverty: prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future (see S. 1608), S10488 [15OC]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 1611), S13191 [14DE]

Rural areas: provide infrastructure, nutrition, and housing assistance (see S. 323), S826 [26JA]

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

School Social Work Week: designate (see S. Res. 58), S2558 [26FE]

Securities: clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see S. 1389), S10362 [13OC]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see S. 473), S2473 [25FE]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 795), S4310 [2AP]

———expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (see S. 245), S388 [14JA]

———promote labor force participation of older Americans to increase retirement security, reduce shortage of experienced workers, maintain economic growth, and improve nation's fiscal outlook (see S. 502), S2592 [27FE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S2474 [25FE]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S4311 [2AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 491), S11382 [16NO]

———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see S. 702), S3785 [25MR]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 864), S4573 [22AP]

———expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property (see S. 158), S43 [6JA]

———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (see S. 2748), S11253 [6NO]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 1203), S6255 [8JN]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (see S. 651), S3550 [19MR]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S6939 [23JN]

———modify the penalties for failure to disclose certain reportable transactions and for submitting a bad check to the IRS, and modify certain rules relative to Federal vendors (see S. 2917), S13786 [22DE]

———permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 1313), S6887 [22JN]

———provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see S. 2794), S12323 [3DE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S4891 [29AP]

———repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity bond interest (see S. 138), S43 [6JA]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S3368 [18MR]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (see S. 155), S43 [6JA]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S5065 [4MY]

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]

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), S6543 [11JN]

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]

Veterans: carry out a pilot program on training, certification, and support of family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and Armed Forces members (see S. 543), S10777 [27OC]

———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. 546), S2965 [10MR]

———improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see S. 658), S4808 [28AP]

———improve lives of veterans and their families and provide them with the opportunity to achieve the American dream (see S. 402), S2079 [10FE]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 407), S3369 [18MR]

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), S7641 [16JY]

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

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S2229 [12FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: modify the basis utilized for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (see S. 1072), S5614 [19MY]

———provide for enhanced reimbursement of National Guard and Reserve members for certain travel expenses (see S. 1558), S8681 [3AU]

———require provision of medical and dental readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need (see S. 1106), S5700 [20MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol (see S. Res. 53), S2423 [24FE]

———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), S5820 [21MY]

Children and youth: examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 2837), S12413 [4DE]

Dept. of Defense: modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. 645), S3550 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: award grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs (see S. 2785), S11430 [17NO]

———establish a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs (see S. 1281), S6720 [17JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see S. 1780), S10434 [14OC]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 226), S8272 [29JY]

Hunting and trapping: commend hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief organizations, and certain State agencies for programs that provide game meat to feed the hungry (see S. Res. 374), S13190 [14DE]

Little Rock, AR: condemn murder of William A. (Andy) Long and wounding of Quinton Ezeagwula, who were shot outside the Army Navy Career Center and offer condolences to the family of William A. (Andy) Long (see S. Res. 186), S6650 [16JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 14), S3986 [30MR]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 950), S4963 [30AP]

———cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 671), S3609 [23MR]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see S. 769), S4172 [1AP]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management and coordination services (see S. 1004), S5281 [7MY]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see S. 343), S1057 [29JA]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S598 [15JA]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 947), S4963 [30AP]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 538), S2828 [5MR]

National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 59), S2592 [27FE]

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 36), S8135 [27JY] (see S. Res. 239), S8765 [4AU]

National School Lunch Act: improve purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use in school meal programs (see S. 1650), S9132 [8SE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S7261 [8JY] (see S. Res. 351), S11344 [10NO]

National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 296), S9982 [30SE]

Public welfare programs: ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (see S. 410), S2144 [11FE]

Social Security: apply a consistent premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner, provide economic recovery payments to recipients, and assess need for a consumer price index for elderly consumers (see S. 2926), S13883 [23DE]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 427), S2229 [12FE]

Tariff: crotonaldehyde (see S. 2013), S10851 [28OC]

———triacetonamine (see S. 2012), S10851 [28OC]

Taxation: allow employers a credit against income tax for costs of providing technical training for employees (see S. 1045), S5501 [14MY]

———conform definitions of qualifying expenses for purposes of education tax benefits (see S. 1120), S5819 [21MY]

———eliminate reduction in credit rate for certain facilities producing electricity from renewable resources (see S. 1030), S5435 [13MY]

———establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts (see S. 985), S5232 [6MY]

———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), S4574 [22AP]

———expand rehabilitation credit (see S. 1743), S10061 [1OC]

———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), S2423 [24FE]

———extend the excise tax provisions and income tax credit for biodiesel (see S. 1046), S5501 [14MY]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 1612), S8993 [6AU]

———increase limitation on capital losses (see S. 978), S5128 [5MY]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 316), S826 [26JA]

———provide an enhanced credit for research and development by companies that manufacture products in the U.S. (see S. 1021), S5371 [12MY]

———provide income tax relief for families (see S. 997), S5281 [7MY]

———provide taxpayer notification of suspected identity theft (see S. 1119), S5819 [21MY]

———reset the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit and repeal the sunset for certain prior modifications made to the credit (see S. 26), S169 [7JA]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 825), S4311 [2AP]

———S corporation reform (see S. 996), S5281 [7MY]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 2106), S10916 [29OC]

Veterans: increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses (see S. 1118), S5819 [21MY]

Cloture motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8619 [31JY], S8661 [3AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1906 [7FE], S2024 [9FE]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), motion to proceed, S3577 [19MR], S3600 [23MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7861 [22JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7253 [8JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9365 [15SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6171 [4JN], S6244 [8JN], S6412 [10JN]

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

Koh, Harold H.: nomination to be Dept. of State Legal Adviser, S6881 [22JN], S6964 [24JN]

Solis, Representative: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S2347 [13FE]

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]

Letters

Allow temporary waiver of State interest rate limit: Arkansas congressional delegation, S6778 [18JN]

———Mike Beebe, Governor of Arkansas, S6777 [18JN]

———Toby Rittner, Council of Development Finance Agencies, S6778 [18JN]

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S8912 [6AU]

Lists

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Senate) subcommittee memberships, S13315 [16DE]

Privilege of the floor

Kalasanas, Susan, S7506 [14JY]

Remarks

Aerojet-General Corp.: tribute to Camden, AR, production facility employees, S10696 [22OC]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3134 [17MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1800 [6FE], S1899 [7FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S6635 [16JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5676 [20MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, S6777 [18JN]

Arkansas: anniversary of State universities, S4059 [31MR]

———improve access, quality, and affordability of health care for State residents, S4626 [23AP]

———tribute to Army National Guard Co. C, 153d Infantry, S6540 [11JN]

Armed Forces: ensure Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance benefits for National Guard and Reserve members keep pace with national average cost of tuition, S4121 [1AP]

———ensure Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance benefits for Selected Reserve members keep pace with national average cost of tuition, S7596 [16JY]

———grant full veteran status to Reserve members with certain amount of military service, S7597 [16JY]

———modify the basis utilized for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (S. 1072), S5781 [21MY]

———provide for enhanced reimbursement of National Guard and Reserve members for certain travel expenses, S7597 [16JY]

———require provision of medical and dental readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need, S7596 [16JY]

———require provision of medical and dental readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need (S. 1106), S5781 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4121, S4122 [1AP], S4275 [2AP]

Business and industry: limit corporate income tax deduction for health insurance company executive salaries to same amount as salary of the President of the U.S., S12477, S12478 [5DE], S12540 [6DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol (S. Res. 53), S2547 [26FE], S7456 [14JY]

Children and youth: child welfare programs funding, S4122 [1AP]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5475 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7596 [16JY], S7999 [23JY]

———modify percentage share of State costs incurred under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, S7999 [23JY]

———modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, S7597 [16JY]

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 (S. 181), S748 [22JA]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), motion to proceed, S5988 [3JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: allow temporary waiver of State interest rate limit, S5475 [14MY], S6777 [18JN]

———amend relative to the extension of certain limitations, S5676 [20MY]

Forests: timber manufacturing industry aid funding, S1800 [6FE]

Health: 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, S12994 [11DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4626 [23AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12292 [3DE], S12477, S12478 [5DE], S12540 [6DE], S12994 [11DE], S13778 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12292 [3DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11932 [21NO]

Little Rock, AR: condemn murder of William A. (Andy) Long and wounding of Quinton Ezeagwula, who were shot outside the Army Navy Career Center and offer condolences to the family of William A. (Andy) Long (S. Res. 186), S6665 [16JN]

Medicaid: pharmacy reimbursement rate for certain generic drugs, S13778 [22DE]

Medicare: eliminate funding cuts, S12292 [3DE]

———prohibit reduction of guaranteed benefits and apply any savings to extend solvency of trust funds, reduce premiums, improve or expand guaranteed benefits, and protect access to providers, S12292 [3DE]

Memorial Day: observance, S5781 [21MY]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (S. 538), S2836 [5MR]

Rural areas: home health agencies funding, S1800 [6FE]

Senate Rules: ensure amendments containing congressionally directed spending items, and limited tax or tariff benefit and not originally included in legislation comply with certain standing rules, S6536 [11JN]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, S12994 [11DE]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S1021 [29JA]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8911, S8912 [6AU]

Taxation: eliminate reduction in credit rate for certain facilities producing electricity from renewable resources (S. 1030), S5440 [13MY]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax relief, S4275 [2AP]

———extend and modify the first-time homebuyer credit, S11201 [5NO]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Government, S3134 [17MR]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (S. 316), S834 [26JA]

———provide income tax relief for families (S. 997), S5283 [7MY]

———reset the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit and repeal the sunset for certain prior modifications made to the credit (S. 26), S173 [7JA]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S11201 [5NO]

Veterans: increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses (S. 1118), S5781 [21MY]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (S. 614), S8131 [27JY]

Reports

Proposed Amendment to Arkansas State Constitution Relative to State Interest Rate Limit Removal, S6778-S6782 [18JN]

Reports filed

Commend Hunters, Sportsmen's Associations, Meat Processors, Hunger Relief Organizations, and State Agencies for Programs That Provide Game Meat To Feed the Hungry: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. Res. 374), S13319 [16DE]

Help To Access Land for the Education of Scouts (HALE Scouts) Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (H.R. 310), S13319 [16DE]

Nomination of Jill Long Thompson to the Farm Credit Administration Board: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S13319 [16DE]

Terminate Certain Dept. of Agriculture Easements Held on Land Owned by Caseyville, IL, and Associated Contractual Arrangements With the Village: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (H.R. 511), S13319 [16DE]

Texts of

S. 538, Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act, S2836-S2838 [5MR]

Tributes

Granger, Elder, S4569 [22AP]

Lasswell, Alva (Red), S3160 [17MR]

Rhea, Laura, S10483 [15OC]

Sherwood, Terry, S12704 [8DE]

Westbrook, Parker, S10483 [15OC]