BEGICH, MARK (a Senator from Alaska)

Amendments

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2643 [2MR], S2677, S2719 [3MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1443, S1447, S1462, S1463 [3FE], S1538, S1543, S1577, S1583, S1592 [4FE], S1736, S1756 [5FE], S1865, S1866 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5670, S5735 [20MY], S5880 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4222, S4223 [1AP], S4257, S4271, S4281, S4314, S4389, S4391, S4395, S4396 [2AP]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7484, S7495, S7503 [14JY], S7571, S7572 [15JY], S7642, S7657, S7658 [16JY], S7702, S7705, S7710 [20JY], S7765, S7802, S7803 [21JY], S7856, S7858, S7870, S7911, S7923, S7925, S7932 [22JY], S7976, S8025, S8041, S8051, S8057 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10164 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9685 [22SE], S9752, S9754, S9755 [23SE], S9772 [24SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9445 [16SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6187, S6219 [4JN], S6290, S6305 [8JN], S6366 [9JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12167 [2DE], S12278, S12343 [3DE], S12429, S12433 [4DE], S12623, S12633, S12634 [7DE], S12710 [8DE], S12910, S12917, S12935, S12967 [10DE], S13033 [11DE], S13191, S13193 [14DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10226 [7OC], S10271 [8OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12167 [2DE], S12278, S12343 [3DE], S12429, S12433 [4DE], S12623, S12633, S12634 [7DE], S12710 [8DE], S12910, S12917, S12935, S12967 [10DE], S13033 [11DE], S13191, S13193 [14DE]

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), S6807, S6820 [18JN]

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

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S3621 [24MR], S4009 [31MR], S5397 [13MY], S7667 [20JY], S12523 [6DE]

Conferee: H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S8024 [23JY]

———S. 454, Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act, S5495 [14MY]

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]

———promote empowerment of women (see S. 229), S5906 [1JN]

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

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

Agent Orange Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 248), S8994 [6AU]

Alaska: establish a grant program to encourage retooling of entities in the timber industry (see S. 785), S4310 [2AP]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the settlement of certain claims (see S. 881), S4669 [23AP]

———resolve land claims of the Bering Straits Native Corp. (see S. 522), S2766 [4MR]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 353), S11344 [10NO]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see S. 727), S5907 [1JN]

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

———give wounded reservists the option of remaining on active duty during the transition process to continue to receive military pay and allow such members to live at home during transition (see S. 944), S7640 [16JY]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S3987 [30MR]

———improve and enhance operation and improve mobilization and demobilization processes of Reserve components (see S. 262), S1124 [30JA]

———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), S7640 [16JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S7139 [6JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S5066 [4MY]

———reduce minimum distance of travel necessary for reimbursement of covered military health care system beneficiaries for specialty health care (see S. 476), S5066 [4MY]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see S. 711), S7640 [16JY]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay (see S. 342), S994 [28JA]

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]

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

Budget: provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (see S. 907), S4806 [28AP]

———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), S6994 [24JN]

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

Business and industry: require operators of Internet sites that sell airline tickets to disclose to the purchaser of each ticket the air carrier that operates each segment of the flight (see S. 1283), S7413 [13JY]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 1279), S6720 [17JN]

CFTC: take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (see S. 1225), S6544 [11JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 92), S4063 [31MR]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see S. 435), S9982 [30SE]

———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]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S10701 [22OC]

Citizenship Day: support ideals and goals (see S. Res. 271), S9436 [16SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S11290 [9NO]

Collector Car Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 97), S5822 [21MY]

Concerns of Police Survivors (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 138), S5282 [7MY]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see S. 251), S7555 [15JY]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see S. 414), S4755 [27AP]

Credit cards: prevent abuse of Government credit cards (see S. 942), S7700 [20JY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 909), S5556 [18MY]

Dept. of Commerce: adapt lessons of foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to provision of Federal economic development assistance to remote Native American communities (see S. 980), S5128 [5MY]

———establish a Jobs Creation Coordinator (see S. 824), S4311 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (see S. 454), S5282 [7MY]

———modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. 645), S5282 [7MY]

Dept. of Education: establish a comprehensive literacy program (see S. 2740), S12009 [30NO]

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

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 1635), S11206 [5NO]

———establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see S. 1523), S8996 [6AU]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 1273), S7482 [14JY]

———make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see S. 1628), S9983 [30SE]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S4755 [27AP]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (see S. 503), S2592 [27FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: expand authority and responsibilities of the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 400), S2027 [9FE]

Dept. of Transportation: reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program (see S. 1156), S6940 [23JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities (see S. 1495), S7868 [22JY]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S11884 [20NO]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals (see S. 252), S1124 [30JA]

———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), S6650 [16JN]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 597), S4515 [21AP]

———furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see S. 1518), S10778 [27OC]

———improve capacity to recruit and retain physicians in health professional shortage areas and improve provision of health care to veterans in rural areas (see S. 734), S3985 [30MR]

———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), S10111 [5OC]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see S. 2760), S12619 [7DE]

———provide for automatic enrollment of demobilizing members of the National Guard and Reserves in health care and dental care programs (see S. 1798), S13698 [21DE]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S2229 [12FE]

———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), S3370 [18MR]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see S. 1204), S13320 [16DE]

———waive charges for humanitarian care provided to family members accompanying severely injured veterans receiving medical care and provide assistance to family caregivers (see S. 801), S4447 [20AP]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S9982 [30SE]

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]

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), S8766 [4AU]

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: assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten (see S. 839), S4513 [21AP]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S5701 [20MY]

———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]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 1403), S7192 [7JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program (see S. 1052), S8682 [3AU]

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 1197), S10218 [7OC]

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

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see S. 634), S10701 [22OC]

———provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (see S. 1121), S8095 [24JY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 1584), S13191 [14DE]

FAA: implement certain NTSB recommendations to establish national standards on flight requirements for pilots (see S. 1284), S7557 [15JY]

FAA Management Advisory Council: add one member with aviation safety expertise (see S. 1163), S7413 [13JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 1422), S8683 [3AU]

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

Federal employees: provide retirement equity for Federal employees in nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia (see S. 507), S2623 [2MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 599), S4807 [28AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: prevent certain delays by pharmaceutical companies in allowing introduction of generic drugs (see S. 1778), S10991 [2NO]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols (see S. 519), S7262 [8JY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 371), S1864 [6FE] (see S. 845), S4513 [21AP]

Fish and fishing: authorize a single fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands longline catcher processor subsector (see S. 1609), S8992 [6AU]

———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), S7641 [16JY]

———establish uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties to enforce the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes (see S. 2870), S12909 [10DE]

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), S4721 [24AP]

Forest Service: establish a coordinated avalanche protection program (see S. 2907), S13458 [18DE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S6030 [3JN]

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

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

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see S. 2129), S11884 [20NO]

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

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see S. 381), S2424 [24FE] (see S. 708), S3785 [25MR] (see S. 1011), S8865 [5AU]

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

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (see S. 1660), S10701 [22OC]

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]

———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), S8273 [29JY]

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

———provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia (see S. 353), S3610 [23MR]

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

Health care professionals: establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see S. 1022), S5371 [12MY]

———provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 628), S9079 [7AU]

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), S6939 [23JN]

Housing: provide assistance to owners of manufactured homes constructed prior to 1976 to purchase Energy Star qualified manufactured homes (see S. 1320), S8683 [3AU]

Immigration: adjust status for immediate family of Armed Forces members who served honorably in Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (see S. 2757), S11884 [20NO]

———exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see S. 1337), S7413 [13JY]

———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: improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare and private health insurance (see S. 1630), S10435 [14OC]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 623), S3552 [19MR]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage (see S. 1730), S10736 [26OC]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S5129 [5MY]

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), S4064 [31MR]

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]

Maritime Administration: reauthorize (see S. 1308), S7262 [8JY]

MASON DE-529 (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp in commemoration of crew (see S. Con. Res. 33), S8040 [23JY]

Medicaid: establish a chronic care improvement demonstration program for beneficiaries with severe mental illnesses (see S. 1136), S6365 [9JN]

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

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

———provide incentives for increased use of HIV screening tests (see S. 1446), S9555 [17SE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S6256 [8JN]

———require coverage for freestanding birth center services (see S. 1423), S7317 [9JY]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 671), S8682 [3AU]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see S. 511), S9372 [15SE]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 1201), S6255 [8JN]

———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), S2910 [9MR]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 266), S4311 [2AP]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see S. 662), S7412 [13JY]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (see S. 1776), S10488 [15OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: protect and improve prescription drug benefits provided to dual eligible individuals (see S. 1634), S9079 [7AU]

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), S13252 [15DE]

———increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 538), S6186 [4JN]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S8273 [29JY]

Mining and mineral resources: require U.S.-registered companies selling products using columbite-tantalite, coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to disclose the country-of-origin of such materials to the SEC (see S. 891), S5701 [20MY]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 1012), S5282 [7MY]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7194 [7JY]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see S. 951), S7557 [15JY]

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 American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 342), S11205 [5NO]

National Boating Day: observance (see S. Res. 199), S6994 [24JN]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S4892 [29AP]

National Guard: authorize availability of appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities (see S. 775), S7640 [16JY]

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 School Lunch Act: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families (see S. 990), S5907 [1JN]

———increase number of children eligible for free school meals (see S. 1737), S11254 [6NO]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S7641 [16JY]

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

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

Native Americans: improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see S. 797), S4310 [2AP]

NOAA: establish a black carbon and other aerosols research program (see S. 1538), S8272 [29JY]

———establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see S. 817), S4311 [2AP]

Nurses: expand the advanced practice registered nurse workforce (see S. 1569), S9079 [7AU]

Outer Continental Shelf: enhance domestic energy security by increasing production from fossil-based resources in an economically and environmentally responsible manner (see S. 1517), S9187 [9SE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 348), S11290 [9NO]

Peace Corps: improve and expand (see S. 1382), S7263 [8JY]

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]

———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]

Prince William Sound: modify applicability of certain requirements to double hulled tankers transporting oil in bulk (see S. 1041), S5501 [14MY]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 1611), S13252 [15DE]

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), S5065 [4MY]

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

Science: provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities (see S. 583), S13190 [14DE]

Senate: constitutional amendment to require special elections to fill vacant seats (see S.J. Res. 7), S1058 [29JA]

———require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S3114 [16MR]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1685), S10111 [5OC]

———support goals and ideals of senior caregiving and affordability (see S. Con. Res. 37), S8683 [3AU]

Ships and vessels: promote secure ferry transportation (see S. 930), S5233 [6MY]

———require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls (see S. 685), S3658 [24MR]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S4312 [2AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 686), S10218 [7OC]

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

Taxation: allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see S. 1366), S10435 [14OC]

———deny deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals (see S. 1763), S10521 [19OC]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S9133 [8SE]

———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), S1276 [2FE]

———modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (see S. 676), S5555 [18MY]

———permanently extend existing elective tax treatment for Alaska Native Settlement Trusts (see S. 798), S4310 [2AP]

———provide a Federal income tax exclusion for assistance provided to participants in State student loan programs for certain health professionals (see S. 860), S6453 [10JN]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S7071 [25JN]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 292), S5701 [20MY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S994 [28JA]

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

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]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 584), S5066 [4MY]

———permit private vanpool contractors providing public transportation to purchase rolling stock and credit certain expenditures toward the local matching share of public transportation projects costs (see S. 1795), S10487 [15OC]

———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), S5065 [4MY]

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. Geological Survey: establish National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System (see S. 782), S4310 [2AP]

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), S11431 [17NO]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 1647), S9078 [7AU]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 348), S2027 [9FE]

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), S2866 [6MR]

———enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 1547), S8996 [6AU]

———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), S5066 [4MY]

———improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see S. 658), S4447 [20AP]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 407), S2080 [10FE]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 1160), S6187 [4JN]

Volunteer workers: support recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel (see S. 822), S6543 [11JN]

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), S7700 [20JY]

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S5371 [12MY]

———provide Armed Forces members and their families equal access to voter registration assistance (see S. 1265), S6581 [15JN]

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

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

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, provide performance standards for breast pumps, and provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding (see S. 1244), S9079 [7AU]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S3987 [30MR]

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

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S5066 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alaska: share certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in Alaska Adjacent Zone (see S. 1560), S8681 [3AU]

Arctic regions: create the American Arctic Adaptation Grant Program to prevent or mitigate effects of Arctic climate change (see S. 1566), S8681 [3AU]

———study mental, behavioral, and physical health problems, institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Arctic health assessment program, and create NIH ``Arctic Desk'' (see S. 1565), S8681 [3AU]

Dept. of State: establish a U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (see S. 1563), S8681 [3AU]

NOAA: establish an integrated and comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric research, prediction, and environmental information program to support renewable energy (see S. 2852), S12804 [9DE]

Oceans: enhance readiness of the U.S. to deal with increased maritime and development activity in the Arctic due to climate change (see S. 1564), S8681 [3AU]

———ensure safe, secure, and reliable marine shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue (see S. 1561), S8681 [3AU]

———study and report on research on the U.S. Arctic Ocean (see S. 1562), S8681 [3AU]

Taxation: deny any deduction for direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see S. 2842), S12618 [7DE] (see S. 2873), S13032 [11DE]

———encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native corporations (see S. 1673), S9371 [15SE]

———provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity (see S. 2842), S12618 [7DE] (see S. 2873), S13032 [11DE]

Certificates of election

Senate, S1 [6JA]

Cloture motions

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

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (S. 146), S5887 [21MY]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2860 [6MR], S2953 [10MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5607 [19MY], S5771 [21MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, S6710 [17JN]

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

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9975 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13295 [16DE], S13407 [18DE]

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

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12898 [10DE], S13073 [12DE]

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

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S5887 [21MY]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), motion to proceed, S5918 [2JN]

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

Hamilton, David F.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11335 [10NO], S11421 [17NO]

Hayes, David J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S5338 [11MY], S5407 [13MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

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

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

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

Sessions, William K., III: nomination to be U.S. Sentencing Commission Chairman, S10568 [20OC]

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), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

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), S10910 [29OC], S10984 [2NO], S11080 [4NO]

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

Letters

Require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify Endangered Species Act rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule: by, H2650 [25FE]

Lists

Alaska Armed Forces members killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S11314 [10NO]

Alaska Decoration of Honor recipients, S5811 [21MY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Obituaries

Burgin, Peggy A.: Anchorage (AK) Daily News, S5693 [20MY]

Menard, Curtis D.: Mat-Su Valley (AK) Frontiersman, S4058 [31MR]

Rasley, David D., Sr.: Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner, S5813 [21MY]

Sonneman, Joseph: Juneau (AK) Empire, S3072 [12MR]

Sullivan, George M.: Anchorage (AK) Daily News, S11288 [9NO]

Tesche, Allan E.: Anchorage (AK) Daily News, S9126 [8SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S3621 [24MR], S4009 [31MR], S4725 [27AP], S5397 [13MY], S7667 [20JY], S12523 [6DE]

Privilege of the floor

Baron, Alan, S6954 [23JN]

Clough, Ryan, S6954 [23JN]

Dubester, Mark, S6954 [23JN]

Hamelin, Harry, S6954 [23JN]

Lenn, Michael, S6954 [23JN]

Ritchie, Branden, S6954 [23JN]

Stein, Elisabeth, S6954 [23JN]

Tahtakran, Phillip, S6954 [23JN]

Remarks

Alaska: share certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in Alaska Adjacent Zone (S. 1560), S8685 [3AU], S11021 [3NO]

———tribute to Alaska Decoration of Honor recipients, S5811 [21MY]

———tribute to Armed Forces, S11313 [10NO]

———tribute to Native Alaskans, S11021 [3NO]

Anchorage, AK: tribute to West Anchorage High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5228 [6MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1675 [5FE]

Arctic regions: create the American Arctic Adaptation Grant Program to prevent or mitigate effects of Arctic climate change (S. 1566), S8685 [3AU]

———study mental, behavioral, and physical health problems, institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Arctic health assessment program, and create NIH ``Arctic Desk'' (S. 1565), S8685 [3AU]

Armed Forces: treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay, S7542 [15JY], S10008 [1OC], S11021 [3NO]

———tribute to members wounded in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S11315 [10NO]

BLS: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 30), S6954 [23JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program, S12655 [8DE]

Chugach National Forest: retain receipts from sale of gravel and other mineral development to enhance Chugach Whistle Stop project, S9726 [23SE]

Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr., Post Office Building, Springfield, IL: designate (S. 234), S2254 [12FE]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5185 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7542 [15JY], S8189 [28JY]

———construction of silos at Fort Greely, AK, to support deployment of ground-based interceptors as part of missile defense system, S8189 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10008 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13297 [16DE]

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), S4561 [22AP]

———repeal prohibition on certain Native American communities in Alaska from receiving Federal funds to support local programs, S10212 [7OC]

Dept. of State: establish a U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (S. 1563), S8685 [3AU]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9726 [23SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), S4599 [22AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 2751), S6478 [10JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), S11244 [6NO], S11526 [19NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans through reductions in U.N. contributions, S11526 [19NO]

Duckworth, L. Tammy: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, S4599 [22AP]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols (S. 519), S8687 [3AU]

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

Forest Service: subsistence hunting and fishing management activities funding for Alaska, S9726 [23SE], S11021 [3NO]

Forests: authorize the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services (S. 1122), S6477 [10JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9696 [23SE], S9996 [1OC], S10452 [15OC], S10597 [21OC], S10794, S10795, S10796, S10797, S10798, S10799, S10800 [28OC], S11134 [5NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12655 [8DE], S13235 [15DE], S13624 [20DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11840 [20NO]

Homeless Assistance Act: clarify definition of homeless, S5185 [6MY]

———reauthorize, S5185 [6MY]

Kent, Samuel B.: Senate receipt of House managers to exhibit articles of impeachment, S6954 [23JN]

Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 18), S4598, S4599 [22AP]

National Day on Writing: designate (S. Res. 310), S10327 [8OC]

National Native American Heritage Month: observance, S11021 [3NO]

Nguyen, Jacqueline H.: nomination to be district judge, S12318 [3DE]

NOAA: establish an integrated and comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric research, prediction, and environmental information program to support renewable energy (S. 2852), S12806 [9DE]

Oceans: enhance readiness of the U.S. to deal with increased maritime and development activity in the Arctic due to climate change (S. 1564), S8685 [3AU]

———ensure safe, secure, and reliable marine shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue (S. 1561), S8685 [3AU]

———study and report on research on the U.S. Arctic Ocean (S. 1562), S8685 [3AU]

Oregon: anniversary of statehood (S. Res. 48), S2254, S2255 [12FE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S13235 [15DE]

———importation of prescription drugs (S. 1232), S6478 [10JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S10326, S10327 [8OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10212 [7OC]

Senate: legislative program, S2256 [12FE], S4599, S4600 [22AP], S6478 [10JN], S6956, S6957 [23JN], S9991 [30SE], S12561 [6DE], S13113 [12DE]

Senate Rules: require all legislative matters be available and scored by CBO for a certain period before consideration by any subcommittee, committee, or on the floor (S. 1772), S10327 [8OC]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 186), S9991 [30SE]

Small business: provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals, S10597 [21OC]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C. affirming the right of disabled individuals to live in community settings rather than in institutions (S. Res. 201), S6955, S6956 [23JN]

Taxation: encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native corporations (S. 1673), S9378 [15SE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S10327 [8OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: provide funding to conduct environmental analysis to determine viability of exchanging Izembek National Wildlife Refuge lands with Alaska, S9726 [23SE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10327 [8OC]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: tribute to men's basketball team (S. Res. 110), S4597, S4598 [22AP]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 407), S6476, S6477 [10JN]

Veterans Day: observance, S11313, S11315 [10NO]

Votes: position on missed, S4434 [20AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate: Golden Gavel Award recipient, S7944 [22JY]

Tribute, S6535 [11JN], S8642 [3AU]

Texts of

S. 2852, Renewable Energy Environmental Research Act, S12806 [9DE]

Tributes

Ashenfelter, Annie (Akkuluq), S11380 [16NO]

Bader, Harry R., S12155 [2DE]

Burgin, Peggy A., S5693 [20MY]

Cannelos, George, S11046 [3NO]

Demientieff, Mitchell A., Sr., S12615 [7DE]

Helms, Juanita L., S11380 [16NO]

Kennedy, Edward M., S10358 [13OC]

Menard, Curtis D., S4058 [31MR]

Rasley, David D., Sr., S5813 [21MY]

Sonneman, Joseph, S3072 [12MR]

Sullivan, George M., S11288 [9NO]

Tesche, Allan E., S9126 [8SE]

Vezina, Pat, S12006 [30NO]

Young, Lu, S8642 [3AU]