WICKER, ROGER F. (a Senator from Mississippi)

Amendments

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2643 [2MR], S2674 [3MR], S2754 [4MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1542, S1558, S1579, S1584, S1595 [4FE], S1740 [5FE], S1868 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5822 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4090, S4102 [31MR], S4203, S4210 [1AP], S4274 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7564, S7566, S7567 [15JY], S7710 [20JY], S7782 [21JY], S7849, S7905, S7930, S7932 [22JY], S8027, S8054 [23JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7330 [9JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9327, S9332 [14SE], S9350 [15SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6051 [3JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12627 [7DE], S12926, S12931 [10DE], S13034 [11DE], S13191 [14DE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2490, S2493 [25FE], S2559 [26FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10208 [7OC]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S929, S936, S942, S943 [27JA], S955 [28JA]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12627 [7DE], S12926, S12931 [10DE], S13034 [11DE], S13191 [14DE]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S2347 [13FE]

Committee to escort British Prime Minister Gordon Brown into the House Chamber, H2928 [4MR]

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

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

Samuel B. Kent impeachment trial committee, S6961 [24JN]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, S6956 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see S. 1326), S6938 [23JN]

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

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S4312 [2AP]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 572), S3025 [11MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S9733 [23SE]

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

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

Budget: require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use both dynamic and static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 154), S599 [15JA]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7413 [13JY]

Business and industry: address reimbursement of certain costs to automobile dealers (see S. 1253), S6542 [11JN]

———disclose payments to foreign countries for commercial development of oil, natural gas, and minerals, and express that the U.S. should disclose payments for such development on Federal land (see S. 1700), S9733 [23SE]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: engrave the Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center (see S. Con. Res. 27), S6581 [15JN]

Clean Air Act: conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (see S. 636), S4447 [20AP]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see S. 1319), S6888 [22JN]

Consumer Product Safety Act: exempt second-hand sellers of certain products from lead content and certification requirements (see S. 374), S1542 [4FE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 85), S338 [13JA]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see S. 251), S2027 [9FE]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 1234), S11291 [9NO]

CPSC: promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (see S. 723), S9841 [24SE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 1179), S6185 [4JN]

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

Dept. of Education: extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see S. 2796), S12910 [10DE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see S. 1158), S8996 [6AU]

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

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 1057), S5502 [14MY]

Dept. of Justice: grant exemption authority relative to laws governing import, possession, and transport of explosives (see S. 325), S1432 [3FE]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management (see S.J. Res. 24), S13458 [18DE]

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

———establish a program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed U.S. savings bonds (see S. 827), S6939 [23JN]

———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 Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from funding Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see S. 1710), S10163 [6OC]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 2787), S11494 [18NO]

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

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (see S. 1113), S5700 [20MY]

———study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see S. 841), S8995 [6AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see S. 669), S3609 [23MR]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S6846 [19JN]

Discrimination: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 96), S338 [13JA]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S4062 [31MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (see S. 634), S4756 [27AP]

English language: declare as national language of U.S. (see S. 992), S5232 [6MY]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see S. 34), S40 [6JA]

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

Firearms: modernize process by which interstate firearms transactions are conducted by Federal firearms licensees (see S. 556), S3611 [23MR]

———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 371), S2028 [9FE] (see S. 845), S4513 [21AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 15), S5232 [6MY]

Foreign policy: importance of public diplomacy (see S. Res. 49), S3552 [19MR]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see S. 604), S10061 [1OC]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S6805 [18JN]

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

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

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

Health: require any proposal for health care reform slow the long-term growth of health care costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending (see S. Res. 231), S8557 [30JY]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S6544 [11JN]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S6650 [16JN]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see S. 1348), S7069 [25JN]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1065), S9734 [23SE]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S5329 [11MY]

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

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 14), S5616 [19MY]

Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 18), S4574 [22AP]

Maritime Administration: reauthorize (see S. 1308), S7262 [8JY]

Medicare: extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see S. 935), S4963 [30AP]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see S. 769), S6581 [15JN]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see S. 343), S1864 [6FE]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S6364 [9JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S4445 [20AP]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S9187 [9SE]

Mining and mineral resources: require U.S.-registered companies selling products using columbite-tantalite, coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to disclose the country-of-origin of such materials to the SEC (see S. 891), S6581 [15JN]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S10925 [29OC]

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

National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (see S. 2097), S12414 [4DE]

National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 59), S2592 [27FE]

National Boating Day: observance (see S. Res. 199), S6994 [24JN]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 25), S994 [28JA]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 229), S8272 [29JY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 478), S2473 [25FE]

———permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees (see S. 1184), S6721 [17JN]

———protect employer rights (see S. 1227), S6452 [10JN]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 277), S9589 [21SE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S7781 [21JY]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 154), S5615 [19MY]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1401), S8558 [30JY]

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

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

Science: prohibit human-animal hybrids (see S. 1435), S7318 [9JY]

Senate Rules: require all legislative matters be available and scored by CBO for a certain period before consideration by any subcommittee, committee, or on the floor (see S. 1772), S10637 [21OC] (see S. Res. 307), S10217 [7OC]

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

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

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S3551 [19MR]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S4755 [27AP]

———extend increased rehabilitation credit for structures in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 1861), S10700 [22OC]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas (see S. 1761), S10521 [19OC]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 316), S2424 [24FE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 781), S4309 [2AP]

———provide that the value of certain historic property shall be determined using an income approach in determining the taxable estate of a decedent (see S. 2728), S11118 [4NO]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S7071 [25JN]

Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see S. 649), S3550 [19MR]

Transportation: 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), S599 [15JA]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see S. 1023), S5702 [20MY]

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

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S11594 [19NO]

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

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

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

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S6940 [23JN]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see S. Res. 89), S3986 [30MR]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S5282 [7MY]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S4722 [24AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 346), S1057 [29JA]

Amtrak: permit passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage (see S. 1638), S8993 [6AU]

Clean Air Act: promote certification of aftermarket conversion systems and thereby encourage increased use of alternative fueled vehicles (see S. 1809), S10570 [20OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 1311), S6845 [19JN]

Russia: characterize trial of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and Russian judicial independence (see S. Res. 189), S6804 [18JN]

Tariff: used compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines used in remanufacture (see S. 1983), S10851 [28OC]

———used fuel pumps used in remanufacture (see S. 1984), S10851 [28OC]

———used gear boxes used in remanufacture (see S. 1985), S10851 [28OC]

Taxation: extend bonus depreciation deduction applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 2761), S11344 [10NO]

Certificates of election

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Letters

Extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing tax credit for certain disaster areas: by, S13872 [23DE]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Remarks

Amtrak: permit passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage, S9350 [15SE], S9401 [16SE]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2618 [2MR], S2674 [3MR], S2791, S2794 [5MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1638, S1643 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2278 [13FE]

Budget: deficit, S1638 [5FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4274 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13405 [18DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9350 [15SE], S9401 [16SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (S. 1311), S6848 [19JN]

Firearms: allow Amtrak passengers to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage, S4274 [2AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S2618 [2MR], S2674 [3MR], S2791, S2794 [5MR]

Gravely (U.S.S.): tribute to christening, S5775 [21MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S6421 [10JN], S7297 [9JY], S7390 [13JY], S7455 [14JY], S8662 [3AU], S10593 [21OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12294, S12295, S12296, S12299, S12300 [3DE], S13146, S13147 [14DE], S13405 [18DE], S13755, S13756, S13758, S13759, S13760, S13761, S13762 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12294 [3DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11856, S11858, S11859, S11860, S11861 [20NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S13760 [22DE]

Medicaid: exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, S13755, S13756, S13758, S13759 [22DE]

———impact of eligibility expansion, S13146, S13147 [14DE]

Medicare: eliminate funding cuts, S12294, S12296 [3DE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S11858, S11859, S11860 [20NO], S12295, S12299, S12300 [3DE], S13760 [22DE]

———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, S12294 [3DE]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S13762 [22DE]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S1017 [29JA]

———limit income eligibility expansions under State Children's Health Insurance Program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled, S1017 [29JA]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8813 [5AU]

Taxation: allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases, S2279 [13FE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S2279 [13FE]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in China, S2618 [2MR], S2674 [3MR], S2791, S2794 [5MR]