CONRAD, KENT (a Senator from North Dakota)
Amendments
Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S128 [21JA]
Drugs: require a northern border counternarcotics strategy (H.R. 4748), S10823 [20DE]
Financial institutions: improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), S2980 [29AP], S3149 [5MY], S3429 [7MY], S3646 [12MY]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 541), S5379 [23JN]
Taxation: impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1474 [11MR]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10932 [21DE]
Analyses
Statutory Limit on the Public Debt (H.J. Res. 45), S292-S295 [28JA]
Appointments
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees, S2482 [20AP]
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibilty and Reform, S753 [24FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agricultural Marketing Act: improve reporting on sales of livestock and dairy products (see S. 3656), S6737 [4AU]
Armed Forces: establish a grant program for first responder agencies that experience an extraordinary financial burden resulting from the deployment of employees (see S. 3719), S6883 [5AU]
———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S7421 [23SE]
Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see S. 3479), S4991 [16JN]
Computers: prohibit installation of certain peer-to-peer file sharing software without first providing notice and obtaining consent from the owner or authorized user of the computer (see S. 3027), S1620 [16MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for Farm Service Agency guaranteed assistance (see S. 3221), S8298 [30NO]
Dept. of Education: require payment of certain Impact Aid Program payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see S. 3914), S7788 [29SE]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S1312 [9MR]
Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see S. 1703), S7969 [17NO]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S3831 [17MY]
Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see S. 841), S858 [1MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (see S. 3162), S2019 [24MR]
———report on establishment of a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site in the northern Rockies or Dakotas (see S. 3035), S1620 [16MR]
Disabled: increase access to modern communications technologies by blind and deaf individuals (see S. 3304), S3091 [4MY]
Diseases: provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S1018 [3MR]
Drugs: require a northern border counternarcotics strategy (see S. 3467), S6025 [20JY]
Earth Day: commemorate anniversary and honor founder, Gaylord Nelson (see S. Con. Res. 55), S2519 [21AP]
EPA: suspend action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions (see S. 3072), S3473 [10MY]
Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (see S. 3036), S1312 [9MR]
Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3737), S9022 [14DE]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S6201 [22JY]
Japan: support increased market access for exports of U.S. beef and beef products (see S. Res. 452), S1458 [11MR]
Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251 [26JA]
Medicare: treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 947), S341 [28JA]
Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 647), S7507 [27SE]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 647), S7507 [27SE]
National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 554), S4989 [16JN]
National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3782 [14MY]
National Principals Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 607), S6884 [5AU]
Native Americans: authorize appropriations for certain programs (see S. 3997), S8348 [1DE]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see S. 1353), S3091 [4MY]
Pick-Sloan Tribal Commission for Comprehensive Resolution: establish (see S. 3648), S6245 [26JY]
Poland: express sympathy to citizens and surviving families of victims of airplane crash in Russia, solidarity with people and Polish-American communities, and support for restoration of leadership (see S. Res. 479), S2295 [14AP]
Political campaigns: prohibit foreign influence, prevent Federal contractors from making expenditures, and establish additional spending disclosure requirements relative to Federal elections (see S. 3295), S3006 [30AP]
Power resources: extend certain tax incentives for alcohol used as fuel and additional duties on ethanol (see S. 3231), S2477 [20AP]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see S. 3813), S7969 [17NO]
Roads and highways: improve highway mobility in rural States (see S. 3485), S4938 [15JN]
Stevens, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7000 [12AU]
Taiwan: accord observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization (see S. Con. Res. 63), S7035 [13SE]
Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (see S. 2936), S51 [20JA]
———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (see S. 3148), S2020 [24MR]
———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see S. 3398), S7790 [29SE]
———provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 3621), S6737 [4AU]
———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S3984 [19MY]
Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see S. 649), S1516 [15MR]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 3572), S6885 [5AU]
West Virginia: honor coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, extend condolences to their families, and recognize efforts of emergency response workers at the mine disaster (see S. Res. 487), S2377 [15AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2015 (see S. Con. Res. 60), S2642 [26AP]
Drugs: clarify that persons who conspire or engage in conduct within the U.S. to possess, traffic, or abet traffickers of illegal drugs outside the U.S., may be criminally prosecuted in the U.S. (see S. 3218), S2377 [15AP]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 541), S4529 [27MY]
National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 649), S7508 [27SE]
Taxation: permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 3510), S5112 [17JN]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see S. 3749), S6884 [5AU]
———provide tax incentives for clean coal technology (see S. 3714), S6883 [5AU]
Cloture motions
Dept. of the Treasury: create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to make capital investments in eligible institutions to increase availability of credit for small businesses (H.R. 5297), S6973 [5AU], S7062 [14SE], S7158 [16SE]
Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2288 [14AP], S2364 [15AP]
———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099 [25MR], S2200 [12AP]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8702 [9DE], S8846 [13DE]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7929 [17NO]
Financial institutions: improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), S3811 [17MY], S3964, S3974 [19MY], S4042 [20MY]
Political campaigns: prohibit foreign influence, prevent Federal contractors from making expenditures, and establish additional spending disclosure requirements relative to Federal elections (S. 3628), motion to proceed, S6191 [22JY], S6285 [27JY], S7388 [23SE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1225 [5MR], S1292 [9MR], S1339 [10MR]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S5310 [23JN], S5419 [24JN]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8702 [9DE], S8846 [13DE]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10771 [19DE], S10888 [21DE]
Letters
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: Matthew J. Leaf, S4554 [27MY]
Remarks
Bernanke, Ben S.: nomination to be Federal Reserve Board Chair, S304 [28JA]
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S79 [21JA], S170 [25JA], S213, S214, S216, S221 [26JA]
———exclude Social Security programs from consideration, S218 [26JA]
Budget: deficit, S8976-S8978 [14DE]
———increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S79, S81 [21JA], S170 [25JA], S213, S214, S216, S218, S220, S221 [26JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1835, S1836, S1866 [23MR], S2085, S2087 [25MR]
Carson, ND: anniversary, S5108
Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), S6832 [5AU]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), House amendment, S7718 [29SE]
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]
Dept. of Homeland Security: adjust status for certain Haitian orphans paroled into the U.S. after the earthquake (H.R. 5283), S6740 [4AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (H.R. 3219), S7665 [28SE]
Drugs: clarify that persons who conspire or engage in conduct within the U.S. to possess, traffic, or abet traffickers of illegal drugs outside the U.S., may be criminally prosecuted in the U.S. (S. 3218), S2388 [15AP]
Economy: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), conference report, S5892 [15JY]
Elgin, ND: anniversary, S5316
Emerado, ND: anniversary, S5264
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8976 [14DE]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), motion to proceed, S8029 [18NO]
Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), S11011 [22DE]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S1835, S1866 [23MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S5150 [18JN]
Hebron, ND: anniversary, S5151
Helmets to Hardhats (organization): tribute, S7735 [29SE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 3611), S6767 [5AU]
Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (H.R. 2194), conference report, S5408 [24JN]
Kagan, Elena: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6815 [5AU]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 541), S4554 [27MY]
New Leipzig, ND: anniversary, S5151
New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), S10980 [22DE]
Oil Pollution Act: authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (S. 3473), S4785 [9JN]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, S1836 [23MR]
Pettibone, ND: anniversary, S5200
Regent, ND: anniversary, S4936
Roads and highways: improve highway mobility in rural States (S. 3485), S4940 [15JN]
Senate: tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2085, S2087 [25MR]
Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (H.R. 3360), S4866 [10JN]
———require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls (S. 685), S7769 [29SE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4927, S4933 [15JN]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8976 [14DE]
———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8976 [14DE]
———repeal certain oil and gas related tax incentives and use savings to fund the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, S4927 [15JN]
Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (S. 649), S1615 [16MR]
Television: reauthorize, reform, and modernize satellite statutory license and conform satellite and cable statutory licenses to digital transmissions (S. 3333), S3435 [7MY]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10344 [16DE]
Wildrose, ND: anniversary, S5199
Wing, ND: anniversary, S5435
Wyndmere, ND: anniversary, S4986
Remarks in Senate relative to
Committee on the Budget (Senate): retain chairmanship, S8202 [19NO]
Reports
Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S333 [28JA], S2368 [15AP], S4881 [14JN], S7733-S7735 [29SE]
Reports filed
Nomination of Jacob J. Lew To Be OMB Director: Committee on the Budget (Senate), S7420 [23SE]
Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2010-2015: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 60), S2642 [26AP]
Statements
Pay-as-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4783, Claims Resettlement Act: CBO, S8172 [19NO]
Pay-as-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: CBO, S2365 [15AP]
Tables
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]
Pay-as-you-go effects of Brown of Ohio substitute amendment to H.R. 6517, Omnibus Trade Act, S11011 [22DE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, S10980 [22DE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, S6765 [5AU]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2194, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act, S5408 [24JN]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3219, Veterans' Benefits Act, S7665 [28SE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3360, Cruise Vessels Security and Safety Act, S4866 [10JN]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3619, Coast Guard appropriations, S3431 [7MY], S7718 [29SE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3962, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act, S5150 [18JN]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, S6067 [21JY]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4783, Claims Resettlement Act, S8172 [19NO]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, S2365 [15AP]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4994, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act, S8631 [8DE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5281, Removal Clarification Act, S8510 [3DE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5283, Help Haitian Adoptees Immediately To Integrate (HAITI) Act, S6740 [4AU]
Pay-as-you-go effects of Harkin substitute amendment to S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S8267 [30NO]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 118, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act, S10700 [18DE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 685, Oil Spill Prevention Act, S7769 [29SE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 1774, relief of Hotaru Nakama Ferschke, S8510 [3DE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 2925, Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act, S8696 [9DE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, S6832 [5AU]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 3333, Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, S3435 [7MY]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 3473, Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund advances for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S4785 [9JN]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 3611, intelligence services appropriations, S6767 [5AU]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 4010, relief of Shigeru Yamada, S8556 [6DE]
Tributes
Bayh, Senator, S10289 [15DE]
Bennett, Senator, S10288 [15DE]
Bond, Senator, S8976 [14DE], S10395 [16DE]
Brownback, Senator, S10228 [14DE]
Bunning, Senator, S10394 [16DE]
Burris, Roland W., S10290 [15DE]
Byrd, Robert C., S5527 [29JN]
Dodd, Senator, S10289 [15DE]
Dorgan, Senator, S8680 [9DE], S10992-S10994 [22DE]
Feingold, Senator, S10395 [16DE]
Fontaine, Peter H., S821 [26FE]
Goodwin, Carte P., S10290 [15DE]
Gregg, Senator, S10396 [16DE]
Gullo, Theresa A., S821 [26FE]
Holbrooke, Richard C., S8976 [14DE]
Kaufman, Edward E., S10291 [15DE]
LeMieux, Senator, S10290 [15DE]
Lincoln, Senator, S10394 [16DE]
Munsch, Cynthia L., S3159
North Dakota: tribute to electric linemen for repairs during severe weather, S335
Skutnik, Martin L., S5486
Specter, Senator, S10290 [15DE]
Stevens, Ted, S7577 [28SE]
Voinovich, Senator, S10395 [16DE]
Widman, George, S1165
Zuegel, Keith W., S3033