INVESTMENTS

Addresses

Too Big Has Failed: Thomas Hoenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, MO, S3037-S3039 [12MR]

20th Anniversary of the Brady Plan: Nicholas F. Brady, H5551 [13MY]

Agreements

UAW sourcing, product and investment commitments with Chrysler LLC, H5463 [12MY]

Amendments

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H2836 [25FE], H2990, H3001, H3007, H3014, H3016, H3017 [5MR], H3424 [16MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4944, S4946, S4947, S4980, S4984, S4991, S4992, S4993 [30AP], S5027, S5028, S5029, S5030, S5041 [1MY], S5056 [4MY], S5092, S5094, S5100, S5101, S5109, S5111, S5116, S5117, S5118, S5164, S5166 [5MY], S5175 [6MY], H5763, H5764 [19MY]

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), S4531, S4538, S4539, S4540, S4542, S4543, S4552, S4554, S4555, S4557, S4558, S4559, S4588, S4589, S4590, S4591, S4592, S4593, S4594, S4595 [22AP], S4605, S4607, S4608, S4611, S4615, S4616, S4620, S4631, S4700, S4701, S4702, S4703, S4704 [23AP], S5495, S5537 [14MY], H5686 [18MY]

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

Small Business Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12079, H12099, H12101, H12102, H12103, H12104, H12105, H12106, H12107, H12108, H12109, H12110, H12111, H12116 [29OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (H. Res. 875), H12074 [29OC]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1929), S10943 [29OC], H11987 [28OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12079, H12099, H12101, H12102, H12103, H12104, H12105, H12106, H12107, H12108, H12109, H12110, H12111, H12116 [29OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (H. Res. 875), H12074 [29OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), S9872 [25SE], H10021 [29SE]

Taxation: retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), consideration (H. Res. 941), H13479 [3DE]

Analyses

Helping Families Save Their Homes Act (H.R. 1106), H3011-H3013 [5MR]

Appointments

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, S7574 [15JY]

Articles and editorials

AIG and ``Political Risk'', S3586 [23MR]

Alternative Tax Showdown, S877 [27JA]

Americans' Net Worth Shrinks $1.33 Trillion in 1Q, H6665 [12JN]

As Foreclosures Surge . . ., H5084 [4MY]

Better Way To Aid Banks, H1280 [12FE]

Big Banks Take Your Money and Run, H11765 [26OC]

Break Up the Banks, H4756 [27AP]

Credit Suisse Overhauls Compensation, H11731 [23OC]

Equity for Private Equity; Legislation To Raise Taxes on Fund Managers' Income, S876 [27JA]

Equity Managers' Loophole; Billion-Dollar Breaks, S877 [27JA]

Fannie, Freddie To Suffer Under New Rule, H2857 [26FE]

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending, H2860 [26FE]

FBI Probes 530 Corporate Fraud Cases, S2316 [13FE]

Financial Fraud Is Focus of Attack by Prosecutors, S4534 [22AP]

Firms to Which It Paid Taxpayer Money Tracking the Bailout—Foreign and U.S. Banks Were Given Billions Against Bad Debt, H3488 [17MR]

Fraud Factor, S4534 [22AP]

How To Put the Squeeze on Iran, S2755 [4MR]

In White House Meeting, Obama Calls on Banks To Increase Lending, H15475 [16DE]

Lending Drops at Big U.S. Banks—Top Beneficiaries of Federal Cash Saw Outstanding Loans Decline 1.4% Last Quarter, H509 [26JA]

Let's Stimulate Private Risk Taking, S1827 [6FE]

Naked Short Sales Hint Fraud in Bringing Down Lehman (Correct), S3537-S3539 [19MR]

Night of the Living Death Tax, H5821 [20MY], H13475 [3DE]

No Laughing Matter, S9311 [14SE]

No Pay, No Patch, S877 [27JA]

Obama Car in Your Future?, E869 [2AP]

Obama Rosetta Stone, S3105 [16MR]

Out of the Shadows, H7115 [23JN]

Oxley Hits Back at Ideologues, H4500 [2AP]

Private Sector Loans, Not Fannie or Freddie, Triggered Crisis, H4499 [2AP]

Private Talks for Public Stimulus; Obama Has Said He Wants Congress To Work in the Open. But He Isn't Troubled by the Recent Negotiations, H3818 [24MR]

Private-Equity Tax Breaks, a Call To Be Up in Arms, S875 [27JA]

Probe Yourselves, H5267 [6MY]

Raising Taxes on Private Equity, S876 [27JA]

Real AIG Outrage, S3581 [19MR]

Rise in Fraud Cases Is ``Straining'' FBI, S2315 [13FE]

Rolling Up the TARP, S10836 [28OC]

Sarbox for Housing—How To Restrict Lending to the Poor for Years To Come, H2857 [26FE]

Spike in Fraud Investigations Taxing Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Testify, S2315 [13FE]

Stimulus Spending Remains Ripe for Fraud, S4534 [22AP]

Stock Traders Find Speed Pays, in Milliseconds, S8185 [28JY]

Tax That Won't Die, S13282 [16DE]

Teens Awash in Credit Card Debt, S3552 [19MR]

There Is a Silver Lining, S9311 [14SE]

Trying To Rein in ``Too Big To Fail'' Institutions, H11764 [26OC]

U.S. Is Finding Its Role in Business Hard To Unwind, S9306 [14SE]

UK Bank Governor Calls for Lenders' Break-Up, H11733 [23OC]

Washington Gone Wild, S3586 [23MR]

Wealth Money Managers Make More, Get Taxed Less, S876 [27JA]

Where'd the Bailout Money Go? Shhhh, It's a Secret, S580 [15JA]

Bills and resolutions

America Saves Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 180), H2602 [23FE]

BIA: issue bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools (see H.R. 727), H602 [27JA]

BLM: validate final patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC (see H.R. 762), H778 [28JA]

Business and industry: increase corporate responsibility (see S. 2813), S11883 [20NO]

———protect rights of public shareholders of mutual holding companies by promoting fair corporate governance procedures when considering management or employee stock benefit plans (see H.R. 3291), H8585 [22JY]

———provide shareholders with a non-binding vote on executive compensation (see H.R. 3351), H8872 [27JY]

———provide State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking throughout the U.S. (see S. 2909), S13458 [18DE]

———resolve bankruptcy proceedings of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., and Lehman Brothers Europe Inc., in an equitable and expeditious process between the U.S. and United Kingdom (see H. Con. Res. 184), H9490 [14SE]

———terminate preemption of State and local laws that prohibit or regulate gaming or the operation of bucket shops or derivatives trading (see S. 2763), S11344 [10NO]

CFTC: authorize enforcement of ``reckless conduct standard'' in antimarket manipulation cases (see S. 1682), S9554 [17SE]

———ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange (see S. 272), S598 [15JA]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (see S. 1225), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 2869), H6805 [15JN]

Children and youth: promote youth financial education (see H.R. 2012), H4580 [21AP]

Coins: authorize production of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ultra-high relief bullion coins in palladium to provide affordable opportunities for investments in precious metals (see S. 758), S4171 [1AP] (see H.R. 3405), H9205 [30JY]

Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability: establish (see H.R. 768), H778 [28JA]

Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 62), S2691 [3MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 977), H1246 [11FE]

———clarify treatment of certain commodity futures contracts and financial instruments purchases relative to limits on excessisve speculation established by the CFTC (see S. 1412), S7261 [8JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (see S. 447), S2322 [13FE]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (see S. 221), S337 [13JA]

Congress: prohibit passage of further massive spending initiatives for bailout purposes (see H. Res. 199), H2874 [26FE]

———prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 682), H525 [26JA]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 3148), H7945 [9JY]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (see H.R. 2111), H4838 [27AP]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish (see H.R. 3126), H7836 [8JY]

Corporations: improve efficiency of complying with internal auditing control requirements in order to maintain U.S. capital market global competitiveness (see H.R. 1797), H4129 [30MR]

Credit: ensure that borrowers under federally related mortgage loans have an opportunity to inspect closing documents (see H.R. 4229), H13627 (see H.R. 4229), H14371 [8DE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 1106), H2601 [23FE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), consideration (see H. Res. 190), H2833 [25FE] (see H. Res. 205), H2978 [4MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (see S. 895, 896), S4721 [24AP]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), consideration—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 450), H5711 [18MY]

———prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 4376), H15500 [16DE]

———prohibit prepayment penalties in mortgage contracts (see S. 911), S4806 [28AP] (see H.R. 2794), H6537 [10JN]

———prohibit yield spread premiums paid to mortgage brokers for steering borrowers to certain interest rates (see S. 912), S4806 [28AP]

———provide a safe harbor for mortgage servicers who engage in specified mortgage loan modifications (see H.R. 788), H875 [2FE]

Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see S. 1659), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3550), H9441 [10SE]

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] (see H.R. 2507), H5792 [19MY]

Dept. of Education: establish a pilot program to award grants to State and local educational agencies to develop financial literacy programs in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3037), H7444 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Program (see S. 1104), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2754), H6305 [8JN]

Dept. of HUD: provide for semiannual actuarial studies of FHA mortgage insurance program (see H.R. 2467), H5712 [18MY]

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), S1677 [5FE]

———limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 1575), H3526 [17MR]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fradulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security (see S. 906), S4806 [28AP]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security (see S. 1661), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3551), H9441 [10SE]

Dept. of Labor: provide for disclosure of compensation for services to pension plans (see H.R. 4146), H13353 [19NO]

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans (see S. 401), S2027 [9FE]

Dept. of State: require report on business and investment climates in foreign countries (see H.R. 1202), H2835 [25FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for relief of homeowners and neighborhoods (see H.R. 3068), H7703 [26JN]

———allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to local governments suffering significant losses due to highly-rated investments in failed financial institutions (see S. 116), S42 [6JA]

———anniversary of Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H. Res. 967), H14827 [11DE]

———authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (see S. 786), S4310 [2AP]

———authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2846), S12708 [8DE] (see H.R. 4315), H14981 [15DE] (see H.R. 4385), H15501 [16DE]

———clarify treatment of dividends paid on shares of preferred stock issued by financial institutions which received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3020), H7249 [24JN]

———create a program to guarantee loans made to manufacturing companies in order to promote increased domestic lending to the U.S. manufacturing industry (see H.R. 2936), H7021 [18JN]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (see S. 1280), S6720 [17JN] (see S. 1723), S9930 [29SE] (see H.R. 3594), H9729 [17SE]

———direct U.S. representatives to the IMF and World Bank to condition loans to Antigua and Barbuda on cooperation with efforts to provide redress to Stanford Financial Group fraud victims (see S. Res. 362), S12008 [30NO]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S.J. Res. 5), S337 [13JA] (see H.J. Res. 3), H36 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 19), H382 [15JA]

———ensure that recipients of assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program repay such assistance only if they would remain well-capitalized (see H.R. 2907), H6903 [16JN]

———establish a market for municipal securities and cooperate with the FRS in establishment of municipal securities funding facilities services (see H.R. 1669), H3748 [23MR]

———establish a program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed U.S. savings bonds (see S. 827), S4311 [2AP] (see H.R. 4198), H13519 [3DE]

———establish a revolving loan fund program for certain businesses to facilitate increased lending (see H.R. 4340), H15499 [16DE]

———establish Office of Money Services Business Compliance (see H.R. 4331), H15498 [16DE]

———establish the Food Desert Oasis Pilot Program (see H.R. 3100), H7704 [26JN]

———establish the Office of Public Finance to make available Federal reinsurance for insurers of tax-exempt municipal bonds (see H.R. 2589), H6010 [21MY]

———establish U.S. Employee Ownership Bank (see S. 2914), S13458 [18DE]

———express that any interest or dividends repaid through the Troubled Asset Relief Program should be used solely for debt reduction (see H. Res. 639), H8025 [13JY]

———guarantee certain new preferred stock investments made by public pensions acting in collective fashion in order to secure non-Federal capital for the U.S. banking system (see H.R. 710), H601 [27JA]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1068), H1604 [13FE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 383), S1542 [4FE] (see H.R. 1341), H3054 [5MR]

———issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects (see H.R. 852), H1041 [4FE]

———prohibit receipt of common stock or certain other voting stock under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1180), H2834 [25FE]

———provide more detailed repayment procedures for assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2118), H4839 [27AP]

———provide repayment procedures for certain assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2745), H6305 [8JN]

———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]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (see S. 862), S4573 (see S. 869), S4574 [22AP] (see S. 1243), S6542 [11JN] (see S. 1683), S9554 [17SE] (see H.R. 2063), H4731 [23AP] (see H.R. 2119), H4839 [27AP] (see H. Res. 714), H9280 [31JY]

———require certain stock option warrants to be sold at public auction upon repayment of the associated assistance provided under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3232), H8301 [16JY]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S. 64), S41 [6JA]

———require Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to include the effect of the program on small businesses in oversight, audits, and reports (see H.R. 3179), H8008 [10JY]

———rescind unobligated Troubled Asset Relief Program funds and require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving assistance be used for debt reduction (see H.R. 3140), H7945 [9JY]

———restore obligation to invest the balance of the Highway Trust Fund in interest-bearing obligations of the U.S. (see H.R. 457), H162 [9JA]

Dept. of Transportation: provide authority to guarantee sureties against loss resulting from a breach of the terms of a bond by disadvantaged business enterprises (see H.R. 2991), H7144 [23JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase maximum amount of veterans' mortgage life insurance available (see H.R. 3575), H9549 [15SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 1960), H4522 [2AP] (see H.R. 3463), H9276 [31JY]

Economy: ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (see S. Res. 175), S6364 [9JN]

———establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (see S. 1592), S8992 [6AU]

———establish a select committee to make a thorough and complete investigation of the causes of the current financial crisis and other matters (see H. Res. 345), H4582 [21AP]

———help rebuild retirement, college, and personal savings (see H.R. 2021), H4685 [22AP]

———monitor and oversee stability of the financial system, strengthen supervision for large, interconnected financial firms to prevent failure, and minimize impact of failing institutions (see H.R. 3996), H12287 [3NO]

———prohibit any person which sells or otherwise disposes of any asset through a public-private investment program from acquiring any other asset from or through such programs (see H.R. 1893), H4519 [2AP]

———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]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see S. 1240), S6542 [11JN]

Education: express support for efforts to increase financial literacy in the U.S. and recognizing the work of John Hope Bryant to raise awareness about the importance of financial and economic literacy (see H. Res. 65), H325 [14JA]

———provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (see S. 638), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1645), H3704 [19MR]

ERISA: provide for independent investment advice for participants and beneficiaries under individual account plans (see H.R. 1988), H4580 [21AP]

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans and provide a minimum investment option requirement for such plans (see H.R. 1984), H4579 [21AP]

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans, minimum investment option requirement for such plans, investment advice, and transitional relief (see H.R. 2989), H7144 [23JN]

———require a lifetime income disclosure (see S. 2832), S12322 [3DE]

———require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds (see H.R. 712), H601 [27JA]

———require participant-directed individual retirement account plans to include in benefit statements points of comparison to show relative performance of investment options under such plans (see H.R. 2792), H6537 [10JN]

FBI: provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the recent financial crisis (see H.R. 3995), H12287 [3NO]

FDIC: establish a systematic mortgage modification program (see S. 73), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 37), H29 [6JA]

———increase borrowing authority (see S. 541), S2828 [5MR]

———limit authority to engage in activities relating to systemic risk without a congressional declaration of a financial emergency (see H.R. 2657), H6074 [2JN]

———require appropriate Federal banking agencies to prescribe capital standards for certain special purpose entities (see H.R. 2660), H6074 [2JN]

Federal agencies and departments: elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (see S. 1354), S7070 [25JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: provide for deposit restricted qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 3599), H9729 [17SE] (see H.R. 4178), H13466 [2DE]

Federal employees: establish a precious metals investment option in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1420), H3145 [10MR]

———make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 1804), H4249 [31MR]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2919), S13698 [21DE] (see H.R. 3380), H9055 [29JY]

———authorize depository institutions and holding companies to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (see H.R. 2529), H5891 [20MY]

———authorize regulation of credit default swaps and other swap agreements (see S. 961), S5065 [4MY]

———create a financial stability council to oversee the financial regulatory activities of the Government (see S. 664), S3609 [23MR] (see H.R. 1754), H4062 [26MR]

———eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money services businesses and enhance availability of transaction accounts (see H.R. 2893), H6902 [16JN]

———encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (see S. Res. 352), S11344 [10NO] (see H. Con. Res. 197), H11166 [8OC]

———enhance availability of services, update community reinvestment requirements, and ensure such requirements keep pace as service providers become affiliates (see H.R. 1479), H3400 [12MR]

———implement system requiring each financial institution to report its financial condition to the public (see H.R. 2727), H6264 [4JN]

———make permanent the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage (see H.R. 786), H875 [2FE]

———prohibit certain affiliations between commercial banking and investment banking companies (see S. 2886), S13319 [16DE]

———prohibit credit default swaps and provide the SEC with the authority to regulate swap agreements (see H.R. 3145), H7945 [9JY]

———promote bank liquidity and lending through deposit insurance, the HOPE for Homeowners Program, and other enhancements (see H.R. 703), H601 [27JA]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 4375, 4377), H15500 [16DE]

———return a sense of fairness and accountability to the deposit insurance premium assessment process (see H.R. 2897), H6903 [16JN]

Financial literacy: provide for financial literacy education (see S. 1339), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 3730), H10519 [6OC]

———provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 767), H778 [28JA]

———require financial literacy counseling for borrowers (see H.R. 1325), H3053 [5MR]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 94), S4063 [31MR] (see H. Res. 357), H4733 [23AP]

Financial Markets Commission: establish (see S. 298), S786 [22JA] (see H.R. 2253), H5168 [5MY]

Financial Services Systemic Risk Oversight Council: establish (see S. 2756), S11290 [9NO]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 2493), H5791 [19MY]

Forests: provide a tax exemption for forest conservation bonds (see S. 1501), S7869 [22JY] (see H.R. 3302), H8585 [22JY]

FRS: authorize Federal Reserve Banks' examination of methodologies used by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations in analyzing and rating asset-backed securities and structured finance products (see H.R. 3128), H7836 [8JY]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities (see S. 513), S2691 [3MR] (see H.R. 1348), H3054 [5MR]

Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (see S. 1242), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2904), H6903 [16JN]

Government regulations: increase transparency and regulatory requirements for trading certain derivative financial instruments (see H.R. 3300), H8585 [22JY]

———regulate futures transactions involving energy commodities and credit default swaps and strengthen FERC enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2448), H5666 [14MY]

Green Bank: establish to assist in financing of qualified clean energy projects and qualified energy efficiency projects (see H.R. 1698), H3834 [24MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3889), H11581 [21OC]

Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act: extend certain housing-related deadlines (see S. 2815), S11883 [20NO] (see H.R. 4205), H13519 [3DE]

Housing: establish a downpayment requirement for certain home loan programs and repeal and prohibit certain downpayment assistance initiatives (see H.R. 2922), H6972 [17JN]

———extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1353), H3054 [5MR]

———prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and increase availability of affordable new mortgages (see H.R. 230), H68 [7JA]

———reduce foreclosures of residential mortgages (see H.R. 1356), H3054 [5MR]

Immigration: permanently authorize EB-5 regional center program (see H.R. 4259), H14742 [10DE]

———permit certain E-2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident status (see H.R. 1162), H2631 [24FE]

Income: permit certain required minimum distributions from certain retirement plans to be repaid (see H.R. 939), H1157 [10FE]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (see S. 439), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1607), H3702 [19MR]

Individual development accounts: establish and provide for treatment (see H.R. 1234), H2874 [26FE] (see H.R. 2277), H5306 [6MY]

Individual retirement accounts: repeal income limitation on conversions to Roth IRAs (see H.R. 2814), H6538 [10JN]

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), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 1327), H3053 [5MR]

———ensure companies operating in the U.S. that receive Federal funds are not conducting business in Iran (see H.R. 3922), H11739 [23OC]

IRS: limit regulatory authority relative to limitation on losses following ownership change (see S. 2916), S13458 [18DE]

Law enforcement: increase the number of Federal law enforcement officials investigating and prosecuting financial fraud (see S. 331), S894 [27JA]

Maritime Administration: permit qualified withdrawals from a Capital Construction Fund account for maintenance or repair of U.S.-flag vessels if such maintenance is performed in the U.S. (see H.R. 3370), H9054 [29JY]

Medicare: permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see H.R. 1118), H2601 [23FE]

Members of Congress: require public disclosure of the terms of home mortgages held by Members of Congress (see S. 1632), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3965), H12140 [29OC]

Municipal bonds: ensure uniform and accurate credit rating of municipal bonds and review the municipal bond insurance industry (see H.R. 2549), H6008 [21MY]

National Homeownership Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 502), H6155 [3JN]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H5891 [20MY]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 211), S7555 [15JY] (see H. Res. 16), H37 [6JA]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 234), S8681 [3AU] (see H. Res. 647), H8100 [14JY] (see H. Res. 662), H8409 [20JY]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (see S. 705), S3785 [25MR]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets (see H.R. 3936), H11867 [27OC]

———automatically enroll new Thrift Savings Plan participants, clarify method for computing part-time service annuities, and credit service by certain District of Columbia employees for retirement (see H.R. 1263), H2923 [3MR]

———increase age at which distributions from qualified retirement plans are required to begin (see H.R. 882), H1043 [4FE]

———suspend minimum distribution requirements for certain retirement plans (see S. 157), S43 [6JA]

President's Working Group on Financial Markets: conduct a study on the hedge fund industry (see H.R. 713), H601 [27JA]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: provide oversight of auditors of brokers and dealers (see H.R. 1212), H2873 [26FE]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (see S. 2899), S13382 [17DE]

Roads and highways: support the repair of national transportation infrastructure, including bridges not located on Federal-aid highways (see H. Res. 848), H11515 [20OC]

SBA: establish a temporary program to assist small business concerns by decreasing interest payments for certain loans (see H.R. 2281), H5306 [6MY]

———improve the New Markets Venture Capital Program and establish the Angel Investment Program (see H.R. 3684), H10407 [30SE]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (see S. 1832), S10635 [21OC] (see H.R. 4302), H14877 [14DE]

———provide financing to support early-stage small businesses in targeted industries (see H.R. 3738), H11110 [7OC]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see S. 1831), S10635 [21OC]

Schools: promote green schools (see H.R. 58), H30 [6JA]

SEC: enhance oversight of nationally recognized statistical credit rating organizations (see S. 927), S4891 [29AP] (see H.R. 3890), H11581 [21OC]

———establish a process by which asset-backed instruments can be deemed eligible for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization ratings and a list of such eligible asset-backed instruments (see H.R. 1181), H2834 [25FE]

———establish an Investor Advisory Committee (see H.R. 3318), H8707 [23JY]

———establish rules and procedures for delegation of compliance and inspections authority to operating divisions (see H.R. 2622), H6011 [21MY]

———issue guidance on the interpretation of fair value accounting (see H.R. 607), H386 [16JA]

———provide authority to contract for collection of delinquent claims resulting from judgments or orders obtained by the Commission (see H.R. 3783), H11166 [8OC]

———provide enhanced enforcement authority (see H.R. 2873), H6805 [15JN]

———provide with additional authorities to protect investors from security law violations (see H.R. 3817), H11456 [15OC]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities (see S. 605), S3113 [16MR]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (see H.R. 302), H88 [8JA]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities and suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (see H.R. 1406), H3144 [10MR]

———remove registration exception for certain investment advisers with a small number of clients (see H.R. 711), H601 [27JA]

———require advisers of certain unregistered investment companies to register and provide information (see H.R. 3818), H11456 [15OC]

———require disclosure of financial relationships between brokers and dealers and mutual fund companies, and of certain commissions paid by mutual fund companies (see S. 1964), S10850 [28OC]

———require investment advisers to private funds to register with the SEC (see S. 1276), S6650 [16JN]

———require registration by hedge funds (see S. 344), S1057 [29JA]

———revise rules for the comparable treatment and expanded use of qualified money market funds for broker-dealer financing (see H.R. 1160), H2631 [24FE]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (see S. 1073), S5614 [19MY] (see H.R. 3214), H8099 [14JY]

———suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (see H.R. 1909), H4520 [2AP]

Securities: allow for private right of action against secondary violators that provide substantial assistance in aiding-and-abetting securities fraud (see S. 1551), S8557 [30JY]

———clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see S. 1389), S7071 [25JN] (see H.R. 2733), H6264 [4JN]

———comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system (see S. 1691), S9653 [22SE]

———constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations (see H.J. Res. 57), H7145 [23JN]

———eliminate exemption from State regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges (see H.R. 1418), H3145 [10MR]

———increase protection coverage in the event of stolen or missing assets (see H.R. 2798), H6537 [10JN]

———make technical corrections and conforming amendments to Federal securities laws relative to repeal of Public Utility Holding Company Act (see H.R. 2947), H7022 [18JN]

———prohibit the Federal Government from holding security interests (see H.R. 4118), H13351 [19NO]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (see H.R. 3795), H11297 [13OC]

———require nationally registered statistical rating organizations to provide additional disclosures with respect to the rating of certain structured securities (see H.R. 1445), H3337 [11MR]

———treat covered bonds the same as other qualified financial contracts to which a depository institution is a party when such institution is in receivership or conservatorship (see H.R. 2896), H6903 [16JN]

Securities Exchange Act: require registration of municipal financial advisers (see H.R. 2550), H6008 [21MY]

Small business: authorize certain debt refinancing (see H.R. 2527), H5891 [20MY]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing (see S. 2869), S12909 [10DE]

———modernize small business investment companies (see H.R. 3740), H11110 [7OC]

———promote commercialization of certain small business research and development projects (see H.R. 2769), H6413 [9JN]

———provide for improved long-term financing of small business concerns by certified development companies (see H.R. 3739), H11110 [7OC]

Small Business Act: amend relative to awarding contract opportunities to qualified HUBZone small business concerns (see H.R. 3729), H10519 [6OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (see H.R. 3854), H11514 [20OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (see H. Res. 875), H12043 [28OC]

———temporarily raise limits on certain loans (see S. 1817), S10570 [20OC]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (see S. 1513), S8094 [24JY] (see S. 1929), S10735 [26OC]

———improve New Markets Venture Capital and Renewable Fuel Capital Investment Programs (see H.R. 3722), H10518 [6OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (see H.R. 3854), H11514 [20OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (see H. Res. 875), H12043 [28OC]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 1541), H3525 [17MR] (see H.R. 3614), H9806 [22SE]

———temporarily raise limits on certain loans (see S. 1817), S10570 [20OC]

Social Security: ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 1276), H2924 [3MR]

———establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 1712), H4025 [25MR]

———establish the Personal Social Security Savings Program (see H.R. 107), H31 [6JA]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H36 [6JA]

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1712), H4025 [25MR]

Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 394), S2027 [9FE]

———allocate a new markets tax credit limitation to entities that serve or provide investment capital for distressed communities (see H.R. 3811), H11383 [14OC]

———allow a credit for contributions to a trust used to provide need-based college scholarships (see H.R. 1579), H3640 [18MR]

———allow a refundable credit for taxes paid on earnings reinvested and lost in a fraudulent investment scheme (see H.R. 1389), H3104 [9MR]

———allow a refundable investment credit, and 5-year depreciation, for property used to manufacture solar energy (see H.R. 576), H380 [15JA]

———allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see H.R. 2672), H6154 [3JN]

———allow deduction for real property taxes on the principal residences to all individuals whether or not they itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1716), H4026 [25MR]

———allow estate of decedent to use capital loss carryover of decedent as a deduction against estate tax (see H.R. 4035), H12456 [5NO]

———allow individuals eligible for veterans health benefits to contribute to health savings accounts (see H.R. 2974), H7084 [19JN]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see S. 1082), S5699 [20MY] (see H.R. 3429), H9206 [30JY]

———allow individuals to defer tax on income reinvested in a partnership or S corporation (see H.R. 2284), H5306 [6MY]

———allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (see S. 1769), S10318 [8OC]

———allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (see S. 702), S3785 [25MR] (see H.R. 2096), H4733 [23AP]

———allow nontaxable employer matching contributions to 529 college savings plans (see H.R. 2500), H5791 [19MY]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 2524), H5891 [20MY]

———allow specified energy property grants to real estate investment trusts without regard to the ratable share income limitations (see H.R. 4256), H14445 [9DE]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 864), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 1250), H2886 [2MR] (see H.R. 2435), H5665 [14MY]

———allow unused amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement to be carried over to subsequent plan years or deposited into certain health or retirement plans (see H.R. 544), H325 [14JA]

———amend tax treatment of certain discharged indebtedness (see H.R. 683), H525 [26JA]

———assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans' assets (see H.R. 95), H31 [6JA]

———clarify capital gain or loss treatment of the sale or exchange of mitigation credits earned by restoring wetlands (see S. 2876), S13032 [11DE] (see H.R. 3609), H9738 [21SE]

———clarify that a North American Development Bank guarantee is not considered a Federal guarantee for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of bonds (see H.R. 1060), H1604 [13FE]

———clarify treatment of indebtedness incurred by a partnership in acquiring securities and commodities relative to organizations which are partners with limited liability (see H.R. 3497), H9278 [31JY]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see S. 1408), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 1835), H4395 [1AP]

———encourage businesses to purchase commercial and residential property in distressed communities by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 3812), H11383 [14OC]

———encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments (see H.R. 2748), H6305 [8JN]

———encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds by excluding from income a portion of such payments (see S. 1297), S6804 [18JN]

———encourage investment in certain industries by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 1783), H4128 [30MR]

———encourage purchase of residential property by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 1784), H4128 [30MR]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1205), H2872 [26FE]

———establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (see S. 1484), S7779 [21JY]

———establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 4309), H14980 [15DE]

———exclude capital gains on sales and exchanges of residences purchased in a foreclosure sale (see H.R. 3520), H9279 [31JY]

———exclude certain gains on single-family residential rental property from gross income (see H.R. 2851), H6743 [12JN]

———exclude from gross income certain interest amounts received by individuals (see H.R. 199), H35 [6JA]

———exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock (see H.R. 692), H526 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income discharges of personal indebtedness outside of bankruptcy (see H.R. 2445), H5665 [14MY]

———exclude from gross income the gain from the sale or exchange of certain residences acquired before a certain date (see H.R. 755), H778 [28JA]

———exclude long-term capital gain on certain property acquired or disposed from gross income (see H.R. 1477), H3400 [12MR]

———exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see H.R. 173), H34 [6JA]

———exempt renewable energy projects receiving Rural Energy for America Program grants from production tax credit offsets (see H.R. 2037), H4686 [22AP]

———expand and make permanent the standard deduction for real property taxes (see H.R. 3213), H8099 [14JY]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 3586), H9670 [16SE]

———expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property (see S. 158), S43 [6JA]

———expand Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home schooling expenses (see S. 101), S42 [6JA]

———expand Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home schooling expenses, adjust contributions for inflation, and make expansion of such accounts permanent (see S. 83), S41 [6JA]

———extend and expand the homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 3779), H11166 [8OC]

———extend and modify benefits available in empowerment zones and other tax-incentive areas (see H.R. 3500), H9278 [31JY]

———extend and modify the homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 1344), H3054 [5MR] (see H.R. 1453), H3338 [11MR] (see H.R. 2606), H6011 [21MY]

———extend and modify the special allowance for certain acquired property and temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets (see S. 294), S719 [21JA]

———extend certain estate tax provisions and restore and increase estate tax deduction for certain family-owned businesses (see H.R. 4015), H12364 [4NO]

———extend the additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see S. 201), S308 [12JA]

———extend the first-time homebuyer credit for Armed Services members serving outside the U.S. (see H.R. 2562), H6009 [21MY]

———extend the increase in the expensing deduction for small businesses (see H.R. 4311), H14980 [15DE]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 1583), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 2628), H6012 [21MY]

———extend the nonbusiness energy property credit for property placed in service in 2008 (see S. 329), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 1134), H2602 [23FE]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (see H.R. 2725), H6264 [4JN]

———extend treatment of certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4186), H13466 [2DE]

———impose a tax on certain compensation received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout funds (see H.R. 1801), H4129 [30MR]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (see S. 2927), S13883 [23DE] (see H.R. 4191), H13519 [3DE]

———impose a tax on over-the-counter derivatives transactions (see H.R. 3153), H7946 [9JY]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (see S. 651), S3550 [19MR]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance (see H.R. 1572), H3526 [17MR]

———impose an excise tax on certain proceeds received on sale-in, lease-out (SILO) and lease-in, lease-out (LILO) transactions (see S. 1341), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 3439), H9275 [31JY]

———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 30), H29 [6JA]

———improve and extend certain tax incentives for industrial energy efficiency in the areas of water reuse, advanced motors, and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chillers (see S. 1639), S8993 [6AU]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 1612), S8993 [6AU] (see H. Con. Res. 204), H11712 [22OC]

———improve treatment of health savings accounts (see H.R. 3508), H9278 [31JY]

———increase amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers who have attained age 50 (see H.R. 674), H525 [26JA]

———increase contribution limits to dependent care flexible spending accounts and provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits (see H.R. 1279), H2924 [3MR]

———increase estate and gift tax unified credit, adjust for inflation, and repeal termination of estate tax (see H.R. 2658), H6074 [2JN]

———increase limitation on capital losses (see S. 978), S5128 [5MY] (see H.R. 1857), H4396 [1AP]

———increase limitation on capital losses and index such limitation to inflation (see H.R. 1968), H4522 [2AP]

———increase limitation on the capital loss carryovers of individuals (see H.R. 884), H1043 [4FE] (see H.R. 1070), H1604 [13FE]

———increase maximum reduction in estate tax value for farmland and other special use property and restore and increase estate tax deduction for family-owned businesses (see H.R. 96), H31 [6JA]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose (see S. 222), S337 [13JA]

———increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2526), H5891 [20MY]

———increase the annual contribution limit to Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 532), H324 [14JA]

———maintain current standards of the Federal mortgage interest deduction (see H. Con. Res. 130), H5891 [20MY]

———make certain tax benefits permanent law (see H.R. 664), H493 [23JA]

———make health care coverage more accessible and affordable (see H.R. 1495), H3400 [12MR]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains permanent (see H.R. 498), H323 [14JA]

———make permanent and expand the additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see S. 1268), S6650 [16JN]

———make permanent certain education tax incentives and modify rules relating to college savings plans (see S. 2851), S12708 [8DE]

———make permanent estate tax repeal, small business expensing, and Self-Employment Contributions Act tax deduction for health insurance (see H.R. 533), H324 [14JA]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see S. 1400), S7192 [7JY] (see H.R. 1974), H4523 [2AP]

———make permanent the additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see H.R. 2604), H6011 [21MY]

———make permanent the sales tax deduction, child credit, repeal of estate tax, and deduction for higher education expenses, and extend the capital gains and dividend rates (see H.R. 4270), H14743 [10DE]

———modify and extend the credit for alternative motor vehicles (see S. 209), S308 [12JA]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4337), H15499 [16DE]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see S. 1589), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 4070), H13001 [16NO]

———modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 4144), H13353 [19NO]

———modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see S. 279), S652 [16JA]

———modify private activity bond rules to except certain uses of intellectual property from the definition of private business use (see H.R. 3443), H9275 [31JY]

———modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (see S. 676), S3657 [24MR] (see H.R. 4090), H13068 [17NO]

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 273), H70 [7JA]

———permanently extend estate tax relief (see S. 2784), S11430 [17NO]

———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 4306), H14877 [14DE]

———permanently extend the research credit (see S. 37), S40 [6JA]

———permit hardship loans from individual retirement plans (see H.R. 1628), H3704 [19MR]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 4243), H13628 (see H.R. 4243), H14371 [8DE]

———prevent a change in residency as a result of extended official duty in the military or certain Federal service from triggering repayment provisions of the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 3573), H9549 [15SE]

———prevent overstatement of benefits payable to non-highly compensated employees under qualified plans (see H.R. 4126), H13352 [19NO]

———prevent the alternative minimum tax from effectively repealing the Federal tax exemption for interest on State and local private activity bonds (see H.R. 425), H161 [9JA]

———prevent the avoidance of tax on income from assets held abroad (see S. 1934), S10776 [27OC] (see H.R. 3933), H11867 [27OC]

———provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 1833), H4395 [1AP]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see S. 1230), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 214), H36 [6JA] (see H.R. 1245), H2886 [2MR] (see H.R. 3760), H11165 [8OC] (see H.R. 3825), H11457 [15OC]

———provide a full exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (see S. 78), S41 [6JA]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain energy production and distribution facilities (see H.R. 1812), H4249 [31MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings or residential rental property (see H.R. 2198), H5060 [30AP]

———provide a temporary exclusion of the gain on the sale or exchange of certain small business stock (see H.R. 4236), H13628 (see H.R. 4236), H14371 [8DE]

———provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (see S. 1091), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 4210), H13520 [3DE]

———provide an exclusion from gross income of long-term capital gains on property purchased before the end of 2009 (see H.R. 1632), H3704 [19MR]

———provide an investment credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property (see S. 2755), S11290 [9NO] (see H.R. 4085), H13068 [17NO]

———provide for a livestock energy investment credit (see H.R. 907), H1044 [4FE]

———provide for an enhanced deduction for qualified residence interest on acquisition indebtedness for heritage homes (see H.R. 342), H90 [8JA]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities (see H.R. 3516), H9279 [31JY]

———provide for tax preferred savings accounts for individuals under age of 26 (see H.R. 2022), H4685 [22AP]

———provide for tax-exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property (see H.R. 115), H32 [6JA]

———provide for tax-favored unemployment savings accounts (see H.R. 153), H33 [6JA]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 1789), H4128 [30MR]

———provide income tax credit for Eagle employers (see H.R. 989), H1247 [11FE]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief, reduce the employee share of payroll taxes, and rescind unobligated stimulus funds (see H.R. 4100), H13265 [18NO]

———provide penalty free distributions and loans from certain retirement plans for the purchase and refinancing of principal residences (see H.R. 1629), H3704 [19MR]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 470), H194 [13JA]

———provide recovery periods for new nonresidential real property and qualified leasehold improvement property (see H.R. 4012), H12288 [3NO]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1159), H2631 [24FE]

———provide that certain net capital gain of individuals 65 or over shall not be subject to tax (see H.R. 396), H160 [9JA]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (see S. 1491), S7868 [22JY]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 537), H325 [14JA]

———provide the same tax treatment of commercial and noncommercial investors in oil and natural gas and related commodities (see S. 1588), S8992 [6AU]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (see H.R. 2779), H6414 [9JN]

———reform estate and gift tax (see H.R. 2023), H4685 [22AP]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (see H.R. 99), H31 [6JA]

———repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity bond interest (see S. 138), S43 [6JA]

———repeal certain limitations on expensing certain property and allow taxpayers to elect shorter recovery periods for purposes of determining the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 446), H162 [9JA]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see S. 1610), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 2542), H6008 [21MY]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 205), H35 [6JA]

———repeal provision prohibiting the crediting of interest to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 1474), S7699 [20JY]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates (see S. 567), S3025 [11MR]

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

———repeal termination of the estate tax, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and coordinate a reduction in the maximum rate of tax with a phaseout of the deduction for State death taxes (see H.R. 3905), H11711 [22OC]

———restore estate tax, increase estate tax unified credit, and reduce the minimum estate tax rate (see H.R. 1986), H4579 [21AP]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (see H.R. 436), H161 [9JA] (see H.R. 4154), H13353 [19NO]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), consideration (see H. Res. 941), H13465 [2DE]

———S corporation reform (see S. 996), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 2910), H6971 [17JN]

———stimulate business investment (see S. 304), S786 [22JA]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 1351), H3054 [5MR]

———treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals (see S. 1367), S7070 [25JN]

———treat income earned by mutual funds from exchange-traded funds holding precious metal bullion as qualifying income (see S. 44), S40 [6JA]

———treat nonrecourse small business investment company loans from the SBA as amounts at risk for purposes of determining the deduction for losses (see H.R. 4211), H13520 [3DE]

———treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies (see H.R. 3525), H9279 [31JY]

———treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services (see H.R. 1935), H4521 [2AP]

———treatment of publicly traded partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services (see H.R. 2762), H6306 [8JN]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to certain unemployed individuals who have attained age 50 (see H.R. 656), H485 [22JA]

———waive minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans (see H.R. 3920), H11739 [23OC]

———waive penalty on distributions from qualified retirement plans for certain mortgage payments and for unemployed individuals, and increase age at which distributions from such plans are to begin (see H.R. 2331), H5398 [7MY]

———waive penalty on early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3612), H9806 [22SE]

Telecommunications: expand broadband deployment (see S. 1447), S7480 [14JY]

Transportation: 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] (see H.R. 1571), H3526 [17MR]

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

Workforce Investment Act: establish financial literacy education programs for newly naturalized U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2117), H4839 [27AP]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4657 [23AP], S4740 [27AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), motion to proceed, S4399 [2AP]

Interviews

Amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences: Senator Durbin with American Banker (publication), H2992, H3005 [5MR]

Letters

Allegations of insider trading against Pequot Capital Management, Inc.: Senator Specter, S19 [6JA]

Allocation of additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funding: several Representatives, H5005 [30AP]

Amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences: several organizations, S4936 [30AP]

End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act: Douglas G. Baird, H4281 [1AP]

———Kenneth N. Klee, H4281 [1AP]

———Laurence H. Tribe, H4277-H4279 [1AP]

———Michael J. Gerhardt, H4279 [1AP]

FDIC borrowing authority: Ben S. Bernanke, FRS, S2849 [5MR]

———Sheila C. Bair, FDIC, S2849 [5MR], H3022 [5MR]

———Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S2849 [5MR]

FDIC foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program: Sheila C. Bair, FDIC, S1811 [6FE]

Financial Literacy Month: President Obama, E1077 [6MY]

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, S4738 [27AP]

———Jon Adler, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, S4739 [27AP]

———Joseph E.B. White, Taxpayers Against Fraud (organization), S4739 [27AP]

———Richard Delonis, National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, S4739 [27AP]

———Scott J. Grossfield, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, S4739 [27AP]

Helping Families Save Their Homes Act: B. Dan Berger, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, H5761 [19MY]

———Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H5761 [19MY]

———Charles McMillan, National Association of REALTORS, H2854 [26FE], H5762 [19MY]

———Dan Mica, Credit Union National Association, S5005 [1MY], H5761 [19MY]

———David P. Sloan, AARP, H2855 [26FE]

———Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, S5007 [1MY], H5761 [19MY]

———Frank Keating, American Council of Life Insurers, H2854 [26FE]

———Fred R. Becker, Jr., National Association of Federal Credit Unions, S5006 [1MY]

———John H. Dalton and Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable (organization), S5006 [1MY]

———several consumer organizations, S5006 [1MY]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H2855 [26FE]

Implement the worldwide interest allocation for purposes of the foreign tax credit: Thomas K. Jarrett, Deere & Co., S11098 [4NO]

Mutual Fund Transparency Act: several individuals, S10857 [28OC]

Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, H13486 [3DE]

———Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers, H13486 [3DE]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H13485 [3DE]

Prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock: Representative Sessions, H5005 [30AP]

Provide additional transparency for certain financial swaps contracts: Gary Gensler, CFTC, H14717 [10DE]

Public Good IRA Rollover Act: Dana Schaar, North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations, S4580 [22AP]

———Patricia Read, Independent Sector (organization), S4580 [22AP]

———Steve Gunderson, Council on Foundations, S4580 [22AP]

———Tanya Howe Johnson, Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, S4580 [22AP]

Require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction: Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S7178 [7JY]

Require notice to consumers when a mortgage loan has been sold, transferred, or assigned to a third party: several consumer organizations, S5174 [6MY]

Require the CFTC to take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets: Bart Chilton, CFTC, S6457 [10JN]

Require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid: Edward Kleinbard, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S1478 [4FE]

Research and development tax credit extension: several research and technology organizations, S2303 [13FE]

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Lawrence H. Summers, S570 [15JA], S13077 [12DE]

———Senator Levin, S578 [15JA]

———several organizations, S579, S586 [15JA]

Lists

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) bailout beneficiaries, S3581 [19MR]

Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus members, E1077 [6MY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4154, Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act, H13486 [3DE]

Primary Government securities dealers reporting to the FRS Government Dealers Statistics Unit, H1280 [12FE]

Top lenders responsible for subprime loans, H5278 [6MY]

Messages

Economic Report: President Bush, S650-S652 [16JA], H383-H385 [16JA]

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Report: President Bush, S304 [12JA], H170 [13JA]

Motions

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H3021 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5179, S5182 [6MY]

Small Business Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12114 [29OC]

Small Business Investment Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12114 [29OC]

Taxation: retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), H13491, H13492 [3DE]

Press releases

Credit Suisse Announces Its Compensation Structure for 2009 and 2010, H11732 [23OC]

Remarks in House

America Saves Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 180), H2639-H2641 [25FE]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3415, H3417, H3418, H3423 [16MR], H3446, H3447, H3448, H3449, H3472, H3473, H3475, H3477, H3478, H3505, H3506, H3519 [17MR], H3530, H3532, H3536, H3608, H3610, H3614-H3618, H3620, H3624 [18MR], H3656-H3664, H3687, H3691-H3697 [19MR], H3710-H3712, H3721 [23MR], H3792, H3793, H3812-H3820 [24MR], H4049-H4051 [26MR], H5088 [4MY], H5988 [21MY], H6146 [3JN], H6676-H6678 [12JN], H8032 [14JY], H9256, H9257 [31JY], H11433 [15OC], H11464 [20OC]

———business practices that precipitated Government bailout, H3689 [19MR], H4066 [30MR], H4512 [2AP]

———merits of going into receivership rather than receiving Government bailout funds, H3627-H3629 [18MR]

———use of Government bailout funds to make payments to French banks, H3530 [18MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding, H10001 [29SE]

Bankruptcy: adjust debts of nonbank financial institutions, H14795 [11DE]

BLM: validate final patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC (H.R. 762), H8050, H8051 [14JY]

Business and industry: encourage public-private partnerships to create jobs, H1222-H1227 [11FE]

———provide shareholders with a non-binding vote on executive compensation (H.R. 3351), E2022 [27JY]

———require disclosure of persons or organizations funding activities to influence shareholders votes, H9242 [31JY]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., H5047 [30AP], H5086-H5091 [4MY], H5463-H5466 [12MY]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, H14705-H14709 [10DE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, H6978 [18JN]

———provide for regulation of energy derivatives, H7644, H7647, H7668 [26JN]

Congress: goals of the 111th Congress, H4, H5 [6JA]

———prohibit passage of further massive spending initiatives for bailout purposes (H. Res. 199), H5491 [13MY]

Congressional Black Caucus: legislative priorities, H3419 [16MR]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (H.R. 3148), H11379 [14OC]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (H.R. 2111), H5267 [6MY], H5550 [13MY], H5687 [18MY]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish, E2966, E2982 [11DE]

———establish (H.R. 3126), H8391 [20JY], H8590 [23JY], H8712 [24JY]

———limit power if unemployment rate remains at high level, H14491 [10DE]

———permit Federal functional regulator to delegate authority to conduct examinations and enforce consumer protection provisions for financial institutions above a certain asset threshold, H14678 [10DE]

———prohibit mandating disclosures be made in any language other than English, H14491 [10DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Council: establish, H14771-H14776 [11DE]

Credit: allow lenders to recapture the principal lost in mortgage modification in a bankruptcy proceeding if the homeowner sells the property for a profit, H2990, H3014, H3015 [5MR]

———increase borrowing authority of the FDIC and the National Credit Union Administration, H5763 [19MY]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, H14755-H14757 [11DE], E2445 [6OC], E2513 [13OC], E3019 [17DE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H2809 [25FE], H2839, H2848-H2863 [26FE], H2889, H2912 [3MR], H2932, H2933, H2951-H2953, H2970 [4MR], H2997-H3024, H3041, H3044-H3047, H3051 [5MR], H3058, H3075, H3076 [6MR], H3340 [12MR], H3419-H3426 [16MR], H3442 [17MR], H5085 [4MY], H5105, H5142 [5MY], E559, E562, E569, E576, E577, E578, E579, E580 [5MR], E582, E584 [6MR], E610, E623-E625 [10MR], E673 [16MR], E692 [17MR], E734 [23MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), consideration (H. Res. 190), H2839-H2848 [26FE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), consideration (H. Res. 205), H2986-H2995 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), motion to recommit, H3021, H3023 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), H5740-H5765, H5768 [19MY], E1210 [20MY], E1257 [21MY], E1307 [4JN]

———prevent provision of mortgage foreclosure assistance if borrowers misrepresented or lied about their income when applying for the mortgage or lenders failed to follow proper underwriting standards, H3021-H3023 [5MR], H3058 [6MR]

———prohibit the provision of mortgage relief to those who fraudulently extended their mortgage and then filed for bankruptcy, H2989 [5MR]

———require bankruptcy courts to use FHA appraisal guidelines, deny relief to individuals who can afford to repay mortgages without judicial mortgage modification, and extend negotiation period, H3004-H3011 [5MR]

Dept. of HUD: coordinate efforts to produce compatible and improved residential mortgage disclosures, H5763 [19MY]

———give priority consideration in grant funding to mortgage counseling agencies serving areas with high foreclosure rates, H5763 [19MY]

———Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding, H14676 [10DE]

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), H5106 [5MY], H5260-H5270 [6MY], H5550 [13MY], E1090, E1100 [7MY], E1295-E1300 [3JN]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), Senate amendment, H5686-H5688 [18MY], E1198 [19MY]

———limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (H.R. 1575), H3616 [18MR], H4275-H4283 [1AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 4385), E3022 [17DE]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (H.J. Res. 3), H369 [15JA], H447-H468, H475, H476 [22JA], H596 [27JA], H3710 [23MR], E127 [22JA], E133 [23JA], E136 [26JA], E155 [27JA], E174 [2FE]

———establish a market for municipal securities and cooperate with the FRS in establishment of municipal securities funding facilities services (H.R. 1669), E738 [23MR]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1047 [9FE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 383), H3847-H3851 [25MR]

———issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects (H.R. 852), H1252 [12FE]

———prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, H5004, H5007 [30AP]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction, H8207 [16JY], H14881 [15DE]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (H.R. 2119), H6910 [17JN]

———require certain stock option warrants to be sold at public auction upon repayment of the associated assistance provided under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 3232), E1824 [16JY]

———require Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to include the effect of the program on small businesses in oversight, audits, and reports (H.R. 3179), H9527-H9529 [15SE]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, H3812 [24MR]

———validity of analysis of financial status of banks as rationale for receipt of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H10463 [6OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent, H5817-H5819 [20MY]

Economy: address decline in stock market, H3068 [6MR]

———comparison of the economic recovery of the corporate and financial sectors with that of working class citizens, H11358, H11359 [14OC]

———create Economic Disaster Area designation to aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, H4256 [1AP], E765 [25MR]

———establish a select committee to make a thorough and complete investigation of the causes of the current financial crisis and other matters (H. Res. 345), H4553 [21AP], H5687 [18MY]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, H53, H55-H63 [7JA], H76-H81 [8JA], H144, H155 [9JA], H188-H191 [13JA], H508, H510, H514 [26JA], H879 [3FE], H1014, H1032, H1034 [4FE], H1068 [9FE], H1148 [10FE], H2838 [26FE], H4107 [30MR], H4755, H4760 [27AP], H4844 [28AP], H5276-H5278 [6MY], H6055 [2JN], H7735 [7JY], H9470 [14SE], H10043 [29SE], H13457 [2DE], H14951 [15DE]

———help rebuild retirement, college, and personal savings (H.R. 2021), H4692 [23AP]

———impact of free enterprise economic system, H5568-H5572 [13MY], H9990-H9993 [25SE], H11776 [26OC]

———limit compensation for executives at companies that receive Federal bailout funds, H155 [9JA]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H3758 [24MR], H5466-H5472 [12MY], H5586 [14MY], H5885, H5886 [20MY]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., H13010, H13012 [17NO]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, H3486-H3491 [17MR], H3615-H3620 [18MR], H3711 [23MR], H3790 [24MR], H4003, H4019, H4020 [25MR], H4231, H4232 [31MR], H4498 [2AP], H4980-H4987 [29AP], H7072 [19JN], H8071 [14JY], H10526 [7OC], H11433 [15OC], H11559 [21OC], H11731 [23OC], H11764 [26OC], H13469 [3DE], H15474 [16DE]

———require companies receiving Federal bailout funds to disclose executive compensation, H334 [15JA]

———suspend capital gains tax, schedule Government-sponsored enterprises for privatization, repeal Full Employment Act, and suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements, H3516, H3520 [17MR]

———systemic risk regulation, H13116 [18NO], H14491 [10DE], E2976 [11DE]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H13512 [3DE]

ERISA: provide for independent investment advice for participants and beneficiaries under individual account plans (H.R. 1988), E914 [21AP]

———require participant-directed individual retirement account plans to include in benefit statements points of comparison to show relative performance of investment options under such plans (H.R. 2792), E1368 [10JN]

FDIC: create a net worth certificate program, H1279-H1281 [12FE]

———establish a systematic mortgage modification program, H289 [14JA], H3420 [16MR]

———increase borrowing authority, H3022 [5MR]

Federal employees: establish a precious metals investment option in the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 1420), E614 [10MR]

———make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (H.R. 1804), H4268-H4275 [1AP], H7162 [24JN]

Financial institutions: authorize depository institutions and holding companies to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (H.R. 2529), H6371 [9JN], H8971-H8973 [29JY]

———awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H6665 [12JN]

———eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money services businesses and enhance availability of transaction accounts (H.R. 2893), E1449 [17JN]

———encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (H. Con. Res. 197), H13401-H13404 [2DE], E2883 [3DE]

———grant CFTC and SEC authority to ban abusive swaps, disregard balance sheet risk relative to bona fide hedging end users, and ensure illegal swaps are rendered invalid, H14718-H14721 [10DE], E3008 [15DE]

———make increase in deposit insurance coverage retroactive to July 11, 2008, H14489 [10DE]

———make permanent the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage, H2970 [4MR], H3018 [5MR]

———provide additional transparency for certain swaps contracts, H14716-H14718 [10DE], E3008 [15DE]

———require swap dealers and major participants to execute their standardized swaps on exchanges or swap execution platforms, H14493 [10DE]

———return a sense of fairness and accountability to the deposit insurance premium assessment process, H14793 [11DE]

———return a sense of fairness and accountability to the deposit insurance premium assessment process (H.R. 2897), E1456 [17JN]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy counseling for borrowers (H.R. 1325), H4857 [28AP], H9603 [16SE]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (H. Res. 357), H4855-H4857 [28AP], E1076 [6MY]

Financial Markets Commission: establish (H.R. 2253), E1094 [7MY]

Financial Services Oversight Council: application of systemic risk and assessment factors in regulation of U.S. financial markets, H14675 [10DE]

FRS: require disclosure of detailed information regarding the mortgage-backed securities purchase program, H363-H365 [15JA]

GAO: study effect of venture capital ownership restrictions on participation in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H7773, H7774 [8JY]

———study feasibility of optional, premium-based additional coverage for securities investors to protect against fraud, H14490 [10DE]

General Motors Corp.: impact of bankruptcy on retirees health care, H8903 [28JY]

———impact of potential bankruptcy or reorganization on bondholders, retirees, and employees, H4066 [30MR]

———removal of Chief Executive Officer, Rick Wagoner, E869 [2AP]

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: posting of quarterly profits, H11385 [15OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), H11574 [21OC], H11802 [27OC], H12276 [3NO], H12592 [7NO], H13331 [19NO]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, H1161 [11FE], H1625 [23FE], H2966 [4MR], H5084 [4MY], H5105 [5MY]

———aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis, H302 [14JA], H3486-H3491 [17MR]

———prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and stop mortgage fraud and predatory lending, H3419-H3426 [16MR]

———reduce foreclosures of residential mortgages, H9167 [30JY]

———require notice to consumers when a mortgage loan has been sold, transferred, or assigned to a third party, H5347, H5349 [7MY]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (H.R. 1327), H4970 [29AP], H5313 [7MY], H9703 [17SE], H10065 [29SE], H11191-H11195, H11267 [13OC], H11302 [14OC], H13036 [17NO], H14941 [15DE], E884 [2AP], E2519, E2522, E2526, E2528, E2532 [14OC], E2554 [15OC], E2569 [16OC]

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: anniversary of bankruptcy filing, H9496 [15SE]

Municipal bonds: ensure uniform and accurate credit rating of municipal bonds and review the municipal bond insurance industry, H286 [14JA], E122 [22JA]

National Homeownership Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 502), H6370-H6372 [9JN]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 16), H10013, H10014 [29SE]

National Save for Retirement Week: observance, H11520 [21OC]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 662), H9245 [31JY]

Obama, President: proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, H7115 [23JN], H8414 [21JY], H8589 [23JY], H8812 [27JY], H9496 [15SE]

Pensions: automatically enroll new Thrift Savings Plan participants, clarify method for computing part-time service annuities, and credit service by certain District of Columbia employees for retirement (H.R. 1263), H4272, H4274 [1AP]

Power resources: prohibit transfer or receipt of carbon credit derivatives, H7646 [26JN]

———regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act, H7658 [26JN]

Real estate: moratorium on foreclosure of home mortgages until economic stimulus is in place, H1595 [13FE]

SBA: eligibility of companies backed with venture capital under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H7749-H7751, H7757-H7763 [8JY]

———increase maximum amount of stabilization loans and delay repayment of such loans in areas of high unemployment, H12110 [29OC]

———modify criteria of operation for Capital Backstop Program, H12111 [29OC]

———pay claim of any lender who follows the applicable requirements of the National Lender Training Program, H12101 [29OC]

———provide financing to support early-stage small businesses in targeted industries, H12111 [29OC]

———provide financing to support early-stage small businesses in targeted industries (H.R. 3738), H13081-H13084 [18NO]

———require district offices to establish marketing plan for rural businesses on financing and investment alternatives, designate a rural business outreach specialist, and host outreach seminars, H12102, H12103 [29OC]

———require release of regulations for participation in the Renewable Energy Capital Investment Program and progress reports on expansion, H12102 [29OC]

———study whether certain new costs and taxes imposed on small businesses negatively impact timely repayment of loans, H12114, H12115 [29OC]

Schools: promote green schools (H.R. 58), E25 [7JA]

SEC: delegate regulation of investment advisers to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, H14747, H14748 [11DE]

———establish an Investor Advisory Committee (H.R. 3318), E1943 [24JY]

———funding, H8193, H8209 [16JY]

———limit liability of credit rating organizations, H14727, H14728 [10DE]

———prohibit creation of new private right of action against credit rating agencies, H14680-H14682 [10DE]

———provide enhanced enforcement authority (H.R. 2873), H13404, H13405 [2DE], E2879 [3DE]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities and suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (H.R. 1406), H3112 [10MR], E613 [10MR]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (H.R. 302), H3068 [6MR]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings, H14679 [10DE]

———suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles, H4512 [2AP]

Securities: constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in corporations (H.J. Res. 57), H7256 [25JN]

———make technical corrections and conforming amendments to Federal securities laws relative to repeal of Public Utility Holding Company Act (H.R. 2947), H9524-H9526 [15SE]

———prohibit the Federal Government from holding security interests (H.R. 4118), E2821 [19NO]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 3795), E2705 [4NO]

Small business: allow companies to choose asset depreciation schedule that best suits their individual business, H12070, H12071 [29OC]

———authorize certain debt refinancing (H.R. 2527), E1219 [20MY]

———modernize small business investment companies, H12075, H12076 [29OC]

———provide for improved long-term financing of small business concerns by certified development companies, H12075 [29OC]

Small Business Act: amend relative to awarding contract opportunities to qualified HUBZone small business concerns (H.R. 3729), E2453 [6OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12074-H12117 [29OC], E2680 [2NO], E2691 [3NO], E2706 [4NO], E2754 [9NO]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (H. Res. 875), H12069-H12074 [29OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), motion to recommit, H12114, H12115 [29OC]

Small Business Financing and Investment Act: sunset programs at the end of authorization or after 5 years, H12108 [29OC]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1513), H8916-H8918 [28JY], H8988 [29JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), H11986, H11987 [28OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12074-H12117 [29OC], E2680 [2NO], E2691 [3NO], E2706 [4NO], E2754 [9NO]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (H. Res. 875), H12069-H12074 [29OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), motion to recommit, H12114, H12115 [29OC]

———prohibit use of Small Business Early-Stage Investment Program funds for earmarks, H12103, H12104 [29OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1541), H3468, H3469 [17MR], E741 [23MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), H9819-H9821 [23SE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), Senate amendment, H10021 [29SE]

Social Security: invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (H.R. 219), E3 [6JA]

Taxation: allow a refundable investment credit, and 5-year depreciation, for property used to manufacture solar energy, H577 [27JA], H1161 [11FE]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (H.R. 3429), E2112 [31JY]

———allow individuals to defer tax on income reinvested in a partnership or S corporation (H.R. 2284), H5273 [6MY]

———allow specified energy property grants to real estate investment trusts without regard to the ratable share income limitations (H.R. 4256), E2936 [10DE]

———exclude from gross income discharges of personal indebtedness outside of bankruptcy (H.R. 2445), E1161 [14MY]

———expand and make permanent the standard deduction for real property taxes (H.R. 3213), E1764 [14JY]

———extend credit for production of biodiesel, H14404 [9DE]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (H.R. 2725), E2938 [10DE]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (H.R. 4191), E3005 [15DE]

———increase amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers who have attained age 50 (H.R. 674), E165 [28JA]

———increase contribution limits to dependent care flexible spending accounts and provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits (H.R. 1279), E526 [3MR]

———increase limitation on the capital loss carryovers of individuals (H.R. 884), E209 [4FE]

———make health care coverage more accessible and affordable (H.R. 1495), E653 [12MR]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains permanent (H.R. 498), E86 [14JA]

———make permanent the sales tax deduction, child credit, repeal of estate tax, and deduction for higher education expenses, and extend the capital gains and dividend rates (H.R. 4270), E2961 [10DE]

———modify rules with respect to health savings accounts and medical savings accounts, H12138 [29OC]

———permanently extend estate tax relief, H4384 [1AP]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (H.R. 4243), E2906 [8DE]

———prevent a change in residency as a result of extended official duty in the military or certain Federal service from triggering repayment provisions of the first-time homebuyer credit (H.R. 3573), E2275 [15SE]

———prohibit tax increase on real estate partnerships, H14399-H14402 [9DE]

———proposed reduction in deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions, H2911 [3MR], H2931, H2932 [4MR], H3091 [9MR]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (H.R. 1245), H3723 [23MR], H6371 [9JN]

———provide a temporary exclusion of the gain on the sale or exchange of certain small business stock (H.R. 4236), H14399 [9DE]

———provide for economic stabilization, capital utilization, and enterprise reform (H.R. 7264), H3826 [24MR]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities, H154 [9JA]

———provide for tax-favored unemployment savings accounts (H.R. 153), E69 [13JA]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief, reduce the employee share of payroll taxes, and rescind unobligated stimulus funds (H.R. 4100), H13447 [2DE]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (H.R. 470), H304-H311 [14JA], H329 [15JA], H448 [22JA], H579, H598, H599 [27JA], H891 [3FE], H1193 [11FE], H2914, H2919 [3MR], H13269 [19NO]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (H.R. 2779), E1355 [9JN]

———rates, H3689 [19MR], H3734, H3735 [23MR], H3792-H3798 [24MR], H4047 [26MR]

———reform estate and gift tax, H11724, H11725 [23OC]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (H.R. 99), H179-H181 [13JA], H2830 [25FE], E4 [6JA], E25 [7JA]

———repeal estate tax, H13118 [18NO], H13358 [1DE], H13473-H13479, H13491-H13494 [3DE]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, H6420 [10JN], H8499 [22JY]

———repeal termination of the estate tax, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and coordinate a reduction in the maximum rate of tax with a phaseout of the deduction for State death taxes, H13486 [3DE]

———repeal termination of the estate tax, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and coordinate a reduction in the maximum rate of tax with a phaseout of the deduction for State death taxes (H.R. 3905), E2913 [8DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), H13482-H13494, H13512 [3DE], E2898 [7DE], E2913 [8DE], E2935 [10DE], E2965 [11DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), consideration (H. Res. 941), H13472-H13480 [3DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), motion to recommit, H13491-H13494 [3DE]

———treatment of publicly traded partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services, H14399, H14401, H14403 [9DE]

Remarks in Senate

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3097, S3099-S3103, S3109 [16MR], S3123, S3126, S3129, S3132-S3134, S3141, S3144-S3148, S3150 [17MR], S3324, S3327, S3329, S3353, S3356, S3359-S3361 [18MR], S3381, S3385, S3515, S3579-S3581 [19MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on free enterprise economic system, S7993-S7997 [23JY]

Budget: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for increasing the capital loss deduction, S4133 [1AP]

CFTC: authorize enforcement of ``reckless conduct standard'' in antimarket manipulation cases (S. 1682), S9557 [17SE]

———ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange (S. 272), S626 [15JA]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets, S6871, S6878-S6880 [22JN]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (S. 1225), S6456, S6457 [10JN], S6758 [18JN]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., S5172, S5176 [6MY]

Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select): establish, S4545-S4554 [22AP]

———establish (S. Res. 62), S7531 [15JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): hearings on increased fraud enforcement in financial markets, S2315 [13FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (S. 447), S2336 [13FE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, S6693 [17JN], S8235 [29JY], S9651 [22SE]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (S. 221), S338 [13JA], S6759 [18JN]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish, S7246 [8JY]

Credit: increase borrowing authority of the FDIC and the National Credit Union Administration, S5093, S5094 [5MY]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), S2859 [6MR], S3522-S3524 [19MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability, S13020 [11DE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 895), S4723 [24AP], S4725 [27AP]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4723 [24AP], S4725, S4741-S4743 [27AP], S4881-S4883 [29AP], S4915-S4927, S4931-S4938, S4943-S4953 [30AP], S4999, S5002-S5008, S5011 [1MY], S5051-S5061 [4MY], S5088-S5120 [5MY], S5173-S5205 [6MY], S5266 [7MY]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), unanimous-consent agreement, S5581 [19MY]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), unanimous-consent request, S4902 [29AP]

———prohibit prepayment penalties in mortgage contracts, S4950, S4951 [30AP]

———prohibit prepayment penalties in mortgage contracts (S. 911), S4812 [28AP]

———prohibit yield spread premiums paid to mortgage brokers for steering borrowers to certain interest rates (S. 912), S4812 [28AP]

———require mortgage servicers to consider options that better serve the interest of homeowners and investors prior to modifying certain mortgage loans, S5088-S5092 [5MY]

Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (S. 1659), S9268 [10SE]

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), S1681-S1684 [5FE], S2315 [13FE], S2359 [23FE], S3066 [12MR], S4531-S4561 [22AP], S4603-S4621, S4628-S4633, S4653, S4657 [23AP], S4725, S4735-S4741 [27AP], S4774-S4781, S4784 [28AP], S5183 [6MY], S13363 [17DE]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), House amendment, S5494, S5495 [14MY]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), motion to proceed, S4408-S4415, S4420, S4424 [20AP], S4498 [21AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), unanimous-consent agreement, S4554 [22AP], S4763 [27AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), unanimous-consent request, S4723 [24AP]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security, S4612 [23AP]

Dept. of State: issue report on investments by foreign companies in Iran's energy sector, S2895 [9MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to local governments suffering significant losses due to highly-rated investments in failed financial institutions (S. 116), S88 [6JA]

———allow use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs, S4559 [22AP]

———authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (S. 786), S4316 [2AP]

———authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 2846), S12710 [8DE]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients, S6875 [22JN], S8218, S8219 [29JY]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (S. 1280), S6727 [17JN], S6867 [22JN]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S322 [13JA], S559, S561-S563, S565-S589 [15JA], S643-S646 [16JA]

———effects of economic bailout on bonds, S6640-S6643 [16JN]

———impose certain requirements on public-private investment fund programs, S4616 [23AP]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 383), S1613 [4FE]

———increase oversight for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, S3102 [16MR], S4527 [22AP]

———prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, S4608 [23AP], S4949 [30AP], S5101-S5103, S5105, S5110 [5MY]

———provide for expenditure of remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers, S4254-S4256 [2AP]

———provide oversight for Public-Private Investment Program, S5115 [5MY]

———provide rules for the modification or disposition of certain assets by real estate mortgage investment conduits under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 376), S1543 [4FE]

———remove requirement to liquidate warrants if Troubled Asset Relief Program funds are returned by financial institutions, S5114, S5115 [5MY], S5173 [6MY]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction, S4606, S4607 [23AP], S4951-S4953 [30AP], S6334 [9JN], S6703 [17JN], S7177, S7178 [7JY], S10824, S10836 [28OC]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (S. 1243), S6550 [11JN], S7356 [10JY]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used to reduce the reauthorization level of the program, S5094-S5097 [5MY]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S. 64), S250 [9JA], S280 [12JA], S568 [15JA]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, S1478, S1479 [4FE], S1835, S1855 [6FE], S2193 [12FE]

———return Troubled Asset Relief Program funds not set aside for purchasing toxic assets to the Treasury for debt reduction, S4154 [1AP], S4255, S4256 [2AP]

———Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to audit and investigate recipients of non-recourse Federal loans under certain Federal assistance and relief programs, S4556 [22AP]

Economy: ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency, S8222 [29JY]

———ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), S6882 [22JN]

———ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), unanimous-consent request, S7228 [8JY]

———establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (S. 1592), S9002 [6AU]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, S239-S244, S250-S252 [9JA], S293 [12JA], S320, S329 [13JA], S366 [14JA], S2578 [27FE], S2904 [9MR], S3060 [12MR], S5312 [11MY], S6429 [10JN], S7531-S7533 [15JY], S10835-S10837 [28OC]

———impact of subprime mortgage lending, S3967 [30MR]

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system, S11981 [30NO]

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system (S. 3), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects, S7552 [15JY]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S11031 [3NO], S11094 [4NO], S11149-S11151 [5NO], S11484 [18NO]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S240-S244 [9JA], S329-S331 [13JA], S2578-S2581 [27FE], S3003-S3005 [11MR], S3109 [16MR], S3966-S3969 [30MR], S4542 [22AP], S5582-S5588 [19MY], S9314-S9317 [14SE], S9527 [17SE], S9650 [22SE], S9721-S9723 [23SE], S9898 [29SE], S10470 [15OC]

———role of strong initial public offering (IPO) market in sustained economic recovery, S13284 [16DE]

———sale of Treasury bills for debt reduction, S9074 [7AU]

———systemic risk regulation, S6635-S6637 [16JN]

Education: provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (S. 638), S3552, S3553 [19MR], S5346 [12MY]

ERISA: require a lifetime income disclosure (S. 2832), S12327 [3DE]

FDIC: establish a systematic mortgage modification program (S. 73), S72 [6JA]

———expand authority to identify troubled banks and remove toxic assets through conservatorship, protect banks' depositors, and remove certain executives from failing institutions, S2657 [3MR], S2871 [6MR], S3036 [12MR], S3132 [17MR]

———foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program funding through reductions in undesignated State funding in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1810-S1816, S1831, S1851, S1852 [6FE]

———increase borrowing authority, S3637, S3640 [24MR], S3751, S3757-S3760 [25MR], S5266 [7MY]

———increase borrowing authority (S. 541), S2848 [5MR], S3036 [12MR], S3352 [18MR]

———increase borrowing authority (S. 541), unanimous-consent request, S3352 [18MR]

Federal agencies and departments: elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (H.R. 885), S8266 [29JY]

———elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (S. 1354), S8266 [29JY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: amend relative to the extension of certain limitations, S5676 [20MY]

Federal employees: enhance Thrift Savings Plan through automatic enrollment, opt-out options, agency matching contributions, creating a mutual fund window, and Roth IRA investments, S6143 [4JN], S6245 [8JN]

FHA: provide that the primary and foundational responsibility is to safeguard and preserve its own solvency, S4947 [30AP], S5054, S5055, S5057-S5059 [4MY]

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: appointment of members, S7531, S7532 [15JY]

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

———authorize regulation of credit default swaps and other swap agreements (S. 961), S5067 [4MY]

———awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3352 [18MR], S11251 [6NO]

———create a financial stability council to oversee the financial regulatory activities of the Government (S. 664), S3611-S3613 [23MR], S6682 [17JN]

———encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (S. Res. 352), S11356 [10NO]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote individual savings and financial security, S4272 [2AP]

———modify current money laundering statute to include certain entities involved in financial transactions, such as hedge funds, private investment vehicles, and company formation agents, S4560, S4561 [22AP]

———prohibit certain affiliations between commercial banking and investment banking companies (S. 2886), S13321 [16DE]

———provide oversight for Public-Private Investment Program, S5099, S5100, S5101, S5109 [5MY]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 94), S4104 [31MR]

Financial Markets Commission: establish, S4543, S4545, S4547-S4552 [22AP]

———establish (S. 298), S3358 [18MR], S9256 [10SE]

Financial Services Systemic Risk Oversight Council: establish (S. 2756), S11249, S11250 [6NO]

FRS: require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities, S4047 [31MR], S4245, S4250 [2AP], S4870 [29AP], S10750 [27OC]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities (S. 513), S9651 [22SE], S11032 [3NO]

Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies, S6875 [22JN]

———prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (S. 1242), S6533, S6549 [11JN], S7287 [9JY]

Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act: extend certain housing-related deadlines (S. 2815), S11885 [20NO]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, S2651 [3MR], S3765-S3767 [25MR]

———require notice to consumers when a mortgage loan has been sold, transferred, or assigned to a third party, S5098, S5099 [5MY], S5173, S5174 [6MY]

Immigration: permanently authorize EB-5 regional center program, S7230 [8JY], S10546 [20OC]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (S. 439), S2326 [13FE]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (S. 1065), S6634 [16JN], S9915 [29SE]

———prohibit funding for contracts with companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector, S2754, S2755 [4MR], S2807-S2809, S2814-S2816 [5MR], S8547 [30JY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: impose economic sanctions against and prohibit diplomatic recognition, S6155 [4JN]

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: anniversary of bankruptcy filing, S9301, S9314 [14SE]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 211), S7573 [15JY]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 234), S8699 [3AU]

Obama, President: proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, S6682, S6692-S6695, S6700 [17JN]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (S. 705), S3794 [25MR]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets, S10771 [27OC]

———suspend minimum distribution requirements for certain retirement plans (S. 157), S139 [6JA]

Pequot Capital Management, Inc.: allegations of insider trading, S19 [6JA]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (S. 2899), S13386 [17DE]

SBA: increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (S. 1832), S10695 [22OC]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (S. 2869), S12912 [10DE]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (S. 1831), S10643 [21OC]

SEC: commend Enforcement Division for investigations into insider trading, S10559 [20OC]

———prohibit use of flash orders by high-frequency traders, S8184-S8186 [28JY]

———provide additional funding for investigations and enforcement proceedings involving financial institutions, S4614, S4615, S4621 [23AP]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities, S6985-S6987 [24JN], S8183-S8186 [28JY]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities (S. 605), S3120, S3121 [16MR], S3536-S3539 [19MR], S10559 [20OC]

———require disclosure of financial relationships between brokers and dealers and mutual fund companies, and of certain commissions paid by mutual fund companies (S. 1964), S10855 [28OC]

———require investment advisers to private funds to register with the SEC (S. 1276), S6654 [16JN]

———require registration by hedge funds (S. 344), S1058-S1061 [29JA]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (S. 1073), S5617 [19MY]

———tribute to employees, S10277-S10279 [8OC]

Securities: allow for private right of action against secondary violators that provide substantial assistance in aiding-and-abetting securities fraud (S. 1551), S8564 [30JY]

———comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system (S. 1691), S9655 [22SE]

———ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange, S5485 [14MY]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets, S11484 [18NO]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1513), S8101 [24JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), S10740 [26OC]

———extend programs (S. 1929), House amendment, S10943 [29OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1541), S3318 [17MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), S9890 [25SE]

Social Security: treat certain income received by hedge fund managers as ordinary income and reduce increase in tobacco excise taxes to fund State Children's Health Insurance Program extension, S875 [27JA], S972, S978, S979 [28JA]

Taxation: allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance (S. 702), S3793 [25MR]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions, S4272 [2AP]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (S. 864), S4579 [22AP]

———encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds by excluding from income a portion of such payments (S. 1297), S6814 [18JN]

———establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (S. 1484), S7784 [21JY]

———expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property (S. 158), S140 [6JA]

———extend and modify the special allowance for certain acquired property and temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets (S. 294), S723 [21JA]

———extend credit for production of biodiesel, S13356 [17DE], S13695 [21DE], S13783 [22DE]

———implement the worldwide interest allocation for purposes of the foreign tax credit, S11097 [4NO]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (S. 651), S3563, S3578 [19MR], S3583, S3586 [23MR]

———impose an excise tax on certain proceeds received on sale-in, lease-out (SILO) and lease-in, lease-out (LILO) transactions (S. 1341), S7008 [24JN], S7064 [25JN]

———improve and extend certain tax incentives for industrial energy efficiency in the areas of water reuse, advanced motors, and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chillers (S. 1639), S9041 [6AU]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose, S1827 [6FE], S2126 [11FE]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose (S. 222), S341 [13JA]

———make permanent certain education tax incentives and modify rules relating to college savings plans (S. 2851), S12711 [8DE], S12800 [9DE]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (S. 1589), S8999 [6AU]

———modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (S. 279), S654 [16JA]

———permanently extend the research and development credit, S2303 [13FE]

———permanently extend the research credit (S. 37), S54 [6JA]

———prevent the avoidance of tax on income from assets held abroad (S. 1934), S10785 [27OC]

———proposed reduction in deduction for charitable contributions, S3042 [12MR], S3381 [19MR]

———proposed reduction in deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions, S3104 [16MR]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S8957-S8960, S8963 [6AU]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (S. 1230), S10337 [13OC]

———provide a full exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (S. 78), S83 [6JA]

———provide a point of order against additional estate tax relief unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is provided to middle-income individuals, S4278 [2AP]

———provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (S. 1091), S5704-S5706 [20MY]

———provide relief to improve competitiveness of U.S. corporations and small businesses and eliminate incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, S3965, S3966 [30MR], S11096 [4NO]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (S. 1491), S7880-S7884 [22JY]

———provide the same tax treatment of commercial and noncommercial investors in oil and natural gas and related commodities (S. 1588), S8997 [6AU]

———rates, S1492, S1523 [4FE], S3103-S3106 [16MR], S3832 [26MR], S3972 [30MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity bond interest (S. 138), S115 [6JA]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (S. 1610), S9010 [6AU]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S1388, S1389 [3FE]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (S. 260), S616 [15JA]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), S13279, S13281-S13283 [16DE], S14140 [24DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), unanimous-consent request, S13243 [15DE], S13281 [16DE]

———stimulate business investment (S. 304), S790 [22JA]

———temporarily increase limitation on the capital loss deductions for individuals, S1826, S1827, S1855 [6FE]

Transportation: provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, S12068 [1DE]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (S. 238), S390 [14JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 190) (H. Rept. 111-21), H2833 [25FE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 205) (H. Rept. 111-23), H2978 [4MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 875) (H. Rept. 111-317), H12043 [28OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4154, Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 941) (H. Rept. 111-350), H13465 [2DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3126) (H. Rept. 111-367), H14445 [9DE]

Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 977) (H. Rept. 111-385), H15508 [23DE]

End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1575) (H. Rept. 111-50), H3833 [24MR]

401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2989) (H. Rept. 111-244), H9275 [31JY]

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 386), S2827 [5MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 386) (S. Rept. 111-10), S3609 [23MR]

Make Permanent the Temporary Increase in Deposit Insurance Coverage: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 786) (H. Rept. 111-18), H2600 [23FE]

OPIC Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 705) (S. Rept. 111-107), S13251 [15DE]

Provide a Safe Harbor for Mortgage Servicers Who Engage in Specified Mortgage Loan Modifications: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 788) (H. Rept. 111-13), H1156 [10FE]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of S. 896, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 450) (H. Rept. 111-113), H5711 [18MY]

Small Business Financing and Investment Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3854) (H. Rept. 111-315), H11790 [26OC]

Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (S. 383) (H. Rept. 111-41), H3702 [19MR]

Validate Final BLM Patent Dealing With Lands in Nevada Conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 762) (H. Rept. 111-178), H7144 [23JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), H13491 [3DE]

Statements

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Executive Office of the President, S4533 [22AP]

Regulation of U.S. Financial Markets: Gary Gensler, S5585 [19MY]

12 American Solutions for Jobs & Prosperity: American Solutions (organization), H2914 [3MR]

Summaries

Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act (S. 961), S5068 [4MY]

Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act (S. 1491), S7884 [22JY]

Hedge Fund Transparency Act (S. 344), S1059 [29JA]

Prevent Excessive Speculation Act (S. 447), S2340 [13FE]

Tables

Expenditure levels by Troubled Asset Relief Program programs, H5277 [6MY]

Total funds subject to Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) oversight, H5277 [6MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 197, encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments, H13402 [2DE]

H. Res. 16, support goals and ideals of National Life Insurance Awareness Month, H10013 [29SE]

H. Res. 180, support goals and ideals of America Saves Week, H2639 [25FE]

H. Res. 190, consideration of H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, H2839 [26FE]

H. Res. 205, consideration of H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, H2986 [5MR]

H. Res. 357, Financial Literacy Month, H4855 [28AP]

H. Res. 502, support goals and ideals of National Homeownership Month, H6370 [9JN]

H. Res. 662, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, H9245 [31JY]

H. Res. 875, consideration of H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act, H12069 [29OC]

H. Res. 941, consideration of H.R. 4154, Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act, H13472 [3DE]

H.J. Res. 3, disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, H447 [22JA]

H.R. 762, validate final BLM patent dealing with lands in Nevada conveyed to Coyote Springs Investment, LLC, H8050 [14JY]

H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, H2997-H3001 [5MR]

H.R. 1327, Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, H11191 [13OC]

H.R. 1541, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act reauthorization, H3468 [17MR]

H.R. 1575, End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act, H4275 [1AP]

H.R. 1804, Federal Retirement Reform Act, H4268-H4271 [1AP]

H.R. 2529, Neighborhood Preservation Act, H8971 [29JY]

H.R. 2873, Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act, H13404 [2DE]

H.R. 2947, Securities Law Technical Corrections Act, H9524 [15SE]

H.R. 3179, SIG TARP Small Business Awareness Act, H9528 [15SE]

H.R. 3614, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act reauthorization, S9890 [25SE]

H.R. 3738, Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act, H13081 [18NO]

H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act, H12079-H12099 [29OC]

H.R. 4154, Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act, H13482 [3DE]

S. 3, Homeowner Protection and Wall Street Accountability Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 73, Systematic Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Modification Act, S73 [6JA]

S. 157, Retirement Account Distribution Improvement Act, S139 [6JA]

S. 158, expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property, S141 [6JA]

S. 221, require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets, S339 [13JA]

S. 272, Derivatives Trading Integrity Act, S627 [15JA]

S. 279, Municipal Bond Market Support Act, S654 [16JA]

S. 329, extend the nonbusiness energy property credit for property placed in service in 2008, S846 [26JA]

S. 376, Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Improvement Act, S1544 [4FE]

S. 383, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act, S1613 [4FE], H3847 [25MR]

S. 386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA), S1682-S1684 [5FE], S4777-S4781 [28AP], H5260-H5264 [6MY]

S. 439, Indian Development Finance Corporation Act, S2326-S2329 [13FE]

S. 447, Prevent Excessive Speculation Act, S2337-S2340 [13FE]

S. 541, Depositor Protection Act, S2848 [5MR]

S. 605, reinstate SEC uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities, S3121 [16MR]

S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act, S3793 [25MR]

S. 786, Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act, S4317 [2AP]

S. 896, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, S5185-S5205 [6MY], S5744-S5764 [20MY], H5740-H5760 [19MY]

S. 1073, Rating Accountability and Transparency Enhancement (RATE) Act, S5617-S5620 [19MY]

S. 1091, Storage Technology of Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) Act, S5706 [20MY]

S. 1276, Private Fund Transparency Act, S6654 [16JN]

S. 1280, TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act, S6727 [17JN]

S. 1297, Retirement Security for Life Act, S6815 [18JN]

S. 1484, Catastrophe Savings Accounts Act, S7785 [21JY]

S. 1491, Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act, S7884 [22JY]

S. 1513, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S8101 [24JY], H8916 [28JY]

S. 1588, Stop Tax-Breaks for Oil Profiteering (STOP) Act, S8998 [6AU]

S. 1589, Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act, S9000 [6AU]

S. 1592, Federal Board of Certification Act, S9003 [6AU]

S. 1610, American Shipping Reinvestment Act, S9011 [6AU]

S. 1639, Expanding Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentives Act, S9042 [6AU]

S. 1682, Derivatives Market Manipulation Prevention Act, S9557-S9559 [17SE]

S. 1691, Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act, S9655-S9673 [22SE]

S. 1723, TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act, S9932 [29SE]

S. 1929, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S10740 [26OC], S10943 [29OC]

S. 1964, Mutual Fund Transparency Act, S10856 [28OC]

S. 2815, Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act housing-related deadlines extension, S11886 [20NO]

S. 2832, Lifetime Income Disclosure Act, S12327 [3DE]

S. 2851, make permanent certain education tax incentives and modify rules relating to college savings plans, S12711 [8DE]

S. 2916, limit IRS regulatory authority relative to limitation on losses following ownership change, S13462 [18DE]

S. Res. 62, Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select) establishment, S2716-S2718 [3MR]

S. Res. 94, Financial Literacy Month, S4086, S4105 [31MR]

S. Res. 175, ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency, S6386 [9JN]

S. Res. 211, support goals and ideals of National Life Insurance Awareness Month, S7559, S7573 [15JY]

S. Res. 234, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S8688, S8699 [3AU]

S. Res. 352, encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments, S11350, S11356 [10NO]

S. Res. 362, Dept. of the Treasury direction of U.S. representatives to the IMF and World Bank to condition loans to Antigua and Barbuda on cooperation with efforts to provide redress to Stanford Financial Group fraud victims, S12012 [30NO]

Transcripts

Price of Oil—Historic Oil Prices Were Result of Financial Speculation From Wall Street and Not Supply and Demand: 60 Minutes (television program), S339-S341 [13JA]