KENNEDY, EDWARD M. (a Senator from Massachusetts)

Addresses

Tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy: Bill Cox, E1363 [10JN]

University of Notre Dame Otis Bowen Lecture Series: Ralph G. Neas, S5122-S5126 [5MY]

Amendments

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

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1444, S1449 [3FE], S1543, S1556, S1557, S1559, S1580, S1582, S1593, S1598, S1599, S1611 [4FE], S1736, S1742, S1767 [5FE], S1865, S1880, S1882 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5734, S5742 [20MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4135, S4173, S4206 [1AP], S4271, S4390, S4395 [2AP]

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

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5389 [12MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7418 [13JY], S7491 [14JY], S7510, S7558, S7560, S7566 [15JY], S7642, S7658 [16JY], S7683, S7710 [20JY], S7910, S7932 [22JY], S8028, S8045, S8059 [23JY]

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

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), S4704 [23AP]

Higher Education Act: technical corrections (H.R. 1777), S6948 [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), S6735 [17JN]

Appointments

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

Larry Legend Lives On, Winchester (MA) Star, S1274 [2FE]

Stella Taught Us All About Grace, Dignity, Rachelle Cohen, Boston (MA) Herald, S207 [8JA]

Voice for the Consumer, New York (NY) Times, S1052 [29JA]

When Combating Hate Should Be a Federal Fight, by, Washington (DC) Post, S7525 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see S. Con. Res. 26), S6543 [11JN]

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

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see S. 727), S4515 [21AP]

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

Armed Forces: include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see S. 644), S3550 [19MR] (see S. 831), S4445 [20AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S6805 [18JN]

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

Bell, Griffin B.: tribute (see S. Res. 15), S652 [16JA]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 694), S8272 [29JY]

———provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 694), S8558 [30JY]

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

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S6994 [24JN]

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), S2910 [9MR]

Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see S. 395), S2027 [9FE]

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

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

Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial fishermen (see S. 533), S2828 [5MR]

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

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), S3897 [26MR]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (see S. 564), S2965 [10MR]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (see S. 564), S2965 [10MR]

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

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish a Semester of Service grant program (see S. 465), S2423 [24FE]

———establish Encore Service programs, Encore Fellowship programs, and Silver Scholarship programs (see S. 467), S2423 [24FE]

———establish Summer of Service grant programs (see S. 466), S2423 [24FE]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (see S. 464), S2423 [24FE]

Courts: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see S. 417), S2144 [11FE]

Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program: establish (see S. 27), S169 [7JA]

Dept. of Education: require Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on athletic programs (see S. 471), S2473 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see S. 1352), S7869 [22JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures and improve conditions of detention for detainees (see S. 1594), S8992 [6AU]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (see S. 1329), S6938 [23JN]

———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see S. 495), S3658 [24MR]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed U.S. savings bonds (see S. 827), S8273 [29JY]

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

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see S. 841), S5066 [4MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S3550 [19MR]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S6651 [16JN]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 122), S4964 [30AP]

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

Diseases: provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S5232 [6MY]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S5556 [18MY]

Drugs: increase Federal oversight of methadone (see S. 754), S4063 [31MR]

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

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

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

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (see S. 1121), S6032 [3JN]

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

———provide family and medical leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members (see S. 1543), S8557 [30JY]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see S. 818), S4311 [2AP]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 416), S2144 [11FE]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (see S. 510), S2691 [3MR]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see S. 372), S1432 [3FE]

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

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

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 94), S4063 [31MR]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see S. 566), S2965 [10MR]

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

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 1048), S5501 [14MY]

Foreign trade: include Public Health Advisory Committee on Trade in trade advisory committee system and require public health organizations be included in relevant sectoral or functional advisory committees (see S. 1644), S8994 [6AU]

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see S. Res. 88), S3898 [26MR]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S5701 [20MY]

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

Government: ensure efficient performance of agency functions (see S. 924), S4891 [29AP]

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

Hazardous substances: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (see S. 485), S2558 [26FE]

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

———ensure health care reform includes an option to establish a federally-backed insurance pool to create options for consumers (see S. Res. 156), S5820 [21MY]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see S. 21), S3898 [26MR]

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

———improve emergency medical services for children (see S. 408), S2080 [10FE]

———protect health care workers and first responders at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA (see S. 1299), S6804 [18JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2558 [26FE]

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

Health care professionals: provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (see S. 767), S4172 [1AP]

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

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

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

———exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see S. 1337), S6993 [24JN]

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

———provide penalties for individuals who engage in schemes to defraud aliens (see S. 577), S3073 [12MR]

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

Immigration and Nationality Act: promote family unity (see S. 1085), S5700 [20MY]

International law: protect U.S. citizens from unlawful arrest and detention (see S. 1549), S8557 [30JY]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1065), S8094 [24JY]

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), S3988 [30MR]

La Follette, Robert M., Sr.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 964), S5065 [4MY]

———mint commemorative coins (see S. 945), S4963 [30AP]

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

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

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

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

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

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S4445 [20AP]

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

Medicare: establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (see S. 1131), S5908 [1JN]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see S. 511), S5555 [18MY]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 956), S5556 [18MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 700), S5436 [13MY]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S6939 [23JN]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S4445 [20AP]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S6994 [24JN]

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

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

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 57), S2558 [26FE]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S3897 [26MR]

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

National Early Educator Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 21), S4891 [29AP]

National Labor Relations Act: apply protections to teaching and research assistants (see S. 813), S4311 [2AP]

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

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

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

Peace Corps: improve and expand (see S. 1382), S7142 [6JY]

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]

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

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

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 1611), S8993 [6AU]

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

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

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish (see S. 473), S2473 [25FE]

Senior citizens: attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans (see S. 750), S6651 [16JN]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (see S. 366), S3163 [17MR]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (see S. 770), S4172 [1AP]

———provide transparency between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or supplies paid for under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 301), S3610 [23MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S3114 [16MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C. affirming the right of disabled individuals to live in community settings rather than in institutions (see S. Res. 201), S6938 [23JN]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 405), S2079 [10FE]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S2558 [26FE]

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

———provide a business credit against income for the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 532), S2828 [5MR]

———provide a tax credit for qualified donations of employee services (see S. 278), S652 [16JA]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 260), S598 [15JA]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S5906 [1JN]

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), S6651 [16JN]

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]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see S. 263), S598 [15JA]

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), S2965 [10MR]

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]

———prevent voter caging (see S. 528), S3370 [18MR]

Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers, provide performance standards for breast pumps, and provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding (see S. 1244), S8136 [27JY]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S5233 [6MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 36), S2144 [11FE]

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

Dept. of Education: establish expanded learning time initiatives (see S. 1410), S7261 [8JY]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see S. 697), S3784 [25MR]

Diseases: modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S3897 [26MR]

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

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

FDA: ensure safety and quality of medical products and enhance authorities (see S. 882), S4669 [23AP]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 540), S2828 [5MR]

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 619), S3163 [17MR]

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]

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 1580), S8864 [5AU]

Letters

Expand authorization for death penalty to include non-homicide hate crimes: Michael W. Macleod-Ball, Christopher E. Anders, and Jennifer Bellamy, ACLU, S7685 [20JY]

———Thomas M. Susman, ABA, S7686 [20JY]

Expand authorization for death penalty to include non-homicide hate crimes and identify and prosecute hate crimes offenses according to guidelines using neutral and objective criteria: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S7685 [20JY]

Keeping Parents and Communities Engaged (Keeping PACE) Act: several organizations, S7265 [8JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1793, S1795 [6FE], S2045 [10FE]

Capital punishment: expand authorization for death penalty to include non-homicide hate crimes, S7683, S7684 [20JY]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3838, S3841 [26MR]

Crime: establish mandatory minimum sentencing for assault or battery of a U.S. serviceman, an immediate family member, or for knowingly destroying the property of active or retired servicemen, S7684 [20JY]

———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S8088 [24JY]

———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (S. 909), S4808 [28AP], S7408-S7410 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7683, S7684 [20JY], S7824 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), S8088 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: establish expanded learning time initiatives (S. 1410), S7263 [8JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, S1795 [6FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish guidelines for hate crimes offenses to be identified and prosecuted according to neutral and objective criteria, S7684 [20JY]

———limit prosecution of hate crimes offenses until standards are established for the application of the death penalty, S7684 [20JY]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), S228 [8JA], S771 [22JA]

Diseases: modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (S. 717), S3905 [26MR]

Duncan, Arne: nomination to be Sec. of Education, S663 [20JA]

Education: encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, provide needed services and supports to children, and ensure that schools are centers of communities (S. 1411), S7263 [8JY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 1152), S5874 [21MY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 1584), S8870 [5AU]

Executive Office of the President: restore White House Office of Consumer Affairs, S1051 [29JA]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6407 [10JN]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents, S7824 [22JY]

Hamburg, Margaret A.: confirmation as FDA Commissioner, S5608 [19MY]

Health: health information technology funding, S1793 [6FE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), motion to proceed, S2395 [24FE]

Kenya: human rights violations, S4664 [23AP]

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 (S. 560), S2966 [10MR], S3651 [24MR]

National Prison Rape Elimination Commission: implement recommendations, S6935 [23JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 1580), S8867 [5AU]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (S. 1611), S9012 [6AU]

Sebelius, Kathleen: confirmation as Sec. of HHS, S4885 [29AP]

Solis, Representative: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S2410 [24FE]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8920 [6AU]

Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship Foundation: establish to encourage outstanding graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a career in the Federal Government, S3838 [26MR]

U.S.-Ireland Alliance: tribute to George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program, S5609 [19MY]

Remarks in House relative to

American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Scholar-Patriot Award recipient, E593 [9MR]

Tribute, E1363 [10JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate: moment of silence for Senator Kennedy, S662 [20JA]

Tribute, S3157 [17MR]

Reports filed

Expenditures: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. Res. 36), S2143 [11FE]

Nomination of Anthony W. Miller To Be Deputy Sec. of Education: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7868 [22JY]

Nomination of Francis S. Collins To Be NIH Director: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8765 [4AU]

Nomination of Harry R. Hoglander to the National Mediation Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7868 [22JY]

Nomination of Hilda L. Solis To Be Sec. of Labor: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2143 [11FE]

Nomination of James A. Leach To Be National Endowment for the Humanities Chairperson: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8765 [4AU]

Nomination of Raymond M. Jefferson To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8765 [4AU]

Nomination of Rocco Landesman To Be National Endowment for the Arts Chairperson: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8765 [4AU]

Nomination of Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7868 [22JY]

Rules

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2583-S2585 [27FE]

Texts of

S. 717, 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early Detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act, S3906-S3914 [26MR]

S. 982, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, S5143-S5163 [5MY]

Tributes

Byrd, Senator, S203 [8JA]

Khuri, Shukri F., S381 [14JA]

Tremblay, Larry, S1274 [2FE]

Waco, Stella M. Brown, S207 [8JA]