KERRY, JOHN F. (a Senator from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8632 [31JY], S8693 [3AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1444, S1449, S1462, S1464, S1465 [3FE], S1543, S1556, S1559, S1580, S1582, S1589, S1591, S1593, S1595, S1598, S1599, S1600 [4FE], S1707, S1708, S1712, S1736, S1749, S1755 [5FE], S1880 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5688, S5742 [20MY], S5822 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4007 [30MR], S4118, S4135, S4206, S4224 [1AP]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3786 [25MR]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4992 [30AP], S5029 [1MY], S5067 [4MY], S5092, S5118 [5MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5384 [12MY], S5445 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7491 [14JY], S7658 [16JY], S7706 [20JY], S7799 [21JY], S7841, S7871, S7929, S7931, S7932 [22JY], S8028, S8046, S8059 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9990 [30SE], S10041, S10070 [1OC], S10163 [6OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7274 [8JY], S7309, S7319, S7327 [9JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9383 [15SE], S9443 [16SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8273 [29JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12071, S12087 [1DE], S12168 [2DE], S12416, S12418, S12428 [4DE], S12495, S12518, S12521 [5DE], S12552 [6DE], S12637, S12640, S12645 [7DE], S12710, S12725, S12726 [8DE], S12820 [9DE], S12910 [10DE], S13033 [11DE], S13194 [14DE], S13385 [17DE], S13490 [19DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10374 [13OC], S10494 [15OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12071, S12087 [1DE], S12168 [2DE], S12416, S12418, S12428 [4DE], S12495, S12518, S12521 [5DE], S12552 [6DE], S12637, S12640, S12645 [7DE], S12710, S12725, S12726 [8DE], S12820 [9DE], S12910 [10DE], S13033 [11DE], S13194 [14DE], S13385 [17DE], S13490 [19DE]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), S846, S848 [26JA]

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), S6735 [17JN], S6890 [22JN]

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

Appointments

Committee to escort British Prime Minister Gordon Brown into the House Chamber, H2928 [4MR]

Committee to escort German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, into the House Chamber, H12201 [3NO]

Senate National Security Working Group, S2917 [9MR]

Articles and editorials

Rice Rebukes Bush Envoy Who Criticized Policy on North Korea, Helene Cooper, New York (NY) Times, S4491 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

AID: encourage nomination of an Administrator and empower and strengthen the Agency (see S. Res. 312), S10436 [14OC]

Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act: add Paraguay as a beneficiary country (see S. 780), S4313 [2AP]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see S. 727), S3897 [26MR]

———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see S. 529), S2827 [5MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 231), S388 [14JA]

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

———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]

———modify the basis utilized for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (see S. 1072), S9265 [10SE]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see S. 711), S5907 [1JN]

Aung San Suu Kyi: call for release by Burmese Government (see S. Res. 160), S5820 [21MY]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see S. 213), S3113 [16MR]

———recognize and clarify State authority to regulate intrastate helicopter medical services (see S. 848), S8197 [28JY]

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

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see S. 61), S2423 [24FE]

———protect medical debt homeowners and caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by medical problems (see S. 1624), S9265 [10SE]

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

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 694), S8558 [30JY]

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 197), S256 [9JA]

Books: authorize collection of nonmonetary book donations in Senate office buildings to assist elementary school students in the District of Columbia area (see S. Res. 69), S2910 [9MR]

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

Brooke, Edward W., III: tribute (see S. Res. 323), S10777 [27OC]

Bush, President: review controversial ``midnight regulations'' (see S. 8), S40 [6JA]

Business and industry: strengthen American manufacturing through improved industrial energy efficiency (see S. 661), S3786 [25MR]

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

Canada: urge end to commercial hunt for seals (see S. Res. 84), S4671 [23AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see S. 259), S7481 [14JY]

Children and youth: improve health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers through the creation of a National Court Teams Resource Center (see S. 1554), S8631 [31JY]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see S. Res. 67), S2828 [5MR]

———reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see S. 1859), S12071 [1DE]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S6031 [3JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S212 [8JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 904), S4806 [28AP]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S10487 [15OC]

Coastal zones: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 170), S256 [9JA]

———develop coastal and ocean observation system, improve warnings of natural hazards, enhance homeland security, support maritime operations, and improve coastal and marine resource management (see S. 171), S211 [8JA]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 729), S3987 [30MR]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see S. 931), S4891 [29AP]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 2859), S12804 [9DE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Summer of Service grant programs (see S. 466), S2423 [24FE]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit and district judges (see S. 1653), S9132 [8SE]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see S. 414), S2144 [11FE]

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

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 428), S12708 [8DE]

DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (see S. 256), S598 [15JA]

Dept. of Defense: modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. 645), S3899 [26MR]

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

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

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

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 1158), S7557 [15JY]

———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), S2365 [23FE]

———ensure that safety net family planning centers are eligible for assistance under the 340B Drug Pricing Program (see S. 310), S4670 [23AP]

———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), S4447 [20AP]

———establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program and a Nurse and Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program (see S. 1161), S7641 [16JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards (see S. 602), S3113 [16MR]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 167), S211 [8JA]

———make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see S. 1301), S6804 [18JN]

———modify practices relative to attorney-client privilege (see S. 445), S2322 [13FE]

Dept. of Labor: strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (see S. 1646), S11119 [4NO]

Dept. of State: provide for appointment of U.S. Science Envoys (see S. 838), S5129 [5MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve corporate governance (see S. 133), S42 [6JA]

———provide rules for the modification or disposition of certain assets by real estate mortgage investment conduits under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 376), S1542 [4FE]

———redeploy Troubled Asset Relief Program funds into a Community Credit Renewal Fund to stimulate community bank lending (see S. 1822), S10702 [22OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see S. 1556), S8681 [3AU]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S3025 [11MR]

———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]

Disasters: express condolences for loss of life and injuries caused by earthquakes, tsunami, and typhoons in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, and support relief efforts to survivors (see S. Res. 305), S10162 [6OC]

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: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see S. 1545), S11383 [16NO]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S9327 [14SE]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see S. 571), S3025 [11MR]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S7140 [6JY]

———promote research, awareness, and education about cerebral cavernous malformations (see S. Res. 148), S5503 [14MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S7557 [15JY]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S8865 [5AU]

———provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education (see S. 756), S6651 [16JN]

Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see S. 1789), S10486 [15OC]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (see S. 952), S5329 [11MY]

Economy: improve lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream (see S. 2), S39 [6JA]

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system (see S. 3), S39 [6JA]

Education: encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, provide needed services and supports to children, and ensure that schools are centers of communities (see S. 1411), S7261 [8JY]

———encourage States to incorporate 21st century learning skills in State education programs (see S. 1029), S5435 [13MY]

———increase access to early childhood education and after school programs, advance elementary and secondary education reform, strengthen math and science instruction, and make higher education more affordable (see S. 7), S40 [6JA]

———provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (see S. 638), S4447 [20AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs (see S. 1480), S7779 [21JY]

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

———provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (see S. 1121), S13252 [15DE]

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

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

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 121), S4964 [30AP]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: modify conditions for release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account (see S. 283), S719 [21JA]

EPA: conduct study on black carbon emissions (see S. 849), S4573 [22AP]

FCC: conduct a pilot program to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program to include broadband service (see S. 2879), S13033 [11DE]

FDA: finalize proposed rule on sunscreen product labeling (see S. 1112), S5822 [21MY]

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

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

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

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 599), S3898 [26MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 619), S11118 [4NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over waters (see S. 787), S4310 [2AP]

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

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (see S. 384), S4311 [2AP]

Foreign policy: importance of public diplomacy (see S. Res. 49), S2559 [26FE]

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

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S10434 [14OC]

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 82), S3609 [23MR]

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

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

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see S. 1428), S8632 [31JY]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see S. 486), S2558 [26FE]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 1681), S11494 [18NO]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see S. 21), S40 [6JA]

———guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans (see S. 4), S39 [6JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2910 [9MR]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see S. 611), S3163 [17MR]

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]

———recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S6806 [18JN]

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

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S6888 [22JN]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize (see S. 808), S4310 [2AP]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see S. 160), S43 [6JA]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 424), S2229 [12FE]

———eliminate the ``widow penalty'' by allowing petitions for legal permanent residency by noncitizen surviving spouses of U.S. citizens to be adjudicated (see S. 815), S4311 [2AP]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S1677 [5FE]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see S. 1038), S5501 [14MY]

———strengthen the economy and provide for more effective border and employment enforcement (see S. 9), S40 [6JA]

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: ensure management of bluefin tuna fishery adheres to certain scientific advice to support conservation, recovery, and spawning efforts (see S. Res. 346), S11290 [9NO]

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), S3551 [19MR]

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

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

Law enforcement: improve efforts to reduce gang activity and violent crime (see S. 132), S42 [6JA]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S3550 [19MR]

Local Initiatives Support Corp.: authorize funds to carry out Community Safety Initiative (see S. 595), S3113 [16MR]

Longfellow National Historic Site: redesignate as the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site (see S. 1405), S7192 [7JY]

LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (see S. 718), S3897 [26MR]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates and develop a strategy to address piracy (see S. Res. 108), S4574 [22AP]

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

———extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see S. 547), S7556 [15JY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S8682 [3AU]

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

Medicare: establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (see S. 1131), S6544 [11JN]

———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see S. 935), S4963 [30AP]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see S. 769), S6888 [22JN]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 1066), S6582 [15JN]

———provide a senior housing facility plan option under the Medicare Advantage program (see S. 1384), S7142 [6JY]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S7139 [6JY]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 266), S598 [15JA]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see S. 662), S3550 [19MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (see S. 647), S7699 [20JY]

Mental health: establish national centers of excellence for the treatment of depressive and bipolar disorders (see S. 1857), S10700 [22OC]

———provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 324), S3114 [16MR]

Mexico: support efforts to combat drug trafficking (see S. Res. 72), S2965 [10MR]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S7413 [13JY]

Moldova: ensure a fair and democratic election process for parliamentary elections (see S. Res. 56), S3988 [30MR]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 1012), S10362 [13OC]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S6940 [23JN]

NAACP: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 3), S994 [28JA]

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 Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S8040 [23JY]

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

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 306), S10162 [6OC]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S5328 [11MY]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 25), S994 [28JA]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 228), S8272 [29JY]

National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Month: designate (see S. Res. 161), S6940 [23JN]

National Memory Screening Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 185), S8040 [23JY]

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

National objectives: modernize infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in need (see S. 1), S39 [6JA]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1672), S9932 [29SE]

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

National Reading Month: designate (see S. Res. 69), S2910 [9MR]

National School Lunch Act: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families (see S. 990), S5821 [21MY]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S8198 [28JY]

National security: restore and enhance (see S. 6), S40 [6JA]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 154), S5615 [19MY]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 125), S5014 [1MY]

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

NIH: establish Office of Mitochondrial Disease (see S. 2858), S12804 [9DE]

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

———extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (see S. 859), S4573 [22AP]

Oceans: develop and coordinate interagency ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and establish ocean acidification program within NOAA (see S. 173), S211 [8JA]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (see S. 684), S3657 [24MR]

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 525), S2766 [4MR] (see S. 1232), S6452 [10JN]

Power resources: improve economy and security of the U.S. by reducing dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming (see S. 5), S39 [6JA]

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

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see S. 593), S8765 [4AU]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 799), S4310 [2AP]

Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program: extend (see S. 1694), S10218 [7OC]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see S. 433), S8994 [6AU]

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]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates (see S. 196), S256 [9JA]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see S. 779), S4671 [23AP]

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

SBA: extend and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see S. 1233), S7072 [25JN]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (see S. 1832), S10635 [21OC] (see S. 2869), S13033 [11DE]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 1229), S7141 [6JY]

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

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S2474 [25FE]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see S. 557), S4670 [23AP]

Singh, Manmohan: recognize service to India and U.S. visit of Indian Prime Minister (see S. Res. 360), S11972 [21NO]

Sisters of the Sacred Hearts: recognize anniversary of arrival in Hawaii and commend the education of youth in Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Mexico (see S. Res. 126), S5065 [4MY]

Social Security: ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see S. 1034), S5435 [13MY]

———provide transparency between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or supplies paid for under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 301), S5328 [11MY]

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

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 686), S6650 [16JN]

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

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 405), S6581 [15JN]

———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), S2558 [26FE]

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

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

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

———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), S3658 [24MR]

———extend enhanced small business expensing and provide for a 5-year net operating loss carryback for losses incurred during certain years (see S. 156), S43 [6JA]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1153), S5820 [21MY]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 1583), S9931 [29SE]

———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 equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 322), S826 [26JA]

———modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see S. 279), S652 [16JA]

———modify the first-time homebuyer credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal purposes (see S. 1728), S10218 [7OC]

———prevent the avoidance of tax on income from assets held abroad (see S. 1934), S10776 [27OC]

———provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (see S. 1091), S7141 [6JY]

———provide incentives and fees for increasing motor vehicle fuel economy (see S. 1620), S8993 [6AU]

———provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts (see S. 271), S598 [15JA]

———reform rules relative to fractional charitable donations of tangible personal property (see S. 1605), S8992 [6AU]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 825), S11493 [18NO]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S308 [12JA]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (see S. 328), S826 [26JA] (see S. 352), S1057 [29JA]

———reauthorize extension of statutory license for secondary transmissions of superstations and networks and amend the Communications Act relative to such transmissions (see S. 2764), S11344 [10NO]

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

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (see S. 1147), S10777 [27OC]

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), S5616 [19MY]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize and rename as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act (see S. 345), S1057 [29JA]

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

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): provide for continued application of Protocol on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities following termination of such Protocol (see S. 2727), S11595 [19NO]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S11594 [19NO]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 1647), S9078 [7AU] (see S. 1699), S9733 [23SE] (see S. 2831), S12322 [3DE]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 1547), S8557 [30JY]

———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]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 1160), S11345 [10NO]

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), S7870 [22JY]

———prevent voter caging (see S. 528), S2827 [5MR]

———require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see S. 1986), S10851 [28OC]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 244), S8865 [5AU]

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

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see S. 1374), S7070 [25JN]

World Press Freedom Day: observance (see S. Res. 124), S4964 [30AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to POW at Bataan (see S. 768), S4172 [1AP]

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

World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 81), S3609 [23MR]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S4513 [21AP]

Zimbabwe: provide humanitarian assistance, support democratic progress, and maintain sanctions against those responsible for ongoing illegal activities during political transition (see S. Res. 176), S6364 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Adams National Historic Park: include Quincy Homestead within boundary (see S. 1413), S7261 [8JY]

Albania: recognize democratic accomplishments and express hope that parliamentary elections maintain and improve the transparency and fairness of democracy (see S. Res. 182), S6452 [10JN]

American Sail Training Association: tribute (see S. Res. 158), S5820 [21MY]

Armed Forces: 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. 831), S4445 [20AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S4669 [23AP]

———repeal sunset of certain enhanced mortgage and mortgage foreclosure protections and authorize the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to pay unpaid balances on guaranteed housing loans (see S. 842), S4513 [21AP]

China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO): tribute (see S. Res. 217), S7699 [20JY]

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

Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 30), S1677 [5FE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring programs (see S. 545), S2909 [9MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: impose limitations on certain expenditures by participants in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 463), S2423 [24FE]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see S. 841), S4513 [21AP]

Diseases: urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (see S. Res. 191), S6805 [18JN]

Fifth Summit of the Americas: support (see S. Res. 90), S3986 [30MR]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see S. 850), S4573 [22AP]

Foreign aid: strengthen capacity, transparency, and accountability of U.S. foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges (see S. 1524), S8196 [28JY]

Georgia (country): initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (see S. Res. 136), S5282 [7MY]

Germany: anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (see S. Res. 328), S10924 [29OC] (see S. Res. 332), S10991 [2NO]

Health: provide for coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs and private health insurance (see S. 2766), S11344 [10NO]

Immigration: expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability (see S. 1409), S7261 [8JY]

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

Medicaid: improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (see S. 434), S2322 [13FE]

Medicare: improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (see S. 701), S3785 [25MR]

———provide all beneficiaries with the right to guaranteed issue of a supplemental policy (see S. 1669), S9371 [15SE]

Minute Man National Historical Park: anniversary (see S. Res. 275), S9589 [21SE]

Mongolia: support democracy and economic development and expand relations with U.S. (see S. Res. 192), S6805 [18JN]

Multilateral development banks: authorize U.S. participation in, and appropriations for, African Development Fund and Mulitlateral Debt Relief Initiative, require budgetary disclosures, and endorse certain principles (see S. 955), S5013 [1MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: conduct research program on endocrine disruption and reduce exposure to chemicals that undermine development of children before they are born (see S. 2828), S12322 [3DE]

NATO: support membership of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and welcome further partnership with Serbia (see S. 1559), S8681 [3AU]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (see S. 705), S3785 [25MR]

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (see S. 962), S5065 [4MY] (see S. 1707), S9840 [24SE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (see S. 1733), S9982 [30SE]

———prohibit issuance of oil or natural gas leases in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in Georges Bank fishing area (see S. 851), S4573 [22AP]

SBA: establish a temporary program under which loans are made to small businesses that are nonprofit child care businesses (see S. 2661), S10990 [2NO]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see S. 1831), S10635 [21OC]

Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (see S. 588), S3074 [12MR]

Small business: authorize loan guarantees for health information technology (see S. 2765), S11344 [10NO]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (see S. 366), S1431 [3FE]

———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 142), S43 [6JA]

———establish Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs (see S. 79), S41 [6JA]

———provide equal coverage of mental health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 77), S41 [6JA]

Tariff: Antarctic krill oil (see S. 2327), S10920 [29OC]

———aqueous catalytic preparations based on iron (III) toluenesulfonate (see S. 2321), S10920 [29OC]

———aqueous dispersions of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate) (cationic), whether or not containing binder resin and organic solvent (see S. 2323), S10920 [29OC]

———audio interface units for sound mixing, recording, and editing capable of full interface control by separate automatic data processing system using proprietary software protocol (see S. 2521), S10959 [30OC]

———basketballs made of leather (see S. 2334), S10921 [29OC]

———basketballs made of other than leather or rubber (see S. 2335), S10921 [29OC]

———basketballs made of rubber (see S. 2446), S10923 [29OC]

———cellular plastic membrane sheets of polytetrafluoroethylene resin (see S. 2331), S10921 [29OC]

———electrical transformers (see S. 2324), S10920 [29OC]

———loudspeakers not mounted in their enclosures (see S. 2325), S10920 [29OC]

———plastic fittings composed of perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) resin (see S. 2329), S10920 [29OC]

———porous hollow filaments of perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) copolymer resin (see S. 2332), S10921 [29OC]

———synthetic filament yarns (see S. 2326), S10920 [29OC]

———3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (see S. 2322), S10920 [29OC]

———untwisted filament yarns (see S. 2328), S10920 [29OC]

———volleyballs (see S. 2333), S10921 [29OC]

———woven mesh fabric (see S. 2330), S10921 [29OC]

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

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see S. 2882), S13251 [15DE]

———provide a full exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (see S. 78), S41 [6JA]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S43 [6JA]

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

———repeal certain oil and gas related tax incentives (see S. 1087), S5700 [20MY]

———replace the Hope and Lifetime Learning credits with a partially refundable college opportunity credit (see S. 143), S43 [6JA]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see S. 24), S168 [7JA]

Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see S. 649), S3550 [19MR]

21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 1482), S7779 [21JY]

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy: reauthorize (see S. 1716), S9869 [25SE]

U.S. International Broadcasting Act: extend authority of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make grants for operation of Radio Free Asia (see S. 1715), S9869 [25SE]

United Arab Emirates: approve proposed agreement for cooperation pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act (see S.J. Res. 18), S7412 [13JY]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see S. 1444), S7412 [13JY]

———establish veterans' treatment courts (see S. 902), S4755 [27AP]

———provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries (see S. 1866), S10734 [26OC] (see S. 2096), S10916 [29OC]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (see S. 969), S5127 [5MY]

World Bank: authorize U.S. participation in replenishment of resources of the International Development Association (see S. 954), S5013 [1MY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [6JA]

Cloture motions

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), motion to proceed, S3096 [12MR], S3109 [16MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7510 [15JY], S7635 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9975 [30SE]

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), motion to proceed, S4399 [2AP]

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), motion to proceed, S255 [9JA], S271 [11JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8213 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10328 [8OC], S10399 [14OC]

Goolsbee, Austan D.: nomination to the Council of Economic Advisors, S2903 [9MR]

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

Hill, Christopher R.: nomination to be Ambassador to Iraq, S4301 [2AP], S4434 [20AP]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2461 [25FE]

Rouse, Cecilia E.: nomination to the Council of Economic Advisors, S2904 [9MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10328 [8OC], S10351 [13OC], S11148 [5NO]

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

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

Essays

EMK: Jack Schlossberg, S11201 [5NO]

Letters

Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sec. of State, S10431 [14OC]

———Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense and Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, S10431 [14OC]

IMF funding: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5784 [21MY]

———several former National Security Advisers and cabinet members, S5665 [20MY]

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice: Nicholas T. Christakos and John S. Kiernan, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, S8934 [6AU]

Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia Ratification: by, S8030 [23JY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Privilege of the floor

Keller, Andrew, S4522 [21AP]

Remarks

Adams National Historic Park: include Quincy Homestead within boundary (S. 1413), S7265 [8JY]

Afghanistan: passage of legislation providing criminal sanctions for violence against women, S8090 [24JY]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S7613 [16JY]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2807, S2815 [5MR], S2889, S2890 [9MR], S2947 [10MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1417 [3FE], S1674 [5FE], S1806 [6FE], S1886, S1888, S1891 [7FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5664 [20MY], S5783, S5784, S5787 [21MY]

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

Armed Forces: mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (S. 883), S4687 [23AP]

Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Inc.: tribute, S4569 [22AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4116, S4117, S4118, S4146 [1AP]

Climate: global warming, S692 [21JA], S7046 [25JN]

Clinton, Senator: nomination to be Sec. of State, S673, S674, S679, S681, S682, S684, S685, S687, S690, S692 [21JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of State, unanimous-consent request, S680 [21JA]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), motion to proceed, S3599 [23MR]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5110 [5MY], S5174 [6MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (S. 428), S12701-S12703 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7760 [21JY], S7842, S7844, S7846 [22JY], S7959 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), S8266 [29JY]

———enhance safety of nuclear weapons stockpile, modernize and maintain weapons complex and delivery systems, and limit reductions in strategic nuclear forces pursuant to a treaty with Russia, S8266 [29JY]

———Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, S7959 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13372 [17DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: impose limitations on certain expenditures by participants in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 463), S2429 [24FE]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (S. 841), S4519 [21AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), S11537 [19NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans through reductions in U.N. contributions, S11537 [19NO]

Diseases: urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (S. Res. 191), S6819 [18JN]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S4471 [21AP]

Egypt: require a report on whether foreign military financing assistance provided can be extended to counter illicit arms smuggling or to intercept smuggled weapons, S2889, S2890 [9MR]

Falmouth, MA: tribute to Falmouth Volunteers in Public Schools Program Celebrate Volunteers Week, S3605 [23MR]

Foreign aid: funding for development programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan, nuclear nonproliferation, fighting global AIDS, and promoting sustainable development, S4118, S4146 [1AP]

———strengthen capacity, transparency, and accountability of U.S. foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges (S. 1524), S8198 [28JY]

Foreign policy: importance of arms control policies, S690 [21JA]

Foreign Service: nominations, S11430 [17NO], S12708 [8DE]

Hayes, David J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S5407 [13MY]

Health: health insurance premiums rates, S12582 [7DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S10755 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12476, S12477, S12491 [5DE], S12582, S12584, S12589 [7DE], S12992 [11DE], S13447 [18DE], S13676 [21DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12488, S12490 [5DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent request, S12992 [11DE]

———provide for coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs and private health insurance (S. 2766), S11349 [10NO]

Hill, Christopher R.: allegations of failure to address human rights violations during talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, S4432, S4433 [20AP], S4484, S4491 [21AP]

———nomination to be Ambassador to Iraq, S4292 [2AP], S4432, S4433 [20AP], S4471, S4484, S4491, S4498 [21AP]

Housing: protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property, S5110 [5MY], S5174 [6MY]

———protect the interests of bona fide tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property (H.R. 1247), S8978 [6AU]

IMF: funding, S5664, S5665 [20MY], S5783, S5784, S5787 [21MY]

Immigration: expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability (S. 1409), S7263 [8JY]

Iran: impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (S. 2799), S14136 [24DE]

———prohibit funding for contracts with companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector, S2807, S2815 [5MR]

John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress: release of report on role of international arts and cultural exchanges in U.S. diplomacy efforts, S13377 [17DE]

Koh, Harold H.: nomination to be Dept. of State Legal Adviser, S6962 [24JN], S7047 [25JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: redesignate as a state sponsor of terrorism, S7760 [21JY], S7842, S7844, S7846 [22JY]

Let's Get Ready (organization): tribute, S4509 [21AP]

Medicaid: improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (S. 434), S2323 [13FE]

Medicare: eliminate cuts to home health services, S12477, S12488-S12490 [5DE]

———eliminate funding cuts, S12476, S12477, S12491 [5DE]

———improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (S. 701), S3792 [25MR]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S12584, S12589 [7DE]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs, S12583, S12584 [7DE]

———provide all beneficiaries with the right to guaranteed issue of a supplemental policy (S. 1669), S9373 [15SE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments, S2947 [10MR]

Minute Man National Historical Park: anniversary (S. Res. 275), S9590 [21SE]

Monti, Jared C.: Medal of Honor recipient, S9551 [17SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: conduct research program on endocrine disruption and reduce exposure to chemicals that undermine development of children before they are born (S. 2828), S12324 [3DE]

Obama, President: executive order to close all overseas CIA detention facilities for terror suspects, S780 [22JA]

———executive orders to close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit use of certain interrogation techniques, S780 [22JA]

Operation Troop Support (organization): tribute, S13380 [17DE]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (S. 705), S3794 [25MR]

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (S. 1707), S10429 [14OC]

———authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (S. 962), S5069 [4MY]

Palestinians: prohibit funding for resettlement from the Gaza Strip to the U.S., S2889 [9MR]

Poland: anniversary of Nazi invasion, S9322 [14SE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), S7613 [16JY]

———promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development (S. 1462), S7613 [16JY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S6346 [9JN]

Russell Senate Office Building: designate the Kennedy Caucus Room (S. Res. 264), S9319 [14SE]

SBA: establish a temporary program under which loans are made to small businesses that are nonprofit child care businesses (S. 2661), S10992 [2NO]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (S. 1831), S10643 [21OC]

Small business: authorize loan guarantees for health information technology (S. 2765), S11349 [10NO]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (S. 366), S1432 [3FE]

———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 142), S128 [6JA]

———establish Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs (S. 79), S84 [6JA]

———provide equal coverage of mental health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 77), S83 [6JA]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6346 [9JN], S8932 [6AU]

Taxation: allow deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations, S1417 [3FE]

———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (S. 2748), S11255 [6NO]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (S. 2882), S13253 [15DE]

———provide a full exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (S. 78), S83 [6JA]

———provide a point of order against consideration of legislation that increases taxes for middle-income individuals, including taxes derived from global warming pollution emissions cap and trade program, S4116, S4117 [1AP]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (S. 144), S129 [6JA]

———repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity bond interest (S. 138), S115 [6JA]

———repeal certain oil and gas related tax incentives (S. 1087), S5703 [20MY]

———replace the Hope and Lifetime Learning credits with a partially refundable college opportunity credit (S. 143), S128 [6JA]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (S. 24), S172 [7JA]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), S848 [26JA]

Thirteen Yards to Victory (musical group): tribute, S9260 [10SE]

United Arab Emirates: approve proposed agreement for cooperation pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act (S.J. Res. 18), S7414 [13JY]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (S. 1444), S7414 [13JY]

Votes: position on missed, S10310 [8OC], S10402 [14OC], S10464 [15OC], S10568 [20OC], S11282, S11283 [9NO], S13295 [16DE]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (S. 969), S5130 [5MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S10587 [21OC]

Reports

Political Contributions of Executive Nominees, S4061, S4062 [31MR], S5127 [5MY], S5614 [19MY], S6649 [16JN], S7258-S7261 [8JY], S7776-S7779 [21JY], S8193-S8196 [28JY], S8760-S8764 [4AU], S9553, S9554 [17SE], S11428-S11430 [17NO], S12706-S12708 [8DE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 110th Congress: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-12), S4061 [31MR]

———Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-2), S256 [9JA]

African Development Fund Replenishment Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 955) (S. Rept. 111-51), S7639 [16JY]

Commend Countries That Passed Laws for Restitution of, or Compensation for, Property Illegally Confiscated by Nazi or Communist Regimes, and Encourage Other Countries To Pass Such Laws: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 153), S6649 [16JN]

Condemn All Forms of Anti-Semitism and Reaffirm Support for the Mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 11), S4309 [2AP]

Condemn Assault of Women and Killing of Political Protesters in Guinea, Support Inquiry and Prosecution, and Consider Punitive Measures Against Officials Found To Be Complicit: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 345), S11492 [18NO]

Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 962) (S. Rept. 111-33), S6938 [23JN]

Ensure a Fair and Democratic Election Process for Parliamentary Elections in Moldova: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 56), S4061 [31MR]

Expenditures: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 30), S1677 [5FE]

Express that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law of Afghanistan Violates the Fundamental Human Rights of Women and Should Be Repealed: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 19), S5435 [13MY]

Foreign Service Nominations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5127 [5MY], S6649 [16JN], S7779 [21JY], S11430 [17NO]

Freedom of the Press Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1739), S13458 [18DE]

Global Food Security Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 384) (S. Rept. 111-19), S5435 [13MY]

Importance of Public Diplomacy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 49), S5281 [7MY]

Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1067) (S. Rept. 111-108), S13251 [15DE]

NATO Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 20), S4061 [31MR]

Nomination of Aaron S. Williams To Be Peace Corps Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8759 [4AU]

Nomination of Alan D. Solomont To Be Ambassador to Andorra: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9553 [17SE]

Nomination of Alberto M. Fernandez To Be Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12707 [8DE]

Nomination of Alfonso E. Lenhardt To Be Ambassador to Tanzania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Andrew J. Shapiro To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Political-Military Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6649 [16JN]

Nomination of Anne E. Derse To Be Ambassador to Lithuania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7777 [21JY]

Nomination of Anne Slaughter Andrew To Be Ambassador to Costa Rica: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12707 [8DE]

Nomination of Arturo A. Valenzula To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Barry B. White To Be Ambassador to Norway: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9554 [17SE]

Nomination of Betty E. King To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Geneva Office: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12708 [8DE]

Nomination of Bonnie J. Jenkins To Be Dept. of State Threat Reduction Programs Coordinator: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6649 [16JN]

Nomination of Bruce J. Oreck To Be Ambassador to Finland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8761 [4AU]

Nomination of Capricia P. Marshall To Be Chief of Protocol: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7258 [8JY]

Nomination of Carlos Pascual To Be Ambassador to Mexico: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7777 [21JY]

Nomination of Carmen Lomellin To Be OAS U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11429 [17NO]

Nomination of Charles A. Ray To Be Ambassador to Zimbabwe: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Charles H. Rivkin To Be Ambassador to France and Monaco: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7259 [8JY]

Nomination of Christopher R. Hill To Be Ambassador to Iraq: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4062 [31MR]

Nomination of Christopher W. Dell To Be Ambassador to Kosovo: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7258 [8JY]

Nomination of Cynthia Stroum To Be Ambassador to Luxembourg: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11429 [17NO]

Nomination of Daniel Benjamin To Be Dept. of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5614 [19MY]

Nomination of Daniel W. Yohannes To Be Millennium Challenge Corp., Chief Executive Officer: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11428 [17NO]

Nomination of David C. Jacobson To Be Ambassador to Canada: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9553 [17SE]

Nomination of David D. Nelson To Be Ambassador to Uruguay: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12707 [8DE]

Nomination of David H. Thorne To Be Ambassador to Italy and San Marino: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7779 [21JY]

Nomination of David Huebner To Be Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11429 [17NO]

Nomination of David Killion To Be U.S. Representative to UNESCO: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8759 [4AU]

Nomination of Donald H. Gips To Be Ambassador to South Africa: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8196 [28JY]

Nomination of Donald S. Beyer, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7777 [21JY]

Nomination of Douglas W. Kmiec To Be Ambassador to Malta: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8762 [4AU]

Nomination of Earl M. Irving To Be Ambassador to Swaziland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Human Rights Council: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12708 [8DE]

Nomination of Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis To Be Ambassador to Hungary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12706 [8DE]

Nomination of Eric P. Goosby To Be U.S. Government Activities To Combat HIV/AIDS Globally Coordinator: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6649 [16JN]

Nomination of Eric P. Schwartz To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6649 [16JN]

Nomination of Ertharin Cousin To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8759 [4AU]

Nomination of Esther Brimmer To Be Assistant Sec. of State for International Organizations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4061 [31MR]

Nomination of Fay Hartog-Levin To Be Ambassador to the Netherlands: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8195 [28JY]

Nomination of Frederick D. Barton To Be U.N. Economic and Social Council U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11428 [17NO]

Nomination of Frederick D. Barton To Be U.N. General Assembly Alternate U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11428 [17NO]

Nomination of Gayleatha B. Brown To Be Ambassador to Burkina Faso: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Glyn T. Davies To Be U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8759 [4AU]

Nomination of Glyn T. Davies To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Vienna Office: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8759 [4AU]

Nomination of Gordon Gray III To Be Ambassador to Tunisia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7260 [8JY]

Nomination of Gustavo Arnavat To Be Inter-American Development Bank U.S. Executive Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11428 [17NO]

Nomination of Harold H. Koh To Be Dept. of State Legal Adviser: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5435 [13MY]

Nomination of Howard W. Gutman To Be Ambassador to Belgium: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7778 [21JY]

Nomination of Ivo H. Daalder To Be NATO Council U.S. Permanent Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5127 [5MY]

Nomination of James B. Foley To Be Ambassador to Croatia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8760 [4AU]

Nomination of James B. Smith To Be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8194 [28JY]

Nomination of James B. Warlick, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Bulgaria: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12706 [8DE]

Nomination of James Knight To Be Ambassador to Benin: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8761 [4AU]

Nomination of James L. Hudson To Be European Bank for Reconstruction and Development U.S. Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11428 [17NO]

Nomination of Jeffrey D. Feltman To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Near Eastern Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5614 [19MY]

Nomination of Jerry P. Lanier To Be Ambassador to Uganda: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Jide J. Zeitlin To Be Alternate U.S. Representative to the U.N. General Assembly: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12708 [8DE]

Nomination of Jide J. Zeitlin To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. for Management and Reform: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12708 [8DE]

Nomination of John F. Tefft To Be Ambassador to Ukraine: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11429 [17NO]

Nomination of John R. Bass To Be Ambassador to Georgia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8760 [4AU]

Nomination of John R. Nay To Be Ambassador to Suriname: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7778 [21JY]

Nomination of John V. Roos To Be Ambassador to Japan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8760 [4AU]

Nomination of Johnnie Carson To Be Assistant Sec. of State for African Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5127 [5MY]

Nomination of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., To Be Ambassador to China: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8762 [4AU]

Nomination of Jonathan S. Addleton To Be Ambassador to Mongolia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8762 [4AU]

Nomination of Jose W. Fernandez To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11428 [17NO]

Nomination of Judith A. McHale To Be Under Sec. of State for Public Diplomacy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Judith G. Garber To Be Ambassador to Latvia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8761 [4AU]

Nomination of Karen Kornbluh To Be U.S. Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8761 [4AU]

Nomination of Karl W. Eikenberry To Be Ambassador to Afghanistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4061 [31MR]

Nomination of Kenneth E. Gross, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Tajikistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8760 [4AU]

Nomination of Kenneth H. Merten To Be Ambassador to Haiti: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7777 [21JY]

Nomination of Kerri-Ann Jones To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8759 [4AU]

Nomination of Kurt M. Campbell To Be Assistant Sec. of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6649 [16JN]

Nomination of Laura E. Kennedy To Be U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12708 [8DE]

Nomination of Laurie S. Fulton To Be Ambassador to Denmark: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7260 [8JY]

Nomination of Lee A. Feinstein To Be Ambassador to Poland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9554 [17SE]

Nomination of Leslie V. Rowe To Be Ambassador to Mozambique: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12707 [8DE]

Nomination of Louis B. Susman To Be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7259 [8JY]

Nomination of Luis C. de Baca To Be Dept. of State Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5127 [5MY]

Nomination of Maria Otero To Be Under Sec. of State for Democracy and Global Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7258 [8JY]

Nomination of Mark H. Gitenstein To Be Ambassador to Romania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7260 [8JY]

Nomination of Martha Larzelere Campbell To Be Ambassador to the Marshall Islands: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8760 [4AU]

Nomination of Mary Burce Warlick To Be Ambassador to Serbia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12706 [8DE]

Nomination of Mary Jo Wills To Be Ambassador to Mauritius and Seychelles: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12707 [8DE]

Nomination of Matthew W. Barzun To Be Ambassador to Sweden: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8762 [4AU]

Nomination of Melanne Verveer To Be Ambassador at Large for Women's Global Issues: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4062 [31MR]

Nomination of Michael A. Battle, Sr., To Be U.S. Representative to the African Union: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8760 [4AU]

Nomination of Michael C. Polt To Be Ambassador to Estonia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11429 [17NO]

Nomination of Michael H. Posner To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9554 [17SE]

Nomination of Miguel H. Diaz To Be Ambassador to the Holy See: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8194 [28JY]

Nomination of Nancy J. Powell To Be Foreign Service Director General: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7258 [8JY]

Nomination of Nicole A. Avant To Be Ambassador to the Bahamas: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7778 [21JY]

Nomination of Pamela J. Howell Slutz To Be Ambassador to Burundi: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Patricia A. Butenis To Be Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Patricia Newton Moller To Be Ambassador to Guinea: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Peter A. Prahar To Be Ambassador to Micronesia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11429 [17NO]

Nomination of Philip D. Murphy To Be Ambassador to Germany: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8764 [4AU]

Nomination of Philip H. Gordon To Be Assistant Sec. of State for European and Eurasian Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4061 [31MR]

Nomination of Philip J. Crowley To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Public Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5614 [19MY]

Nomination of Philip L. Verveer To Be Deputy Assistant Sec. of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7258 [8JY]

Nomination of Rajiv J. Shah To Be AID Administrator: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S12706 [8DE]

Nomination of Representative Tauscher To Be Under Sec. of State for Arms Control and International Security: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6649 [16JN]

Nomination of Richard J. Schmierer To Be Ambassador to Oman: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7260 [8JY]

Nomination of Richard R. Verma To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Legislative Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4061 [31MR]

Nomination of Robert D. Hormats To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9554 [17SE]

Nomination of Robert D. Hormats To Be U.S. Alternate Governor for Several International Financial Institutions: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9554 [17SE]

Nomination of Robert O. Blake, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of State for South Asian Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Robert R. King To Be Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11428 [17NO]

Nomination of Rose E. Gottemoeller To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Verification and Compliance: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4061 [31MR]

Nomination of Samuel L. Kaplan To Be Ambassador to Morocco: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8194 [28JY]

Nomination of Sec. of the Treasury Geithner to International Monetary Organizations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4061 [31MR]

Nomination of Stephen J. Rapp To Be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8195 [28JY]

Nomination of Susan E. Rice To Be U.N. Ambassador and U.N. Security Council Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S719 [21JA]

Nomination of Susan E. Rice To Be U.N. General Assembly Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S719 [21JA]

Nomination of Susan Flood Burk To Be Special Representative of the President: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5435 [13MY]

Nomination of Teddy B. Taylor To Be Ambassador to Papua New Guniea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8760 [4AU]

Nomination of Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Brazil: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8193 [28JY]

Nomination of Timothy J. Roemer To Be Ambassador to India: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7260 [8JY]

Nomination of Vilma S. Martinez To Be Ambassador to Argentina: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7779 [21JY]

Nomination of Vinai K. Thummalapally To Be Ambassador to Belize: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7778 [21JY]

Nomination of William C. Eacho III To Be Ambassador to Austria: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8763 [4AU]

Nomination of William E. Kennard To Be European Union U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11428 [17NO]

OPIC Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 705) (S. Rept. 111-107), S13251 [15DE]

Poland and U.S. Relations Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 9), S4061 [31MR]

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With France: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 111-4), S12069 [1DE]

Recognize Democratic Accomplishments of Albania and Express Hope That Parliamentary Elections Maintain and Improve the Transparency and Fairness of Democracy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 182), S6649 [16JN]

START I Treaty Inspections and Monitoring Protocol Continuation Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2727) (S. Rept. 111-100), S11883 [20NO]

Support Civilians in Yemen Impacted by Instability and Terrorist Operations and Promote Reforms To Promote Economic Development and Assist Displaced Persons: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 341), S11492 [18NO]

Support Fifth Summit of the Americas: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 90), S4061 [31MR]

Support Goals and Ideals of World Water Day: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 81), S8192 [28JY]

Support Goals and Objectives of Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 23), S6649 [16JN]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act Reauthorization and Renaming as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 345) (S. Rept. 111-49), S7639 [16JY]

U.S. Science Envoys Appointment: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 838), S5281 [7MY]

Urge Canada To End Commercial Hunt for Seals: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 84), S5281 [7MY]

Urge Iran To Intensify Cooperation Relative to Investigation of Robert Levinson's Disappearance, Commend Switzerland for Ongoing Assistance, and Express Sympathy to Family: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H. Con. Res. 36), S11492 [18NO]

World Bank International Development Association Replenishment Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 954) (S. Rept. 111-50), S7639 [16JY]

Resolutions of ratification

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With France, S12069 [1DE]

Rules

Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S2127-S2130 [11FE]

———membership and jurisdiction, S9976 [30SE]

Statements

Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act: by, S10429-S10431 [14OC]

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor To Be Supreme Court Justice: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, S8934 [6AU]

Tribute to Edward M. Kennedy: by, S10481 [15OC]

Studies

Moving Forward—A Renewed Role for American Arts and Artists in the Global Age: Michael F. DiNiscia, Thomas M. McIntyre, and Ruth Ann Stewart, John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress, S13377-S13379 [17DE]

Testimonies

Negotiation of Nuclear and Human Rights Issues With the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Christopher R. Hill, S4432 [20AP]

Tributes

Bacon, Kenneth H., S9178 [9SE]

Barnich, Terrence L., S7189 [7JY]

Biden, Senator, S408 [15JA]

Dowd, Donald J., S12156 [2DE]

Hussein, Maged, S7189 [7JY]

Jennings, Richard R., S13380 [17DE]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9195 [10SE], S10755 [27OC], S11201 [5NO]

Leahy, Senator, S690 [21JA]

Mallias, Alexandros P., S5430 [13MY]

McKean, David, S13372 [17DE]

Means, Jimmy, S9652 [22SE]

Pappey, Mary, S10056 [1OC]

Schlossberg, Jack, S11201 [5NO]