CLAIMS

Articles and editorials

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

Malpractice Relief, S13775 [22DE]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims (see S. 784), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 2018), H4581 [21AP]

———provide for the settlement of certain claims (see S. 881), S4669 [23AP] (see H.R. 2099), H4733 [23AP]

———resolve land claims of the Bering Straits Native Corp. (see S. 522), S2766 [4MR] (see H.R. 2340), H5399 [7MY]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (see H.R. 3229), H8184 [15JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to voluntarily correct a violation prior to commencing civil action (see H.R. 2397), H5581 [13MY]

Arizona: resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (see S. 313), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 1065), H1604 [13FE]

Armed Forces: allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (see S. 357), S1124 [30JA] (see H.R. 569), H380 [15JA]

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

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

Bureau of Reclamation: develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque tribes (see S. 1105), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 3342), H8809 [24JY]

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

Calderon, Alfonso: relief (H.R. 799), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (see H. Res. 106), H922 [3FE]

Canada: settle certain Pottawatomi Nation claims against the U.S. (see S. 65), S41 [6JA]

Civil Rights Act: clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges (see S. 166), S169 [7JA]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see S. 931), S4891 [29AP] (see H.R. 1020), H1517 [12FE] (see H.R. 1237), H2874 [26FE]

———provide personal jurisdiction in causes of action against U.S. contractors performing abroad relative to Armed Forces members or civilians performing work for the U.S. in connection with contractor activities (see S. 2782), S11430 [17NO]

Courts: assure individuals accompanying Federal employees who are engaged in official missions in foreign countries have legal recourse against the Government for certain tort claims (see H.R. 3285), H8495 [21JY]

———clarify availability of Federal habeas corpus relief for a person who is sentenced to death though actually innocent (see H.R. 3986), H12287 [3NO]

———establish procedures for causes and claims relative to actions or decisions on leasing of Federal lands for exploration, development, production, or transmission of energy resources (see H.R. 3694), H10455 [1OC]

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

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

———provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see S. 417), S2144 [11FE] (see H.R. 984), H1247 [11FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (see S. 972), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 3623), H9806 [22SE]

———provide for resolution of certain discrimination claims by women farmers and reform loan system in order to end gender discrimination (see H.R. 4264), H14742 [10DE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a program to ensure prompt and orderly compensation for potential damages relating to the storage of carbon dioxide in geological storage units (see S. 1502), S7869 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (see S. 1111), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2849), H6742 [12JN]

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

Dept. of the Army: determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II (see S. 68), S41 [6JA]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in northwestern New Mexico and authorize certain reclamation activity (see H.R. 925), H1079 [9FE]

———settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho (see S. 2802), S11594 [19NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: acknowledge receipt of medical, disability, and pension claims and other communications submitted by veterans (see S. 1394), S7138 [6JY] (see H.R. 1982), H4579 [21AP]

———establish deadline for decisions on claims for benefits (see H.R. 3087), H7704 [26JN]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 757), S4063 [31MR] (see H.R. 1828), H4250 [31MR]

———pay survivors compensation otherwise payable to a Dept. of Energy contractor employee who dies after application for compensation (see S. 1306), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 3063), H7445 [25JN]

ERISA: preclude preemption of a State cause of action relating to a denial of a claim for benefits under a health care plan (see H.R. 3925), H11790 [26OC]

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

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 50), S40 [6JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 540), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 1346), H3054 [5MR]

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

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H29 [6JA]

Health: establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3700), H10456 [1OC]

———establish Federal standards for resolution of medical malpractice claims (see S. 2662), S10990 [2NO]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 45), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 1086), H1605 [13FE]

———improve medical care by reducing the excessive burden the civil liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 2975), H7084 [19JN]

———improve medical justice system by encouraging prompt and fair resolution of disputes, fostering alternatives to litigation, and combating defensive medicine (see H.R. 4039), H12586 [6NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4038), H12586 [6NO]

———provide health care liability reform (see H.R. 1468), H3399 [12MR]

———review claims about effects of foods and dietary supplements on health-related conditions and diseases (see H.R. 3395), H9055 [29JY]

Health care facilities: extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics (see S. 1578), S8864 [5AU]

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

Health care professionals: reduce cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform (see S. 1734), S9982 [30SE]

———reform the medical malpractice and liability system (see H.R. 3459), H9276 [31JY]

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

Iran: provide for justice and compensation for U.S. citizens taken hostage by Iran (see H.R. 4025), H12364 [4NO]

Iraq: provide for settlement of certain claims against Iraq by victims of torture and terrorism (see H.R. 2241), H5096 [4MY]

Medicare: provide for an update under the physician fee schedule to be fully paid for through medical liability reform, a pathway for biosimilar biological products, and other means (see H.R. 4138), H13352 [19NO]

———reduce fraud (see S. 975), S5127 [5MY]

Mining and mineral resources: provide for a fair return to the public, security of tenure to holders of mining claims and mill sites, and cleanup of abandoned mine lands (see H.R. 3201), H8099 [14JY]

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]

———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] (see H.R. 3097), H7704 [26JN]

Power resources: establish procedures for causes and claims relative to leasing of Federal lands for exploration, production, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other form of energy (see H.R. 900), H1043 [4FE]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 35), H29 [6JA]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (see S. 1342), S6993 [24JN]

Rivera, Francisco: relief (H.R. 799), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (see H. Res. 106), H922 [3FE]

Rodriguez, Adrian: relief (H.R. 798), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (see H. Res. 105), H922 [3FE]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (see S. 692), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1506), H3401 [12MR]

SEC: provide authority to contract for collection of delinquent claims resulting from judgments or orders obtained by the Commission (see H.R. 3783), H11166 [8OC]

Social Security: ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 3469), H9276 [31JY]

———increase maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives relative to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and require cost-of-living adjustments to such fees (see H.R. 1093), H1606 [13FE]

———provide for direct payment of attorney fees and costs to attorneys representing prevailing parties in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI claims (see H.R. 1735), H4061 [26MR]

Taxation: exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see S. 1360), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3035), H7444 [25JN]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (see S. 2930), S13883 [23DE]

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: determine and evaluate validity of certain land claims involving descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens at the time of the Treaty (see H.R. 993), H1247 [11FE]

Tulsa, OK: determine the merits of claims brought by survivors and descendants of victims of the Tulsa, OK, Race Riot of 1921 who were denied that determination (see H.R. 1843), H4396 [1AP]

U.S. Court of Federal Claims: confer jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render final judgment on any claim against the U.S. to receive compensation for the taking of certain lands in Missouri (see S. 1414), S7261 [8JY] (see H.R. 3122), H7836 [8JY]

Veterans: clarify additional requirements for consideration to be afforded time, place, and circumstances of service in determinations regarding service-connected disabilities (see S. 919), S4807 [28AP]

———clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see S. 1444), S7412 [13JY] (see S. 1452), S7480 [14JY] (see H.R. 952), H1157 [10FE]

———clarify service treatable as service engaged in combat with the enemy for utilization of non-official evidence for proof of service-connection in a combat-related disease or injury (see H.R. 3998), H12287 [3NO]

Whistleblowing: expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds (see S. 1745), S10061 [1OC]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see S. 28), S169 [7JA] (see H.R. 4237), H13628 (see H.R. 4237), H14371 [8DE]

Letters

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

Northwestern New Mexico water infrastructure construction and rehabilitation and reclamation activity authorization: several Colorado River Basin States' officials, S420 [15JA]

Provide that claims of the U.S. to certain Franklin D. Roosevelt documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances: Adrienne Thomas, National Archives and Records Administration, S5803 [21MY]

Urge settlement of discrimination claims brought by Hispanic and minority farmers: Timothy C. Pigman, S11473 [18NO]

White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act: Douglas K. Miller, Central Arizona Project (organization), S833 [26JA]

———several civic organizations, S833 [26JA]

Press releases

Alaska Physicians' Group—Senator Erred on Tort Reform: Alaska State Medical Association, S13775 [22DE]

Questions and answers

Clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges in the Civil Rights Act, S743 [22JA]

Remarks in House

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the settlement of certain claims (H.R. 2099), E961 [23AP]

Courts: clarify availability of Federal habeas corpus relief for a person who is sentenced to death though actually innocent (H.R. 3986), H12208 [3NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address backlog of disability claims applications at the Houston, TX, VA Regional Office, H7974 [10JY]

———expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (H.R. 1828), E1123 [12MY]

FDA: mandated change to dietary supplement labels, H3608 [18MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (H.R. 1346), E575 [5MR]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations, H7380 [25JN]

———implement recommendations (H.R. 44), H1610-H1616 [23FE], H11130 [8OC]

Health: establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3700), H10443-H10445 [1OC], H11578 [21OC]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, H6606, H6607 [11JN], H8065 [14JY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 1086), H9712-H9715 [17SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), H12859, H12860, H12888 [7NO]

———provide health care liability reform (H.R. 1468), H7727 [7JY]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H8907 [28JY], H9499 [15SE], H9638 [16SE], H11293, H11294 [13OC], H11377 [14OC], H11565-H11567 [21OC], H11779, H11780, H11782 [26OC], H12260, H12265, H12285 [3NO], H12337 [4NO], H12369, H12446 [5NO], H12606, H12620, H12841, H12856, H12882, H12888, H12956 [7NO], H13048, H13050, H13056 [17NO], E2151 [31JY]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform and apply savings to establish a Seniors Protection and Medicare Regional Payment Equity Fund, H12966, H12967 [7NO]

———review claims about effects of foods and dietary supplements on health-related conditions and diseases (H.R. 3395), E2086 [29JY]

Health care professionals: reform the medical malpractice and liability system, H9554, H9555, H9557 [16SE]

Medicare: reduce fraud, H8849 [27JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (H.R. 35), H42-H45 [7JA]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (H.R. 1506), H12977 [16NO]

Tulsa, OK: determine the merits of claims brought by survivors and descendants of victims of the Tulsa, OK, Race Riot of 1921 who were denied that determination (H.R. 1843), E847 [1AP], E960 [23AP]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (H.R. 4237), E2912 [8DE]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims (S. 784), S4315 [2AP]

———provide for the settlement of certain claims (S. 881), S4682 [23AP]

———resolve land claims of the Bering Straits Native Corp. (S. 522), S2767 [4MR]

Arizona: resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (S. 313), S827 [26JA]

Armed Forces: allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (S. 357), S1125 [30JA]

Canada: settle certain Pottawatomi Nation claims against the U.S. (S. 65), S67 [6JA]

Civil Rights Act: clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges, S418, S558, S588, S589 [15JA], S698-S712 [21JA], S733-S735, S739-S745, S767, S770 [22JA]

———clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges (S. 166), S364-S366 [14JA]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (S. 931), S4897 [29AP]

Courts: provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (S. 876), S4621-S4626, S4678 [23AP]

———provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (S. 417), S2155-S2159 [11FE], S4996 [30AP], S6438-S6440 [10JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (S. 972), S5131 [5MY]

———urge settlement of discrimination claims brought by Hispanic and minority farmers, S11472-S11475 [18NO]

Dept. of Energy: establish a program to ensure prompt and orderly compensation for potential damages relating to the storage of carbon dioxide in geological storage units (S. 1502), S7888, S7890 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding Medicare reimbursement claims relative to Special Disability Workload project (S. 1111), S5727 [20MY]

Dept. of the Army: determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II (S. 68), S69 [6JA]

False Claims Act: amend (S. 458), S2424-S2429 [24FE]

———limit amount that may be deducted from proceeds due to the U.S. for purposes of compensating private intervenors, S4609-S4614, S4617 [23AP]

———modify definition of obligation, S4539, S4543 [22AP]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 50), S58 [6JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices, S1861 [6FE]

———preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (S. 540), S2846-S2848 [5MR]

Forest Service: subsistence hunting and fishing management activities funding for Alaska, S9726 [23SE], S11021 [3NO]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (H.R. 44), S2853 [5MR]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, S8242 [29JY], S10415 [14OC], S10533, S10538-S10542, S10560 [20OC], S11837 [20NO], S11954 [21NO], S11996 [30NO], S12109-S12112, S12125, S12137-S12139, S12146 [2DE], S12496-S12501, S12504, S12505, S12508 [5DE], S12523-S12528, S12532-S12543 [6DE], S13774 [22DE]

Health care facilities: extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics, S13692 [21DE]

———extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics (S. 1578), S8866 [5AU]

Medicare: reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from medical malpractice tort reform, S13592 [20DE]

———reduce fraud (S. 975), S6869 [22JN], S10312 [8OC], S10827 [28OC]

———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. (S.J. Res. 14), S4976 [30AP]

New Mexico: authorize construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in northwestern New Mexico and authorize certain reclamation activity, S419, S420 [15JA]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (S. 692), S5803 [21MY], S10439 [14OC]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 2930), S13885 [23DE]

Veterans: clarify additional requirements for consideration to be afforded time, place, and circumstances of service in determinations regarding service-connected disabilities (S. 919), S4817 [28AP]

———clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (S. 1444), S7414 [13JY]

Reports filed

Dept. of Justice Transmittal of Certain Documents, Records, Memos, Correspondence, and Other Communications Regarding Medical Malpractice Reform: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 871) (H. Rept. 111-341), H13265 [18NO]

False Claims Act Correction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1788) (H. Rept. 111-97), H5168 [5MY]

Procedures for the Consideration of Claims of Constitutionally Based Privilege Against Disclosure of Presidential Records: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 35) (S. Rept. 111-21), S5614 [19MY]

Provide That U.S. Claims To Documents Relative to Franklin D. Roosevelt Be Treated as Waived and Relinquished in Certain Circumstances: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 692) (S. Rept. 111-87), S10110 [5OC]

Texts of

H.R. 35, establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records, H42 [7JA]

H.R. 44, Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act, H1610-H1612 [23FE]

H.R. 1506, provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents of Franklin D. Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances, H12977 [16NO]

S. 50, Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act, S58 [6JA]

S. 65, Pottawatomi Nation claims against the U.S. settlement, S68 [6JA]

S. 68, determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II, S69 [6JA]

S. 313, White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act, S827-S833 [26JA]

S. 357, Equal Justice for U.S. Military Personnel Act, S1125 [30JA]

S. 417, State Secrets Protection Act, S2155-S2157 [11FE]

S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act, S2426-S2428 [24FE]

S. 692, provide that claims of the U.S. to certain documents of Franklin D. Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances, S10439 [14OC]

S. 757, Nuclear Workers Compensation Act, S4082-S4085 [31MR]

S. 876, provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, S4678 [23AP]

S. 881, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act, S4683-S4686 [23AP]

S. 931, Arbitration Fairness Act, S4898 [29AP]

S. 972, provide additional funding for successful claimants in Dept. of Agriculture racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims, S5131 [5MY]

S. 1105, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, S5717-S5723 [20MY]

S. 1111, Special Disability Workload Liability Resolution Act, S5727 [20MY]

S. 1306, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act, S6846 [19JN]

S. 1502, Carbon Storage Stewardship Trust Fund Act, S7889 [22JY]

S. 1578, extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics, S8867 [5AU]

S.J. Res. 14, 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., S4977 [30AP]