APPROPRIATIONS

Amendments

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), S6911 [5AU]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (H. Res. 1742), H7772 [1DE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), S3411 [7MY], S7718, S7758 [29SE], H7383 [29SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), S10936, S11039 [22DE], H8944 [22DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S6529 [29JY], S7179 [16SE], S7218, S7220, S7221 [20SE], S7282, S7283, S7284, S7292, S7293, S7294, S7295, S7296, S7297 [21SE], S7362 [22SE], S7522 [27SE], S7753, S7757 [29SE], S7991 [17NO], S8350, S8351 [1DE], S8601 [7DE], S8642, S8643 [8DE], S8715, S8716, S8717 [9DE], S10413 [16DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), S7221 [20SE], H3900, H3984, H3986, H3988, H3990, H3991, H3997, H4001, H4003, H4004, H4008, H4011, H4015, H4016, H4026, H4027, H4031, H4032, H4035, H4038, H4039, H4040, H4043, H4044, H4045, H4048, H4050, H4051, H4055, H4064, H4065, H4066, H4067, H4068, H4071, H4072, H4073 [27MY], H4198 [28MY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), S7705, S7706, S7709, S7753, S7756, S7757 [29SE], H7372 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1682), H7368 [29SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S9025, S9262 [14DE], S10308 [15DE], S10413, S10415 [16DE], S10742, S10745, S10771 [19DE], H8152, H8160 [8DE], H8905 [21DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), H6235, H6236, H6237, H6238, H6241, H6242, H6243, H6245 [28JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5850), H6345, H6346, H6348, H6349, H6351, H6352, H6353, H6371, H6372, H6373, H6374, H6375, H6376, H6377, H6378, H6379, H6381 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5850), consideration (H. Res. 1569), H6296 [29JY]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559, S560, S575, S586, S587 [11FE], S626, S628, S629, S634, S640 [22FE], S712 [23FE], S1476, S1479, S1480 [11MR], S1531, S1532 [15MR], H1125 [4MR]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S7389, S7424 [23SE], S8391, S8402, S8421, S8441 [2DE], S8702, S8719, S8727 [9DE], S8798, S8806 [10DE], S8846, S8848, S8855, S8859, S8868, S8869, S8870, S8872, S8873, S8874, S8875, S8884, S8885, S8886, S8887, S8902, S8919, S8927, S8928, S8929 [13DE], S9024, S9245, S9263 [14DE], H7874 [2DE], H8583, H8585, H8593 [16DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1766), H8550 [16DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4915), S10694, S10695, S10696 [18DE]

Federal aid programs: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4112, S4149, S4150, S4152, S4153, S4154, S4155, S4156 [24MY], S4172, S4181, S4182, S4185, S4190, S4193, S4194, S4195, S4200, S4201, S4202, S4224, S4225, S4226, S4228, S4229, S4230, S4231, S4232, S4233, S4237, S4238 [25MY], S4405, S4406, S4410, S4416, S4419, S4421, S4426, S4448, S4449, S4450, S4451, S4452, S4453, S4457, S4458, S4459, S4460, S4461, S4462, S4463, S4464, S4465, S4466, S4467, S4468, S4469 [26MY], S4479, S4502, S4503, S4504, S4505, S4506, S4556, S4557, S4559 [27MY], H5356, H5359, H5369, H5371, H5383 [1JY], H6052 [27JY]

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 303), S10541 [17DE]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (H.R. 5114), H5636, H5641, H5644, H5645, H5646, H5648, H5649, H5650, H5652 [15JY]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (H.R. 1746), S10806, S10823 [20DE], H8814 [21DE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), S7526 [27SE], H859, H874, H883, H885, H886, H887, H888, H890, H891, H892, H893 [25FE], H943 [26FE], H7276 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1674), H7227 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 3611), S6767, S6911 [5AU]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (S. 3729), S6962, S6982 [5AU]

National security: making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 5875), S6593 [2AU], S6654 [3AU], S6843, S6932, S6933 [5AU]

NTSB: authorize appropriations (S. 2768), S3759, S3761, S3763 [13MY]

Rehabilitation Act: provide a technical adjustment to funding for independent living centers (H.R. 5610), S6278, S6308 [27JY], H6258 [28JY]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), S10386, S10387, S10415 [16DE], S10521 [17DE], H8390, H8396 [15DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S559, S560, S575, S586, S587 [11FE], S626, S628, S629, S634, S640 [22FE], S712 [23FE], S1476, S1479, S1480 [11MR], S1531, S1532 [15MR], H1125 [4MR]

Analyses

Statutory Limit on the Public Debt (H.J. Res. 45): Budget Pay-as-You Go Requirement Provisions, H581-H585 [4FE]

Appointments

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibilty and Reform, S753 [24FE]

Articles and editorials

All Earmarks Should Be Banned in the House and Senate, S1698 [18MR]

Bribe by Any Other Name, S1699 [18MR]

Congress Needs To Meet Its Responsibilities, H5355 [1JY]

Congress's Serial Hits on Food Stamps, H6624 [10AU]

Correction Appended, S1664 [17MR]

Earmark Action, S1698 [18MR]

Earmarks in Reverse, S1698 [18MR]

End Run by Dems Is a Travesty, S1706 [18MR]

Fattest Lady Singing, E157 [4FE]

Feud Over NASA Threatens America's Edge in Space, S2337 [15AP]

Food Bill We Need, S6701 [4AU]

Forging Ahead—Embracing the ``Reconciliation'' Option for Reform, S1250 [8MR]

Going All In, S1699 [18MR]

Historic and Dangerous Senate Mistake—Using `Reconciliation' To Ram Through Health Reform Would Only Deepen Partisan Passions, S1442 [11MR]

House Democrats To Use Unspent Stimulus Money for Teacher, H5934 [22JY]

It's Important To Ask Congress To Fund Projects, S4523 [27MY]

Jacksonville Sewer Charges Could Double, S7710 [29SE]

Latest National Security Threat—Obesity, E769 [6MY]

Losing It in Space, S2337 [15AP]

Military's Foundation Must Be Made in U.S.A., S5764 [13JY]

NASA Whipsaw—Prop Re-Do for Obama's Speech, E628 [22AP]

Obama's Space Plan Adds Insult to Injury, E628 [22AP]

Senate's Important Lunch Date, S6702 [4AU]

States and the Stimulus—How a Supposed Boon Has Become a Fiscal Burden, S9 [20JA]

Tale of Two Tea Parties, H5935 [22JY]

Why Earmark Reform Has Not Changed Much in Congress, S1699 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: increase funding for programs evaluating effectiveness of livestock producer risk management tools and include livestock insurance under education and information programs (see H.R. 4418), H40 [12JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 3606), S5964 [15JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: ensure amounts appropriated for BIA remain available for a certain period (see S. 3761), S6884 [5AU]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see H.R. 5679), H5501 [1JY]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 6403), H7453 [15NO]

———rescind unobligated appropriations and repeal certain health care-related provisions to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 4500), H326 [21JA]

———reserve funds for payments to the Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education for Indian children (see S. 3277), S2758 [28AP]

———use unexpended balances of funds to replenish the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4987), H2458 [25MR]

Amtrak: prohibit use of Federal funds for subsidization (see H.R. 5801), H5818 [20JY]

Armed Forces: extend time period for submission of retroactive stop-loss special pay claims (see S. 3889, 3890), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 5449), H4022 (see H.R. 5449), H4084 [27MY]

Asia: authorize appropriations and U.S. participation in replenishment of resources of the Asian Development Fund and U.S. subscription to general capital increase of the Asian Development Bank (see S. 3918), S7788 [29SE] (see S. 3951), S7968 [17NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 27), S482 [4FE] (see S.J. Res. 35), S6078 [21JY] (see S.J. Res. 38), S6651 [3AU] (see H.J. Res. 73), H423 [27JA] (see H.J. Res. 75), H555 [3FE] (see H.J. Res. 78), H1027 [2MR] (see H.J. Res. 89), H4597 [16JN]

———eliminate wasteful spending, provide for comprehensive budget reform, and establish the Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint) (see S. 3652), S6302 [27JY] (see S. 3779), S7089 [14SE]

———enforce discretionary spending limits to rein in spending, reduce the deficit, and regain control of the Federal budget process (see H.R. 4479), H265 [20JA]

———establish a sequestration to reduce all nonexempt programs, projects, and activities by a certain percent in years in which the Federal budget is in deficit (see H.R. 4883), H1656 [18MR]

———establish an earmark moratorium, reduce discretionary spending by amount saved, and establish bicameral, bipartisan committee on budgetary, spending, and earmark processes (see H. Res. 1289), H2843 [22AP]

———establish an expedited procedure for consideration of a bill returning spending levels to 2007 levels (see S. Con. Res. 57), S2295 [14AP]

———establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 6401), H7453 [15NO]

———establish discretionary and mandatory deficit reduction accounts (see H.R. 6186), H6879 [22SE]

———establish nonsecurity discretionary spending caps (see H.R. 4871), H1595 [17MR]

———establish procedures for expedited consideration by Congress of certain proposals by the President to rescind amounts of budget authority (see H.R. 4921), H2318 [24MR]

———increase long-term fiscal accountability of direct spending legislation (see H.R. 5954), H6404 (see H.R. 5954), H6455 [29JY]

———limit year-to-year increase in total Federal spending to increases in Consumer Price Index and population (see H.R. 5323), H3540 [18MY]

———make the Federal budget process more transparent and make future budgets more sustainable (see H.R. 5752), H5675 [15JY]

———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (see S. 3423), S4212 [25MY] (see S. 3474), S4745 [9JN] (see H.R. 5454), H4214 [28MY]

———provide budget enforcement for 2011 (see H. Res. 1492, 1493), H5303 [30JN]

———provide budget enforcement for 2011 (H. Res. 1493), pass (see H. Res. 1500), H5500 [1JY]

———provide fiscal discipline through a freeze on spending and budget process reforms (see S. 3026), S698 [23FE]

———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (see S. 3095), S1311 [9MR]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner (see H.R. 4481), H265 [20JA]

———require a freeze on certain discretionary spending whenever there is budget deficit (see H. Con. Res. 234), H602 [4FE]

———require spending limits be imposed when the statutory limit on the public debt is increased (see H.R. 4587), H554 [3FE]

———require that the concurrent resolution for fiscal year 2012 include a benchmark plan to eliminate the deficit by fiscal year 2020 and that subsequent resolutions adhere to that plan (see H.R. 4931), H2318 [24MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2015 (see S. Con. Res. 60), S2642 [26AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2020 (see H. Con. Res. 281), H3870 [26MY]

Bureau of the Census: rescind certain appropriations and reduce the Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 6096), H6627 [10AU]

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs (see S. 3307), S3164 [5MY] (see H.R. 5504), H4386 [10JN]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (see H. Res. 1742), H7757 [30NO]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), concur in Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1665), H7154 (see H. Res. 1665), H7212 [28SE]

———make technical corrections to authorization legislation (see H.R. 6516), H8291 [13DE]

Colorado: prohibit any use of eminent domain authority to expand Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (see H.R. 5067), H2694 [20AP]

Commission for Fiscal Sustainability: establish (see S. 2965), S340 [28JA]

Commission on Civil Rights: reauthorize (see H.R. 4570), H471 [2FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 1050), H471 [2FE]

Congressional Budget Act: set a cap on allocated funds for earmarks (see H.R. 4831), H1358 [11MR]

Continuing: making (see S.J. Res. 42), S10410 [16DE] (see H.J. Res. 101), H7757 [30NO] (see H.J. Res. 105), H8785 [17DE]

———making full-year at lower levels with certain exceptions (see H.J. Res. 96), H6879 [22SE]

———making (H.J. Res. 101), consideration (see H. Res. 1741), H7757 [30NO]

———making (H.J. Res. 105), consideration (see H. Res. 1776), H8784 [17DE]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: prohibit Federal funding after 2012 (see H.R. 5538), H4596 [16JN]

Correctional institutions: authorize appropriations of U.S. assistance to help eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities (see S. 3798), S7175 [16SE] (see H.R. 6153), H6803 [16SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce deficits and Government spending through elimination of wasteful agriculture subsidies and programs (see H.R. 5779), H5817 [20JY]

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5582), H4779 [23JN]

———reauthorize Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see S. 3523), S5319 [23JN]

———reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see S. 3519), S5268 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see S. 3280), S2802 [29AP] (see S. 3454), S4621 [7JN] (see H.R. 6523), H8519 [15DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (see S. 3455), S4621 [7JN] (see H.R. 5136), H2876 [26AP]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136) consideration (see H. Res. 1404), H3869 [26MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), request Senate to return to the House (see H. Res. 1467), H4779 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military construction (see S. 3456), S4621 [7JN]

———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program (see H.R. 6540), H8785 [17DE]

———expedite congressional defense export review period for Israel and extend war reserves stockpile authority (see S. 3847), S7507 [27SE]

———making appropriations (see S. 3800), S7175 [16SE]

———reduce deficits and Government spending through elimination of wasteful defense subsidies and programs (see H.R. 5784), H5818 [20JY]

———reduce discretionary overseas contingency operations funds in budget for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan and provide a tax credit against savings from such reduction (see H.R. 5353), H3701 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: award grants to eligible entities to establish or expand linked learning pathways and a system of pathways (see H.R. 6174), H6879 [22SE]

———make grants to local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges (see H.R. 4833), H1358 [11MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for defense activities (see S. 3457), S4621 [7JN]

———reauthorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4906), H2215 [22MR]

———reduce deficits and Government spending through elimination of wasteful energy subsidies and programs (see H.R. 5780), H5817 [20JY]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (see S. 3575), S5786 [13JY] (see H.R. 5710), H5502 [1JY]

———authorize appropriations for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth under the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4480), H265 [20JA]

———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 S. 3418), S4212 [25MY]

———reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 6350), H7392 [29SE]

———reauthorize telehealth and telemedicine grant programs (see H.R. 6110), H6681 [14SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize appropriations for the Science and Technology Directorate (see H.R. 4842), H1440 [15MR]

———authorize Securing the Cities Initiative (see S. 3312), S3164 [5MY]

———making appropriations (see S. 3607), S5993 [19JY]

———protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (see S. 3806), S7205 [20SE]

———strengthen measures to protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks and authorize appropriations (see H.R. 5590), H4871 [24JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5264), H3310 [11MY]

———design and implement a procedure to permit enhanced searches of the National DNA Index System (see H.R. 6011), H6568 [30JY]

———establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 6542), H8785 [17DE]

———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 S. 3019), S698 [23FE]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (see S. 2977), S439 [2FE] (see H.R. 4556), H470 [2FE]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 4542), H422 [27JA]

———protect crime victims' rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see S. 3842), S7507 [27SE]

———provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (see H.R. 6085), H6626 [10AU]

———provide incentive payments under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes (see S. 3805), S7205 [20SE] (see H.R. 4614), H602 [4FE]

———provide State and local government incentives under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to provide certain services to rape and sexual assault victims (see H.R. 6214), H6989 [23SE]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 3376), S3716 [13MY]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see S. 3720), S6883 [5AU] (see H.R. 6141), H6763 [15SE]

———authorize additional funding for on-the-job training (see S. 3459), S4621 [7JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see S. 3676), S6520 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1682), H7388 [29SE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide grants and enter into cooperative agreements for integrated regional water conservation plans (see H.R. 6281), H7390 [29SE]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize certain maritime programs (see S. 3566), S5744 [12JY]

———improve effectiveness of transportation programs on Federal lands and provide funding for park roads and parkways and the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (see H.R. 6546), H8785 [17DE]

———reauthorize and modify the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program (see H.R. 6299), H7391 [29SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make certain improvements to comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 4810), H1323 [10MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see S. 3615), S5993 [19JY] (see H.R. 5822), H5983 [22JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1755), H8263 [8DE] (see H. Res. 1782), H8940 [21DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), consideration (see H. Res. 1559), H6162 [27JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3686), S6584 [2AU]

Depts. of the Treasury and HUD: implement cost savings (see H.R. 5782), H5817 [20JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3644), S6245 [26JY] (see H.R. 5850), H6042 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), corrections in enrollment (see S. 3097), S1358 [10MR]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5850), consideration (see H. Res. 1569), H6282 [28JY]

District of Columbia: authorize improvements in the operation of government (see H.R. 5103), H2798 [21AP]

Domestic policy: fully offset extension of emergency unemployment compensation, enhanced Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage reimbursements, and summer youth jobs programs (see S. 3551), S5699 [30JN]

Earmarks: establish a moratorium (see S. 2990), S481 [4FE] (see H. Res. 1101), H755 [23FE] (see H. Res. 1579), H6405 (see H. Res. 1579), H6457 [29JY]

———establish National Commission on Earmark Reform and OMB Office of Grant Making, streamline Federal grant making process, and end earmarks and limited tax and tariff benefits (see H.R. 5775), H5711 [19JY]

———increase transparency and accountability (see H.R. 4560), H470 [2FE]

———provide tighter control over and additional public disclosure (see S. 3475), S4849 [10JN]

———require Congress to establish a searchable database on a public Internet site for congressional earmarks (see S. 3335), S3535 [11MY] (see H.R. 5258), H3309 [11MY]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1137), H1167 [4MR]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see H.R. 4529), H421 [27JA]

Education: authorize grants to train principals in instructional leadership skills and promote incorporation of instructional leadership standards into State-level principal certification or licensure (see H.R. 5172), H3014 [28AP]

———express that the Pell Grant program should be a high funding priority (see H.R. 5198), H3123 [4MY]

Employment: provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (see S. 3500), S4989 [16JN] (see H.R. 4812), H1323 [10MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 3635), S6200 [22JY]

EPA: make additional capitalization grants to State water pollution control revolving funds that adopt smart growth principles (see H.R. 6182), H6879 [22SE]

———prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (see H.R. 6511), H8286 [9DE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see S. 3187), S2115 [25MR] (see H.R. 4853), H1517 [16MR] (see H.R. 4915), H2260 [23MR] (see H.R. 4957), H2457 [25MR] (see H.R. 5147), H2936 [27AP] (see H.R. 5611), H4905 [28JN] (see H.R. 5900), H6282 [28JY] (see H.R. 6190), H6988 [23SE] (see H.R. 6473), H8029 [2DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1745), H7854 [1DE] (see H. Res. 1766), H8519 [15DE]

Federal aid programs: create a means to review and abolish Federal programs that are inefficient, duplicative, or in other ways wasteful of taxpayer funds (see H.R. 5568), H4676 [22JN]

———increase AmeriCorps, Job Corps, and Peace Corps funding (see H. Res. 1396), H3823 [25MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (see H.R. 4899), H1890 (see H.R. 4899), H2173 [21MR]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), consideration (see H. Res. 1204), H2215 [22MR]

Federal employees: reduce pay for Members of Congress, require Federal civilian employees to take a period of unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for legislative branch salaries and expenses (see H.R. 6134), H6762 [15SE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize firefighter assistance program and authorize use of fire department grant funds for fire station construction (see H.R. 6464), H7854 [1DE]

FEMA: authorize the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program (see H.R. 4580), H554 [3FE]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (see H.R. 5114), H2842 [22AP]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (H.R. 5114), consideration (see H. Res. 1517), H5616 [14JY]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 3203), S2295 [14AP] (see S. 3347), S3536 [11MY] (see S. 3814), S7267 [21SE] (see H.R. 4778), H1168 [4MR] (see H.R. 5553), H4635 [17JN] (see H.R. 5569), H4676 [22JN] (see H.R. 5650), H5302 [30JN]

———reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 5255), H3278 [7MY]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (see S. 3249), S2587 [22AP]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3677), S6520 [29JY]

GAO: enhance oversight authorities (see S. 2991), S481 [4FE]

Government: make funds available to increase program integrity efforts and reduce wasteful government spending of taxpayer's dollars (see H.R. 5363), H3702 [20MY]

———making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 5745), H5674 [15JY]

———prohibit expenditure of funds for construction or lease of buildings or space in the District of Columbia until January 1, 2012 (see H.R. 5906), H6283 [28JY]

———reform earmarking and increase transparency and accountability for all expenditures authorized by Congress and all executive agencies (see S. 3939), S7899 [15NO]

Haiti: authorize appropriations to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development (see S. 3317), S3164 [5MY] (see H.R. 6021), H6569 [30JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: authorize funds to be used to pay eligible costs of preparing Federal environmental impact statements for certain navigation projects (see H.R. 5621), H4905 [28JN]

———ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 3213), S2377 [15AP] (see H.R. 4844), H1440 [15MR]

Health: provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see S. 3766), S7033 [13SE] (see H.R. 4808), H1323 [10MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 5882), H6163 [27JY]

House of Representatives: deem adjournment in effect on date of regularly scheduled Federal general election as sine die and provide for automatic continuing appropriations as of such date (see H.R. 5842), H5984 [22JY]

———limit Members' representational allowance, restrict use of allowance for certain mailings, and include mass communication cost breakdowns in quarterly mail expenditure reports (see H.R. 5151), H2936 [27AP]

———oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 1194), H1656 [18MR]

———require passage of a budget resolution for a fiscal year before consideration of any appropriations legislation (see H. Res. 1469), H4779 [23JN]

———require posting of information on Members' representational allowance disbursements on official public Internet sites (see H. Res. 1707), H7396 [29SE]

———require public hearings on all earmark requests in the district of the Member making the request, and further increase earmark transparency and accountability (see H.R. 5997), H6568 [30JY]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 4825), H1357 [11MR]

———return several measures to the Senate (see H. Res. 1653), H6989 [23SE]

House Rules: ban congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits (see H. Res. 1176, 1177), H1396 [12MR]

———clarify treatment of earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits in conferences between the House and the Senate (see H. Res. 1502), H5503 [1JY]

———curtail the growth of Government programs (see H. Res. 1441), H4506 [15JN]

———increase openness and transparency in the annual appropriations process relative to earmarks (see H. Res. 1221), H2459 [25MR]

———require a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to hold an explanatory public meeting prior to the submission of congressional earmark requests (see H. Res. 1147), H1220 [9MR]

———require a three-fifths majority to designate spending as emergency spending, except spending for the Dept. of Defense (see H. Res. 1195), H1656 [18MR]

———require a three-fifths vote on a stand-alone bill that increases the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 1071), H602 [4FE]

———require Members' official websites include congressional earmark requests and video presentations for such requests (see H. Res. 1542), H5818 [20JY]

Housing Assistance Council: authorize appropriations (see S. 3637), S6200 [22JY] (see H.R. 5122), H2842 [22AP]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 3901), S7787 [29SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 3611), S5993 [19JY] (see H.R. 5161), H3013 [28AP]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), consideration (see H. Res. 1105), H832 [24FE] (see H. Res. 1113), H931 [25FE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1674), H7388 [29SE]

———establish congressional committees with jurisdiction over intelligence activities (see H. Con. Res. 299), H5920 [21JY]

IRS: include in Form 1040 instruction booklet information relative to Federal Government revenues, spending, and public debt (see H.R. 4943), H2456 [25MR]

———prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see H.R. 5570), H4677 [22JN]

Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act: revise (see H.R. 5983), H6567 [30JY]

John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program: reauthorize (see S. Res. 448), S1311 [9MR]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 6029), H6569 [30JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (see S. 3799), S7175 [16SE]

LIHEAP: increase annual amount authorized for emergency assistance (see H.R. 4863, 4863), H1518 [16MR]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 4554), H470 [2FE]

Members of Congress: freeze pay of Members and appropriations for certain congressional offices until sufficient improvements in national unemployment rate (see S. 3071), S1168 [4MR]

———freeze pay of Members and fully offset the cost of the extension of unemployment benefits (see S. 3158), S1874 [23MR]

———provide for rates of pay to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending (see H.R. 4681), H833 [24FE]

Museum and Library Services Act: amend and extend (see S. 3984), S8244 [29NO]

NASA: authorize the Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (see H.R. 5534), H4506 [15JN]

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 3729), S6883 [5AU] (see H.R. 5781), H5817 [20JY]

———impose certain requirements on expenditure of funds for the Constellation Program (see H.R. 5614), H4905 [28JN]

———prohibit funding for termination of the Constellation Program (see S. 3180), S2115 [25MR]

———reauthorize manned space flight activities (see S. 3068), S1018 [3MR] (see H.R. 4804), H1322 [10MR]

National Archives and Records Administration: authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (see H.R. 5616), H4905 [28JN]

National security: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H.R. 5540, 5541, 5542), H4597 [16JN]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (see S. 3721), S6883 [5AU] (see H.R. 5875), H6163 [27JY] (see H.R. 6080), H6578 [9AU]

National wildlife refuges: reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships (see H.R. 4973), H2458 [25MR]

Native Americans: authorize appropriations for certain programs (see S. 3997), S8348 [1DE]

NIST: reauthorize (see H.R. 5074), H2695 [20AP]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see S. 3558), S5699 [30JN]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4997), H2503 [13AP]

———provide grants to strengthen the capacity of high schools and colleges to provide instruction in nanotechnology (see S. 3117), S1516 [15MR] (see H.R. 4502), H386 [26JA]

NTSB: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4714), H1026 [2MR]

OMB: establish and maintain website to track the expenditure of Government funds (see H.R. 6052), H6570 [30JY]

———improve oversight of the single audit process (see H.R. 5018), H2578 [14AP]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (see H.R. 5975), H6405 (see H.R. 5975), H6456 [29JY]

———terminate authorities (see H.R. 4980), H2458 [25MR] (see H.R. 5782), H5817 [20JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 5874), H6163 [27JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 5882), H6163 [27JY]

———repeal provision providing funds for a certain health care facility and rescind such funds (see H.R. 5802), H5818 [20JY]

Political campaigns: prohibit entities from using Federal funds to contribute to political campaigns or participate in lobbying activities (see H.R. 4550), H423 [27JA]

Public works: making supplemental appropriations for investments in clean water projects and transportation infrastructure (see H.R. 5935), H6403 (see H.R. 5935), H6455 [29JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs and activities (see H.R. 5897), H6282 [28JY]

Radio: prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming and transfer certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 6417), H7548 [17NO]

Rehabilitation Act: provide a technical adjustment to funding for independent living centers (see H.R. 5610), H4904 [28JN]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1764), H8519 [15DE]

———permit use of previously appropriated funds to extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program (see H.R. 4938), H2456 [25MR]

———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see S. 4053), S11037 [22DE]

———reauthorize the National Small Business Tree Planting Program (see S. 3279), S2802 [29AP] (see H.R. 4509), H386 [26JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3636), S6200 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1137), H1167 [4MR]

Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act: reauthorize (see S. 3659), S6302 [27JY]

Senate: require notification on the Senate website that certain legislation is intended to be passed by unanimous consent (see S. Res. 622), S7134 [15SE]

Senior citizens: make available to U.S. territories additional funds for community service senior opportunities (see H.R. 5603), H4871 [24JN]

Ships and vessels: authorize appropriations for construction of Navy vessels and for loan guarantees for commercial vessels (see H.R. 5035), H2639 [15AP]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see S. 3293), S2803 [29AP] (see H.R. 5190), H3077 [29AP] (see H.R. 5220), H3201 [5MY]

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (see H.R. 6200), H6988 [23SE]

States: restore State sovereignty and dedicate excess grant funds to deficit reduction (see H.R. 5903), H6283 [28JY]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (see H.R. 6081), H6578 [9AU] (see H.R. 6083), H6626 [10AU]

Taxation: allow an individual to designate a percentage of their income tax liability be used to reduce the public debt and require spending reductions equal to amounts so designated (see S. 3496), S4989 [16JN] (see H.R. 5536), H4596 [16JN]

———encourage investments in infrastructure (see H.R. 6181), H6879 [22SE]

———limit amount of funds made available to Federal agencies if taxes are raised (see H.R. 5955), H6404 (see H.R. 5955), H6456 [29JY]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see S. 3189), S2162 [26MR]

———provide emergency operating funds for public transportation (see S. 3412), S4211 [25MY] (see H.R. 5418), H3870 [26MY]

———rescind amounts authorized for certain surface transportation programs (see H.R. 5604), H4876 [25JN]

———rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects (see H.R. 5730), H5616 [14JY]

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act: allow use of funding for qualified transit capital projects (see H.R. 6483), H8030 [2DE]

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy: reauthorize (see H.R. 5589), H4779 [23JN]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), motion to proceed, S7159 [16SE], S7246 [21SE], S8683 [9DE]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), motion to proceed, S7454 [24SE], S7585 [28SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S10771 [19DE], S10853 [21DE]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S610 [22FE], S1479 [11MR], S1501 [15MR]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8391 [2DE], S8528, S8529 [4DE], S8702 [9DE], S8846 [13DE]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), House amendment, S10386 [16DE], S10666 [18DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S610 [22FE], S1479 [11MR], S1501 [15MR]

Commentaries

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: Maya MacGuineas, ``Nightly Business Report'' (television program), S181 [25JA]

Excerpts

Public Law 110-422, NASA appropriations (2008), S1774 [19MR]

Explanations

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services (H.R. 3082): Inouye Amendment (Substitute), S9278-S10227 [14DE]

Factsheets

BP P.L.C., Commitment to Integrity, Health, Safety, and Security, H4032 [27MY]

Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 2701), H7310 [29SE]

Histories

Committee on Finance (Senate) Oversight Authority of Appropriations Legislation, S1578 [16MR]

Letters

Amtrak capital and debt service grants for capital investments funding reduction: Joe Boardman, Amtrak, H6376 [29JY]

Appalachian Development Highway System designation of Corridor O-1 in Pennsylvania funding: Daniel D. Klees, Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization, H6069 [27JY]

———Eric M. Bridges, North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, H6069 [27JY]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: A. Barry Rand, AARP, S31 [20JA]

———Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S32 [20JA]

———Barbara J. Easterling, Ruben Burks, and Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S33 [20JA]

———several organizations, S34 [20JA]

Budget reconciliation process: Senator Byrd, S1439 [11MR]

Child nutrition programs reauthorization: several Representatives, E769 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), E2241 [22DE]

———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), E2241 [22DE]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), E1005 [28MY]

———Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), E1005 [28MY]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E1084 [14JN]

———Representative Filner, Committee on Veterans Affairs (House), E1085 [14JN]

———Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), E1004 [28MY]

———Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), E1004 [28MY]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), E1085 [14JN]

———Representative Levin, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1086 [14JN]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1085 [14JN]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), E1084 [14JN]

———Representative Reyes, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E1085 [14JN]

———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), E1004, E1005 [28MY], E1084, E1085, E1086 [14JN]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E1084 [14JN]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E1004 [28MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations for the Science and Technology Directorate: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H5771 [20JY]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H5771 [20JY]

Dept. of State foreign affairs funding: Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, S4187 [25MY]

———Robert M. Gates, Sec. of Defense, S4187 [25MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services: several veterans organizations, H6226 [28JY]

Enhance Armed Forces readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation: John M. Shalikashvili, S7241 [21SE]

Enhance reporting requirements relative to executive and congressional oversight of cybersecurity programs: Senator Feinstein, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S6798 [5AU]

———Senator Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6798 [5AU]

Ensure amounts appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for BIA remain available for a certain period: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S6853 [5AU]

Exclude Social Security from Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action consideration: Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, S77 [21JA]

———OWL—The Voice of Midlife and Older Women (organization), S77 [21JA]

Exclude those convicted of certain sex offenses from receiving burial-related benefits and funeral honors available to certain veterans, Armed Forces members, and related individuals: James M. Sims, Military Order of the Purple Heart, H4074 [27MY]

Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs extension: Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway Users Alliance, S606 [22FE]

———Senator Reid, H1556 [17MR]

———several organizations, S604 [22FE]

———several road pavement organizations, S606 [22FE]

FEMA updated flood maps: Representative Candice S. Miller, H4689 [23JN]

Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act: Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, H5631 [15JY]

———David A. Sampson, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, H5632 [15JY]

———Douglas M. Bibby, National Multi Housing Council and Douglas S. Culkin, National Apartment Association, H5632 [15JY]

———Jon D. Spalding and Len Brevik, National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, H5632 [15JY]

———Leigh Ann Pusey, American Insurance Association, H5630 [15JY]

———Vicki Cox Golder, National Association of Realtors, H5630 [15JY]

Global Food Security Act: Senator Coburn, S4612 [7JN]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Noelle Ellerson, American Association of School Administrators, Jeff Simering, Council of the Great City Schools, and Lucy Gettman, National School Boards Association, H7806 [1DE]

———Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H7811 [1DE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7810 [1DE]

Help Find the Missing Act: Senator Coburn, S4844 [10JN]

Intelligence services appropriations: Robert S. Litt, Office of Director of National Intelligence, S7500 [27SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund funding: Ken Salazar, Sec. of the Interior, H6465 [30JY]

Manned space flight funding: Neil Armstrong, James Lovell, and Eugene Cernan, S2336 [15AP]

———several astronauts and NASA leaders, S2336 [15AP], H2560 [14AP]

NASA designation as a National Security Interest and Asset and manned space flight funding: Representative Jackson Lee, H1319 [10MR]

National Flood Insurance Program extension: Jim Pair, National Association of Mortgage Brokers, S4055 [20MY]

———several organizations, S5080 [17JN]

———Vicki Cox Golder, National Association of Realtors, S4055 [20MY]

National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act: Vicki Cox Golder, National Association of Realtors, H4689 [23JN]

Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act: Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H984 [2MR]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H984 [2MR]

Navy littoral combat ship program funding: Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight (organization), S10879 [21DE]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S10881 [21DE]

———Gary Roughead, Dept. of the Navy, S10879 [21DE]

———Senator McCain, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S10880 [21DE]

NTSB appropriations: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7100 [28SE]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H7100 [28SE]

Prevention and Public Health Fund funding: Partnership To Fight Chronic Disease (organization), S7013 [13SE]

———several organizations, S7013 [13SE], S7060 [14SE]

Proposed consolidation of the Boise, ID, Terminal Radar Approach Control with Salt Lake City, UT: Patricia Gilbert and Mark Griffin, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, S1796 [22MR]

Reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) Republican members, S5765 [13JY]

Senate Rules on legislative process relative to appropriations: Senator Coburn, S7253 [21SE]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act, Best Buddies International, Inc., mentoring program, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H3586 [19MY]

———Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H3586 [19MY]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3586 [19MY]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act amendments: Jeffrey Chell, National Marrow Donor Program (organization), E1569, E1570 [10AU]

Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act: Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), H6070 [27JY]

Transportation projects funding: Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition, S8969 [14DE]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) renewal and nuclear modernization plan funding: Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, S10864 [21DE]

———President Obama, S10850, S10864 [21DE]

———Senators Inouye, Feinstein, Cochran, and Alexander, S10850, S10863 [21DE]

Lists

Democratic amendments to H.R. 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, S1452 [11MR]

Programs impacted by Thune amendment to H.R. 3081, continuing appropriations, making across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending, S7712 [29SE]

Senate surface transportation extension State-by-State allocations of funding for projects of national significance and national corridor programs, H1141 [4MR]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2011: President Obama, S390 [1FE], H445-H447 [2FE]

Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act: President Obama, S4142 [24MY], H3724 [24MY]

Veto of H.J. Res. 64, Continuing Appropriations: President Obama, H11 [12JA]

Motions

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), H7814 [1DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S7159 [16SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), H4195, H4196, H4197 [28MY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), S7454 [24SE], H7375 [29SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S10770, S10771 [19DE], H8160 [8DE], H8908 [21DE]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE], S685 [23FE], S1479 [11MR], S1634 [17MR], H1136 [4MR]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S8391 [2DE], S8701, S8702 [9DE], S10245, S10246, S10247, S10249 [15DE], H7874 [2DE]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (H.R. 5114), H5654 [15JY]

House of Representatives: oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (H. Res. 1194), H1624 [18MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), H948 [26FE], H7301 [29SE]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), S10386 [16DE], H8396 [15DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE], S685 [23FE], S1479 [11MR], S1634 [17MR], H1136 [4MR]

Notices

Impact of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs extension on project bid opening schedule: Missouri Dept. of Transportation, S605 [22FE]

Press releases

House Consideration of the 2010 Supplemental Appropriations Act—Amendments on Fully Offset Education and Other Funding: Ellis Brachman and Jenilee Keefe Singer, Committee on Appropriations (House), H5932-H5934 [22JY]

Proposals

Oppose House of Representatives usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation, H1623 [18MR]

Remarks in House

Afghanistan: certify that the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission and the Afghanistan Electoral Complaints Commission have professional capacity, legal authority, and independence to carry out and oversee elections, H4041 [27MY]

———police force funding, H2193 [22MR], H8070 [7DE], H8277 [9DE]

Air Force: assessment of contracting system used to award the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, H973 [2MR], H2701 [21AP]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (H.R. 5679), H5570 [14JY], H5620 [15JY]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6596 [10AU]

Amtrak: reduce funding for capital and debt service grants for capital investments, H6376, H6377 [29JY]

Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.: silicon carbide power modules funding, E159 [4FE]

Arlington National Cemetery: improvements funding, H6227 [28JY]

Armed Forces: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Iraq, H3298 [11MY]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, H2562 [14AP], H2988 [28AP], H3102 [4MY]

———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, E988, E989, E991, E1007 [28MY]

———enhance treatment for servicemembers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries and enhance access to mental health counseling, H4007 [27MY]

———expand preseparation counseling program to include a personal finances component, H4019 [27MY]

———increase rate for hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay, family separation allowance, and other special and incentive pays, H3985 [27MY]

———make educational, disability, and therapeutic benefits of a child or dependent of a member transferrable from State to State, H5353 [1JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities, H4443 [15JN], H5307, H5344-H5351, H5384-H5404 [1JY], H5551 [14JY], H5621 [15JY], H6049, H6062-H6068 [27JY], E1293 [13JY], E1331 [15JY], E1445, E1450, E1452 [28JY], E1469 [29JY]

———provide members of Individual Ready Reserve who served in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent suicide, H4076 [27MY]

———require members to get same pre- and post-deployment cognitive impairment screening, H4018 [27MY], E995 [28MY]

———require payment of monthly special pay to members whose active duty service is extended by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism, H7367 [29SE]

Army: limit funding for procurement of line-haul tractors unless source selection is competitive, H3986 [27MY]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): alleged involvement in voter registration fraud, H2837 [22AP], H4503 [15JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (H.R. 4408), H7753 [30NO]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, H197 [20JA]

Budget: allocation of funds, H476, H477, H478, H479, H526, H539-H546 [3FE], H559, H596 [4FE], H607 [9FE], H3625, H3627-H3633 [19MY], H3709 [24MY], H3751, H3793 [25MY], H3842 [26MY], H4078-H4081 [27MY], H4279 [9JN], H4485 [15JN]

———balance, H3796 [25MY], H6868 [22SE]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H176 [19JA], H479 [3FE], H558, H559, H563-H571, H579-H593, H594, H595 [4FE], H1140 [4MR], H2312 [24MR], H3217, H3220 [6MY], H3630, H3631 [19MY], H4495 [15JN], H6152 [27JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H6167 [28JY], H7858 [2DE], H8266 [9DE], H8522 [16DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H368-H375 [26JA], H453 [2FE], H3625 [19MY], H6147 [27JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 43), H4218 [8JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 75), H636 [22FE], H3627 [19MY], H8078 [7DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 78), H1224 [10MR]

———enforce discretionary spending limits to rein in spending, reduce the deficit, and regain control of the Federal budget process, H359 [26JA]

———establish spending caps at a certain percentage of the gross domestic product and implement automatic across-the-board spending cuts if such caps are exceeded, H8070 [7DE]

———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (H.R. 5454), E1633 [15SE], E1679 [16SE]

———provide budget enforcement for 2011 (H. Res. 1493), H6652 [14SE], E1595 [14SE], E1611, E1620, E1622, E1623, E1624, E1625, E1628, E1630, E1631, E1633, E1634, E1638, E1645, E1649, E1650 [15SE], E1679 [16SE]

———provide budget enforcement for 2011 (H. Res. 1493), pass (H. Res. 1500), H5342-H5358 [1JY]

———reallocate certain defense programs funds to other domestic priorities, H1262 [10MR]

———reduce the deficit and regain control of the Federal budget process, H3459-H3462 [13MY], H3753, H3754 [25MY]

———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps, H4217 [8JN]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner, H6045 [27JY]

———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), H307 [21JA], H475, H476, H478 [3FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2015, H3748, H3749, H3750, H3751, H3752, H3753, H3754, H3755, H3756, H3757, H3758, H3759, H3760, H3761, H3762, H3763, H3764, H3765, H3766, H3796 [25MY], H3850, H3851 [26MY], H4077 [27MY], H4088 [28MY], H4219 [8JN], H4249, H4273, H4280, H4321-H4326 [9JN], H4333, H4368-H4370, H4378 [10JN], H4399, H4412, H4413 [14JN], H4438, H4439, H4440, H4441, H4442, H4443, H4444, H4445, H4446, H4501 [15JN], H4600, H4601 [17JN], H4640, H4653 [22JN], H4682, H4733, H4750, H4770 [23JN], H4782 [24JN], H4911, H4912, H4913, H4957, H4959, H4961 [29JN], H5206, H5207, H5284-H5286 [30JN], H5736 [20JY], H5925 [22JY], E928 [25MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2020 (H. Con. Res. 281), H6272 [28JY]

———status report, H115 [13JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (H.R. 2288), H3489-H3491 [18MY]

Capodanno, Vincent R.: name a Navy combat vessel in honor, H3998 [27MY]

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs, E769 [6MY]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs and combat childhood obesity and hunger, H4001-H4003 [27MY]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), H7778-H7815 [1DE], H7870-H7874 [2DE], E2039, E2041, E2042, E2044, E2050 [2DE], E2069, E2073 [7DE], E2083-E2085 [8DE], E2128 [14DE], E2204 [18DE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (H. Res. 1742), H7767-H7773 [1DE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), motion to recommit, H7814, H7815 [1DE]

CIA: make unclassified version of report on Peruvian narcotics operations publicly available, H883 [25FE]

———recognize contributions to national security and recognize role in combating terrorism, H888-H890 [25FE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 1665), H7102-H7142 [28SE], E1789, E1795 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), earmark declaration, E458 [23MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), Senate amendment, H7383, H7384 [29SE]

———make technical corrections to authorization legislation (H.R. 6516), H8328, H8329 [14DE]

Committee on Agriculture (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1645 [15SE]

Committee on Appropriations (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1630 [15SE]

———revised allocation of spending authority, H5496 [1JY], H6564 [30JY]

Committee on Armed Services (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1649 [15SE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1620 [15SE]

Committee on Financial Services (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1650 [15SE]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1634 [15SE]

Committee on Homeland Security (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1623 [15SE]

Committee on House Administration (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1595 [14SE]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1622 [15SE]

Committee on Natural Resources (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1628 [15SE]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1625 [15SE]

Committee on Science and Technology (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1638 [15SE]

Committee on Small Business (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1624 [15SE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 1050), H450 [2FE]

Committee on the Budget (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1633 [15SE], E1679 [16SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1628 [15SE]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): achieve deficit reduction by reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and promoting government reform and efficiency, E1631 [15SE]

Committees of the House: revised allocation of spending authority, H2171 [21MR]

Computers: enhance cybersecurity and secure intelligence networks, H879 [25FE], H3750 [25MY], H7307 [29SE]

Congress: legislative process, H5625 [15JY], H5924 [22JY], H6289-H6293, H6295, H6319, H6321 [29JY], H8337-H8340 [14DE]

———provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H6208 [28JY], H7593 [18NO]

Continuing: making, H7364-H7370, H7372-H7377 [29SE], H8147-H8213 [8DE], H8901-H8909, H8913, H8914 [21DE], E2098 [9DE], E2116 [13DE], E2233 [21DE], E2246 [22DE], E2258 [29DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 64), veto, H10 [12JA], H48 [13JA]

———making (H.J. Res. 101), H7777, H7778 [1DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 101), consideration (H. Res. 1741), H7763-H7767 [1DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 105), H8767 [17DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 105), consideration (H. Res. 1776), H8763-H8766 [17DE]

Courts: Southwest border district courts funding, E1466 [29JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish certain conditions for receipt of funds under the child and adult care food program and eliminate Federal price floor for paid school lunches, H7814, H7815 [1DE]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H6619, H6620, H6621, H6622, H6624 [10AU], H7806, H7807, H7808, H7811-H7813 [1DE], E2128 [14DE]

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5582), E1182 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), H8629-H8759 [17DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), Senate amendment, H8944, H8945 [22DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), corrections in engrossment, H8769 [17DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), H6863-H6867, H6869 [22SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), H3750, H3751, H3754 [25MY], H3875, H3889-H4019, H4025-H4076 [27MY], H4194-H4201, H4203-H4207 [28MY], H4217 [8JN], H4783 [24JN], H6227 [28JY], E904 [20MY], E986, E988, E989, E990, E991, E992, E993, E994, E995, E996, E997, E998, E999, E1000, E1001, E1003, E1006, E1007, E1011 [28MY], E1019, E1023, E1026-E1028, E1041 [8JN], E1051 [9JN], E1072 [10JN], E1084 [14JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136) consideration (H. Res. 1404), H3876-H3885 [27MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), corrections in engrossment, H4200 [28MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), motion to recommit, H4196, H4197, H4201, H4207 [28MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), request Senate to return to the House (H. Res. 1467), H4733 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), unanimous-consent request, H4056 [27MY]

———civilian infrastructure improvements funding due to military build-up on Guam, E997 [28MY]

———clarify authority to assist communities with development of public infrastructure in connection with expansion or establishment of a military installation, H4027 [27MY], E992 [28MY]

———commission an independent study on the optimal balance of manned and unmanned aircraft capability, H4055 [27MY]

———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program, H3760 [25MY], H4011, H4012 [27MY], H8358 [15DE]

———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program (H.R. 6540), H8798-H8801 [21DE]

———contract to purchase textiles, apparel, and footwear from Federal Prison Industries, Inc., H2243 [23MR]

———determine if BP P.L.C., is no longer a responsible source to perform contracts and then debar BP P.L.C., from contracting with the Dept., H4032 [27MY]

———determine if BP P.L.C,. is no longer a responsible source to perform contracts and then debar BP P.L.C., from contracting with the Dept., H4031 [27MY]

———encourage full and open competition for M915 truck program procurements, H4066 [27MY]

———establish monitoring and evaluation metrics for Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa activities, H4053 [27MY]

———expedite congressional defense export review period for Israel and extend war reserves stockpile authority (S. 3847), H7040-H7043 [28SE]

———extend regulations on contractors performing private security functions in certain countries, H4046 [27MY]

———F-35 aircraft program funding, H8038 [7DE]

———F-22 aircraft program funding, H594 [4FE]

———funding, H6611, H6622 [10AU], E1529 [30JY]

———furnish the Dept. of HHS Toxic Substances and Disease Registry with information pertaining to the Camp Lejeune, NC, well water contamination, H4029, H4031 [27MY]

———Gulf War Veterans' Illness Research Program funding, H7514 [17NO]

———impose penalty on contractors that do not comply with contract information reporting requirements, H4068 [27MY]

———increase effectiveness of Northern Command, E990 [28MY]

———Joint Family Support Assistance Program funding, H4005 [27MY]

———Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, H3750, H3764 [25MY], H3827 [26MY], H3879-H3883, H4007-H4011 [27MY], H8524 [16DE], E1006 [28MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), E159 [4FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), earmark declaration, E115, E126, E127, E133, E134 [2FE], E152, E153, E163, E166 [4FE], E169 [5FE], E189, E190, E195 [22FE], E205, E212, E213 [23FE], E227 [24FE], E267, E269 [26FE]

———military medical hospital infrastructure improvements funding, H7376 [29SE]

———national missile defense system funding, H2568, H2569 [14AP], H4042, H4043 [27MY]

———Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Capital Improvement Program funding, H6209 [28JY]

———prohibit funding for military construction project earmarks, H6239-H6241 [28JY]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S., H4197 [28MY]

———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., H6242 [28JY]

———protect certain Iraqi nationals who have provided assistance to the U.S., E1003 [28MY]

———provide for performance management of the defense acquisition system, H3897 [27MY]

———provide list of minority-, women-, and disadvantaged-owned small businesses who received defense contracts, H3997 [27MY]

———realignment of military installation from Japan to Guam, H6213 [28JY]

———report on incentives for recruitment and retention of health care professionals, H4005 [27MY]

———report on procurement and feasibility of sustained low-level production of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, H4053 [27MY]

———report the long-term costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, H4045 [27MY]

———require domestic melting of steel armor plate, E993 [28MY]

———require review of the sustainment and modernization requirements and costs related to bomber force and long-range strike capabilities, E1000 [28MY]

———semiconductor technologies research and development funding, H3999 [27MY]

———study feasibility of joint usage of NASA Shuttle Logistics Depot, H4067 [27MY]

———transfer authority of Port of Guam Improvement Operation Fund operation and maintenance funding, H5404 [1JY], H6066 [27JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, H4073-H4076 [27MY]

———education programs and jobs funding, H5346, H5389, H5403, H5404 [1JY]

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding, E842 [13MY]

———Innovative Loan Guarantee Program funding, H6620 [10AU]

———nuclear energy loan guarantee programs funding, H5387 [1JY]

———prohibit Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program loan repayments from being used to provide assistance to additional recipients, H3237-H3239 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (H.R. 5710), H6850-H6852 [22SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize appropriations for the Science and Technology Directorate (H.R. 4842), H5760-H5775 [20JY], E1411 [22JY], E1422 [26JY]

———authorize Securing the Cities Initiative, H5772, H5774 [20JY], E1411 [22JY]

———authorize Securing the Cities Initiative (H.R. 2611), H225, H226 [20JA], E83 [26JA]

———construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S., H3434-H3436 [12MY], H3640 [19MY], H7216 [29SE]

———include medical readiness and community resiliency for health care critical infrastructure in criteria for Homeland Security Centers of Excellence Program, H5774 [20JY]

———making appropriations, H6585-H6589 [10AU]

———prohibit purchase of first-class airline tickets for employees except in special circumstances, H6238 [28JY]

———require issuance and use of Social Security cards with biometric identifiers for the establishment of employment authorization and identity, H3064 [29AP]

Dept. of HUD: eliminate travel budget, H6346-H6348 [29JY]

———increase Community Development Block Grant Program funding directed at minority-serving institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, H6353 [29JY]

———increase Community Development Block Grant Program funding for disaster relief for Midwest communities affected by flooding, H6373, H6374 [29JY]

———prohibit funding for doctoral dissertation research grants on housing and urban development issues, H6345 [29JY]

———prohibit funding for restoration and improvement of Darwin D. Martin House Complex project in Buffalo, NY, H6379-H6381 [29JY]

———prohibit funding for Transformation Initiative, H6345, H6346 [29JY]

———prohibit funding to enforce regulations against veterans' preferences in Dept. of HUD financed housing for the elderly built on a VA campus or using a VA-enhanced use lease, H6374 [29JY]

———reduce Office of Policy Development and Research funding, H6348, H6349 [29JY]

———section 8 programs and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS funding, H6324 [29JY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5264), E1916 [16NO]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (H.R. 4556), E117 [2FE]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Bagram AFB, Afghanistan, H3881 [27MY]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H3881 [27MY]

———provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (H.R. 6085), E1555 [10AU]

———reauthorize Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program (H.R. 1514), H3495 [18MY]

———Support Teens Through Education and Protection (STEP) Program funding, E250 [25FE]

Dept. of State: clarify procedures for Iraqi nationals applying for visas, H4067 [27MY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), Senate amendments, H7372-H7377 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1682), H7364-H7370 [29SE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding through reductions in border patrol funding, H5386 [1JY]

———provide grants and enter into cooperative agreements for integrated regional water conservation plans (H.R. 6281), E1858 [29SE]

Dept. of Transportation: eliminate funding for certain budget office positions, H6346 [29JY]

———impact of voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle, H2485-H2487 [13AP]

———improve effectiveness of transportation programs on Federal lands and provide funding for park roads and parkways and the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (H.R. 6546), E2191 [18DE]

———make grants for the operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation, H6348, H6349 [29JY]

———Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization funding, H6372 [29JY]

———prohibit funding for Blackstone River Bikeway in Rhode Island, H6377, H6378 [29JY]

———prohibit funding for Downtown Tacoma Streetscapes Improvement Project in Tacoma, WA, H6378, H6379 [29JY]

———prohibit reallocation of Federal highway funding to livable communities program unless such program is authorized, H6292, H6293, H6324, H6351 [29JY]

———require Federal Railroad Administration consideration of negative impact of high-speed rail corridors on residential communities, H6323 [29JY]

———Safety Belt Performance Grant program funding reduction, H6349 [29JY]

———TIGER (Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery) grants funding, H6320 [29JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms, H6212 [28JY]

———create program to review contracts after periods of inactivity, H6245 [28JY]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in Sarpy County, NE, region, H6212 [28JY]

———establish scholarship program for veterans to pursue graduate or post-graduate degrees in behavioral health sciences, H4075 [27MY]

———increase plot allowance and burial benefits for veterans, H6210 [28JY]

———long-term care residential brain injury medical facilities construction funding, H6243-H6245 [28JY]

———major health care facility construction projects funding through reductions in general operating expense account, H6243 [28JY]

———make certain improvements to comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (H.R. 4810), H2178-H2180 [22MR], H4087 [28MY], E452, E456 [23MR], E501 [25MR]

———professional vocational rehabilitation and employment counselors funding, H6236 [28JY]

———renewable energy projects at VA medical facility campuses funding, H6237 [28JY]

———State veterans cemeteries construction grants funding, H6245-H6247 [28JY]

———submit a report on changes necessary to ensure accurate accounting of returned Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefit payments, H6241 [28JY]

———suicide outreach prevention program funding, H6235, H6236 [28JY]

———U.S. Paralympic Adaptive Sports Grant Program funding, H6237, H6238 [28JY]

———VA inpatient hospital constuction funding for the Bellevue/Omaha, NE, region, H6212 [28JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), Senate amendment, H8152-H8213 [8DE], H8522, H8523 [16DE], H8905, H8908, H8913, H8914 [21DE], E2098 [9DE], E2116 [13DE], E2147 [15DE], E2233 [21DE], E2246 [22DE], E2258 [29DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1755), H8147-H8151 [8DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1782), H8901-H8905 [21DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), H6216, H6245-H6249 [28JY], E1465 [29JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), consideration (H. Res. 1559), H6206-H6214 [28JY]

———prohibit funding to exercise power of eminent domain without just compensation to property owners, H6227, H6241, H6242 [28JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, H3997, H4025, H4048 [27MY]

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, H7492 [16NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H6352, H6353, H6372, H6373, H6374, H6375, H6376 [29JY]

———eliminate or reduce funding for certain Federal programs, H6350, H6351 [29JY], E1517 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3288), earmark declaration, E28 [13JA], E35 [15JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5850), H6300, H6310-H6353, H6368-H6382-H6412-H6418 [29JY], E1496, E1517 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5850), consideration (H. Res. 1569), H6289-H6297 [29JY]

Disasters: reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs (H.R. 3820), H975-H984 [2MR]

———require the President to appoint a research and development team to review and recommend new technologies to prevent oil spills, H5352 [1JY]

Diseases: pediatric cancer research funding, E1871 [29SE]

Earmarks: eliminate from appropriations legislation, H3880 [27MY], H5924 [22JY], H6207 [28JY], H6289 [29JY]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, H3184-H3191 [5MY], H3425-H3432 [12MY], H4409 [14JN], H4744-H4746, H4750, H4751 [23JN], H5228 [30JN], H5970 [22JY], H6742-H6748 [15SE]

———importance of job creation, H6321 [29JY]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H303 [21JA], H362, H363 [26JA], H393 [27JA], H653, H661, H664, H736 [23FE], H761 [24FE], H954 [26FE], H2649 [20AP], H3315 [12MY], H3469 [13MY], H5601 [14JY]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1137), H1115-H1123 [4MR]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H1111, H1125-H1147, H1151, H1152 [4MR], H1451, H1488, H1495 [16MR], H1555 [17MR], H2286 [24MR], E317 [5MR], E368 [12MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H316, H317 [21JA], H372 [26JA], H2315 [24MR], H6630 [14SE]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (H.R. 4529), H1915 [21MR], E950 [26MY], E1369 [20JY]

———provide special consideration to high-needs schools and underrepresented teachers and minorities when determining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fellowship grants, H8846 [21DE]

———science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education funding, E845 [13MY]

———State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H1034 [3MR]

Employment: freeze pay of Members of Congress and civilian Federal employees, H4196, H4201, H4207 [28MY]

———provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (H.R. 4812), H1303 [10MR], H3731, H3732 [24MY], H3762 [25MY], H5346 [1JY], H5973 [22JY], H6029 [26JY]

EPA: continue funding of National Estuary Program at current levels, H2611, H2612 [15AP]

———ensure compliance with safe drinking water regulations within the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, E842 [13MY]

———prohibit funding for a public information campaign for the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program, H3239, H3240 [6MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish the National Office for Cyberspace, H3999, H4000 [27MY]

———submit notification to Congress of current and new cybersecurity programs, H888 [25FE]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system, H2270 [24MR], H2325-H2332, H2404-H2413 [25MR], H6077 [27JY]

———Essential Air Service Program funding, H2412 [25MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), H1553-H1558 [17MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1745), H7859-H7864 [2DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1766), H8524-H8534, H8545-H8551 [16DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), Senate amendment, H7759, H7760, H7761, H7762, H7763, H7850-H7852 [1DE], H7858, H7859, H7874-H7887 [2DE], H8079-H8085 [7DE], H8092, H8248-H8252, H8254, H8255 [8DE], H8266, H8280 [9DE], H8295 [14DE], H8356, H8357, H8358, H8359, H8508-H8517 [15DE], H8522, H8523, H8524, H8552-H8595 [16DE], H8600 [17DE], E2071 [7DE], E2098 [9DE], E2128 [14DE], E2178, E2186, E2189, E2190, E2195, E2200, E2202, E2206 [18DE], E2211, E2225, E2232 [21DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4915), H2268-H2273 [24MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4957), H2450 [25MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5147), H2950-H2952 [28AP]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5611), H4931-H4934 [29JN]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5900), H6418-H6428 [29JY], E1510 [30JY], E1577 [10AU]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 6190), H6943-H6945 [23SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 6473), H7867-H7869 [2DE]

———impact of NY/NJ/PA Metropolitan Airspace Redesign Project on local communities, H8279 [9DE]

———prohibit funding to require general aviation airports to terminate residential through-the-fence access agreements, H6371, H6372 [29JY]

FBI: prohibit funding to implement field office supervisory term limit policy requiring mandatory reassignment of a supervisor after a certain term, H885 [25FE]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels and non-conventional petroleum sources, including tar sands, H4028 [27MY], E1003 [28MY]

Federal aid programs: create a means to review and abolish Federal programs that are inefficient, duplicative, or in other ways wasteful of taxpayer funds (H.R. 5568), H4781 [24JN], E1187 [24JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), H2300-H2313 [24MR], H4367, H4368 [10JN], H4437 [15JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), Senate amendments, H5307, H5358-H5407 [1JY], H5551 [14JY], H5621, H5657 [15JY], H5730, H5752 [20JY], H5960 [22JY], H6029 [26JY], H6049, H6050, H6052-H6068 [27JY], H6168 [28JY], E1293, E1296 [13JY], E1318 [14JY], E1331, E1341 [15JY], E1445, E1449, E1450, E1452 [28JY], E1469 [29JY], E1505, E1534 [30JY]

Federal employees: prohibit funding of salaries for individuals viewing, downloading, or exchanging pornography on Federal computers, H3455, H3456 [13MY], H4358 [10JN]

———reduce pay for Members of Congress, require Federal civilian employees to take a period of unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for legislative branch salaries and expenses (H.R. 6134), E1644 [15SE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize firefighter assistance program and authorize use of fire department grant funds for fire station construction (H.R. 6464), E2018 [1DE]

Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H546-H552 [3FE], H1184 [9MR]

FEMA: allow local government agencies receiving National Flood Insurance Program funding to coordinate with entities and agencies that have experience dealing with the disabled, seniors, and minorities, H5629 [15JY]

———establish a National Flood Insurance Program 5-year grace period and appeal period for purchasing flood insurance under locations newly mapped as flood areas, H5629 [15JY]

———expend all funds to extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program in a manner consistent with manual on Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, H5652 [15JY]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (H.R. 5114), H5621, H5626-H5656, H5658 [15JY], H6145 [27JY], E1365 [20JY], E2043 [2DE]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (H.R. 5114), corrections in engrossment, H5656 [15JY]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (H.R. 5114), motion to recommit, H5654 [15JY]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program, H4938 [29JN]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 5569), H4687-H4690 [23JN]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 3814), H6951, H6952 [23SE], E1745 [24SE]

———funding, H3183 [5MY], H4482 [15JN]

———prohibit use of National Flood Insurance Program authorization extension funds for earmarks, H5646 [15JY]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (H.R. 1746), Senate amendment, H8814-H8817 [21DE]

———reform National Flood Insurance Program, H3265-H3267 [6MY]

———require National Flood Insurance Program to conduct a study on repaying losses over a 10-year period, H5627 [15JY]

———update National Flood Insurance Program flood area maps, H5629 [15JY]

Fort Hood, TX: continue treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for civilians present on base during shootings, H4030 [27MY]

GAO: enhance oversight authorities (H.R. 2646), H65-H67 [13JA]

Government: make funds available to increase program integrity efforts and reduce wasteful government spending of taxpayers' dollars (H.R. 5363), H5550 [14JY]

———making omnibus appropriations, H8522, H8523 [16DE], H8600 [17DE], E2147 [15DE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, earmark declaration, E28 [13JA], E35 [15JA]

———making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 5745), H6630 [14SE]

———prevent the executive branch from encroaching upon the congressional prerogative to appropriate money and to make laws, H4672, H4674 [22JN]

Haiti: use of disaster relief funding for education and rebuilding schools, E1303 [13JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: authorize funds to be used to pay eligible costs of preparing Federal environmental impact statements for certain navigation projects (H.R. 5621), E1220 [28JN]

Harris County, TX: ferry landings refurbishment funding, H6324 [29JY]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H558 [4FE], H1153 [4MR], H1176 [9MR], H1381, H1383 [12MR], H4088 [28MY], E1400 [22JY]

Health: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (H.R. 3470), H6842, H6843 [22SE], E1775 [29SE]

———encourage use of electronic medical records, H1542 [17MR]

———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, H1215-H1217 [9MR], H1225, H1307-H1309 [10MR], H1326, H1340 [11MR], H1376-H1380, H1383, H1386, H1388, H1391 [12MR], H1399, H1400, H1422, H1432, H1434 [15MR], H1470, H1471, H1472, H1474 [16MR], H1665-H1667 [19MR], H1794 [20MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (H.R. 5882), H6274, H6275 [28JY]

House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, H1364, H1367 [12MR], H1399, H1434 [15MR], H1443, H1445, H1446, H1447, H1453, H1454, H1455, H1456, H1457, H1458, H1459, H1460, H1461, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469, H1470, H1471, H1472, H1473, H1503, H1504, H1510 [16MR], H1552, H1567, H1573, H1590 [17MR], H1598, H1599, H1601, H1602, H1604-H1606, H1645-H1648, H1652 [18MR], H1659, H1665-H1667, H1672-H1677, H1715, H1724, H1725, H1728, H1738, H1739 [19MR], H1748, H1770, H1806, H1808 [20MR], H1834 [21MR]

———legislative priorities, H3683-H3685 [20MY], H4321-H4327 [9JN]

———legislative process, H826, H827 [24FE], H937, H938, H940-H942 [26FE], H1039-H1042 [3MR], H1116-H1122 [4MR], H1350, H1351 [11MR], H1586-H1588 [17MR], H5521 [13JY], H6298 [29JY], H6539 [30JY], H6979 [23SE], H7199, H7204 [28SE], H7386 [29SE]

———oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (H. Res. 1194), H1624 [18MR]

———prohibit increase in amount established for Members' official allowances during a period of high unemployment and public debt (H.R. 3189), H1544 [17MR]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (H.R. 4825), H1542-H1544 [17MR]

———return several measures to the Senate (H. Res. 1653), H6904 [23SE]

House Rules: prohibit earmarks to for-profit entities (H. Res. 614), H2264 [24MR]

———require that rescission bills always be considered under open rules every year (H. Res. 323), H2634 [15AP]

Houston, TX: Advanced Transit and Metro Solutions Plan funding, H6324 [29JY]

Immigration: require employers receiving hiring tax incentives to check the legal status of potential new hires through the E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, H1139 [4MR]

Insurance: clarify that once a borrower has demonstrated to a lender that flood insurance has been purchased, the lender must terminate the force-placed insurance, H5629 [15JY]

———decisions by States on operation of high risk health insurance pools, H3314 [12MY]

———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools, H1352 [11MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), H849-H895, H908, H909 [25FE], H942, H951 [26FE], E266 [26FE], E389 [16MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), consideration (H. Res. 1105), H838-H845 [25FE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), consideration (H. Res. 1113), H936-H942 [26FE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1674), H7219-H7230 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), corrections in engrossment, H952 [26FE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), motion to recommit, H948-H950 [26FE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), Senate amendment, H7276-H7312 [29SE]

———develop competitive grant program to recruit African American college students, H880 [25FE]

———educate security clearance adjudicators on the nature of combat-related injuries relative to eligibility for access to classified information, H892, H893 [25FE]

———establish conflict of interest regulations prohibiting certain outside employment for intelligence community employees, H886 [25FE]

———improve workplace diversity, H884, H885 [25FE]

———reaffirm as priority the plan for core financial system requirements to achieve community-wide auditability and commend National Reconnaissance Office for achieving a clean audit, H886 [25FE]

———report on attempt by passenger to detonate an explosive device aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253, H893, H894 [25FE]

———review intelligence to determine if there is credible evidence of connection between a foreign entity and U.S. anthrax attacks, H890, H891 [25FE]

IRS: include in Form 1040 instruction booklet information relative to Federal Government revenues, spending, and public debt (H.R. 4943), E495 [25MR]

———prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (H.R. 5570), H4785, H4786, H4791, H4792 [24JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, H6465, H6468 [30JY]

Las Vegas, NV: construction of VA inpatient hospital, H7340 [29SE]

LIHEAP: reauthorize (H.R. 4554), E122 [2FE]

Medicare: Medicare Advantage program funding, H4411 [14JN]

Milwaukee, WI: Hoan Bridge repair funding, H6323 [29JY]

Museum and Library Services Act: amend and extend (S. 3984), H8318, H8321 [14DE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5781), H7218 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 3729), H7342-H7361 [29SE], E1881 [15NO]

———designate as a National Security Interest and Asset, H4028 [27MY]

———funding, H1313-H1320 [10MR], H2568, H2569 [14AP], H6884 [23SE]

———manned space flight funding, H430 [2FE], H543, H544, H545 [3FE], H657, H658 [23FE], H936 [26FE], H1177, H1212 [9MR], H1295, H1313-H1320 [10MR], H1748 [20MR], H2324, H2442 [25MR], H2508, H2509, H2510, H2511, H2512, H2560 [14AP], H2582 [15AP], H4377 [10JN], H4657-H4663 [22JN], H4896-H4902 [28JN], H5667 [15JY], E483 [25MR], E552 [15AP], E575 [16AP], E628 [22AP]

———prohibit funding for termination of the Constellation Program, H5353, H5355 [1JY], E1228 [29JN]

National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 3967), H5507, H5508 [13JY], E1353 [19JY]

National Guard: provide fire retardant uniforms for personnel engaged in certain civil authority missions, H3988, H3989 [27MY]

National Historic Preservation Act: condemn exemptions from requirements for flood control and transportation projects in Dallas, TX, E1318 [14JY]

National security: counterterrorism initiatives funding, H3141-H3144 [5MY]

———deploy National Guard to assist U.S.-Mexico border control activities funding, H6168 [28JY]

———improve border security, H5352, H5385-H5387 [1JY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 5875), H6168, H6253-H6257 [28JY], E1466 [29JY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 6080), H6584-H6589 [10AU]

National wildlife refuges: reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships (H.R. 4973), H5515, H5516 [13JY]

Navy: Virginia-class submarine program funding, H4074 [27MY]

New York: Federal grants and appropriations awarded to New York's 19th Congressional District, E2238-E2240 [22DE]

New York, NY: funding for school districts receiving high concentrations of Hatitian child refugees, H5404 [1JY]

NOAA: prohibit use of education and watershed programs funds for earmarks, H1680, H1682 [19MR]

NSF: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program funding, H8844 [21DE]

NTSB: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4714), H7096-H7101 [28SE], E1785, E1786, E1793 [29SE], E1894 [15NO]

Obama, President: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, H1225 [10MR]

———proposal to establish deficit commission by Executive order, H247 [20JA]

———proposal to freeze discretionary spending, H373 [26JA], H391, H392, H393, H413, H414 [27JA], H429, H430, H431, H452, H453 [2FE], H479, H544 [3FE], H607 [9FE], H658 [23FE]

Offutt AFB, NE: U.S. Strategic Command headquarters construction funding, H6212 [28JY]

OMB: require non-defense agencies to establish contractor inventories and insourcing programs that adhere to procurement regulations established for the Dept. of Defense, H4037, H4038 [27MY]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (H.R. 5975), E2021 [1DE]

Patent and Trademark Office: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 5874), H6251-H6253 [28JY], E1470 [29JY], E1500 [30JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: deauthorize appropriations (H.R. 5882), H6274 [28JY]

———impact on Medicare Advantage program funding, E1793 [29SE]

Pennsylvania: Appalachian Development Highway System designation of Corridor O-1 funding, H6069 [27JY]

Public lands: making emergency supplemental appropriations for rehabilitation, road projects, and job creation (H.R. 4291), H3084 [4MY]

———prohibit funding for acquisition of new Federal land, H5668-H5670 [15JY]

Public Lands Corps Act: retain existing authorization level and limit authorization to five years, H1757, H1758 [20MR]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs and activities (H.R. 5897), E1450 [28JY]

Radio: prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming and transfer certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt (H.R. 6417), H7555-H7558 [18NO]

Railroads: positive railroad control funding, H6323 [29JY]

Rehabilitation Act: provide a technical adjustment to funding for independent living centers (H.R. 5610), H5280, H5281 [30JN]

———provide a technical adjustment to funding for independent living centers (H.R. 5610), Senate amendment, H6257, H6258 [28JY]

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, H731 [23FE], H1117-H1121, H1139, H1141 [4MR], H1555 [17MR]

———Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs funding, H4171 [28MY]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), Senate amendment, H8359, H8390-H8410 [15DE], H8944 [22DE], E2162 [16DE], E2177, E2180, E2182, E2197, E2199 [18DE], E2224 [21DE]

———enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1764), H8383-H8388 [15DE]

———extend Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, E1542 [9AU]

———permit use of previously appropriated funds to extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program (H.R. 4938), H2414-H2416 [25MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H303 [21JA], H393 [27JA], H653, H661, H664, H736 [23FE], H761 [24FE], H954 [26FE], H2649 [20AP], H5601 [14JY], E250 [25FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H1111, H1125-H1147, H1151, H1152 [4MR], H1451, H1488, H1495 [16MR], H1555 [17MR], H2286 [24MR], E317 [5MR], E368 [12MR]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1137), H1115-H1123 [4MR]

Space Photonics, Inc.: nanotechnology for anti-reverse engineering development funding, E159 [4FE]

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: improve oversight of contractors in Afghanistan, H4041, H4043 [27MY]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5190), E963 [28MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5220), H3583-H3589 [19MY]

Sri Lanka: prohibit assistance under Foreign Military Financing Program, E908 [20MY]

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 6200), H7063, H7064 [28SE], E1729 [23SE]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (H.R. 6081), E1569 [10AU]

Sudan: develop comprehensive strategy to address humanitarian crisis in Darfur, H5974 [22JY]

Taxation: encourage investments in infrastructure (H.R. 6181), E1690 [22SE]

Technology: assess vulnerabilities from products produced by foreign owned companies, H844 [25FE]

Texas: flood control projects funding, H6046 [27JY]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (H.R. 2746), H2263 [24MR]

———infrastructure funding, H6323 [29JY]

———rescind amounts authorized for certain surface transportation programs (H.R. 5604), H5751-H5754 [20JY], H5960 [22JY], E1212 [25JN]

———rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects, H8211 [8DE]

———rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects (H.R. 5730), H6068-H6071 [27JY], E1313 [14JY], E1455 [28JY], E1485 [29JY]

Yauco, PR: prohibit funding for construction of a children's playground, H6381, H6382 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

Afghanistan: require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces, S4181 [25MY], S4481, S4482 [27MY]

Agriculture: biotechnology research and development funding, S8003-S8005 [18NO]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: ensure amounts appropriated for BIA remain available for a certain period (S. 3761), S6853 [5AU]

———ensure amounts appropriated for BIA remain available for a certain period (S. 3761), unanimous-consent request, S6852, S6853 [5AU]

———impact of stimulus funds on economy and job creation, S1156-S1158 [4MR]

———provide a certain percentage of stimulus funds to States and local governments for use as an administrative expense reserve to track receiving and spending of stimulus funds, S1154 [4MR]

Appropriations: legislative process, S6831 [5AU]

Armed Forces: Afghanistan security forces funding, S4166 [25MY]

———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, S4564 [28MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities, S5213 [21JN], S6190 [22JY]

Aviation: prohibit use of passenger facility fees to construct bicycle storage facilities, S1584 [16MR]

Baltimore, MD: Penn Station pipe relocation funding, S10288 [15DE]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S31-S35 [20JA], S79-S83, S94-S96, S102-S104, S106-S108 [21JA], S138 [22JA], S168-S174, S177, S179-S181 [25JA], S213-S221, S245 [26JA], S281, S282 [28JA], S5840 [14JY]

———exclude Social Security programs from consideration, S74-S77, S82 [21JA], S168 [25JA], S215-S221 [26JA]

———prohibit fast-track procedures for consideration of commission recommendations, S178 [25JA], S215 [26JA]

Budget: allocation of funds, S363-S366, S374 [1FE], S477 [4FE], S510 [9FE], S555-S557 [11FE], S4836 [10JN], S4878-S4880 [14JN], S4903 [15JN]

———balance, S784 [25FE]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, S282, S283 [28JA], S353 [29JA], S683-S685 [23FE], S719 [24FE], S1007 [3MR], S1294 [9MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, S7923 [17NO]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 35), S6086 [21JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 38), S6672 [3AU], S6677 [4AU]

———control Federal spending, S2138 [26MR]

———control Federal spending (S. 1808), S1004 [3MR]

———eliminate wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S229, S232, S237-S243 [26JA], S284 [28JA], S7394-S7397 [23SE], S7705 [29SE], S10237-S10239 [15DE]

———eliminate wasteful spending, provide for comprehensive budget reform, and establish the Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint) (S. 3652), S6303 [27JY]

———eliminate wasteful spending and provide for comprehensive budget reform, S8993-S8999 [14DE]

———establish a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government (S. 169), S6367 [28JY]

———establish an expedited procedure for consideration of a bill returning spending levels to 2007 levels, S5082-S5084 [17JN]

———establish an expedited procedure for consideration of a bill returning spending levels to 2007 levels (S. Con. Res. 57), S2255-S2257 [14AP], S2361 [15AP]

———establish an expedited procedure for consideration of legislation returning spending levels to 2007 levels, S2268 [14AP]

———finance additional unemployment insurance and other Federal programs by eliminating certain low priority expenditures, S2341, S2346 [15AP]

———finance additional unemployment insurance and other Federal programs through certain tax loophole closures, S2341, S2346 [15AP]

———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (S. 3423), S4222 [25MY]

———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (S. 3474), S4749 [9JN]

———reconciliation process, S688 [23FE]

———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps, S223-S225, S228, S233, S235, S236 [26JA], S277, S278, S281 [28JA], S847-S850 [1MR], S980 [3MR], S1141, S1143-S1146, S1152 [4MR], S1346-S1348 [10MR], S1653-S1655, S1657-S1660 [17MR], S1694-S1697, S1701-S1707, S1714-S1716 [18MR], S4111, S4122 [24MY], S4169, S4186 [25MY], S4409 [26MY], S4496 [27MY], S4637 [8JN], S4719, S4734 [9JN], S5098 [17JN], S5765-S5767 [13JY], S7485, S7486 [27SE], S10417 [16DE]

———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending, S1717, S1721-S1723 [18MR]

———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (S. 3095), S1313-S1315 [9MR], S1495 [15MR], S1656 [17MR]

———rescind certain unspent and uncommitted Federal funds, S232, S243, S244 [26JA]

———rescind certain unspent Federal funds to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation and certain other Federal programs, S2275-S2278, S2281, S2287 [14AP], S2346 [15AP]

———rescind funds from certain Federal programs to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation, S10249-S10251 [15DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2015, S7485 [27SE]

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), S4547 [27MY], S4846 [10JN], S6287 [27JY], S6357-S6359 [28JY], S6478 [29JY], S6700-S6702 [4AU], S6832-S6835, S6842-S6845, S6849 [5AU]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), S3431, S3432 [7MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), House amendment, S7718, S7730 [29SE]

———make technical corrections to authorization legislation (H.R. 6516), S10308 [15DE]

———National Pollution Funds Center funding, S4413 [26MY]

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, S7159, S7161-S7163 [16SE]

Commission for Fiscal Sustainability: establish (S. 2965), S285 [28JA]

Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish, S244 [26JA], S280, S281 [28JA]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish, S104 [21JA]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): tribute to staff, S10938 [22DE]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): tribute to Members and staff for work on FAA reauthorization, S1801 [22MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S189 [25JA], S1866 [23MR]

Computers: enhance cybersecurity and secure intelligence networks, S6265 [27JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S5-S7 [20JA], S10951 [22DE]

———legislative priorities, S10476-S10479 [17DE]

———legislative process, S6831 [5AU], S10384 [16DE], S10883 [21DE]

———provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, S8172 [19NO]

Continuing: extend expiration date, S7709, S7715 [29SE]

———making, S7454 [24SE], S7703-S7715 [29SE], S8968 [14DE], S10351, S10384 [16DE], S10852, S10853, S10867, S10875, S10877-S10884, S10891 [21DE], S11023 [22DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 101), S8330 [1DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 101), unanimous-consent request, S8391 [2DE]

———making (H.J. Res. 105), S10492 [17DE]

———making (S.J. Res. 42), S10367, S10416-S10419 [16DE], S10422 [17DE]

Contracts: 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, S2016 [24MR], S5222 [22JN]

Corps of Engineers: Louisiana coastal area ecosystem restoration program construction projects funding, S4202 [25MY]

Correctional institutions: authorize appropriations of U.S. assistance to help eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities (S. 3798), S7176 [16SE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S6831 [5AU]

Dept. of Commerce: reauthorize Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (S. 3523), S5320 [23JN]

———reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (S. 3519), S5276 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense: audit financial statements, S7125 [15SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 6523), S10936-S10938 [22DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S7115 [15SE], S10913, S10914 [21DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), motion to proceed, S7144, S7158-S7163, S7166-S7168 [16SE], S7191-S7197 [20SE], S7229-S7232, S7234-S7260 [21SE], S7324 [22SE], S7415 [23SE], S8662, S8680-S8683, S8685 [9DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent request, S8682 [9DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), unanimous-consent request, S6830-S6832 [5AU], S7246 [21SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), S4564 [28MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), return to the House, S5456 [24JN]

———ballistic missile program funding, S10791 [20DE]

———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program, S7230 [21SE], S10936 [22DE]

———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program (H.R. 6540), S10960 [22DE]

———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program (H.R. 6540), unanimous-consent request, S10961 [22DE]

———ensure foreign security forces that receive U.S. assistance have not committed human rights violations, S4434, S4435 [26MY]

———expedite congressional defense export review period for Israel and extend war reserves stockpile authority (S. 3847), S7560 [27SE]

———Iraq Security Forces Fund funding, S7194 [20SE], S7236 [21SE]

———Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, S10882 [21DE]

———overseas military construction funding, S5762-S5764 [13JY], S7098 [15SE]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice, S1292 [9MR], S1350, S1352 [10MR], S1588-S1598, S1604 [16MR]

Dept. of Energy: National Nuclear Security Administration funding, S10435 [17DE]

———nuclear energy and renewable energy loan guarantee programs funding, S4402 [26MY]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (S. 3575), S5791, S5792 [13JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S., S4499, S4500 [27MY]

———construction of fence along the southern border of the U.S., S6840 [5AU]

———Law Enforcement Support Center funding, S6839 [5AU]

———protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (S. 3806), S7210-S7217 [20SE]

———U.S. Customs and Border Protection Southwest border staffing funding, S6839, S6840 [5AU]

Dept. of Justice: 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 (S. 3019), S702 [23FE]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (S. 2977), S441 [2FE]

———prohibit funding for prosecution in Federal courts of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S10937 [22DE]

———protect crime victims' rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (S. 3842), S7510 [27SE]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (S. 3376), S3720 [13MY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), S7703-S7715 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), motion to proceed, S7454 [24SE], S7693 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), unanimous-consent agreement, S7702 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3081), unanimous-consent request, S7711 [29SE]

———making appropriations (S. 3676), S6864 [5AU], S7168 [16SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, S4129 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior: expedite Coastal Impact Assistance Program funding, S4202 [25MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to provide low-interest loans to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure, S3818 [17MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (S. 1506), S682 [23FE], S5230 [22JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure any savings realized on the bid process on major construction projects be used to fund other authorized construction projects, S4488-S4491, S4502 [27MY]

———funding, S4409 [26MY]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (S. 423), S4511 [27MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S8968 [14DE], S10236, S10260, S10274, S10279, S10288 [15DE], S10312-S10316, S10349, S10351, S10373, S10383-S10385, S10401, S10405 [16DE], S10452-S10454 [17DE], S10685 [18DE], S10732-S10734, S10770 [19DE], S10852, S10853, S10867, S10875, S10877-S10884, S10891 [21DE], S11023 [22DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, technical corrections, S10405 [16DE]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 1492), S7261 [21SE]

Earmarks: eliminate from appropriations legislation, S7195, S7196 [20SE], S9006 [14DE], S10416 [16DE]

———establish a moratorium, S1429 [11MR], S1599-S1603 [16MR], S7872 [15NO], S8212, S8213, S8228, S8232-S8239 [29NO], S8259-S8264 [30NO]

———establish a moratorium for any fiscal year in which there is a deficit, S1446 [11MR], S1583, S1584 [16MR], S1655, S1664 [17MR], S1697-S1700, S1723 [18MR]

———increase transparency and accountability (H.R. 3268), S7672 [29SE]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S509, S510 [9FE], S559 [11FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S600-S613 [22FE], S677-S679, S681-S688, S691-S693 [23FE], S718-S727, S730 [24FE], S784 [25FE], S1212, S1224 [5MR], S1453, S1479 [11MR], S1496, S1500-S1504 [15MR], S1575, S1577-S1579, S1584 [16MR], S1633-S1638 [17MR], S1745 [18MR]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S693 [23FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S682 [23FE]

———rescind funds for unobligated transportation earmarks and establish general reporting requirement for any unobligated earmarks, S1004 [3MR], S1434 [11MR], S1602 [16MR]

Education: Pell Grants funding, S8753, S8754 [10DE]

———State financial aid guaranty agencies funding, S2753 [28AP]

Emergency Management Assistance Compact: authorize appropriations for grants to participating States (S. 1288), S5867 [14JY]

EPA: prohibit funding to implement water quality standards for inland waters in Florida, S7710, S7711 [29SE]

FAA: Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Airport Improvement Program funding, S1802 [22MR]

———authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), S729 [24FE]

———Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, S1802 [22MR]

———Essential Air Service Program funding, S1652 [17MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S1756 [18MR], S1759 [19MR], S7389 [23SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8391 [2DE], S8445-S8468, S8474 [3DE], S8513-S8535 [4DE], S8545, S8553 [6DE], S8596 [7DE], S8622, S8628-S8631, S8634 [8DE], S8669, S8701-S8708 [9DE], S8735-S8781 [10DE], S8838-S8847, S8849, S8946 [13DE], S8964-S8966, S8969-S8972, S8976-S8979, S8985, S8992-S8999, S9001-S9021, S9278 [14DE], S10237-S10241, S10244-S10256 [15DE], S10401-S10404 [16DE], S10423 [17DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S8458 [3DE], S9015 [14DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S8978 [14DE], S10255 [15DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), unanimous-consent agreement, S7388 [23SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), unanimous-consent request, S4507 [27MY], S5253, S5256, S5258 [22JN], S5420 [24JN], S5681 [30JN], S6189 [22JY]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4915), S8329 [1DE], S10696 [18DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4915), unanimous-consent request, S2140 [26MR], S8287 [30NO], S8328 [1DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4957), unanimous-consent agreement, S2151 [26MR]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5147), S2768 [28AP]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5611), S5716 [30JN]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5900), S6541-S6543 [30JY]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 6190), S7454 [24SE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 6473), S10696 [18DE]

———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (S. 3187), S2104 [25MR]

———Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) funding, S1343, S1349 [10MR], S1444, S1447 [11MR], S1584 [16MR]

———proposed consolidation of the Boise, ID, Terminal Radar Approach Control with Salt Lake City, UT, S1796, S1797 [22MR]

———proposed construction on land surrounding the Las Vegas, NV, McCarran International Airport, S1802 [22MR]

———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system, S1340-S1350 [10MR], S1427, S1430-S1432, S1434, S1444-S1448 [11MR], S1584, S1596-S1598 [16MR], S1648, S1649, S1652, S1658 [17MR], S1693, S1700-S1705, S1713, S1717, S1731-S1736 [18MR], S1760, S1763, S1764, S1772-S1775 [19MR], S1790 [22MR], S1868 [23MR], S5809 [14JY], S6376-S6378 [28JY]

———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 1451), S1212 [5MR]

———study and monitor aircraft cabin air quality, and mandate installation of air cleaning and sensor technology if such study demonstrates that these steps would provide a public health benefit, S1733 [18MR]

FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, S2754 [28AP]

Federal aid programs: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S3402 [7MY], S3951 [19MY], S4111-S4123, S4129 [24MY], S4166, S4169, S4172-S4176, S4181-S4188, S4190-S4204 [25MY], S4397, S4398, S4402, S4405, S4434-S4437, S4468 [26MY], S4474-S4497, S4499-S4507 [27MY], S4567, S4570, S4571 [28MY], S6171, S6188-S6190 [22JY], S7738 [29SE]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), unanimous-consent request, S3386 [7MY]

———offset emergency supplemental spending for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program by eliminating wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S4196-S4199 [25MY], S4406-S4409, S4424 [26MY], S6171 [22JY]

Federal employees: freeze salaries and bonuses for one year, S4198 [25MY]

Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S182 [25JA], S1276 [9MR], S1324 [10MR]

FEMA: establish an arbitration panel for communities to appeal proposed flood map modifications, extend flood determination appeal period, and require study on economic impact of flood map modifications, S4421 [26MY]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program, S2199 [12AP], S5679 [30JN]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 5569), S5679 [30JN]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 5569), unanimous-consent request, S5510-S5511 [29JN]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 3203), S2280 [14AP]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 3347), S3567 [11MY], S3569 [12MY], S4055 [20MY], S5517 [29JN]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 3347), unanimous-consent request, S4056 [20MY], S5080 [17JN], S5252 [22JN]

———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 3814), S7299 [21SE]

———include flooding in Atlanta, GA, area for disaster assistance, S4406 [26MY], S4494 [27MY]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (H.R. 1746), S10806 [20DE]

———reauthorize the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (S. 3249), S5496 [28JN]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), S6188 [22JY]

Floods: small business and housing relief programs funding, S2199 [12AP]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (S. 384), S2580 [22AP], S4611 [7JN]

———women's empowerment funding, S1303 [9MR]

Forests: funding to remove trees killed by bark beetles, S4413 [26MY]

GAO: conduct investigations to identify duplicative Government programs and report on recommendations for either consolidation or elimination of such programs, S222, S226-S230, S237-S242 [26JA], S1331 [10MR]

Government: making omnibus appropriations, S8842 [13DE], S9006 [14DE], S10236, S10260, S10274, S10279, S10288 [15DE], S10312-S10316, S10349, S10351, S10373, S10383-S10385, S10401, S10405 [16DE], S10452-S10454 [17DE], S10685 [18DE], S10732-S10734 [19DE]

———reform earmarking and increase transparency and accountability for all expenditures authorized by Congress and all executive agencies (S. 3939), S7902-S7907 [15NO], S8251-S8255 [29NO]

Governmental Accounting Standards Board: funding, S3976 [19MY]

Haiti: authorize appropriations to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development (S. 3317), S4571 [28MY]

———use of disaster relief funding for education and rebuilding schools, S4203 [25MY], S4434 [26MY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (S. 3213), S2378 [15AP]

Health: provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (S. 3766), S7036-S7038 [13SE], S7874 [15NO], S8209 [29NO]

———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, S1131, S1133, S1137 [4MR], S1247, S1248 [8MR], S1275 [9MR], S1321 [10MR], S1423, S1437-S1443 [11MR], S1490 [15MR], S1576, S1580-S1582, S1614 [16MR], S1685-S1688, S1691, S1712, S1716 [18MR]

House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, S1635 [17MR], S1686, S1687, S1705 [18MR], S1767 [19MR]

Housing Assistance Council: authorize appropriations (S. 3637), S6203 [22JY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 3901), S7804-S7807 [29SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend, S6179 [22JY]

Insurance: decisions by States on operation of high risk health insurance pools, S3961 [19MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2701), S7498, S7558 [27SE], S7887 [15NO], S7935 [17NO]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 3611), S6767-S6799 [5AU], S7559 [27SE]

———enhance reporting requirements relative to executive and congressional oversight of cybersecurity programs, S6798 [5AU]

John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program: reauthorize (S. Res. 448), S1315 [9MR]

Kotzebue, AK: Maniilaq Association funding, S10288 [15DE]

Law enforcement: expand Operation Streamline to Tucson, AZ, sector to increase prosecution and imprisonment of illegal border crossers, S4475-S4479 [27MY], S4567 [28MY], S4599 [7JN], S6839, S6840 [5AU]

Medicare: Medicare Advantage program funding, S1133 [4MR], S1274, S1275 [9MR], S1853 [23MR], S1937-S1940, S1969, S1997 [24MR], S5227 [22JN]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs and require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare, S1825-S1829 [23MR], S1993 [24MR]

Members of Congress: freeze pay of Members and fully offset the cost of the extension of unemployment benefits (S. 3158), S1921 [23MR], S1923 [24MR]

———office operations funding, S242 [26JA]

Montana: sustain economic development and recreational use of public lands, add lands to wilderness areas, release wilderness study areas, and designate new areas for recreation, S10685, S10686 [18DE]

Museum and Library Services Act: amend and extend (S. 3984), S8246 [29NO], S8602 [7DE], S10400 [16DE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (S. 3729), S6982 [5AU], S7698-S7700 [29SE], S8369 [2DE]

———funding, S529 [9FE], S1254-S1256 [8MR], S2231-S2233 [13AP], S5732 [12JY], S6017 [20JY], S10250 [15DE]

———long-term plan, S2335-S2340 [15AP]

———manned space flight funding, S529 [9FE], S1254-S1256 [8MR], S1774 [19MR], S2220-S2222, S2231-S2233 [13AP]

———reauthorize manned space flight activities (S. 3068), S1024-S1026 [3MR], S2221 [13AP], S2335-S2340 [15AP]

National Archives and Records Administration: authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (S. 2872), S5750 [12JY]

National security: counterterrorism initiatives funding, S10884 [21DE]

———improve border security through reductions in unobligated appropriations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S4183-S4185, S4193, S4194 [25MY], S4417-S4420, S4423, S4429-S4432 [26MY], S4475-S4481 [27MY], S4567 [28MY]

———make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending, S7703, S7707, S7708, S7711-S7714 [29SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 5875), S6838-S6843 [5AU]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 5875), unanimous-consent agreement, S6839 [5AU]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 6080), S6996-S6999 [12AU]

National wildlife refuges: reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships (H.R. 4973), S10444 [17DE]

Natural gas: safety and security of liquefied natural gas facilities, S3432 [7MY]

Navy: littoral combat ship program funding, S10867, S10878, S10891 [21DE]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (S. 3558), S5701 [30JN]

NOAA: extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (S. 859), S7604 [28SE]

———extend the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (S. 859), unanimous-consent request, S7672 [29SE]

NSF: provide grants to strengthen the capacity of high schools and colleges to provide instruction in nanotechnology (S. 3117), S1528 [15MR]

NTSB: authorize appropriations (S. 2768), S3763-S3766 [13MY]

Obama, President: proposal to freeze discretionary spending, S214 [26JA], S281 [28JA], S360-S362 [29JA], S366 [1FE]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize, S7261 [21SE]

Patent and Trademark Office: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 5874), S6537, S6538 [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, S7012-S7015 [13SE], S7059, S7061 [14SE]

Rehabilitation Act: provide a technical adjustment to funding for independent living centers (H.R. 5610), S6278 [27JY]

Rhode Island: disaster assistance for floods, S2559 [22AP], S3402 [7MY]

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, S604-S607, S611, S612 [22FE], S684 [23FE], S926 [2MR], S1575 [16MR], S8968 [14DE]

———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, S7484 [27SE], S7717, S7718 [29SE]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: reauthorize, S5823-S5825 [14JY], S7153 [16SE]

SBA: enhance the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 2965), House amendment, S10386 [16DE], S10504 [17DE], S10649-S10655, S10657, S10663-S10670, S10672, S10674, S10676-S10679, S10689 [18DE], S10732, S10737 [19DE], S11027 [22DE]

———extend and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 1233), S1642 [17MR]

———extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, S5954 [15JY]

———permit use of previously appropriated funds to extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program (H.R. 4938), S2105 [25MR]

———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 4053), S11000 [22DE]

———reauthorize the National Small Business Tree Planting Program (S. 3279), S2804 [29AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S509, S510 [9FE], S559 [11FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S600-S613 [22FE], S677-S679, S681-S688, S691-S693 [23FE], S718-S727, S730 [24FE], S784 [25FE], S1212, S1224 [5MR], S1453, S1479 [11MR], S1496, S1500-S1504 [15MR], S1575, S1577-S1579, S1584 [16MR], S1633-S1638 [17MR], S1745 [18MR]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S693 [23FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S682 [23FE]

SEC: prohibit authority to set agency budget and collect fees from regulated companies, S3899 [18MY], S3974-S3977 [19MY]

———prohibit use of fee revenues to fund operations without undergoing annual appropriations process, S4139 [24MY]

Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act: reauthorize (S. 3659), S6306 [27JY]

Senate: legislative process, S7159-S7161 [16SE], S7244, S7245, S7250-S7253 [21SE]

———reform earmark process, lobbyist regulations, filibusters, anonymous holds and encourage bipartisanship, S979 [3MR]

———require notification on the Senate website that certain legislation is intended to be passed by unanimous consent (S. Res. 622), S7137 [15SE]

Social Security: State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization, S6864 [5AU]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (S. 3293), S2809 [29AP]

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 6200), S7763 [29SE]

Taxation: encourage investments in infrastructure, S8737, S8742, S8758, S8777, S8780 [10DE]

———offset costs of extending certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code by eliminating wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S5076, S5089-S5095 [17JN]

Transportation: provide emergency operating funds for public transportation (S. 3412), S4215 [25MY]

Unemployment: offset additional emergency unemployment compensation by rescinding unobligated stimulus funds and cutting certain other stimulus funds, S6061 [21JY]

Reports

Achieve Budget Deficit Reduction by Reducing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse and Promoting Government Reform and Efficiency: Representative Levin, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1631-E1633 [15SE]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1611-E1617 [15SE]

Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S333 [28JA], S2368 [15AP], S4881 [14JN], S7733-S7735 [29SE]

Defense Planning—DOD Needs To Review the Costs and Benefits of Basing Alternatives for Army Forces in Europe: John H. Pendleton, GAO, S7099-S7102 [15SE]

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H115-H119 [13JA]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3606) (S. Rept. 111-221), S5963 [15JY]

AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1078), S9021 [14DE]

Bureau of Reclamation Annual Base Funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan Fish Recovery Programs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1453) (S. Rept. 111-142), S944 [2MR]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 479) (S. Rept. 111-164), S1812 [22MR]

Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystems Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1224) (S. Rept. 111-126), S698 [23FE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 101, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1741) (H. Rept. 111-664), H7757 [30NO]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 105, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1776) (H. Rept. 111-689), H8784 [17DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2701, Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1105) (H. Rept. 111-419), H832 [24FE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1113) (H. Rept. 111-421), H931 [25FE]

Consideration of H.R. 4899, Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1204) (H. Rept. 111-454), H2215 [22MR]

Consideration of H.R. 5114, Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1517) (H. Rept. 111-537), H5616 [14JY]

Consideration of H.R. 5136, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1404) (H. Rept. 111-498), H3869 [26MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5822, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1559) (H. Rept. 111-570), H6162 [27JY]

Consideration of H.R. 5850, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1569) (H. Rept. 111-578), H6282 [28JY]

Consideration of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1742) (H. Rept. 111-665), H7757 [30NO]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2701, Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1674) (H. Rept. 111-648), H7388 [29SE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1137) (H. Rept. 111-426), H1167 [4MR]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2965, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1764) (H. Rept. 111-681), H8519 [15DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 3082, Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1782) (H. Rept. 111-694), H8940 [21DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1755) (H. Rept. 111-675), H8263 [8DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1766) (H. Rept. 111-682), H8519 [15DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1212) (H. Rept. 111-456), H2317 [24MR]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3081, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1682) (H. Rept. 111-655), H7388 [29SE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 4899, Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1500) (H. Rept. 111-522), H5500 [1JY]

Controlled Substance Monitoring Program Amendment and Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5710) (H. Rept. 111-616), H6878 [22SE]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3800) (S. Rept. 111-295), S7174 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 3455), S4621 [7JN]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 3454) (S. Rept. 111-201), S4621 [7JN]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 5136) (H. Rept. 111-491), H3706 [21MY], H3869 [26MY]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 3456), S4621 [7JN]

Dept. of Energy Appropriations for Defense Activities: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 3457), S4621 [7JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3607) (S. Rept. 111-222), S5993 [19JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations for the Science and Technology Directorate: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 4842) (H. Rept. 111-486), H3540 [18MY], H3701 [20MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security Securing the Cities Initiative Authorization: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 2611) (H. Rept. 111-389), H39 [12JA]

Dept. of Justice Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 908), S5461 [25JN]

Dept. of Justice Reauthorization of Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2924), S340 [28JA]

Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3676) (S. Rept. 111-237), S6519 [29JY]

Dept. of Transportation Maritime Programs Authorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3566), S10514 [17DE]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3566) (S. Rept. 111-382), S10929 [21DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5822) (H. Rept. 111-559), H5983 [22JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3615) (S. Rept. 111-226), S5993 [19JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3686) (S. Rept. 111-243), S6583 [2AU]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5850) (H. Rept. 111-564), H6042 [26JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3644) (S. Rept. 111-230), S6245 [26JY]

Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4899) (S. Rept. 111-188), S3782, S3783 [14MY]

Earmark Transparency Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3335) (S. Rept. 111-365), S9021 [14DE]

Economic Development Revitalization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2778) (S. Rept. 111-114), S51 [20JA]

Economic Revitalization and Innovation Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5897) (H. Rept. 111-652), H7388 [29SE]

End Veteran Homelessness Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4810) (H. Rept. 111-449), H2215 [22MR]

Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2288) (H. Rept. 111-481), H3539 [18MY]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3635) (S. Rept. 111-228), S6200 [22JY]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1787) (S. Rept. 111-260), S6881 [5AU]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3677) (S. Rept. 111-238), S6519 [29JY]

Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5114) (H. Rept. 111-495), H3869 [26MY]

Government Accountability Office Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2991) (S. Rept. 111-350), S8062 [18NO]

Haiti Empowerment, Assistance, and Rebuilding Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3317) (S. Rept. 111-225), S5993 [19JY]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3307) (S. Rept. 111-178), S3162 [5MY]

Help Find the Missing Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3695) (H. Rept. 111-416), H646 [22FE]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 3611) (S. Rept. 111-223), S5993 [19JY]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act Amendment and Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 3537) (S. Rept. 111-174), S2642 [26AP]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 678) (S. Rept. 111-280), S6882 [5AU]

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3799) (S. Rept. 111-294), S7174 [16SE]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 509) (S. Rept. 111-173), S2642 [26AP]

Museum and Library Services Act Amendment and Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3984), S8477 [3DE]

NASA Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3729) (S. Rept. 111-278), S6882 [5AU]

———Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 5781) (H. Rept. 111-576), H6282 [28JY]

National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act Appropriations: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3967) (H. Rept. 111-526), H5545 [13JY]

National Historical Publications and Records Commission Appropriations: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2872) (S. Rept. 111-213), S5201 [21JN]

National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 4973) (S. Rept. 111-366), S9021 [14DE]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4973) (H. Rept. 111-531), H5545 [13JY]

Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies Through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3470) (H. Rept. 111-609), H6803 [16SE]

Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 3820) (H. Rept. 111-424), H971 [26FE]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 690) (S. Rept. 111-165), S1812 [22MR]

NTSB Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2768) (S. Rept. 111-127), S698 [23FE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4714) (H. Rept. 111-613), H6878 [22SE]

Passage of H. Res. 1493, Budget Enforcement for 2011: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1500) (H. Rept. 111-522), H5500 [1JY]

Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3249) (S. Rept. 111-215), S5319 [23JN]

Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 111-191), S3831 [17MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3636) (S. Rept. 111-229), S6200 [22JY]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2010-2015: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 60), S2642 [26AP]

7th Generation Promise—Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1635) (S. Rept. 111-166), S2115 [25MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6081) (H. Rept. 111-643), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2011: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 111-565), H6042 [26JY]

Supporting Employee Competency and Updating Readiness Enhancements for Facilities (SECURE) Facilities Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3806), S8786 [10DE]

Surface Transportation Savings Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5604) (H. Rept. 111-546), H5674 [15JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Senate Republican conference, S7923 [17NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), H4196 [28MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), consideration (H. Res. 1559), H6206 [28JY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1766), H8525 [16DE]

Federal aid programs: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), H2309 [24MR]

Statements

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: Several Organizations, S33 [20JA], S181 [25JA]

Budget Reconciliation for Clinton Health Care Plan: Senator Byrd, S1423 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Representative Taylor, H3893 [27MY]

Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act: Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (organization), H5630 [15JY]

GOP on Reconciliation: Several Members of Congress, S1692 [18MR]

NGAUS Hails House Efforts To Modernize National Guard Facilities: National Guard Association of the U.S., H6226 [28JY]

Postpone Space Shuttle Retirement: Lee Archambault, S2337 [15AP]

Stem Cell Research Advancement Act: Senator Specter, S7036-S7038 [13SE]

Summaries

Economic Revitalization and Innovation Act (H.R. 5897): Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1451 [28JY]

FAA Extension Act (H.R. 4853), H1557 [17MR]

Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act (H.R. 2847): Surface Transportation Provisions, H1556 [17MR]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H5496 [1JY], H6564 [30JY]

Committee on Financial Services (House) oversight hearings in compliance with H. Res. 40, requiring each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs, E1652 [15SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S189 [25JA], S1867 [23MR], S4927, S4933 [15JN], S8029 [18NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), H6218-H6221 [28JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5850), H6311-H6318 [29JY]

Direct overt U.S. aid and military reimbursements to Pakistan, H6120 [27JY]

Disclosure of earmarks in H.R. 4899, emergency supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities, H6065 [27JY]

Estimated budget effects of S. 1600, Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, S5087 [17JN]

Estimated job loss by State due to failure to extend Highway Trust Fund, S605 [22FE]

Estimated revenue effects of revenue provisions of Reid amendment to H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, S721 [24FE]

Highway and bridge funding by State, H1556 [17MR], H4172 [28MY]

No Child Left Behind Act funding versus expenditures, H1042 [3MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, H1165 [4MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3619, Coast Guard appropriations, S3431 [7MY], S7718 [29SE], H7148, H7205 [28SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4899, Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act, H5498 [1JY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5136, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H4212 [28MY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5569, National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act, H4777 [23JN]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6523, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8783 [17DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, S6832 [5AU]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 3611, intelligence services appropriations, S6767 [5AU], S7559 [27SE]

Reconciliation bills created by a Republican majority, S1614 [16MR]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H5496 [1JY], H6564 [30JY]

Testimonies

Jobs Creation and Retention: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, H1138 [4MR]

———Jeffrey Joerres, H1137 [4MR]

———Richard Berner, H1138 [4MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 1050, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) expenditures, H450 [2FE]

H. Res. 1105, consideration of H.R. 2701, intelligence services appropriations, H838 [25FE]

H. Res. 1113, consideration of H.R. 2701, intelligence services appropriations, H937 [26FE]

H. Res. 1137, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, H1115 [4MR]

H. Res. 1194, oppose House of Representatives usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation, H1624 [18MR]

H. Res. 1204, consideration of H.R. 4899, Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act, H2273 [24MR]

H. Res. 1404, consideration of H.R. 5136, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H3876 [27MY]

H. Res. 1467, request Senate to return to the House H.R. 5136, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H4733 [23JN]

H. Res. 1493, budget enforcement for 2011, H5357 [1JY]

H. Res. 1500, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 4899, Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act and pass H. Res. 1493, budget enforcement for 2011, H5342 [1JY]

H. Res. 1517, consideration of H.R. 5114, Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act, H5621 [15JY]

H. Res. 1559, consideration of H.R. 5822, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H6206 [28JY]

H. Res. 1569, consideration of H.R. 5850, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, H6289 [29JY]

H. Res. 1653, return several measures to the Senate, H6904 [23SE]

H. Res. 1665, concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 3619, Coast Guard appropriations, H7102-H7138 [28SE]

H. Res. 1674, consideration of H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, and Senate amendment to H.R. 2701, intelligence services appropriations, H7219 [29SE]

H. Res. 1682, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 3081, continuing appropriations, H7364 [29SE]

H. Res. 1741, consideration of H.J. Res. 101, continuing appropriations, H7763 [1DE]

H. Res. 1742, consideration of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, H7767 [1DE]

H. Res. 1745, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4853, Middle Class Tax Relief Act, H7859 [2DE]

H. Res. 1755, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H8147 [8DE]

H. Res. 1764, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2965, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act, H8383 [15DE]

H. Res. 1766, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act, H8524, H8545 [16DE]

H. Res. 1776, consideration of H.J. Res. 105, continuing appropriations, H8763 [17DE]

H. Res. 1782, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3082, Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extension Act, H8901 [21DE]

H.J. Res. 101, continuing appropriations, H7777 [1DE]

H.J. Res. 105, continuing appropriations, H8767 [17DE]

H.R. 1514, Dept. of Justice Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program reauthorization, H3495 [18MY]

H.R. 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, S1887-S1921 [23MR]

H.R. 1746, Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act, S10806 [20DE], H8814 [21DE]

H.R. 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act, H3489 [18MY]

H.R. 2611, Dept. of Homeland Security Securing the Cities Initiative authorization, H225 [20JA]

H.R. 2646, GAO Improvement Act, H65 [13JA]

H.R. 2701, intelligence services appropriations, H7276-H7301 [29SE]

H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, S804-S815 [25FE], H1125-H1136 [4MR]

H.R. 3081, continuing appropriations, H7372-H7375 [29SE]

H.R. 3082, Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extension Act, H8905-H8908 [21DE]

H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H8152, H8160-H8203 [8DE]

H.R. 3470, Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies Through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act, H6842 [22SE]

H.R. 3619, Coast Guard appropriations, H7383 [29SE]

H.R. 3695, Help Find the Missing Act, H683-H685 [23FE]

H.R. 3820, Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act, H976-H980 [2MR]

H.R. 3967, National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act appropriations, H5507 [13JY]

H.R. 4614, Enhanced DNA Collection Act, H3502 [18MY]

H.R. 4714, NTSB appropriations, H7096-H7099 [28SE]

H.R. 4810, End Veteran Homelessness Act, H2178 [22MR]

H.R. 4825, require that excess amounts from House of Representatives Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction, H1543 [17MR]

H.R. 4842, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations for the Science and Technology Directorate, H5760-H5770 [20JY]

H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act, H8585-H8593 [16DE]

H.R. 4899, Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act, S4573-S4583 [28MY], H2300 [24MR]

H.R. 4915, FAA Extension Act, H2268 [24MR]

H.R. 4938, permit use of previously appropriated funds to extend SBA Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, H2414 [25MR]

H.R. 4973, National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act, H5515 [13JY]

H.R. 5114, Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act, H5636-H5641 [15JY]

H.R. 5136, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H3900-H3984 [27MY]

H.R. 5147, Airport and Airway Extension Act, H2950 [28AP]

H.R. 5220, Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act reauthorization, Best Buddies International, Inc., mentoring program expansion and development, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact establishment, H3583-H3585 [19MY]

H.R. 5569, National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act, H4687 [23JN]

H.R. 5604, Surface Transportation Savings Act, H5751 [20JY]

H.R. 5610, Independent Living Centers Technical Adjustment Act, H5280 [30JN]

H.R. 5611, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part II, H4931 [29JN]

H.R. 5710, Controlled Substance Monitoring Program amendment and reauthorization, H6850 [22SE]

H.R. 5730, Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act, H6068 [27JY]

H.R. 5822, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H6228-H6235 [28JY]

H.R. 5874, Patent and Trademark Office supplemental appropriations, H6251 [28JY]

H.R. 5875, emergency supplemental appropriations for border security, H6253 [28JY]

H.R. 5900, Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act, H6418-H6424 [29JY]

H.R. 6080, emergency supplemental appropriations for border security, H6584 [10AU]

H.R. 6190, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part III, H6943 [23SE]

H.R. 6200, WIPA and PABSS Extension Act, H7063 [28SE]

H.R. 6473, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part IV, H7867 [2DE]

H.R. 6516, Coast Guard authorization legislation technical corrections, H8328 [14DE]

H.R. 6523, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8629-H8750 [17DE]

H.R. 6540, Defense Level Playing Field Act, H8798 [21DE]

S. 1288, Emergency Management Assistance Compact appropriations for grants to participating States, S5867 [14JY]

S. 2768, NTSB appropriations, S3765 [13MY]

S. 2872, National Archives and Records Administration appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, S5750 [12JY]

S. 3068, Human Space Flight Capability Assurance and Enhancement Act, S1026-S1030 [3MR]

S. 3187, FAA Extension Act, S2104 [25MR]

S. 3249, Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act, S5496 [28JN], S5629 [29JN]

S. 3293, Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act reauthorization, Best Buddies International, Inc., mentoring program expansion and development, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact establishment, S2809-S2811 [29AP]

S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, H7778-H7800 [1DE]

S. 3376, Dept. of Justice State Criminal Alien Assistance Program reauthorization, S3721 [13MY]

S. 3418, Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act, S4220 [25MY]

S. 3474, Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act, S4750-S4752 [9JN]

S. 3523, Dept. of Commerce Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program reauthorization, S5321 [23JN]

S. 3575, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act, S5791 [13JY]

S. 3611, intelligence services appropriations, S6767-S6795 [5AU]

S. 3729, NASA appropriations, H7342-H7354 [29SE]

S. 3806, Supporting Employee Competency and Updating Readiness Enhancements for (SECURE) Facilities Act, S7211-S7216 [20SE]

S. 3814, National Flood Insurance Program Reextension Act, S7299 [21SE], H6951 [23SE]

S. 3842, protect crime victims' rights and reauthorize certain Dept. of Justice DNA-related grant programs, S7511-S7515 [27SE]

S. 3847, Security Cooperation Act, S7560-S7562 [27SE], H7041 [28SE]

S. 3901, Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and America's Security Act, S7807-S7809 [29SE]

S. 3984, Museum and Library Services Act amendment and extension, S8247-S8250 [29NO], S8602-S8605 [7DE], H8318-H8321 [14DE]

S. 4053, SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program reauthorization and improvement, S11000-S11011 [22DE]

S. Con. Res. 57, establish an expedited procedure for consideration of a bill returning spending levels to 2007 levels, S2300 [14AP]

S. Con. Res. 60, setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2015, S2654-S2663 [26AP]

S. Res. 448, John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program reauthorization, S1315 [9MR]

S. Res. 622, Stop Secret Spending Resolution, S7137 [15SE]

S.J. Res. 42, continuing appropriations, S10412 [16DE]