HATCH, ORRIN G. (a Senator from Utah)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8633 [31JY], S8659 [3AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1471 [3FE], S1555, S1580, S1582 [4FE], S1678, S1679, S1708, S1712, S1714, S1738, S1740, S1765, S1766 [5FE], S1819, S1822, S1865, S1872 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5641 [19MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4065, S4100 [31MR], S4173, S4174, S4202, S4212, S4225 [1AP], S4254, S4271, S4279, S4281, S4282, S4390, S4394, S4395, S4396 [2AP]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3884, S3899, S3936, S3937 [26MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7564, S7566 [15JY], S7633, S7661 [16JY], S7702 [20JY], S7803 [21JY], S7924 [22JY], S8011, S8012 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10163, S10164 [6OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7270, S7272, S7274 [8JY], S7292, S7319 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4620, S4701 [23AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9753 [23SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11296 [9NO], S11334, S11351 [10NO]

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

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8285 [29JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S5953 [2JN], S6051 [3JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11973 [21NO], S12600, S12627 [7DE], S12805 [9DE], S12936 [10DE], S13791, S13792 [22DE]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S854, S857, S933, S936 [27JA], S962, S995, S999, S1000 [28JA], S1009, S1058, S1069 [29JA]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S11973 [21NO], S12600, S12627 [7DE], S12805 [9DE], S12936 [10DE], S13791, S13792 [22DE]

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), S6890, S6898 [22JN]

Appointments

Committee on Taxation (Joint), S2500 [25FE]

Congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations, S2575 [26FE]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, S1472 [3FE]

Articles and editorials

Bush's Achievements—Ten Things the President Got Right, Weekly Standard (publication), S374 [14JA]

Change Nobody Believes In, Wall Street Journal, S13726 [22DE]

Constitution as the Playbook for Judicial Selection, by, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, S8748-S8750 [4AU]

Did Precedent Make Sotomayor Rule Against Ricci? Stuart Taylor, Jr., National Journal, S8750 [4AU]

Not Anti-Hispanic To Oppose Sotomayor, Marco Rubio, Politico (publication), S8899 [6AU]

Why the Personal Mandate To Buy Health Insurance Is Unprecedented and Unconstitutional, Randy Barnett, Nathaniel Stewart, and Todd F. Gaziano, Heritage.org (Internet site) (excerpt), S13015 [11DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: delay sunset (see S. 1219), S6453 [10JN]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 146), S5906 [1JN]

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

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S4755 [27AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S10318 [8OC]

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

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

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 694), S3784 [25MR]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see S. Res. 112), S4670 [23AP]

Budget: reduce the deficit by establishing 5-year discretionary spending caps and strengthened pay-as-you-go procedures (see S. 2911), S13458 [18DE]

Bureau of Reclamation: maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (see S. 1453), S7480 [14JY]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7263 [8JY]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 1279), S6720 [17JN]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see S. Res. 178), S6364 [9JN]

China: authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses to promote exports (see S. 1616), S9135 [8SE]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see S. 1319), S9555 [17SE]

Correctional institutions: prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (see S. 1749), S10363 [13OC]

Courts: allow a limited period for Federal judges to opt into the Judicial Survivors' Annuities System and begin contributing towards an annuity for spouses and dependent children upon their death (see S. 1107), S5700 [20MY]

———repeal statutory requirement for Federal judges to receive cost-of-living increases and provide for automatic salary adjustments (see S. 2725), S11048 [3NO]

Crime: improve assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 327), S5282 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: limit immigration rights of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see S. 1071), S8558 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see S. 2796), S11492 [18NO]

Dept. of Justice: improve defendants' payment of restitution to crime victims and unpaid judgements owed to the U.S. and provide for equitable retirement treatment of assistant U.S. attorneys (see S. 2786), S11430 [17NO]

———make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see S. 1301), S6804 [18JN]

———reauthorize Boys & Girls Clubs of America (see S. 2924), S13785 [22DE]

Dept. of Transportation: release restrictions on the use of certain property conveyed to St. George, UT, for airport purposes (see S. 411), S2144 [11FE]

———study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see S. 841), S6365 [9JN]

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

Ecology and environment: protect water resources and reduce forest and rangeland fuel loads by developing biochar technology through removal and conversion of certain invasive plant species (see S. 1713), S9840 [24SE]

Education: strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see S. 1478), S11119 [4NO]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see S. 818), S4311 [2AP]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (see S. 510), S11291 [9NO]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see S. 561), S2965 [10MR]

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

———preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas (see S. 816), S5233 [6MY]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see S. 604), S8094 [24JY]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S9930 [29SE]

Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 105), S4445 [20AP]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (see S. 1687), S9555 [17SE]

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

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

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

Health: improve emergency medical services for children (see S. 408), S2080 [10FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2558 [26FE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see S. 160), S43 [6JA]

Immigration: expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability (see S. 1409), S7261 [8JY]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S1677 [5FE]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights (see S. Res. 71), S8558 [30JY]

———condemn restrictions on freedoms of speech, the press, expression, and assembly, human rights abuses, and censorship, and support access to the Internet and personal communication services (see S. Res. 386), S13785 [22DE]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S8273 [29JY]

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

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

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

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

———reduce the rape kit forensic analysis backlog (see S. 2736), S11205 [5NO]

———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see S. 941), S8558 [30JY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 654), S7139 [6JY]

———establish programs to improve the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care (see S. 225), S337 [13JA]

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

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S6187 [4JN]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S8136 [27JY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 291), S9930 [29SE]

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

National Child Protection Act: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see S. 1598), S10701 [22OC]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S4447 [20AP]

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

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 142), S5371 [12MY]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 240), S8765 [4AU]

National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 241), S8865 [5AU]

Nuclear weapons: protect public health and safety if testing by the U.S. is resumed (see S. 600), S3113 [16MR]

Olympic Day: observance (see S. Res. 178), S6364 [9JN]

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

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

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

Power resources: promote biogas production (see S. 306), S4574 [22AP]

———provide clean, affordable, and reliable energy (see S. 1333), S6993 [24JN]

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1490), S11206 [5NO]

Public lands: convey certain parcels of land to Alta, UT (see S. 1719), S9869 [25SE]

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

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see S. Res. 361), S12008 [30NO]

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]

Rural areas: provide Federal assistance to States for rural law enforcement (see S. 150), S1124 [30JA]

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

Schools: recruit, support, and prepare principals to improve student academic achievement at high-need schools (see S. 2896), S13382 [17DE]

SEC: reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities (see S. 605), S12516 [5DE]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects (see S. 2830), S12322 [3DE]

Tariff: provide duty-free treatment of certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan (see S. 496), S2558 [26FE]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S4311 [2AP]

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

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see S. 1408), S7261 [8JY]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S2558 [26FE]

———expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see S. 2857), S12804 [9DE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S8135 [27JY]

———extend and modify the tax credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles (see S. 2854), S12804 [9DE]

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

———increase limitation on capital losses (see S. 978), S5128 [5MY]

———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]

———provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts (see S. 271), S598 [15JA]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S5372 [12MY]

———S corporation reform (see S. 996), S5281 [7MY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S7193 [7JY]

Television: reauthorize, reform, and modernize satellite statutory license and conform satellite and cable statutory licenses to digital transmissions (see S. 1670), S9371 [15SE]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (see S. 1147), S11594 [19NO]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around the Navajo Indian Reservation (see S. 759), S4171 [1AP]

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

Utah: allocate costs to project power with respect to power development within the Diamond Fork System (see S. 1758), S10162 [6OC]

———authorize exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties (see S. 563), S2965 [10MR]

———convey parcels of land to Mantua, UT (see S. 1546), S8557 [30JY]

Voting: establish standards for distribution of voter registration application forms and require organizations to register with the State prior to distributing such forms (see S. 1103), S5700 [20MY]

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S7780 [21JY]

———provide Armed Forces members and their families equal access to voter registration assistance (see S. 1265), S7780 [21JY]

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

Weyrich, Paul M.: tribute (see S. Res. 79), S3551 [19MR]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S5615 [19MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: convey White Acre and Gambel Oak properties to Park City, UT (see S. 218), S337 [13JA]

Budget: limit Federal spending to a certain percentage of the gross domestic product (see S. 897), S4721 [24AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 2922), S13785 [22DE]

Dept. of HHS: improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see S. 660), S3550 [19MR]

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

Dept. of the Interior: authorize participation in Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge project (see S. 745), S4062 [31MR]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating Estate Grange and other sites related to Alexander Hamilton's life on St. Croix as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 216), S337 [13JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (see S. 1243), S6542 [11JN]

Escalante, UT: provide for sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turn-About Ranch at fair market value (see S. 219), S337 [13JA]

Feed America Day: designate (see S. Res. 334), S11118 [4NO]

Medicaid: establish programs to improve the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care (see S. 314), S826 [26JA]

National Reading Education Assistance Dogs Day: designate (see S. Res. 338), S11205 [5NO]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails (see S. 217), S337 [13JA]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 795), S4310 [2AP]

Taxation: provide a tax credit for qualified donations of employee services (see S. 278), S652 [16JA]

Utah: authorize exchange of certain land between the Boy Scouts of America Utah National Parks Council and Brian Head Ski Resort (see S. 215), S337 [13JA]

Bills and resolutions relative to

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

Letters

Constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance: Carroll G. Robinson and Michael O. Adams, S13016 [11DE]

Impact of transporting and incarcerating in the Bureau of Prisons individuals detained as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Harley G. Lappin, Bureau of Prisons, S3056 [12MR]

Prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan: C. Everett Koop, S11087 [4NO]

———several Utah citizens, S12678 [8DE]

Serve America Act: Campus Compact (organization), S3825 [26MR]

———ServiceNation (organization), S3824 [26MR]

———several Governors, S3824 [26MR]

Lists

Conservative Action Project (organization) members, S13727 [22DE]

Memorandums

Constitutionality of Mandate Requiring U.S. Citizens To Have Health Insurance: Conservative Action Project (organization), S13728 [22DE]

Motions

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12306 [3DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12306 [3DE]

Privilege of the floor

Drew, Lyle, S7664 [16JY]

Phoenix, Janet, S946 [27JA], S12350 [3DE]

Rowe, Ronald, S3090 [12MR]

Williams, Paul, S7664 [16JY]

Remarks

Air Force: assessment of contracting system used to award the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, S10547, S10548 [20OC]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S3964 [30MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1634, S1645 [5FE], S1795, S1796 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2195 [12FE], S2294 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5605 [19MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3011-S3014 [11MR]

———increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S14133 [24DE]

———limit Federal spending to a certain percentage of the gross domestic product (S. 897), S4722 [24AP], S7356 [10JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S3964, S3966 [30MR], S4279 [2AP]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S371 [14JA]

Byrd, Senator: tribute (S. Res. 354), S11481 [18NO]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: actuarial report on impact of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on Medicare and Medicaid programs, S13090 [12DE]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S13092 [12DE]

China: human rights violations, S4659 [23AP]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3641, S3644 [24MR], S3747 [25MR], S3824, S3825, S3826, S3843, S3848, S3885 [26MR], S10482 [15OC]

———reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), motion to proceed, S3595, S3600 [23MR], S3628 [24MR]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (S. 1319), S9548 [17SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: designate a tribal liason for Native Americans and keep tribes eligible for nationally competitive grants and allow competition with States and national nonprofit organizations, S3747 [25MR]

———enhance role of State service commissions in grant oversight and planning, S3641 [24MR]

———make grants to State service commissions to award ServeAmerica Fellowships, S3826 [26MR]

Courts: allow a limited period for Federal judges to opt into the Judicial Survivors' Annuities System and begin contributing towards an annuity for spouses and dependent children upon their death (S. 1107), S5724 [20MY]

———allow certain detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be brought to the U.S. for trial and possible imprisonment, S6438 [10JN]

———provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (S. 417), S6438-S6440 [10JN]

Crime: conduct study to determine if States are adequately addressing hate crimes and provide limited Federal assistance in State prosecution of hate crimes, S7629, S7633, S7634 [16JY]

———provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7629 [16JY], S10774 [27OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7592, S7629, S7633, S7634 [16JY], S7732 [21JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10774 [27OC]

———close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S6438 [10JN]

———consult with State and local governments in the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S5605 [19MY]

———F-22 aircraft program funding, S7592 [16JY], S7732 [21JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10156 [6OC]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S., S5605 [19MY]

———two-stage ground-based interceptor missile research, development, testing, and evaluation funding, S10156 [6OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, S1795 [6FE]

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (S. 660), S3571 [19MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify definition of switchblade knives, S7304 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7241 [8JY], S7304, S7306 [9JY]

———prevent Customs and Border Protection seizure of imported prescription drugs for personal use, S7306 [9JY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9314 [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: impact of closing detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S3054, S3056, S3057 [12MR]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4620 [23AP]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit use of Federal funds to withdraw a rule pertaining to labor unions filing of annual financial reports, S4620 [23AP]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize participation in Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge project (S. 745), S4071 [31MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9809 [24SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (S. 1243), S6550 [11JN], S7356 [10JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9314 [14SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10464 [15OC]

EPA: prohibit listing carbon dioxide as a pollutant subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act except for mobile sources, S9809 [24SE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6173 [4JN]

Feed America Day: designate (S. Res. 334), S11120 [4NO]

Geithner, Timothy F.: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, S805 [26JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S805 [26JA]

Hamilton, David F.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11414 [17NO]

Health: constitutionality of excise tax imposed on high-cost employer-sponsored insurance plans at non-uniform rates per State, S13015 [11DE]

———constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, S13013 [11DE], S13725 [22DE], S13823 [23DE]

———health information technology funding, S2197 [12FE]

———impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, S2197 [12FE]

———improve emergency medical services for children (S. 408), S3110 [16MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S6349, S6350 [9JN], S7354 [10JY], S8125 [27JY], S10355 [13OC], S10875 [29OC], S11085 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12137 [2DE], S12660, S12661, S12662, S12677 [8DE], S12893 [10DE], S13013 [11DE], S13090, S13093 [12DE], S13147 [14DE], S13600 [20DE], S13725, S13777 [22DE], S13823, S13858 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12056 [1DE], S12116, S12117 [2DE], S12306-S12311 [3DE], S12365, S12366, S12367, S12391, S12396 [4DE], S12893-S12896 [10DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11819 [19NO], S11924, S11925, S11926, S11927, S11928, S11929, S11940, S11953 [21NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S11087 [4NO], S11924, S11926, S11927, S11928, S11929 [21NO], S12660, S12661, S12662, S12677 [8DE], S13858 [23DE]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, S12137-S12139 [2DE]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish, S1796 [6FE]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities, S7242 [8JY]

Holder, Eric H., Jr.: nomination to be Attorney General, S1263 [2FE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S143 [6JA], S2448 [25FE], S2527 [26FE]

———provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), motion to proceed, S2392 [24FE]

Huntsman, Jon M., Jr.: nomination to be Ambassador to China, S9093 [7AU]

Immigration: eliminate sunset in the special immigrant nonminister religious worker visa program, S7241 [8JY]

———eliminate the ``widow penalty'' by allowing petitions for legal permanent residency by noncitizen surviving spouses of U.S. citizens to be adjudicated, S7242 [8JY]

———expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability (S. 1409), S7263 [8JY]

Insurance: establish a net worth threshold for recipients of COBRA continuation health coverage by reason of termination of employment, S2197 [12FE]

Kagan, Elena: nomination to be Solicitor General, S3529 [19MR]

Kerlikowske, R. Gil: nomination to be Office of National Drug Control Policy Director, S5268 [7MY]

Kris, David S.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, S3753 [25MR]

Lynn, William J., III: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Defense, S2122 [11FE]

Medicaid: impact of eligibility expansion, S13147 [14DE]

———reform, S11940 [21NO]

Medicare: eliminate funding cuts, S12056 [1DE], S12116, S12117, S12139 [2DE]

———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (S. 935), S4965 [30AP]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S11085-S11088 [4NO], S12306-S12311 [3DE], S12365, S12366, S12367, S12391, S12396 [4DE], S13858 [23DE]

National Basketball Association: tribute to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees, S9322 [14SE]

National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 241), S8872 [5AU]

National Reading Education Assistance Dogs Day: designate (S. Res. 338), S11217 [5NO]

National security: proposed release of certain detainees from detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S7770 [21JY]

NCAA: demand antitrust investigation of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and support establishment of a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system, S1117 [30JA]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S5365-S5367 [12MY]

———evaluation of economic policies, S3011-S3014 [11MR], S7355-S7357 [10JY]

Patents: reform (S. 515), S2715 [3MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: condition implementation on Dept. of HHS certification that a certain number of premiums would not be raised as compared to projections under current law, S13777 [22DE]

———prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S12893-S12896 [10DE]

Points of Light Institute: anniversary, S10482 [15OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, S10464 [15OC]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S6348 [9JN], S11414 [17NO]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (S. 379), S1546 [4FE]

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute, S12154 [2DE]

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]

Rex E. Lee Post Office Building, Provo, UT: designate (H.R. 3547), S11299 [9NO]

Rural areas: provide Federal assistance to States for rural law enforcement (S. 150), S991 [28JA]

Senate: appreciation for tributes, S10026 [1OC]

———importance of bipartisanship, S13093 [12DE]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 795), S4331 [2AP]

Social Security: codify rule specifying eligibility for unborn children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1009, S1010, S1013, S1014, S1031 [29JA]

———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under State Children's Health Insurance Program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, S1016 [29JA]

———eliminate State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for legal immigrants and increase coverage for low-income American children, S1026, S1027 [29JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S854, S857, S880, S881 [27JA], S1009, S1010, S1013, S1014, S1016, S1025, S1026, S1027, S1031 [29JA]

———prohibit Federal matching payment for Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage of noncitizen children or pregnant women relative to State enrollment of low-income uninsured children, S857, S880 [27JA]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to appeals court ruling on private property and eminent domain in Port Chester, NY, S8898 [6AU]

———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to positions on right to keep and bear arms, S6972 [24JN], S8898 [6AU]

———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to role with LatinoJustice PRLDEF (organization), S8898 [6AU]

———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6348 [9JN], S6972 [24JN], S8745 [4AU], S8897 [6AU]

Taxation: provide a tax credit for qualified donations of employee services (S. 278), S653 [16JA]

———provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts, S1634 [5FE]

———provide relief to improve competitiveness of U.S. corporations and small businesses and eliminate incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, S3965, S3966 [30MR]

———rates, S3011-S3014 [11MR], S3964, S3966 [30MR], S8125 [27JY], S10875 [29OC], S13859 [23DE]

Television: reauthorize, reform, and modernize satellite statutory license and conform satellite and cable statutory licenses to digital transmissions (S. 1670), S9377 [15SE]

Terrorism: provide a point of order against any legislation that would weaken or eliminate critical terror-fighting tools, S4279 [2AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunset of certain provisions and authority to issue national security letters (S. 1692), S10197 [7OC]

University of Utah: tribute to football team, S1117 [30JA]

Varney, Christine A.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S4429 [20AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: anniversary, E2373 [25SE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: anniversary (S. Res. 287), S9853 [24SE]

Senate: tribute for casting 12,000th vote, S10025, S10026 [1OC]

Reports

Copper Thefts Threaten U.S. Critical Infrastructure, S2159 [11FE]

Statements

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

Tributes

Alleman, Michael B., S4504 [21AP]

Biden, Senator, S407 [15JA]

Billings, Lewis K., S13871 [23DE]

Bush, Laura, S374 [14JA]

Clinton, Sec. of State, S778 [22JA]

Coleman, Norm, S7357 [10JY]

Curtiss, Kurt R., S10476 [15OC]

Han, Kimble A., S12317 [3DE]

Hansen, Clifford P., S10911 [29OC]

Hawkins, Paula, S12703 [8DE]

Kemp, Jack F., S5324 [11MY]

Kennedy, Edward M., S9206 [10SE]

Martinez, Senator, S9151 [9SE]

McConnell, Senator, S285 [12JA]

Miller, Larry H., S2554 [26FE]

Nilsson, Brett, S8190 [28JY]

Nolen, James M., S12317 [3DE]

Salazar, Sec. of the Interior, S889 [27JA]

Sarbanes, Christine D., S3628 [24MR]