KLOBUCHAR, AMY (a Senator from Minnesota)

Amendments

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

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1447, S1455, S1456, S1464, S1471 [3FE], S1538, S1591 [4FE], S1679, S1741, S1756 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5741 [20MY], S5822 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4097 [31MR], S4201, S4219, S4220 [1AP], S4270, S4271, S4281, S4314, S4391 [2AP]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4993 [30AP]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5471, S5503 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7491 [14JY], S7655 [16JY], S7928 [22JY], S8016, S8018, S8027, S8056 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10062, S10070, S10073 [1OC], S10163 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9582, S9593 [21SE], S9688 [22SE], S9772 [24SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11297 [9NO], S11352 [10NO], S11406 [17NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9272 [10SE], S9333 [14SE]

Economy: ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), S7270, S7271 [8JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8283 [29JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S5953 [2JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12072, S12073 [1DE], S12323, S12335 [3DE], S12418, S12419, S12426, S12427 [4DE], S12556 [6DE], S12623, S12641, S12644 [7DE], S12741 [8DE], S12825 [9DE], S12910, S12911, S12917 [10DE], S13194 [14DE]

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

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12072, S12073 [1DE], S12323, S12335 [3DE], S12418, S12419, S12426, S12427 [4DE], S12556 [6DE], S12623, S12641, S12644 [7DE], S12741 [8DE], S12825 [9DE], S12910, S12911, S12917 [10DE], S13194 [14DE]

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), S6664 [16JN]

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

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S1472 [3FE]

Samuel B. Kent impeachment trial committee, S6961 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see S. 1375), S7413 [13JY]

Agriculture: provide for country of origin labeling for dairy products (see S. 1783), S10488 [15OC]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 146), S43 [6JA]

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]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 572), S3115 [16MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S6888 [22JN]

Aviation: enhance safety (see S. 1193), S6186 [4JN]

———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), S9589 [21SE]

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

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

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (see S. 2853), S12804 [9DE]

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

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see S. 1600), S8992 [6AU]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S6940 [23JN]

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

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

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (see S. Res. 302), S10110 [5OC]

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

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

Clean Air Act: prohibit issuance of regulatory permits for certain emissions from agricultural production (see S. 527), S2910 [9MR]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S11383 [16NO]

Construction industries: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see S. 970), S5373 [12MY]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see S. 251), S7639 [16JY]

———prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (see S. 1749), S13252 [15DE]

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

———provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (see S. 657), S9187 [9SE]

Crime: combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (see S. 470), S2473 [25FE]

———improve assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 327), S5282 [7MY]

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

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 302), S10110 [5OC]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 428), S5328 [11MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emission reductions on private forest land (see S. 1576), S10778 [27OC]

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

Dept. of Defense: provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program (see S. 559), S2964 [10MR]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1345), S10701 [22OC]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 1362), S7070 [25JN]

———provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active duty servicemembers regardless of disbursement date (see S. 1775), S10362 [13OC]

Dept. of HHS: 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), S9133 [8SE]

———make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see S. 1628), S10778 [27OC]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 167), S826 [26JA]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S2366 [23FE]

———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]

Dept. of the Treasury: delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (see S. 1280), S7869 [22JY] (see S. 1723), S9930 [29SE]

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 910), S8135 [27JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program to encourage States to enact laws to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving (see S. 1938), S10777 [27OC]

———reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program (see S. 1156), S10636 [21OC]

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), S11118 [4NO]

———include certain active duty service in the Reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 1668), S11291 [9NO]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S4891 [29AP]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see S. 1752), S11345 [10NO]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see S. 181), S211 [8JA]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S8996 [6AU]

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]

———restore fiscal discipline and begin to address long-term fiscal challenges (see S. 10), S40 [6JA]

Education: 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]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (see S. 634), S4964 [30AP]

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

Energy Assistance Fund: establish to guarantee low-interest loans for purchase and installation of energy efficient property, idling reduction and insulation for trucks, and alternative refueling stations (see S. 855), S4573 [22AP]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see S. 818), S4515 [21AP]

EPA: conduct study on black carbon emissions (see S. 849), S6888 [22JN]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 416), S9132 [8SE]

FAA: implement certain NTSB recommendations to establish national standards on flight requirements for pilots (see S. 1284), S6846 [19JN]

———prohibit use of certain portable electronic devices in the cockpit of commercial aircraft during flight and conduct a study of the safety impact of distracted pilots (see S. 2745), S11205 [5NO]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (see S. 510), S2767 [4MR]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 982), S5233 [6MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see S. 696), S12708 [8DE]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see S. 1421), S12709 [8DE]

———conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (see S. 1214), S6940 [23JN]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S9436 [16SE]

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

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

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

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

Health: establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see S. 979), S6939 [23JN]

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

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 450), S4446 [20AP]

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]

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

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

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend (see S. 1790), S10487 [15OC]

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S12071 [1DE]

———improve consumer protections for purchasers of long-term care insurance (see S. 1177), S6940 [23JN]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 643), S3550 [19MR]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 688), S3658 [24MR]

Iran: allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of detained U.S. hikers (see S. Con. Res. 45), S10162 [6OC]

———authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1065), S7869 [22JY]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S4806 [28AP]

———grant consular access by Switzerland to detained U.S. hikers, allow telephone communication, and facilitate reunification with their families (see S. Con. Res. 40), S9653 [22SE]

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), S6582 [15JN]

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 health care fraud enforcement (see S. 1959), S10850 [28OC]

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

Medicaid: provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (see S. 2833), S12322 [3DE]

Medicare: amend special needs plans and the alignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible individuals (see S. 1307), S6845 [19JN]

———establish pilot projects to provide incentives for home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and communications technologies (see S. 457), S2423 [24FE]

———improve quality and efficiency through measurement of readmission rates and resource use and provide payments to certain groups of providers and suppliers for hospitalization relative to high cost diagnoses (see S. 295), S1432 [3FE]

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

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S6651 [16JN]

———provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (see S. 307), S3114 [16MR]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S6581 [15JN]

———reduce fraud (see S. 975), S8135 [27JY]

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

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S11493 [18NO]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see S. 1171), S8766 [4AU]

Medicare/Medicaid: reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 534), S6650 [16JN]

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

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

Motor vehicles: require a large majority of automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol or methanol, or biodiesel (see S. 835), S4445 [20AP]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7142 [6JY]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see S. 951), S7640 [16JY]

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

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

National Mesothelioma Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 288), S9869 [25SE]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 295), S10363 [13OC]

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 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 267), S9371 [15SE]

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

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 448), S3986 [30MR]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1401), S8558 [30JY]

Passports: require Depts. of Homeland Security and State to accept passport cards for air travel (see S. 321), S826 [26JA]

Patents: reform (see S. 515), S4312 [2AP]

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

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 525), S3164 [17MR] (see S. 1232), S6452 [10JN]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 369), S5906 [1JN]

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]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped domestic sources through partnerships between manufacturing and agricultural industries to invest in projects to capture and store carbon (see S. 2729), S11118 [4NO]

Public safety officers: provide adequate benefits to officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see S. 2885), S13319 [16DE]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see S. 433), S2323 [13FE]

Roads and highways: reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from writing, sending, or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle (see S. 1536), S9555 [17SE]

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

SBA: increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (see S. 2869), S13191 [14DE]

SEC: strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (see S. 1073), S6651 [16JN]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S4756 [27AP]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see S. 473), S3658 [24MR]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see S. 557), S11382 [16NO]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see S. 937), S6721 [17JN]

Social Security: 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), S786 [22JA]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see S. 446), S8272 [29JY] (see S. Res. 339), S11205 [5NO]

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 1542), S8557 [30JY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 1019), S6582 [15JN]

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

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see S. 1402), S9327 [14SE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S7700 [20JY]

———provide a Federal income tax exclusion for assistance provided to participants in State student loan programs for certain health professionals (see S. 860), S4573 [22AP]

———provide for the treatment of S corporations for purposes of election of the alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities (see S. 1656), S9186 [9SE]

———qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of low income housing tax credit (see S. 249), S827 [26JA]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S4964 [30AP]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S5372 [12MY]

Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see S. 649), S7193 [7JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S3163 [17MR]

———prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see S. 30), S169 [7JA]

———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (see S. 562), S2965 [10MR]

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]

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), S10852 [28OC]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 584), S10635 [21OC]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (see S. 238), S388 [14JA]

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), S5371 [12MY]

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]

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), S12009 [30NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunset of certain provisions and authority to issue national security letters (see S. 1692), S10062 [1OC]

Veterans: carry out a pilot program on training, certification, and support of family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and Armed Forces members (see S. 543), S3551 [19MR]

Victims of Crime Act: establish a minimum funding level for programs that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund (see S. 1340), S9134 [8SE]

———recognize anniversary and contributions to the Crime Victims Fund through criminal prosecutions by U.S. Attorneys' Financial Litigation Units (see S. Res. 367), S12322 [3DE]

Voting: 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]

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

Wildlife Restoration Act: ensure adequate funding for conservation and restoration of wildlife (see S. 655), S4892 [29AP]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S3114 [16MR]

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

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S6186 [4JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Consumers: protect from certain practices in connection with the origination of consumer credit transactions secured by the consumer's principal dwelling (see S. 863), S4573 [22AP]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 1216), S6364 [9JN]

Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see S. 2779), S11382 [16NO]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 2769), S11344 [10NO]

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

Education: establish a grant program to prevent truancy (see S. 1708), S9840 [24SE]

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

Food: provide for enhanced foodborne illness surveillance and food safety capacity and establish regional food safety centers of excellence (see S. 1269), S6650 [16JN]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: restore immunization and sibling age exemptions for children adopted by U.S. citizens to allow admission to the U.S. (see S. 1376), S7070 [25JN]

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (see S. 1660), S9264 [10SE]

Health care facilities: provide for the treatment of certain hospitals (see S. 1479), S7779 [21JY]

Insurance: develop a model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance (see S. 1636), S8993 [6AU]

———require issuers of long term care insurance to establish third party review processes for disputed claims (see S. 1626), S8993 [6AU]

Max J. Beilke Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Alexandria, MN: designate (see S. 1483), S7779 [21JY]

Medicare: create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (see S. 1249), S6542 [11JN]

———extend reasonable cost contracts (see S. 1079), S5614 [19MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: require provider payments to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions (see S. 1521), S8196 [28JY]

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

National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (see S. Res. 133), S5232 [6MY]

National Travel and Tourism Week: designate (see S. Res. 147), S5372 [12MY]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to include trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota (see S. 553), S2909 [9MR]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (see S. 1292), S6804 [18JN]

Power resources: promote renewable energy (see S. 826), S4311 [2AP]

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen metal (see S. 418), S2144 [11FE]

Refugees: victims of torture treatment programs funding (see S. 2839), S12413 [4DE]

Tariff: aluminum vacuum mugs with lids (see S. 1987), S10851 [28OC]

———bamboo vases (see S. 1988), S10851 [28OC]

———catalytic converter mats of ceramic fibers (see S. 2094), S10916 [29OC]

———children's wallets (see S. 1989), S10851 [28OC]

———coupon holders (see S. 1991), S10851 [28OC]

———inflatable air mattresses (see S. 1992), S10851 [28OC]

———mini component stereo systems (see S. 2086), S10916 [29OC]

———perfluorobutane sulfonyl fluoride (see S. 2093), S10916 [29OC]

———perfluorocarbon alkanes (see S. 2092), S10916 [29OC]

———perfluorocarbon amines (see S. 2091), S10916 [29OC]

———perfluorocarbon mixtures (see S. 2089), S10916 [29OC]

———perfluorocarbon morpholines (see S. 2090), S10916 [29OC]

———plastic children's wallets (see S. 1990), S10851 [28OC]

———reusable fabric bags (see S. 1994), S10851 [28OC]

———reusable fabric [cotton] bags (see S. 1993), S10851 [28OC]

———soap and lotion pumps (see S. 1995), S10851 [28OC]

———swimming pools (see S. 1996), S10851 [28OC]

———THV (see S. 2085), S10916 [29OC]

———wind turbine capacitor panels (see S. 2088), S10916 [29OC]

———wind turbine generator power panels to transfer electric power to and from a utility power grid (see S. 2087), S10916 [29OC]

Taxation: provide a credit for eldercare expenses (see S. 1604), S8992 [6AU]

Telephones: require cell phone early termination fees to be pro-rated over the term of a subscriber's contract (see S. 2825), S12321 [3DE]

Veterans: facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums (see S. 1154), S5820 [21MY]

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]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2760 [4MR]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5426 [13MY], S5570 [19MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), motion to proceed, S5246 [6MY]

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), S4657 [23AP], S4740 [27AP]

———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]

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

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

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

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

Ogden, David W.: nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S2903 [9MR]

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

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), S6840 [19JN], S6880 [22JN], S9123 [8SE]

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

Letters

Travel Promotion Act: by, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), H11057 [7OC], H12483-H12485 [6NO]

Privilege of the floor

Branscome, John, S175 [7JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8623 [31JY]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3133 [17MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1783, S1818 [6FE], S1894 [7FE], S2125 [11FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2286, S2287 [13FE]

Aung San Suu Kyi: call for release by Burmese Government, S7529 [15JY]

Civil Rights Act: clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges, S706 [21JA]

Computers: improve quality of Federal and State data on availability and quality of broadband services and promote deployment of affordable broadband services, S155 [7JA]

Congress: set date for convening of 111th Congress, 2d session (H.J. Res. 62), S13201 [14DE]

Consumers: protect from certain practices in connection with the origination of consumer credit transactions secured by the consumer's principal dwelling (S. 863), S5182 [6MY]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5182 [6MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5549 [18MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7529 [15JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: bovine tuberculosis research funding, S8623 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7474 [14JY], S7529 [15JY]

———F-22 aircraft program funding, S7474 [14JY], S7529 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13444 [18DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an online database of enrollee satisfaction information relative to health plans offered through the health insurance exchange, S12570 [7DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: study emergency communications (S. 1755), S13201 [14DE]

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

———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, S4414 [20AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (S. 2769), S11361 [16NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11361 [16NO]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (S. 697), S10262 [8OC]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), S706 [21JA]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), motion to proceed, S361 [14JA]

Economy: provide stimulus for economic recovery, S154-S156 [7JA]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S6912 [23JN], S7285 [9JY], S10658 [22OC]

Food: provide for enhanced foodborne illness surveillance and food safety capacity and establish regional food safety centers of excellence (S. 1269), S6912 [23JN], S7285 [9JY], S10658 [22OC]

Health: health information technology funding, S1783 [6FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S3587-S3589 [23MR], S6491, S6493 [11JN], S8504 [30JY], S9360 [15SE], S10262 [8OC], S10658 [22OC], S11038, S11039, S11040, S11041, S11042, S11043 [3NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12398 [4DE], S12570 [7DE], S12689, S12690 [8DE], S12758 [9DE], S13182 [14DE], S13444 [18DE], S13665 [21DE], S13849, S13862 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11865 [20NO], S11943, S11944, S11945, S11946, S11947, S11949 [21NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent agreement, S13201 [14DE]

Holder, Eric H., Jr.: nomination to be Attorney General, S1257 [2FE]

Iran: allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of detained U.S. hikers (S. Con. Res. 45), S11984 [30NO]

Law enforcement: improve health care fraud enforcement, S12689, S12690 [8DE]

Medicaid: 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, S1818 [6FE]

Medicare: create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule, S11865 [20NO]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (S. 1249), S9361 [15SE]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, S13849 [23DE]

Minnesota: Army National Guard Battery D 216th Air Defense Artillery recipient of Army Valorous Unit Award, S5370 [12MY]

———Army National Guard First Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment recipient of Army Meritorious Unit Commendation, S5370 [12MY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 317), S10646 [21OC]

Ogden, David W.: impact of position on certain pornography cases as a private attorney on suitability to be Deputy Attorney General, S3015 [11MR]

———nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S3015 [11MR], S3044 [12MR]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S12758 [9DE]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (S. Res. 87), S4522 [21AP]

Sanchez, Francisco J.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade, unanimous-consent agreement, S4524 [21AP]

Senate: legislative program, S4524 [21AP], S13202 [14DE]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6977, S6978, S6980, S6981 [24JN], S8789, S8790, S8791, S8793 [5AU]

Spielman, Stefanie: tribute (S. Res. 375), S13202 [14DE]

Sunstein, Cass R.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S9167 [9SE]

Taxation: impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Government, S3133 [17MR]

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), S6882 [22JN], S9120, S9123 [8SE]

———establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), motion to proceed, S6527 [11JN], S6629 [16JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10537 [20OC], S11044 [3NO]

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (S. Res. 107), S4523 [21AP]

University of Findlay: tribute to men's basketball team (S. Res. 106), S4522 [21AP]

Veterans: facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums (S. 1154), S11361 [16NO]

Votes: correction, S4266 [2AP]

Statements

Perspective on Current Health Reform Issues: Mayo Clinic, S11948 [21NO]

Tributes

Coleman, Norm, S7284 [9JY]

Crittenden, Richard, S9294 [11SE]

Franken, Senator, S7167 [7JY]

Gillibrand, Senator, S8792 [5AU]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9290 [11SE]

Murray, Senator, S8792 [5AU]

Salazar, Senator, S638 [16JA]