SHELBY, RICHARD C. (a Senator from Alabama)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1583, S1584 [4FE], S1713 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5642 [19MY], S5741 [20MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4210, S4223 [1AP], S4250, S4277 [2AP]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4984 [30AP], S5117, S5130 [5MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5333 [11MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10032, S10070 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7270 [8JY]

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), S4615, S4701 [23AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9655 [22SE], S9752, S9753 [23SE], S9773 [24SE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S316 [12JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9333 [14SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10114 [5OC], S10280 [8OC], S11223 [5NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S5804 [21MY]

———H.R. 2847, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, S11186 [5NO]

———H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S7312 [9JY]

———H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8263 [29JY]

———H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9541 [17SE]

———H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S10159 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), S6938 [23JN]

Appalachian Development Highway System: complete construction (see S. 1534), S8271 [29JY]

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

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S7360 [10JY]

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]

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

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 1179), S6185 [4JN]

Defense Production Act: reauthorize (see S. 1677), S9436 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense: provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program (see S. 559), S4756 [27AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from funding Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see S. 1710), S9840 [24SE]

Diseases: provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S6257 [8JN]

English language: declare as national language of U.S. (see S. 992), S5232 [6MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 15), S5503 [14MY]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (see S. 1687), S9555 [17SE]

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

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

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]

Keller, Helen: provide for acceptance of a statue presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 41), S9733 [23SE] (see S. Con. Res. 42), S10061 [1OC]

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

Law enforcement: increase the number of Federal law enforcement officials investigating and prosecuting financial fraud (see S. 331), S894 [27JA]

Monuments and memorials: require congressional approval and provide restrictions on the use of national monuments (see S. 472), S2473 [25FE]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 478), S2473 [25FE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 277), S9589 [21SE]

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

Power resources: establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see S. 570), S3025 [11MR]

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

Social Security: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 1674), S9371 [15SE]

Taxation: 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), S3114 [16MR]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates (see S. 567), S3025 [11MR]

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: 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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2892), S13319 [16DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 20), S10061 [1OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct U.S. representatives to the IMF and World Bank to condition loans to Antigua and Barbuda on cooperation with efforts to provide redress to Stanford Financial Group fraud victims (see S. Res. 362), S12008 [30NO]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (see S. Res. 183), S6543 [11JN]

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

Taxation: repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (see S. 932), S4963 [30AP]

Letters

Dept. of Justice legal opinions on CIA interrogation techniques: by, S5597 [19MY]

Disclosure of congressionally directed spending items in H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations: by, S9770 [24SE]

Lists

Economists who believe Government spending does not improve economic performance, S2291 [13FE]

Remarks

Air Force: assessment of contracting system used to award the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, S10279 [8OC]

Alabama: express condolences to victims and those affected by shootings, S3010 [11MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2291, S2292 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5597, S5598 [19MY]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): registration as a national partner in assisting in the decennial census, S7398 [13JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4250 [2AP]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5174 [6MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5350 [12MY], S5466 [14MY], S5570 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10032 [1OC]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S., S5597 [19MY]

———require reports on certain elements of ballistic missile defense system, S10032 [1OC]

Dept. of Justice: potential criminal investigation of U.S. officials associated with CIA use of certain interrogation techniques, S5597, S5598 [19MY]

———provide danger pay to certain Federal agents stationed in certain foreign field offices, S10280 [8OC]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding through reductions in corporate welfare programs funding, S11171 [5NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S573 [15JA]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), S8955 [6AU]

FRS: require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities, S4250 [2AP]

Groves, Robert M.: nomination to be Census Director, S7398 [13JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13214 [15DE]

Housing: protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property, S5174 [6MY]

International Fertilizer Development Center: anniversary, S10316 [8OC]

Ogden, David W.: impact of position on certain pornography cases as a private attorney on suitability to be Deputy Attorney General, S3009 [11MR]

———nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S3009 [11MR]

Point of order, S5423 [13MY]

Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee: release of report relative to future of manned space flight program, S10614 [21OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10104 [5OC], S10280 [8OC], S11171 [5NO]

Tributes

Fuller, Millard, S2826 [5MR]

Garrett, John A., S5064 [4MY]

McCorkle, William, S11381 [16NO]

Pelham, Pierre, S13249 [15DE]

Smith, Joel P., Sr., S8862 [5AU]

Stewart, Lewis M., S8033 [23JY]

Utsey, William L., S8033 [23JY]