BYRD, ROBERT C. (a Senator from West Virginia)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1443 [3FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7423 [13JY], S7492, S7504 [14JY], S7558, S7565 [15JY], S7710 [20JY], S7803 [21JY], S7932 [22JY], S8040 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9938, S9939 [29SE], S10037 [1OC], S10163 [6OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7201 [7JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11267, S11292 [9NO], S11346 [10NO], S11377 [16NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12635 [7DE], S13265, S13266 [15DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12635 [7DE], S13265, S13266 [15DE]

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

Appointments

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

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

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

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

———H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9812 [24SE]

———H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11411 [17NO]

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

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

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

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

Senate National Security Working Group, S2917 [9MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S3369 [18MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S8865 [5AU]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see S. 731), S3897 [26MR]

———require provision of medical and dental readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need (see S. 1106), S7318 [9JY]

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]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize a plaque in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 24), S6544 [11JN]

———engrave the Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center (see S. Con. Res. 27), S6581 [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish registries of current and former Armed Forces members exposed to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards and provide health care to veterans exposed to such hazards (see S. 642), S3550 [19MR]

———modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. 645), S4515 [21AP]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see S. 1552), S8557 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S11292 [9NO]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals (see S. 252), S8681 [3AU]

———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), S11291 [9NO]

———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), S9654 [22SE]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S8631 [31JY]

———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]

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]

District of Columbia: constitutional amendment to provide a voting seat in the House of Representatives (see S.J. Res. 11), S2474 [25FE]

Education: improve teaching and learning of American history and civics (see S. 659), S3611 [23MR]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 416), S3025 [11MR]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 982), S5907 [1JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 540), S4574 [22AP]

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

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

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]

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S12414 [4DE]

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]

Lithuania: anniversary (see S. Res. 70), S2966 [10MR]

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

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), S12708 [8DE]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see S. 951), S7481 [14JY]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 235), S8681 [3AU]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 277), S3369 [18MR]

National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (see S. 2097), S12161 [2DE]

National Archives and Records Administration: authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (see S. 2872), S13032 [11DE]

National Guard: authorize availability of appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities (see S. 775), S7318 [9JY]

———empower, enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response (see S. 1361), S7319 [9JY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 229), S8272 [29JY]

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 36), S8767 [4AU]

NATO: anniversary (see S. Res. 20), S2474 [25FE]

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

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

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S2828 [5MR]

Transportation: ensure that the prohibition on disclosure of maritime transportation security information is not used inappropriately to shield certain other information from public disclosure (see S. 1274), S7641 [16JY]

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]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 1647, 1699), S9983 [30SE]

Veterans: provide health care to veterans exposed in the line of duty to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards (see S. 1779), S10434 [14OC]

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), S7558 [15JY]

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

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S3552 [19MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S9372 [15SE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S4965 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see S. 1579), S8864 [5AU]

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

Armed Forces: prohibit the President, Vice President, or any other executive branch official from knowingly and willfully misleading Congress to gain support for the use of force (see S. 1529), S8196 [28JY]

Buckles, Frank W.: authorize the last surviving veteran of World War I to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death (see S. Con. Res. 20), S4807 [28AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see S. 1298), S6804 [18JN]

National Miner's Day: designate (see S. Res. 337), S11118 [4NO]

South Charleston, WV: observance of Armed Forces Day (see S. Res. 146), S5372 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Tribute (see S. Res. 354), S11492 [18NO]

Designated acting Presidents pro tempore

Begich, Senator, S3621 [24MR], S4009 [31MR], S5397 [13MY], S7667 [20JY], S12523 [6DE]

Bennet, Senator, S1473 [4FE], S2991 [11MR]

Boxer, Senator, S1991 [9FE]

Brown, Senator, S1007 [29JA]

Burris, Senator, S4707 [24AP], S5087 [5MY], S5341 [12MY], S5565 [19MY], S5911 [2JN], S6319 [9JN], S6611 [16JN], S6899 [23JN], S7153 [7JY], S7443 [14JY], S7509 [15JY], S7723 [21JY], S8149 [28JY], S8709 [4AU], S9335 [15SE], S9625 [22SE], S10121 [6OC], S10533 [20OC], S10743 [27OC], S11007 [3NO], S11393 [17NO], S12019 [1DE], S12647 [8DE], S13068 [12DE], S13203 [15DE]

Cardin, Senator, S353 [14JA], S9099 [10AU]

Carper, Senator, S9101 [8SE]

Casey, Senator, S153 [7JA], S673 [21JA], S6393 [10JN], S13471 [19DE]

Durbin, Senator, S11305 [10NO]

Franken, Senator, S12461 [5DE], S13402 [18DE]

Gillibrand, Senator, S2091 [11FE], S3035 [12MR], S4603 [23AP], S4907 [30AP], S5249 [7MY], S5459 [14MY], S5767 [21MY], S6135 [4JN], S6481 [11JN], S6751 [18JN], S7025 [25JN], S7277 [9JY], S7583 [16JY], S7945 [23JY], S8501 [30JY], S8891 [6AU], S9489 [17SE], S9895 [29SE], S9993 [1OC], S10443 [15OC], S10869 [29OC], S12261 [3DE], S13344 [17DE]

Hagan, Senator, S12563 [7DE]

Inouye, Senator, S6959 [24JN]

Kaufman, Senator, S1615 [5FE], S3381 [19MR], S6829 [19JN]

Kaufman, Senator Mark, S13714 [22DE]

Kirk, Senator, S12743 [9DE]

Leahy, Senator, S11905 [21NO]

Levin, Senator, S3941 [30MR]

Merkley, Senator, S1773 [6FE], S1885 [7FE], S2577 [27FE], S7333 [10JY], S9065 [7AU], S9143 [9SE], S9861 [25SE], S10587 [21OC], S11063 [4NO], S11239 [6NO], S11825 [20NO], S12971 [11DE]

Pryor, Senator, S181 [8JA], S401 [15JA], S733 [22JA], S2169 [12FE], S2507 [26FE], S2779 [5MR], S3817 [26MR], S4231 [2AP], S9193 [10SE], S9761 [24SE], S10257 [8OC], S10655 [22OC], S11131 [5NO], S11515 [19NO], S12836 [10DE]

Sanders, Senator, S661 [20JA]

Shaheen, Senator, S851 [27JA], S949 [28JA], S1371 [3FE], S2037 [10FE], S2389 [24FE], S2649 [3MR], S2919 [10MR], S3123 [17MR], S13558 [20DE]

Tester, Senator, S263 [11JA], S319 [13JA]

Udall, Senator Mark, S10793 [28OC], S10945 [30OC], S13126 [13DE], S13640 [21DE]

Udall, Senator Tom, S2433 [25FE], S2723 [4MR], S3323 [18MR], S3739 [25MR], S4111 [1AP], S4527 [22AP], S4831 [29AP], S5169 [6MY], S5649 [20MY], S5985 [3JN], S6669 [17JN], S7217 [8JY], S7377 [13JY], S7809 [22JY], S8215 [29JY], S8785 [5AU], S9391 [16SE], S9693 [23SE], S9943 [30SE], S10171 [7OC], S11441 [18NO], S12093 [2DE], S13278 [16DE], S13796 [23DE]

Warner, Senator, S1103 [30JA], S2257 [13FE], S2855 [6MR], S4405 [20AP], S4469 [21AP], S4765 [28AP], S4999 [1MY], S5045 [4MY], S5303 [11MY], S5543 [18MY], S5891 [1JN], S6231 [8JN], S6573 [15JN], S6861 [22JN], S7115 [6JY], S8067 [24JY], S8103 [27JY], S8619 [31JY], S8641 [3AU], S9281 [11SE], S9301 [14SE], S9575 [21SE], S10079 [5OC], S10331 [9OC], S10499 [19OC], S10711 [26OC], S10963 [2NO], S11259 [9NO], S11359 [16NO], S11979 [30NO], S12355 [4DE], S13143 [14DE]

Webb, Senator, S275 [12JA], S797 [26JA], S1235 [2FE], S2349 [23FE], S2597 [2MR], S2873 [9MR], S3097 [16MR], S3583 [23MR], S10333 [13OC]

Whitehouse, Senator, S239 [9JA], S633 [16JA]

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: proposed rulemaking relative to veterans employment opportunities regulations, S1280 [2FE]

Poems

``A Father's Love'', S6711 [17JN]

``Flag Goes By,'' Henry Holcomb Bennett, S6536 [11JN]

Press releases

Byrd Questions Obama Administration on Role of White House ``Czar'' Positions, S9306 [14SE]

Privilege of the floor

Avanni, Arex, S10584 [20OC]

Regulations

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: Congressional Office of Compliance, S1280-S1369 [2FE]

Remarks

Afghanistan: develop a strategy for continued U.S. military presence, S10402 [14OC], S10671 [22OC]

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), S9257 [10SE]

Appalachian Development Highway System: complete construction (S. 1534), S8274 [29JY]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2759 [4MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S2049 [10FE]

———prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects, S2759 [4MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit the President, Vice President, or any other executive branch official from knowingly and willfully misleading Congress to gain support for the use of force (S. 1529), S8548 [30JY]

Berger, Irene C.: nomination to be district judge, S10756 [27OC]

Budget: reconciliation process, S4873 [29AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4163 [1AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), conference report, S4873 [29AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10671 [22OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7164 [7JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), conference report, S10542, S10556, S10558 [20OC]

———require completion of a fence along the southern border of the U.S., S10556 [20OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S584 [15JA]

Father's Day: observance, S6711 [17JN]

Flag Day: observance, S6536 [11JN]

Geithner, Timothy F.: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, S808 [26JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S808 [26JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4873 [29AP]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2449 [25FE]

Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10613 [21OC]

National Park Service: funding for events commemorating the anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, S2759 [4MR]

Senate: appreciation for tributes, S11481 [18NO]

———appreciation of opportunity to serve, S11 [6JA], S11481 [18NO]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8927 [6AU]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S11103 [4NO]

West Virginia: anniversary of statehood, S6711 [17JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, E54 [9JA], E2798, E2800 [18NO]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S8, S28 [6JA], S154, S156, S157, S161 [7JA], S203, S204 [8JA], S251 [9JA], S300 [12JA], S11441, S11442, S11443-S11446, S11510, S11511 [18NO]

Tribute (S. Res. 354), S11475-S11482 [18NO]

Reports filed

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1298) (S. Rept. 111-31), S6802 [18JN]

Statements

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

Texts of

S. Res. 354, tribute, S11475, S11499 [18NO]

Tributes

Baker, Richard A., S8851 [5AU]

Biden, Senator, S410 [15JA]

Clinton, Senator, S417 [15JA]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9213 [10SE]

Kieffer, Charles, S27 [6JA]

Leahy, Senator, S2960 [10MR]

Relyea, Harold C., S822 [26JA]