EMPLOYMENT related term(s) Sexual Harassment

Addresses

What Would Employee Free Choice Mean in the Workplace? William B. Gould IV, E1892 [22JY]

Agreements

UAW sourcing, product and investment commitments with Chrysler LLC, H5463 [12MY]

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]

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

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

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (S. 1422), S11352, S11353 [10NO]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), H6234, H6235, H6236 [4JN]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7251 [24JN], H7672 [26JN]

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

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

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

Adult Education and Economic Growth Act (H.R. 3238), H8418 [21JY]

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

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

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

Barney Frank, Car Czar, S6240 [8JN]

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

Climate Bill Gives Billions to Foreign Foliage, H7460 [26JN]

Congress Doesn't Respect NAFTA, S3329, S3330 [18MR]

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

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

If We Buy American, No One Else Will, S1529 [4FE]

Innovation Tax—How Max Baucus Knifed the Medical Devices Industry, H9779 [22SE]

Mom, Apple Pie, and Hyundai? The Auto Industry Has Been a Bulwark of the American Middle Class. If Wall Street Warrants a Bailout, Why Not Detroit?, H4217-H4219 [31MR]

Obama Car in Your Future?, E869 [2AP]

Obama's Pledge To Tax Only the Rich Can't Pay for Everything, Analysts Say, S8645 [3AU]

Pelosi Jobs Tax, S8644 [3AU]

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

Proposed Tax Rattles Orthopedic Device Industry, H11361 [14OC]

Protecting the Elderly From Abuse, S3375 [18MR]

Return of Economic Nationalism, S2261 [13FE]

Senate Balks, S1785 [6FE]

Senate Bill Fails Small Business, S11868 [20NO]

Senate Health Bill Unfair to Construction Industry—NAHB, S13814 [23DE]

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

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

Smokies Stimulus—Let the Good Work Begin, H8308 [17JY]

State Department Contractor Electrocuted, S10042 [1OC]

Sticks and Stones May Break Bones, but Warsaw, Ind., Makes Replacements, H9778 [22SE]

Success Fees for Orthopaedics?, H11360 [14OC]

TSA Employees Give Management Low Marks, H731 [28JA]

Wanted—Personal Economic Trainers—Apply at Capitol, S1790 [6FE]

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

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

Why ``Stimulus'' Will Mean Inflation, S1785 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (see S. 1756), S10162 [6OC] (see H.R. 3721), H10518 [6OC]

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]

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

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

———grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see S. 1441), S7359 [10JY] (see H.R. 3257), H8355 [17JY]

———guarantee a pay increase for members that exceeds the Employment Cost Index (see H.R. 1592), H3641 [18MR]

———lift restrictions on certain benefits for military technicians and repeal prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians (see H.R. 3336), H8809 [24JY]

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

Aviation: recognize contributions of general aviation industry (see H. Res. 508), H6265 [4JN]

BLS: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 30), S6938 [23JN] (see H. Con. Res. 152), H6743 [12JN]

Business and industry: debar or suspend contractors from Federal contracting for unlawful employment of aliens (see H.R. 1555), H3526 [17MR] (see H.R. 1668), H3748 [23MR]

———develop an industrial policy to meet the needs of a stronger economy and national security (see H. Res. 444), H5666 [14MY]

———ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work (see H.R. 1588), H3640 [18MR]

———evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries (see H.R. 662), H492 [23JA]

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

———permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (see H.R. 1274), H2924 [3MR]

———permit employers to provide contributions and assistance to certain employees who purchase individual health insurance (see H.R. 3822), H11456 [15OC]

———prevent States from limiting employers from using auto-enrollment for employee health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3821), H11456 [15OC]

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

———prohibit employers from carrying life insurance policies on their rank and file employees (see H.R. 3669), H10069 [29SE]

———prohibit employers from enforcing binding arbitration to settle work-related rape claims (see S. 2915), S13458 [18DE]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 777), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 1855), H4396 [1AP]

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

———provide State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking throughout the U.S. (see S. 2909), S13458 [18DE]

———require a supermajority shareholder vote to approve excessive compensation of any employee of a publicly-traded company (see S. 1006), S5281 [7MY]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3621), H9806 [22SE]

———treat deferred executive compensation arrangements comparable to defined benefit pension plans relative to funding-based limits on benefits and accruals (see H.R. 2863), H6743 [12JN]

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

———provide funding for a Green Job Corps program, YouthBuild Build Green Grants, and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants (see S. 268), S598 [15JA]

———provide funding for summer and year-round youth jobs and training programs (see S. 267), S598 [15JA] (see S. 2923), S13785 [22DE]

Chrysler LLC: request the President furnish the House of Representatives with information on communications with Chrysler LLC relative to plant closings (see H. Res. 462), H5891 [20MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S212 [8JA] (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 904), S4806 [28AP] (see H.R. 2151), H4914 [28AP]

Civil Rights Act: clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges (see S. 166), S169 [7JA]

———repeal exemption for Wards Cove Packing Co. (see H.R. 3038), H7444 [25JN]

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

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 2537), H6008 [21MY]

Colleges and universities: create jobs through the hiring of new faculty and counselors at community colleges (see H.R. 4196), H13519 [3DE]

Commission on Measures of Household Economic Security: establish (see S. 2875), S13032 [11DE]

Consolidated Natural Resources Act: make technical corrections to provisions applying Federal immigration laws to the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3658), H9998 [25SE] (see H.R. 3770), H11165 [8OC]

Contracts: establish a Federal acquisition management fellows program (see S. 2901), S13383 [17DE]

———establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see S. 931), S4891 [29AP] (see H.R. 1020), H1517 [12FE] (see H.R. 1237), H2874 [26FE]

———preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see S. 90), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 983), H1247 [11FE]

———repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 687), H526 [26JA]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 4328), H15498 [16DE]

———require minimum workweek for Federal prison inmates and reform inmate work programs (see S. 41), S40 [6JA]

Courts: enhance retirement benefits of administrative law judges (see H.R. 2850), H6743 [12JN]

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 3149), H7946 [9JY]

Crime: provide for the use of information in the National Directory of New Hires in enforcing sex offender registration laws (see H.R. 1750), H4062 [26MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 2900), H6903 [16JN]

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

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

Dept. of Commerce: authorize National Telecommunications and Information Administration to make grants for the establishment of information technology centers in rural areas (see H.R. 3413), H9205 [30JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish Veterans to Work program (see H.R. 4058), H12587 [6NO]

———expand whistleblower protections to contract employees who report abuses to their superiors (see H.R. 3588), H9670 [16SE]

———provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program (see S. 559), S2964 [10MR] (see H.R. 1222), H2873 [26FE]

———require contractors and subcontractors working on military construction projects to comply with licensing requirements for employees working at the project location (see H.R. 4379), H15500 [16DE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see S. 1932), S10776 [27OC] (see H.R. 3943), H11868 [27OC]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———establish recruitment and retention programs for public health workers and eliminate critical workforce shortages in public health agencies and centers (see S. 1143), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2810), H6538 [10JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission (see H.R. 2269), H5306 [6MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute (see H.R. 330), H89 [8JA]

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

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

———establish a system of background checks for employers and employees of the electronic life safety and security system installation and monitoring industry (see H.R. 1939), H4522 [2AP]

Dept. of Labor: authorize appropriations for the Veterans Workforce Investment Program (see H.R. 295), H88 [8JA]

———carry out a grant program to provide reintegration services through programs and facilities that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (see H.R. 293), H88 [8JA]

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

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

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

———establish a Climate Worker and Community Assistance Program (see S. 2742), S11205 [5NO]

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

———make a grant to a public university to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy (see H.R. 399), H160 [9JA]

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

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

———permit establishment of Job Corps centers in territories (see H.R. 3181), H8008 [10JY]

———prescribe regulations requiring employers with more than one establishment and not fewer than 500 employees to report work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses (see H.R. 2113), H4839 [27AP]

———prevent employee exposure to imminent dangers (see H.R. 2199), H5060 [30AP]

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

———provide for disclosure of compensation for services to pension plans (see H.R. 4146), H13353 [19NO]

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

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans (see S. 401), S2027 [9FE]

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

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

———require employers certify that they have not and will not lay off employees prior to employing foreign workers (see S. 2804), S11594 [19NO]

———revise regulations concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 242), H69 [7JA]

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

———suspend the statute of limitations for certain rights of action under the Fair Labor Standards Act during investigations (see H.R. 3303), H8706 [23JY]

———withdraw notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to rescind Form LM-2 requiring financial disclosure by labor unions (see H. Con. Res. 116), H5062 [30AP]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program and reallocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the U.S. (see H.R. 3687), H10455 [1OC]

Dept. of the Interior: provide an annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans (see H.R. 1129), H2601 [23FE]

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

———establish U.S. Employee Ownership Bank (see S. 2914), S13458 [18DE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

———make use of funding for carrying out pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs for highway projects mandatory (see H.R. 2444), H5665 [14MY]

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

———conduct a pilot project to test feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities (see H.R. 1037), H1518 [12FE]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals (see S. 252), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 919), H1079 [9FE]

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

———extend authority for certain qualifying work-study activities for educational assistance programs (see H.R. 3484), H9277 [31JY]

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

———include on the departmental Internet site a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet site and other employment sites and publicize such sites (see H.R. 3685), H10408 [30SE]

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

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

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

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

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

———submit quarterly reports on vacancies in mental health professional positions in medical facilities (see H.R. 784), H779 [28JA]

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

Disasters: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies or disasters from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see S. 1025), S5371 [12MY]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see S. 181), S211 [8JA] (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]

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

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 1584), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 2981), H7084 [19JN] (see H.R. 3017), H7249 [24JN]

Drugs: establish a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, support residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and improve prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction (see H.R. 2818), H6617 [11JN]

———prohibit the manufacture, marketing, sale, or shipment of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test (see H.R. 858), H1041 [4FE]

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

———reauthorize (see S. 430), S2229 [12FE] (see S. 2778), S11382 [16NO]

Economy: constitutional amendment on the right to full employment and balanced growth (see H.J. Res. 35), H2925 [3MR]

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

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

———promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure (see S. 224), S337 [13JA]

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

Education: authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program (see S. 178), S211 [8JA]

———authorizing appropriations to recruit, hire, and train new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children (see H.R. 178), H34 [6JA]

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

———evaluate certain certification programs (see S. 175), S211 [8JA]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S4062 [31MR] (see H.R. 1240), H2874 [26FE]

———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see S. 1468), S7639 [16JY] (see H.R. 3238), H8302 [16JY]

———provide funding for unemployment and training activities for dislocated workers and adults (see S. 269), S598 [15JA]

———provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (see S. 638), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1645), H3704 [19MR]

———recognize efforts of career and technical colleges to educate and train workers for position in high-demand industries (see H. Res. 880), H12141 [29OC]

ERISA: preclude preemption of a State cause of action relating to a denial of a claim for benefits under a health care plan (see H.R. 3925), H11790 [26OC]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H3052 [5MR]

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans and provide a minimum investment option requirement for such plans (see H.R. 1984), H4579 [21AP]

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans, minimum investment option requirement for such plans, investment advice, and transitional relief (see H.R. 2989), H7144 [23JN]

———require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds (see H.R. 712), H601 [27JA]

———require participant-directed individual retirement account plans to include in benefit statements points of comparison to show relative performance of investment options under such plans (see H.R. 2792), H6537 [10JN]

FAA: implement certain NTSB recommendations to establish national standards on flight requirements for pilots (see S. 1284), S6720 [17JN] (see H.R. 3273), H8494 [21JY]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: allow private sector employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay (see H.R. 933), H1156 [10FE]

———establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 2570), H6009 [21MY]

———require that employers provide a minimum amount of paid annual leave to employees (see H.R. 2564), H6009 [21MY]

———strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 3564), H9548 [15SE]

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

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

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 824), H921 [3FE]

———allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (see H.R. 2515), H5890 [20MY]

———allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2132), H4913 [28AP]

———clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 1422), S7317 [9JY] (see H.R. 912), H1079 [9FE]

———eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 389), H160 [9JA]

———nullify certain regulations, restore prior regulations, and direct the Dept. of Labor to revise certain additional regulations (see H.R. 2161), H4998 [29AP]

———provide leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members (see S. 1543), S8557 [30JY] (see H.R. 3403), H9205 [30JY]

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

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

Federal employees: allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (see H.R. 828), H921 [3FE]

———authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 50), S40 [6JA]

———enhance the Federal Telework Program (see S. 707), S3785 [25MR]

———ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see S. 354), S1058 [29JA] (see H.R. 626), H484 [22JA]

———ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), consideration (see H. Res. 501), H6154 [3JN]

———establish certain protections for preference eligibles selected for involuntary geographic reassignment (see H.R. 1157), H2631 [24FE]

———facilitate the part-time reemployment of annuitants (see S. 629), S3368 [18MR]

———improve Federal internship programs to facilitate hiring of full-time Federal employees (see H.R. 3264), H8409 [20JY]

———improve teleworking in executive agencies by developing telework program that allows employees to telework at least 20 percent of hours worked in every 2 administrative workweeks (see H.R. 1722), H4026 [25MR]

———increase certain compensatory time rates for irregular or occasional overtime work to permit greater parity with overtime pay rates (see H.R. 1383), H3103 [9MR]

———make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 958), H1157 [10FE]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System (see S. 469), S2473 [25FE] (see H.R. 1198), H2835 [25FE]

———provide for livable wages for Federal workers and workers hired under Federal contracts (see H.R. 1334), H3053 [5MR]

———repeal certain provisions of law relative to official time and labor organization activities (see H.R. 3251), H8355 [17JY]

Federal firefighters: provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay (see H.R. 3243), H8302 [16JY]

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

Financial literacy: provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 767), H778 [28JA]

———require financial literacy counseling for borrowers (see H.R. 1325), H3053 [5MR]

Firefighters: expand definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations (see H.R. 447), H162 [9JA]

Foreign Service: extend comparability pay adjustments to employees serving overseas and authorize a death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of employees who die while on duty (see H.R. 370, 370), H159 [9JA]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 251), H69 [7JA]

Government: improve the Federal hiring process (see S. 736), S3986 [30MR]

Health: 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] (see H.R. 2460), H5711 [18MY]

———enhance primary care workforce by modifying residency training programs and using qualified teaching health centers and State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 2930), H6972 [17JN]

———enhance primary care workforce through the establishment of a National Health Workforce Advisory Board and the provision of workforce data and analysis (see H.R. 2929), H6972 [17JN]

———ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met (see S. Con. Res. 6), S2144 [11FE] (see H. Con. Res. 48), H1248 [11FE]

———establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3700), H10456 [1OC]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see S. 979), S5128 [5MY] (see H.R. 2360), H5484 [12MY]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (see S. 790), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 3109), H7704 [26JN]

———improve health insurance coverage of dependents (see H.R. 3887), H11580 [21OC]

———promote development of health care cooperatives to help businesses pool the health care purchasing power of employers (see S. 1165), S5943 [2JN]

———provide additional health insurance options for unemployed individuals (see H.R. 4018), H12364 [4NO]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see S. 2790), S11430 [17NO] (see H.R. 4092), H13068 [17NO]

———provide paid sick leave to employees who are recommended by their employer or public health authorities to stay home when they have symptoms of a contagious disease that may put others at risk (see H.R. 3991), H12287 [3NO]

Health care facilities: expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers (see S. 631), S3368 [18MR] (see H.R. 2223), H5061 [30AP]

Health care professionals: address health workforce shortages (see H.R. 1946), H4522 [2AP]

———establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals (see S. 1173), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 3234), H8302 [16JY]

———establish recruitment and retention programs for public health workers and eliminate critical workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies (see H.R. 2620), H6011 [21MY]

———provide relief for the shortage of nurses (see H.R. 2536), H5891 [20MY]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6155 [3JN]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (see H. Res. 13), H37 [6JA]

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

Immigration: create an electronic employment eligibility verification system to ensure that all U.S. workers are legally able to work (see H.R. 1096), H1606 [13FE]

———eliminate exceptions to the prohibition on adjustment of status of aliens who are unlawfully present or who accept unauthorized employment (see H.R. 125), H32 [6JA]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H31 [6JA]

———establish procedures for issuance of ``no match'' letters to employers by the SSA and notification of the Dept. of Homeland Security regarding such letters (see H.R. 589), H381 [15JA]

———exempt elementary and secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions with respect to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program (see H.R. 246), H69 [7JA]

———expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability (see S. 1409), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 1785), H4128 [30MR]

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

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S1677 [5FE] (see H.R. 1136), H2602 [23FE] (see H.R. 1934), H4521 [2AP]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see S. 1038), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 2414), H5664 [14MY]

———increase penalties for employing illegal aliens (see H.R. 588), H381 [15JA]

———make permanent the E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 3676), H10407 [30SE]

———provide for a certain initial period of admission for aliens employed as dairy workers and sheepherders (see H.R. 1660), H3747 [23MR] (see H.R. 3744), H11110 [7OC]

———reform (see H.R. 264), H70 [7JA] (see H.R. 4321), H14981 [15DE]

———reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs (see S. 887), S4669 [23AP]

———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see S. 1505), S8038 [23JY] (see H.R. 3308), H8706 [23JY]

———reform H-2B program (see H.R. 4381), H15500 [16DE]

———remove incentives and loopholes that encourage illegal aliens to come into the U.S. and provide additional resources to local law enforcement and Federal border and immigration officers (see H.R. 994), H1247 [11FE]

———require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification (see H.R. 19), H28 [6JA]

———require Federal contractors to participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification (see H.R. 138), H33 [6JA]

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

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

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

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

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 194), H2874 [26FE]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1234), H2874 [26FE] (see H.R. 2277), H5306 [6MY]

———permit certain required minimum distributions from certain retirement plans to be repaid (see H.R. 939), H1157 [10FE]

———protect rights of public shareholders of mutual holding companies by promoting fair corporate governance procedures when considering management or employee stock benefit plans (see H.R. 3291), H8585 [22JY]

IRS: notify the Dept. of Homeland Security of employer returns showing the employment of unauthorized employees, require the termination of such employees, and allow employees to contest the information (see H.R. 142), H33 [6JA]

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] (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 4107), H13265 [18NO]

———require employers to provide equal access to employees prior to an election for representation, prevent delays in collective bargaining, and strengthen enforcement against intimidation (see H.R. 1355), H3054 [5MR]

Lawyers and attorneys: exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics or externships from certain conflict of interest rules (see S. 2888), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 4194), H13519 [3DE]

Ledbetter, Lilly M.: relief (see H.R. 2764), H6306 [8JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: prohibit offices from entering into certain contracts with any contractor who does not participate in the employment eligibility verification program (see H.R. 124), H32 [6JA]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: improve compensation system (see S. 236), S388 [14JA]

Medicare: allow early access to benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of premiums for such benefits (see S. 960), S5014 [1MY]

———amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 2641), H6012 [21MY]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (see H.R. 3693), H10455 [1OC]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 54), S40 [6JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (see S. 647), S3550 [19MR]

Members of Congress: strengthen post-employment restrictions (see H.R. 2259), H5168 [5MY]

Minimum wage: postpone increase (see H.R. 3309), H8707 [23JY]

———provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining levels for employers required to pay a minimum wage at a rate higher than the current Federal rate (see H.R. 77), H30 [6JA]

———provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 3041), H7445 [25JN]

Motor vehicles: recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H9280 [31JY]

———report on dealership closings in connection with General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC bankruptcies and suspend withdrawal liability to multiemployer plans in connection with such closings (see H.R. 2793), H6537 [10JN]

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

National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws: establish (see H.R. 635), H484 [22JA]

National Commission To Study Employment and Economic Insecurity: establish (see H.R. 2078), H4732 [23AP]

National Computer Science Education Week: designate (see H. Res. 558), H7022 [18JN]

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

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of National Guard technicians (see H.R. 3345), H8872 [27JY]

———increase number of non-dual status technicians employable (see S. 1296), S6804 [18JN]

———provide for employment and reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time service (see H.R. 1879), H4519 [2AP]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H5891 [20MY]

National Job Corps Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 163), H7837 [8JY]

National Labor History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 205), H11790 [26OC]

National Labor Relations Act: apply protections to teaching and research assistants (see S. 813), S4311 [2AP] (see H.R. 1461), H3399 [12MR]

———ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 478), S2473 [25FE] (see H.R. 1176), H2834 [25FE]

———permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees (see S. 1184), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 2732), H6264 [4JN]

———protect employer rights (see S. 1227), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 2808), H6538 [10JN]

———require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 243), H69 [7JA]

National Miner's Day: designate (see S. Res. 337), S11118 [4NO]

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 Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 234), S8681 [3AU] (see H. Res. 647), H8100 [14JY] (see H. Res. 662), H8409 [20JY]

National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 296), S9982 [30SE] (see H. Res. 768), H9899 [23SE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1395), H3104 [9MR]

———establish health promotion and disease prevention education, outreach, and workforce development programs for tribal colleges and universities (see S. 633), S3368 [18MR]

Northern Mariana Islands: clarify transitional status of certain foreign workers (see H.R. 4397), H15501 [16DE]

NSF: award grants to institutions of higher education to develop and offer education and training programs (see H.R. 461), H194 [13JA]

Nurses: expand the advanced practice registered nurse workforce (see S. 1569), S8681 [3AU]

———fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses (see S. 1512), S8039 [23JY] (see H.R. 2731), H6264 [4JN]

———improve training and workforce development, promote and facilitate academic-practice collaborations, and enhance recruitment and retention of home healthcare nurses (see H.R. 1928), H4521 [2AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 1580), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 2067), H4731 [23AP]

Office of Special Counsel: enforce employment and unemployment rights of veterans and members of the Armed Forces employed by Federal executive agencies (see H.R. 1089), H1605 [13FE]

OPM: establish a national health plan to offer Federal employee health benefit plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 3438), H9275 [31JY]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 2776), H6414 [9JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: amend composition of Board of Directors (see S. 1544), S8557 [30JY]

Pensions: automatically enroll new Thrift Savings Plan participants, clarify method for computing part-time service annuities, and credit service by certain District of Columbia employees for retirement (see H.R. 1263), H2923 [3MR]

———increase age at which distributions from qualified retirement plans are required to begin (see H.R. 882), H1043 [4FE]

———provide necessary reforms for employee pension benefit plans (see H.R. 4281), H14743 [10DE]

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

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (see S. 1733), S9982 [30SE] (see H.R. 2454), H5671 [15MY] (see H.R. 2998), H7144 [23JN]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), consideration (see H. Res. 587), H7444 [25JN]

———establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see S. 1097), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 3731), H10519 [6OC]

———establish a program to regulate the entry of fossil carbon into commerce, promote clean energy jobs and economic growth, and avoid dangerous climate interference (see S. 2877), S13033 [11DE]

———increase energy independence and job creation through safe energy production, alternative and renewable energy development, and conservation promotion for a cleaner environment (see H.R. 2846), H6742 [12JN]

———promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development (see S. 1462), S7639 [16JY]

———provide for domestic energy production and jobs and pursue alternatives in renewable energy (see H.R. 2250), H5168 [5MY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 240), H3401 [12MR]

Public lands: making emergency supplemental appropriations for rehabilitation, road projects, and job creation (see H.R. 4291), H14826 [11DE]

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

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

Puerto Rico: provide residents who participate in cafeteria plans under Puerto Rican tax laws an exclusion from employment taxes comparable to exclusion that applies to cafeteria plans under U.S. laws (see H.R. 1025), H1518 [12FE]

Railroads: designate a rail right-of-way as a corridor for inter-suburban commuter rail (see H.R. 693), H526 [26JA]

Renewable energy: create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources by promoting the production of green energy (see S. 137), S43 [6JA]

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

———provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 1775), H4128 [30MR]

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

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

SBA: assist in determination of whether a franchisee is affiliated with a franchisor in the temporary employee services industry (see H.R. 2197), H5060 [30AP]

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

Schools: require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired (see S. 1586), S8992 [6AU]

SEC: provide for rules and standards relative to the election of boards of directors and certain requirements for compensation of executives (see H.R. 2861), H6743 [12JN]

Senior citizens: expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (see S. 245), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 468), H194 [13JA]

———promote labor force participation of older Americans to increase retirement security, reduce shortage of experienced workers, maintain economic growth, and improve nation's fiscal outlook (see S. 281), S652 [16JA] (see S. 502), S2592 [27FE]

Small business: encourage development of cooperatives for healthcare options to improve coverage for employees (CHOICE) including through a small business CHOICE tax credit (see H.R. 850), H1041 (see H.R. 859), H1042 [4FE]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 2607), H6011 [21MY]

———provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals (see S. 93), S42 [6JA]

Small Business Act: amend relative to awarding contract opportunities to qualified HUBZone small business concerns (see H.R. 3729), H10519 [6OC]

———extend programs (see S. 1513), S8094 [24JY] (see S. 1929), S10735 [26OC]

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

Social Security: allow an individual otherwise ineligible to travel outside the U.S. to do so for employment purposes to pay child support arrearages (see H.R. 2723), H6264 [4JN]

———allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see S. 81), S41 [6JA]

———allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1067), H1604 [13FE]

———establish Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs (see S. 79), S41 [6JA]

———establish the Personal Social Security Savings Program (see H.R. 107), H31 [6JA]

———exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 2287), H5307 [6MY]

———exempt certain employment as a member of a local governing board, commission, or committee from coverage (see S. 492), S2558 [26FE]

———exempt certain employment as a member of a local governing board from coverage (see H.R. 4185), H13466 [2DE]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 238), H69 [7JA]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 773), H779 [28JA]

———prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (see H.R. 2028), H4685 [22AP]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 772), H779 [28JA]

———provide that an employee not otherwise covered for benefit purposes may irrevocably elect to have employment treated as so covered and subject to Social Security taxes (see H.R. 2286), H5307 [6MY]

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S2474 [25FE] (see H.R. 235), H69 [7JA]

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

———restrict totalization agreements between the U.S. and other countries and prohibit crediting of earnings from employment in U.S. by aliens not lawfully employed (see H.R. 132), H32 [6JA]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 686), S3658 [24MR] (see H.R. 795), H919 [3FE]

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

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

Taxation: allow a credit for teleworking expenses (see H.R. 4348), H15499 [16DE]

———allow a deduction for health insurance premiums (see S. 207), S308 [12JA] (see H.R. 3776), H11166 [8OC]

———allow an increased work opportunity credit for recent veterans (see H.R. 620), H442 [21JA]

———allow deduction and make refundable the credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (see H.R. 2045), H4686 [22AP]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see S. 333), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 159), H34 [6JA]

———allow employees to receive transportation fringe benefits for the same month both in the form of transit passes and reimbursement of bicycle commuting expenses (see H.R. 863), H1042 [4FE]

———allow employers a credit against income tax for costs of providing technical training for employees (see S. 1045), S5501 [14MY]

———allow employers a credit against income tax for hiring veterans (see H.R. 1647), H3704 [19MR]

———allow employers a credit for employing members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard and veterans recently separated from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3620), H9806 [22SE]

———allow employers a credit for telecommuting equipment and expenses (see S. 1291), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 2826), H6617 [11JN]

———allow employers a credit for telecommuting equipment and expenses in rural and small town areas (see H.R. 3627), H9806 [22SE]

———allow employers a refundable credit against income tax for a portion of the employer's cost of providing tax-free transit passes to employees (see H.R. 55), H30 [6JA]

———allow loans from simplified employee pension accounts of small business owners for use in small business (see H.R. 3079), H7703 [26JN]

———allow long-distance rural commuters a deduction during periods when the local price of gasoline exceeds a certain price (see H.R. 3432), H9206 [30JY]

———allow nontaxable employer matching contributions to 529 college savings plans (see H.R. 2500), H5791 [19MY]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 2524), H5891 [20MY]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see S. 725), S3897 [26MR] (see H.R. 1470), H3399 [12MR]

———allow small businesses a credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4056), H12587 [6NO]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for compensation paid during active military duty (see H.R. 433), H161 [9JA]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for the value of service not performed during active military duty (see H.R. 810), H920 [3FE]

———allow the work opportunity credit for certain unemployed veterans (see H.R. 931), H1156 [10FE]

———allow unused amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement to be carried over to subsequent plan years or deposited into certain health or retirement plans (see H.R. 544), H325 [14JA]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3580), H9670 [16SE]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2447), H5666 [14MY]

———create a refundable work-sharing credit that stimulates demand in the private sector labor market and provides employers with an alternative to layoffs (see H.R. 4179), H13466 [2DE]

———deny a deduction for excessive compensation of any employee of an employer (see S. 1007), S5281 [7MY]

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

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see S. 1408), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 1835), H4395 [1AP]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 154), H33 [6JA]

———exclude combat zone compensation of Armed Forces members from employment taxes (see H.R. 3707), H10456 [1OC]

———exclude from an employee's gross income any employer-provided supplemental instructional services assistance (see S. 744), S4062 [31MR] (see H.R. 4391), H15501 [16DE]

———exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock (see H.R. 692), H526 [26JA]

———exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see S. 1360), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3035), H7444 [25JN]

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

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 3586), H9670 [16SE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 3724), H10518 [6OC]

———expand the work opportunity credit and increase the employer-provided child care credit (see H.R. 3784), H11166 [8OC]

———expand the work opportunity tax credit to include long-term unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3953), H12044 [28OC]

———expand use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments and increase the contribution amount for such accounts (see H.R. 3971), H12140 [29OC]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see S. 913), S4807 [28AP] (see H.R. 2106), H4838 [27AP]

———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (see S. 2748), S11253 [6NO] (see H.R. 2396), H5581 [13MY] (see H.R. 2437), H5665 [14MY] (see H.R. 4042), H12586 [6NO]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1153), S5820 [21MY] (see H.R. 2625), H6011 [21MY]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas (see S. 1761), S10217 [7OC] (see H.R. 3929), H11790 [26OC]

———extend the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account (see H.R. 3931), H11790 [26OC]

———extend the making work pay credit (see H.R. 3118), H7740 [7JY]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (see S. 2927), S13883 [23DE] (see H.R. 4191), H13519 [3DE]

———impose a tax on the amount of wages in excess of the Social Security contribution and benefit base (see H.R. 1863), H4396 [1AP]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 1612), S8993 [6AU] (see H. Con. Res. 204), H11712 [22OC]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see S. 210), S308 [12JA] (see H.R. 460), H194 [13JA]

———increase contribution limits to dependent care flexible spending accounts and provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits (see H.R. 1279), H2924 [3MR]

———increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see H.R. 2298), H5397 [7MY]

———increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2526), H5891 [20MY]

———limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2110), H4838 [27AP]

———limit extent to which States may tax compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters (see H.R. 2600), H6011 [21MY]

———make certain tax benefits permanent law (see H.R. 664), H493 [23JA]

———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] (see H.R. 891), H1043 [4FE]

———make health care coverage more accessible and affordable (see H.R. 1495), H3400 [12MR]

———make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense (see H.R. 2720), H6264 [4JN]

———modify credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (see H.R. 3434), H9206 [30JY]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see S. 2882), S13251 [15DE] (see H.R. 3408), H9205 [30JY]

———permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see H.R. 474), H194 [13JA]

———prevent a change in residency as a result of extended official duty in the military or certain Federal service from triggering repayment provisions of the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 3573), H9549 [15SE]

———prevent overstatement of benefits payable to non-highly compensated employees under qualified plans (see H.R. 4126), H13352 [19NO]

———provide a credit to employers for the cost of implementing wellness programs (see S. 803), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1897), H4519 [2AP]

———provide a tax credit for qualified donations of employee services (see S. 278), S652 [16JA] (see H.R. 1644), H3704 [19MR]

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

———provide an incentive for expanding employment in rural areas by allowing employers the work opportunity credit for hiring residents of rural areas (see H.R. 3807), H11383 [14OC]

———provide employers a credit for reimbursing employee carpooling expenses (see H.R. 2367), H5484 [12MY]

———provide for distribution of remaining balances in flexible spending arrangements upon termination from employment (see S. 2883), S13251 [15DE]

———provide for the designation of Clean Energy Business Zones and tax incentives for the construction of, and employment at, energy-efficient buildings and clean energy facilities (see H.R. 3919), H11739 [23OC]

———provide incentives for employer-provided wellness programs (see H.R. 3490), H9277 [31JY]

———provide incentives to hire unemployed veterans (see S. 274), S652 [16JA]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief, reduce the employee share of payroll taxes, and rescind unobligated stimulus funds (see H.R. 4100), H13265 [18NO]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 1792), H4128 [30MR]

———provide relief for obtaining transportation worker identification credentials (see H.R. 1097), H1606 [13FE]

———provide same penalty rate for taxpayers who disclose unreported income from offshore accounts as was given Sec. of the Treasury Geithner relative to failure to pay certain taxes (see H.R. 4172), H13465 [2DE]

———provide tax credit to employers headquartered in U.S., that pay fair wages, provide benefits, offset income for employees serving in Reserves, and respect the right to organize (see S. 829), S4445 [20AP]

———provide that tips received for certain services shall not be subject to income or employment taxes (see H.R. 779), H779 [28JA]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (see H.R. 2779), H6414 [9JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 161), H34 [6JA] (see H.R. 883), H1043 [4FE] (see H.R. 1519), H3437 [16MR]

———stimulate business investment (see S. 304), S786 [22JA]

———suspend employment and income taxes for a certain period (see H.R. 143), H33 [6JA]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to certain unemployed individuals who have attained age 50 (see H.R. 656), H485 [22JA]

Transportation: enhance employer involvement in transportation planning and create and expand commuter benefit programs (see H.R. 3517), H9279 [31JY]

———expand and improve transit training programs (see H.R. 2497), H5791 [19MY]

———prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents (see H.R. 117), H32 [6JA]

Treaties and agreements: review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see S. 2821), S12070 [1DE] (see H.R. 3012), H7248 [24JN]

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]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see S. 263), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 1474), H3400 [12MR]

USEC Privatization Act: entitle affected pension plan participants to payment for benefit increases not received (see S. 1063), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 4082), H13001 [16NO]

Uzbekistan: support enforcement of certain existing domestic legislation and fulfill international commitments aimed at ending state-sponsored forced child labor (see S. Res. 99, 99), S4311 [2AP]

Ventura County, CA: provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (see S. 709), S3785 [25MR] (see H.R. 136), H32 [6JA]

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

———temporarily remove the requirement for employers to increase wages for veterans enrolled in on-the-job training programs (see H.R. 4079), H13001 [16NO]

Veterans Day: encourage employers to give veterans a holiday (see H. Res. 207), H2980 [4MR]

Volunteer workers: support recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel (see S. 822), S4311 [2AP]

Whistleblowing: expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds (see S. 1745), S10061 [1OC]

Women: increase awareness of the existence of, and overcome, gender bias in academic science and engineering through research and training (see H.R. 1144), H2631 [24FE]

———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]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, provide performance standards for breast pumps, and provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding (see S. 1244), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2819), H6617 [11JN]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see S. 1374), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3042), H7445 [25JN]

———require notification for mass layoffs that occur at more than one site of an employer and increase penalties for violations (see H.R. 2077), H4732 [23AP]

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

Workforce Investment Act: include workforce investment programs on the Internet (see H.R. 145), H33 [6JA]

———make non-union training programs eligible for Federal funding under the ``Green Jobs'' program (see S. 1238), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2026), H4685 [22AP]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 240), H3401 [12MR]

Cloture motions

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

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]

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]

Colloquies

Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act: Senators Murray and Enzi, S7320 [9JY]

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

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (H.R. 626): CBO, H6221, H6230 [4JN]

Court decisions

Patricia Harris v. Office of the Architect of the Capitol: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, H550-H552 [27JA]

Descriptions

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Baucus-Grassley Amendment on Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, S2052-S2063 [10FE]

Excerpts

Letters from world leaders opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1529 [4FE]

Explanations

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (H.R. 3548): First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension and Modification, S11197-S11201 [5NO]

Factsheets

American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454), H7632 [26JN]

What 9.8 Percent Unemployment Means by the Numbers: GOP.gov (Internet site), H10537 [7OC]

Guidelines

Employment guidelines for potential Presidential appointees in subcabinet positions, S663 [20JA]

Letters

Advanced practice registered nurse workforce expansion: several organizations, S8688 [3AU]

Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJobs) Act: Arturo S. Rodriguez, United Farm Workers (organization), S5519 [14MY]

———Change To Win (organization), S5517 [14MY]

———John Wilson, Dairy Farmers of America (organization), S5517 [14MY]

———Kevin Priest, Society of American Florists, S5518 [14MY]

———Nancy E. Foster, U.S. Apple Association, S5517 [14MY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5519 [14MY]

———Richard Nadler, Americas Majority (organization), S5518 [14MY]

———Robert J. Dolibois and Craig J. Regelbrugge, American Nursery & Landscape Association, S5518 [14MY]

———Ron Sparks, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, S5519 [14MY]

———Thomas A. Nassif, Western Growers Association, S5518 [14MY]

———Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S5517 [14MY]

Allow employers to provide a free choice voucher to employees to purchase any plan under the health insurance exchange: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S12996 [11DE]

American Clean Energy and Security Act: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H7620 [26JN]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7619 [26JN]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H7619, H7620 [26JN]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H7620 [26JN]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7619, H7620 [26JN]

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]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2023 [9FE]

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

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

Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant funding: Heather Schafer, National Volunteer Fire Council, S7301 [9JY]

Colleges and universities infrastructure repair and renovation projects funding: Molly Corbett Broad, American Council on Education, S1777 [6FE]

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

Concerns over the economic recession: William R. Davis, S10314 [8OC]

Congressional Black Caucus priorities relative to jobs package: Representatives Barbara Lee and Cleaver, Congressional Black Caucus, H14856 [14DE]

Construction industry exclusion from small business exemption from providing minimum health insurance standards to employees: several construction industry organizations, S13775 [22DE], S13814 [23DE]

Extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing tax credit for certain disaster areas: Senators Landrieu, Vitter, Wicker, and Cochran, S13872 [23DE]

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

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, H6219 [4JN]

———Brian Worth, Independent Electrical Contractors (organization), H6230 [4JN]

———Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, H6219 [4JN]

———Margaret L. Baptiste, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, H6219 [4JN]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H6230 [4JN]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H6218 [4JN]

Grant of waiver to William J. Lynn III from Executive order prohibiting registered lobbyists from seeking or accepting employment with an executive agency that they recently lobbied: Peter R. Orszag, OMB, and Gregory B. Craig, S2105-S2107 [11FE]

———Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S2107 [11FE]

Impact of Chrysler LLC bankruptcy and subsequent restructuring: Bob Nardelli, Chrysler LLC, H6678 [12JN], H9258 [31JY]

———Ron Bloom, H6679 [12JN]

Nomination of William J. Lynn III to be Deputy Sec. of Defense: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S2117, S2118 [11FE]

———William J. Lynn III, S2117, S2118 [11FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S12866-S12868 [10DE]

Pay parity within Federal workforce: Peter R. Orszag, OMB Director, H8211 [16JY]

Prohibit assistance to any auto manufacturer which terminates agreements with a dealership without giving at least 60 days notice: James E. Press, Chrysler LLC, S5797 [21MY]

———Senator Rockefeller, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S5780 [21MY]

Promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure: Congressional Black Caucus, H4765 [27AP]

Restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund: Americans for Transportation Mobility (organization), S8517 [30JY]

Retirement equity for judges appointed to District Courts of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands: D. Brock Hornby, Judicial Conference of the U.S., E216 [4FE]

———Delegates Bordallo and Christensen, E215 [4FE]

———Leonidas R. Mecham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., E216 [4FE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program improvement and extension: Christopher Chafe, Change To Win (organization), S2208 [12FE]

———several companies and associations, S2208 [12FE]

Transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding: Americans for Transportation Mobility (organization), S1381 [3FE]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, S1381 [3FE]

Lists

Agricultural groups opposing H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, H7627 [26JN]

Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform members and supporters, S5519 [14MY]

Armed Forces members' and contractors' electrocution deaths in Iraq, S10020 [1OC]

Companies and organizations opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1529 [4FE]

Companies in California eliminating jobs, S1892 [7FE]

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

Oregonians killed on the job, E1002 [28AP]

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

Organizations supporting H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, H7684 [26JN]

Organizations supporting S. 1173, Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, S6035 [3JN]

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

Quotes from reports and news sources opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1529 [4FE]

Quotes from world leaders opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1529 [4FE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day participants at event sponsored by Senators Landrieu and Hutchison, S5060 [4MY]

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]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H135 [9JA]

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

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

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), H6237 [4JN]

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

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: proposed rulemaking relative to veterans employment opportunities regulations, S1280 [2FE], H783 [2FE]

Press releases

FMLA Should Not Grant Paid Leave for Federal Employees: National Federation of Independent Business, H6222 [4JN]

Proposals

Amendment to U.S. Code relative to judges in territories and possessions, E215, E216 [4FE]

Questions and answers

Clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges in the Civil Rights Act, S743 [22JA]

Quotations

Budget deficit: Bob Packwood, S2092 [11FE]

———Trent Lott, S2092 [11FE]

Regulations

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: Congressional Office of Compliance, S1280-S1369 [2FE], H783-H874 [2FE]

Remarks in House

Achievement and Rehabilitation Centers, Inc.: tribute, H13472 [3DE]

Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment: monitor adequacy of health care workforce and report workforce shortages, H14861 [14DE]

Air Force: assessment of contracting system used to award the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, H14844, H14845 [14DE]

———urge Dept. of Defense to factor in subsidies to Airbus S.A.S. when considering cost estimates for military air refueling tankers proposals, H11106-H11108 [7OC], H13270, H13271, H13272 [19NO]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H5864 [20MY], H8439, H8441 [21JY]

Allegheny National Forest: call for Forest Service to honor agreement relative to harvest of timber, oil, and natural gas, H8475, H8476 [21JY]

American Clean Energy and Security Act: impact on job creation, H13510 [3DE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding, H10001 [29SE], H10436 [1OC], H11270 [13OC], H11586 [22OC], H11716 [23OC]

———impact of stimulus funding on economy, H6977 [18JN], H8802 [24JY], H8876, H8883, H8884, H8890, H8891, H8893 [28JY], H9043 [29JY]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation, H8307 [17JY], H8413, H8422, H8423, H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8432, H8433, H8434, H8435, H8436, H8437, H8439, H8443, H8444, H8445, H8471 [21JY], H8497 [22JY], H8615, H8616 [23JY], H8885, H8886, H8887, H8888, H8890, H8896, H8898, H8899 [28JY], H8965, H9038 [29JY], H9061 [30JY], H9248 [31JY], H9498 [15SE], H9978 [25SE], H10129 [30SE], H10436 [1OC], H10462, H10488 [6OC], H11084 [7OC], H11303, H11305 [14OC], H11728, H11729, H11730 [23OC], H11799, H11802, H11811 [27OC], H12462, H12467 [6NO], H13011, H13013 [17NO], H13088 [18NO], H13323 [19NO], H13389, H13391, H13447-H13453 [2DE], H13496-H13498, H13504-H13511, H13512 [3DE], H13523 [7DE], H14378 [9DE], H14884, H14885, H14961, H14966, H14972 [15DE]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation relative to surface transportation, H8888 [28JY]

———impact of stimulus funding on Nevada economy, H8949 [28JY]

———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]

American Samoa: condemn Vietnamese Government for refusing to pay damages in court ruling on human trafficking and abusive conditions at the Daewoosa factory, H6665 [12JN]

America's Affordable Health Choices Act: impact on small businesses, H9499 [15SE]

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]

Aviation: recognize contributions of general aviation industry (H. Res. 508), H8926-H8928 [28JY], H9037 [29JY], E2060 [29JY], E2170, E2175 [31JY]

———require background checks on foreign airplane mechanics, H8795 [24JY]

BJ Office Products, Inc.: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Women of Excellence Award for Employer of Excellence recipient, E1383 [11JN]

BLS: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 152), E1864 [21JY]

———anniversary (S. Con. Res. 30), H8373-H8376 [20JY]

Boeing Co.: tribute to new facility in Charleston, SC, E2669 [29OC], E2684 [2NO]

Brynwood Partners (company): condemn decision to close Stella D'oro factory after NLRB ruling in favor of striking workers, H8162 [15JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3533 [18MR]

———Obama administration proposal, H2934 [4MR]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, H531 [27JA], H1062-H1067 [9FE], H2605 [24FE], H2819-H2821, H2823 [25FE], H8308, H8310, H8312 [17JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H73 [8JA], H14492 [10DE]

Business and industry: develop an industrial policy to meet the needs of a stronger economy and national security, H6126 [3JN]

———develop an industrial policy to meet the needs of a stronger economy and national security (H. Res. 444), H5690 [18MY]

———encourage public-private partnerships to create jobs, H1222-H1227 [11FE]

———evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and ensure protection of Social Security beneficiaries (H.R. 662), H2838 [26FE]

———importance of accountability between employers and employees, H4231 [31MR]

———permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (H.R. 1274), E529 [3MR]

———prohibit employers from carrying life insurance policies on their rank and file employees (H.R. 3669), H10073 [30SE], E2396 [29SE]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (H.R. 1855), H6300 [8JN]

Career Gear (organization): anniversary, E1379 [11JN]

Caribbean nations: economic and social conditions outlook, E400 [25FE]

Chattanooga, TN: tribute to nuclear energy symposium, E269 [12FE]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., H5047 [30AP], H5086-H5091 [4MY], H5463-H5466 [12MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H41 [7JA], H75 [8JA], H94, H124-H138 [9JA], H553 [27JA], H12988 [16NO], E67, E69 [13JA], E90 [14JA]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), motion to recommit, H135, H136 [9JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 2151), E999 [28AP]

Clinton, William J.: evaluation of economic policies, H1064 [9FE], H2820 [25FE]

Coast Guard: increase minority recruitment, E2621 [23OC]

Colleges and universities: community college computer labs funding, E2374 [25SE]

———community college funding, H9597 [16SE]

———encourage community colleges to increase programs for veterans and members of the National Guard and Reserves, H9675, H9676 [17SE]

———give priority to low-income, nontraditional students, dislocated workers, and veterans when awarding community college grants, H9684 [17SE]

———give priority to schools, States, and nonprofits when awarding grants under the College Access and Completion Innovation Fund to encourage dislocated workers to complete degrees, H9686, H9687 [17SE]

———give priority to veterans when awarding community college grants and allow use of funds for programs that prepare students for careers in veterans administration and energy-related fields, H9687, H9688 [17SE]

———reform and strengthen community colleges to promote college completion, H8500 [22JY]

———student loan delinquency prevention, default aversion, and counseling services funding, H9676, H9677 [17SE]

Community service: increase funding for organizations to support individuals enrolled in full-time national service positions, H3596, H3597 [18MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H14886 [15DE], H15477 [16DE]

———evaluation of economic policies, H9413 [10SE]

———goals of the 111th Congress, H4, H5 [6JA]

Congressional Black Caucus: legislative priorities, H6298-H6303 [8JN], H9478-H9481 [14SE]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: national objectives priority assignments, H5640-H5647 [14MY]

Consolidated Natural Resources Act: make technical corrections to provisions applying Federal immigration laws to the Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 3770), E2498 [8OC]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: limit power if unemployment rate remains at high level, H14491 [10DE]

Courts: provide retirement equity for judges appointed to District Courts of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, E215 [4FE]

Cub Foods (business): tribute to opening of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certified grocery store in St. Paul, MN, E60 [9JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements, E1764 [14JY]

Decatur, IL: anniversary of Decatur Trades and Labor Assembly, E2914 [8DE]

Democratic Party: evaluation of economic policies, H8312 [17JY], H10491 [6OC]

———national agenda, H5718 [19MY], H7153 [24JN], H8011 [13JY], H8092 [14JY], H8893 [28JY], H10536 [7OC], H12070 [29OC]

Dept. of Defense: expand whistleblower protections to contract employees who report abuses to their superiors (H.R. 3588), E2295 [16SE]

Dept. of Education: promote opportunities for individuals enrolled in Job Corps to gain employment experience on construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities, H5515, H5516 [13MY]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3359), H8882 [28JY]

Dept. of Energy: denial of loan guarantee for American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, OH, H8887, H8902 [28JY], H9049-H9051 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: Nursing Workforce Development programs funding, H8759 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for protection of chemical facilities where such regulations would result in job losses under certain economic conditions, H12533 [6NO]

———prohibit use of Worker Training Grants Program funds for earmarks, H12524, H12525 [6NO]

Dept. of HUD: establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute, H7460 [26JN]

———establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute (H.R. 330), H4764 [27AP], E1393 [12JN]

Dept. of Labor: authorize appropriations for the Veterans Workforce Investment Program (H.R. 295), E47 [8JA]

———Career Pathways Innovation Fund funding through reductions in green jobs training programs funding, H8778 [24JY]

———carry out a grant program to provide reintegration services through programs and facilities that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children, H4068, H4069 [30MR]

———carry out a grant program to provide reintegration services through programs and facilities that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (H.R. 293), E41 [8JA]

———establish the New Economy Grant Program (H.R. 4290), H14883 [15DE]

———make a grant to a public university to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy (H.R. 399), E62 [9JA]

———prescribe regulations requiring employers with more than one establishment and not fewer than 500 employees to report work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses (H.R. 2113), H4753 [27AP]

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

———reauthorize Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (H.R. 1171), H4067-H4069 [30MR], E829 [31MR]

———Women Apprenticeship in Nontraditional Occupations grants funding, H570 [27JA]

Dept. of the Interior: provide an annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans (H.R. 1129), H7712, H7713 [7JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify use of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance funds for business meetings, events, and incentive travel, H4289 [1AP]

———prohibit Troubled Asset Relief Program fund recipients from outsourcing new customer service or call center jobs to foreign companies, H407, H408 [21JA]

———use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funding intended to bailout financial institutions for mergers and acquisitions, H510 [26JA], H531 [27JA]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a maritime career training loan program, H11634 [22OC]

———establish a maritime career training loan program (H.R. 2651), H11341-H11347 [14OC], E2544 [15OC]

———make use of funding for carrying out pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs for highway projects mandatory (H.R. 2444), E1173 [14MY]

———prohibit funding for New Castle, PA, Millenium Technology Park project, H8659 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot project to test feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities (H.R. 1037), H8036, H8037 [14JY], E1805 [16JY]

———improve laws relative to small business concerns and employment assistance (H.R. 4220), H15469 [16DE], E2904 [8DE]

———increase amount of educational assistance to certain individuals pursuing internships or on-job training (H.R. 1098), E1254 [21MY]

———increase amount of subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs (H.R. 297), E50 [8JA]

———provide certain veterans with employment training assistance (H.R. 1168), H12149-H12151 [2NO], E2697 [3NO]

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

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

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

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

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

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

District of Columbia: anniversary of Central Union Mission, E2881 [3DE]

Domestic policy: develop manufacturing sector, H9902 [24SE]

———develop U.S. manufacturing policy, H3132 [10MR]

Ecology and environment: creation and retention of green jobs in the U.S., H8480 [21JY]

Economy: business practices that precipitated Government bailout of automobile industry, H5770 [19MY]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations, H7995 [10JY], E983 [27AP]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H2915 [3MR], H3043 [5MR], H3323 [11MR], H3620 [18MR], H4510 [2AP], H4759 [27AP], H4884 [28AP], H5467 [12MY], H5635 [14MY], H9261 [31JY], H11807 [27OC], E1197 [19MY]

———comparison of the economic recovery of the corporate and financial sectors with that of working class citizens, H11358, H11359 [14OC]

———Federal Government control versus free enterprise, H13126 [18NO]

———Government bailout of automobile industry, H3696, H3697 [19MR], H4066, H4103, H4118-H4120 [30MR], H4136, H4137, H4217 [31MR], H4755 [27AP], H5091 [4MY], H5638 [14MY], H5691 [18MY], H5807, H5865 [20MY], H5988, H5993 [21MY], H6147-H6153 [3JN], H6678-H6683 [12JN], H7735 [7JY], H7998 [10JY], H9253 [31JY], H9484, H9485 [14SE], H11984 [28OC], H14819 [11DE]

———impact of buying locally produced products, E2806 [18NO]

———impact of tax cuts, H496 [26JA], H750, H766 [28JA], H1068 [9FE], H1279 [12FE], H2610 [24FE], H2814, H2815 [25FE], H2913 [3MR], H3047, H3048 [5MR], H3128, H3133, H3137-H3139 [10MR], H3840 [25MR], H4221, H4223 [31MR], H11270 [13OC], H13451 [2DE]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on employment, H13512 [3DE]

———importance of job creation, H354 [15JA], H559, H577, H578 [27JA], H1212, H1213 [11FE], H1251, H1253, H1254 [12FE], H3107 [10MR], H3758 [24MR], H4004, H4007, H4009-H4011 [25MR], H4222 [31MR], H4875 [28AP], H5462 [12MY], H6298-H6303 [8JN], H7397 [25JN], H7642 [26JN], H8011 [13JY], H8417, H8419, H8437, H8438, H8439 [21JY], H8802 [24JY], H8879 [28JY], H9261-H9263 [31JY], H10527 [7OC], H11808 [27OC], H13116, H13118 [18NO], H13358 [1DE], H13390, H13391, H13392, H13447-H13453, H13460-H13463 [2DE], H13469, H13470, H13471, H13472, H13501-H13512 [3DE], H13600, H13602 [8DE], H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14448 [10DE], H14747, H14806, H14811, H14817 [11DE], H14851-H14862 [14DE], H14887, H14961-H14966, H14970 [15DE], H14987 [16DE], E297 [23FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14994-H15006 [16DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H14984, H14985, H14989, H15418, H15431-H15473, H15479-H15485 [16DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H170 [13JA], H424 [21JA], H880 [3FE], H2607 [24FE], H2819-H2826 [25FE], H3032, H3047-H3052 [5MR], H3133-H3139 [10MR], H3322-H3329 [11MR], H3426-H3433 [16MR], H3620-H3627 [18MR], H3815, H3817 [24MR], H4556, H4558 [21AP], H4694 [23AP], H5155-H5161 [5MY], H5720, H5721, H5771 [19MY], H5895, H5897 [21MY], H6129 [3JN], H6254-H6259 [4JN], H6522 [10JN], H8441 [21JY], H9720-H9722 [17SE], H12266-H12272 [3NO], H12349 [4NO], H14880 [15DE], E2433 [1OC]

———promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, H2892 [3MR], H3501 [17MR], H3821-H3825 [24MR], H3838 [25MR], H4588 [22AP], H4766-H4768 [27AP], H5299-H5304 [6MY], H13011 [17NO], H14829 [14DE], H14961-H14966 [15DE]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H40, H41, H42, H63 [7JA], H73, H74, H75, H76-H82 [8JA], H94, H145-H152, H156 [9JA], H165, H169, H185, H187 [13JA], H203, H303-H306 [14JA], H368 [15JA], H392, H425 [21JA], H445, H446, H470, H471 [22JA], H1017-H1030, H1032, H1034 [4FE], H1048 [9FE], H3039-H3045 [5MR], H5466-H5472 [12MY], H7744 [8JY], H8056 [14JY], H8309 [17JY], H8437 [21JY]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (H.R. 1240), E493 [26FE]

———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (H.R. 3238), H8417, H8418 [21JY]

———provide unemployment compensation and jobs training for dislocated workers, H14738 [10DE]

———recognize efforts of career and technical colleges to educate and train workers for position in high-demand industries (H. Res. 880), H12330, H12331 [4NO]

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

Electric power: rates, H9195 [30JY]

Equal Pay Act: anniversary, E1370 [10JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, E997, E999 [28AP]

ERISA: require participant-directed individual retirement account plans to include in benefit statements points of comparison to show relative performance of investment options under such plans (H.R. 2792), E1368 [10JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: allow private sector employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay (H.R. 933), E228 [10FE]

———strengthen child labor provisions (H.R. 3564), H9494 [15SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (H.R. 1723), E767 [25MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (H.R. 824), E187 [3FE]

———allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (H.R. 2132), E992 [28AP]

———allow the families of National Guard and Army Reserve members to use provisions for leave purposes during the deployment and return of troops, E1587 [26JN]

———clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (H.R. 912), H1053-H1055 [9FE]

———clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (S. 1422), H13398, H13399 [2DE]

———increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries, E1587 [26JN]

———nullify certain regulations, restore prior regulations, and direct the Dept. of Labor to revise certain additional regulations (H.R. 2161), E1008 [29AP]

———provide leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members, E2520 [14OC]

Federal aid programs: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, unemployment benefits, senior nutrition services, after-school meals, food bank assistance, and community service block grants funding, H513 [26JA]

Federal employees: allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund, H11135, H11140 [8OC]

———allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (H.R. 828), H4273 [1AP], E185 [3FE]

———ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), H6223-H6240 [4JN], E126 [22JA], E1340 [8JN]

———ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), consideration (H. Res. 501), H6216-H6223 [4JN]

———ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), motion to recommit, H6238 [4JN]

———improve teleworking in executive agencies by developing telework program that allows employees to telework at least 20 percent of hours worked in every 2 administrative workweeks (H.R. 1722), E764 [25MR]

———make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System, H6629 [12JN], H11118, H11135, H11140 [8OC]

———make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (H.R. 958), E235 [10FE]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System, H11118, H11135, H11140 [8OC]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System (H.R. 1198), E413 [25FE]

———provide for livable wages for Federal workers and workers hired under Federal contracts (H.R. 1334), E580 [5MR]

———require employees to use all accrued leave before receiving additional paid parental leave, H6234, H6235 [4JN]

———require OPM to consider impact of increased paid parental leave on lower-income employees, H6236 [4JN]

———support pay parity within Federal workforce, H4383 [1AP], H8211 [16JY]

———terminate additional paid parental leave for Federal employees if the deficit in any fiscal year exceeds a certain level, H6238 [4JN]

———transition personnel in nonforeign areas eligible to receive cost-of-living allowance to locality pay, H7164, H7165 [24JN]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: consider unemployment rates in criteria used to evaluate grant applications, H13107 [18NO]

Federal firefighters: provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay (H.R. 3243), E1822 [16JY]

Federal-State relations: distribution of Federal funds to State and local governments, H11494-H11500 [20OC]

FedEx Corp.: tribute, H752 [28JA]

FEMA: Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant funding to rehire and retain firefighters, H5602 [14MY]

Financial institutions: Government bailout recipients requesting visas for foreign workers, H1001 [4FE]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy counseling for borrowers (H.R. 1325), H4857 [28AP], H9603 [16SE]

Flint, MI: tribute to Citizens March to honor the anniversary of the birth of Cesar E. Chavez, E411 [25FE]

———UAW tribute to contributions of women in labor, civil rights, military, women's rights, and politics, E2213 [9SE]

Foreign trade: economic impact of tariff increase on tires from China, H9499 [15SE]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H1639 [23FE], H2811 [25FE], H4233 [31MR], H5044 [30AP], H5691 [18MY], H5770 [19MY], H8163-H8170 [15JY], H12126-H12132 [29OC], H13391 [2DE], H14848 [14DE]

Fort Bend, TX: tribute to increase in job creation, H11716 [23OC]

Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act: repeal, E2969 [11DE]

GAO: conduct study to determine if State and local transportation security background checks assist law enforcement and make recommendations to eliminate redundancy and facilitate sharing of such information, H11680, H11681 [22OC]

General Motors Corp.: impact of bankruptcy on retirees health care, H8903 [28JY]

———impact of potential bankruptcy or reorganization on bondholders, retirees, and employees, H4066 [30MR]

———removal of Chief Executive Officer, Rick Wagoner, E869 [2AP]

Government: Recovery.gov (Internet site) report on job creation in nonexistent congressional districts relative to fraud, waste, or abuse of economic stimulus funding, H13072, H13074, H13132, H13133 [18NO], H13269, H13271 [19NO], H13449 [2DE], H13505-H13508 [3DE]

———require Recovery.gov website to contain links and other information on how to access job information created at or by entities receiving funds for economic stimulus, H731, H732 [28JA]

Hard Hatted Women (organization): tribute to Tradeswomen TOOLS (Training, Outreach, Opportunity, Leadership and Support) program, H12989 [16NO]

Health: establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3700), H10443-H10445 [1OC], H11578 [21OC]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (H.R. 2360), H6125, H6144 [3JN]

———expand use of health savings accounts, H13052 [17NO]

———impact of health care reform on long-term jobs strategy, H14449 [10DE]

———impact of increased medical device taxes or fees on research and development, competition, and viability of domestic orthopedic industry, H9778-H9780 [22SE], H11360 [14OC], H11809 [27OC], H12216, H12262, H12263 [3NO], H12314 [4NO]

———impact of prescription drug discounts on the biopharmaceutical industry, H12896 [7NO]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, H10074 [30SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1289-H1295 [12FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures impact on job creation, H8576, H8577, H8581 [22JY], H8886 [28JY]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members, H5378-H5381 [7MY]

———require immigrants applying for Federal health care benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity, H9185 [30JY], H9881, H9883, H9884, H9889 [23SE]

Health care professionals: address critical shortages of primary care physicians, H3741-H3744 [23MR]

———tribute to nurses, H5448 [12MY]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (H. Res. 13), H25 [6JA]

———legislative priorities, H5462, H5466 [12MY], H5990-H5993 [21MY], H6151-H6153 [3JN], H8323, H8325, H8326, H8344 [17JY], H9403 [10SE], H10129 [30SE], H12173-H12176 [2NO]

Houston, TX: tribute to Federal jobs fair, H8848 [27JY]

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

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens, H10464 [6OC], H13271 [19NO]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (H.R. 98), H7170 [24JN], E20 [6JA]

———enforce existing immigration laws, H13469 [3DE]

———enforce existing immigration laws and improve border security, H3404 [16MR]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (H.R. 1136), E582 [6MR]

———extend the E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, H5174 [6MY], H6243 [4JN], H7181, H7187, H7232 [24JN]

———prohibit funds from being used to employ illegal aliens, H7206, H7207 [24JN]

———provide for a certain initial period of admission for aliens employed as dairy workers and sheepherders (H.R. 1660), E804 [30MR]

———reform, H201 [14JA], H447 [22JA], H926 [4FE], H1253 [12FE], H2611 [24FE], H2838 [26FE], H2984 [5MR], H3110 [10MR], H4587 [22AP], H4918 [29AP], H5311, H5389-H5395 [7MY], H5896 [21MY], H6159 [4JN], H7133 [23JN], H7841 [9JY], H7998 [10JY], H8433 [21JY], H8879 [28JY], H11176 [13OC], H11388 [15OC], H13036 [17NO], H14442 [9DE], E3015 [15DE]

———reform (H.R. 264), H4213 [31MR]

———reform (H.R. 4321), H14945 [15DE]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to participate in E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, H1559 [13FE], H1610 [23FE], H3719 [23MR]

Insurance: establish a net worth threshold for recipients of COBRA continuation health coverage by reason of termination of employment, H608 [28JA], H1146 [10FE], H1293-H1295 [12FE], H1573, H1576 [13FE]

———extend maximum continuation coverage period for individuals involuntarily terminated and eligibility period and maximum assistance period for premium assistance under COBRA (H.R. 3930), H13554 [8DE]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage, H2967, H2968 [4MR]

International Paper Co.: tribute to Georgetown, SC, mill for efforts to increase workplace safety, H6909 [17JN]

International Women's Day: support goals (H. Res. 194), H3305-H3307, H3312, H3318 [11MR], E656, E661 [12MR], E667 [16MR]

Jane Addams Resource Corp.: tribute, E2188 [8SE]

Key West, FL: tribute to community service organizations, H9038 [29JY]

Kingsport, TN: Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation Innovations in American Government Award recipient, E2259 [14SE]

Korean-American Association of Northern Virginia: tribute, E1852 [20JY]

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 (H.R. 1409), H3111, H3112, H3113 [10MR], H3378 [12MR], H3737, H3738 [23MR], H3998 [25MR], H4054-H4060 [26MR], H4137, H4247 [31MR], H5771 [19MY], E620 [10MR]

Las Vegas, NV: impact of erroneous statements about earmarks on local economy and tourism, H2950 [4MR]

Lawyers and attorneys: exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics or externships from certain conflict of interest rules (H.R. 4194), H14899, H14900 [15DE], H15473 [16DE]

———set cap on attorney fees for cases of discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H135, H136 [9JA]

Lexington, SC: anniversary of Michelin North America, Inc., plant, H13358 [1DE]

Maritime Administration: port landside projects funding, E295 [23FE]

Massachusetts: Federal court decision on malicious and harmful speech, H3340 [12MR]

Medicaid: ensure adequate numbers of physicians to meet needs of patients, H8065 [14JY]

Medicare: modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce, H517, H521 [26JA], H3744 [23MR], H11574, H11575 [21OC], H11725 [23OC], H12121 [29OC]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, H8105 [15JY], H8187 [16JY], H8877, H8906 [28JY], H10524 [7OC], E2039 [28JY]

Microsoft Corp.: Sec. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recipient, E2314 [17SE]

Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Milwaukee Area Labor Council, E804 [30MR]

Minimum wage: level, H8712 [24JY]

Molalla River: impact of designation of portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System on lumber industry, H13282-H13287 [19NO]

Morristown, NJ: anniversary of the Market Street Mission, E709 [18MR]

Motor vehicles: impact of closure of dealerships on employment levels, H5674 [18MY], H5719 [19MY], H5807 [20MY], H6976 [18JN], H9904 [24SE]

———impact of partisanship on closure of dealerships, H6053 [2JN], H6243 [4JN], H6395, H6396, H6397 [9JN]

———impact of plant closings relative to restructuring plans of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, H6147-H6153 [3JN], H6243 [4JN], H9257-H9259 [31JY]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H8167, H8168 [15JY]

———impact on job creation, illegal immigration, and trade deficit, H1013 [4FE]

———impact on U.S. trade deficit, H5450 [12MY]

National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association: tribute to Springfield, VA, chapter, E2826 [19NO]

National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment: establish (H.R. 4219), H14376 [9DE], H14747 [11DE]

National Commission To Study Employment and Economic Insecurity: establish (H.R. 2078), E957 [23AP]

National Computer Science Education Week: designate (H. Res. 558), H11474-H11477, H11481 [20OC]

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

National Job Corps Day: designate (H. Con. Res. 163), H9743, H9765, H9766 [22SE], E2346 [23SE], E2358, E2359 [24SE]

———observance, E2421 [1OC]

National Labor History Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 205), E2632 [26OC]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB, H5771 [19MY]

———ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (H.R. 1176), H2864 [26FE], H2985 [5MR]

———permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees (H.R. 2732), H6311 [9JN]

National objectives: economic recovery, H9556 [16SE], H10077 [30SE]

National Save for Retirement Week: observance, H11520 [21OC]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 662), H9245 [31JY]

National Work and Family Month: designate (H. Res. 768), H11189, H11190 [13OC], E2525 [14OC]

National Work Zone Awareness Week: observance, E843 [1AP]

New London County, CT: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act grant money released to Willimantic Savings Institute to provide new jobs, H14882 [15DE]

News media: allegations of media bias in coverage of certain issues, H7997 [10JY]

———allegations of media bias in coverage of health care issues, H9811 [23SE], H9904 [24SE], E2300 [17SE]

NSF: award grants to institutions of higher education to develop and offer education and training programs, H575 [27JA]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H11762 [26OC]

———evaluation of economic policies, H2986 [5MR], H6393-H6400 [9JN], H6544 [11JN], H6666 [12JN], H6820 [16JN], H6942, H6943 [17JN], H7920, H7922 [9JY], H8193, H8194 [16JY], H8308, H8310 [17JY], H8374-H8376, H8394 [20JY], H8430, H8431, H8438, H8442, H8469, H8470, H8485 [21JY], H9964 [25SE], H11821, H11823 [27OC]

Office of Special Counsel: enforce employment and unemployment rights of veterans and members of the Armed Forces employed by Federal executive agencies (H.R. 1089), H5725, H5726 [19MY], E1218 [20MY]

Oregon: tribute to Emerald People's Utility District, E2772 [16NO]

Pennsylvania: call for Forest Service to honor agreement relative to harvest of timber, oil, and natural gas in Allegheny National Forest, H3690 [19MR]

———effects of economic stimulus, H5312 [7MY]

Pensions: automatically enroll new Thrift Savings Plan participants, clarify method for computing part-time service annuities, and credit service by certain District of Columbia employees for retirement (H.R. 1263), H4272, H4274 [1AP]

Populist Caucus: formation and agenda, H4227-H4233 [31MR]

Postville, IA: anniversary of immigration raid on Agriprocessors, Inc., plant, H5490 [13MY]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, H5408 [12MY], H5490, H5491, H5492 [13MY], H5586 [14MY], H14449 [10DE]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H5694 [18MY], H5721, H5768, H5769, H5772-H5779 [19MY], H5805, H5806, H5807, H5864, H5880-H5889 [20MY], H5895, H5897, H5898, H5982 [21MY], H6018, H6063, H6070 [2JN], H6080, H6081, H6085-H6090, H6126, H6132-H6138 [3JN], H6159 [4JN], H6270 [8JN], H6312-H6314, H6317, H6318, H6319, H6327, H6336-H6341, H6343, H6344, H6395, H6398-H6400 [9JN], H6419, H6421, H6519, H6529-H6536 [10JN], H6542, H6543, H6544, H6594, H6598-H6604 [11JN], H6621, H6622, H6623 [12JN], H6782, H6799-H6803 [15JN], H6816-H6819 [16JN], H6908 [17JN], H7026, H7074 [19JN], H7113, H7114, H7117-H7121, H7137 [23JN], H7150, H7151, H7152 [24JN], H7255, H7256, H7257, H7396 [25JN], H7450, H7451, H7471-H7686, H7689, H7691-H7701 [26JN], H7710, H7733-H7738 [7JY], H7745 [8JY], H7840, H7841 [9JY], H7949 [10JY], H8013, H8014 [13JY], H8027, H8035, H8050, H8059, H8060, H8069, H8070 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8287-H8297 [16JY], H8347 [17JY], H8360, H8366 [20JY], H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8438, H8439, H8441, H8443, H8444, H8449, H8476-H8486 [21JY], H8687-H8693 [23JY], H8802 [24JY], H8886, H8891, H8892, H8894, H8901 [28JY], H8964, H9042 [29JY], H9190-H9197, H9199 [30JY], H9248, H9253, H9254, H9260 [31JY], H9652 [16SE], H9794 [22SE], H9876 [23SE], H10412 [1OC], H10525 [7OC], H11463, H11487-H11494, H11505-H11507 [20OC], H11762, H11772 [26OC], H12035 [28OC], H12348 [4NO], H13514 [3DE], H13555, H13617, H13618, H13620, H13624 [8DE], H14815-H14817 [11DE], H14955, H14970 [15DE], H15476, H15481 [16DE], E1324 [4JN], E1564 [24JN], E1574, E1599, E1631 [26JN], E1641, E1652, E1659 [7JY], E1717 [10JY], E1734, E1743 [13JY], E1847 [20JY], E2092 [31JY], E2923 [10DE]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), consideration (H. Res. 587), H7451-H7463 [26JN]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), permission to file report, H6243 [4JN]

———establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program, H761 [28JA]

———increase energy independence and job creation through safe energy production, alternative and renewable energy development, and conservation promotion for a cleaner environment (H.R. 2846), H7074 [19JN], H8088 [14JY], H8307, H8325 [17JY], H8366 [20JY], H8450 [21JY], H8690, H8692 [23JY], H9198 [30JY], H11602 [22OC]

———national energy policy, H7695-H7701 [26JN]

———provide for domestic energy production and jobs and pursue alternatives in renewable energy (H.R. 2250), E1064 [5MY]

Proctor & Gamble, Inc.: anniversary of plant in Pineville, LA, E702 [18MR]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 240), H3451, H3452 [17MR]

Public lands: making emergency supplemental appropriations for rehabilitation, road projects, and job creation (H.R. 4291), E2975 [11DE]

Puerto Rico: inclusion in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H532 [27JA]

Railway Labor Act: shift coverage of certain express carrier employees to regulation under the National Labor Relations Act, H5923, H5924, H5928 [21MY]

Renewable energy: create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources by promoting the production of green energy, H4724, H4726-H4728 [23AP], H5449 [12MY], H5575-H5577 [13MY], H5586 [14MY], H5717 [19MY], H5872-H5874 [20MY], H6057-H6063 [2JN], H13120-H13126 [18NO], E212 [4FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H13276 [19NO]

San Diego, CA: tribute to International Longshoremen Worker's Union Local 29, E848 [1AP]

San Joaquin County, CA: drought crisis assistance funding, H10431, H10432 [1OC]

Santa Ana, CA: Santa Ana Police Dept. recipient of Sec. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, E2359 [24SE]

SBA: allow for repayment of loans to small construction companies to be deferred, H12109 [29OC]

———enable temporary staffing agencies to qualify for SBA programs, H12077 [29OC]

———ensure individuals with loan application evaluation and underwriting responsibilities have a certain level of experience, H12111 [29OC]

———establish Microenterprise Training Center Program, H5856 [20MY]

———funding, H8195 [16JY]

———give priority for business stabilization loans to small businesses located in cities with high unemployment rates, H12071 [29OC]

———increase maximum amount of stabilization loans and delay repayment of such loans in areas of high unemployment, H12110 [29OC]

———prohibit funding for Pittsburgh, PA, Life Sciences Greenhouse, H8253, H8254 [16JY]

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

Sierra Pacific Industries: impact of Government regulations on closure of Quincy, CA, sawmill, H2892 [3MR]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, H8066 [14JY], H11520, H11522, H11523 [21OC], H11586, H11693-H11697 [22OC], H12475-H12477, H12485 [6NO], H12613, H12914, H12915 [7NO], H13042, H13043 [17NO], H13511 [3DE]

———health insurance premium rates, H11522 [21OC], H11809, H11810 [27OC], H12012 [28OC], H13127-H13129 [18NO]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care, H12961 [7NO]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 2607), H12217 [3NO]

———provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals, H10494, H10497 [6OC]

———provide support for small business concerns, H288, H289 [14JA], H880 [3FE], H1162 [11FE], H1252 [12FE], H3294 [11MR], H3377 [12MR], H3758, H3759 [24MR], H4243 [31MR], H5820 [20MY], H6256 [4JN], H8159 [15JY], H14846, H14855 [14DE]

Small Business Act: amend relative to awarding contract opportunities to qualified HUBZone small business concerns (H.R. 3729), E2453 [6OC]

———extend programs (S. 1513), H8916-H8918 [28JY], H8988 [29JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), H11986, H11987 [28OC]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1513), H8916-H8918 [28JY], H8988 [29JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), H11986, H11987 [28OC]

Social Security: prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (H.R. 2028), H4691 [23AP]

———reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), H8912 [28JY]

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

———require those applying for, and renewing, State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits to present documentation proving citizenship and identity, H931 [4FE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (H.R. 795), E232-E234 [10FE]

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

St. Joseph County, IN: anniversary of St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, E637 [11MR]

Sweet Miss Giving's (business): tribute, E2001 [24JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals with COBRA continuation coverage by reason of termination of employment, H2888 [3MR]

———allow deduction and make refundable the credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (H.R. 2045), E931 [22AP]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases, H1564 [13FE]

———allow employees to receive transportation fringe benefits for the same month both in the form of transit passes and reimbursement of bicycle commuting expenses (H.R. 863), E210 [4FE]

———allow employers a refundable credit against income tax for a portion of the employer's cost of providing tax-free transit passes to employees (H.R. 55), E15 [6JA]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (H.R. 154), E69 [13JA]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (H.R. 3724), E2460 [6OC]

———extend work opportunity tax credit to the long-term unemployed, H11820 [27OC]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (H.R. 4191), E3005 [15DE]

———increase contribution limits to dependent care flexible spending accounts and provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits (H.R. 1279), E526 [3MR]

———make health care coverage more accessible and affordable (H.R. 1495), E653 [12MR]

———make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense (H.R. 2720), E1316 [4JN]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (H.R. 3408), E2123 [31JY]

———prevent a change in residency as a result of extended official duty in the military or certain Federal service from triggering repayment provisions of the first-time homebuyer credit (H.R. 3573), E2275 [15SE]

———prohibit tax increase on real estate partnerships, H14399-H14402 [9DE]

———provide a credit to employers for the cost of implementing wellness programs (H.R. 1897), E869 [2AP]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief, reduce the employee share of payroll taxes, and rescind unobligated stimulus funds (H.R. 4100), H13447 [2DE]

———provide relief for obtaining transportation worker identification credentials (H.R. 1097), E273 [13FE]

———provide that tips received for certain services shall not be subject to income or employment taxes (H.R. 779), E167 [28JA]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (H.R. 2779), E1355 [9JN]

———rates, H14882 [15DE], H15483 [16DE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 161), E1 [6JA]

———suspend employment and income taxes for a certain period, H414 [21JA], H4020-H4024 [25MR]

———suspend employment and income taxes for a certain period (H.R. 143), H58-H60 [7JA], H150 [9JA], H374 [15JA], H521, H522 [26JA], H770 [28JA], H880 [3FE], H1013 [4FE], H1069-H1071 [9FE], H2612 [24FE]

TBC Corp.: tribute, H14747 [11DE]

Telecommunications: allow job training funds to be used for broadband communications deployment, H721 [28JA]

Transportation: infrastructure funding, H496 [26JA], H1530, H1574, H1576 [13FE], H9262 [31JY], E783, E784 [26MR]

———reduce time period for State and local governments to obligate highway, transit, rail, and aviation funds received from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H711, H712, H715 [28JA]

Transportation Security Administration: develop procedures to allow individuals waiting for transportation worker identification credential (TWIC) cards to access secure and restricted areas as long as they are escorted, H6173, H6182 [4JN], H11639 [22OC]

Travel and tourism: effect of travel on national and local economies, H3805-H3812 [24MR]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: evaluation and impact of Obama administration business policies, H12050 [29OC]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H5770 [19MY]

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]

———rates, H1063 [9FE], H6393-H6400 [9JN], H6820 [16JN], H7995, H7996 [10JY], H8028, H8033, H8035, H8069, H8088, H8089 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8191 [16JY], H8309 [17JY], H8394 [20JY], H8420, H8421, H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8437, H8438, H8439, H8440, H8441, H8442, H8484-H8486 [21JY], H8754 [24JY], H8895, H8896, H8898, H8899, H8905, H8908, H8909 [28JY], H9017, H9021, H9042, H9049-H9051 [29JY], H9712 [17SE], H11807, H11821, H11823 [27OC], H13118 [18NO], H13449, H13450 [2DE], H13501-H13505, H13508 [3DE], H14851-H14862 [14DE], H14882, H14956 [15DE], H15476 [16DE]

Urban areas: economic conditions of cities, H1063 [9FE]

Veterans: job training and job search assistance funding, H1011 [4FE]

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

Virginia: observance of Telework Day, E2085 [29JY]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H14448 [10DE]

Water: conduct a study examining the long-term ecomomic effects of water diversions on the San Joaquin Valley area of California, H4715, H4716 [23AP]

———impact of requiring State water pollution control funded projects to comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H3346, H3349, H3350-H3353, H3362-H3365 [12MR]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 739), H912 [3FE]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, provide performance standards for breast pumps, and provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding (H.R. 2819), E1377 [11JN]

Women of Tomorrow (organization): tribute to Mentor & Scholarship Program, H1089 [10FE]

Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County (organization): tribute to report entitled ``Portrait of Women's Economic Security in Greater Miami'', H8033 [14JY]

Woodbridge, VA: Greater Prince William Community Health Center funding, H5102 [5MY]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (H.R. 3042), E1702 [9JY]

———require notification for mass layoffs that occur at more than one site of an employer and increase penalties for violations (H.R. 2077), E975 [27AP]

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

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

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 240), H3451, H3452 [17MR]

Youngstown, OH: inclusion on Entrepreneur (publication) Best Cities to Start a Business list, H8562 [22JY]

Remarks in Senate

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (S. 1756), S10164 [6OC], S10313 [8OC]

Air Force: assessment of contracting system used to award the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, S10136 [6OC], S10279 [8OC], S10547, S10548 [20OC], S13178-S13181 [14DE]

———urge Dept. of Defense to factor in subsidies to Airbus S.A.S. when considering cost estimates for military air refueling tankers proposals, S9357 [15SE], S9412 [16SE]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S8629 [31JY]

Alaska: impact of health insurance premium rates, S13772 [22DE]

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: tribute to Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility recipients, S5611 [19MY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on economy, S9174 [9SE]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation, S8084 [24JY], S10984 [2NO]

———implementation, S3625 [24MR]

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

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

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]

———use economic stimulus funds to hire veterans, at-risk youth, and low-income people for infrastructure projects, S1674 [5FE]

Army: awarding of contract to Oshkosh Corp., to provide new family of medium tactical vehicles, S10053 [1OC], S10157 [6OC]

———ensure contract work done under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program complies with certain electrical, water quality, and sexual assault prevention and prosecution standards, S10019-S10021, S10042-S10044 [1OC]

BLS: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 30), S6954 [23JN]

Budget: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support funding for critical workforce strategy programs for specialized training, S4285 [2AP]

———Obama administration proposal, S5250 [7MY]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S11031 [3NO], S13358 [17DE]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (S. 777), S4191-S4195 [1AP], S4285 [2AP], S7773 [21JY]

———require a supermajority shareholder vote to approve excessive compensation of any employee of a publicly-traded company (S. 1006), S5290 [7MY]

Buy American Act: compliance, S1494-S1496, S1528-S1530 [4FE], S3329 [18MR]

Chroma Technology Corp.: inclusion on WorldBlu, Inc., Most Democratic Workplaces list, S4571 [22AP]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., S5172, S5176 [6MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), S767 [22JA]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 182), S238 [8JA], S239 [9JA], S375 [14JA], S4781 [28AP]

Civil Rights Act: clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges, S418, S558, S588, S589 [15JA], S698-S712 [21JA], S733-S735, S739-S745, S767, S770 [22JA]

———clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges (S. 166), S364-S366 [14JA]

Climate: develop policy to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, S4156 [1AP]

———provide a point of order against climate change legislation that could endanger jobs, S4268 [2AP]

Clinton, William J.: evaluation of economic policies, S2091, S2094 [11FE], S3740-S3742 [25MR]

Collective bargaining: prohibit funding for implementation of Executive order relative to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws, S2921, S2936, S2941 [10MR]

Colleges and universities: infrastructure repair and renovation projects funding, S1776 [6FE]

Commission on Measures of Household Economic Security: establish (S. 2875), S13035 [11DE]

Committee on Economic Recovery (Joint, Select): establish, S1269 [2FE]

Congress: goals of the 111th Congress, S1266 [2FE]

Contracts: establish a Federal acquisition management fellows program (S. 2901), S13387 [17DE]

———establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (S. 931), S4897 [29AP]

———preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects, S773, S774 [22JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects, S1393 [3FE]

Delaware: tribute to efforts to promote economic recovery through creation of green jobs and advancement of green technologies, S10956 [30OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farm Service Agency loan program funding, S1795, S1796 [6FE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Jobs Creation Coordinator (S. 824), S4385 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles funding, S10157 [6OC]

———provide assistance to communities affected by defense base closures, S1793 [6FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (S. 1932), S10780 [27OC]

———establish Secondary School Innovation Fund (S. 968), S5081 [4MY]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (S. 1362), S7081 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish recruitment and retention programs for public health workers and eliminate critical workforce shortages in public health agencies and centers (S. 1143), S5850 [21MY]

Dept. of Justice: Inspector General report on Civil Rights Division improper hiring practices, S321 [13JA]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management (S.J. Res. 24), S13462 [18DE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to create a tuition assistance program for workforce recovery, S4052 [31MR]

———improve and extend Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S1669, S1670 [5FE], S2050, S2051 [10FE], S2208 [12FE], S2312 [13FE]

———strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (S. 1646), S9080 [7AU], S10747 [27OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit assistance to any auto manufacturer which terminates agreements with a dealership without giving at least 60 days notice, S5680, S5689 [20MY], S5768, S5780, S5781, S5788, S5793, S5794, S5797, S5798 [21MY], S6684 [17JN]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to meet strict H-1B worker hiring standards to ensure non-displacement of U.S. workers, S1621, S1622, S1669 [5FE], S1803 [6FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (S. 1113), S5728 [20MY]

———voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle, S9174 [9SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot project to test feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities (H.R. 1037), insert S. 728 language in lieu, S10251 [7OC]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals (S. 252), S599 [15JA], S11544 [19NO]

———enhance vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans (S. 514), S2705 [3MR]

———provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (S. 2769), S11361 [16NO]

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

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

Disasters: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies or disasters from termination or demotion in their places of employment (S. 1025), S5375 [12MY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, S7037 [25JN]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 1584), S8867-S8871 [5AU]

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

Domestic policy: develop U.S. manufacturing policy, S9125 [8SE], S9319 [14SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, S10314 [8OC]

Economic Development Administration: funding, S11285 [9NO]

———reauthorize (S. 430), S2243 [12FE]

———reauthorize (S. 2778), S11389 [16NO]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S2100-S2102 [11FE], S2407 [24FE], S3514 [19MR], S3941 [30MR], S4471 [21AP], S13419 [18DE]

———Government bailout of automobile industry, S4011, S4012 [31MR]

———impact of economic conditions on the middle class, S11030 [3NO]

———impact of tax cuts, S3103 [16MR], S4233 [2AP]

———importance of job creation, S1509, S1510 [4FE], S1673 [5FE], S2051, S2063 [10FE], S10828-S10830 [28OC], S10948 [30OC], S11083-S11085, S11095 [4NO], S11251 [6NO], S11877 [20NO], S13284 [16DE], S13356 [17DE]

———improve lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream (S. 2), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

———invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. in the global economy, S11172 [5NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, S4406 [20AP], S4837 [29AP], S9650 [22SE], S10953-S10955 [30OC], S11094-S11097 [4NO]

———prohibit use of taxpayer funds for bailout of automobile industry, S4280 [2AP]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S154-S156 [7JA], S184-S187, S189, S196, S202 [8JA], S250 [9JA], S264 [11JA], S293-S299 [12JA], S320, S328 [13JA], S353 [14JA], S737-S739 [22JA], S887-S889 [27JA], S7177 [7JY]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report on the amount of funds received, projects on which funds were spent, and the number of jobs created and retained by such projects, S1388 [3FE], S1660 [5FE], S2190 [12FE]

Education: authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program (S. 178), S222 [8JA]

———evaluate certain certification programs (S. 175), S220 [8JA]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (S. 749), S4072 [31MR]

———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (S. 1468), S7644 [16JY]

———provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (S. 638), S5346 [12MY]

———provide leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs, S2582 [27FE]

EPA: Clean Water State Revolving Funds program funding, S1799 [6FE]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S4781 [28AP]

FAA: implement certain NTSB recommendations to establish national standards on flight requirements for pilots (S. 1284), S6729 [17JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (S. 1422), S11353 [10NO]

———provide leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members (S. 1543), S8561 [30JY]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 50), S58 [6JA]

———enhance the Federal Telework Program (S. 707), S3795-S3797 [25MR]

———enhance Thrift Savings Plan through automatic enrollment, opt-out options, agency matching contributions, creating a mutual fund window, and Roth IRA investments, S6143 [4JN], S6245 [8JN]

———facilitate the part-time reemployment of annuitants, S6140 [4JN], S6245 [8JN], S6411 [10JN], S7859 [22JY]

———facilitate the part-time reemployment of annuitants (S. 629), S3373 [18MR]

———Government agencies employment of veterans, S11316 [10NO]

———make unused sick leave creditable under the Federal Employees' Retirement System, S6143 [4JN], S6245 [8JN], S6411 [10JN], S7859 [22JY]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System, S6140 [4JN], S6245 [8JN]

———modify computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System (S. 469), S2475 [25FE]

———tribute, S6794 [18JN], S7033 [25JN], S10277 [8OC]

Federal Transit Administration: improve the Job Access and Reverse Commute program (S. 176), S220 [8JA]

FEMA: Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant funding to rehire and retain firefighters, S7301, S7309 [9JY], S7357 [10JY]

Florida: impact of travel and tourism on local economy, S8118 [27JY]

Foreign trade: impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, S3061 [12MR], S3754 [25MR], S4627 [23AP], S4743-S4745 [27AP], S7679 [20JY]

Forests: timber manufacturing industry aid funding, S1800 [6FE]

Frank, Representative: efforts to keep open Norton, MA, General Motors Corp., distribution center, S6239 [8JN]

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

General Motors Corp.: bankruptcy ruling allowing the nullification of contract with Stillwater Mining Co., in favor of contracts with Russian and South African suppliers, S7968 [23JY]

———decision to leave Spring Hill, TN, plant idle, S5900 [1JN]

———decision to open production plants in China, S5484 [14MY]

———efforts by certain members of Congress to keep open auto plants slated for closure in their districts, S6418 [10JN]

Government: improve the Federal hiring process (S. 736), S3991-S3993 [30MR]

Health: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 1152), S5874 [21MY]

———allow employers to provide a free choice voucher to employees to purchase any plan under the health insurance exchange, S12875 [10DE], S12995-S12998 [11DE], S13852 [23DE]

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

———constitutionality of excise tax imposed on high-cost employer-sponsored insurance plans at non-uniform rates per State, S13015 [11DE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address health insurance needs of small businesses and the self-employed, S4272 [2AP]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible, S12994 [11DE]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (S. 979), S5133-S5135 [5MY], S11311 [10NO]

———impact of increased medical device taxes or fees on research and development, competition, and viability of domestic orthopedic industry, S13566 [20DE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, S12654 [8DE], S13626 [20DE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (S. 790), S4320 [2AP]

———promote development of health care cooperatives to help businesses pool the health care purchasing power of employers (S. 1165), S5948 [2JN]

Health care facilities: expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers, S12699 [8DE]

———expand pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers (S. 631), S3375 [18MR]

Health care professionals: establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals (S. 1173), S6033 [3JN]

Immigration: allow employers to use the E-verify program to verify immigration status of existing employees, S7232 [8JY], S10558 [20OC]

———clarify employer responsibilities when their employees' names and Social Security numbers do not match SSA records, S7231 [8JY], S7288 [9JY]

———eliminate sunset in the special immigrant nonminister religious worker visa program, S7241 [8JY], S7306 [9JY]

———expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability (S. 1409), S7263 [8JY]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (S. 388), S1685 [5FE]

———extend the E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, S2581 [27FE], S2898 [9MR], S2924, S2936, S2937, S2942 [10MR], S4943 [30AP], S6831 [19JN], S7167-S7169, S7186-S7188 [7JY], S7228, S7229 [8JY]

———implementation of the E-verify program for employment eligibility verification relative to Federal contractors and subcontractors, S5901-S5903 [1JN]

———improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (S. 1038), S5461, S5504-S5521 [14MY]

———make permanent the E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation, S10549-S10553, S10558 [20OC], S10748 [27OC], S10813 [28OC]

———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program, S9339 [15SE]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to participate in E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, S2012 [9FE], S2177-S2180 [12FE], S2270, S2300 [13FE], S2581 [27FE], S5901 [1JN]

———strengthen the economy and provide for more effective border and employment enforcement (S. 9), S46 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

Infrastructure: transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding, S1374-S1376, S1379-S1384, S1386, S1387, S1394 [3FE]

Insurance: establish a net worth threshold for recipients of COBRA continuation health coverage by reason of termination of employment, S2197 [12FE]

———extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage, S13297, S13298 [16DE], S13424-S13426 [18DE]

———extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (S. 2730), S11578 [19NO]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage (S. 1488), S7792 [21JY]

———improve COBRA continuation health coverage, S3821 [26MR]

Jefferson, Raymond M.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, unanimous-consent agreement, S6318 [8JN]

Jonesboro, LA: Jackson Parish Sheriff's Dept. recipient of Sec. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, S9429 [16SE]

Labor Day: observance, S9124 [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 (S. 560), S2966 [10MR], S2995 [11MR], S3062 [12MR], S3635, S3651 [24MR]

———protect the free choice of employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities, S761-S764 [22JA]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary of Las Vegas Convention Center, S4164 [1AP]

Lawyers and attorneys: exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics or externships from certain conflict of interest rules (S. 2888), S13379 [17DE]

Lynn, William J., III: grant of waiver from Executive order prohibiting registered lobbyists from seeking or accepting employment with an executive agency that they recently lobbied, S2104-S2109, S2119-S2122 [11FE]

Maine Oxy (company): tribute, S2827 [5MR]

Medicare: protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (S. 54), S59 [6JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (S. 647), S3554-S3556 [19MR]

Motor vehicles: impact of plant closings relative to restructuring plans of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, S6495 [11JN]

———prioritize preservation of U.S. jobs in restructuring plans of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, S5255 [7MY]

National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees: anniversary, S9177 [9SE]

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

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

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (S. 478), S2501 [25FE], S2507 [26FE]

National Miner's Day: designate (S. Res. 337), S12352 [3DE]

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]

National Park Service: trail construction, rehabilitation and maintenance funding, S1799 [6FE]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 234), S8699 [3AU]

National Work and Family Month: designate (S. Res. 296), S10440 [14OC]

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

———establish health promotion and disease prevention education, outreach, and workforce development programs for tribal colleges and universities (S. 633), S3376 [18MR]

Nevada Association for Latin Americans, Inc.: anniversary, S8677 [3AU]

Newspapers: impact of replacing paper editions with online editions, S3135 [17MR]

Norfolk, NE: tribute to Nucor Detailing Center, S4509 [21AP]

Nurses: expand the advanced practice registered nurse workforce (S. 1569), S8688 [3AU]

———fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses (S. 1512), S8042 [23JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S2405 [24FE], S7155 [7JY], S7355-S7357 [10JY], S9256 [10SE], S10561-S10564 [20OC], S11332 [10NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 1580), S8867 [5AU]

Oregon: tribute to Three Sisters Scenic Bikeway, S13874 [23DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: definition of ``full time'' employment, S13849, S13850 [23DE]

Pennsylvania: infrastructure projects funding, S887-S889 [27JA]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: provide a temporary waiver of recovery of certain pension overpayments to participants or beneficiaries, S1840 [6FE]

Postal Service: impact of declining revenues on labor contract negotiations, S9961 [30SE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, S9076 [7AU]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), S6429 [10JN], S6486 [11JN], S7041-S7046 [25JN], S7150 [6JY], S7153, S7169 [7JY], S7287, S7298 [9JY], S7348-S7352 [10JY], S7405-S7407 [13JY], S7446, S7449 [14JY], S7539 [15JY], S7600-S7603, S7613 [16JY], S7667, S7678, S7681 [20JY], S8084 [24JY], S8117 [27JY], S8629 [31JY], S8656 [3AU], S9117, S9118 [8SE], S9357-S9360 [15SE], S9496 [17SE], S9648 [22SE], S10142 [6OC]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (S. 1733), S10458 [15OC], S10720 [26OC], S10763-S10765 [27OC], S10880, S10885-S10887 [29OC], S10955 [30OC], S11096 [4NO], S11202 [5NO], S11319 [10NO], S11402 [17NO], S11459-S11465 [18NO], S12799 [9DE]

———establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (S. 1097), S5704-S5706 [20MY]

———establish a program to regulate the entry of fossil carbon into commerce, promote clean energy jobs and economic growth, and avoid dangerous climate interference (S. 2877), S13036-S13038 [11DE]

———promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development (S. 1462), S7600-S7603, S7613-S7618 [16JY], S9336-S9338 [15SE], S10399-S10401 [14OC], S11085 [4NO], S13359 [17DE]

———recognize the contribution of the domestic ethanol and biodiesel industries in the creation of green jobs, S3601 [23MR]

Renewable energy: create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources by promoting the production of green energy, S4638-S4641 [23AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, S4832 [29AP]

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

SBA: improve certain loan programs (S. 2918), S13699 [21DE]

Senior citizens: expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (S. 245), S393 [14JA]

Seventh Generation Inc.: inclusion on WorldBlu, Inc., Most Democratic Workplaces list, S4571 [22AP]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, S11312, S11333 [10NO], S11845, S11866, S11868 [20NO], S12601 [7DE], S12762, S12783, S12796 [9DE], S12865 [10DE], S12994 [11DE], S13148, S13158, S13175, S13176 [14DE], S13241 [15DE], S13771, S13773 [22DE], S13814 [23DE]

———health insurance premium rates, S10727-S10729 [26OC], S11444-S11451 [18NO], S11845, S11866 [20NO], S13737 [22DE], S13828 [23DE]

———provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals, S10597 [21OC]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 1513), S8101 [24JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), S10740 [26OC]

———extend programs (S. 1929), House amendment, S10943 [29OC]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1513), S8101 [24JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), S10740 [26OC]

———extend programs (S. 1929), House amendment, S10943 [29OC]

Social Security: establish Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs (S. 79), S84 [6JA]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (S. 484), S2486, S2487 [25FE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (S. 686), S3686 [24MR]

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, S7154 [7JY], S8794, S8798, S8800, S8811, S8816, S8820, S8827, S8830, S8843 [5AU], S8917, S8920, S8922, S8924, S8939, S8941, S8943 [6AU]

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

Take Your Daughter and Son to Work Day: observance, S5060 [4MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health insurance premiums (S. 207), S313 [12JA]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases, S1390, S1398, S1399, S1400 [3FE], S2041 [10FE], S2279, S2298, S2309, S2310 [13FE]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (S. 725), S3925 [26MR]

———deny a deduction for excessive compensation of any employee of an employer (S. 1007), S5291 [7MY]

———exclude from an employee's gross income any employer-provided supplemental instructional services assistance (S. 744), S4070 [31MR]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (S. 913), S4813 [28AP]

———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (S. 2748), S11255 [6NO]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (S. 1153), S6713 [17JN]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas, S13872 [23DE]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (S. 2882), S13253 [15DE]

———provide a point of order against legislation that increases taxes during certain periods of high unemployment, S4264 [2AP]

———provide a tax credit for qualified donations of employee services (S. 278), S653 [16JA]

———provide relief to improve competitiveness of U.S. corporations and small businesses and eliminate incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, S3965, S3966 [30MR], S11096 [4NO]

———provide tax credit to employers headquartered in U.S., that pay fair wages, provide benefits, offset income for employees serving in Reserves, and respect the right to organize (S. 829), S4448 [20AP]

———stimulate business investment (S. 304), S790 [22JA]

———suspend tax increase on Social Security benefits, S1501, S1527 [4FE]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, S5795-S5797 [21MY]

Unemployment: direct unused portion of stimulus funds to extend emergency unemployment compensation, S10822 [28OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S9065 [7AU], S9969 [30SE], S13355, S13356, S13373 [17DE], S13426 [18DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10092 [5OC], S10286, S10287, S10290, S10327 [8OC], S10333 [13OC], S10417, S10418 [14OC], S10457, S10460 [15OC], S10534-S10538, S10564 [20OC], S10616, S10630 [21OC], S10836 [28OC], S10909-S10911 [29OC], S10945 [30OC], S10966-S10968, S10979-S10985 [2NO], S11009, S11015, S11016-S11026, S11028-S11034, S11044 [3NO], S11063, S11075-S11078, S11080, S11082, S11091, S11092, S11097, S11103 [4NO], S11197-S11201 [5NO]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10653 [21OC], S10662 [22OC], S10717 [26OC], S10747-S10749, S10759, S10762, S10765, S10767-S10772 [27OC], S10793, S10794, S10807-S10809, S10811-S10818, S10822-S10826, S10828-S10830, S10832, S10837-S10839, S10843 [28OC], S10878-S10880 [29OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), unanimous-consent agreement, S10709 [22OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), unanimous-consent request, S10284 [8OC], S10355 [13OC], S10712, S10713 [26OC], S10891-S10893 [29OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 1647), S9081 [7AU]

———rates, S8084 [24JY], S9065 [7AU], S9174 [9SE], S10948 [30OC], S11250-S11252 [6NO]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (S. 263), S10993 [2NO]

Ventura County, CA: provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (S. 709), S3801 [25MR]

Veterans: expand eligibility for the employment tax credit for unemployed veterans, S1666 [5FE], S1804 [6FE]

Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers, provide performance standards for breast pumps, and provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding (S. 1244), S6551 [11JN]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S4567 [22AP], S4781 [28AP]

Workforce Investment Act: formula grants funding, S1796-S1798 [6FE]

Youngstown, OH: inclusion on Entrepreneur (publication) Best Cities to Start a Business list, S7772 [21JY]

Reports

Ledbetter Act—Sacrificing Justice for ``Fair'' Pay: Andrew M. Grossman, Heritage Foundation, S702-S704 [21JA]

Reports filed

American Clean Energy and Security Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2454) (H. Rept. 111-137), H6305 [8JN]

American Clean Energy Leadership Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1462) (S. Rept. 111-48), S7639 [16JY]

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]

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. 626, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 501) (H. Rept. 111-133), H6154 [3JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 587) (H. Rept. 111-185), H7444 [25JN]

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

Consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 976) (H. Rept. 111-380), H15498 [16DE]

Dept. of the Interior Annual Grant To Facilitate an Ironworking Training Program for Native Americans: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1129) (S. Rept. 111-84), S9981 [30SE]

Enhance Capacity of Dept. of Veterans Affairs To Recruit and Retain Nurses and Other Critical Health Care Professionals: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 252) (S. Rept. 111-60), S8094 [24JY]

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]

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 626) (H. Rept. 111-116), H5711 [18MY]

401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2989) (H. Rept. 111-244), H9275 [31JY]

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1171) (H. Rept. 111-54), H4060 [26MR]

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

Maritime Workforce Development Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2651) (H. Rept. 111-243), H9275 [31JY]

Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1037) (H. Rept. 111-162), H7021 [18JN]

Request the President Furnish the House of Representatives With Information on Communications With Chrysler LLC Relative to Plant Closings: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 462) (H. Rept. 111-147), H6742 [12JN]

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]

Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1089) (H. Rept. 111-111), H5663 [14MY]

Veterans Retraining Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1168) (H. Rept. 111-323), H12197 [2NO]

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

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]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

Statements

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

Employee Free Choice Act: Senator Specter, S3636 [24MR]

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

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act: Executive Office of the President, H6223, H6232, H6235 [4JN]

Immigrants and the Economy: Fiscal Policy Institute, H14442 [9DE]

Making Sense of it All—An Examination of USPS's Station and Branch Optimization Initiative and Delivery Route Adjustments: Representative Kucinich, E2132 [31JY]

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

12 American Solutions for Jobs & Prosperity: American Solutions (organization), H2914 [3MR]

Summaries

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

Jobs for Main Street Act (H.R. 2847), H15462-H15465 [16DE]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11033 [3NO]

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]

Infrastructure spending and job creation by State, S1375 [3FE]

Testimonies

Employee Free Choice Act: Larry Getts, H3998 [25MR]

Impact of Economy-Wide Global Warming Pollution Emission Cap and Trade Program on Agriculture and Jobs in the Western States: James H. Magagna, S8629-S8631 [31JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 163, National Job Corps Day, H9765 [22SE]

H. Res. 13, compensation of certain House of Representatives minority employees, H25 [6JA]

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

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. 168, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1524 [13FE]

H. Res. 194, support goals of International Women's Day, H3305 [11MR]

H. Res. 240, support goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day, H3451 [17MR]

H. Res. 501, consideration of H.R. 626, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, H6216 [4JN]

H. Res. 508, recognize contributions of general aviation industry, H8926 [28JY]

H. Res. 558, National Computer Science Education Week, H11474 [20OC]

H. Res. 587, consideration of H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, H7451 [26JN]

H. Res. 662, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, H9245 [31JY]

H. Res. 880, recognize efforts of career and technical colleges to educate and train workers for position in high-demand industries, H12330 [4NO]

H. Res. 976, consideration of H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act, H.J. Res. 64, continuing appropriations, and H.R. 4314, financing of Government operations, H14994 [16DE]

H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H642-H711 [28JA]

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

H.R. 12, Paycheck Fairness Act, H124-H126 [9JA]

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

H.R. 626, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, H6233 [4JN]

H.R. 912, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act, H1053 [9FE]

H.R. 1037, Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act, H8036 [14JY]

H.R. 1037, Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act, S10251-S10254 [7OC]

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

H.R. 1089, Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act, H5725 [19MY]

H.R. 1129, Dept. of the Interior annual grant to facilitate an ironworking training program for Native Americans, H7712 [7JY]

H.R. 1168, Veterans Retraining Act, H12149 [2NO]

H.R. 1171, Dept. of Labor Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program reauthorization, H4067 [30MR]

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

H.R. 2651, Maritime Workforce Development Act, H11341-H11343 [14OC]

H.R. 2998, American Clean Energy and Security Act, H7471-H7619 [26JN]

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

H.R. 3548, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H9767 [22SE]

H.R. 3548, Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act, S11099-S11103 [4NO], H12381-H12384 [5NO]

H.R. 4194, Law Student Clinic Participation Act, H14899 [15DE]

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

S. 2, Middle Class Opportunity Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 9, Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act, S46 [6JA]

S. 50, Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act, S58 [6JA]

S. 54, Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act, S60 [6JA]

S. 178, Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act, S223-S226 [8JA]

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

S. 252, enhance capacity of Dept. of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals, S599-S612 [15JA]

S. 267, Summer and Year-Round Jobs for Youth Stimulus Act, S617 [15JA]

S. 268, Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act, S617-S619 [15JA]

S. 269, Retooling America's Workers for a Green Economy Act, S619 [15JA]

S. 388, Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act, S1685 [5FE]

S. 430, Economic Development Administration reauthorization, S2243 [12FE]

S. 484, Social Security Fairness Act, S2487 [25FE]

S. 514, Veterans Rehabilitation and Training Improvements Act, S2706 [3MR]

S. 686, Social Work Reinvestment Act, S3687-S3690 [24MR]

S. 707, Telework Enhancement Act, S3795-S3797 [25MR]

S. 709, Santa Susana Fair Compensation Act, S3802 [25MR]

S. 725, Equity for Our Nation's Self Employed Act, S3925 [26MR]

S. 736, Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act, S3991-S3993 [30MR]

S. 744, Affordable Tutoring of Our Children Act, S4071 [31MR]

S. 777, Strengthening Employment Clusters To Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act, S4192-S4195 [1AP]

S. 790, Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (HAHPSA), S4321-S4331 [2AP]

S. 829, Patriot Employers Act, S4448 [20AP]

S. 887, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act, S4689-S4693 [23AP]

S. 913, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act, S4813 [28AP]

S. 931, Arbitration Fairness Act, S4898 [29AP]

S. 968, Secondary School Innovation Fund Act, S5082-S5085 [4MY]

S. 979, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act, S5135-S5142 [5MY]

S. 1006, Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act, S5291 [7MY]

S. 1007, Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act, S5291 [7MY]

S. 1038, Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJobs) Act, S5506-S5517 [14MY]

S. 1097, Community College Energy Training Act, S5714 [20MY]

S. 1143, Public Health Workforce Development Act, S5850-S5852 [21MY]

S. 1165, Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act, S5949 [2JN]

S. 1173, Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, S6034 [3JN]

S. 1362, Success in the Middle Act, S7082-S7086 [25JN]

S. 1422, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act, S7320 [9JY], S11353 [10NO], H13398 [2DE]

S. 1468, Adult Education and Economic Growth Act, S7645-S7650 [16JY]

S. 1512, Nurse Training and Retention Act, S8043 [23JY]

S. 1513, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S8101 [24JY], H8916 [28JY]

S. 1584, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, S8868-S8870 [5AU]

S. 1646, Keep Americans Working Act, S9080 [7AU]

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

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

S. 1929, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S10740 [26OC], S10943 [29OC]

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

S. 2923, Youth Jobs Act, S13786 [22DE]

S. Con. Res. 6, ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met, S2164 [11FE]

S. Con. Res. 30, BLS anniversary, S6947, S6955 [23JN], H8373 [20JY]

S. Res. 99, support Uzbekistan enforcement of certain existing domestic legislation and fulfill international commitments aimed at ending state-sponsored forced child labor, S4386 [2AP]

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

S. Res. 234, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S8688, S8699 [3AU]

S. Res. 296, National Work and Family Month, S9988 [30SE], S10440 [14OC]

S. Res. 337, National Miner's Day, S11120 [4NO], S12352 [3DE]