SCHUMER, CHARLES E. (a Senator from New York)

Addresses

New York University Commencement: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sec. of State, S6884 [22JN]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8693, S8694 [3AU], S8767 [4AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1443, S1462, S1463, S1464 [3FE], S1555, S1558, S1559, S1560, S1563, S1582, S1593, S1595, S1598 [4FE], S1707, S1712, S1739, S1749 [5FE], S1819, S1822, S1864, S1865, S1868, S1872 [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), S4135, S4206 [1AP], S4254, S4313, S4314, S4392 [2AP]

Capitol Police: make technical corrections to laws affecting certain administrative authorities (H.R. 1299), S10940 [29OC]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4980 [30AP], S5027 [1MY], S5067 [4MY], S5117 [5MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5389 [12MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7419 [13JY], S7491, S7493 [14JY], S7710 [20JY], S7800 [21JY], S7871, S7915, S7932 [22JY], S7949, S8028, S8041 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10052, S10073 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7319, S7329 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4593 [22AP], S4615, S4701, S4704 [23AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9581, S9592, S9594 [21SE], S9687 [22SE], S9751 [23SE], S9774, S9855 [24SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11406 [17NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9384, S9386 [15SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6257 [8JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12071, S12072, S12087 [1DE], S12423, S12428 [4DE], S12521 [5DE], S12637, S12639, S12640 [7DE], S12725 [8DE], S12910 [10DE], S13033, S13034 [11DE], S13385 [17DE]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 93), S4994, S4995 [30AP]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (S. Res. 245), S9272, S9273 [10SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10322, S10325 [8OC], S10375 [13OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12071, S12072, S12087 [1DE], S12423, S12428 [4DE], S12521 [5DE], S12637, S12639, S12640 [7DE], S12725 [8DE], S12910 [10DE], S13033, S13034 [11DE], S13385 [17DE]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 328), S846, S848 [26JA]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S6722 [17JN], S6890 [22JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10324 [8OC], S10862 [28OC], S10992, S11000 [2NO]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H2625 [24FE]

Committee to escort the President, H9390 [9SE]

Senate tellers to count electoral votes, S186 [8JA]

U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, S3092 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: apologize for enslavement and racial segregation (see S. Con. Res. 26), S6652 [16JN]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (see S. 1756), S10162 [6OC]

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk, milk protein concentrate, or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see S. 666), S5907 [1JN]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see S. 727), S7481 [14JY]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 146), S43 [6JA]

———restore rule making it illegal for manufacturers to set a minimum price below which a retailer cannot sell the manufacturer's product (see S. 148), S10520 [19OC]

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

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

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

———include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see S. 644), S3550 [19MR]

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

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see S. 213), S894 [27JA]

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

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see S. 61), S41 [6JA]

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

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S6940 [23JN]

Bush, President: review controversial ``midnight regulations'' (see S. 8), S40 [6JA]

Business and industry: 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]

———strengthen American manufacturing through improved industrial energy efficiency (see S. 661), S3786 [25MR]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol (see S. Res. 53), S2423 [24FE]

———authorize a plaque in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 24), S5820 [21MY]

Census: require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate Dominican extraction or descent (see S. 1084), S5700 [20MY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 92), S4063 [31MR]

Children and youth: improve health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers through the creation of a National Court Teams Resource Center (see S. 1554), S8631 [31JY]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S8995 [6AU]

CIA: submit a report to Congress on retirement benefits for former employees of Air America (see S. 1126), S5908 [1JN]

Citizenship Day: support ideals and goals (see S. Res. 271), S9436 [16SE]

Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see S. 395), S2027 [9FE]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S212 [8JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 904), S4806 [28AP]

Clean Air Act: prohibit issuance of regulatory permits for certain emissions from agricultural production (see S. 527), S2827 [5MR]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 729), S4312 [2AP]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit and district judges (see S. 1653), S9132 [8SE]

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

———provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (see S. 657), S3550 [19MR]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see S. 414), S2144 [11FE]

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

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (see S. 1833), S10702 [22OC]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (see S. 1927), S10735 [26OC]

Crime: improve assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 327), S11253 [6NO]

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

DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (see S. 256), S598 [15JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emission reductions on private forest land (see S. 1576), S8765 [4AU]

Dept. of Defense: require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see S. 2904), S13383 [17DE]

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

Dept. of Energy: provide a voucher or coupon to a consumer who trades in an inefficient vehicle and purchases a more efficient vehicle (see S. 247), S388 [14JA]

Dept. of HHS: 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), S5906 [1JN]

———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]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 1273), S10777 [27OC]

———establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see S. 1352), S9134 [8SE]

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

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see S. 1327), S9372 [15SE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 1317), S11431 [17NO]

———enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 167), S211 [8JA]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S2828 [5MR]

———make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see S. 1301), S8040 [23JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses (see S. 715), S3897 [26MR]

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

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

———provide rules for the modification or disposition of certain assets by real estate mortgage investment conduits under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 376), S1542 [4FE]

———provide Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for a voluntary employees' beneficiary association for former Delphi Corp., employees (see S. 1663), S9373 [15SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program to encourage States to enact laws to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving (see S. 1938), S10777 [27OC]

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see S. 1200), S6255 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S10777 [27OC]

———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), S4671 [23AP]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 597), S5128 [5MY]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S2229 [12FE]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 122), S4964 [30AP]

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

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 332), S10162 [6OC]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see S. 1545), S8683 [3AU]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S9265 [10SE]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see S. 571), S13252 [15DE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S8682 [3AU]

———increase housing, awareness, and navigation demonstration services (HANDS) for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 706), S11119 [4NO]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see S. 717), S4447 [20AP]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S8995 [6AU]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S6994 [24JN]

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

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system (see S. 3), S39 [6JA]

———restore fiscal discipline and begin to address long-term fiscal challenges (see S. 10), S40 [6JA]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 1197), S9982 [30SE]

———provide grants for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools (see S. 1121), S6846 [19JN]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 1152), S5820 [21MY]

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

FAA: implement certain NTSB recommendations to establish national standards on flight requirements for pilots (see S. 1284), S7194 [7JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 1422), S7781 [21JY]

FBI: prevent destruction of terrorist and criminal National Instant Criminal Background Check System records (see S. 2820), S12070 [1DE]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations and protect radio reading services (see S. 592), S3074 [12MR]

———prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see S. 2847), S12708 [8DE]

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

———study presence of contaminants and impurities in cosmetics and personal care products marketed to and used by children (see S. 925), S4891 [29AP]

FDIC: increase borrowing authority (see S. 541), S3074 [12MR]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see S. 354), S5906 [1JN]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1102), S5822 [21MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 540), S2828 [5MR]

———prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs (see S. 501), S2558 [26FE]

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

FEMA: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see S. 732), S3897 [26MR]

———increase maximum amount of assistance for rebuilding and temporary housing assistance for disaster victims (see S. 764), S5329 [11MY]

———reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see S. 763), S5329 [11MY]

———waive certain provisions of the pre-September 11, 2001, Fire Grant Program (see S. 1049), S5501 [14MY]

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

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

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see S. 566), S2965 [10MR]

Fire prevention: promote fire-safe communities (see S. 762), S5329 [11MY]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 843), S4513 [21AP]

———prohibit possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a felony or domestic violence in a foreign court (see S. 1526), S8196 [28JY]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see S. 1421), S7317 [9JY]

Foreign aid: strengthen capacity, transparency, and accountability of U.S. foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges (see S. 1524), S11493 [18NO]

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

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see S. Res. 88), S3898 [26MR]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S9133 [8SE]

Government: ensure efficient performance of agency functions (see S. 924), S4891 [29AP]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity (see S. 1024), S5371 [12MY]

———establish a collaborative protection program (see S. 237), S7780 [21JY]

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

Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see S. 1765), S10318 [8OC]

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

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see S. 486), S2558 [26FE]

———ensure health care reform includes an option to establish a federally-backed insurance pool to create options for consumers (see S. Res. 156), S5820 [21MY]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 1681), S9554 [17SE]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see S. 21), S2558 [26FE]

———guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans (see S. 4), S39 [6JA]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see S. 611), S4574 [22AP]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 450), S2322 [13FE]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S7360 [10JY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 268), S9372 [15SE]

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

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see S. 160), S2423 [24FE]

Housing: express that stable and affordable housing is essential to HIV prevention, treatment, and care and commit to providing adequate funding for development of housing as a response to AIDS pandemic (see S. Con. Res. 39), S9372 [15SE]

Hudson River: recognize quadricentennial celebration of discovery to honor, commemorate, and celebrate the historic ties of the U.S. and the Netherlands (see S. Res. 254), S9265 [10SE]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see S. Res. 278), S9589 [21SE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 424), S2229 [12FE]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see S. 168), S211 [8JA]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S2474 [25FE]

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

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

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

Immigration and Nationality Act: promote family unity (see S. 1085), S5700 [20MY]

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S12323 [3DE]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 688), S3658 [24MR]

International trade: enhance reporting requirements on the status of the Arab League trade boycott of Israel and other trade boycotts of Israel (see S. 1671), S9371 [15SE]

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), S10163 [6OC]

———condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights (see S. Res. 71), S7194 [7JY]

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

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

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

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

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

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see S. 2747), S11494 [18NO]

Law enforcement: improve efforts to reduce gang activity and violent crime (see S. 132), S42 [6JA]

———improve health care fraud enforcement (see S. 1959), S10850 [28OC]

———provide grants for the renovation, modernization, or construction of law enforcement facilities (see S. 1039), S7869 [22JY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 654), S4447 [20AP]

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

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see S. 973), S5127 [5MY]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see S. 565), S4514 [21AP]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 266), S4891 [29AP]

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

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

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see S. 1171), S9187 [9SE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 542), S2866 [6MR] (see S. 620), S3163 [17MR]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 538), S8681 [3AU]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 832), S4445 [20AP]

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), S4965 [30AP]

NAACP: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 3), S994 [28JA]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see S. 951), S7481 [14JY]

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

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

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

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see S. 755), S9187 [9SE]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S3897 [26MR]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1058 [29JA]

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

National Estuaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S9079 [7AU]

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

National Marina Day: designate (see S. Res. 215), S7639 [16JY]

National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 263), S9373 [15SE]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 295), S9982 [30SE]

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

National Principals Month: designate (see S. Res. 329), S10924 [29OC]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S8683 [3AU]

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

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

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see S. 1334), S6993 [24JN]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 448), S2322 [13FE]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 151), S5702 [20MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 1580), S8864 [5AU]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see S. 1353), S12161 [2DE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 348), S11290 [9NO]

Patents: reform (see S. 515), S2691 [3MR]

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

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 204), S308 [12JA]

Poland: anniversary of the end of Communist rule (see S. Res. 139), S5328 [11MY]

Power resources: encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing and other buildings, and create sustainable communities (see S. 1379), S7070 [25JN]

———improve economy and security of the U.S. by reducing dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming (see S. 5), S39 [6JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: prohibit the selling or counterfeiting of tickets for a Presidential inaugural ceremony (see S. 60), S41 [6JA]

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1490), S8095 [24JY]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see S. 593), S3074 [12MR]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 799), S6186 [4JN]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see S. 379), S3074 [12MR]

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen metal (see S. 418), S13252 [15DE]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 313), S10362 [13OC]

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

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see S. 1215), S6364 [9JN]

SEC: strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (see S. 1073), S9134 [8SE]

Senate: require candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form (see S. 482), S2474 [25FE] (see S. 1858), S10700 [22OC]

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

Senior citizens: attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans (see S. 750), S8995 [6AU]

———encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see S. 557), S9264 [10SE]

———ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 795), S12008 [30NO]

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see S. 936), S12708 [8DE]

Shipping industry: improve port and intermodal supply chain security (see S. 915), S4807 [28AP]

Social Security: ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see S. 1034), S6806 [18JN]

———provide transparency between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or supplies paid for under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 301), S3610 [23MR]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 686), S5907 [1JN]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see S. 446), S2322 [13FE] (see S. Res. 339), S11205 [5NO]

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]

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

Tariff: footwear (see S. 730), S13033 [11DE]

———recreational performance outerwear (see S. 1439), S7359 [10JY]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 405), S2079 [10FE]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 864), S4573 [22AP]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see S. 1222), S6364 [9JN]

———extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (see S. 1678), S9983 [30SE]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 1203), S6255 [8JN]

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

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see S. 1402), S11431 [17NO]

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

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

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S10110 [5OC]

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

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see S. 2882), S13251 [15DE]

———permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 1313), S10701 [22OC]

———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile and exclude charitable mileage reimbursements from gross income (see S. 243), S388 [14JA]

———provide for permanent alternative minimum tax relief, middle class tax relief, estate tax relief, and permanently extend certain expiring provisions (see S. 722), S3897 [26MR]

———qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of low income housing tax credit (see S. 249), S388 [14JA]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S787 [22JA]

———repeal provision prohibiting the crediting of interest to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 1474), S7781 [21JY]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 825), S10520 [19OC]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S308 [12JA]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (see S. 328), S826 [26JA] (see S. 352), S1057 [29JA]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (see S. 2930), S13883 [23DE]

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

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (see S. 1147), S6032 [3JN]

Truth in Lending Act: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see S. 1799), S10520 [19OC]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see S. 227), S337 [13JA]

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

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

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S7557 [15JY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 1647), S9078 [7AU] (see S. 1699), S9733 [23SE] (see S. 2831), S12322 [3DE]

Veterans: carry out a pilot program on training, certification, and support of family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and Armed Forces members (see S. 543), S3610 [23MR]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 546), S3074 [12MR]

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), S10488 [15OC]

Voting: prevent voter caging (see S. 528), S2827 [5MR]

Water pollution: remediate sediment contamination in areas of concern (see S. 933), S4963 [30AP]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S9186 [9SE]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see S. 1740), S11254 [6NO]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, provide performance standards for breast pumps, and provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding (see S. 1244), S8136 [27JY]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S3611 [23MR]

Year of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the U.S. Army: designate (see S. Res. 66), S3075 [12MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land to make their land available for access by the public for maple-tapping under State or tribal programs (see S. 552), S2909 [9MR]

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see S. 1168), S6030 [3JN]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see S. 1347), S6993 [24JN]

Binghamton, NY: grant posthumous citizenship to certain aliens who died as a result of the shootings at the American Civic Association (see S. 905), S4806 [28AP]

BLS: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 30), S6938 [23JN]

Business and industry: provide shareholders with enhanced authority over the nomination, election, and compensation of public company executives (see S. 1074), S5614 [19MY]

———require operators of Internet sites that sell airline tickets to disclose to the purchaser of each ticket the air carrier that operates each segment of the flight (see S. 1283), S6720 [17JN]

Census: require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate Caribbean extraction or descent (see S. 1083), S5700 [20MY]

Committee on Printing (Joint): election of members (see S. Res. 102), S4311 [2AP]

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 46), S2229 [12FE]

Committee on the Library (Joint): election of members (see S. Res. 102), S4311 [2AP]

Committees of the Senate: authorize printing of rules (see S. Res. 166), S5943 [2JN]

———authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 73), S2965 [10MR]

———increase inquiries and investigations special reserve funding (see S. Res. 152), S5615 [19MY]

Constitution—U.S.: authorize printing of pocket version (see S. Con. Res. 35), S8094 [24JY]

Consumers: prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to gift certificates, store gift cards, and other general use prepaid cards (see S. 710), S3785 [25MR]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see S. 235), S388 [14JA]

Crime: prohibit possession, transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents (see S. 2845), S12618 [7DE]

Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program: establish (see S. 27), S169 [7JA]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Office of Imported and Domestic Product Safety and the Product Safety Coordinating Council (see S. 893), S4669 [23AP]

Dept. of Energy: make loans to publicly owned electric utilities to finance and refinance projects to comply with any Federal energy efficiency resource standard (see S. 1957), S10850 [28OC]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

Dept. of HUD: 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]

Dept. of Justice: 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]

———provide grants and access to information and resources for the implementation of the Sex Offender Registration Tips and Crime Victims Center Programs (see S. 1146), S5819 [21MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see S. 1254), S6542 [11JN]

Dept. of Transportation: implement pilot program to establish truck parking facilities (see S. 971), S5127 [5MY]

Drugs: prevent use of Indian reservations located on U.S. borders to facilitate cross-border drug trafficking (see S. 2893), S13319 [16DE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 916), S4807 [28AP]

FAA: prescribe regulations to ensure that crewmembers on air carriers have proper qualifications and experience (see S. 1744), S10061 [1OC]

———require mandatory notification with respect to wildlife strikes by aircrafts (see S. 1162), S5943 [2JN]

FAA Management Advisory Council: add one member with aviation safety expertise (see S. 1163), S5943 [2JN]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see S. 1255), S6542 [11JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: add New York to the New England Fishery Management Council (see S. 918), S4807 [28AP]

Health: provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see S. 726), S3897 [26MR]

Information technology: provide grants to community colleges to improve accessibility of computer labs and training for those seeking to improve computer literacy and information technology skills (see S. 1614), S8993 [6AU]

Iran: prohibit executive departments from entering into or renewing procurement contracts with persons that export certain computer or telecommunications technologies to Iran (see S. 1475), S7699 [20JY]

Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building, Orchard Park, NY: designate (see S. 1211), S6364 [9JN]

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

Libya: express that Libya should apologize for the welcome home ceremony held to celebrate the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (see S. Res. 253), S9132 [8SE]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S4445 [20AP]

Medicare: preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 1066), S5555 [18MY]

Motor vehicles: establish driver education curriculum for teenage drivers and provide grants to States and tribal governments to carry out driver education training for licensed teenage drivers (see S. 1729), S9982 [30SE]

National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see S. 1365), S7070 [25JN] (see S. 1598), S8992 [6AU]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see S. 305), S787 [22JA]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 93), S4063 [31MR]

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

Native Americans: compensate local educational agencies and governments for tax revenues lost when the Federal Government takes land into trust for an Indian tribe or individual Indian (see S. 1456), S7480 [14JY]

New York: designate certain counties as high-intensity drug trafficking areas (see S. 1075), S5614 [19MY]

New York, NY: tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 (see S. Res. 17), S652 [16JA]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute (see S. Res. 347), S11290 [9NO]

Product safety: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A (see S. 753), S4063 [31MR]

Public utilities: establish an energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors (see S. 548), S2909 [9MR]

Roads and highways: reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from writing, sending, or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle (see S. 1536), S8271 [29JY]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (see S. 692), S3784 [25MR]

Smith, Bruce: Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (see S. Res. 26), S1432 [3FE]

Social Security: issue uniform standards for the truncation of account numbers to protect from fraud or identity theft and prohibit display on the Internet of such account numbers (see S. 1618), S8993 [6AU]

Tariff: acetamiprid, whether or not combined with application adjuvants (see S. 2609), S10989 [2NO]

———aluminum lamp-holder housings containing sockets (see S. 2627), S10989 [2NO]

———brass lamp-holder housings containing sockets (see S. 2628), S10989 [2NO]

———calcium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum silicate and stearic acid mixture (see S. 2622), S10989 [2NO]

———cis-3-hexen-1-ol (see S. 2616), S10989 [2NO]

———C12-18 alkenes (see S. 2615), S10989 [2NO]

———digital camera lenses (see S. 2610), S10989 [2NO]

———electrical connectors (see S. 2632), S10989 [2NO]

———4-methylbenzenesulfonamide (see S. 2621), S10989 [2NO]

———golf umbrellas (see S. 2613), S10989 [2NO]

———golf umbrellas, printed (see S. 2614), S10989 [2NO]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 1542), S8557 [30JY]

———lightweight digital camera lenses (see S. 2611, 2612), S10989 [2NO]

———magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate (synthetic hydrotalcite) and magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate (synthetic hydrotalcite) coated with stearic acid (see S. 2625), S10989 [2NO]

———magnesium zinc aluminum hydroxide carbonate coated with stearic acid (see S. 2624), S10989 [2NO]

———n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (butyl benzisothiazoline), 1-hydroxypyridine-2-thione, zinc salt (zinc pyrithione) and application adjuvants mixtures (see S. 2620), S10989 [2NO]

———n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (butyl benzisothiazoline) and application adjuvants mixtures (see S. 2619), S10989 [2NO]

———occupancy sensor switches (see S. 2634), S10989 [2NO]

———pesticide chemicals (see S. 2608), S10989 [2NO]

———plastic base material spotlights and nightlights (see S. 2637), S10989 [2NO]

———plastic lamp-holder housing containing sockets (see S. 2630), S10989 [2NO]

———polytetramethylene ether glycol (see S. 2626), S10989 [2NO]

———porcelain lamp-holder housings containing sockets (see S. 2629), S10989 [2NO]

———stage lights of aluminum (see S. 2636), S10989 [2NO]

———stick umbrellas (see S. 2617), S10989 [2NO]

———surge protective receptacles (see S. 2635), S10989 [2NO]

———tamper resistant ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles (see S. 2633), S10989 [2NO]

———3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methylpropanal (Helional) (see S. 2623), S10989 [2NO]

———time switches (see S. 2631), S10989 [2NO]

———2-hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (see S. 2618), S10989 [2NO]

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

———allow a credit for installation of residential micro-combined heat and power property (see S. 993), S5281 [7MY]

———allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see S. 857), S4573 [22AP]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1153), S5820 [21MY]

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

———modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (see S. 676), S3657 [24MR]

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

———provide more affordable housing options for military personnel by making certain members eligible for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program (see S. 2827), S12322 [3DE]

———provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see S. 2794), S11492 [18NO]

———reform rules relative to fractional charitable donations of tangible personal property (see S. 1605), S8992 [6AU]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 71), S41 [6JA]

———terminate certain incentives for oil and gas (see S. 888), S4669 [23AP]

Terrorism: improve the terrorism hoax statute (see S. 2844), S12618 [7DE]

Tesfamical, Alemseghed M.: relief (see S. 368), S1431 [3FE]

Transportation: authorize and sanction programs for residential and commuter toll, user fee, and fare discounts by States, municipalities, other localities, as well as all related agencies and departments (see S. 2775), S11382 [16NO]

U.S. Military Academy: Forbes (publication) America's Best College honoree (see S. Res. 331), S10991 [2NO]

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

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 1160), S5906 [1JN]

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), S7261 [8JY]

Wilson, Ralph, Jr.: Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (see S. Res. 26), S1432 [3FE]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see S. 28), S169 [7JA]

Cloture motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8619 [31JY], S8661 [3AU]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (S. 146), S5887 [21MY]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2760 [4MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1906 [7FE], S2024 [9FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5607 [19MY], S5771 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7510 [15JY], S7635 [16JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10568 [20OC], S10669 [22OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9975 [30SE]

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

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9365 [15SE]

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

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10328 [8OC], S10399 [14OC]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S5887 [21MY]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), motion to proceed, S5918 [2JN]

Goolsbee, Austan D.: nomination to the Council of Economic Advisors, S2903 [9MR]

Hamilton, David F.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11335 [10NO], S11421 [17NO]

Hill, Christopher R.: nomination to be Ambassador to Iraq, S4301 [2AP], S4434 [20AP]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2461 [25FE]

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

Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (S. 1776), motion to proceed, S10465 [15OC], S10614 [21OC]

Ogden, David W.: nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S2903 [9MR]

Rouse, Cecilia E.: nomination to the Council of Economic Advisors, S2904 [9MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10328 [8OC], S10351 [13OC], S11148 [5NO]

Sessions, William K., III: nomination to be U.S. Sentencing Commission Chairman, S10568 [20OC]

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

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

Letters

IRS use of private debt collection companies: by, S2727 [4MR]

Omnibus appropriations for certain New York projects: by, S12897 [10DE]

Provide that claims of the U.S. to certain Franklin D. Roosevelt documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances: Adrienne Thomas, National Archives and Records Administration, S5803 [21MY]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7229 [8JY]

Notices

Congressional Record: final issue publication, S12647 [8DE], S12743 [9DE], S12835 [10DE], S12971 [11DE], S13125 [13DE], S13143 [14DE], S13203 [15DE], S13277 [16DE], S13343 [17DE], S13401, S13409 [18DE], S13471 [19DE], S13557 [20DE], S13639 [21DE], S13713 [22DE], S13795 [23DE], S13889 [24DE], H13551, H13631 [8DE], H14375 [9DE], H14447 [10DE], H14745 [11DE], H14829 [14DE], H14879 [15DE], H14983 [16DE], H15505 [19DE], H15507, H15511 [23DE]

Regulations

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): allocation and acquisition of equipment for Senators, committees, officers, and employees of the U.S. Senate, S3979 [30MR]

———rates payable to commercial reporting firms for preparation of Senate hearings transcripts, S3980 [30MR]

———signature and documentation provisions relative to personnel and office expense accounts, S3981 [30MR]

———smoking policy, S3980 [30MR]

———ticket preparation fees, S3980 [30MR]

Remarks

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3133 [17MR]

Appropriations: eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, S2209 [12FE]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2945 [10MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1637, S1654, S1662 [5FE], S1813, S1814, S1852 [6FE], S2041 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2209 [12FE], S2292, S2293 [13FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, S4920 [30AP]

Budget: deficit, S1637 [5FE], S2293 [13FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4285 [2AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize a plaque commemorating the role of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol (S. Res. 53), S2549 [26FE]

Capitol Police: tribute, S7636 [16JY]

Clarence Center, NY: express condolences for victims and gratitude to emergency responders of Continental Flight 3407 crash, S2262 [13FE]

Clinton, Senator: nomination to be Sec. of State, S682 [21JA]

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): regulations amendments, S3978 [30MR]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3839 [26MR]

Consumers: prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to gift certificates, store gift cards, and other general use prepaid cards, S5480 [14MY]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4920 [30AP], S5060 [4MY], S5179 [6MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5480 [14MY]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (S. 1927), S11472 [18NO]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7525 [15JY], S10686 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7525 [15JY], S7752 [21JY], S7815 [22JY], S7965, S7967 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10681, S10686 [22OC]

Dept. of Education: District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice, S2945 [10MR]

Dept. of Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program funding, S8233 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7168 [7JY], S7228, S7229 [8JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4614, S4621 [23AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: collaborate with Dept. of HUD to develop program to address rising defaults and foreclosures in multifamily properties, S5060 [4MY], S5179 [6MY]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, S1813, S1814 [6FE]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (S. Res. 122), S4995, S4996 [30AP]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), S765 [22JA]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms, S2459 [25FE], S2526 [26FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8233 [29JY]

FDIC: foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program funding through reductions in undesignated State funding in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1813, S1814, S1852 [6FE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents, S7752 [21JY], S7815 [22JY]

Foreign policy: importance of arms control policies, S2661 [3MR]

Gold Star Mothers Day: observance, S10431 [14OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S6322 [9JN], S6403 [10JN], S6915 [23JN], S11075 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13860 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11942 [21NO]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2459 [25FE], S2526 [26FE]

Immigration: extend the E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, S7168 [7JY], S7228, S7229 [8JY]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (S. 1038), S5520 [14MY]

———provide a point of order against legislation that fails to fully fund construction of a physical fence along the southwest border, S4285 [2AP]

Libya: express that Libya should apologize for the welcome home ceremony held to celebrate the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (S. Res. 253), S9705 [23SE]

Lynch, Gerard E.: nomination to be circuit judge, S9523 [17SE]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 93), S4995 [30AP]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance, S3839 [26MR]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 104), S4995 [30AP]

NTSB: investigation of Continental Flight 3407 crash in Clarence Center, NY, S5481 [14MY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S6345, S6346 [9JN]

Real estate: lower interest rates on 30-year fixed mortgages for creditworthy borrowers to refinance current loans or make new home purchases, S1654, S1662 [5FE]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (S. 692), S5803 [21MY]

SEC: provide additional funding for investigations and enforcement proceedings involving financial institutions, S4614, S4621 [23AP]

Senate: anniversary of Russell Senate Office Building, S2824 [5MR]

———importance of bipartisanship, S2293 [13FE]

———legislative program, S4997 [30AP], S5086 [4MY], S6133 [3JN]

Sisters of the Sacred Hearts: recognize anniversary of arrival in Hawaii and commend the education of youth in Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Mexico (S. Res. 126), S5085, S5086 [4MY]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to circuit court ruling on employment discrimination case of firefighters in New Haven, CT, S8816 [5AU]

———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to positions on right to keep and bear arms, S8816 [5AU]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6345, S6346 [9JN], S6914 [23JN], S8815 [5AU], S8937 [6AU]

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: provide additional personnel authorities (S. 615), S4995 [30AP]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses, S11075 [4NO]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Government, S3133 [17MR]

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

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (S. 227), S7552 [15JY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10287 [8OC], S11075 [4NO]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10814 [28OC]

Vietnamese Refugees Day: designate (S. Res. 123), S4996 [30AP]

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, S7965, S7967 [23JY], S10681 [22OC]

World Press Freedom Day: observance (S. Res. 124), S4996, S4997 [30AP]

Reports filed

Committees of the Senate Expenditures: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. Res. 73) (S. Rept. 111-14), S4668 [23AP]

Expenditures: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. Res. 46), S2229 [12FE]

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 111-1), S256 [9JA]

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 1415), S7639 [16JY]

Nomination of John J. Sullivan to the FCC: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S6542 [11JN]

Rules

Committee on Printing (Joint), S4746 [27AP]

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S2223 [12FE]

Statements

Tribute to Edward M. Kennedy: by, S10481 [15OC]

Summaries

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) Regulations Amendments, S3978 [30MR]

Tables

Electoral votes for the President and Vice President, H76 [8JA]

Tributes

Clinton, Senator, S416 [15JA]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9218 [10SE]

Levy, Joel M., S5013 [1MY]

Mitchell, Ken, S6403 [10JN]

Smithdas, Robert J., S596 [15JA]