LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH I. (a Senator from Connecticut)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8607 [30JY], S8632 [31JY], S8693, S8697 [3AU]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2718 [3MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1374, S1421, S1422, S1442, S1443, S1450 [3FE], S1482, S1585 [4FE], S1736, S1755 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5666, S5669, S5670, S5673, S5674, S5675, S5733, S5735, S5736, S5739, S5741 [20MY], S5799, S5880 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4031, S4064, S4088, S4092 [31MR], S4118, S4123, S4135, S4144, S4173, S4205, S4206, S4211, S4222 [1AP], S4274, S4389, S4395, S4397 [2AP]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5067 [4MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5426, S5436, S5447 [13MY], S5471 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7484, S7491, S7495, S7503 [14JY], S7707, S7710 [20JY], S7745, S7765, S7795, S7802 [21JY], S7849, S7871, S7902, S7908, S7925, S7930, S7932, S7937 [22JY], S7949, S7976, S8004, S8028, S8048 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10047, S10050, S10071, S10072, S10073, S10074 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7274, S7275 [8JY], S7302, S7303, S7327, S7329, S7330 [9JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9387 [15SE]

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]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6054, S6128 [3JN], S6219 [4JN], S6274, S6279, S6284, S6285, S6290, S6295, S6299, S6302, S6303, S6305, S6310 [8JN]

GSA: extend authority for relocation expenses test programs for Federal employees (S. 1825), S11298, S11300 [9NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12087 [1DE], S12424 [4DE], S12709 [8DE], S12806 [9DE], S13034 [11DE], S13199 [14DE], S13273 [15DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10285, S10325 [8OC], S10374 [13OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12087 [1DE], S12424 [4DE], S12709 [8DE], S12806 [9DE], S13034 [11DE], S13199 [14DE], S13273 [15DE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S6658, S6659, S6660, S6663 [16JN], S6731, S6734 [17JN], S6890, S6892, S6894, S6896 [22JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10363 [13OC], S10737 [26OC], S10962 [30OC]

Appointments

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

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

Senate National Security Working Group, S3806 [25MR]

Articles and editorials

Dangerous Thoughts—A Real Patriot Act, Dan Gerstein, Forbes (publication), S9729 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AID: enhance capacity to undertake global development activities (see S. 355), S3785 [25MR]

Albania: recognize democratic accomplishments and express hope that parliamentary elections maintain and improve the transparency and fairness of democracy (see S. Res. 182), S6452 [10JN]

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

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto (see S. 524), S3551 [19MR]

Armed Forces: enhance benefits for survivors of certain former members with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and enhance access to mental health counseling (see S. 772), S4172 [1AP]

———ensure safety while using expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting U.S. military operations overseas (see S. 358), S1124 [30JA]

———ensure those killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX, are treated in the same manner as those killed or wounded in combat zones, terrorist attacks, or in a contingency operation (see S. 2807), S11883 [20NO]

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

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S7071 [25JN]

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

———limit requirements of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive from members subsequently receiving retired or retainer pay (see S. 1008), S9931 [29SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S11594 [19NO]

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

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see S. 731), S4671 [23AP]

Aung San Suu Kyi: call for release by Burmese Government (see S. Res. 160), S5820 [21MY]

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

Bellmon, Henry: tribute (see S. Res. 293), S9930 [29SE]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 694), S9133 [8SE]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (see S. 2853), S12804 [9DE]

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

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7194 [7JY]

Business and industry: require operators of Internet sites that sell airline tickets to disclose to the purchaser of each ticket the air carrier that operates each segment of the flight (see S. 1283), S8039 [23JY]

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see S. 259), S598 [15JA]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see S. 693), S3784 [25MR]

China: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see S. Res. 167), S6030 [3JN] (see S. Res. 171), S6256 [8JN]

Civil liberties: protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personally identifiable information collected by States when issuing driver's licenses and identification documents (see S. 1261), S8766 [4AU]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S10435 [14OC]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 729), S3897 [26MR]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see S. 69), S41 [6JA]

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

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

Congress: establish enhanced rescission authority under fast-track procedures to provide a second look at wasteful spending (see S. 640), S3550 [19MR]

———provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking (see S. 162), S1432 [3FE]

Construction industries: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see S. 970), S5127 [5MY]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see S. 251), S6186 [4JN]

Courts: create a Federal cause of action to determine if defamation exists under U.S. law when defamation actions are brought in foreign courts against U.S. persons based on publications or speech in the U.S. (see S. 449), S2322 [13FE]

———repeal statutory requirement for Federal judges to receive cost-of-living increases and provide for automatic salary adjustments (see S. 2725), S12805 [9DE]

Credit cards: prevent abuse of Government credit cards (see S. 942), S4963 [30AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance to Haiti to end deforestation and restore the extent of tropical forest cover previously in existence (see S. 1183), S7141 [6JY]

Dept. of Commerce: reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see S. 695), S3784 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (see S. 454), S5232 [6MY]

———prohibit release of enemy combatants into the U.S. (see S. 1081), S5699 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active duty servicemembers regardless of disbursement date (see S. 1775), S10362 [13OC]

Dept. of HHS: enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (see S. 1111), S5908 [1JN]

———establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see S. 1352), S7070 [25JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards (see S. 602), S3113 [16MR]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 1317), S12009 [30NO]

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

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

———prohibit recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve corporate governance (see S. 133), S42 [6JA]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see S. 1135), S5819 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S4808 [28AP]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S4807 [28AP]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 535), S6365 [9JN]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S6543 [11JN]

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

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S8767 [4AU]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see S. 571), S7412 [13JY]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S5821 [21MY]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S8995 [6AU]

———support research and public awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 981), S5944 [2JN]

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

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

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

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

Energy Assistance Fund: establish to guarantee low-interest loans for purchase and installation of energy efficient property, idling reduction and insulation for trucks, and alternative refueling stations (see S. 855), S7072 [25JN]

FAA: implement certain NTSB recommendations to establish national standards on flight requirements for pilots (see S. 1284), S8039 [23JY]

———prescribe regulations to ensure that crewmembers on air carriers have proper qualifications and experience (see S. 1744), S10111 [5OC]

FAA Management Advisory Council: add one member with aviation safety expertise (see S. 1163), S8039 [23JY]

FBI: prevent destruction of terrorist and criminal National Instant Criminal Background Check System records (see S. 2820), S12323 [3DE]

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

FDIC: increase borrowing authority (see S. 541), S4446 [20AP]

FEC: disapprove rule relative to travel on private aircraft by candidates for the office of President, Vice President, and Senator (see S.J. Res. 23), S13383 [17DE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish the Chief Conservation Officers Council to improve energy efficiencies (see S. 1830), S10635 [21OC]

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

———ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see S. 354), S1058 [29JA]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 303), S786 [22JA]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 599), S3552 [19MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 619), S10487 [15OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over waters (see S. 787), S4310 [2AP]

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

———modify requirements on the location of bank branches on Indian reservations (see S. 1316), S6887 [22JN]

Fire Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 300), S10061 [1OC]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see S. Res. 316), S13252 [15DE]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see S. 1738), S10060 [1OC]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S9869 [25SE]

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

Government: improve transparency of information technology (IT) investments, require greater accountability for cost overruns, improve agency IT management, and reward excellence in IT acquisition (see S. 920), S4807 [28AP]

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

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see S. 2129), S10916 [29OC]

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

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

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (see S. 1660), S12071 [1DE]

Health: ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 1681), S11494 [18NO]

———ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (see S. 957), S5503 [14MY]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see S. 979), S5503 [14MY]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see S. 391), S1677 [5FE]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S7142 [6JY]

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

———provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 628), S9841 [24SE]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize (see S. 808), S4310 [2AP]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S1677 [5FE]

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

———provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status (see S. 1736), S10060 [1OC]

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

Improper Payments Information Act: amend to prevent improper payments, improve recovery, and hold agencies accountable for improper payments (see S. 1508), S8273 [29JY]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions (see S. 2336), S10921 [29OC]

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), S7141 [6JY]

———condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights (see S. Res. 71), S4448 [20AP]

———condemn restrictions on freedoms of speech, the press, expression, and assembly, human rights abuses, and censorship, and support access to the Internet and personal communication services (see S. Res. 386), S13785 [22DE]

———condemn systematic violation of its obligation to uphold human rights provided for under its constitution and international law (see S. Res. 355), S11594 [19NO]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S4806 [28AP]

———support all citizens struggling for freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and protection of the rule of law and condemn violence against demonstrators (see S. Res. 193), S6845 [19JN]

Israel: recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (see S. 2737), S11205 [5NO]

———support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (see S. Res. 10), S212 [8JA]

Jews: condemn all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirm support for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (see S. Con. Res. 11), S3551 [19MR]

Jordan: anniversary of relations with U.S. and accession to the throne of King Abdullah II (see S. Res. 376), S13319 [16DE]

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

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 560), S2964 [10MR]

Law enforcement: grant limited immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior and response (see S. 879), S4669 [23AP]

———increase the number of Federal law enforcement officials investigating and prosecuting financial fraud (see S. 331), S2144 [11FE]

Levinson, Robert: urge Iran to intensify cooperation relative to investigation of his disappearance, commend Switzerland for ongoing assistance, and express sympathy to family (see S. Con. Res. 4), S2624 [2MR]

Little Rock, AR: condemn murder of William A. (Andy) Long and wounding of Quinton Ezeagwula, who were shot outside the Army Navy Career Center and offer condolences to the family of William A. (Andy) Long (see S. Res. 186), S6650 [16JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 14), S7319 [9JY]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S5944 [2JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S4671 [23AP]

Medicare: eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see S. 1186), S6185 [4JN]

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

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 266), S3114 [16MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S6581 [15JN]

———require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the urban and rural State hospital wage index floor (see S. 1108), S5700 [20MY]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S7481 [14JY]

Motor vehicles: require a large majority of automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol or methanol, or biodiesel (see S. 835), S4445 [20AP]

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

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]

National Affordable Housing Act: improve program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities (see S. 1481), S9734 [23SE]

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

National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (see S. 2097), S11884 [20NO]

National Archives and Records Administration: anniversary (see S. Res. 197), S6845 [19JN]

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

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 314), S10520 [19OC]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 134), S5232 [6MY]

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 285), S9840 [24SE]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see S. Res. 245), S8994 [6AU]

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

National objectives: modernize infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in need (see S. 1), S39 [6JA]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1672), S12071 [1DE]

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 36), S8683 [3AU] (see S. Res. 239), S8765 [4AU]

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

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 104), S4445 [20AP]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 373), S12805 [9DE]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 125), S5014 [1MY]

Native Americans: acknowledge history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the U.S. regarding Indian Tribes and offer apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the U.S. (see S.J. Res. 14), S4963 [30AP]

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

NATO: anniversary of accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland as members (see S. Res. 60), S2911 [9MR]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 690), S3784 [25MR]

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

Postal Service: reform retiree health benefits funding (see S. 1507), S8136 [27JY]

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

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see S. Res. 87), S3898 [26MR]

Public utilities: promote energy independence, increase competition, democratize energy generation, and provide for the connection of certain small electric energy generation systems (see S. 989), S5232 [6MY]

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

Roads and highways: reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from writing, sending, or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle (see S. 1536), S8866 [5AU]

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

SBA: increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (see S. 2869), S13033 [11DE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see S. 1056), S5502 [14MY]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S2474 [25FE]

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

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 795), S6651 [16JN]

Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (see S. 588), S7262 [8JY]

Singh, Manmohan: recognize service to India and U.S. visit of Indian Prime Minister (see S. Res. 360), S11972 [21NO]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures (see S. 214), S309 [12JA]

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: provide additional personnel authorities (see S. 615), S3163 [17MR]

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

Tariff: electric coffee makers with built in bean storage hoppers (see S. 2215), S10918 [29OC]

———food choppers (see S. 2213), S10918 [29OC]

———food processors (see S. 2216), S10918 [29OC]

———footwear (see S. 730), S3897 [26MR]

———ice cream makers (see S. 2212), S10918 [29OC]

———liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries relating to top-of-the-stove stainless steel cooking ware from the Republic of Korea (see S. 2217), S10918 [29OC]

———programmable dual function coffee makers (see S. 2214), S10918 [29OC]

———steam hair straighteners (see S. 2211), S10918 [29OC]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 491), S5372 [12MY]

———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), S7557 [15JY]

———establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts (see S. 985), S5232 [6MY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S8197 [28JY]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 1203), S7141 [6JY]

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

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S9264 [10SE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see S. 1230), S6452 [10JN]

———provide a higher education opportunity credit in place of existing education tax incentives (see S. 250), S388 [14JA]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see S. 1754), S10162 [6OC]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S7318 [9JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S338 [13JA]

Tiller, George: express condolences to family and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs (see S. Res. 187), S6720 [17JN]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize and rename as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act (see S. 345), S2474 [25FE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see S. 483), S2474 [25FE]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: express condolences to family of Stephen T. Johns, commend staff for response to shooting, and condemn acts of anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred (see S. Res. 184), S6543 [11JN]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S6187 [4JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions (see S. 2336), S10921 [29OC]

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (see S. Res. 107), S4514 [21AP]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see S. 1452), S7480 [14JY]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 546), S2965 [10MR]

Voting: ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted (see S. 1415), S7641 [16JY]

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S6031 [3JN]

Water: enhance ability of drinking water utilities to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies (see S. 1035), S7072 [25JN]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S7699 [20JY]

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

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see S. 462), S2559 [26FE]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S2767 [4MR]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S4173 [1AP]

World Press Freedom Day: observance (see S. Res. 124), S4964 [30AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S10061 [1OC]

Yemen: support civilians impacted by instability and terrorist operations and promote reforms to promote economic development and assist displaced persons (see S. Res. 341), S11884 [20NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (see S. 1064), S5555 [18MY]

Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see S. 529), S2827 [5MR]

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

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 32), S2144 [11FE]

Congressional Award Act: reauthorize (see S. 2865), S12909 [10DE]

Congressional Office of Compliance: permit each current Board of Directors member to serve for 3 years (see S. 1860), S10700 [22OC]

Congressional Research Service: provide Internet access to certain publications (see S. Res. 118), S4891 [29AP]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 1234), S6542 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense: prevent disclosure of certain photographic records relative to individuals captured or detained by U.S. forces in operations outside the U.S. (see S. 1100), S5700 [20MY] (see S. 1260), S6580 [15JN] (see S. 1285), S6720 [17JN]

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

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

———study emergency communications (see S. 1755), S10162 [6OC]

Electric power: provide additional authorities to protect critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack (see S. 946), S4963 [30AP]

Federal agencies and departments: develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (see S. 1373), S7070 [25JN]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1102), S5700 [20MY]

———provide for transportation of the dependents, remains, and effects of certain Federal employees who die while or as a result of performing official duties (see S. 2884), S13251 [15DE]

Fish and fishing: conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (see S. 1214), S6364 [9JN]

GSA: extend authority for relocation expenses test programs for Federal employees (see S. 1825), S10635 [21OC]

———increase access to the Schedules Program by the American Red Cross and State and local governments (see S. 2868), S12909 [10DE]

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

National security: prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and prepare for attacks using such weapons (see S. 1649), S9132 [8SE]

Secret Service: allow employees to transition to coverage under the District of Columbia Police and Fire Fighter Retirement and Disability System (see S. 1862), S10700 [22OC]

———transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work for current members from District of Columbia Code to U.S. Code (see S. 1510), S8039 [23JY]

Tariff: camel hair not processed beyond the degreased or carbonized condition (see S. 2228), S10919 [29OC]

———camel hair processed beyond the degreased or carbonized condition (see S. 2227), S10919 [29OC]

———camel hair waste (see S. 2219), S10918 [29OC]

———carded camel hair yarn (see S. 2222), S10918 [29OC]

———carded cashmere yarn (see S. 2223, 2229), S10919 [29OC]

———carded or combed camel hair (see S. 2221), S10918 [29OC]

———cashmere goat hair processed beyond the degreased or carbonized condition (see S. 2224), S10919 [29OC]

———combed cashmere yarn or camel hair yarn (see S. 2230), S10919 [29OC]

———ipconazole (see S. 2218), S10918 [29OC]

———noils of camel hair (see S. 2220), S10918 [29OC]

———2-cyclopropylaminonicotinic acid (see S. 2225), S10919 [29OC]

———woven fabric containing vicuna hair (see S. 2226), S10919 [29OC]

Tower of Hope (organization): commend efforts to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day (see S. Res. 115), S4807 [28AP]

Trinity College: tribute to men's squash team (see S. Res. 120), S4891 [29AP]

Cloture motions

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3772 [25MR]

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

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S13376 [17DE]

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

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

Sunstein, Cass R.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S9096 [7AU], S9172 [9SE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S13376 [17DE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S6840 [19JN], S6880 [22JN], S9123 [8SE]

Letters

Enhanced capabilities of UH-1 Huey: David R. Bockel, Reserve Officers Association, S7951 [23JY]

———James T. Conway, Marine Corps, S7950 [23JY]

Increase authorized end strength for active duty personnel: Gordon R. Sullivan, Association of the U.S. Army, S7472 [14JY]

———Norbert Ryan, Military Officers Association of America, S7472 [14JY]

Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding: Brian Wise, Military Families United (organization), S7961 [23JY]

———Pete Hegseth, Vets for Freedom (organization), S7961 [23JY]

———Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense, S7950 [23JY]

Poems

``Upon This Floor,'' Albert C. Caswell, S10056 [1OC]

Privilege of the floor

Delgado, Gustavo, Jr., S2915 [9MR]

Feroze, Abdullah, S8060 [23JY]

Forrest, Brian, S5744 [20MY], S7506 [14JY]

Lamm, Nora, S8060 [23JY]

Snow, Van, S8060 [23JY]

Vogt, Ted, S2500 [25FE]

Remarks

Afghanistan: develop a strategy for continued U.S. military presence, S9417, S9418, S9419 [16SE]

Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (S. 529), S2829 [5MR]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2878 [9MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1481, S1517 [4FE], S1787, S1788, S1844 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2284 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5670, S5672 [20MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (S. 231), S389 [14JA]

Armed Forces: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase end strength for active duty Army personnel, S4274, S4275 [2AP]

Army: increase authorized end strength for active duty personnel, S5670 [20MY], S7471-S7473 [14JY], S7765, S7766 [21JY]

Border Patrol: provide additional funding to the Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice to strengthen Federal law enforcement efforts along the southwest border, S4031, S4033 [31MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4031, S4033 [31MR], S4274, S4275 [2AP]

Clinton, Sec. of State: trip to Middle East, S2681 [3MR]

Committee to escort German Chancellor Angela Merkel into the House Chamber: authority to appoint, S11001 [2NO]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7395 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7395 [13JY], S7471 [14JY], S7742, S7743, S7765, S7766 [21JY], S7949, S7950, S7951, S7955, S7956, S7960, S7961, S7963, S7964, S7977, S7983, S8004, S8005 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10682 [22OC]

———clarify preference for trying certain enemy combatants by military commission, S8004, S8005 [23JY]

———decision to reallocate proposed European land-based missile defense system to ship-based system in North and Mediterranean Seas, S10048 [1OC]

———European missile defense systems funding, S7977, S7983 [23JY]

———Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, S7949, S7950, S7951, S7955, S7956, S7960, S7961, S7963, S7964 [23JY], S10682 [22OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10047, S10048, S10050 [1OC], S10155 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13476 [19DE]

———prevent disclosure of certain photographic records relative to individuals captured or detained by U.S. forces in operations outside the U.S., S5672 [20MY]

———prevent disclosure of certain photographic records relative to individuals captured or detained by U.S. forces in operations outside the U.S. (S. 1100), S5987 [3JN]

———two-stage ground-based interceptor missile research, development, testing, and evaluation funding, S10047, S10048, S10050 [1OC], S10155 [6OC]

Dept. of Education: District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice, S2513, S2522 [26FE], S2878 [9MR]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1552), S8565 [30JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow excess funds generated by travel promotion fee to fund implementation of new infrastructure required to collect fee, S9164 [9SE]

———consolidated headquarters construction funding, S1517 [4FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7310 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), conference report, S10545 [20OC]

Dept. of Justice: potential criminal investigation of U.S. officials associated with CIA use of certain interrogation techniques, S8855 [5AU]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, S11155 [5NO]

District of Columbia: exempt bona fide District of Columbia residents from Federal income tax, S2460 [25FE]

———permit nonjudicial employees of the court system and other court-related services to include service prior to conversion to Federal status in determining retirement eligibility, S6140 [4JN]

———provide for retrocession to Maryland, S2510 [26FE]

———restore right to keep and bear arms, S2456 [25FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8263 [29JY]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues, S2520 [26FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6140 [4JN]

Federal aid programs: restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), S8527 [30JY]

Federal employees: facilitate the part-time reemployment of annuitants, S6140 [4JN]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System, S6140 [4JN]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (S. 1102), S5715 [20MY]

———provide retirement equity for Federal employees in nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia, S6140 [4JN]

Firearms: permit States or the District of Columbia to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents, S2525 [26FE]

Firefighters: fire houses renovation and construction funding, S1517 [4FE]

Fish and fishing: conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (S. 1214), S6380 [9JN]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, S9417, S9418, S9419 [16SE]

Germany: anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (S. Res. 332), S11000 [2NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13368 [17DE], S13679, S13680 [21DE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S141 [6JA], S2434, S2435, S2437, S2442, S2449, S2450, S2456, S2460, S2461 [25FE], S2508, S2510, S2511, S2513, S2516, S2520, S2522, S2525, S2535, S2541 [26FE]

———provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), motion to proceed, S2390, S2391, S2396, S2397 [24FE]

Independent Medicare Advisory Board: establish, S13368 [17DE]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions (S. 2336), S10929 [29OC]

Iran: impose sanctions, S7742, S7743 [21JY]

Iraq: anniversary of chemical weapons attack against Kurds at Halabja, S3106 [16MR]

Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip and condemn the end of the ceasefire by Hamas, S24 [6JA]

Koh, Harold H.: nomination to be Dept. of State Legal Adviser, S6962, S6963 [24JN]

Lute, Jane Holl: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Homeland Security, S4296 [2AP]

McCarthy, Regina: nomination to be EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, S5917 [2JN]

Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10605 [21OC]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: tribute, S11286 [9NO]

Old Lyme, CT: tribute to Lyme-Old Lyme High School robotics team, S4960 [30AP]

O'Toole, Tara J.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, S11104 [4NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S11155 [5NO]

Secret Service: adjust certain pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule, S6140 [4JN]

Senate: legislative program, S2525 [26FE]

———require supermajority vote point of order against unauthorized earmarks in appropriations bills and recipients of Federal funds to disclose money spent on lobbyists, S1481 [4FE]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8837 [5AU]

South Windsor, CT: anniversary of Pleasant Valley Elementary School, S5498 [14MY]

Sunstein, Cass R.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S9166, S9167, S9168 [9SE]

Taxation: provide a credit for certain home purchases, S1481 [4FE], S2284 [13FE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S9164 [9SE]

U.S. Military Academy: Forbes (publication) America's Best College honoree (S. Res. 331), S11000 [2NO]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S11032, S11033 [3NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions (S. 2336), S10929 [29OC]

Votes: position on missed, S8263 [29JY], S8755 [4AU], S11380 [16NO], S13476 [19DE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate: failure of the Chair to grant additional time, S13369 [17DE]

Tribute, S2390 [24FE]

Reports filed

Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office, Akron, OH: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2004), S11118 [4NO]

Amateur Radio Communications Enchancement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1755) (S. Rept. 111-105), S12909 [10DE]

Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building, Portola, CA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3319), S13382 [17DE]

Brian K. Schramm Post Office Building, Rochester, NY: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1595), S5699 [20MY]

Caroline O'Day Post Office Building, Rye, NY: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1397), S8557 [30JY]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 748), S8557 [30JY]

Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building, White Springs, FL: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3667), S13382 [17DE]

Coach Jodie Bailey Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3072), S13382 [17DE]

Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr., Post Office Building, Springfield, IL: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 234), S2143 [11FE]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 69) (S. Rept. 111-112), S13882 [23DE]

Conrad DeRouen, Jr. Post Office, Erath, LA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2972), S11118 [4NO]

Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building, Stow, OH: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3788), S13382 [17DE]

District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 160), S2229 [12FE]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office, Portland, OR: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1314), S8557 [30JY]

Effective Homeland Security Management Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 872) (S. Rept. 111-91), S10734 [26OC]

Elijah Pat Larkins Post Office Building, Pompano Beach, FL: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1271), S8557 [30JY]

Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (Senate) (S. 1064) (S. Rept. 111-56), S7868 [22JY]

Expenditures: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 32), S2143 [11FE]

Families of Fallen Heroes Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2711), S13382 [17DE]

Federal Executive Boards Establishment, Administration, and Funding: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 806) (S. Rept. 111-77), S9653 [22SE]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 303) (S. Rept. 111-7), S3025 [11MR]

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 599) (S. Rept. 111-75), S9324 [14SE]

FEMA Accountability Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 713) (S. Rept. 111-23), S5906 [1JN]

1st Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office, Chester, NY: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2877), S13382 [17DE]

Frederic Remington Post Office Building, Ogdensburg, NY: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2090), S8557 [30JY]

Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building, Long Island City, NY: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 774), S8556 [30JY]

Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 942) (S. Rept. 111-76), S9589 [21SE]

GSA Federal Employees Relocation Expenses Test Programs Authority Extension: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1825), S11118 [4NO]

Herbert A. Littleton Postal Station, Nampa, ID: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2162), S8557 [30JY]

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office, Des Moines, IA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3386), S11118 [4NO]

Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building, Orchard Park, NY: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1211), S8557 [30JY]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 955), S11118 [4NO]

John J. Shivnen Post Office Building, Garden City, MI: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2215), S11118 [4NO]

John S. Wilder Post Office Building, Somerville, TN: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1817), S13382 [17DE]

John Scott Challis, Jr., Post Office, Freedom, PA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 987), S8556 [30JY]

Johnny Grant Hollywood Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2760), S11118 [4NO]

Kile G. West Post Office Building, Georgetown, TX: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2422), S8557 [30JY]

Laredo Veterans Post Office, Laredo, TX: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2325), S8557 [30JY]

Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office Building, Port Charlotte, FL: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2470), S8557 [30JY]

Lim Poon Lee Post Office, San Francisco, CA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3119), S11118 [4NO]

Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office, McLain, MS: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1284), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Alan C. Kessler To Be Postal Service Governor: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S12070 [1DE]

Nomination of Anne Marie Wagner to the Merit Systems Protection Board: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S10850 [28OC]

Nomination of Cass R. Sunstein To Be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Christine M. Griffin To Be OPM Deputy Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S8271 [29JY]

Nomination of Daniel I. Gordon To Be OMB Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S11593 [19NO]

Nomination of Daniel J. Werfel To Be OMB Office of Federal Financial Management Controller: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S9930 [29SE]

Nomination of David Heyman To Be Assistant Sec. of Homeland Security for Policy: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of David S. Ferriero To Be Archivist of the U.S.: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S10850 [28OC]

Nomination of Elizabeth M. Harman To Be FEMA Assistant Adminstrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S13319 [16DE]

Nomination of Erroll G. Southers To Be Assistant Sec. of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S11593 [19NO]

Nomination of Florence Y. Pan To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Grayling G. Williams To Be Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S13319 [16DE]

Nomination of Ivan K. Fong To Be Dept. of Homeland Security General Counsel: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5065 [4MY]

Nomination of Jane Holl Lute To Be Deputy Sec. of Homeland Security: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S4171 [1AP]

Nomination of Jeffrey D. Zients To Be OMB Deputy Director for Management: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S6649 [16JN]

Nomination of John Berry To Be OPM Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S4171 [1AP]

Nomination of John Morton To Be Assistant Sec. of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S4755 [27AP]

Nomination of Marisa J. Demeo To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Martha N. Johnson To Be GSA Administrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S6255 [8JN]

Nomination of Rafael Borras To Be Under Sec. of Homeland Security for Management: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S10850 [28OC]

Nomination of Rand Beers To Be Under Sec. of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S6255 [8JN]

Nomination of Richard A. Serino To Be FEMA Deputy Administrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S9930 [29SE]

Nomination of Robert M. Groves To Be Census Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5699 [20MY]

Nomination of Stuart G. Nash To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S8271 [29JY]

Nomination of Susan Tsui Grundmann To Be Merit Systems Protection Board Chairman: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S10850 [28OC]

Nomination of Susan Tsui Grundmann to the Merit Systems Protection Board: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S10850 [28OC]

Nomination of Tara J. O'Toole To Be Under Sec. of Homeland Security for Science and Technology: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S8271 [29JY]

Nomination of Timothy W. Manning To Be FEMA Administrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5065 [4MY]

Nomination of W. Craig Fugate To Be FEMA Administrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S4755 [27AP]

Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance (Non-Foreign AREA) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 507) (S. Rept. 111-88), S10434 [14OC]

Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 730), S13382 [17DE]

Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building, Harrison, NJ: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3539), S13382 [17DE]

Permit Each Current Member of the Congressional Office of Compliance Board of Directors To Serve for 3 Years: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1860), S11118 [4NO]

Procedures for the Consideration of Claims of Constitutionally Based Privilege Against Disclosure of Presidential Records: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 35) (S. Rept. 111-21), S5614 [19MY]

Provide That U.S. Claims To Documents Relative to Franklin D. Roosevelt Be Treated as Waived and Relinquished in Certain Circumstances: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 692) (S. Rept. 111-87), S10110 [5OC]

Providing for Additional Security in States' Identification (PASS ID) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1261), S11593 [19NO]

Public Service Recognition Week: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 87), S4445 [20AP]

Rex E. Lee Post Office Building, Provo, UT: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3547), S11118 [4NO]

Sergeant Marcus Mathes Post Office, Dade City, FL: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1516), S11118 [4NO]

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Additional Personnel Authorities: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (S. 615) (S. Rept. 111-15), S4890 [29AP]

Stan Lundine Post Office Building, Jamestown, NY: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 918), S5699 [20MY]

U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1510) (S. Rept. 111-86), S10110 [5OC]

W. Hazen Hillyard Post Office Building, Smithfield, UT: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3767), S13382 [17DE]

Wes Watkins Post Office, Bennington, OK, and Wes Watkins Agricultural Research Laboratory, Lane, OK: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1713), S11118 [4NO]

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 372) (S. Rept. 111-101), S12321 [3DE]

Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building, Sparta, GA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 663), S5699 [20MY]

Rules

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S2130-S2133 [11FE], S3158 [17MR]

———Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, S2586 [27FE]

———Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, S2415-S2417 [24FE]

———Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, S2585 [27FE]

———Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, S2465 [25FE]

Summaries

Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (S. 1102), S5717 [20MY]

Texts of

S. 160, District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, S142 [6JA]

S. 1102, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, S5716 [20MY]

Tributes

Cahir, William, S9728 [23SE]

Caine, Christopher G., S3608 [23MR]

Chertoff, Michael, S715 [21JA]

Davis, Mark, S9179 [9SE]

Kristol, Irving, S9730 [23SE]

Nevzlin, Leonid, S9551 [17SE]

Paliani, Erma M., S6717 [17JN]

Poulos, George, S7066 [25JN]

Rooney, Lorraine Perona, S7553 [15JY]

Salazar, Senator, S637 [16JA]

Silver, Ron, S4169 [1AP]

Sklaver, Benjamin A., S10632 [21OC]

Souter, David H., S8837 [5AU]

Speakes, Stephen M., S10697 [22OC]