CANTWELL, MARIA (a Senator from Washington)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8683 [3AU]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1374, S1443 [3FE], S1577, S1580, S1582, S1610 [4FE], S1741, S1749 [5FE], S1819, S1822, S1872 [6FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4006 [30MR]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5436 [13MY], S5471, S5504 [14MY], S5616 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7491 [14JY], S7566 [15JY], S7701, S7710 [20JY], S7932 [22JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4594 [22AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), S9685 [22SE], S9755 [23SE], S9772, S9774 [24SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12087 [1DE], S12433 [4DE], S12640 [7DE], S12820, S12832 [9DE], S13048 [11DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10322 [8OC], S10374, S10375 [13OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12087 [1DE], S12433 [4DE], S12640 [7DE], S12820, S12832 [9DE], S13048 [11DE]

Appointments

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, S9334 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: express that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed (see S. Con. Res. 19), S4670 [23AP]

———promote empowerment of women (see S. 229), S10735 [26OC]

Alpine Lakes Wilderness: expand to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic (see S. 721), S3897 [26MR]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see S. 1834), S10925 [29OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 231), S388 [14JA]

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

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S5328 [11MY]

———include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see S. 831), S10362 [13OC]

———reduce minimum distance of travel necessary for reimbursement of covered military health care system beneficiaries for specialty health care (see S. 476), S5615 [19MY]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see S. 213), S7193 [7JY]

———recognize and clarify State authority to regulate intrastate helicopter medical services (see S. 848), S7193 [7JY]

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

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

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S6994 [24JN]

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

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

Children and youth: update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S7194 [7JY]

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

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S5614 [19MY]

Coastal zones: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 170), S211 [8JA]

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

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 729), S4575 [22AP]

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

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

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

DEA: enhance ability to combat methamphetamine (see S. 256), S598 [15JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (see S. 607), S10777 [27OC]

Dept. of Defense: modify share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see S. 645), S4671 [23AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1345), S10736 [26OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S6650 [16JN]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 535), S4446 [20AP]

Dept of State: establish Development and Commercialization Committee on Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies within the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Program Office (see S. 840), S4513 [21AP]

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

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 1492), S9265 [10SE]

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

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S6994 [24JN]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 1584), S8864 [5AU]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 121), S4964 [30AP]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 416), S2230 [12FE]

Fairbanks, Kristine M.: tribute (see S. Res. 150), S5502 [14MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 1422), S7781 [21JY]

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

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1102), S5822 [21MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 619), S11430 [17NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over waters (see S. 787), S4310 [2AP]

Filipino American History Month: observance (see S. Res. 298), S10061 [1OC]

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]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see S. 850), S7413 [13JY]

Forests: provide a tax exemption for forest conservation bonds (see S. 1501), S7869 [22JY]

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

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

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

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

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see S. 21), S7699 [20JY]

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

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see S. 611), S5282 [7MY]

Illabot Creek: designate segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 635), S4064 [31MR]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 424), S5943 [2JN]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see S. 168), S211 [8JA]

———exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see S. 1337), S6993 [24JN]

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

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 1790), S11431 [17NO]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 688), S6365 [9JN]

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: ensure management of bluefin tuna fishery adheres to certain scientific advice to support conservation, recovery, and spawning efforts (see S. Res. 346), S11290 [9NO]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see S. 1065), S8094 [24JY]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S5067 [4MY]

Jackson, Anne Marie: tribute (see S. Res. 150), S5502 [14MY]

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

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

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 560), S2964 [10MR]

Lakewood, WA: express condolences to families of slain police officers (see S. Res. 366), S12160 [2DE]

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

Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 18), S4574 [22AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 950), S6581 [15JN]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (see S. 1249), S6542 [11JN]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers (see S. 382), S1542 [4FE]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 254), S7318 [9JY]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 266), S7412 [13JY]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see S. 662), S6650 [16JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 46), S6581 [15JN]

Motor vehicles: require a large majority of automobiles manufactured or sold in the U.S. to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol or methanol, or biodiesel (see S. 835), S4445 [20AP]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see S. 951), S7640 [16JY]

National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 342), S11205 [5NO]

National Boating Day: observance (see S. Res. 199), S7073 [25JN]

National Pipeline Safety Day: designate (see S. Res. 181), S6452 [10JN]

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

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. (see S.J. Res. 14), S4963 [30AP]

———improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see S. 797), S4310 [2AP]

———transfer certain land to the U.S. to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe (see S. 443), S2322 [13FE]

Ng, Nelson K.: tribute (see S. Res. 150), S5502 [14MY]

NOAA: develop a research program that assists understanding of past, assesses present, and predicts future human-induced and natural processes of abrupt climate change (see S. 1667), S9326 [14SE]

———establish a black carbon and other aerosols research program (see S. 1538), S8272 [29JY]

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

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 151), S5702 [20MY]

Oceans: develop and coordinate interagency ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and establish ocean acidification program within NOAA (see S. 173), S211 [8JA]

———promote ocean and human health (see S. 1252), S6542 [11JN]

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

Power resources: ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol (see S. 622), S3163 [17MR]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 799), S4310 [2AP]

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

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

———require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls (see S. 685), S3658 [24MR]

Smart Irrigation Month: support goals (see S. Con. Res. 28), S6940 [23JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 484), S9372 [15SE]

Tariff: footwear (see S. 730), S3897 [26MR]

———recreational performance outerwear (see S. 1439), S7359 [10JY]

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

———establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts (see S. 985), S10924 [29OC]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and modify credit period for producing electricity from open-loop biomass (see S. 870), S5233 [6MY]

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

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 461), S7193 [7JY]

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

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

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (see S. 651), S3550 [19MR]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 1612), S11345 [10NO]

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

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 812), S6651 [16JN]

———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile and exclude charitable mileage reimbursements from gross income (see S. 243), S388 [14JA]

———provide a higher education opportunity credit in place of existing education tax incentives (see S. 250), S787 [22JA]

———provide incentives for used oil re-refining (see S. 2783), S11430 [17NO]

———provide tax credit parity for electricity produced from renewable resources (see S. 1090), S5700 [20MY]

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

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 1570), S8765 [4AU]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S3987 [30MR]

———treat trees and vines producing fruit, nuts, or other crops as placed in service in the year in which it is planted for purposes of special allowance for depreciation (see S. 1461), S8866 [5AU]

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

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

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

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

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 348), S7193 [7JY]

University of Washington: tribute to women's softball team (see S. Res. 168), S6186 [4JN]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 1547), S11345 [10NO]

Voting: ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted (see S. 1415), S7319 [9JY]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S7556 [15JY]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 244), S8865 [5AU]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 422), S8994 [6AU]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S9734 [23SE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S4965 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Aviation: increase safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances (see S. 1199), S6255 [8JN]

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

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

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

———negotiate a bilateral agreement with the U.S. on clean energy cooperation (see S. Res. 77), S3369 [18MR]

———work with the U.S. to reduce or eliminate tariff and nontariff barriers to trade in clean energy and environmental goods and services (see S. Res. 76), S3369 [18MR]

Coast Guard: reauthorize (see S. 1194), S6186 [4JN]

Dept. of Energy: make loans to electric utilities to carry out projects to comply with any Federal renewable electricity standard (see S. 1175), S6030 [3JN]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: establish the Puget Sound Program Office (see S. 2739), S11205 [5NO]

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

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

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see S. 1738), S10060 [1OC]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see S. 1174), S6030 [3JN]

———promote and improve allied health professionals (see S. 1176), S6030 [3JN]

Medicaid: establish financial incentives for States to expand the provision of long-term services and supports to beneficiaries who do not reside in an institution (see S. 1256), S6542 [11JN]

Native Americans: modify certain Indian land leases in Washington (State) (see S. 2906), S13458 [18DE]

———settle claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see S. 1388), S7071 [25JN]

Natural gas: modify certain laws relative to enforcement and judicial review and modify procedures for proposing changes in natural gas rates (see S. 672), S3657 [24MR]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (see S. Con. Res. 10), S2910 [9MR]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see S. 817), S4311 [2AP]

———extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (see S. 859), S4573 [22AP]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (see S. 684), S3657 [24MR]

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

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

Senior citizens: establish long-term services and supports through single-entry point systems, evidence based disease prevention and health promotion programs, and enhanced nursing home diversion programs (see S. 1257), S6543 [11JN]

Social Security: provide additional resources for primary care services, create new Medicare service payment models, and expand provision of non-institutionally-based long-term services (see S. 1262), S6580 [15JN]

Tariff: flavored green tea in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kilograms (see S. 1974), S10850 [28OC]

———flavored green tea (not fermented) (see S. 1975), S10850 [28OC]

———linuron (see S. 1840), S10700 [22OC]

———magnesium peroxide (see S. 1976), S10850 [28OC]

———men's footwear covering the ankle with a coated or laminated textile fabric (see S. 2527), S10960 [30OC]

———men's footwear not covering the ankle with a coated or laminated textile fabric (see S. 2530), S10960 [30OC]

———men's footwear with a coated or laminated textile fabric (see S. 2525), S10959 (see S. 2529), S10960 [30OC]

———men's wading boots with rubber, plastic, leather, or composition leather outer soles and uppers of leather (see S. 2545), S10960 [30OC]

———men's wading boots with rubber, plastic, leather, or composition leather outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (see S. 2542), S10960 [30OC]

———men's wading boots with textile outer soles and uppers of leather or composition leather (see S. 2543, 2544), S10960 [30OC]

———9,10-anthracenedione (see S. 1977), S10850 [28OC] (see S. 2124), S10916 [29OC]

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

———returned property (see S. 1842), S10700 [22OC]

———steel leaf spring leaves (see S. 1978), S10850 [28OC]

———suspension system stabilizer bars (see S. 1973), S10850 [28OC]

———terbacil (see S. 1841), S10700 [22OC]

———U.S. Government property returned to the U.S. (see S. 1839), S10700 [22OC]

———women's footwear covering the ankle with a coated or laminated textile fabric (see S. 2526), S10959 (see S. 2531), S10960 [30OC]

———women's footwear not covering the ankle with a coated or laminated textile fabric (see S. 2528), S10960 [30OC]

———women's footwear with a coated or laminated textile fabric (see S. 2524), S10959 [30OC]

Taxation: allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (see S. 1497), S7868 [22JY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see S. 23), S168 [7JA]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see S. 1589), S8992 [6AU]

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

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

Cloture motions

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13295 [16DE], S13407 [18DE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6171 [4JN], S6244 [8JN], S6412 [10JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

Koh, Harold H.: nomination to be Dept. of State Legal Adviser, S6881 [22JN], S6964 [24JN]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

Letters

Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act: Carlo J. DiMarco, American Osteopathic Association, S6045 [3JN]

———Jan D. Zieren, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, S6045 [3JN]

———Rose Gonzalez, American Nurses Association, S6045 [3JN]

Research and development tax credit extension: several research and technology organizations, S2303 [13FE]

Motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1853 [6FE]

Remarks

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), S3778 [25MR]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 353), S11508 [18NO]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1633, S1634 [5FE], S1825, S1826, S1853 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2303 [13FE]

Boeing Co.: tribute to maiden flight of Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Paine Field Airport, Everett, WA, S13243 [15DE]

CFTC: authorize enforcement of ``reckless conduct standard'' in antimarket manipulation cases (S. 1682), S9557 [17SE]

China: authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses to promote exports (S. 1616), S9016 [6AU]

Coast Guard: reauthorize (S. 1194), S6205 [4JN]

Committees of the Senate: increase inquiries and investigations special reserve funding (S. Res. 152), S5581 [19MY]

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, S3778 [25MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S427 [15JA]

Economy: regulation of U.S. financial markets, S5586 [19MY]

Fish and fishing: authorize a single fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands longline catcher processor subsector (S. 1609), S9009 [6AU]

Gensler, Gary: nomination to be CFTC Chairman, S5586 [19MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9362 [15SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13003 [11DE], S13861 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11921 [21NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11449 [18NO]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (S. 1174), S6035 [3JN]

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: designate, S427 [15JA]

Kittitas County, WA: convey a parcel of National Forest System land to facilitate construction of a new fire and rescue station, S427 [15JA]

Lakewood, WA: express condolences to families of slain police officers, S12044 [1DE]

Locke, Gary F.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, S3734 [24MR]

Medicaid: establish financial incentives for States to expand the provision of long-term services and supports to beneficiaries who do not reside in an institution (S. 1256), S6560 [11JN]

Medicare: create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (S. 1249), S9362 [15SE]

———long-term care insurance reform, S13862 [23DE]

Native Americans: transfer certain land to the U.S. to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe (S. 443), S2362 [23FE]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (S. 817), S4370 [2AP]

———extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (S. 859), S4578 [22AP]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (S. 684), S3680 [24MR]

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail: designate, S428 [15JA]

Securities: ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange, S5485 [14MY]

Senate: legislative process, S361 [14JA]

———legislative program, S11484, S11509 [18NO]

Small business: health insurance premium rates, S11449 [18NO]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8931 [6AU]

States: permit use of tax credits to negotiate health care premium rates, S13862 [23DE]

Taxation: allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (S. 1497), S7887 [22JY]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (S. 1589), S8999 [6AU]

———permanently extend the research and development credit, S2303 [13FE]

———provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts, S1633, S1634 [5FE], S1825, S1826, S1853 [6FE]

———provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts (S. 271), S641-S643 [16JA]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (S. 1610), S9010 [6AU]

University of Washington: tribute to women's softball team (S. Res. 168), S6229 [4JN]

Texts of

S. 684, Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act, S3681-S3685 [24MR]

S. 817, Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act, S4370-S4373 [2AP]

S. 1174, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act, S6036-S6045 [3JN]

S. 1194, Coast Guard reauthorization, S6205-S6214 [4JN]

S. 1256, Home and Community Balanced Incentives Act, S6561-S6564 [11JN]

S. 1257, Project 2020—Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services Act, S6564-S6568 [11JN]

S. 1262, Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care (MEDIC) Act, S6590-S6607 [15JN]

S. 1497, allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft, S7888 [22JY]

S. 1589, Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act, S9000 [6AU]

S. 1609, Longline Catcher Processor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act, S9009 [6AU]

S. 1610, American Shipping Reinvestment Act, S9011 [6AU]

S. 1616, U.S.-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act, S9016 [6AU]

S. 1633, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act, S9029 [6AU]

S. 1682, Derivatives Market Manipulation Prevention Act, S9557-S9559 [17SE]

Tributes

MacDonald, Bruce E., S7133 [6JY]

Pepple, Eddie L., S8678 [3AU]