AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1), S1128 [30JA], S1277, S1278, S1279 [2FE], S1374, S1387, S1403, S1405, S1406, S1408, S1421, S1422, S1442, S1443, S1444, S1445, S1446, S1447, S1448, S1449, S1450, S1451, S1452, S1453, S1455, S1456, S1458, S1459, S1460, S1461, S1462, S1463, S1464, S1465, S1466, S1470, S1471 [3FE], S1482, S1484, S1485, S1486, S1491, S1494, S1498, S1499, S1500, S1501, S1518, S1520, S1528, S1530, S1536, S1537, S1538, S1554, S1555, S1556, S1557, S1558, S1559, S1560, S1561, S1562, S1563, S1564, S1565, S1574, S1575, S1576, S1577, S1578, S1579, S1580, S1582, S1583, S1584, S1585, S1586, S1587, S1588, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1592, S1593, S1594, S1595, S1596, S1597, S1598, S1599, S1600, S1601, S1609, S1610, S1611, S1612 [4FE], S1656, S1660, S1663, S1664, S1665, S1666, S1667, S1669, S1692, S1707, S1708, S1709, S1710, S1712, S1713, S1714, S1715, S1716, S1717, S1718, S1736, S1737, S1738, S1739, S1740, S1741, S1742, S1743, S1744, S1745, S1746, S1747, S1748, S1749, S1750, S1751, S1752, S1753, S1755, S1756, S1758, S1759, S1760, S1762, S1764, S1765, S1766, S1767, S1768, S1770, S1771 [5FE], S1808, S1817, S1819, S1822, S1826, S1827, S1829, S1833, S1835, S1850, S1856, S1867, S1868, S1870, S1871, S1872, S1875, S1876, S1877, S1878, S1879, S1880, S1881, S1882, S1883 [6FE], S1907 [7FE], S2029 [9FE], S2084 [10FE], H527 [26JA], H603 [27JA], H711, H713, H717, H720, H721, H723, H724, H731, H732 [28JA]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 168), H1535 [13FE]

Analyses

Provisions (H.R. 1): Conference Report, H1538-H1553 [13FE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1, provisions, S2069 [10FE], H1103 [10FE]

Articles and editorials

AIG and ``Political Risk'', S3586 [23MR]

Analysis—Stimulus Won't Jump-Start Economy, H1583 [13FE]

Butler—Congress Needs Cover To Reform Entitlements, H1578 [13FE]

Cabinet Chiefs Play the Heavies, S9067 [7AU]

CBO Predicts Lower GDP in a Decade, H1583 [13FE]

Centro Plans Fare Hike, Service Cuts, H719 [28JA]

Despite Pledges, Package Has Some Pork, H1582 [13FE]

Does the Stimulus Package Really Include $300,000 for a Sculpture Garden?, H632 [28JA]

$800 Billion Mistake, S1994 [9FE]

40-Year Wish List, S1113 [30JA]

If We Buy American, No One Else Will, S1529 [4FE]

Let's Stimulate Private Risk Taking, S1827 [6FE]

Low-Interest Mortgages Are the Answer—Stop the Decline in Home Prices, Stop the Crisis, S1112 [30JA]

New Housing Tax Credit Prompts Rise in Buying, S1476 [4FE]

Return of Economic Nationalism, S2261 [13FE]

Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan, H1137 [10FE]

Senate Balks, S1785 [6FE]

Senators, Bring Sense to Stimulus, S1270 [2FE]

Senators Should Just Start Over in Fixing Fiscal Mess, S1507 [4FE]

Smokies Stimulus—Let the Good Work Begin, H8308 [17JY]

Taxpayers' Bill Leaps by Trillions, S1112 [30JA]

TSA Employees Give Management Low Marks, H731 [28JA]

Wanted—Personal Economic Trainers—Apply at Capitol, S1790 [6FE]

Washington Gone Wild, S3586 [23MR]

What Part of 'Stimulus' Don't They Get?, H2605 [24FE]

Why Permanent Tax Cuts Are the Best Stimulus, S1391 [3FE]

Why ``Stimulus'' Will Mean Inflation, S1785 [6FE]

Your E-Health Records, S1427 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see S. 1318), S6888 [22JN]

———require funding to help recipients of economic stimulus funds to defray the costs of data collection requirements initiated by provision of such funds (see H.R. 1911), H4520 [2AP]

———rescind a portion of stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 3504), H9278 [31JY]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 2842), H6618 [11JN]

———rescind stimulus funds rejected by State and local governments and return them to the Treasury for debt reduction (see S. 1323), S6938 [23JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize drought assistance for projects and activities that will help alleviate unemployment and diminished agricultural production in California (see H.R. 4225), H13627 (see H.R. 4225), H14371 [8DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3597), H9729 [17SE] (see H.R. 3810), H11383 [14OC]

———repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1582), H3640 [18MR] (see H.R. 1673), H3748 [23MR]

Economy: establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (see H.R. 1472), H3400 [12MR]

———extend program for economic recovery payments (see H.R. 3691), H10455 [1OC]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (see S. 1064), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2182), H4999 [29AP]

———rescind unobligated appropriations and repeal certain provisions (see H.R. 3140), H7945 [9JY]

Enact (see S. 1), S39 [6JA] (see S. 336), S894 [27JA] (see S. 350), S1057 [29JA] (see H.R. 1, 679), H525 [26JA]

Enact (H.R. 1): consideration (see H. Res. 88), H525 [26JA] (see H. Res. 92), H600 [27JA]

———consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 168), H1517 [12FE]

———consideration of conference report, same-day consideration (see H. Res. 158), H1246 [11FE]

Government: require the Recovery.gov website to be updated and modified to facilitate timely distribution of economic stimulus funds (see S. 800), S4310 [2AP]

Highway Trust Fund: appropriate unobligated balances of funds (see H.R. 2942), H7022 [18JN]

Housing: clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see S. 1326), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 2995), H7144 [23JN]

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S11118 [4NO]

———extend maximum continuation coverage period for individuals involuntarily terminated and eligibility period and maximum assistance period for premium assistance under COBRA (see H.R. 3930), H11790 [26OC]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 3966), H12140 [29OC]

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 4263), H14742 [10DE]

———provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (see S. 2833), S12322 [3DE] (see H.R. 4260), H14742 [10DE]

Medicare: eliminate phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see H.R. 3831), H11457 [15OC]

National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment: establish (see H.R. 4219), H13627 (see H.R. 4219), H14370 [8DE]

Political campaigns: limit distribution of funds to political consultants or for campaign-related work (see H.R. 4365), H15500 [16DE]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (see S. 2899), S13382 [17DE]

SBA: repeal the America's Recovery Capital Loan Program (see S. 2777), S11382 [16NO]

Taxation: allow specified energy property grants to real estate investment trusts without regard to the ratable share income limitations (see H.R. 4256), H14445 [9DE]

———extend program to provide grants for specified energy property in lieu of tax credits (see H.R. 3136), H7836 [8JY]

———extend the making work pay credit (see H.R. 3118), H7740 [7JY]

———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]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance (see H.R. 1572), H3526 [17MR]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 1), S1906 [7FE], S2024 [9FE]

Commentaries

Provisions (H.R. 1): Committee on Education and Labor (House) Republican Members, H637 [28JA]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) Republican Members, H638 [28JA]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 1), H1307-H1516 [12FE]

Descriptions

Provisions (H.R. 1): Baucus-Grassley Amendment on Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S2052-S2063 [10FE]

Excerpts

Letters from world leaders opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, provisions, S1529 [4FE]

Factsheets

Historically Black Colleges and Universities and United Negro College Fund Continue To Rise To Meet These Challenges Although Their Federal Funding Is Disproportionately Low, Relative to Other Institutions of Higher Education, H641 [28JA]

Historically Black Colleges and Universities as Well as United Negro College Fund Serve a Predominantly Low-Income, Minority Student Population, H640 [28JA]

Letters

Colleges and universities infrastructure repair and renovation projects funding: Molly Corbett Broad, American Council on Education, S1777 [6FE]

FDIC borrowing authority: Ben S. Bernanke, FRS, S1791 [6FE]

———Sheila C. Bair, FDIC, S1791 [6FE]

———Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S1791 [6FE]

FDIC foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program: Sheila C. Bair, FDIC, S1811 [6FE]

Provisions: Alan Reuther, UAW, S2209 [12FE]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S1515-S1517 [4FE], S2180, S2181 [12FE]

———John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, H622 [28JA]

———John J. Castellani, Business Roundtable (organization), H623 [28JA]

———Peter R. Orszag, OMB, S1394 [3FE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2023 [9FE]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1585 [13FE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1584 [13FE]

Rebuttal to report on economic stimulus projects relative to characterization of Talking Water Gardens wastewater treatment and water reuse project: Sharon Konopa, Mayor of Albany, OR, E3044 [17DE]

Reimburse utilities when infrastucture enhancement projects require the relocation of existing utility infrastructure: Representatives Shuster and Corrine Brown, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E335 [24FE]

Require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid: Edward Kleinbard, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S1478 [4FE]

Research and development tax credit extension: several research and technology organizations, S2303 [13FE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program improvement and extension: Christopher Chafe, Change To Win (organization), S2208 [12FE]

———several companies and associations, S2208 [12FE]

Transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding: Americans for Transportation Mobility (organization), S1381 [3FE]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, S1381 [3FE]

Lists

Companies and organizations opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, provisions, S1529 [4FE]

Companies in California eliminating jobs, S1892 [7FE]

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

Non-stimulus provisions in H.R. 1, provisions, S1777 [6FE]

Organizations supporting comparative effectiveness research provisions in H.R. 1, provisions, H1571 [13FE]

Organizations supporting expeditious environmental and judicial review of projects subject to the National Environmental Policy Act, S1665 [5FE]

Questionable stimulative provisions in conference report to H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2260 [13FE]

Quotes from reports and news sources opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, provisions, S1529 [4FE]

Quotes from world leaders opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, provisions, S1529 [4FE]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 1), S1382, S1400, S1420 [3FE], S1524, S1525, S1526, S1527, S1528 [4FE], S1659, S1662, S1664 [5FE], S1853, S1856 [6FE], S2069 [10FE], H746 [28JA], H1090, H1096 [10FE]

———conference report, H1586 [13FE]

Proposals

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Tiahrt's amendment on signage for a project using stimulus funds, H8592 [23JY]

Remarks in House

Amtrak: funding, H721-H723 [28JA], E196 [4FE]

Appropriations: eliminate discretionary spending from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H720 [28JA]

———eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, H3059 [6MR]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds, H9809 [23SE], H11520 [21OC]

———require recipients of stimulus funds to disclose use of money, H615 [28JA]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6594 [11JN]

Budget: deficit, H562 [27JA], H607 [28JA], H1596 [13FE], H1610 [23FE], H11763 [26OC]

Business and industry: encourage public-private partnerships to create jobs, H1222-H1227 [11FE]

Colleges and universities: historically Black colleges and universities funding, H640 [28JA]

———remove prohibition on modernization and construction funding for community colleges that received funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H9635, H9636 [16SE]

Conference report: require to be available in an electronic form for at least 48 hours prior to approval, H1096-H1102 [10FE], H1253, H1257-H1260 [12FE], H1524, H1525, H1534, H1536, H1538 [13FE], H2817 [25FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H14886 [15DE]

———evaluation of economic policies, H9413 [10SE]

Dallas, TX: use of economic stimulus funds to promote health care, infrastructure rehabilitation, and education projects, H4528 [21AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H750 [28JA], H4722 [23AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H536 [27JA], H634 [28JA]

Dept. of Commerce: prohibit funding for certain Economic Development Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and NIST programs, H6942, H6943 [17JN]

Dept. of Defense: advanced research and development programs on fuel cells and batteries, alternative fuels, hybrid energy sources, improved engines, and bio-fuels funding, H639 [28JA]

———facilities rehabilitation, repair, and maintenance funding, H639 [28JA]

Dept. of Energy: provide grants for new technologies that conserve energy, H713 [28JA]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty, H1561 [13FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of uniforms and other textile apparel unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced, H723, H724 [28JA]

———reduce certain programs funding by amount appropriated in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H7207, H7208 [24JN]

Dept. of Justice: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funding, H1575, H1589 [13FE], E317 [24FE]

Dept. of Labor: Women Apprenticeship in Nontraditional Occupations grants funding, H570 [27JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to provide low-interest loans to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure, H14677 [10DE]

———extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (H.R. 3810), H11357 [14OC]

———repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1673), H4293 [1AP]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, H3812 [24MR]

District of Columbia: Whitman-Walker Clinic funding, E204 [4FE]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H2915 [3MR], H3043 [5MR], H3323 [11MR]

———establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (H.R. 1472), H3341 [12MR]

———impact of stimulus funding, H6977 [18JN], H8802 [24JY], H8876, H8883, H8884, H8890, H8891, H8893 [28JY], H9043 [29JY], H10001 [29SE], H10436 [1OC], H11270 [13OC], H11586 [22OC], H11716 [23OC]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation, H8307 [17JY], H8413, H8422, H8423, H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8432, H8433, H8434, H8435, H8436, H8437, H8439, H8443, H8444, H8445, H8471 [21JY], H8497 [22JY], H8615, H8616 [23JY], H8885, H8886, H8887, H8888, H8890, H8896, H8898, H8899 [28JY], H8965, H9038 [29JY], H9061 [30JY], H9248 [31JY], H9498 [15SE], H9978 [25SE], H10129 [30SE], H10436 [1OC], H10462, H10488 [6OC], H11084 [7OC], H11303, H11305 [14OC], H11728, H11729, H11730 [23OC], H11799, H11802, H11811 [27OC], H12462, H12467 [6NO], H13011, H13013 [17NO], H13088 [18NO], H13323 [19NO], H13389, H13391, H13447-H13453 [2DE], H13496-H13498, H13504-H13511, H13512 [3DE], H13523 [7DE], H14378 [9DE], H14884, H14885, H14961, H14966, H14972 [15DE]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation relative to surface transportation, H8888 [28JY]

———importance of job creation, H559, H577, H578 [27JA], H1212, H1213 [11FE], H1251, H1253, H1254 [12FE], H3107 [10MR], E297 [23FE]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (H.R. 2182), H5722, H5723, H5768 [19MY], E1261 [21MY]

Education: funding, H1253 [12FE]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, H563 [27JA], H1573, H1576 [13FE]

Electric power: facilitate transition to a smart electricity grid, H12180 [2NO]

Enact: consideration (H. Res. 88)-H543 [27JA]

Enact (H.R. 1), H495, H496, H507, H508, H510, H512, H517 [26JA], H530, H531, H532, H556-H583, H594-H599 [27JA], H605, H606, H620-H750, H758, H770 [28JA], H878, H880, H881, H882, H885-H893, H897, H901, H908, H912, H914 [3FE], H926, H927, H928, H999, H1000, H1001, H1009, H1012, H1013 [4FE], H1048, H1049, H1051, H1065 [9FE], H1085, H1086, H1087, H1088, H1089, H1090, H1134, H1136, H1138, H1144-H1154 [10FE], H1161, H1162, H1163, H1164, H1177-H1179, H1185-H1187, H1190, H1192-H1195, H1197, H1198, H1202, H1205, H1214-H1232 [11FE], E172, E174, E175 [2FE], E196, E204, E207, E214 [4FE]

———conference report, H1251, H1252, H1253, H1254, H1255-H1260, H1267, H1278, H1279, H1283-H1289, H1293-H1302 [12FE], H1523, H1524, H1536-H1590, H1592-H1600 [13FE], H1610, H1625, H1642-H1647 [23FE], H2605, H2607 [24FE], H2633, H2634, H2635, H2815-H2819, H2823, H2824 [25FE], H2839, H2864, H2867 [26FE], H2889, H2890, H2902, H2912 [3MR], H2932, H2964-H2968 [4MR], H2984, H3050 [5MR], H3059, H3072 [6MR], H3099 [9MR], H3107, H3111 [10MR], H3340, H3379 [12MR], H3448 [17MR], H3733 [23MR], H3751, H3806, H3812-H3820 [24MR], H4049-H4051 [26MR], H4984 [29AP], H6160 [4JN], H6317, H6319 [9JN], H6417 [10JN], H7709, H7735 [7JY], H7746 [8JY], H7995, H7996 [10JY], H8033, H8035, H8088, H8089 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8191 [16JY], H8309 [17JY], H8429 [21JY], H8590 [23JY], H8880, H8894, H8901 [28JY], H8964, H8965 [29JY], H9253-H9257, H9262, H9265 [31JY], H9498, H9499 [15SE], H11176 [13OC], H11303 [14OC], H12180 [2NO], E261 [12FE], E291 [13FE], E293, E295, E297 [23FE], E311, E313, E317 [24FE], E529 [3MR], E735 [23MR], E783 [26MR], E874 [2AP]

———consideration (H. Res. 88), H535, H581 [27JA]

———consideration (H. Res. 92), H607-H619 [28JA]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 168), H1524-H1536 [13FE]

———corrections in engrossment, H749 [28JA]

———motion to go to conference, H1090-H1096 [10FE]

———motion to instruct conferees, H1096-H1102 [10FE]

———motion to recommit, H747 [28JA]

Executive Office of the President: convening of fiscal responsibility summit, H1610 [23FE]

Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research: establish, H1592 [13FE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies, H728-H731 [28JA], H1575 [13FE]

Government: Recovery.gov (Internet site) report on job creation in nonexistent congressional districts relative to fraud, waste, or abuse of economic stimulus funding, H13072, H13074, H13132, H13133 [18NO], H13269, H13271 [19NO], H13449 [2DE], H13505-H13508 [3DE]

———Recovery.gov website redesign funding, H8032 [14JY], H8104 [15JY]

———require Recovery.gov website to contain links and other information on how to access job information created at or by entities receiving funds for economic stimulus, H731, H732 [28JA]

GSA: Federal buildings and ports of entry construction projects funding, H562 [27JA]

Head Start Program: funding, H1145 [10FE]

Health: health information technology funding, H1293, H1294 [12FE], H3511, H3512 [17MR]

———impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, H1136 [10FE], H1219 [11FE], H1592 [13FE]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H9499 [15SE]

———strengthen privacy protections for consumer access to electronic medical records, H1027 [4FE]

Highway Trust Fund: appropriate unobligated balances of funds (H.R. 2942), H9019 [29JY]

House of Representatives: legislative process, H1000 [4FE]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H608, H609, H610 [28JA]

Immigration: require recipients of economic stimulus funds to participate in E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, H1559 [13FE], H1610 [23FE], H3719 [23MR]

Insurance: establish a net worth threshold for recipients of COBRA continuation health coverage by reason of termination of employment, H608 [28JA], H1146 [10FE], H1293-H1295 [12FE], H1573, H1576 [13FE]

———extend maximum continuation coverage period for individuals involuntarily terminated and eligibility period and maximum assistance period for premium assistance under COBRA (H.R. 3930), H13554 [8DE]

Las Vegas, NV: Mob Museum construction funding, H1048 [9FE]

Maine: implementation, H9555 [16SE]

Maritime Administration: port landside projects funding, E295 [23FE]

Medicaid: allow States that experienced delay in implementation of laws directing reduced eligibility in their State plan remain eligible for the increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, H583 [27JA]

NASA: funding, H636 [28JA]

National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment: establish (H.R. 4219), H14376 [9DE], H14747 [11DE]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H632 [28JA]

National Mall: restoration funding, H561, H562 [27JA], H617 [28JA]

National security: provide for the security of critical energy infrastructure, H561 [27JA]

Nevada: impact of stimulus funding on economy, H8949 [28JY]

NSF: award grants to institutions of higher education to develop and offer education and training programs, H575 [27JA]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H6393-H6400 [9JN], H8394 [20JY], H8438, H8485 [21JY]

Oregon: rebuttal to report on economic stimulus projects relative to characterization of Talking Water Gardens wastewater treatment and water reuse project, E3044 [17DE]

Parks and recreational areas: restoration funding, H714 [28JA]

Pennsylvania: effects of economic stimulus, H5312 [7MY]

Public debt: debt held by foreigners, H560 [27JA], H1202 [11FE], H3071, H3072 [6MR]

Public Policy Institute of California: invitation to Members of Congress to participate in a panel discussion on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1610 [23FE]

Schools: limit ability of schools that received economic stimulus funds from receiving certain additional funds, H9633, H9634 [16SE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H1577 [13FE], H8429 [21JY]

Small business: provide support for small business concerns, H1252 [12FE], H3294 [11MR], H5820 [20MY]

States: impact of economic stimulus on State budgets, H8032 [14JY]

———permit use of economic stimulus funds designated for neighborhood stabilization program to be used for foreclosure prevention, H1145 [10FE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of a residence, H537 [27JA]

———allow a refundable investment credit, and 5-year depreciation, for property used to manufacture solar energy, H577 [27JA], H1161 [11FE]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases, H1564 [13FE]

———allow specified energy property grants to real estate investment trusts without regard to the ratable share income limitations (H.R. 4256), E2936 [10DE]

———expand certain solar energy credits, H563 [27JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools, H613, H631 [28JA], H1530, H1557 [13FE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, H1230 [11FE]

———rates, H736-H743 [28JA], H1153 [10FE], H1206, H1229-H1231 [11FE], H1252 [12FE], H1595 [13FE], H2633, H2634 [25FE]

———renew credit for renewable energy production, H1575 [13FE]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period, H1089 [10FE]

Telecommunications: allow job training funds to be used for broadband communications deployment, H721 [28JA]

———improve broadband services to underserved and rural areas, H566 [27JA]

Transportation: infrastructure funding, H496 [26JA], H1530, H1574, H1576 [13FE], E783 [26MR]

———prohibit use of Federal funds to replace existing funds designated for State transportation projects, H713, H717 [28JA]

———reduce time period for State and local governments to obligate highway, transit, rail, and aviation funds received from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H711, H712, H715 [28JA]

———transit capital funding, H715, H717-H720 [28JA], E172 [2FE]

Unemployment: provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits, H1574 [13FE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program, H512 [26JA], H560 [27JA]

———rates, H6393-H6400 [9JN], H7995, H7996 [10JY], H8028, H8033, H8035, H8069, H8088, H8089 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8191 [16JY], H8309 [17JY], H8394 [20JY], H8421, H8437, H8438, H8439, H8440, H8441, H8442 [21JY], H8754 [24JY], H8896, H8898, H8899, H8905, H8908 [28JY], H9017, H9021 [29JY]

Woodbridge, VA: Greater Prince William Community Health Center funding, H5102 [5MY]

Remarks in Senate

Alternative minimum tax: provide individuals relief, S1379 [3FE], S1672 [5FE]

Appropriations: divide total cost of supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus and issue tax rebate to all taxpayers with adjusted gross income under $250,000, S1779, S1828-S1831, S1855 [6FE]

———eliminate new Government spending programs from the supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1489, S1524 [4FE]

———eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, S1407 [3FE], S1521 [4FE], S1666-S1669 [5FE], S1780, S1803, S1804, S1839 [6FE], S1903 [7FE], S2209 [12FE], S2282 [13FE]

———maintain existing spending levels, adjusted for inflation, by reducing duplicative or non-essential funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2663, S2671-S2674 [3MR]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds, S7475 [14JY], S9403-S9405, S9408, S9409 [16SE]

———redirect economic stimulus funds not obligated within a certain period to infrastructure projects, S1382-S1384 [3FE], S1776 [6FE]

———reduce economic stimulus spending upon meeting certain economic growth goals, S1525 [4FE]

———require agencies receiving economic stimulus funding comply with any congressional requests for records, S1775 [6FE]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, S1665 [5FE]

———use economic stimulus funds to hire veterans, at-risk youth, and low-income people for infrastructure projects, S1674 [5FE]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): prohibit use of funds from the supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1807, S1854 [6FE]

Budget: adjust spending levels to compensate for spending in economic stimulus legislation, S4270 [2AP]

———deficit, S1637, S1638 [5FE], S1778, S1836 [6FE], S2091 [11FE]

Business and industry: require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report any bonuses paid to employees, S1388 [3FE]

Buy American Act: clarify that provisions will be applied consistent with international trade agreement obligations, S1528 [4FE], S2190 [12FE]

———compliance, S1038-S1040 [29JA], S1392 [3FE], S1494-S1496, S1528-S1530 [4FE], S2522 [26FE], S3329 [18MR]

CERCLA: brownfields and neglected urban properties redeveloping funding, S1673 [5FE]

Colleges and universities: allow certain religious activities on campuses receiving economic stimulus funds, S1650, S1661 [5FE]

———infrastructure repair and renovation projects funding, S1776 [6FE]

Committee on Economic Recovery (Joint, Select): establish, S1269 [2FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S3035 [12MR], S3097 [16MR], S4845, S4883-S4885 [29AP], S6669 [17JN]

Corps of Engineers: water and infrastructure projects funding, S1673 [5FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects, S1393 [3FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farm Service Agency loan program funding, S1795, S1796 [6FE]

Dept. of Commerce: expand eligibility for National Telecommunications and Information Administration Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, S2015 [9FE]

———Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S1650 [5FE]

Dept. of Defense: military readiness funding, S1498, S1526 [4FE]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S. or for construction of any facility for such detainees in the U.S., S1499 [4FE], S1639-S1641 [5FE], S1776 [6FE]

———provide assistance to communities affected by defense base closures, S1793 [6FE]

Dept. of Energy: clarify that all protocols and standards used by Smart Grid demonstration projects must be open, S2302 [13FE]

———Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program funding, S2016 [9FE]

———expand technical assistance grants under the Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Program, S2016 [9FE]

———Federal Energy Management Program funding, S1789 [6FE]

Dept. of HHS: biodefense medical countermeasures development and production funding, S2019, S2020 [9FE]

———establish Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, S1795 [6FE]

———establish the Long-Term Care Worker Recruitment and Investment Demonstration Program, S1798, S1799 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: consolidated headquarters construction funding, S1517 [4FE]

Dept. of HUD: low income housing tax credit projects funding through reductions in Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program funding, S1497, S1525 [4FE]

———modify certain provisions of the HOPE for Homeowners loan program, S1651 [5FE]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, S2125 [11FE]

———victims' compensation and assistance programs funding, S2125, S2126 [11FE]

Dept. of Labor: improve and extend Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S1669, S1670 [5FE], S2050, S2051 [10FE], S2208 [12FE], S2312 [13FE]

Dept. of State: information technology upgrades funding, S1518 [4FE]

Dept. of the Interior: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program funding, S1674 [5FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, S1534, S1535 [4FE], S1812-S1816, S1852 [6FE]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, S1652, S1660, S1661 [5FE]

———prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, S4608 [23AP]

———require financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to increase lending levels above levels in place prior to receiving assistance, S1792 [6FE]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to meet strict H-1B worker hiring standards to ensure non-displacement of U.S. workers, S1621, S1622, S1669 [5FE], S1803 [6FE]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, S1478, S1479 [4FE], S1835, S1855 [6FE], S2193 [12FE]

Dept. of Transportation: rescind any unobligated stimulus funds in non-highway spending accounts, S9416 [16SE], S9534, S9535 [17SE]

———waive minimum grant size under the discretionary grant program for passenger and freight rail transportation and infrastructure projects, S2299 [13FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide benefits to certain Filipino World War II veterans, S1626, S1627 [5FE]

Ecology and environment: expedite environmental and judicial review of projects subject to the National Environmental Policy Act, S1532, S1533, S1538 [4FE], S1664, S1665 [5FE]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S2100-S2102 [11FE], S2407 [24FE], S3514 [19MR]

———impact of stimulus funding, S9174 [9SE]

———impact of stimulus funding on free enterprise economic system, S7993-S7997 [23JY]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation, S8084 [24JY], S10984 [2NO]

———importance of job creation, S1509, S1510 [4FE], S1673 [5FE], S2051, S2063 [10FE], S10828-S10830 [28OC], S11083-S11085 [4NO]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (S. 1064), S5690 [20MY], S6678 [17JN]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report on the amount of funds received, projects on which funds were spent, and the number of jobs created and retained by such projects, S1388 [3FE], S1660 [5FE], S2190 [12FE]

Education: increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, S2005 [9FE]

Enact (H.R. 1), S1008, S1038-S1040 [29JA], S1108-S1115 [30JA], S1236-S1242, S1265-S1273 [2FE], S1371-S1428 [3FE], S1473-S1538 [4FE], S1615-S1676 [5FE], S1773-S1859 [6FE], S1885 [7FE], S1991-S2024, S2030-S2035 [9FE], S2037-S2072 [10FE], S2092-S2103, S2123, S2125-S2127, S2167 [11FE]

———conference report, S2170-S2173, S2176-S2209, S2247 [12FE], S2258-S2313 [13FE], S2354, S2382 [23FE], S2405, S2409, S2410 [24FE], S2522 [26FE], S2803 [5MR], S2859 [6MR], S3008 [11MR], S3329 [18MR], S3891, S3892 [26MR], S6627, S6628, S6634, S6635 [16JN], S6670 [17JN], S6753 [18JN]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S1232 [30JA], S1859 [6FE]

Enact (S. 1), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

Enact (S. 336), S822 [26JA], S881 [27JA], S989 [28JA]

Enact (S. 350): star print, S1232 [30JA]

EPA: Clean Water State Revolving Funds program funding, S1799 [6FE]

FDIC: foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program funding through reductions in undesignated State funding in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1810-S1816, S1831, S1851, S1852 [6FE]

———increase borrowing authority, S1790 [6FE]

Federal agencies and departments: preserve independence of Inspectors General, S2300 [13FE]

Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research: establish, S2044 [10FE]

Financial institutions: handling of foreclosure crisis and impact on the economy, S9174 [9SE]

Firefighters: fire houses renovation and construction funding, S1517 [4FE]

Fish and fishing: rebuilding of fish stocks, fisheries, and fish harvesting funding, S1675 [5FE]

Florida: impact of stimulus funding on economy, S6160 [4JN]

Forests: provide regional equity in forestry programs, S1794 [6FE]

———timber manufacturing industry aid funding, S1800 [6FE]

GAO: compile reports from each Federal agency that receives economic stimulus funds, S1269 [2FE]

Government: require the Recovery.gov website to be updated and modified to facilitate timely distribution of economic stimulus funds (S. 800), S4349 [2AP]

Health: eligibility of physician group practices for electronic medical records technology incentives, S1670, S1671 [5FE]

———health information technology funding, S1242 [2FE], S1510-S1512 [4FE], S1783, S1793, S1834, S1859 [6FE], S2197-S2199 [12FE]

———impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, S2197, S2199 [12FE]

———strengthen privacy protections for consumer access to electronic medical records, S1426 [3FE], S2016 [9FE], S2303 [13FE]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish, S1796 [6FE]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S1673 [5FE]

———temporarily protect solvency, S8508-S8516, S8520, S8522-S8524, S8528 [30JY]

Housing: reduce foreclosures, compensate mortgage modifier servicers, and remove legal constraints inhibiting modification, S1493, S1524, S1525 [4FE]

Immigration: require recipients of economic stimulus funds to participate in E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, S2012 [9FE], S2177-S2180 [12FE], S2270, S2300 [13FE], S2581 [27FE], S5901 [1JN]

Implementation, S3625 [24MR]

Infrastructure: transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding, S1374-S1376, S1379-S1384, S1386, S1387, S1394 [3FE]

Insurance: establish a net worth threshold for recipients of COBRA continuation health coverage by reason of termination of employment, S2197 [12FE]

———extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (S. 2730), S11578 [19NO]

Kyl, Senator: allegations of threats by Obama administration to withhold stimulus funding due to criticism of stimulus program, S9068 [7AU]

Medicaid: funding, S1513 [4FE], S1641 [5FE], S2300 [13FE]

———provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (S. 2833), S12328 [3DE]

———provide the same temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage for all States and permit States to choose the period for receiving the increase, S1817-S1819, S1852, S1853 [6FE], S2013 [9FE]

———State eligibility for Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1670 [5FE]

Medicare: delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor, S1673 [5FE]

Motor vehicles: subsidize for certain moderate-income consumers the purchase of new motor vehicles assembled in the U.S., S1533 [4FE], S1661 [5FE]

National Park Service: trail construction, rehabilitation and maintenance funding, S1799 [6FE]

National Small Business Week: observance, S5567 [19MY]

Native Americans: application and impact of economic stimulus, S1242 [2FE]

NIH: allocate a portion of economic stimulus funds to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, S9093 [7AU]

———biomedical research funding through reductions in Dept. of Education State Fiscal Stabilization Fund funding, S1403-S1406 [3FE]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S2545-S2547 [26FE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: provide a temporary waiver of recovery of certain pension overpayments to participants or beneficiaries, S1840 [6FE]

Power resources: improve Federal permit coordination for renewable energy, S1793 [6FE]

Public debt: debt held by foreigners, S1836 [6FE]

Public lands: management agencies funding, S1781 [6FE]

Real estate: lower interest rates on 30-year fixed mortgages for creditworthy borrowers to refinance current loans or make new home purchases, S1373 [3FE], S1474-S1478, S1509 [4FE], S1648, S1654, S1657, S1662 [5FE], S2185 [12FE], S2409, S2410 [24FE]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (S. 2899), S13386 [17DE]

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

———improve access to and delivery of health services, S2012 [9FE]

SBA: encourage participation of small business concerns in Federal loan programs, S1795 [6FE], S2032-S2034 [9FE]

———ensure that contracts initiated with economic stimulus assistance follow existing Federal procurement laws, S2299 [13FE]

———repeal the America's Recovery Capital Loan Program (S. 2777), S11388 [16NO]

———require Federal agencies receiving economic stimulus assistance to allocate a portion to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, S1794 [6FE]

———surety bond guarantee program improvement, S1484, S1485, S1523 [4FE], S2032 [9FE]

Senate: clarification of pay-as-you-go point of order against Cornyn amendment to reduce income tax rate for individuals in the lowest tax bracket, S1617, S1673 [5FE]

———importance of bipartisanship, S2206 [12FE], S2263, S2293 [13FE]

———legislative process, S2206 [12FE]

———require supermajority vote point of order against unauthorized earmarks in appropriations bills and recipients of Federal funds to disclose money spent on lobbyists, S1479-S1481, S1488, S1504, S1512 [4FE], S1658, S1659 [5FE], S2126 [11FE]

Small business: decrease required estimated tax payments for certain small businesses, S1794 [6FE]

States: impact of economic stimulus on State budgets, S7292 [9JY]

———permit use of economic stimulus funds designated for neighborhood stabilization program to be used for foreclosure prevention, S1647 [5FE]

Taxation: allow additional expenses for purposes of determining the Hope Scholarship credit and maintain refundability of such credit, S1515 [4FE]

———allow deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations, S1408-S1420 [3FE]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases, S1390, S1398, S1399, S1400 [3FE], S2041 [10FE], S2279, S2298, S2309, S2310 [13FE]

———establish a tax credit for investment in advanced energy facilities, S3891, S3892 [26MR]

———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 (S. 651), S3563, S3578 [19MR], S3583, S3586 [23MR]

———increase and expand incentives for construction of energy efficient buildings, S1674, S1675 [5FE]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose, S1827 [6FE], S2126 [11FE]

———modify rules relative to cancellation of qualified principal residence indebtedness, S1791 [6FE]

———permanently extend the research and development credit, S2303 [13FE]

———prohibit earmarked tax benefits for movie production companies, S1387, S1390, S1399, S1400 [3FE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S1474-S1478, S1481-S1484, S1509, S1523 [4FE], S1672 [5FE], S2185, S2186, S2199, S2200 [12FE], S2279, S2284, S2298 [13FE], S2409, S2410 [24FE]

———provide an income tax credit for businesses furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas, S2015 [9FE]

———provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts, S1633-S1635, S1644 [5FE], S1825, S1826, S1853 [6FE]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, S2066 [10FE], S2269 [13FE]

———rates, S1373 [3FE], S1492, S1523 [4FE], S1778, S1805 [6FE], S2064-S2066 [10FE], S2100-S2102 [11FE], S2202 [12FE]

———reduce income tax rate for individuals in the lowest tax bracket, S1500, S1527 [4FE]

———renew credit for renewable energy production, S1241 [2FE], S1671 [5FE]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S1388, S1389 [3FE]

———suspend tax increase on Social Security benefits, S1501, S1527 [4FE]

———temporarily increase limitation on the capital loss deductions for individuals, S1826, S1827, S1855 [6FE]

Telecommunications: improve broadband services to underserved and rural areas, S2049 [10FE]

Transportation: transit capital funding, S1792 [6FE]

Unemployment: direct unused portion of stimulus funds to extend emergency unemployment compensation, S10822 [28OC]

———rates, S1773, S1775, S1779 [6FE], S8084 [24JY], S9065 [7AU], S9174 [9SE]

Unemployment Trust Fund: temporarily protect solvency, S8514-S8516, S8518, S8520, S8529 [30JY]

Veterans: expand eligibility for the employment tax credit for unemployed veterans, S1666 [5FE], S1804 [6FE]

Workforce Investment Act: formula grants funding, S1796-S1798 [6FE]

Reports filed

Considation of H.R. 1, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 111-6), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 111-9), H600 [27JA]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 168) (H. Rept. 111-17), H1517 [12FE]

Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2182) (H. Rept. 111-115), H5711 [18MY]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 111-16), H1517 [12FE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 679) (H. Rept. 111-4), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 336) (S. Rept. 111-3), S893 [27JA]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 350), S1057 [29JA]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 158) (H. Rept. 111-15), H1246 [11FE]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 1), S1659 [5FE]

———conference report, H1525 [13FE]

———consideration (H. Res. 92), H607 [28JA]

Studies

Macroeconomic Effects of Reducing the Effective Tax Rate on Repatriated Foreign Subsidiary Earnings in a Credit- and Liquidity-Constrained Environment: Allen Sinai (excerpt), S1410 [3FE]

Using What We Have To Stimulate the Economy—The Benefits of Temporary Tax Relief for U.S. Corporations To Repatriate Profits Earned by Foreign Subsidiaries: Robert J. Shapiro and Aparna Mathur (excerpt), S1410 [3FE]

Summaries

House Votes on Conference Report of H.R. 1, Provisions, H3649 [19MR]

Provisions (H.R. 1): Comparative Effectiveness Research Provisions, H1570 [13FE]

Tables

Employment effects of repatriated funds, S1419 [3FE]

Estimated cost of extending certain provisions in H.R. 1, provisions, S2181 [12FE]

Estimated macroeconomic impacts of H.R. 1, provisions, S2182 [12FE]

Infrastructure spending and job creation by State, S1375 [3FE]

Public debt held by foreigners, H1203 [11FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 88, consideration of H.R. 1, provisions, H536 [27JA]

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, provisions, H607 [28JA]

H. Res. 168, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, provisions, H1524 [13FE]

H.R. 1, provisions, H642-H711 [28JA]

H.R. 2182, Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act, H5722 [19MY]

S. 1, provisions, S44 [6JA]

S. 2777, repeal the SBA America's Recovery Capital Loan Program, S11389 [16NO]

S. 2833, Transitional Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Act, S12328-S12330 [3DE]