LANDRIEU, MARY L. (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8661, S8693 [3AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1278 [2FE], S1465, S1471 [3FE], S1538, S1543, S1558, S1561, S1562, S1585, S1591, S1594 [4FE], S1679, S1717, S1740, S1752, S1765 [5FE], S1865, S1875, S1880 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5643 [19MY], S5735, S5738, S5739, S5740 [20MY], S5822 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4097 [31MR], S4122, S4207, S4211 [1AP], S4257, S4262, S4275, S4284, S4314, S4389, S4390 [2AP]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3764, S3805 [25MR]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5386 [12MY], S5425 [13MY], S5471, S5503, S5536 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7419 [13JY], S7492 [14JY], S7558, S7562, S7563, S7564 [15JY], S7642 [16JY], S7705 [20JY], S7800, S7803 [21JY], S7896, S7911 [22JY], S7999, S8011, S8016, S8041, S8053 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10069 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7304, S7330, S7331 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9593 [21SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9332 [14SE], S9384 [15SE], S9403 [16SE]

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]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8147 [27JY], S8205, S8206, S8208 [28JY], S8253, S8283 [29JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12161, S12258 [2DE], S12425 [4DE], S12645 [7DE], S12709, S12716, S12717 [8DE], S12820, S12832 [9DE], S12911 [10DE], S13034 [11DE], S13253, S13265 [15DE], S13384 [17DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10224 [7OC], S10319 [8OC]

Small Business Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3614), S9872 [25SE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12161, S12258 [2DE], S12425 [4DE], S12645 [7DE], S12709, S12716, S12717 [8DE], S12820, S12832 [9DE], S12911 [10DE], S13034 [11DE], S13253, S13265 [15DE], S13384 [17DE]

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 [16JN], S6889 [22JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10740 [26OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S5804 [21MY]

———H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S7312 [9JY]

———H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11411 [17NO]

———H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8263 [29JY]

Articles and editorials

Bill's Charity Work Helped Vitter's State, Glenn Thrush, Politico (publication), S684 [21JA]

Habitat Founder's Gone, but Work Can't Be Forgotten, Lynda Spofford, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, S2174 [12FE]

Millard Fuller, 74, Who Founded Habitat for Humanity, Is Dead, Douglas Martin, New York (NY) Times, S2174 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: commend the Five Million Afghan Women Campaign, ensure full participation of women in elections, and encourage U.S. support for women's awareness of governance and political participation (see S. Res. 251), S9078 [7AU]

———express that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed (see S. Con. Res. 19), S5067 [4MY]

———promote empowerment of women (see S. 229), S5065 [4MY]

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

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the settlement of certain claims (see S. 881), S6256 [8JN]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see S. 1326), S6938 [23JN]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see S. 2743), S11205 [5NO]

———exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC (see S. 581), S5372 [12MY]

———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), S2965 [10MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S7640 [16JY]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see S. 731), S4892 [29AP]

———provide for enhanced reimbursement of National Guard and Reserve members for certain travel expenses (see S. 1558), S8681 [3AU]

———reduce minimum distance of travel necessary for reimbursement of covered military health care system beneficiaries for specialty health care (see S. 476), S5502 [14MY]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see S. 711), S6805 [18JN]

———require provision of medical and dental readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need (see S. 1106), S5700 [20MY]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see S. 213), S10162 [6OC]

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]

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 197), S256 [9JA]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7194 [7JY]

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

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see S. Res. 22), S894 [27JA]

Children and youth: examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 2837), S12619 [7DE]

———improve health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers through the creation of a National Court Teams Resource Center (see S. 1554), S8683 [3AU]

China: 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]

Clean Air Act: promote certification of aftermarket conversion systems and thereby encourage increased use of alternative fueled vehicles (see S. 1809), S12323 [3DE]

Coastal zones: develop coastal and ocean observation system, improve warnings of natural hazards, enhance homeland security, support maritime operations, and improve coastal and marine resource management (see S. 171), S211 [8JA]

Corps of Engineers: determine the most effective manner to carry out the Lake Pontchartrain flood control project and authorize construction of a new pumping station (see S. 1471), S7699 [20JY]

Correctional institutions: prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (see S. 1749), S10163 [6OC]

CPSC: study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (see S. 739), S3986 [30MR]

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

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]

———lift travel restrictions (see S. 428), S3986 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see S. 1709), S9932 [29SE]

Dept. of Defense: modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. 645), S3550 [19MR]

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 research and development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relative to nuclear reactors (see S. 2052), S13320 [16DE]

———carry out programs to develop and demonstrate two small modular nuclear reactor designs (see S. 2812), S13252 [15DE]

Dept. of HUD: expand supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (see S. 118), S212 [8JA]

Dept. of Justice: modify practices relative to attorney-client privilege (see S. 445), S2322 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (see S. 503), S3987 [30MR]

———eradicate and control nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, and other coastal States (see S. 1519), S8135 [27JY]

———reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see S. 1703), S10925 [29OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish National Homeowners' Insurance Stabilization Program (see S. 505), S2592 [27FE]

Dept. of Transportation: reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program (see S. 1156), S11431 [17NO]

———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), S13383 [17DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities (see S. 1495), S7868 [22JY]

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

———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see S. 1780), S10778 [27OC]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S7139 [6JY]

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

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 535), S3074 [12MR]

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

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see S. 987), S5373 [12MY]

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

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S9437 [16SE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S5281 [7MY]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S7700 [20JY]

———urge Federal agencies to designate funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects African-American men (see S. Res. 191), S6805 [18JN]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (see S. 952), S5013 [1MY]

Emergency Management Assistance Compact: authorize appropriations for grants to participating States (see S. 1288), S6804 [18JN]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 1584), S10488 [15OC]

EPA: award grants for electronic device recycling research, development, and demonstration projects (see S. 1397), S9134 [8SE]

———require satisfaction of certain conditions before issuing to producers of mid-level ethanol blends a waiver from certain Clean Air Act requirements (see S. 1666), S9326 [14SE]

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

Federal employees: enhance the Federal Telework Program (see S. 707), S5555 [18MY]

———facilitate the part-time reemployment of annuitants (see S. 629), S7360 [10JY]

Federal Executive Boards: provide for establishment, administration, and funding (see S. 806), S8135 [27JY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 599), S4312 [2AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 1311), S6845 [19JN]

Financial institutions: encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (see S. Res. 352), S11344 [10NO]

Fish and fishing: ensure sale and consumption of raw oysters and direct the FDA to conduct an education campaign on the risks associated with consuming raw oysters (see S. 2752), S11290 [9NO]

———prohibit additional requirements for the control of Vibrio vulnificus applicable to post-harvest processing of oysters (see S. 2735), S11205 [5NO]

Food: require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (see S. 558), S2964 [10MR]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (see S. 384), S5615 [19MY]

Foreign trade: 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), S10778 [27OC]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see S. 604), S13383 [17DE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 451), S2365 [23FE]

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

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 82), S3609 [23MR]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see S. 2129), S10916 [29OC]

Guinea: condemn assault of women and killing of political protesters, support inquiry into, and prosecution for, violence, and consider punitive measures against officials found to be complicit (see S. Res. 345), S11290 [9NO]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: restore immunization and sibling age exemptions for children adopted by U.S. citizens to allow admission to the U.S. (see S. 1376), S7070 [25JN]

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

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

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (see S. 1660), S9932 [29SE]

Health: provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see S. 391), S1677 [5FE]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S7139 [6JY]

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

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see S. 160), S170 [7JA]

Immigration: adjust status for immediate family of Armed Forces members who served honorably in Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (see S. 2757), S11290 [9NO]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 388), S2080 [10FE]

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

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

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

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), S10571 [20OC]

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

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

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

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 14), S8866 [5AU]

Medicaid: improve and protect rehabilitative and case management services to improve the health and welfare of the most vulnerable seniors and children (see S. 1217), S12009 [30NO]

Medicare: apply an alternative payment amount for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters (see S. 852), S4573 [22AP]

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

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S12009 [30NO]

———increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 538), S6365 [9JN]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7413 [13JY]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 9), S2623 [2MR]

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

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

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

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

National Catastrophic Risks Consortium: establish (see S. 505), S2592 [27FE]

National Criminal Justice Commission: establish (see S. 714), S4173 [1AP]

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 317), S10635 [21OC] (see S. Res. 327), S10851 [28OC]

National Estuaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S8994 [6AU]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 229), S8272 [29JY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 277), S9589 [21SE]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3369 [18MR]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 210), S7641 [16JY]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 104), S4445 [20AP]

National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 283), S9733 [23SE]

New Orleans, LA: anniversary of school integration (see S. Res. 350), S11344 [10NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see S. 2861), S12804 [9DE]

Outer Continental Shelf: enhance domestic energy security by increasing production from fossil-based resources in an economically and environmentally responsible manner (see S. 1517), S8094 [24JY]

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

Public welfare programs: ensure State support and retention of foster parents and award grants to improve foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents (see S. 410), S2144 [11FE]

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

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

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

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

School Social Work Week: designate (see S. Res. 58), S2558 [26FE]

Science: prohibit human-animal hybrids (see S. 1435), S7318 [9JY]

———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), S13698 [21DE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S5820 [21MY]

Sustainable development: establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, a comprehensive planning grant program, and sustainability challenge grant program (see S. 1619), S10778 [27OC]

Tariff: footwear (see S. 730), S7412 [13JY]

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

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S7700 [20JY]

———allow deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases (see S. 437), S2322 [13FE]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see S. 725), S9654 [22SE]

———eliminate reduction in credit rate for certain facilities producing electricity from renewable resources (see S. 1030), S10111 [5OC]

———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), S10111 [5OC]

———expand rehabilitation credit (see S. 1743), S13320 [16DE]

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

———extend bonus depreciation deduction applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 2761), S11344 [10NO]

———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (see S. 2748), S11253 [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 the new markets tax credit (see S. 1583), S12071 [1DE]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 1612), S8993 [6AU]

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

———make permanent the increase in limitations on expensing of certain depreciable business assets (see S. 2822), S12070 [1DE]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 316), S826 [26JA]

———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 collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 781), S4309 [2AP]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S7699 [20JY]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see S. 1610), S8993 [6AU]

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

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

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), S5907 [1JN]

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

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S6940 [23JN]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 66), S41 [6JA]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 1160), S11383 [16NO]

War of 1812: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 44), S10110 [5OC]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S2229 [12FE]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S3163 [17MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to POW at Bataan (see S. 768), S4172 [1AP]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S9589 [21SE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S5821 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see S. 727), S3897 [26MR]

Borel, Calvin: tribute (see S. Res. 129), S5128 [5MY]

Cane River National Heritage Area: expand boundaries and reauthorize Cane River National Heritage Area Commission (see S. 1017), S5328 [11MY]

Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see S. 986), S5232 [6MY]

———grant citizenship to internationally adopted children and allow unnaturalized children who are now over 18 to apply for citizenship without going through the naturalization process (see S. 1359), S7070 [25JN]

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see S. 1838), S10700 [22OC]

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 50), S2322 [13FE]

Construction industries: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see S. 970), S5127 [5MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 738), S3986 [30MR]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University to construct a curatorial center (see S. 1018), S5328 [11MY]

———provide financial assistance to Louisiana for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine (see S. 1965), S10850 [28OC]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 626), S3163 [17MR]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: authorize assistance for certain construction in coastal high hazard areas (see S. 1088), S5700 [20MY]

Disasters: provide child safety, care, and education continuity in the event of a Presidentially declared disaster (see S. 2898), S13382 [17DE]

Families and domestic relations: encourage development and implementation of a comprehensive, global strategy for preservation and reunification of families and provision of permanent parental care for orphans (see S. 1458), S7639 [16JY]

———establish national and State putative father registries and make grants to States to promote permanent families for children and responsible fatherhood (see S. 939), S4963 [30AP]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1235), S6542 [11JN]

Louisiana State University: tribute to baseball team (see S. Res. 294), S9982 [30SE]

Medicare: establish a hospice care demonstration program and grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see S. 1773), S10361 [13OC]

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 Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 134), S5232 [6MY]

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

Power resources: provide disaster assistance for power transmission and distribution facilities (see S. 1069), S5614 [19MY]

Public safety officers: provide adequate benefits to officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see S. 1037), S5501 [14MY] (see S. 2885), S13319 [16DE]

Roy Rondeno, Sr., Post Office Building, New Orleans, LA: designate (see S. 2874), S13032 [11DE]

SBA: extend and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see S. 1233), S6452 [10JN]

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

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (see S. 1832), S10635 [21OC]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (see S. 1229), S6452 [10JN]

Small business: increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing (see S. 2869), S12909 [10DE]

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

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

Tariff: bifenazate (see S. 1865), S10734 [26OC]

———terrazole (see S. 1863), S10734 [26OC]

———2-mercaptoethanol (see S. 1864), S10734 [26OC]

Taxation: clarify capital gain or loss treatment of the sale or exchange of mitigation credits earned by restoring wetlands (see S. 2876), S13032 [11DE]

———extend increased rehabilitation credit for structures in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 1861), S10700 [22OC]

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

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see S. 938), S4963 [30AP]

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [6JA]

Cloture motions

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

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

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, S6710 [17JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7861 [22JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7253 [8JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S299 [12JA], S356 [14JA]

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

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

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

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

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10910 [29OC], S10984 [2NO], S11080 [4NO]

Letters

Extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing tax credit for certain disaster areas: by, S13872 [23DE]

Lincoln Parish, LA, Public Safety Complex funding: Andy Brown, Jackson Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Arlena Zeigler-McDonald, Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, S7240 [8JY]

———Bryant O. Hammett, Jr., Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, S7240 [8JY]

———Dennis E. Woodward, Lincoln Parish, LA, Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, S7240 [8JY]

———Gary Sexton, Webster Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Henry L. Whitehorn, Louisiana State Police, S7239 [8JY]

———John E. Ballance, Bienville Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Ken Bailey, Claiborne Parrish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Mark A. Cooper, Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, S7239 [8JY]

———Mike Strain, Louisiana Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry, S7240 [8JY]

———Richard Fewell, Ouachita Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

———Robert G. Buckley, Union Parish, LA, Sheriff's Office, S7240 [8JY]

SBA Disaster Recovery and Reform Act: Karen Gordon Mills, SBA, S11212 [5NO]

———several Senators, S11212 [5NO]

Lists

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Angels in Adoption, S10029 [1OC]

Rosepine High School, Rosepine, LA, concert band members, S5694 [20MY]

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

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [6JA]

Privilege of the floor

Carter, Brian, S3938 [26MR]

Remarks

Afghanistan: develop a strategy for continued U.S. military presence, S9421 [16SE]

AmeriCorps: include a foster care mentoring program in the national service corps program, S3764, S3765 [25MR]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (S. 727), S3925 [26MR]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2675 [3MR], S2748 [4MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1837 [6FE], S2032, S2034 [9FE]

———prohibit funding for projects earmarked to clients of lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors, S2748 [4MR]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, S2748 [4MR]

Breuer, Lanny A.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, S4425 [20AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4246, S4257 [2AP]

Cane River National Heritage Area: expand boundaries and reauthorize Cane River National Heritage Area Commission (S. 1017), S5330 [11MY]

Census: require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to contain a checkbox or similar option so that respondents may indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the U.S., S11152 [5NO]

Children and youth: grant citizenship to internationally adopted children and allow unnaturalized children who are now over 18 to apply for citizenship without going through the naturalization process (S. 1359), S7587 [16JY]

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (S. 1838), S10703 [22OC]

Clinton, Senator: nomination to be Sec. of State, S683 [21JA]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), S3764, S3765 [25MR]

Congressional Coalition on Adoption: tribute to Angels in Adoption Award recipients, S10028 [1OC]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5425 [13MY], S5471, S5488, S5490 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10028 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7239, S7241 [8JY]

Dept. of HUD: allow communities receiving Community Development Block Grant Program disaster assistance allocations to use funding as a local and State match for other Federal funding available, S9402, S9421 [16SE]

———prohibit funding to restrict implementation or enforcement of public housing community service requirement, S9421 [16SE]

———prohibit housing assistance funds in New Orleans, LA, from benefitting those convicted of selling drugs, domestic violence offenses and members of violent gangs, S9421 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University to construct a curatorial center (S. 1018), S5330 [11MY]

———provide financial assistance to Louisiana for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine (S. 1965), S10858 [28OC]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System (S. 626), S3188 [17MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9789 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10903 [29OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9402, S9403, S9421 [16SE]

Families and domestic relations: encourage development and implementation of a comprehensive, global strategy for preservation and reunification of families and provision of permanent parental care for orphans (S. 1458), S7642 [16JY]

FEMA: prohibit earmarking of grants for Emergency Operations Centers and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, S7239, S7241 [8JY]

Floods: express sympathy and pledge support to victims in North Dakota and Minnesota, S3845 [26MR]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, S9421 [16SE]

Gustafson, Peggy E.: nomination to be SBA Inspector General, S9428 [16SE]

Hayes, David J.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S5408 [13MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S10263 [8OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13148 [14DE], S13732 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11922, S11924 [21NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11448 [18NO]

Jonesboro, LA: Jackson Parish Sheriff's Dept. recipient of Sec. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, S9429 [16SE]

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary, S8861 [5AU]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations, S2675 [3MR]

Louisiana HonorAir (organization): tribute, S4569 [22AP], S5229 [6MY], S7359 [10JY], S10213 [7OC], S10518 [19OC], S11380 [16NO]

Medicare: establish a hospice care demonstration program and grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (S. 1773), S10363 [13OC]

Mills, Karen Gordon: nomination to be SBA Administrator, S2034 [9FE], S4295 [2AP]

National Small Business Week: observance, S5567 [19MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for oil and gas leasing revenues for coastal States, S4246, S4257 [2AP]

Power resources: use of hydraulic fracturing in increasing oil and gas exploration, S10903 [29OC]

Puerto Rico: fuel depot explosion, S11152 [5NO]

Rosepine, LA: tribute to Rosepine High School concert band, S5694 [20MY]

Sargeant, Winslow L.: nomination to be SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy, S9428 [16SE]

SBA: encourage participation of small business concerns in Federal loan programs, S2032, S2034 [9FE]

———extend and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 1233), S7431 [13JY]

———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 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), S12816 [9DE]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (S. 1832), S10695 [22OC]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (S. 2869), S12912 [10DE]

———reauthorize and improve entrepreneurial development programs (S. 1229), S6459 [10JN]

———surety bond guarantee program improvement, S2032 [9FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S11152 [5NO]

Sebelius, Kathleen: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S4791 [28AP]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, S13148 [14DE]

———health insurance premium rates, S11448 [18NO]

Small Business Investment Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3614), S9872 [25SE]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6980 [24JN]

Take Your Daughter and Son to Work Day: observance, S5060 [4MY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S13872 [23DE]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas, S13872 [23DE]

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), S6846 [19JN]

Truth in Lending Act: extend credit card protections to small businesses, S5425 [13MY], S5471, S5488, S5490 [14MY]

Varney, Christine A.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S4425 [20AP]

West, Tony: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, S4425 [20AP]

William J. Clinton Foundation: tribute, S683 [21JA]

Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club Inc.: anniversary, S2319 [13FE]

Reports filed

Entrepreneurial Development Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1229) (S. Rept. 111-36), S7138 [6JY]

Expenditures: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. Res. 50), S2322 [13FE]

Nomination of Karen Gordon Mills To Be SBA Administrator: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S4171 [1AP]

Nomination of Peggy E. Gustafson To Be SBA Inspector General: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S9436 [16SE]

Nomination of Winslow L. Sargeant To Be SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S9436 [16SE]

SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1233) (S. Rept. 111-37), S7138 [6JY]

Rules

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S2313 [13FE]

Tables

Community Development Block Grant Program allocations, S9403 [16SE]

Texts of

S. 727, Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act, S3926 [26MR]

S. 1017, Cane River National Heritage Area boundary expansion and Cane River National Heritage Area Commission reauthorization, S5330 [11MY]

S. 1018, National Park Service and Northwestern State University Collections Conservation Center Act, S5331 [11MY]

S. 1196, Small Business International Trade Enhancements Act, S6258-S6260 [8JN]

S. 1229, Entrepreneurial Development Act, S6460-S6470 [10JN]

S. 1773, Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act, S10364-S10366 [13OC]

S. 2731, SBA Disaster Recovery and Reform Act, S11210-S11212 [5NO]

Tributes

Borel, Calvin, S5059 [4MY]

Byrd, Senator, S11445 [18NO]

Eckert, Karen M., S10732 [26OC]

Fuller, Millard, S2173 [12FE]

Matthews, Jason, S2762 [4MR]

Sutley, Eden, S11380 [16NO]