APPROPRIATIONS

Addresses

Dept. of Defense Weapons Programs Funding Reform: Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense, S7737-S7740 [21JY]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8536, S8574, S8583, S8584, S8585, S8586, S8587, S8588, S8589, S8590, S8591, S8592, S8593, S8594, S8595, S8596, S8597, S8598, S8599, S8600, S8601, S8602, S8603, S8604, S8605, S8606, S8607, S8608 [30JY], S8620, S8623, S8632, S8633 [31JY], S8648, S8650, S8651, S8653, S8656, S8659, S8660, S8661, S8663, S8691, S8692, S8693, S8694, S8695, S8696, S8697, S8698, S8699 [3AU], S8722, S8723, S8725, S8775, S8776 [4AU], S8877 [5AU], H7805, H7806, H7807, H7808, H7811, H7816, H7819, H7820, H7821, H7822, H7824, H7825, H7826 [8JY], H7843, H7845, H7846, H7847, H7848, H7849, H7850, H7851 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7794 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 799), H10538 [7OC]

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (H.R. 2920), H8527 [22JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (2008), S1687, S1688 [5FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4437, H4446, H4460, H4469 [2AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S3972, S3974, S4006, S4007 [30MR], S4013, S4017, S4031, S4033, S4037, S4088, S4089, S4090, S4091, S4092, S4096, S4097, S4098, S4099, S4100, S4101, S4102, S4103 [31MR], S4113, S4114, S4118, S4120, S4121, S4122, S4123, S4125, S4128, S4129, S4131, S4132, S4135, S4144, S4149, S4200, S4201, S4202, S4203, S4204, S4205, S4206, S4207, S4208, S4209, S4210, S4211, S4212, S4213, S4219, S4220, S4221, S4222, S4223, S4224, S4225, S4226 [1AP], S4234, S4245, S4250, S4254, S4255, S4256, S4257, S4258, S4259, S4260, S4261, S4262, S4263, S4264, S4265, S4266, S4267, S4268, S4269, S4270, S4271, S4273, S4274, S4275, S4277, S4278, S4279, S4280, S4281, S4282, S4283, S4284, S4285, S4286, S4287, S4288, S4388, S4389, S4390, S4391, S4392, S4393, S4394, S4395, S4396, S4397 [2AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 371), H4889 [28AP]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (H.R. 965), H9405 [10SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), H11640, H11673, H11680, H11681, H11682, H11683, H11684 [22OC], H11717, H11718, H11719, H11720, H11721 [23OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), consideration (H. Res. 853), H11629 [22OC]

Continuing: making, E2370 [25SE]

———making (H.J. Res. 64), consideration (H. Res. 976), H15004 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7383, S7415, S7416, S7417, S7418, S7419, S7420, S7421, S7422, S7423, S7425 [13JY], S7446, S7483, S7484, S7489, S7490, S7491, S7492, S7493, S7494, S7495, S7500, S7501, S7502, S7503, S7504, S7505 [14JY], S7510, S7560, S7561, S7562, S7563, S7564, S7565, S7566, S7567, S7569, S7570, S7571, S7572 [15JY], S7631, S7632, S7633, S7635, S7654, S7655, S7656, S7657, S7658, S7659, S7660, S7661, S7662, S7663 [16JY], S7683, S7686, S7705, S7706, S7707, S7708, S7709, S7710, S7715, S7716, S7717, S7718, S7719 [20JY], S7723, S7745, S7751, S7757, S7765, S7794, S7795, S7796, S7797, S7798, S7799, S7800, S7801, S7802, S7803, S7804, S7805, S7806 [21JY], S7841, S7848, S7849, S7851, S7852, S7853, S7854, S7855, S7856, S7857, S7858, S7893, S7894, S7895, S7896, S7902, S7904, S7905, S7908, S7910, S7911, S7912, S7913, S7914, S7915, S7920, S7921, S7922, S7923, S7924, S7925, S7926, S7927, S7928, S7929, S7930, S7931, S7932, S7937 [22JY], S7949, S7952, S7973, S7976, S7985, S7987, S7999, S8000, S8002, S8003, S8004, S8005, S8006, S8007, S8008, S8009, S8010, S8011, S8012, S8013, S8014, S8015, S8016, S8018, S8023, S8025, S8026, S8027, S8028, S8029, S8045, S8046, S8047, S8048, S8049, S8050, S8051, S8052, S8053, S8054, S8056, S8057, S8058, S8059 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7147 [23JN], H7257, H7258, H7336, H7338, H7340, H7342, H7343, H7344, H7345, H7346, H7350, H7351, H7356, H7358, H7359, H7360, H7361, H7365, H7366, H7368, H7369, H7370, H7371, H7375, H7376, H7377, H7378, H7381 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 808), H11123 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9685 [22SE], S9817, S9855 [24SE], S9872 [25SE], S9906, S9912, S9938, S9939, S9940 [29SE], S9971, S9972, S9989, S9990 [30SE], S10011, S10015, S10016, S10019, S10021, S10027, S10028, S10030, S10032, S10033, S10035, S10036, S10037, S10040, S10041, S10047, S10050, S10052, S10069, S10070, S10071, S10072, S10073, S10074, S10075 [1OC], S10149, S10153, S10154, S10155, S10157 [6OC], S10228 [7OC], S13295, S13296, S13337 [16DE], H9080, H9082, H9083, H9084, H9085, H9086, H9087, H9088, H9090, H9091, H9092, H9093, H9096, H9118, H9119 [30JY], H15007, H15022 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration (H. Res. 685), H8985 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H15004 [16DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7167, S7172, S7179, S7201, S7210, S7211, S7212, S7213 [7JY], S7230, S7231, S7241, S7243, S7269, S7270, S7271, S7272, S7273, S7274, S7275 [8JY], S7289, S7292, S7302, S7303, S7304, S7307, S7308, S7309, S7327, S7328, S7329, S7330, S7331 [9JY], H7087 [19JN], H7186, H7188, H7189, H7191, H7193, H7196, H7199, H7206, H7207, H7208, H7210, H7211, H7213, H7214 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), consideration (H. Res. 573), H7172 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 829), H11392 [15OC]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6442, H6477, H6483, H6484, H6485, H6486, H6487, H6489, H6490, H6492, H6493, H6494, H6495, H6496, H6497, H6498, H6500, H6501, H6502, H6503, H6504, H6505, H6506, H6507, H6508, H6509 [10JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), H7877, H7878, H7884, H7896, H7905, H7907, H7908 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 617), H7862 [9JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1434), S9685 [22SE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9386 [15SE], S9500, S9517, S9568, S9569, S9570 [17SE], S9581, S9582, S9583, S9592, S9593, S9594, S9595 [21SE], S9635, S9636, S9639, S9642, S9645, S9683, S9684, S9685, S9686, S9687, S9688, S9689 [22SE], S9723, S9751, S9752, S9753, S9754, S9755, S9756, S9757 [23SE], S9772, S9773, S9774, S9784, S9794, S9799, S9800, S9804, S9807, S9811, S9854, S9855 [24SE], H7410, H7412, H7420, H7427, H7428, H7429, H7430, H7431, H7433, H7434, H7435 [25JN], H7463, H7464, H7465, H7466, H7467, H7468, H7469 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (H. Res. 578), H7397 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 876), H12055 [29OC]

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), S10376 [13OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11191, S11224, S11231 [5NO], S11240, S11256, S11257 [6NO], S11267, S11268, S11270, S11273, S11295, S11296, S11297, S11298 [9NO], S11313, S11320, S11331, S11334, S11351, S11352 [10NO], S11362, S11363, S11364, S11377, S11378, S11390 [16NO], S11404, S11405, S11406, S11407, S11438 [17NO], H7983, H7984, H7985, H7986, H7987, H7990 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7958 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (S. 1407), S9685 [22SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), S9685 [22SE], H8709, H8710 [23JY], H8777, H8779, H8782, H8783, H8785 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), consideration (H. Res. 673), H8723 [24JY]

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), S236, S237 [8JA], S273 [11JA], S299, S316 [12JA], S419, S628 [15JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9233, S9270, S9271, S9272 [10SE], S9296, S9297, S9298 [11SE], S9308, S9313, S9332, S9333 [14SE], S9341, S9345, S9350, S9382, S9383, S9384, S9385, S9386, S9387, S9388 [15SE], S9397, S9403, S9406, S9407, S9411, S9416, S9441, S9442, S9443, S9445 [16SE], S9532 [17SE], S9595 [21SE], H8638, H8639, H8641, H8642, H8643, H8644, H8645, H8646, H8647, H8649, H8650, H8652, H8653, H8655, H8656, H8657, H8659, H8660, H8661, H8662 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), H8599 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 961), H14460 [10DE]

Diseases: revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), S10524, S10525 [19OC]

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

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

———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]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8137, S8145, S8146, S8147, S8148 [27JY], S8159, S8176, S8177, S8183, S8205, S8206, S8207, S8208, S8209 [28JY], S8218, S8221, S8222, S8234, S8243, S8244, S8245, S8251, S8253, S8259, S8280, S8281, S8282, S8283, S8284, S8285 [29JY], H8133, H8134, H8135, H8136, H8137, H8138, H8140, H8141, H8142, H8147, H8148, H8149, H8150, H8151, H8152, H8153, H8155, H8156, H8157, H8158 [15JY], H8328, H8329, H8330, H8331, H8332, H8333, H8334, H8335, H8336, H8337 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (H. Res. 645), H8113 [15JY]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5959, H5966, H5968, H5969, H5970, H5971, H5972, H5973, H5974, H5975, H5976 [21MY]

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

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 303), H14835 [14DE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8233, H8234, H8235, H8237, H8238, H8239, H8241, H8242, H8243, H8244, H8247, H8249, H8250, H8251, H8253, H8254 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), consideration (H. Res. 644), H8198 [16JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1432), S9685 [22SE]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), H4033, H4034, H4035, H4036, H4037, H4038 [26MR]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6442, H6477, H6483, H6484, H6485, H6486, H6487, H6489, H6490, H6492, H6493, H6494, H6495, H6496, H6497, H6498, H6500, H6501, H6502, H6503, H6504, H6505, H6506, H6507, H6508, H6509 [10JN]

Government: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2608, S2642, S2643, S2644 [2MR], S2659, S2667, S2668, S2669, S2670, S2674, S2676, S2677, S2718, S2719, S2720, S2721 [3MR], S2754, S2761, S2762, S2776, S2777, S2778 [4MR], S2821, S2851 [5MR], S2860, S2861, S2870 [6MR], S2883, S2895, S2898, S2902, S2915 [9MR], S2921, S2924, S2931 [10MR], H2604 [23FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5591, S5595, S5598, S5602, S5629, S5641, S5642, S5643, S5644 [19MY], S5664, S5666, S5667, S5669, S5670, S5673, S5674, S5675, S5676, S5677, S5681, S5683, S5688, S5689, S5690, S5691, S5733, S5734, S5735, S5736, S5737, S5738, S5739, S5740, S5741, S5742, S5743, S5744 [20MY], S5799, S5879, S5880, S5881 [21MY], S5967 [2JN], H5486, H5487 [12MY], H5668 [14MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration (H. Res. 434), H5605 [14MY]

———permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), consideration (H. Res. 976), H15004 [16DE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 2708), H9283 [31JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2918), S7056, S7102, S7107 [25JN], S7121, S7123, S7124, S7127, S7150 [6JY], H7050, H7053 [19JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 772), H9969 [25SE]

Morris K. Udall Foundation: provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (H.R. 1035), S9757 [23SE]

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (S. 962), S7015 [24JN]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), H7763, H7771, H7773, H7774, H7775, H7776 [8JY]

———extend and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 1233), S7426, S7432 [13JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S9386 [15SE], S10093, S10114 [5OC], S10166 [6OC], S10182, S10192, S10207, S10208, S10210, S10211, S10223, S10224, S10225, S10226, S10227 [7OC], S10266, S10271, S10272, S10280, S10285, S10322, S10323, S10325 [8OC], S10343, S10374, S10375 [13OC], S10461, S10494 [15OC], S10788 [27OC], S11121 [4NO], S11223, S11224 [5NO], H6745 [12JN], H6807, H6808, H6809, H6810, H6811, H6812, H6813, H6814 [15JN], H6895, H6896 [16JN], H6913, H6920, H6922, H6924, H6926, H6928, H6932, H6936, H6940, H6942, H6943, H6944, H6945, H6948, H6949, H6950, H6952, H6953, H6954, H6955, H6956, H6957, H6958, H6960, H6962, H6963, H6964, H6965, H6966, H6968 [17JN], H6989, H6990, H6991, H6992, H6993, H6994, H6995, H6996, H6997, H6998, H7000, H7001, H7002, H7004, H7005, H7016 [18JN], H15432, H15443 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration (H. Res. 544), H6862 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration (H. Res. 552), H6917 [17JN]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S854, S857, S859, S900, S929, S933, S936, S937, S938, S939, S940, S942, S943, S944, S945 [27JA], S955, S961, S962, S976, S978, S980, S986, S987, S999, S1000, S1001 [28JA], S1009, S1015, S1031, S1032, S1037, S1040, S1042, S1043, S1045, S1069, S1097, S1099, S1100, S1101, S1102 [29JA], S1232 [30JA], H934 [4FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), H3354, H3359, H3361, H3365, H3366, H3367, H3368, H3369, H3370, H3372, H3374 [12MR]

Analyses

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

Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (S. 1963): Coburn Amendment to Provide Assistance to Caregivers of Veterans and Improve the Provision of Health Care to Veterans Through Reductions in U.N. Contributions, S11542 [19NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Projects and Leases Authorization (S. 1310), S6848 [19JN]

Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act (S. 1707), H10114-H10116 [30SE]

25 Reasons Why the FY 2009 Omnibus Should Be Enacted—Funding Impacts on Existing Critical Programs, S2599-S2601 [2MR]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S5804 [21MY], H6551 [11JN]

———H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S8024 [23JY]

———H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strength, H10488, H10505 [6OC]

———H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S9941 [29SE]

———H.R. 2847, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, S11186 [5NO]

———H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S7312 [9JY], H10419 [1OC]

———H.R. 2918, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, S7132 [6JY], H9871 [23SE]

———H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9812 [24SE], H11826 [27OC]

———H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8730 [4AU], H10042 [29SE]

———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], H9970 [25SE]

———H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9541 [17SE], H13573 [8DE]

———H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S10159 [6OC]

———S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, H4656 [22AP]

Congressional Oversight Panel, H14408 [9DE]

Articles and editorials

After a Devastating Birth Injury, Hope, S2790 [5MR]

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

Backdoor Nationalization—The Latest Treasury Brainstorm Will Retard a Banking Recovery, H5007 [30AP]

Backlog of VA Claims in Houston One of Country's Highest, H7974 [10JY]

Bill Whose Time Has Come, H3846 [25MR]

Billions in U.S. Aid Never Reached Pakistan Army, H11116 [8OC]

`Bridge To Nowhere' OK'd for Everglades, E543 [4MR]

Butler—Congress Needs Cover To Reform Entitlements, H1578 [13FE]

Can We Give to Gaza Without Giving to Hamas?, S2892 [9MR]

Caring for the Caregivers, S1799 [6FE]

Cash for Clunkers a Lemon, S9066 [7AU]

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

Centro Plans Fare Hike, Service Cuts, H719 [28JA]

Chinese Victims of Forced Late-Term Abortion Fight Back, S2793 [5MR]

Civilian Courts Are No Place To Try Terrorists, S11156 [5NO]

Clinton—U.S. Wary of Growing Burmese, North Korean Military Cooperation, S7760 [21JY]

Commentary—Subsidizing Bad Decisions, H3326 [11MR]

Complete Sham, S2811 [5MR]

Cut the Military Budget—II, H3036 [5MR]

Defense Bill, Lauded by White House, Contains Billions in Earmarks, S9905 [29SE]

Deficits and Fiscal Credibility—A Democratic Senator Says No to a Huge Federal Spending Bill, S2723 [4MR]

Despite Listing, Donors Don't Work for Firm Being Probed, S2747 [4MR]

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

Doctors and Patients, Not Feds, Know Best, S13772, S13774 [22DE]

Does the Stimulus Package Really Include $300,000 for a Sculpture Garden?, H632 [28JA]

$800 Billion Mistake, S1994 [9FE]

Endangered Law—Bush Rule Change Ignores Science—Again, S2811 [5MR]

Endangered Process, S2810 [5MR]

Endangered Species—A 9-Second Rewrite, S2811 [5MR]

Exclusive—Earmark Critic Steered Cash to Blimp Research, S8626 [31JY]

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

15,000 Reasons To Worry About State's Lakes, E2684 [2NO]

Friars and National Park Service Face Off on Appalachian Trail—Eminent Domain Proceedings Halted, S3343 [18MR]

F-22 Fighters for Japan, S7736 [21JY]

Gutting the Law, S2811 [5MR]

Hiding a Mountain of Debt, S3955 [30MR], H4427 [2AP]

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

Intraparty Fights Pervade Agenda, S6485 [11JN]

Jet Even the Military Doesn't Want, S7382 [13JY], E1816 [16JY]

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

Let's Do Right-Wing Thing and Send That Pork Back to Washington, S3363 [18MR]

Medicare Expansion Won't Get Us There—Proposal Would Not Increase Access to Health Care Services or Control Costs, S12854 [10DE]

Medicare Sausage?—The Emerging Buy-In Proposal Could Have Costly Unintended Consequences, S12853, S12868 [10DE]

N. Korea's Hard-Labor Camps—On the Diplomatic Back Burner, S7758-S7760 [21JY], E1877 [22JY]

No Free Lunch—Schools Get Tough on Deadbeats, H4403 [2AP]

NSF Finds Declining Federal Support of Academic R&D, S10347-S10350 [13OC]

Obama Administration Preparing Incentives Package for North Korea, S7844 [22JY]

Obama's False Medicare Claim, S12103 [2DE], S12493 [5DE]

Obama's School Choice, S2515 [26FE]

Obama's `Science' Fiction, S3364 [18MR]

``Paygo'' Coverup, S6534 [11JN]

Pentagon's New Priorities, S4419 [20AP]

`Potential' Disruption?—Ending D.C. School Vouchers Would Dash the Best Hopes of Hundreds of Children, S2786 [5MR]

Premier U.S. Fighter Jet Has Major Shortcomings—F-22's Maintenance Demands Growing, S7386-S7388 [13JY]

Responsibility? Yucca Choice Squanders $8B Investment, H3612 [18MR]

Return of Economic Nationalism, S2261 [13FE]

Ripple Effect Makes Fund for NASA a Wise Decision, E2419 [1OC]

Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan, H1137 [10FE]

School Vouchers—District Parents Know Why the Program Should Continue, S2521 [26FE]

Senate Balks, S1785 [6FE]

Senate Set To Advance $1.1T Spending Bill, S13075 [12DE]

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

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

Shredder Is Overheating in Bush's Final Months, S2812 [5MR]

Software Company Won Earmarked Funds for Work on Military Health Records, S8626 [31JY]

Some Order, S2897 [9MR]

State Department Contractor Electrocuted, S10042 [1OC]

States Turning to Last Resorts in Budget Crisis, S6904 [23JN]

Truck Stop—Congress Flashes a Yellow Light on Free Trade With Mexico, S2897 [9MR]

Unnecessary ESA Rewrite, S2810 [5MR]

US Schools Chief Wants DC Kids To Keep Vouchers, S2785 [5MR]

Vote for Ignorance, S2786 [5MR]

Voucher Subterfuge—Hoping No One Notices, Congressional Democrats Step Between 1,800 D.C. Children and a Good Education, S2516, S2521 [26FE]

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

Watchdogs Cry Foul Over Thousands of Earmarks in Spending Bill, S13075 [12DE]

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

Who Needs Those Pesky Scientists?, S2810 [5MR]

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

Will Obama Stand Up for These Kids?, S2786 [5MR]

Your E-Health Records, S1427 [3FE]

Yucca Plan Poses `Grave' Risk, H3612 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Initiative: funding (see S. 107), S42 [6JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 1406), S7192 [7JY] (see H.R. 2997), H7144 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (see H. Res. 609), H7740 [7JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 799), H10518 [6OC]

AID: enhance capacity to undertake global development activities (see S. 355), S1058 [29JA]

Airports: provide for apportionment of funds based on passenger boardings to prevent additional harm to airports already harmed by the financial crisis (see S. 1202), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 3159), H7946 [9JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: appropriate unobligated balances of funds to the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2942), H7022 [18JN]

———limit distribution of funds to political consultants or for campaign-related work (see H.R. 4365), H15500 [16DE]

———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]

———rescind unobligated appropriations and repeal certain provisions (see H.R. 3140), H7945 [9JY]

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

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): tribute to Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe III, for investigation of fraudulent and illegal practices and misuse of taxpayer dollars (see H. Res. 809), H11110 [7OC]

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (see S. 1164), S5943 [2JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 4408), H15508 [23DE]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (see S. 2853), S12804 [9DE]

Bridges: require corrosion mitigation and prevention plans for bridges receiving Federal funding (see S. 1701), S9733 [23SE]

Budget: cap discretionary spending, eliminate wasteful and duplicative agencies, reform entitlement programs, and reform the congressional earmark process (see H.R. 311), H88 [8JA]

———commit 4 percent of gross domestic product to a base defense budget (see S.J. Res. 10), S2229 [12FE] (see H.J. Res. 23), H1519 [12FE]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement (see H. Res. 671), H8585 [22JY]

———constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget and grant the President of the U.S. the line-item veto (see S.J. Res. 22), S13252 [15DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 20), S10061 [1OC] (see H.J. Res. 1), H36 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 43), H4687 [22AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 7), H70 [7JA]

———control Federal spending (see S. 1808), S10570 [20OC]

———establish a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government (see S. 169), S211 [8JA]

———establish legislative line-item veto (see S. 524), S2766 [4MR] (see H.R. 1294), H2978 [4MR] (see H.R. 1390), H3104 [9MR]

———extend discretionary spending caps (see H.R. 3298), H8585 [22JY] (see H.R. 3442), H9275 [31JY]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 1814), H4249 [31MR] (see H.R. 2116), H4839 [27AP]

———limit annual cost of appropriation earmarks and make them more predictable, equitable, and transparent (see H.R. 3233), H8302 [16JY]

———limit consideration of amendments under a budget resolution (see S. Res. 29), S1677 [5FE]

———limit Federal spending to a certain percentage of the gross domestic product (see S. 897), S4721 [24AP] (see H.R. 2169), H4998 [29AP]

———provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (see S. 907), S4806 [28AP]

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

———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner (see S. 1613), S8993 [6AU]

———reform Federal procedures, impose spending and deficit limits, and provide a sustainable fiscal future (see H.R. 3964), H12140 [29OC]

———require that concurrent resolutions limit the growth of Federal spending to the mean of annual percentage growth of wages and gross domestic product (see H.R. 1648), H3704 [19MR]

———require that funding for Federal departments, agencies, and programs remaining available at the end of a fiscal year shall be used to pay down the Federal debt (see S. 834), S4445 [20AP]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use both dynamic and static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 154), S43 [6JA]

———require two-thirds votes in the House and Senate to increase the statutory limit on the public debt (see H.R. 4262), H14742 [10DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (see S. Con. Res. 13), S3985 [30MR] (see H. Con. Res. 85), H4127 [30MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), consideration (see H. Res. 305), H4249 [31MR] (see H. Res. 316), H4395 [1AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 371), H4913 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 365), H4838 [27AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize appropriations to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in Arizona, California, and Nevada (see H.R. 405), H160 [9JA]

———continue participation in construction of the North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project (see H.R. 1219), H2873 [26FE]

———maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (see S. 1453), S7480 [14JY] (see H.R. 2288), H5307 [6MY]

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

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (see S. 479), S2473 [25FE] (see H.R. 965), H1158 [10FE]

———provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (H.R. 965), consideration (see H. Res. 726), H9396 [9SE]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1149), H2631 [24FE] (see H.R. 1422), H3145 [10MR]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (see S. Res. 170), S6255 [8JN]

China: provide for increased funding and support for diplomacy (see H.R. 2311), H5398 [7MY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3619), H9806 [22SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), consideration (see H. Res. 853), H11580 [21OC]

———reauthorize (see S. 1194), S6186 [4JN]

Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see S. 1282), S6720 [17JN]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 1802), H4129 [30MR]

Committee on Aging (Senate, Special): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 45), S2229 [12FE]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 51), S2365 [23FE]

Committee on Agriculture (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 136), H1080 [9FE]

Committee on Armed Services (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 121), H1044 [4FE]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 44), S2229 [12FE]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 43), S2229 [12FE]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 47), S2230 [12FE]

Committee on Earmark Reform (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 201), H11457 [15OC]

Committee on Education and Labor (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 126), H1044 [4FE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 141), H1158 [10FE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 31), S2144 [11FE]

Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 147), H1158 [10FE]

Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 42), S2229 [12FE]

Committee on Finance (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 54), S2474 [25FE]

Committee on Financial Services (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 131), H1045 [4FE]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 123), H1044 [4FE]

Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 30), S1677 [5FE]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 36), S2144 [11FE]

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 32), S2144 [11FE]

Committee on Homeland Security (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 127), H1044 [4FE]

Committee on House Administration (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 172), H1606 [13FE]

Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 28), S1677 [5FE]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 113), H922 [3FE]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 34), S2144 [11FE]

Committee on Natural Resources (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 104), H922 [3FE]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 119), H1044 [4FE]

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 46), S2229 [12FE]

Committee on Rules (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 120), H1044 [4FE]

Committee on Science and Technololgy (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 115), H1044 [4FE]

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

Committee on Small Business (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 138), H1080 [9FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 145), H1158 [10FE]

Committee on the Budget (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 135), H1045 [4FE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 41), S2229 [12FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 144), H1158 [10FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 39), S2229 [12FE]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 124), H1044 [4FE]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 122), H1044 [4FE]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 33), S2144 [11FE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 162), H1248 [11FE]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 279), H3835 [24MR]

———authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 279), consideration (see H. Res. 294), H4128 [30MR]

Committees of the Senate: authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 73), S2965 [10MR]

———increase inquiries and investigations special reserve funding (see S. Res. 152), S5615 [19MY]

Congress: establish enhanced rescission authority under fast-track procedures to provide a second look at wasteful spending (see S. 640), S3550 [19MR]

———improve ability to set spending priorities and enforce spending limits (see H.R. 534), H324 [14JA]

———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]

———provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking (see S. 162), S43 [6JA]

Constitutional amendments: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 15), H90 [8JA]

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

Continuing: making (see H.J. Res. 38), H3060 [6MR] (see H.J. Res. 64), H14981 [15DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 38), consideration (see H. Res. 219), H3077 [6MR]

———making (H.J. Res. 64), consideration (see H. Res. 976), H15498 [16DE]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to works connected to certain funding agreements (see H.R. 801), H920 [3FE]

Cures Acceleration Network: establish to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies (see S. 914), S4807 [28AP]

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor: name a new local coordinating entity (see H.R. 920), H1079 [9FE]

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission: reauthorize (see H.R. 3476), H9277 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase rate for certain payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program as an emergency measure (see S. 1330), S6938 [23JN] (see S. 1398), S7138 [6JY]

———increase rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program and facilitate milk producer association efforts to remove dairy cows from production (see H.R. 3322), H8707 [23JY]

———index for inflation the rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see S. 1331), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 3166), H7946 [9JY]

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

———make grants to coastal States for surveys of coastal and Federal waters to identify areas suitable for exploration, development, and production of renewable energy (see H.R. 1690), H3834 [24MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: audit financial statements (see S. 1287), S6804 [18JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see S. 1390), S7138 [6JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (see S. 1033), S5435 [13MY] (see S. 1391), S7138 [6JY] (see H.R. 2647), H6074 [2JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration (see H. Res. 572), H7144 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 808), H11165 [8OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 196), H11166 [8OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military construction (see S. 1392), S7138 [6JY]

———making appropriations (see H.R. 3326), H8808 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration (see H. Res. 685), H8958 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 976), H15498 [16DE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 1351), S7069 [25JN] (see H.R. 1717), H4026 [25MR]

———establish grants for partnerships for mathematics and science teacher quality improvement (see H.R. 3950), H12044 [28OC]

———make grants to eligible schools to assist such schools to discontinue use of derogatory or discriminatory name or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname (see H.R. 4152), H13353 [19NO]

———make grants to reduce the size of core curriculum classes in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1649), H3705 [19MR]

———permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds for the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 4312), H14980 [15DE]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see S. 1552), S8557 [30JY]

———support District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H. Con. Res. 70), H3145 [10MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for defense activities (see S. 1393), S7138 [6JY]

———establish National Home Energy Savings Revolving Fund (see H.R. 1573), H3526 [17MR]

———reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund and provide for the re-enrichment of certain uranium tailings (see S. 1061), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2471), H5712 [18MY]

———Weatherization Assistance Program funding (see S. 2818), S12008 [30NO]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 1635), S8993 [6AU]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see S. 456), S2365 [23FE] (see H.R. 1378), H3077 [6MR]

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

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 3242), H8302 [16JY]

———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2906), H6903 [16JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize appropriations for Operation Stonegarden (see H.R. 2047), H4686 [22AP]

———authorize appropriations for the Office of Detention and Removal (see H.R. 2048), H4686 [22AP]

———authorize Securing the Cities Initiative (see H.R. 2611), H6011 [21MY]

———close the National Applications Office (see H.R. 2704), H6263 [4JN]

———making appropriations (see S. 1298), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 2892), H6902 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), consideration (see H. Res. 573), H7144 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 829), H11383 [14OC]

———prohibit expenditure of funds for the National Applications Office (see H.R. 2703), H6263 [4JN]

———provide discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas (see H.R. 732), H602 [27JA]

———require that grant recipients submit reports on expenditures as a condition of receipt of homeland security grants (see H.R. 625), H442 [21JA]

Dept. of HUD: authorize appropriations for Rural Housing and Economic Development Program (see H.R. 3210), H8099 [14JY]

———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]

———promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see H.R. 2246), H5168 [5MY]

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

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see S. 1327), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 582), H381 [15JA]

———require Inspector General to audit Federal funds received by Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) and its affiliates and suspend certification of its housing counseling agencies (see H.R. 3828), H11457 [15OC]

Dept. of Justice: appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations relative to Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see H. Res. 911), H13266 [18NO]

———authorize grants to establish and improve criminal forensic laboratories (see H.R. 898), H1043 [4FE]

———Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program and DNA technology enhancement grants funding (see H.R. 2157), H4914 [28AP]

———fund and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, share data with National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and facilitate reporting to such systems (see H.R. 3695), H10455 [1OC]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see S. 2795), S11492 [18NO]

———provide funding for multi-jurisdictional anti-gang task forces (see H.R. 2541), H6008 [21MY]

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

———reauthorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 1568), H3526 [17MR]

———reauthorize Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program (see S. 2866), S12909 [10DE] (see H.R. 1514), H3437 [16MR]

———reauthorize the Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 3132), H7836 [8JY]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 908), H1044 [4FE]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2282), H5306 [6MY] (see H.R. 2406), H5664 [14MY]

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

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

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2410), H5664 [14MY] (see H.R. 2475), H5790 [19MY]

———authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), consideration (see H. Res. 522), H6413 [9JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see S. 1434), S7318 [9JY] (see H.R. 3081), H7703 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), consideration (see H. Res. 617), H7836 [8JY]

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

———establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center (see H.R. 3417), H9205 [30JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2996), H7144 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (see H. Res. 578), H7248 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 876), H12043 [28OC]

———repeal provision in appropriations legislation relative to geothermal energy receipts (see S. 2607), S10961 [30OC] (see H.R. 4060), H12587 [6NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (see S. 786), S4310 [2AP]

———authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2846), S12708 [8DE] (see H.R. 4315), H14981 [15DE] (see H.R. 4385), H15501 [16DE]

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

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

Dept. of Transportation: establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (see S. 1506), S8038 [23JY] (see H.R. 3338), H8809 [24JY]

———make grants for certain streetcar projects (see H.R. 2163), H4998 [29AP]

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

———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]

———modify authority to make grants for new fixed guideway capital projects (see H.R. 2164), H4998 [29AP]

———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]

———use Highway Trust Fund to extend authorization of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (see S. 1496), S7868 [22JY]

———waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities for a certain period (see S. 198), S256 [9JA] (see H.R. 491), H195 [13JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize a major medical facility lease in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 3704), H10456 [1OC]

———authorize appropriations for program to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 3906), H11711 [22OC]

———authorize major medical facility leases (see S. 1717), S9869 [25SE]

———authorize major medical facility projects and leases (see S. 1310), S6845 [19JN]

———establish enhanced process for funding veterans health care programs and standards for access to health care (see H.R. 1004), H1248 [11FE]

———establish standards for access to health care (see H.R. 84), H31 [6JA]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see S. 2760), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 2504), H5792 [19MY]

———make certain improvements to comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2735), H6264 [4JN]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S2229 [12FE] (see H.R. 1016), H1517 [12FE]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 804), H11110 [7OC]

———reauthorize the small business loan program (see H.R. 294), H88 [8JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see S. 1407), S7192 [7JY] (see H.R. 3082), H7703 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (see H. Res. 622), H7945 [9JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 3293), H8584 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), consideration (see H. Res. 673), H8706 [23JY]

———provide funding to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands (see S. 720), S3897 [26MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 3288), H8584 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (see H. Res. 669), H8584 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 961), H14445 [9DE]

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

Disasters: reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs (see H.R. 3820), H11456 [15OC]

Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see S. 1577), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 2260), H5168 [5MY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S7868 [22JY] (see H.R. 3286), H8584 [22JY]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Res. 35), H90 [8JA]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (see S. 1793), S10487 [15OC] (see H.R. 3792), H11297 [13OC]

District of Columbia: authorize improvements in the operation of government (see H.R. 4207), H13520 [3DE]

Earmarks: audit programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks (see H.R. 113), H32 [6JA]

———increase transparency and accountability (see H.R. 3268), H8409 [20JY]

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: establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (see H.R. 1472), H3400 [12MR]

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

———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]

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

———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]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]

———reauthorize programs to enhance education through technology (see H.R. 558), H380 [15JA]

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

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 1436), S7318 [9JY] (see H.R. 3183), H8024 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (see H. Res. 645), H8099 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 788), H10407 [30SE]

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

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (see H.R. 1580), H3640 [18MR]

———prohibit obligating funds for the regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide (see H.R. 4344), H15499 [16DE]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for salaries or expenses of any task force or council established by the President and headed by an unconfirmed official or adviser (see H.R. 3226), H8184 [15JY]

———provide a sunset date for unconfirmed officials and advisers, require their Senate confirmation, and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (see H.R. 3569), H9548 [15SE]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (see H.R. 915), H1079 [9FE]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), consideration (see H. Res. 464), H5890 [20MY]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 1512), H3436 [16MR] (see H.R. 3607), H9737 [21SE] (see H.R. 4217), H13627 (see H.R. 4217), H14370 [8DE]

———provide adequate oversight and inspection of individuals and foreign aircraft repair facilities that perform maintenance on U.S. commercial aircraft (see S. 1454), S7480 [14JY]

———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (see S. 1451), S7480 [14JY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H13351 [19NO]

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]

Federal aid programs: restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (see H.R. 3357), H8959 [28JY]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 303), S786 [22JA]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1787), S10434 [14OC] (see H.R. 3339), H8809 [24JY]

Federal Transit Administration: alter requirements relative to recommendations for fixed guideway projects funding (see H.R. 4367), H15500 [16DE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reserve funding for American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1889), H4519 [2AP]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3139), H7945 [9JY]

———grant States and local governments the flexibility to revise recovery and hazard mitigation plans (see H.R. 3466), H9276 [31JY]

———limit number of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded and clarify the risk assessment formula used to determine such grants (see H.R. 4182), H13466 [2DE]

———reauthorize temporary Mortgage and Rental Assistance Program (see H.R. 888), H1043 [4FE]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (see H.R. 1746), H4062 [26MR]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 1432), S7317 [9JY] (see H.R. 3170), H8007 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), consideration (see H. Res. 644), H8099 [14JY]

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] (see H.R. 1404), H3144 [10MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (H.R. 1404), consideration (see H. Res. 281), H3833 [24MR]

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), S1677 [5FE] (see H.R. 3077), H7703 [26JN]

———prohibit funding of organizations that support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization (see H.R. 1967), H4522 [2AP]

Foreign policy: establish and support an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace (see H.R. 1605), H3702 [19MR]

———require long-term strategies for national security, diplomacy, and foreign assistance and performance-based budgeting for foreign assistance programs, projects, and activities (see H.R. 2387), H5580 [13MY]

Foreign Service: modernize (see H.R. 2410), H5664 [14MY] (see H.R. 2475), H5790 [19MY]

———modernize (H.R. 2410), consideration (see H. Res. 522), H6413 [9JN]

Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act: extend appropriations authorization (see H.R. 3143), H7945 [9JY]

FTC: authorize appropriations for certain technical assistance activities (see H.R. 3686), H10408 [30SE]

GAO: enhance oversight authorities (see H.R. 2646), H6074 [2JN]

Government: making omnibus appropriations (see H.R. 1105), H2601 [23FE]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), consideration (see H. Res. 184), H2631 [24FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (see S. 1054), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 2346), H5483 [12MY]

———permit continued financing of Government operations (see H.R. 4314), H14981 [15DE]

———permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), consideration (see H. Res. 976), H15498 [16DE]

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

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

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity (see S. 1024), S5371 [12MY] (see H.R. 1747), H4062 [26MR]

Health: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (see H.R. 3470), H9277 [31JY]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see S. 898), S4721 [24AP] (see H.R. 2816), H6538 [10JN]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H34 [6JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 873), H1042 [4FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research and direct NIH to issue guidelines for such research (see H.R. 872), H1042 [4FE]

———reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, expand child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and provide for a health care Federalism initiative (see H.R. 464), H194 [13JA]

Health care facilities: assist trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology to prevent further closures and downgrades (see S. 733), S3898 [26MR] (see H.R. 936), H1156 [10FE]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize (see S. 808), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1877), H4518 [2AP]

House of Representatives: prohibit increase in amount established for Members' official allowances during a period of high unemployment and public debt (see H.R. 3189), H8024 [13JY]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 2656), H6074 [2JN]

House Rules: abolish the Committee on Appropriations (House) (see H. Res. 17), H37 [6JA]

———amend Code of Official Conduct to strengthen the reporting requirements for Members who request earmarks (see H. Res. 85), H526 [26JA]

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

———provide for earmark reform (see H. Res. 100), H780 [28JA] (see H. Res. 276), H3748 [23MR]

———provide greater transparency on earmark requests (see H. Res. 687), H8959 [28JY]

———reduce suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation bills (see H. Res. 343), H4582 [21AP]

———repeal ``Gephardt rule'' and require recorded votes on measures that increase the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 272), H3705 [19MR]

———repeal rule relative to statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 965), H14827 [11DE]

———require a two-thirds vote on a stand-alone bill that increases the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 949), H13520 [3DE]

———require annual vote on whether to increase pay of Members of Congress (see H. Res. 98), H780 [28JA]

———require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (see H. Res. 40), H162 [9JA]

———require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 225), H3104 [9MR]

———require that rescission bills always be considered under open rules every year (see H. Res. 323), H4524 [2AP]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 218), H3052 [5MR] (see H. Res. 229), H3144 [10MR]

———strengthen public disclosure of all earmark requests (see H. Res. 440), H5666 [14MY]

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act: prohibit funds from being used in contravention of provision on sending or receiving information on citizenship or immigration status (see S. 95), S42 [6JA]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2406), H5664 [14MY]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 1199), H2835 [25FE]

———provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along U.S. borders (see S. 339), S994 [28JA] (see S. 1190), S6186 [4JN]

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

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend (see S. 1790), S10487 [15OC]

———revise and extend (see H.R. 2708), H6263 [4JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 88), S41 [6JA] (see S. 1652), S9132 [8SE] (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE] (see H.R. 3578), H9549 [15SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1494), S7868 [22JY] (see H.R. 2701), H6263 [4JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), consideration (see H. Res. 618), H7836 [8JY]

———improve congressional oversight and committee structure by granting appropriations authority to intelligence committees (see S. Res. 164), S5943 [2JN]

———prohibit inclusion of earmarks in legislation authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1996), H4580 [21AP]

Israel: making appropriations for foreign assistance (see H.R. 3160), H7946 [9JY]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: amend and reauthorize (see H.R. 3537), H9341 [8SE]

Justice for All Act: reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see H.R. 2157), H4914 [28AP]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize, rename as Key Investments in Developmental Services (KIDS) Act, and provide funding parity with Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 1568), H3526 [17MR]

———reauthorize and improve (see S. 678), S3657 [24MR]

Keweenaw National Historical Park: decrease matching funds requirement and authorize further appropriations (see S. 135), S42 [6JA] (see H.R. 488), H195 [13JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: prohibit use of recreation grants to acquire land or make improvements in State or local parks (see H.R. 2916), H6971 [17JN]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 1228), H2873 [26FE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (see S. 1294), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 2918), H6971 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), consideration (see H. Res. 559), H7021 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 772), H9961 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 191), H9999 [25SE]

Library of Congress: provide financial support for the operation of the law library (see H.R. 2728), H6264 [4JN]

Local government: provide fiscal assistance (see H.R. 3007), H7145 [23JN]

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

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities (see H.R. 1393), H3104 [9MR]

LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (see S. 718), S3897 [26MR] (see H.R. 3764), H11165 [8OC]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 509), H324 [14JA]

Maritime Administration: reauthorize (see S. 1308), S6845 [19JN]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4151), H13353 [19NO]

Members of Congress: prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual currently serving (see H.R. 420), H161 [9JA]

Morris K. Udall Foundation: provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (see S. 432), S2229 [12FE] (see S. 1818), S10570 [20OC] (see H.R. 1035), H1518 [12FE]

———provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (H.R. 1035), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 806), H11110 [7OC]

Motor vehicles: establish a new automobile voucher program (see H.R. 1606), H3702 [19MR]

Multilateral development banks: authorize U.S. participation in, and appropriations for, African Development Fund and Mulitlateral Debt Relief Initiative, require budgetary disclosures, and endorse certain principles (see S. 955), S5013 [1MY]

NASA: authorizing appropriations for space shuttle flights (see H.R. 1962), H4522 [2AP]

National Archives and Records Administration: authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (see S. 2872), S13032 [11DE] (see H.R. 1556), H3526 [17MR]

National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act: authorize appropriations (see S. 2095), S10916 [29OC] (see H.R. 3967), H12140 [29OC]

National Guard: authorize availability of appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities (see S. 775), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 3494), H9278 [31JY]

National Park Service: authorize a grant program to acquire land in the National Capital region for conservation, environmental, and recreational purposes (see S. 1525), S8196 [28JY] (see H.R. 2986), H7085 [19JN]

National security: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security discretionary spending (see H.R. 377, 378, 381), H159 [9JA]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 2627), H6012 [21MY]

NCAA: prohibit receipt of Federal funds by a university that participates in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision unless the national championship game of such Subdivision is the culmination of a playoff system (see H.R. 599), H386 [16JA]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 690, 690), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 2213, 2213), H5061 [30AP]

NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 2042), H4686 [22AP]

———increase funding for medical research with greatest potential for near-term clinical benefit (see H.R. 3475), H9277 [31JY]

———reauthorize and elevate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities to Institute status (see S. 914), S4807 [28AP]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve certain amendments (see S. 1581), S8864 [5AU]

———reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see H.R. 3928), H11790 [26OC]

NOAA: extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (see S. 859), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 844), H921 [3FE]

———reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (see S. 1224), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 1771), H4063 [26MR]

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize (see S. 668), S3609 [23MR] (see H.R. 1672), H3748 [23MR]

NTSB: authorize appropriations (see S. 2768), S11344 [10NO]

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

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H28 [6JA]

OMB: direct all executive departments and agencies to submit a separate category for administrative expenses when submitting appropriations requests and reduce such expenses (see S. 948), S4963 [30AP]

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

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (see S. 962), S5065 [4MY] (see S. 1707), S9840 [24SE] (see H.R. 3642), H9961 [24SE]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H1604 [13FE]

Political ethics: prohibit an authorized campaign committee of a Member of Congress from accepting contributions from any entity for which the candidate sought a congressional earmark (see H.R. 2038), H4686 [22AP]

Population: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or population planning programs or family planning activities (see H.R. 1233), H2874 [26FE]

Postal Service: provide for revised schedule of price increases for the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (see H.R. 1916), H4520 [2AP]

Power resources: provide for a refundable heating fuel tax credit and create a State grant program to provide loans to individuals to weatherize their homes (see S. 2894), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 152), H33 [6JA]

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

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates (see S. 196), S256 [9JA] (see H.R. 397), H160 [9JA]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (see H.R. 3617), H9806 [22SE]

———increase certain infrastructure finance provisions (see H.R. 2663), H6074 [2JN]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: extend authorization of highway programs (see S. 1498), S7869 [22JY]

———extend authorization of public transportation programs (see S. 1533), S8271 [29JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: authorize the use of grant funds for gang prevention (see H.R. 1589), H3640 [18MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: increase percentage of State revolving loan funds reserved for American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1890), H4519 [2AP]

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 102), H31 [6JA]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 2772), H6413 [9JN] (see H.R. 2965), H7084 [19JN]

———enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), consideration (see H. Res. 610), H7740 [7JY]

———extend and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see S. 1233), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 2767), H6413 [9JN]

———extend the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see S. 177), S211 [8JA]

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

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2458), H5711 [18MY]

———withhold Federal funds from schools that permit or require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem in a language other than English (see H.R. 1621), H3703 [19MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2847), H6742 [12JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration (see H. Res. 544), H6805 [15JN] (see H. Res. 552), H6902 [16JN]

Senate Rules: improve transparency of earmarks in appropriations or authorization legislation, prohibit earmark requests from private entities, and require conference reports to be electronically searchable (see S. Res. 63), S2767 [4MR]

Senior citizens: authorize additional appropriations for the family caregiver support program and for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information (see H.R. 519), H324 [14JA]

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see S. 936), S4963 [30AP]

Ships and vessels: promote secure ferry transportation (see S. 930), S4891 [29AP] (see H.R. 2172), H4998 [29AP]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 275), S652 [16JA] (see H.R. 2), H194 [13JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 52), H193 [13JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 107), H919 [3FE]

———improve access to State Children's Health Insurance Program by providing exemptions to eligibility waiting period requirements (see H.R. 2496), H5791 [19MY]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 326), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 688), H526 [26JA]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program and limit income eligibility expansions under that program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled (see S. 82), S41 [6JA]

Solar energy: authorize microenterprise assistance for renewable energy projects in developing countries (see H.R. 2878), H6806 [15JN]

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

Taxation: implement on-going appropriations for withdrawals from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3447), H9275 [31JY]

———provide for a refundable heating fuel tax credit (see H.R. 3958), H12044 [28OC]

Technology: authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development (see H.R. 554), H380 [15JA]

Television: provide consumers with information about the transition to digital television and additional funds for the converter box coupon program (see H.R. 299), H88 [8JA]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H6305 [8JN]

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] (see H.R. 3645), H9961 [24SE]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize and rename as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act (see S. 345), S1057 [29JA]

21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 1482), S7779 [21JY]

U.N.: prohibit funding for U.N. Headquarters Building renovation or reconstruction project unless the U.N. adopts best practices in contracting and procurement (see H.R. 196), H35 [6JA]

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy: reauthorize (see S. 1716), S9869 [25SE] (see H.R. 2131), H4839 [27AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: authorize Wildlife Without Borders Program (see H.R. 3198), H8099 [14JY]

U.S. Geological Survey: authorize AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program in partnership with State programs (see S. 1078), S5614 [19MY] (see H.R. 2489), H5791 [19MY]

Urban areas: provide immediate fiscal relief to cities experiencing serious budget deficits by providing funds for payments to qualified local governments (see H.R. 506), H323 [14JA]

Victims of Crime Act: establish a minimum funding level for programs that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund (see S. 1340), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 3402), H9205 [30JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 1262), H2923 [3MR]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), consideration (see H. Res. 235), H3337 [11MR]

Wildlife Restoration Act: ensure adequate funding for conservation and restoration of wildlife (see S. 655), S3550 [19MR]

World Bank: authorize U.S. participation in replenishment of resources of the International Development Association (see S. 954), S5013 [1MY]

Chronologies

Dept. of Defense aircraft history, H9080 [30JY]

Cloture motions

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7510 [15JY], S7635 [16JY], S7861 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10568 [20OC], S10669 [22OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9975 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13295 [16DE], S13407 [18DE]

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

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9690 [22SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12898 [10DE], S13073 [12DE]

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

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8213 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10328 [8OC], S10399 [14OC]

Government: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2760 [4MR], S2860 [6MR], S2953 [10MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5607 [19MY], S5771 [21MY]

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

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10328 [8OC], S10351 [13OC], S11148 [5NO]

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

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 2997), H10358-H10402 [30SE]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths (H.R. 2647), H10565-H11052 [7OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations (H.R. 2892), H11195-H11257 [13OC]

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2996), H11871-H11983 [28OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 3288), H13631-H14369 [8DE]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 3183), H10150-H10358 [30SE]

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations (H.R. 2918), H9924-H9946 [24SE]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 13), H4774-H4836 [27AP]

Supplemental Appropriations for Military and Stabilization Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response (H.R. 2346), H6683-H6741 [12JN]

Cost Estimates

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

Descriptions

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

Explanations

Dept. of Defense Appropriations (H.R. 3326), House Amendment to Senate Amendment, H15042 [16DE]

Omnibus Appropriations (H.R. 1105), H1653-H2599 [23FE]

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act: Senator Akaka, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S10377 [13OC]

Factsheets

Historically Black Colleges and Universities and United Negro College Fund Continue To Rise To Meet These Challenges Although Their Federal Funding Is Disproportionately Low, Relative to Other Institutions of Higher Education, H641 [28JA]

Historically Black Colleges and Universities as Well as United Negro College Fund Serve a Predominantly Low-Income, Minority Student Population, H640 [28JA]

Jones Academy, H7406 [25JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6890 [16JN]

Letters

Advanced tactical laser research funding: Senator Bingaman, S10213 [7OC]

Aircraft Maintenance Administration Facility, Columbus AFB, MS: Senator Cochran, S11406 [17NO]

Allow temporary waiver of State interest rate limit: Arkansas congressional delegation, S6778 [18JN]

———Mike Beebe, Governor of Arkansas, S6777 [18JN]

———Toby Rittner, Council of Development Finance Agencies, S6778 [18JN]

American Centrifuge Plant, Piketon, OH, funding: Barack Obama (2008), S2949 [10MR]

———several Governors, S2948 [10MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S1515-S1517 [4FE], 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]

Appropriations process: several Republican Senators, S3742 [25MR], S6927 [23JN]

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

Authorize and remove impediments to the repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5058 [4MY]

Backlog of disability claims applications at the Houston, TX, VA Regional Office: Representative Cuellar, H7974 [10JY]

Capitol Visitor Center Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' engraving: Senators Feinstein and Bennett, Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S7123 [6JY]

Coast Guard appropriations: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H11637 [22OC]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H11637 [22OC]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H11637, H11638 [22OC]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H11638 [22OC]

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

Compliance with Senate rule on definition of congressionally directed spending items: Senator Ben Nelson, S13855 [23DE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act funding: Marcia Crosse, GAO, S2884-S2889 [9MR]

Dept. of Agriculture bovine tuberculosis research funding: Gary Voogt, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, S8653 [3AU]

Dept. of Defense C-17 aircraft procurement funding: Norton A. Schwartz, Dept. of Defense, S9917 [29SE]

———Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense, S9917 [29SE], S9966 [30SE]

———Senator Levin, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S9917 [29SE]

Dept. of Energy Office of Science funding: several Representatives, H8122 [15JY]

Dept. of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program funding: Timothy R. Warfield, National Association for State Community Service Programs and David Bradley, National Community Action Foundation, S8260 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy wind energy research funding: Daniel M. Kammen, University of California, Berkeley, S8252 [29JY]

———Denise Bode, American Wind Energy Association, S8252 [29JY]

———Michael C. Robinson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, S8251 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security Securing the Cities Initiative funding: several New York, NY, metropolitan area law enforcement and first responder organizations, H7189 [24JN]

Dept. of State authorization and Foreign Service modernization: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H6440 [10JN]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H6440 [10JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs conversion of unused structures into housing with supportive services for homeless veterans: Eric A. Hilleman, VFW, S11404 [17NO]

———several veterans and homeless service organizations, S11403 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects and leases authorization: Eric K. Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S6847 [19JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services: Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), H7975 [10JY]

———Raymond C. Kelley, AMVETS (organization), H7976 [10JY]

———Raymond E. Dempsey, DAV, H7974 [10JY]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H7975 [10JY]

———Steve Robertson, American Legion, H7975 [10JY]

Develop a strategy for continued U.S. military presence in Afghanistan: Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense, S10013 [1OC]

Disclosure of congressionally directed spending items in H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations: Senator Bond, S9771, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Brownback, S9771 [24SE]

———Senator Feinstein, S9770 [24SE]

———Senator Johnson, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Risch, S9772 [24SE]

———Senator Roberts, S9771 [24SE]

———Senator Sessions, S9770 [24SE]

———Senator Shelby, S9770 [24SE]

District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice: Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia, S2944 [10MR]

Domestic energy policy impact on certain Endangered Species Act regulations: Senator Murkowski, S5401-S5403 [13MY]

Energy innovation hub funding: High-Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition, H8124 [15JY], E1854 [20JY]

———Representatives Carnahan and Biggert, High-Performance Buildings Caucus, H8123 [15JY], E1849 [20JY]

———Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, H8124 [15JY], E1852 [20JY]

Enhance safety of nuclear weapons stockpile, modernize and maintain weapons complex and delivery systems, and limit reductions in strategic nuclear forces pursuant to a treaty with Russia: Senator Kyl, S8088 [24JY]

———several Senators, S8087 [24JY]

Enhanced capabilities of UH-1 Huey: David R. Bockel, Reserve Officers Association, S7951 [23JY]

———James T. Conway, Marine Corps, S7950 [23JY]

Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sec. of State, S10431 [14OC]

———Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense and Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, S10431 [14OC]

Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act: Robert M. Berdahl, Association of American Universities, H7754 [8JY]

———several organizations, H7753 [8JY]

Ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform: several national organizations, S12861 [10DE]

EPA application of regulations to reduce pollution from certain ships doing business on the Great Lakes: Arthur N. Marin, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (organization), S10905 [29OC]

———several health and clean air organizations, H12063 [29OC]

EPA preliminary planning and design work funding for a high-performance green building to consolidate EPA offices in Las Vegas, NV: Senator Reid, S9794 [24SE]

EPA regulation of carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act: Dave McCurdy, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Michael J. Stanton, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, S9783, S9790 [24SE]

———David A. Raymond, American Council of Engineering Companies, S9779 [24SE]

———Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers, S9779 [24SE]

———Larry J. Schweiger, National Wildlife Federation, S9791 [24SE]

———Lisa P. Jackson, EPA, S9783, S9790 [24SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S9780 [24SE]

———several agricultural organizations, S9779 [24SE]

———several environmental organizations, S9790 [24SE]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S9779 [24SE]

Equipment needs of Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan: Representative Tiberi, E2495 [8OC]

———Stephen M. Twitty, Dept. of the Army, E2495 [8OC]

Extend whistleblower protections to FAA employees: Representative Burgess, H5969 [21MY]

FAA Airports Improvement Program: Mark Holzer, North Dakota Aeronautic Commission, H8652 [23JY]

FAA biennial inspections of foreign aircraft repair stations: Sean O'Keefe, General Electric Co., H5919 [21MY]

FDIC foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program: Sheila C. Bair, FDIC, S1811 [6FE]

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act: Hugh A. Sampson, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, S2370 [23FE]

———Julia E. Bradsher, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, S2370 [23FE]

F-22 aircraft program funding: Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight (organization), S7382 [13JY]

———Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight (organization) and Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), S7382 [13JY]

———David R. Bockel, Reserve Officers Association, S7736 [21JY]

———Harry M. Wyatt III, Air National Guard, S7729 [21JY]

———John D.W. Corley, Dept. of the Air Force, S7729 [21JY], H9032 [29JY]

———Norton A. Schwartz and Michael B. Donley, Dept. of the Air Force, S7450 [14JY]

———Rebecca Grant, Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, Air Force Association, S7459 [14JY]

———several Representatives, H9033 [29JY]

Help America Vote Act funding: several organizations, H8236 [16JY]

IMF funding: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5784 [21MY]

———several former National Security Advisers and cabinet members, S5665 [20MY]

Inclusion of unrelated material in H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations: several Representatives, H15003 [16DE]

Increase assistance to developing countries in order to assist adaptation and implementation of international climate change policies: several Representatives, E3050 [17DE]

Increase authorized end strength for active duty personnel: Gordon R. Sullivan, Association of the U.S. Army, S7472 [14JY]

———Norbert Ryan, Military Officers Association of America, S7472 [14JY]

Intelligence services appropriations: Senator Feinstein, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S9451 [16SE]

Iowa Demonstration Construction Grant Program funding: Mike Wells, Corning Community Schools, S2738 [4MR]

———Patty J. Link, Des Moines Board of Education, S2738 [4MR]

———Paula Vincent, Clear Creek Amana Community School District, S2738 [4MR]

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]

Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding: Brian Wise, Military Families United (organization), S7961 [23JY]

———Pete Hegseth, Vets for Freedom (organization), S7961 [23JY]

———Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense, S7950 [23JY]

Lift Cuban travel restrictions: Senators Bill Nelson and Menendez, S2934 [10MR]

———Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S2933 [10MR]

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 Parish, 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]

Maintain access to hunting, fishing, and trapping on newly designated wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas: Chris W. Cox, NRA, H3846, H3974, H3975 [25MR]

Manhattan, KS, Konza waterline extension project funding: Donald E. Gibbons, EPA, H7404 [25JN]

Medicare Advantage program funding: several Senators, S12385 [4DE]

Medicare funding cuts: Addison B. Rand, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12041, S12050 [1DE], S12290 [3DE]

———Barbara J. Easterling, Ruben Burks, and Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———several Hispanic organizations, S12043 [1DE]

Murphy Theatre Community Center, Inc., funding: Danny W. Mongold, H8654 [23JY]

———David L. Raizk, H8654 [23JY]

———Randy Riley, H8654 [23JY]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: Senator Specter, S7225 [8JY]

Navy establishment of outlying landing field at Sandbanks or Hale's Lake, NC: Marc Basnight and Bill Owens, North Carolina General Assembly, S7986 [23JY]

Navy unfunded programs: Gary Roughead, Dept. of the Navy, S8022 [23JY]

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office reauthorization: David O'Neill, Friends of the John Smith Chesapeake Trail (organization), S6456 [10JN]

———John A. Cosgrove, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S6455 [10JN]

Omnibus appropriations: several Representatives, H2647, H2648 [25FE]

Omnibus appropriations for certain New York projects: Senator Schumer, S12897 [10DE]

Omnibus Public Land Management Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3289 [11MR]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H3289 [11MR]

———several water resources organizations, H3983 [25MR]

Orange County Great Park Corp., funding: Clifton Wallace, S2745 [4MR]

———Dave Ristow, S2745 [4MR]

———John Rotolo, S2745 [4MR]

———Thomas Q. O'Hara, S2745 [4MR]

———William G. Kogerman, S2744 [4MR]

Pacific Missile Range Facility Aegis Ashore test facility construction funding: Patrick J. O'Reilly, Missile Defense Agency, S11269 [9NO]

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

Peace Corps funding: Senator Bond, H7885 [9JY]

Permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, S7818 [22JY]

———Bernard K. Melekian, California Police Chiefs Association, S7823 [22JY]

———Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, IL, S7772 [21JY]

———William J. Bratton, Major Cities Chiefs Association, S7772 [21JY]

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 funding for prosecution in Federal courts of individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks: Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S11164 [5NO], S11408 [17NO]

———several victims' family members, S11155 [5NO], S11286 [9NO]

Prohibit funding to construct or modify any facility in the U.S. to permanently or temporarily hold any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: several Cabinet members, S11408 [17NO]

Prohibit reduction of guaranteed Medicare benefits and extend solvency, reduce premiums, expand benefits, and protect access to providers: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12289 [3DE]

Prohibit use of funds for contracts with contractors if such contractor requires employees or contractors to sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims: Akhil R. Amar, Erwin Chemerinsky, and Laurence H. Tribe, S10147 [6OC]

Prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock: Representative Sessions, H5005 [30AP]

Provide classified information procedures for military commissions: Ronald H. Weich, Dept. of Justice, S7988 [23JY]

Providence, RI, Emergency Operations Center funding: David N. Cicilline, Mayor of Providence, RI, S7234 [8JY]

———J. David Smith, Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency, S7234 [8JY]

Public lands accessibility for disabled persons: Representative Doc Hastings, H3847 [25MR]

Rebuttal to report on economic stimulus projects relative to characterization of Talking Water Gardens wastewater treatment and water reuse project: Sharon Konopa, Mayor of Albany, OR, E3044 [17DE]

Reimburse utilities when infrastucture enhancement projects require the relocation of existing utility infrastructure: Representatives Shuster and Corrine Brown, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E335 [24FE]

Repeal Dept. of Veterans Affairs requirement reducing survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation: Military Coalition, S7751 [21JY]

Require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify Endangered Species Act rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule: Senator Begich, H2650 [25FE]

Require each standing House committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize: Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight (organization), H270 [14JA]

Resettlement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the U.S. funding: Michael C. Polt, Dept. of State, S2927 [10MR]

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

SBA funding for Myrtle Beach, SC, International Trade and Conference Center: Brad Dean, Myrtle Beach, SC, Area Chamber of Commerce, H8252 [16JY]

———John T. Rhodes, H8252 [16JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations: President Obama, H6913 [17JN]

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

———Robert A. Sunshine, CBO, H251 [14JA]

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

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

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]

Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act funding: Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S2733, S2753 [4MR]

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act: several veterans organizations, H10555 [7OC]

Water Quality Investment Act: Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H3346 [12MR]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3346 [12MR]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3346 [12MR]

Lists

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

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Senate) subcommittee memberships, S13315 [16DE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) staff, S2954 [10MR]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) subcommittee memberships, S6883 [22JN]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate) staff members, S8025 [23JY], S10687 [22OC]

Congressionally directed spending items in conference report to H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S10906 [29OC]

Earmarks and unrequested congressional adds in conference report to H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S6791 [18JN]

Earmarks in H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S13371 [17DE]

Economists who believe Government spending does not improve economic performance, S2291 [13FE], E745 [24MR]

National organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

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

Notable earmarks in H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, S2659 [3MR]

Organizations opposing S. Con. Res. 13, Federal budget for 2009-2014, S4291 [2AP]

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]

Organizations supporting reversal of rules on interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule, S2746 [4MR]

Programs in S. 22, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, targeted to a specific State or locality, S162 [7JA]

Projects listed in the statement of managers but not listed and specifically provided for in text of H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, S2795 [5MR]

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

Reconciliation measures enacted into law, S4022 [31MR]

Reports and testimonies relating to IRS collection activities, S2727 [4MR]

Senate earmarks in H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, S2670 [3MR]

State organizations supporting a single-payer health care system, S13291 [16DE]

Supporters of Leahy amendment on Federal assistance to prosecute hate crimes to H.R. 1391, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S7394 [13JY]

Supporters of S. 914, Cures Acceleration Network establishment, and NIH reauthorization and National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities elevation to Institute status, S4817 [28AP]

Top ten reasons to support the science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies provisions of H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, S2730 [4MR]

Memorandums

Joint STARS Weapons System Funding: Ashton B. Carter, Dept. of Defense, S10041 [1OC]

Spending Effects of Certain Amendments to H.R. 1105, Omnibus Appropriations, Prohibiting Funding for Certain Projects: Sandy Streeter, Congressional Research Service, S2898 [9MR]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2010: President Obama, S2556 [26FE], S5280 [7MY], S5327 [11MY], H2864 [26FE], H5373 [7MY], H5410 [12MY]

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act: President Obama, S6363 [9JN], H6377 [9JN]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8724, S8726 [4AU], H7852, H7853, H7854 [9JY], H10021 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7796, H7797 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 799), H10538 [7OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4253, S4274, S4283, S4286 [2AP], S4643, S4647, S4648, S4650, S4651, S4652, S4653 [23AP], H4631, H4637, H4645 [22AP]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (H.R. 965), H9407 [10SE]

Continuing: making (H.J. Res. 38), H3064 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7387 [25JN], H10477, H10484 [6OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, H11140 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9971 [30SE], S13296 [16DE], S13476 [19DE], H9129 [30JY], H15022 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration (H. Res. 685), H8985 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7229 [8JY], H7232 [24JN], H10413 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), conference report, H11409 [15OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), consideration (H. Res. 573), H7173, H7175 [24JN]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6514 [10JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), H7914, H7916 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9641, S9647 [22SE], S9724, S9725 [23SE], S9806, S9807 [24SE], H11756 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10898 [29OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11368 [16NO], S11409 [17NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8791 [24JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9348 [15SE], S9405, S9416 [16SE], H8674, H8679 [23JY], H13556 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12876 [10DE], S12986 [11DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), amend to include Representative Tom Price's amendment on firearms possession in federally assisted housing, H8724 [24JY]

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

———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]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8223 [29JY], H8338 [17JY], H9969 [25SE]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5978 [21MY]

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

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8267 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), consideration (H. Res. 644)—amend to include Representative Walden's Fairness Doctrine amendment, H8314 [17JY]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6514 [10JN]

Government: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2659, S2663 [3MR], S2943, S2947 [10MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), H5630 [14MY], H6545 [11JN]

House of Representatives: recommit to fiscal restraint, return to an open and transparent appropriations process, and require Committee on Rules (House) to report out open rules for general appropriations, H7399 [25JN], H7864 [9JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2918), S7053, S7055 [25JN], S7132 [6JY], H7051 [19JN], H9869 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), conference report, S9966, S9967 [30SE]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), H7779 [8JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10210 [7OC], S10272 [8OC], S11170, S11171 [5NO], H6897 [16JN], H7000, H7002, H7003, H7004, H7006, H7007, H7009, H7010, H7011, H7012, H7013, H7014, H7015, H7017 [18JN]

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

Petitions

Support of the One Grandview Avenue development in Pittsburgh, PA, S9414 [16SE]

Petitions and memorials

Burleson, TX, citizens: constitutional limits of Federal Government, E1932 [24JY]

Chicago, IL, City Council: encourge efforts to retrieve remains of Armed Forces members killed during World War II Battle of Tarawa Atoll, H7363 [25JN]

Hamilton County, IN, Council: Dept. of Education Federal Family Education Loan program funding, E2764 [16NO]

Press releases

House and Senate Appropriations Committees Announce Additional Reforms in Committee Earmark Policy: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) and Committee on Appropriations (House), S2601 [2MR]

Majority Restricts Amendment Process for Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill: Representative Dreier, Committee on Rules (House), H6860 [16JN]

Odyssey Expresses Appreciation to Senator Murray for Securing $3 Million for New Transportation Educational Initiatives and Programming: Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center, S9342 [15SE]

Ros-Lehtinen, Boehner, Cantor, McCotter, Pence Question Omnibus Funding for UN Palestinian Agency Partnering With Banks Targeted by U.S.: Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), S2893 [9MR]

Proposals

Amend H. Res. 644, consideration of H.R. 3170, financial services and general Government appropriations, to include Representative Walden's Fairness Doctrine amendment, H8201 [16JY], H8313 [17JY]

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Bachmann's amendment on organizations indicted for election law violations, H8592 [23JY]

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Broun's amendment on bike paths, H8592 [23JY]

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Hensarling's amendment on oil sands and oil shale development, H8591 [23JY]

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]

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Tom Price's amendment on firearms possession in federally assisted housing, H8591 [23JY], H8723 [24JY]

Amend H. Res. 673, consideration of H.R. 3293, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Steve King amendment on Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), H8713 [24JY]

Amend H. Res. 685, consideration of H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, to include Representative Broun's amendment to prohibit funding to standardize ground combat uniforms across military branches, H9062 [30JY]

House of Representatives' recommittal to fiscal restraint, return to an open and transparent appropriations process, and requirement of Committee on Rules (House) to report out open rules for general appropriations, H7175 [24JN], H7398 [25JN], H7782 [8JY], H7862 [9JY]

Questions and answers

Markup of the Federal budget for 2009-2014: Committee on the Budget (House), H4649 [22AP]

Rebuttals

Air Force Response to Washington (DC) Post Article on F-22 Aircraft Program, S7462-S7467 [14JY]

Remarks in House

Abbas, Mahmoud: urge Palestinian Authority President to abrogate anti-Israel articles in the Fatah Constitution, H7872 [9JY]

Afghanistan: clarify that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law violates the fundamental human rights of women and undermines the support and goodwill of the U.S. and international community, H6497, H6498 [10JN]

———require the Inspectors General of certain U.S. agencies to include in their audits and reports the impact of development assistance on the social, economic, and political empowerment of women, H6492 [10JN]

Agriculture: provide assistance to dairy farmers, H7791, H7792 [8JY], H10531, H10532 [7OC]

———provide disaster assistance to Florida potato farmers for losses due to excessive rainfall, H7793 [8JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H7819, H7820 [8JY]

———allow consideration of additional amendments to appropriations legislation, H7852, H7853 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), H7799-H7828 [8JY], H7843-H7855 [9JY], H10021 [29SE], E1693, E1695, E1700, E1701, E1705, E1707 [9JY], E1731 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), conference report, H11061-H11077 [7OC], E2489 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7783-H7798 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 799), H10528-H10540 [7OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), earmark declaration, E1639, E1640, E1641, E1645, E1648, E1650, E1651, E1653, E1656, E1657, E1658, E1659, E1660, E1661 [7JY], E1663, E1664, E1666, E1667, E1668, E1669, E1670, E1671, E1672, E1673, E1674, E1675, E1676, E1677, E1679, E1680, E1681, E1683, E1684, E1685 [8JY], E1688, E1692, E1697, E1698, E1699 [9JY], E1727 [10JY], E1761 [14JY], E1808 [16JY], E1857, E1859 [21JY], E2124 [31JY], E2456 [6OC], E2478, E2483, E2485 [8OC], E2532, E2534 [14OC], E2590, E2598 [21OC], E2740 [6NO], E2779 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), motion to instruct conferees, H10021-H10023 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), motion to recommit, H7852-H7854 [9JY]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H10021-H10023 [29SE]

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

———jurisdiction over Joint Cargo Aircraft Program, H7238 [24JN]

Alaska: conduct feasibility study on efficacy of transporting carbon dioxide from Fairbanks plant to Alaska North Slope in order to enhance oil recovery, H15416 [16DE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: appropriate unobligated balances of funds to the Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 2942), H9019 [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]

Amtrak: funding, H721-H723 [28JA], H8614 [23JY], E196 [4FE]

———Inspector General funding, H8642 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for free alcohol incentive program, H8646, H8647 [23JY]

Appropriations: revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H14443 [9DE]

Armed Forces: assessment of ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality, H7372 [25JN]

———ensure that members of the Individual Ready Reserve who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan receive quarterly counseling calls from properly trained personnel, H7379 [25JN]

———expand and protect access to mental health treatment and services for military members stationed outside the U.S., H7363 [25JN]

———increase basic pay, H7219 [24JN]

———National Guard and Reserves funding, H7217 [24JN]

———provide pay increase for members of uniformed services, H5601 [14MY]

———provide service animals to members receiving medical care in an outpatient status, H7243 [24JN]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, H7221 [24JN]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable, H7379, H7380 [25JN]

———require payment of monthly special pay to members whose active duty service is extended by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism, H5602 [14MY], H12048 [29OC]

Army: expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members who participated in combat during which they engaged the enemy on or after December 7, 1941, H7346 [25JN]

———require public disclosure of names of students and instructors at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H7341, H7342 [25JN], E1625 [26JN]

———use of Virtual Army Experience as a recruiting tool, H7242 [24JN]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): alleged involvement in promoting sub-prime loans, H7078 [19JN]

———alleged involvement in voter registration fraud, H7078-H7082 [19JN], H8581, H8582 [22JY], H8721 [24JY]

———Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) minority report on alleged criminal activities, H8702, H8703 [23JY], H8869-H8871 [27JY]

———investigate alleged criminal activities, H9486-H9488 [14SE], H9648-H9651 [16SE], H9785-H9788 [22SE], H9947-H9953 [24SE], H9993-H9995 [25SE], H10129, H10147-H10150 [30SE], H10452 [1OC], H11511 [20OC], H12015 [28OC]

———provide transparency with Federal funds received through housing and urban development grants, H5316 [7MY]

Augusta, ME: prohibit funding for Maine Dept. of Marine Resources Maine Lobster Research and Inshore Trawl Survey, H6957, H6958 [17JN]

Aurora, CO: Fitzsimons Veterans Affairs Hospital funding, H7957 [10JY]

Baytown, TX: Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant rehabilitation funding, H12066 [29OC], E1609 [26JN]

BLM: prohibit funding for construction of a wildfire facility in Carson City, NV, H7427, H7428 [25JN]

Border Patrol: additional agents funding through reductions in Dept. of Homeland Security administrative offices funding, H7188, H7189 [24JN]

———removal of U.S.-Mexico border drug and people smugglers lookout posts funding, H7193 [24JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2610, H2611, H2612 [24FE], H2813, H2814 [25FE], H2866, H2867 [26FE], H2888, H2891, H2911, H2918-H2922 [3MR], H2956, H2964-H2970 [4MR], H3031, H3041, H3042 [5MR], H3058, H3068, H3070-H3076 [6MR], H3096-H3103 [9MR], H3107, H3110, H3112, H3113 [10MR], H3294, H3295, H3325-H3329 [11MR], H3340, H3373, H3379, H3380 [12MR], H3403 [16MR], H3441, H3443, H3445, H3448, H3449, H3450, H3451, H3472, H3473, H3476, H3477, H3491, H3514-H3524 [17MR], H3530, H3531, H3532, H3533, H3622-H3627 [18MR], H3675-H3677, H3689 [19MR], H3709, H3712, H3732-H3739 [23MR], H3752, H3754, H3755, H3757, H3760, H3784-H3787, H3789, H3790, H3792-H3798, H3820 [24MR], H3839, H4011-H4020 [25MR], H4030, H4031, H4047-H4054 [26MR], H6960 [17JN], H9918, H9919 [24SE], H14829 [14DE], E745 [24MR]

———allow for an emergency spending exemption to any pay-as-you-go requirement, H8507 [22JY]

———allow for emergency exceptions to pay-as-you-go requirement, E32 [7JA]

———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H3484 [17MR]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H915, H916 [3FE], H2843 [26FE], H4921 [29AP], H5897 [21MY], H6316 [9JN], H7027 [19JN], H13291-H13296, H13300-H13305, H13332, H13333 [19NO], H13487-H13489 [3DE], H15423 [16DE]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement (H. Res. 671), H8658 [23JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), E19 [6JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 43), H14984 [16DE]

———deficit, H6890 [16JN], H6912, H6913-H6915 [17JN], H8248 [16JY], H12064 [29OC], H14986 [16DE]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending, H4390 [1AP], H4416, H4417 [2AP], H8539 [22JY]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (H.R. 1814), H4132 [31MR]

———inclusion of costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in normal budget process, H4227, H4228 [31MR]

———Obama administration proposal, H2890 [3MR], H2934 [4MR]

———reconciliation process, H4645-H4653 [22AP]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (H.R. 2920), H6831 [16JN], H6975 [18JN], H8343, H8344 [17JY], H8412-H8416, H8418, H8419, H8420, H8483 [21JY], H8498, H8499, H8501, H8513-H8541 [22JY], H8587, H8588, H8695 [23JY], H8795 [24JY], H9166 [30JY], E1928, E1936, E1955 [24JY], E2027 [28JY]

———release of Obama administration update proposal, H8406 [20JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4103, H4104, H4113-H4118 [30MR], H4132, H4133, H4134, H4135, H4136, H4137, H4138, H4139, H4215, H4217, H4219-H4229, H4241-H4248 [31MR], H4254, H4255, H4256, H4257, H4263, H4273, H4274, H4370-H4393 [1AP], H4399, H4400, H4401, H4415-H4487, H4490, H4513 [2AP], E784 [26MR], E874 [2AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), consideration (H. Res. 305), H4257-H4262 [1AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), consideration (H. Res. 316), H4401-H4410 [2AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), H4618, H4670-H4677 [22AP], E973 [27AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), conference report, H4739 [27AP], H4843, H4845, H4846, H4891-H4897 [28AP], H4918, H4919, H4920-H4928 [29AP], E1022, E1041, E1043 [30AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 371), H4882-H4891 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (H. Res. 365), H4873-H4882 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to go to conference, H4637-H4645 [22AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to instruct conferees, H4645-H4653 [22AP]

———status report, H3684 [19MR], H7437 [25JN], H9418 [10SE]

Bureau of Prisons: funding, H6889, H6890 [16JN], H6926, H6927 [17JN], H6977 [18JN]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers beyond county lines, H8138, H8139 [15JY]

———California Bay-Delta Restoration Program funding, H8137, H8139 [15JY]

———continue participation in construction of the North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project (H.R. 1219), H4537, H4538 [21AP]

———maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (H.R. 2288), E1074 [6MY]

Bureau of the Census: funding, E1484 [18JN]

———prohibit funding for relocation from Dept. of Commerce to the Executive Office of the President, H6949, H6950 [17JN]

California: prohibit restriction of Central Valley Project operations based on an Endangered Species Act biological opinion if it would result in less than historical maximum export levels, H10428 [1OC]

Canton, NY: prohibit funding for Village Park Historic Preservation project of the Traditional Arts, H7431-H7433 [25JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: funding to combat potential swine flu pandemic, H4846 [28AP]

———National Center for Health Statistics funding, H8778 [24JY]

———World Trade Center health programs funding, H8760 [24JY]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: limit authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network until Federal deficit falls to certain level, H9407, H9408 [10SE]

———prohibit permanent authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network, H9403-H9407 [10SE]

———provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (H.R. 965), H9402-H9410 [10SE], E236 [10FE]

———provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (H.R. 965), consideration (H. Res. 726), H9401, H9402 [10SE]

———provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (H.R. 965), motion to recommit, H9407, H9408 [10SE]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1422), E611 [10MR]

China: provide for increased funding and support for diplomacy (H.R. 2311), E1105 [7MY]

City of Hope (organization): funding, H7859 [9JY]

Civil Rights History Project Act: funding, H7050, H7051 [19JN]

Climate: domestic and international adaptation and clean technology transfer funding, H7453 [26JN]

———increase assistance to developing countries in order to assist adaptation and implementation of international climate change policies, E3049 [17DE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), H11632-H11685 [22OC], H11717-H11724 [23OC], E2619, E2621, E2623, E2624, E2625, E2627 [23OC], E2674 [29OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), consideration (H. Res. 853), H11623, H11631 [22OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), corrections in engrossment, H11724 [23OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), earmark declaration, E2686 [2NO], E2695, E2697 [3NO]

———clarify delegation of certain functions to classification societies, H11634 [22OC]

———conduct study on ability to respond to changes in immigration policy toward Haiti, H11681, H11682 [22OC], E2624 [23OC]

———conduct study on facility infrastructure requirements needed to fulfill missions and capabilities and ensure ability to utilize latest technologies, H11719, H11720 [23OC]

———conduct study to determine need for the long range maritime radio navigation system (LORAN-C) program as a supplemental backup to the global positioning system (GPS), H11684 [22OC]

———develop strategy to combat illicit flow of narcotics, weapons, bulk cash, and other contraband through use of submersible and semi-submersible vessels, H11719 [23OC]

———ensure that marine safety responsibilities do not impair the carrying out of homeland security missions, H11720, H11721 [23OC]

———funding, H11405 [15OC]

———negotiate with Canada to ensure tugboat escorts for laden oil tankers, H11640 [22OC]

———prohibit use of Fishing Safety Research Grant Program funds for earmarks, H11718 [23OC]

———prohibit use of Fishing Safety Training Grants Program funds for earmarks, H11717, H11718 [23OC]

———provide mission requirement analysis for navigable portions of Rio Grande River international water boundary, H11635 [22OC]

———report on the most frequent human errors leading to oil spills from vessels, E2623 [23OC]

———structure acquisition processes and policies, H11634 [22OC]

———study feasibility of returning the Fresnel Lens to the lantern room atop the Presque Isle Light Station Lighthouse, H11721 [23OC]

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

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

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

———historically Black colleges and universities funding, H640 [28JA]

———prioritize grants to higher learning institutions that promote activities to increase degree or certificate completion for students who are veterans, H9681, H9682 [17SE]

———remove prohibition on modernization and construction funding for community colleges that received funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H9635, H9636 [16SE]

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

Committee on Appropriations (House): revised allocation of spending authority, H2819 [25FE], H5640 [14MY], H6129 [3JN], H6783 [15JN], H6969 [17JN], H7731 [7JY], H8069 [14JY], H8687 [23JY], H8852 [27JY], H9176 [30JY], H9918 [24SE]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 279), H4193-H4198 [31MR]

———authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 279), consideration (H. Res. 294), H4141-H4143 [31MR]

———revised allocation of spending authority, H426 [21JA], H1016 [4FE], H7247 [24JN], H7694 [26JN], H12970 [7NO], H13328 [19NO], H14443 [9DE], H15478 [16DE]

Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative: funding, E1725 [10JY]

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

———impose moratorium on earmarks, H147 [9JA], H1286 [12FE]

———improve ability to set spending priorities and enforce spending limits, H3148 [11MR]

———legislative process, H6661 [12JN], H6855-H6862 [16JN], H6910, H6911, H6914-H6916, H6921, H6922, H6927 [17JN], H7026, H7068, H7075-H7082 [19JN], H7168-H7172, H7187 [24JN], H7393, H7408, H7410, H7411 [25JN], H7746, H7784, H7785, H7787-H7791 [8JY], H7843 [9JY], H7951-H7958, H7993-H7995 [10JY], H8148, H8150 [15JY], H8191-H8198, H8254 [16JY], H8310, H8311 [17JY], H8359, H8403 [20JY], H8444 [21JY], H8593-H8599, H8639, H8659, H8660 [23JY], H8753-H8755, H8757, H8800 [24JY], H8877 [28JY], H9965-H9969 [25SE], H10530, H10531 [7OC]

———prohibit passage of further massive spending initiatives for bailout purposes (H. Res. 199), H5491 [13MY]

———provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H2838 [26FE], H3129, H3131 [10MR], H3148, H3322 [11MR], H5279 [6MY]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H3092-H3096 [9MR], H4461-H4469 [2AP], H5695-H5700 [18MY]

———legislative priorities, H3419 [16MR]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H4440-H4446 [2AP]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5640-H5647 [14MY]

Continuing: making, H9965, H9972-H9976 [25SE], H12051-H12053, H12060 [29OC]

———making (H.J. Res. 38), H3059, H3060-H3066 [6MR]

———making (H.J. Res. 38), motion to recommit, H3064, H3065 [6MR]

———making (H.J. Res. 64), H15421 [16DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 64), consideration (H. Res. 976), H14994-H15006 [16DE]

Contracts: compliance, H8615 [23JY]

———prohibit use of funds for contracts with Halliburton Co., KBR Inc., or subsidiaries or affiliates, if such contractor requires employees or contractors to sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims, H11800 [27OC]

———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]

Corp. for National and Community Service: cap funding at current levels, H3593, H3594 [18MR]

———establish Volunteer Generation Fund, H3591-H3593 [18MR]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H8758 [24JY]

Corps of Engineers: calculate critical yields of major river basins in Georgia, H10430, H10431 [1OC]

———Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration program funding, H8134, H8135 [15JY]

———Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) funding, H10427, H10429 [1OC]

———Ozark-Jeta Taylor Powerhouse rehabilitation project funding, H8853 [27JY]

———prohibit funding for San Francisco, CA, Pier 36 removal project, H8157, H8158 [15JY]

———Seattle, WA, district flood prevention efforts funding, H8121 [15JY]

———Tennessee River Chickamauga Lock replacement funding, H8135, H8136 [15JY]

———Wreck Pond, NJ, environmental restoration funding, H8121 [15JY]

Council of Economic Advisers: prohibit funding, H8234, H8235 [16JY]

Council on Environmental Quality: prohibit funding for certain positions, H8238, H8239 [16JY]

CPSC: funding, E2002 [24JY]

Dallas, TX: Dallas Love Field Airport intermodal connector construction funding, H5921 [21MY]

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

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission: reauthorize (H.R. 3476), H11179, H11180 [13OC], E2598 [21OC]

Denver, CO: Southeast Corridor Light Rail project funding, E3022 [17DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain changes in the Supplemental Review Assistance Program eligibility assessment and disaster payment schedule, H7802 [8JY]

———clarify definition of catfish as related to the domestic catfish industry, H7804, H7805 [8JY]

———clarify standards for organic certification, H7802, H7803 [8JY], E1731 [13JY]

———Economic Research Service funding, H7806, H7807 [8JY], E1705 [9JY]

———expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program, H7803 [8JY]

———Farm Service Administration loan funding, H5604 [14MY]

———Hawaii Agricultural Diversification program funding, E1700 [9JY]

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

———increase rate for certain payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program, H7802 [8JY]

———International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H3058 [6MR]

———McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H7803 [8JY]

———Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program funding, H5621 [14MY]

———Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operation Account funding, H7811 [8JY]

———Organic Production and Marketing Data Initiative funding, H7803 [8JY]

———prohibit funding for Beltsville, MD, Agricultural Research Center Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization project, H7822, H7823 [8JY]

———prohibit funding for National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy project in the Kiski Basin in Pennsylvania, H7820, H7821 [8JY]

———prohibit funding to administer or pay the salary of personnel who administer broadband loans or loan guarantees, H7826-H7828 [8JY]

———Rural Energy for America Program funding, H7808 [8JY]

———Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program funding, H7807 [8JY]

———school lunch program funding, H4402 [2AP]

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

Dept. of Commerce: International Trade Administration funding, H6896, H6897 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: acquisition criteria for congressionally directed spending to for-profit entities, H11122 [8OC]

———address economic impact on communities from change in policy for military infrastructure and housing around bases, H7347, H7348 [25JN]

———allow facilities to receive financial incentives for implementing energy management policies, H7362 [25JN]

———allow members of Congress access to the contractor performance database, H7362 [25JN]

———allow use of lightweight torpedo procurement funds to convert two commercial ferries for military use as intratheater lift platforms, H7362 [25JN]

———assess feasibility and efficacy of providing service members with post-deployment mental health screening, H7373, H7374, H7375 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7236-H7246 [24JN], H7254, H7257-H7390 [25JN], H8794 [24JY], H9305-H9307 [8SE], H10477, H10483, H10513-H10516 [6OC], E1580, E1583, E1587, E1593, E1600, E1607, E1610, E1617, E1620, E1624, E1625 [26JN], E1670 [8JY], E1711 [9JY], E1743 [13JY], E2258 [14SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, H11080 [7OC], H11127-H11142, H11146, H11160 [8OC], E2503 [9OC], E2505, E2506 [13OC], E2520 [14OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration (H. Res. 572), H7215-H7221 [24JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 808), H11115-H11125 [8OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), corrections in engrossment, H7390 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 196), H11142 [8OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), earmark declaration, E1513, E1515 [19JN], E1519, E1521, E1522, E1523, E1526, E1527, E1530, E1531, E1532, E1533, E1535, E1536, E1537, E1538, E1539, E1541, E1546 [23JN], E1550, E1551, E1552, E1556, E1557, E1559, E1560, E1561, E1562, E1568, E1569 [24JN], E1581, E1584, E1588, E1590, E1592, E1596, E1620, E1632 [26JN], E1654 [7JY], E1665, E1670, E1674 [8JY], E1730 [13JY], E1857 [21JY], E2218, E2223 [9SE], E2321 [21SE], E2492 [8OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), motion to instruct conferees, H10477-H10486 [6OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), motion to recommit, H7387, H7388 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), permission to file report, H7108 [23JN]

———consider importance of ballistic missile defense on national security during Quadrennial Defense Review and Nuclear Posture Review, H7378 [25JN]

———C-17 aircraft procurement funding, H15416 [16DE]

———delay early retirement of F-15 aircraft from Tyndall AFB, FL, H15417 [16DE]

———determine whether use of therapy animals to treat wounded warriors should be expanded to additional facilities, H7362 [25JN]

———develop lifecycle accounting for munitions and review live-fire practicing to reduce unexploded ordnance and munitions-constituent contamination, H7346 [25JN]

———encourge efforts to retrieve remains of Armed Forces members killed during World War II Battle of Tarawa Atoll, H7363 [25JN]

———environmental restoration of formerly-used defense sites funding, H8981 [29JY]

———extend Arsenal Support Program Initiative, H7365 [25JN]

———facilities rehabilitation, repair, and maintenance funding, H639 [28JA]

———financial management processes and internal controls funding, H9082 [30JY]

———Fisher House Foundation funding, H9060 [30JY]

———F-22 aircraft program funding, H201 [14JA], H5165 [5MY], H7218, H7220, H7221, H7244 [24JN], H8250 [16JY], H8795 [24JY], H9031-H9034, H9039 [29JY], H9080-H9082, H9129, H9130 [30JY], H11137 [8OC], E1583 [26JN], E1816 [16JY]

———funding, H2955 [4MR], H3033-H3039 [5MR], H3739 [23MR], H5285 [6MY], H8505, H8506, H8536 [22JY]

———grant authority to financially support development and construction of public infrastructure in communities impacted by the expansion and growth of military installations, H7245 [24JN]

———improve treatment and services relative to post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and suicide prevention, H5605 [14MY]

———Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, H7219 [24JN], H15000 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), H8877 [28JY], H9024-H9035, H9039 [29JY], H9060, H9062-H9131 [30JY], H9743 [22SE], H11800 [27OC], H14805 [11DE], H14884, H14959 [15DE], E2091, E2128, E2129 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration (H. Res. 685), H8976-H8986 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14994-H15006 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), earmark declaration, E2013, E2014, E2016, E2017, E2018, E2019, E2020, E2021, E2022, E2023, E2025 [27JY], E2027, E2028, E2031, E2032, E2033, E2034, E2035, E2036, E2039, E2042, E2043, E2045, E2046, E2048, E2049, E2050, E2052, E2053, E2054 [28JY], E2057, E2059, E2060, E2061, E2062, E2063, E2064, E2065, E2066, E2067, E2068, E2073, E2075, E2076, E2078, E2080, E2082, E2084, E2085, E2087 [29JY], E2094, E2097, E2098, E2099, E2100, E2101, E2102, E2103, E2104, E2106, E2107, E2108, E2109, E2113, E2115, E2116, E2123, E2126, E2127, E2128, E2137, E2140, E2142, E2144, E2148, E2166, E2171, E2178, E2179 [31JY], E2189, E2195, E2199, E2201, E2206, E2207, E2208, E2209 [8SE], E2211, E2212, E2223, E2224 [9SE], E2234, E2237, E2245, E2246 [10SE], E2250, E2252 [14SE], E2279, E2280, E2281, E2282, E2285, E2291, E2293 [16SE], E3025, E3027, E3031, E3032, E3034, E3036, E3038, E3039, E3046, E3047, E3054 [17DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), motion to recommit, H9129, H9130 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), Senate amendment, H14989, H15007-H15420, H15456, H15474 [16DE], E3063 [19DE], E3067 [23DE]

———missile defense and vehicles and aircraft for combat forces funding through reductions in defense environmental cleanup funding, H7387, H7388 [25JN]

———modify the mandated Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan to include an assessment of the role of coalition partners, H7362 [25JN]

———national missile defense system funding, H5165 [5MY], H5283-H5286 [6MY], H5875-H5880 [20MY], H6132 [3JN], H7218, H7242, H7243 [24JN], H7254, H7374 [25JN], H11135, H11137 [8OC]

———national missile defense system funding through reductions in defense environmental cleanup funding, H7352-H7356, H7364 [25JN], E1607 [26JN]

———Presidential helicopter program funding, H2986 [5MR]

———prevent disclosure of certain photographic records relative to individuals captured or detained by U.S. forces in operations outside the U.S., H7219 [24JN]

———prohibit disposal of hazardous waste using open-air burn pits during contingency operations of more than one year, H7347, H7348 [25JN]

———prohibit funding for Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Counter Air Defense Future Capabilities, H9091, H9092 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Argon ST, Inc., torpedo defense development, H9092, H9093 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Body Armor Improved Ballistic Protection, Research and Development, H9087, H9088 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities Defense account, H9082, H9083 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for earmarks to for-profit entities, H9116, H9117 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Enhanced Navy Shore Readiness Integration, H9085, H9086 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Gulf Range Mobile Instrumentation Capability project, H9088-H9090 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Kinetic Energy Interceptor program, H9084, H9085 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Model for Green Laboratories and Clean Rooms project, H9119 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Rapid Deployable Shelter project, H9118, H9119 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Reduced Manning Situational Awareness program, H9086, H9087 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Ultra Low Profile EARS Gunshot Localization System, H9090, H9091 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for various earmarks, H9095 [30JY]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S., H11135 [8OC]

———proposal to place U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, H154 [9JA]

———provide transparency in budget process, H5491 [13MY]

———report on certain non-disclosure agreements signed by Dept. of Defense employees, H7356-H7358, H7373 [25JN]

———report on funding levels and progress of Military Munitions Response Program and Installation Restoration Program, H7346 [25JN]

———report on service members victimized by intrafamilial international child abduction and actions taken to prevent and remedy such abductions, H7372 [25JN]

———report to Congress on use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, H9083 [30JY]

———Stryker MEV funding, H5628 [14MY]

———submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan, H7338-H7340 [25JN]

———termination of pay-for-performance personnel system, H11119 [8OC]

———transfer certain property and personnel to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, E1620 [26JN]

———U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) funding, H7955 [10JY]

———use cost or price as the predominant factor in solicitations for defense procurement contracts, E1743 [13JY]

Dept. of Education: District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice, H2793-H2795, H2797 [25FE], H3149 [11MR], H4760 [27AP], H8214, H8215, H8243 [16JY]

———Federal Family Education Loan program funding, H8718 [24JY], E2764 [16NO]

———Math and Science Partnership program funding, H8759, H8760 [24JY]

———Reading First program funding, H2896, H2897 [3MR]

———reserve a certain portion of school modernization funds for grants to local educational agencies serving areas that are economically distressed or recovering from a natural disaster, H5516, H5517 [13MY], E1181 [18MY]

———Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grant Program funding, H8755 [24JY]

———special education funding, H8791, H8792 [24JY]

———strike American Graduation Initiative funding, H9636, H9637 [16SE]

———TRIO programs funding, H8761 [24JY], H14973-H14978 [15DE]

———University Sustainability Program funding, H8758 [24JY]

Dept. of Energy: anniversary of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), E2422 [1OC]

———defense environmental cleanup funding, H7218 [24JN]

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

———energy innovation hub funding, H8123-H8125 [15JY]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, H9086, H9087 [30JY]

———freeze future advanced vehicle technologies funding, H9578 [16SE]

———Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program funding, H8125, H8134 [15JY]

———Innovative Technologies Loan Guarantee Program funding, H9237 [31JY]

———Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program funding, H2804 [25FE]

———Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program funding, H8141 [15JY]

———Los Alamos Neutron Science Center funding, H8123 [15JY]

———Nuclear Power 2010 program funding, H8122, H8123 [15JY]

———nuclear powerplant recycling technologies research funding, H8111-H8113 [15JY]

———Office of Science funding, H8121 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for Arkansas Biosciences Institute ethanol research project, H8151, H8152 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for Boston Architectural College Urban Sustainability Project, H8155 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc., H8150, H8151 [15JY], E1833 [17JY]

———prohibit funding for Fort Mason Center Pier 2 project, H8153 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for Housatonic River Net-Zero Energy Building project, H8147, H8148 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for Metropolitan Museum of Art Energy Conservation and Efficiency Upgrade of HVAC Controls project, H8156, H8157 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for Missouri Alternative Renewable Energy Technology Center funding, H8149 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for South River, NJ, automated remote electric and water meters installation project, H8158, H8159 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for Whitworth University science/technology/engineering/mathematics (STEM) equipment, H8154 [15JY]

———Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) funding, H8120 [15JY]

———Water Power Energy Program funding, H8140, H8141 [15JY]

Dept. of HHS: Critical Access Hospital program funding, H8782 [24JY]

———establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program (H.R. 3134), H7950 [10JY], H10074 [30SE]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (H.R. 3242), E1819 [16JY]

———Nursing Workforce Development programs funding, H8759 [24JY]

———prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, H8779-H8782 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow for voluntary usage of personal protective equipment during any public health emergency, H7188 [24JN]

———authorizing appropriations, earmark declaration, E1350 [9JN]

———biometric air exit system funding, H11408 [15OC]

———close the National Applications Office (H.R. 2704), E1314 [4JN]

———deny admission to diplomatic visa holders of countries unreasonably refusing or delaying repatriation, H6508, H6509 [10JN]

———Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) funding, H11056 [7OC]

———make grants to first responders, H11403, H11404 [15OC]

———making appropriations (2008), earmark declaration, E1830 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), H7179-H7215, H7222-H7234 [24JN], H11143 [8OC], E1573, E1580, E1606, E1608, E1612 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), conference report, H11395-H11410 [15OC], E2574 [20OC], E2616 [22OC], E2687 [2NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), consideration (H. Res. 573), H7167-H7175 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 829), H11389-H11394 [15OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), earmark declaration, E1404 [15JN], E1464, E1467, E1476, E1479 [17JN], E1506, E1514 [19JN], E1520, E1525, E1529, E1534, E1537, E1540, E1541, E1543, E1546 [23JN], E1547, E1548, E1549, E1550, E1551, E1552, E1554, E1555, E1560, E1561, E1565, E1566, E1567 [24JN], E1578, E1589, E1602, E1622 [26JN], E1656, E1658 [7JY], E1676 [8JY], E1730 [13JY], E1788, E1796 [15JY], E1861 [21JY], E1886 [22JY], E2521 [14OC], E2554 [15OC], E2574, E2579 [20OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), motion to instruct conferees, H10413-H10418 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), motion to recommit, H7232 [24JN]

———Metropolitan Medical Response System funding, H7183 [24JN]

———National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility research facility construction funding, H7185 [24JN], E1544 [23JN], E1573 [26JN]

———prohibit expenditure of funds for the National Applications Office (H.R. 2703), E1314 [4JN]

———prohibit funding to modify or revoke Customs and Border Protection ruling relative to admissibility of certain pocketknives, H7171, H7185 [24JN]

———prohibit purchase of first-class airline tickets for employees except in special circumstances, H7183 [24JN]

———prohibit the procurement of uniforms and other textile apparel unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced, H723, H724 [28JA]

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

———reduce certain programs funding by amount appropriated in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H7207, H7208 [24JN]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H10413, H10414, H10417 [1OC]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements and prohibit congressional earmarking of grant programs funding, H12524 [6NO]

———Securing the Cities Initiative funding, H7189-H7191 [24JN]

———Visa Security Program funding, H7191, H7192 [24JN]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding, H8596 [23JY]

———pre-home purchase counseling funding, H8643 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for construction of Alianza Dominicana, Inc., Triangle Building, H8655 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for Hornell, NY, YMCA, H8596 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for Monroe County, KY, Farmer's Market facility construction project, H8657, H8658 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for Murphy Theatre Community Center, Inc., H8653, H8654-H8655 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for renovation of Jal, NM, vacant building for economic development, H8656, H8657 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for the public housing community service requirement, H8650-H8652 [23JY]

———prohibit funding to enforce regulations against veteran's preference in Dept. of HUD financed housing for the elderly built on a Dept. of Veterans Affairs campus or using a VA-enhanced use lease, H8650 [23JY]

———prohibit HOPE VI Program funding, H8639-H8641 [23JY]

———promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program, H7663 [26JN]

———rental assistance programs funding, H8596 [23JY]

———require transparency and accountability for organizations receiving Federal funds to provide foreclosure legal assistance or housing counseling, H5369 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H6543 [11JN]

———condition funding for prevention of prosecutorial misconduct on State funding of antidrug task forces, H715 [28JA]

———Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funding, H6928, H6929 [17JN]

———Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funding, H1575, H1589 [13FE], E317 [24FE]

———funding, H6944 [17JN]

———National Criminal History Improvement Program funding, H6924 [17JN]

———National Sexual Assault Hotline funding, E1866 [21JY]

———National Sexual Assault Hotline programs funding, E1500 [18JN]

———Office on Violence Against Women funding, H6892 [16JN]

———Office on Violence Against Women Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program funding, H6922, H6923 [17JN]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, H14474 [10DE], H15417 [16DE]

———prohibit funding for the National Drug Intelligence Center, H6963, H6964 [17JN]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any correctional facility in the U.S., H6916 [17JN]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 908), H1118-H1120 [10FE]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, H5769 [19MY]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H6621 [12JN], H6895 [16JN], H6976 [18JN], E1463 [17JN], E1492, E1494 [18JN]

———Support Teens Through Education and Protection (STEP) Program funding, H6953 [17JN]

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

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

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

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

Dept. of State: allow payments to be made from the Rewards for Justice Program to officers or employees of foreign governments who provide information leading to capture of a targeted terrorist, H6502 [10JN]

———authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6430-H6518 [10JN], E1375, E1382, E1383 [11JN], E1387, E1389, E1400 [12JN], E1439, E1457, E1479 [17JN], E1696 [9JY]

———authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), consideration (H. Res. 522), H6421-H6429 [10JN]

———authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), corrections in engrossment, H6518 [10JN]

———authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), motion to recommit, H6516 [10JN]

———authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), unanimous-consent agreement, H6500 [10JN]

———Civilian Stabilization Initiative program funding, H6436 [10JN]

———conduct cost-benefit analysis and report on best possible use of Federal funding to reduce the smuggling and trafficking in persons, H6504 [10JN]

———conduct feasibility study for the use of passports of U.S. citizens living overseas to facilitate voting in elections and being counted in the census, H6509 [10JN]

———diplomatic and consular programs, AID, and global health programs funding, H7878, H7879 [9JY]

———domestic release of the VOA film ``A Fateful Harvest'', H6493, H6494 [10JN]

———donation to Waettasmeno/U.N. Development Programme Foundation, H9902 [24SE], H10045 [29SE]

———establish Global Clean Energy Exchange Program, H6505 [10JN]

———Office of Global Women's Issues funding relative to influence on abortion policy in foreign countries, H6424-H6427, H6481-H6483 [10JN], E1375, E1383 [11JN]

———prohibit activities in foreign countries to legalize, fund, or promote abortion except in certain cases, H6435 [10JN]

———prohibit establishment of the Lessons Learned Center, H6495, H6496 [10JN]

———prohibit funding for Educational and Cultural Exchange Program, H7908, H7909 [9JY]

———provide financial assistance for exchange programs for women legislators in Afghanistan, H6506 [10JN]

———remove certain defense-related technology from U.S Munitions List, H6482 [10JN]

———report on changes in treaty and U.S. laws that could help improve compliance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, H6494, H6495 [10JN]

———report on Special Immigrant Visa Programs for certain Iraqis and Afghanis employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government in both Afghanistan and Iraq, H6503 [10JN]

———report on U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan To Eliminate Racial Discrimination, H6500, H6501 [10JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations, H14463 [10DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), H7868-H7919, H7923 [9JY], H8067 [14JY], E1722 [10JY], E1737 [13JY], E1747, E1757 [14JY], E1771 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 617), H7855-H7862 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), earmark declaration, E1642 [7JY], E1685 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), motion to recommit, H7915-H7918 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement funding for certain environmental restoration projects that repair acid mine drainage from coal abandoned mines, E1614 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H7428, H7429 [25JN]

———making appropriations, H2653 [25FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H7401-H7437 [25JN], H7463-H7471 [26JN], H11143 [8OC], E1607, E1609, E1612, E1614 [26JN], E2176 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, H12057-H12068 [29OC], E2679 [2NO], E2724 [5NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (H. Res. 578), H7390-H7398 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 876), H12050-H12057 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), earmark declaration, E1403 [15JN], E1521 [23JN], E1548, E1549, E1550, E1552, E1553, E1554, E1556, E1557, E1558, E1560, E1566, E1567, E1568, E1569 [24JN], E1575, E1576, E1577, E1580, E1581, E1584, E1586, E1588, E1589, E1590, E1591, E1593, E1594, E1596, E1597, E1598, E1599, E1600, E1601, E1602, E1603, E1605, E1606, E1607, E1610, E1611, E1626, E1630 [26JN], E1643, E1644, E1646, E1649, E1656, E1658 [7JY], E1663, E1674 [8JY], E1698 [9JY], E1713 [10JY], E1807, E1815 [16JY], E1857 [21JY], E2099 [31JY], E2655, E2656, E2657, E2658, E2659, E2660, E2661, E2674 [29OC], E2736, E2737, E2745 [6NO], E2753 [9NO], E2759, E2764, E2765, E2774 [16NO], E2790 [17NO], E2802, E2804 [18NO], E2813 [19NO], E2841, E2844, E2857, E2858 [1DE], E3010 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), motion to instruct conferees, H11756-H11759 [26OC]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H11756 [26OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 4385), E3022 [17DE]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to provide low-interest loans to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure, H14677 [10DE]

———Financial Crimes Enforcement Network funding, H8233, H8234 [16JY]

———permit use of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, H284 [14JA]

———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 Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, H5004, H5007 [30AP]

———strike emergency designation for the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Fund, H4033 [26MR]

Dept. of Transportation: Dallas Area Rapid Transit project and Interstate-30 Bridge Project funding, H8618 [23JY]

———establish a maritime career training loan program, H11634 [22OC]

———Federal Railroad Administration railroad research and development funding, H8618, H8639 [23JY]

———impose a sunset provision on airline antitrust immunity, H5916, H5920-H5925 [21MY]

———make capital grants for certain alternative fuel transit buses, H8617 [23JY]

———make grants for certain streetcar projects (H.R. 2163), H5099 [5MY], E1010, E1012 [29AP]

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

———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]

———passenger rail funding, H8597, H8616 [23JY]

———positive train control technology funding, H8614 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for Doyle Drive Replacement project in San Francisco, CA, H8661, H8662 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for Grand Forks, ND, International Airport terminal replacement project, H8652, H8653 [23JY]

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

———prohibit funding for Philadelphia, PA, Museum of Art Transportation Improvement Program, H8662, H8663 [23JY]

———prohibit funding for Rib Mountain Drive reconstruction in Wausau, WI, H8660 [23JY]

———reduce high-speed and intercity passenger rail funding and strike transfer authority for National Infrastructure Bank, H8641, H8642 [23JY]

———Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit project funding, H8617 [23JY]

———study effect that limited air carrier service operations on certain routes has on the frequency of delays and cancellations, H5973 [21MY]

———Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority funding, E2011 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address backlog of disability claims applications at the Houston, TX, VA Regional Office, H7974 [10JY]

———authorize a major medical facility lease in Atlanta, GA (H.R. 3704), H10560 [7OC]

———authorize major medical facility leases (S. 1717), H10559-H10561 [7OC]

———comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans funding, H7972 [10JY]

———Education and Debt Reduction Program funding, H7983 [10JY]

———funding, H4383 [1AP], H4878 [28AP]

———information technology systems and medical and prosthetic research accounts funding, H7957 [10JY]

———investigate alleged employee manipulation of bonus reward system at the Pittsburgh, PA, Veterans Benefits Administration, H7973 [10JY]

———Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events funding, H7984, H7985 [10JY]

———prohibit funding for processing of enhanced use leases at the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, H7990, H7991 [10JY]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), H7094-H7097 [23JN], E1254 [21MY], E1573, E1617, E1630 [26JN]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 804), H10526, H10554-H10559 [7OC], E2499 [8OC]

———reauthorize the small business loan program (H.R. 294), E45 [8JA]

———renewable energy projects funding, H7971 [10JY]

———report on use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in departmental medical facilities, H7986, H7987 [10JY]

———State veterans cemeteries construction grants funding, H7986 [10JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H14466, H14473 [10DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), H7960-H7992 [10JY], E1730, E1733, E1742 [13JY], E1764 [14JY], E1772 [15JY], E1857 [21JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7951-H7960 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), earmark declaration, H7976 [10JY], E1639, E1644, E1649 [7JY], E1680, E1683 [8JY], E1687, E1688, E1690, E1692, E1698, E1703, E1704, E1707, E1708 [9JY], E1713, E1714, E1715, E1716, E1717, E1718, E1719, E1720, E1722 [10JY], E1754 [14JY], E1838 [17JY], E1894 [22JY], E2126 [31JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H8785-H8788 [24JY]

———making appropriations, earmark declaration, E1774 [15JY], E1809, E1812 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8499 [22JY], H8727-H8793 [24JY], H9603 [16SE], E2087 [29JY], E2134 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), consideration (H. Res. 673), H8713-H8723 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), earmark declaration, E1850, E1851 [20JY], E1864 [21JY], E1879, E1894 [22JY], E1903, E1909, E1911 [23JY], E1914, E1917, E1918, E1919, E1921, E1922, E1925, E1926, E1927, E1928, E1933, E1934, E1935, E1936, E1937, E1939, E1940, E1941, E1942, E1943, E1944, E1946, E1948, E1949, E1950, E1951, E1952, E1953, E1954, E1960, E1962, E1963, E1964, E1965, E1967, E1968, E1969, E1970, E1974, E1975, E1976, E1977, E1978, E1979, E1980, E1981, E1982, E1983, E1984, E1985, E1986, E1987, E1988, E1989, E1990, E1991, E1992, E1993, E1994, E1995, E1996, E1997, E1998, E1999, E2000, E2001, E2004, E2005, E2006, E2008 [24JY], E2014, E2018, E2020, E2023, E2024 [27JY], E2040, E2046 [28JY], E2062 [29JY], E2091, E2133, E2153, E2161, E2171 [31JY], E2204, E2207 [8SE], E2219 [9SE], E2237, E2238, E2240, E2242, E2243 [10SE], E2251 [14SE], E2293 [16SE], E2321 [21SE], E2435 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), motion to recommit, H8791, H8792 [24JY]

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, H3751, H3753, H3754, H3756 [24MR], H3841-H3847, H3854 [25MR], E785 [26MR], E820 [31MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), H1073-H1077 [9FE], H3151-H3290, H3317, H3321 [11MR], H3378 [12MR], H9840 [23SE]

———maintain access to hunting, fishing, and trapping on newly designated wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, H3281 [11MR], H3974, H3978 [25MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H8645-H8650, H8680 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), H8604-H8682 [23JY], H8888 [28JY], E2003, E2005 [24JY], E2011 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, H14462-H14480 [10DE], H14746, H14809 [11DE], H14968-H14972 [15DE], E2945 [10DE], E2985, E2992, E2995 [14DE], E3022, E3024 [17DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), H8593-H8602 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), amend to include Representative Tom Price's amendment on firearms possession in federally assisted housing, H8723-H8725 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 961), H14450-H14461 [10DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), earmark declaration, E1773 [15JY], E1848, E1850 [20JY], E1868 [21JY], E1875, E1878, E1879, E1880, E1881, E1883, E1884, E1886, E1888, E1889, E1890, E1891, E1895, E1896, E1897, E1898, E1899, E1900 [22JY], E1903, E1905, E1906, E1907, E1908, E1909, E1910, E1911, E1912 [23JY], E1913, E1914, E1915, E1918, E1919, E1920, E1921, E1923, E1924, E1925, E1927, E1928, E1929, E1930, E1931, E1935, E1936, E1937, E1938, E1939, E1941, E1942, E1943, E1945, E1946, E1947, E1951, E1952, E1953, E1954, E1955, E1956, E1957, E1958, E1959, E1960, E1961, E1963, E1964, E1968, E1969, E1970, E1972, E1980, E1982, E1989, E1990, E1997, E2003, E2008, E2009 [24JY], E2011, E2012, E2013, E2015 [27JY], E2098, E2112, E2129, E2137, E2139, E2144, E2164 [31JY], E2226 [9SE], E2237 [10SE], E2250, E2258 [14SE], E2294 [16SE], E2321 [21SE], E2927, E2932, E2933, E2937, E2938, E2939, E2942, E2945, E2950, E2958, E2959, E2961, E2963 [10DE], E2980 [11DE], E2985, E2989, E2990, E2993, E2994, E2995, E2996, E2997, E2998 [14DE], E3047, E3048, E3049, E3054 [17DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), motion to instruct conferees, H13556, H13557 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), motion to recommit, H8680 [23JY]

———prohibit attachment of extraneous provisions to appropriations legislation and require conference report be available in electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H13556, H13557 [8DE], H14455, H14456 [10DE]

Detroit, MI: ensure compliance with protocols relative to Ambassador Bridge Enhancement Project bridge permitting process, E2627 [23OC]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (H.R. 3286), H11373 [14OC], E1887 [22JY], E2335 [22SE]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (H. Res. 35), H13582-H13584 [8DE], H14461 [10DE]

———response to and preparation for potential H1N1 influenza pandemic, H5161-H5166 [5MY], H9554 [16SE], H12592 [7NO], E2872 [2DE]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), H11523-H11533, H11556 [21OC], H11586 [22OC], H11834 [27OC], E2603, E2605, E2607, E2609, E2610 [22OC], E2622 [23OC], E2652 [28OC], E2870 [2DE]

District of Columbia: authorize improvements in the operation of government (H.R. 4207), E2886 [3DE]

———purchase of bicycles and bike racks for Georgetown and Adams Morgan, H3760 [24MR]

Dover AFB, DE: main base chapel center funding, H7972 [10JY]

Drew University: prohibit funding for Environmental Science Initiative, H6965, H6966 [17JN]

Earmarks: eliminate from appropriations legislation, H6963-H6969 [17JN], H7748, H7749 [8JY], H7943 [9JY], H7989, H7990 [10JY], H8658 [23JY], H8877 [28JY], H14451, H14455 [10DE]

Economic Development Administration: District of Columbia Eastern Market restoration and upgrade funding, H8658 [23JY]

Economy: 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]

———establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (H.R. 1472), H3341 [12MR]

———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]

———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]

Education: funding, H1253 [12FE], H4376 [1AP], E973 [27AP]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, H1573, H1576 [13FE]

———redirect portion of school construction spending toward deficit reduction, H9630-H9632 [16SE]

———reserve educational funds for areas affected by natural disasters, severe economic distress, or military base closures, H9634 [16SE], H9686, H9687 [17SE]

Elections: change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours, H8212 [16JY]

Electric power: facilitate transition to a smart electricity grid, H12180 [2NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1102), E280 [13FE]

———reauthorize programs to enhance education through technology (H.R. 558), H371 [15JA]

Emeryville, CA: prohibit funding from FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, H7208-H7210 [24JN]

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

Endangered Species Act: require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule, H2649, H2650 [25FE]

Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H8142, H8143 [15JY]

———allow consideration of additional amendments to appropriations legislation, H8108, H8110, H8112 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8117-H8161 [15JY], H8328-H8340 [17JY], E1833 [17JY], E2136 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, H10424-H10433 [1OC], E2477, E2489 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (H. Res. 645), H8107-H8115 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 788), H10420-H10423 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), earmark declaration, E1648 [7JY], E1735, E1737, E1739, E1740, E1741 [13JY], E1748, E1750, E1751, E1752, E1754, E1756, E1757, E1758, E1760, E1761, E1762, E1764, E1765, E1767, E1768, E1769 [14JY], E1771, E1773, E1774, E1775, E1776, E1777, E1778, E1779, E1780, E1781, E1782, E1783, E1784, E1785, E1786, E1787, E1788, E1789, E1790, E1791, E1793, E1794, E1795, E1796, E1797, E1798, E1799, E1800, E1801, E1802 [15JY], E1805, E1806, E1807, E1810, E1811, E1813, E1814, E1817, E1820, E1821, E1822, E1824 [16JY], E1827, E1829, E1830, E1833, E1834 [17JY], E1846, E1847, E1850 [20JY], E1857, E1859, E1860, E1861, E1871 [21JY], E1934, E1935, E1942, E1956, E1957, E1969, E1973 [24JY], E2014 [27JY], E2152, E2160, E2162, E2166, E2167, E2171 [31JY], E2211 [9SE], E2249 [14SE], E2292 [16SE], E2420, E2431, E2436 [1OC], E2439 [2OC], E2454 [6OC], E2463, E2468, E2483 [8OC], E2527 [14OC], E2587, E2588 [20OC], E2590, E2593, E2595, E2597 [21OC], E2616 [22OC], E2620 [23OC], E2647 [28OC], E2679 [2NO], E2706 [4NO], E2782 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), motion to instruct conferees, H9969 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), motion to recommit, H8338, H8339 [17JY]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H9969 [25SE]

EPA: application of regulations to reduce pollution from certain ships doing business on the Great Lakes, H12062-H12065 [29OC]

———award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (H.R. 1580), H4606-H4610 [22AP]

———funding reduction, H7429, H7430 [25JN]

———Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, H7407, H7408, H7410 [25JN], H12060, H12067 [29OC], E2684 [2NO]

———national and State-level grant and loan programs to promote the reduction of diesel emissions funding, H7409 [25JN]

———prohibit funding to implement notice of proposed rulemaking on endangerment findings on greenhouse gases and proposed regulation under the Clean Air Act, H7394 [25JN]

———State Energy and Environmental Development (SEED) Account funding, H7640 [26JN]

Eritrea: designate as a state sponsor of terrorism and urge U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions, H6499, H6500 [10JN], E1387 [12JN]

Everglades National Park: bridge funding, E542 [4MR]

———provide a sunset date for unconfirmed officials and advisers, require their Senate confirmation, and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (H.R. 3569), H10062 [29SE], H10504, H10505 [6OC], H11284 [13OC]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system, H4428 [2AP]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5719 [19MY], H5913-H5982 [21MY], E1221 [20MY], E1278, E1280 [2JN], E1290 [3JN]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), corrections in engrossment, H5981 [21MY]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), earmark declaration, E1246, E1257 [21MY], E1285 [2JN]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), motion to recommit, H5979 [21MY]

———clarify airport nighttime curfew application process, H8618 [23JY]

———ensure small rural airports have adequate flexibility for aircraft rescue and firefighting standards, H5921, H5922 [21MY]

———ensure that appraisals of property values do not change due to the property's inclusion in an Airport Improvement Program relocation project, H5972 [21MY]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1512), H3533-H3535 [18MR], E739 [23MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3607), H9835-H9837 [23SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4217), H13594-H13596 [8DE]

———extend whistleblower protections to employees, H5969, H5970 [21MY]

———follow existing guidelines in determining if the proposed College Point Marine Transfer Station in New York, NY, would propose an air navigation hazard, H5976 [21MY]

———increase safety for crew and passengers on an aircraft providing emergency medical services, H5922, H5923 [21MY]

———initiate rulemaking process to determine whether Westchester County, NY, Airport can reinstate limits on overnight aircraft operations, H5975 [21MY]

———overturn FAA-imposed wage and work rules contract for air traffic controllers and amend contract impasse procedures, H5915-H5918, H5922, H5926 [21MY]

———prohibit funding for implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal, H5975 [21MY], H8644, H8645 [23JY], E2003 [24JY]

———prohibit funding for implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal until a study on reducing delays at affected airports is conducted, H5926 [21MY]

———prohibit further funds to subsidize or improve the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County, PA, Airport, H5979 [21MY]

———prohibit use of funds to name a project or program for a current Member of Congress, H5971, H5972 [21MY]

———require biennial inspections of foreign aircraft repair stations, H5916, H5921, H5923, H5927, H5965, H5966 [21MY]

———require commercial airlines provide passengers notification of flight status by text message or e-mail, H5968, H5969 [21MY]

———St. George, UT, airport construction funding, H5922 [21MY], E1290 [3JN]

———study radar signal locations impact on development of renewable energy technologies, H5971 [21MY]

FBI: authorize additional appropriations to enhance ability to stop mortgage fraud, H5264 [6MY]

———Mortgage Fraud Division funding, H6888 [16JN]

———provide public access to information contained in missing persons database, H6893 [16JN]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues, H8192, H8198 [16JY]

FDA: funding, H7816, H7817 [8JY]

———prohibit diversion of funds to tobacco regulatory efforts from other FDA programs and initiatives, H4413 [2AP]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H7381, H7382 [25JN]

———require an annual report on contract oversight, H7362 [25JN]

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

Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research: establish, H1592 [13FE]

Federal employees: support pay parity within Federal workforce, H8211 [16JY]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 303), H14835-H14839 [14DE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: prohibit earmarking of funds, H13105, H13106 [18NO]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities, H7337, H7338 [25JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reserve funding for American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 1889), E887 [2AP]

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

FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program funding, H7187 [24JN]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 3139), H8973-H8975 [29JY], E2118 [31JY]

———grant States and local governments the flexibility to revise recovery and hazard mitigation plans (H.R. 3466), H9210 [31JY]

———levee district assistance funding for flood cleanups, debris removal, and dewatering, H7182 [24JN]

———National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund funding through reductions in management and administration funding, H7199 [24JN]

———reauthorize temporary Mortgage and Rental Assistance Program (H.R. 888), E214 [4FE]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (H.R. 1746), H4747-H4749 [27AP], E783 [26MR], E1001 [28AP]

———risk map production solicitation, H7182 [24JN]

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

———Urban Areas Security Initiative funding, E1608 [26JN]

———Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding, H7187 [24JN]

Financial services and general Government: across-the-board funding reduction, H8237, H8238 [16JY]

———making appropriations, H2794 [25FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8029 [14JY], H8205-H8269 [16JY], E1828, E1829, E1834, E1835, E1837 [17JY], E1845 [20JY], E1862 [21JY], E1904 [23JY], E2002 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), consideration (H. Res. 644), H8191-H8199 [16JY], E1825 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), consideration (H. Res. 644)—amend to include Representative Walden's Fairness Doctrine amendment, H8313 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), earmark declaration, E1646 [7JY], E1729, E1733 [13JY], E1750, E1752, E1755, E1758, E1759, E1760, E1762, E1765, E1767 [14JY], E1780, E1784, E1788, E1789, E1792, E1800, E1801 [15JY], E1805, E1806, E1808, E1809, E1810, E1812, E1813, E1814, E1815, E1816, E1817, E1818, E1821, E1823 [16JY], E1862 [21JY], E1882 [22JY], E1935, E1958 [24JY], E2142, E2148 [31JY], E2213 [9SE], E2294 [16SE]

Fire prevention: amend the definition of a fire-ready community for purposes of Firefighting Capability Grant eligibility, H4038 [26MR]

———declare areas where insect infestation has created an extreme risk for wildfire eligible for Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Fund funding, H4036 [26MR]

———include containment activities in response to insect infestation in the supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities, H4033 [26MR]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, H12059 [29OC]

———require periodic updates of the cohesive wildland fire management strategy, H4034 [26MR]

———require the cohesive wildland fire management strategy to include a system to assess the impact of climate change on the frequency and severity of wildfires, H4035, H4036 [26MR]

———require the cohesive wildland fire management strategy to include a system to study effects of invasive species and implement fire safety programs focused on eradication of such species, H4036, H4037 [26MR]

Florence, SC: prohibit funding for ScienceSouth (organization) Innovative Science Learning Center, H6964, H6965 [17JN]

Foreign aid: assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan, H10525 [7OC]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H2651 [25FE]

———make assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan conditional, H5172 [6MY]

———multilateral assistance funding, H7905-H7907 [9JY]

Foreign policy: develop objectives for U.S. policy relative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, H11149 [8OC]

Foreign Service: increase career incentives for non-regional assignments by requiring officers to serve two years in a bureau or office not primarily focused on regional issues and changing composition of selection boards, H6484, H6485 [10JN]

———modernize (H.R. 2410), H6430-H6518 [10JN], E1375, E1382, E1383 [11JN], E1387, E1389, E1400 [12JN], E1439, E1457, E1479 [17JN], E1696 [9JY]

———modernize (H.R. 2410), consideration (H. Res. 522), H6421-H6429 [10JN]

———modernize (H.R. 2410), corrections in engrossment, H6518 [10JN]

———modernize (H.R. 2410), motion to recommit, H6516 [10JN]

———modernize (H.R. 2410), unanimous-consent agreement, H6500 [10JN]

Forest Service: drug enforcement activities funding, H7420 [25JN]

———grant permanent authority to contract with States to develop `good neighbor' projects to reduce wildfire risks across boundary lines, H3994, H3995 [25MR], H4039, H4040 [26MR], E799 [26MR]

———prohibit wildland fire management stimulus funding for the District of Columbia, H10525 [7OC]

———require reviews of wildfire incidents to include assessment of greenhouse gases produced, H4035 [26MR]

———require reviews of wildfire incidents to include assessment of what actions could have been taken to prevent or reduce the severity of the fire, H4035 [26MR]

———wildland fire suppression funding, H7403 [25JN]

Fort Payne, AL: prohibit funding for Fort Payne Coal and Iron Building rehabilitation, H7435, H7436 [25JN]

Freedom of the press: highlight and promote worldwide, H6435 [10JN]

FTC: authorize appropriations for certain technical assistance activities (H.R. 3686), E2402 [30SE]

GAO: conduct nationwide study of helicopter medical services, H5966 [21MY]

———conduct study on commercial airline pilot training and certification programs, H5967 [21MY]

———establish Procurement Professionalism Advisory Panel, H7364 [25JN]

———report on costs to cities and municipalities that cover the difference between an employee's military salary when called to active duty and that employee's regular salary, H7364 [25JN], E1670 [8JY]

———report on defense contract cost overruns, H7363, H7364 [25JN]

———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 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 the effectiveness of FAA oversight activities related to preventing or mitigating the effects of dense continuous smoke in the cockpits of commercial aircrafts, H5973 [21MY]

Global Solar Energy, Inc.: prohibit funding for certain solar energy projects, H7213, H7214 [24JN]

Government: continue funding at current levels, E2370 [25SE]

———establish a program to develop national security professionals across departments and agencies to provide skilled personnel for planning and conducting national security interagency operations, H7373 [25JN]

———exit strategy from Government ownership of private entities, H8406 [20JY]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), H1625, H1645-H1647 [23FE], H2609, H2610, H2611 [24FE], H2635, H2656-H2805, H2810, H2815-H2819 [25FE], H2838, H2867 [26FE], H2878 [2MR], H2890, H2891 [3MR], H2933, H2953, H2956 [4MR], H3070 [6MR], H3108, H3127, H3128 [10MR], H3340, H3379, H3381-H3387 [12MR], H3449 [17MR], E464, E466, E472, E474 [26FE], E505, E507 [2MR], E524, E534, E536 [3MR], E542 [4MR], E642 [11MR], E973, E979 [27AP]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), consideration (H. Res. 184), H2643-H2656 [25FE]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), earmark declaration, E297, E299, E301, E302, E305 [23FE], E309, E313, E314, E315, E318, E319, E322, E323, E324, E326, E327, E328, E331, E334, E335, E338, E339, E341, E343 [24FE], E345, E349, E354, E356, E358, E362, E366, E369, E370, E371, E373, E375, E376, E377, E379, E380, E383, E386, E389, E391, E393, E394, E397, E400, E401, E404, E405, E408, E410, E414, E416, E418, E419, E421, E422, E423, E425, E427, E428, E429, E432, E436, E439, E442, E446, E447, E448, E451, E452, E453, E454, E456, E458, E459 [25FE], E465, E467, E472, E475, E476, E477, E479, E484, E487, E494, E496 [26FE], E505, E507, E508, E511 [2MR], E519, E520, E525, E529, E535, E537 [3MR], E540, E544, E549, E551, E553 [4MR], E561, E571, E574 [5MR], E585, E586 [6MR], E589, E597 [9MR], E602, E605, E607, E609, E612, E614, E615, E618, E619, E621 [10MR], E627, E628, E629, E631, E639, E641 [11MR], E647, E648, E649, E652, E653, E654, E659, E666 [12MR], E668, E675 [16MR], E686 [17MR], E698, E703, E707, E710 [18MR], E718 [19MR], E746, E751, E753 [24MR], E761, E766, E770, E772 [25MR], E799 [26MR], E805, E810 [30MR], E821 [31MR], E843, E849 [1AP], E864, E869 [2AP], E905 [21AP], E952 [23AP], E1010 [29AP], E1043 [30AP]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H14450, H14462-H14480 [10DE], H14746, H14809 [11DE], H14968-H14972 [15DE], E2945 [10DE], E2985, E2992, E2995 [14DE], E3022, E3024 [17DE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, earmark declaration, E2927, E2932, E2933, E2937, E2938, E2939, E2942, E2945, E2950, E2958, E2959, E2961, E2963 [10DE], E2980 [11DE], E2985, E2989, E2990, E2993, E2994, E2995, E2996, E2997, E2998 [14DE], E3047, E3048, E3049, E3054 [17DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, H5372 [7MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), H5554 [13MY], H5585, H5587, H5607-H5632, H5636, H5638 [14MY], H5693 [18MY], H6240, H6241, H6258-H6260 [4JN], H6292 [8JN], H6316 [9JN], H6417 [10JN], H6544, H6597 [11JN], H6622, H6662-H6665, H6667 [12JN], E1180 [15MY], E1181 [18MY], E1390 [12JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346) earmark declaration, E1179 [15MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, H6815, H6829, H6865-H6885 [16JN], H8066 [14JY], H8685 [23JY], E1471, E1474, E1477, E1478 [17JN], E1485 [18JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), corrections in engrossment, H5632 [14MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), motion to instruct conferees, H6545-H6550 [11JN]

———permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), H15421-H15431, H15483 [16DE]

———permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), consideration (H. Res. 976), H14994-H15006 [16DE]

———prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations, E2403 [30SE]

———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]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity (H.R. 1747), H4749, H4750 [27AP], E784 [26MR], E991 [28AP]

Great Lakes Legacy Act: funding, H3348, H3349 [12MR], E674 [16MR]

Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute: conduct studies on maritime shipping system of the Great Lakes, H11626 [22OC]

GSA: Federal buildings and ports of entry construction projects funding, H562 [27JA]

———funding, H2793 [25FE]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations, H7380 [25JN]

Hanford, WA: nuclear waste cleanup funding, H8119 [15JY], H8364 [20JY]

Harris County, TX: prohibit funding from FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund for the flood control district, H7210-H7213 [24JN]

Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation: funding, H8213 [16JY]

Hartshorne, OK: reestablish Jones Academy as part of the BIA school system, H7405 [25JN]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H2793, H2794, H2801 [25FE], H3080 [9MR], H3611 [18MR], H8338, H8339 [17JY], H10426 [1OC]

Head Start Program: funding, H1145 [10FE]

Health: coverage of mental health and substance abuse prevention and screening, E1862 [21JY]

———encourage use of electronic medical records, H6614 [11JN]

———ensure national health care reform does not undercut services currently available to Armed Forces members and veterans, H7957 [10JY]

———health information technology funding, H1293, H1294 [12FE], H3511, H3512 [17MR]

———provide for adult stem cell research, H2958-H2964 [4MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, H2958-H2964 [4MR], H3472 [17MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), E1107 [7MY]

———purchase, replenish, and expand Federal and State stockpiles of influenza vaccines, antiviral drugs, masks, ventilators and vaccine delivery devices, H5618 [14MY]

———strengthen privacy protections for consumer access to electronic medical records, H1027 [4FE], H3740 [23MR]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, H7746 [8JY]

Help America Vote Act: polling place accessibility and protection and advocacy for the disabled funding, H8759 [24JY]

———State grants funding, H8235-H8237 [16JY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding through reductions in high-speed rail funding, H8595, H8614 [23JY], H9021 [29JY]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize, H5768 [19MY]

Honduras: allocation of foreign aid, H7859 [9JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H5462, H5466 [12MY], H5990-H5993 [21MY], H6151-H6153 [3JN], H12059 [29OC]

———legislative process, H1073-H1077 [9FE], H1231 [11FE], H6259 [4JN], H7153 [24JN], H8000 [10JY], H8440 [21JY], H14450, H14451 [10DE], H14807 [11DE]

———prohibit funding for ``Wheels4Wellness'' bicycle-sharing program, H7051, H7052 [19JN]

———recommit to fiscal restraint, return to an open and transparent appropriations process, and require Committee on Rules (House) to report out open rules for general appropriations, H7398, H7399 [25JN], H7862, H7863 [9JY]

———reform earmark process, H2644-H2649 [25FE], H14457 [10DE], E979 [27AP]

House Rules: amend Code of Official Conduct to strengthen the reporting requirements for Members who request earmarks, H7221 [24JN]

———open versus restrictive rules, H5616, H5636 [14MY], H6911 [17JN], H7395 [25JN], H7746, H7784, H7785, H7787-H7791 [8JY], H7993-H7995 [10JY], H8148, H8150 [15JY], H8191-H8198, H8242, H8243, H8254 [16JY], H8310-H8312 [17JY], H8444 [21JY], H8594-H8596 [23JY], H8714, H8715, H8717, H8800 [24JY], H8977, H8979, H8981, H8982 [29JY], H9133, H9136 [30JY]

———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]

———provide for earmark reform, H8403 [20JY]

———provide for earmark reform (H. Res. 100), E244 [11FE]

———require a two-thirds vote on a stand-alone bill that increases the statutory limit on the public debt (H. Res. 949), H14377 [9DE]

———require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (H. Res. 40), H268-H273 [14JA], E112 [21JA]

Houston, TX: Riverside General Hospital veterans post-traumatic stress disorder funding, H15002 [16DE]

Human rights: increase global stability and security by reducing number of individuals who are de jure or de facto stateless and at risk of being trafficked, H6435 [10JN]

IMF: funding, H6240, H6241, H6258-H6260 [4JN], H6544, H6548, H6597 [11JN], H6850, H6867-H6870 [16JN], E1390 [12JN], E1485 [18JN]

———prohibit funding for the Dept. of the Treasury to negotiate an agreement in contravention of certain laws, H7907, H7908 [9JY]

Immigration: extend the E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, H7181, H7232 [24JN]

———improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 1199), H3148 [11MR]

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

———reform, H13457-H13463 [2DE], H13499 [3DE]

———reform detention procedures, H7180, H7181 [24JN]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: prohibit funding for Good Fellow Lodge restoration project, H7430, H7431 [25JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1102), E280 [13FE]

———funding, H5497, H5501 [13MY], H8719 [24JY]

Infrastructure: funding, H13503 [3DE]

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

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), H7077 [19JN], H7726 [7JY], E1627 [26JN]

International Atomic Energy Agency: withhold U.S. contribution equal to nuclear technical cooperation provided to Iran, Syria, Sudan, and Cuba, H6483 [10JN]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum, H6516 [10JN]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H11136 [8OC]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H424 [21JA], H6417 [10JN], H13038 [17NO]

Israel: allocation of military aid, H7379, H7380 [25JN]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: amend and reauthorize (H.R. 3537), H11177, H11178 [13OC], E2506 [13OC], E2539 [15OC]

Keweenaw National Historical Park: decrease matching funds requirement and authorize further appropriations, H3287 [11MR]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: list as a state sponsor of terrorism, H6432 [10JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, E1607 [26JN]

———stateside assistance program funding, H7391 [25JN]

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

———Mob Museum construction funding, H1048 [9FE]

Legislation: allow consideration of additional amendments, H7779 [8JY], H7924 [9JY], H7951 [10JY], H8284 [16JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2918), H7027, H7041, H7053 [19JN], E1548 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), conference report, H9970-H9976 [25SE], E2387 [29SE], E2403 [30SE], E2429, E2433 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), consideration (H. Res. 559), H7027-H7033 [19JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 772), H9965-H9970 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), motion to instruct conferees, H9869-H9871 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), motion to recommit, H7051, H7052 [19JN]

———Office of Technology Assessment funding, H7028 [19JN]

———prohibit attachment of any extraneous provisions to appropriations legislation and require conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H9869, H9870 [23SE]

Libraries: Federal library programs funding, E1331 [8JN]

Library of Congress: provide financial support for the operation of the law library (H.R. 2728), H8936, H8937 [28JY]

LIHEAP: funding, H4766 [27AP]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities (H.R. 1393), H6020, H6021 [2JN]

LSC: funding, H6936, H6937 [17JN], E1500 [18JN]

———meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (H.R. 3764), E2495, E2497 [8OC]

Manhattan, KS: Konza waterline extension project funding, H7404 [25JN]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 509), H8831, H8832 [27JY], E83 [14JA]

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

Mayport Naval Station, FL: St. Johns River channel dredging funding, H11136 [8OC]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 4151), E2832 [19NO]

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

———eliminate funding cuts, H14378 [9DE], H14883 [15DE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H8431 [21JY], H11522 [21OC], H11821, H11822 [27OC], H12262 [3NO], H12477 [6NO], H13270, H13271 [19NO], H14884 [15DE]

Merida Initiative To Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime: assessment of U.S. efforts to prevent the southbound flow of illegal funds into Central America, H6501 [10JN]

———extend membership to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (organization), E1696 [9JY]

Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail: funding, H3285 [11MR]

Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center: Houston Exposure to Air Toxics Study (HEATS) funding, H12066 [29OC], E1609 [26JN]

Middle East: withhold U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority pending denouncement of terrorism, support of civil liberties, and recognition of Israel's right to exist, H5145 [5MY], H5275 [6MY], H5598 [14MY]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H7871 [9JY]

Mollohan, Representative: conflict of interest due to his position as Committee on Appropriations (House) Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chair relative to Dept. of Justice investigation, H6944 [17JN], H9322 [8SE]

Morris K. Udall Foundation: provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (H.R. 1035), H8834-H8836 [27JY], H8935 [28JY], E258 [12FE]

———provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (H.R. 1035), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 806), H11052-H11061 [7OC]

———provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (S. 1818), H11539, H11540 [21OC]

Motor vehicles: provide for a program of research, development, and demonstration on natural gas vehicles, H8139, H8140 [15JY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers, E1904 [23JY]

NASA: allow a federally funded research and development center to apply for Dept. of Defense grants, E1624 [26JN]

———clarify authority of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to continue work with the Dept. of Defense research and development programs, H7382 [25JN]

———funding, H636 [28JA], H5553 [13MY], H6857, H6889-H6894 [16JN], H9401 [10SE], E1491 [18JN]

———manned space flight funding, H9466 [14SE], H9555 [16SE], H10075 [30SE]

National Climate Service: prohibit funding to establish or implement, H6954, H6955 [17JN]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding through reductions in OAS funding, H7916-H7918 [9JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H632 [28JA], E2724 [5NO]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, E2724 [5NO]

National Geographic Society: prohibit funding for the JASON Project, H6966, H6967 [17JN]

National Guard: authorize availability of appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities (H.R. 3494), H9249 [31JY]

National Institute for Communications Interoperability: funding, H7214, H7215 [24JN]

National Institute for Hometown Security: funding, H7211, H7212 [24JN]

National Institute of Food and Agriculture: prohibit funding for potato research in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, H7825, H7826 [8JY], E1707 [9JY]

———prohibit funding for Southwest-Purdue Agricultural Center specialty crops research program, H7821, H7822 [8JY]

———prohibit funding for University of Georgia Agriculture Energy Innovation Center, H7824, H7825 [8JY]

National Mall: restoration funding, H561, H562 [27JA], H617 [28JA]

National Park Service: authorize a grant program to acquire land in the National Capital region for conservation, environmental, and recreational purposes (H.R. 2986), E1508 [19JN]

———improve cemetery maintenance standards, H7407 [25JN]

National School Lunch Act: expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families, H11074 [7OC]

National security: prohibit funding to implement Executive order relative to closure of detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H6941, H6942 [17JN]

———proposed release of certain detainees from detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H5595-H5599, H5603, H5604, H5616-H5624, H5627, H5628 [14MY], H5692 [18MY]

———provide for the security of critical energy infrastructure, H2798 [25FE]

Native Americans: programs funding, H12060, H12061 [29OC]

NeighborWorks America (organization): require quarterly report on efforts to mitigate mortgage default, H8643, H8644 [23JY]

News media: allegations of bias in coverage of Government spending protests, E1005 [29AP], E2328 [22SE]

Nicholls State University: prohibit funding for the Institute for Seafood Studies project, H6968 [17JN]

NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (H.R. 2042), H11099 [7OC]

———Clinical and Translational Science Award Program funding, E474 [26FE], E534 [3MR]

———funding, H8756 [24JY]

———prohibit funding for certain HIV/AIDS studies, H8782, H8783 [24JY]

NOAA: extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (H.R. 844), H2883, H2884 [2MR]

———implementation of report entitled ``Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project'', E1723 [10JY]

———Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund funding, H6912 [17JN]

———prohibit funding for implementation of report entitled ``Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project'', H6945-H6948 [17JN], E1527 [23JN]

———reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (H.R. 1771), H10009-H10012 [29SE]

———Western Pacific Fishery Demonstration Projects funding, H6920, H6921 [17JN]

North Dakota: provide disaster assistance for victims of flooding, H4006 [25MR]

Northern Border Regional Commission: funding, H8110 [15JY]

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1672), H13530-H13532 [7DE], E2905 [8DE]

NRC: reduce time between reports to Congress, H8142 [15JY]

NSF: Division of Materials Research funding, H6911 [17JN]

———funding, H6894 [16JN]

———Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program funding, H6933 [17JN]

Oak Ridge, TN: Tennessee River cofferdam funding, H10427 [1OC]

Obama, President: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, H3080, H3090 [9MR], H3111 [10MR], H3148, H3149, H3330-H3336 [11MR], H6527 [10JN], E632 [11MR]

OMB: require executive departments and independent agencies to track and report undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts, H6945 [17JN]

———study proposed Water Quality Investment Act programs using the Program Assessment Rating Tool, H3369 [12MR]

Oregon: rebuttal to report on economic stimulus projects relative to characterization of Talking Water Gardens wastewater treatment and water reuse project, E3044 [17DE]

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (S. 1707), H10108-H10121 [30SE], E2428, E2433 [1OC], E2531 [14OC]

———establish enforceable benchmarks for the provision of military assistance, E1189 [18MY]

———military funding, E2995 [14DE]

Parks and recreational areas: restoration funding, H714 [28JA]

Peace Corps: funding, H6488 [10JN], H7884-H7886 [9JY]

Perlmutter, Representative: correction to sponsorship of earmark in omnibus appropriations, E3022 [17DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit Federal family planning funding, H8499 [22JY], H8720, H8756, H8783-H8785 [24JY], H10146, H10147 [30SE]

Point Pleasant Beach, NJ: prohibit funding for Partnership for Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Initiative project, H6962, H6963 [17JN], E1487 [18JN]

———prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects, H3149 [11MR]

Population: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or population planning programs or family planning activities (H.R. 1233), E493 [26FE]

Portland, OR: streetcar project funding, H5099 [5MY], H5457 [12MY]

Power resources: energy research and development funding, H7646 [26JN]

———freeze solar energy technologies funding, H11606-H11608 [22OC]

Public buildings: prohibit funding for purchase of light bulbs that do not have the Energy Star or Federal Energy Management Program designation, H6943 [17JN]

Public debt: ceiling, H14449 [10DE], H14805, H14809 [11DE], H14884, H14885 [15DE], H15421-H15431, H15483 [16DE]

Public demonstrations: protest held in Washington, DC, against Government spending, taxing, and borrowing, H9498 [15SE]

Public lands: making emergency supplemental appropriations for rehabilitation, road projects, and job creation (H.R. 4291), E2975 [11DE]

———national heritage areas funding, H7405 [25JN]

———oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H3975, H3977 [25MR]

———permit the carrying of concealed firearms subject to State laws, H3756 [24MR], H3975, H3977 [25MR]

Public Policy Institute of California: invitation to Members of Congress to participate in a panel discussion on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1610 [23FE]

Puerto Rico: inclusion in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H532 [27JA]

Queens, NY: prohibit funding for Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Jamaica Export Center, H6960, H6961 [17JN]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain, H2810 [25FE]

———reauthorize Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H11794 [27OC], H12014 [28OC]

Rural Community Assistance Partnerships: funding, H8761 [24JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: authorize the use of grant funds for gang prevention (H.R. 1589), E709 [18MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: increase percentage of State revolving loan funds reserved for American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 1890), E887 [2AP]

San Francisco, CA: prohibit funding for Angel Island Immigration Station hospital rehabilitation, H7434, H7435 [25JN]

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: authorize appropriations (H.R. 102), E14 [6JA]

San Joaquin County, CA: drought crisis assistance funding, H10431, H10432 [1OC]

San Joaquin River: implement restoration settlement, H7854 [9JY]

Santa Monica, CA: develop runway safety areas at Santa Monica Airport, H5927 [21MY]

Saudi Arabia: prohibit assistance, H7896, H7897 [9JY]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), H7757-H7781 [8JY], E1687, E1689, E1691, E1706 [9JY]

———enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), consideration (H. Res. 610), H7747-H7756 [8JY]

———enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), motion to recommit, H7779 [8JY]

———establish research program to improve efficiency of water delivery systems and usage patterns, H7772 [8JY]

———funding, H8195 [16JY]

———improve disaster relief programs (H.R. 3743), H12471-H12473 [6NO]

———prohibit funding for Arkansas State University Commercial Driver Training Institute, H8241, H8242 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland (nonprofit corporation) Defense Procurement Assistance Program, H8250, H8251, H8254 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for El Pajaro Community Development Corp., Commercial Kitchen Business Incubator project, H8249, H8250 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for Florida Institute of Technology Activity Based Total Accountability project, H8247, H8248 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for Idaho TechConnect, Inc., Proof of Concept Center, H8242, H8243 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for Loma Linda, CA, and Grand Terrace, CA, infrastructure expansion project, H8254, H8255 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for Montgomery County, MD, Green Businesss Incubator project, H8245-H8247 [16JY]

———prohibit funding for Myrtle Beach, SC, International Trade and Conference Center, H8251, H8252 [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]

———Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program funding, H9820 [23SE]

———Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program medical technology research funding, H7776, H7777 [8JY]

Schools: environmentally friendly recreational structures, equipment, and physical education facilities installation funding, H5518, H5519 [13MY]

———limit ability of schools that received economic stimulus funds from receiving certain additional funds, H9633, H9634 [16SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H6948, H6949, H6951-H6953, H6961 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6886-H6898 [16JN], H6919-H6969 [17JN], H6977, H6978, H6979-H7018 [18JN], H15431-H15473 [16DE], E1463 [17JN], E1484, E1487, E1488, E1491, E1492, E1494, E1496, E1500 [18JN], E1509, E1511, E1516 [19JN], E1527 [23JN], E1866 [21JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration (H. Res. 544), H6854-H6864 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration (H. Res. 552), H6910-H6918 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), earmark declaration, E1350 [9JN], E1393 [12JN], E1404, E1405, E1406, E1407, E1408, E1409, E1410, E1411, E1412, E1413, E1414, E1415, E1416, E1417, E1418, E1419, E1420, E1421, E1422, E1423, E1424, E1426, E1428, E1429, E1430 [15JN], E1433, E1434, E1435, E1436, E1437, E1438, E1440, E1441, E1442, E1443, E1444, E1445, E1446, E1447, E1448, E1449, E1450, E1452, E1453, E1454, E1455, E1461, E1462, E1463, E1465, E1466, E1468, E1469, E1472, E1476 [17JN], E1483, E1486, E1489, E1492, E1493, E1496, E1498 [18JN], E1503, E1504 [19JN], E1519, E1520, E1524, E1529 [23JN], E1556, E1568 [24JN], E1575, E1588, E1589 [26JN], E1644, E1649, E1658 [7JY], E1664, E1675, E1680 [8JY], E1726 [10JY], E1730 [13JY], E1755 [14JY], E1861 [21JY]

SEC: funding, H8193, H8209 [16JY]

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation: establish, H6436 [10JN]

Senior Military Leadership Diversity Commission: ensure National Guard and Reserves representation, H7362 [25JN]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: clarify that servicemembers and their dependents have a private course of action for violations of their rights, H7337 [25JN]

Sewage disposal: combined sewer and sanitary sewer overflow control grant program funding, H3372-H3374 [12MR], E671 [16MR]

Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, H11625, H11627 [22OC]

———establish vessel ballast water management requirements, H11636 [22OC]

———improve weight percent standards relative to prohibition on the rebuilding of any vessel overseas, H11626, H11627 [22OC]

Small Business Investment Act: prohibit use of Small Business Early-Stage Investment Program funds for earmarks, H12103, H12104 [29OC]

Social Security: eligibility of citizens from Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia for coverage under State Children's Health Insurance Program, H974 [4FE]

———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under State Children's Health Insurance Program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, H962 [4FE]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H200, H201, H202, H203, H216-H268, H279 [14JA], H368 [15JA], H516-H521 [26JA], E93, E94, E95, E97, E101 [15JA], E107 [16JA], E113, E118 [21JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H879 [3FE], H926, H927, H934-H975 [4FE], E219 [9FE], E227 [10FE]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 52), H203-H216 [14JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 107), H928-H934 [4FE]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H266 [14JA]

———extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H2888 [3MR]

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

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

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

———require a waiting period for legal aliens before applying for State Children's Health Insurance Program assistance, H967, H968, H973 [4FE]

Sri Lanka: prohibit assistance under Foreign Military Financing Program, H7877, H7878 [9JY], E1737 [13JY]

SSA: reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), H8911 [28JY]

States: permit use of economic stimulus funds designated for neighborhood stabilization program to be used for foreclosure prevention, H1145 [10FE]

Stuttgart, AR: prohibit funding for the Art Center of the Grand Prairie, H6956, H6957 [17JN]

Sudan: develop comprehensive interagency strategy to address humanitarian crisis in Darfur, H6487, H6488 [10JN], H11558 [21OC], E1382 [11JN]

Tampa, FL: Tampa International Airport funding, H3839 [25MR]

Tarrytown, NY: prohibit funding for Tarrytown Music Hall restoration project, H7433, H7434 [25JN]

Task Force on the Prevention of Illicit Small Arms Trafficking in the Western Hemisphere: include Sec. of Defense as a member, H6485 [10JN]

Taxation: renew credit for renewable energy production, H1575 [13FE]

Technology: authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development (H.R. 554), H1180-H1188, H1190 [11FE], E260 [12FE]

Telecommunications: allow job training funds to be used for broadband communications deployment, H721 [28JA]

Terrorism: compensate relatives of U.S. citizens killed as a result of the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, H6434 [10JN]

Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition: funding for Humvees used to patrol along U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, H3090 [9MR]

Toledo, OH: VA medical facility funding, H7972 [10JY]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor, H3306 [11MR]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding, H8189 [16JY]

———infrastructure funding, H496 [26JA], H1530, H1574, H1576 [13FE], H4925 [29AP], H8189 [16JY], H9262 [31JY], H11585 [22OC], H13008 [17NO], H13552, H13601 [8DE], H14852 [14DE], H15000 [16DE], E783, E784 [26MR]

———prohibit use of Federal funds to replace existing funds designated for State transportation projects, H713, H717 [28JA]

———reduce time period for State and local governments to obligate highway, transit, rail, and aviation funds received from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H711, H712, H715 [28JA]

———transit capital funding, H715, H717-H720 [28JA], E172 [2FE]

Transportation Security Administration: Federal Air Marshal Service funding, H7075 [19JN], H7184, H7196, H7197 [24JN]

———funding, H7184 [24JN]

———hold hearings to determine if current allowable uses of grant funds are sufficient to meet the daily security needs of local transit agencies, H6211 [4JN]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements and prohibit congressional earmarking of grant programs funding, H6205 [4JN]

Trinity River: fishery resources restoration funding, H3283, H3284 [11MR]

21st Century Green High-Performing School Facilities Act: prohibit use of funds for earmarks, H5514 [13MY]

U.N.: ensure that there is full public transparency and fiscal accountability for the U.S. contribution to the U.N. Development Program, H6432 [10JN]

———improve transparency and accountability of U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East ensuring funding, employment, or other support is not provided to terrorists, H6432 [10JN]

———improve transparency of U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees and ensure that educational materials purchased for Palestinian schools refrain from calls for hatred, intolerance, and anti-Semitism, H7871 [9JY]

———prohibit funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency intended for Gaza Strip reconstruction from benefiting Hamas, H5601 [14MY]

———require annual disclosure of U.S. contributions, H6507, H6508 [10JN]

———U.N. Population Fund women's reproductive health assistance funding, H7870, H7873 [9JY]

———U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in China, H2651, H2652 [25FE], H3306 [11MR]

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy: reauthorize (H.R. 2131), H9826, H9827 [23SE]

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: veterans legal services funding, H7985 [10JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: authorize Wildlife Without Borders Program (H.R. 3198), E1755 [14JY]

U.S. Geological Survey: authorize AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program in partnership with State programs (H.R. 2489), H11742-H11744 [26OC], E1207 [19MY]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program, H512 [26JA], H560 [27JA]

Veterans: allow individuals eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance enrolled in an institute of higher education in a State that charges fees in lieu of tuition to use amounts payable for such fees, H7973 [10JY]

———health care facilities funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4134 [31MR]

———health care funding, H3698-H3700 [19MR], H4421 [2AP], H6142, H6144 [3JN], H14465, H14466 [10DE]

———job training and job search assistance funding, H1011 [4FE]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H12459 [6NO], H14448 [10DE]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, H7150 [24JN], H8619 [23JY]

Water: allow wastewater utilities to use Clean Water State Revolving Funds to implement renewable energy production, H3351 [12MR]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), H3345-H3376 [12MR], H8028 [14JY], E671, E674 [16MR], E710 [18MR]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), consideration (H. Res. 235), H3341-H3345 [12MR]

———impact of requiring State water pollution control funded projects to comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H3346, H3349, H3350-H3353, H3362-H3365 [12MR]

———improve water and wastewater infrastructure, H7394 [25JN]

———municipality-wide stormwater management planning and response strategies funding, H3368 [12MR]

———prohibit earmarking of funds relative to State water pollution control revolving funds, H3367, H3368 [12MR]

———require States to use water pollution control revolving funds capital grants to provide assistance to certain smaller muncipalities, H3365 [12MR]

———require water treatment works be certified by a system operator that both water and energy conservation are components of the fiscal sustainability plan, H3369, H3370 [12MR]

World Bank Group: International Development Association funding, H7907 [9JY]

Remarks in Senate

Afghanistan Security Forces Fund: funding, S10030, S10038 [1OC]

Agriculture: provide assistance to dairy farmers, S10282 [8OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, S8724, S8725, S8726 [4AU]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, S8718 [4AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8534-S8537 [30JY], S8619-S8623 [31JY], S8647-S8651, S8653-S8663, S8677 [3AU], S8711-S8730 [4AU], S8978 [6AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), conference report, S10280-S10284 [8OC], S10357 [13OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), motion to commit, S8724-S8726 [4AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), unanimous-consent agreement, S8723 [4AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), unanimous-consent request, S8658 [3AU]

AID: enhance capacity to undertake global development activities (S. 355), S1066 [29JA], S5274 [7MY], S11335 [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]

Air pollution: accelerate development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities, S4052 [31MR]

———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]

American Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.: funding, S2741, S2758 [4MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on Florida economy, S6160 [4JN]

———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]

Amtrak: permit passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage, S9350, S9355-S9357, S9364 [15SE], S9401, S9415 [16SE]

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S6789-S6791 [18JN], S10897 [29OC]

———maintain existing spending levels, adjusted for inflation, by reducing duplicative or non-essential funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2663, S2671-S2674 [3MR]

Armed Forces: enhance travel and transportation benefits for survivors of deceased members for purposes of attending memorial ceremonies, S7967 [23JY]

———ensure Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance benefits for Selected Reserve members keep pace with national average cost of tuition, S7596 [16JY]

———exclude combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program under WIC, S5691 [20MY]

———grant full veteran status to Reserve members with certain amount of military service, S7597 [16JY]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency, S7973 [23JY]

———provide comprehensive information on benefits to members of Armed Forces and their families, S8856 [5AU]

———provide for enhanced reimbursement of National Guard and Reserve members for certain travel expenses, S7597 [16JY]

———provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE, S8024 [23JY]

———require provision of medical and dental readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need, S7596 [16JY]

———restore funding by accounting for CBO economic assumptions and through reductions in congressionally directed spending items for low-priority research and development projects, S10015, S10039, S10040 [1OC]

———restore funding through reductions in congressionally directed spending items for low-priority research and development projects, S10142, S10152 [6OC]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay, S7542 [15JY], S11021 [3NO]

Arms control: improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and U.S. nonproliferation operations, S13410 [18DE]

Army: 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]

———increase authorized end strength for active duty personnel, S5670 [20MY], S5801 [21MY], S7471-S7473 [14JY], S7765, S7766 [21JY], S7865 [22JY]

———prohibit funding for MARIAH Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Research Program, S10091 [5OC], S10143, S10155 [6OC]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): investigate alleged criminal activities, S10630 [21OC], S10748, S10762 [27OC], S10812 [28OC], S11025 [3NO]

———prohibit use of funds from the supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1807, S1854 [6FE]

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (S. 1164), S5947 [2JN]

Aviation: use of business aircraft, S2742 [4MR]

BIA: Indian safety, health, and water development emergency funding, S9647 [22SE]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (S. 2853), S12837, S12838, S12840, S12841 [10DE]

Birth control: restore nominal prices of oral contraceptives for family planning clinics that do not receive Federal funding and university-based clinics, S2817 [5MR]

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]

Bond, Senator: correction to sponsorship of earmark in omnibus appropriations, S2949 [10MR]

Border Patrol: provide additional funding to the Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice to strengthen Federal law enforcement efforts along the southwest border, S4031-S4033 [31MR]

Budget: adjust spending levels to compensate for spending in economic stimulus legislation, S4270 [2AP]

———allocation of funds, S2545-S2547 [26FE], S2924-S2927 [10MR], S2991-S2995, S3006-S3009, S3011-S3014 [11MR], S3039, S3041, S3042, S3092 [12MR], S3097, S3103-S3106, S3108 [16MR], S3126-S3131, S3135, S3154-S3156 [17MR], S3323-S3328, S3336, S3344-S3347, S3357 [18MR], S3381-S3384, S3514, S3516-S3520, S3533, S3578 [19MR], S3583, S3584, S3589-S3592 [23MR], S3621-S3626, S3632-S3634 [24MR], S3740-S3745, S3756, S3757, S3773-S3776 [25MR], S3821, S3832, S3844, S3885-S3890 [26MR], S5250 [7MY], S9711 [23SE], S10899 [29OC]

———apply nondefense discretionary spending caps to years 2 and 3 of reported budget resolution, S4130-S4133, S4148 [1AP]

———commit 4 percent of gross domestic product to a base defense budget (S.J. Res. 10), S2246-S2248 [12FE]

———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, S3951, S3954, S3957 [30MR]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, S6334, S6341 [9JN], S6427 [10JN], S6534, S6535 [11JN], S6773 [18JN]

———constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget and grant the President of the U.S. the line-item veto (S.J. Res. 22), S13299, S13300 [16DE]

———control Federal spending (S. 1808), S10573 [20OC], S10613 [21OC]

———deficit, S2293 [13FE], S13076, S13083-S13086 [12DE]

———eliminate wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S4408 [20AP], S4648, S4656 [23AP], S13484-S13487 [19DE]

———establish legislative line-item veto (S. 524), S2768-S2772 [4MR], S2819 [5MR], S2897 [9MR], S4872 [29AP]

———freeze and limit future growth of non-defense and non-veterans spending, S4643-S4645, S4655 [23AP]

———limit consideration of amendments under a budget resolution (S. Res. 29), S1687 [5FE]

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

———limit Government spending to CBO projected rate of inflation, S4135 [1AP], S4253 [2AP]

———Obama administration proposal, S5250 [7MY]

———prohibit consideration of any budget resolution that increases public debt by a certain amount, S4013-S4017, S4030 [31MR], S4650, S4654 [23AP]

———provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (S. 907), S4862, S4872 [29AP], S11248 [6NO]

———reconciliation process, S3131 [17MR], S3832 [26MR], S3956, S3957, S3963 [30MR], S4847-S4852, S4854, S4859, S4864, S4865, S4873-S4878 [29AP]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner (S. 1613), S9012-S9015 [6AU]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S3941-S3952, S3954-S3977 [30MR], S4009, S4106-S4109 [31MR], S4111-S4164, S4228-S4230 [1AP], S4232-S4251, S4253-S4293 [2AP], S4408 [20AP], S4633-S4643 [23AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), conference report, S4770-S4772 [28AP], S4832-S4836, S4840-S4881 [29AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4830 [28AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to instruct conferees, S4643-S4657 [23AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow voluntary water transfers among Central Valley Project contractors to assist drought stricken agricultural communities, S8254 [29JY]

———maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (S. 1453), S7482 [14JY]

Business and industry: require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report any bonuses paid to employees, S1388 [3FE]

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], S2522 [26FE], S3329 [18MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: engrave the Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center, S7123, S7124 [6JY]

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., S10192-S10194, S10203 [7OC], S10402 [14OC], S10461, S10465 [15OC], S11146, S11152 [5NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: funding to combat potential swine flu pandemic, S4831 [29AP]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S12695 [8DE], S12860, S12861 [10DE], S12980 [11DE], S13092 [12DE]

———ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (S. Res. 170), S6496, S6497 [11JN], S11192-S11195 [5NO], S12464 [5DE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for foster care financing reform, S4263 [2AP]

Chugach National Forest: retain receipts from sale of gravel and other mineral development to enhance Chugach Whistle Stop project, S9726 [23SE]

CIA: prohibit funding for Center on Climate Change and National Security, S10022, S10037 [1OC], S10148, S10149 [6OC]

Civil Rights History Project Act: funding, S9581 [21SE], S9635 [22SE]

Climate: increase assistance to developing countries in order to assist adaptation and implementation of international climate change policies, S13456 [18DE]

Coal: FutureGen project funding, S3017 [11MR]

Coast Guard: eliminate the long range maritime radio navigation system (LORAN-C) program, S7243-S7248 [8JY], S10555 [20OC]

———reauthorize (S. 1194), S6205 [4JN]

———reauthorize (S. 1194), star print, S11887 [20NO]

Colleges and universities: allow certain religious activities on campuses receiving economic stimulus funds, S1650, S1661 [5FE]

———infrastructure repair and renovation projects funding, S1776 [6FE]

Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish, S4161 [1AP], S4260 [2AP]

———establish (S. 1282), S6728 [17JN]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): tribute to staff, S2954 [10MR]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): tribute to staff, S8024, S8025 [23JY], S10687 [22OC]

Committee on Economic Recovery (Joint, Select): establish, S1269 [2FE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S5607 [19MY], S6023 [3JN], S6712 [17JN], S6934 [23JN], S8265 [29JY], S9834 [24SE], S11033 [3NO], S11191 [5NO], S11971 [21NO], S12066 [1DE], S13308 [16DE], S13751 [22DE]

———appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013, S885 [27JA]

Committees of the Senate: authorizing expenditures (S. Res. 73), S2954 [10MR]

———increase inquiries and investigations special reserve funding (S. Res. 152), S5581 [19MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S3035 [12MR], S3097 [16MR], S4845, S4883-S4885 [29AP], S5649, S5650 [20MY], S5891, S5892 [1JN], S6669 [17JN], S7115 [6JY], S9101 [8SE]

———goals of the 111th Congress, S12-S14 [6JA]

———legislative process, S3742 [25MR], S6677 [17JN], S6928 [23JN], S7181 [7JY], S9354 [15SE]

———provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking (S. 162), S144-S147 [6JA]

———provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, S2655-S2657 [3MR], S9413 [16SE]

———reform earmark process, S7968, S7972 [23JY]

Congressional Accountability Act: modify date for compliance with OSHA regulations, S7057 [25JN]

Continuing: making, S9953-S9957, S9959-S9963, S9965-S9969 [30SE], S10898 [29OC]

———making (H.J. Res. 38), S2871 [6MR]

———making (H.J. Res. 38), unanimous-consent agreement, S2860 [6MR]

———making (H.J. Res. 64), unanimous-consent request, S13406 [18DE], S13477 [19DE]

Contracts: ensure competitive bidding, S10039 [1OC]

———require use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, S1665 [5FE], S2667 [3MR], S2734, S2748-S2751 [4MR]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Nonprofit Capacity Building Program, S3649, S3650 [24MR]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit funding for Missouri River study, S8248, S8249 [29JY]

———water and infrastructure projects funding, S1673 [5FE]

———Yazoo basin flood control project funding, S8258 [29JY]

Courts: prohibit State attorneys general from entering into contingency fee agreements for legal or expert witness services relative to certain civil actions, S2921-S2923, S2941 [10MR]

———provide classified information procedures for military commissions, S7987-S7989 [23JY]

CPSC: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from final consumer product safety rule banning lead in children's products, S4286, S4287 [2AP]

———funding, S5679 [20MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S7591, S7595, S7598, S7627 [16JY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, S2933-S2935 [10MR]

———payment terms for the shipment of agricultural commodities or products from the U.S., S12899-S12901 [10DE], S12978-S12980 [11DE]

———Radio and TV Marti funding, S7530 [15JY], S12979, S13026-S13028 [11DE]

———require payment prior to receipt of agricultural commodities or products from the U.S., S2782-S2784 [5MR]

———U.S. policy, S2782 [5MR], S4529 [22AP], S4727 [27AP]

Cures Acceleration Network: establish to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies (S. 914), S4813 [28AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service Southern Plains Range Research Station funding, S8728 [4AU]

———Agricultural Research Service swine odor and manure management research funding, S2739, S2740 [4MR]

———bovine tuberculosis research funding, S8623 [31JY], S8653, S8654 [3AU]

———Commodity Supplemental Food Program funding, S8727 [4AU]

———Dairy Product Price Support Program funding, S8620 [31JY], S8714-S8716, S8721, S8725, S8726 [4AU]

———Farm Service Agency loan program funding, S1795, S1796 [6FE]

———Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute funding, S8728 [4AU]

———National Animal Disease Center funding, S8727 [4AU]

———Office of Advocacy and Outreach funding, S8728, S8729 [4AU]

———prohibit funding for digital television conversion efforts, S8716-S8718 [4AU]

———prohibit funding for High Energy Cost Grant Program, S8648, S8650, S8657, S8661, S8662 [3AU]

———prohibit funding for Iowa State University Iowa Community Vitality Center, S8648 [3AU], S8712 [4AU]

———prohibit funding for Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program, S8648 [3AU], S8711, S8712, S8729 [4AU]

———provide disaster assistance to farmers for losses due to drought, S8723 [4AU], S8978 [6AU]

———provide transparency and accountability in conferences and meetings costs, S8719 [4AU]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an award program to honor achievements in nanotechnology (S. 596), S3115 [16MR]

———Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S1650 [5FE]

———Office of Inspector General funding through reductions in Herbert C. Hoover Building renovation and modernization funding, S10343, S10344, S10345 [13OC], S11153, S11170 [5NO]

———prohibit funding for Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction Grant Program, S10266-S10268, S10271 [8OC]

———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]

———advanced tactical laser research funding, S10213 [7OC]

———audit financial statements (S. 1287), S6807 [18JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7379-S7389, S7392-S7397, S7402-S7405 [13JY], S7445, S7449-S7453, S7455-S7477 [14JY], S7509-S7526, S7529-S7531, S7533-S7548 [15JY], S7586, S7589, S7591-S7593, S7595-S7599, S7603, S7607, S7611-S7613, S7621-S7624, S7626-S7636 [16JY], S7667, S7671-S7677, S7683-S7696 [20JY], S7723-S7743, S7745, S7749-S7772, S7808 [21JY], S7811-S7827, S7832-S7834, S7837, S7842-S7865 [22JY], S7946-S7968, S7972-S8029, S8061 [23JY], S8131 [27JY], S8188, S8189 [28JY], S8856 [5AU]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), unanimous-consent agreement, S7253 [8JY], S8023 [23JY], S8099 [24JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), unanimous-consent request, S7522 [15JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), S8024, S8025 [23JY], S8085-S8090 [24JY], S8266 [29JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10567 [20OC], S10614, S10615, S10631 [21OC], S10663-S10675, S10678-S10687 [22OC], S10725, S10726 [26OC], S10772-S10774 [27OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), insert S. 1390 language in lieu, S8024 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1033), S5442 [13MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1391), S8024 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military construction (S. 1392), S8024 [23JY]

———B-52H internal weapons bay guidance upgrade funding, S8017 [23JY]

———clarify definition of unprivileged enemy belligerent to include members of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization), S8085 [24JY]

———conduct study of training ranges and develop a plan to eliminate excessive vegetation that could impede training, S7749 [21JY]

———conduct study on volume and types of antidepressants or antianxiety drugs prescribed to servicemen and the potential relationship between use of such drugs and number of suicide attempts, S7766-S7768 [21JY], S7848 [22JY]

———construction of silos at Fort Greely, AK, to support deployment of ground-based interceptors as part of missile defense system, S8189 [28JY]

———consult with State and local governments in the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S5602-S5607 [19MY], S5667-S5669 [20MY]

———C-17 aircraft procurement funding, S9972 [30SE], S10153, S10154 [6OC]

———ensure proper review of National Guard and Reserve components modernization priority assessments, S10016, S10022, S10040 [1OC], S10151 [6OC]

———ensure that civilian personnel in Afghanistan receive counterinsurgency coordination training, S5678 [20MY], S10019 [1OC]

———European missile defense systems funding, S7862 [22JY], S7977-S7983 [23JY], S9117 [8SE]

———F-22 aircraft program funding, S7381-S7389, S7402-S7405 [13JY], S7449-S7453, S7455-S7469, S7474-S7477 [14JY], S7512, S7518-S7521, S7529-S7531, S7535, S7542, S7545-S7548 [15JY], S7592, S7598, S7622, S7626 [16JY], S7671 [20JY], S7724-S7741 [21JY], S8021 [23JY], S8131 [27JY], S8625 [31JY], S9117 [8SE], S9902-S9906 [29SE]

———F-22 aircraft program funding through reductions in operations and maintenance and military personnel funding, and predicted savings from weapons systems acquisition reform, S7468, S7469 [14JY]

———high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles funding, S10157 [6OC]

———improve and expand suicide prevention and community healing and response training under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, S7445 [14JY]

———include Reserve components when establishing requirements for manned airborne irregular warfare platforms, S8188 [28JY]

———Joint STARS weapons system funding, S10041 [1OC], S10157 [6OC]

———Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, S7949-S7965 [23JY], S10682 [22OC]

———limit early retirement of tactical aircraft, S10022 [1OC], S10150, S10151 [6OC]

———limit immigration rights of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S5658 [20MY]

———limit release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pending a threat assessment of each detainee, S5595 [19MY], S5655, S5681-S5683, S5685 [20MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S8625-S8627 [31JY], S9817-S9832, S9834 [24SE], S9861 [25SE], S9895, S9896, S9902-S9914, S9916-S9918 [29SE], S9963-S9966, S9970-S9972 [30SE], S9993, S10007-S10016, S10019-S10054 [1OC], S10090-S10092 [5OC], S10125, S10142-S10159 [6OC], S10213 [7OC], S10416, S10417 [14OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13295-S13299, S13307-S13309 [16DE], S13344, S13352, S13355-S13357, S13361-S13363, S13370-S13375 [17DE], S13402-S13411, S13413-S13420, S13422-S13432, S13435-S13438, S13441, S13444, S13446, S13452, S13455 [18DE], S13472, S13474-S13477 [19DE], S13695, S13696 [21DE], S13866 [23DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), unanimous-consent agreement, S10114, S10115 [5OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, S4407 [20AP], S4907, S4911 [30AP]

———military readiness funding, S1498, S1526 [4FE], S10149 [6OC]

———Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles funding, S5801 [21MY]

———Missile Defense Agency Net Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) Program funding, S10053 [1OC]

———modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, S7597 [16JY]

———national missile defense system funding, S6009 [3JN], S6155 [4JN], S7396 [13JY]

———operation and maintenance funding for overseas contingency operations, S9972 [30SE]

———operation and maintenance funding for overseas contingency operations through reductions in C-17 aircraft procurement funding, S9902-S9914, S9916-S9918 [29SE], S9963-S9966, S9970 [30SE], S10030-S10032 [1OC], S10090, S10091 [5OC]

———prevent disclosure of certain photographic records relative to individuals captured or detained by U.S. forces in operations outside the U.S., S5671-S5674 [20MY], S6790 [18JN]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9912 [29SE]

———prohibit use of funds to construct or modify any facility in the U.S. to permanently or temporarily hold any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S11283 [9NO], S11395, S11402, S11407-S11409 [17NO]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S., S5589, S5591-S5595, S5597, S5600, S5602-S5607 [19MY], S5650-S5663 [20MY], S5768-S5770 [21MY], S10549, S10555-S10558 [20OC]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S. or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants in the U.S., S11167 [5NO]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S. or for construction of any facility for such detainees in the U.S., S1499 [4FE], S1639-S1641 [5FE], S1776 [6FE]

———prohibit use of operation and maintenance funding for earmarks, S10148 [6OC]

———reform requirements relative to public-private competitions, S7972 [23JY]

———repeal sunset on authority to purchase rayon fiber from foreign sources for the purpose of making fire-resistant uniforms, S8000-S8002 [23JY]

———require testimony of senior military and diplomatic officials on additional forces, resources, and strategy required to meet objectives relative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, S9766 [24SE], S9993, S10009-S10015, S10025, S10027, S10050 [1OC]

———submit a report to Congress analyzing alternative designs for major military construction projects to secure nuclear weapons facilities, S11364 [16NO]

———two-stage ground-based interceptor missile research, development, testing, and evaluation funding, S10046-S10050 [1OC], S10155, S10156 [6OC]

———U.S. Special Operations Command Special Operations Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR) funding, S10052 [1OC]

Dept. of Education: District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice, S2512-S2515, S2520-S2522 [26FE], S2735, S2742 [4MR], S2785-S2788, S2801-S2803 [5MR], S2856-S2858 [6MR], S2876-S2879 [9MR], S2927-S2930, S2936, S2939, S2944, S2945 [10MR], S3008 [11MR], S5344 [12MY], S12988-S12990, S13028, S13063 [11DE], S13072 [12DE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, S4260, S4261 [2AP]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1552), S8565, S8566, S8618 [30JY], S8619 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for defense activities (S. 1393), S8024 [23JY]

———Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program funding, S2016 [9FE]

———energy projects loan guarantee program funding, S2948 [10MR]

———energy sustainability and efficiency for institutions technical assistance grants funding, S8243, S8244 [29JY]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, S8244-S8248 [29JY]

———Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program funding, S8233 [29JY]

———reduce administration funding by amounts in inspector general report on wasted energy costs in departmental facilities, S8245, S8246 [29JY]

———unconventional fossil energy technologies program modeling and simulation capabilities, S8548 [30JY]

———University of Maine National Deepwater Offshore Research Center funding, S8254 [29JY]

———Weatherization Assistance Program funding, S8260 [29JY]

———wind energy research funding, S8251 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (S. 1635), S9038 [6AU]

———establish Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, S1795 [6FE]

———establish the Long-Term Care Worker Recruitment and Investment Demonstration Program, S1798, S1799 [6FE]

———prohibit adjustment of the formula for the allocation of HIV/AIDS funding, S2883-S2889, S2899, S2901 [9MR], S3020 [11MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: consolidated headquarters construction funding, S1517 [4FE]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, S7308 [9JY], S10544 [20OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7164-S7169, S7172-S7174, S7177-S7179, S7186-S7188 [7JY], S7227-S7251, S7253 [8JY], S7288-S7292, S7296, S7297, S7299, S7301-S7312 [9JY], S7357 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), conference report, S10542-S10547, S10549-S10559 [20OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10518 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), earmark declaration, S7189 [7JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2892), unanimous-consent agreement, S7108 [25JN], S7227 [8JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1298), S6935 [23JN]

———National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility research facility construction funding, S10543, S10554 [20OC]

———reduce funding for Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Center Leadership Academy, Harpers Ferry, WV, S7291, S7296 [9JY]

———require completion of a fence along the southern border of the U.S., S7227, S7230 [8JY], S10553, S10556 [20OC]

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], S9532 [17SE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to monitor FHA-approved home loans and investigate mortgage fraud, S4055 [31MR], S4130 [1AP]

———low income housing tax credit projects funding through reductions in Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program funding, S1497, S1525 [4FE]

———modify certain provisions of the HOPE for Homeowners loan program, S1651 [5FE]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9308-S9310, S9314, S9317 [14SE]

———prohibit funding for Mount Washington Community Development Corp., S9414 [16SE]

———prohibit funding for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, S9406, S9407 [16SE], S9534 [17SE]

———prohibit funding to restrict implementation or enforcement of public housing community service requirement, S9350, S9351 [15SE], S9402, 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, S9412, S9421 [16SE], S9532, S9533 [17SE]

———provide additional resources for program advertising, Housing Counseling Assistance Program, and Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity personnel, S4538, S4561 [22AP]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, S2125 [11FE], S11172 [5NO]

———community-based street-level violence prevention funding, S10287 [8OC]

———funding, S4542 [22AP]

———prohibit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding to communities that violate Federal immigration regulations, S10207, S10210 [7OC]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, S10286 [8OC], S11155-S11171 [5NO], S11248 [6NO], S11285 [9NO]

———provide danger pay to certain Federal agents stationed in certain foreign field offices, S10280 [8OC]

———reauthorize Boys & Girls Clubs of America (S. 2924), S13787 [22DE]

———repeal prohibition on certain Native American communities in Alaska from receiving Federal funds to support local programs, S10212 [7OC]

———review agricultural mergers and acquisitions, S10286 [8OC]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding through reductions in corporate welfare programs funding, S10272 [8OC], S11171 [5NO]

———victims' compensation and assistance programs funding, S2125, S2126 [11FE]

Dept. of Labor: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to create a tuition assistance program for workforce recovery, S4052 [31MR]

———improve and extend Trade Adjustment Assistance program, S1669, S1670 [5FE], S2050, S2051 [10FE], S2208 [12FE], S2312 [13FE]

Dept. of State: diplomatic and consular programs, AID, and foreign assistance programs funding, S13128 [13DE]

———Global Peace Operations Initiative and Africa Contigency Operations Training and Assistance Program funding, S12907 [10DE]

———information technology upgrades funding, S1518 [4FE]

———issue report on investments by foreign companies in Iran's energy sector, S2895 [9MR]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations, S3063-S3066 [12MR], S12907 [10DE], S12991 [11DE]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in establishment of an industrial history interpretive center and museum in Bethlehem, PA (S. 1568), S8687 [3AU]

———Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) funding, S8255 [29JY]

———Desert Terminal Lakes projects funding, S8258 [29JY]

———Platte River Recovery Implementation Program funding, S1674 [5FE]

———prohibit funding to delay implementation of the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, S9647 [22SE], S9724 [23SE], S9809 [24SE]

———prohibit funding to restrict, reduce, or reallocate water supplies from the Central Valley project and California State Water project relative to certain Federal biological opinions, S9640, S9641, S9646 [22SE]

———prohibit the consideration of global climate change as a factor in determining whether a species is threatened or endangered, S9639 [22SE]

———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 Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S9725 [23SE], S9806 [24SE]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, S9720 [23SE], S9800 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S7232 [8JY], S9499-S9519, S9541 [17SE], S9575, S9578, S9580-S9583 [21SE], S9625, S9630, S9634-S9648 [22SE], S9706, S9712, S9718, S9720, S9723-S9727 [23SE], S9769-S9775, S9778-S9812 [24SE], S9924 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, S10893-S10901, S10903-S10908 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10891 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), motion to recommit, S9641, S9646, S9647 [22SE], S9724 [23SE], S9806 [24SE]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S9517, S9518, S9541, S9542 [17SE]

———repeal provision in appropriations legislation relative to geothermal energy receipts (S. 2607), S10962 [30OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (S. 786), S4316 [2AP]

———authorize and remove impediments to the repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4555 [22AP], S4946 [30AP], S5053, S5057, S5059 [4MY]

———authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 2846), S12710 [8DE]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, S1534, S1535 [4FE], S1812-S1816, S1852 [6FE]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients, S8218, S8219 [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, S8181-S8183 [28JY], S8223-S8225 [29JY]

———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 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]

Dept. of Transportation: allow States to opt out of requirement to spend certain percentage of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects, S9346-S9349 [15SE], S9396-S9401 [16SE]

———Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project funding, S9353 [15SE]

———establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (S. 1506), S8041 [23JY], S11130 [4NO]

———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]

———preserve funding to alleviate congestion along route 422 in Montgomery and Berks Counties, PA, S9415 [16SE]

———prohibit use of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects if Highway Trust Fund does not contain amounts sufficient to cover unfunded highway authorizations, S9398-S9400 [16SE]

———prohibit use of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects such as transportation museums, S9397-S9401 [16SE]

———rescind any unobligated stimulus funds in non-highway spending accounts, S9416 [16SE], S9534, S9535 [17SE]

———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]

———waive minimum grant size under the discretionary grant program for passenger and freight rail transportation and infrastructure projects, S2299 [13FE]

———waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities for a certain period (S. 198), S261 [9JA]

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, S11268 [9NO]

———authorize major medical facility leases (S. 1717), S9889 [25SE]

———authorize major medical facility projects and leases (S. 1310), S6847 [19JN]

———comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans funding, S11240, S11241 [6NO], S11485 [18NO]

———convert unused structures into housing with supportive services for homeless veterans, S11267 [9NO], S11403, S11404 [17NO]

———enhance ability to recruit and retain health care administrators and providers in underserved rural areas, S11326 [10NO]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, S11321 [10NO]

———funding, S2821 [5MR]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (S. 2760), S11346 [10NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans through reductions in U.N. contributions, S11524-S11533, S11537-S11544, S11551, S11552 [19NO]

———provide benefits to certain Filipino World War II veterans, S1626, S1627 [5FE]

———provide grants to community-based organizations and State and local government entities to conduct outreach programs to veterans in underserved areas, S11364 [16NO]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), House amendment, S10376-S10378 [13OC]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), insert S. 423 language in lieu, S9059 [6AU]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (S. 423), S2232 [12FE], S9058 [6AU]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, S7751 [21JY], S8856 [5AU]

———State veterans cemeteries construction grants funding, S11331 [10NO]

———veterans' homelessness eradication programs funding through reductions in general operating expense account, S11409 [17NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11187-S11191 [5NO], S11239-S11241 [6NO], S11265, S11267-S11273, S11283 [9NO], S11313, S11316, S11320-S11322, S11325, S11326, S11331 [10NO], S11361, S11370, S11377-S11379 [16NO], S11395, S11402-S11411 [17NO], S11485 [18NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), motion to commit, S11369, S11371 [16NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), unanimous-consent agreement, S11334 [10NO]

———military construction and veterans' services across-the-board funding reduction, S11369, S11371 [16NO]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S11313 [10NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), S9834 [24SE], S9952 [30SE]

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, S3101, S3106-S3108 [16MR], S3136-S3144, S3146, S3149-S3154 [17MR], S3335, S3338-S3344, S3348-S3352, S3361, S3363 [18MR], S3385-S3514 [19MR], S3604 [23MR], S3778 [25MR], S3982 [30MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S299 [12JA], S324, S331-S333 [13JA], S353-S357, S376-S380 [14JA], S419-S430, S559-S561, S590, S591 [15JA]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), motion to proceed, S25-S27 [6JA], S153, S162, S170-S172 [7JA], S181 [8JA], S239, S244-S248, S253, S255 [9JA], S263-S271 [11JA], S291-S293 [12JA]

———maintain access to hunting, fishing, and trapping on newly designated wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, S3101 [16MR]

———prohibit use of eminent domain to designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, S3146, S3154 [17MR], S3335, S3342, S3343, S3348, S3351 [18MR]

———provide funding to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands (S. 720), S3918 [26MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S9405, S9408, S9409 [16SE]

———corrections to sponsorship of earmark requests included in conference report on appropriations legislation, S13071 [12DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), S9233-S9255 [10SE], S9281, S9291, S9292 [11SE], S9308-S9310, S9314, S9317, S9318 [14SE], S9335, S9341-S9357, S9364 [15SE], S9396-S9417, S9421, S9488 [16SE], S9519, S9530-S9541 [17SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12792 [9DE], S12836, S12876-S12881, S12888, S12893, S12896, S12898-S12901, S12907 [10DE], S12972, S12978-S12980, S12984-S12992, S13026-S13029, S13062-S13064 [11DE], S13068-S13078, S13083-S13086, S13113, S13118 [12DE], S13126-S13131, S13138 [13DE], S13183-S13185 [14DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), motion to recommit, S9405, S9408, S9409, S9416 [16SE], S9534, S9535 [17SE]

———redirect all earmarked funds to Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) in order to modernize the air traffic control system, S9341-S9349 [15SE]

Des Moines, IA: prohibit funding for Des Moines Art Center, S9636, S9642, S9646 [22SE]

Detroit, MI: Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy funding, S2741 [4MR]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 1492), S7884 [22JY], S9584 [21SE]

———pediatric cancer research funding, S9952 [30SE]

———preparation for potential H1N1 influenza pandemic, S10805 [28OC]

———revise and extend program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS (S. 1793), S10524, S10525 [19OC], S10548, S10568 [20OC], S12069 [1DE]

District of Columbia: prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, S12989 [11DE]

———Sewall-Belmont House and Museum funding, S9800 [24SE]

Earmarks: eliminate from appropriations legislation, S6789-S6791 [18JN], S7053 [25JN], S7172-S7174 [7JY], S8649 [3AU], S9341-S9348 [15SE], S9902-S9906 [29SE], S10092 [5OC], S10282 [8OC], S10554, S10556 [20OC], S10897 [29OC], S12985, S12988 [11DE], S13073-S13076 [12DE], S13371, S13372 [17DE], S13416 [18DE]

Economic Development Administration: funding, S11285 [9NO]

———reauthorize (S. 430), S2243 [12FE]

———reauthorize (S. 2778), S11389 [16NO]

Economy: 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]

———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]

———invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. in the global economy, S11172 [5NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1008, S1038-S1040 [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]

———reduce economic stimulus spending upon meeting certain economic growth goals, S1525 [4FE]

———require agencies receiving economic stimulus funding comply with any congressional requests for records, S1775 [6FE]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report on the amount of funds received, projects on which funds were spent, and the number of jobs created and retained by such projects, S1388 [3FE], S1660 [5FE], S2190 [12FE]

———use economic stimulus funds to hire veterans, at-risk youth, and low-income people for infrastructure projects, S1674 [5FE]

Education: funding, S4422 [20AP]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grant, S2005 [9FE]

———modify deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure continued funding to the Federal Family Education Loan program, S4282 [2AP]

Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health: funding, S2620 [2MR], S2676 [3MR], S2798-S2801, S2807, S2813 [5MR]

Employment: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support funding for critical workforce strategy programs for specialized training, S4285 [2AP]

———prohibit funding for implementation of Executive order relative to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws, S2921, S2936, S2941 [10MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8110-S8115 [27JY], S8150, S8157-S8159, S8166, S8169, S8172, S8175-S8183, S8213 [28JY], S8216-S8219, S8221-S8225, S8227, S8233, S8240, S8243-S8263 [29JY], S8547, S8548 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, S10085 [5OC], S10313, S10328 [8OC], S10339 [13OC], S10397-S10402, S10407, S10408, S10417 [14OC], S10462-S10464 [15OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), unanimous-consent agreement, S8099 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), unanimous-consent request, S8223 [29JY]

———prohibit funding for earmarks in committee report unless included in authorization legislation, S8177-S8181 [28JY]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (S. 818), S4373 [2AP]

EPA: Ann Arbor, MI, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory hybrid hydraulic technology demonstration program funding, S9808 [24SE]

———application of regulations to reduce pollution from certain ships doing business on the Great Lakes, S10904 [29OC]

———conduct study on black carbon emissions, S9582 [21SE], S9924 [29SE]

———conference travel funding, S9924 [29SE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to require a certain portion of funding for the Energy Star Program to be allocated to the Energy Star for Small Business Program, S4284 [2AP]

———Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, S9810 [24SE]

———preliminary planning and design work funding for a high-performance green building to consolidate EPA offices in Las Vegas, NV, S9794 [24SE]

———prohibit listing carbon dioxide as a pollutant subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act except for mobile sources, S9778-S9784, S9786-S9794, S9798, S9799, S9804, S9809 [24SE]

Executive Office of the President: ensure that the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change is not directing actions of departments and agencies, S9784-S9786, S9798, S9805 [24SE]

———Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board funding, S2818 [5MR]

———prohibit funding for administrative expenses for unconfirmed official unless the President certifies the official agrees to testify before and provide information to congressional committees, S9643, S9644 [22SE], S9794 [24SE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1512), S3379 [18MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3607), S9856 [24SE], S9863 [25SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4217), S12969 [10DE]

———prohibit further funds to subsidize or improve the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County, PA, Airport, S9407, S9414, S9415 [16SE], S9530, S9533, S9534 [17SE]

———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 1451), S10405 [14OC]

FBI: authorize additional field agents to investigate financial crimes (S. 481), S2484 [25FE]

———forensic accounting funding, S10194 [7OC]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues, S2619 [2MR], S2931, S2935, S2938, S2942 [10MR]

FDA: establish a review process that would recommend solutions for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rare and neglected diseases in the developing world, S8620 [31JY], S8651 [3AU], S10281 [8OC]

FDIC: foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program funding through reductions in undesignated State funding in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1810-S1816, S1831, S1851, S1852 [6FE]

Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research: establish, S2044 [10FE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: allow temporary waiver of State interest rate limit, S6777 [18JN]

———amend relative to the extension of certain limitations, S5676 [20MY]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 303), S789 [22JA], S3318 [17MR]

Federal Highway Administration: State allocation funding distribution, S9535 [17SE]

Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S6903 [23JN]

FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program funding, S7301, S7309 [9JY], S7357 [10JY]

———flood risk mapping, assessment, and planning program subcontracting practices, S7310 [9JY]

———prohibit earmarking of grants for Emergency Operations Centers and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, S7179 [7JY], S7233-S7241 [8JY]

———prohibit funding for Whitefish, MT, Emergency Operations Center, S7241, S7248-S7250 [8JY], S7289, S7290 [9JY]

———Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant funding to rehire and retain firefighters, S7301, S7309 [9JY], S7357 [10JY]

Financial institutions: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a national usury law, S4266 [2AP]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (S. 1432), S8265 [29JY]

Findlay, OH: flood mitigation and flood prevention planning funding, S10947 [30OC]

Fire prevention: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for wildland fire management activities, S4275 [2AP]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, S9575 [21SE]

———provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (S. 561), S3040 [12MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents, S7636 [16JY], S7671 [20JY], S7752, S7771, S7772 [21JY], S7811-S7827 [22JY]

Firefighters: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for provision of critical resources to firefighters and fire departments, S4263 [2AP]

Fish and fishing: rebuilding of fish stocks, fisheries, and fish harvesting funding, S1675 [5FE]

Florida: Everglades restoration funding, S10401 [14OC]

———funding for development programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan, nuclear nonproliferation, fighting global AIDS, and promoting sustainable development, S4118, S4119, S4146, S4162-S4164 [1AP]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S2618 [2MR], S2674, S2678 [3MR], S2788-S2795 [5MR]

Foreign policy: develop objectives for U.S. policy relative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, S5669 [20MY]

Forest Service: include New York in Northeastern States Research Cooperative funding, S9808, S9809 [24SE]

———prohibit wildland fire management stimulus funding for the District of Columbia, S9638, S9639 [22SE]

———subsistence hunting and fishing management activities funding for Alaska, S9726 [23SE], S11021 [3NO]

———Tahoe Rim Trail improvements funding, S9807 [24SE]

Freedom of Information Act: require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation, S10547 [20OC]

Freedom of speech: protect the rights of individuals to express their religious views, S7630-S7632 [16JY]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported, S7124, S7125 [6JY]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities, S4047 [31MR], S4245, S4250 [2AP], S4870 [29AP]

FTC: clarify rulemaking authority over home mortgage loans issued by federally regulated financial institutions, S2816, S2817 [5MR]

———establish an interagency working group responsible for creating a national strategy to combat obesity, S2949 [10MR]

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

———review and analyze the military whistleblower reprisal appeals heard by the Boards for the Correction of Military Records, S7769 [21JY]

———review and audit Federal funds received by Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S10211 [7OC]

Georgia (country): allocation of foreign aid, S5675 [20MY]

Government: across-the-board funding reduction, S2659-S2661 [3MR]

———continue funding at current levels, S2608 [2MR], S2652-S2657 [3MR], S2930 [10MR]

———eliminate new spending programs from the supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1489, S1524 [4FE]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2406 [24FE], S2433, S2466, S2501 [25FE], S2507 [26FE], S2577 [27FE], S2597-S2612, S2615-S2621, S2646 [2MR], S2649-S2657, S2659-S2679 [3MR], S2723-S2762 [4MR], S2782-S2821 [5MR], S2855-S2864 [6MR], S2873-S2903 [9MR], S2919-S2924, S2927-S2954 [10MR], S3019, S3020 [11MR], S3063-S3066, S3092 [12MR]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), earmark declaration, S7065 [25JN]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), earmark declaration correction, S2902, S2903 [9MR]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), motion to commit, S2659-S2664, S2671-S2674 [3MR]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), technical corrections, S3063 [12MR]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), unanimous-consent agreement, S2583 [27FE]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), unanimous-consent request, S2780 [5MR], S2945, S2946 [10MR]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S12792 [9DE], S12836, S12877-S12881, S12888-S12890, S12893, S12896-S12901, S12907 [10DE], S12972, S12978-S12980, S12984-S12992, S13026-S13029, S13062-S13064 [11DE], S13068-S13078, S13083-S13086, S13113, S13118 [12DE], S13126-S13131, S13138 [13DE], S13183-S13185 [14DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5544 [18MY], S5565, S5589-S5600, S5602, S5607 [19MY], S5649-S5683, S5685-S5691 [20MY], S5767-S5777, S5780-S5790, S5793, S5794, S5797-S5804 [21MY], S6484, S6485 [11JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), conference report, S6691, S6704-S6706, S6710 [17JN], S6772-S6793 [18JN], S6844 [19JN], S6935 [23JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), earmark declaration, S6536 [11JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), unanimous-consent agreement, S5798 [21MY]

———permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), S13408, S13410 [18DE], S14132 [24DE]

———permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), unanimous-consent agreement, S13747 [22DE]

———prohibit funding for projects listed in the statement of managers but not listed and specifically provided for in text of legislation, S2795-S2797 [5MR], S2861-S2863 [6MR], S2895-S2898 [9MR]

———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]

Hartshorne, OK: reestablish Jones Academy as part of the BIA school system, S9583 [21SE]

Hawaii: Pacific Missile Range Facility Aegis Ashore test facility construction funding, S11269 [9NO], S11404, S11405 [17NO]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, S8261 [29JY]

Health: eligibility of physician group practices for electronic medical records technology incentives, S1670, S1671 [5FE]

———establish dedicated trust fund with mandatory spending for community health centers and National Health Service Corps, S12573 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

———health information technology funding, S1242 [2FE], S1510-S1512 [4FE], S1783, S1793, S1834, S1859 [6FE], S2197-S2199 [12FE]

———prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options, S4125-S4128, S4150 [1AP]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), S2562-S2564 [26FE]

———strengthen privacy protections for consumer access to electronic medical records, S1426 [3FE], S2016 [9FE], S2303 [13FE]

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

Health care professionals: nursing workforce development programs funding, S5346 [12MY]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: funding, S4259 [2AP]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S1673 [5FE], S11337 [10NO]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize, S5106-S5108, S5113 [5MY], S5180, S5182, S5183, S5185 [6MY]

———reauthorize (S. 808), S4357 [2AP], S4437 [20AP]

IMF: funding, S5664-S5666 [20MY], S5782-S5787 [21MY]

———oppose loans that do not exempt certain spending by governments of heavily indebted poor countries from certain budget caps and restraints, S5675 [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]

———extend the E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, S2898 [9MR], S2924, S2936, S2937, S2942 [10MR], S4943 [30AP], 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]

———permanently authorize EB-5 regional center program, S7230 [8JY], S10546 [20OC]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (S. 439), S2326 [13FE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend, S13181 [14DE], S13626 [20DE]

———reauthorize and extend (S. 1790), S10493 [15OC]

———revise and extend, S10404, S10405 [14OC]

Indian Health Service: funding, S4279 [2AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1652), S9136 [8SE]

Infrastructure: redirect economic stimulus funds not obligated within a certain period to infrastructure projects, S1382-S1384 [3FE], S1776 [6FE]

———transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding, S1374-S1376, S1379-S1384, S1386, S1387, S1394 [3FE]

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

———extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage, S13297, S13298 [16DE], S13424-S13426 [18DE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 1494), S9447-S9480 [16SE]

———improve congressional oversight and committee structure by granting appropriations authority to intelligence committees (S. Res. 164), S5950 [2JN]

Investments: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for increasing the capital loss deduction, S4133 [1AP]

Iowa: Iowa Demonstration Construction Grant Program funding, S2736-S2740 [4MR]

Iran: 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]

Iraq: ensure funding for operations will be used in accordance with the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, S5689 [20MY], S5801 [21MY]

IRS: allow use of private debt collection companies, S2725-S2730, S2733 [4MR]

Israel: prohibit funding for reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip unless the Dept. of State certifies that none of the funds will be diverted to Hamas, S2861 [6MR], S2892-S2895, S2901 [9MR]

James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Chicago, IL: designate, S11325 [10NO]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 678), S3661-S3670 [24MR]

Keweenaw National Historical Park: decrease matching funds requirement and authorize further appropriations, S422 [15JA]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: limit allocation of foreign aid to humanitarian assistance only, S4485 [21AP]

———redesignate as a state sponsor of terrorism, S7757-S7761, S7763-S7765 [21JY], S7842-S7847 [22JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: prohibit funding for acquisition of new Federal land until maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation projects on existing sites have been completed, S9720 [23SE], S9803, S9804, S9807 [24SE]

Legislation: require public disclosure of reports required in appropriations bills, S8245 [29JY], S9720 [23SE], S9800 [24SE], S10015, S10040 [1OC], S10339, S10345 [13OC], S10398-S10399 [14OC], S11270 [9NO], S11369 [16NO]

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), S6927, S6928 [23JN], S7051-S7057 [25JN], S7121-S7132 [6JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), conference report, S9953-S9957, S9959-S9963, S9965-S9969 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S9941 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), motion to commit, S7053 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 191), S9969, S9970 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), unanimous-consent agreement, S7046, S7108 [25JN], S7126 [6JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2918), unanimous-consent request, S6926, S6927 [23JN]

LIHEAP: funding, S4135, S4148 [1AP]

LSC: funding, S11172 [5NO]

———meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for technology grants, and improve corporate practices (S. 718), S3915-S3918 [26MR], S4226 [1AP]

McChrystal, Stanley A.: report on additional forces, resources, and strategy required to meet objectives relative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, S10602 [21OC], S10765-S10767 [27OC]

Medicaid: funding, S1513 [4FE]

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

Medicare: allow geographic reclassification of certain cancer hospitals in order to receive higher reimbursements, S981, S982 [28JA]

———eliminate funding cuts, S11997-S12001, S12003 [30NO], S12020-S12025, S12028-S12030, S12033-S12041, S12043-S12058, S12064, S12065 [1DE], S12094-S12108, S12112, S12114-S12119, S12123-S12126, S12139, S12144-S12146, S12148 [2DE], S12263, S12264, S12268-S12271, S12279-S12297 [3DE], S12376-S12379, S12399, S12407 [4DE], S12466, S12467, S12471, S12475-S12477, S12480, S12491 [5DE], S12523, S12524, S12526 [6DE], S12575-S12577 [7DE], S12856 [10DE], S13009, S13022 [11DE], S13482 [19DE], S13562, S13579, S13580 [20DE], S13656-S13660, S13668 [21DE], S13718, S13729 [22DE]

———implement single-payer health care system, S13290-S13294 [16DE], S13577 [20DE]

———long-term care insurance reform, S13862 [23DE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S10173-S10177 [7OC], S11072-S11074, S11085-S11088 [4NO], S11393-S11395 [17NO], S11855-S11861 [20NO], S11951 [21NO], S11983, S11986 [30NO], S12294-S12300, S12305-S12311 [3DE], S12356, S12361-S12369, S12371-S12375, S12379, S12384-S12386, S12391-S12393, S12396, S12403-S12405 [4DE], S12462, S12466, S12471, S12474, S12482-S12484, S12491, S12515 [5DE], S12584-S12592 [7DE], S12851 [10DE], S13122 [12DE], S13719, S13760 [22DE], S13858 [23DE]

———offer certain individuals a buy-in option, S12693 [8DE], S12793 [9DE], S12853-S12855, S12868 [10DE]

———prohibit establishment of Medicare Advisory Board, S12113 [2DE]

———prohibit reduction of guaranteed benefits and apply any savings to extend solvency of trust funds, reduce premiums, improve or expand guaranteed benefits, and protect access to providers, S12278, S12285, S12292-S12295 [3DE], S12549 [6DE], S12566, S12567, S12590-S12592, S12595 [7DE]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs, S12530-S12532, S12534-S12536, S12538, S12549-S12551 [6DE], S12565-S12570, S12575-S12586, S12588, S12590-S12593, S12596-S12599 [7DE], S13803 [23DE]

———require wealthy beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their premiums under the prescription drug program, S4247, S4248 [2AP]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments, S2923 [10MR], S3128 [17MR], S7053 [25JN]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, S3066 [12MR]

Milwaukee, WI: transit projects funding, S2817 [5MR]

Mission Hills, CA: Providence Holy Cross Hospital gang insignia tattoo removal program funding, S2759 [4MR]

Morris K. Udall Foundation: provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (H.R. 1035), S9757 [23SE]

———provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (S. 1818), S10584 [20OC]

———provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (S. 432), S2244 [12FE]

Motor vehicles: 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]

MSE, Inc.: awarding of Government contracts through earmarks, S10091 [5OC]

NASA: Affordable Responsive Spacelift (ARES) launch system program funding, S10208, S10209 [7OC]

———funding, S4708 [24AP], S9396 [16SE], S10269 [8OC], S11149 [5NO]

National Archives and Records Administration: authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (S. 2872), S13034 [11DE]

———Office of Government Information Services funding, S2818 [5MR]

National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act: authorize appropriations (S. 2095), S10927 [29OC]

National Guard: counterdrug programs funding, S9972 [30SE]

———empower and enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response, S7755 [21JY]

———funding, S5677 [20MY]

———reestablish position of Vice Chief, S8020 [23JY]

———State Partnership Program activities funding, S8019 [23JY]

National Park Service: eliminate earmarks and provide guidelines for distribution of grants under the Save America's Treasures Grant Program, S9723-S9725 [23SE]

———funding for events commemorating the anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, S2759 [4MR]

National parks and recreation areas: requirements for inclusion and removal of private property in a national heritage area, S9720 [23SE], S9805, S9806 [24SE]

National security: proposed release of certain detainees from detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S5565, S5596 [19MY], S5791 [21MY]

Native Americans: acknowledge history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the U.S. regarding Indian Tribes and offer apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the U.S., S10036, S10037 [1OC]

Naval Station Mayport, FL: St. Johns River channel dredging funding, S11331 [10NO]

Navy: prohibit establishment of outlying landing field at Sandbanks or Hale's Lake, NC, S7985-S7987 [23JY]

———use Federal real property management regulations regarding adjusted fair market value when making a determination on Ohana Nui and Camp Catlin properties, S7542 [15JY]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 690), S3786 [25MR]

Nepal: human rights violations, S13376 [17DE], S13869 [23DE]

NIH: biomedical research funding through reductions in Dept. of Education State Fiscal Stabilization Fund funding, S1403-S1406 [3FE]

———reauthorize and elevate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities to Institute status (S. 914), S4813 [28AP]

NIST: funding, S11172 [5NO]

NOAA: extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (S. 859), S4578 [22AP]

———funding, S11172 [5NO]

———reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (S. 1224), S6454 [10JN]

NRC: clarify authority relative to aquisition and lease of certain additional office space, S8159, S8169 [28JY]

NSF: practical scientific research funding through reductions in Political Science Program funding, S10341-S10343, S10345-S10351 [13OC], S11153, S11169 [5NO]

Obama, President: characterization of remarks relative to financial services companies use of economic stimulus funds to pay for trips to Las Vegas, NV, S2100, S2123 [11FE]

———commend leadership relative to inter-agency strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and require release of certain information before an increase in U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, S10023 [1OC]

———Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S2874, S2905 [9MR], S3063 [12MR], S3364 [18MR]

———issuance of administration guidelines for implementing Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S7295 [9JY]

Omaha, NE: probihit funding for the Durham Museum, S7056 [25JN]

———prohibit funding for the Durham Museum, S7125, S7126 [6JY]

OMB: direct all executive departments and agencies to submit a separate category for administrative expenses when submitting appropriations requests and reduce such expenses, S8166 [28JY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits, S10285 [8OC]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (S. 705), S3794 [25MR]

Orange County Great Park Corp.: funding, S2744, S2758 [4MR]

Pakistan: authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (S. 1707), S9812 [24SE], S10191 [7OC], S10429 [14OC]

———authorize appropriations to promote an enhanced strategic partnership (S. 962), S5069-S5071 [4MY], S7015 [24JN], S7036 [25JN]

———ensure transparency and accountability in provision and use of U.S. economic assistance, S5789 [21MY]

———prohibit use of funds to support, expand, or assist the development or deployment of nuclear weapons program in Pakistan, S5657 [20MY]

Palestinians: prohibit funding for resettlement from the Gaza Strip to the U.S., S2861 [6MR], S2889, S2893-S2895 [9MR], S2927 [10MR]

Parks and recreation areas: enhance education, instruction and recreation opportunities in tropical botanical gardens, S425 [15JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure that Social Security trust fund and Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program revenues be reserved for their intended purposes, S11985, S11986, S11990 [30NO], S12301-S12305, S12313-S12317 [3DE], S12360, S12375, S12379-S12383, S12386-S12388 [4DE]

Pennsylvania: infrastructure projects funding, S887-S889 [27JA]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: provide a temporary waiver of recovery of certain pension overpayments to participants or beneficiaries, S1840 [6FE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S7299 [9JY], S10182-S10188, S10192 [7OC]

Piketon, OH: American Centrifuge Plant funding, S2948 [10MR]

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: pipeline safety programs funding, S9535 [17SE]

Political ethics: prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects, S2669 [3MR], S2736-S2741, S2744, S2749, S2758-S2760 [4MR], S2953 [10MR], S3361, S3363 [18MR], S3387 [19MR]

———prohibit funding for projects earmarked to clients of lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors, S2669 [3MR], S2741, S2746-S2748, S2757, S2760 [4MR], S2863 [6MR], S8625-S8627 [31JY]

Polynesian Voyaging Society: funding, S2672 [3MR]

Postal Service: funding, S9959, S9961 [30SE]

———impact of declining revenues on labor contract negotiations, S9961 [30SE]

Power resources: energy research and development funding, S8111 [27JY]

———prohibit restrictions on development of renewable energy sources on public lands, S9720 [23SE]

Public lands: require an annual report detailing amount of property the Federal Government owns and the cost of Government land ownership to taxpayers, S9720 [23SE], S9800 [24SE]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates, S590 [15JA]

———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 3617), unanimous-consent request, S9972, S9973 [30SE]

Rural Community Assistance Partnerships: funding, S9808 [24SE]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: extend authorization of highway programs (S. 1498), unanimous-consent request, S8262 [29JY]

———repeal rescission of unobligated balances, S8516-S8518, S8529 [30JY]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), insert S. 1233 language in lieu, S7433 [13JY]

———ensure that contracts initiated with economic stimulus assistance follow existing Federal procurement laws, S2299 [13FE]

———extend and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 1233), S7426-S7433 [13JY], S8628 [31JY]

———extend the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 177), S221 [8JA]

———funding, S2818 [5MR]

———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 1233), S6536 [11JN]

———require Federal agencies receiving economic stimulus assistance to allocate a portion to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, S1794 [6FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S10272, S10284 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S8265 [29JY], S10079, S10093-S10105 [5OC], S10181-S10188, S10192-S10195, S10199, S10203, S10207-S10212 [7OC], S10265-S10273, S10280, S10284-S10288, S10328 [8OC], S10339-S10352 [13OC], S10386, S10402, S10417 [14OC], S10461, S10465 [15OC], S11131, S11145-S11186 [5NO], S11248 [6NO], S11285 [9NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), motion to recommit, S10272, S10284 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), unanimous-consent agreement, S10054 [1OC], S11168 [5NO]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S10207 [7OC]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, S2730-S2732 [4MR]

Seattle, WA: Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center funding, S9342, S9343 [15SE]

SEC: provide additional funding for investigations and enforcement proceedings involving financial institutions, S4614, S4615, S4621 [23AP]

Senate: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S13136 [13DE]

———earmark process, S2876 [9MR], S3018 [11MR]

———impact of partisanship, S10352 [13OC]

———importance of bipartisanship, S12792 [9DE]

———legislative priorities, S10416 [14OC], S11578 [19NO]

———legislative process, S8150, S8172 [28JY], S9718-S9720 [23SE], S9912 [29SE], S9976 [30SE], S10404, S10408 [14OC], S12986 [11DE]

———require supermajority vote point of order against unauthorized earmarks in appropriations bills and recipients of Federal funds to disclose money spent on lobbyists, S1479-S1481, S1488, S1504, S1512 [4FE], S1658, S1659 [5FE], S2126 [11FE]

———require the online posting of Senate office expenditures for the public to review, S7121 [6JY]

———tribute to staff, S11966 [21NO]

Senate Rules: ensure amendments containing congressionally directed spending items, and limited tax or tariff benefit and not originally included in legislation comply with certain standing rules, S6536 [11JN], S13592, S13593 [20DE], S13643 [21DE], S13810, S13829, S13831, S13854 [23DE]

———improve transparency of earmarks in appropriations or authorization legislation, S9712 [23SE], S10408 [14OC]

———improve transparency of earmarks in appropriations or authorization legislation, prohibit earmark requests from private entities, and require conference reports to be electronically searchable (S. Res. 63), S2749, S2773, S2774 [4MR]

———prohibit consideration of a congressionally directed spending item if inclusion of such language is conditioned on the vote of any Senator, S13832, S13833 [23DE]

———reform earmark process, S4283 [2AP], S8625-S8627 [31JY]

Smithsonian Institution: develop in conjunction with Morehouse College a program to preserve and catalogue the papers and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr., and make such papers accessible to the public, S9645 [22SE], S9804 [24SE]

Social Security: clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the State Children's Health Insurance Program Express Lane Enrollment option, S1040, S1044 [29JA]

———codify rule specifying eligibility for unborn children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1009, S1015, S1031, S1032 [29JA]

———develop State Children's Health Insurance Program's best practice recommendations and ensure coverage of low-income children, S976, S982, S986 [28JA]

———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under State Children's Health Insurance Program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, S1015, S1016, S1019, S1023-S1025, S1029, S1031 [29JA]

———eliminate State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for legal immigrants and increase coverage for low-income American children, S854 [27JA], S1026-S1029 [29JA]

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

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to repeal previous tax increase on Social Security benefits, S4133 [1AP]

———establish an incentive program to encourage enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S871 [27JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S797, S801-S805, S820-S822 [26JA], S852-S866, S885 [27JA], S949-S989 [28JA], S1007-S1038, S1040-S1050 [29JA], S1121, S1232 [30JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S792 [22JA]

———extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10508 [19OC]

———extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program for a limited amount of time in order to enact bipartisan comprehensive health care reform, S1036-S1038 [29JA]

———limit income eligibility expansions under State Children's Health Insurance Program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled, S1017, S1018 [29JA]

———prevent fraud and restore fiscal accountability to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program by improving improper payment rates, S986, S987 [28JA], S1044 [29JA]

———prioritize assistance for outreach and enrollment under State Children's Health Insurance Program to States with highest percentages of uninsured children, S1045 [29JA]

———prohibit Federal matching payment for Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage of noncitizen children or pregnant women relative to State enrollment of low-income uninsured children, S857-S859, S867, S869, S880 [27JA]

———prohibit State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for higher income children and payment to States in which income eligibility level for Medicaid exceeds State Children's Health Insurance Program, S962-S965, S968, S969 [28JA]

———prohibit the use of increased tobacco taxes to offset the cost of expanded State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage, S957 [28JA]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 326), S838 [26JA]

———require States to impose cost-sharing for enrollees in the State Children's Health Insurance Program whose income is more than double the poverty line, S860, S879 [27JA]

———require States to offer premium assistance for coverage of children through private plans under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid if State expands eligibility levels, S987, S988 [28JA], S1030 [29JA]

———strengthen the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S12002 [30NO], S12981 [11DE]

———treat certain income received by hedge fund managers as ordinary income and reduce increase in tobacco excise taxes to fund State Children's Health Insurance Program extension, S875 [27JA], S972, S978, S979 [28JA]

SSA: reauthorize the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 3325), S8983, S9059 [6AU]

States: permit use of economic stimulus funds designated for neighborhood stabilization program to be used for foreclosure prevention, S1647 [5FE]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: prohibit funding for acquisition of petroleum from persons engaged in certain activities relative to Iran's energy sector, S5674 [20MY]

Taxation: divide total cost of supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus and issue tax rebate to all taxpayers with adjusted gross income under $250,000, S1779, S1828-S1831, S1855 [6FE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently extend deductions for State and local sales taxes, S4260 [2AP]

———establish a tax credit for investment in advanced energy facilities, S3891, S3892 [26MR]

———expand application of the homebuyer credit, S5667 [20MY]

———increase and expand incentives for construction of energy efficient buildings, S1674, S1675 [5FE]

———prohibit earmarked tax benefits for movie production companies, S1387, S1390, S1399, S1400 [3FE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S1481-S1484, S1523 [4FE], S2199, S2200 [12FE], S2279, S2284 [13FE]

———provide a point of order against additional estate tax relief unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is provided to middle-income individuals, S4278 [2AP]

———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 incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts, S1825, S1826, S1853 [6FE]

———renew credit for renewable energy production, S1241 [2FE], S1671 [5FE]

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

Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge: environmental compliance projects funding, S2818 [5MR]

Transportation: transit capital funding, S1792 [6FE]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit funding for over-the-road bus security assistance grants, S7173, S7178 [7JY], S10555 [20OC]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize and rename as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act (S. 345), S1061 [29JA]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in China, S2618 [2MR], S2674, S2678 [3MR], S2788-S2795 [5MR]

———withhold U.S. contributions if U.N. implements or imposes taxation on any U.S. persons, S2679 [3MR], S2806, S2813 [5MR]

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy: reauthorize (H.R. 2131), S9941 [29SE]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy: Eagle Pier construction funding, S7357 [10JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: provide funding to conduct environmental analysis to determine viability of exchanging Izembek National Wildlife Refuge lands with Alaska, S9726 [23SE]

———white nose syndrome research funding, S9808 [24SE]

U.S. Geological Survey: Volcano Hazards Program funding, S3953 [30MR]

Unemployment: direct unused portion of stimulus funds to extend emergency unemployment compensation, S10822 [28OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S13355, S13356, S13373 [17DE], S13426 [18DE]

Unemployment Trust Fund: temporarily protect solvency, S8514-S8516, S8518, S8520, S8529 [30JY]

Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act: funding, S2668 [3MR], S2732, S2735, S2743, S2751-S2753 [4MR]

Veterans: expand eligibility for the employment tax credit for unemployed veterans, S1666 [5FE], S1804 [6FE]

———health care funding, S4247, S4266 [2AP], S11316 [10NO]

Violence Against Women Act: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for long-term stability and housing for victims of violence, S4052 [31MR], S4113 [1AP]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, S6968 [24JN]

Washoe County, NV: Washoe County Senior Services Respite Care Program funding, S11252 [6NO]

Wildlife Restoration Act: ensure adequate funding for conservation and restoration of wildlife (S. 655), S3566 [19MR]

Wilmington, DE: Delaware Children's Museum funding, S9351-S9353 [15SE]

Reports

Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S7060-S7062 [25JN], S8852-S8854 [5AU], S10309 [8OC]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 2346, Supplemental Appropriations for Military and Stabilization Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response, S6788 [18JN]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths, S10568 [20OC]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 2847, Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations, S10212 [7OC]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations, S10546 [20OC]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 2918, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations, S9968 [30SE]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations, S10283 [8OC]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development Appropriations, S10402 [14OC]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 1105, Omnibus Appropriations, S2602-S2605 [2MR]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, S9542 [17SE]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services, S11241 [6NO]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations, S9257 [10SE]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in S. 1294, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations, S7133 [6JY]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in S. 1406, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations, S8549 [30JY]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in S. 1436, Energy and Water Development Appropriations, S8129 [27JY]

Is ACORN Intentionally Structured as a Criminal Enterprise? Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) Minority Staff, S9309 [14SE]

Out of Gas—Congress Raids the Highway Trust Fund for Pet Projects While Bridges and Roads Crumble, S8521 [30JY]

Proposed Amendment to Arkansas State Constitution Relative to State Interest Rate Limit Removal, S6778-S6782 [18JN]

Require Homeland Security Grants Be Awarded Based on Assessment of Risk, Threat, and Vulnerabilities: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S. (excerpt), S7290 [9JY]

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H3684-H3687 [19MR], H7438-H7441 [25JN], H9419-H9422 [10SE]

Termination—Emergency Operations Center Grant Program, S7249 [8JY]

Reports filed

African Development Fund Replenishment Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 955) (S. Rept. 111-51), S7639 [16JY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2997) (H. Rept. 111-279), H10407 [30SE]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2997) (H. Rept. 111-181), H7144 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1406) (S. Rept. 111-39), S7192 [7JY]

Allocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2010: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 111-148), H6742 [12JN]

Allocations to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-22), S5614 [19MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-30), S6802 [18JN]

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]

Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1771) (H. Rept. 111-271), H10068 [29SE]

Coast Guard Appropriations: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3619) (H. Rept. 111-303), H11462 [16OC]

Coast Guard Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1194) (S. Rept. 111-95), S10959 [30OC]

Committees of the House Expenditures: Committee on House Administration (House) (H. Res. 279) (H. Rept. 111-59), H4127 [30MR]

Committees of the Senate Expenditures: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. Res. 73) (S. Rept. 111-14), S4668 [23AP]

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 H.R. 2346, Supplemental Appropriations for Military Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 545) (H. Rept. 111-156), H6805 [15JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 808) (H. Rept. 111-289), H11165 [8OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 829) (H. Rept. 111-300), H11383 [14OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2918, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 772) (H. Rept. 111-266), H9961 [24SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 876) (H. Rept. 111-318), H12043 [28OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 799) (H. Rept. 111-287), H10518 [6OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 788) (H. Rept. 111-280), H10407 [30SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 961) (H. Rept. 111-368), H14445 [9DE]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. Con. Res. 13, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2009-2014: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 371) (H. Rept. 111-90), H4913 [28AP]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 85, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2009-2014: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 305) (H. Rept. 111-70), H4249 [31MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 316) (H. Rept. 111-73), H4395 [1AP]

Consideration of H. Res. 279, Committees of the House Expenditures: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 294) (H. Rept. 111-63), H4128 [30MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 38, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 219) (H. Rept. 111-25), H3077 [6MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 64, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 976) (H. Rept. 111-380), H15498 [16DE]

Consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 111-6), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 111-9), H600 [27JA]

Consideration of H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 52) (H. Rept. 111-1), H193 [13JA]

Consideration of H.R. 915, FAA Appropriations for Aviation Safety and Capacity Improvement and Stable Cost-Based Funding for the National Aviation System: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 464) (H. Rept. 111-126), H5890 [20MY]

Consideration of H.R. 965, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 726) (H. Rept. 111-249), H9396 [9SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1105, Omnibus Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 184) (H. Rept. 111-20), H2631 [24FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1262, Water Quality Investment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 235) (H. Rept. 111-36), H3337 [11MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1404, Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 281) (H. Rept. 111-52), H3833 [24MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1886, Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement (PEACE) Act and H.R. 2410, Dept. of State Appropriations and Foreign Service Modernization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 522) (H. Rept. 111-143), H6413 [9JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2346, Supplemental Appropriations for Military and Stabilization Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 434) (H. Rept. 111-107), H5580 [13MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 572) (H. Rept. 111-182), H7144 [23JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2701, Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 618) (H. Rept. 111-194), H7836 [8JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2847, Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 544) (H. Rept. 111-155), H6805 [15JN]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 552) (H. Rept. 111-158), H6902 [16JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2893, Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 573) (H. Rept. 111-183), H7144 [23JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2918, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 559) (H. Rept. 111-161), H7021 [18JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2920, Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 665) (H. Rept. 111-217), H8494 [21JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2965, Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 610) (H. Rept. 111-192), H7740 [7JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 578) (H. Rept. 111-184), H7248 [24JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 609) (H. Rept. 111-191), H7740 [7JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3081, Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 617) (H. Rept. 111-193), H7836 [8JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 622) (H. Rept. 111-195), H7945 [9JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3170, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 644) (H. Rept. 111-208), H8099 [14JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 645) (H. Rept. 111-209), H8099 [14JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 669) (H. Rept. 111-219), H8584 [22JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3293, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 673) (H. Rept. 111-222), H8706 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 685) (H. Rept. 111-233), H8958 [28JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3619, Coast Guard Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 853) (H. Rept. 111-311), H11580 [21OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4314, Permit Continued Financing of Government Operations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 976) (H. Rept. 111-380), H15498 [16DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program Extension and Improvement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 107) (H. Rept. 111-10), H919 [3FE]

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]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 976) (H. Rept. 111-380), H15498 [16DE]

Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1340), S10700 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3326) (H. Rept. 111-230), H8808 [24JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3326) (S. Rept. 111-74), S9263 [10SE]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1390) (S. Rept. 111-35), S7138 [6JY]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2647) (H. Rept. 111-288), H11110 [7OC]

———Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 2647) (H. Rept. 111-166), H7021 [18JN], H7144 [23JN]

———Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1391), S7138 [6JY]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1392), S7138 [6JY]

Dept. of Energy Appropriations for Defense Activities: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1393), S7138 [6JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2892) (H. Rept. 111-298), H11297 [13OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2892) (H. Rept. 111-157), H6902 [16JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1298) (S. Rept. 111-31), S6802 [18JN]

Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3081) (H. Rept. 111-187), H7703 [26JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1434) (S. Rept. 111-44), S7317 [9JY]

Dept. of State Appropriations and Foreign Service Modernization: Committee on Foreign Affairs (House) (H.R. 2410) (H. Rept. 111-136), H6262 [4JN]

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 111-316), H12043 [28OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 111-180), H7144 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2996) (S. Rept. 111-38), S7192 [7JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3082) (H. Rept. 111-188), H7703 [26JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1407) (S. Rept. 111-40), S7192 [7JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3293) (H. Rept. 111-220), H8584 [22JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3293) (S. Rept. 111-66), S8759 [4AU]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3288) (H. Rept. 111-366), H13627, H14370 [8DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3288) (H. Rept. 111-218), H8584 [22JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3288) (S. Rept. 111-69), S8864 [5AU]

Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 1580) (H. Rept. 111-75), H4579 [21AP]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3183) (H. Rept. 111-278), H10407 [30SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3183) (H. Rept. 111-203), H8024 [13JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1436) (S. Rept. 111-45), S7317 [9JY]

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]

Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 962) (S. Rept. 111-33), S6938 [23JN]

Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 2965) (H. Rept. 111-190), H7740 [7JY]

———Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2965) (H. Rept. 111-190), H7703 [26JN]

Expenditures: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (Senate) (S. Res. 45), S2229 [12FE]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. Res. 51), S2365 [23FE]

———Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. Res. 44), S2229 [12FE]

———Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 43), S2229 [12FE]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. Res. 47), S2229 [12FE]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. Res. 31), S2143 [11FE]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. Res. 42), S2229 [12FE]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 30), S1677 [5FE]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. Res. 36), S2143 [11FE]

———Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 32), S2143 [11FE]

———Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 28), S1677 [5FE]

———Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Res. 34), S2143 [11FE]

———Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. Res. 46), S2229 [12FE]

———Committee on (Senate) (S. Res. 54), S2473 [25FE]

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

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Res. 41), S2229 [12FE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 39), S2229 [12FE]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 33), S2143 [11FE]

FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1451) (S. Rept. 111-82), S9930 [29SE]

FAA Appropriations for Aviation Safety and Capacity Improvement and Stable Cost-Based Funding for the National Aviation System: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 915) (H. Rept. 111-119), H5790 [19MY], H6008 [21MY]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 303) (S. Rept. 111-7), S3025 [11MR]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3170) (H. Rept. 110-202), H8007 [10JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1432) (S. Rept. 111-43), S7317 [9JY]

GAO Improvement Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2646) (H. Rept. 111-387), H15508 [23DE]

Global Food Security Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 384) (S. Rept. 111-19), S5435 [13MY]

Great Lakes Icebreaker Replacement Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1747) (H. Rept. 111-81), H4579 [21AP]

HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3792) (H. Rept. 111-305), H11514 [20OC]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1793), S10486 [15OC]

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1171) (H. Rept. 111-54), H4060 [26MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization and Extension: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1790), S13319 [16DE]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 2701) (H. Rept. 111-186), H7703 [26JN]

———Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1494) (S. Rept. 111-55), S7868 [22JY]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act Amendment and Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3537) (H. Rept. 111-297), H11173 [9OC]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 678), S13382 [17DE]

Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 2728) (H. Rept. 111-170), H7083 [19JN]

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2918) (H. Rept. 111-265), H9961 [24SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2918) (H. Rept. 111-160), H6971 [17JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1294) (S. Rept. 111-29), S6802 [18JN]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 509) (H. Rept. 111-200), H8007 [10JY]

Maritime Administration Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1308) (S. Rept. 111-73), S9186 [9SE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Authorizations Extension Funded by the Highway Trust Fund: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1496), S7868 [22JY]

National Land Remote Sensing Outreach Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2489) (H. Rept. 111-309), H11580 [21OC]

NOAA John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program Extension: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 859) (S. Rept. 111-70), S8992 [6AU]

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 668) (S. Rept. 111-90), S10634 [21OC]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1672) (H. Rept. 111-354), H13549 [7DE]

OPIC Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 705) (S. Rept. 111-107), S13251 [15DE]

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1746) (H. Rept. 111-83), H4731 [23AP]

Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-106), S12909 [10DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-109), S13319 [16DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-28), S6719 [17JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-32), S6938 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-42), S7317 [9JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-62), S8269 [29JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-78), S9839 [24SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-83), S9930 [29SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-94), S10914 [29OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-97), S11204 [5NO]

Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2010: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 111-174), H7144 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 111-204), H8024 [13JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 111-238), H9204 [30JY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users Highway Programs Authorization Extension: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1498) (S. Rept. 111-59), S7868 [22JY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users Public Transportation Programs Authorization Extension: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1533) (S. Rept. 111-61), S8269 [29JY]

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 Conference Report on S. Con. Res. 13, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2009-2014: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 365) (H. Rept. 111-87), H4838 [27AP]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 218) (H. Rept. 111-24), H3052 [5MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 229) (H. Rept. 111-35), H3144 [10MR]

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]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3093) (H. Rept. 111-149), H6742 [12JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2847) (S. Rept. 111-34), S7069 [25JN]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2009-2014: Committee of Conference (House) (S. Con. Res. 13) (H. Rept. 111-89), H4838 [27AP]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 85) (H. Rept. 111-60), H4127 [30MR]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 13), S3985 [30MR]

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

Supplemental Appropriations for Military and Stabilization Activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Pandemic Influenza Response: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2346) (H. Rept. 111-151), H6742 [12JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2346) (H. Rept. 111-105), H5483 [12MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1054) (S. Rept. 111-20), S5501 [14MY]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act Reauthorization and Renaming as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 345) (S. Rept. 111-49), S7639 [16JY]

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1016) (H. Rept. 111-171), H7083 [19JN]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 423) (S. Rept. 111-41), S7258 [8JY]

Water Quality Investment Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1262) (H. Rept. 111-26), H3103 [9MR]

World Bank International Development Association Replenishment Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 954) (S. Rept. 111-50), S7639 [16JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8716, S8723 [4AU], H7853 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7784 [8JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4284, S4286 [2AP]

Continuing: making (H.J. Res. 64), consideration (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, H11127 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9971 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration (H. Res. 685), H8977 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), H7916 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9798 [24SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7951 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8791 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3293), consideration (H. Res. 673), H8714 [24JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, H14450 [10DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), H8594 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), consideration (H. Res. 669), amend to include Representative Tom Price's amendment on firearms possession in federally assisted housing, H8724 [24JY]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

———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]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8227 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), consideration (H. Res. 645), H8107 [15JY]

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

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8267 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), consideration (H. Res. 644), H8191 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3170), consideration (H. Res. 644)—amend to include Representative Walden's Fairness Doctrine amendment, H8314 [17JY]

Government: permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), consideration (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2918), S7124, S7125 [6JY]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), H7779 [8JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10272 [8OC], S11172 [5NO], H7012 [18JN]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H7788 [8JY]

Assistance to Caregivers of Veterans and Improve the Provision of Health Care to Veterans Through Reductions in U.N. Contributions: Dept. of State, S11530 [19NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, S7245 [8JY]

Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act: Senator Kerry and Representative Berman, S10429-S10431 [14OC]

Federal Assistance To States, Local Jurisdictions, and Indian Tribes To Prosecute Hate Crimes: Several Religious Leaders, S7520 [15JY]

Summaries

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Comparative Effectiveness Research Provisions, H1570 [13FE]

Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act (S. 1707), H10113 [30SE]

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

Jobs for Main Street Act (H.R. 2847), H15462-H15465 [16DE]

Republican Alternative Budget Proposal, S4153 [1AP]

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

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act (H.R. 1016), H10556 [7OC]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2997): conference report, H11063-H11071 [7OC]

Budget aggregates, H426 [21JA], H1017 [4FE], H6783 [15JN], H7247 [24JN], H7695 [26JN], H8852 [27JY], H9176 [30JY], H9918 [24SE], H14443 [9DE], H15478 [16DE]

California economic stimulus funding allocation, S6627 [16JN]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S5607, S5608 [19MY], S6023, S6024 [3JN], S6712 [17JN], S6934, S6935 [23JN], S8265 [29JY], S9834 [24SE], S11033 [3NO], S11191 [5NO], S11972 [21NO], S12066 [1DE], S13309 [16DE], S13751 [22DE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013, S886 [27JA]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S10547 [20OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S10402 [14OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2847, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, S10105 [5OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S7251 [8JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2918, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, S7127 [6JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9648 [22SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S10282 [8OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11331 [10NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8214 [28JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9318 [14SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9918 [29SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3357, Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs funds restoration, S8512 [30JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1406, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8623 [31JY]

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

Components of the $20.8 billion in highway spending above the CBO baseline, S11338 [10NO]

Correction to the table of sponsors and cosponsors of earmark requests for H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, H2791, H2792 [25FE]

Dept. of Defense appropriations (H.R. 3326), H9025-H9030 [29JY], H15044-H15414 [16DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (H.R. 2892): conference report, H11398-H11402 [15OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H7963-H7967 [10JY], H14468-H14472 [10DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3293), H8728-H8752 [24JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3288), H8605-H8613 [23JY]

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

Estimated effects of Medicare Advantage provisions of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans and Federal subsidies for plan enrollees' benefits not covered by Medicare, S12124 [2DE]

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

Federal Highway Administration estimated distribution of Federal-aid highway program obligation limitation, S9535 [17SE]

Infrastructure spending and job creation by State, S1375 [3FE]

Intercity bus security program final allocations, S7173 [7JY]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H2819 [25FE], H6783 [15JN], H6969 [17JN], H7731 [7JY], H8069 [14JY], H8687 [23JY], H8853 [27JY], H9176 [30JY], H9919 [24SE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Education and Labor, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H12970 [7NO]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1017 [4FE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H426 [21JA], H7247 [24JN], H7695 [26JN]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H13329 [19NO], H14443 [9DE]

Supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346): conference report, S6788 [18JN], H6871-H6881 [16JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 85, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, H4431-H4437 [2AP]

H. Con. Res. 191, technical corrections to H.R. 2918, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H9977 [25SE]

H. Con. Res. 196, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H11142 [8OC]

H. Res. 35, increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes, H13583 [8DE]

H. Res. 40, require each standing House committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize, H268 [14JA]

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

H. Res. 88, consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H536 [27JA]

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H607 [28JA]

H. Res. 107, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, H928 [4FE]

H. Res. 168, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1524 [13FE]

H. Res. 184, consideration of H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, H2643 [25FE]

H. Res. 235, consideration of H.R. 1262, Water Quality Investment Act, H3341 [12MR]

H. Res. 279, committees of the House expenditures, H4193 [31MR]

H. Res. 281, consideration of H.R. 1404, Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act, H3986 [25MR]

H. Res. 294, consideration of H. Res. 279, committees of the House expenditures, H4141 [31MR]

H. Res. 305, consideration of H. Con. Res. 85, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, H4257 [1AP]

H. Res. 316, consideration of H. Con. Res. 85, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, H4401 [2AP]

H. Res. 365, same-day consideration of consideration of conference report on S. Con Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, H4873 [28AP]

H. Res. 371, consideration of conference report on S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, H4882 [28AP]

H. Res. 434, consideration of H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, H5594 [14MY]

H. Res. 464, consideration of H.R. 915, FAA appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system, H5901 [21MY]

H. Res. 522, consideration of H.R. 1886, Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement (PEACE) Act and H.R. 2410, Dept. of State appropriations and Foreign Service modernization, H6421 [10JN]

H. Res. 544, consideration of H.R. 2847, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H6854 [16JN]

H. Res. 545, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, H6850 [16JN]

H. Res. 552, consideration of H.R. 2847, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, H6910 [17JN]

H. Res. 559, consideration of H.R. 2918, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H7027 [19JN]

H. Res. 572, consideration of H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7216 [24JN]

H. Res. 573, consideration of H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H7167 [24JN]

H. Res. 578, consideration of H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H7390 [25JN]

H. Res. 609, consideration of H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7783 [8JY]

H. Res. 610, consideration of H.R. 2965, Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act, H7747 [8JY]

H. Res. 617, consideration of H.R. 3081, Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs appropriations, H7855 [9JY]

H. Res. 622, consideration of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H7951 [10JY]

H. Res. 644, consideration of H.R. 3170, financial services and general Government appropriations, H8191 [16JY]

H. Res. 645, consideration of H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, H8107 [15JY]

H. Res. 665, consideration of H.R. 2920, Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, H8501 [22JY]

H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, H8593 [23JY]

H. Res. 673, consideration of H.R. 3293, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H8713 [24JY]

H. Res. 685, consideration of H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8976 [29JY]

H. Res. 726, consideration of H.R. 965, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network continuing authorization, H9401 [10SE]

H. Res. 772, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2918, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H9965 [25SE]

H. Res. 788, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, H10420 [1OC]

H. Res. 799, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H10528 [7OC]

H. Res. 804, concur in Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1016, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, H10554 [7OC]

H. Res. 806, concur in Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1035, provide additional resources for operations of Morris K. Udall Foundation and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, H11052-H11055 [7OC]

H. Res. 808, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H11115 [8OC]

H. Res. 829, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H11389 [15OC]

H. Res. 853, consideration of H.R. 3619, Coast Guard appropriations, H11623 [22OC]

H. Res. 876, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H12050 [29OC]

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. 64, continuing apporpriations, H15421 [16DE]

H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H642-H711 [28JA]

H.R. 2, State Children's Health Insurance Program extension and improvement, S1206-S1232 [30JA], H216-H245 [14JA]

H.R. 146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, S3394-S3513 [19MR], H3854-H3972 [25MR]

H.R. 509, Marine Turtle Conservation Act reauthorization, H8831 [27JY]

H.R. 554, nanotechnology research and development support activities authorization, H1180-H1183 [11FE]

H.R. 908, Dept. of Justice Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program reauthorization, H1118 [10FE]

H.R. 915, FAA appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system, H5928-H5959 [21MY]

H.R. 965, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network continuing authorization, H9402 [10SE]

H.R. 1016, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, S9059 [6AU], S10376 [13OC], H7094 [23JN]

H.R. 1035, Morris K. Udall Foundation additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, S9757 [23SE], H8834 [27JY]

H.R. 1105, omnibus appropriations, H2657-H2789 [25FE]

H.R. 1171, Dept. of Labor Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program reauthorization, H4067 [30MR]

H.R. 1219, Lake Hodges Surface Water Improvement and Reclamation Act, H4537 [21AP]

H.R. 1393, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act additional projects and activities authorization, H6020 [2JN]

H.R. 1404, Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act, H4031 [26MR]

H.R. 1512, FAA Extension Act, H3533 [18MR]

H.R. 1580, Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act, H4606-H4608 [22AP]

H.R. 1672, Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act reauthorization, H13530-H13532 [7DE]

H.R. 1746, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act, H4747 [27AP]

H.R. 1747, Great Lakes Icebreaker Replacement Act, H4749 [27AP]

H.R. 1771, Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act, H10009 [29SE]

H.R. 2131, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy reauthorization, H9827 [23SE]

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

H.R. 2346, supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response, S5967-S5980 [2JN], H5608-H5616 [14MY]

H.R. 2489, National Land Remote Sensing Outreach Act, H11742 [26OC]

H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S8287-S8499 [29JY], H7258-H7336 [25JN]

H.R. 2728, Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act, H8936 [28JY]

H.R. 2847, science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies appropriations, S10093-S10104 [5OC], S11175-S11186 [5NO]

H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S7361-S7372 [10JY]

H.R. 2918, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, S7127-S7132 [6JY], H7041-H7045 [19JN]

H.R. 2920, Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, H8513-H8517 [22JY]

H.R. 2965, SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program extension and improvement, S7433-S7439 [13JY]

H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, S9873-S9889 [25SE]

H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8877-S8887 [5AU]

H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11500-S11508 [18NO], H7976-H7983 [10JY]

H.R. 3139, FEMA National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act, H8973 [29JY]

H.R. 3170, financial services and general Government appropriations, H8216-H8233 [16JY]

H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, S8609-S8618 [30JY]

H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, S9233-S9252 [10SE], S9595-S9615 [21SE]

H.R. 3293, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H8762-H8777 [24JY]

H.R. 3325, SSA Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program reauthorization, H8911 [28JY]

H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9817-S9830 [24SE], S10228-S10243 [7OC], H9062-H9080 [30JY], H15007, H15022-H15041 [16DE]

H.R. 3357, Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs funds restoration, H9016 [29JY]

H.R. 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. 3476, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission reauthorization, H11179 [13OC]

H.R. 3537, Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act amendment and reauthorization, H11177 [13OC]

H.R. 3607, Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act, H9836 [23SE]

H.R. 3617, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H9855-H9861 [23SE]

H.R. 3619, Coast Guard appropriations, H11640-H11673 [22OC]

H.R. 3743, Small Business Disaster Readiness and Reform Act, H12471 [6NO]

H.R. 4217, Fiscal Year 2010 FAA Extension Act, Part II, H13594 [8DE]

H.R. 4314, permit continued financing of Government operations, H15421 [16DE]

S. 22, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, S430-S557 [15JA], H3151-H3277 [11MR]

S. 162, Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act, S145 [6JA]

S. 303, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act reauthorization and improvement, S789 [22JA], S3318 [17MR], H14835-H14837 [14DE]

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

S. 345, Tropical Forest Conservation Act reauthorization and rename as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, S1062 [29JA]

S. 355, Increasing America's Global Development Capacity Act, S1066 [29JA]

S. 423, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, S2232 [12FE]

S. 430, Economic Development Administration reauthorization, S2243 [12FE]

S. 439, Indian Development Finance Corporation Act, S2326-S2329 [13FE]

S. 456, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act, S2369 [23FE]

S. 487, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, S2562 [26FE]

S. 524, Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act, S2768-S2771 [4MR]

S. 596, Nanotechnology Innovation and Prize Competition Act, S3116 [16MR]

S. 668, Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act reauthorization, S3615 [23MR]

S. 678, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization and improvement, S3662-S3669 [24MR]

S. 690, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act reauthorization, S3786 [25MR]

S. 720, Federal Land Restoration, Enhancement, Public Education, and Information Resources (Federal Land REPAIR) Act, S3919 [26MR]

S. 759, Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around the Navajo Indian Reservation reauthorization, S4175 [1AP]

S. 786, Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act, S4317 [2AP]

S. 808, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act, S4358-S4368 [2AP]

S. 818, Enhancing Education Through Technology Act reauthorization, S4374-S4379 [2AP]

S. 859, NOAA John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program extension, S4578 [22AP]

S. 914, Cures Acceleration Network establishment to accelerate research discoveries into life-saving therapies, and NIH reauthorization and National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities elevation to Institute status, S4815-S4817 [28AP]

S. 962, Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act, S7018-S7022 [24JN]

S. 1164, Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act reauthorization, S5948 [2JN]

S. 1194, Coast Guard reauthorization, S6205-S6214 [4JN]

S. 1233, SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program extension and improvement, S7426-S7431 [13JY]

S. 1287, Dept. of Defense Financial Accountability Act, S6808 [18JN]

S. 1310, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects and leases authorization, S6847 [19JN]

S. 1340, Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act, S7008 [24JN]

S. 1453, maintain annual Bureau of Reclamation base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs, S7483 [14JY]

S. 1492, Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act, S7885-S7887 [22JY]

S. 1494, intelligence services appropriations, S9451-S9480 [16SE]

S. 1506, National Metro Safety Act, S8042 [23JY]

S. 1635, 7th Generation Promise—Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act, S9039-S9041 [6AU]

S. 1707, Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act, S9812-S9817 [24SE], H10108 [30SE]

S. 1717, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, H10559 [7OC]

S. 1717, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases authorization, S9889 [25SE]

S. 1793, HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act, S10525-S10530 [19OC], H11523-H11528 [21OC]

S. 1818, provide additional resources for Morris K. Udall Foundation and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, S10584 [20OC], H11539 [21OC]

S. 2607, repeal provision in Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations legislation relative to geothermal energy receipts, S10962 [30OC]

S. 2872, National Archives and Records Administration appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, S13035 [11DE]

S. 2924, Boys & Girls Clubs of America reauthorization, S13787 [22DE]

S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S3997-S4005 [30MR], S4451-S4464 [20AP], H4618, H4631-H4637 [22AP]

S. Res. 28, Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) expenditures, S1686 [5FE]

S. Res. 29, limit consideration of amendments under a budget resolution, S1687 [5FE]

S. Res. 30, Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) expenditures, S1688 [5FE]

S. Res. 31, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) expenditures, S2160 [11FE]

S. Res. 32, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) expenditures, S2161 [11FE]

S. Res. 33, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) expenditures, S2162 [11FE]

S. Res. 34, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) expenditures, S2162 [11FE]

S. Res. 36, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) expenditures, S2163 [11FE]

S. Res. 39, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) expenditures, S2248 [12FE]

S. Res. 41, Committee on the Budget (Senate) expenditures, S2249 [12FE]

S. Res. 42, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) expenditures, S2250 [12FE]

S. Res. 43, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) expenditures, S2250 [12FE]

S. Res. 44, Committee on Armed Services (Senate) expenditures, S2250 [12FE]

S. Res. 45, Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) expenditures, S2251 [12FE]

S. Res. 46, Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) expenditures, S2251 [12FE]

S. Res. 47, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) expenditures, S2252 [12FE]

S. Res. 50, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) expenditures, S2345 [13FE]

S. Res. 51, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) expenditures, S2371 [23FE]

S. Res. 54, Committee on Finance (Senate) expenditures, S2488 [25FE]

S. Res. 63, Senate Rules amendment to improve transparency of earmarks in appropriations or authorization legislation, prohibit earmark requests from private entities, and require conference reports to be electronically searchable, S2773 [4MR]

S. Res. 73, committees of the Senate expenditures, S2954-S2960, S2980-S2985 [10MR]

S. Res. 152, increase committees of the Senate inquiries and investigations special reserve funding, S5582, S5621 [19MY]

S. Res. 164, improve congressional oversight of intelligence services and committee structure by granting appropriations authority to intelligence committees, S5950 [2JN]

S. Res. 170, ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S6272 [8JN], S6496 [11JN]