DISABLED related term(s) Americans With Disabilities Act

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance, compensation and pension, and burial and memorial benefits for disabled veterans (S. 728), S10227, S10245, S10251 [7OC]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), S11438 [17NO], S11523 [19NO]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), S588, S628, S629 [15JA], S656 [16JA], S696, S697, S710, S711, S727, S728, S729 [21JA], S741, S745, S753, S772, S792 [22JA]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 407), S6476 [10JN]

Analyses

Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (S. 1963): Coburn Amendment to Provide Assistance to Caregivers of Veterans and Improve the Provision of Health Care to Veterans Through Reductions in U.N. Contributions, S11542 [19NO]

Appointments

Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, H4897 [28AP]

Bills and resolutions

Americans With Disabilities Act: provide certified trainers of service animals access to the same public transportation and public accommodations afforded disabled persons with service animals (see H.R. 4378), H15500 [16DE]

———require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to voluntarily correct a violation prior to commencing civil action (see H.R. 2397), H5581 [13MY]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 3266), H8409 [20JY]

Armed Forces: authorize extended benefits for autistic dependents of certain retirees (see H.R. 2051), H4686 [22AP]

———ensure members receive hearing screenings before and after deployments and mandate tinnitus be treated by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Auditory Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2506), H5792 [19MY]

———establish requirements for retention of members who seek to remain in the military following injury or disability incurred in the line of duty (see S. 1440), S7359 [10JY]

———give wounded reservists the option of remaining on active duty during the transition process to continue to receive military pay and allow such members to live at home during transition (see S. 944), S4963 [30AP]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H493 [23JA]

———pay monthly annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the benefit of a disabled dependent child of a participant (see H.R. 2059), H4731 [23AP] (see H.R. 3324), H8808 [24JY]

———permanently extend the duration of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage for totally disabled veterans (see H.R. 2774), H6413 [9JN]

———provide equity between active and Reserve component members in computation of disability retired pay for members wounded in action (see H.R. 1994), H4580 [21AP]

———provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see S. 1169), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 1600), H3641 [18MR]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (see H.R. 2990), H7144 [23JN]

———revise the process by which a member is retired for disability and becomes eligible for retirement pay (see H.R. 296), H88 [8JA]

Bankruptcy: make debts for personal injuries that result in permanent disability nondischargeable (see H.R. 2032), H4686 [22AP]

———protect medical debt homeowners and caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by medical problems (see S. 1624), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 901), H1043 [4FE]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 694), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1824), H4250 [31MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (see H. Con. Res. 39), H1044 [4FE]

Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (see S. 2860), S12804 [9DE] (see H.R. 4247), H14445 [9DE]

———provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental disorders as they transition to adulthood (see H.R. 2691), H6154 [3JN]

Contracts: use Federal supply schedules for purchase of goods or services from small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to meet certain contracting goals (see H.R. 2415), H5664 [14MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Veterans Engaged for Tomorrow (VET) Corps to promote and improve service opportunities for veterans and retired military (see H.R. 1401), H3104 [9MR]

Courts: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 1255), H2923 [3MR]

Decade of Vision: designate (see S. Res. 209), S7193 [7JY] (see H. Res. 366), H4840 [27AP]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 1338), H3053 [5MR]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4078), H13001 [16NO]

———enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (see S. 1111), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2849), H6742 [12JN]

———implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative (see S. 586), S3073 [12MR] (see H.R. 1483), H3400 [12MR]

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see S. 660), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 756), H778 [28JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure fair treatment in the security screening of individuals with metal implants travelling by air (see H.R. 2335), H5399 [7MY]

———establish the Office of Disability Coordination (see S. 1386), S7071 [25JN]

Dept. of Labor: provide for training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute (see H.R. 1088), H1605 [13FE]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see S. 841), S4513 [21AP] (see H.R. 734), H777 [28JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: acknowledge receipt of medical, disability, and pension claims and other communications submitted by veterans (see S. 1394), S7138 [6JY] (see H.R. 1982), H4579 [21AP]

———affirm responsibility to support those veterans with combat wounds or service-connected disabilities (see H. Res. 261), H3641 [18MR]

———assess feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities (see S. 1495), S7868 [22JY]

———carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 3885), H11580 [21OC]

———carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas (see H.R. 4048), H12587 [6NO]

———carry out a pilot program to utilize telehealth platforms to assist in treatment of rural veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 2505), H5792 [19MY]

———eliminate income eligibility and service-connected disability rating requirements for the veterans beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 2127), H4839 [27AP]

———enhance automobile assistance allowance for veterans (see S. 820), S4311 [2AP]

———enhance life insurance, compensation and pension, and burial and memorial benefits for disabled veterans (see S. 728), S3897 [26MR]

———establish a grant program to encourage development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing (see H.R. 1170), H2833 [25FE]

———establish a program to provide readjustment and mental health services to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 3282), H8495 [21JY]

———establish a scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility (see S. 793), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 228), H68 [7JA]

———exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (see H.R. 3553), H9441 [10SE]

———improve laws relative to specially adapted housing assistance (see H.R. 4319), H14981 [15DE]

———increase amount of assistance provided to disabled veterans for specially adapted housing and automobiles (see H.R. 1169), H2833 [25FE]

———increase assistance for disabled veterans who are temporarily residing in housing owned by a family member (see S. 1753), S10110 [5OC]

———increase payments to certain veterans for certain travel expenses (see H.R. 4073), H13001 [16NO]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (see H.R. 3219), H8183 [15JY]

———make certain improvements in the service disabled veterans' insurance program (see H.R. 2713), H6263 [4JN]

———make certain improvements to laws relative to benefits for severely injured veterans (see H.R. 3407), H9205 [30JY]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see S. 1556), S8681 [3AU]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (see S. 821), S4311 [2AP] (see H.R. 1335), H3053 [5MR]

———prohibit recovery or collection of charges from a third party for hospital care or medical services provided to a veteran for a service-connected disability (see H.R. 1591), H3640 [18MR] (see H.R. 1658; H. Res. 264), H3705 [19MR]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (see S. 1963), S10850 [28OC]

———provide support services to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans (see H.R. 2898), H6903 [16JN]

———provide training, support, and medical care to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans (see H.R. 3155), H7946 [9JY]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see S. 1752), S10110 [5OC] (see H.R. 1428), H3337 [11MR]

———reduce period of time for which a veteran must be totally disabled before survivors are eligible for certain benefits (see H.R. 2980), H7084 [19JN]

———take responsibility for financing health benefits for disabled veterans and ensure policies do not discourage the purchase of health insurance by such veterans (see H. Res. 249), H3526 [17MR]

———use Federal supply schedules for purchase of goods or services from small businesses owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to meet certain contracting goals (see H.R. 2416), H5664 [14MY]

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] (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), consideration (see H. Res. 87), H525 [26JA]

Diseases: express need for further study of the neurological disorder dystonia (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6012 [21MY]

———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), S3025 [11MR] (see H.R. 930), H1156 [10FE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 57), H2602 [23FE]

———recognize and promote awareness of Chiari malformation (see H. Res. 243), H3401 [12MR]

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 781), H9999 [25SE]

Economy: provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits (see H.R. 746), H777 [28JA]

Education: allow States to adopt alternate and modified standards for students with disabilities (see H.R. 2229), H5095 [4MY]

———clarify State guidelines governing the inclusion of certain students in the limited English proficient subgroup and the students with disabilities subgroup (see H.R. 2228), H5095 [4MY]

———repeal ineffective or unnecessary programs to restore focus of Federal programs on quality preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary programs for disadvantaged or disabled students (see H.R. 2274), H5306 [6MY]

Federal aid programs: require survivor annuity payments made to disabled dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the SSI and Medicaid Programs (see H.R. 1599), H3641 [18MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 599), S3113 [16MR] (see H.R. 948), H1157 [10FE]

Forest Service: accommodate individuals with mobility disabilities who need to use a power-driven mobility device for reasonable access to certain National Forest System lands (see H.R. 4228), H13627 (see H.R. 4228), H14371 [8DE]

Gallaudet University: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 12), S3609 [23MR] (see H. Con. Res. 77), H3748 [23MR]

Health: integrate long-term care strategies into a comprehensive health care reform agenda (see H. Res. 271), H3705 [19MR]

———prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability status (see H.R. 2744), H6305 [8JN]

———recognize orthopedic industry for innovation in providing devices that relieve pain of, and restore mobility to, members of Armed Forces, veterans, and patients from all walks of life (see H. Res. 577), H7145 [23JN]

———set standards for medical diagnostic equipment and establish program to promote good health, disease prevention, and wellness and to prevent secondary conditions for individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1938), H4521 [2AP]

Hearing loss: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment (see H.R. 1246), H2886 [2MR]

Higher Education Act: expand teacher loan forgiveness provisions to include speech-language pathologists (see H.R. 209), H35 [6JA]

Housing: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (see H.R. 1408), H3144 [10MR]

———train public housing residents as home health aides and in home-based health services to provide such services to certain elderly or disabled public or federally-assisted housing residents (see H.R. 4224), H13627 (see H.R. 4224), H14371 [8DE]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 416), H5399 [7MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 88), S41 [6JA] (see S. 1652), S9132 [8SE] (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE] (see H.R. 3578), H9549 [15SE]

———permit prevailing party in actions or proceedings brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses (see H.R. 2740), H6265 [4JN]

Insurance: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (see S. 697), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1721), H4026 [25MR]

———provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services (see H.R. 2575), H6009 [21MY]

Keller, Helen: provide for acceptance of a statue presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 41), S9733 [23SE] (see S. Con. Res. 42), S10061 [1OC]

Major Charles R. Soltes, Jr., O.D. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center, Long Beach, CA: designate (see H.R. 4360), H15499 [16DE]

Medicaid: continue impoverishment protections for spouses of beneficiaries receiving home and community based services equivalent to protections afforded spouses of nursing home residents (see H.R. 3055), H7445 [25JN]

———establish a State plan option to provide an all-inclusive program of care for children medically fragile or with one or more chronic conditions that impedes their ability to function (see H.R. 1117), H2601 [23FE]

———establish financial incentives for States to expand the provision of long-term services and supports to beneficiaries who do not reside in an institution (see S. 1256), S6542 [11JN]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (see S. 434), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 2688), H6154 [3JN]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 868), H1042 [4FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 683), S3657 [24MR] (see H.R. 1670), H3748 [23MR]

Medicare: amend special needs plans and the alignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible individuals (see S. 1307), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 2758), H6306 [8JN]

———cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services (see S. 1837), S10700 [22OC] (see H.R. 504), H323 [14JA]

———eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see S. 1186), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 3184), H8024 [13JY]

———ensure that home health agencies assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy (see H.R. 1094), H1606 [13FE]

———include vision restoration therapy devices and associated software used to treat impaired visual function due to acquired brain injury within the definition of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2951), H7022 [18JN]

———modify designation of accreditation organizations for orthotics and prosthetics, apply accreditation and licensure requirements and modify payment methodology for such devices (see H.R. 2479), H5790 [19MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see S. 700), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1708), H4025 [25MR]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H7249 [24JN]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see S. 662), S3550 [19MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 534), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 1407), H3144 [10MR]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S11430 [17NO]

Mental Health America (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 160), H1248 [11FE]

National Affordable Housing Act: improve program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities (see S. 1481), S7779 [21JY] (see H.R. 1675), H3748 [23MR]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 172), S6256 [8JN]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H4582 [21AP]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 178), H1607 [13FE]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 83), S3658 [24MR]

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

National Eye Institute: anniversary (see S. Res. 209), S7193 [7JY] (see H. Res. 366), H4840 [27AP]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3369 [18MR] (see H. Res. 247), H3438 [16MR]

National Veterans Wheelchair Games: tribute (see H. Res. 625), H8008 [10JY]

National Wounded Warrior Day: designate (see S. Res. 333), S11118 [4NO]

No Child Left Behind Act: amend relative to highly qualified teachers, growth models, adequate yearly progress, Native American language programs, and parental involvement (see S. 1430), S7317 [9JY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: provide adequate benefits for public safety officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2441), H5665 [14MY]

Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI): recognize as the leading cause of death and disability of children and young adults and endorse the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H. Con. Res. 198), H11298 [13OC]

Public safety officers: provide adequate benefits to officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see S. 1037), S5501 [14MY] (see S. 2885), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 4338), H15499 [16DE]

Research: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 307), H88 [8JA]

———expand and intensify NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see S. 1762), S10217 [7OC] (see H.R. 3656), H9998 [25SE]

SBA: improve services for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 4125), H13352 [19NO]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1685), S9554 [17SE]

Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 461), H5891 [20MY]

Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (see S. Res. 320), S10700 [22OC] (see H. Res. 855), H11712 [22OC]

Small business: make service-disabled veterans eligible under the 8(a) business development program (see H.R. 456), H162 [9JA]

Social Security: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see H.R. 886), H1043 [4FE]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see S. 998), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 1289), H2925 [3MR]

———credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 769), H778 [28JA]

———eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (see S. 366), S1431 [3FE] (see H.R. 723), H602 [27JA]

———eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and requirement for reconsideration between benefit entitlement decision and hearing (see H.R. 33), H29 [6JA]

———eliminate waiting period for people with disabilities for entitlement to disability and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2263), H5168 [5MY]

———ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 3469), H9276 [31JY]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3536), H9341 [8SE] (see H.R. 3672), H10069 [29SE]

———increase maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives relative to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and require cost-of-living adjustments to such fees (see H.R. 1093), H1606 [13FE]

———prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (see H.R. 4218), H13627 (see H.R. 4218), H14370 [8DE]

———provide a cost-of-living benefits increase (see H.R. 3572), H9549 [15SE]

———provide additional resources for primary care services, create new Medicare service payment models, and expand provision of non-institutionally-based long-term services (see S. 1262), S6580 [15JN]

———provide an emergency cost-of-living benefits increase (see H.R. 3557), H9490 [14SE]

———provide for direct payment of attorney fees and costs to attorneys representing prevailing parties in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI claims (see H.R. 1735), H4061 [26MR]

———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see S. 2759), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 4054), H12587 [6NO]

———provide that wages and self-employment income earned by individuals who were illegally in the U.S. shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see S. 115), S42 [6JA]

———remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 322), H89 [8JA]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 770), H778 [28JA]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see S. 490), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1221), H2873 [26FE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2145), H4914 [28AP]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 678), H525 [26JA]

———waive certain waiting periods for disability and Medicare benefits in the case of terminally ill, disabled beneficiaries (see H.R. 2881), H6806 [15JN]

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (see H.R. 3325), H8808 [24JY]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa (see H.R. 2186), H5060 [30AP]

———authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2582), H6010 [21MY]

———authorize extension to Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 93), H31 [6JA]

———clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 427), S2229 [12FE] (see H.R. 1352), H3054 [5MR]

———provide for cost-of-living adjustment of resources limits (see H.R. 4023), H12364 [4NO]

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

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 1019), S5328 [11MY] (see H.R. 1646), H3704 [19MR]

———allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (see H.R. 1496), H3400 [12MR]

———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 veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 953), H1157 [10FE]

———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]

———exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services (see H.R. 2208), H5061 [30AP]

———increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at-risk individuals (see H.R. 271), H70 [7JA]

———provide a work opportunity credit to a designated family member of a veteran with a service-connected disability if the veteran is unable to work (see H.R. 3908), H11712 [22OC]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 160), H34 [6JA]

Technology: ensure individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet protocol-based communications and video programming technologies (see H.R. 3101), H7704 [26JN]

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] (see H. Res. 291), H4063 [26MR]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see S. 584), S3073 [12MR] (see H.R. 1443), H3337 [11MR]

———improve transit services in rural States (see S. 1144), S5819 [21MY]

Veterans: allow certain former POW with service-connected disabilities to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (see S. 67), S41 [6JA]

———allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 66), S41 [6JA]

———allow disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (see H.R. 108), H32 [6JA] (see H.R. 1818), H4249 [31MR]

———carry out a pilot program on training, certification, and support of family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and Armed Forces members (see S. 543), S2866 [6MR] (see H.R. 2342), H5406 [11MY]

———clarify additional requirements for consideration to be afforded time, place, and circumstances of service in determinations regarding service-connected disabilities (see S. 919), S4807 [28AP]

———clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see S. 1444), S7412 [13JY] (see S. 1452), S7480 [14JY] (see H.R. 952), H1157 [10FE]

———enhance disability compensation for certain disabled veterans with difficulties using prostheses and those in need of regular aid and attendance for residuals of traumatic brain injury (see S. 1015), S5328 [11MY]

———expand authorized concurrent receipt of disability pay from the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability (see H.R. 593), H381 [15JA]

———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), S2909 [9MR] (see H.R. 303), H88 (see H.R. 333), H89 [8JA]

———increase amount of supplemental insurance available for totally disabled veterans (see H.R. 612), H441 [21JA]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 407), S2080 [10FE] (see H.R. 1513), H3436 [16MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to honor disabled veterans (see H. Con. Res. 114), H4999 [29AP]

———modify commencement of the period of payment of original awards of compensation for veterans who are retired or separated from the uniformed services for disability (see S. 1016), S5328 [11MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 811), H920 [3FE]

———prohibit discrimination and acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the uniformed services (see S. 1607), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 466), H194 [13JA]

———waive housing loan fees for veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service (see H.R. 2180), H4999 [29AP]

Veterans Health Administration: establish position of Director of Physical Therapy Service and a fellowship program for physical therapists in geriatrics, rehabilitation, and polytrauma care (see H.R. 1036), H1518 [12FE]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy and develop better accessible voting machines for individuals with disabilities (see S. 48), S40 [6JA]

Workers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 375), H4915 [28AP]

Cloture motions

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), motion to proceed, S349 [13JA], S559 [15JA]

Letters

Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act: Joseph A. Violante, DAV, S11540 [19NO]

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding: several Senators, S12389, S12394 [4DE], S13566 [20DE]

Fair Pay Act: several business organizations, S773 [22JA]

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice: several civil rights and labor organizations, S8831 [5AU]

———several law professors, S8833 [5AU]

———several national advocacy organizations, S8832 [5AU]

Public lands accessibility for disabled persons: Representative Doc Hastings, H3847 [25MR]

Lists

Oregonians killed on the job, E1002 [28AP]

Organizations supporting Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program provisions of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12381 [4DE]

Motions

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), S349 [13JA], S758, S759 [22JA], H554 [27JA]

Poems

``Bringing Her Light,'' Albert C. Caswell, E2459 [6OC]

``Can You Hear Me?'' Albert C. Caswell, E1750 [14JY], E1819 [16JY]

``For My Daughter!'' Albert C. Caswell, E2077 [29JY]

Remarks in House

AbilityOne Program: tribute, E281 [13FE], E532 [3MR]

Alexandria, LA: tribute to Buddy Camp, E1317 [4JN]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans, H11121 [8OC]

———establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (H.R. 3266), E2696 [3NO]

Arc of Greater Prince William/INSIGHT, Inc.: tribute, E1848 [20JY]

Arkansas Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired: anniversary, H5674 [18MY]

Armed Forces: ensure members receive hearing screenings before and after deployments and mandate tinnitus be treated by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Auditory Centers of Excellence (H.R. 2506), H5808 [20MY]

———facilitate the provision of care and services for members with traumatic brain injury, H3030 [5MR]

———permanently extend the duration of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage for totally disabled veterans, H8816 [27JY]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, H7221 [24JN], H11127, H11128, H11132 [8OC]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (H.R. 2990), H7154-H7166 [24JN]

———revise the process by which a member is retired for disability and becomes eligible for retirement pay (H.R. 296), E48 [8JA]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (H.R. 1824), H4615-H4618 [22AP], E831 [31MR]

———provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (H.R. 1824), earmark declaration, E925 [22AP]

Boise, ID: tribute to organizers and volunteers of Special Olympics World Winter Games, E1008 [29AP]

Brain Injury Association of America: guidelines for the assessment and health care needs of individuals with brain injuries, H12896 [7NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (H. Con. Res. 39), H3123, H3124 [10MR]

Children and youth: provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental disorders as they transition to adulthood (H.R. 2691), E1288 [3JN]

Congress: tribute to congressional golf tournament benefiting disabled veterans, H6779 [15JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish a veterans volunteer corps to help veterans pursue education and employment, process claims, and rural, disabled, and unemployed veterans with transportation needs, H3598 [18MR]

Credit: restrict credit card issuers from making adverse reports to credit rating agencies regarding deployed military service members and disabled veterans, H5035, H5036 [30AP]

Danielsville, GA: tribute to Madison County Rotary Club community service efforts, E2536 [14OC]

Decade of Vision: designate (H. Res. 366), H6843-H6845 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: Fisher House Foundation funding, H9060 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: special education funding, H8791, H8792 [24JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (H.R. 756), H4079-H4081 [30MR], E832 [31MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure fair treatment in the security screening of individuals with metal implants travelling by air (H.R. 2335), E1108 [7MY]

Dept. of Labor: provide for training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute (H.R. 1088), H5724, H5725 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: affirm responsibility to support those veterans with combat wounds or service-connected disabilities (H. Res. 261), H3677, H3678 [19MR]

———allow the awarding of sole source contracts to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, H12157, H12158 [2NO]

———carry out a pilot program to utilize telehealth platforms to assist in treatment of rural veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury (H.R. 2505), H5808 [20MY]

———establish a grant program to encourage development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing (H.R. 1170), H5723, H5724 [19MY]

———establish a scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility, E2724 [5NO]

———increase payments to certain veterans for certain travel expenses (H.R. 4073), E2836 [19NO]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (H.R. 3219), H8813-H8818 [27JY], E2033 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———make certain improvements to laws relative to benefits for severely injured veterans (H.R. 3407), E2119 [31JY]

———Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events funding, H7984, H7985 [10JY]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans, H8816 [27JY]

———prohibit funding for processing of enhanced use leases at the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, H7990, H7991 [10JY]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), H12492 [6NO]

———provide training, support, and medical care to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans (H.R. 3155), H8822-H8825 [27JY], E2033 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———take responsibility for financing health benefits for disabled veterans and ensure policies do not discourage the purchase of health insurance by such veterans, H3447 [17MR], H3546, H3613 [18MR]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (H.R. 11), H41 [7JA], H75, H83 [8JA], H94, H113-H124, H132 [9JA], E67 [13JA], E999 [28AP]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), H546-H556 [27JA], H2983 [5MR], H12988 [16NO], E170 [28JA], E198 [4FE]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), consideration (H. Res. 87), H532-H535 [27JA]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), motion to commit, H554, H555 [27JA]

Economy: provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits, H5635 [14MY]

Eggleston Services (nonprofit organization): tribute, E2465 [8OC]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities, H7337, H7338 [25JN]

Fremont, CA: anniversary of California School for the Deaf, E1198 [19MY]

Friends of Children With Special Needs (organization): tribute, E2651 [28OC]

Gallaudet University: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 77), H3770, H3771 [24MR]

Health: integrate long-term care strategies into a comprehensive health care reform agenda (H. Res. 271), E726 [19MR]

———prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability status (H.R. 2744), H6378 [9JN]

Hearing loss: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment (H.R. 1246), H4078, H4079 [30MR]

Help America Vote Act: polling place accessibility and protection and advocacy for the disabled funding, H8759 [24JY]

Hogle, Sam: Eagle Scout Award recipient, H3318 [11MR]

Housing: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (H.R. 1408), E613 [10MR]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (H. Res. 416), E1108 [7MY]

Indiana: tribute to Indiana School for the Deaf baseball team, E1141 [13MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1102), E280 [13FE]

———funding, H5497, H5501 [13MY], H8719 [24JY]

———permit prevailing party in actions or proceedings brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses (H.R. 2740), E1310 [4JN]

Indy Sports Foundation: tribute for hosting Indianapolis, IN, St. Patrick's Day Parade and Celebration and Shamrock Run/Walk, E687 [17MR]

Insurance: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (H.R. 1721), H9248 [31JY]

———provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services (H.R. 2575), E1239 [21MY]

Jacksonville, IL: tribute to Illinois School for the Deaf, E1750 [14JY], E1819 [16JY]

Keller, Helen: provide for acceptance of a statue presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol, H10524 [7OC]

———provide for acceptance of a statue presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol (S. Con. Res. 41), H10085-H10087 [30SE], E2458 [6OC]

———provide for acceptance of a statue presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol (S. Con. Res. 42), H10486 [6OC], E2459 [6OC]

Kidango (organization): tribute, E922 [22AP]

Mansfield, OH: tribute to Rotary Club of Mansfield McGowan Courage Award recipients, E1077 [6MY]

Marine on St. Croix, MN: tribute to Disabled Veterans Rest Camp, E1558 [24JN]

Medicaid: improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (H.R. 2688), H12842 [7NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: anniversary, H9040 [29JY]

Mills, Mike: American Patriot Program (organization) American Patriot Award recipient, E2650 [28OC]

National Affordable Housing Act: improve program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities (H.R. 1675), H8381-H8385 [20JY], E1882 [22JY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 349), E1043 [30AP]

———observance, H4917 [29AP]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 178), H3713-H3715 [23MR], E761 [25MR]

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: observance, E2585 [20OC], E2667 [29OC]

National Eye Institute: anniversary (H. Res. 366), H6843-H6845 [16JN]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (H. Res. 247), H4612, H4613 [22AP], H4719 [23AP]

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: observance, E2613 [22OC], E2643 [27OC]

National Therapeutic Recreation Week: observance, H9247 [31JY]

Perkins School for the Blind: Library of Congress Talking Book Library of the Year award recipient, E1513 [19JN]

Reach Inc.: tribute to AbilityOne program, E2421 [1OC]

Research: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, H3289 [11MR]

Richmond, VA: anniversary of St. Joseph's Villa, E2793 [18NO]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of Community Alliance for Special Education (CASE), E2701 [3NO]

SBA: give priority for disadvantaged small businesses outreach grants to underrepresented areas, women, service-disabled veterans, and minority-owned organizations, H7775, H7776 [8JY]

Seeing Eye (organization): anniversary, E2787 [17NO]

Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation: tribute (H. Res. 461), H12164, H12165, H12182 [2NO]

Shake-A-Leg Miami (organization): tribute, H14845 [14DE]

Shrum, Travis: Tempe, AZ, Mayor's Disability Award recipient for Outstanding Employee of the Year, E1437 [17JN]

Smalley, Logan: tribute to documentary ``Darius Goes West'', H5068 [4MY]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (H.R. 723), E153 [27JA]

———impact of lack of cost-of-living adjustment, E2564 [15OC]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 3672), H11373 [14OC]

———prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (H.R. 4218), H13596, H13597 [8DE], E2904 [8DE]

———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (H.R. 4054), E2744 [6NO]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (H.R. 678), H5986 [21MY], E168 [28JA], E1235 [21MY]

———waive certain waiting periods for disability and Medicare benefits in the case of terminally ill, disabled beneficiaries (H.R. 2881), H7745 [8JY]

Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf: anniversary, E2614 [22OC]

Special Kids Day (organization): tribute, E53 [9JA]

Special Olympics: tribute, E2870 [2DE]

———tribute to the Spread the Word To End the Word Campaign, E823 [31MR]

Spungin, Susan J.: American Foundation for the Blind M.C. Migel Medal recipient, E1183 [18MY]

SSA: reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), H8911 [28JY]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 2582), E1248 [21MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C. decision affirming the right of disabled individuals to live in community settings rather than in institutions, E1612 [26JN]

Taliaferro, Adam: Philadelphia Sports Writers Association Humanitarian Award recipient, E224 [9FE]

Taxation: allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (H.R. 1496), E650 [12MR]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (H.R. 190), E10 [6JA]

The Arc of Palm Beach County (organization): tribute, H1637 [23FE]

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 (H. Res. 291), H12162, H12163 [2NO], E790 [26MR], E2696 [3NO]

Transportation Security Administration: ensure fair treatment in the security screening of individuals with metal implants travelling by air, H6195 [4JN]

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: veterans legal services funding, H7985 [10JY]

Veterans: create a service corps of veterans called Veterans Engaged for Tomorrow (VET) Corps focused on promoting and improving the service opportunities for veterans and retired members of the military (H.R. 1401), E733 [23MR]

———health care funding, H3698-H3700 [19MR], H4421 [2AP], H6142, H6144 [3JN], H14465, H14466 [10DE]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 1513), H4070-H4072 [30MR], E833 [31MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 407), H7091-H7093 [23JN]

———prohibit discrimination and acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the uniformed services (H.R. 466), H6287-H6289 [8JN], E1207 [19MY], E1395 [12JN]

———waive housing loan fees for veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service, H8818 [27JY]

Vision of Children Foundation: tribute, E2529 [14OC]

Wilson, Dale: DAV National Disabled American Veteran of the Year award recipient, H11356 [14OC]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, E994, E1002 [28AP]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 375), E997 [28AP]

York Theatre Co.: tribute to ``Blind Lemon Blues'' production, E2214 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S8121-S8124 [27JY]

Armed Forces: give wounded reservists the option of remaining on active duty during the transition process to continue to receive military pay and allow such members to live at home during transition (S. 944), S4968 [30AP]

———provide a dislocation allowance for retired members moving from their last duty station to their designated home and include members placed on the temporary disability retired list, S7749 [21JY]

———provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE, S8024 [23JY]

———tribute to members wounded in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S11315 [10NO]

Bankruptcy: protect medical debt homeowners and caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by medical problems (S. 1624), S9022 [6AU]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (S. 694), S3788 [25MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (H. Con. Res. 39), S3319 [17MR]

Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (S. 2860), S12809 [9DE]

Community service: increase funding for national service programs that assist disabled individuals, S3648 [24MR]

Corp. for National and Community Service: require criminal history check and drug test for controlled substances for certain individuals with access to vulnerable populations, S3826-S3828, S3836 [26MR]

Decade of Vision: designate (S. Res. 209), S7214 [7JY]

Dept. of HHS: enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (S. 1111), S5727 [20MY]

———implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative (S. 586), S3079 [12MR]

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (S. 660), S3571 [19MR]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (S. 841), S4519 [21AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities, S11268 [9NO]

———enhance life insurance, compensation and pension, and burial and memorial benefits for disabled veterans (S. 728), S3926 [26MR], S10245-S10251 [7OC]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies, S7697 [20JY]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (S. 1556), S8683 [3AU]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), S10855, S10866 [28OC], S10869 [29OC], S11242-S11245 [6NO], S11271-S11273 [9NO], S11322, S11324 [10NO], S11523-S11533, S11537-S11544, S11551-S11572 [19NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), unanimous-consent agreement, S11422 [17NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), unanimous-consent request, S11283, S11284 [9NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans through reductions in U.N. contributions, S11524-S11533, S11537-S11544, S11551, S11552 [19NO]

Discrimination: allow the defense in discriminatory compensation cases to base such defense on waiver of a right, estoppel, or laches doctrine, S696 [21JA], S749, S753, S754, S756 [22JA]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), S228, S238 [8JA], S239 [9JA], S588, S589 [15JA], S646 [16JA], S693-S712 [21JA], S733-S737, S739-S776 [22JA], S803, S823 [26JA], S6699 [17JN]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), motion to proceed, S349 [13JA], S357-S366, S375 [14JA], S402, S418, S557-S559 [15JA]

———clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), unanimous-consent agreement, S380 [14JA], S732 [21JA]

———ensure that only those who directly experience discrimination are eligible to file discriminatory compensation suits, S749-S753, S758, S759 [22JA]

———limit discriminatory compensation decisions to pay discrimination, S697 [21JA], S749, S754, S756, S758 [22JA]

———prohibit retroactive claims for certain discriminatory compensation decisions, S745, S751, S760, S761, S764 [22JA]

Diseases: identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (S. 571), S8979 [6AU]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (S. 599), S3119 [16MR]

Gallaudet University: anniversary, S3587 [23MR]

———anniversary (S. Con. Res. 12), S3735 [24MR]

Health: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S12389, S12390, S12393-S12395 [4DE], S13565, S13566, S13620 [20DE], S13744 [22DE], S13840 [23DE]

———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care, S11252 [6NO]

———integrate long-term care strategies into a comprehensive health care reform agenda, S7299-S7301 [9JY]

———prohibit tax increases on assistive medical devices for individuals with disabilities, S13454 [18DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1652), S9136 [8SE]

Insurance: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment, S8160 [28JY], S11847 [20NO], S11936, S11938, S11959 [21NO]

———help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (S. 697), S10262 [8OC], S10797 [28OC], S12136 [2DE]

Keller, Helen: provide for acceptance of a statue presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol (S. Con. Res. 41), S9758 [23SE]

———provide for acceptance of a statue presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol (S. Con. Res. 42), S10076 [1OC]

Medicaid: establish financial incentives for States to expand the provision of long-term services and supports to beneficiaries who do not reside in an institution (S. 1256), S6560 [11JN]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (S. 434), S2323-S2325 [13FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (H.R. 1670), S8121-S8124 [27JY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (S. 683), S3675 [24MR]

———provision of home and community-based services by States, S1671 [5FE]

Medicare: eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (S. 1186), S6201 [4JN]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (S. 700), S3791 [25MR]

———reimburse certain midwife services (S. 662), S3574 [19MR]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (S. 2781), S11432-S11434 [17NO]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 172), S6317 [8JN]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 83), S3735, S3736 [24MR]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 228), S8499 [29JY]

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: observance, S10054 [1OC]

National Eye Institute: anniversary (S. Res. 209), S7214 [7JY]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 78), S3379 [18MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: amend relative to highly qualified teachers, growth models, adequate yearly progress, Native American language programs, and parental involvement (S. 1430), S7324 [9JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure that Social Security trust fund and Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program revenues be reserved for their intended purposes, S11985, S11986, S11990 [30NO], S12301-S12305, S12313-S12317 [3DE], S12360, S12375, S12379-S12383, S12386-S12388 [4DE]

Rothschild, Jennifer: Foundation Fighting Blindness Hope and Spirit Award recipient, S3547 [19MR]

SBA: ensure that contracts initiated with economic stimulus assistance follow existing Federal procurement laws, S2299 [13FE]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1685), S9354 [15SE], S10406 [14OC], S10473 [15OC]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (S. 366), S1432 [3FE]

———prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators (H.R. 4218), S12969 [10DE]

———provide additional resources for primary care services, create new Medicare service payment models, and expand provision of non-institutionally-based long-term services (S. 1262), S6589 [15JN]

SSA: reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), S8983, S9059 [6AU]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C. affirming the right of disabled individuals to live in community settings rather than in institutions (S. Res. 201), S6955, S6956 [23JN]

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]

Transportation: improve transit services in rural States (S. 1144), S6133 [3JN]

Veterans: allow certain former POW with service-connected disabilities to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (S. 67), S69 [6JA]

———allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (S. 66), S69 [6JA]

———carry out a pilot program on training, certification, and support of family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and Armed Forces members (S. 543), S2866 [6MR]

———clarify additional requirements for consideration to be afforded time, place, and circumstances of service in determinations regarding service-connected disabilities (S. 919), S4817 [28AP]

———clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (S. 1444), S7414 [13JY]

———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 (S. 546), S2911 [9MR]

———health care funding, S4247, S4266 [2AP], S11316 [10NO]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 407), S2083 [10FE], S6476, S6477 [10JN]

Washoe County, NV: Washoe County Senior Services Respite Care Program funding, S11252 [6NO]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S4567 [22AP]

Reports filed

Caregiver Assistance and Resource Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3155) (H. Rept. 111-224), H8706 [23JY]

Consideration of S. 181, Fair Pay Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 87) (H. Rept. 111-5), H525 [26JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Establishment of Grant Program To Encourage Development of New Assistive Technologies for Specially Adapted Housing: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1170) (H. Rept. 111-109), H5663 [14MY]

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1246) (H. Rept. 111-44), H3747 [23MR]

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

Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1088) (H. Rept. 111-110), H5663 [14MY]

National Pain Care Policy Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 756) (H. Rept. 111-47), H3747 [23MR]

Paralysis Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 307) (H. Rept. 111-45), H3747 [23MR]

Use of Capitol Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 39) (H. Rept. 111-34), H3144 [10MR]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1513) (H. Rept. 111-56), H4061 [26MR]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 407) (S. Rept. 111-24), S6185 [4JN]

Veterans' Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 728) (S. Rept. 111-71), S9132 [8SE]

Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3219) (H. Rept. 111-223), H8706 [23JY]

Waive Housing Loan Fees for Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities Called to Active Service: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2180) (H. Rept. 111-163), H7021 [18JN]

Wounded Veteran Job Security Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 466) (H. Rept. 111-118), H5790 [19MY]

Statements

Assistance to Caregivers of Veterans and Improve the Provision of Health Care to Veterans Through Reductions in U.N. Contributions: Dept. of State, S11530 [19NO]

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Program: AARP, S12383 [4DE]

Fair Pay Act: Senator Specter, S754 [22JA]

Title VII ``Fairness'' Act, S. 3209, Allows Pay Discrimination To Continue: National Women's Law Center, S708 [21JA]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 39, use of Capitol Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run, H3123 [10MR]

H. Con. Res. 77, Gallaudet University anniversary, H3770 [24MR]

H. Res. 87, consideration of S. 181, Fair Pay Act, H532 [27JA]

H. Res. 178, National Brain Injury Awareness Month, H3713 [23MR]

H. Res. 247, National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day, H4612 [22AP]

H. Res. 291, commend efforts of Tower of Hope (organization) to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day, H12162 [2NO]

H. Res. 366, National Eye Institute anniversary and Decade of Vision designation, H6843 [16JN]

H. Res. 461, tribute to Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation, H12165 [2NO]

H.R. 11, Fair Pay Act, H113 [9JA]

H.R. 466, Wounded Veteran Job Security Act, H6287 [8JN]

H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act, H4079-H4081 [30MR]

H.R. 1088, Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act, H5724 [19MY]

H.R. 1170, establish a grant program to encourage development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing, H5723 [19MY]

H.R. 1246, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act, H4078 [30MR]

H.R. 1513, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H4070 [30MR]

H.R. 1675, Supportive Housing Investment Act, H8381-H8384 [20JY]

H.R. 1824, Best Buddies Empowerment for People With Intellectual Disabilities Act, H4615 [22AP]

H.R. 2990, Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act, H7154-H7160 [24JN]

H.R. 3155, Caregiver Assistance and Resource Enhancement Act, H8822 [27JY]

H.R. 3219, Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act, H8814 [27JY]

H.R. 3325, SSA Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program reauthorization, H8911 [28JY]

H.R. 4218, No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act, H13596 [8DE]

S. 66, allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (S. 66), S69 [6JA]

S. 67, allow certain former POW with service-connected disabilities to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores, S69 [6JA]

S. 181, Fair Pay Act, S775 [22JA], H546 [27JA]

S. 407, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S6476 [10JN], H7091 [23JN]

S. 543, Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act, S2867 [6MR]

S. 546, Retired Pay Restoration Act, S2911 [9MR]

S. 683, Community Choice Act, S3676-S3680 [24MR]

S. 694, Best Buddies Empowerment for People With Intellectual Disabilities Act, S3788 [25MR]

S. 700, Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act, S3792 [25MR]

S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act, S3793 [25MR]

S. 728, Veterans' Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act, S3927-S3930 [26MR]

S. 919, Clarification of Characteristics of Combat Service Act, S4818 [28AP]

S. 1111, Special Disability Workload Liability Resolution Act, S5727 [20MY]

S. 1186, Medicare Independent Living Act, S6201 [4JN]

S. 1256, Home and Community Balanced Incentives Act, S6561-S6564 [11JN]

S. 1262, Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care (MEDIC) Act, S6590-S6607 [15JN]

S. 1430, School Accountability Improvements Act, S7325-S7327 [9JY]

S. 1556, Veteran Voting Support Act, S8684 [3AU]

S. 1963, Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act, S11553-S11572 [19NO]

S. Con. Res. 12, Gallaudet University anniversary, S3618 [23MR], S3735 [24MR]

S. Con. Res. 41, acceptance of a statue of Helen Keller presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol, S9750, S9758 [23SE], H10085 [30SE]

S. Con. Res. 42, acceptance of a statue of Helen Keller presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol, S10068, S10076 [1OC]

S. Con. Res. 42, provide for acceptance of a statue of Helen Keller presented by the people of Alabama for placement in the Capitol, H10486 [6OC]

S. Res. 78, National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day, S3378, S3379 [18MR]

S. Res. 83, National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, S3691, S3736 [24MR]

S. Res. 115, commend efforts of Tower of Hope (organization) to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day, S4828 [28AP]

S. Res. 172, National Aphasia Awareness Month, S6273, S6317 [8JN]

S. Res. 201, Olmstead v. L.C. Supreme Court decision anniversary affirming the right of disabled individuals to live in community settings rather than in institutions, S6947, S6956 [23JN]

S. Res. 209, National Eye Institute anniversary and Decade of Vision designation, S7199, S7215 [7JY]

S. Res. 228, National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week, S8278, S8499 [29JY]

S. Res. 320, Silver Star Service Banner Day, S10706 [22OC]

S. Res. 333, National Wounded Warrior Day, S11120 [4NO]