FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

Addresses

Pell Grant Funding: Senator Alexander, S10 [6JA]

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1128 [30JA], S1277, S1278, S1279 [2FE], S1374, S1387, S1403, S1405, S1406, S1408, S1421, S1422, S1442, S1443, S1444, S1445, S1446, S1447, S1448, S1449, S1450, S1451, S1452, S1453, S1455, S1456, S1458, S1459, S1460, S1461, S1462, S1463, S1464, S1465, S1466, S1470, S1471 [3FE], S1482, S1484, S1485, S1486, S1491, S1494, S1498, S1499, S1500, S1501, S1518, S1520, S1528, S1530, S1536, S1537, S1538, S1554, S1555, S1556, S1557, S1558, S1559, S1560, S1561, S1562, S1563, S1564, S1565, S1574, S1575, S1576, S1577, S1578, S1579, S1580, S1582, S1583, S1584, S1585, S1586, S1587, S1588, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1592, S1593, S1594, S1595, S1596, S1597, S1598, S1599, S1600, S1601, S1609, S1610, S1611, S1612 [4FE], S1656, S1660, S1663, S1664, S1665, S1666, S1667, S1669, S1692, S1707, S1708, S1709, S1710, S1712, S1713, S1714, S1715, S1716, S1717, S1718, S1736, S1737, S1738, S1739, S1740, S1741, S1742, S1743, S1744, S1745, S1746, S1747, S1748, S1749, S1750, S1751, S1752, S1753, S1755, S1756, S1758, S1759, S1760, S1762, S1764, S1765, S1766, S1767, S1768, S1770, S1771 [5FE], S1808, S1817, S1819, S1822, S1826, S1827, S1829, S1833, S1835, S1850, S1856, S1867, S1868, S1870, S1871, S1872, S1875, S1876, S1877, S1878, S1879, S1880, S1881, S1882, S1883 [6FE], S1907 [7FE], S2029 [9FE], S2084 [10FE], H527 [26JA], H603 [27JA], H711, H713, H717, H720, H721, H723, H724, H731, H732 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 168), H1535 [13FE]

———restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), S8285, S8286 [29JY], S8508, S8514, S8517, S8528, S8607 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), H5507, H5509, H5510, H5511, H5512, H5513, H5514, H5515, H5516, H5517, H5518, H5519, H5520 [13MY], H5589, H5590, H5593 [14MY]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (H.R. 1139), H4662 [22AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H345, H355, H357, H359, H361, H363 [15JA], H407, H408, H409, H411 [21JA]

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]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9233, S9270, S9271, S9272 [10SE], S9296, S9297, S9298 [11SE], S9308, S9313, S9332, S9333 [14SE], S9341, S9345, S9350, S9382, S9383, S9384, S9385, S9386, S9387, S9388 [15SE], S9397, S9403, S9406, S9407, S9411, S9416, S9441, S9442, S9443, S9445 [16SE], S9532 [17SE], S9595 [21SE], H8638, H8639, H8641, H8642, H8643, H8644, H8645, H8646, H8647, H8649, H8650, H8652, H8653, H8655, H8656, H8657, H8659, H8660, H8661, H8662 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), H8599 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 961), H14460 [10DE]

Diseases: revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), S10524, S10525 [19OC]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H15432, H15443 [16DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H15004 [16DE]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 303), H14835 [14DE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (H.R. 3791), H13100, H13103, H13104, H13105, H13106 [18NO]

———amend grant programs (H.R. 3791), consideration (H. Res. 909), H13089 [18NO]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9604, H9624, H9630, H9632, H9634, H9635, H9636 [16SE], H9675, H9676, H9677, H9678, H9679, H9680, H9681, H9682, H9683, H9684, H9685, H9686, H9687, H9688, H9689, H9693, H9694, H9699, H9701 [17SE]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1777), S6948 [23JN], H7102 [23JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S854, S857, S859, S900, S929, S933, S936, S937, S938, S939, S940, S942, S943, S944, S945 [27JA], S955, S961, S962, S976, S978, S980, S986, S987, S999, S1000, S1001 [28JA], S1009, S1015, S1031, S1032, S1037, S1040, S1042, S1043, S1045, S1069, S1097, S1099, S1100, S1101, S1102 [29JA], S1232 [30JA], H934 [4FE]

Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs (H.R. 2200), H6183, H6193, H6196, H6198, H6199, H6200, H6201, H6202, H6205, H6206, H6208, H6209, H6210, H6211, H6215 [4JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10324 [8OC], S10583 [20OC], S10706 [22OC], S10740 [26OC], S10787 [27OC], S10862 [28OC], S10910, S10936, S10939, S10940 [29OC], S10994, S10996, S10999, S11000 [2NO], H12381 [5NO]

Analyses

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Conference Report, H1538-H1553 [13FE]

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]

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, S12673 [8DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2069 [10FE], H1103 [10FE]

———H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9541 [17SE], H13573 [8DE]

Articles and editorials

America's Economic Pain Brings Hunger Pangs, H13006 [17NO]

Analysis—Stimulus Won't Jump-Start Economy, H1583 [13FE]

Are There Obamashares in Your Future?, S6876 [22JN]

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

Auto Dealers at Risk Turn to Washington, S6756 [18JN]

Backdoor Nationalization—The Latest Treasury Brainstorm Will Retard a Banking Recovery, H5007 [30AP]

Backlog of VA Claims in Houston One of Country's Highest, H7974 [10JY]

Barney Frank, Car Guy and Green Guy. So He Pressures GM, S6756 [18JN]

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

Breaking Down Government Motors, S6757 [18JN]

Butler—Congress Needs Cover To Reform Entitlements, H1578 [13FE]

CBO Predicts Lower GDP in a Decade, H1583 [13FE]

Colleges Are Pushed To Convert Loan System, S10819 [28OC]

Coming Deficit Disaster, S12585 [7DE]

Crazy Math of Health-Care Reform, S12394 [4DE]

Czar to Substantially Cut Pay—Summers, H11733 [23OC]

Delegation Denounces Excesses in Citizen-Soldier Program, H11345 [14OC]

Despite Pledges, Package Has Some Pork, H1582 [13FE]

Doctors and Patients, Not Feds, Know Best, S13772, S13774 [22DE]

End of the American Exception?, H3102 [9MR]

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

For Sale—One Senator (D-Neb.); No Principles, Low Price, S13827 [23DE]

Ga. Work Program Grows, Attracts Followers, H9770 [22SE]

Gimmicky Auto Bill Frames Serious Issue, S6758 [18JN]

Health Reform Could Harm Medicaid Patients—A Vast Expansion of the Program Will Impose Unsustainable Costs on Treatment Centers, S12749 [9DE]

HUD Chief Calls Aid on Mortgages a Failure, H362 [15JA]

Hunger in U.S. at a 14-Year High, H13006 [17NO]

Hungry Eyes—More N.C. Children Go Without Food, H10537 [7OC]

It's No Time To Stop This Train, E1197 [19MY]

July Suicides Push Corps to Record Pace, H9170 [30JY]

Keiki Care Helps Hawaii's Economy, H972 [4FE]

Las Vegas Police Refer 2,000 Inmates to Immigration Officials, S10272 [8OC]

Leadership and Panics, H417 [21JA]

Let's Do Right-Wing Thing and Send That Pork Back to Washington, S3363 [18MR]

Louisiana Purchase and Omaha Stakes, S13758 [22DE]

Medicare Expansion Won't Get Us There—Proposal Would Not Increase Access to Health Care Services or Control Costs, S12854 [10DE]

Medicare Sausage?—The Emerging Buy-In Proposal Could Have Costly Unintended Consequences, S12853, S12868 [10DE]

Members Take Auto Closings Personally, S6757 [18JN]

Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Goldman Said To Apply To Repay TARP, H5811 [20MY]

Need a Student Loan?, H9564 [16SE]

New Housing Tax Credit Prompts Rise in Buying, S1476 [4FE]

No Free Lunch—Schools Get Tough on Deadbeats, H4403 [2AP]

No Laughing Matter, S6413 [10JN]

Obama's False Medicare Claim, S12103 [2DE], S12493 [5DE]

Program Provides Little Help for Soldiers, H11345 [14OC]

Rate of Enrollment in Medicaid Rose Rapidly, Report Says, S10000 [1OC]

Reform Measures Should Not Weaken Our Health Care, S6584 [15JN]

Report—Bill Would Reduce Senior Care, S11398 [17NO]

Return of Economic Nationalism, S2261 [13FE]

Senators, Bring Sense to Stimulus, S1270 [2FE]

Senators Should Just Start Over in Fixing Fiscal Mess, S1507 [4FE]

State Ends Subsidy for Mammograms to Low-Income Women Under 50, S12586, S12605 [7DE]

States Resist Medicaid Growth, S10138 [6OC]

TARP—Frank's Bill Underscores Weaknesses of This Bailout Program, H416 [21JA]

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

What Part of 'Stimulus' Don't They Get?, H2605 [24FE]

Whole Foods to Food Banks, H10529 [7OC]

Why Permanent Tax Cuts Are the Best Stimulus, S1391 [3FE]

Years To Come, H84 [8JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see S. 1375), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3509), H9278 [31JY]

Agriculture: terminate marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for mohair producers (see H.R. 2914), H6971 [17JN]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: appropriate unobligated balances of funds to the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2942), H7022 [18JN]

———clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see S. 1326), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 2995), H7144 [23JN]

———extend program for economic recovery payments (see H.R. 3691), H10455 [1OC]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see S. 1318), S6888 [22JN]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (see S. 1064), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2182), H4999 [29AP]

———rescind a portion of stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 3504), H9278 [31JY]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 2842), H6618 [11JN]

———rescind stimulus funds rejected by State and local governments and return them to the Treasury for debt reduction (see S. 1323), S6938 [23JN]

Appropriations: audit programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks (see H.R. 113), H32 [6JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (see S. 336), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 1, 679), H525 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 88), H525 [26JA] (see H. Res. 92), H600 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 168), H1517 [12FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 158), H1246 [11FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for job creation, school repair and modernization, and tax reduction (see H.R. 861), H1042 [4FE]

———restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (see H.R. 3357), H8959 [28JY]

Armed Forces: authorize accelerated payments of educational assistance to certain veterans and members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 4279), H14743 [10DE]

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

———ensure that members separated from active duty receive employment assistance, job training assistance, other transitional services, and a psychological evaluation (see H.R. 1963), H4522 [2AP]

———ensure that members stationed outside the U.S. can take full advantage of credits for first-time home buyers and provide for waiver of recapture of the credit for members who are restationed (see H.R. 3389), H9055 [29JY]

———exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (see S. 581), S3073 [12MR]

———expand eligibility of members to participate in higher education programs offered by the Community College of the Air Force (see H.R. 3733), H10519 [6OC]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to members and survivors (see H.R. 2699), H6262 [4JN]

———improve and enhance substance use disorder programs for members (see S. 459), S2423 [24FE] (see H.R. 3420), H9205 [30JY]

———modify the basis utilized for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (see S. 1072), S5614 [19MY]

———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]

———provide a monthly housing stipend for members who have served after September 11, 2001, pursuing education programs offered through distance learning (see H.R. 3467), H9276 [31JY]

———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]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see S. 711), S3785 [25MR] (see H.R. 2058), H4731 [23AP]

———require that each member receive employment assistance, job training assistance, and other Dept. of Labor transitional services before that member separates from active duty service (see H.R. 1851), H4396 [1AP]

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 (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]

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

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see H.R. 1010), H1517 [12FE]

Boston, MA: provide enhanced voucher rental assistance for residents of certain federally assisted low-income housing (see H.R. 3117), H7740 [7JY]

Budget: cap discretionary spending, eliminate wasteful and duplicative agencies, reform entitlement programs, and reform the congressional earmark process (see H.R. 311), H88 [8JA]

———require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (see H.R. 3772), H11165 [8OC]

———require that funding for Federal departments, agencies, and programs remaining available at the end of a fiscal year shall be used to pay down the Federal debt (see S. 834), S4445 [20AP]

Bureau of the Census: make organizations indicted for violations of election laws ineligible to participate as a partner in assisting with the decennial census (see H.R. 3582), H9670 [16SE]

Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 4280), H14743 [10DE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see S. 259), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 577), H380 [15JA]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend and expand the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 3806), H11383 [14OC]

———extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 1279), S6720 [17JN] (see S. 2922), S13785 [22DE] (see H.R. 3256), H8355 [17JY]

CERCLA: authorize appropriations for brownfields site assessment and cleanup (see H.R. 4188), H13466 [2DE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see S. 1465), S7639 [16JY] (see H.R. 1662), H3748 [23MR]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (see S. Res. 170), S6255 [8JN]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 2837), S12413 [4DE]

———improve mental health and substance abuse services for juveniles by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers (see H.R. 1931), H4521 [2AP]

———provide additional resources for efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking (see H.R. 1028), H1518 [12FE]

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

———provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities (see S. 2801), S11593 [19NO]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see S. Res. 67), S2828 [5MR] (see H. Res. 210), H2980 [4MR]

———support goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program (see H. Res. 362), H4733 [23AP]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 1324), H3053 [5MR]

Citizenship: require those applying for, and renewing, State Children's Health Insurance Program and trade adjustment benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity (see H.R. 141), H33 [6JA]

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 4318), H14981 [15DE]

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

———establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 2548), H6008 [21MY]

Colleges and universities: deny certain Federal funds to any institution that knowingly admits illegal aliens (see H.R. 892), H1043 [4FE]

———provide tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed services (see S. 1603), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 2456), H5711 [18MY]

Commission on Reforming Entitlement Spending: establish (see H.R. 4249), H14445 [9DE]

Communications Act: establish a Lifeline Assistance Program for universal broadband adoption (see H.R. 3646), H9961 [24SE]

Conservation of energy: establish incentives to increase the energy efficiency of federally assisted housing (see S. 2897), S13382 [17DE] (see H.R. 4099), H13265 [18NO]

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

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 85), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 614), H441 [21JA]

Contracts: require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (see S. 265), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 572), H380 [15JA]

Corp. for National and Community Service: develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring programs (see S. 545), S2909 [9MR] (see H.R. 1165), H2833 [25FE]

———establish a Veterans Corps program (see S. 606), S3163 [17MR]

———establish Summer of Service grant programs (see S. 466), S2423 [24FE] (see H.R. 1153), H2631 [24FE]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (see S. 464), S2423 [24FE] (see H.R. 1154), H2631 [24FE]

Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1429), H3337 [11MR]

Credit: require mortgage servicers of single family homes to notify mortgagors of possible eligibility for Federal mortgage assistance (see H.R. 2181), H4999 [29AP]

Crime: define terms and services for community-based gang intervention to utilize funding in a cost-effective manner and hold community-based agencies accountable for holistic and integrated services (see H.R. 3526), H9279 [31JY]

———improve assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 327), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 3401), H9204 [30JY]

———provide enhanced Federal enforcement and assistance in preventing and prosecuting violent crimes against children (see S. 1370), S7070 [25JN]

Cures Acceleration Network: establish to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies (see S. 914), S4807 [28AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of Food and Nutrition Service (see H. Con. Res. 164), H8008 [10JY]

———ensure safety of school meals by enhancing coordination with States and schools operating school meal programs in the case of recall of contaminated food (see S. 1693), S9653 [22SE]

———establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emissions reductions on private agricultural and forestland (see H.R. 2880), H6806 [15JN]

———exempt unemployment benefits from the income asset test to determine Supplemental Nutrition Assitance Program eligibility (see H.R. 4163), H13385 [1DE]

———extend Philadelphia, PA, School District Universal Feeding Pilot Program (see S. 1195), S6186 [4JN]

———improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 176), H34 [6JA]

———increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (see S. 2805), S11594 [19NO]

———increase amount of fruits and vegetables purchased for school breakfast and lunch programs (see H.R. 4333), H15498 [16DE]

———increase rate for certain payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program as an emergency measure (see S. 1330), S6938 [23JN] (see S. 1398), S7138 [6JY]

———increase rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program and facilitate milk producer association efforts to remove dairy cows from production (see H.R. 3322), H8707 [23JY]

———index for inflation the rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see S. 1331), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 3166), H7946 [9JY]

———offset costs of intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of bonus commodities provided to States and food assistance agencies under emergency food assistance program (see S. 194), S256 [9JA]

———permit refinancing of certain guaranteed loans under the Rural Housing Service (see H.R. 2034), H4686 [22AP]

———provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (see S. 972), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 3623), H9806 [22SE]

———provide emergency disaster assistance to certain agricultural and livestock producers that suffered losses (see H.R. 4177), H13466 [2DE]

———provide emergency disaster assistance to certain agricultural producers that suffered losses (see S. 2810), S11883 [20NO]

———provide for resolution of certain discrimination claims by women farmers and reform loan system in order to end gender discrimination (see H.R. 4264), H14742 [10DE]

———recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families (see H. Res. 442), H5666 [14MY]

———reduce hunger through expanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 596), H381 [15JA]

———reduce the interval for issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3587), H9670 [16SE]

———remove ineligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits of individuals who participate in a strike (see H.R. 3048), H7445 [25JN]

———repeal denial of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility of ex-offenders (see H.R. 329), H89 [8JA]

Dept. of Commerce: adapt lessons of foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to provision of Federal economic development assistance to remote Native American communities (see S. 980), S5128 [5MY] (see H.R. 2507), H5792 [19MY]

———award grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy technology (see S. 1617), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3083), H7703 [26JN]

———establish a grant program to assist States in inspecting hotel rooms for bed bugs (see H.R. 2248), H5168 [5MY]

———establish a Jobs Creation Coordinator (see S. 824), S4311 [2AP]

———establish Office of Regional Economic Adjustment (see S. 480), S2473 [25FE]

———make grants to promote community greening initiatives (see H.R. 2222), H5061 [30AP]

———resume timely processing and distribution of television converter box coupons by increasing its fiscal authority to make payments (see S. 300), S786 [22JA]

Dept. of Defense: amend Homeowners Assistance Program to allow flexibility setting homeowner assistance commencement date for Armed Forces members permanently reassigned during mortgage crisis (see H.R. 4324), H14981 [15DE]

———assist local communities with closed and active military bases (see S. 590), S3074 [12MR] (see H.R. 2295), H5397 [7MY]

———develop a secure electronic method of forwarding the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty to the appropriate State or local office of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1872), H4518 [2AP]

———make grants to recognized science and technology secondary schools to support research and development projects in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 3331), H8808 [24JY]

———prohibit any alien formerly detained at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from receiving any Federal, State, or local public benefits (see H.R. 2338), H5399 [7MY]

Dept. of Education: allow local educational agencies to use certain grants for professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution (see H.R. 4286), H14826 [11DE]

———allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 1351), S7069 [25JN] (see H.R. 1717), H4026 [25MR]

———authorize grants for the creation, update, or adaptation of open textbooks (see S. 1714), S9840 [24SE]

———award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 1655), S9186 [9SE] (see H.R. 3545), H9396 [9SE]

———award grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs (see S. 2785), S11430 [17NO]

———award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (see S. 1129), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2579), H6010 [21MY]

———award grants to local governments that have experienced a decrease in property tax revenues to fund certain elementary and secondary school education programs (see H.R. 1999), H4580 [21AP]

———establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (see H.R. 4330), H15498 [16DE]

———establish a comprehensive literacy program (see S. 2740), S11205 [5NO] (see H.R. 4037), H12586 [6NO]

———establish a grant program to improve high school graduation rates and prepare students for college and work (see S. 413), S2144 [11FE]

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

———establish a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs (see S. 1281), S6720 [17JN] (see H.R. 3078), H7703 [26JN]

———establish a Secondary School Innovation Fund (see H.R. 2239), H5096 [4MY]

———establish discretionary school construction grant program for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments (see H.R. 2593), H6010 [21MY]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (see S. 1410), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 3130), H7836 [8JY]

———establish grant program to increase effectiveness of substitute teaching (see H.R. 2011), H4580 [21AP]

———establish grants for partnerships for mathematics and science teacher quality improvement (see H.R. 3950), H12044 [28OC]

———establish Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services and provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning (see H.R. 3800), H11297 [13OC]

———establish Secondary School Innovation Fund (see S. 968), S5065 [4MY]

———establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program (see H.R. 3259), H8409 [20JY]

———extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see S. 2796), S11492 [18NO] (see H.R. 4103), H13265 [18NO]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 2187), H5060 [30AP]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), consideration (see H. Res. 427), H5663 [14MY]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 892), S4669 [23AP] (see H.R. 2089), H4732 [23AP]

———make grants to reduce the size of core curriculum classes in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1649), H3705 [19MR]

———make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see S. 627), S3368 [18MR] (see H.R. 1578), H3640 [18MR]

———permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds for the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 4312), H14980 [15DE]

———provide assistance to local educational agencies for the prevention and reduction of conflict and violence in schools (see H.R. 4000), H12287 [3NO]

———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 1161), H2631 [24FE]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to conduct demonstration projects to screen the blood pressure of children (see H.R. 3197), H8099 [14JY]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 1362), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3006), H7145 [23JN]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3359), H8959 [28JY]

———provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active duty servicemembers regardless of disbursement date (see S. 1775), S10362 [13OC] (see H.R. 3956), H12044 [28OC]

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

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 2280), H5306 [6MY] (see H.R. 3651), H9998 [25SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish Clean Energy for Homes and Buildings Program to provide financial assistance to promote residential-, commercial-, and industrial-scale energy efficiency and on-site renewable technologies (see S. 1574), S8765 [4AU]

———improve innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide additional options for deploying energy technologies (see S. 949), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 2212), H5061 [30AP]

———increase amount of direct loans provided to improve facilities for advanced technology vehicles manufacturing (see H.R. 2150), H4914 [28AP]

———provide assistance for ultra efficient vehicles under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program (see H.R. 1382), H3103 [9MR]

———provide credit support to enhance the availability of private financing for clean energy technology deployment (see H.R. 3836), H11457 [15OC]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 579), H381 [15JA]

———Weatherization Assistance Program funding (see S. 2818), S12008 [30NO]

Dept. of HHS: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see S. 497), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 2043), H4686 [22AP]

———authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see S. 2809), S11883 [20NO] (see H.R. 4123), H13352 [19NO]

———authorize grants to States for demonstration projects to expand State registries on childhood immunization or health to include data on body mass index (BMI) collected or submitted by health care providers (see H.R. 3955), H12044 [28OC]

———authorize States to use John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program funds for private school tuition vouchers and public school transportation costs for foster children (see H.R. 2072), H4732 [23AP]

———carry out a demonstration grants program to provide for certain patient coordination, outreach, and assistance services to reduce barriers to health care and improve outcomes (see H.R. 1883), H4519 [2AP]

———conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see S. 1151), S5820 [21MY] (see H.R. 2558), H6009 [21MY]

———count fellowship training in geriatric specialties as obligated service under the National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1457), H3399 [12MR]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see S. 456), S2365 [23FE] (see H.R. 1378), H3077 [6MR]

———ensure that safety net family planning centers are eligible for assistance under the 340B Drug Pricing Program (see S. 310), S787 [22JA]

———establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations (see H.R. 1490), H3400 [12MR]

———establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see S. 682), S3657 [24MR] (see H.R. 1704), H4025 [25MR]

———establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see S. 1523), S8196 [28JY] (see H.R. 3636), H9899 [23SE]

———establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (see H.R. 914), H1079 [9FE]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (see S. 57), S41 [6JA]

———establish a small house nursing home loan program (see S. 776), S4172 [1AP]

———establish a women's medical home demonstration project (see S. 1303), S6804 [18JN]

———establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2891), H6902 [16JN]

———establish Office of Health Plan Management to administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide an affordable and accountable public option for consumers (see S. 1278), S6719 [17JN]

———establish the Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program (see H.R. 1411), H3144 [10MR]

———establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program (see H.R. 3003), H7145 [23JN]

———implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being through parenting practices and skills (see S. 1404), S7192 [7JY]

———improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (see H.R. 439), H161 [9JA]

———include certain children's psychiatric hospitals under the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see S. 830), S4445 [20AP] (see H.R. 2003), H4580 [21AP]

———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2906), H6903 [16JN]

———integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see H.R. 3191), H8024 [13JY]

———make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery (see S. 652), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1614), H3703 [19MR]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see S. 2750), S11253 [6NO] (see H.R. 2730), H6264 [4JN]

———optimize delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce (see S. 1020), S5371 [12MY]

———provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals (see S. 1742), S10061 [1OC] (see H.R. 4235), H13628 (see H.R. 4235), H14371 [8DE]

———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 2925), H6972 [17JN]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H4519 [2AP]

———provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 1642), H3704 [19MR]

———reauthorize the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2957), H7022 [18JN]

———require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see S. 2903), S13383 [17DE] (see H.R. 3287), H8584 [22JY] (see H.R. 3315), H8707 [23JY]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see S. 1239), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 444), H162 [9JA]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 2531), H5891 [20MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize grants for use in response to homeland security events of national and international significance (see S. 1187), S6185 [4JN]

———clarify use of funds relative to certain homeland security grants (see S. 2793), S11492 [18NO] (see H.R. 3837), H11457 [15OC]

———identify and eliminate redundant reporting requirements and develop meaningful performance metrics for homeland security preparedness grants (see H.R. 3980), H12197 [2NO]

———make grants to first responders (see H.R. 121), H32 [6JA] (see H.R. 1187), H2834 [25FE]

———require that grant recipients submit reports on expenditures as a condition of receipt of homeland security grants (see H.R. 625), H442 [21JA]

Dept. of HUD: authorize appropriations for Rural Housing and Economic Development Program (see H.R. 3210), H8099 [14JY]

———authorize grants and assistance to local governments and others to design and implement policies and programs that address widespread property vacancy and abandonment (see S. 453), S2365 [23FE] (see H.R. 932), H1156 [10FE]

———authorize States and localities receiving assistance under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program to use such amounts for renovating owner-occupied housing of low-income families (see H.R. 3204), H8099 [14JY]

———authorize the Moving to Work Charter program to enable public housing agencies to improve the effectiveness of Federal housing assistance (see S. 89), S41 [6JA]

———establish Office of Housing Counseling (see H.R. 47), H29 [6JA]

———expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (see S. 118), S42 [6JA]

———extend existing and expiring agreements under the Moving to Work program (see H.R. 1099), H1606 [13FE]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (see S. 2836), S12413 [4DE] (see H.R. 1048), H1519 [12FE]

———improve the Hope for Homeowners Program (see H.R. 787), H875 [2FE]

———increase limitation on amount of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services (see H.R. 2532), H5891 [20MY]

———make grants and loans to owners of federally assisted housing projects for costs of making green retrofit improvements to such projects (see H.R. 4106), H13265 [18NO]

———make grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas (see H.R. 4382), H15500 [16DE]

———make temporary mortgage assistance loans to save homes of unemployed homeowners who are delinquent on their mortgage payments (see H.R. 3066), H7703 [26JN]

———pay administrative fee to public housing agencies to cover costs of family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program (see H.R. 46), H29 [6JA]

———permit use of funds from the Community Development Block Grant Program to be used to remediate damage from installation of tainted drywall (see S. 2850), S12708 [8DE]

———prohibit provision of assistance to any organization that has been indicted for a violation of a law relative to an election for Federal or State office (see H.R. 2715), H6263 [4JN]

———promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see H.R. 2246), H5168 [5MY]

———provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 3734), H10519 [6OC]

———provide rental assistance payments to assist certain owners of manufactured homes who rent the lots on which their homes are located (see H.R. 741), H777 [28JA]

———reauthorize Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1270), H2924 [3MR]

———reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians (see S. 72), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 709), H601 [27JA]

———replace the Hope for Homeowners Program with a new program (see H.R. 1331), H3053 [5MR]

———require Inspector General to audit Federal funds received by Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) and its affiliates and suspend certification of its housing counseling agencies (see H.R. 3828), H11457 [15OC]

Dept. of Justice: assist States and local governments to establish and expand programs employing global positioning system technologies as alternative sentencing options (see H.R. 3528), H9279 [31JY]

———authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 2095), H4733 [23AP]

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

———enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 167), S211 [8JA] (see H.R. 1139), H2602 [23FE]

———establish a competitive grant program to assist local criminal prosecutors' offices in investigating and prosecuting crimes of real estate fraud (see S. 1724), S9930 [29SE]

———establish a competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes (see H.R. 1303), H2979 [4MR]

———establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to improve cost-effectiveness of State and local spending on prisons, jails, and corrections, and to increase public safety (see S. 2772), S11382 [16NO] (see H.R. 4080), H13001 [16NO]

———establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking (see S. 2925), S13785 [22DE]

———establish pilot programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse (see H.R. 973), H1158 [10FE]

———reauthorize the Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 3132), H7836 [8JY]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 908), H1044 [4FE]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2282), H5306 [6MY] (see H.R. 2406), H5664 [14MY]

Dept. of Labor: carry out sustainability workforce training and education program (see H.R. 1781), H4128 [30MR]

———certify certain groups of workers to apply for trade adjustment assistance if their firm sells articles which are related to articles that were previously the basis for such certification (see H.R. 494), H323 [14JA]

———establish the New Economy Grant Program (see H.R. 4290), H14826 [11DE]

———make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs (see H.R. 4355), H15499 [16DE]

———make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to create employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents in distressed communities (see H.R. 4268), H14742 [10DE]

———provide effective career training and technical education programs, address barriers resulting from family responsibilities, and encourage entrance into nontraditional occupations (see H.R. 2074), H4732 [23AP]

———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]

———reauthorize Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (see H.R. 1171), H2833 [25FE]

———require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (see H.R. 4072), H13001 [16NO]

———strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (see S. 1646), S9078 [7AU] (see H.R. 4135), H13352 [19NO]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in planning, design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project in Deschutes County, OR (see H.R. 352), H90 [8JA]

———authorize drought assistance for projects and activities that will help alleviate unemployment and diminished agricultural production in California (see H.R. 4225), H13627 (see H.R. 4225), H14371 [8DE]

———extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3940), H11868 [27OC]

———provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (see H.R. 922), H1079 [9FE]

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

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

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

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

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

———develop a strategy and timeline for repayment of assistance received by financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2832), H6617 [11JN]

———direct unused Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to Making Home Affordable Program (see H.R. 1764), H4063 [26MR]

———enhance disclosures regarding use of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 928), S4891 [29AP]

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

———establish an Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Community Financial Institutions and an Office of Ombudsman for Community Financial Institutions (see H.R. 2676), H6154 [3JN]

———establish centers to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 3147), H7945 [9JY]

———establish executive compensation and corporate governance requirements for institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 851), H1041 [4FE]

———establish National Homeowners' Insurance Stabilization Program (see S. 505), S2592 [27FE]

———establish Private Education Loan Ombudsman (see S. 2733), S11205 [5NO]

———establish Temporary Economic Recovery Adjustment Panel to recoup excessive deferred executive compensation from Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see S. 431), S2229 [12FE]

———expand authority and responsibilities of the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 400), S2027 [9FE]

———extend oversight and accountability of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to private entities, impose conditions on recipients, protect taxpayers, and investigate financial crisis (see S. 195), S256 [9JA]

———halt purchase of luxury jet by Citigroup Inc., and require Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients to assist homeowners and small business and limit executive compensation and perks (see H. Res. 94), H602 [27JA]

———impose limitations on certain expenditures by participants in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 463), S2423 [24FE]

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

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

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see S. 360), S1124 [30JA] (see H.R. 857), H1041 [4FE]

———limit excessive and luxury expenses by Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see H.R. 979), H1246 [11FE]

———limit Federal emergency economic assistance payments to certain recipients (see S. 680), S3657 [24MR]

———permit immediate repayment of direct capital investments received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2009), H4580 [21AP]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (see S. 1198), S6255 [8JN]

———prohibit automobile manufacturers receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from opening a new foreign subsidiary or expanding their current foreign subsidiaries (see H.R. 2633, 2634), H6012 [21MY]

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

———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] (see H.R. 1095), H1606 [13FE]

———prohibit Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from funding Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see S. 1710), S9840 [24SE] (see H.R. 3696), H10455 [1OC]

———provide assistance to community depository institutions under the Public-Private Investment Program (see S. 2867), S12909 [10DE]

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 910), S4806 [28AP] (see H.R. 1242), H2886 [2MR]

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

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

———provide subpoena authority to the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 836), S4445 [20AP]

———provide Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for a voluntary employees' beneficiary association for former Delphi Corp., employees (see S. 1663), S9295 [11SE] (see H.R. 3455), H9276 [31JY]

———reallocate a portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program to increase certain lending (see S. 2855), S12804 [9DE]

———redeploy Troubled Asset Relief Program funds into a Community Credit Renewal Fund to stimulate community bank lending (see S. 1822), S10635 [21OC]

———reduce national debt and eliminate the current slush fund at the Dept. by directing that proceeds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program go toward a reduction in the statutory debt limit (see S. 1642), S8993 [6AU]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (see H.R. 384), H159 [9JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), consideration (see H. Res. 53), H194 [13JA] (see H. Res. 62), H323 [14JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program by establishing the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corp., and purchase and insure home mortgage loans (see H.R. 472), H194 [13JA]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 2787), S11430 [17NO] (see H.R. 4110), H13265 [18NO] (see H.R. 4170, 4171), H13465 [2DE]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program and returm all unobligated funds to reduce the deficit (see H.R. 4157), H13353 [19NO]

———repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1582), H3640 [18MR] (see H.R. 1673), H3748 [23MR]

———require a corresponding reduction in the authorization to purchase each time a repayment is made for assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3428), H9206 [30JY]

———require a public database of executive compensation of institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 807), H920 [3FE]

———require all unobligated Troubled Asset Relief Program funds be used to create jobs for U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 950), H13628 (see H. Res. 950), H14371 [8DE]

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

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

———require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to report increases in new lending that are attributable to such assistance (see H.R. 387), H159 [9JA]

———require institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to report certain corporate data (see H.R. 846), H1041 [4FE]

———require purchase of certain bonds to return State and local entities to where they would have been had emergency assistance not been provided to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (see H.R. 467), H194 [13JA]

———require that Board Compensation Committees required for financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to include representation of lowest paid employees (see H.R. 1714), H4026 [25MR]

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

———restrict use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for domestic purposes (see H.R. 1761), H4062 [26MR]

———restrict which assets banks can write off as loss under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 421), H161 [9JA]

———terminate authority under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 4342), H15499 [16DE]

———use amounts made available under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for relief for homeowners and affordable rental housing (see H.R. 3766), H11165 [8OC]

———use amounts repaid to the Troubled Asset Relief Program for relief to displaced and low-wage workers (see H.R. 4357), H15499 [16DE]

Dept. of Transportation: condition receipt of certain highway funding by States on the enactment and enforcement of certain laws to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see S. 2920), S13698 [21DE]

———establish a Flexibility Incentive Grant Pilot Program to provide incentives to States and counties to establish new sources of revenue for transit projects and services (see H.R. 1827), H4250 [31MR]

———establish a maritime career training loan program (see H.R. 2651), H6074 [2JN]

———establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (see S. 1506), S8038 [23JY] (see H.R. 3338), H8809 [24JY]

———make grants for certain streetcar projects (see H.R. 2163), H4998 [29AP]

———make grants for certain transportation feasibility studies for southern New Mexico and west Texas (see H.R. 2337), H5399 [7MY]

———modify authority to make grants for new fixed guideway capital projects (see H.R. 2164), H4998 [29AP]

———waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities for a certain period (see S. 198), S256 [9JA] (see H.R. 491), H195 [13JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow certain Armed Forces, Public Health Service, and NOAA Corps members to transfer entitlement to Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 3657), H9998 [25SE]

———allow certain Armed Forces members who have served 20 years on active duty to transfer entitlement to Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 3577), H9549 [15SE]

———allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see H.R. 4241), H13628 (see H.R. 4241), H14371 [8DE]

———approve certain education programs under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3813), H11383 [14OC]

———authorize appropriations for program to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 3906), H11711 [22OC]

———authorize certain improvements in the Federal Recovery Coordinator Program (see H.R. 4041), H12586 [6NO]

———authorize construction of a full service veterans hospital in far South Texas (see S. 699), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1232), H2874 [26FE]

———carry out a national media campaign directed at homeless veterans and veterans at risk for becoming homeless (see H.R. 2559), H6009 [21MY]

———carry out a training program to provide eligible veterans with skills relevant to the job market (see H.R. 929), H1080 [9FE]

———carry out demonstration projects on alternatives for expanding care for veterans in rural areas (see H.R. 3281), H8495 [21JY]

———conduct a pilot project on using educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see H.R. 942), H1157 [10FE]

———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]

———enhance vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans (see S. 514), S2691 [3MR]

———establish a compensation fund to make payments to qualified World War II veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service (see H.R. 2270), H5306 [6MY]

———establish a grant program to assist veterans in highly rural areas by providing transportation to medical centers (see H.R. 3280), H8494 [21JY]

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

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless (see H.R. 3073), H7703 [26JN]

———establish a presumption of service connection for veterans with certain cancers who served in Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents (see H.R. 3491), H9277 [31JY]

———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]

———establish deadline for decisions on claims for benefits (see H.R. 3087), H7704 [26JN]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 23), H28 [6JA]

———establish Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration (see H.R. 3719), H10518 [6OC]

———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]

———expand types of approved education programs under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4320), H14981 [15DE]

———guarantee housing loans for the construction of energy efficient dwellings (see H.R. 4359), H15499 [16DE]

———improve appeals process and establish a commission to study judicial review of the determination of veterans' benefits (see H.R. 4121), H13352 [19NO]

———improve basic educational assistance program (see H.R. 1336), H3053 [5MR]

———improve laws relative to educational assistance for health professionals (see H.R. 4166), H13385 [1DE]

———improve laws relative to small business concerns and employment assistance (see H.R. 4220), H13627 (see H.R. 4220), H14370 [8DE]

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

———improve outreach programs (see S. 315), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 32), H29 [6JA] (see H.R. 2257), H5168 [5MY]

———include a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors on the departmental Internet site (see H.R. 1172), H2833 [25FE]

———include certain active duty service in the Reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 1668), S9326 [14SE] (see H.R. 3554), H9441 [10SE]

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

———increase amount of educational assistance to certain individuals pursuing internships or on-job training (see H.R. 1098), H1606 [13FE]

———increase amount of reporting fees payable to educational institutions that enroll veterans receiving educational assistance (see H.R. 3579), H9670 [16SE]

———increase amount of subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 297), H88 [8JA]

———increase amount payable to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services (see H.R. 1293, 1293), H2978 [4MR]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see S. 2760), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 2504), H5792 [19MY]

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

———increase educational assistance for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered through distance learning (see H.R. 950), H1157 [10FE]

———increase rates of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance (see H.R. 3507), H9278 [31JY]

———increase vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance (see H.R. 1821), H4249 [31MR]

———make certain improvements in benefits laws (see H.R. 3949), H12043 [28OC]

———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 comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2735), H6264 [4JN]

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

———provide a housing stipend under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program for individuals pursuing education programs through distance learning (see H.R. 3661), H10069 [29SE]

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

———provide certain veterans with employment training assistance (see H.R. 1168), H2833 [25FE]

———provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 2769), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 2928), H6972 [17JN] (see H.R. 3337), H8809 [24JY]

———provide for entitlement under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to payment for test preparatory courses (see H.R. 3948), H12043 [28OC]

———provide grants and assistance to States to conduct outreach to veterans on hardship and priority under the outpatient enrollment system (see H.R. 3522), H9279 [31JY]

———provide veterans certain educational assistance payments through direct deposit (see H.R. 4203), H13519 [3DE]

———reauthorize the small business loan program (see H.R. 294), H88 [8JA]

———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]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 3288), H8584 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (see H. Res. 669), H8584 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 961), H14445 [9DE]

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: authorize appropriations to fully enforce and implement such Act and its amendments (see H.R. 3262), H8409 [20JY]

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

———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]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: allow certain individuals and households to be eligible for Federal assistance (see H.R. 4141), H13353 [19NO]

———authorize assistance for certain construction in coastal high hazard areas (see S. 1088), S5700 [20MY]

———enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 2592), H6010 [21MY]

———make improvements in the provision of Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 3453), H9276 [31JY] (see H.R. 3635), H9899 [23SE]

———provide disaster assistance to electric utility companies serving low-income households (see H.R. 941), H1157 [10FE]

Disasters: enhance disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities (see H.R. 3377), H9054 [29JY]

———establish a grant program for predisaster hazard mitigation enhancement (see H.R. 3027), H7250 [24JN]

———establish a grant program to assist innovative natural disaster first responder programs (see H.R. 3028), H7250 [24JN]

———increase types of additional housing assistance available to individuals and households in response to a major disaster (see H.R. 3096), H7704 [26JN]

———provide eligibility for an heir of a deceased homeowner to receive certain housing-related disaster assistance (see H.R. 1059), H1604 [13FE]

———provide that an outbreak of infectious disease or act of terrorism may be a major disaster under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (see S. 2863), S12909 [10DE]

Diseases: develop comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H442 [21JA]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 186), H35 [6JA]

———establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (see H.R. 1189), H2834 [25FE]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S7868 [22JY] (see H.R. 3286), H8584 [22JY]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4140), H13353 [19NO]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (see S. 1793), S10487 [15OC] (see H.R. 3792), H11297 [13OC]

———support prevention and treatment of diabetes (see S. 2734), S11205 [5NO] (see H.R. 4124), H13352 [19NO]

District of Columbia: establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2333), H5399 [7MY] (see H.R. 3323), H8707 [23JY] (see H.R. 3913), H11712 [22OC]

Ecology and environment: establish a clean energy technology business competition grant program (see S. 1590), S8992 [6AU]

Economic Development Administration: provide funding for the establishment of business incubators in economically-distressed, high-unemployment areas (see S. 1662), S9264 [10SE]

Economy: establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts (see H.R. 826), H921 [3FE]

———establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (see H.R. 1472), H3400 [12MR]

———improve assistance for areas affected by long-term economic deterioration and severe economic dislocation relative to the manufacturing industry sector and expand the national emergency grants program (see S. 341), S994 [28JA]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 976), H15498 [16DE]

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

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

———require a portion of an economic recovery package be directed to revenue measures, unemployment, and health (see S. 350), S1057 [29JA] (see H.R. 598), H386 [16JA]

Education: award grants to States to establish high-quality preschool programs in rural areas (see H.R. 1755), H4062 [26MR]

———establish a grant program to prevent truancy (see S. 1708), S9840 [24SE]

———establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands to have greater choices among institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3397), H9055 [29JY]

———establish a program to provide tuition assistance to individuals who have lost their jobs as a result of the economic downturn (see S. 809), S4310 [2AP]

———establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (see H.R. 3753), H11110 [7OC]

———establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs (see S. 206), S308 [12JA]

———establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (see S. 1532), S8271 [29JY] (see H.R. 3398), H9055 [29JY]

———expand grant programs for gifted and talented students (see H.R. 2036), H4686 [22AP]

———expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays (see H.R. 2205), H5061 [30AP]

———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]

———increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen public safety officers (see H.R. 959), H1157 [10FE]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 59), S41 [6JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 1403), S7192 [7JY]

———provide grants for core curriculum development (see H.R. 597), H381 [15JA]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see S. 2887), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 3010), H7145 [23JN]

———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]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions relative to Title I funding (see H.R. 2958), H7022 [18JN]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]

———clarify requirements necessary to deem a teacher as highly qualified by State educational agencies receiving assistance (see H.R. 2356), H5483 [12MY]

———encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 3782), H11166 [8OC]

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 1197), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 1380), H3077 [6MR]

———establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs (see S. 1480), S7779 [21JY] (see H.R. 3277), H8494 [21JY]

———provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (see S. 1121), S5819 [21MY]

———reauthorize programs to enhance education through technology (see H.R. 558), H380 [15JA]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 242), S388 [14JA]

Employment: authorize a capitalization of self-sustainable social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment (see H.R. 4299), H14826 [11DE]

———increase wages and benefits of blue collar workers by strengthening the labor provisions in the H-2B guestworker program (see S. 2910), S13458 [18DE]

———provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (see H.R. 1723), H4026 [25MR]

———reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see H.R. 4271), H14743 [10DE]

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), S4573 [22AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 757), S4063 [31MR] (see H.R. 1828), H4250 [31MR]

———extend and increase the authority for the ombudsman under such compensation program (see H.R. 134), H32 [6JA]

———pay survivors compensation otherwise payable to a Dept. of Energy contractor employee who dies after application for compensation (see S. 1306), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 3063), H7445 [25JN]

EPA: establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure (see H.R. 4202), H13519 [3DE]

———provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 3518), H9279 [31JY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 1512), H3436 [16MR] (see H.R. 3607), H9737 [21SE] (see H.R. 4217), H13627 (see H.R. 4217), H14370 [8DE]

———reform Essential Air Service Program (see S. 983), S5232 [6MY]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 3047), H7445 [25JN]

———provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see S. 1309), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 2979), H7084 [19JN]

———support efforts of States to provide partial or full wage replacement for parents and other employees to spend time with a new infant or adopted child (see H.R. 2339), H5399 [7MY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H13351 [19NO]

FCC: conduct a pilot program to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program to include broadband service (see S. 2879), S13033 [11DE]

Federal agencies and departments: direct the GAO to report on effectiveness of Federal programs and require committees of the House to hold hearings on such reports that fall within their jurisdiction (see H. Res. 702), H9206 [30JY]

———require annual reviews by Inspectors General of the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs (see H.R. 478), H195 [13JA]

———require review of Government programs for purposes of assessing their performance and improving their operations, and establish the Performance Improvement Council (see H.R. 2142), H4914 [28AP]

———require the President to submit recommendations and propose legislation to modernize, consolidate, and when necessary, terminate programs, agencies, and activities (see H.R. 477), H195 [13JA]

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

Federal employees: establish a scholarship program to encourage outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a career in Government (see S. 2789), S11430 [17NO]

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

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H11297 [13OC]

———amend grant programs (H.R. 3791), consideration (see H. Res. 909), H13068 [17NO]

Federal Transit Administration: alter requirements relative to recommendations for fixed guideway projects funding (see H.R. 4367), H15500 [16DE]

———improve the Job Access and Reverse Commute program (see S. 176), S211 [8JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: authorize additional assistance for projects to construct publicly owned treatment works that serve small and disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 4352), H15499 [16DE]

FEMA: allow coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program for new structures designed to protect public safety that are located in special flood hazard zones (see H.R. 1524), H3437 [16MR]

———develop lifecycle plans and tracking procedures for housing units provided to individuals and households to respond to disaster-related housing needs (see H.R. 3437), H9275 [31JY]

———establish a homeowner mitigation loan program to promote pre-disaster property mitigation measures (see H.R. 1239), H2874 [26FE]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3139), H7945 [9JY]

———extend public assistance pilot program (see H.R. 1081), H1605 [13FE]

———grant States and local governments the flexibility to revise recovery and hazard mitigation plans (see H.R. 3466), H9276 [31JY]

———increase maximum amount of assistance for rebuilding and temporary housing assistance for disaster victims (see S. 764), S4171 [1AP]

———limit number of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded and clarify the risk assessment formula used to determine such grants (see H.R. 4182), H13466 [2DE]

———modify terms of the Community Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 1130), H2601 [23FE]

———phase-in increase of chargeable premium rates for properties affected by updated National Flood Insurance Program rate maps (see H.R. 4164), H13385 [1DE]

———provide for appropriate notification of communities and homeowners of establishment of flood elevations for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 1316), H2979 [4MR]

———provide for special rules relative to assistance for the Greensburg, KS, tornado (see S. 681), S3657 [24MR] (see H.R. 2052), H4686 [22AP]

———reauthorize temporary Mortgage and Rental Assistance Program (see H.R. 888), H1043 [4FE]

———reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see S. 763), S4171 [1AP]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (see H.R. 1746), H4062 [26MR]

———review, update, and revise certain disaster assistance regulations (see H.R. 4297), H14826 [11DE]

———submit a community outreach plan to Congress prior to updating National Flood Insurance Program rate maps (see H.R. 777), H779 [28JA]

———waive the cost-share requirement under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program for certain grants (see H.R. 2759), H6306 [8JN]

Financial institutions: require chief executive officers of certain institutions receiving assistance under certain Federal programs to submit financial disclosures (see H.R. 3436), H9275 [31JY]

Florida: exempt certain coastal barrier areas from limitations on Federal expenditures and financial assistance and flood insurance coverage under certain programs (see H.R. 3411), H9205 [30JY]

Food: establish a pilot program that requires schools to post nutritional content information and to teach students how to make healthy food selections (see H.R. 2322), H5398 [7MY]

———use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 501), H323 [14JA]

Foreign countries: withhold U.S. assistance equal to percentage of total costs incurred by U.S. hospitals and medical facilities for long-term care of unlawful aliens present from that country (see H.R. 4026), H12364 [4NO]

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

GAO: enhance oversight authority relative to Troubled Asset Relief Program expenditures (see S. 340), S994 [28JA] (see S. 521), S2691 [3MR] (see H.R. 1650), H3705 [19MR]

Government: end speculation on the current cost of multilingual services provided by the Government (see H.R. 1414), H3145 [10MR]

———require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities (see S. 1223), S6452 [10JN]

Health: ensure provision of health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see S. 698), S3784 [25MR]

———establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (see S. 1060), S5555 [18MY]

———establish health savings accounts for all citizens, provide health savings account and high deductible health plan payments in lieu of certain benefits, and require immigrants to have same such plans (see H.R. 3478), H9277 [31JY]

———give critical access hospitals health information technology grant priority, expand drug pricing program participation, study Medicaid pharmacy dispensing fees, and continue State rural health offices funding (see S. 2838), S12413 [4DE]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2220), H5061 [30AP]

———improve provision of Medicare telehealth services and provide grants for development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2068), H4731 [23AP]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1099), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2399), H5581 [13MY] (see H.R. 2520), H5891 [20MY]

———optimize delivery of critical medicine and expand the critical care workforce (see H.R. 1581), H3640 [18MR]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H34 [6JA]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 1259), S6580 [15JN] (see H.R. 3002), H7145 [23JN]

———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]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 169), H8809 [24JY]

———prohibit Federal funding or other assistance for mandatory human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs (see H.R. 3188), H8024 [13JY]

———promote the use of prevention and wellness programs (see H.R. 3468), H9276 [31JY]

———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children (see S. 319), S826 [26JA]

———reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, expand child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and provide for a health care Federalism initiative (see H.R. 464), H194 [13JA]

Health care facilities: provide patient-centered medical homes to improve effectiveness and efficiency in medical assistance under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1114), S5700 [20MY]

Health care professionals: establish and carry out a pediatric specialty loan repayment program (see S. 1206), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 4273), H14743 [10DE]

———provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (see S. 767), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 1859), H4396 [1AP]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3221), H8184 [15JY]

———amend definition of economic hardship for medical student loan deferments (see S. 646), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1615), H3703 [19MR]

———amend (H.R. 3221), consideration (see H. Res. 746), H9548 [15SE]

———authorize refinancing of private education loans under the Federal student loan program (see S. 1541), S8557 [30JY]

———expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 13), H28 [6JA]

———forgive certain loans for servicemembers who withdraw from an institution of higher education as a result of service in the uniformed services (see H.R. 2561), H6009 [21MY]

———provide for college retention challenge grants (see S. 1460), S7639 [16JY]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 3295), H8585 [22JY]

———technical corrections (see H.R. 1777), H4128 [30MR]

Highway Trust Fund: permit a State to elect to receive the State's contribution in lieu of its Federal-aid highway program apportionment (see S. 903), S4806 [28AP] (see H.R. 2144), H4914 [28AP]

———temporarily protect solvency (see S. 1344), S6993 [24JN]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ``homeless person'' to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 29), H29 [6JA]

———reauthorize (see S. 808), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1877), H4518 [2AP]

House Rules: continue application of certain procedures applicable to Medicare funding (see H.R. 2321), H5398 [7MY]

———require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (see H. Res. 40), H162 [9JA]

Housing: allow for use of existing section 8 housing funds to preserve and revitalize affordable housing options for low-income individuals (see S. 1676), S9436 [16SE]

———assist teachers and public safety officers in obtaining affordable housing (see H.R. 583), H381 [15JA]

———authorize incremental vouchers for section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to help meet the housing needs of low-income families (see H.R. 168), H34 [6JA]

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

———establish a predisaster mitigation program to benefit public and assisted housing residents (see H.R. 3026), H7250 [24JN]

———establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making mortgage payments (see H.R. 3142), H7945 [9JY]

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

———provide assistance to owners of manufactured homes constructed prior to 1976 to purchase Energy Star qualified manufactured homes (see S. 1320), S6888 [22JN] (see H.R. 1749), H4062 [26MR]

———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]

———treat income changes due to welfare program requirements for section 8 subsidy recipients similarly to changes for families residing in public housing or tenant-based assistance recipients (see H.R. 3897), H11581 [21OC]

Housing Act: preserve rural multifamily housing assistance (see H.R. 2876), H6806 [15JN]

Hunger: address global hunger and improve food security through development and implementation of a comprehensive governmentwide global hunger reduction strategy (see H.R. 2795), H6537 [10JN] (see H.R. 2817), H6617 [11JN]

Hunting and trapping: commend hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief organizations, and certain State agencies for programs that provide game meat to feed the hungry (see S. Res. 374), S13190 [14DE]

———commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 270), H3705 [19MR]

Hurricanes: establish an independent, Presidentially-appointed commission to assess the circumstances related to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 62), H30 [6JA]

———provide Federal assistance to assist States to purchase and install transfer switches and generators at designated emergency service stations in hurricane zones (see H.R. 431), H161 [9JA]

Illinois: permit certain school districts to be reconstituted for purposes of determining assistance under the Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 56), H30 [6JA]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see S. 168), S211 [8JA] (see H.R. 1314), H2979 [4MR]

———enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2406), H5664 [14MY]

———extend certain programs (see H.R. 1127), H2601 [23FE] (see H.R. 2679), H6154 [3JN]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 1199), H2835 [25FE]

———provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along U.S. borders (see S. 339), S994 [28JA] (see S. 1190), S6186 [4JN]

———support State and local government actions to discourage illegal immigration and enact legislation to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions (see H. Con. Res. 19), H162 [9JA]

———withhold a portion of Federal highway construction and maintenance funds from States that issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants (see H.R. 140), H33 [6JA]

Income: prohibit funding to promote direct deposit of veterans and Social Security benefits until adequate safeguards are established to prevent attachment and garnishment (see S. 1042), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 3366), H8959 [28JY]

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

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S11118 [4NO]

———extend maximum continuation coverage period for individuals involuntarily terminated and eligibility period and maximum assistance period for premium assistance under COBRA (see H.R. 3930), H11790 [26OC]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 1488), S7779 [21JY] (see H.R. 694), H526 [26JA] (see H.R. 3966), H12140 [29OC]

———provide Federal matching funding for State insurance expenditures for high risk pools (see H.R. 3741), H11110 [7OC]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 323), H89 [8JA]

International Boundary and Water Commission: reimburse State and local governments for expenses incurred in designing, constructing, and rehabilitating the Lower Rio Grande Valley Flood Control Project (see S. 302), S786 [22JA]

———reimburse State and local governments in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas for expenses incurred in designing, constructing, and rehabilitating water projects (see H.R. 647), H485 [22JA]

IRS: verify income eligibility of persons for certain Dept. of Agriculture payments and benefits (see H.R. 1609), H3703 [19MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: prohibit use of recreation grants to acquire land or make improvements in State or local parks (see H.R. 2916), H6971 [17JN]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 1228), H2873 [26FE]

Law enforcement: provide grants for the renovation, modernization, or construction of law enforcement facilities (see S. 1039), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 4334), H15498 [16DE]

LIHEAP: extend energy assistance to households headed by certain senior citizens (see H.R. 1140), H2602 [23FE]

———limit funding for home heating purposes (see H.R. 252), H69 [7JA]

Local government: provide fiscal assistance (see H.R. 3007), H7145 [23JN]

LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (see S. 718), S3897 [26MR] (see H.R. 3764), H11165 [8OC]

Medicaid: allow States to permit certain eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income (see H.R. 1441), H3337 [11MR]

———cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 654), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1625), H3704 [19MR]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 4263), H14742 [10DE]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4151), H13353 [19NO]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 2249), H5168 [5MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S4445 [20AP] (see H.R. 1616), H3703 [19MR]

———provide a demonstration program to reduce frequent use of health services by beneficiaries with chronic illnesses by providing coordinated care management and community support services (see S. 1781), S10434 [14OC]

———provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4383), H15500 [16DE]

———provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (see S. 2833), S12322 [3DE] (see H.R. 4260), H14742 [10DE]

———provide for payment for services furnished by certain HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act grantees under a cost-based prospective payment system (see H.R. 3665), H10069 [29SE]

———provide incentives for increased use of HIV screening tests (see S. 1446), S7480 [14JY] (see H.R. 3091), H7704 [26JN]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (see H.R. 2952), H7022 [18JN]

———require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State prescription drug discount programs as a condition of participation in a rebate agreement for outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1725), H4026 [25MR]

———require States to cover medical nutritional therapy (see H.R. 3092), H7704 [26JN]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal medical assistance percentage for disaster affected States (see H.R. 4047), H12587 [6NO]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3631), H9898 [23SE]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), allow consideration under suspension of the rules (see H. Res. 766), H9898 [23SE]

———assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (see S. 1185), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 2716), H6264 [4JN]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 27), H28 [6JA]

———cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care (see S. 1295), S6804 [18JN]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (see S. 1249), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2844), H6742 [12JN]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician hospital service and for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 3074), H7703 [26JN]

———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]

———enter into negotiated rulemaking to modernize Part B fee schedule for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and adjust the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 1452), H3338 [11MR]

———establish a Care Transitions Program to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (see S. 1009), S5282 [7MY] (see H.R. 2773), H6413 [9JN]

———establish a loan repayment program for participating qualifying physicians and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2784), H6537 [10JN]

———establish collaborative care networks to reduce use of expensive hospital and provider resources and to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care to low-income individuals (see H.R. 3430), H9206 [30JY]

———establish demonstration projects to study and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer care services provided to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2872), H6805 [15JN] (see H.R. 3675), H10407 [30SE]

———establish telehealth pilot projects, expand and improve access to telehealth services in certain facilities, reimburse Indian Health Service facilities, and establish certain standards for originating sites (see S. 2741), S11205 [5NO]

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 2700), H6263 [4JN]

———extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 1639), H3704 [19MR]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 1201), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 2777), H6414 [9JN]

———make permanent the program of Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 1386), H3104 [9MR]

———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]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 1066), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2443), H5665 [14MY]

———provide a senior housing facility plan option under the Medicare Advantage program (see S. 1384), S7070 [25JN]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (see H.R. 1898), H4519 [2AP]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 1038), H1518 [12FE]

———provide coverage of intensive lifestyle treatment (see S. 1640), S8993 [6AU]

———provide for a pilot program to improve the quality of oncology care (see H.R. 2939), H7021 [18JN]

———provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (see S. 1251), S6542 [11JN] (see S. 1263), S6580 [15JN] (see H.R. 3172), H8008 [10JY]

———provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs (see H.R. 3185), H8024 [13JY]

———provide physician incentive payments for efficient areas (see H.R. 2919), H6971 [17JN]

———reform coverage and reimbursement for home oxygen therapy services (see H.R. 3220), H8184 [15JY]

———require that certain tests performed by an independent laboratory of a specimen collected by a hospital be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory (see S. 1220), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 1699), H4025 [25MR]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: provide for annual review of geographic access to services (see H.R. 2921), H6972 [17JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1636), H3704 [19MR]

———ensure low-income beneficiaries have improved access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3152), H7946 [9JY]

———establish prescription drug outreach demonstration program for certain eligible individuals with mental disabilities (see H.R. 2390), H5580 [13MY]

———improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests (see S. 1511), S8039 [23JY] (see H.R. 3559), H9490 [14SE]

———promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 3253), H8355 [17JY]

———protect and improve prescription drug benefits provided to dual eligible individuals (see S. 1634), S8993 [6AU]

———provide for a demonstration project on the impact of health information technology on chronic disease management (see H.R. 3374), H9054 [29JY]

———require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (see S. Res. 212), S7639 [16JY] (see H. Res. 663), H8495 [21JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual currently serving (see H.R. 420), H161 [9JA]

Mental health: encourage State and local governments to use block grant funds to provide housing and financial counseling to individuals prior to release from inpatient or residential institutions (see H.R. 766), H778 [28JA]

———integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (see S. 1188), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 1011), H1517 [12FE]

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 Catastrophic Risks Consortium: establish (see S. 505), S2592 [27FE]

National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment: establish (see H.R. 4219), H13627 (see H.R. 4219), H14370 [8DE]

National Commission on Entitlement Solvency: establish (see S. 276), S652 [16JA]

National Day To Prevent Teen Pregnancy: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 412), H5307 [6MY]

National Park Service: authorize a grant program to acquire land in the National Capital region for conservation, environmental, and recreational purposes (see S. 1525), S8196 [28JY] (see H.R. 2986), H7085 [19JN]

National School Lunch Act: expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent (see S. 1499), S7869 [22JY]

———increase number of children eligible for free school meals (see S. 1737), S10060 [1OC] (see H.R. 3705), H10456 [1OC]

———make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State (see H.R. 540), H325 [14JA]

———permit certain service institutions in all States to provide year-round services (see H.R. 4274), H14743 [10DE]

———prohibit schools that participate in the Federal school meal programs from serving foods that contain trans fats derived from partially hydrogenated oils (see S. 1500), S7869 [22JY]

———require schools participating in the school lunch program to donate any excess food to local food banks (see H.R. 1403), H3104 [9MR]

NSF: establish the Innovation Inspiration school grant program (see H.R. 3230), H8301 [16JY]

OMB: require executive departments and independent agencies to track and report undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts (see H.R. 4272), H14743 [10DE]

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]

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

Population: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or population planning programs or family planning activities (see H.R. 1233), H2874 [26FE]

Poverty: prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future (see S. 1608), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 3982), H12197 [2NO]

———provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see S. 1625), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 2909), H6971 [17JN]

Power resources: provide disaster assistance for power transmission and distribution facilities (see S. 1069), S5614 [19MY] (see H.R. 2484), H5791 [19MY]

———provide for a refundable heating fuel tax credit and create a State grant program to provide loans to individuals to weatherize their homes (see S. 2894), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 152), H33 [6JA]

———use tradable greenhouse gas emission allowances to assist home heating consumers in reducing costs through programs to deliver cost-effective efficiency programs and other assistance (see H.R. 2371), H5484 [12MY]

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]

———provide enhanced benefits to survivors of Federal officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3833), H11457 [15OC]

Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (see H.R. 636), H484 [22JA]

———ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (see S. 410), S2144 [11FE]

———repeal denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3053), H7445 [25JN]

———repeal emergency fund for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1277), H2924 [3MR]

———require States to implement a drug testing program for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 97), S42 [6JA]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: eliminate cost-sharing requirements for certain grants to communities suffering economic injury due to defense-related funding reductions (see H.R. 4294), H14826 [11DE]

———maximize efficiency in administering governmental functions (see H.R. 4293), H14826 [11DE]

Puerto Rico: make residents eligible for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2839), H6618 [11JN]

Real estate: prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and increase availability of affordable new mortgages and affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 2588), H6010 [21MY]

———prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 4288), H14826 [11DE]

———provide incentives for residential housing market (see H.R. 1903), H4520 [2AP]

———require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and create databases on foreclosures (see S. 1731), S9982 [30SE]

Renewable energy: ensure that short- and long-term investment decisions critical to economic stimulus and job creation in clean energy are supported by Federal programs and reliable tax incentives (see S. 320), S826 [26JA]

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

Roads and highways: assist States with a high unemployment rate under the equity bonus program (see H.R. 3314), H8707 [23JY]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (see H.R. 3617), H9806 [22SE]

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

———waive certain requirements to assist States with a high unemployment rate in carrying out Federal-aid highway construction projects (see S. 1641), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3313), H8707 [23JY]

Rural areas: provide infrastructure, nutrition, and housing assistance (see S. 323), S826 [26JA]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: authorize the use of grant funds for gang prevention (see H.R. 1589), H3640 [18MR]

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

———establish a temporary program under which loans are made to small businesses that are nonprofit child care businesses (see S. 2661), S10990 [2NO]

———establish and carry out a direct lending program for small business concerns (see H.R. 4265), H14742 [10DE] (see H.R. 4295), H14826 [11DE]

———establish mentorship and assistance programs designed to help minority, veteran-owned, and woman-owned small businesses operate in the construction industry (see H.R. 3771), H11165 [8OC]

———expand and improve assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 1834), H4395 [1AP]

———improve and extend certain disaster assistance and hurricane relief programs and provide assistance to homeowners affected by defective drywall imported from China (see S. 2731), S11205 [5NO]

———improve and increase award recipients from rural areas relative to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 2747), H6305 [8JN]

———improve certain loan programs (see S. 2918), S13698 [21DE]

———improve disaster relief programs (see H.R. 3743), H11110 [7OC]

———improve export growth opportunities for small businesses (see S. 1208), S6255 [8JN]

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

———improve the Microloan Program (see H.R. 1756), H4062 [26MR] (see H.R. 3737), H11110 [7OC]

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

———improve the Office of International Trade to expand small business exporting (see S. 1196), S6255 [8JN] (see S. 2862), S12804 [9DE]

———increase level of participation in certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 575), H380 [15JA]

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

———make the Community Express Program permanent (see H.R. 3546), H9396 [9SE]

———modernize Small Business Development Centers (see H.R. 1845), H4396 [1AP]

———provide assistance to motor vehicle dealers (see H.R. 2224), H5061 [30AP]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see S. 1831), S10635 [21OC] (see H.R. 1491), H3400 [12MR]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 1229), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 1842), H4396 [1AP]

———repeal Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (see H.R. 1538), H3437 [16MR]

———repeal the America's Recovery Capital Loan Program (see S. 2777), S11382 [16NO]

Schools: create a universal, paperless school meal program that is nationally available (see H.R. 2690), H6154 [3JN]

———establish a grant program to assist schools in establishing a universal free classroom breakfast program (see H.R. 4325), H14981 [15DE]

———improve automatic enrollment procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (see H.R. 4148), H13353 [19NO]

———prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2458), H5711 [18MY]

———support high-need middle and high schools in order to improve students' academic achievement, graduation rates, postsecondary readiness, and preparation for citizenry (see H.R. 4122), H13352 [19NO]

———withhold Federal funds from schools that permit or require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem in a language other than English (see H.R. 1621), H3703 [19MR]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see S. 1056), S5502 [14MY] (see H.R. 1557), H3526 [17MR]

Senior citizens: establish Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4193), H13519 [3DE]

———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]

———provide relief payments to Social Security recipients and railroad retirees (see H.R. 3677), H10407 [30SE]

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (see H. Res. 491), H6075 [2JN]

Ships and vessels: provide for a competitive program making grants to seaport governing bodies for the acquisition of fuel efficient and low emission equipment and systems at port facilities (see H.R. 3446), H9275 [31JY]

Small business: authorize loan guarantees for health information technology (see S. 2765), S11344 [10NO]

———enhance services to disadvantaged small business concerns (see H.R. 2299), H5397 [7MY]

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

———provide loan guarantees for the acquisition of health information technology by eligible professionals in solo and small group practices (see H.R. 3014), H7249 [24JN]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch (see S. 1615), S8993 [6AU]

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

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

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

———improve small business loan activities (see H.R. 3723), H10518 [6OC]

———raise the net worth amount under the small business program for socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 4253), H14445 [9DE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social Security: apply a consistent premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner, provide economic recovery payments to recipients, and assess need for a consumer price index for elderly consumers (see S. 2926), S13883 [23DE]

———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]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 1674), S9371 [15SE]

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

———encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 264), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 592), H381 [15JA]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 3306), H8706 [23JY]

———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]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see S. 958), S5014 [1MY]

———ensure percentage increase applied to cost-of-living benefits is no less than the percentage increase in compensation for Members of Congress (see H.R. 3211), H8099 [14JY]

———ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 2829), H6617 [11JN]

———expand coverage options under the State Children's Health Insurance Program through premium assistance (see H.R. 321), H89 [8JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 275), S652 [16JA] (see H.R. 2), H194 [13JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 52), H193 [13JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 107), H919 [3FE]

———improve access to State Children's Health Insurance Program by providing exemptions to eligibility waiting period requirements (see H.R. 2496), H5791 [19MY]

———improve dental benefits under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 462), H194 [13JA]

———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]

———modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (see H.R. 3329), H8808 [24JY]

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

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 319), H89 [8JA]

———permit States to rely on findings from an express plan agency to conduct simplified eligibility determinations under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 542), H325 [14JA]

———prohibit issuance of Social Security account numbers to nonimmigrant aliens admitted as students unless such aliens are applicants for or recipients of Federal benefits (see H.R. 4145), H13353 [19NO]

———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]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Government-issued identification cards issued in connection with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2417), H5664 [14MY]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 3653), H9998 [25SE]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (see S. 770), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 1850), H4396 [1AP]

———promote use of health information technology to better coordinate health care (see H.R. 3987), H12287 [3NO]

———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 progressive indexing and longevity indexing of old-age insurance benefits for newly retired and aged surviving spouses (see S. 426), S2229 [12FE]

———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]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 326), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 688), H526 [26JA]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program and limit income eligibility expansions under that program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled (see S. 82), S41 [6JA]

———remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 2209), H5061 [30AP]

———report on access to primary care and efforts to avoid displacement of private coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and urge use of surveys to measure physician access (see H.R. 298), H88 [8JA]

———require States to provide priority under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to children in families with gross income significantly below the Federal poverty level (see H.R. 563), H380 [15JA]

———require that projected benefit estimates included on annual account statements indicate the impact of possible future trust fund insolvency on benefit levels (see H.R. 2440), H5665 [14MY]

———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: 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]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H6805 [15JN]

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

States: allow voluntary development of qualifying best practices for health care and provide differential rates of payment favoring treatment consistent with such practices under Medicare and Medicaid (see S. 438), S2322 [13FE]

———authorize transfer or consolidation of funds made available under certain transportation, education, and job training programs after certain periods of slow economic growth (see H.R. 737), H777 [28JA]

Sustainable development: establish Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, and comprehensive planning and sustainability challenge grant programs (see S. 1619), S8993 [6AU]

Taxation: allow additional expenses for purposes of determining the Hope Scholarship credit (see H.R. 945), H1157 [10FE]

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

———allow the low income housing credit to be carried back 5 years (see H.R. 4109), H13265 [18NO]

———eliminate temporary increase in unemployment tax (see H.R. 3941), H11868 [27OC] (see H.R. 4074), H13001 [16NO]

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

———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 2492), H5791 [19MY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 1953), H4522 [2AP]

———extend certain disaster relief provisions (see S. 2928), S13883 [23DE]

———extend increased rehabilitation credit for structures in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 1861), S10700 [22OC]

———impose a tax on bonuses paid by Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients (see H.R. 4412), H15508 [23DE]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas and appropriate the proceeds for LIHEAP (see H.R. 1482), H3400 [12MR]

———make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (see H.R. 2319), H5398 [7MY]

———make certain disaster relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4052), H12587 [6NO]

———make child tax credit permanent and allow for adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 793), H919 [3FE]

———modify the first-time homebuyer credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal purposes (see S. 1728), S9981 [30SE]

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

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (see S. 585), S3073 [12MR]

———provide commuter flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 971), H1158 [10FE]

———provide for a refundable heating fuel tax credit (see H.R. 3958), H12044 [28OC]

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

———provide incentives for affordable housing (see H.R. 906), H1044 [4FE]

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

———repeal certain tax breaks and invest those monies in programs to assist the working poor and alleviate poverty (see H. Con. Res. 23), H382 [15JA]

———repeal sunset of adoption credit expansion and adoption assistance programs and allow credit to be claimed in the year expenses are incurred, regardless of when the adoption becomes final (see S. 2816), S11972 [21NO]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see S. 24), S168 [7JA] (see H.R. 536), H325 [14JA]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (see S. 155), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 155), H33 [6JA]

———waive recapture of the first-time homebuyer credit for an Armed Forces member who sells the home because they are transferred, deployed overseas, or required to reside in Government quarters (see H.R. 2398), H5581 [13MY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S308 [12JA] (see H.R. 211), H35 [6JA]

Television: extend expiration date of digital-to-analog converter box coupons (see H.R. 339), H89 [8JA]

———provide a coupon program for television antennas (see H.R. 2827), H6617 [11JN]

———provide additional coupons for digital-to-analog converter box program and expedite delivery of coupons under such program (see H.R. 661), H492 [23JA]

———provide consumers with information about the transition to digital television and additional funds for the converter box coupon program (see H.R. 299), H88 [8JA]

Terrorism: improve Federal response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major disaster affecting homeland security (see H.R. 1131), H2601 [23FE]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H6305 [8JN]

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

———provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 1895), H4519 [2AP]

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

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around the Navajo Indian Reservation (see S. 759), S4171 [1AP] (see H.R. 3645), H9961 [24SE]

Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs (see H.R. 2200), H5060 [30AP]

———authorize programs (H.R. 2200), consideration (see H. Res. 474), H6008 [21MY]

———modify authority to issue emergency regulations and security directives using emergency procedures (see H.R. 3678), H10407 [30SE]

U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (see H.R. 3045), H7445 [25JN]

Unemployment: extend waiver of certain interest payments on advances made to States from the Federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (see H.R. 4282), H14743 [10DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 1647), S9078 [7AU] (see S. 1699), S9733 [23SE] (see S. 2831), S12322 [3DE] (see H.R. 3548), H9441 [10SE] (see H.R. 3756), H11110 [7OC]

———provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits (see H.R. 291), H88 [8JA] (see H.R. 4183), H13466 [2DE]

———provide for special transfers of funds to States to promote certain improvements in State unemployment compensation laws (see H.R. 290), H88 [8JA]

———recognize rates have reached a level of a national crisis (see H. Res. 946), H13520 [3DE]

———temporarily extend certain unemployment benefits and make available further additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3404), H9205 [30JY]

Ventura County, CA: provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (see S. 709), S3785 [25MR] (see H.R. 136), H32 [6JA]

Veterans: allow individuals eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance enrolled in an institute of higher education in a State that charges fees in lieu of tuition to use amounts payable for such fees (see H.R. 2474), H5790 [19MY]

———enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 1547), S8557 [30JY]

———enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 4045), H12587 [6NO]

———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]

———establish a commission to oversee services for post-traumatic stress and other mental health disorders, the Heroes-to-Healers Program, and grants for mental health provider recruitment (see S. 1429), S7317 [9JY]

———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 homeless veterans with special needs grant program to include males with minor dependents and establish program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (see S. 1237), S6542 [11JN]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2698), H6262 [4JN]

———improve per diem grant payments for organizations assisting homeless veterans (see H.R. 3796), H11297 [13OC]

———improve services for rural veterans (see H.R. 4028), H12456 [5NO]

———increase amount of educational assistance provided to certain veterans for flight training (see H.R. 3561), H9490 [14SE]

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

———make certain improvements in laws relative to housing (see H.R. 4156), H13353 [19NO]

———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]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 1160), S5906 [1JN] (see H.R. 403), H160 [9JA]

———provide individualized notice about available benefits and streamline application processes for the benefits (see S. 1109), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 1902), H4520 [2AP]

———provide that utilization of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance shall not be subject to certain time limits (see S. 847), S4513 [21AP]

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]

Victims of Crime Act: establish a minimum funding level for programs that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund (see S. 1340), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 3402), H9205 [30JY]

Voting: allow disaster evacuees to use absentee balloting and registration procedures and make grants to States to respond to election administration needs resulting from major disasters (see H.R. 3416), H9205 [30JY]

Warren County, OH: return certain unneeded stimulus funding (see H.R. 2226), H5095 [4MY]

White House Office of National Youth Policy: establish (see H.R. 2653), H6074 [2JN]

WIC: provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for child participants (see H.R. 3241), H8302 [16JY]

Women: assist throughout pregnancy by providing services that will alleviate financial, social, emotional, and other difficulties that may otherwise lead to abortion (see H.R. 643), H485 [22JA]

———establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see S. 270), S598 [15JA] (see S. 1032), S5435 [13MY] (see H.R. 605), H386 [16JA] (see H.R. 2035), H4686 [22AP]

———establish programs to reduce number of unplanned pregnancies, decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 3312), H8707 [23JY]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see S. 1740), S10061 [1OC] (see H.R. 739), H777 [28JA]

Workforce Investment Act: include workforce investment programs on the Internet (see H.R. 145), H33 [6JA]

Bulletins

Tell Congress—Remove Abortion Funding & Mandates From Needed Health Care Reform: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1906 [7FE], S2024 [9FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12898 [10DE], S13073 [12DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10910 [29OC], S10984 [2NO], S11080 [4NO]

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

Commentaries

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Committee on Education and Labor (House) Republican Members, H637 [28JA]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) Republican Members, H638 [28JA]

Conference reports

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1), H1307-H1516 [12FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 3288), H13631-H14369 [8DE]

Cost Estimates

State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement (H.R. 2): CBO, H211-H213 [14JA]

Descriptions

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Baucus-Grassley Amendment on Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, S2052-S2063 [10FE]

Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3221): Provisions on Prohibition on Awarding Contracts, Grants, or Other Federal Funds to, or Engaging in Activities That Promote Certain Indicted Organizations, E2375 [25SE]

Explanations

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (H.R. 3548): First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension and Modification, S11197-S11201 [5NO]

Factsheets

Keiki Care: Hawaii Covering Kids (organization), H971 [4FE]

Letters

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

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S2209 [12FE]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S1515-S1517 [4FE], S2180, S2181 [12FE]

———John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, H622 [28JA]

———John J. Castellani, Business Roundtable (organization), H623 [28JA]

———Peter R. Orszag, OMB, S1394 [3FE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2023 [9FE]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1585 [13FE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1584 [13FE]

Authorize and remove impediments to the repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5058 [4MY]

Backlog of disability claims applications at the Houston, TX, VA Regional Office: Representative Cuellar, H7974 [10JY]

Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act: Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H5425 [12MY]

———serveral maritime labor organizations, H5427 [12MY]

———William M. Matz, Jr., National Association for Uniformed Services, H5427, H5428 [12MY]

California drought effect on economy and need for transportation infrastructure projects funding: Representative Costa, H13600 [8DE]

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

COBRA continuation health insurance coverage: Trisha Urban, S3821 [26MR]

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

Congressional Black Caucus priorities relative to jobs package: Representatives Barbara Lee and Cleaver, Congressional Black Caucus, H14856 [14DE]

Dept. of HHS medical insurance rate authority establishment to monitor premium costs and require insurance companies to submit justifications and explanations for premium increases: several California organizations, S13755 [22DE]

Encourage equitable distribution of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to community-based, minority-owned banks as well as national banks: Michael A. Grant, National Bankers Association, E621 [10MR]

———Orson Aguilar and Bob Gnaizda, Greenlining Institute, E620 [10MR]

Ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform: several national organizations, S12861 [10DE]

Ensure continued access to Federal student loan program by encouraging conversion from Federal Family Education Loan Program to Direct Loan Program: Arne Duncan, Sec. of Education, S10819 [28OC]

Evaluation of President Obama's economic policies: Emmaline P. Henn, H7999 [10JY]

FAA Airports Improvement Program: Mark Holzer, North Dakota Aeronautic Commission, H8652 [23JY]

Family Self-Sufficiency Act: several organizations, H4863 [28AP]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act grant programs amendments: Representative Bennie Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H13096 [18NO]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H13096 [18NO]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H13096 [18NO]

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act: Hugh A. Sampson, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, S2370 [23FE]

———Julia E. Bradsher, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, S2370 [23FE]

Help America Vote Act funding: several organizations, H8236 [16JY]

Homes for Heroes Act: several organizations, H6839 [16JN]

Housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises regulation reform: Representative Frank, H4504 [2AP]

Impact of proposed Medicare funding cuts and buy-in option on States: Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S13153 [14DE]

Iowa Demonstration Construction Grant Program funding: Mike Wells, Corning Community Schools, S2738 [4MR]

———Patty J. Link, Des Moines Board of Education, S2738 [4MR]

———Paula Vincent, Clear Creek Amana Community School District, S2738 [4MR]

Lincoln Parish, LA, Public Safety Complex funding: Andy Brown, Jackson Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Arlena Zeigler-McDonald, Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, S7240 [8JY]

———Bryant O. Hammett, Jr., Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, S7240 [8JY]

———Dennis E. Woodward, Lincoln Parish, LA, Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, S7240 [8JY]

———Gary Sexton, Webster Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Henry L. Whitehorn, Louisiana State Police, S7239 [8JY]

———John E. Ballance, Bienville Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Ken Bailey, Claiborne Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Mark A. Cooper, Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, S7239 [8JY]

———Mike Strain, Louisiana Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry, S7240 [8JY]

———Richard Fewell, Ouachita Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Robert G. Buckley, Union Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

Medicare Advantage program funding: several Senators, S12385 [4DE]

Medicare funding cuts: Addison B. Rand, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12041, S12050 [1DE], S12290 [3DE]

———Barbara J. Easterling, Ruben Burks, and Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———several Hispanic organizations, S12043 [1DE]

Medicare home health services cuts: Jane Kelly, Kansas Heine Care Association, S12482 [5DE]

———Judy Adams, Georgia Association for Home Health Agencies, Inc., S12468 [5DE]

———Mari Irelan, Home Health Care Alliance of Wyoming, S12484, S12495 [5DE]

———Mark Wheeler, Iowa Alliance in Home Care, S12406 [4DE]

———several Senators (2007), S12407 [4DE]

———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, S12406 [4DE]

Medicare Premium Fairness Act: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H9912 [24SE]

———Chris Koyanagi, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, H9911 [24SE]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H9912 [24SE]

———Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, H9912 [24SE]

———Margaret L. Baptiste, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, H9912 [24SE]

———Vicki Gottlich, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., H9913 [24SE]

Murphy Theatre Community Center, Inc., funding: Danny W. Mongold, H8654 [23JY]

———David L. Raizk, H8654 [23JY]

———Randy Riley, H8654 [23JY]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: Senator Specter, S7225 [8JY]

Prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan: C. Everett Koop, S11087 [4NO]

———Cindy O'Leary, HOPE Center (organization), S13567 [20DE]

———Sadie Fields, Georgia Christian Alliance, S13567 [20DE]

———several religious organizations, S12675 [8DE], S13567 [20DE]

———several Utah citizens, S12678 [8DE]

———William F. Murray, Daniel DiNardo, and John Wester, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, S11929 [21NO]

Prohibit reduction of guaranteed Medicare benefits and extend solvency, reduce premiums, expand benefits, and protect access to providers: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12289 [3DE]

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

Providence, RI, Emergency Operations Center funding: David N. Cicilline, Mayor of Providence, RI, S7234 [8JY]

———J. David Smith, Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency, S7234 [8JY]

Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H13412 [2DE]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H13412 [2DE]

Reimburse utilities when infrastucture enhancement projects require the relocation of existing utility infrastructure: Representatives Shuster and Corrine Brown, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E335 [24FE]

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

Require each standing House committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize: Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight (organization), H270 [14JA]

Restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund: Americans for Transportation Mobility (organization), S8517 [30JY]

SBA Disaster Recovery and Reform Act: Karen Gordon Mills, SBA, S11212 [5NO]

———several Senators, S11212 [5NO]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: Representative Wolf, E103 [15JA]

Senior Navigation and Planning Act: Eric J. Hall, Alzheimer's Foundation of America, S6574 [15JN]

———J. Donald Schumacher, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, S6574 [15JN]

———Lonny Reisman and Randall Krakauer, Aetna Inc., S6575 [15JN]

———Reed V. Tuckson, UnitedHealth Group, S6575 [15JN]

———Richard Payne, Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, S6574 [15JN]

Service Members First-Time Homebuyer Relief Act: Mary T. Scott, National Military Family Association, H6520 [10JN]

Special Immigrant Non-Minister Religious Worker Visa Programs: several religious organizations, H2945 [4MR]

State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement: Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, H213 [14JA]

———Robert A. Sunshine, CBO, H251 [14JA]

———several Representatives, H205 [14JA], H930 [4FE]

State Children's Health Insurance Program under Affordable Health Care for America Act: several Representatives, H12879 [7NO]

Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S9716 [23SE]

TARP Reform and Accountability Act: Lawrence H. Summers, H274 [14JA]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program improvement and extension: Christopher Chafe, Change To Win (organization), S2208 [12FE]

———several companies and associations, S2208 [12FE]

Transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding: Americans for Transportation Mobility (organization), S1381 [3FE]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, S1381 [3FE]

Transportation Security Administration programs authorization: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H6171 [4JN]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H6171 [4JN]

———Representative Velazquez, Committee on Small Business (House), H6172 [4JN]

Troubled Asset Relief Program accountability: Representative Sessions, H5810 [20MY]

———several Representatives, H5810 [20MY]

Troubled Asset Relief Program extension: several Representatives, H14484 [10DE]

Urge settlement of discrimination claims brought by Hispanic and minority farmers: Timothy C. Pigman, S11473 [18NO]

Lists

Congressional mandates for the utilization of biometric identifier technology, H6199 [4JN]

Economists who believe Government spending does not improve economic performance, S2291 [13FE], E745 [24MR]

National organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

Non-stimulus provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1777 [6FE]

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

Organizations supporting comparative effectiveness research provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1571 [13FE]

Questionable stimulative provisions in conference report to H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2260 [13FE]

State organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

Supporters of H.R. 1242, Dept. of the Treasury Troubled Asset Relief Program additional monitoring and accountability, H13406 [2DE]

Supporters of S. 914, Cures Acceleration Network establishment, and NIH reauthorization and National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities elevation to Institute status, S4817 [28AP]

Memorandums

Constitutionality of Mandate Requiring U.S. Citizens To Have Health Insurance: Conservative Action Project (organization), S13728 [22DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Definition of Term ``Congressional Staff'': Ida Brudnick and Todd B. Tatelman, Congressional Research Service, S13804 [23DE]

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: Jon O. Shimabukuro, Congressional Research Service, S12672 [8DE]

Public and Private Expenditures for Health Care: Thomas L. Hungerford, Congressional Research Service, S12480 [5DE]

Motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1382, S1400, S1420 [3FE], S1524, S1525, S1526, S1527, S1528 [4FE], S1659, S1662, S1664 [5FE], S1853, S1856 [6FE], S2069 [10FE], H746 [28JA], H1090, H1096 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1586 [13FE]

———restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), S8512, S8530 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), H5591 [14MY]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), consideration (H. Res. 427), H5498 [13MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H413, H415 [21JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9348 [15SE], S9405, S9416 [16SE], H8674, H8679 [23JY], H13556 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12876 [10DE], S12986 [11DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), amend to include Representative Tom Price's amendment on firearms possession in federally assisted housing, H8724 [24JY]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H15443 [16DE]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9699 [17SE]

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

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

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S1031 [29JA], H264 [14JA], H961 [4FE]

Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs (H.R. 2200), H6213 [4JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10653 [21OC], S10910 [29OC]

Petitions

Support of the One Grandview Avenue development in Pittsburgh, PA, S9414 [16SE]

Petitions and memorials

Hamilton County, IN, Council: Dept. of Education Federal Family Education Loan program funding, E2764 [16NO]

Press releases

AARP Applauds New Bill To Help Seniors Struggling in Tough Economy: AARP, H9912 [24SE]

Health Care Reform Is About Saving Lives, Not Destroying Them: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

Odyssey Expresses Appreciation to Senator Murray for Securing $3 Million for New Transportation Educational Initiatives and Programming: Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center, S9342 [15SE]

Release of Annual Household Food Security Report: Executive Office of the President, H13006 [17NO]

Proposals

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Bachmann's amendment on organizations indicted for election law violations, H8592 [23JY]

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Broun's amendment on bike paths, H8592 [23JY]

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Hensarling's amendment on oil sands and oil shale development, H8591 [23JY]

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Tiahrt's amendment on signage for a project using stimulus funds, H8592 [23JY]

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Tom Price's amendment on firearms possession in federally assisted housing, H8591 [23JY], H8723 [24JY]

U.S. Army suicide prevention, S3543-S3545 [19MR]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: provide assistance to dairy farmers, H7791, H7792 [8JY], H10531, H10532 [7OC]

———provide disaster assistance to Florida potato farmers for losses due to excessive rainfall, H7793 [8JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: appropriate unobligated balances of funds to the Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 2942), H9019 [29JY]

———implementation in Maine, H9555 [16SE]

———prohibit funding for certain Economic Development Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and NIST programs, H6942, H6943 [17JN]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds, H9809 [23SE], H11520 [21OC]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (H.R. 2182), H5722, H5723, H5768 [19MY], E1261 [21MY]

———require conference report to be available in an electronic form for at least 48 hours prior to approval, H1096-H1102 [10FE], H1253, H1257-H1260 [12FE], H1524, H1525, H1534, H1536, H1538 [13FE], H2817 [25FE]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6594 [11JN]

American Samoa: express condolences for loss of life and injuries caused by tsunami and assist affected people and communities, H10073, H10075, H10137-H10139 [30SE], E2410, E2411, E2430 [1OC], E2451 [6OC]

———tribute to assistance to people and communities affected by tsunami, E2665 [29OC]

AmeriCorps Week: observance, H5587 [14MY]

Appropriations: eliminate discretionary spending from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H720 [28JA]

———eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, H8658 [23JY]

———eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, H3059 [6MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H495, H496, H507, H508, H510, H512, H517 [26JA], H530, H531, H532, H556-H583, H594-H599 [27JA], H605, H606, H620-H750, H758, H770 [28JA], H878, H880, H881, H882, H885-H893, H897, H901, H908, H912, H914 [3FE], H926, H927, H928, H999, H1000, H1001, H1009, H1012, H1013 [4FE], H1048, H1049, H1051, H1065 [9FE], H1085, H1086, H1087, H1088, H1089, H1090, H1134, H1136, H1138, H1144-H1154 [10FE], H1161, H1162, H1163, H1164, H1177-H1179, H1185-H1187, H1190, H1192-H1195, H1197, H1198, H1202, H1205, H1214-H1232 [11FE], E172, E174, E175 [2FE], E196, E204, E207, E214 [4FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1251, H1252, H1253, H1254, H1255-H1260, H1267, H1278, H1279, H1283-H1289, H1293-H1302 [12FE], H1523, H1524, H1536-H1590, H1592-H1600 [13FE], H1610, H1625, H1642-H1647 [23FE], H2605, H2607 [24FE], H2633, H2634, H2635, H2815-H2819, H2823, H2824 [25FE], H2839, H2864, H2867 [26FE], H2889, H2890, H2902, H2912 [3MR], H2932, H2964-H2968 [4MR], H2984, H3050 [5MR], H3059, H3072 [6MR], H3099 [9MR], H3107, H3111 [10MR], H3340, H3379 [12MR], H3448 [17MR], H3733 [23MR], H3751, H3806, H3812-H3820 [24MR], H4049-H4051 [26MR], H4984 [29AP], H6160 [4JN], H6317, H6319 [9JN], H6417 [10JN], H7709, H7735 [7JY], H7746 [8JY], H7995, H7996 [10JY], H8033, H8035, H8088, H8089 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8191 [16JY], H8309 [17JY], H8429 [21JY], H8590 [23JY], H8880, H8894, H8901 [28JY], H8964, H8965 [29JY], H9253-H9257, H9262, H9265 [31JY], H9498, H9499 [15SE], H11176 [13OC], H11303 [14OC], H12180 [2NO], E261 [12FE], E291 [13FE], E293, E295, E297 [23FE], E311, E313, E317 [24FE], E529 [3MR], E735 [23MR], E783 [26MR], E874 [2AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 88), H535-H543, H581 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H607-H619 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 168), H1524-H1536 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), corrections in engrossment, H749 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H1090-H1096 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H1096-H1102 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H747 [28JA]

———prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects, H3149 [11MR]

———require recipients of stimulus funds to disclose use of money, H615 [28JA]

———restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), H9016-H9023 [29JY], E2136, E2166 [31JY]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H9918 [24SE]

Armed Forces: allow transfer of academic credits earned while serving in Armed Forces between institutions of higher education, H9685 [17SE]

———improve program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001, H8306 [17JY]

———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]

———tribute to Montgomery GI Bill benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001, H5106 [5MY]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): alleged involvement in promoting sub-prime loans, H7078 [19JN]

———alleged involvement in voter registration fraud, H7078-H7082 [19JN], H8581, H8582 [22JY], H8721 [24JY]

———Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) minority report on alleged criminal activities, H8702, H8703 [23JY], H8869-H8871 [27JY]

———investigate alleged criminal activities, H9486-H9488 [14SE], H9648-H9651 [16SE], H9785-H9788 [22SE], H9947-H9953 [24SE], H9993-H9995 [25SE], H10129, H10147-H10150 [30SE], H10452 [1OC], H11511 [20OC], H12015 [28OC]

———provide transparency with Federal funds received through housing and urban development grants, H5316 [7MY]

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]

Buy American Act: compliance, H8615 [23JY]

California: impact of diversion of water from agricultural communities in the San Joaquin Valley relative to drought conditions, H6245 [4JN], H11281 [13OC], H11412-H11416, H11420-H11425, H11427 [15OC], H13325 [19NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (H.R. 577), H4090-H4093 [30MR]

———World Trade Center health programs funding, H8760 [24JY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (H.R. 1662), H6034-H6036 [2JN]

Children and youth: provide additional resources for efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking (H.R. 1028), H1277 [12FE]

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

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (H. Res. 210), H3081-H3083, H3089 [9MR], E601 [10MR], E630 [11MR]

Citigroup Inc.: condemn practice of using Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to name Citi Field (baseball park) in Queens, NY, and provide offices to former company executives, H1609 [23FE]

Coast Guard: authorize civil legal assistance for reservists, H7375 [25JN]

Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (H.R. 2548), H6420 [10JN], E1367 [10JN]

Colleges and universities: community college computer labs funding, E2374 [25SE]

———community college funding, H9597 [16SE]

———encourage community colleges to increase programs for veterans and members of the National Guard and Reserves, H9675, H9676 [17SE]

———ensure nonprofit organizations are able to participate in student loan programs, H9599, H9600 [16SE]

———extend the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act and create a commission to develop a private sector student loan program, H9690-H9692 [17SE]

———give priority to low-income, nontraditional students, dislocated workers, and veterans when awarding community college grants, H9684 [17SE]

———give priority to schools, States, and nonprofits when awarding grants under the College Access and Completion Innovation Fund to encourage dislocated workers to complete degrees, H9686, H9687 [17SE]

———give priority to veterans when awarding community college grants and allow use of funds for programs that prepare students for careers in veterans administration and energy-related fields, H9687, H9688 [17SE]

———make college more affordable, H4230 [31MR]

———prioritize grants to higher learning institutions that promote activities to increase degree or certificate completion for students who are veterans, H9681, H9682 [17SE]

———provide tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed services (H.R. 2456), E1184 [18MY]

———reform and strengthen community colleges to promote college completion, H8500 [22JY]

———remove prohibition on modernization and construction funding for community colleges that received funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H9635, H9636 [16SE]

———require campus veterans resource officers to act as a link between student veterans and Dept. of Veterans Affairs mental health care providers, H9680, H9681 [17SE]

———require funds saved from student loan reform be available for the reduction of the Federal deficit, H9688, H9689 [17SE]

———student loan delinquency prevention, default aversion, and counseling services funding, H9676, H9677 [17SE]

Conservation of energy: establish incentives to increase the energy efficiency of federally assisted housing (H.R. 4099), E2793 [18NO]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, H7858 [9JY]

———prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 614), H427, H428 [21JA], H446 [22JA], H13471 [3DE]

Contracts: facilitate increased access to Federal contracts by small businesses, H14853 [14DE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring programs (H.R. 1165), E401 [25FE]

———direct volunteers towards programs that combat childhood obesity through physical education and provide services to homebound senior citizens, H3594, H3595 [18MR]

Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (H.R. 1429), H3459-H3463 [17MR], E725 [19MR], E740 [23MR]

Credit: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises, H14793-H14795 [11DE]

Dallas, TX: Dallas Love Field Airport intermodal connector construction funding, H5921 [21MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain changes in the Supplemental Review Assistance Program eligibility assessment and disaster payment schedule, H7802 [8JY]

———anniversary of Food and Nutrition Service (H. Con. Res. 164), H8371-H8373 [20JY], E1863 [21JY]

———eligibility of formerly incarcerated persons who were convicted of drug offenses to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, H7803 [8JY]

———expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program, H7803 [8JY]

———Farm Service Administration loan funding, H5604 [14MY]

———hunger and nutrition programs funding, H10528-H10533 [7OC]

———increase rate for certain payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program, H7802 [8JY]

———Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program funding, H5621 [14MY]

———permit refinancing of certain guaranteed loans under the Rural Housing Service (H.R. 2034), H8971 [29JY]

———recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families (H. Res. 442), H5682, H5683 [18MY]

———report on hunger and food security, H13005 [17NO]

———school lunch program funding, H4402 [2AP]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4406 [2AP], E1695 [9JY]

———tribute to Commodity Supplemental Food Program, E1693 [9JY]

Dept. of Commerce: International Trade Administration funding, H6896, H6897 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention programs, H9170 [30JY]

———prohibit any alien formerly detained at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from receiving any Federal, State, or local public benefits (H.R. 2338), E1152 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to use Early Learning Challenge Fund grant money to partner with higher education institutions that support early learning providers' education and training, H9679, H9680 [17SE]

———clarify that sustainable, domestic hardwood lumber is not prohibited for use for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities, H5513 [13MY]

———conduct outreach activities to educate students and their families about transition to Federal Direct lending, H9678, H9679 [17SE]

———encourage educational agencies receiving green schools technology project funding to educate students on project's function and environmental benefits, H5514 [13MY]

———ensure all new construction and renovation of public educational facilities meets appropriate acoustical standards, E1160 [14MY]

———ensure the State Innovation and Completion Grants program targets dislocated workers, H9677, H9678 [17SE]

———establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, H8722 [24JY]

———establish Advisory Council on Green, High-Performing Schools, H5511, H5512 [13MY]

———establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program (H.R. 3259), E1844 [20JY], E2318 [17SE]

———Federal Family Education Loan program funding, H8718 [24JY], E2764 [16NO]

———Full-Service Community Schools Program funding, H8759 [24JY]

———historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities funding, H9603 [16SE]

———Impact Aid Program funding, H5497 [13MY]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities, H9598 [16SE]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), H5433 [12MY], H5500-H5524 [13MY], H5586, H5588-H5594 [14MY], E1154, E1155, E1160, E1167, E1176, E1177 [14MY], E1181 [18MY], E1201 [19MY], E1230 [21MY]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), consideration (H. Res. 427), H5492-H5498 [13MY]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 2187), motion to recommit, H5591, H5592 [14MY]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 2089), E962 [23AP]

———permit local educational agencies receiving Federal funds for construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities to construct greenhouses or gardens, or plant trees, H5519, H5520 [13MY]

———prohibit funding to make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities if Federal deficit exceeds certain level, H5591, H5592 [14MY]

———prohibit grants and low-interest loans for construction and renovation to schools not in compliance with certain Elementary and Secondary Education Act provisions, H5510, H5511 [13MY]

———promote opportunities for individuals enrolled in Job Corps to gain employment experience on construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities, H5515, H5516 [13MY]

———provide charter schools equitable access to grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities, H5509-H5511 [13MY]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3359), H8882 [28JY]

———provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct Loans for active duty servicemembers regardless of disbursement date (H.R. 3956), E2647 [28OC]

———Reading First program funding, H2896, H2897 [3MR]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (H.R. 2280), E1073 [6MY]

———require Institute of Educational Sciences to study the impact of grants and low-interest loans for construction and renovation of schools on student academic achievement, H5513 [13MY]

———require local educational agencies receiving Federal funds for modernization, renovation, or repair of public educational facilities to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. for such projects, H5504 [13MY]

———require States participating in Quality Pathways Grant Program to evaluate, report, and outline steps to address disparities in high-quality early learning programs for low-income children, H9685, H9686 [17SE]

———reserve a certain portion of school modernization funds for grants to local educational agencies serving areas that are economically distressed or recovering from a natural disaster, H5516, H5517 [13MY], E1181 [18MY]

———Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grant Program funding, H8755 [24JY]

———strike American Graduation Initiative funding, H9636, H9637 [16SE]

———TRIO programs funding, H8761 [24JY], H14973-H14978 [15DE]

Dept. of Energy: expedite processing of innovative technology loan guarantee applications, H8120 [15JY]

———improve innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide additional options for deploying energy technologies, H8119 [15JY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs, H5504 [13MY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (H.R. 579), E100 [15JA]

———provide special consideration for energy infrastructure projects to areas affected with high unemployment and to Texas and other States with high potential for solar energy production, H11600 [22OC]

Dept. of HHS: count fellowship training in geriatric specialties as obligated service under the National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program (H.R. 1457), E662 [12MR]

———establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (H.R. 3636), E2338 [23SE], E2364 [24SE]

———establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (H.R. 914), H3744 [23MR], H4125 [30MR], H7950 [10JY], H11379 [14OC]

———establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program, H13012 [17NO]

———improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (H.R. 439), H5173 [6MY]

———include certain children's psychiatric hospitals under the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (H.R. 2003), E896 [21AP]

———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (H.R. 2906), E1448 [17JN]

———prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, H8779-H8782 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize nationwide survey to assess compliance of fire departments with certain best practices on firefighter safety, H13104, H13105 [18NO]

———identify and eliminate redundant reporting requirements and develop meaningful performance metrics for homeland security preparedness grants (H.R. 3980), H13411-H13413 [2DE], E2877 [3DE]

———make grants to first responders, H11403, H11404 [15OC]

———Metropolitan Medical Response System funding, H7183 [24JN]

———prohibit use of Worker Training Grants Program funds for earmarks, H12524, H12525 [6NO]

Dept. of HUD: assessment of success of programs implemented to assist homeowners with mortgages and foreclosure avoidance, H13118 [18NO]

———eliminate certain borrowers from participating in the Hope for Homeowners Program, H2840 [26FE]

———establish Office of Housing Counseling (H.R. 47), H5358 [7MY]

———Hope for Homeowners Program funding, H3425 [16MR]

———Hope for Homeowners Program participation levels and impediments, H2842 [26FE]

———Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding, H8596 [23JY]

———improve the Hope for Homeowners Program, H5762 [19MY]

———make grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas (H.R. 4382), E3056 [17DE]

———pay administrative fee to public housing agencies to cover costs of family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program (H.R. 46), H4862-H4864 [28AP]

———prohibit funding for construction of Alianza Dominicana, Inc., Triangle Building, H8655 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for Murphy Theatre Community Center, Inc., H8653, H8654-H8655 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for the public housing community service requirement, H8650-H8652 [23JY]

———prohibit funding to enforce regulations against veteran's preference in Dept. of HUD financed housing for the elderly built on a Dept. of Veterans Affairs campus or using a VA-enhanced use lease, H8650 [23JY]

———prohibit HOPE VI Program funding, H8639-H8641 [23JY]

———promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program, H7663 [26JN]

———provide rental assistance payments to assist certain owners of manufactured homes who rent the lots on which their homes are located (H.R. 741), E237 [10FE]

———rental assistance programs funding, H8596 [23JY]

———require lenders to notify all mortgagors who qualify for the Hope for Homeowners Program, H2991, H3017, H3018 [5MR]

———require transparency and accountability for organizations receiving Federal funds to provide foreclosure legal assistance or housing counseling, H5369 [7MY]

———require use of green building standards in subsidized housing, H4567 [21AP]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (H.R. 1139), H4656, H4665 [22AP], E841 [1AP], E975 [27AP]

———establish a competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes (H.R. 1303), E550 [4MR]

———Office on Violence Against Women funding, H6892 [16JN]

———Office on Violence Against Women Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program funding, H6922, H6923 [17JN]

———provide for a study under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to identify the best practices community policing, H4661, H4662 [22AP]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 908), H1118-H1120 [10FE]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, H5769 [19MY]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H6621 [12JN], H6895 [16JN], H6976 [18JN], E1463 [17JN], E1494 [18JN]

Dept. of Labor: Career Pathways Innovation Fund funding through reductions in green jobs training programs funding, H8778 [24JY]

———establish the New Economy Grant Program (H.R. 4290), H14883 [15DE]

———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]

———reauthorize Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (H.R. 1171), H4067-H4069 [30MR], E829 [31MR]

———Women Apprenticeship in Nontraditional Occupations grants funding, H570 [27JA]

Dept. of the Interior: extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 3940), H13533 [7DE], E2644 [27OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: broaden the oversight powers of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Inspector General, H409-H411 [21JA]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to provide low-interest loans to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure, H14677 [10DE]

———develop a strategy and timeline for repayment of assistance received by financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H8210 [16JY]

———develop a timetable for repayment of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H415-H418 [21JA]

———distribution of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H4000 [25MR]

———encourage equitable distribution of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to community-based, minority-owned banks as well as national banks, E620 [10MR]

———establish an online database to enable citizens to monitor the usage and distribution of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H353 [15JA]

———establish centers to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families (H.R. 3147), H8190 [16JY]

———facilitate the auction of assets owned by financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to determine the value and expedite the sale of such assets, H359, H360 [15JA]

———halt purchase of luxury jet by Citigroup Inc., and require Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients to assist homeowners and small business and limit executive compensation and perks, H605, H606 [28JA]

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

———increase and strengthen FDIC oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H301 [14JA]

———increase and strengthen oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1087 [10FE]

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

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H881 [3FE], H928, H1014 [4FE], H1084 [10FE], H3753 [24MR]

———permit immediate repayment of direct capital investments received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 2009), H4553 [21AP]

———permit use of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, H284 [14JA]

———prevent fraud under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program, H5410 [12MY]

———prohibit Troubled Asset Relief Program fund recipients from outsourcing new customer service or call center jobs to foreign companies, H407, H408 [21JA]

———prohibit use of corporate business aircraft by companies that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H349 [15JA], H8927 [28JY]

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

———provide consumer protection to borrowers receiving private educational loans from companies that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H343 [15JA]

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 1242), H13405-H13408 [2DE]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1047 [9FE]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program, H3319 [11MR], H3378 [12MR], H5809-H5812 [20MY]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H155 [9JA], H168 [13JA], H203, H282-H299, H301, H302 [14JA], H327, H328, H335-H367, H369-H372 [15JA], H393, H394, H407-H419, H425 [21JA], H449, H451, H453, H454, H456, H466, H471, H472 [22JA], H3423 [16MR], H8927 [28JY], E112, E114, E115, E117, E119 [21JA], E122, E129 [22JA], E135, E140 [26JA], E171, E174 [2FE], E735 [23MR]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), consideration (H. Res. 53), H273-H281 [14JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), consideration (H. Res. 62), H329-H335 [15JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), corrections in engrossment, H419 [21JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), motion to recommit, H414, H415-H418 [21JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program by establishing the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corp. and purchase and insure home mortgage loans (H.R. 472), H276 [14JA]

———repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H5407 [12MY]

———repeal authority to delegate an observer to attend meetings of the boards of directors of institutions assisted by the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H357-H359 [15JA]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 4170), E3057 [17DE]

———repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1673), H4293 [1AP]

———repeal Troubled Asset Relief Program and apply remainder of funds to deficit reduction, H14492 [10DE], H14801-H14804 [11DE]

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

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

———require any Troubled Asset Relief Program assisted institution to make periodic reports on use of the assistance and make the reports available on the Internet, H408, H409 [21JA]

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

———require collection and analysis of data on what recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds are receiving and where such funds are going, H203 [14JA]

———require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to impose a foreclosure moratorium until new loan modifications are implemented, H356, H357 [15JA]

———require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to use such funds to lend money and engage in mortgage workouts, H53, H57 [7JA], H144 [9JA], H188-H191 [13JA], H508 [26JA]

———require immediate collection of information from Troubled Asset Relief Program fund recipients and conduct analysis on use of the assistance, H411-H413 [21JA]

———restrict which assets banks can write off as loss under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 421), H298 [14JA]

———suspend funding of the Troubled Asset Relief Program until the Congressional Oversight Panel has accounted for funding already expended, H301 [14JA]

———terminate the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H14749, H14750 [11DE]

———Troubled Asset Relief Program extension, H14494 [10DE]

———Troubled Asset Relief Program oversight, E1740 [13JY]

———use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funding intended to bailout financial institutions for mergers and acquisitions, H510 [26JA], H531 [27JA]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a maritime career training loan program, H11634 [22OC]

———establish a maritime career training loan program (H.R. 2651), H11341-H11347 [14OC], E2544 [15OC]

———Federal Railroad Administration railroad research and development funding, H8639 [23JY]

———make capital grants for certain alternative fuel transit buses, H8617 [23JY]

———make grants for certain streetcar projects (H.R. 2163), H5099 [5MY], E1010, E1012 [29AP]

———prohibit funding for Grand Forks, ND, International Airport terminal replacement project, H8652, H8653 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address backlog of disability claims applications at the Houston, TX, VA Regional Office, H7974 [10JY]

———comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans funding, H7972 [10JY]

———establish a compensation fund to make payments to qualified World War II veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service, H8816, H8817 [27JY]

———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]

———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 (H.R. 23), H5422-H5428 [12MY], E1141 [13MY], E1200 [19MY]

———funding, H4383 [1AP], H4878 [28AP]

———improve laws relative to small business concerns and employment assistance (H.R. 4220), H15469 [16DE], E2904 [8DE]

———improve outreach programs, H12159 [2NO]

———include a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors on the departmental Internet site (H.R. 1172), H7093, H7094 [23JN], E1623 [26JN]

———increase amount of educational assistance to certain individuals pursuing internships or on-job training (H.R. 1098), E1254 [21MY]

———increase amount of subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs (H.R. 297), E50 [8JA]

———increase amount payable to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services (H.R. 1293), H8818, H8819 [27JY], E547 [4MR], E2033 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———make certain improvements in benefits laws (H.R. 3949), H12152-H12160, H12181 [2NO], E2724 [5NO]

———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]

———provide a housing stipend under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program for individuals pursuing education programs through distance learning (H.R. 3661), H10436 [1OC]

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

———provide certain veterans with employment training assistance (H.R. 1168), H12149-H12151 [2NO], E2697 [3NO]

———reauthorize the small business loan program (H.R. 294), E45 [8JA]

———recognize military-related service of certain non-military groups during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits, H5424 [12MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H8645-H8650, H8680 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), H8604-H8682 [23JY], H8888 [28JY], E2003, E2005 [24JY], E2011 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, H14462-H14480 [10DE], H14746, H14809 [11DE], H14968-H14972 [15DE], E2945 [10DE], E2985, E2992, E2995 [14DE], E3022, E3024 [17DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), H8593-H8602 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), amend to include Representative Tom Price's amendment on firearms possession in federally assisted housing, H8723-H8725 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 961), H14450-H14461 [10DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), earmark declaration, E1773 [15JY], E1848, E1850 [20JY], E1868 [21JY], E1875, E1878, E1879, E1880, E1881, E1883, E1884, E1886, E1888, E1889, E1890, E1891, E1895, E1896, E1897, E1898, E1899, E1900 [22JY], E1903, E1905, E1906, E1907, E1908, E1909, E1910, E1911, E1912 [23JY], E1913, E1914, E1915, E1918, E1919, E1920, E1921, E1923, E1924, E1925, E1927, E1928, E1929, E1930, E1931, E1935, E1936, E1937, E1938, E1939, E1941, E1942, E1943, E1945, E1946, E1947, E1951, E1952, E1953, E1954, E1955, E1956, E1957, E1958, E1959, E1960, E1961, E1963, E1964, E1968, E1969, E1970, E1972, E1980, E1982, E1989, E1990, E1997, E2003, E2008, E2009 [24JY], E2011, E2012, E2013, E2015 [27JY], E2098, E2112, E2129, E2137, E2139, E2144, E2164 [31JY], E2226 [9SE], E2237 [10SE], E2250, E2258 [14SE], E2294 [16SE], E2321 [21SE], E2927, E2932, E2933, E2937, E2938, E2939, E2942, E2945, E2950, E2958, E2959, E2961, E2963 [10DE], E2980 [11DE], E2985, E2989, E2990, E2993, E2994, E2995, E2996, E2997, E2998 [14DE], E3047, E3048, E3049, E3054 [17DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), motion to instruct conferees, H13556, H13557 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), motion to recommit, H8680 [23JY]

———prohibit attachment of extraneous provisions to appropriations legislation and require conference report be available in electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H13556, H13557 [8DE], H14455, H14456 [10DE]

Disabled: 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]

Disasters: enhance disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities (H.R. 3377), E2079 [29JY]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families, E2335 [22SE]

———develop comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy, H13445 [2DE]

———establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (H.R. 1189), H3799 [24MR]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (H.R. 3286), H11373 [14OC], E1887 [22JY], E2335 [22SE]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (H.R. 4140), E2824 [19NO]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), H11523-H11533, H11556 [21OC], H11586 [22OC], H11834 [27OC], E2603, E2605, E2607, E2609, E2610 [22OC], E2622 [23OC], E2652 [28OC], E2870 [2DE]

———support prevention and treatment of diabetes (H.R. 4124), E2826 [19NO]

District of Columbia: establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program (H.R. 2333), E1097 [7MY]

———establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program (H.R. 3323), E1933 [24JY]

———establish a District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program (H.R. 3913), E2612 [22OC]

———restrict publicly funded abortions, H6524-H6527, H6529 [10JN], H8194-H8198, H8209-H8214, H8265-H8268 [16JY], E1828, E1835, E1837 [17JY]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H2915 [3MR], H3043 [5MR], H3323 [11MR], H3620 [18MR], H4510 [2AP], H4759 [27AP], H4884 [28AP], H5467 [12MY], H5635 [14MY], H9261 [31JY], H11807 [27OC], E1197 [19MY]

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

———establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts (H.R. 826), E181 [3FE]

———establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (H.R. 1472), H3341 [12MR]

———Federal Government control versus free enterprise, H13126 [18NO]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14994-H15006 [16DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H14984, H14985, H14989, H15418, H15431-H15473, H15479-H15485 [16DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H6522 [10JN]

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

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H40, H41, H42, H63 [7JA], H73, H74, H75, H76-H82 [8JA], H94, H145-H152, H156 [9JA], H165, H169, H185, H187 [13JA], H203, H303-H306 [14JA], H368 [15JA], H392, H425 [21JA], H445, H446, H470, H471 [22JA], H1017-H1030, H1032, H1034 [4FE], H1048 [9FE], H3039-H3045 [5MR], H3758 [24MR], H5466-H5472 [12MY], H5586 [14MY], H5885, H5886 [20MY], H7744 [8JY], H8056 [14JY], H8309 [17JY], H8437 [21JY]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, H10526 [7OC], H11433 [15OC], H11559 [21OC], H11731 [23OC], H11764 [26OC], H13469 [3DE], H15474 [16DE]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, unemployment benefits, senior nutrition services, after-school meals, food bank assistance, and community service block grants funding, H513 [26JA]

Education: ensure that before a private student loan is funded that financial aid advisers inform students of available Federal loan options, H14490 [10DE]

———funding, H4376 [1AP], E973 [27AP]

———increase access to postsecondary education, H14972-H14978 [15DE]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, H563 [27JA], H1573, H1576 [13FE]

———increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen public safety officers, H9602 [16SE]

———Pell Grants funding, H14973, H14974 [15DE]

———redirect portion of school construction spending toward deficit reduction, H9630-H9632 [16SE]

———reinstate marijuana possession as grounds for losing a student loan, H9704 [17SE]

———reserve educational funds for areas affected by natural disasters, severe economic distress, or military base closures, H9634 [16SE], H9686, H9687 [17SE]

———revise maximum educational award formula used to calculate veterans educational benefits received for participating in national service programs, H3590, H3591 [18MR]

———student financial aid programs, H4893 [28AP], H9558, H9597, H9598, H9601, H9602, H9629 [16SE], H9674, H9675 [17SE], E2300, E2302, E2303, E2320 [17SE], E2325, E2335 [22SE], E2418 [1OC]

———student loan programs, H4375, H4376 [1AP], H4667 [22AP], H4893 [28AP], H9558-H9566, H9594-H9604, H9629 [16SE], H9681, H9682 [17SE], E2304, E2305, E2306, E2308, E2314, E2316, E2320 [17SE], E2325, E2335 [22SE], E2418 [1OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1102), E280 [13FE]

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (H.R. 1380), H3997 [25MR], H6029-H6031 [2JN], H6244 [4JN]

———reauthorize programs to enhance education through technology (H.R. 558), H371 [15JA]

———Title I funding, H5501 [13MY]

Employment: provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (H.R. 1723), E767 [25MR]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures, H8754 [24JY]

———expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (H.R. 1828), E1123 [12MY]

EPA: national and State-level grant and loan programs to promote the reduction of diesel emissions funding, H7409 [25JN]

———prohibit funding for local climate change grants, H7395, H7396 [25JN]

———provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (H.R. 3518), E2165 [31JY]

Executive Office of the President: convening of fiscal responsibility summit, H1610 [23FE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1512), H3533-H3535 [18MR], E739 [23MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3607), H9835-H9837 [23SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4217), H13594-H13596 [8DE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: provide for deposit restricted qualified tuition programs (H.R. 3599), E2305 [17SE]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 303), H14835-H14839 [14DE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (H.R. 3791), H13093-H13107 [18NO], H13269 [19NO], E2813, E2833 [19NO]

———amend grant programs (H.R. 3791), consideration (H. Res. 909), H13086-H13090 [18NO]

———consider unemployment rates in criteria used to evaluate grant applications, H13107 [18NO]

———make river rescue organizations eligible for funding, H13106 [18NO]

———prohibit earmarking of funds, H13105, H13106 [18NO]

———provide for the purchase of equipment that reduces the use of water in fighting fires, H13103, H13104 [18NO]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 3139), H8973-H8975 [29JY], E2118 [31JY]

———grant States and local governments the flexibility to revise recovery and hazard mitigation plans (H.R. 3466), H9210 [31JY]

———levee district assistance funding for flood cleanups, debris removal, and dewatering, H7182 [24JN]

———modify terms of the Community Disaster Loan Program (H.R. 1130), E296, E299 [23FE]

———National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund funding through reductions in management and administration funding, H7199 [24JN]

———reauthorize temporary Mortgage and Rental Assistance Program (H.R. 888), E214 [4FE]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (H.R. 1746), H4747-H4749 [27AP], E783 [26MR], E1001 [28AP]

———reconsider decision to deny temporary relocation assistance to Cedar Rapids, IA, Library, E2574 [20OC]

———risk map production solicitation, H7182 [24JN]

———waive the cost-share requirement under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program for certain grants (H.R. 2759), H6316 [9JN], H13098 [18NO]

Financial institutions: require OTS and the Comptroller of the Currency to issue mortgage modification data collection and reporting requirements for banks under regulation, H354 [15JA]

Financial literacy: provide for financial literacy education, H9682, H9683 [17SE]

GAO: develop plan to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal, H3353 [12MR]

———study projects funded by local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities, and geographic distribution of and access by demographic groups to green schools, H5520, H5521 [13MY]

———study roles and responsibilities of the Depts. of Homeland Security and Transportation relative to pipeline security and safety issues, H6177 [4JN]

Government: exit strategy from Government ownership of private entities, H8406 [20JY]

———impact of Federal Government competition against private sector relative to flood insurance program, H8348 [17JY]

———Recovery.gov (Internet site) report on job creation in nonexistent congressional districts relative to fraud, waste, or abuse of economic stimulus funding, H13072, H13074, H13132, H13133 [18NO], H13269, H13271 [19NO], H13449 [2DE], H13505-H13508 [3DE]

Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation: funding, H8213 [16JY]

Head Start Program: funding, H1145 [10FE]

Health: constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, H14814, H14816 [11DE]

———emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens funding, H8306 [17JY], H9412 [10SE]

———establish health savings accounts for all citizens, H11577 [21OC], H13038-H13042 [17NO]

———establish health savings accounts for all citizens, provide health savings account and high deductible health plan payments in lieu of certain benefits, and require immigrants to have same such plans (H.R. 3478), H12134, H12137 [29OC]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2399), H6140 [3JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2520), H9798 [22SE], H11808 [27OC], H12260 [3NO], E2045 [28JY]

———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]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H8104 [15JY], H8281-H8287 [16JY], H8571, H8572 [22JY], H8590, H8701 [23JY], H12221, H12222, H12229, H12231 [3NO], H12338 [4NO], H12434-H12441 [5NO], H12551, H12562 [6NO], H12594, H12618, H12838, H12839, H12844, H12849, H12857, H12858, H12881, H12884, H12916, H12921-H12927 [7NO], H14376, H14377, H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14874 [14DE], E2733 [6NO], E2770, E2775 [16NO], E2779 [17NO], E2823 [19NO], E2922, E2925, E2932 [10DE]

———require immigrants applying for Federal health care benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity, H9185 [30JY], H9881, H9883, H9884, H9889 [23SE]

Help America Vote Act: State grants funding, H8235-H8237 [16JY]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9554, H9594-H9637 [16SE], H9674, H9675-H9702, H9704 [17SE], H9876, H9877 [23SE], H9904 [24SE], H11473 [20OC], H14861 [14DE], E2299, E2300, E2302, E2303, E2304, E2305, E2306, E2308, E2310, E2311, E2312, E2313, E2314, E2315, E2316, E2317, E2318, E2320 [17SE], E2325, E2329, E2335 [22SE], E2374, E2375 [25SE], E2418 [1OC], E2764 [16NO]

———amend (H.R. 3221), consideration (H. Res. 746), H9558-H9566 [16SE]

———amend (H.R. 3221), corrections in engrossment, H9702 [17SE]

———amend (H.R. 3221), motion to recommit, H9699, H9700 [17SE], E2397 [29SE]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1777), H4093-H4100 [30MR]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1777), Senate amendment, H7101-H7108 [23JN]

History: authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program, H3982 [25MR]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ``homeless person'' to include certain homeless children and youth, H5763 [19MY]

———reauthorize, H5768 [19MY]

House Rules: require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (H. Res. 40), H268-H273 [14JA], E112 [21JA]

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

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

———eliminate additional funding for the HOPE for Homeowners loan program, H361-H363 [15JA]

———establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making mortgage payments (H.R. 3142), E2943 [10DE]

———improve section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to help meet the housing needs of low-income families, E2048 [28JY]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, H303 [14JA], H1017-H1019, H1033 [4FE], H2812 [25FE], H4012 [25MR], H4498-H4512 [2AP], H4981-H4989 [29AP], H5052 [30AP], H5088 [4MY], H5181, H5187 [6MY], H5349, H5354, H5355 [7MY], H9647, H9648 [16SE], H13454 [2DE], H14411, H14420 [9DE], H14448 [10DE], H14802 [11DE]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (H. Res. 270), H8369-H8371 [20JY]

Hurricanes: provide for recovery from Hurricane Katrina, E2604 [22OC]

Illinois: permit certain school districts to be reconstituted for purposes of determining assistance under the Impact Aid Program (H.R. 56), E19 [6JA]

Immigration: extend certain programs (H.R. 1127), H2942-H2946 [4MR], E562, E566 [5MR], E582 [6MR]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 1199), H3148 [11MR]

———prevent illegal immigrants from receiving public health benefits, H12227 [3NO], H12563 [6NO], H13263 [18NO], E2731 [5NO]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to participate in E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, H1559 [13FE], H1610 [23FE], H3719 [23MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H5497, H5501 [13MY], H8719 [24JY]

Insurance: establish a net worth threshold for recipients of COBRA continuation health coverage by reason of termination of employment, H608 [28JA], H1146 [10FE], H1293-H1295 [12FE], H1573, H1576 [13FE]

———extend maximum continuation coverage period for individuals involuntarily terminated and eligibility period and maximum assistance period for premium assistance under COBRA (H.R. 3930), H13554 [8DE]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage, H2967, H2968 [4MR]

Iowa: anniversary of severe storms and flooding, H6420 [10JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: stateside assistance program funding, H7391 [25JN]

LIHEAP: funding, H4766 [27AP]

LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (H.R. 3764), E2495, E2497 [8OC]

Medicaid: allow States that experienced delay in implementation of laws directing reduced eligibility in their State plan remain eligible for the increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, H583 [27JA]

———cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (H.R. 1625), E2810 [19NO], E2872 [2DE]

———exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H11444 [15OC], E2466, E2468, E2471, E2473, E2476, E2478, E2481 [8OC]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 4151), E2832 [19NO]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs, H11379 [14OC]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (H.R. 2249), H5293 [6MY]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (H.R. 2952), E1522 [23JN]

———require States to cover medical nutritional therapy (H.R. 3092), H8106 [15JY]

———solvency, H13043, H13044 [17NO]

Medicare: allow for certain physician-owned hospitals, H260, H261 [14JA]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), H9908-H9915, H9917 [24SE], E2379 [25SE]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), allow consideration under suspension of the rules (H. Res. 766), H9905-H9907 [24SE]

———assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (H.R. 2716), E1325 [4JN]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H12021, H12022 [28OC]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule, H6976 [18JN], H7151 [24JN], H7745 [8JY], H8492 [21JY], H12207 [3NO]

———eliminate funding cuts, H14378 [9DE], H14883 [15DE]

———establish a Care Transitions Program to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (H.R. 2773), E1347 [9JN]

———make permanent the program of Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 1386), E606 [10MR]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H8431 [21JY], H11522 [21OC], H11821, H11822 [27OC], H12262 [3NO], H12477 [6NO], H13270, H13271 [19NO], H14884 [15DE]

———preserve access to ambulance services (H.R. 2443), E1158 [14MY]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (H.R. 1898), H4065 [30MR], E865 [2AP]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (H.R. 1038), E265 [12FE]

———provide physician incentive payments for efficient areas (H.R. 2919), E1477 [17JN]

———solvency, H11443-H11446 [15OC], H12262 [3NO], H12982 [16NO], H13044 [17NO], H13131, H13132 [18NO]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: provide for annual review of geographic access to services (H.R. 2921), E1477 [17JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (H.R. 1636), E728 [19MR]

———anniversary, H9040 [29JY]

———establish prescription drug outreach demonstration program for certain eligible individuals with mental disabilities (H.R. 2390), H5552 [13MY]

———improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests (H.R. 3559), E2256 [14SE]

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

National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment: establish (H.R. 4219), H14376 [9DE], H14747 [11DE]

National GEAR UP Day: observance, E2313 [17SE], E2332 [22SE]

National Park Service: authorize a grant program to acquire land in the National Capital region for conservation, environmental, and recreational purposes (H.R. 2986), E1508 [19JN]

National School Lunch Act: require schools participating in the school lunch program to donate any excess food to local food banks (H.R. 1403), E591 [9MR]

Native Americans: programs funding, H12060, H12061 [29OC]

New London County, CT: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act grant money released to Willimantic Savings Institute to provide new jobs, H14882 [15DE]

NOAA: Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund funding, H6912 [17JN]

North Dakota: provide disaster assistance for victims of flooding, H4006 [25MR]

Northern Border Regional Commission: funding, H8110 [15JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H7998 [10JY], H8193, H8194, H8294, H8297, H8299, H8300 [16JY]

Pennsylvania: effects of economic stimulus, H5312 [7MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit Federal family planning funding, H8499 [22JY], H8720, H8756, H8783-H8785 [24JY], H10146, H10147 [30SE]

Population: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or population planning programs or family planning activities (H.R. 1233), E493 [26FE]

Portland, OR: streetcar project funding, H5099 [5MY], H5457 [12MY]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (H.R. 2909), E2592 [21OC]

Poverty in America Awareness Month: observance, H1010 [4FE]

Public Policy Institute of California: invitation to Members of Congress to participate in a panel discussion on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1610 [23FE]

Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (H.R. 636), H429 [21JA]

Puerto Rico: inclusion in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H532 [27JA]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (H.R. 4288), E2973 [11DE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), H9855-H9868 [23SE], H13551 [8DE], E2381 [29SE]

———reauthorize Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H11794 [27OC], H12014 [28OC]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: authorize the use of grant funds for gang prevention (H.R. 1589), E709 [18MR]

San Joaquin County, CA: drought crisis assistance funding, H10431, H10432 [1OC]

SBA: add photonics technology to list of targeted business sectors qualified to receive grants under the Small Business Early-Stage Investment Program, H12104 [29OC]

———allow for repayment of loans to small construction companies to be deferred, H12109 [29OC]

———conduct study to assess feasibility of a program to help fund startup medical technology firms, H12106, H12107 [29OC]

———ensure individuals with loan application evaluation and underwriting responsibilities have a certain level of experience, H12111 [29OC]

———ensure that loans may be used to purchase facilities and equipment that may have been left behind by closed manufacturing plants, H12079 [29OC]

———establish mentorship and assistance programs designed to help minority, veteran-owned, and woman-owned small businesses operate in the construction industry (H.R. 3771), H12987 [16NO]

———establish Youth Entrepreneurs Program, H12107, H12108 [29OC]

———expand and improve assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Native Americans (H.R. 1834), H13077-H13079 [18NO], E2805 [18NO]

———funding, H8195 [16JY]

———give priority for business stabilization loans to small businesses located in cities with high unemployment rates, H12071 [29OC]

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

———improve and increase award recipients from rural areas relative to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H7759, H7761 [8JY]

———improve disaster relief programs (H.R. 3743), H12471-H12473 [6NO]

———improve the Microloan Program, H12076 [29OC]

———improve the Microloan Program (H.R. 3737), H12466-H12469 [6NO]

———increase loan guarantee on qualifying loans for veteran-owned small businesses, H12105, H12106 [29OC]

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

———make the Community Express Program permanent (H.R. 3546), H11797 [27OC]

———modernize Small Business Development Centers, H5845 [20MY]

———modernize Small Business Development Centers (H.R. 1845), H12473-H12477 [6NO]

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

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

———prohibit direct loans to private small businesses unable to secure loans through private lenders, H12072 [29OC]

———provide assistance to motor vehicle dealers, H5820 [20MY]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (H.R. 1842), H13079-H13081 [18NO], E2825 [19NO]

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

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

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

Schools: allow funds to be used to upgrade technology to ensure schools are able to respond to emergencies, H5515 [13MY]

———environmentally friendly recreational structures, equipment, and physical education facilities installation funding, H5518, H5519 [13MY]

———increase funding to improve tribal and outlying school infrastructure, E1167 [14MY]

———limit ability of schools that received economic stimulus funds from receiving certain additional funds, H9633, H9634 [16SE]

———reduce the incidence and effect of asthma and other respiratory illnesses in children, H5517, H5518 [13MY]

———support high-need middle and high schools in order to improve students' academic achievement, graduation rates, postsecondary readiness, and preparation for citizenry (H.R. 4122), E2837 [19NO]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H41, H60 [7JA], H83 [8JA], H166 [13JA], H372 [15JA], H495 [26JA], H877, H917 [3FE], H1083 [10FE], H1577 [13FE], H2606 [24FE], H2877 [2MR], H3069 [6MR], H4427 [2AP], H8429 [21JY], E102 [15JA]

———establish (H.R. 1557), H3756 [24MR], H7710 [7JY], H10075 [30SE], H11734 [23OC], E2643 [27OC]

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (H. Res. 491), H9829-H9831 [23SE]

Small business: enhance services to disadvantaged small business concerns (H.R. 2299), E1098 [7MY]

———provide loan guarantees for the acquisition of health information technology by eligible professionals in solo and small group practices, H12077 [29OC], E2680 [2NO]

———provide loan guarantees for the acquisition of health information technology by eligible professionals in solo and small group practices (H.R. 3014), H13084-H13086 [18NO]

———support women's entrepreneurial efforts, H12987 [16NO]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch, H14449 [10DE]

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

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

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

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

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

———improve small business loan activities, H12076 [29OC]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social Security: eligibility of citizens from Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia for coverage under State Children's Health Insurance Program, H974 [4FE]

———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under State Children's Health Insurance Program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, H962 [4FE]

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

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (H.R. 3306), E1916 [24JY]

———ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H6622 [12JN]

———errors in distribution of stimulus checks, H5490 [13MY]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H200, H201, H202, H203, H216-H268, H279 [14JA], H368 [15JA], H516-H521 [26JA], E93, E94, E95, E97, E101 [15JA], E107 [16JA], E113, E118 [21JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H879 [3FE], H926, H927, H934-H975 [4FE], E219 [9FE], E227 [10FE]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 52), H203-H216 [14JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 107), H928-H934 [4FE]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H266 [14JA]

———extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H2888 [3MR]

———impact of lack of cost-of-living adjustment, H11483 [20OC], E2564 [15OC]

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

———modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (H.R. 3329), E2126, E2178 [31JY]

———preserve the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H12878 [7NO], H13011 [17NO]

———prohibit issuance of Social Security account numbers to nonimmigrant aliens admitted as students unless such aliens are applicants for or recipients of Federal benefits (H.R. 4145), E2820 [19NO]

———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]

———prohibit the use of increased tobacco taxes to offset the cost of expanded State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage, H974 [4FE], H4400 [2AP]

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

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 688), H933 [4FE]

———reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), H8912 [28JY]

———reinstate the crowd-out policy that prevents the substitution of State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for private insurance coverage, H933, H971 [4FE]

———remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (H.R. 2209), E1028 [30AP]

———require a waiting period for legal aliens before applying for State Children's Health Insurance Program assistance, H967, H968, H973 [4FE]

———require those applying for, and renewing, State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity, H931 [4FE]

———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]

Social Security and Medicare Programs: solvency, H5585 [14MY]

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: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 2866), E1419 [15JN]

States: impact of economic stimulus on State budgets, H8032 [14JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals with COBRA continuation coverage by reason of termination of employment, H2888 [3MR]

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

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools, H613, H631 [28JA], H1530, H1557 [13FE]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 1953), E861 [2AP]

———extend increased rehabilitation credit for structures in the Gulf Opportunity Zone, H14381, H14382 [9DE]

———include loans for recreational vehicles when providing incentives to consumers and lenders for the purchase of a passenger vehicle, H292 [14JA]

———make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (H.R. 2319), E1100 [7MY]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, H1230 [11FE]

———provide financing for automobile dealer floor plan loans, H292 [14JA]

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

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

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters, H14404 [9DE]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period, H606 [28JA], H1089 [10FE]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (H.R. 155), E69 [13JA]

———waive recapture of the first-time homebuyer credit for an Armed Forces member who sells the home because they are transferred, deployed overseas, or required to reside in Government quarters (H.R. 2398), H6520 [10JN]

Television: provide additional coupons for digital-to-analog converter box program and expedite delivery of coupons under such program, E337 [24FE]

———provide additional coupons for digital-to-analog converter box program and expedite delivery of coupons under such program (H.R. 661), H591 [27JA]

Transportation: prohibit use of Federal funds to replace existing funds designated for State transportation projects, H713, H717 [28JA]

———reduce time period for State and local governments to obligate highway, transit, rail, and aviation funds received from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H711, H712, H715 [28JA]

Transportation Security Administration: airport explosive detection systems reimbursement, H6177, H6202 [4JN]

———authorize programs (H.R. 2200), H6170-H6216 [4JN], H11681 [22OC], E1362 [10JN], E1384 [11JN]

———authorize programs (H.R. 2200), consideration (H. Res. 474), H6161-H6168 [4JN]

———authorize programs (H.R. 2200), motion to recommit, H6214 [4JN]

———clarify standards used to issue emergency regulations or security directives, H6197, H6198 [4JN]

———establish an expedited security screening program for Armed Forces members and their families who are traveling on official orders, H6200 [4JN]

———establish special protocols using biometric identifier technology for certain individuals in the Registered Traveler Program, H6199 [4JN]

———hold hearings to determine if current allowable uses of grant funds are sufficient to meet the daily security needs of local transit agencies, H6211 [4JN]

———inclusion of helicopters in certain general aviation regulations, H6177 [4JN]

———provide flight attendants with self-defense training in conjunction with safety training programs, H6181 [4JN]

21st Century Green High-Performing School Facilities Act: prohibit use of funds for earmarks, H5514 [13MY]

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

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H14805 [11DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), H9743, H9767-H9774 [22SE], H9903 [24SE], H11717 [23OC], H12215 [3NO], E2337, E2343, E2345 [23SE], E2359, E2368 [24SE], E2378 [25SE], E2395 [29SE], E2420 [1OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), Senate amendment, H12369, H12381-H12390 [5NO], H13271 [19NO], E2737, E2743, E2749 [6NO], E2756 [9NO]

———provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits, H1574 [13FE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program, H512 [26JA], H560 [27JA]

University of Miami: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science recipient of Dept. of Commerce grant for construction of marine science research facility, H8390 [20JY]

Veterans: allow individuals eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance enrolled in an institute of higher education in a State that charges fees in lieu of tuition to use amounts payable for such fees, H7973 [10JY]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans, E1230 [21MY]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (H.R. 403), H6833-H6840 [16JN], E1499 [18JN]

———support Veterans bill of rights, H5588 [14MY]

Water: impact of requiring State water pollution control funded projects to comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H3346, H3349, H3350-H3353, H3362-H3365 [12MR]

———require States to use water pollution control revolving funds capital grants to provide assistance to certain smaller muncipalities, H3365 [12MR]

WIC: provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for child participants (H.R. 3241), E1814 [16JY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 739), H912 [3FE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: provide assistance to dairy farmers, S10282 [8OC]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: implementation, S3625 [24MR]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds, S7475 [14JY], S9403-S9405, S9408, S9409 [16SE]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (S. 1064), S5690 [20MY], S6678 [17JN]

American Samoa: express condolences for loss of life and injuries caused by tsunami and assist affected people and communities, S9962 [30SE]

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S9341-S9348 [15SE], S12985, S12988 [11DE], S13073-S13076 [12DE]

———eliminate new Government spending programs from the supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1489, S1524 [4FE]

———eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, S1407 [3FE], S1521 [4FE], S1666-S1669 [5FE], S1780, S1803, S1804, S1839 [6FE], S1903 [7FE], S2209 [12FE], S2282 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1008, S1038 [29JA], S1108-S1115 [30JA], S1236-S1242, S1265-S1273 [2FE], S1371-S1428 [3FE], S1473-S1538 [4FE], S1615-S1676 [5FE], S1773-S1859 [6FE], S1885 [7FE], S1991-S2024, S2030-S2035 [9FE], S2037-S2072 [10FE], S2092-S2103, S2123, S2125-S2127, S2167 [11FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2170-S2173, S2176-S2209, S2247 [12FE], S2258-S2313 [13FE], S2354, S2382 [23FE], S2405, S2409, S2410 [24FE], S2522 [26FE], S2803 [5MR], S2859 [6MR], S3008 [11MR], S3329 [18MR], S3891, S3892 [26MR], S6627, S6628, S6634, S6635 [16JN], S6670 [17JN], S6753 [18JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S1232 [30JA], S1859 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (S. 336), S822 [26JA], S881 [27JA], S989 [28JA]

———prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects, S2669 [3MR], S2736-S2741, S2744, S2749, S2758-S2760 [4MR], S2953 [10MR], S3361, S3363 [18MR], S3387 [19MR]

———redirect economic stimulus funds not obligated within a certain period to infrastructure projects, S1382-S1384 [3FE], S1776 [6FE]

———restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), S8506, S8508-S8533 [30JY]

———use economic stimulus funds to hire veterans, at-risk youth, and low-income people for infrastructure projects, S1674 [5FE]

Armed Forces: ensure Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance benefits for National Guard and Reserve members keep pace with national average cost of tuition, S4121, S4122 [1AP]

———ensure Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance benefits for Selected Reserve members keep pace with national average cost of tuition, S7596 [16JY]

———exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC, S5691 [20MY]

———exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (S. 581), S3076 [12MR]

———modify the basis utilized for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (S. 1072), S5781 [21MY]

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

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (S. 711), S5812 [21MY]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): investigate alleged criminal activities, S10630 [21OC], S10748, S10762 [27OC], S10812 [28OC], S11025 [3NO]

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]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S2927 [10MR], S4123-S4125, S4129, S4147 [1AP]

———establish (S. 2853), S12837, S12838, S12840, S12841 [10DE]

Birth control: restore nominal prices of oral contraceptives for family planning clinics that do not receive Federal funding and university-based clinics, S2817 [5MR]

Budget: eliminate wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S4408 [20AP], S4648, S4656 [23AP], S13484-S13487 [19DE]

———establish a task force to recommend comprehensive legislation addressing expected shortfalls in certain entitlement programs, S5398 [13MY]

Business and industry: provide incentives for innovative energy-efficient technologies and products, S8241 [29JY]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report any bonuses paid to employees, S1388 [3FE]

Buy American Act: clarify that provisions will be applied consistent with international trade agreement obligations, S1528 [4FE], S2190 [12FE]

———compliance, S1038-S1040 [29JA], S1392 [3FE], S2522 [26FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (S. 259), S648 [16JA]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: actuarial report on impact of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on Medicare and Medicaid programs, S13088-S13092 [12DE]

———extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program, S12655 [8DE]

CERCLA: brownfields and neglected urban properties redeveloping funding, S1673 [5FE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (S. 1465), S7643 [16JY], S8533 [30JY]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S12695 [8DE], S12860, S12861 [10DE], S12980 [11DE], S13092 [12DE]

———ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (S. Res. 170), S6496, S6497 [11JN], S11192-S11195 [5NO], S12464 [5DE]

———provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities (S. 2801), S11596 [19NO]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (S. Res. 67), S2852 [5MR]

———support health, nutrition, and education programs, S5171 [6MY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial fishermen (S. 533), S2832 [5MR]

Colleges and universities: allow certain religious activities on campuses receiving economic stimulus funds, S1650, S1661 [5FE]

———ensure continued access to Federal student loan program by encouraging conversion from Federal Family Education Loan Program to Direct Loan Program, S10818-S10820 [28OC]

Committee on Economic Recovery (Joint, Select): establish, S1269 [2FE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S6934 [23JN], S11033 [3NO]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S4845, S4883-S4885 [29AP], S5649, S5650 [20MY], S6669 [17JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: designate a tribal liason for Native Americans and keep tribes eligible for nationally competitive grants and allow competition with States and national nonprofit organizations, S3746, S3747, S3758 [25MR]

———enhance role of State service commissions in grant oversight and planning, S3641 [24MR]

———establish Summer of Service grant programs (S. 466), S2429 [24FE]

———improve educational awards provided for national service (S. 464), S2429 [24FE]

Crime: improve assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims (S. 327), S843 [26JA]

Cures Acceleration Network: establish to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies (S. 914), S4813 [28AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of Food and Nutrition Service (H. Con. Res. 164), S7807, S7808 [21JY]

———Dairy Product Price Support Program funding, S8620 [31JY], S8714-S8716, S8721, S8725, S8726 [4AU]

———extend Philadelphia, PA, School District Universal Feeding Pilot Program (S. 1195), S6214 [4JN]

———Farm Service Agency loan program funding, S1795, S1796 [6FE]

———increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (S. 2805), S11604 [19NO]

———offset costs of intrastate transportation, storage, and distribution of bonus commodities provided to States and food assistance agencies under emergency food assistance program (S. 194), S257 [9JA]

———prohibit funding for digital television conversion efforts, S8716-S8718 [4AU]

———provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (S. 972), S5131 [5MY]

———provide disaster assistance to farmers for losses due to drought, S8723 [4AU], S8978 [6AU]

———report on hunger and food security, S11590 [19NO]

———urge settlement of discrimination claims brought by Hispanic and minority farmers, S11472-S11475 [18NO]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Jobs Creation Coordinator (S. 824), S4385 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: assist local communities with closed and active military bases (S. 590), S3082 [12MR]

———enhance suicide prevention programs, S3542 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: authorize grants for the creation, update, or adaptation of open textbooks (S. 1714), S9850 [24SE]

———award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (S. 1129), S5826 [21MY]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (S. 1410), S7263-S7265 [8JY]

———establish Secondary School Innovation Fund (S. 968), S5081 [4MY]

———extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (S. 2796), S11495 [18NO]

———Impact Aid Program funding, S7833 [22JY], S10125 [6OC]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (S. 892), S4748 [27AP]

———make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (S. 627), S3370 [18MR]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (S. 1362), S7081 [25JN]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1552), S8565, S8566, S8618 [30JY], S8619 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: energy sustainability and efficiency for institutions technical assistance grants funding, S8243, S8244 [29JY]

———improve innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide additional options for deploying energy technologies (S. 949), S4971 [30AP]

Dept. of HHS: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (S. 497), S2567 [26FE]

———clarify public health emergency screening and medical care requirements for residents at Superfund site, S13650 [21DE], S13761, S13762 [22DE]

———conduct research on indicators of child well-being (S. 1151), S5872 [21MY]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (S. 456), S2368 [23FE]

———establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (S. 682), S3673 [24MR]

———establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (S. 1523), S8198 [28JY]

———establish a medical insurance rate authority to monitor premium costs and require insurance companies to submit justifications and explanations for premium increases, S13754 [22DE]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (S. 57), S62 [6JA]

———establish Office of Health Plan Management to administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide an affordable and accountable public option for consumers (S. 1278), S6722 [17JN]

———implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being through parenting practices and skills (S. 1404), S7196 [7JY]

———prohibit adjustment of the formula for the allocation of HIV/AIDS funding, S2883-S2889, S2899, S2901 [9MR], S3020 [11MR]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (S. 1239), S6546 [11JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify use of funds relative to certain homeland security grants (S. 2793), S11495 [18NO]

Dept. of HUD: allow communities receiving Community Development Block Grant Program disaster assistance allocations to use funding as a local and State match for other Federal funding available, S9402, S9421 [16SE], S9532 [17SE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to monitor FHA-approved home loans and investigate mortgage fraud, S4055 [31MR], S4130 [1AP]

———expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (S. 118), S89 [6JA]

———HOPE for Homeowners loan program eligibility requirements, S5180 [6MY]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (S. 2836), S12414 [4DE]

———modify certain provisions of the HOPE for Homeowners loan program, S1651 [5FE]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9308-S9310, S9314, S9317 [14SE]

———prohibit funding for Mount Washington Community Development Corp., S9414 [16SE]

———prohibit funding to restrict implementation or enforcement of public housing community service requirement, S9350, S9351 [15SE], S9402, S9421 [16SE]

———prohibit housing assistance funds in New Orleans, LA, from benefitting those convicted of selling drugs, domestic violence offenses and members of violent gangs, S9412, S9421 [16SE], S9532, S9533 [17SE]

———provide additional resources for program advertising, Housing Counseling Assistance Program, and Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity personnel, S4538, S4561 [22AP]

———reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians (S. 72), S72 [6JA]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (S. 1329), S6946 [23JN]

———clarify that major fraud against the Government includes Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, S4541 [22AP]

———enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (S. 167), S212-S215 [8JA]

———establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to improve cost-effectiveness of State and local spending on prisons, jails, and corrections, and to increase public safety (S. 2772), S11384 [16NO]

———establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking (S. 2925), S13788 [22DE]

———prohibit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding to communities that violate Federal immigration regulations, S10207, S10210 [7OC]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding through reductions in corporate welfare programs funding, S10272 [8OC], S11171 [5NO]

Dept. of Labor: improve and extend Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S1669, S1670 [5FE], S2050, S2051 [10FE], S2208 [12FE], S2312 [13FE]

———strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (S. 1646), S9080 [7AU], S10747 [27OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (S. 786), S4316 [2AP]

———authorize and remove impediments to the repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4555 [22AP], S4946 [30AP], S5053, S5057, S5059 [4MY]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, S1534, S1535 [4FE], S1812-S1816, S1852 [6FE]

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

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

———distribution of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4710 [24AP], S13076 [12DE]

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

———establish Temporary Economic Recovery Adjustment Panel to recoup excessive deferred executive compensation from Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (S. 431), S3144 [17MR]

———extend oversight and accountability of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to private entities, impose conditions on recipients, protect taxpayers, and investigate financial crisis (S. 195), S242 [9JA], S3515 [19MR]

———impose limitations on certain expenditures by participants in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 463), S2429 [24FE]

———increase and strengthen FRS Board of Governors oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4249, S4250 [2AP]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, S1118 [30JA], S1531 [4FE], S1652, S1660, S1661 [5FE], S10711 [26OC]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (S. 360), S1127 [30JA]

———limit Federal emergency economic assistance payments to certain recipients (S. 680), S3671 [24MR]

———permit immediate repayment of direct capital investments received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4527 [22AP]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers, S5900 [1JN], S6152 [4JN], S6875 [22JN], S8181-S8183 [28JY], S8223-S8225 [29JY]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), S6240 [8JN], S6418 [10JN], S6755 [18JN], S7159 [7JY], S7348 [10JY]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), unanimous-consent request, S7229 [8JY]

———prohibit recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve corporate governance (S. 133), S114 [6JA], S803 [26JA]

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

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 910), S9527 [17SE]

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

———provide subpoena authority to the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 836), S4449 [20AP]

———redeploy Troubled Asset Relief Program funds into a Community Credit Renewal Fund to stimulate community bank lending (S. 1822), S10642 [21OC]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program, S1636 [5FE]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), S366 [14JA]

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

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

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

———require financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to increase lending levels above levels in place prior to receiving assistance, S1792 [6FE]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to meet strict H-1B worker hiring standards to ensure non-displacement of U.S. workers, S1621, S1622, S1669 [5FE], S1803 [6FE]

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

———sunset the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S10824, S10836 [28OC]

———terminate the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S8956, S8958, S8959, S8963 [6AU], S10982 [2NO]

———use of funds repaid by financial institutions who received assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S11981 [30NO]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (S. 1506), S8041 [23JY], S11130 [4NO]

———preserve funding to alleviate congestion along route 422 in Montgomery and Berks Counties, PA, S9415 [16SE]

———rescind any unobligated stimulus funds in non-highway spending accounts, S9416 [16SE], S9534, S9535 [17SE]

———waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities for a certain period (S. 198), S261 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans funding, S11240, S11241 [6NO], S11485 [18NO]

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

———enhance vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans (S. 514), S2705 [3MR]

———improve outreach programs (S. 315), S833 [26JA]

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

———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]

———provide benefits to certain Filipino World War II veterans, S1626, S1627 [5FE]

———provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (S. 2769), S11361 [16NO]

———provide grants to community-based organizations and State and local government entities to conduct outreach programs to veterans in underserved areas, S11364 [16NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S11313 [10NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S9405, S9408, S9409 [16SE]

———corrections to sponsorship of earmark requests included in conference report on appropriations legislation, S13071 [12DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9233-S9255 [10SE], S9281, S9291, S9292 [11SE], S9308-S9310, S9314, S9317, S9318 [14SE], S9335, S9341-S9357, S9364 [15SE], S9396-S9417, S9421, S9488 [16SE], S9519, S9530-S9541 [17SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12792 [9DE], S12836, S12876-S12881, S12888, S12893, S12896, S12898-S12901, S12907 [10DE], S12972, S12978-S12980, S12984-S12992, S13026-S13029, S13062-S13064 [11DE], S13068-S13078, S13083-S13086, S13113, S13118 [12DE], S13126-S13131, S13138 [13DE], S13183-S13185 [14DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), motion to recommit, S9405, S9408, S9409, S9416 [16SE], S9534, S9535 [17SE]

———redirect all earmarked funds to Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) in order to modernize the air traffic control system, S9341-S9349 [15SE]

Disabled: 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]

Disasters: provide that an outbreak of infectious disease or act of terrorism may be a major disaster under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (S. 2863), S12911 [10DE]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 1492), S7884 [22JY], S9584 [21SE]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), S10524, S10525 [19OC], S10548, S10568 [20OC], S12069 [1DE]

———support prevention and treatment of diabetes (S. 2734), S11212 [5NO]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S2100-S2102 [11FE], S2407 [24FE], S3514 [19MR], S3941 [30MR], S4471 [21AP], S13419 [18DE]

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

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S154-S156 [7JA], S184-S187, S189, S196, S202 [8JA], S250 [9JA], S264 [11JA], S293-S299 [12JA], S320, S328 [13JA], S353 [14JA], S737-S739 [22JA], S887-S889 [27JA], S7177 [7JY]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S9314-S9317 [14SE], S9527 [17SE], S9721-S9723 [23SE]

———require a portion of an economic recovery package be directed to revenue measures, unemployment, and health (S. 350), star print, S1232 [30JA]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report on the amount of funds received, projects on which funds were spent, and the number of jobs created and retained by such projects, S1388 [3FE], S1660 [5FE], S2190 [12FE]

Education: address rising college costs by offering a 3-year college degree option and free community college tuition to qualified students, S2648 [2MR]

———establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs (S. 206), S313 [12JA]

———funding, S4422 [20AP]

———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 (S. 7), S45 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, S9 [6JA], S2005 [9FE]

———maintain competitive student loan program by providing comprehensive choice of loan products and services, S4646, S4647, S4656 [23AP]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 59), S63 [6JA]

———modify deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure continued funding to the Federal Family Education Loan program, S4282 [2AP]

———student loan programs, S9626-S9628 [22SE], S9715-S9717 [23SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a program to improve the health and education of children through grants to expand school breakfast programs (S. 1480), S7783 [21JY]

———provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (S. 1121), S5824 [21MY]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 242), S391 [14JA]

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 (S. 855), S4576 [22AP]

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

EPA: Clean Water State Revolving Funds program funding, S1799 [6FE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1512), S3379 [18MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3607), S9856 [24SE], S9863 [25SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4217), S12969 [10DE]

———reform Essential Air Service Program (S. 983), S5234 [6MY]

FCC: conduct a pilot program to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program to include broadband service (S. 2879), S13038 [11DE]

Federal employees: establish a scholarship program to encourage outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a career in Government (S. 2789), S11437 [17NO]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 303), S789 [22JA], S3318 [17MR]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: require the Inspector General to investigate activities by housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises that may have contributed to mortgage crisis, S4609 [23AP]

Federal Transit Administration: improve the Job Access and Reverse Commute program (S. 176), S220 [8JA]

FEMA: increase maximum amount of assistance for rebuilding and temporary housing assistance for disaster victims (S. 764), S4175-S4177 [1AP]

———prohibit earmarking of grants for Emergency Operations Centers and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, S7179 [7JY], S7233-S7241 [8JY]

———provide for special rules relative to assistance for the Greensburg, KS, tornado (S. 681), S4007 [30MR]

———reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (S. 763), S4175-S4177 [1AP]

Floods: express sympathy and pledge support to victims in North Dakota and Minnesota, S3845 [26MR], S3946 [30MR]

Forests: timber manufacturing industry aid funding, S1800 [6FE]

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

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

GAO: compile reports from each Federal agency that receives economic stimulus funds, S1269 [2FE]

———enhance oversight authority relative to Troubled Asset Relief Program expenditures (S. 340), S990 [28JA]

———enhance oversight authority relative to Troubled Asset Relief Program expenditures (S. 521), S2762 [4MR]

Geithner, Timothy F.: impact of actions as Federal Reserve Bank of New York president on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, S813-S818 [26JA]

Government: require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities, S6875 [22JN]

———require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities (S. 1223), S6454 [10JN]

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

———constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, S13013-S13017 [11DE], S13094 [12DE], S13721-S13728, S13751-S13754, S13766, S13767 [22DE], S13822-S13826, S13830 [23DE]

———ensure provision of health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (S. 698), S3790 [25MR]

———establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (S. 1060), S5556 [18MY]

———establish dedicated trust fund with mandatory spending for community health centers and National Health Service Corps, S12573 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5899 [1JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1099), S5715 [20MY], S10300-S10306 [8OC], S10807 [28OC], S11939 [21NO], S12037, S12038, S12060 [1DE], S12106 [2DE], S12513, S12514 [5DE], S13140 [13DE], S13483 [19DE], S13577 [20DE]

———prohibit abortions from being defined a preventive service, S12130 [2DE], S12274, S12277 [3DE]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options, S4125-S4128, S4150 [1AP]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (S. 1259), S6582-S6585 [15JN], S13731 [22DE]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S11087 [4NO], S11312, S11315 [10NO], S11520, S11822 [19NO], S11924-S11930 [21NO], S12600-S12603, S12607-S12611 [7DE], S12659-S12683 [8DE], S12988-S12990 [11DE], S13489 [19DE], S13564, S13567, S13568, S13620-S13622 [20DE], S13760, S13761, S13777 [22DE], S13858 [23DE], S14134 [24DE]

———prohibit use of comparative effectiveness research data for payment, coverage, or treatment decisions, S6837-S6839 [19JN]

———provide access to comprehensive primary health care services and improve primary health care delivery through expansion of community health center and National Health Service Corps programs, S980 [28JA]

———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children (S. 319), S836 [26JA]

———provide religious conscience exemption for mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, S13778, S13779 [22DE]

Health care facilities: provide patient-centered medical homes to improve effectiveness and efficiency in medical assistance under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1114), S5729 [20MY]

———recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, S12573-S12575 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

Health care professionals: establish and carry out a pediatric specialty loan repayment program (S. 1206), S6266 [8JN]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), S9626-S9628 [22SE], S9715-S9717 [23SE], S9907 [29SE], S13120 [12DE]

———authorize refinancing of private education loans under the Federal student loan program (S. 1541), S9908 [29SE]

———provide for college retention challenge grants (S. 1460), S9907 [29SE]

———technical corrections (H.R. 1777), S6899, S6934 [23JN]

Highway Trust Fund: permit a State to elect to receive the State's contribution in lieu of its Federal-aid highway program apportionment, S8525 [30JY]

———temporarily protect solvency, S8508-S8516, S8520, S8522-S8524, S8528 [30JY]

———temporarily protect solvency (S. 1344), S7023 [24JN], S7026 [25JN], S7604, S7605 [16JY]

———temporarily protect solvency (S. 1344), unanimous-consent request, S7605 [16JY], S8225-S8227 [29JY]

Homeless Assistance Act: clarify definition of homeless, S5182, S5183, S5185 [6MY]

———reauthorize, S5106-S5108, S5113 [5MY], S5180, S5182, S5183, S5185 [6MY]

———reauthorize (S. 808), S4357 [2AP], S4437 [20AP]

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

———allow for use of existing section 8 housing funds to preserve and revitalize affordable housing options for low-income individuals (S. 1676), S9439 [16SE]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, S9068 [7AU]

Hunting and trapping: commend hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief organizations, and certain State agencies for programs that provide game meat to feed the hungry (S. Res. 374), S13469 [18DE]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (S. 168), S215 [8JA]

———extend certain programs (H.R. 1127), S3033 [11MR]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to participate in E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, S2012 [9FE], S2177-S2180 [12FE], S2270, S2300 [13FE], S2581 [27FE], S5901 [1JN]

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

Infrastructure: transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding, S1374-S1376, S1379-S1384, S1386, S1387, S1394 [3FE]

Insurance: establish a net worth threshold for recipients of COBRA continuation health coverage by reason of termination of employment, S2197 [12FE]

———extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage, S13297, S13298 [16DE], S13424-S13426 [18DE]

———extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (S. 2730), S11578 [19NO]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage (S. 1488), S7792 [21JY]

———improve COBRA continuation health coverage, S3821 [26MR]

———provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating, S13681 [21DE]

Iowa: Iowa Demonstration Construction Grant Program funding, S2736-S2740 [4MR]

LIHEAP: funding, S4135, S4148 [1AP]

LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (S. 718), S3915-S3918 [26MR], S4226 [1AP]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (S. 654), S3565 [19MR]

———exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S9999, S10000, S10003, S10004 [1OC], S11397, S11400 [17NO], S12748, S12749 [9DE], S13687 [21DE], S13803, S13810, S13831 [23DE]

———exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, S13564, S13593 [20DE], S13755-S13763 [22DE]

———expand, S9999-S10005 [1OC]

———funding, S1513 [4FE]

———impact of eligibility expansion, S13144-S13148 [14DE]

———impact of increased funding obligations on States, S13134-S13136 [13DE], S13306 [16DE], S13345 [17DE], S13442, S13444 [18DE], S13564, S13593 [20DE], S13717 [22DE]

———impact of increased State funding obligations on State education funding, S11844 [20NO], S11939 [21NO]

———pharmacy reimbursement rate for certain generic drugs, S13778 [22DE]

———physician reimbursement rate, S11835, S11836, S11837 [20NO]

———provide a demonstration program to reduce frequent use of health services by beneficiaries with chronic illnesses by providing coordinated care management and community support services (S. 1781), S10436 [14OC], S11136, S11137 [5NO]

———provide adjusted Federal medical assistance percentage rates during a transitional assistance period (S. 2833), S12328 [3DE]

———provide the same temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage for all States and permit States to choose the period for receiving the increase, S1817-S1819, S1852, S1853 [6FE], S2013 [9FE]

———reform, S11935-S11942 [21NO]

———State eligibility for Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1670 [5FE]

Medicare: allow all enrollees in the Medicare Advantage program to maintain current level of benefits, S12604-S12607, S12609 [7DE], S12649, S12655-S12659, S12663, S12667-S12669, S12683, S12684, S12691 [8DE], S12797 [9DE]

———allow geographic reclassification of certain cancer hospitals in order to receive higher reimbursements, S981, S982 [28JA]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), S10204 [7OC]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), unanimous-consent request, S10203 [7OC]

———assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (S. 1185), S6193 [4JN]

———cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care (S. 1295), S6812 [18JN], S10596 [21OC]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule, S11036 [3NO], S11865 [20NO]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (S. 1249), S9361-S9363 [15SE]

———eliminate cuts to home health services, S12397, S12400-S12403, S12405 [4DE], S12466-S12472, S12474, S12477, S12482, S12484, S12488-S12490, S12494-S12496 [5DE], S12532, S12551 [6DE], S12612 [7DE]

———eliminate funding cuts, S11997-S12001, S12003 [30NO], S12020-S12025, S12028-S12030, S12033-S12041, S12043-S12058, S12064, S12065 [1DE], S12094-S12108, S12112, S12114-S12119, S12123-S12126, S12139, S12144-S12146, S12148 [2DE], S12263, S12264, S12268-S12271, S12279-S12297 [3DE], S12376-S12379, S12399, S12407 [4DE], S12466, S12467, S12471, S12475-S12477, S12480, S12491 [5DE], S12523, S12524, S12526 [6DE], S12575-S12577 [7DE], S12856 [10DE], S13009, S13022 [11DE], S13482 [19DE], S13562, S13579, S13580 [20DE], S13656-S13660, S13668 [21DE], S13718, S13729 [22DE]

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

———establish a Care Transitions Program to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care for beneficiaries, S11908 [21NO]

———establish telehealth pilot projects, expand and improve access to telehealth services in certain facilities, reimburse Indian Health Service facilities, and establish certain standards for originating sites (S. 2741), S11216 [5NO]

———impact of proposed funding cuts and buy-in option on States, S12862 [10DE], S13122 [12DE], S13152 [14DE]

———implement single-payer health care system, S13290-S13294 [16DE], S13577 [20DE]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (S. 1201), S6265 [8JN]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S10173-S10177 [7OC], S11072-S11074, S11085-S11088 [4NO], S11393-S11395 [17NO], S11855-S11861 [20NO], S11951 [21NO], S11983, S11986 [30NO], S12294-S12300, S12305-S12311 [3DE], S12356, S12361-S12369, S12371-S12375, S12379, S12384-S12386, S12391-S12393, S12396, S12403-S12405 [4DE], S12462, S12466, S12471, S12474, S12482-S12484, S12491, S12515 [5DE], S12584-S12592 [7DE], S12851 [10DE], S13122 [12DE], S13719, S13760 [22DE], S13858 [23DE]

———offer certain individuals a buy-in option, S12693 [8DE], S12793 [9DE], S12853-S12855, S12868 [10DE]

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

———prohibit establishment of Medicare Advisory Board, S12113 [2DE]

———prohibit reduction of guaranteed benefits and apply any savings to extend solvency of trust funds, reduce premiums, improve or expand guaranteed benefits, and protect access to providers, S12278, S12285, S12292-S12295 [3DE], S12549 [6DE], S12566, S12567, S12590-S12592, S12595 [7DE]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs, S12530-S12532, S12534-S12536, S12538, S12549-S12551 [6DE], S12565-S12570, S12575-S12586, S12588, S12590-S12593, S12596-S12599 [7DE], S13803 [23DE]

———provide coverage of intensive lifestyle treatment (S. 1640), S9043 [6AU]

———provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (S. 1251), S6558 [11JN]

———provide for advanced illness care management services for beneficiaries (S. 1263), S6573 [15JN]

———remove prompt payment discount on prescription drugs, S1674 [5FE]

———require that certain tests performed by an independent laboratory of a specimen collected by a hospital be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory (S. 1220), S6382 [9JN]

———solvency, S5472 [14MY], S10004 [1OC], S11312 [10NO], S11847, S11855 [20NO], S11944, S11950, S11951 [21NO], S12480, S12484 [5DE], S12693 [8DE], S12791 [9DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: protect and improve prescription drug benefits provided to dual eligible individuals (S. 1634), S9029 [6AU]

———require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (S. Res. 212), S7651 [16JY]

Mental health: integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (S. 1188), S6201 [4JN]

National Commission on Entitlement Solvency: establish (S. 276), S652 [16JA]

National Park Service: trail construction, rehabilitation and maintenance funding, S1799 [6FE]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children eligible for free school meals (S. 1737), S10062 [1OC]

Native Americans: application and impact of economic stimulus, S1242 [2FE]

NIH: allocate a portion of economic stimulus funds to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, S9093 [7AU]

———biomedical research funding through reductions in Dept. of Education State Fiscal Stabilization Fund funding, S1403-S1406 [3FE]

Obama, President: characterization of remarks relative to financial services companies use of economic stimulus funds to pay for trips to Las Vegas, NV, S2100, S2123 [11FE]

———proposed community college initiative, S7473 [14JY]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (S. 705), S3794 [25MR]

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]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: provide a temporary waiver of recovery of certain pension overpayments to participants or beneficiaries, S1840 [6FE]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (S. 1625), S9022 [6AU]

Power resources: provide a point of order against legislation that would impose a national energy tax on middle-income individuals, S4159 [1AP]

Public lands: management agencies funding, S1781 [6FE]

Public welfare programs: implement drug testing programs for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds, S4288 [2AP]

Real estate: lower interest rates on 30-year fixed mortgages for creditworthy borrowers to refinance current loans or make new home purchases, S1373 [3FE], S1474-S1478, S1509 [4FE], S1648, S1654, S1657, S1662 [5FE], S2185 [12FE], S2409, S2410 [24FE]

———require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and create databases on foreclosures (S. 1731), S9984 [30SE]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (S. 2899), S13386 [17DE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), S9973, S9974 [30SE], S10866 [28OC], S10869 [29OC]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), unanimous-consent request, S9972, S9973 [30SE]

Rural areas: home health agencies funding, S1800 [6FE]

SBA: encourage participation of small business concerns in Federal loan programs, S1795 [6FE], S2032-S2034 [9FE]

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

———establish a temporary program under which loans are made to small businesses that are nonprofit child care businesses (S. 2661), S10992 [2NO]

———funding, S2818 [5MR]

———improve and extend certain disaster assistance and hurricane relief programs and provide assistance to homeowners affected by defective drywall imported from China (S. 2731), S11207-S11210 [5NO]

———improve certain loan programs (S. 2918), S13699 [21DE]

———improve export growth opportunities for small businesses (S. 1208), S6267 [8JN]

———improve the Office of International Trade to expand small business exporting (S. 1196), S6257 [8JN], S12816 [9DE]

———improve the Office of International Trade to expand small business exporting (S. 2862), S12811-S12818 [9DE]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (S. 1832), S10695 [22OC]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (S. 2869), S12912 [10DE]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (S. 1831), S10643 [21OC]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (S. 1229), S6459-S6471 [10JN]

———repeal the America's Recovery Capital Loan Program (S. 2777), S11388 [16NO]

———require Federal agencies receiving economic stimulus assistance to allocate a portion to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, S1794 [6FE]

Seattle, WA: Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center funding, S9342, S9343 [15SE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, S3094-S3096 [12MR], S4129 [1AP]

———establish (S. 1056), S6412-S6415 [10JN], S9312 [14SE], S10617 [21OC]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S12792 [9DE]

Senate Rules: reform earmark process, S4283 [2AP]

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]

Small business: authorize loan guarantees for health information technology (S. 2765), S11349 [10NO]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch (S. 1615), S9015 [6AU]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 1513), S8101 [24JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), S10740 [26OC]

———extend programs (S. 1929), House amendment, S10943 [29OC]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1513), S8101 [24JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), S10740 [26OC]

———extend programs (S. 1929), House amendment, S10943 [29OC]

Social Security: clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the State Children's Health Insurance Program Express Lane Enrollment option, S1040, S1044 [29JA]

———codify rule specifying eligibility for unborn children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1009, S1015, S1031, S1032 [29JA]

———develop State Children's Health Insurance Program's best practice recommendations and ensure coverage of low-income children, S976, S982, S986 [28JA]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1674), S9379 [15SE]

———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under State Children's Health Insurance Program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, S1015, S1016, S1019, S1023-S1025, S1029, S1031 [29JA]

———eliminate State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for legal immigrants and increase coverage for low-income American children, S854 [27JA], S1026-S1029 [29JA]

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

———encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 264), S616 [15JA]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (S. 958), S5022 [1MY]

———ensure redistributed State Children's Health Insurance Program funds cover low-income children rather than children from higher income families, S961, S968 [28JA]

———establish an incentive program to encourage enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S871 [27JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S797, S801-S805, S820-S822 [26JA], S852-S866, S885 [27JA], S949-S989 [28JA], S1007-S1038, S1040-S1050 [29JA], S1121, S1232 [30JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S792 [22JA]

———extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10508 [19OC]

———extend provisions under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S11457 [18NO]

———extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program for a limited amount of time in order to enact bipartisan comprehensive health care reform, S1036-S1038 [29JA]

———limit income eligibility expansions under State Children's Health Insurance Program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled, S1017, S1018 [29JA]

———permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures (S. 214), S315 [12JA]

———prevent fraud and restore fiscal accountability to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program by improving improper payment rates, S986, S987 [28JA], S1044 [29JA]

———prioritize assistance for outreach and enrollment under State Children's Health Insurance Program to States with highest percentages of uninsured children, S1045 [29JA]

———prohibit Federal matching payment for Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage of noncitizen children or pregnant women relative to State enrollment of low-income uninsured children, S857-S859, S867, S869, S880 [27JA]

———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]

———prohibit State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for higher income children and payment to States in which income eligibility level for Medicaid exceeds State Children's Health Insurance Program, S962-S965, S968, S969 [28JA]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards, S4160 [1AP]

———prohibit the use of increased tobacco taxes to offset the cost of expanded State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage, S957 [28JA]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (S. 770), S4179 [1AP]

———provide a point of order against legislation that would deplete Social Security trust funds, S4159 [1AP]

———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]

———provide for progressive indexing and longevity indexing of old-age insurance benefits for newly retired and aged surviving spouses (S. 426), S2237-S2239 [12FE]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 326), S838 [26JA]

———reinstate the crowd-out policy that prevents the substitution of State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for private insurance coverage, S967, S969, S970, S973-S975, S979, S982-S985 [28JA]

———require States to impose cost-sharing for enrollees in the State Children's Health Insurance Program whose income is more than double the poverty line, S860, S879 [27JA]

———require States to offer premium assistance for coverage of children through private plans under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid if State expands eligibility levels, S987, S988 [28JA], S1030 [29JA]

———strengthen the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S12002 [30NO], S12981 [11DE]

———treat certain income received by hedge fund managers as ordinary income and reduce increase in tobacco excise taxes to fund State Children's Health Insurance Program extension, S875 [27JA], S972, S978, S979 [28JA]

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]

States: constitutionality of restrictions on State employees' self-insurance plans, S13821, S13832 [23DE]

———impact of economic stimulus on State budgets, S7292 [9JY]

———impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures on State employees' self-insurance plans, S13717, S13774 [22DE]

Sustainable development: establish Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, and comprehensive planning and sustainability challenge grant programs (S. 1619), S9017 [6AU]

Taxation: allow additional expenses for purposes of determining the Hope Scholarship credit and maintain refundability of such credit, S1515 [4FE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide a credit for certain home purchases, S4046 [31MR], S4129 [1AP], S4844 [29AP]

———extend certain disaster relief provisions (S. 2928), S13883 [23DE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S1474-S1478, S1509 [4FE], S1672 [5FE], S2185, S2186 [12FE], S2298 [13FE], S2409, S2410 [24FE]

———provide a deduction for health care costs of certain children comparable to the average Federal share of benefit provided to non-citizen children for medical or child health assistance, S1032, S1038, S1040, S1043 [29JA]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (S. 585), S3078 [12MR]

———repeal sunset of adoption credit expansion and adoption assistance programs and allow credit to be claimed in the year expenses are incurred, regardless of when the adoption becomes final (S. 2816), S11972 [21NO]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (S. 24), S172 [7JA]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (S. 155), S138 [6JA]

Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge: environmental compliance projects funding, S2818 [5MR]

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

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, S12068 [1DE]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (S. 238), S390 [14JA]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around the Navajo Indian Reservation (S. 759), S4174, S4175 [1AP]

Unemployment: direct unused portion of stimulus funds to extend emergency unemployment compensation, S10822 [28OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S9065 [7AU], S9969 [30SE], S13355, S13356, S13373 [17DE], S13426 [18DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10092 [5OC], S10286, S10287, S10290, S10327 [8OC], S10333 [13OC], S10417, S10418 [14OC], S10457, S10460 [15OC], S10534-S10538, S10564 [20OC], S10616, S10630 [21OC], S10836 [28OC], S10909-S10911 [29OC], S10945 [30OC], S10966-S10968, S10979-S10985 [2NO], S11009, S11015, S11016-S11026, S11028-S11034, S11044 [3NO], S11063, S11075-S11078, S11080, S11082, S11091, S11092, S11097, S11103 [4NO], S11197-S11201 [5NO]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10653 [21OC], S10662 [22OC], S10717 [26OC], S10747-S10749, S10759, S10762, S10765, S10767-S10772 [27OC], S10793, S10794, S10807-S10809, S10811-S10818, S10822-S10826, S10828-S10830, S10832, S10837-S10839, S10843 [28OC], S10878-S10880 [29OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), unanimous-consent agreement, S10709 [22OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), unanimous-consent request, S10284 [8OC], S10355 [13OC], S10712, S10713 [26OC], S10891-S10893 [29OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 1647), S9081 [7AU]

Unemployment Trust Fund: temporarily protect solvency, S8514-S8516, S8518, S8520, S8529 [30JY]

Ventura County, CA: provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (S. 709), S3801 [25MR]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (S. 1547), S8562 [30JY], S8628 [31JY], S8890 [5AU]

Victims of Crime Act: establish a minimum funding level for programs that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund (S. 1340), S7007 [24JN]

Washington County, UT: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality economic development, S422 [15JA]

Women: clarify that nonprofit organizations assisted under the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program include certain crisis pregnancy centers and organizations that serve battered women or victims of rape and incest, S3760, S3771 [25MR]

———establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents, S12762 [9DE]

———establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (S. 270), S620 [15JA]

Workforce Investment Act: formula grants funding, S1796-S1798 [6FE]

Reports

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations, S9257 [10SE]

Is ACORN Intentionally Structured as a Criminal Enterprise? Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) Minority Staff, S9309 [14SE]

Stimulus Legislation Must Include Budget Reforms To Address Long-Term Challenges: Alison Acosta Fraser, Heritage Foundation, H166 [13JA]

Reports filed

Allow Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules of H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 766) (H. Rept. 111-264), H9898 [23SE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 111-16), H1517 [12FE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 679) (H. Rept. 111-4), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 336) (S. Rept. 111-3), S893 [27JA]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 350), S1057 [29JA]

Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 23) (H. Rept. 111-99), H5397 [7MY]

Commend Hunters, Sportsmen's Associations, Meat Processors, Hunger Relief Organizations, and State Agencies for Programs That Provide Game Meat To Feed the Hungry: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. Res. 374), S13319 [16DE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 168) (H. Rept. 111-17), H1517 [12FE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 961) (H. Rept. 111-368), H14445 [9DE]

Consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 111-6), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 111-9), H600 [27JA]

Consideration of H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 52) (H. Rept. 111-1), H193 [13JA]

Consideration of H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 53) (H. Rept. 111-2), H194 [13JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 62) (H. Rept. 111-3), H323 [14JA]

Consideration of H.R. 2187, 21st Century Green High-Performing School Facilities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 427) (H. Rept. 111-106), H5663 [14MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Programs Authorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 474) (H. Rept. 111-127), H6008 [21MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3221, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 746) (H. Rept. 111-256), H9548 [15SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 669) (H. Rept. 111-219), H8584 [22JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3791, Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act Grant Programs Amendments: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 909) (H. Rept. 111-340), H13068 [17NO]

Consideration of H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 875) (H. Rept. 111-317), H12043 [28OC]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 107) (H. Rept. 111-10), H919 [3FE]

Consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 976) (H. Rept. 111-380), H15498 [16DE]

COPS Improvements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1139) (H. Rept. 111-78), H4579 [21AP]

Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1340), S10700 [22OC]

Dept. of the Interior Grants and Other Assistance Extention To Facilitate a Political Status Public Education Program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3940) (H. Rept. 111-357), H13549 [7DE]

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]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3288) (H. Rept. 111-366), H13627, H14370 [8DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3288) (H. Rept. 111-218), H8584 [22JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3288) (S. Rept. 111-69), S8864 [5AU]

Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1293) (H. Rept. 111-226), H8706 [23JY]

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]

———Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2182) (H. Rept. 111-115), H5711 [18MY]

Entrepreneurial Development Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1229) (S. Rept. 111-36), S7138 [6JY]

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 Fire Prevention and Control Act Grant Programs Amendment: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 3791) (H. Rept. 111-333), H13001 [16NO]

HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3792) (H. Rept. 111-305), H11514 [20OC]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1793), S10486 [15OC]

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1171) (H. Rept. 111-54), H4060 [26MR]

Hope for Homeowners Program Improvement: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 787) (H. Rept. 111-12), H1156 [10FE]

Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 327), S5281 [7MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 327) (S. Rept. 111-85), S10060 [1OC]

Include a List of Organizations That Provide Scholarships to Veterans and Their Survivors on the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Internet Site: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1172) (H. Rept. 111-164), H7021 [18JN]

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

Maritime Workforce Development Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2651) (H. Rept. 111-243), H9275 [31JY]

OPIC Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 705) (S. Rept. 111-107), S13251 [15DE]

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1746) (H. Rept. 111-83), H4731 [23AP]

Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3980) (H. Rept. 111-346), H13385 [1DE]

Require a Portion of an Economic Recovery Package Be Directed to Revenue Measures, Unemployment, and Health: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 598) (H. Rept. 111-8), H600 [27JA], H777 [28JA]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 158) (H. Rept. 111-15), H1246 [11FE]

Section 8 Voucher Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3045) (H. Rept. 111-277), H10407 [30SE]

Small Business Financing and Investment Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3854) (H. Rept. 111-315), H11790 [26OC]

State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 275), S652 [16JA]

Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3221) (H. Rept. 111-232), H8872 [27JY]

Transportation Security Administration Programs Authorization: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 2200) (H. Rept. 111-123), H5790 [19MY]

21st Century Green High-Performing School Facilities Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2187) (H. Rept. 111-100), H5405 [11MY]

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]

Veterans Retraining Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1168) (H. Rept. 111-323), H12197 [2NO]

Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3949) (H. Rept. 111-324), H12197 [2NO]

Vision Care for Kids Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 577) (H. Rept. 111-46), H3747 [23MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1659 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1525 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H607 [28JA]

———restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), S8512 [30JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H414 [21JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, H14450 [10DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), H8594 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), amend to include Representative Tom Price's amendment on firearms possession in federally assisted housing, H8724 [24JY]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

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]

Increase Amount Available To Purchase Commodities for Emergency Food Assistance Program: Senator Specter, S11604 [19NO]

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, H12926 [7NO]

Summaries

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Comparative Effectiveness Research Provisions, H1570 [13FE]

Emergency Response Act (S. 2863), S12912 [10DE]

House Votes on Conference Report of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H3649 [19MR]

Jobs for Main Street Act (H.R. 2847), H15462-H15465 [16DE]

Senate Votes in 110th Congress on Codifying Rule Specifying Eligibility for Unborn Children Under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1011 [29JA]

Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act (H.R. 3306), E1916 [24JY]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H9918 [24SE]

California economic stimulus funding allocation, S6627 [16JN]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S6934 [23JN], S11033 [3NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013, S886 [27JA]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9318 [14SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3357, Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs funds restoration, S8512 [30JY]

Community Development Block Grant Program allocations, S9403 [16SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3288), H8605-H8613 [23JY]

Estimated cost of extending certain provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2181 [12FE]

Estimated effects of Medicare Advantage provisions of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans and Federal subsidies for plan enrollees' benefits not covered by Medicare, S12124 [2DE]

Estimated macroeconomic impacts of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2182 [12FE]

Federal-aid highway contract authority comparison of House budget resolution and Senate budget resolution, H4429 [2AP]

Infrastructure spending and job creation by State, S1375 [3FE]

Medicare Advantage enrollment by State, S12657 [8DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H9919 [24SE]

World War II military-related service by certain non-military groups, H5425 [12MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 164, Dept. of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service anniversary, H8371 [20JY]

H. Res. 40, require each standing House committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize, H268 [14JA]

H. Res. 52, consideration of H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, H203 [14JA]

H. Res. 53, consideration of H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act, H273 [14JA]

H. Res. 62, consideration of H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act, H329 [15JA]

H. Res. 88, consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H536 [27JA]

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H607 [28JA]

H. Res. 107, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, H928 [4FE]

H. Res. 168, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1524 [13FE]

H. Res. 210, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, H3081 [9MR]

H. Res. 270, commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need, H8369 [20JY]

H. Res. 427, consideration of H.R. 2187, 21st Century Green High-Performing School Facilities Act, H5492 [13MY]

H. Res. 442, recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families, H5682 [18MY]

H. Res. 474, consideration of H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration programs authorization, H6161 [4JN]

H. Res. 491, encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership in Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium, H9829 [23SE]

H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, H8593 [23JY]

H. Res. 746, consideration of H.R. 3221, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, H9558 [16SE]

H. Res. 766, allow consideration under suspension of the rules of H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act, H9905 [24SE]

H. Res. 875, consideration of H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act, H12069 [29OC]

H. Res. 909, consideration of H.R. 3791, Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act grant programs amendments, H13087 [18NO]

H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H642-H711 [28JA]

H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, S1206-S1232 [30JA], H216-H245 [14JA]

H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act, H5422 [12MY]

H.R. 46, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, H4862 [28AP]

H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act, H335-H343 [15JA]

H.R. 403, Homes for Heroes Act, H6833-H6838 [16JN]

H.R. 577, Vision Care for Kids Act, H4090 [30MR]

H.R. 908, Dept. of Justice Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program reauthorization, H1118 [10FE]

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

H.R. 1127, immigration programs extension, H2942 [4MR]

H.R. 1139, COPS Improvements Act, H4656-H4658 [22AP]

H.R. 1168, Veterans Retraining Act, H12149 [2NO]

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

H.R. 1171, Dept. of Labor Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program reauthorization, H4067 [30MR]

H.R. 1172, include a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors on the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Internet site, H7093 [23JN]

H.R. 1242, Dept. of the Treasury Troubled Asset Relief Program additional monitoring and accountability, H13405 [2DE]

H.R. 1293, Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act, H8818 [27JY]

H.R. 1380, Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act, H6029 [2JN]

H.R. 1429, Stop AIDS in Prison Act, H3459 [17MR]

H.R. 1512, FAA Extension Act, H3533 [18MR]

H.R. 1662, require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance, H6034 [2JN]

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

H.R. 1746, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act, H4747 [27AP]

H.R. 1777, Higher Education Act technical corrections, H4093-H4099 [30MR], H7102-H7107 [23JN]

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

H.R. 1834, Native American Business Development Enhancement Act, H13077 [18NO]

H.R. 1842, Expanding Entrepreneurship Act, H13079 [18NO]

H.R. 1845, Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act, H12473-H12475 [6NO]

H.R. 2034, Rural Homeowners Protection Act, H8971 [29JY]

H.R. 2182, Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act, H5722 [19MY]

H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration programs authorization, H6183-H6193 [4JN]

H.R. 2651, Maritime Workforce Development Act, H11341-H11343 [14OC]

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

H.R. 3014, Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act, H13084 [18NO]

H.R. 3139, FEMA National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act, H8973 [29JY]

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

H.R. 3221, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, H9604-H9624 [16SE]

H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9233-S9252 [10SE], S9595-S9615 [21SE]

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. 3357, Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs funds restoration, H9016 [29JY]

H.R. 3548, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H9767 [22SE]

H.R. 3548, Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act, S11099-S11103 [4NO], H12381-H12384 [5NO]

H.R. 3607, Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act, H9836 [23SE]

H.R. 3617, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H9855-H9861 [23SE]

H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act, H9908 [24SE]

H.R. 3737, Small Business Microlending Expansion Act, H12466 [6NO]

H.R. 3743, Small Business Disaster Readiness and Reform Act, H12471 [6NO]

H.R. 3791, Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act grant programs amendment, H13100-H13103 [18NO]

H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act, H12079-H12099 [29OC]

H.R. 3940, Dept. of the Interior grants and other assistance extension to facilitate a political status public education program for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, H13533 [7DE]

H.R. 3949, Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act, H12152-H12156 [2NO]

H.R. 3980, Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act, H13411 [2DE]

H.R. 4217, Fiscal Year 2010 FAA Extension Act, Part II, H13594 [8DE]

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

S. 7, Education Opportunity Act, S45 [6JA]

S. 57, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act, S62 [6JA]

S. 59, Strengthen the Public Health Service Act, S63 [6JA]

S. 72, Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act, S72 [6JA]

S. 118, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act, S89-S92 [6JA]

S. 155, Unemployment Benefit Tax Suspension Act, S138 [6JA]

S. 167, COPS Improvements Act, S213 [8JA]

S. 168, SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act, S215 [8JA]

S. 194, Bonus TEFAP Assistance Act, S258 [9JA]

S. 214, permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures, S315 [12JA]

S. 242, Title I Education Funding Integrity Act, S392 [14JA]

S. 270, Pregnant Women Support Act, S621-S626 [15JA]

S. 303, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act reauthorization and improvement, S789 [22JA], S3318 [17MR], H14835-H14837 [14DE]

S. 319, Community Health Workers Act, S836-S838 [26JA]

S. 326, Kids First Act, S838-S843 [26JA]

S. 327, Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act, S843-S846 [26JA]

S. 456, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act, S2369 [23FE]

S. 497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act, S2568 [26FE]

S. 514, Veterans Rehabilitation and Training Improvements Act, S2706 [3MR]

S. 585, Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act, S3078 [12MR]

S. 590, Defense Communities Assistance Act, S3083 [12MR]

S. 627, Fast Track to College Act, S3371-S3373 [18MR]

S. 681, Greensburg, Kansas Recovery Extension Act, S4008 [30MR]

S. 682, Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act, S3673-S3675 [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. 709, Santa Susana Fair Compensation Act, S3802 [25MR]

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

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

S. 759, Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around the Navajo Indian Reservation reauthorization, S4175 [1AP]

S. 770, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S4180 [1AP]

S. 786, Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act, S4317 [2AP]

S. 808, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act, S4358-S4368 [2AP]

S. 836, provide subpoena authority to the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Dept. of the Treasury Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4449 [20AP]

S. 914, Cures Acceleration Network establishment to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies, and NIH reauthorization and National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities elevation to Institute status, S4815-S4817 [28AP]

S. 949, 21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act, S4971-S4976 [30AP]

S. 958, MediKids Health Insurance Act, S5023-S5027 [1MY]

S. 968, Secondary School Innovation Fund Act, S5082-S5085 [4MY]

S. 972, provide additional funding for successful claimants in Dept. of Agriculture racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims, S5131 [5MY]

S. 1060, Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act, S5557-S5561 [18MY]

S. 1114, Medical Homes Act, S5729-S5732 [20MY]

S. 1129, Pathways to College Act, S5827-S5829 [21MY]

S. 1151, State Child Well-Being Research Act, S5873 [21MY]

S. 1185, Medicare Financial Stability for Beneficiaries Act, S6194-S6201 [4JN]

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

S. 1188, Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act, S6202-S6204 [4JN]

S. 1196, Small Business International Trade Enhancements Act, S6258-S6260 [8JN]

S. 1201, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S6265 [8JN]

S. 1208, Small Business Export Opportunity Development Act, S6268-S6271 [8JN]

S. 1220, Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, S6383 [9JN]

S. 1229, Entrepreneurial Development Act, S6460-S6470 [10JN]

S. 1239, 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act, S6546-S6548 [11JN]

S. 1259, Preserving Access to Targeted, Individualized, and Effective New Treatments and Services (PATIENTS) Act, S6585 [15JN]

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

S. 1278, Consumers Health Care Act, S6723-S6727 [17JN]

S. 1280, TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act, S6727 [17JN]

S. 1295, Medicare Transitional Care Act, S6813 [18JN]

S. 1306, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act, S6846 [19JN]

S. 1329, State Court Interpreter Grant Program Act, S6946 [23JN]

S. 1340, Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act, S7008 [24JN]

S. 1362, Success in the Middle Act, S7082-S7086 [25JN]

S. 1404, Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act, S7196-S7199 [7JY]

S. 1492, Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act, S7885-S7887 [22JY]

S. 1506, National Metro Safety Act, S8042 [23JY]

S. 1513, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S8101 [24JY], H8916 [28JY]

S. 1547, Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act, S8562-S8564 [30JY]

S. 1574, Clean Energy for Homes and Buildings Act, S8769-S8771 [4AU]

S. 1615, Next Step for Main Street Credit Availability Act, S9015 [6AU]

S. 1634, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Improvement Act, S9030-S9038 [6AU]

S. 1646, Keep Americans Working Act, S9080 [7AU]

S. 1647, Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act, S9082 [7AU]

S. 1699, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S9745 [23SE]

S. 1714, Open College Textbook Act, S9850 [24SE]

S. 1723, TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act, S9932 [29SE]

S. 1731, Preserving Homes and Communities Act, S9985-S9988 [30SE]

S. 1793, HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act, S10525-S10530 [19OC], H11523-H11528 [21OC]

S. 1929, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S10740 [26OC], S10943 [29OC]

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

S. 2731, SBA Disaster Recovery and Reform Act, S11210-S11212 [5NO]

S. 2777, repeal the SBA America's Recovery Capital Loan Program, S11389 [16NO]

S. 2793, Strengthening and Updating Resources and Equipment (SURE) Act, S11495 [18NO]

S. 2796, extend Dept. of Education authority to purchase guaranteed student loans, S11496 [18NO]

S. 2801, Fostering Success in Education Act, S11597-S11604 [19NO]

S. 2805, increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program, S11605 [19NO]

S. 2816, Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act, S11972 [21NO]

S. 2831, Helping Unemployed Workers Act, S12325-S12327 [3DE]

S. 2833, Transitional Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Act, S12328-S12330 [3DE]

S. 2862, Small Business Export Enhancement and International Trade Act, S12812-S12816 [9DE]

S. 2925, Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act, S13788-S13790 [22DE]

S. 2928, Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Extension Act, S13883 [23DE]

S. Res. 67, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, S2850, S2853 [5MR]

S. Res. 170, ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S6272 [8JN], S6496 [11JN]

S. Res. 175, ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency, S6386 [9JN]

S. Res. 212, require any Medicare/Medicaid savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens, S7651 [16JY]

S. Res. 374, commend hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief organizations, and certain State agencies for programs that provide game meat to feed the hungry, S13192 [14DE], S13469 [18DE]