LANDRIEU, MARY L. (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4153, S4154 [24MY], S4200, S4201, S4202, S4228, S4230, S4237 [25MY], S4449, S4465, S4466 [26MY], S4504, S4505 [27MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S7970 [17NO], S8642, S8643 [8DE], S8715, S8716 [9DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: adjust status for certain Haitian orphans paroled into the U.S. after the earthquake (H.R. 5283), S6739, S6740 [4AU]

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), S5546, S5570, S5594, S5619, S5628 [29JN], S5705, S5707, S5708 [30JN], S5746 [12JY], S5851, S5860 [14JY], S5994 [19JY], S6110 [21JY], S6308 [27JY], S6444, S6445, S6448 [28JY], S6934 [5AU]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S628, S629 [22FE], S712 [23FE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S8806 [10DE], S9023 [14DE]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8067 [18NO], S8129 [19NO]

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), S3041 [3MY], S3100 [4MY], S3200 [5MY], S3428, S3429 [7MY], S3485 [10MY], S3537, S3552, S3566 [11MY], S3575, S3576, S3619, S3659 [12MY], S3919, S3926 [18MY]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (H.R. 5809), S10413 [16DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S628, S629 [22FE], S712 [23FE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S860, S893, S894 [1MR], S1003, S1090 [3MR], S1189 [4MR], S1222, S1223, S1229 [5MR], S1267 [8MR], S4755 [9JN], S4859, S4860 [10JN], S4943 [15JN], S5203 [21JN], S5448 [24JN]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S8806 [10DE], S9023 [14DE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1476 [11MR], S1517 [15MR], S1620 [16MR]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), S803 [25FE]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S6229 [26JY]

Articles and editorials

Essential Fix, New York (NY) Times, S10248 [15DE]

Extend Go Zone to 2012, New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune, S10248 [15DE]

Four Things That Could Help Companies Start Hiring Again, Jeff Cox, CNBC.com (Internet site), S6848 [5AU]

Jobs in the Cards? Harold Meyerson, Washington (DC) Post, S6845 [5AU]

SBA Program Proves a Hit, but Now It Is in Limbo, Ruth Simon, Wall Street Journal, S6846 [5AU]

Small Business Bill Appears To Be Stuck in Senate, Barbra Barrett, Miami (FL) Herald, S6847 [5AU]

Small Business Lending Fund Will Help Recovery Jobs, Richard Neiman, Wall Street Journal, S6846 [5AU]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 542), S4529 [27MY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see S. 3424), S7901 [15NO]

Armed Forces: 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 (see S. 4023), S8853 [13DE]

———extend TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26 (see S. 3201), S2295 [14AP]

———honor service and achievements of female members and veterans (see S. Res. 441), S1169 [4MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S7508 [27SE]

Aviation: prohibit air carriers from charging fees for carry-on baggage and require disclosure of passenger fees (see S. 3195), S2208 [12AP]

Budget: require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (see S. 3108), S1517 [15MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 29), S5320 [23JN]

Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see S. Res. 406), S440 [2FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see S. 3479), S4849 [10JN]

Children and youth: examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 3328), S3358 [6MY]

———provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities (see S. 2801), S5269 [22JN]

———reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see S. 1859), S4442 [26MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 182), S2477 [20AP] (see S. 3772), S7034 [13SE]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see S. 1076), S7900 [15NO]

Conservation of energy: improve energy efficiency of appliances, lighting, and buildings (see S. 3059), S1671 [17MR]

Courts: modify rate of accrual of annual leave for administrative law judges, contract appeals board members, and immigration judges (see S. 1228), S3091 [4MY]

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), S2423 [19AP]

———provide funding for settlement of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs (see S. 3838), S7420 [23SE]

Dept. of Education: establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (see S. 3441), S5745 [12JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a building efficiency retrofit loan credit support program, a State building revolving fund grant program, and a commercial and large building grant program (see S. 3780), S7089 [14SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see S. 3320), S5745 [12JY]

———extend expenditure deadline for Social Services Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane Ike (see S. 3774), S7089 [14SE]

———reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 3154), S1873 [23MR]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S4144 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: adjust status for certain Haitian orphans paroled into the U.S. after the earthquake (see S. 3411), S4211 [25MY]

———extend the chemical facility security program (see S. 2996), S481 [4FE]

———prohibit charging of a fee for a certificate of citizenship for a foreign-born child adopted within the U.S. (see S. 3091), S1311 [9MR]

Dept. of the Interior: expedite review and appropriate approval of applications for shallow water drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico, Beaufort Sea, and Chukchi Sea (see S. Res. 608), S6884 [5AU]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S3831 [17MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed U.S. savings bonds (see S. 827), S271 [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: approve certain education programs under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 3171), S2378 [15AP]

———clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (see S. 3162), S2019 [24MR]

———improve the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 3447), S7790 [29SE]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see S. 2760), S858 [1MR]

Distracted Driving Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 510), S3006 [30AP]

Education: provide training and support for principals to assist in turning around lowest performing schools (see S. 3469), S5320 [23JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: invest in innovation for education (see S. 3882), S7787 [29SE]

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies or disasters from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see S. 1025), S2803 [29AP]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see S.J. Res. 26), S122 [21JA]

———reauthorize and modify the diesel emissions reduction program (see S. 3973), S8062 [18NO]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (see S. 3036), S859 [1MR]

Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see S. 3726), S6883 [5AU]

———recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see S. Res. 560), S5112 [17JN]

Federal employees: extend eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to certain adult dependents of Federal employees and annuitants (see S. 3341), S3536 [11MY]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1102), S2116 [25MR]

———provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see S. 3650), S6245 [26JY]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 3814), S7267 [21SE]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see S. 850), S1874 [23MR]

Global Youth Service Days: designate (see S. Res. 493), S2477 [20AP]

Gulf of Mexico: recognize economic and environmental impacts of BP P.L.C., oil spill and urge BP to give all due consideration to offers of assistance, products, or services from States directly impacted (see S. Res. 582), S5850 [14JY] (see S. Res. 588), S6025 [20JY]

Haiti: authorize appropriations to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development (see S. 3317), S5994 [19JY]

———express condolences and support to citizens in aftermath of earthquake and support relief efforts (see S. Res. 392), S122 [21JA]

———promote strengthening of private sector (see S. 3202), S3036 [3MY]

———provide customs support services (see S. 3275), S3165 [5MY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 3213), S2377 [15AP]

Height, Dorothy I.: tribute (see S. Res. 492), S2477 [20AP]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2982), S537 [9FE]

Insurance: establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (see S. 886), S743 [24FE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 559), S4990 [16JN]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 678), S743 [24FE]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: develop a strategy for assisting stateless children (see S. 3156), S1873 [23MR]

Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251 [26JA]

Medicare: recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see S. 3211), S2425 [19AP]

Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]

NAACP: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 51), S796 [25FE]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 599), S6397 [28JY]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see S. 305), S2424 [19AP]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 412), S1360 [10MR]

National Commission on Children and Disasters: reauthorize and extend the final report deadline (see S. 3897), S7787 [29SE]

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: authorize subpoena power (see S. 3462), S4658 [8JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 663), S7789 [29SE]

National Estuaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 596), S6397 [28JY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 595), S6302 [27JY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 597), S6397 [28JY]

National Rice Month: anniversary (see S. Res. 651), S7508 [27SE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 631), S7791 [29SE]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 644), S7446 [24SE]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 475), S2162 [26MR]

National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 618), S7089 [14SE]

New Orleans Saints (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 423), S796 [25FE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see S. 1334), S8555 [6DE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 448), S482 [4FE]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see S. 3257), S2642 [26AP]

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), S4622 [7JN]

Power resources: promote biogas production (see S. 306), S2803 [29AP]

SBA: make permanent the increase in surety bond guarantee limits (see S. 3836), S7420 [23SE]

———reform and improve the HUBZone program for small business concerns (see S. 3020), S698 [23FE]

———reinstate increase in surety bond guarantee limits (see S. 3835), S7420 [23SE]

———require small business training for Federal contracting officers (see S. 3444), S4529 [27MY]

Shipping industry: repeal certain limitations of liability (see S. 3478), S4886 [14JN]

Ships and vessels: extend period during which the EPA and States are prohibited from requiring Federal Water Pollution Control Act permits for certain discharges incidental to normal operation (see S. 3372), S3716 [13MY]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see S. 3946), S7899 [15NO]

Small Business Development Center network: anniversary (see S. Res. 638), S7352 [22SE]

Stevens, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7000 [12AU]

Sudan: implement Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army and call for urgent and aggressive actions to establish peace in all regions (see S. Res. 404), S393 [1FE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: recognize (see S. Res. 462), S1750 [18MR]

Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (see S. 2931, 2936), S51 [20JA]

———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (see S. 3148), S1874 [23MR]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S743 [24FE]

———expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see S. 3324), S4622 [7JN]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 3430), S4442 [26MY]

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 3136), S3007 [30AP]

———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 3510), S5965 [15JY]

———provide tax relief for persons with investment losses due to fraud or embezzlement (see S. 3166), S2115 [25MR]

Terrorism: strike medals in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see S. 3034), S5538 [29JN]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 3572), S6079 [21JY]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 546), S5461 [25JN]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S52 [20JA]

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]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 1695), S7421 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Commerce: authorize a price analysis adjustment for propane (see S. 3409), S4211 [25MY]

Economic Development Administration: establish a grant program for organizations to assist individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to file claims for damages (see S. 3337), S3535 [11MY]

Gulf of Mexico: accelerate the increase in the amount of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease revenues that is shared with States (see S. 3391), S4082 [20MY]

———honor workers who died on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and extend condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased crew members (see S. Res. 523), S3643 [12MY]

———require a study of the effect of temporary moratorium on new deepwater drilling on small businesses (see S. 3545), S5538 [29JN]

Hurricanes: observe anniversary of Hurricane Rita, support survivors, offer condolences to families of victims, recognize contributions of affected communities, and reaffirm commitment to rebuilding efforts (see S. Res. 641), S7421 [23SE]

Medicaid: revise regulations implementing statutory reporting and auditing requirements for the disproportionate share hospital payment program to be consistent statutorily and avoid policy changes (see S. 2984), S481 [4FE]

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 Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 514), S3164 [5MY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 533), S3831 [17MY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 419), S698 [23FE] (see S. Res. 421), S742 [24FE]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 540), S4442 [26MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: improve safety and preparedness surrounding offshore energy production and respond to the Deepwater Horizon blowout, explosion, and oil spill (see S. 3763), S6884 [5AU]

SBA: encourage investment in and innovation by small business concerns (see S. 3967), S8062 [18NO]

———establish a Native American entrepreneurial development program (see S. 3534), S5439 [24JN]

———establish Veterans' Business Center program (see S. 3394), S4082 [20MY]

———improve certain programs to better assist small business customers in accessing broadband technology (see S. 3506), S5112 [17JN]

———improve programs for socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and establish a Small Business Surety Bond Pilot Program (see S. 3458), S4621 [7JN]

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

———require a study and report by the Office of Advocacy on the effects of proposed changes in patent law (see S. 3089), S1311 [9MR]

———waive interest for certain loans relative to damage caused by certain recent hurricanes (see S. 2986), S481 [4FE]

———waive non-Federal share requirement under certain programs (see S. 3165), S2115 [25MR]

Small business: increase threshold amount for information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see S. 3777, 3783), S7089 [14SE]

———reaffirm Congress' intent that Federal contracting officers have discretion to choose among any small business development and contracting programs when awarding contracts (see S. 3190), S2162 [26MR]

Small Business Act: extend programs (see S. 3253), S2587 [22AP] (see S. 3839), S7446 [24SE]

———improve contracting provisions (see S. 2989), S481 [4FE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (see S. 3253), S2587 [22AP] (see S. 3839), S7446 [24SE]

Wells, Ida B.: tribute (see S. Res. 494), S2477 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Sollars v. Reid, et al. (see S. Res. 467), S1874 [23MR]

Cloture motions

———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), motion to proceed, S5430 [24JN], S5514 [29JN]

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]

Johnson, Martha N.: nomination to be GSA Administrator, S349 [28JA], S466 [4FE]

Smith, M. Patricia: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Solicitor, S349 [28JA], S386 [1FE]

E-mails

Small Business Jobs Act: Bryan Gipson, S6724 [4AU]

———Rick Sanborn, S7151 [16SE]

Letters

Gulf Opportunity Zone low-income housing tax credit extension: Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury and Shaun Donovan, Sec. of HUD, S920 [2MR], S10248 [15DE]

Increase availability of credit for small businesses: Small Business Access to Credit Coalition, S5988 [19JY]

Reform Medicare sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians: Louisiana congressional delegation, S469 [4FE]

———Louisiana State Dept. of Health and Hospitals, S468 [4FE]

Role of small business sector in job creation: Zoltan Acs, SBA, S7151 [16SE]

Small Business Jobs Act: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S7020 [13SE]

———Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, S7020 [13SE]

———Richard H. Neiman, S6727 [4AU]

———Scott DeFife, National Restaurant Association, S6509 [29JY]

———Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S6725 [4AU]

Lists

Organizations endorsing H.R. 5297, Small Business Jobs Act, S7019 [13SE]

Small Business Jobs Act newspaper and magazine story headlines, S6506 [29JY]

Outlines

Addressing small business needs to create jobs, S1640 [17MR]

Petitions and memorials

Louisiana: Medicare growth rate payment system for physicians, S469 [4FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S6229 [26JY]

Press releases

ICBA and 28 State Community Bank Associations Urge Prompt Passage of Small Business Lending Fund Bill: Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S5512 [29JN]

Privilege of the floor

Seiter, Samantha, S5999 [19JY]

Remarks

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S10240, S10245, S10247 [15DE]

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (H.R. 1454), S6537 [29JY]

Arkansas: express condolences and support for people affected by flash floods, S5151 [18JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1837 [23MR]

Choudrant, LA: anniversary of Olive Grove Baptist Church, S4742 [9JN]

Corps of Engineers: Louisiana coastal area ecosystem restoration program construction projects funding, S4202 [25MY]

———maximize placement of dredged material available from maintenance dredging of existing navigation channels to mitigate impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S4201 [25MY]

Courts: ruling on Obama administration moratorium on deepwater drilling operations, S5392-S5394 [24JN]

Crime: enhance penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors (S. 258), S6536 [29JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide funding for settlement of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs, S6801 [5AU]

———provide funding for settlement of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs (S. 3693), S6727 [4AU]

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 HUD: increase flexibility relative to amount of FHA single family housing mortgage insurance premiums (H.R. 5981), S6741 [4AU]

———provide adequate commitment authority for guaranteed loans that are obligations of the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds (H.R. 5872), S6740, S6741 [4AU]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify Coastal Impact Assistance Program application requirements, S1603 [16MR]

———expedite Coastal Impact Assistance Program funding, S4202 [25MY]

———improve administration of the Minerals Management Service, S4964 [16JN]

———lift moratorium on deepwater drilling operations, S8048 [18NO]

———moratorium on deepwater drilling operations, S4964 [16JN]

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), S5423, S5424 [24JN], S5666, S5674 [30JN], S5985, S5987 [19JY], S6067, S6069, S6070 [21JY], S6148, S6150, S6151, S6153, S6159, S6160, S6162, S6164, S6168, S6169, S6173, S6180, S6181, S6182, S6183, S6185, S6186, S6187, S6188 [22JY], S6360, S6362, S6365, S6386, S6387, S6388 [28JY], S6460, S6471, S6473, S6474, S6475, S6494, S6496, S6497, S6500, S6502, S6506, S6508, S6509 [29JY], S6568 [2AU], S6724, S6726, S6727 [4AU], S6845, S6846, S6847, S6848 [5AU], S7018, S7021 [13SE], S7063, S7065 [14SE], S7150, S7151 [16SE], S7440 [24SE]

———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), unanimous-consent request, S6473 [29JY]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S920 [2MR]

Education: Pell Grants funding, S8753, S8754 [10DE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8530 [4DE], S8749, S8750, S8751, S8752, S8753, S8754 [10DE], S10240, S10245, S10247 [15DE]

Foote, Elizabeth Erny: nomination to be district judge, S4909 [15JN]

FRS: exempt small businesses from regulation by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, S3577 [12MY]

Gulf of Mexico: call on BP P.L.C., to improve system to resolve claims of economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, S4964, S4965 [16JN]

———impact of response to oil leak caused by oil rig explosion on the environment and future offshore drilling policies, S2782-S2784 [29AP]

Haiti: express that domestic servitude of children should end, S4204 [25MY]

———set up safe havens with food, water, and protection for all orphans and grant humanitarian parole for orphaned children who are eligible for adoption by U.S. families, S71 [21JA]

———use of disaster relief funding for education and rebuilding schools, S4203 [25MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S457-S460 [4FE]

Height, Dorothy I.: tribute (S. Res. 492), S2786 [29AP]

House of Representatives: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 308), S6539 [29JY]

Johnson, Martha N.: nomination to be GSA Administrator, S457 [4FE]

Lew, Jacob J.: nomination to be OMB Director, S8048 [18NO]

Louisiana: request for change or realignment of Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage formula, S457-S460 [4FE]

Louisiana HonorAir (organization): tribute, S2799 [29AP]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S468 [4FE]

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 419), S709-S711 [23FE]

National Urban League: anniversary, S6514 [29JY]

Obama, President: television address in response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident, S4963 [16JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: improve safety and preparedness surrounding offshore energy production and respond to the Deepwater Horizon blowout, explosion, and oil spill (S. 3763), S6848 [5AU]

Parliamentary inquiry, S7062 [14SE]

Patent and Trademark Office: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 5874), S6537, S6538 [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, S1837 [23MR]

Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 592), S6538 [29JY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S6539 [29JY]

———Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S2090 [25MR]

Real estate: exempt qualified residential mortgages from credit risk retention requirements, S3575, S3576 [12MY]

Sargeant, Winslow L.: nomination to be SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy, S2089, S2090 [25MR], S5667 [30JN]

———nomination to be SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy, unanimous-consent request, S2090 [25MR], S5668 [30JN]

SBA: allow aquaculture business disaster assistance loans, S7440 [24SE]

———defer payments of principal and interest on disaster loans relative to Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S4201 [25MY]

———establish a Native American entrepreneurial development program (S. 3534), S5442 [24JN]

———establish Veterans' Business Center program (S. 3394), S4087 [20MY]

———extend and expand certified development company/504 loan program, S5674 [30JN]

———give priority to businesses impacted by Deepwater Horizon oil spill when waiving interest payments on certain loans relative to damage caused by certain recent hurricanes, S4200 [25MY]

———improve programs for socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and establish a Small Business Surety Bond Pilot Program (S. 3458), S4623 [7JN]

———improve the Office of International Trade to expand small business exporting, S5423 [24JN]

———improve the Office of International Trade to expand small business exporting (S. 2862), S1639 [17MR]

———increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (S. 2869), S1639 [17MR]

———require a study and report by the Office of Advocacy on the effects of proposed changes in patent law (S. 3089), S1313 [9MR]

———waive interest for certain loans relative to damage caused by certain recent hurricanes, S5666 [30JN]

———waive interest for certain loans relative to damage caused by certain recent hurricanes (S. 2986), S485 [4FE]

———waive non-Federal share requirement under certain programs, S5423 [24JN]

———waive non-Federal share requirement under certain programs (S. 3165), S2116 [25MR]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S8530 [4DE]

———legislative program, S6539 [29JY]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony of Senate employees in a grand jury proceeding in the District of Columbia (S. Res. 601), S6538 [29JY]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to first responders who saved drowning teenagers, S6865 [5AU]

Small business: help to create new jobs and drive economic recovery, S1639, S1640, S1642 [17MR]

———increase threshold amount for information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (S. 3783), S7063 [14SE]

———reform usury rates on credit cards issued to small businesses, S1642 [17MR]

———tax rates, S6471 [29JY]

Small Business Act: improve contracting provisions, S5423 [24JN]

———improve contracting provisions (S. 2989), S486 [4FE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: observance, S2536 [22AP]

Taxation: allow Gulf Coast States' businesses affected by oil spill to carry back losses for 5 years, S6568 [2AU]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (S. 3430), S4615 [7JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1003, S1004 [3MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S5664 [30JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8752 [10DE]

———extend expiring tax cuts, S6763 [5AU]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8530 [4DE], S8749, S8750, S8751, S8752, S8753, S8754 [10DE]

———extend Gulf Opportunity Zone low-income housing tax credit, S920 [2MR], S1003, S1004 [3MR], S10240, S10245, S10247 [15DE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1603 [16MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), House amendment, S6763 [5AU]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8530 [4DE], S8749, S8750, S8751, S8752, S8753, S8754 [10DE], S10240, S10245, S10247 [15DE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Sollars v. Reid, et al. (S. Res. 467), S1921 [23MR]

Reports

Income Inequality and the Great Recession (excerpt): Committee on Economics (Joint), S8753 [10DE]

Reports filed

Nomination of Marie Collins Johns To Be SBA Deputy Administrator: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S4658 [8JN]

Small Business Contracting Revitalization Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2989) (S. Rept. 111-343), S7786 [29SE]

Small Business Export Enhancement and International Trade Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2862) (S. Rept. 111-341), S7786 [29SE]

Small Business Job Creation and Access to Capital Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2869) (S. Rept. 111-342), S7786 [29SE]

Studies

Economic Impact of the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Industry and the Role of the Independents: IHS Global Insight Inc. (excerpt), S8049 [18NO]

Texts of

S. 2986, Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act, S486 [4FE]

S. 2989, Small Business Contracting Revitalization Act, S487-S490 [4FE]

S. 3089, require a study and report by the SBA Office of Advocacy on the effects of proposed changes in patent law, S1313 [9MR]

S. 3165, Small Business Community Partner Relief Act, S2117 [25MR]

S. 3190, Small Business Programs Parity Act, S2163 [26MR]

S. 3394, Strengthening Entrepreneurship for America's Veterans Act, S4087-S4090 [20MY]

S. 3458, Section 8(a) Improvements Act, S4624 [7JN]

S. 3534, Native American Small Business Assistance and Entrepreneurial Growth Act, S5442-S5444 [24JN]

S. Res. 467, Senate Legal Counsel representation in Sollars v. Reid, et al., S1878, S1921 [23MR]

Tributes

Bayh, Senator, S10240 [15DE]

Blake, Harry, S5989 [19JY]

Byrd, Robert C., S5687 [30JN], S5844 [14JY]

Height, Dorothy I., S2583 [22AP]

Hicks, Robert, S6730 [4AU]

Johnston, J. Bennett, S2160 [26MR]

Powell, Benjamin G., Jr., S5846 [14JY]