MARTINEZ, MEL (a Senator from Florida)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8607 [30JY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1456 [3FE], S1518, S1555, S1556, S1562, S1576 [4FE], S1878 [6FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (S. Con. Res. 13), S4091 [31MR], S4123, S4173, S4205, S4207, S4210, S4211 [1AP], S4259 [2AP]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), S5532 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1390), S7504, S7505 [14JY], S7571 [15JY], S7660 [16JY], S7781 [21JY], S7854, S7925 [22JY], S7976, S8014, S8047, S8054 [23JY]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), S588, S628 [15JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), S8259, S8273, S8281, S8284, S8285 [29JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), S6051, S6055 [3JN]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (S. 160), S2490, S2496 [25FE]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S943 [27JA], S955, S1000 [28JA]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S6890 [22JN], S8607 [30JY]

Appointments

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

———S. 454, Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act, S5495 [14MY]

Samuel B. Kent impeachment trial committee, S6961 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 346), S1057 [29JA]

Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act: add Paraguay as a beneficiary country (see S. 780), S4172 [1AP]

Armed Forces: ensure safety while using expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting U.S. military operations overseas (see S. 358), S4514 [21AP]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see S. 475), S3074 [12MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S7140 [6JY]

ATF: authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see S. 205), S994 [28JA]

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

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 197), S272 [11JA]

Budget: 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]

———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]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 17), S7142 [6JY]

Children and youth: improve health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers through the creation of a National Court Teams Resource Center (see S. 1554), S8767 [4AU]

China: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see S. Res. 167), S6187 [4JN] (see S. Res. 171), S6256 [8JN]

Civil Rights Act: clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges (see S. 166), S599 [15JA]

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), S3897 [26MR]

Commission on Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance: establish (see S. 1487), S7779 [21JY]

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

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): authorize production of documents to Dept. of Defense Inspector General (see S. Res. 11), S3611 [23MR]

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

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 85), S787 [22JA]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 1234), S6542 [11JN]

———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), S3898 [26MR]

Dept. of Defense: improve organization and procedures for the acquisition of major weapons systems (see S. 454), S4446 [20AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish a small house nursing home loan program (see S. 776), S4172 [1AP]

Dept. of Justice: convey a parcel of land held by the Bureau of Prisons in Miami-Dade County, FL, to facilitate construction of a new educational facility that includes a secure parking area (see S. 814), S4575 [22AP]

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

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

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 910), S4806 [28AP]

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), S6031 [3JN]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S7139 [6JY]

———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), S3164 [17MR]

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]

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

Discrimination: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 96), S787 [22JA]

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see S. 74), S41 [6JA]

Education: establish a program to provide tuition assistance to individuals who have lost their jobs as a result of the economic downturn (see S. 809), S4515 [21AP]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S4515 [21AP]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see S. 34), S40 [6JA]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from establishing a travel or conference policy that takes into account the perception of a possible event location as a resort or vacation destination (see S. 1530), S8271 [29JY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 371), S2424 [24FE] (see S. 845), S4513 [21AP]

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

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

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

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge Brazil to comply and return Sean Goldman to David Goldman (see S. Res. 37), S3658 [24MR]

Hazardous substances: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see S. 861), S4573 [22AP]

Health: 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 (see S. 1259), S6806 [18JN]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see S. 726), S3897 [26MR]

Health care professionals: impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions (see S. 98), S787 [22JA]

Highway Trust Fund: permit a State to elect to receive the State's contribution in lieu of its Federal-aid highway program apportionment (see S. 903), S4806 [28AP]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see S. 1348), S7069 [25JN]

Immigration: eliminate the ``widow penalty'' by allowing petitions for legal permanent residency by noncitizen surviving spouses of U.S. citizens to be adjudicated (see S. 815), S4575 [22AP]

Insurance: establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (see S. 886), S4808 [28AP]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights (see S. Res. 71), S7263 [8JY]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S4892 [29AP]

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

Jews: condemn all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirm support for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (see S. Con. Res. 11), S3988 [30MR]

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

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see S. 941), S8865 [5AU]

Levinson, Robert: urge Iran to intensify cooperation relative to investigation of his disappearance, commend Switzerland for ongoing assistance, and express sympathy to family (see S. Con. Res. 4), S1432 [3FE]

Lithuania: anniversary (see S. Res. 70), S3026 [11MR]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: require provider payments to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions (see S. 1521), S8196 [28JY]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S7142 [6JY]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see S. 951), S5013 [1MY]

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

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 478), S2692 [3MR]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 80), S3551 [19MR]

National Travel and Tourism Week: designate (see S. Res. 147), S5372 [12MY]

Native Americans: extend Federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation (see S. 530), S2827 [5MR]

NATO: anniversary (see S. Res. 20), S3988 [30MR]

———anniversary of accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland as members (see S. Res. 60), S3026 [11MR]

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

Poland: anniversary of the end of Communist rule (see S. Res. 139), S5822 [21MY]

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

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see S. 1611), S8993 [6AU]

Rivers: provide for a National Research Council study to assess water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama (see S. 805), S4310 [2AP]

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

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see S. 1593), S8992 [6AU]

Taxation: allow a credit for clean renewable water supply bonds (see S. 1371), S7070 [25JN]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S6365 [9JN]

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

———create protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see S. 1486), S7779 [21JY]

———establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (see S. 1484), S7779 [21JY]

———expand application of the homebuyer credit (see S. 253), S787 [22JA]

———expand definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer credit and special allowance for plant property (see S. 1250), S6542 [11JN]

———make permanent and expand the additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see S. 1268), S6650 [16JN]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see S. 35), S40 [6JA]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see S. 1230), S6721 [17JN]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 781), S5907 [1JN]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S7780 [21JY]

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

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates (see S. 567), S3025 [11MR]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see S. 261), S598 [15JA]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see S. 1023), S5371 [12MY]

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]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification (see S. Res. 206), S7071 [25JN]

University of Florida: tribute to football team (see S. Res. 13), S337 [13JA]

Voting: improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S6187 [4JN]

———provide Armed Forces members and their families equal access to voter registration assistance (see S. 1265), S8095 [24JY]

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

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 614), S4964 [30AP]

Zimbabwe: provide humanitarian assistance, support democratic progress, and maintain sanctions against those responsible for ongoing illegal activities during political transition (see S. Res. 176), S6454 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Census: require the questionnaire used in taking the decennial census to include standard functional ability questions to provide a reliable indicator of need for long-term care (see S. 1127), S5819 [21MY]

Cuba: express solidarity with writers, journalists, and librarians of Cuba on World Press Freedom Day and call for release of Cubans imprisoned for exercising rights associated with freedom of the press (see S. Res. 149), S5502 [14MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (see S. 1555), S8631 [31JY]

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

Insurance: streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see S. 1363), S7070 [25JN]

Medicaid: make certain de-identified information collected under the Medicaid Statistical Information System publicly available on the Internet (see S. 974), S5127 [5MY]

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

National Hurricane Research Initiative: establish (see S. 1485), S7779 [21JY]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1401), S7192 [7JY]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see S. 557), S2964 [10MR]

Taxation: provide a credit for hurricane and tornado mitigation expenditures (see S. 1364), S7070 [25JN]

Letters

Democracy efforts in Cuba: several Cubans, S4302 [2AP]

Lists

Individuals imprisoned by Cuban Government for expressions of freedom of speech, S4913 [30AP]

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), S3387 [19MR]

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S7174 [7JY]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), S2664 [3MR], S2782 [5MR], S2934, S2941 [10MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1493, S1524, S1525 [4FE], S1848, S1852 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2194 [12FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), S5596 [19MY]

———prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects, S3387 [19MR]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5090, S5092 [5MY]

———require mortgage servicers to consider options that better serve the interest of homeowners and investors prior to modifying certain mortgage loans, S5090, S5092 [5MY]

Cuba: democracy efforts, S4302 [2AP]

———human rights violations, S2664-S2667 [3MR], S4912 [30AP]

———independence anniversary, S5678 [20MY]

———lift travel restrictions, S2934 [10MR]

———require payment prior to receipt of agricultural commodities or products from the U.S., S2782-S2784 [5MR]

———U.S. policy, S2664-S2667 [3MR], S2782-S2784 [5MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), S7174 [7JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, S1852 [6FE]

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, S3387 [19MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), S331 [13JA]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (S. 181), S771 [22JA]

Everglades National Park: adjust boundaries, S331 [13JA]

Foreign aid: restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions, S955, S959 [28JA]

Honduras: removal of President Manuel Zelaya from office, S7174, S7175 [7JY]

Housing: reduce foreclosures, compensate mortgage modifier servicers, and remove legal constraints inhibiting modification, S1493, S1524 [4FE]

Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (S. Res. 10), S326 [13JA]

Lincoln, Abraham: bicentennial of birth (S. Res. 38), S2177 [12FE]

National security: proposed release of certain detainees from detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S5596 [19MY]

Navy: decision to establish a homeport for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Naval Station Mayport, FL, S364 [14JA]

Obama, President: Executive orders to close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit use of certain interrogation techniques, S5596 [19MY]

Orlando Magic (basketball team): tribute, S6844 [19JN]

Senate: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S9147-S9149 [9SE]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), S955, S959 [28JA], S1045 [29JA]

———prioritize assistance for outreach and enrollment under State Children's Health Insurance Program to States with highest percentages of uninsured children, S1045 [29JA]

Solis, Representative: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S2402 [24FE]

Sotomayor, Sonia M.: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S8795 [5AU]

St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission: establish, S331 [13JA], S3387 [19MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, S781 [22JA]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), S9159 [9SE]

———establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (S. 1023), motion to proceed, S6620 [16JN]

World Press Freedom Day: observance (S. Res. 124), S4912 [30AP]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day, S6181 [4JN]

———anniversary of Battle of Midway, S6181 [4JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S670 [20JA], S9111 [8SE], S9149-S9153, S9160 [9SE]

Tributes

Barquin, Ramon M., S5370 [12MY], S6913 [23JN]

Coleman, Norm, S7281 [9JY]

Del Rio, Alex, S5432 [13MY]

McCormick, John, S2780 [5MR]

Winter, Donald C., S325 [13JA]