PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS related term(s) Federal Aid Programs

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]

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

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]

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]

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]

Articles and editorials

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Louisiana Purchase and Omaha Stakes, S13758 [22DE]

Poll Reveals Trauma of Joblessness in U.S., S13355 [17DE]

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

Return of Economic Nationalism, S2261 [13FE]

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

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

To Fix Health Care, Follow the States, E2472 [8OC]

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

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

Bills and resolutions

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: 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: 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]

Armed Forces: 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]

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

———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]

———provide grants to States to establish or expand quality programs providing home visitation for families with young children and families expecting children (see H.R. 2667), H6074 [2JN]

———provide grants to States to establish or expand quality programs providing home visitation for low-income women expecting children and families with young children (see S. 1267), S6650 [16JN]

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

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

———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]

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

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

———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]

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

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

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

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (see S. 1286), S6804 [18JN]

———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]

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

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

———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]

———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]

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]

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]

Health: 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]

———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]

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

———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]

House Rules: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 654), H485 [22JA]

Housing: 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]

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]

Medicaid: apply an enhanced Federal matching rate for children if certain conditions are met (see H.R. 2859), H6743 [12JN]

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

———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]

———encourage States to provide pregnant women with access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services (see S. 670), S3609 [23MR]

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

———extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see S. 547), S2909 [9MR] (see H.R. 904), H1044 [4FE]

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

———improve and protect rehabilitative and case management services to improve the health and welfare of the most vulnerable seniors and children (see S. 1217), S6364 [9JN]

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

———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 local public agencies to act as enrollment brokers (see H.R. 686), H526 [26JA]

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

———provide an option of States to cover a children's program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 722), H602 [27JA]

———provide complete reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians by federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian health care systems (see S. 52), S40 [6JA]

———provide coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 53), S40 [6JA]

———provide for a demonstration project on reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases (see S. 1130), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 1415), H3145 [10MR]

———provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs (see S. 1377), S7070 [25JN]

———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]

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

———require coverage for freestanding birth center services (see S. 1423), S7317 [9JY] (see H.R. 2358), H5484 [12MY]

———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]

———require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 1981), H4579 [21AP]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H160 [9JA]

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

———waive requirement for proof of citizenship during first year of life for children born in the U.S. to Medicaid-eligible mothers (see H.R. 180), H34 [6JA]

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]

———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]

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

———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]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 114), S42 [6JA]

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

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 School Lunch Act: 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]

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

Poverty: 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]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3718), H10456 [1OC]

Social Security: allow States to ensure coverage without delay of certain children and pregnant women under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 465), H194 [13JA]

———combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (see H.R. 747), H777 [28JA]

———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]

———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 142), S43 [6JA]

———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), S5435 [13MY] (see H.R. 2840), H6618 [11JN]

———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]

———make certain changes to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3823), H11456 [15OC]

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

———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]

———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]

———provide equal coverage of mental health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 77), S41 [6JA]

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

———provide 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]

———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), S786 [22JA] (see H.R. 3138), H7945 [9JY]

———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]

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]

Taxation: eliminate temporary increase in unemployment tax (see H.R. 3941), H11868 [27OC] (see H.R. 4074), H13001 [16NO]

———repeal inclusion of gross income in Social Security benefits (see H.R. 162), H34 [6JA]

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

———repeal denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits (see H.R. 3053), H7445 [25JN]

———repeal emergency fund (see H.R. 1277), H2924 [3MR]

———require States to implement a drug testing program for and recipients of assistance (see S. 97), S42 [6JA]

Unemployment: 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]

———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]

WIC: provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for child participants (see H.R. 3241), H8302 [16JY]

Women: 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]

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]

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]

Cost Estimates

State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement (H.R. 2): CBO, H211-H213 [14JA]

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

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S2209 [12FE]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, 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]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1585 [13FE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1584 [13FE]

Medicaid expansion: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, S10002 [1OC], E2468 [8OC]

———Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, E2472 [8OC]

———C.L. ``Butch'' Otter, Governor of Idaho, S10006 [1OC], E2471 [8OC]

———Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, E2469 [8OC]

———Dave Heineman, Governor of Nebraska, E2474, E2476 [8OC]

———Donald L. Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island, E2477 [8OC]

———Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, E2481 [8OC]

———Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S10005 [1OC], E2466 [8OC]

———Jim Gibbons, Governor of Nevada, E2476 [8OC]

———John Hoeven, Governor of North Dakota, E2476 [8OC]

———Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, S10006 [1OC], E2471 [8OC]

———Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, E2478, E2479 [8OC]

———Robert Riley, Governor of Alabama, E2466 [8OC]

———Sean Parnell, Governor of Alaska, E2466 [8OC]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, S10006 [1OC], E2473, E2474 [8OC]

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]

State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement: Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, H213 [14JA]

———several Representatives, H205 [14JA], H930 [4FE]

State Children's Health Insurance Program under Affordable Health Care for America Act: several Representatives, H12879 [7NO]

Lists

Non-stimulus provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1777 [6FE]

Questionable stimulative provisions in conference report to H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2260 [13FE]

Memorandums

Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: Jon O. Shimabukuro, Congressional Research Service, S12672 [8DE]

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]

Federal aid programs: restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), S8512, S8530 [30JY]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S1031 [29JA], H264 [14JA], H961 [4FE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10653 [21OC], S10910 [29OC]

Press releases

Health Care Reform Is About Saving Lives, Not Destroying Them: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]

Release of Annual Household Food Security Report: Executive Office of the President, H13006 [17NO]

Remarks in House

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: implementation in Maine, H9555 [16SE]

———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]

Appropriations: eliminate discretionary spending from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H720 [28JA]

———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]

———require recipients of stimulus funds to disclose use of money, H615 [28JA]

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

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H9265 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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]

———hunger and nutrition programs funding, H10528-H10533 [7OC]

———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]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H536 [27JA], H634 [28JA], H4406 [2AP], E1695 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: 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 HHS: establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program, H13012 [17NO]

Federal aid programs: restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), H9016-H9023 [29JY], E2136, E2166 [31JY]

Head Start Program: funding, H1145 [10FE]

Health: 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]

———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]

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]

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]

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

———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 coverage for freestanding birth center services (H.R. 2358), E1119 [12MY]

———require States to cover medical nutritional therapy (H.R. 3092), H8106 [15JY]

———require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (H.R. 1981), H4589 [22AP]

Medicare: allow for certain physician-owned hospitals, H260, H261 [14JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (H.R. 1636), E728 [19MR]

———anniversary, H9040 [29JY]

———improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests (H.R. 3559), E2256 [14SE]

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]

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]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 3718), E2528 [14OC]

Social Security: allow States to ensure coverage without delay of certain children and pregnant women under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H249 [14JA]

———combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (H.R. 747), H5696 [18MY]

———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]

———ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H6622 [12JN]

———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]

———modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (H.R. 3329), E2126, E2178 [31JY]

———place a general eligibility ceiling of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility for benefits under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program, H932 [4FE]

———preserve the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H12878 [7NO], H13011 [17NO]

———prohibit the use of increased tobacco taxes to offset the cost of expanded State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage, H974 [4FE], H4400 [2AP]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 688), H933 [4FE]

———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 States modify physician reimbursement policies relative to State Children's Health Insurance Program, H931 [4FE]

Taxation: repeal inclusion of gross income in Social Security benefits (H.R. 162), E1 [6JA]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: allow funds provided to States to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (H.R. 636), H429 [21JA]

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]

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

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: implementation, S3625 [24MR]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (S. 1064), S5690 [20MY], S6678 [17JN]

Appropriations: 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]

Armed Forces: 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]

Children and youth: provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities (S. 2801), S11596 [19NO]

———support health, nutrition, and education programs, S5171 [6MY]

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, S11033 [3NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (S. 2805), S11604 [19NO]

———report on hunger and food security, S11590 [19NO]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research on indicators of child well-being (S. 1151), S5872 [21MY]

———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]

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (S. 1286), S6807 [18JN]

———extend adoption incentives program, S2961 [10MR]

Federal aid programs: establish a task force to recommend comprehensive legislation addressing expected shortfalls in certain entitlement programs, S5398 [13MY]

———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]

GAO: compile reports from each Federal agency that receives economic stimulus funds, S1269 [2FE]

Health: prohibit abortions from being defined a preventive service, S12130 [2DE], S12274, S12277 [3DE]

———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]

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]

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, S6621 [16JN], S6673 [17JN], S9999-S10005 [1OC]

———extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (S. 547), S2911 [9MR]

———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]

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

———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 complete reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians by federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian health care systems (S. 52), S59 [6JA]

———provide coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 53), S59 [6JA]

———provide for a demonstration project on reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases (S. 1130), S5829 [21MY]

———provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs (S. 1377), S7089 [25JN]

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

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

———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]

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

———reform, S11935-S11942 [21NO]

———require coverage for freestanding birth center services (S. 1423), S7320 [9JY]

———State eligibility for Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1670 [5FE]

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]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 114), S87 [6JA]

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

National objectives: modernize infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in need (S. 1), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

Native Americans: application and impact of economic stimulus, S1242 [2FE]

Poverty: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (S. 1625), S9022 [6AU]

Rural areas: home health agencies funding, S1800 [6FE]

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]

———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]

———encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 264), S616 [15JA]

———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 142), S128 [6JA]

———ensure redistributed State Children's Health Insurance Program funds cover low-income children rather than children from higher income families, S961, S968 [28JA]

———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]

———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 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 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 equal coverage of mental health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 77), S83 [6JA]

———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 (S. 301), S787-S789 [22JA], S9729 [23SE]

———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]

Taxation: 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]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: implement drug testing programs for recipients of funds, S4288 [2AP]

Unemployment: 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]

Reports filed

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]

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 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 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]

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]

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]

State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 275), S652 [16JA]

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]

Federal aid programs: restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), S8512 [30JY]

Statements

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

House Votes on Conference Report of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H3649 [19MR]

Senate Votes in 110th Congress on Codifying Rule Specifying Eligibility for Unborn Children Under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1011 [29JA]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, 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. 3357, Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs funds restoration, S8512 [30JY]

Estimated cost of extending certain provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2181 [12FE]

Estimated macroeconomic impacts of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2182 [12FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 52, consideration of H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, H203 [14JA]

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. 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. 442, recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families, H5682 [18MY]

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. 2182, Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act, H5722 [19MY]

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]

S. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 52, Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act, S59 [6JA]

S. 53, Nursing School Clinics Act, S59 [6JA]

S. 114, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S87 [6JA]

S. 326, Kids First Act, S838-S843 [26JA]

S. 547, Drug Rebate Equalization Act, S2912 [9MR]

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

S. 770, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S4180 [1AP]

S. 1151, State Child Well-Being Research Act, S5873 [21MY]

S. 1239, 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act, S6546-S6548 [11JN]

S. 1377, provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate for Medicaid during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs, S7090 [25JN]

S. 1634, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Improvement Act, S9030-S9038 [6AU]

S. 1647, Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act, S9082 [7AU]

S. 1699, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S9745 [23SE]

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. 2831, Helping Unemployed Workers Act, S12325-S12327 [3DE]

S. 2833, Transitional Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Act, S12328-S12330 [3DE]

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]