BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Addresses

Demise of Saturn LLC: Senator Alexander, S10309 [8OC]

Offshore Mariners Wives' Association Friend of the Fishing Industry Award Presentation to Raymond and Richard Canastra: Jim Kendall, E2549 [15OC]

Too Big Has Failed: Thomas Hoenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, MO, S3037-S3039 [12MR]

20th Anniversary of the Brady Plan: Nicholas F. Brady, H5551 [13MY]

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

Affidavits

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York, in re General Motors Corp., et al., Debtors: Frederick A. Henderson, General Motors Corp., H9259 [31JY]

Agreements

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

Amendments

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), H8324 [17JY]

———improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), consideration (H. Res. 653), H8312 [17JY]

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]

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), H5325, H5344, H5350, H5352, H5353, H5354, H5356, H5357, H5358, H5359, H5360, H5361, H5362, H5364, H5369 [7MY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), consideration (H. Res. 406), H5315 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), S5216, S5219, S5220, S5224, S5242, S5243, S5244 [6MY], S5256, S5296 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4531, S4538, S4539, S4540, S4542, S4543, S4552, S4554, S4555, S4557, S4558, S4559, S4588, S4589, S4590, S4591, S4592, S4593, S4594, S4595 [22AP], S4605, S4607, S4608, S4611, S4615, S4616, S4620, S4631, S4700, S4701, S4702, S4703, S4704 [23AP], S5495, S5537 [14MY], H5686 [18MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4294, H4295, H4296, H4298, H4300, H4302, H4304, H4305, H4306 [1AP]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), S8776 [4AU], S8874, S8875 [5AU], S8946, S8948, S8950, S8952, S8956 [6AU]

Economy: ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), S7270, S7271 [8JY]

———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]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H14650, H14680, H14682, H14709, H14710, H14712, H14714, H14716, H14718, H14721, H14723, H14726, H14734, H14736 [10DE], H14747, H14748, H14750, H14751, H14752, H14757, H14758, H14760, H14762, H14764, H14776 [11DE]

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

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 257), H3653 [19MR]

Income: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (H.R. 3269), H9225, H9226, H9227 [31JY]

Insurance: establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (S. 886), S9384 [15SE]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11602, H11605, H11606, H11608, H11609, H11612, H11613, H11614, H11615, H11616 [22OC]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), consideration (H. Res. 846), H11593 [22OC]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2352), H5847, H5852, H5853, H5854, H5855, H5856, H5857, H5858, H5859, H5862 [20MY]

———amend (H.R. 2352), consideration (H. Res. 457), H5821 [20MY]

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

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

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), S9872 [25SE], H10021 [29SE]

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

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

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), S9872 [25SE], H10021 [29SE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration (H. Res. 955), H14383 [9DE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), H3659 [19MR]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S6657, S6658, S6659, S6660, S6661, S6663, S6664 [16JN], S6731, S6732, S6734, S6735, S6736, S6740 [17JN], S6820, S6821, S6823 [18JN], S6840, S6851, S6853 [19JN], S6890, S6892, S6894, S6896, S6898 [22JN], S8606, S8607 [30JY]

Analyses

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]

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

———S. 454, Weapons Acquisition System Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Oversight Act, H5549 [13MY]

Articles and editorials

Acorn Amendment for Pfizer, H10489 [6OC]

Again, With Feeling—No New Drilling, S6491 [11JN]

AIG and ``Political Risk'', S3586 [23MR]

Americans' Net Worth Shrinks $1.33 Trillion in 1Q, H6665 [12JN]

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

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

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

At $4, Everybody Gets Rational, S1054 [29JA]

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

Banks Stepped Up When Chips, Economy Were Down, E1790 [15JY]

Barney Frank, Car Czar, S6240 [8JN]

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

Beyond AIG—A Bill To Let Big Government Set Your Salary, H4267 [1AP]

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

Break Up the Banks, H4756 [27AP]

Breaking Down Government Motors, S6757 [18JN]

Cash for Clunkers a Lemon, S9066 [7AU]

Cash for Clunkers Could Impact Local Charities (excerpt), S8954 [6AU]

``Cash for Clunkers'' Hurting Charities (excerpt), S8954 [6AU]

``Cash for Clunkers'' Puts the Brakes on Donations (excerpt), S8954 [6AU]

Cash in Old Cars for New Ones, H4131 [31MR]

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

CEOs Openly Oppose Push for Say-on-Pay by Shareholders, H9223 [31JY]

Charities Fear Pinch From ``Clunkers'' Program (excerpt), S8954 [6AU]

China—Importers Need To Share Blame for Emissions, H3496 [17MR]

Chrysler Power Grab, S5308 [11MY]

Coke Didn't Make America Fat, S10459 [15OC]

Credit Card Issuers—Buy Something or Else!, H5032 [30AP]

Credit Card Issues—Buy Something or Else!, E876 [2AP]

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

Digitally Overexposed, E2150 [31JY]

Ex-Air Force Employee Pleads Guilty in Case Tied to Murtha Earmark, S7969 [23JY]

Ex-Staffers Winning Defense Panel Pork, Study Finds, S10266 [8OC]

FBI Probes 530 Corporate Fraud Cases, S2316 [13FE]

Financial Fraud Is Focus of Attack by Prosecutors, S4534 [22AP]

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

Foreclosures—No End in Sight, H6055 [2JN]

Fraud Factor, S4534 [22AP]

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

Greening the Rustbelt, H11611 [22OC]

How To Put the Squeeze on Iran, S2755 [4MR]

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

In White House Meeting, Obama Calls on Banks To Increase Lending, H15475 [16DE]

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

Inquiries Focus on Subcommittee Ties, S7970 [23JY]

Labor Cites JCT Analysis To Argue Against Cadillac Tax, S13590 [20DE]

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

Local Executive Leaves His Mark on Health Care, Education, E1164 [14MY]

Members Take Auto Closings Personally, S6757 [18JN]

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]

``Mr. Shawnee Mission,'' Walter Hiersteiner, Was ``Voice of Reason'', E1165 [14MY]

No Laughing Matter, S9311 [14SE]

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

Obama Rosetta Stone, S3105 [16MR]

Out of the Shadows, H7115 [23JN]

Oxley Hits Back at Ideologues, H4500 [2AP]

Private Sector Loans, Not Fannie or Freddie, Triggered Crisis, H4499 [2AP]

Private Talks for Public Stimulus; Obama Has Said He Wants Congress To Work in the Open. But He Isn't Troubled by the Recent Negotiations, H3818 [24MR]

Probe Yourselves, H5267 [6MY]

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

Real AIG Outrage, S3581 [19MR]

Return of Economic Nationalism, S2261 [13FE]

Rise in Fraud Cases Is ``Straining'' FBI, S2315 [13FE]

Rolling Up the TARP, S10836 [28OC]

Second Contractor Pleads Guilty in Earmark Probe, S7970 [23JY]

Senator Nelson Wins Tax Carve-Out for Mutual of Omaha in Health Bill, S13592 [20DE]

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

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

Spike in Fraud Investigations Taxing Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Testify, S2315 [13FE]

State Department Contractor Electrocuted, S10042 [1OC]

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

Stimulus Spending Remains Ripe for Fraud, S4534 [22AP]

Stock Traders Find Speed Pays, in Milliseconds, S8185 [28JY]

Success Fees for Orthopaedics?, H11360 [14OC]

Tax Dodge Myths, S5307 [11MY]

There Is a Silver Lining, S9311 [14SE]

Toledo Finds the Energy To Reinvent Itself, H11610 [22OC]

Toledo's Makeover—Glass City to Solar Valley, H11611 [22OC]

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

U.S. Is Finding Its Role in Business Hard To Unwind, S9306 [14SE]

UW-Milwaukee Study Could Realign Climate Change Theory—Scientists Claim Earth Is Undergoing Natural Climate Shift, H3496 [17MR]

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

Washington Gone Wild, S3586 [23MR]

What I Learned as a Car Czar, S7160 [7JY]

Where'd the Bailout Money Go? Shhhh, It's a Secret, S580 [15JA]

White House & Big Pharma—What's the Deal?, S12507 [5DE]

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

Bills and resolutions

Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 707), H9280 [31JY]

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

Agriculture: allow modified bloc voting by dairy marketing cooperatives in the scheduled referendum on Federal milk marketing order reform (see S. 665), S3609 [23MR]

———establish temporary minimum price for Class II and Class III milk under Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 3935), H11867 [27OC]

———provide for country of origin labeling for dairy products (see S. 1783), S10434 [14OC]

———provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy (see H.R. 41), H29 [6JA]

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

Air pollution: provide for creation of a Federal greenhouse gas registry (see H.R. 232), H69 [7JA]

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA): anniversary (see H. Res. 472), H6013 [21MY]

Alaska: establish a grant program to encourage retooling of entities in the timber industry (see S. 785), S4310 [2AP]

American Council of Engineering Companies: anniversary (see H. Res. 447), H5666 [14MY]

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

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

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

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

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

American Society of Mechanical Engineers: anniversary of codes and standards development (see S. Res. 179), S6364 [9JN]

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see S. 1579), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 1018), H1517 [12FE]

———improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), consideration (see H. Res. 653), H8301 [16JY]

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: delay sunset (see S. 1219), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 2675), H6154 [3JN]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (see S. 1212), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 2695), H6262 [4JN]

———provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 146), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 233), H69 [7JA]

———restore rule making it illegal for manufacturers to set a minimum price below which a retailer cannot sell the manufacturer's product (see S. 148), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 3190), H8024 [13JY]

APEC Business Travel Program: establish to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to business and Government leaders engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business (see S. 1633), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3192), H8024 [13JY]

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]

———require funding to help recipients of economic stimulus funds to defray the costs of data collection requirements initiated by provision of such funds (see H.R. 1911), H4520 [2AP]

Armed Forces: prohibit the unauthorized use of names and images of members (see H.R. 2304), H5397 [7MY]

Aviation: enhance safety (see S. 1193), S6186 [4JN]

———ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see S. 213), S309 [12JA] (see H.R. 624), H442 [21JA]

———make it an unfair or deceptive practice for any air carrier or ticket agent to charge a fee for or accept payment from a passenger on a flight segment for the first piece of checked baggage (see H.R. 4077), H13001 [16NO]

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

———require air carriers and ticket agents to notify consumers of taxes and fees applicable to airline tickets and prohibit imposition of fuel surcharges that do not correlate to fuel costs (see S. 2823), S12160 [2DE]

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

———require that the aircraft used as Air Force One is made in the U.S. by a domestically-owned company (see H.R. 680), H525 [26JA]

Bankruptcy: establish a priority for the payment of claims for duties paid to the U.S. by licensed customs brokers and sureties on behalf of a debtor (see H.R. 313), H88 [8JA]

———provide assistance to retailers to avoid foreclosure and liquidation (see H.R. 1942), H4522 [2AP]

———provide that claims arising from high cost consumer credit transactions shall be subordinated to all other claims (see S. 257), S598 [15JA]

———resolve bankruptcy proceedings of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., and Lehman Brothers Europe Inc., in an equitable and expeditious process between the U.S. and United Kingdom (see H. Con. Res. 184), H9490 [14SE]

Bronx, NY: anniversary of Grand Concourse as preeminent thoroughfare in the borough and an important nexus of commerce and culture for New York, NY (see H. Res. 907), H13001 [16NO]

Buy American Act: clarify applicability to products purchased for use of legislative branch (see H.R. 2039), H4686 [22AP]

———increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (see S. 2890), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 4351), H15499 [16DE]

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

———modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3052), H7445 [25JN]

CFTC: authorize enforcement of ``reckless conduct standard'' in antimarket manipulation cases (see S. 1682), S9554 [17SE]

———establish and regulate a market for the trading of greenhouse gases (see S. 1399), S7138 [6JY]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (see S. 1225), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 2869), H6805 [15JN]

Children and youth: establish public-private partnership programs to provide child care (see H.R. 2041), H4686 [22AP]

China: authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses to promote exports (see S. 1616), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 2310), H5398 [7MY]

———condemn manufacture and export of unsafe products, disregard for environment, and exploitation of workers and encourage U.S. suspension of importation and purchase of goods (see H. Res. 44), H162 [9JA]

———investigate drywall imports, prohibit further imports, recall hazardous drywall, seek penalties against manufacturers, and provide assistance to homeowners affected by hazardous drywall (see S. Res. 91), S3986 [30MR]

China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO): tribute (see S. Res. 217), S7699 [20JY]

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 liberties: prohibit transfer of personal information to any person or business outside the U.S. without notice (see H.R. 427), H161 [9JA]

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

Clean Air Act: reduce mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide emissions (see H.R. 1841), H4396 [1AP]

———reduce number of boutique fuels (see H.R. 392), H160 [9JA]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see H.R. 1862), H4396 [1AP]

———distribute emission allowances to facilities in certain industrial sectors to prevent an increase in greenhouse gas emissions by facilities in countries without commensurate greenhouse gas regulation (see H.R. 1759), H4062 [26MR]

———provide for reduction of greenhouse gases (see H.R. 1342), H3054 [5MR]

———reduce global warming pollution through international climate finance and investment (see S. 2835), S12322 [3DE]

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

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

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

Colombia: recognize as an ally in the fight against extremism and drug trafficking and the benefits of passing a U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (see H. Res. 937), H13354 [19NO]

Commercial Space Transportation Cooperative Research and Development Centers of Excellence: establish (see H.R. 3853), H11514 [20OC]

Commission on the Foreclosure and Mortgage Lending Crisis: establish (see H.R. 1285), H2925 [3MR]

Commission on Women's Business Ownership: establish (see H.R. 648), H485 [22JA]

Committee on Long-Term Financial Security (Joint, Select): establish (see H.J. Res. 27), H2925 [3MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 977), H1246 [11FE]

———clarify treatment of certain commodity futures contracts and financial instruments purchases relative to limits on excessisve speculation established by the CFTC (see S. 1412), S7261 [8JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (see S. 447), S2322 [13FE]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (see S. 221), S337 [13JA]

Communications Act: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (see H.R. 400), H160 [9JA]

Computers: enhance Internet safety and security and prevent exploitation of children online through the use of technology (see H.R. 4059), H12587 [6NO]

Congress: prohibit consideration of measures that appropriate funds for earmarks to private, for-profit entities (see H.R. 2512), H5890 [20MY]

———prohibit passage of further massive spending initiatives for bailout purposes (see H. Res. 199), H2874 [26FE]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (see H.R. 2111), H4838 [27AP]

Conservation of energy: encourage energy efficient and environment-friendly building and facility certification programs to incorporate use of mechanical insulation as part of standards and ratings systems (see H. Res. 389), H5062 [30AP]

———strengthen American manufacturing through improved industrial energy efficiency (see S. 661), S3550 [19MR]

Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see H. Res. 81), H485 [22JA]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish (see H.R. 3126), H7836 [8JY]

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

———protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 2129), H4839 [27AP]

———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 arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit their use in consumer transactions (see H.R. 991), H1247 [11FE]

Continental Airlines, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 631), H8008 [10JY]

Contracts: allow incumbent contractors to be eligible to re-compete for Government contracts as small businesses (see H.R. 3558), H9490 [14SE]

———assure quality and best value in Federal construction projects by prohibiting the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 3492), H9278 [31JY]

———authorize use of Federal supply schedules for the acquisition of environmentally preferable ``green'' commodities and services and other related items by State and local governments (see H.R. 1766), H4063 [26MR]

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

———enact certain laws relative to public contracts (see H.R. 1107), H2601 [23FE]

———ensure efficiency and fairness in awarding of Federal contracts in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 1419), S7317 [9JY]

———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]

———provide for full and open competition for Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 1420), S7317 [9JY]

———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]

———require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 2177), H4999 [29AP]

———require companies submitting offers to the Government for Federal contracts to include subcontracting agreements with the offers (see H.R. 4134), H13352 [19NO]

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

———use Federal supply schedules for purchase of goods or services from small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to meet certain contracting goals (see H.R. 2415), H5664 [14MY]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1866), H4518 [2AP]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (see S. 1145), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2344), H5483 [12MY]

———provide protection for fashion design (see H.R. 2196), H5060 [30AP]

Corporations: improve efficiency of complying with internal auditing control requirements in order to maintain U.S. capital market global competitiveness (see H.R. 1797), H4129 [30MR]

———require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (see S. 569), S3025 [11MR]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 1234), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 1103), H1606 [13FE]

———prevent lawsuits for weight gain or obesity against food or non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, distributors, trade associations, or sellers that comply with statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 812), H920 [3FE]

———prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against providers of interactive computer services (see H.R. 2765), H6413 [9JN]

———provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see S. 876), S4669 [23AP]

———provide in personam jurisdiction in actions against contractors performing contracts abroad relative to seriously injured individuals working for the U.S. in connection with contractor activities (see S. 526), S2766 [4MR] (see H.R. 2349), H5483 [12MY]

———repeal retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance (see S. 1725), S9930 [29SE]

———restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see S. 537), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 1508), H3401 [12MR]

CPSC: clarify and ensure effective implementation of certain children's product safety standards (see H.R. 3533), H9340 [8SE]

———ensure effective implementation of children's product safety standards (see H.R. 1046), H1519 [12FE]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (see S. 739), S3986 [30MR] (see H.R. 1977), H4523 [2AP]

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

———exempt certain nonprofit housing organizations from certain licensing requirements for residential mortgage loan originators (see H.R. 4400), H15501 [16DE]

———improve process through which loan originators participate in FHA mortgage programs (see H.R. 1116), H2601 [23FE]

———increase loan limits for FHA single family housing mortgage insurance programs and reverse mortgage program and for the conforming loan limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 587), H381 [15JA]

———increase maximum mortgage loan limits for FHA multi-family housing projects with elevators and for extremely high-cost areas (see H.R. 3527), H9279 [31JY]

———permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures to take remedial action and require home mortgage servicers to provide notice of any upcoming reset of interest rates (see S. 241), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 527), H324 [14JA]

———preserve consumer choice and access to credit and enhance consumer disclosures (see H.R. 2327), H5398 [7MY]

———prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 4376), H15500 [16DE]

———prohibit distribution of checks or other negotiable instruments as part of a creditor solicitation to extend credit and limit consumer liability in conjunction with such solicitations (see S. 1595), S8992 [6AU]

———prohibit prepayment penalties in mortgage contracts (see S. 911), S4806 [28AP] (see H.R. 2794), H6537 [10JN]

———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]

———prohibit yield spread premiums paid to mortgage brokers for steering borrowers to certain interest rates (see S. 912), S4806 [28AP]

———protect and enhance consumer and business access to credit and urge credit issuers not to cut credit lines or raise interest rates (see H. Res. 553), H6972 [17JN]

———provide a safe harbor for mortgage servicers who engage in specified mortgage loan modifications (see H.R. 788), H875 [2FE]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (see H.R. 1728), H4061 [26MR]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), consideration (see H. Res. 400), H5167 [5MY] (see H. Res. 406), H5305 [6MY]

———require borrowers under FHA-insured mortgages for single-family housing to make certain minimum downpayments and prohibit financing of closing costs under such mortgages (see H.R. 3706), H10456 [1OC]

———require creditors who transfer, sell, or convey certain residential mortgage loans to third parties to retain an economic interest in a material portion of the credit risk for any such loan (see H.R. 1731), H4061 [26MR]

———require the filing of certain information regarding a residential mortgage in any proceeding for mortgage foreclosure (see H.R. 1123), H2601 [23FE]

Credit cards: establish a safety star rating system for the benefit of consumers (see S. 900), S4755 [27AP]

———establish limits on certain fees for accounts under open end consumer credit plans (see H.R. 3977), H12141 [29OC]

———prevent unfair practices in accounts (see H.R. 2007), H4580 [21AP]

———prohibit issuers from taking unfair advantage of college students and their parents (see S. 165), S169 [7JA]

———prohibit universal defaults on accounts (see S. 399), S2027 [9FE] (see H.R. 1637), H3704 [19MR]

———protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing debt, unfair practices, and deceptive offers (see S. 392), S1864 [6FE]

———provide safeguards for holders whose accounts were, or are about to be, terminated for inactivity (see H.R. 1882), H4519 [2AP]

———require creditors to report terms and conditions of business, marketing, promotional, and college affinity card agreements with institutions of higher education and alumni organizations (see H.R. 2217), H5061 [30AP]

Crime: combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (see S. 470), S2473 [25FE] (see H.R. 1173), H2833 [25FE] (see H.R. 4011), H12288 [3NO]

———enhance investigation and prosecution of mortgage fraud and financial institution fraud (see H.R. 1748), H4062 [26MR]

———increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see S. 1659), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3550), H9441 [10SE]

———prevent, promote awareness of, and educate the public on mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting senior citizens (see H.R. 3040), H7445 [25JN]

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

———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 1667), H3748 [23MR]

———provide for more effective enforcement of prohibition on interstate shipment of stolen property (see H.R. 1166), H2833 [25FE]

———provide resources for investigation and prosecution of financial crimes (see H.R. 1779), H4128 [30MR]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see S. 1089), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 1531), H3437 [16MR]

———facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 1737), H4061 [26MR]

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

DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (see S. 256), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 2923), H6972 [17JN]

Defense Production Act: reauthorize (see S. 1677), S9436 [16SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify definition of delivery under a Federal milk marketing order and that the producer may not be charged for transportation costs incurred by a handler after raw milk leaves the farm (see H.R. 4117), H13351 [19NO]

———compensate poultry producers whose production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of processing plant closures or other cost-cutting measures by bankrupt poultry processors (see H.R. 3150), H7946 [9JY]

———determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes by using the national average cost of production (see S. 889), S4669 [23AP] (see S. 1645), S8994 [6AU]

———foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchase livestock from producers (see S. 460), S2423 [24FE]

———further adopt developed technologies and encourage small business partnerships in the development of energy through biorefineries (see S. 223), S337 [13JA]

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

———anniversary of Minority Business Development Agency (see H. Res. 215), H3055 [5MR]

———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]

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

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

———establish an award program to honor achievements in nanotechnology (see S. 596), S3113 [16MR]

———establish Minority Business Development Program (see H.R. 4343), H15499 [16DE]

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

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

———reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see S. 695), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 4393), H15501 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: allow sale of intact spent military small arms ammunition casings to domestic manufacturers of small arms ammunition that are approved under trade security controls (see H.R. 2193), H5060 [30AP]

———debar from contracting any company found to have jeopardized the health or safety of Government personnel or found guilty of contract fraud (see H.R. 2825), H6617 [11JN]

———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]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (see S. 454), S2365 [23FE] (see H.R. 1830), H4250 [31MR]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 463), H5890 [20MY]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), insert H.R. 2101 language in lieu and pass (see H. Res. 432), H5581 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: study and report on the marketing of foods and beverages in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3625), H9806 [22SE]

Dept. of Energy: carry out a program to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide (see S. 1013), S5282 [7MY]

———carry out a program to support the research, demonstration, and development of commercial applications for offshore wind energy (see S. 2773), S11382 [16NO]

———create the right business environment for doubling production of clean nuclear energy and other clean energy and create mini-Manhattan projects for clean energy research and development (see S. 2776), S11382 [16NO]

———establish a Best-in-Class Appliances Deployment Program (see H.R. 1786), H4128 [30MR]

———establish a motor efficiency rebate program (see H.R. 4031), H12456 [5NO]

———establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (see S. 679), S3657 [24MR]

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

———establish the Reenergize America Loan Program (see S. 1092), S5700 [20MY]

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

———study impact of energy and climate policy on the competitiveness of energy-intensive manufacturing and measures to mitigate those effects (see S. 1189), S6185 [4JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program (see H.R. 3134), H7836 [8JY] (see H.R. 3664), H10069 [29SE]

———establish Federal standards for health insurance forms and provide transparency and accountability in the group and individual health insurance markets (see S. 1050), S5501 [14MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify definition of switchblade knives (see S. 1437), S7318 [9JY]

———establish Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission (see H.R. 2269), H5306 [6MY]

———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 3116), H7740 [7JY]

———reauthorize customs facilitation and trade enforcement functions and programs (see S. 1631), S8993 [6AU]

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

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

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

Dept. of Justice: establish a National White Collar Crime Center grants program (see H.R. 1292), H2978 [4MR]

———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]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S1677 [5FE]

———limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 1575), H3526 [17MR]

———prohibit U.S. Attorneys and assistant U.S. Attorneys from acting as or working for corporate monitors for specified periods after their Federal service (see H.R. 4283), H14826 [11DE]

———review agricultural mergers and acquisitions (see S. 364), S1431 [3FE]

———transmit to the House of Representatives certain documents, records, memos, correspondence, and other communications regarding medical malpractice reform (see H. Res. 871), H11868 [27OC]

Dept. of Labor: 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]

———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 create employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents in distressed communities (see H.R. 4268), H14742 [10DE]

———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]

———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]

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

Dept. of State: require report on business and investment climates in foreign countries (see H.R. 1202), H2835 [25FE]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in establishment of an industrial history interpretive center and museum in Bethlehem, PA (see S. 1568), S8681 [3AU]

———conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water supply (see S. 789), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1945), H4522 [2AP]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H35 [6JA]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 783), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1696), H3834 [24MR] (see H.R. 2439), H5665 [14MY]

———provide with a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of Soledad Canyon, CA, mining contracts (see H.R. 4332), H15498 [16DE]

———subsidize sellers and buyers of fish directly delivered to American Samoa from vessels with U.S. fisheries endorsements that manufacture for the U.S. (see H.R. 3583), H9670 [16SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to local governments suffering significant losses due to highly-rated investments in failed financial institutions (see S. 116), S42 [6JA]

———allow discretion to not impose a penalty for failure to disclose reportable transactions when there is reasonable cause for such failure and to modify such penalty (see S. 765), S4171 [1AP] (see H.R. 2143), H4914 [28AP]

———anniversary of Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H. Res. 967), H14827 [11DE]

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

———condition receipt of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance on repayment of any bonuses received during the past 5 years by the ten highest wage earners of an institution (see H.R. 1656), H3705 [19MR]

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

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

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

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S.J. Res. 5), S337 [13JA] (see H.J. Res. 3), H36 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 19), H382 [15JA]

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

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

———establish a revolving loan fund program for certain businesses to facilitate increased lending (see H.R. 4340), H15499 [16DE]

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

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

———establish Office of Money Services Business Compliance (see H.R. 4331), H15498 [16DE]

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

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

———establish the Food Desert Oasis Pilot Program (see H.R. 3100), H7704 [26JN]

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

———express that any interest or dividends repaid through the Troubled Asset Relief Program should be used solely for debt reduction (see H. Res. 639), H8025 [13JY]

———extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3597), H9729 [17SE] (see H.R. 3810), H11383 [14OC]

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

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

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 383), S1542 [4FE] (see H.R. 1341), H3054 [5MR]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———prohibit recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve corporate governance (see S. 133), S42 [6JA] (see H.R. 1095), H1606 [13FE]

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

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see H.R. 1664), H3748 [23MR]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), consideration (see H. Res. 306), H4249 [31MR]

———provide for licensing of Internet poker and other online skill games, establish consumer protections, and enforce the tax code (see S. 1597), S8992 [6AU]

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

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

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

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

———pursue every legal means to stay or recoup certain incentive bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and require approval of such payments (see H.R. 1577), H3640 [18MR]

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

———reauthorize the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 1856), H4396 [1AP]

———recoup bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and prevent Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from making excessive compensation (see H. Con. Res. 76), H3705 [19MR]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———require institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to restrict compensation increases for officers, directors, and employees to the Federal civil service pay increase (see H.R. 1603), H3641 [18MR]

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

———require Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to include the effect of the program on small businesses in oversight, audits, and reports (see H.R. 3179), H8008 [10JY]

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

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

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (see H. Res. 251), H3526 [17MR]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (H. Res. 251), consideration (see H. Res. 359), H4733 [23AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and collect a fee based on value of imported and exported articles and use such fees to carry out transportation projects in trade corridors where the fee is collected (see H.R. 947), H1157 [10FE]

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

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see S. 1135), S5819 [21MY] (see S. 1200), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 1550), H3525 [17MR] (see H.R. 2640), H6012 [21MY] (see H.R. 2751), H6305 [8JN]

———extend commercial space transportation liability regime (see H.R. 3819), H11456 [15OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see H.R. 3435), H9275 [31JY]

———permit use of certain funds to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program allowing Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 1611), H3703 [19MR]

———require air carriers to provide training to flight attendants and gate attendants regarding serving alcohol and dealing with disruptive passengers (see S. 743), S3986 [30MR]

———require certain air carriers of foreign air transportation to disclose the nature and source of delays and cancellations experienced by air travelers (see H.R. 966), H1158 [10FE]

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]

———clarify responsibility to verify the veteran status of owners of small business concerns listed in the database maintained by the Dept. (see H.R. 2461), H5711 [18MY]

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

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

———improve acquisition practices (see H.R. 4221), H13627 (see H.R. 4221), H14370 [8DE]

———improve contracting goals and preferences for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 3223), H8184 [15JY]

———use Federal supply schedules for purchase of goods or services from small businesses owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to meet certain contracting goals (see H.R. 2416), H5664 [14MY]

Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (see S. 1425), S7317 [9JY]

Disasters: create protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 998), H1247 [11FE]

Diseases: establish programs and activities to increase influenza vaccination rates through the provision of free vaccines (see S. 953), S5013 [1MY]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 287), S9840 [24SE]

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

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

———require return to the American people of all proceeds raised under any Federal climate change legislation (see H.R. 2757), H6306 [8JN]

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: ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (see S. Res. 175), S6364 [9JN]

———establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (see S. 1592), S8992 [6AU]

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

———establish a select committee to make a thorough and complete investigation of the causes of the current financial crisis and other matters (see H. Res. 345), H4582 [21AP]

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

———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]

———monitor and oversee stability of the financial system, strengthen supervision for large, interconnected financial firms to prevent failure, and minimize impact of failing institutions (see H.R. 3996), H12287 [3NO]

———prohibit any person which sells or otherwise disposes of any asset through a public-private investment program from acquiring any other asset from or through such programs (see H.R. 1893), H4519 [2AP]

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

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

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (see H.R. 4173), H13465 [2DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration (see H. Res. 956), H13627 (see H. Res. 956), H14370 [8DE] (see H. Res. 964), H14742 [10DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance understanding of insurance issues, and regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 962), H14445 [9DE]

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

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S. (see H.R. 3310), H8707 [23JY]

———remove barriers to prosperity (see H. Res. 332), H4524 [2AP]

Education: provide distance learning to potential and existing entrepreneurs (see H.R. 1807), H4249 [31MR]

———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]

———stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 2710), H6263 [4JN]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: strike provision relative to modification of reporting frequency (see H.R. 776), H779 [28JA]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 1152), S5820 [21MY] (see H.R. 2460), H5711 [18MY]

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

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

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

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

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

———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]

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

———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]

———provide family and medical 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]

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

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

———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]

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

Energy Independence Month: observance (see H. Res. 318), H4397 [1AP]

EPA: conduct study on black carbon emissions (see S. 849), S4573 [22AP]

———disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings on greenhouse gases and proposed regulation under the Clean Air Act (see H.J. Res. 66), H15501 [16DE]

———reevaluate endangerment and cause or contribute findings regarding greenhouse gases (see H. Res. 974), H14982 [15DE]

———request the President and require EPA and OMB to furnish the House of Representatives with documents on endangerment findings on greenhouse gases (see H. Res. 446), H5666 [14MY]

———request the President to furnish the House of Representatives with documents on endangerment findings on greenhouse gases (see H. Res. 449), H5671 [15MY]

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]

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

FAA: improve airline safety and pilot training (see H.R. 3371), H9054 [29JY]

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

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]

False Claims Act: amend (see S. 458), S2423 [24FE] (see H.R. 1788), H4128 [30MR]

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]

Family and Medical Leave Act: 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]

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

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investigative Commission: establish (see H.R. 1929), H4521 [2AP]

FBI: authorize additional appropriations to enhance ability to stop mortgage fraud (see H.R. 78), H30 [6JA]

———authorize additional field agents to investigate financial crimes (see S. 481), S2474 [25FE]

———provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the recent financial crisis (see H.R. 3995), H12287 [3NO]

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

———establish broadband policy and conduct public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 3458), H9276 [31JY]

———implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H2631 [24FE]

———prohibit from further regulating the Internet (see S. 1836), S10700 [22OC] (see H.R. 3924), H11790 [26OC]

FDA: define term ``first applicant'' for purposes of filing an abbreviated application for a new drug (see S. 1315), S6887 [22JN] (see H.R. 3777), H11166 [8OC]

———establish a user fee for follow-up reinspections (see S. 1477), S7779 [21JY]

———use consumer information maintained by retailers to improve recalls of food (see H.R. 1907), H4520 [2AP]

FDIC: provide enhanced authority to act as receiver for certain affiliates of depository institutions (see S. 1540), S8557 [30JY]

Federal Acquisition Institute: improve (see S. 2902), S13383 [17DE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide authority for Inspectors General to subpoena former agency employees, agency contractors, and employees of contractors for testimony (see H.R. 3848), H11514 [20OC]

———require an annual report on contract oversight (see H.R. 1360), H3054 [5MR]

Federal Credit Union Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 556), H6972 [17JN]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to distribution of the drug dextromethorphan (see H.R. 1259), H2923 [3MR]

———prevent certain delays by pharmaceutical companies in allowing introduction of generic drugs (see S. 1778), S10434 [14OC]

———prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs (see S. 501), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 573), H380 [15JA]

Federal Tobacco Regulatory Agency: establish (see S. 579), S3073 [12MR]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ``Too Big To Fail'' through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (see S. 2746), S11205 [5NO] (see H.R. 4142), H13353 [19NO]

———advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2919), S13698 [21DE] (see H.R. 3380), H9055 [29JY]

———authorize depository institutions and holding companies to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (see H.R. 2529), H5891 [20MY]

———authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts at depository institutions (see H.R. 4067), H12971 [7NO]

———authorize regulation of credit default swaps and other swap agreements (see S. 961), S5065 [4MY]

———create a financial stability council to oversee the financial regulatory activities of the Government (see S. 664), S3609 [23MR] (see H.R. 1754), H4062 [26MR]

———eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money services businesses and enhance availability of transaction accounts (see H.R. 2893), H6902 [16JN]

———encourage Federal financial regulators to establish clear and consistent guidelines for financial institutions seeking to grow or expand (see H. Con. Res. 224), H15502 [16DE]

———enhance availability of services, update community reinvestment requirements, and ensure such requirements keep pace as service providers become affiliates (see H.R. 1479), H3400 [12MR]

———establish a fair order of posting checks and deposits to prevent unjust enrichment from fees that accrue only by virtue of the order used by the institution for such postings (see H.R. 1488), H3400 [12MR]

———establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that institutions could access in order to mitigate risk associated with such loans (see S. 2824), S12160 [2DE]

———modify requirements on the location of bank branches on Indian reservations (see S. 1316), S6887 [22JN]

———prohibit certain affiliations between commercial banking and investment banking companies (see S. 2886), S13319 [16DE]

———prohibit credit default swaps and provide the SEC with the authority to regulate swap agreements (see H.R. 3145), H7945 [9JY]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 356), S1058 [29JA] (see H.R. 111), H32 [6JA]

———promote bank liquidity and lending through deposit insurance, the HOPE for Homeowners Program, and other enhancements (see H.R. 703), H601 [27JA]

———protect innocent parties from certain fees imposed by depository institutions for dishonored checks (see H.R. 1366), H3055 [5MR]

———provide equitable remedies to mutual savings institutions to defend against individuals acting as a de facto corporation attempting a hostile takeover of the institution (see H.R. 1553), H3525 [17MR]

———provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 3506), H9278 [31JY]

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

———require notice to consumers before any fee may be imposed in connection with any transaction for any overdraft protection service (see H.R. 1487), H3400 [12MR]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 4375, 4377), H15500 [16DE]

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]

Financial Oversight Commission: establish (see H.R. 74), H30 [6JA]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see S. 566), S2965 [10MR] (see H.R. 1705), H4025 [25MR]

Financial Services Systemic Risk Oversight Council: establish (see S. 2756), S11290 [9NO]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 843), S4513 [21AP] (see H.R. 2324), H5398 [7MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1074), H1605 [13FE]

Fish and fishing: authorize a single fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands longline catcher processor subsector (see S. 1609), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 3910), H11712 [22OC]

———extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see S. 1255), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 1584), H3640 [18MR]

———include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen in certain collective marketing associations (see S. 297), S786 [22JA] (see S. 477), S2473 [25FE]

———prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 1379), H3077 [6MR]

———strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (see H.R. 1080), H1605 [13FE]

Flag—U.S.: prohibit importation of foreign-made U.S. flags (see H.R. 1082), H1605 [13FE]

———require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 2853), H6743 [12JN]

Food: encourage national fresh food financing initiative to increase access to healthy foods in underserved low-income communities while improving health and stimulating economic development (see H. Res. 975), H14982 [15DE]

———extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 1048), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 2426), H5665 [14MY]

Food industry: require processors of food products to certify that the processed food products are not adulterated (see S. 2819), S12008 [30NO]

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: authorize certain private rights of action for violations by foreign concerns that damage domestic businesses (see H.R. 2152), H4914 [28AP]

Foreign countries: strengthen liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign entities (see H.R. 1367), H3055 [5MR]

———take action against certain judgment evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 2493), H5791 [19MY]

Foreign trade: amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (see H.R. 4380), H15500 [16DE]

———eliminate barriers to exports of U.S. goods and services, restore rights under trade remedy laws, and strengthen enforcement of intellectual property rights and health and safety laws at U.S. borders (see H.R. 496), H323 [14JA]

———establish congressional review of Presidential decisions on ITC recommendations for relief for businesses jeopardized by a surge of Chinese imports (see H.R. 471), H194 [13JA]

———extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see S. 1141), S5819 [21MY]

———renew and extend provisions relative to the identification of trade enforcement priorities (see S. 1982), S10851 [28OC]

———require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see S. 1606), S8992 [6AU]

Free Enterprise Education Week: designate (see H. Res. 325), H4524 [2AP]

FRS: authorize Federal Reserve Banks' examination of methodologies used by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations in analyzing and rating asset-backed securities and structured finance products (see H.R. 3128), H7836 [8JY]

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

———require prompt corrective action to resolve problems of bank holding companies (see H.R. 3968), H12140 [29OC]

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

———explicitly prohibit the sending of text messages containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 1391), H3104 [9MR]

———issue new rules preventing telemarketing firms from calling during certain hours (see H.R. 522), H324 [14JA]

———prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales (see H.R. 2669), H6075 [2JN]

———review volume usage service plans of major broadband Internet service providers to ensure that such plans are fairly based on cost (see H.R. 2902), H6903 [16JN]

———revise ``do-not-call'' registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 116), H32 [6JA]

Gambling: delay compliance date for certain regulations relative to prohibition on funding of unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 2266), H5306 [6MY]

———provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 2267), H5306 [6MY]

GAO: study Dept. of Transportation policies on approving international alliances between domestic and foreign air carriers and granting antitrust exemptions connected to such alliances (see H.R. 831), H921 [3FE]

Global Warming Economic Oversight Commission: establish (see H.R. 2147), H4914 [28AP]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain companies convicted of felonies (see H.R. 3679), H10407 [30SE]

———prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (see S. 1242), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2904), H6903 [16JN]

———relinquish temporary ownership interests in General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, as soon as possible and do not micromanage or unduly intercede in management decisions of such companies (see H. Res. 571), H7085 [19JN]

———request President transmit all information relative to certain specific communications with and financial assistance provided to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC (see H. Res. 591), H7705 [26JN]

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

———require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see S. 1167), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 2682), H6154 [3JN]

———require the Recovery.gov website to be updated and modified to facilitate timely distribution of economic stimulus funds (see S. 800), S4310 [2AP]

Government regulations: increase corporate responsibility (see S. 2813), S11883 [20NO]

———permit sharing of confidential supervisory information with foreign auditor oversight bodies (see H.R. 3346), H8872 [27JY]

———terminate preemption of State and local laws that prohibit or regulate gaming or the operation of bucket shops or derivatives trading (see S. 2763), S11344 [10NO]

Green Bank: establish to assist in financing of qualified clean energy projects and qualified energy efficiency projects (see H.R. 1698), H3834 [24MR]

Haiti: provide for professional exchanges with Haiti (see H.R. 417), H161 [9JA]

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see S. 1428), S7317 [9JY] (see H.R. 2065), H4731 [23AP] (see H.R. 2190), H5060 [30AP]

———require that mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating units be subject to maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for hazardous air pollutants (see H.R. 821), H921 [3FE]

Health: apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H2835 [25FE]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 1681), S9554 [17SE] (see H.R. 3596), H9729 [17SE]

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

———include consumer protections in health care reform legislation (see S. Con. Res. 32), S7071 [25JN]

———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]

———reform health care delivery by providing incentives for bringing health services to the patient through locating health centers near settings already serving a target population (see H.R. 3158), H7946 [9JY]

Health care facilities: ensure that private for-profit nursing homes affected by major disasters receive the same reimbursement as public nursing homes (see H.R. 1494), H3400 [12MR]

———require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (see S. 512), S2691 [3MR]

———treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (see S. 112), S42 [6JA]

Health care professionals: exempt from Federal antitrust laws in negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers (see H.R. 1493), H3400 [12MR]

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

High Point, NC: anniversary of High Point Furniture Market (see S. Res. 270), S9436 [16SE]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H4397 [1AP]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 257), H3640 [18MR]

———prohibit earmarks to for-profit entities (see H. Res. 614), H7740 [7JY]

Hungary: condemn awarding of national radio licenses to politically-connected companies and encourage respect for rule of law, fair treatment of foreign investors, and maintenance of a free and independent press (see H. Res. 915), H13266 [18NO]

Immigration: admit for permanent residence certain aliens who have postgraduate degrees in certain fields of study and exempt such aliens from H-1B nonimmigrant numerical limitations (see H.R. 1791), H4128 [30MR]

———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]

———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]

———permanently authorize EB-5 regional center program (see H.R. 4259), H14742 [10DE]

———permit certain E-2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident status (see H.R. 1162), H2631 [24FE]

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

———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]

Income: add requirements for board of directors committees regarding risk management and compensation policies and require non-binding shareholder votes on executive compensation (see H.R. 3272), H8494 [21JY]

———provide shareholders with a non-binding vote on executive compensation (see H.R. 3351), H8872 [27JY]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (see H.R. 3269), H8494 [21JY]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (H.R. 3269), consideration (see H. Res. 697), H9204 [30JY]

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

———require institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program or FRS assistance to have employee bonus plans approved in advance of payments (see H.R. 1652), H3705 [19MR]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (see S. 439), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1607), H3702 [19MR]

Information technology: ensure free flow of commerce through secure cyber communications, continued development of Internet and Intranet communications, and development of cybersecurity specialists (see S. 773), S4172 [1AP]

———improve effectiveness of Government collection, analysis, and dissemination of business information using modern interactive data technologies (see H.R. 2392), H5581 [13MY]

Insurance: eliminate annual and lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (see S. 1149), S5819 [21MY]

———establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (see S. 886), S4669 [23AP] (see H.R. 4014), H12364 [4NO]

———establish Federal reinsurance program for State natural catastrophe insurance programs (see H.R. 83), H31 [6JA]

———establish standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage, improve transparency and accountability, and establish Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight (see H.R. 2427), H5665 [14MY]

———establish that insurance documents issued to the public must be written clearly (see H.R. 3051), H7445 [25JN]

———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]

———further competition in the insurance industry (see H.R. 1583), H3640 [18MR]

———impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (see S. 442), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1085), H1605 [13FE]

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

———prohibit gender rating in the group and individual markets for health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2635), H6012 [21MY]

———prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew homeowners insurance policies because of the presence of certain types of drywall in the home (see H.R. 4094), H13068 [17NO]

———regulate federally chartered or licensed insurers, agencies, and producers to ensure their stability and financial integrity and to protect policyholders and consumers (see H.R. 1880), H4519 [2AP]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage (see S. 1730), S9982 [30SE] (see H.R. 3681), H10407 [30SE]

———require issuers of long term care insurance to establish third party review processes for disputed claims (see S. 1626), S8993 [6AU]

———require motor vehicle insurers to provide coverage of bodily injuries in insurance policies (see H.R. 4071), H13001 [16NO]

———require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to plan sponsors and clearly communicated to plan participants and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1253), H2923 [3MR]

———streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see S. 1363), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 2571), H6009 [21MY]

Internet: prevent transformation into a tool of censorship and surveillance, promote freedom of expression, and restore confidence in the integrity of U.S. businesses (see H.R. 2271), H5306 [6MY]

Interstate commerce: limit civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a certain product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 2518), H5890 [20MY]

Interstate compacts: allow establishment for the purpose of expanding health insurance options (see H.R. 3824), H11457 [15OC]

Investments: increase transparency and regulatory requirements for trading certain derivative financial instruments (see H.R. 3300), H8585 [22JY]

———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]

———regulate futures transactions involving energy commodities and credit default swaps and strengthen FERC enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2448), H5666 [14MY]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1065), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 1327), H3053 [5MR]

———ensure companies operating in the U.S. that receive Federal funds are not conducting business in Iran (see H.R. 3922), H11739 [23OC]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (see S. 2799), S11593 [19NO]

———prohibit executive departments from entering into or renewing procurement contracts with persons that export certain computer or telecommunications technologies to Iran (see S. 1475), S7699 [20JY] (see H.R. 3284), H8495 [21JY]

IRS: limit regulatory authority relative to limitation on losses following ownership change (see S. 2916), S13458 [18DE]

———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]

———repeal authority to enter into private debt collection contracts (see H.R. 796), H920 [3FE]

Israel: render nationals eligible to enter the U.S. as nonimmigrant traders and investors (see H.R. 4406), H15501 [16DE]

Kansas City Animal Health Corridor: recognize region (see S. Res. 174), S6364 [9JN] (see H. Res. 317), H4397 [1AP]

Korea, Republic of: call for an end to unfair trade practices in the automotive industry and take into account such practices when considering the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (see H. Res. 934), H13354 [19NO]

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]

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

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

———provide increased penalties for health care fraud (see S. 1843), S10700 [22OC]

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]

Local Initiatives Support Corp.: authorize funds to carry out Community Safety Initiative (see S. 595), S3113 [16MR] (see H.R. 827), H921 [3FE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 14), S3986 [30MR] (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1519 [12FE]

Maine: establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program (see S. 856), S4573 [22AP]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: modify goals relative to incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations (see H.R. 843), H921 [3FE]

Marine mammals: promote international whale conservation, protection, and research (see H.R. 2455), H5711 [18MY]

Maritime Administration: permit qualified withdrawals from a Capital Construction Fund account for maintenance or repair of U.S.-flag vessels if such maintenance is performed in the U.S. (see H.R. 3370), H9054 [29JY]

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

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

Medicare: ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (see S. 1221), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 1392), H3104 [9MR]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 956), S5014 [1MY] (see H.R. 1970), H4523 [2AP]

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

———increase civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse and amount of surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 203), H35 [6JA]

———limit prescription drug program premium increases to no more than Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and require Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1832), H4250 [31MR]

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

———provide for a grace period in which durable medical equipment suppliers may meet accreditation and surety bond requirements (see H.R. 4240), H13628 (see H.R. 4240), H14371 [8DE]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 266), S598 [15JA]

Meyer, Russ: National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee (see S. Res. 233), S8557 [30JY] (see H. Res. 719), H9280 [31JY]

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]

Mining and mineral resources: improve transparency and reduce trade in conflict minerals (see H.R. 4128), H13352 [19NO]

———require U.S.-registered companies selling products using columbite-tantalite, coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to disclose the country-of-origin of such materials to the SEC (see S. 891), S4669 [23AP]

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

———amend definition of commercial motor vehicle to exclude certain farm vehicles (see S. 639), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 3275), H8494 [21JY]

———encourage increased production of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles and provide tax incentives for infrastructure for such vehicles (see S. 1350), S7069 [25JN]

———encourage President to recognize importance of automobile dealerships to communities and encourge remedies for franchises eliminated during recent car manufacturer bankruptcies (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9279 [31JY]

———ensure availability of dual-fueled automobiles and light duty trucks and require major fuel distributors to install blender pumps in increasing numbers (see S. 1627), S8993 [6AU]

———prohibit certain restraints of competition adversely affecting automobile dealers (see H.R. 3450), H9276 [31JY]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2057), H4687 [22AP]

———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]

———require a large majority of automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol or methanol, or biodiesel (see S. 835), S4445 [20AP] (see H.R. 1476), H3400 [12MR]

———require manufacturers that the Government has an ownership interest in or that has an outstanding Government loan to purchase liability insurance (see H.R. 3088), H7704 [26JN]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 2743, 2750), H6305 [8JN] (see H.R. 2796), H6537 [10JN]

———support single national fuel economy standard (see H. Con. Res. 106), H4733 [23AP]

National Academy of Engineering: provide study on improving the accuracy of the collection of oil, condensate, and natural gas royalties from Federal and Indian land leases (see H.R. 1462), H3399 [12MR]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 2554), H6008 [21MY]

National Association of Women in Construction: tribute to Montgomery, AL, chapter (see H. Res. 206), H2980 [4MR]

National Auctioneers Day: designate (see S. Res. 86), S3898 [26MR]

National Boating Day: observance (see S. Res. 199), S6888 [22JN] (see H. Res. 410), H5307 [6MY]

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

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

National Consumer Protection Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 179), H2602 [23FE]

National Credit Union Administration: increase borrowing authority, establish an insurance fund restoration plan period, and assess costs of corporate credit union stabilization on an anti-cyclical basis (see H.R. 2351), H5483 [12MY]

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 285), S9840 [24SE] (see H. Res. 797), H10519 [6OC]

National Dairy Month: support goals (see H. Res. 507), H6265 [4JN]

National Home Mortgage and Loan Performance Registry: establish (see H.R. 3195), H8099 [14JY]

National Information and Referral Services Day: designate (see H. Res. 187), H2632 [24FE] (see H. Res. 198), H2874 [26FE]

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

National Labor Relations Act: 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: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 208), H12364 [4NO]

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

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

National TEA Party Day: designate (see S. Res. 98), S4311 [2AP]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act: improve process of reallocation of spectrum from Federal Government uses to commercial uses (see H.R. 3019), H7249 [24JN]

National Travel and Tourism Week: designate (see S. Res. 147), S5372 [12MY] (see H. Con. Res. 105), H4733 [23AP]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see S. 1334), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 847), H1041 [4FE]

NRC: retain and redistribute certain collected fines (see H.R. 1937), H4521 [2AP]

Nuclear energy: authorize use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote recycling of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 3385), H9055 [29JY]

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 the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement, a Trade Enforcement Division, and a Chief Manufacturing Negotiator (see S. 1466), S7639 [16JY]

———make certain decisions reviewable by the Court of International Trade and ensure consideration of petitions to enforce U.S. trade rights (see S. 363), S1276 [2FE]

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

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]

OSHA: revise regulations to increase worker safety on construction sites and to protect child trespassers from unforeseen dangers (see H.R. 3094), H7704 [26JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (see H.R. 797), H920 [3FE]

———limit withdrawals of offshore lands from oil and gas exploration, development, or production, allow States to petition for exploration and extraction, and share offshore oil and gas revenues with States (see H.R. 1143), H2631 [24FE]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see S. 1086), S5700 [20MY]

Patents: create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture (see S. 1368), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3059), H7445 [25JN]

Pensions: allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan (see H.R. 4147), H13353 [19NO]

———allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets (see H.R. 3936), H11867 [27OC]

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

———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]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity on closed military installations (see H.R. 896), H1043 [4FE]

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

———reduce price of gasoline through offshore drilling, increased construction and investment in refineries, Federal fuel tax suspension, and free trade promotion (see H.R. 2631), H6012 [21MY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 369), S1431 [3FE] (see H.R. 1706), H4025 [25MR]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 163), H34 [6JA]

Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 101), H780 [28JA]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 173), H1606 [13FE]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see H.R. 3709), H10456 [1OC]

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

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (see H.R. 3585), H9670 [16SE]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), consideration (see H. Res. 846), H11514 [20OC]

———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]

———expedite exploration and development of oil and gas from Federal lands (see H.R. 3616), H9806 [22SE]

———open certain Federal lands to leasing for exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources (see H.R. 1810), H4249 [31MR]

———permit U.S. companies to participate in exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone contiguous to U.S. exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 1918), H4520 [2AP]

———promote energy security through investment in renewable and alternative energy and authorize appropriations for research and development of fungible fuels (see H.R. 3909), H11712 [22OC]

———provide incentives to reduce dependence on foreign oil (see H.R. 1794), H4128 [30MR]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped domestic sources through partnerships between manufacturing and agricultural industries to invest in projects to capture and store carbon (see S. 2729), S11118 [4NO]

President's Working Group on Financial Markets: conduct a study on the hedge fund industry (see H.R. 713), H601 [27JA]

Privacy: establish additional reporting requirements to enhance the detection of identity theft (see H.R. 123), H32 [6JA]

———prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1490), S7868 [22JY]

———protect commercial and government data from data breaches (see H. Con. Res. 193), H10456 [1OC]

———protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 2221), H5061 [30AP]

———require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (see S. 139), S43 [6JA]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see S. 593), S3074 [12MR] (see H.R. 1523), H3437 [16MR]

———establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's products (see S. 389), S1677 [5FE]

———prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of any consumer product containing dimethyl fumarate (see H.R. 3080), H7703 [26JN]

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

———require a warning on label of food containers composed, in whole or in part, of bisphenol A or could release bisphenol A into food (see H.R. 4341), H15499 [16DE]

Professional Boxing Safety Act: amend (see S. 38), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 523), H324 [14JA]

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

Project Management Month: designate (see H. Res. 813), H11111 [7OC]

Protect Your Pharmacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 326), H4524 [2AP]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: provide oversight of auditors of brokers and dealers (see H.R. 1212), H2873 [26FE]

Public lands: permit Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see S. 1241), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2031), H4686 [22AP]

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]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see S. 379), S1542 [4FE] (see H.R. 848), H1041 [4FE]

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

Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 150), H1158 [10FE]

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

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

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen metal (see S. 418), S2144 [11FE] (see H.R. 1006), H1248 [11FE]

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]

———establish a pilot program to provide assistance for partnerships supporting applied sciences in renewable energy (see H.R. 1492), H3400 [12MR]

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

———include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and include such fuels in the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit (see H.R. 3460), H9276 [31JY]

———promote development and use of marine renewable energy technologies (see S. 923), S4891 [29AP] (see H.R. 2148), H4914 [28AP]

Roads and highways: remove privatized highway miles as a factor in apportioning Federal funding (see S. 884), S4669 [23AP]

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]

———create parity among small business contracting programs (see S. 1489), S7779 [21JY]

———establish a small business intermediary lending pilot program (see S. 2780), S11430 [17NO]

———establish Office of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change and Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse (see H.R. 3032), H7250 [24JN]

———establish Small Business Information Security Task Force (see S. 1070), S5614 [19MY]

———establish Veterans Business Center program (see S. 2770), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 1803), H4249 [31MR]

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

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

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

———improve preference for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 3363), H8959 [28JY]

———improve the Express Loan Program (see S. 2808), S11883 [20NO]

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

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

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

———increase maximum loan amount under the Express Loan Program (see H.R. 3529), H9279 [31JY]

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

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

———provide financing to support early-stage small businesses in targeted industries (see H.R. 3738), H11110 [7OC]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see S. 1831), S10635 [21OC]

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

Science: provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities (see S. 583), S3073 [12MR]

SEC: establish a process by which asset-backed instruments can be deemed eligible for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization ratings and a list of such eligible asset-backed instruments (see H.R. 1181), H2834 [25FE]

———establish an Investor Advisory Committee (see H.R. 3318), H8707 [23JY]

———permit or require persons filing or furnishing securities information to make it available on the Internet, in addition to or instead of including such information in filings or submissions (see H.R. 281), H70 [7JA]

———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]

———provide with additional authorities to protect investors from security law violations (see H.R. 3817), H11456 [15OC]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities (see S. 605), S3113 [16MR]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (see H.R. 302), H88 [8JA]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities and suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (see H.R. 1406), H3144 [10MR]

———require disclosure of financial relationships between brokers and dealers and mutual fund companies, and of certain commissions paid by mutual fund companies (see S. 1964), S10850 [28OC]

———require investment advisers to private funds to register with the SEC (see S. 1276), S6650 [16JN]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (see S. 1073), S5614 [19MY] (see H.R. 3214), H8099 [14JY]

———suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (see H.R. 1909), H4520 [2AP]

Securities: comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system (see S. 1691), S9653 [22SE]

———constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations (see H.J. Res. 57), H7145 [23JN]

———make technical corrections and conforming amendments to Federal securities laws relative to repeal of Public Utility Holding Company Act (see H.R. 2947), H7022 [18JN]

———prohibit the Federal Government from holding security interests (see H.R. 4118), H13351 [19NO]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (see H.R. 3795), H11297 [13OC]

Senior citizens: 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]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: provide enforcement of rights afforded under Act (see H.R. 2696), H6262 [4JN]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels (see S. 1820), S10635 [21OC] (see H.R. 3888), H11580 [21OC]

Small business: allow establishment of simple cafeteria plans to provide nontaxable employee benefits and modify requirements and benefits for cafeteria plans and flexible spending accounts (see S. 988), S5232 [6MY]

———authorize certain debt refinancing (see H.R. 2527), H5891 [20MY]

———codify certain laws as a title to the U.S. Code (see H.R. 1983), H4579 [21AP]

———congratulate on-premises sign industry for contributions to success of small businesses (see H. Res. 292), H4063 [26MR] (see H. Res. 298), H4129 [30MR]

———exempt from certain attestation requirements relative to reporting requirements on the adequacy of internal control of financial reporting (see H.R. 3775), H11166 [8OC]

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

———modernize small business investment companies (see H.R. 3740), H11110 [7OC]

———promote commercialization of certain small business research and development projects (see H.R. 2769), H6413 [9JN]

———provide for improved long-term financing of small business concerns by certified development companies (see H.R. 3739), H11110 [7OC]

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

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

Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 2352), H5483 [12MY]

———amend (H.R. 2352), consideration (see H. Res. 457), H5790 [19MY]

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

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

———reauthorize (see H.R. 1541), H3525 [17MR] (see H.R. 3614), H9806 [22SE]

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

Small Business Investment Act: improve programs providing access to capital (see H.R. 3854), H11514 [20OC]

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

———reauthorize (see H.R. 1541), H3525 [17MR] (see H.R. 3614), H9806 [22SE]

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

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

———establish AmeriCare program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (see H.R. 193), H35 [6JA]

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

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

———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (see S. 141), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 122), H32 [6JA]

———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 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]

———provide that individuals and appropriate authorities are notified by SSA of evidence of misuse of account numbers of such individuals (see H.R. 133), H32 [6JA]

———require an employer to take action after learning that an individual's account number does not match the individual's name (see H.R. 137), H32 [6JA]

States: enhance authority for coastal and ocean resources and expansion of America's natural gas and oil supply (see H.R. 1108), H2601 [23FE]

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

Surface Transportation Board: consider impact of certain railroad transactions on local communities (see H.R. 3410), H9205 [30JY]

Tariff: extruders used in the production of radial tires (see S. 2307), S10920 [29OC]

———horizontal machining center (see S. 2014), S10914 (see S. 2047), S10915 [29OC]

———machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of dried vegetable snack items (see S. 2320), S10920 [29OC]

———manufacturing equipment (see S. 2305), S10920 (see S. 2471), S10923 (see S. 2512), S10924 [29OC]

———manufacturing equipment for molding (see S. 2308), S10920 [29OC]

———manufacturing equipment used for working iron or steel (see S. 2306), S10920 [29OC]

———microwave ovens parts for the industrial preparation or manufacture of dried vegetable snack items (see S. 2319), S10920 [29OC]

———sector mold press machines (see S. 2309), S10920 [29OC]

Taxation: accelerate phase-in of the deduction for domestic production activities (see H.R. 4189), H13519 [3DE]

———allocate a new markets tax credit limitation to entities that serve or provide investment capital for distressed communities (see H.R. 3811), H11383 [14OC]

———allow a business credit for donations for vocational educational purposes (see H.R. 4258), H14445 [9DE]

———allow a business credit for the acquisition of fleet vehicles (see H.R. 2285), H5306 [6MY]

———allow a credit for amounts paid for energy efficient property placed in service in commercial buildings pursuant to an approved energy efficiency plan (see H.R. 3659), H10069 [29SE]

———allow a credit for certain costs relative to compliance with financial regulations (see H.R. 4323), H14981 [15DE]

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

———allow a credit for the use of ethanol in tetra ethyl ortho silicate (TEOS) production (see H.R. 3235), H8302 [16JY]

———allow a credit for using energy derived from biomass to power domestic paper, pulp and paperboard manufacturing process facilities (see H.R. 4389), H15501 [16DE]

———allow a credit to vehicle fleet operators for purchasing tires made from recycled rubber (see H.R. 1888), H4519 [2AP]

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

———allow a new refundable credit for equipment used to manufacture solar energy property and waive application of the subsidized financing rules to such property (see S. 284), S719 [21JA]

———allow a refundable credit to issuers of qualified zone academy bonds and qualified school construction bonds (see H.R. 4292), H14826 [11DE]

———allow a refundable investment credit, and 5-year depreciation, for property used to manufacture solar energy (see H.R. 576), H380 [15JA]

———allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 507), H323 [14JA]

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

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S4311 [2AP] (see S. 1835), S10700 [22OC] (see S. 1937), S10776 [27OC] (see H.R. 561), H380 [15JA] (see H.R. 2452), H5671 [15MY] (see H.R. 4013), H12288 [3NO]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses and suspend the alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating losses (see S. 293), S719 [21JA]

———allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see H.R. 2672), H6154 [3JN]

———allow dealers in real estate to use the installment sales method (see H.R. 3440), H9275 [31JY]

———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 individuals and businesses a temporary credit against income tax for the purchase of certain vehicles (see H.R. 550), H379 [15JA]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see S. 1082), S5699 [20MY] (see H.R. 3429), H9206 [30JY]

———allow individuals to defer tax on income reinvested in a partnership or S corporation (see H.R. 2284), H5306 [6MY]

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

———allow S corporations the deduction for charitable contributions of inventory (see S. 2841), S12618 [7DE]

———allow S corportations the deduction for charitable contributions of inventory (see H.R. 4069), H13001 [16NO]

———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 cost of labor for building envelope improvements to be included for purposes of the nonbusiness energy property tax credit (see S. 2829), S12322 [3DE]

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

———amend tax treatment of certain discharged indebtedness (see H.R. 683), H525 [26JA]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 3255), H8355 [17JY]

———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]

———clarify treatment of indebtedness incurred by a partnership in acquiring securities and commodities relative to organizations which are partners with limited liability (see H.R. 3497), H9278 [31JY]

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (see H.J. Res. 48), H5061 [30AP]

———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]

———create protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see S. 1486), S7779 [21JY]

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

———deny any deduction for direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see S. 2842), S12618 [7DE] (see S. 2873), S13032 [11DE] (see H.R. 2966), H7084 [19JN]

———deny deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals (see S. 1763), S10318 [8OC] (see H.R. 3979), H12197 [2NO]

———deny refinery expensing to owners of refineries permitted to increase the discharge of pollutants into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 53), H30 [6JA]

———disallow deduction for excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums relative to U.S. risks paid to affiliates (see H.R. 3424), H9206 [30JY]

———eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see S. 289), S719 [21JA] (see H.R. 617), H442 [21JA]

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

———encourage businesses to purchase commercial and residential property in distressed communities by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 3812), H11383 [14OC]

———encourage individuals to purchase building products and home furnishings (see H.R. 3382), H9055 [29JY]

———encourage investment in certain industries by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 1783), H4128 [30MR]

———encourage use of corrosion prevention and mitigation measures in the construction and maintenance of business energy-related property (see H.R. 3462), H9276 [31JY]

———enhance incentives for renewable energy development in high job-loss zones in metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (see H.R. 3834), H11457 [15OC]

———establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (see S. 1484), S7779 [21JY]

———establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 4309), H14980 [15DE]

———exclude from Federal tax certain payments made in connection with reductions in force (see H.R. 1312), H2979 [4MR]

———exclude from gross income amounts reimbursed by an individual's employer for certain dietary supplements and meal replacement products (see H.R. 3406), H9205 [30JY]

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

———exclude from gross income discharges of personal indebtedness outside of bankruptcy (see H.R. 2445), H5665 [14MY]

———exclude from gross income remediation payments for hazardous drywall (see H.R. 4362), H15500 [16DE]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see S. 551), S2909 [9MR] (see S. 1509), S8039 [23JY] (see H.R. 528), H324 [14JA] (see H.R. 638), H484 [22JA] (see H.R. 3486), H9277 [31JY]

———exempt renewable energy projects receiving Rural Energy for America Program grants from production tax credit offsets (see H.R. 2037), H4686 [22AP]

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

———expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property (see S. 158), S43 [6JA]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H442 [21JA]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and modify credit period for producing electricity from open-loop biomass (see S. 870), S4574 [22AP]

———expand definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer credit and special allowance for plant property (see S. 1250), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 4168), H13385 [1DE]

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

———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 and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see S. 1222), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 1677), H3833 [24MR]

———extend and modify benefits available in empowerment zones and other tax-incentive areas (see H.R. 3500), H9278 [31JY]

———extend and modify the special allowance for certain acquired property and temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets (see S. 294), S719 [21JA]

———extend bonus depreciation (see H.R. 212), H36 [6JA]

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

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4213), H13550 [7DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration (see H. Res. 955), H13627 (see H. Res. 955), H14370 [8DE]

———extend credit for electricity produced from biomass, provide credit rate parity under such credit, and exclude certain unprocessed fuels from the cellulosic biofuel producer credit (see H.R. 4374), H15500 [16DE]

———extend credit period for certain open-loop biomass facilities (see H.R. 2528), H5891 [20MY]

———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 enhanced small business expensing and provide for a 5-year net operating loss carryback for losses incurred during certain years (see S. 156), S43 [6JA]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 564), H380 [15JA] (see H.R. 832), H921 [3FE]

———extend increased expensing of certain depreciable business assets and the special depreciation allowance for certain business property (see H.R. 361), H158 [9JA]

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

———extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 2098), H4733 [23AP]

———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 program to provide grants for specified energy property in lieu of tax credits (see H.R. 3136), H7836 [8JY]

———extend renewable production credit for wind and open-loop biomass facilities (see S. 2826), S12322 [3DE]

———extend temporary increase in limitations on expensing of certain depreciable business assets (see H.R. 3898), H11711 [22OC]

———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 increase in the expensing deduction for small businesses (see H.R. 4311), H14980 [15DE]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 1203), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 422), H161 [9JA]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1518), H3437 [16MR] (see H.R. 1543), H3525 [17MR] (see H.R. 1586), H3640 (see H.R. 1598), H3641 [18MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Government (see H.R. 1527), H3437 [16MR]

———impose a 100 percent tax on bonuses paid by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance and are majority owned by the Federal Government (see H.R. 1542), H3525 [17MR]

———impose a retail tax on single-use carryout bags (see H.R. 2091), H4733 [23AP]

———impose a tax on bonuses paid by Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients (see H.R. 4412), H15508 [23DE]

———impose a tax on certain compensation received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout funds (see H.R. 1801), H4129 [30MR]

———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 over-the-counter derivatives transactions (see H.R. 3153), H7946 [9JY]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]

———impose additional tax on bonuses received from certain Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients and use revenue to fund Dept. of HUD Section 4 property recovery programs (see H.R. 3452), H9276 [31JY]

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

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance (see H.R. 1572), H3526 [17MR]

———impose an excise tax on certain proceeds received on sale-in, lease-out (SILO) and lease-in, lease-out (LILO) transactions (see S. 1341), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 3439), H9275 [31JY]

———impose flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income (see S. 741), S3986 [30MR]

———improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions (see H.R. 4226), H13627 (see H.R. 4226), H14371 [8DE]

———improve and extend certain tax incentives for energy efficient home and commercial building construction and the residential energy efficiency industry (see S. 1637), S8993 [6AU]

———improve and extend certain tax incentives for industrial energy efficiency in the areas of water reuse, advanced motors, and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chillers (see S. 1639), S8993 [6AU]

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

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 3301), H8585 [22JY]

———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 deduction for business start-up expenditures (see S. 1402), S7192 [7JY] (see H.R. 1552), H3525 [17MR]

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

———increase limitation on reduction of fair market value of real property used for farming, or another trade or business, for purposes of estate taxes (see H.R. 4208), H13520 [3DE]

———increase maximum reduction in estate tax value for farmland and other special use property and restore and increase estate tax deduction for family-owned businesses (see H.R. 96), H31 [6JA]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose (see S. 222), S337 [13JA]

———increase penalty for failure to file a partnership or S corporation return (see H.R. 1241), H2886 [2MR]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 345), H90 [8JA]

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

———limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (see H.R. 1594), H3641 [18MR]

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

———limit penalty for failure to disclose reportable transactions based on resulting tax benefits and require a report on tax shelter penalties and other enforcement actions (see S. 2771), S11382 [16NO] (see H.R. 4068), H13001 [16NO]

———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 permanent accelerated depreciation of natural gas distribution property and clarify to which property such treatment applies (see H.R. 4411), H15508 [23DE]

———make permanent estate tax repeal, small business expensing, and Self-Employment Contributions Act tax deduction for health insurance (see H.R. 533), H324 [14JA]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see S. 1400), S7192 [7JY] (see H.R. 1974), H4523 [2AP]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 783), H779 [28JA]

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

———make permanent the increase in limitations on expensing of certain depreciable business assets (see S. 2822), S12070 [1DE]

———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 43), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 1560), H3526 [17MR]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 316), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 2543), H6008 [21MY]

———make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent (see S. 233), S388 [14JA]

———make the credit for research activities permanent and provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities (see H.R. 1545), H3525 [17MR]

———modify and extend the credit for alternative motor vehicles (see S. 209), S308 [12JA]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4337), H15499 [16DE]

———modify private activity bond rules to except certain uses of intellectual property from the definition of private business use (see H.R. 3443), H9275 [31JY]

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

———modify the penalties for failure to disclose certain reportable transactions and for submitting a bad check to the IRS, and modify certain rules relative to Federal vendors (see S. 2917), S13458 [18DE]

———modify the term ``5-year property'' to include certain marine renewable energy projects (see S. 922), S4891 [29AP]

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 273), H70 [7JA]

———permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 1313), S6887 [22JN] (see H.R. 3227), H8184 [15JY]

———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 4306), H14877 [14DE]

———permanently extend the research credit (see S. 37), S40 [6JA]

———permanently extend the research credit, increase expensing for small businesses, and reduce corporate tax rates (see H.R. 1613), H3703 [19MR]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1944), H4522 [2AP]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 3399), H9204 [30JY]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 4243), H13628 (see H.R. 4243), H14371 [8DE]

———prevent pending tax increases and provide additional tax reductions to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 301), H88 [8JA]

———prevent the avoidance of tax on income from assets held abroad (see S. 1934), S10776 [27OC] (see H.R. 3933), H11867 [27OC]

———prohibit tax deduction for health insurance advertising (see H.R. 3205), H8099 [14JY]

———prohibit tax deduction for prescription drug advertising (see H.R. 2917), H6971 [17JN]

———promote tax parity between residential and business fuel cell tax credits (see H.R. 3660), H10069 [29SE]

———provide a business credit against income for the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 532), S2828 [5MR]

———provide a business credit for the use of clean-fuel and fuel efficient vehicles by businesses within designated nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 184), H34 [6JA]

———provide a credit against tax for expenses paid or incurred in non-clinical research for neglected diseases (see H.R. 3156), H7946 [9JY]

———provide a credit for the State and local sales taxes paid on the purchase of an automobile (see H.R. 100), H31 [6JA]

———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 credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see S. 1582), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 2024), H4685 [22AP]

———provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 99), S42 [6JA]

———provide a full exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (see S. 78), S41 [6JA]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain energy production and distribution facilities (see H.R. 1812), H4249 [31MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings or residential rental property (see H.R. 2198), H5060 [30AP]

———provide a simplified research tax credit for small businesses (see H.R. 4244), H13628 (see H.R. 4244), H14371 [8DE]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see S. 1349), S7069 [25JN] (see S. 1754), S10162 [6OC] (see H.R. 1509), H3436 [16MR] (see H.R. 1561), H3526 [17MR] (see H.R. 3056), H7445 [25JN] (see H.R. 3615), H9806 [22SE]

———provide a tax credit for qualified distributed thermal energy storage property (see H.R. 3918), H11712 [22OC]

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

———provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 4296), H14826 [11DE]

———provide a temporary bonus research credit for energy-related research (see H.R. 2438), H5665 [14MY]

———provide a temporary exclusion of the gain on the sale or exchange of certain small business stock (see H.R. 4236), H13628 (see H.R. 4236), H14371 [8DE]

———provide additional relief for small businesses (see S. 1381), S7070 [25JN]

———provide an enhanced credit for research and development by companies that manufacture products in the U.S. (see S. 1021), S5371 [12MY]

———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 an income tax credit for businesses furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas (see H.R. 691), H526 [26JA]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new advanced broadband infrastructure (see H.R. 760), H778 [28JA]

———provide an investment credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property (see S. 2755), S11290 [9NO] (see H.R. 4085), H13068 [17NO]

———provide consumer rebates for purchases of certain new passenger motor vehicles (see H.R. 1808), H4249 [31MR]

———provide credits to small businesses and their employees for health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3115), H7740 [7JY]

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

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 1874), H4518 [2AP]

———provide for a livestock energy investment credit (see H.R. 907), H1044 [4FE]

———provide for a second generation biofuel producer credit (see H.R. 3985), H12197 [2NO]

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

———provide for full deduction allowable for income attributable to domestic production activities (see S. 287), S719 [21JA]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities (see H.R. 3516), H9279 [31JY]

———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 for the treatment of S corporations for purposes of election of the alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities (see S. 1656), S9186 [9SE]

———provide incentives and fees for increasing motor vehicle fuel economy (see S. 1620), S8993 [6AU]

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

———provide incentives for energy efficient commercial building roofs (see H.R. 2615), H6011 [21MY]

———provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology (see H.R. 2963), H7084 [19JN]

———provide incentives for used oil re-refining (see S. 2783), S11430 [17NO] (see H.R. 4242), H13628 (see H.R. 4242), H14371 [8DE]

———provide incentives to consumers and lenders for the purchase of a passenger vehicle (see H.R. 385), H159 [9JA]

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

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (see H.R. 717), H602 [27JA]

———provide incentives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the domestic energy supply (see H.R. 1337), H3053 [5MR]

———provide income tax credit for Eagle employers (see H.R. 989), H1247 [11FE]

———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 permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 470), H194 [13JA]

———provide recovery periods for new nonresidential real property and qualified leasehold improvement property (see H.R. 4012), H12288 [3NO]

———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 1763), H4063 [26MR]

———provide relief relative to estate and gift taxes, small businesses, and government contractors (see H.R. 4174), H13466 [2DE]

———provide special depreciation and amortization rules for highways and related property subject to long-term leases (see S. 885), S4669 [23AP]

———provide special rules for charitable contributions of alternative energy property for educational purposes (see H.R. 1249), H2886 [2MR]

———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 corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (see S. 1491), S7868 [22JY]

———provide that the taxable income limit on the allowance for depletion shall not apply in 2008 to domestic marginal oil or gas wells (see H.R. 871), H1042 [4FE]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 537), H325 [14JA]

———provide the same tax treatment of commercial and noncommercial investors in oil and natural gas and related commodities (see S. 1588), S8992 [6AU]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (see H.R. 99), H31 [6JA]

———regulate and tax Internet gambling (see H.R. 2268), H5306 [6MY]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 1083), H1605 [13FE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 690), H526 [26JA]

———repeal certain limitations on expensing certain property and allow taxpayers to elect shorter recovery periods for purposes of determining the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 446), H162 [9JA]

———repeal certain oil and gas related tax incentives (see S. 1087), S5700 [20MY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see S. 296), S786 [22JA] (see H.R. 25), H28 [6JA]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 1570), S8765 [4AU]

———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (see S. 2905), S13383 [17DE] (see H.R. 3333), H8808 [24JY]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 260), S598 [15JA]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H70 [7JA]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 292), S719 [21JA]

———require a study on eliminating Federal taxes on individuals and corporations and replacing the Federal tax code with a transaction fee-based system (see H.R. 1703), H4025 [25MR]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S3368 [18MR] (see H.R. 510), H324 [14JA]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see S. 261), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 562), H380 [15JA]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 506), S2623 [2MR] (see H.R. 1265), H2923 [3MR]

———retain certain domestic energy tax incentives (see H. Res. 393), H5062 [30AP]

———S corporation reform (see S. 996), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 2910), H6971 [17JN]

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

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

———suspend the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see H.R. 4209), H13520 [3DE]

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

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H2835 [25FE]

———treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies (see H.R. 3525), H9279 [31JY]

———treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services (see H.R. 1935), H4521 [2AP]

———treatment of publicly traded partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services (see H.R. 2762), H6306 [8JN]

———waive minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans (see H.R. 3920), H11739 [23OC]

Telecommunications: authorize grants to State and local law enforcement training centers on collection from carriers and use of call location information in emergency situations (see H.R. 3698), H10455 [1OC]

———require carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see H.R. 3717), H10456 [1OC] (see H.R. 3803), H11297 [13OC]

———require carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies and authorize training for State and local agencies on collection and use of such information (see H.R. 3682), H10407 [30SE]

———support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 176), H1606 [13FE]

———support growth through deregulation, broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 30), H71 [7JA]

Telephones: facilitate number portability in order to increase consumer choice of voice service provider (see H.R. 2357), H5483 [12MY]

———prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see S. 30), S169 [7JA] (see H.R. 1110), H2601 [23FE] (see H.R. 1258), H2923 [3MR]

———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (see S. 562), S2965 [10MR] (see H.R. 3993), H12287 [3NO]

———require cell phone early termination fees to be pro-rated over the term of a subscriber's contract (see S. 2825), S12321 [3DE]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 1192), S6186 [4JN] (see H.R. 1521), H3437 [16MR]

Television: expand satellite carriage of local television signals (see H.R. 927), H1080 [9FE]

———mandate satellite carriage of qualified noncommercial educational television stations (see H.R. 1155), H2631 [24FE]

———permit satellite carriers to retransmit signals of certain noncommercial, educational television stations outside their local markets (see H.R. 3498), H9278 [31JY]

———reauthorize, reform, and modernize satellite statutory license and conform satellite and cable statutory licenses to digital transmissions (see S. 1670), S9371 [15SE] (see H.R. 3570), H9548 [15SE]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (see S. 1147), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 1676), H3748 [23MR]

———reduce youth usage of tobacco products and enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors (see H.R. 1432), H3337 [11MR]

Trademark Act: allow civil actions against persons who use trademarks that are misleading as to the origin of goods in certain cases (see H.R. 3499), H9278 [31JY]

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

———permit private vanpool contractors providing public transportation to purchase rolling stock and credit certain expenditures toward the local matching share of public transportation projects costs (see S. 1795), S10487 [15OC] (see H.R. 1571), H3526 [17MR]

———provide certain exemptions to drivers of intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes (see H.R. 1220), H2873 [26FE]

———require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (see H.R. 2104), H4838 [27AP]

———require the Depts. of Transportation and Commerce to submit reports on commercial and passenger vehicle traffic at certain points of entry (see H.R. 1965), H4522 [2AP]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see S. 1023), S5371 [12MY] (see H.R. 2935), H7021 [18JN]

———require operators of international travel websites to provide information to consumers on potential health risks associated with overseas vacation destinations marketed on the website (see H.R. 3099), H7704 [26JN]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see S. 1766), S10318 [8OC] (see H.R. 3786), H11166 [8OC]

Truth in Lending Act: provide coverage for credit cards issued to small businesses (see H.R. 3457), H9276 [31JY]

———require stores offering credit or charge accounts to prominently display certain information (see H.R. 1365), H3054 [5MR]

U.S. Boxing Commission: establish (see S. 38), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 523), H324 [14JA]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification (see S. Res. 206), S7071 [25JN]

Unemployment: recognize rates have reached a level of a national crisis (see H. Res. 946), H13520 [3DE]

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

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions (see S. 2336), S10921 [29OC]

Veterans: 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]

Video games: require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content (see H.R. 231), H69 [7JA]

Virgin Islands: authorize shipment of prescription drugs between States and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 91), H31 [6JA]

Water: encourage efficiency (see H.R. 2368), H5484 [12MY]

———encourage research, development, and demonstration of technologies to facilitate the utilization of water produced in connection with the development of domestic energy resources (see H.R. 469), H194 [13JA]

———promote efficiency, conservation, and adaptation (see S. 1712), S9840 [24SE] (see H.R. 3747), H11110 [7OC]

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

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (see S. 969), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 2402), H5581 [13MY]

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: 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]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see S. 28), S169 [7JA] (see H.R. 4237), H13628 (see H.R. 4237), H14371 [8DE]

Cloture motions

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

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

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4657 [23AP], S4740 [27AP]

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

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

———establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), motion to proceed, S6526 [11JN], S6628 [16JN]

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]

Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act (S. 454), H5795-H5805 [20MY]

Descriptions

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

E-mails

Promote energy independence and security: several Idaho citizens, S28-S30 [6JA], S163-S165 [7JA], S205-S207 [8JA], S301-S303 [12JA], S335, S336 [13JA], S383-S385 [14JA], S594-S596 [15JA], S716-S718 [21JA], S783-S785 [22JA], S823-S825 [26JA], S890-S892 [27JA], S1053-S1055 [29JA], S1122, S1123 [30JA], S1274-S1276 [2FE], S1429-S1431 [3FE], S1539, S1540 [4FE], S1861, S1862 [6FE], S2024-S2026 [9FE], S2073-S2075 [10FE], S2138, S2139 [11FE], S2226-S2228 [12FE], S2317, S2318 [13FE], S2417, S2418 [24FE], S2468, S2469 [25FE], S2555, S2556 [26FE], S2588-S2590 [27FE], S2621, S2622 [2MR], S2689, S2690 [3MR], S2763, S2764 [4MR], S2825, S2826 [5MR], S2864, S2865 [6MR], S2906-S2908 [9MR], S2961-S2963 [10MR], S3020-S3022 [11MR], S3070-S3072 [12MR], S3111, S3112 [16MR], S3159, S3160 [17MR], S3365-S3367 [18MR], S3545-S3547 [19MR], S3606-S3608 [23MR], S3651-S3653 [24MR], S3779-S3781 [25MR], S3892-S3894 [26MR], S3983-S3985 [30MR], S4056-S4058 [31MR], S4166-S4168 [1AP], S4304-S4306 [2AP], S4438, S4439 [20AP], S4507, S4508 [21AP], S4567-S4569 [22AP], S4664-S4666 [23AP], S4718-S4720 [24AP], S4749-S4751 [27AP], S4801-S4803 [28AP], S4886-S4888 [29AP], S4957-S4959 [30AP], S5011-S5013 [1MY], S5062, S5063 [4MY], S5121, S5122 [5MY], S5227, S5228 [6MY], S5276-S5278 [7MY], S5325, S5326 [11MY], S5431 [13MY]

Excerpts

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

Explanations

Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3570), H13439 [2DE]

Factsheets

Catastrophe Obligation Guarantee Act (S. 886), S4730 [27AP]

Letters

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 Centrifuge Plant, Piketon, OH, funding: Barack Obama (2008), S2949 [10MR]

———several Governors, S2948 [10MR]

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

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S2180, S2181 [12FE]

———John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, H622 [28JA]

———John J. Castellani, Business Roundtable (organization), H623 [28JA]

———Peter R. Orszag, OMB, S1394 [3FE]

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

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

Automobile manufacturer restructuring plans: Frederick A. Henderson, General Motors Corp., S6686 [17JN]

———James E. Press, Chrysler LLC, S6687 [17JN]

Chemical and Water Security Act: Robert Namoff, Allied Universal Corp., H12372 [5NO]

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act: James B. Steinberg, Dept. of State, H14926, H14929 [15DE]

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]

Consumer Assistance To Recycle and Save Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, H6348 [9JN]

———Charles E. Bunch, PPG Industries Inc., H6349 [9JN]

———Cody L. Lusk, American International Automobile Dealers Association, H6351 [9JN]

———Dave McCurdy, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, H6349 [9JN]

———David W. Regan, Automobile Dealers Association, H6350 [9JN]

———Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, H6350 [9JN]

———Holly R. Hart, United Steelworkers of America (organization), H6348 [9JN]

———Isabel H. Jasinowski, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., H6350 [9JN]

———Jim Donovan, UAW, H6351 [9JN]

———John Bozzella, Chrysler LLC, H6348 [9JN]

———Ken W. Cole, General Motors Corp., H6348 [9JN]

———Michael E. Wilson, Automotive Recyclers Association, H6350 [9JN]

———Michael G. Morris, Business Roundtable (organization), H6350 [9JN]

———Michael J. Stanton, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, H6350 [9JN]

———Peter Lawson, Ford Motor Co., H6347 [9JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6349 [9JN]

———Stephen B. McDonald, Specialty Equipment Market Association, H6350 [9JN]

———Stephen J. Collins, Automotive Trade Policy Council, H6349 [9JN]

———Terry Metcalf, H6348 [9JN]

———Tim Doran, Ohio Automobile Dealers Association, H6351 [9JN]

———Tim O'Sullivan, Mazda North American Operations, Inc., H6348 [9JN]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H6349 [9JN]

Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act: Dan Mica, Credit Union National Association, E2222 [9SE]

———Fred R. Becker, Jr., National Association of Federal Credit Unions, E2221 [9SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, E2221 [9SE]

———several business organizations, E2220 [9SE]

———Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable (organization), E2222 [9SE]

———Timothy J. Bartl, Center on Executive Compensation, E2222 [9SE]

Defense Production Act reauthorization: Senator Dodd, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S9481 [16SE]

———several Senators, S9482 [16SE]

Dept. of the Treasury and IRS issuance of regulations on deductibility of losses: Senator Grassley, S13879 [23DE]

Dorais Chevrolet (business) dealership closure in connection with General Motors Corp. bankruptcy and restructuring: David and Kay Dorais, H7999 [10JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act tax rebate notification: IRS, S9408 [16SE]

Effect of Dept. of the Interior-administrated oil and gas leasing on military training and readiness in Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dept. of Defense (2005), S6489 [11JN]

Effect of imposing $10 fee on foreign visitors to the U.S.: several foreign diplomats, S9158 [9SE]

Encourage equitable distribution of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to community-based, minority-owned banks as well as national banks: Michael A. Grant, National Bankers Association, E621 [10MR]

———Orson Aguilar and Bob Gnaizda, Greenlining Institute, E620 [10MR]

End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act: Douglas G. Baird, H4281 [1AP]

———Kenneth N. Klee, H4281 [1AP]

———Laurence H. Tribe, H4277-H4279 [1AP]

———Michael J. Gerhardt, H4279 [1AP]

Evaluation of President Obama's economic policies: Emmaline P. Henn, H7999 [10JY]

Exempt certain publicly traded companies from establishing internal financial operations controls and obtaining an outside audit to validate soundness: Benjamin J. McKay III, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, H14725 [10DE]

———Clarke D. Camper, NYSE Euronext (company), H14725 [10DE]

———James C. Greenwood, Biotechnology Industry Organization, H14725 [10DE]

———John Berlau, Competitive Enterprise Institute, H14726 [10DE]

———Stephen Verdier, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H14725 [10DE]

Exempt from compensation standards community banks receiving less than a certain amount of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bank Association, H4299 [1AP]

Extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code: Senators Baucus and Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S13743 [22DE]

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

FCC establishment of broadband policy relative to Internet service providers' ability to manage and restrict network traffic: several corporations, S10619 [21OC]

———several individuals, S10619 [21OC]

FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act: several housing organizations, H9523 [15SE]

Financial Product Safety Commission Act: several organizations, S2978 [10MR]

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, S4738 [27AP]

———Jon Adler, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, S4739 [27AP]

———Joseph E.B. White, Taxpayers Against Fraud (organization), S4739 [27AP]

———Richard Delonis, National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, S4739 [27AP]

———Scott J. Grossfield, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, S4739 [27AP]

Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act: Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H4087 [30MR]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4088 [30MR]

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

———Ron Bloom, H6679 [12JN]

Impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) Republican members, S3744 [25MR]

———John M. Reilly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E919 [21AP]

———Senator Dorgan, S3820 [26MR]

———several Senators, S3820 [26MR]

Implement the worldwide interest allocation for purposes of the foreign tax credit: Thomas K. Jarrett, Deere & Co., S11098 [4NO]

IRS use of private debt collection companies: Mark W. Everson, IRS, S2726 [4MR]

———Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S2726 [4MR]

———Senators Grassley, Schumer, and Harkin, S2727 [4MR]

Local Community Radio Act: Peter Tridish and Carol Pierson, H14906 [15DE]

———Representative Velazquez, H14905 [15DE]

———several individuals, H14906 [15DE]

———several organizations, H14906 [15DE]

———Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, H14907 [15DE]

Maine commercial truck highway safety demonstration program: Anne H. Jordan, Maine Dept. of Public Safety, S9538 [17SE]

———Craig A. Poulin, Maine State Troopers Association, S9539 [17SE]

———John E. Baldacci, Governor of Maine, S9538 [17SE]

———John Runyan, Coalition for Transportation Productivity, S9539 [17SE]

———Patrick J. Fleming, Maine State Police, S9538 [17SE]

———Paul Gaspar, Maine Association of Police, S9539 [17SE]

———Timothy P. Lynch, American Trucking Association, S9539 [17SE]

Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, H5348 [7MY]

———Charles McMillan, National Association of REALTORS, H5186 [6MY]

———Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, H5318 [7MY]

———John A. Courson and David G. Kittle, Mortgage Bankers Association, H5179 [6MY], H5317 [7MY]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5348 [7MY]

———Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5348 [7MY]

Mutual Fund Transparency Act: several individuals, S10857 [28OC]

Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H9363 [9SE]

———Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H9363 [9SE]

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

Physicians with whom Medtronic, Inc., has consulting agreements for INFUSE (medical device): Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S5609 [19MY]

Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5738 [19MY]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H5738 [19MY]

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]

Prohibit distribution of checks or other negotiable instruments as part of a creditor solicitation to extend credit and limit consumer liability in conjunction with such solicitations: several consumer organizations, S8979 [6AU]

Prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock: Representative Sessions, H5005 [30AP]

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

Provide additional transparency for certain financial swaps contracts: Gary Gensler, CFTC, H14717 [10DE]

Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act: Senator Rockefeller, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) and Senator Kohl, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5908 [1JN]

Require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction: Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S7178 [7JY]

Require the CFTC to take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets: Bart Chilton, CFTC, S6457 [10JN]

Require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid: Edward Kleinbard, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S1478 [4FE]

Research and development tax credit extension: several research and technology organizations, S2303 [13FE]

Restore economic rights of automobile dealers: Jane Denney, H8344 [17JY]

Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H13438 [2DE]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H13439 [2DE]

———several Representatives, E2913 [8DE]

SBA Disaster Recovery and Reform Act: Karen Gordon Mills, SBA, S11212 [5NO]

———several Senators, S11212 [5NO]

Small Business Jump Start Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S7195 [7JY]

———Robert Hughes, National Association for the Self-Employed, S7195 [7JY]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S7195 [7JY]

———Todd McCracken, National Small Business Association, S7196 [7JY]

Small Business Tax Relief Act: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S7577 [15JY]

Solar Technology Roadmap Act: R. Gene Gardner, Black Hawk College, H11600 [22OC]

Status of property taxes and liens relative to business property owned by spouse of Representative Solis: Mark J. Saladino and Kathy Waters, Los Angeles County, CA, Treasurer and Tax Collector, S2402 [24FE]

Tax relief for small businesses: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S4867 [29AP]

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]

Travel Promotion Act: Representatives Waxman and Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H11056 [7OC], H12483 [6NO]

———Senators Rockefeller, Klobuchar, and Dorgan, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), H11057 [7OC], H12483-H12485 [6NO]

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Lawrence H. Summers, S570 [15JA], S13077 [12DE]

———Senator Levin, S578 [15JA]

———several organizations, S579, S586 [15JA]

Troubled Asset Relief Program extension: several Representatives, H14484 [10DE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H14441 [9DE]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H14440 [9DE]

———several organizations, H14719, H14720 [10DE]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., proposed building of superstore next to the Wilderness Battlefield: Representatives Poe and Welch, H4721 [23AP]

Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act: Joseph E. Robert, Jr., and Charles G. Boyd, Business Executives for National Security (organization), S5212 [6MY]

———several organizations, S5212 [6MY]

Lists

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

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) bailout beneficiaries, S3581 [19MR]

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]

Metroplex Technology Business Council Tech Titans Award recipients, E2174 [31JY]

National Engineers Week corporate sponsors, H1192 [11FE]

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

Oregonians killed on the job, E1002 [28AP]

Organizations opposing use of budget reconciliation for health care reform and global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S4291 [2AP]

Organizations supporting comparative effectiveness research provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1571 [13FE]

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

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]

Reports and testimonies relating to IRS collection activities, S2727 [4MR]

Sources for the history of health insurance industry, S10977 [2NO]

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

Top lenders responsible for subprime loans, H5278 [6MY]

Memorandums

Affordable Health Care for America Act: Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S11140 [5NO]

EPA Discussion of Scientific Support and Analysis Relative to Human-Induced Climate Change, E1135-E1138 [13MY]

Messages

Economic Report: President Bush, S650-S652 [16JA], H383-H385 [16JA]

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Report: President Bush, S304 [12JA], H170 [13JA]

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]

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), H5369 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), H5550 [13MY]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), S8961, S8962, S8963, S8964 [6AU]

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

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H14800 [11DE]

Income: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (H.R. 3269), H9242 [31JY]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), consideration (H. Res. 846), H11594 [22OC]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2352), H5861 [20MY]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12114 [29OC]

Small Business Investment Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12114 [29OC]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14405, H14406 [9DE]

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

Press releases

Clorox Announces Plans To Begin Transitioning U.S. Operations to High-Strength Bleach: Clorox Co., H12523 [6NO]

Proclamations

Appalachian Leadership Academy, OH, Anniversary: Representative Space, E606 [10MR]

Proposals

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Tiahrt's amendment on signage for a project using stimulus funds, H8592 [23JY]

Quotations

Budget deficit: Bob Packwood, S2092 [11FE]

———Trent Lott, S2092 [11FE]

Regulations

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): rates payable to commercial reporting firms for preparation of Senate hearings transcripts, S3980 [30MR]

Remarks in House

Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (H. Res. 707), H10465-H10468 [6OC], E2501 [8OC]

Aerojet-General Corp.: tribute to Camden, AR, production facility employees, E2634 [26OC]

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, H2950, H2972 [4MR], H3042, H3043 [5MR], H3100 [9MR], H3113, H3133 [10MR], H3430-H3432 [16MR], H3451, H3491-H3504, H3515 [17MR], H3531, H3609, H3622 [18MR], H3722, H3737 [23MR], H3786, H3792, H3794, H3796 [24MR], H3839, H3840, H4004-H4011, H4015-H4017 [25MR], H4051, H4052 [26MR], H4105, H4114-H4116 [30MR], H4222, H4226, H4243 [31MR], H4374, H4391 [1AP], H4405-H4409, H4417-H4421, H4428, H4497 [2AP], H4559-H4565 [21AP], H4588, H4675 [22AP], H4693, H4724-H4728 [23AP], H4766, H4768 [27AP], H4877, H4878 [28AP], H4976 [29AP], H5104, H5146-H5155, H5166 [5MY], H5377, H5384, H5386 [7MY], H5408, H5455, H5460 [12MY], H5555-H5562, H5572-H5575 [13MY], H5586, H5588, H5637 [14MY], H5694 [18MY], H5721, H5768, H5769, H5772-H5779 [19MY], H5805, H5806, H5864, H5880-H5889 [20MY], H5895, H5897, H5898, H5982 [21MY], H6018, H6058-H6060, H6063-H6070 [2JN], H6081, H6085-H6090, H6126, H6132-H6138 [3JN], H6159, H6160 [4JN], H6269, H6270, H6274 [8JN], H6312, H6314, H6317, H6318, H6327, H6336-H6341, H6343, H6344, H6395, H6398-H6400 [9JN], H6419, H6421, H6519, H6529 [10JN], H6542, H6543, H6544, H6598, H6600 [11JN], H6621, H6623 [12JN], H6782, H6785, H6799-H6803 [15JN], H6816, H6819 [16JN], H6908 [17JN], H7026, H7074 [19JN], H7113, H7117-H7121 [23JN], H7150, H7151, H7152 [24JN], H7255, H7256, H7257, H7396 [25JN], H7450, H7452, H7626, H7629-H7644, H7646-H7654, H7659, H7664, H7669-H7672, H7675-H7679, H7685, H7692 [26JN], H7710, H7733-H7738 [7JY], H8013, H8014 [13JY], H8035, H8059, H8060, H8069, H8070 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8288-H8293, H8296 [16JY], H8347 [17JY], H8360 [20JY], H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8438, H8439, H8441, H8443, H8444, H8476-H8486 [21JY], H8687-H8693 [23JY], H8802 [24JY], H8886, H8901 [28JY], H8964 [29JY], H9192, H9193, H9195 [30JY], H9248 [31JY], H9652 [16SE], H9794 [22SE], H12348 [4NO], H13377 [1DE], H13458 [2DE], H13510, H13514 [3DE], H13555, H13617, H13618, H13620, H13624 [8DE], H14809, H14811 [11DE], H15457, H15476, H15481 [16DE], E919 [21AP], E1324 [4JN], E1564 [24JN], E1574, E1631 [26JN], E1659 [7JY], E2923 [10DE]

———suspend global warming pollution emission cap and trade program if unemployment reaches a certain level, H7460 [26JN]

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA): anniversary (H. Res. 472), H6360-H6362 [9JN], E1369 [10JN]

Albuquerque, NM: tribute to solar energy companies, H6418 [10JN]

American Advertising Federation: tribute to National Student Advertising Competition winners, E1311 [4JN]

American Council of Engineering Companies: anniversary (H. Res. 447), H9352, H9353 [9SE], E2211 [9SE], E2230 [10SE]

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.: anniversary, E1379 [11JN]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3415, H3417, H3418, H3423 [16MR], H3446, H3447, H3448, H3449, H3472, H3473, H3475, H3477, H3478, H3505, H3506, H3519 [17MR], H3530, H3532, H3536, H3608, H3610, H3614-H3618, H3620, H3624 [18MR], H3656-H3664, H3687, H3691-H3697 [19MR], H3710-H3712, H3721 [23MR], H3792, H3793, H3812-H3820 [24MR], H4049-H4051 [26MR], H5088 [4MY], H5988 [21MY], H6146 [3JN], H6676-H6678 [12JN], H8032 [14JY], H9256, H9257 [31JY], H11433 [15OC], H11464 [20OC]

———business practices that precipitated Government bailout, H3689 [19MR], H4066 [30MR], H4512 [2AP]

———merits of going into receivership rather than receiving Government bailout funds, H3627-H3629 [18MR]

———use of Government bailout funds to make payments to French banks, H3530 [18MR]

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

———impact of stimulus funding on economy, H8876 [28JY], H9043 [29JY]

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

———implementation in Maine, H9555 [16SE]

———prohibit funding for certain Economic Development Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and NIST programs, H6942, H6943 [17JN]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds, H9809 [23SE], H11520 [21OC]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (H.R. 2182), H5722, H5723, H5768 [19MY], E1261 [21MY]

———require conference report to be available in an electronic form for at least 48 hours prior to approval, H1096-H1102 [10FE], H1253, H1257-H1260 [12FE], H1524, H1525, H1534, H1536, H1538 [13FE], H2817 [25FE]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6594 [11JN]

American Samoa: 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]

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), H8297, H8298 [16JY], H8305, H8316-H8328 [17JY], E256 [12FE], E1845 [20JY], E1857 [21JY], E1953 [24JY]

———improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), consideration (H. Res. 653), H8306-H8313 [17JY]

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: delay sunset (H.R. 2675), H6328, H6330 [9JN]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (H.R. 2695), H10527 [7OC], E1308 [4JN]

———restore rule making it illegal for manufacturers to set a minimum price below which a retailer cannot sell the manufacturer's product (H.R. 3190), E1734 [13JY]

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]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, H2933 [4MR], H3033 [5MR], H3131 [10MR], H3322 [11MR], H5279 [6MY], H7221 [24JN], H9689 [17SE], H14995, H14996 [16DE]

———revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H14443 [9DE]

Armtec Defense Products Co.: anniversary, E235 [10FE]

Art Van Furniture (business): anniversary, E2458 [6OC], E2562 [15OC]

Asian American Hotel Owners Association: anniversary, E2200 [8SE]

AT&T Corp.: tribute to clean energy business model, E661 [12MR], E684 [17MR]

Aviation: address needs of and promote aviation industry through responsible policy, H8685 [23JY]

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

———require that the aircraft used as Air Force One is made in the U.S. by a domestically-owned company (H.R. 680), H506 [26JA]

Bankruptcy: adjust debts of nonbank financial institutions, H14795 [11DE]

Bill Ghent, Inc.: anniversary, E683 [17MR]

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

Blackstock, Scott: SBA Georgia Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1151 [14MY]

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

Bolton & Menk, Inc.: American Council of Engineering Companies Engineering Excellence Award recipient, E1009 [29AP]

Boswell Engineering, Inc.: anniversary, E1070 [6MY]

Brandt, Don: Solar Electric Power Association Utility CEO of the Year award recipient, E2705 [4NO]

Bronx, NY: anniversary of Grand Concourse as preeminent thoroughfare in the borough and an important nexus of commerce and culture for New York, NY (H. Res. 907), H13578, H13579 [8DE]

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

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

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

Butterfield, Representative: conflict of interest due to Congressional Black Caucus membership while leading investigation into corporate sponsorship of Congressional Black Caucus trips to Caribbean, H7732 [7JY]

California: anniversary of Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, E589 [9MR]

Campos Brothers Farms (business): Nisei Farmers League Agriculturalist of the Year Award recipient, E606 [10MR]

Canastra, Raymond: Offshore Mariners Wives' Association Friend of the Fishing Industry Award recipient, E2549 [15OC]

Canastra, Richard: Offshore Mariners Wives' Association Friend of the Fishing Industry Award recipient, E2549 [15OC]

Caterpillar, Inc.: EPA Clean Air Excellence Award recipient, E1145 [13MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: World Trade Center health programs funding, H8760 [24JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: ban on mailings sent by Medicare Advantage providers relative to the effect of health care reform proposals on the quality and cost of such plans, H9810, H9811, H9880 [23SE], H9909, H9911, H9913 [24SE], H9979, H9980 [25SE]

CenturyLink, Inc.: tribute, E2816 [19NO]

CFTC: clarify definitions of ``commercial risk'', ``operating risk'', and ``balance sheet risk'' relative to company eligibility for exception to clearing requirement, H14709 [10DE]

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

Chelsea Lumber Co.: Chelsea, MI, Area Chamber of Commerce Large Business Leadership Award recipient, E321 [24FE]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Garfield Ridge Chamber of Commerce, E3032 [17DE]

China: authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses to promote exports (H.R. 2310), E1105 [7MY]

———investigate effects of drywall imports on foreclosures and availability of property insurance for homes where defective drywall imports are present, H5363, H5364 [7MY]

———U.S. policy, H7831-H7835 [8JY], H11104-H11106 [7OC]

China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO): tribute, E2577 [20OC]

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.: Distribution Business Management Association Circle of Excellence Award recipient, E1334 [8JN]

Cho, Howard: Dept. of Commerce Minority Manufacturer of the Year Award recipient, E2457 [6OC]

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

———proposed merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., H4066 [30MR], H4136 [31MR]

———tribute to Fenton, MO, plant, H2611 [24FE]

Citigroup Inc.: condemn practice of using Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to name Citi Field (baseball park) in Queens, NY, and provide offices to former company executives, H1609 [23FE]

Clean Air Act: reduce mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide emissions (H.R. 1841), H7621 [26JN]

Climate: provide for reduction of greenhouse gases, H4565-H4571 [21AP], H5455-H5460 [12MY], H5874 [20MY]

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act: impact on facilities, H3743 [23MR]

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

Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (H.R. 2548), H6420 [10JN], E1367 [10JN]

Coca-Cola Co.: Bellevue, WA, facility recipient of Washington State Recycling Association Business Generator Recycler of the Year Award, E2372 [25SE]

Colleges and universities: make college more affordable, H4230 [31MR]

Collinsville, IL: anniversary of Plumbers and Gasfitters Local 360, E2791 [17NO]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, H14705-H14709 [10DE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, H6978 [18JN]

———provide for regulation of energy derivatives, H7644, H7647, H7668 [26JN]

Communications Act: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (H.R. 400), E49 [8JA]

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

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

———prohibit passage of further massive spending initiatives for bailout purposes (H. Res. 199), H5491 [13MY]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (H.R. 2111), H5267 [6MY], H5550 [13MY], H5687 [18MY]

Conley, Ann Minzner: Somerset County, NJ, Commission on the Status of Women Business Award recipient, E632 [11MR]

Conservation of energy: encourage energy efficient and environment-friendly building and facility certification programs to incorporate use of mechanical insulation as part of standards and ratings systems, H5106 [5MY]

Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (H. Res. 81), H9517, H9518 [15SE], E2323 [21SE]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish, E2966, E2982 [11DE]

———establish (H.R. 3126), H8391 [20JY], H8590 [23JY], H8712 [24JY]

———limit power if unemployment rate remains at high level, H14491 [10DE]

———permit Federal functional regulator to delegate authority to conduct examinations and enforce consumer protection provisions for financial institutions above a certain asset threshold, H14678 [10DE]

———prohibit mandating disclosures be made in any language other than English, H14491 [10DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Council: establish, H14771-H14776 [11DE]

Consumers: treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit their use in consumer transactions (H.R. 991), E245 [11FE]

Continental Airlines, Inc.: anniversary, E1785 [15JY]

———anniversary (H. Res. 631), H8512 [22JY], H8988-H8990 [29JY], H9167 [30JY], E2132 [31JY]

Contracts: enact certain laws relative to public contracts (H.R. 1107), H5201-H5258 [6MY], E295 [23FE]

———facilitate increased access to Federal contracts by small businesses, H14853 [14DE]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (H.R. 1866), E860 [2AP]

Cooney Faulkner & Stevens, LLC: anniversary, E2856 [1DE]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (H.R. 2344), H6330-H6332 [9JN], E1190 [18MY]

Courts: prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against providers of interactive computer services (H.R. 2765), H6770-H6773 [15JN]

CPSC: study contaminated drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007, H11560 [21OC]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007, H8209 [16JY]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (H.R. 1977), H5363 [7MY]

Credit: effect of mortgage lenders risk-retention on liquidity of the market, H5349 [7MY]

———increase maximum mortgage loan limits for FHA multi-family housing projects with elevators and for extremely high-cost areas (H.R. 3527), H9522-H9525 [15SE]

———preserve consumer choice and access to credit and enhance consumer disclosures (H.R. 2327), H12296 [4NO]

———prohibit steering of mortgage loans, H5349 [7MY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), H5069 [4MY], H5101, H5103, H5104, H5105, H5106, H5138-H5145 [5MY], H5171, H5173, H5179-H5188, H5266 [6MY], H5312, H5325-H5371 [7MY], H5562-H5568 [13MY], E1083, E1085, E1086, E1087, E1106 [7MY], E1129 [12MY], E1131 [13MY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), consideration (H. Res. 400), H5174-H5179 [6MY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), consideration (H. Res. 406), H5313-H5324 [7MY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), corrections in engrossment, H5371 [7MY]

———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), motion to recommit, H5369 [7MY]

———require enhanced disclosure of the consequences of making only minimum required payments in repayment of credit card debt and establish consumer credit counseling and debt management services, H5030, H5031 [30AP], E1043 [30AP]

———require GAO study to ensure that enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan would not restrict access to credit or increase cost of credit for small businesses, H5011, H5012 [30AP]

———require issuers to notify cardholders 30 days before account closure with the closure reason, staying-open options, balance repayment program, and credit score impact, H5031-H5033 [30AP]

———require mortgage originators to present the costs and benefits of each mortgage option in a simple chart and the disclosure be made in writing and signed by the mortgage originator and consumer, H5361, H5362 [7MY]

Credit cards: prevent closure of accounts due to imposition of new fees from negatively impacting credit score, H12314-H12316 [4NO]

———provide safeguards for holders whose accounts were, or are about to be, terminated for inactivity (H.R. 1882), E876 [2AP]

———require creditors to report terms and conditions of business, marketing, promotional, and college affinity card agreements with institutions of higher education and alumni organizations (H.R. 2217), E1035 [30AP]

Crosby, Ralph: Top-Side Aviation Club Boss of the Year award recipient, E1389 [12JN]

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

Cubic Corp.: tribute, E565 [5MR]

Dallas, TX: anniversary of Dallas Chamber of Commerce, E1245 [21MY]

Darden Restaurants, Inc.: tribute, E2381 [29SE]

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

Defense Production Act: reauthorize (S. 1677), H9813-H9819 [23SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H6128 [3JN], H8103 [15JY], H8893 [28JY], H10536 [7OC]

Denton, TX: anniversary of Denton Chamber of Commerce, E593 [9MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify definition of delivery under a Federal milk marketing order and that the producer may not be charged for transportation costs incurred by a handler after raw milk leaves the farm (H.R. 4117), H13471 [3DE]

———consider cost of production when setting milk prices, H5896 [21MY]

———prohibit funding for Beltsville, MD, Agricultural Research Center Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization project, H7822, H7823 [8JY]

Dept. of Commerce: anniversary of Minority Business Development Agency (H. Res. 215), H9526, H9527 [15SE], E2270 [15SE], E2288 [16SE], E2310 [17SE]

———International Trade Administration funding, H6896, H6897 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: acquisition criteria for congressionally directed spending to for-profit entities, H11122 [8OC]

———allow members of Congress access to the contractor performance database, H7362 [25JN]

———debar from contracting any company found to have jeopardized the health or safety of Government personnel or found guilty of contract fraud (H.R. 2825), H6542 [11JN]

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

———extend Arsenal Support Program Initiative, H7365 [25JN]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), conference report, H5907-H5912 [21MY]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), H5898-H5901 [21MY]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), insert H.R. 2101 language in lieu and pass (H. Res. 432), H5524-H5530 [13MY]

———prohibit funding for Argon ST, Inc., torpedo defense development, H9092, H9093 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for earmarks to for-profit entities, H9116, H9117 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Rapid Deployable Shelter project, H9118, H9119 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for various earmarks, H9095 [30JY]

———use cost or price as the predominant factor in solicitations for defense procurement contracts, E1743 [13JY]

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

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, H9086, H9087 [30JY]

———ensure minority-serving institutions are represented on the Solar Technology Roadmap Committee, H11608 [22OC]

———establish a Best-in-Class Appliances Deployment Program (H.R. 1786), E825 [31MR]

———establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles, H9581 [16SE]

———include agricultural and construction nonroad equipment in a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies, H9582, H9583 [16SE]

———include agricultural and construction nonroad equipment in a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application vehicle technologies program, E2327 [22SE]

———joint energy cooperation program to fund eligible ventures between the U.S. and Israeli businesses and academic persons in the national interest, H8121 [15JY]

———Nuclear Power 2010 program funding, H8122, H8123 [15JY]

———nuclear powerplant recycling technologies research funding, H8111-H8113 [15JY]

———support public-private partnerships and industry programs dedicated to overcoming barriers in commercial application of vehicle technologies, H9585, H9586 [16SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program (H.R. 3134), H7950 [10JY], H10074 [30SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: impact of implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H12371 [5NO]

———prohibit funding to modify or revoke Customs and Border Protection ruling relative to admissibility of certain pocketknives, H7171, H7185 [24JN]

———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 implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H12522-H12524 [6NO]

———prohibit the procurement of uniforms and other textile apparel unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced, H723, H724 [28JA]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements and prohibit congressional earmarking of grant programs funding, H12524 [6NO]

Dept. of HUD: give priority consideration in grant funding to mortgage counseling agencies serving areas with high foreclosure rates, H5358, H5359 [7MY]

———include explanation of benefits of mortgage balance pre-payment in consumer education guides, H5360 [7MY]

———Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding, H14676 [10DE]

———prohibit legal assistance or housing counseling grant funding to an organization that has been or employs individuals convicted of Federal election law violations, H5351, H5352 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish a National White Collar Crime Center grants program (H.R. 1292), H5266 [6MY]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), H5106 [5MY], H5260-H5270 [6MY], H5550 [13MY], E1090, E1100 [7MY], E1295-E1300 [3JN]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), Senate amendment, H5686-H5688 [18MY], E1198 [19MY]

———limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (H.R. 1575), H3616 [18MR], H4275-H4283 [1AP]

———prohibit U.S. Attorneys and assistant U.S. Attorneys from acting as or working for corporate monitors for specified periods after their Federal service (H.R. 4283), E2969 [11DE]

Dept. of Labor: 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]

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

Dept. of State: report on effects of Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative with emphasis on border security and economic impact, H6504, H6505 [10JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water supply (H.R. 1945), H7713, H7714 [7JY]

———conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water supply (H.R. 1945), earmark declaration, E1644 [7JY]

———permit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H9903, H9904 [24SE], E2341 [23SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow waiver of tax penalties for failure to disclose reportable transactions, H9319, H9321 [8SE]

———clarify that compensation is money paid, property transferred, or services rendered whether payable before, during, or after employment relative to Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4306-H4309 [1AP]

———clarify use of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance funds for business meetings, events, and incentive travel, H4289 [1AP]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (H.J. Res. 3), H369 [15JA], H447-H468, H475, H476 [22JA], H596 [27JA], H3710 [23MR], E127 [22JA], E133 [23JA], E136 [26JA], E155 [27JA], E174 [2FE]

———distribution of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H4000 [25MR]

———encourage equitable distribution of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to community-based, minority-owned banks as well as national banks, E620 [10MR]

———ensure companies will not be subject to compensation standards as a result of doing business with Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4304 [1AP]

———exempt from compensation standards community banks receiving less than a certain amount of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance, H4299, H4300 [1AP]

———exempt from proposed compensation standards institutions that received Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance prior to enactment of such standards, H4300-H4302 [1AP]

———exempt Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from compensation standards once a repayment agreement has been reached, H4303, H4304 [1AP]

———extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (H.R. 3810), H11357 [14OC]

———Financial Crimes Enforcement Network funding, H8233, H8234 [16JY]

———halt purchase of luxury jet by Citigroup Inc., and require Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients to assist homeowners and small business and limit executive compensation and perks, H605, H606 [28JA]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1047 [9FE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 383), H3847-H3851 [25MR]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H881 [3FE], H928, H1014 [4FE], H1084 [10FE], H3753 [24MR]

———permit immediate repayment of direct capital investments received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 2009), H4553 [21AP]

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

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4231 [31MR], H4257, H4287-H4310 [1AP], H4511 [2AP], E742 [23MR]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), consideration (H. Res. 306), H4262-H4268 [1AP]

———prohibit use of any leftover or repaid Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for any purpose other than deficit reduction, H13555 [8DE], E2972 [11DE]

———prohibit use of corporate business aircraft by companies that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H349 [15JA], H8927 [28JY]

———prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, H5004, H5007 [30AP]

———proposal to form public-private partnerships to purchase certain assets in order to promote economic recovery, H3711 [23MR], H3791 [24MR]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4305, H4306 [1AP]

———pursue every legal means to stay or recoup certain incentive bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and require approval of such payments (H.R. 1577), H3538-H3541 [18MR], H3645, H3652, H3677 [19MR], E735 [23MR]

———recoup bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and prevent Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from making excessive compensation (H. Con. Res. 76), H3665-H3673 [19MR]

———repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H5407 [12MY]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 4170), E3057 [17DE]

———repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1673), H4293 [1AP]

———repeal Troubled Asset Relief Program and apply remainder of funds to deficit reduction, H14492 [10DE], H14801-H14804 [11DE]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction, H8207 [16JY], H14881 [15DE]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (H.R. 2119), H6910 [17JN]

———require certain stock option warrants to be sold at public auction upon repayment of the associated assistance provided under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 3232), E1824 [16JY]

———require Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to include the effect of the program on small businesses in oversight, audits, and reports (H.R. 3179), H9527-H9529 [15SE]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, H3812 [24MR]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (H. Res. 251), H3479 [17MR], H3540 [18MR], H3656, H3694-H3696 [19MR], H3819 [24MR], H5460-H5463, H5466 [12MY], H6147 [3JN], H6676 [12JN], H9256, H9257 [31JY]

———Troubled Asset Relief Program extension, H14494 [10DE]

———Troubled Asset Relief Program oversight, E1740 [13JY]

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

———validity of analysis of financial status of banks as rationale for receipt of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H10463 [6OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle, H5047 [30AP], H9255 [31JY], E1485 [18JN]

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 1550), H4131 [31MR], H4253 [1AP]

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 2751), H6316, H6317, H6345-H6357 [9JN], H14962 [15DE], E1366 [10JN], E1393, E1394 [12JN]

———extend commercial space transportation liability regime (H.R. 3819), H11470-H11472 [20OC], E2632 [26OC]

———impose a sunset provision on airline antitrust immunity, H5916, H5920-H5925 [21MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), H9233-H9240, H9250 [31JY], H10503, H10504 [6OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify responsibility to verify the veteran status of owners of small business concerns listed in the database maintained by the Dept., H12157 [2NO]

———improve acquisition practices (H.R. 4221), E2908 [8DE]

Diseases: public misconceptions about H1N1 influenza virus, H10073 [30SE]

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

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

Dow Chemical Co.: responsibility for injuries resulting from Union Carbide Corp., chemical accident at Bhopal, India plant, E2895 [7DE]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: anniversary, E2373 [25SE]

Dua, Baldeep: Union County, NJ, Commission on the Status of Women Entrepreneurial Award recipient, E748 [24MR]

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.: tribute, E2506 [13OC]

Eastern Airlines, Inc.: history, E2712 [4NO]

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

Economy: address decline in stock market, H3068 [6MR]

———authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers, H278, H285 [14JA], E6 [6JA]

———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], H4264 [1AP], 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]

———create Economic Disaster Area designation to aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, H4256 [1AP], E765 [25MR]

———economic effect of green business practices, E1537 [23JN]

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

———establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts (H.R. 826), E181 [3FE]

———establish a select committee to make a thorough and complete investigation of the causes of the current financial crisis and other matters (H. Res. 345), H4553 [21AP], H5687 [18MY]

———Federal Government control versus free enterprise, H9646-H9653 [16SE], H12278-H12285 [3NO], 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]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, H53, H55-H63 [7JA], H76-H81 [8JA], H144, H155 [9JA], H188-H191 [13JA], H508, H510, H514 [26JA], H879 [3FE], H1014, H1032, H1034 [4FE], H1068 [9FE], H1148 [10FE], H2838 [26FE], H4107 [30MR], H4755, H4760 [27AP], H4844 [28AP], H5276-H5278 [6MY], H6055 [2JN], H7735 [7JY], H9470 [14SE], H10043 [29SE], H13457 [2DE], H14951 [15DE]

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

———impact of free enterprise economic system, H5568-H5572 [13MY], H9990-H9993 [25SE], H11776 [26OC]

———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]

———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]

———limit compensation for executives at companies that receive Federal bailout funds, H155 [9JA]

———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, H55-H60 [7JA], 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], H9309 [8SE], 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 financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H13554, H13555, H13556 [8DE], H14377, H14379, H14418-H14442 [9DE], H14448, H14450, H14496, H14650-H14738, H14740 [10DE], H14747-H14804, H14808 [11DE], H14849, H14872, H14873 [14DE], H14884, H14887 [15DE], E2937, E2943 [10DE], E2966, E2969, E2970, E2971, E2972, E2973, E2974, E2975, E2976, E2977, E2979, E2980, E2982, E2983, E2984 [11DE], E2985, E2991, E2993, E2994 [14DE], E3004, E3008, E3013 [15DE], E3019, E3029, E3053 [17DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration (H. Res. 956), H14408-H14417 [9DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration (H. Res. 964), H14487-H14496 [10DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), motion to recommit, H14801-H14804 [11DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), unanimous-consent agreement, H14418 [9DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance understanding of insurance issues, and regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration—same-day consideration (H. Res. 962), H14480-H14487 [10DE]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H8437 [21JY]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., H12267-H12272 [3NO]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S. (H.R. 3310), E1965-E1967 [24JY]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, H10526 [7OC], H11433 [15OC], H11559 [21OC], H11731 [23OC], H11764 [26OC], H13469 [3DE], H15474 [16DE]

———require companies receiving Federal bailout funds to disclose executive compensation, H334 [15JA]

———suspend capital gains tax, schedule Government-sponsored enterprises for privatization, repeal Full Employment Act, and suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements, H3516, H3520 [17MR]

Education: provide distance learning to potential and existing entrepreneurs (H.R. 1807), H8915, H8916 [28JY]

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

———stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (H.R. 2710), E1340 [8JN]

Elan Corp.: anniversary, E2350 [23SE]

Electric power: rates, H9195 [30JY]

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

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

———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]

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

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

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

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

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

Enstrom Helicopter Corp.: anniversary, E2982 [11DE]

Environmental Tectonics Corp.: anniversary, E2349, E2350 [23SE]

EPA: impact of release of endangerment findings on greenhouse gases and proposed regulation under the Clean Air Act on construction of a coal gasification plant in Waltonville, IL, E3028 [17DE]

———prohibit funding to implement notice of proposed rulemaking on endangerment findings on greenhouse gases and proposed regulation under the Clean Air Act, H7394 [25JN]

———release of endangerment findings on greenhouse gases and proposed regulation under the Clean Air Act, H5172 [6MY], H7929 [9JY], H13554, H13613-H13615 [8DE], H14815 [11DE], H14946 [15DE], E2923 [10DE], E2983 [11DE]

Evansville, IN: anniversary of Old National Bank, E2735 [6NO]

FAA: improve airline safety and pilot training (H.R. 3371), H11328-H11338 [14OC], E2539 [15OC]

———initiate rulemaking process to determine whether Westchester County, NY, Airport can reinstate limits on overnight aircraft operations, H5975 [21MY]

———require biennial inspections of foreign aircraft repair stations, H5916, H5921, H5923, H5927 [21MY]

———require commercial airlines provide passengers notification of flight status by text message or e-mail, H5968, H5969 [21MY]

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]

Family and Medical Leave Act: 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]

———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]

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

FBI: authorize additional appropriations to enhance ability to stop mortgage fraud, H5264 [6MY]

FCC: broadband policy on neutrality, H13073 [18NO]

———establish broadband policy and conduct public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services (H.R. 3458), H10123 [30SE]

———establish broadband policy relative to Internet service providers' ability to manage and restrict network traffic, H10043 [29SE], H10525 [7OC], H11305 [14OC]

———implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (H.R. 1147), H14903-H14907 [15DE], H15473 [16DE]

FDA: define term ``first applicant'' for purposes of filing an abbreviated application for a new drug (H.R. 3777), E2487 [8OC]

FDIC: conduct risk-based assessments of financial companies as necessary to pay any shortfall in the Troubled Asset Relief Program that would add to the national debt, H14749, H14750 [11DE]

———provide enhanced authority to act as receiver for certain affiliates of depository institutions, H14675 [10DE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide authority for Inspectors General to subpoena former agency employees, agency contractors, and employees of contractors for testimony (H.R. 3848), E2579 [20OC]

———require an annual report on contract oversight, H7362 [25JN]

Federal Credit Union Act: anniversary (H. Res. 556), H9357-H9359 [9SE], E2254 [14SE], E2265 [15SE]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to distribution of the drug dextromethorphan (H.R. 1259), H4086, H4087 [30MR]

FedEx Corp.: tribute, H752 [28JA]

FEMA: risk map production solicitation, H7182 [24JN]

Financial institutions: allow banks to pay interest to business checking accounts, H14737 [10DE]

———authorize depository institutions and holding companies to lease foreclosed property held by such institutions and companies (H.R. 2529), H6371 [9JN], H8971-H8973 [29JY]

———awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H6665 [12JN]

———clarify definition of ``major swap participant'' in order to protect end users who do not pose a systemic risk, H14713, H14714 [10DE]

———clarify financing for Systemic Dissolution Fund comes exclusively from financial industry assets, H14760, H14761 [11DE]

———eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money services businesses and enhance availability of transaction accounts (H.R. 2893), E1449 [17JN]

———exempt nondepository captive finance companies from standards set for depository insititutions, H14431 [9DE]

———Federal preemption of State consumer financial laws, H14493 [10DE]

———grant CFTC and SEC authority to ban abusive swaps, disregard balance sheet risk relative to bona fide hedging end users, and ensure illegal swaps are rendered invalid, H14718-H14721 [10DE], E3008 [15DE]

———grant CFTC and SEC authority to set a margin or collateral requirement for swaps and security-based swaps involving end users, H14715, H14716 [10DE]

———handling of foreclosure crisis, H5562 [13MY], H12266-H12271 [3NO]

———limit financial institutions and major swap participants to certain ownership percentage in derivatives clearing organizations, H14711, H14712 [10DE]

———provide additional transparency for certain swaps contracts, H14716-H14718 [10DE], E3008 [15DE]

———require mortgage lenders participating in Making Home Affordable Program to report monthly to the Dept. of the Treasury, H14722, H14723 [10DE]

———require swap dealers and major participants to execute their standardized swaps on exchanges or swap execution platforms, H14493 [10DE]

———tribute to Texas banks for hurricane recovery loans, E1756 [14JY]

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

Financial Services Oversight Council: ensure that non-voting members are not excluded from meetings or discussions, H14737 [10DE]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows, H6588 [11JN]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (H.R. 1080), H9750-H9755 [22SE], E276 [13FE]

Foreign trade: access of U.S. business to markets, H5691 [18MY], H9196 [30JY]

———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]

———U.S. deficit, H1013 [4FE], H5450 [12MY], H8557 [22JY], H9309 [8SE]

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp.: tribute, E2865 [2DE]

FRS: determine that regulations for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan will not result in reduction in availability of credit to small businesses, H5039, H5040 [30AP]

Galveston, TX: tribute to Chamber of Commerce, E2595 [21OC]

———tribute to community banks for recovery loans made to residents after Hurricane Ike, E1790 [15JY]

GAO: expand study of certain mortgage regulations to include effect on consumer and small business credit availability and affordability, H5360, H5361 [7MY]

———study Dept. of Transportation policies on approving international alliances between domestic and foreign air carriers and granting antitrust exemptions connected to such alliances (H.R. 831), E190 [3FE]

———study effect of venture capital ownership restrictions on participation in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H7773, H7774 [8JY]

———study effectiveness of certain legislation in growing and assisting veteran owned businesses, H5854 [20MY]

———study effects of AID use of waivers under the Buy American Act for HIV test kits on U.S.-based manufacturers and availability of HIV test kits for at-risk populations in low-income countries, H6496, H6497 [10JN]

———study feasibility of optional, premium-based additional coverage for securities investors to protect against fraud, H14490 [10DE]

General Motors Corp.: address impact of restructuring agreement on pension payments, H8197 [16JY]

———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]

Golden Heritage Foods, LLC: Van Wert, OH, Enterprise of the Year award recipient, E1505 [19JN]

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: posting of quarterly profits, H11385 [15OC]

Goodrich Aerostructures: anniversary, E2460 [6OC]

Government: exit strategy from Government ownership of private entities, H8406 [20JY]

———impact of Federal Government competition against private sector relative to flood insurance program, H8348 [17JY]

———prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain companies convicted of felonies (H.R. 3679), H10489 [6OC]

———Recovery.gov website redesign funding, H8032 [14JY], H8104 [15JY]

———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]

Government regulations: clarify requirement relative to publicly traded companies establishing internal financial operations controls and obtaining an outside audit to validate soundness, H14723-H14726 [10DE]

Grabau, James: Master Builders of Iowa (organization) Build Iowa Award recipient, E1037 [30AP]

Grant, Hugh: Keystone Center (organization) Leadership Award for Leadership in Industry, H6785 [15JN]

Greater Houston Partnership (organization): anniversary, E5 [6JA]

Grosso, Gina: National Association of Women Business Owners Beyond the Glass Ceiling Award recipient, E2643 [27OC]

Guerra, Encarnacion A. (Carny): Junior Achievement of South Texas (organization) Laredo Business Hall of Fame inductee, E1045 [4MY]

Harrell, Paul: Missouri Association of School Business Officials School Business Official of the Year award recipient, E1466 [17JN]

Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops (business): tribute, E591 [9MR]

Health: allow competition in the biosimilar and interchangeable biological products industry, H12888, H12890, H12891, H12896, H12897, H12899, H12914, H12915 [7NO], E2755 [9NO]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers, H12889 [7NO]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (H.R. 3596), E2318 [17SE]

———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]

———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]

———purchase, replenish, and expand Federal and State stockpiles of influenza vaccines, antiviral drugs, masks, ventilators and vaccine delivery devices, H5618 [14MY]

Health care facilities: ensure that private for-profit nursing homes affected by major disasters receive the same reimbursement as public nursing homes (H.R. 1494), E659 [12MR]

Health care professionals: exempt from Federal antitrust laws in negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers (H.R. 1493), E655 [12MR]

Heavy Construction Systems Specialists (HCSS), Inc.: inclusion in Wall Street Journal list of top small business workplaces, H11272 [13OC]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (H. Res. 314), H10088-H10090 [30SE]

Hodgdon Yachts Inc.: tribute, H6543 [11JN]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H5466 [12MY], H8344 [17JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 257), H3645-H3653 [19MR]

———prohibit classification of earmarks as programmatic requests in order to circumvent earmark declaration process, H9082, H9083 [30JY]

———prohibit earmarks to for-profit entities, H15000-H15002 [16DE]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, H1161 [11FE], H1625 [23FE], H2966 [4MR], H5084 [4MY], H5105 [5MY]

———aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis, H302 [14JA], H3486-H3491 [17MR]

———reduce eviction grace period for renters of certain properties in foreclosure and clarify circumstances of acceleration of debt repayment, H5353, H5354 [7MY]

Houston, TX: ship channel dredging funding, H4750 [27AP]

Hungary: condemn awarding of national radio licenses to politically-connected companies and encourage respect for rule of law, fair treatment of foreign investors, and maintenance of a free and independent press (H. Res. 915), H13563-H13567 [8DE]

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

———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]

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

Income: prohibit regulations requiring the recovery of incentive based executive compensation, H9225-H9227 [31JY]

———provide shareholders with a non-binding vote on executive compensation (H.R. 3351), E2022 [27JY]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (H.R. 3269), H9213-H9233, H9240-H9244 [31JY], E2022 [27JY], E2220 [9SE]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (H.R. 3269), consideration (H. Res. 697), H9211-H9213 [31JY]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions (H.R. 3269), motion to recommit, H9242 [31JY]

———require disclosure of persons or organizations funding activities to influence shareholders votes, H9242 [31JY]

India: anniversary of Union Carbide Corp., chemical accident at plant in Bhopal, E2895 [7DE]

Indiana: tribute to Northwest Indiana Business and Industry Hall of Fame honorees, E604 [10MR]

Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc.: anniversary of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, E2585 [20OC]

Information technology: improve effectiveness of Government collection, analysis, and dissemination of business information using modern interactive data technologies, H14838 [14DE]

Insurance: establish standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage, improve transparency and accountability, and establish Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight (H.R. 2427), H6144 [3JN]

———establish that insurance documents issued to the public must be written clearly, H8491 [21JY]

———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]

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

———prohibit gender rating in the group and individual markets for health insurance coverage, E2836 [19NO]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities, H5128 [5MY]

———require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to plan sponsors and clearly communicated to plan participants and beneficiaries (H.R. 1253), H4087, H4088 [30MR], H5128 [5MY], E820 [31MR]

———streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (H.R. 2571), H9360 [9SE]

Intellectual property: improve management, coordination, and effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property rights enforcement, H10436 [1OC]

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

Internet: prevent transformation into a tool of censorship and surveillance, promote freedom of expression, and restore confidence in the integrity of U.S. businesses (H.R. 2271), H7690 [26JN], H11548 [21OC], E1327 [4JN]

Interstate compacts: allow establishment for the purpose of expanding health insurance options, H12849 [7NO]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (H.R. 1327), H4970 [29AP], H5313 [7MY], H9703 [17SE], H10065 [29SE], H11191-H11195, H11267 [13OC], H11302 [14OC], H13036 [17NO], H14941 [15DE], E884 [2AP], E2519, E2522, E2526, E2528, E2532 [14OC], E2554 [15OC], E2569 [16OC]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items, H3418 [16MR]

———prohibit executive departments from entering into or renewing procurement contracts with persons that export certain computer or telecommunications technologies to Iran (H.R. 3284), H11548 [21OC]

J & J Farm (business): anniversary, E2253 [14SE]

Johnson Matthey, Inc.: anniversary, E1591 [26JN]

Joliet, IL: tribute to Empress Casino, E1802 [15JY]

Junior Achievement of Western Kentucky, Inc.: anniversary, E2196 [8SE]

Kansas City Animal Health Corridor: recognize region (H. Res. 317), H9509-H9513 [15SE], E2280 [16SE]

Kayem Foods, Inc.: anniversary, E1724 [10JY]

Kent, Lisa: Somerset County, NJ, Commission on the Status of Women Entrepreneur Award recipient, E619 [10MR]

Kentucky Space (nonprofit organization): tribute to partnership with NASA, E2857 [1DE]

Knoxville Utilities Board: tribute, H506 [26JA]

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]

Lance, Inc.: tribute, H475 [22JA]

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

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: anniversary of bankruptcy filing, H9496 [15SE]

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

Liechtenstein: tax and financial crime enforcement, E2970 [11DE]

Limbaugh, Rush: potential purchase of ownership interest in St. Louis Rams (football team), H11270 [13OC]

Little Caesars Enterprises, Inc.: anniversary, E942 [22AP], E1079 [6MY]

Madison County, OH: anniversary of Madison County Chamber of Commerce, E807 [30MR]

Mahoning County, OH: tribute to Mahoning Valley area for Site Selection (publication) ranking as a mid-sized metropolitan area for business attraction and expansion, H3531 [18MR]

Marlborough, MA, Regional Chamber of Commerce: anniversary, E2363 [24SE]

Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties: anniversary, E1727 [10JY]

Medicare: preserve access to ambulance services (H.R. 2443), E1158 [14MY]

Mejia, Carlos V.: Junior Achievement of South Texas (organization) Laredo Business Hall of Fame inductee, E1047 [4MY]

Mesquite, TX: tribute to Women in Service and Enterprise Award Luncheon and Style Show, E898 [21AP]

Metroplex Technology Business Council: tribute to Tech Titans Award recipients, E2174 [31JY]

Meyer, Russ: National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee (H. Res. 719), H11340, H11341 [14OC]

Michigan City, IN: anniversary of Safe Harbor school-based mentoring program, H169 [13JA]

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

Minimum wage: level, H8712 [24JY]

Minnesota: tribute to small town community banks, E1127 [12MY]

Minnesota High Tech Association: tribute to Tekne Award recipients, H11763 [26OC]

Moffitt, Christopher H.: Time (publication) Dealer of the Year Award recipient, E1323 [4JN]

Monroe County, FL: concerns of constituents, H11271 [13OC]

Morris, Johnny L.: Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (organization) Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award recipient, E2426 [1OC]

Morris Tomorrow (organization): anniversary, E765 [25MR]

Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act: require the FRS to certify provisions of such Act would not reduce availability or increase the price of credit for qualified mortgages, H5357, H5358 [7MY]

———strike certain provisions relating to high-cost mortgages, H5359 [7MY]

Motor vehicles: allow automobile rental industry to finance debt secured by car fleets as well as with unsecured commercial paper, H287 [14JA]

———allow third-party arbitration to terminate automobile dealership franchises with General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC, H14459 [10DE]

———amend definition of commercial motor vehicle to exclude certain farm vehicles (H.R. 3275), E1862 [21JY]

———exempt auto dealers from regulation by Consumer Financial Protection Agency, H14750, H14751 [11DE]

———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]

———increase new vehicle corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and establish a national carbon emission reduction program, H5769 [19MY]

———prohibit certain restraints of competition adversely affecting automobile dealers (H.R. 3450), H9263 [31JY]

———promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles, H299 [14JA], H3500 [17MR]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (H.R. 2057), E2591 [21OC]

———require a large majority of automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol or methanol, or biodiesel, H299 [14JA]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers, H6784 [15JN], H8193, H8195, H8207-H8209, H8215 [16JY], H8344 [17JY], H9259, H9260 [31JY], H10503 [6OC], H14475-H14479, H14738 [10DE], E1825 [16JY], E1829 [17JY], E1904 [23JY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (H.R. 2743), H6314 [9JN], H6523 [10JN], H6594 [11JN], H8070 [14JY], H10056, H10057 [29SE], E1862 [21JY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (H.R. 2796), E1862 [21JY]

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 Academy of Engineering: provide study on improving the accuracy of the collection of oil, condensate, and natural gas royalties from Federal and Indian land leases (H.R. 1462), E657 [12MR]

National Association Management Group: tribute, E140 [26JA]

National Boating Day: observance (H. Res. 410), H6366-H6368 [9JN], E1361 [10JN]

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 Council of Asian American Business Associations: tribute, E2505 [13OC]

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: observance, E2429 [1OC], E2649 [28OC]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 797), H11477-H11479 [20OC], E2595 [21OC], E2617 [22OC]

National Dairy Month: support goals (H. Res. 507), H8367-H8369 [20JY]

National Franchisee Association: tribute, E140 [26JA]

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

National Labor Relations Act: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees (H.R. 2732), H6311 [9JN]

National Miner's Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 208), E2707 [4NO]

National objectives: 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]

National Save for Retirement Week: observance, H11520 [21OC]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 662), H9245 [31JY]

National September 11 Memorial: call for use of domestic granite in construction, H14808 [11DE]

National Small Business Week: observance, H5721 [19MY], H5805, H5807 [20MY], E1202, E1203 [19MY], E1323 [4JN]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act: improve process of reallocation of spectrum from Federal Government uses to commercial uses (H.R. 3019), E1560 [24JN]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance, H5588 [14MY]

National Work Zone Awareness Week: observance, E843 [1AP]

Nebraska: tribute to Third District Excellence in Economic Development Award recipients, E2116 [31JY]

NeighborWorks America (organization): foreclosure rescue scam awareness funding, H5352, H5353 [7MY]

Nelson, Bart: Seattle Business (publication) Top Innovators and Entrepreneurs award recipient, E2910 [8DE]

Nesbitt-Good, Kimberly: Union County, NJ, Commission on the Status of Women Business Award recipient, E757 [24MR]

Network Journal: tribute to Black Women in Business Honorees, E675 [16MR], E698 [18MR]

Nevada County Association of Realtors: anniversary, E3068 [23DE]

New London County, CT: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act grant money released to Willimantic Savings Institute to provide new jobs, H14882 [15DE]

New Source Broadband Co.: tribute, E635 [11MR]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), H4387 [1AP], H8760 [24JY], H9303 [8SE], H9373 [9SE], H12324 [4NO], E201 [4FE]

NI Industries, Inc.: anniversary, E1272 [2JN]

Nintendo of America, Inc.: Business Week (publication) best company in the world honoree, E2615 [22OC]

Numonyx, Inc.: establishment of North American headquarters in Folsom, CA, E3044 [17DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H2986 [5MR], H6315, H6393-H6400 [9JN], H6599 [11JN], H7998 [10JY], H8193, H8194, H8294, H8297, H8299, H8300 [16JY], H8394 [20JY], H8431, H8438, H8485 [21JY], H8582, H8583 [22JY], H9485 [14SE], H9500 [15SE], H9720-H9722 [17SE], H9947 [24SE], H9964 [25SE], H11776 [26OC], H11821, H11823 [27OC]

———proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, H7115 [23JN], H8414 [21JY], H8589 [23JY], H8812 [27JY], H9496 [15SE]

Ocala Recycling Co.: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS) certification recipient, H13116 [18NO]

O'Fallon Casting LLC: anniversary, E2592 [21OC]

Ohio: economic impact of ailing automobile industry, H6595 [11JN]

Orange County, VA: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., proposed building of superstore next to the Wilderness Battlefield, H3644 [19MR], H4720 [23AP], H5083 [4MY]

Oregon: tribute to Central Lincoln People's Utility District, E2773 [16NO]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H93 [9JA], H1071-H1073 [9FE], H2610 [24FE], H3127 [10MR], H6337 [9JN], H6533 [10JN], H9248 [31JY], H10490 [6OC], H11114 [8OC]

Pearl Road Auto Parts and Wrecking (business): construction of wind turbine to generate energy for business operations, E1190 [18MY]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H6682 [12JN]

———gasoline price levels, H5462 [12MY]

———reduce price of gasoline through offshore drilling, increased construction and investment in refineries, Federal fuel tax suspension, and free trade promotion (H.R. 2631), E1247 [21MY]

Pharmaceuticals: lower prescription drug prices, H13272 [19NO]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, H12889 [7NO]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (H.R. 163), E5 [6JA]

PING Inc.: anniversary, E859 [2AP]

Pizza 4 Patriots (organization): tribute, E2078 [29JY]

Populist Caucus: formation and agenda, H4227-H4233 [31MR]

Power resources: advanced battery research and development funding, H6531, H6532 [10JN]

———authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (H.R. 3709), E2434 [1OC]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11488 [20OC], H11596-H11622 [22OC], E2622 [23OC], E2646 [28OC], E2673 [29OC]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), consideration (H. Res. 846), H11587-H11595 [22OC]

———freeze solar energy technologies funding, H11606-H11608 [22OC]

———prohibit transfer or receipt of carbon credit derivatives, H7646 [26JN]

———proposed elimination of tax incentives for exploration, development, or production of oil and natural gas, H2933 [4MR], H3057 [6MR], H3111 [10MR]

———use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, H12060, H12066 [29OC]

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information, E2150 [31JY]

———protect commercial and government data from data breaches (H. Con. Res. 193), H11772 [26OC]

———protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (H.R. 2221), H13586-H13591 [8DE]

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: oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H3975, H3977 [25MR]

Puget Sound Energy (company): EPA and Dept. of Energy Energy Star Program Partner of the Year award recipient, E1032 [30AP]

Queens, NY: prohibit funding for Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Jamaica Export Center, H6960, H6961 [17JN]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (H.R. 848), H6331, H6332 [9JN], E202 [4FE]

Railway Labor Act: shift coverage of certain express carrier employees to regulation under the National Labor Relations Act, H5923, H5924, H5928 [21MY]

Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (H. Res. 150), H14894-H14896 [15DE], E3026 [17DE]

Ready Mixed Cement Co.: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Green-Star Certification award recipient, H14946 [15DE]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (H.R. 4288), E2973 [11DE]

Reap, John: Metrocrest, TX, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E189 [3FE]

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]

———promote development and use of marine renewable energy technologies, H8119 [15JY]

———promote development and use of marine renewable energy technologies (H.R. 2148), E1003 [28AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H13454 [2DE]

Roderick, Janet M.: National Association of Small Business Centers Maine State Star Award recipient, E3047 [17DE]

Safety Center Inc.: anniversary, E2377 [25SE]

Saunders Yachtworks (company): anniversary, E1104 [7MY]

SBA: add photonics technology to list of targeted business sectors qualified to receive grants under the Small Business Early-Stage Investment Program, H12104 [29OC]

———allow for repayment of loans to small construction companies to be deferred, H12109 [29OC]

———allow veterans business centers to receive grants to develop specialized entrepreneurial programs that assist unemployed veterans, reservists, and surviving spouses, H5855 [20MY]

———eligibility of companies backed with venture capital under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H7749-H7751, H7757-H7763 [8JY]

———ensure individuals with loan application evaluation and underwriting responsibilities have a certain level of experience, H12111 [29OC]

———ensure that loans may be used to purchase facilities and equipment that may have been left behind by closed manufacturing plants, H12079 [29OC]

———establish a program to provide business counseling and entrepreneurial development assistance to members of the Armed Forces, H5858, H5859 [20MY]

———establish Microenterprise Training Center Program, H5856 [20MY]

———establish Veterans Business Center program, H5816, H5845, H5846, H5857, H5858 [20MY]

———establish Veterans Business Center program (H.R. 1803), H8912-H8915 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———establish Youth Entrepreneurs Program, H12107, H12108 [29OC]

———give priority for business stabilization loans to small businesses located in cities with high unemployment rates, H12071 [29OC]

———give priority to veterans applying for New Market Venture Capital Program grants, H12072 [29OC]

———improve disaster relief programs (H.R. 3743), H12471-H12473 [6NO]

———increase loan guarantee on qualifying loans for veteran-owned small businesses, H12105, H12106 [29OC]

———modernize Small Business Development Centers, H5845 [20MY]

———modernize Small Business Development Centers (H.R. 1845), H12473-H12477 [6NO]

———modify criteria of operation for Capital Backstop Program, H12111 [29OC]

———pay claim of any lender who follows the applicable requirements of the National Lender Training Program, H12101 [29OC]

———prohibit direct loans to private small businesses unable to secure loans through private lenders, H12072 [29OC]

———prohibit funding for Montgomery County, MD, Green Businesss Incubator project, H8245-H8247 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc., Greenstone Group project, H8243 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for Pittsburgh, PA, Life Sciences Greenhouse, H8253, H8254 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for University of West Georgia small business incubator project, H8239-H8241 [16JY]

———provide assistance to motor vehicle dealers, H5820 [20MY]

———provide financing to support early-stage small businesses in targeted industries, H12111 [29OC]

———provide financing to support early-stage small businesses in targeted industries (H.R. 3738), H13081-H13084 [18NO]

———provide small businesses with information and technical assistance if they face cost increases as a result of taxes on carbon emissions, H5861 [20MY]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (H.R. 1842), H13079-H13081 [18NO], E2825 [19NO]

———require district offices to establish marketing plan for rural businesses on financing and investment alternatives, designate a rural business outreach specialist, and host outreach seminars, H12102, H12103 [29OC]

———require release of regulations for participation in the Renewable Energy Capital Investment Program and progress reports on expansion, H12102 [29OC]

———small business development centers funding to assist small manufacturers transitioning into growth sectors, H5859, H5860 [20MY]

———study whether certain new costs and taxes imposed on small businesses negatively impact timely repayment of loans, H12114, H12115 [29OC]

———University of Texas at Brownsville International Trade Center funding, E1834 [17JY]

Schoettler, Dave: Madera, CA, Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E2223 [9SE]

Schoettler, Tom: Madera, CA, Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E2223 [9SE]

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.: anniversary, E2541 [15OC]

Sears, Fred, II: Goldey-Beacom College Ethics in Business Award recipient, E541 [4MR]

SEC: delegate regulation of investment advisers to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, H14747, H14748 [11DE]

———establish an Investor Advisory Committee (H.R. 3318), E1943 [24JY]

———funding, H8193, H8209 [16JY]

———prohibit creation of new private right of action against credit rating agencies, H14680-H14682 [10DE]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities and suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (H.R. 1406), H3112 [10MR], E613 [10MR]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (H.R. 302), H3068 [6MR]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings, H14679 [10DE]

———suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles, H4512 [2AP]

Securities: constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in corporations (H.J. Res. 57), H7256 [25JN]

———make technical corrections and conforming amendments to Federal securities laws relative to repeal of Public Utility Holding Company Act (H.R. 2947), H9524-H9526 [15SE]

———prohibit the Federal Government from holding security interests (H.R. 4118), E2821 [19NO]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 3795), E2705 [4NO]

Service Corps of Retired Executives: tribute, E1216 [20MY]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: clarify that servicemembers and their dependents have a private course of action for violations of their rights, H7337 [25JN]

———provide enforcement of rights afforded under Act, H12159 [2NO]

Sherwin-Williams, Inc.: anniversary, E2405 [30SE]

Ships and vessels: improve weight percent standards relative to prohibition on the rebuilding of any vessel overseas, H11626, H11627 [22OC]

Sierra Pacific Industries: impact of Government regulations on closure of Quincy, CA, sawmill, H2892 [3MR]

Small business: allow companies to choose asset depreciation schedule that best suits their individual business, H12070, H12071 [29OC]

———authorize certain debt refinancing (H.R. 2527), E1219 [20MY]

———codify certain laws as a title to the U.S. Code (H.R. 1983), E904 [21AP]

———congratulate on-premises sign industry for contributions to success of small businesses (H. Res. 298), H4369, H4370 [1AP]

———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]

———encourage awareness of energy saving techniques and programs, H5853, H5854 [20MY]

———health insurance coverage, H8886, H8888 [28JY]

———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]

———improve access to credit, H3614 [18MR]

———modernize small business investment companies, H12075, H12076 [29OC]

———provide for improved long-term financing of small business concerns by certified development companies, H12075 [29OC]

———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]

———support women's entrepreneurial efforts, H12987 [16NO]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch, H14449 [10DE]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2352), H5805, H5807, H5842-H5863 [20MY], E1225, E1251, E1263 [21MY], E1323 [4JN]

———amend (H.R. 2352), consideration (H. Res. 457), H5815-H5823 [20MY]

———amend (H.R. 2352), corrections in engrossment, H5863 [20MY]

———amend (H.R. 2352), motion to recommit, H5861 [20MY]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12074-H12117 [29OC], E2680 [2NO], E2691 [3NO], E2706 [4NO], E2754 [9NO]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (H. Res. 875), H12069-H12074 [29OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), motion to recommit, H12114, H12115 [29OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1541), H3468, H3469 [17MR], E741 [23MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), H9819-H9821 [23SE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), Senate amendment, H10021 [29SE]

Small Business Financing and Investment Act: sunset programs at the end of authorization or after 5 years, H12108 [29OC]

Small Business Investment Act: improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), H12074-H12117 [29OC], E2680 [2NO], E2691 [3NO], E2706 [4NO], E2754 [9NO]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), consideration (H. Res. 875), H12069-H12074 [29OC]

———improve programs providing access to capital (H.R. 3854), motion to recommit, H12114, H12115 [29OC]

———prohibit use of Small Business Early-Stage Investment Program funds for earmarks, H12103, H12104 [29OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1541), H3468, H3469 [17MR], E741 [23MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), H9819-H9821 [23SE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), Senate amendment, H10021 [29SE]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (H.R. 3306), E1916 [24JY]

———establish AmeriCare program to assure health insurance coverage to all residents (H.R. 193), E22 [6JA]

———prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (H.R. 2028), H4691 [23AP]

Solar energy: strengthen research and development strategies to assist in commercialization of solar technologies, H11609-H11612 [22OC]

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council: impact of regulations, H13117 [18NO]

Supervalu, Inc.: tribute to accreditation by Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, E2266 [15SE]

Taxation: allow a refundable investment credit, and 5-year depreciation, for property used to manufacture solar energy, H577 [27JA], H1161 [11FE]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses, H12384, H12386, H12388 [5NO], E2749 [6NO]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (H.R. 2452), E1180 [15MY]

———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]

———allow individuals and businesses a temporary credit against income tax for the purchase of certain vehicles (H.R. 550), E98 [15JA]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (H.R. 3429), E2112 [31JY]

———allow individuals to defer tax on income reinvested in a partnership or S corporation (H.R. 2284), H5273 [6MY]

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (H.J. Res. 48), E1026 [30AP]

———deny refinery expensing to owners of refineries permitted to increase the discharge of pollutants into the Great Lakes (H.R. 53), E5 [6JA]

———disallow deduction for excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums relative to U.S. risks paid to affiliates (H.R. 3424), E2111 [31JY]

———exclude from Federal tax certain payments made in connection with reductions in force (H.R. 1312), E548 [4MR]

———exclude from gross income amounts reimbursed by an individual's employer for certain dietary supplements and meal replacement products (H.R. 3406), E2094 [31JY]

———exclude from gross income discharges of personal indebtedness outside of bankruptcy (H.R. 2445), E1161 [14MY]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (H.R. 528), E129 [22JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools, H613, H631 [28JA], H1530, H1557 [13FE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (H.R. 3724), E2460 [6OC]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14385-H14407 [9DE], E2938 [10DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration (H. Res. 955), H14379-H14383 [9DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), motion to recommit, H14405 [9DE]

———extend deduction for newly purchased business equipment, H13470 [3DE]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (H.R. 564), H2887 [3MR], H11794 [27OC], E101 [15JA]

———extend increased rehabilitation credit for structures in the Gulf Opportunity Zone, H14381, H14382 [9DE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H3530 [18MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1543), H3447 [17MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), H3625, H3626, H3627-H3631 [18MR], H3644-H3653, H3655-H3665, H3688, H3691 [19MR], H3712 [23MR], H3753, H3789, H3814 [24MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1598), E701 [18MR]

———impose a 100 percent tax on bonuses paid by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance and are majority owned by the Federal Government (H.R. 1542), H3448 [17MR]

———impose a retail tax on single-use carryout bags (H.R. 2091), E947 [23AP]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (H.R. 4191), E3005 [15DE]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (H.R. 1552), H4138 [31MR]

———make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense (H.R. 2720), E1316 [4JN]

———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 1560), E687 [17MR]

———make the credit for research activities permanent and provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities (H.R. 1545), H5104 [5MY], H5173 [6MY], H14946 [15DE]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (H.R. 3408), E2123 [31JY]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (H.R. 4243), E2906 [8DE]

———prevent pending tax increases and provide additional tax reductions to stimulate economic growth (H.R. 301), H81 [8JA], H187 [13JA]

———prohibit imposition of a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property, H6830 [16JN]

———prohibit tax increase on real estate partnerships, H14399-H14402 [9DE]

———provide a credit for the State and local sales taxes paid on the purchase of an automobile (H.R. 100), H179-H181 [13JA], E25 [7JA]

———provide a credit to employers for the cost of implementing wellness programs (H.R. 1897), E869 [2AP]

———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (H.R. 2024), E941 [22AP]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (H.R. 1509), H5897 [21MY], E686 [17MR]

———provide a temporary exclusion of the gain on the sale or exchange of certain small business stock (H.R. 4236), H14399 [9DE]

———provide alternative minimum tax relief and increase limitations on expensing of certain depreciable business assets, H14405 [9DE]

———provide consumer rebates for purchases of certain new passenger motor vehicles (H.R. 1808), H4139 [31MR]

———provide credits to small businesses and their employees for health insurance coverage, H8306 [17JY]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (H.R. 1874), E863 [2AP]

———provide financing for automobile dealer floor plan loans, H292 [14JA]

———provide for economic stabilization, capital utilization, and enterprise reform (H.R. 7264), H3826 [24MR]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities, H154 [9JA]

———provide incentives to consumers and lenders for the purchase of a passenger vehicle (H.R. 385), H94 [9JA]

———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 permanent incentives for economic growth (H.R. 470), H304-H311 [14JA], H329 [15JA], H448 [22JA], H579, H598, H599 [27JA], H891 [3FE], H1193 [11FE], H2914, H2919 [3MR], H13269 [19NO]

———provide relief in the case of federally declared disasters, H14404 [9DE]

———provide tax incentives for clean coal technology, H5558 [13MY]

———rates, H736-H743 [28JA], H1065 [9FE], H1153 [10FE], H1206, H1229-H1231 [11FE], H1252 [12FE], H1595 [13FE], H2633, H2634 [25FE], H2932, H2948, H2966, H2967 [4MR], H2983, H2986, H3042, H3047-H3049 [5MR], H3072, H3074 [6MR], H3080, H3098-H3103 [9MR], H3107, H3110, H3112, H3113 [10MR], H3150, H3324, H3327-H3329 [11MR], H3382-H3387 [12MR], H3430-H3433 [16MR], H3443, H3445, H3449, H3450, H3451, H3476, H3504, H3507, H3514, H3515, H3520 [17MR], H3530, H3621-H3627 [18MR], H3689 [19MR], H3734, H3735 [23MR], H3792-H3798 [24MR], H4030, H4031, H4047 [26MR], H4133, H4245 [31MR], H4260, H4372, H4376, H4377, H4381, H4384, H4387 [1AP], H4497 [2AP], H4528 [21AP], H4587, H4589, H4675-H4677 [22AP], H4875, H4892, H4893, H4895 [28AP], H4920-H4922 [29AP], H5069 [4MY], H6908 [17JN], H8011 [13JY], H8066 [14JY], H8207 [16JY], H8444 [21JY], H8895, H8908, H8910 [28JY], H9262 [31JY], H10412 [1OC], H12258, H12261, H12281, H12282 [3NO], H12429 [5NO], H13116 [18NO], H13451-H13453 [2DE], H14882 [15DE], H15483 [16DE]

———reform laws and filing procedures, H4233 [31MR]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (H.R. 99), H179-H181 [13JA], H2830 [25FE], E4 [6JA], E25 [7JA]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (H.R. 1083), H1581 [13FE], E282 [13FE]

———renew credit for renewable energy production, H1575 [13FE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H3479, H3480-H3486 [17MR], H4489 [2AP], E690 [17MR]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, H6420 [10JN], H8499 [22JY]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (H.R. 562), H3808 [24MR]

———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]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (H.R. 1194), E2976 [11DE]

———treatment of publicly traded partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services, H14399, H14401, H14403 [9DE]

TBC Corp.: tribute, H14747 [11DE]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 1110), H14896, H14897, H14946 [15DE]

Television: reauthorize, reform, and modernize satellite statutory license and conform satellite and cable statutory licenses to digital transmissions (H.R. 3570), H13428-H13443 [2DE], E2276 [15SE], E2878, E2882 [3DE], E2913 [8DE]

Territories: ensure inclusion in efforts to promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S., H11059, H11060 [7OC]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (H.R. 1676), H5730-H5738 [19MY], E1260 [21MY]

———impact of portrayal of smoking in motion pictures, H7255 [25JN]

———restrict marketing aimed at children, H6628 [12JN]

Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc.: Port Arthur Refinery recipient of Julie Rogers ``Gift of Life'' Program (organization) ``Spirit of Love'' Award, E472 [26FE]

Transportation: require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (H.R. 2104), E989 [27AP]

———State and local surface transportation projects funding, H530 [27JA]

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]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements and prohibit congressional earmarking of grant programs funding, H6205 [4JN]

Travel and tourism: effect of travel on national and local economies, H3805-H3812 [24MR]

———establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S., H11055-H11061 [7OC], H12482-H12487 [6NO]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (H.R. 3786), E2493 [8OC]

———ensure that any international climate change agreements protect intellectual property rights related to energy or environmental technologies, H6489, H6490 [10JN]

Truth in Lending Act: require income verification by lenders utilizing IRS tax transcripts, H5356 [7MY]

———strike assignee and securitizer liability provisions, H5354-H5356 [7MY]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: evaluation and impact of Obama administration business policies, H12049, H12050 [29OC]

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: tribute to National Trademark Expo, E1071 [6MY]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H4691, H4692 [23AP], H5002 [30AP], H11733 [23OC], H12128-H12130 [29OC]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: ratification, H8169 [15JY], H12131, H12132 [29OC], H13088, H13089 [18NO], E1066 [5MY], E2790 [17NO]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: impact of Panama's designation as a tax haven on ratification, H4232, H4233 [31MR], H4691 [23AP], H5044 [30AP]

———ratification, H4692 [23AP], H5044 [30AP], H5770 [19MY]

Unemployment: rates, H1025, H1026 [4FE], H1063 [9FE], H1254 [12FE], 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, H13128 [18NO], H13449, H13450 [2DE], H13501-H13505, H13508 [3DE], H14448 [10DE], H14851-H14862 [14DE], H14882, H14956 [15DE], H15476 [16DE]

United Parcel Service, Inc.: tribute, E88 [14JA]

Urban areas: economic conditions of cities, H1063 [9FE]

Utah: cancellation of Federal leases for oil and gas drilling, H1072 [9FE], H8473 [21JY]

Ventura County Economic Development Association: anniversary, E115 [21JA]

Veolia Environmental Services (business): tribute to Port Arthur, TX, facility for sucessful destruction of deadly nerve agent VX, E659 [12MR]

Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants: anniversary, E176 [2FE]

Water: encourage research, development, and demonstration of technologies to facilitate the utilization of water produced in connection with the development of domestic energy resources (H.R. 469), H1193-H1195 [11FE], E250 [12FE]

Water Research and Development Initiative: enhance ability of public-private water research and technology development collaborations to participate, H4701 [23AP]

———require agencies included in the interagency committee to work on improvement of understanding of water-intensive sectors of the economy and industrial needs for water, H4705 [23AP]

Weyerhaeuser Corp.: Elkin, NC, manufacuturing facility recipient of Weyerhaeuser Gold Senior Management Team Safety Excellence Award, H201 [14JA]

Wilk, Sue: ATHENA Award recipient, E582 [6MR]

Winkelman Building Corp.: anniversary, E1290 [3JN]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (H.R. 2402), E1139 [13MY]

Woodbridge, VA: tribute to Smart Car Wash (business), E2857 [1DE]

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]

World Trade Month: observance, E1107 [7MY]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (H.R. 4237), E2912 [8DE]

Wygle, Dana: Ahwatukee, AZ, Foothills Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Scholarship recipient, E1369 [10JN]

Youngstown, OH: inclusion on Entrepreneur (publication) Best Cities to Start a Business list, H8562 [22JY]

Y-Yard Auto and Truck, Inc.: Automotive Recyclers Association CAR Star Award recipient, E690 [17MR]

Zampella, Doris: Somerset County, NJ, Commission on the Status of Women Shirley Noble Volunteerism Award recipient, E611 [10MR]

Zeiders Enterprises (company): anniversary, E743 [23MR]

Remarks in Senate

Aerojet-General Corp.: tribute to Camden, AR, production facility employees, S10696 [22OC]

Africa: U.S. policy relative to reducing corruption and graft practices across continent, S7551 [15JY]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (S. 1756), S10164 [6OC], S10313 [8OC]

Agriculture: allow modified bloc voting by dairy marketing cooperatives in the scheduled referendum on Federal milk marketing order reform (S. 665), S3613 [23MR]

———provide for country of origin labeling for dairy products (S. 1783), S10438 [14OC]

Aguilar, Luis A.: commend remarks relative to U.S. financial regulatory system reform, S11340 [10NO]

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, S3104 [16MR], S3324 [18MR], S3516-S3518 [19MR], S3584 [23MR], S3743 [25MR], S3820 [26MR], S3942, S3964, S3975 [30MR], S4108 [31MR], S4710 [24AP], S4834, S4854, S4856 [29AP], S5000-S5002 [1MY], S5103, S5104 [5MY], S5464-S5466 [14MY], S6138-S6140 [4JN], S6429 [10JN], S6486 [11JN], S7041-S7046 [25JN], S7169 [7JY], S7287, S7298 [9JY], S7405-S7407 [13JY], S7449 [14JY], S7539 [15JY], S7601-S7603, S7613 [16JY], S7667, S7679 [20JY], S8117 [27JY], S8629 [31JY], S9117, S9118 [8SE], S9496 [17SE], S9648 [22SE], S10142 [6OC], S10720 [26OC], S10763-S10765 [27OC], S10880, S10885-S10887 [29OC], S10955 [30OC], S11319 [10NO], S11459-S11465 [18NO]

———prohibit global warming pollution emission cap and trade program from increasing electric and gasoline prices, S3972-S3976 [30MR], S4011, S4017-S4030, S4046 [31MR], S4257 [2AP], S4652, S4653 [23AP]

———use of budget reconciliation for global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S3974 [30MR], S4020-S4026 [31MR], S4136, S4139-S4143, S4148, S4149 [1AP], S4232, S4289 [2AP], S4637-S4641, S4654 [23AP]

Alaska: establish a grant program to encourage retooling of entities in the timber industry (S. 785), S4315 [2AP]

———impact of health insurance premium rates, S13772 [22DE]

———tribute to Native Alaskans, S11021 [3NO]

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: tribute to Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility recipients, S5611 [19MY]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3097, S3099-S3103, S3109 [16MR], S3123, S3126, S3129, S3132-S3134, S3141, S3144-S3148, S3150 [17MR], S3324, S3327, S3329, S3353, S3356, S3359-S3361 [18MR], S3381, S3385, S3515, S3579-S3581 [19MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on free enterprise economic system, S7993-S7997 [23JY]

———implementation, S3625 [24MR]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds, S7475 [14JY], S9403-S9405, S9408, S9409 [16SE]

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

American Society of Mechanical Engineers: anniversary of codes and standards development (S. Res. 179), S6391 [9JN], S6420 [10JN]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S8121-S8124 [27JY]

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), S9257 [10SE]

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: delay sunset (S. 1219), S6382 [9JN]

———extend Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division leniency program (H.R. 2675), S6741 [17JN]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems, S5467, S5468 [14MY]

———amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (S. 1212), S6416 [10JN]

———provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (S. 146), S129-S131 [6JA], S5887 [21MY], S5908 [1JN], S5916 [2JN]

———restore rule making it illegal for manufacturers to set a minimum price below which a retailer cannot sell the manufacturer's product (S. 148), S133 [6JA]

APEC Business Travel Program: establish to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to business and Government leaders engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business (S. 1633), S9029 [6AU]

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]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, S1665 [5FE], S2667 [3MR], S2734, S2748-S2751 [4MR]

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]

Astronautics Corp. of America: anniversary, S4960 [30AP]

Auburn Manufacturing, Inc.: anniversary, S10432 [14OC]

Aviation: enhance safety (S. 1193), S6204 [4JN]

———ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (S. 213), S314 [12JA]

———use of business aircraft, S2742 [4MR]

Babcock & Wilcox, Inc.: tribute to development of small nuclear reactor, S6531-S6533 [11JN]

BLM: allow for the recouping of the cost of processing oil and gas lease permits, S2877 [9MR]

———eliminate application fee for drilling permits, S2902 [9MR]

Budget: manufacturing initiatives funding, S264 [11JA]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S9302 [14SE]

Buy American Act: clarify that provisions will be applied consistent with international trade agreement obligations, S1528 [4FE], S2190 [12FE]

———compliance, S1038-S1040 [29JA], S1392 [3FE], S1494-S1496, S1528-S1530 [4FE], S2522 [26FE], S3329 [18MR]

———increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (S. 2890), S13322 [16DE]

Cabot Creamery: anniversary, S6252 [8JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: ban on mailings sent by Medicare Advantage providers relative to the effect of health care reform proposals on the quality and cost of such plans, S9637 [22SE], S9694 [23SE]

CERCLA: brownfields and neglected urban properties redeveloping funding, S1673 [5FE]

CFTC: authorize enforcement of ``reckless conduct standard'' in antimarket manipulation cases (S. 1682), S9557 [17SE]

———establish and regulate a market for the trading of greenhouse gases (S. 1399), S7143 [6JY]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets, S6871, S6878-S6880 [22JN]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (S. 1225), S6456, S6457 [10JN], S6758 [18JN]

China: authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses to promote exports (S. 1616), S9016 [6AU]

———investigate drywall imports, prohibit further imports, recall hazardous drywall, seek penalties against manufacturers, and provide assistance to homeowners affected by hazardous drywall (S. Res. 91), S4710 [24AP]

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]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Fashion Week Cleveland, S385 [14JA]

Climate: provide for reduction of greenhouse gases, S6251 [8JN]

———reduce global warming pollution through international climate finance and investment (S. 2835), S12333 [3DE], S12799 [9DE]

Clinton, William J.: evaluation of economic policies, S2091, S2094 [11FE], S3740-S3742 [25MR]

Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial fishermen (S. 533), S2832 [5MR]

Committee on Economic Recovery (Joint, Select): establish, S1269 [2FE]

Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select): establish, S4545-S4554 [22AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): hearings on increased fraud enforcement in financial markets, S2315 [13FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (S. 447), S2336 [13FE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, S6693 [17JN], S8235 [29JY], S9651 [22SE]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (S. 221), S338 [13JA], S6759 [18JN]

Computers: improve quality of Federal and State data on availability and quality of broadband services and promote deployment of affordable broadband services, S155 [7JA]

Conservation of energy: provide incentives for innovative energy-efficient technologies and products, S8241 [29JY]

———strengthen American manufacturing through improved industrial energy efficiency (S. 661), S3572 [19MR]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish, S7246 [8JY]

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

Contracts: ensure competitive bidding, S10039 [1OC]

———establish a Federal acquisition management fellows program (S. 2901), S13387 [17DE]

———establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (S. 931), S4897 [29AP]

———promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting relative to electrical work done in reconstruction efforts in Iraq, S8169 [28JY]

———promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting relative to war and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, S9115-S9117 [8SE]

———reduce Government involvement in prime contractor ``make-buy'' decisions, S5223 [6MY]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (H.R. 2344), S6740, S6741 [17JN]

Corp. for Travel Promotion: require one member of Board of Directors to have expertise relative to small business concerns and retail sector, S9165 [9SE]

Corporations: require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (S. 569), S3026-S3031 [11MR]

Courts: provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (S. 876), S4621-S4626, S4678 [23AP]

———restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (S. 537), S2834 [5MR]

CPSC: study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007, S5794 [21MY]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (S. 739), S4709 [24AP]

Credit: allow merchants to offer a discount over credit cards for individuals paying with cash, check, or debit card, S5464, S5467 [14MY]

———ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (S. 414), S2149-S2153 [11FE], S5252 [7MY]

———ban deceptive marketing of free credit reports, S6178-S6180 [4JN]

———prohibit distribution of checks or other negotiable instruments as part of a creditor solicitation to extend credit and limit consumer liability in conjunction with such solicitations (S. 1595), S9004 [6AU]

———prohibit prepayment penalties in mortgage contracts, S4950, S4951 [30AP]

———prohibit prepayment penalties in mortgage contracts (S. 911), S4812 [28AP]

———prohibit yield spread premiums paid to mortgage brokers for steering borrowers to certain interest rates (S. 912), S4812 [28AP]

———require mortgage servicers to consider options that better serve the interest of homeowners and investors prior to modifying certain mortgage loans, S5088-S5092 [5MY]

Credit cards: establish a safety star rating system for the benefit of consumers (S. 900), S4757 [27AP]

———prohibit issuers from taking unfair advantage of college students and their parents (S. 165), S174 [7JA]

———protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing debt, unfair practices, and deceptive offers, S5409 [13MY], S5468 [14MY]

———require creditors to report terms and conditions of business, marketing, promotional, and college affinity card agreements with institutions of higher education and alumni organizations, S5492 [14MY]

Crime: clarify that the proceeds of specified unlawful activity include the gross receipts and not just the profits of that unlawful activity, S4545 [22AP]

———combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (S. 470), S2475 [25FE]

———increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (S. 1659), S9268 [10SE]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (S. 1089), S5704 [20MY]

Custom Cordage, LLC: tribute, S7256 [8JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects, S1393 [3FE]

DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (S. 256), S614 [15JA], S6315 [8JN]

Defense Production Act: reauthorize (S. 1677), S9480-S9486 [16SE]

Delaware: tribute to efforts to promote economic recovery through creation of green jobs and advancement of green technologies, S10956 [30OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Dairy Product Price Support Program funding, S8620 [31JY], S8714-S8716, S8721, S8725, S8726 [4AU]

———determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes by using the national average cost of production (S. 889), S4693 [23AP]

———further adopt developed technologies and encourage small business partnerships in the development of energy through biorefineries (S. 223), S341 [13JA]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Jobs Creation Coordinator (S. 824), S4385 [2AP]

———establish an award program to honor achievements in nanotechnology (S. 596), S3115 [16MR]

———expand eligibility for National Telecommunications and Information Administration Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, S2015 [9FE]

———Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S1650 [5FE]

———reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (S. 695), S3789 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: acquisition criteria for congressionally directed spending to for-profit entities, S10144, S10154, S10155 [6OC]

———clarify authority over National Intelligence Program acquisitions, S5257, S5258 [7MY]

———clarify conflict of interest exceptions applicable to contracts for systems engineering and technical assistance functions, S5222, S5224 [6MY]

———eliminate duplication of forces and equipment, S5217 [6MY]

———expand national security objectives of the national technology and industrial base and clarify the role of major defense acquisition programs toward such objectives, S5256 [7MY]

———high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles funding, S10157 [6OC]

———impact of change in quantity of units procured on Nunn-McCurdy unit cost breach thresholds relative to acquisition of major weapons systems, S5257 [7MY]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), S2366-S2368 [23FE], S5205-S5226 [6MY], S5249, S5254-S5267 [7MY], S5495 [14MY]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), conference report, S5683-S5685 [20MY], S10136 [6OC]

———improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (S. 454), unanimous-consent agreement, S5168 [5MY]

———provide assistance to communities affected by defense base closures, S1793 [6FE]

———reform requirements relative to public-private competitions, S7972 [23JY]

———require contracting officials to consider evidence of past bad performance by a contractor when awarding future contracts, S7469, S7470 [14JY]

———require GAO review of waivers of the requirement for competitive prototypes based on excessive cost, S5222 [6MY]

———require report on cost growth matters following termination of a major defense acquisition program, S5221 [6MY]

———require report on Government contracting fraud, S10033, S10044 [1OC]

———require the application of uniform earned value management standards to measure contract performance and ensure contractors use approved earned value management systems, S5216, S5217 [6MY]

———specify certain inputs to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council from combatant commands, S5221 [6MY]

Dept. of Energy: carry out a program to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide (S. 1013), S5373 [12MY]

———carry out a program to support the research, demonstration, and development of commercial applications for offshore wind energy (S. 2773), S11385 [16NO]

———create the right business environment for doubling production of clean nuclear energy and other clean energy and create mini-Manhattan projects for clean energy research and development (S. 2776), S11386-S11388 [16NO]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, S8244-S8248 [29JY]

———establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (S. 679), S3670 [24MR]

———establish the Reenergize America Loan Program (S. 1092), S5704-S5706 [20MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Federal standards for health insurance forms and provide transparency and accountability in the group and individual health insurance markets (S. 1050), S5523 [14MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow excess funds generated by travel promotion fee to fund implementation of new infrastructure required to collect fee, S9164 [9SE]

———clarify definition of switchblade knives, S7304 [9JY]

———reauthorize customs facilitation and trade enforcement functions and programs (S. 1631), S9075 [7AU]

Dept. of HUD: HOPE for Homeowners loan program eligibility requirements, S5180 [6MY]

———strengthen regulations to prevent, detect, and prosecute certain fraudulent practices of reverse mortgage industry, S4628, S4629 [23AP]

Dept. of Justice: clarify that major fraud against the Government includes Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, S4541 [22AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S1681-S1684 [5FE], S2315 [13FE], S2359 [23FE], S3066 [12MR], S4531-S4561 [22AP], S4603-S4621, S4628-S4633, S4653, S4657 [23AP], S4725, S4735-S4741 [27AP], S4774-S4781, S4784 [28AP], S5183 [6MY], S13363 [17DE]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), House amendment, S5494, S5495 [14MY]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), motion to proceed, S4408-S4415, S4420, S4424 [20AP], S4498 [21AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), unanimous-consent agreement, S4554 [22AP], S4763 [27AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), unanimous-consent request, S4723 [24AP]

———review agricultural mergers and acquisitions, S10286 [8OC]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding through reductions in corporate welfare programs funding, S10272 [8OC], S11171 [5NO]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management (S.J. Res. 24), S13462 [18DE]

———improve and extend Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S1669, S1670 [5FE], S2050, S2051 [10FE], S2208 [12FE], S2312 [13FE]

———prohibit use of Federal funds to withdraw a rule pertaining to labor unions filing of annual financial reports, S4620 [23AP]

———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 State: issue report on investments by foreign companies in Iran's energy sector, S2895 [9MR]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in establishment of an industrial history interpretive center and museum in Bethlehem, PA (S. 1568), S8687 [3AU]

———prohibit funding to delay implementation of the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, S9647 [22SE], S9724 [23SE], S9809 [24SE]

———provide for a study by the Minerals Management Service on royalty collection process for coal, other solid minerals, and geothermal resources, S2818 [5MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to local governments suffering significant losses due to highly-rated investments in failed financial institutions (S. 116), S88 [6JA]

———allow use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs, S4559 [22AP]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients, S6875 [22JN], S8218, S8219 [29JY]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (S. 1280), S6727 [17JN], S6867 [22JN]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S322 [13JA], S559, S561-S563, S565-S589 [15JA], S643-S646 [16JA]

———distribution of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4710 [24AP], S13076 [12DE]

———establish Temporary Economic Recovery Adjustment Panel to recoup excessive deferred executive compensation from Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (S. 431), S3144 [17MR]

———impose certain requirements on public-private investment fund programs, S4616 [23AP]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 383), S1613 [4FE]

———increase oversight for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, S3102 [16MR], S4527 [22AP]

———investigation of mortgage loan modification fraud and foreclosure rescue scams by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, S4560 [22AP]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, S1118 [30JA], S1531 [4FE], S1652, S1660, S1661 [5FE], S10711 [26OC]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (S. 360), S1127 [30JA]

———limit Federal emergency economic assistance payments to certain recipients (S. 680), S3671 [24MR]

———permit immediate repayment of direct capital investments received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4527 [22AP]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers, S5900 [1JN], S6152 [4JN], S6875 [22JN], S8181-S8183 [28JY], S8223-S8225 [29JY]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), S6240 [8JN], S6418 [10JN], S6755 [18JN], S7159 [7JY], S7348 [10JY]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), unanimous-consent request, S7229 [8JY]

———prohibit 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]

———prohibit recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve corporate governance (S. 133), S114 [6JA], S803 [26JA]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), S4599 [22AP], S4603 [23AP]

———prohibit use of any leftover or repaid Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for any purpose other than deficit reduction, S12649 [8DE]

———prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, S4608 [23AP], S4949 [30AP], S5101-S5103, S5105, S5110 [5MY]

———proposal to form public-private partnerships to purchase certain assets in order to promote economic recovery, S3622 [24MR]

———provide rules for the modification or disposition of certain assets by real estate mortgage investment conduits under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 376), S1543 [4FE]

———redeploy Troubled Asset Relief Program funds into a Community Credit Renewal Fund to stimulate community bank lending (S. 1822), S10642 [21OC]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction, S4606, S4607 [23AP], S4951-S4953 [30AP], S6334 [9JN], S6703 [17JN], S7177, S7178 [7JY], S10824, S10836 [28OC]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (S. 1243), S6550 [11JN], S7356 [10JY]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used to reduce the reauthorization level of the program, S5094-S5097 [5MY]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S. 64), S250 [9JA], S280 [12JA], S568 [15JA]

———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]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, S1478, S1479 [4FE], S1835, S1855 [6FE], S2193 [12FE]

———return Troubled Asset Relief Program funds not set aside for purchasing toxic assets to the Treasury for debt reduction, S4154 [1AP], S4255, S4256 [2AP]

———Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to audit and investigate recipients of non-recourse Federal loans under certain Federal assistance and relief programs, S4556 [22AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (S. 1113), S5728 [20MY]

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle, S5933-S5936 [2JN], S6704-S6706 [17JN], S6773, S6776, S6782-S6785, S6787-S6790 [18JN], S6844 [19JN]

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 2751), S6478 [10JN], S6481 [11JN]

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (S. 1135), S5841 [21MY]

———establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (S. 1200), S6260-S6262 [8JN]

———extend commercial space transportation liability regime (H.R. 3819), S13887 [23DE]

———limit provision of vouchers for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle based on income level, S8946-S8948, S8960, S8961 [6AU]

———making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), S8647, S8701 [3AU], S8709, S8719, S8720 [4AU], S8895, S8946-S8967 [6AU], S9066, S9070 [7AU]

———making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), unanimous-consent agreement, S8888 [5AU]

———move up termination date and delay new funding pending status report for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle, S8948-S8950, S8961 [6AU], S9066 [7AU]

———require air carriers to provide training to flight attendants and gate attendants regarding serving alcohol and dealing with disruptive passengers (S. 743), S3997 [30MR]

———voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle, S9174 [9SE]

———voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle funding through reductions in budgetary discretionary spending caps, S8950, S8951, S8962 [6AU]

Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (S. 1425), S7408 [13JY]

D&G Machine Products Inc.: tribute, S10698 [22OC]

Diseases: establish programs and activities to increase influenza vaccination rates through the provision of free vaccines (S. 953), S5019 [1MY]

Diveroli, Efraim: investigation into awarding of Dept. of Defense contract, S9115-S9117 [8SE]

Domestic policy: develop U.S. manufacturing policy, S9125 [8SE], S9319 [14SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, S10314 [8OC]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: anniversary (S. Res. 287), S9853 [24SE]

Drugs: cost to produce drugs and devices that provide alternatives to surgery, S11838 [20NO]

Ecology and environment: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy and preserve the environment, S4652, S4653 [23AP]

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]

———ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency, S8222 [29JY]

———ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), S6882 [22JN]

———ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), unanimous-consent request, S7228 [8JY]

———establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (S. 1592), S9002 [6AU]

———Government bailout of automobile industry, S4011, S4012 [31MR], S6429 [10JN], S6684-S6686 [17JN], S6754 [18JN], S6875, S6876 [22JN]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, S239-S244, S250-S252 [9JA], S293 [12JA], S320, S329 [13JA], S366 [14JA], S2578 [27FE], S2904 [9MR], S3060 [12MR], S5312 [11MY], S6429 [10JN], S7531-S7533 [15JY], S10835-S10837 [28OC]

———impact of subprime mortgage lending, S3967 [30MR]

———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, S685 [21JA], S4837 [29AP], S9650 [22SE], S10953-S10955 [30OC], S11094-S11097 [4NO]

———prohibit use of taxpayer funds for bailout of automobile industry, S4280 [2AP]

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system, S11981 [30NO]

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system (S. 3), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S154-S156 [7JA], S196 [8JA], S250 [9JA]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S9314-S9317 [14SE], S9527 [17SE], S9721-S9723 [23SE]

———role of strong initial public offering (IPO) market in sustained economic recovery, S13284 [16DE]

———stability of domestic automobile manufacturers, S3539-S3541 [19MR]

Education: provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (S. 638), S5346 [12MY]

Elmet Technologies, Inc.: tribute, S6182 [4JN]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 1152), S5874 [21MY]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support funding for critical workforce strategy programs for specialized training, S4285 [2AP]

———evaluate certain certification programs (S. 175), S220 [8JA]

———make permanent the E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation, S10549-S10553, S10558 [20OC], S10748 [27OC], S10813 [28OC]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (S. 777), S4191-S4195 [1AP], S4285 [2AP], S7773 [21JY]

———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]

———provide family and medical 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]

Eng, Carla: SBA Ohio Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S5497 [14MY]

EPA: complete investigation of treatement of Alan Carlin relative to release of endangerment findings on greenhouse gases and proposed regulation under the Clean Air Act, S9639, S9640 [22SE]

———conduct study on black carbon emissions, S9582 [21SE], S9924 [29SE]

———release of endangerment findings on greenhouse gases and proposed regulation under the Clean Air Act, S4418 [20AP], S4557 [22AP], S5000-S5002 [1MY], S5478-S5480 [14MY], S5913-S5916 [2JN], S12799 [9DE], S13119 [12DE], S13154-S13158 [14DE], S13424 [18DE]

Erlanger, KY: anniversary of Johnny's Car Wash (business), S5610 [19MY]

Europe: urge governments to suspend subsidies to Airbus S.A.S., S6683 [17JN]

FAA: reform Essential Air Service Program (S. 983), S5234 [6MY]

False Claims Act: amend (S. 458), S2424-S2429 [24FE]

———limit amount that may be deducted from proceeds due to the U.S. for purposes of compensating private intervenors, S4609-S4614, S4617 [23AP]

———modify definition of obligation, S4539, S4543 [22AP]

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

FBI: authorize additional field agents to investigate financial crimes (S. 481), S2484 [25FE]

———forensic accounting funding, S10194 [7OC]

FCC: establish broadband policy relative to Internet service providers' ability to manage and restrict network traffic, S10617-S10620 [21OC]

———prohibit from further regulating the Internet (S. 1836), S10702 [22OC]

FDA: establish a user fee for follow-up reinspections (S. 1477), S7783 [21JY]

FDIC: provide enhanced authority to act as receiver for certain affiliates of depository institutions (S. 1540), S8559 [30JY]

Federal Acquisition Institute: improve (S. 2902), S13387 [17DE]

Federal aid programs: require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report any bonuses paid to employees, S1388 [3FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: prevent certain delays by pharmaceutical companies in allowing introduction of generic drugs (S. 1778), S10436 [14OC]

———prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs (S. 501), S2569 [26FE]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ``Too Big To Fail'' through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (S. 2746), S11241 [6NO], S11329 [10NO]

———advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (S. 2919), S13872 [23DE]

———authorize regulation of credit default swaps and other swap agreements (S. 961), S5067 [4MY]

———awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3352 [18MR], S11251 [6NO]

———create a financial stability council to oversee the financial regulatory activities of the Government (S. 664), S3611-S3613 [23MR], S6682 [17JN]

———establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that institutions could access in order to mitigate risk associated with such loans (S. 2824), S12162 [2DE]

———handling of foreclosure crisis and impact on the economy, S9174 [9SE]

———modify current money laundering statute to include certain entities involved in financial transactions, such as hedge funds, private investment vehicles, and company formation agents, S4560, S4561 [22AP]

———modify requirements on the location of bank branches on Indian reservations (S. 1316), S6889 [22JN]

———prohibit certain affiliations between commercial banking and investment banking companies (S. 2886), S13321 [16DE]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (S. 356), S1067 [29JA]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (S. 566), S2974 [10MR], S6700 [17JN]

Financial Services Systemic Risk Oversight Council: establish (S. 2756), S11249, S11250 [6NO]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (S. 843), S4519 [21AP], S10106 [5OC], S13871 [23DE]

———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons, S1052 [29JA]

Fish and fishing: authorize a single fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands longline catcher processor subsector (S. 1609), S9009 [6AU]

Florida: impact of travel and tourism on local economy, S8118 [27JY]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (S. 1048), S5522 [14MY]

Food industry: require processors of food products to certify that the processed food products are not adulterated (S. 2819), S12009-S12011 [30NO]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (S. 1141), S5846 [21MY]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, S3061 [12MR], S3754 [25MR], S4627 [23AP], S4743-S4745 [27AP], S7679 [20JY]

———require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (S. 1606), S9007-S9009 [6AU]

———U.S. deficit, S3337 [18MR], S3754 [25MR], S4743-S4745 [27AP], S11095 [4NO]

Forests: timber manufacturing industry aid funding, S1800 [6FE]

Frank, Representative: efforts to keep open Norton, MA, General Motors Corp., distribution center, S6239 [8JN]

FRS: require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities, S4047 [31MR], S4245, S4250 [2AP], S4870 [29AP], S10750 [27OC]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities (S. 513), S9651 [22SE], S11032 [3NO]

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

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]

Georgetown, KY: anniversary of Georgetown/Scott County Chamber of Commerce, S5498 [14MY]

Goodrich Corp.: anniversary of Foley, AL, Goodrich Aerostructures facility, S11488 [18NO]

Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies, S6875 [22JN]

———prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (S. 1242), S6533, S6549 [11JN], S7287 [9JY]

———require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities, S6875 [22JN]

———require prior congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities (S. 1223), S6454 [10JN]

———require the Recovery.gov website to be updated and modified to facilitate timely distribution of economic stimulus funds (S. 800), S4349 [2AP]

Grayson County, KY: tribute to Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) Grayson County chapter, S1273 [2FE]

Hartley's Chrysler Dodge Jeep GMC (business): tribute, S3781 [25MR]

Health: 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]

———constitutionality of excise tax imposed on high-cost employer-sponsored insurance plans at non-uniform rates per State, S13015 [11DE]

———create an incentive for insurers to maintain lower premium fees, S12875 [10DE], S12995-S12998 [11DE]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers, S11075 [4NO], S11908 [21NO], S12030 [1DE], S13694 [21DE]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (S. 1681), S9556 [17SE], S10628-S10630 [21OC]

———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]

———health insurance premiums rates, S11007 [3NO], S12107 [2DE], S12487 [5DE], S12581, S12582 [7DE]

———impact of increased medical device taxes or fees on research and development, competition, and viability of domestic orthopedic industry, S13566 [20DE]

———impact of tax increases on health insurance premiums rates, S11017 [3NO]

———improve health care fraud enforcement, S13692 [21DE]

———promote development of health care cooperatives to help businesses pool the health care purchasing power of employers (S. 1165), S5948 [2JN]

———provide a point of order against legislation that eliminates the ability to keep health plans or choice of doctor and prohibit legislation that increases enrollment in Government-managed health care, S4648-S4650, S4656 [23AP]

Health care facilities: treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (S. 112), S85 [6JA]

High Point, NC: anniversary of High Point Furniture Market (S. Res. 270), S9487 [16SE]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat, S3891 [26MR]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, S2651 [3MR], S3765-S3767 [25MR]

Howe and Howe Technologies Inc.: tribute, S5695 [20MY]

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]

———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]

———permanently authorize EB-5 regional center program, S7230 [8JY], S10546 [20OC]

———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]

Income: require a supermajority shareholder vote to approve excessive compensation of any employee of a publicly-traded company (S. 1006), S5290 [7MY]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (S. 439), S2326 [13FE]

Infrastructure: transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding, S1374-S1376, S1379-S1384, S1386, S1387, S1394 [3FE]

Insurance: eliminate annual and lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (S. 1149), S5861 [21MY]

———establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (S. 886), S4729, S4730 [27AP]

———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]

———history of health insurance industry, S10974 [2NO]

———impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (S. 442), S2330 [13FE]

———improve COBRA continuation health coverage, S3821 [26MR]

———repeal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance, S13073 [12DE]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage, S12504 [5DE]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage (S. 1730), S9983 [30SE], S11036 [3NO]

———review mergers and repeal antitrust exemption for health insurance companies and establish a medical insurance rate authority, S10976 [2NO]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (S. 1065), S6634 [16JN], S9915 [29SE]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items, S9914 [29SE]

———impose sanctions, provide for State and local government divestment of assets, and identify locations of concern relative to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items (S. 2799), S14136 [24DE]

———impose sanctions (S. 3227), S7741-S7743 [21JY]

———prohibit funding for contracts with companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector, S2754, S2755 [4MR], S2807-S2809, S2814-S2816 [5MR], S8547 [30JY]

IRS: allow use of private debt collection companies, S2725-S2730, S2733 [4MR]

John T. Noble Trucking (business): tribute to efforts to support creation of Northern Maine Veteran's Cemetery, S5432 [13MY]

Kittery Trading Post (business): tribute, S8989 [6AU]

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]

Law enforcement: improve health care fraud enforcement, S11908 [21NO], S12689, S12690 [8DE], S13363 [17DE]

———improve health care fraud enforcement (S. 1959), S10852-S10854 [28OC]

———provide increased penalties for health care fraud (S. 1843), S10703 [22OC]

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: anniversary of bankruptcy filing, S9301, S9314 [14SE]

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc.: tribute, S4889 [29AP]

Maine: establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program, S9537 [17SE], S13072 [12DE]

———establish a commercial truck highway safety demonstration program (S. 856), S4576-S4578 [22AP]

Maine Energy Systems, LLC: tribute, S166 [7JA]

Maine Float-Rope Co.: tribute, S7256 [8JY]

Maine Oxy (company): tribute, S2827 [5MR]

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

Medicare: ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price (S. 1221), S6383 [9JN]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (S. 1201), S6265 [8JN]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from medical malpractice tort reform, S13592 [20DE]

Mexico: prohibit Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area until certain conditions are met to ensure the safety of such operations, S3329-S3331 [18MR]

Mining and mineral resources: require U.S.-registered companies selling products using columbite-tantalite, coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to disclose the country-of-origin of such materials to the SEC (S. 891), S4696-S4698 [23AP], S4745 [27AP], S13030 [11DE]

Motor vehicles: allow third-party arbitration to determine reinstatement of automobile dealership franchises with General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, S13128, S13130 [13DE]

———encourage increased production of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles and provide tax incentives for infrastructure for such vehicles (S. 1350), S7074 [25JN]

———ensure availability of dual-fueled automobiles and light duty trucks and require major fuel distributors to install blender pumps in increasing numbers (S. 1627), S9023 [6AU]

———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]

———require dealers to dispose of trade-in vehicles received through consumer voucher program by either donating the vehicle to a charitable organization or a low-income family, S8952-S8954, S8962 [6AU]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (S. 1304), S8030 [23JY], S13128 [13DE]

———subsidize for certain moderate-income consumers the purchase of new motor vehicles assembled in the U.S., S1533 [4FE], S1661 [5FE]

Muddy Rudder (business): tribute, S11342 [10NO]

Muscatine, IA: tribute to Muscatine History & Industry Center for participation in the American Association of Museums Museum Assessment Program, S10359 [13OC]

National Association of Minority Contractors: anniversary, S6710 [17JN]

National Auctioneers Day: designate (S. Res. 86), S4104 [31MR]

National Boating Day: observance (S. Res. 199), S7112 [25JN]

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 285), S9852 [24SE], S9941 [29SE]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 234), S8699 [3AU]

National Small Business Week: observance, S5567 [19MY]

———observance (S. Res. 154), S5646 [19MY]

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

New England Castings, LLC: tribute, S3023 [11MR]

News media: encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership and ensure public airwaves are used in the public interest, S2517-S2520, S2523 [26FE], S2938 [10MR]

Norfolk, NE: tribute to Nucor Detailing Center, S4509 [21AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S2405 [24FE]

———proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, S6682 [17JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 1580), S8867 [5AU]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: make certain decisions reviewable by the Court of International Trade and ensure consideration of petitions to enforce U.S. trade rights (S. 363), S1276 [2FE]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (S. 705), S3794 [25MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: effect of lifting moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions on Navy and Air Force training bases in Florida panhandle, S6489-S6491 [11JN]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S2092 [11FE], S4159 [1AP], S6693 [17JN]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (S. 1086), S5702 [20MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: definition of ``full time'' employment, S13849, S13850 [23DE]

———delay tax increases until health benefits begin, S12794 [9DE], S12863, S12864 [10DE], S12973-S12978 [11DE], S13132 [13DE], S13161, S13172 [14DE], S13208, S13209, S13239 [15DE], S13286-S13289, S13294-S13297 [16DE], S13364 [17DE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: provide a temporary waiver of recovery of certain pension overpayments to participants or beneficiaries, S1840 [6FE]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets, S10771 [27OC]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S28 [6JA], S163 [7JA], S205 [8JA], S301 [12JA], S335 [13JA], S383 [14JA], S594 [15JA], S716 [21JA], S783 [22JA], S823 [26JA], S890 [27JA], S1053 [29JA], S1122 [30JA], S1274 [2FE], S1429 [3FE], S1539 [4FE], S1861 [6FE], S2024 [9FE], S2073 [10FE], S2138 [11FE], S2226 [12FE], S2316 [13FE], S2417 [24FE], S2468 [25FE], S2555 [26FE], S2588 [27FE], S2621 [2MR], S2688 [3MR], S2762 [4MR], S2825 [5MR], S2864 [6MR], S2906 [9MR], S2961 [10MR], S3020 [11MR], S3070 [12MR], S3111 [16MR], S3158 [17MR], S3365 [18MR], S3545 [19MR], S3606 [23MR], S3651 [24MR], S3779 [25MR], S3892 [26MR], S3983 [30MR], S4056 [31MR], S4166 [1AP], S4304 [2AP], S4438 [20AP], S4507 [21AP], S4567 [22AP], S4664 [23AP], S4718 [24AP], S4749 [27AP], S4801 [28AP], S4886 [29AP], S4957 [30AP], S5011 [1MY], S5062 [4MY], S5120 [5MY], S5226 [6MY], S5276 [7MY], S5325 [11MY], S5408, S5431 [13MY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 204), S300, S311 [12JA]

Pharmaceuticals: lower prescription drug prices, S11953 [21NO], S13165, S13166 [14DE]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, S13240 [15DE]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (S. 369), S1433 [3FE]

Piketon, OH: American Centrifuge Plant funding, S2948 [10MR]

Power resources: disclose payments to foreign countries for commercial development of oil, natural gas, and minerals, and express that the U.S. should disclose payments for such development on Federal land (S. 1700), S9746 [23SE], S9866 [25SE], S9896 [29SE]

———ensure that cost of producing energy from domestic sources does not increase, S4647, S4656, S4657 [23AP]

———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]

———recognize the contribution of the domestic ethanol and biodiesel industries in the creation of green jobs, S3601 [23MR]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped domestic sources through partnerships between manufacturing and agricultural industries to invest in projects to capture and store carbon (S. 2729), S11202 [5NO]

———use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, S8108-S8111 [27JY], S10900, S10903, S10906 [29OC]

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (S. 1490), S7871 [22JY]

———require governmental and business entities in possession of electronic data containing personal information to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information (S. 139), S116 [6JA]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (S. 593), S3086 [12MR]

———establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's products (S. 389), S1685 [5FE]

Professional Boxing Safety Act: amend (S. 38), S54 [6JA]

Public lands: permit Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (S. 1241), S6548 [11JN]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (S. 379), S1544-S1546 [4FE]

Real estate: require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and create databases on foreclosures (S. 1731), S9984 [30SE]

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen metal (S. 418), S2159 [11FE]

Reed & Reed, Inc.: tribute, S10214 [7OC]

Renewable energy: create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources by promoting the production of green energy, S4638-S4641 [23AP]

———extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (S. 2899), S13386 [17DE]

———promote development and use of marine renewable energy technologies (S. 923), S4892 [29AP]

Ricker Hill Orchards (business): tribute, S11488 [18NO]

Roads and highways: remove privatized highway miles as a factor in apportioning Federal funding (S. 884), S4688 [23AP]

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

SBA: create parity among small business contracting programs, S7768 [21JY]

———create parity among small business contracting programs (S. 1489), S7792 [21JY]

———establish a small business intermediary lending pilot program (S. 2780), S11432 [17NO]

———establish Small Business Information Security Task Force (S. 1070), S5807 [21MY]

———improve and extend certain disaster assistance and hurricane relief programs and provide assistance to homeowners affected by defective drywall imported from China (S. 2731), S11207-S11210 [5NO]

———improve export growth opportunities for small businesses (S. 1208), S6267 [8JN]

———improve the Office of International Trade to expand small business exporting (S. 1196), S6257 [8JN], S12816 [9DE]

———improve the Office of International Trade to expand small business exporting (S. 2862), S12811-S12818 [9DE]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (S. 1831), S10643 [21OC]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (S. 1229), S6459-S6471 [10JN]

———require Federal Acquisitions Regulations reflect SBA interpretation of Small Business Act and provide parity for small business firms participating in Federal contracting, S5258 [7MY]

Schapiro, Mary L.: commend remarks relative to U.S. financial regulatory system reform, S11340 [10NO]

Science: provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities (S. 583), S3077 [12MR]

SEC: commend Enforcement Division for investigations into insider trading, S10559 [20OC]

———prohibit use of flash orders by high-frequency traders, S8184-S8186 [28JY]

———provide additional funding for investigations and enforcement proceedings involving financial institutions, S4614, S4615, S4621 [23AP]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities, S6985-S6987 [24JN], S8183-S8186 [28JY]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities (S. 605), S3120, S3121 [16MR], S3536-S3539 [19MR], S10559 [20OC]

———require disclosure of financial relationships between brokers and dealers and mutual fund companies, and of certain commissions paid by mutual fund companies (S. 1964), S10855 [28OC]

———require investment advisers to private funds to register with the SEC (S. 1276), S6654 [16JN]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (S. 1073), S5617 [19MY]

Securities: comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system (S. 1691), S9655 [22SE]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets, S11484 [18NO]

Senate: holds on certain Presidential nominations relative to issuance of Dept. of the Treasury and IRS regulations on deductibility of losses, S13879, S13880 [23DE]

Seventh Generation Inc.: inclusion on WorldBlu, Inc., Most Democratic Workplaces list, S4571 [22AP]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels (S. 1820), S10637 [21OC]

Small business: allow establishment of simple cafeteria plans to provide nontaxable employee benefits and modify requirements and benefits for cafeteria plans and flexible spending accounts (S. 988), S5236 [6MY]

———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]

———ensure that regulations for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan will not result in reduction in availability of credit to small businesses, S5463 [14MY]

———expand opportunities to attract foreign tourists, S6709 [17JN]

———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]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch (S. 1615), S9015 [6AU]

Small Business Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1541), S3318 [17MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), S9890 [25SE]

Small Business Investment Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1541), S3318 [17MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3614), S9890 [25SE]

SMRT, Inc.: anniversary, S10057 [1OC]

Social Security: establish Federal Reinsurance Program for Catastrophic Health Care Costs (S. 79), S84 [6JA]

———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (S. 141), S123 [6JA]

Steel Day: observance, S9547 [17SE]

Stockbridge, Becky: Business Week (publication) America's Best Young Entrepreneurs award finalist, S10849 [28OC]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: prohibit funding for acquisition of petroleum from persons engaged in certain activities relative to Iran's energy sector, S5674 [20MY]

Sudan: authorize State and local governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (S. 2271), S7312 [9JY]

Supreme Court: impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions, S10622-S10630 [21OC]

Take Your Daughter and Son to Work Day: observance, S5060 [4MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health insurance premiums (S. 207), S313 [12JA]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses, S10879 [29OC], S11033 [3NO], S11075 [4NO]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses and suspend the alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating losses (S. 293), S722 [21JA]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (S. 823), S4385 [2AP]

———allow deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations, S1408-S1420 [3FE]

———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 the cost of labor for building envelope improvements to be included for purposes of the nonbusiness energy property tax credit (S. 2829), S12324 [3DE]

———create protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (S. 1486), S7784 [21JY]

———deny a deduction for excessive compensation of any employee of an employer (S. 1007), S5291 [7MY]

———deny deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals (S. 1763), S10320 [8OC]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to extend certain tax cuts for small businesses, S4228-S4230 [1AP], S4261 [2AP]

———establish a tax credit for investment in advanced energy facilities, S3891, S3892 [26MR]

———establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (S. 1484), S7784 [21JY]

———expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property (S. 158), S140 [6JA]

———expand definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer credit and special allowance for plant property (S. 1250), S6556-S6558 [11JN]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (S. 913), S4813 [28AP]

———extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (S. 1222), S6678 [17JN]

———extend and modify the special allowance for certain acquired property and temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets (S. 294), S723 [21JA]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S13743, S13744 [22DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S13872 [23DE]

———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (S. 2748), S11255 [6NO]

———extend enhanced small business expensing and provide for a 5-year net operating loss carryback for losses incurred during certain years (S. 156), S138 [6JA]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas, S13872 [23DE]

———extend renewable production credit for wind and open-loop biomass facilities (S. 2826), S12323 [3DE]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (S. 1203), S6265 [8JN]

———implement the worldwide interest allocation for purposes of the foreign tax credit, S11097 [4NO]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S3578 [19MR], S3583, S3586 [23MR], S3622 [24MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), unanimous-consent request, S3536 [19MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Government, S3133, S3134 [17MR]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (S. 651), S3563, S3578 [19MR], S3583, S3586 [23MR]

———impose an excise tax on certain proceeds received on sale-in, lease-out (SILO) and lease-in, lease-out (LILO) transactions (S. 1341), S7008 [24JN], S7064 [25JN]

———impose flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income (S. 741), S3994-S3997 [30MR]

———improve and extend certain tax incentives for energy efficient home and commercial building construction and the residential energy efficiency industry (S. 1637), S9075 [7AU]

———improve and extend certain tax incentives for industrial energy efficiency in the areas of water reuse, advanced motors, and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chillers (S. 1639), S9041 [6AU]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (S. 1402), S7195 [7JY]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose, S1827 [6FE], S2126 [11FE]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose (S. 222), S341 [13JA]

———limit corporate income tax deduction for health insurance company executive salaries to same amount as salary of the President of the U.S., S12463, S12464, S12467, S12470-S12474, S12477-S12479, S12481, S12483, S12504-S12507 [5DE], S12540 [6DE]

———limit penalty for failure to disclose reportable transactions based on resulting tax benefits and require a report on tax shelter penalties and other enforcement actions (S. 2771), S11384 [16NO]

———make permanent the increase in limitations on expensing of certain depreciable business assets (S. 2822), S12071 [1DE]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (S. 316), S834 [26JA]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (S. 2882), S13253 [15DE]

———modify the term ``5-year property'' to include certain marine renewable energy projects (S. 922), S4892 [29AP]

———permanently extend the research and development credit, S2303 [13FE]

———permanently extend the research credit (S. 37), S54 [6JA]

———prevent the avoidance of tax on income from assets held abroad (S. 1934), S10785 [27OC]

———prohibit earmarked tax benefits for movie production companies, S1387, S1390, S1399, S1400 [3FE]

———provide a full exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (S. 78), S83 [6JA]

———provide a point of order against consideration of legislation that increases taxes for middle-income individuals, S4655 [23AP]

———provide a point of order against consideration of legislation that increases taxes for middle-income individuals, including taxes derived from global warming pollution emissions cap and trade program, S4115-S4117, S4146 [1AP]

———provide a point of order against legislation that increases income tax rates on small businesses, S4120, S4147, S4150 [1AP], S4639, S4640, S4651, S4655 [23AP]

———provide a point of order against legislation that increases taxes during certain periods of high unemployment, S4264 [2AP]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (S. 1349), S7073 [25JN]

———provide a tax credit for qualified donations of employee services (S. 278), S653 [16JA]

———provide additional relief for small businesses (S. 1381), S7091-S7094 [25JN], S7577 [15JY]

———provide an income tax credit for businesses furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas, S2015 [9FE]

———provide incentives and fees for increasing motor vehicle fuel economy (S. 1620), S9018 [6AU]

———provide relief for small businesses, S4867 [29AP]

———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 special depreciation and amortization rules for highways and related property subject to long-term leases (S. 885), S4688 [23AP]

———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]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (S. 1491), S7880-S7884 [22JY]

———provide the same tax treatment of commercial and noncommercial investors in oil and natural gas and related commodities (S. 1588), S8997 [6AU]

———rates, S1373 [3FE], S1492, S1523 [4FE], S1778, S1805 [6FE], S2064-S2066 [10FE], S2100-S2102 [11FE], S2180, S2202 [12FE], S2991-S2995, S3011-S3014 [11MR], S3041, S3060, S3094-S3096 [12MR], S3098, S3103-S3106 [16MR], S3154-S3156 [17MR], S3323-S3328, S3336, S3344-S3347 [18MR], S3382-S3384, S3518-S3520, S3533, S3578 [19MR], S3584 [23MR], S3623-S3625 [24MR], S3756 [25MR], S3832 [26MR], S3942, S3958, S3964-S3966, S3972 [30MR], S4044 [31MR], S4834, S4853, S4868-S4870 [29AP], S5307 [11MY], S6340 [9JN], S7453 [14JY], S7575-S7577 [15JY], S8125 [27JY], S8643, S8644 [3AU], S10507 [19OC], S10871-S10877, S10884 [29OC], S10973 [2NO], S11139, S11140, S11142-S11144 [5NO], S11401 [17NO], S11847-S11850, S11871 [20NO], S12684, S12698 [8DE], S12862 [10DE], S13023, S13026 [11DE], S13140 [13DE], S13164 [14DE], S13241 [15DE], S13590 [20DE], S13744 [22DE], S13859 [23DE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (S. 144), S129 [6JA]

———renew credit for renewable energy production, S1241 [2FE], S1671 [5FE]

———repeal certain oil and gas related tax incentives (S. 1087), S5703 [20MY]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (S. 1570), S8767 [4AU]

———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (S. 2905), S13389 [17DE]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S1388, S1389 [3FE]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (S. 260), S616 [15JA]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 292), S721 [21JA]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (S. 632), S3376 [18MR]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (S. 261), S6988 [24JN]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S4868 [29AP], S11096 [4NO]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (S. 506), S2624-S2638 [2MR]

———stimulate business investment (S. 304), S790 [22JA]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (S. 30), S173 [7JA]

———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (S. 562), S2967 [10MR]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (S. 1192), S6204 [4JN]

Television: reauthorize, reform, and modernize satellite statutory license and conform satellite and cable statutory licenses to digital transmissions (S. 1670), S9374-S9378 [15SE]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (S. 1147), S5853 [21MY]

———discourage use and reduce consumption by children and youth, S5997, S6001 [3JN], S6162-S6168 [4JN]

———prohibit cigarette manufacturers from making claims or representations based on data derived from the FTC cigarette testing method, S6353 [9JN]

———restrict marketing aimed at children, S5927 [2JN]

Travel and tourism: effect of imposing $10 fee on foreign visitors to the U.S., S9154-S9158, S9160-S9162 [9SE]

———establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S5430 [13MY], S6706-S6710 [17JN], S6758, S6759, S6789, S6796 [18JN], S6839, S6840 [19JN], S6861, S6870-S6882 [22JN], S6906, S6916 [23JN], S6988 [24JN], S9108, S9118-S9124 [8SE], S9153-S9166, S9170 [9SE]

———establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), motion to proceed, S6526-S6528 [11JN], S6620, S6628-S6631, S6643-S6645 [16JN], S6679, S6683, S6700, S6706 [17JN]

———establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), unanimous-consent agreement, S6228 [4JN], S8888 [5AU]

Truth in Lending Act: extend credit card protections to small businesses, S5425 [13MY], S5471, S5488-S5491 [14MY]

U.S. Boxing Commission: establish (S. 38), S54 [6JA]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, S6873 [22JN]

———ratification (S. Res. 206), S7100-S7102 [25JN]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: ratification, S11487 [18NO]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, S5795-S5797 [21MY]

Unemployment: rates, S1773, S1775, S1779 [6FE], S8084 [24JY], S9065 [7AU], S9174 [9SE], S10948 [30OC], S11250-S11252 [6NO]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (S. 263), S10993 [2NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions (S. 2336), S10928-S10935 [29OC]

Utah: cancellation of Federal leases for oil and gas drilling, S5399, S5404, S5407 [13MY]

Waikiki, HI: anniversary of Halekulani Hotel, S4959 [30AP]

Water: promote efficiency, conservation, and adaptation (S. 1712), S9843 [24SE]

Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe (business): tribute, S6991 [24JN]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (S. 969), S5130 [5MY]

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

AARP Financial Statements Independent Audit: KPMG LLP, S12472-S12474 [5DE]

Copper Thefts Threaten U.S. Critical Infrastructure, S2159 [11FE]

Sulfur Dioxide Cap-and-Trade Program: Congressional Research Service, H6059 [2JN]

Reports filed

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Anniversary: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 472) (H. Rept. 111-141), H6305 [8JN]

Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3371) (H. Rept. 111-284), H10518 [6OC]

Allow Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 257) (H. Rept. 111-40), H3640 [18MR]

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]

Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 256), S3609 [23MR]

Commercial Space Transportation Liability Regime Extension: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 3819), S13785 [22DE]

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2799) (S. Rept. 111-99), S11593 [19NO]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 168) (H. Rept. 111-17), H1517 [12FE]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 454, Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 111-125), H5890 [20MY]

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. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 653) (H. Rept. 111-212), H8301 [16JY]

Consideration of H.R. 1664, Prohibit Certain Compensation for Troubled Asset Relief Program Assistance Recipients: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 306) (H. Rept. 111-71), H4249 [31MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 400) (H. Rept. 111-96), H5167 [5MY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 406) (H. Rept. 111-98), H5305 [6MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2352, Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 457) (H. Rept. 111-121), H5790 [19MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3269, Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 697) (H. Rept. 111-237), H9204 [30JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3585, Solar Technology Roadmap Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 846) (H. Rept. 111-304), H11514 [20OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 875) (H. Rept. 111-317), H12043 [28OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 956) (H. Rept. 111-365), H13627, H14370 [8DE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 964) (H. Rept. 111-370), H14742 [10DE]

Consideration of H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 955) (H. Rept. 111-364), H13627, H14370 [8DE]

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]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3126) (H. Rept. 111-367), H14445 [9DE]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. 414) (S. Rept. 111-16), S5065 [4MY]

———Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 414), S4890 [29AP]

Data Accountability and Trust Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2221) (H. Rept. 111-362), H13627, H14370 [8DE]

Dept. of Justice Transmittal of Certain Documents, Records, Memos, Correspondence, and Other Communications Regarding Medical Malpractice Reform: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 871) (H. Rept. 111-341), H13265 [18NO]

Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 977) (H. Rept. 111-385), H15508 [23DE]

Dextromethorphan Distribution Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1259) (H. Rept. 111-49), H3833 [24MR]

Enact Certain Laws Relative to Public Contracts: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1107) (H. Rept. 111-42), H3747 [23MR]

End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1575) (H. Rept. 111-50), H3833 [24MR]

Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (Senate) (S. 1064) (S. Rept. 111-56), S7868 [22JY]

———Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2182) (H. Rept. 111-115), H5711 [18MY]

Entrepreneurial Development Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1229) (S. Rept. 111-36), S7138 [6JY]

EPA Study on Black Carbon Emissions: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 849) (S. Rept. 111-58), S7868 [22JY]

False Claims Act Correction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1788) (H. Rept. 111-97), H5168 [5MY]

Fight Fraud Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1748) (H. Rept. 111-95), H5095 [4MY]

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 386), S2827 [5MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 386) (S. Rept. 111-10), S3609 [23MR]

Government Information Transparency Act: Committee on Oversight and Goverment Reform (House) (H.R. 2392) (H. Rept. 111-239), H9204 [30JY]

Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3596) (H. Rept. 111-322), H12197 [2NO]

Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1253) (H. Rept. 111-62), H4128 [30MR]

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1080) (H. Rept. 111-228), H8808 [24JY]

Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2352) (H. Rept. 111-112), H5671 [15MY]

Local Community Radio Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1147) (H. Rept. 111-375), H14877 [14DE]

Mercury Pollution Reduction Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2190) (H. Rept. 111-381), H15498 [16DE]

Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1728) (H. Rept. 111-94), H5095 [4MY]

National Aviation Hall of Fame Inductee Russ Meyer: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 719) (H. Rept. 111-282), H10518 [6OC]

National Boating Day: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 410) (H. Rept. 111-142), H6305 [8JN]

OPIC Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 705) (S. Rept. 111-107), S13251 [15DE]

Performance Rights Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 379), S10486 [15OC]

Personal Data Privacy and Security Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1490), S11205 [5NO]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1490) (S. Rept. 111-110), S13382 [17DE]

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 369), S10486 [15OC]

Presidential Transmittal of Information Relative to Communications With and Financial Assistance Provided to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Res. 591)) (H. Rept. 111-231), H8808 [24JY]

Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1676) (H. Rept. 111-117), H5711 [18MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1147), S11593 [19NO]

Preventing Harassment Through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1110) (H. Rept. 111-321), H12197 [2NO]

Prohibit Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Defamation Judgments and Certain Foreign Judgments Against Providers of Interactive Computer Services: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2765) (H. Rept. 111-154), H6805 [15JN]

Prohibit Unreasonable and Excessive Compensation and Compensation Not Based on Performance Standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program Assistance Recipients: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1664) (H. Rept. 111-64), H4128 [30MR]

Provide a Safe Harbor for Mortgage Servicers Who Engage in Specified Mortgage Loan Modifications: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 788) (H. Rept. 111-13), H1156 [10FE]

Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 146) (S. Rept. 111-9), S3368 [18MR]

Request the President Furnish the House of Representatives With EPA Documents on Endangerment Findings on Greenhouse Gases: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 449) (H. Rept. 111-146), H6742 [12JN]

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]

Require the Manufacturers' Excise Tax on Recreational Equipment Be Paid Quarterly: Committee on Health, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 510), S13458 [18DE]

Restore Our American Mustangs Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1018) (H. Rept. 111-177), H7144 [23JN]

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]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 962) (H. Rept. 111-369), H14445 [9DE]

Satellite Statutory License and Conformation of Satellite and Cable Statutory Licenses to Digital Television Transmissions Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3570) (H. Rept. 111-319), H12043 [28OC]

Satellite Television Modernization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1670), S9839 [24SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1670) (S. Rept. 111-98), S11344 [10NO]

Small Business Financing and Investment Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3854) (H. Rept. 111-315), H11790 [26OC]

Solar Technology Roadmap Act: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 3585) (H. Rept. 111-302), H11456 [15OC]

Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (S. 383) (H. Rept. 111-41), H3702 [19MR]

Transmittal of Documents on Break-Up of, Additional Assistance, and Payment of Executive Bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG): Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Res. 251) (H. Rept. 111-84), H4731 [23AP]

Travel Promotion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1023) (S. Rept. 111-25), S6255 [8JN]

Truth in Caller ID Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 30) (S. Rept. 111-96), S10989 [2NO]

Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act: Committee of Conference (S. 454) (H. Rept. 111-124), H5890 [20MY]

———Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 454), S4309 [2AP]

Webcaster Settlement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2344) (H. Rept. 111-139), H6305 [8JN]

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]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4301 [1AP]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), consideration (H. Res. 306), H4263 [1AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14406 [9DE]

Statements

Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act: Leo Hindery, H9222 [31JY]

Employee Free Choice Act: Senator Specter, S3636 [24MR]

Energy Development on Public Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf: Ken Salazar, Sec. of the Interior, S3339 [18MR]

———Senator Bingaman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S3340 [18MR]

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Executive Office of the President, S4533 [22AP]

Korea-U.S. Alliance Partnership: Representative Burton, E1066-E1068 [5MY]

Laying the Foundation for National Prosperity—The Imperative of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: Center for Community Economic Development, H3787-H3789 [24MR]

12 American Solutions for Jobs & Prosperity: American Solutions (organization), H2914 [3MR]

Studies

Macroeconomic Effects of Reducing the Effective Tax Rate on Repatriated Foreign Subsidiary Earnings in a Credit- and Liquidity-Constrained Environment: Allen Sinai (excerpt), S1410 [3FE]

Using What We Have To Stimulate the Economy—The Benefits of Temporary Tax Relief for U.S. Corporations To Repatriate Profits Earned by Foreign Subsidiaries: Robert J. Shapiro and Aparna Mathur (excerpt), S1410 [3FE]

Summaries

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Comparative Effectiveness Research Provisions, H1570 [13FE]

AmeriCare Health Care Act (H.R. 193), E23 [6JA]

Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act (S. 961), S5068 [4MY]

Clean Energy Act (S. 2776), S11387 [16NO]

Comments on Draft Technical Support Document for Endangerment Analysis for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Clean Air Act: Alan Carlin, EPA, E2977-E2979 [11DE]

Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act (S. 1491), S7884 [22JY]

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

Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 569), S3030 [11MR]

Jobs for Main Street Act (H.R. 2847), H15462-H15465 [16DE]

Prevent Excessive Speculation Act (S. 447), S2340 [13FE]

SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (S. 988), S5239 [6MY]

Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act (H.R. 3306), E1916 [24JY]

Transportation Access for All Americans Act (S. 885), S4689 [23AP]

Transportation Equity for All Americans Act (S. 884), S4689 [23AP]

Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act (S. 454), S2367 [23FE]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H14443 [9DE]

Comparison of flat tax to current tax system, S3996 [30MR]

Comparison of sample mortgage features, H5361 [7MY]

``Coverage Facts'' label for health insurance, S5528 [14MY]

Employment effects of repatriated funds, S1419 [3FE]

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

Estimated impact of increasing business meal deductibility from 50% to 80%, S13389 [17DE]

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

Expenditure levels by Troubled Asset Relief Program programs, H5277 [6MY]

Flat tax individual return form, S3996 [30MR]

Flow-through income and individual income taxes, 2006, S4870 [29AP]

GAO report on major weapons programs, S5213 [6MY]

Infrastructure spending and job creation by State, S1375 [3FE]

Physicians with whom Medtronic, Inc., has consulting agreements for INFUSE (medical device), S5610 [19MY]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H14443 [9DE]

Taxes owed under 20% flat tax for married couple with two children filing jointly, S3996 [30MR]

Total funds subject to Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) oversight, H5277 [6MY]

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. 76, recoup bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and prevent Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from making excessive compensation, H3665 [19MR]

H. Res. 81, recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings, H9517 [15SE]

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. 150, tribute to A. Philip Randolph, H14894 [15DE]

H. Res. 168, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1524 [13FE]

H. Res. 215, Dept. of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency anniversary, H9526 [15SE]

H. Res. 240, support goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day, H3451 [17MR]

H. Res. 257, allow consideration of motions to suspend House rules and consider certain legislation, H3645 [19MR]

H. Res. 298, congratulate on-premises sign industry for contributions to success of small businesses, H4369 [1AP]

H. Res. 306, consideration of H.R. 1664, prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4262 [1AP]

H. Res. 314, Louisville Slugger baseball bat production anniversary, H10089 [30SE]

H. Res. 317, recognize Kansas City Animal Health Corridor region, H9509 [15SE]

H. Res. 400, consideration of H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, H5174 [6MY]

H. Res. 406, consideration of H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, H5313 [7MY]

H. Res. 410, National Boating Day, H6366 [9JN]

H. Res. 432, insert H.R. 2101 language in lieu and pass S. 454, Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act, H5524 [13MY]

H. Res. 447, American Council of Engineering Companies anniversary, H9352 [9SE]

H. Res. 457, consideration of H.R. 2352, Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act, H5815 [20MY]

H. Res. 463, consideration of S. 454, Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act, H5898 [21MY]

H. Res. 472, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) anniversary, H6361 [9JN]

H. Res. 507, support goals of National Dairy Month, H8367 [20JY]

H. Res. 508, recognize contributions of general aviation industry, H8926 [28JY]

H. Res. 556, Federal Credit Union Act anniversary, H9357 [9SE]

H. Res. 631, Continental Airlines, Inc., anniversary, H8988 [29JY]

H. Res. 653, consideration of H.R. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act, H8306 [17JY]

H. Res. 662, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, H9245 [31JY]

H. Res. 697, consideration of H.R. 3269, Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act, H9211 [31JY]

H. Res. 707, Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, H10465 [6OC]

H. Res. 719, Russ Meyer National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee, H11340 [14OC]

H. Res. 797, support goals and ideals of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, H11477 [20OC]

H. Res. 846, consideration of H.R. 3585, Solar Technology Roadmap Act, H11587 [22OC]

H. Res. 875, consideration of H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act, H12069 [29OC]

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. 915, condemn awarding of national radio licenses to politically-connected companies and encourage respect for rule of law, fair treatment of foreign investors, and maintenance of a free and independent press in Hungary, H13563 [8DE]

H. Res. 955, consideration of H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act, H14379 [9DE]

H. Res. 956, consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H14408 [9DE]

H. Res. 962, same-day consideration of consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H14481 [10DE]

H. Res. 964, consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H14487 [10DE]

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.J. Res. 3, disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, H447 [22JA]

H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H642-H711 [28JA]

H.R. 469, Produced Water Utilization Act, H1193 [11FE]

H.R. 907, Grand Concourse anniversary as preeminent thoroughfare in the Bronx, NY, borough and an important nexus of commerce and culture for New York, NY, H13578 [8DE]

H.R. 912, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act, H1053 [9FE]

H.R. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act, H8317 [17JY]

H.R. 1080, Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act, H9751-H9754 [22SE]

H.R. 1107, enact certain laws relative to public contracts, H5201-H5257 [6MY]

H.R. 1110, Preventing Harassment Through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act, H14896 [15DE]

H.R. 1147, Local Community Radio Act, H14903 [15DE]

H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act, H4087 [30MR]

H.R. 1259, Dextromethorphan Distribution Act, H4086 [30MR]

H.R. 1327, Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, H11191 [13OC]

H.R. 1541, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act reauthorization, H3468 [17MR]

H.R. 1575, End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act, H4275 [1AP]

H.R. 1586, impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H3655 [19MR]

H.R. 1664, prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4294 [1AP]

H.R. 1676, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act, H5730-H5736 [19MY]

H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, H5325-H5343 [7MY]

H.R. 1803, Veterans Business Center Act, H8912 [28JY]

H.R. 1807, Educating Entrepreneurs Through Today's Technology Act, H8915 [28JY]

H.R. 1842, Expanding Entrepreneurship Act, H13079 [18NO]

H.R. 1845, Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act, H12473-H12475 [6NO]

H.R. 1945, Tule River Tribe Water Development Act, H7713 [7JY]

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

H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act, H13586-H13590 [8DE]

H.R. 2344, Webcaster Settlement Act, H6330 [9JN]

H.R. 2352, Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act, H5847-H5852 [20MY]

H.R. 2529, Neighborhood Preservation Act, H8971 [29JY]

H.R. 2571, Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, H9360-H9362 [9SE]

H.R. 2675, Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 Extension Act, H6329 [9JN]

H.R. 2751, Consumer Assistance To Recycle and Save Act, H6345-H6347 [9JN]

H.R. 2765, prohibit court recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against providers of interactive computer services, H6770, H6771 [15JN]

H.R. 2947, Securities Law Technical Corrections Act, H9524 [15SE]

H.R. 3179, SIG TARP Small Business Awareness Act, H9528 [15SE]

H.R. 3269, Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act, H9213-H9215 [31JY]

H.R. 3371, Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act, H11328-H11333 [14OC]

H.R. 3435, Dept. of Transportation supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle, H9233 [31JY]

H.R. 3527, FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act, H9522 [15SE]

H.R. 3570, Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act, H13428-H13438 [2DE]

H.R. 3614, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act reauthorization, S9890 [25SE], H9819 [23SE]

H.R. 3738, Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act, H13081 [18NO]

H.R. 3743, Small Business Disaster Readiness and Reform Act, H12471 [6NO]

H.R. 3819, Dept. of Transportation commercial space transportation liability regime extension, H11471 [20OC]

H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act, H12079-H12099 [29OC]

H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H14496-H14650 [10DE]

H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act, H14385-H14397 [9DE]

S. 2, Middle Class Opportunity Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 3, Homeowner Protection and Wall Street Accountability Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 9, Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act, S46 [6JA]

S. 30, Truth in Caller ID Act, S174 [7JA]

S. 112, treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness, S86 [6JA]

S. 139, Data Breach Notification Act, S117-S119 [6JA]

S. 141, Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act, S124-S128 [6JA]

S. 146, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, S130 [6JA]

S. 148, Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, S134 [6JA]

S. 156, Small Business Stimulus Act, S139 [6JA]

S. 158, expand availability of industrial development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property, S141 [6JA]

S. 204, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act, S311 [12JA]

S. 221, require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets, S339 [13JA]

S. 256, Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act, S615 [15JA], S6315 [8JN]

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. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, S1433 [3FE]

S. 376, Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Improvement Act, S1544 [4FE]

S. 379, Performance Rights Act, S1545 [4FE]

S. 383, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act, S1613 [4FE], H3847 [25MR]

S. 386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA), S1682-S1684 [5FE], S4777-S4781 [28AP], H5260-H5264 [6MY]

S. 388, Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act, S1685 [5FE]

S. 430, Economic Development Administration reauthorization, S2243 [12FE]

S. 439, Indian Development Finance Corporation Act, S2326-S2329 [13FE]

S. 447, Prevent Excessive Speculation Act, S2337-S2340 [13FE]

S. 454, Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act, S5205-S5209 [6MY], S5260-S5265 [7MY], H5539 [13MY]

S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act, S2426-S2428 [24FE]

S. 470, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, S2476-S2479 [25FE]

S. 537, Sunshine in Litigation Act, S2835 [5MR]

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

S. 562, Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act, S2968-S2970 [10MR]

S. 566, Financial Product Safety Commission Act, S2975-S2978 [10MR]

S. 569, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, S3029 [11MR]

S. 593, Ban Poisonous Additives Act, S3087 [12MR]

S. 596, Nanotechnology Innovation and Prize Competition Act, S3116 [16MR]

S. 605, reinstate SEC uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities, S3121 [16MR]

S. 632, Firearms Fairness and Affordability Act, S3376 [18MR]

S. 661, Restoring America's Manufacturing Leadership through Energy Efficiency Act, S3572-S3574 [19MR]

S. 679, Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act, S3670 [24MR]

S. 741, Flat Tax Act, S4065-S4070 [31MR]

S. 777, Strengthening Employment Clusters To Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act, S4192-S4195 [1AP]

S. 829, Patriot Employers Act, S4448 [20AP]

S. 876, provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, S4678 [23AP]

S. 884, Transportation Equity for All Americans Act, S4688 [23AP]

S. 885, Transportation Access for All Americans Act, S4689 [23AP]

S. 900, Credit Card Safety Star Act, S4757-S4760 [27AP]

S. 913, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act, S4813 [28AP]

S. 931, Arbitration Fairness Act, S4898 [29AP]

S. 979, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act, S5135-S5142 [5MY]

S. 988, SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act, S5237-S5239 [6MY]

S. 1006, Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act, S5291 [7MY]

S. 1007, Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act, S5291 [7MY]

S. 1013, Dept. of Energy program to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide, S5374 [12MY]

S. 1023, Travel Promotion Act, S6707-S6709 [17JN], S9170-S9172 [9SE]

S. 1038, Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJobs) Act, S5506-S5517 [14MY]

S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act, S5524-S5527 [14MY]

S. 1073, Rating Accountability and Transparency Enhancement (RATE) Act, S5617-S5620 [19MY]

S. 1086, Livestock Marketing Fairness Act, S5703 [20MY]

S. 1092, Reenergize America Loan Program Act, S5707 [20MY]

S. 1135, Drive America Forward Act, S5841-S5843 [21MY]

S. 1141, Tariff Relief Assistance for Developing Economies (TRADE) Act, S5847 [21MY]

S. 1147, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act, S5853-S5860 [21MY]

S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act, S5861 [21MY]

S. 1165, Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act, S5949 [2JN]

S. 1196, Small Business International Trade Enhancements Act, S6258-S6260 [8JN]

S. 1200, Short Term Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act, S6262-S6265 [8JN]

S. 1201, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S6265 [8JN]

S. 1208, Small Business Export Opportunity Development Act, S6268-S6271 [8JN]

S. 1212, Credit Card Fair Fee Act, S6366-S6371 [9JN]

S. 1219, Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 Extension Act, S6382 [9JN]

S. 1221, ensure more appropriate Medicare payment amounts for drugs and biologicals by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price, S6383 [9JN]

S. 1229, Entrepreneurial Development Act, S6460-S6470 [10JN]

S. 1241, permit Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands, S6549 [11JN]

S. 1250, Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act, S6557 [11JN]

S. 1253, Automobile Dealers Assistance Act, S6560 [11JN]

S. 1276, Private Fund Transparency Act, S6654 [16JN]

S. 1280, TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act, S6727 [17JN]

S. 1334, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, S6995-S7006 [24JN]

S. 1349, Home Office Tax Deduction Simplification and Improvement Act, S7074 [25JN]

S. 1350, Fueling America Act, S7075 [25JN]

S. 1381, Small Business Tax Relief Act, S7094 [25JN]

S. 1399, Carbon Market Oversight Act, S7144-S7149 [6JY]

S. 1402, Small Business Jump Start Act, S7195 [7JY]

S. 1422, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act, S7320 [9JY], S11353 [10NO], H13398 [2DE]

S. 1425, Global Resources and Opportunities for Women To Thrive (GROWTH) Act, S7321-S7324 [9JY]

S. 1484, Catastrophe Savings Accounts Act, S7785 [21JY]

S. 1486, Policyholder Disaster Protection Act, S7789 [21JY]

S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, S7872-S7879 [22JY]

S. 1491, Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act, S7884 [22JY]

S. 1540, Resolution Reform Act, S8559-S8561 [30JY]

S. 1574, Clean Energy for Homes and Buildings Act, S8769-S8771 [4AU]

S. 1588, Stop Tax-Breaks for Oil Profiteering (STOP) Act, S8998 [6AU]

S. 1592, Federal Board of Certification Act, S9003 [6AU]

S. 1609, Longline Catcher Processor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act, S9009 [6AU]

S. 1615, Next Step for Main Street Credit Availability Act, S9015 [6AU]

S. 1616, U.S.-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act, S9016 [6AU]

S. 1620, Efficient Vehicle Leadership Act, S9019 [6AU]

S. 1627, Consumer Fuels and Vehicle Choice Act, S9024 [6AU]

S. 1633, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act, S9029 [6AU]

S. 1639, Expanding Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentives Act, S9042 [6AU]

S. 1646, Keep Americans Working Act, S9080 [7AU]

S. 1670, Satellite Television Modernization Act, S9374-S9377 [15SE]

S. 1677, Defense Production Act reauthorization, S9482-S9486 [16SE], H9813-H9817 [23SE]

S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, S9556 [17SE]

S. 1682, Derivatives Market Manipulation Prevention Act, S9557-S9559 [17SE]

S. 1691, Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act, S9655-S9673 [22SE]

S. 1700, Energy Security Through Transparency Act, S9746 [23SE]

S. 1712, Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act, S9846-S9848 [24SE]

S. 1723, TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act, S9932 [29SE]

S. 1730, Fairness in Health Insurance Act, S9984 [30SE]

S. 1731, Preserving Homes and Communities Act, S9985-S9988 [30SE]

S. 1783, Dairy COOL Act, S10438 [14OC]

S. 1820, Clean Cruise Ship Act, S10638-S10641 [21OC]

S. 1964, Mutual Fund Transparency Act, S10856 [28OC]

S. 2336, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act provisions extension, S10934 [29OC]

S. 2731, SBA Disaster Recovery and Reform Act, S11210-S11212 [5NO]

S. 2819, Processed Food Safety Act, S12011 [30NO]

S. 2822, Small Business Expensing Permanency Act, S12072 [1DE]

S. 2826, Clean Renewable Energy Advancement Tax Extension (CREATE) Jobs Act, S12323 [3DE]

S. 2829, allow the cost of labor for building envelope improvements to be included for purposes of the nonbusiness energy property tax credit (S. 2829), S12324 [3DE]

S. 2862, Small Business Export Enhancement and International Trade Act, S12812-S12816 [9DE]

S. 2905, repeal reduction in tax deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses, S13389 [17DE]

S. 2916, limit IRS regulatory authority relative to limitation on losses following ownership change, S13462 [18DE]

S. Con. Res. 14, support Local Radio Freedom Act, S4006 [30MR]

S. Con. Res. 32, include consumer protections in health care reform legislation, S7102 [25JN]

S. Res. 86, National Auctioneers Day, S3933 [26MR], S4104 [31MR]

S. Res. 91, investigate drywall imports from China, prohibit further imports, recall hazardous drywall, seek penalties against manufacturers, and provide assistance to homeowners affected by hazardous drywall, S4006 [30MR]

S. Res. 98, National TEA Party Day, S4386 [2AP]

S. Res. 147, National Travel and Tourism Week, S5378 [12MY]

S. Res. 154, National Small Business Week, S5623, S5646 [19MY]

S. Res. 174, recognize Kansas City Animal Health Corridor region, S6385 [9JN]

S. Res. 175, ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency, S6386 [9JN]

S. Res. 179, American Society of Mechanical Engineers codes and standards development anniversary, S6387, S6391 [9JN]

S. Res. 199, National Boating Day, S6889 [22JN], S7112 [25JN]

S. Res. 206, U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement ratification, S7100 [25JN]

S. Res. 217, tribute to China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO), S7704 [20JY]

S. Res. 234, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S8688, S8699 [3AU]

S. Res. 270, High Point Furniture Market, High Point, NC, anniversary, S9440, S9487 [16SE]

S. Res. 285, support goals and ideals of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, S9851 [24SE], S9941 [29SE]

S. Res. 287, Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act anniversary, S9853 [24SE]

S. Res. 362, Dept. of the Treasury direction of U.S. representatives to the IMF and World Bank to condition loans to Antigua and Barbuda on cooperation with efforts to provide redress to Stanford Financial Group fraud victims, S12012 [30NO]

Transcripts

Price of Oil—Historic Oil Prices Were Result of Financial Speculation From Wall Street and Not Supply and Demand: 60 Minutes (television program), S339-S341 [13JA]