UDALL, MARK (a Senator from Colorado)

Amendments

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

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1374, S1443, S1444, S1455, S1462, S1464 [3FE], S1563, S1564, S1591 [4FE], S1678, S1679, S1749 [5FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4089, S4092 [31MR], S4275 [2AP]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5382 [12MY], S5447 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7482, S7491 [14JY], S7564, S7566 [15JY], S7705 [20JY], S7856, S7915 [22JY], S8052 [23JY]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), S5243 [6MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9685, S9686 [22SE], S9755 [23SE], S9772, S9774 [24SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12433 [4DE], S12619, S12621, S12622, S12623, S12624 [7DE], S12910, S12917 [10DE], S13033 [11DE], S13320 [16DE], S13395 [17DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12433 [4DE], S12619, S12621, S12622, S12623, S12624 [7DE], S12910, S12917 [10DE], S13033 [11DE], S13320 [16DE], S13395 [17DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10324 [8OC], S10862 [28OC], S10992 [2NO]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S10793 [28OC], S10945 [30OC], S13126 [13DE], S13640 [21DE]

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]

Articles and editorials

Odyssey From the Bronx to Saturn's Rings, Dennis Overbye, New York (NY) Times, S9927 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see S. 1375), S7070 [25JN]

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto (see S. 524), S3114 [16MR]

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

Armed Forces: enhance benefits for survivors of certain former members with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and enhance access to mental health counseling (see S. 772), S8682 [3AU]

———exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (see S. 581), S6186 [4JN]

———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), S5328 [11MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S9931 [29SE]

ATF: authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see S. 205), S8865 [5AU]

Baca National Wildlife Refuge: explain purpose and provide for administration (see S. 191), S212 [8JA]

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]

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]

Bureau of Reclamation: maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (see S. 1453), S7480 [14JY]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S8040 [23JY]

Business and industry: address reimbursement of certain costs to automobile dealers (see S. 1253), S6806 [18JN]

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

Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 180), S211 [8JA]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see S. Res. 178), S6364 [9JN]

China: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see S. Res. 167), S6187 [4JN] (see S. Res. 171), S6256 [8JN]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 729), S4892 [29AP]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: exclude secondary sales, repair services, and certain vehicles from the ban on lead in children's products (see S. 608), S5615 [19MY]

Consumers: prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to gift certificates, store gift cards, and other general use prepaid cards (see S. 710), S3785 [25MR]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see S. 414), S3986 [30MR]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see S. 235), S388 [14JA]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (see S. 1927), S10735 [26OC]

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

Dept. of Defense: improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (see S. 454), S4311 [2AP]

———modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. 645), S6031 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: 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 Energy: carry out a program to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide (see S. 1013), S5330 [11MY]

———carry out programs to develop and demonstrate two small modular nuclear reactor designs (see S. 2812), S11883 [20NO]

———conduct research, development, and demonstration to make biofuels more compatible with small nonroad engines (see S. 737), S3986 [30MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 1273), S6650 [16JN]

———make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see S. 1628), S10925 [29OC]

———publish physical activity guidelines for the general public (see S. 1810), S10570 [20OC]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out Jackson Gulch rehabiliation project in Colorado (see S. 184), S212 [8JA]

———recognize Langston golf course in Washington, DC, for important legacy and contributions to African-American golf history (see S. Res. 162), S5820 [21MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (see S. 1683), S9983 [30SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (see S. 691), S3784 [25MR]

———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]

———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), S4446 [20AP]

———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), S4446 [20AP]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 122), S5283 [7MY]

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]

Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area: establish (see S. 183), S212 [8JA]

Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area: establish (see S. 183), S212 [8JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (see S. 634), S6186 [4JN]

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

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

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see S. 354), S2230 [12FE]

Ferschke, Hotaru Nakama: relief (see S. 1774), S10361 [13OC]

Fire prevention: promote fire-safe communities (see S. 762), S12708 [8DE]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see S. 561), S2965 [10MR]

First State National Historical Park: establish (see S. 1801), S10702 [22OC]

Fish and fishing: 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), S6453 [10JN]

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

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 (see S. 1122), S5819 [21MY]

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), S6993 [24JN]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S2767 [4MR]

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

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S5616 [19MY]

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), S6544 [11JN]

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

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see S. 2747), S12910 [10DE]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S6939 [23JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S5282 [7MY]

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

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S7262 [8JY]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S9555 [17SE]

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

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S5944 [2JN]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 796), S11048 [3NO]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7319 [9JY]

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

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 277), S2965 [10MR]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S4447 [20AP]

National Hispanic Media Week: designate (see S. Res. 325), S10777 [27OC]

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: designate (see S. Res. 269), S9436 [16SE]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 151), S5502 [14MY]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish committee with responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies (see S. 1210), S7262 [8JY]

Olympic Day: observance (see S. Res. 178), S6364 [9JN]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1401), S7192 [7JY]

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

Patents: reform (see S. 515), S6256 [8JN]

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

Power resources: encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing and other buildings, and create sustainable communities (see S. 1379), S10062 [1OC]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 799), S5233 [6MY]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see S. 433), S2229 [12FE]

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

Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 185), S212 [8JA]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S8135 [27JY]

Senate Rules: improve transparency of earmarks in appropriations or authorization legislation, prohibit earmark requests from private entities, and require conference reports to be electronically searchable (see S. Res. 63), S2767 [4MR]

Smart Irrigation Month: support goals (see S. Con. Res. 28), S6806 [18JN]

Social Security: ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see S. 1034), S6365 [9JN]

South Park National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 186), S212 [8JA]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects (see S. 2830), S12322 [3DE]

Tariff: footwear (see S. 730), S6256 [8JN]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S10111 [5OC]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 491), S4514 [21AP]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see S. 1408), S10111 [5OC]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S11493 [18NO]

———provide a credit for property labeled under the EPA WaterSense program (see S. 1321), S7641 [16JY]

———provide tax incentives for making homes more water-efficient, building new water-efficient homes, and public water conservation (see S. 1711), S9932 [29SE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S9264 [10SE]

Television: provide certain rural counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice (see S. 771), S4172 [1AP]

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]

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]

Veterans: 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), S6030 [3JN]

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

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S4447 [20AP]

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

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S5821 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: provide for release of water from the marketable yield pool of water stored in the Ruedi Reservoir, CO, for the benefit of Colorado River endangered fish habitat (see S. 1601), S8992 [6AU]

———remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, CO (see S. 1417), S7261 [8JY]

Colorado: authorize construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit (see S. 187), S212 [8JA]

———designate certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park as wilderness, and adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Forest (see S. 190), S212 [8JA]

———provide for exchange of certain lands in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests with the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District (see S. 555), S2964 [10MR]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (see S. 1833), S10635 [21OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (see S. 607), S3163 [17MR]

Dept. of Energy: carry out a research and development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relative to nuclear reactors (see S. 2052), S10915 [29OC]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see S. 1628), S8993 [6AU]

Dept. of the Interior: assess irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project in Colorado (see S. 1264), S6580 [15JN]

———designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (see S. 2762), S11344 [10NO]

———study suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1418), S7261 [8JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide funding to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands (see S. 720), S3897 [26MR]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 757), S4063 [31MR]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2919), S13698 [21DE]

Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see S. 1702), S9733 [23SE]

Forest Service: reduce risk of catastrophic wildfire through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation treatment of national forests and adjacents lands (see S. 2798), S11492 [18NO]

———study options for protecting open space characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (see S. 188), S212 [8JA]

Mineral Leasing Act: ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with such Act (see S. 1575), S8765 [4AU] (see S. 1602), S8992 [6AU]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate remediation of abandoned hardrock mines (see S. 1777), S10362 [13OC]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 200), S6938 [23JN]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see S. 189), S212 [8JA]

Taxation: provide a credit for property labeled under the EPA WaterSense program (see S. 1321), S6938 [23JN]

———reduce tax on beer (see S. 1058), S5502 [14MY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [6JA]

Cloture motions

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

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7861 [22JY]

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]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S5887 [21MY], S6171 [4JN], S6244 [8JN], S6412 [10JN]

———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]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11967 [21NO], S13376 [17DE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), motion to proceed, S2347 [13FE], S2397 [24FE]

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]

Solis, Representative: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S2347 [13FE]

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]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11578 [19NO], S11967 [21NO], S13376 [17DE]

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

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Outlines

Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act (S. 607), S3165 [17MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S7377 [13JY], S10793 [28OC], S10945 [30OC], S13126 [13DE], S13640 [21DE]

Remarks

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), S3604 [23MR]

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto (S. 524), S4872 [29AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1674 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2268 [13FE]

Bread for the World (organization): anniversary (S. Res. 157), S5981 [2JN]

Budget: provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (S. 907), S4872 [29AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4275 [2AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: provide for release of water from the marketable yield pool of water stored in the Ruedi Reservoir, CO, for the benefit of Colorado River endangered fish habitat (S. 1601), S9006 [6AU]

———remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, CO (S. 1417), S7266 [8JY]

Colorado: authorize construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit (S. 187), S229, S231 [8JA]

———designate certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park as wilderness, and adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Forest (S. 190), S229-S231 [8JA]

———provide for exchange of certain lands in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests with the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District (S. 555), S2966 [10MR]

Committees of the Senate: authorize printing of rules (S. Res. 166), S5982 [2JN]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3647 [24MR]

Congress: goals of the 111th Congress, S1115 [30JA]

———joint session for Presidential address (H. Con. Res. 179), S9141 [8SE]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5362 [12MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (S. 235), S389 [14JA]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (S. 1833), S10730 [26OC]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (S. 1927), S10730 [26OC], S11472 [18NO]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7628 [16JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (S. 607), S3164 [17MR]

———urge settlement of discrimination claims brought by Hispanic and minority farmers, S11475 [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7533 [15JY], S7628 [16JY]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), S5222 [6MY]

———require GAO review of waivers of the requirement for competitive prototypes based on excessive cost, S5222 [6MY]

Dept. of Energy: carry out a research and development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relative to nuclear reactors (S. 2052), S10926 [29OC]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (S. 1628), S9025 [6AU]

Dept. of the Interior: assess irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project in Colorado (S. 1264), S6607 [15JN]

———designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (S. 2762), S11346 [10NO]

———Platte River Recovery Implementation Program funding, S1674 [5FE]

———study suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System (S. 1418), S7267 [8JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (S. 691), S3786 [25MR]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (S. 2760), S11346 [10NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, S3604 [23MR]

———provide funding to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands (S. 720), S3918 [26MR]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (S. 757), S4081 [31MR]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6022 [3JN]

Fetcher, Jay: Colorado Open Lands (organization) George E. Cramner Award recipient, S11045 [3NO]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (S. 2919), S13872 [23DE]

Fire prevention: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for wildland fire management activities, S4275 [2AP]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (S. 561), S3040 [12MR]

Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (S. 1702), S9747 [23SE]

Forest Service: reduce risk of catastrophic wildfire through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation treatment of national forests and adjacents lands (S. 2798), S11496 [18NO]

———study options for protecting open space characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (S. 188), S229-S231 [8JA]

Fort Carson, CO: tribute to Armed Forces members killed in military action in Afghanistan, S10307 [8OC]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: anniversary (S. Res. 137), S5980 [2JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9697 [23SE], S9997, S9998 [1OC], S10799 [28OC], S11133, S11136 [5NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12652 [8DE], S13584 [20DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11447 [18NO]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, S10482 [15OC]

Kennedy, Edward M.: tribute (S. Res. 255), S9141 [8SE]

Louisville, CO: inclusion in Money (publication) list of best places to live, S10214 [7OC]

Medicare: establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes, S11133 [5NO]

Mineral Leasing Act: ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with such Act (S. 1575), S8771 [4AU]

———ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with such Act (S. 1602), S9007 [6AU]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate remediation of abandoned hardrock mines (S. 1777), S10367 [13OC]

NASA: anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, S8130 [27JY]

———tribute to crew of Atlantis (space shuttle) mission STS-125 to Hubble Space Telescope, S8130 [27JY]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (S. 189), S229-S231 [8JA]

Natural gas: role in a clean energy economy, S9076 [7AU]

Poland: anniversary of the end of Communist rule (S. Res. 139), S5981 [2JN]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, S9076 [7AU]

———promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development (S. 1462), S7616 [16JY]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (S. 433), S2268 [13FE]

Pueblo, CO: tribute to Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce Chile and Frijole Festival, S9586 [21SE]

Senate: legislative program, S5983 [2JN], S9142 [8SE], S13141 [13DE]

Senate Rules: improve transparency of earmarks in appropriations or authorization legislation, prohibit earmark requests from private entities, and require conference reports to be electronically searchable (S. Res. 63), S2774 [4MR]

Small business: health insurance premium rates, S11447 [18NO]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S7858 [22JY]

Strickland, Thomas L.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, S4942 [30AP]

Taxation: provide a credit for property labeled under the EPA WaterSense program (S. 1321), S6941 [23JN]

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), motion to proceed, S6643 [16JN]

Votes: position on missed, S6935 [23JN], S10159 [6OC]

Year of the Military Family: designate (S. Res. 165), S5982, S5983 [2JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S4873 [29AP]

Statements

Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act: by, S10367 [13OC]

Summaries

National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act (S. 2798), S11498 [18NO]

Texts of

S. 187, Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, S231 [8JA]

S. 188, Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act, S232 [8JA]

S. 189, National Trails System Willing Seller Act, S232 [8JA]

S. 190, Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act, S232-S234 [8JA]

S. 691, establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region, S3787 [25MR]

S. 720, Federal Land Restoration, Enhancement, Public Education, and Information Resources (Federal Land REPAIR) Act, S3919 [26MR]

S. 757, Nuclear Workers Compensation Act, S4082-S4085 [31MR]

S. 1264, Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act, S6607 [15JN]

S. 1321, Water Accountability Tax Efficiency Reinvestment (WATER) Act, S6942 [23JN]

S. 1417, Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act, S7267 [8JY]

S. 1418, Camp Hale Study Act, S7268 [8JY]

S. 1601, provide for release of water from the marketable yield pool of water stored in the Ruedi Reservoir, CO, for the benefit of Colorado River endangered fish habitat, S9006 [6AU]

S. 1602, ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act, S9007 [6AU]

S. 1628, Rural Physician Pipeline Act, S9026 [6AU]

S. 1702, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act, S9748 [23SE]

S. 1777, Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, S10368-S10372 [13OC]

S. 2762, San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act, S11347-S11349 [10NO]

S. 2798, National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act, S11497 [18NO]

Tributes

Anderson, Lorraine, S11289 [9NO]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9651 [22SE]

Novak, Kathleen, S2590 [27FE]

Paul, Walter, S8989 [6AU]

Porco, Carolyn, S9926 [29SE]

Robinson, William L. (Robby), S8990 [6AU]

Salazar, Senator, S639 [16JA]