MIKULSKI, BARBARA A. (a Senator from Maryland)

Addresses

City Year National Leadership Summit on Service and Education: Patrick Corvington, Corp. for National and Community Service, S4651 [8JN]

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), S4443 [26MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S8601 [7DE]

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), S5624 [29JN], S6029 [20JY], S6447 [28JY], S6521 [29JY]

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), S3474, S3482 [10MY], S3649 [12MY], S4084 [20MY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1019 [3MR], S1170 [4MR], S4698 [8JN], S4851 [10JN]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (see S. 1756), S2477 [20AP]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 591), S6202 [22JY]

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. 3065), S2708 [27AP] (see S. 4023), S8853 [13DE]

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

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 3293), S2803 [29AP]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 29), S3909 [18MY]

Business and industry: require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see S. 3254), S2759 [28AP]

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

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission: extend (see S. 3949), S7968 [17NO]

Children and youth: provide assistance to eradicate severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries through implementation of Child Protection Compacts (see S. 3184), S7206 [20SE]

———provide children in foster care with school stability and equal access to educational opportunities (see S. 2801), S3036 [3MY]

———reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see S. 1859), S7134 [15SE]

Children's Dental Health Month: support (see S. Res. 434), S1169 [4MR]

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

Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary of AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) (see S. Res. 449), S1311 [9MR]

Cumberland Valley Athletic Club: anniversary of JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon (see S. Res. 611), S6884 [5AU]

Dept. of Education: establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see S. 3293), S2803 [29AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program (see S. 3434), S5745 [12JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see S. 1445), S3783 [14MY]

———integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see S. 3698), S6736 [4AU]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S1620 [16MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S4529 [27MY]

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

———repeal prohibition on collective bargaining on matters regarding compensation of employees other than rates of basic pay (see S. 3486), S4938 [15JN]

Diseases: provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 984), S7034 [13SE]

Education: establish an Education Jobs Fund to help keep teachers, principals, librarians and other school personnel on the job (see S. 3206), S2295 [14AP]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 749), S699 [23FE]

———support high-achieving, educationally disadvantaged elementary school students in high-need local educational agencies (see S. 3086), S3644 [12MY]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 684), S8063 [18NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (see S. 866), S2208 [12AP]

Families and domestic relations: support and recognize achievements of certain Public Health Service Act family planning services programs (see S. Res. 565), S5439 [24JN]

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]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see S. 696), S5202 [21JN]

———ensure safe and proper use of dispersants in the event of an oil spill or release of hazardous substances (see S. 3661), S6397 [28JY]

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

Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 464), S1813 [22MR]

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

Health Insurance Rate Authority: establish (see S. 3078), S4144 [24MY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 629), S7175 [16SE]

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

Information technology: ensure free flow of commerce through secure cyber communications, continued development of Internet and Intranet communications, and development of cybersecurity specialists (see S. 773), S2587 [22AP]

International Women's Day: support goals (see S. Res. 433), S1229 [5MR]

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

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

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 3000), S482 [4FE]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S7089 [14SE]

Medicare: apply a consistent part B premium for all beneficiaries (see S. 3950), S8348 [1DE]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see S. 769), S4212 [25MY]

Mining and mineral resources: require U.S.-registered companies selling products using columbite-tantalite, coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to disclose the country-of-origin of such materials to the SEC (see S. 891), S2708 [27AP]

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

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

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

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 633), S7267 [21SE]

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

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 522), S3643 [12MY]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 524), S3716 [13MY]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S. Res. 408), S482 [4FE]

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

Natural gas: restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals (see S. 3056), S945 [2MR]

NIH: establish Office of Mitochondrial Disease (see S. 2858), S53 [20JA]

Oil Pollution Act: require polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills (see S. 3305), S4622 [7JN] (see S. 3472), S4745 [9JN]

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]

———reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 752), S6584 [2AU]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see S. 3813), S7791 [29SE]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 3390), S4082 [20MY]

Senate Rules: provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate (see S. Res. 416), S622 [22FE]

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

Social Security: oppose privatizing, raising retirement age, or other similar benefit cuts (see S. Res. 664), S7789 [29SE]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see S. 3293), S2803 [29AP]

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

Taxation: ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (see S. 3148), S2020 [24MR]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 493), S4442 [26MY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 3430), S4745 [9JN]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see S. 3339), S7035 [13SE]

———require polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills (see S. 3306), S4622 [7JN]

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), S6025 [20JY]

Transportation: establish a public transportation safety program (see S. 3015), S620 [22FE]

Tubman, Harriet: tribute (see S. Res. 455), S1516 [15MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 3572), S6885 [5AU]

Water: improve water and wastewater infrastructure (see S. 1005), S52 [20JA]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 3363), S3716 [13MY]

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]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 41), S8787 [10DE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S4144 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see S. 3544), S5538 [29JN]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (see S. Res. 447), S1261 [8MR]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see S. 3944), S7899 [15NO]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women's Health (see S. Res. 695), S8554 [6DE]

Plummer, Henry V.: tribute (see S. Res. 577), S5699 [30JN]

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

Serve America Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 495), S2587 [22AP]

Cloture motions

Courts: clarify and improve certain provisions relative to removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts (H.R. 5281), House amendment, S10386 [16DE], S10665 [18DE]

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 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), S6293 [27JY], S6473 [29JY], S6973 [5AU], S7061 [14SE]

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]

Taxation: create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), motion to proceed, S7438 [24SE], S7584 [28SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4975 [16JN], S5096 [17JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8627 [8DE]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10771 [19DE], S10888 [21DE]

Remarks

Appropriations: establish an earmark moratorium, S8212 [29NO]

———legislative process, S10883 [21DE]

———making continuing, S10883 [21DE]

———making omnibus appropriations, S10288 [15DE]

Armed Forces: extend TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26 (H.R. 4923), S2290 [14AP]

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

Bernanke, Ben S.: nomination to be Federal Reserve Board Chair, S310 [28JA]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: exclude Social Security programs from consideration, S219 [26JA]

Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S219 [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), S1938, S1987 [24MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 182), S2470 [20AP]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3772), motion to proceed, S7924 [17NO]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice, S1596 [16MR]

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), S7058 [14SE], S7119 [15SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (S. 1506), S682 [23FE], S5230 [22JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S10288 [15DE], S10883 [21DE]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (S. Res. 447), S1264 [8MR]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Metrorail accident, S5230 [22JN]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S923 [2MR]

Economy: prohibit use of taxpayer funds to bailout failing financial institutions, S3083 [4MY]

———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), motion to instruct conferees, S4132 [24MY]

Education: student loans and financial aid programs funding, S1987 [24MR]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (S.J. Res. 26), motion to proceed, S4831 [10JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S2470 [20AP]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S9018 [14DE]

FBI: tribute to Baltimore, MD, field office for thwarting terrorist attack, S10404 [16DE]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8212 [29NO]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), motion to proceed, S8030 [18NO]

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), S3066, S3083 [4MY]

FRS: exempt auto dealers from regulation by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, S4132 [24MY]

Gulf of Mexico: impact of response to oil leak caused by oil rig explosion on the environment and future offshore drilling policies, S4978 [16JN]

Height, Dorothy I.: tribute (S. Res. 492), S2480 [20AP]

Hollander, Ellen Lipton: nomination to be district judge, S10668 [18DE]

Insurance: extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage, S923 [2MR]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (H.R. 2194), conference report, S5397 [24JN]

Kagan, Elena: nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S6632 [3AU]

League of Women Voters: anniversary, S940 [2MR]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women's Health (S. Res. 695), S8557 [6DE]

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

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 (S. Res. 479), S2253 [14AP]

Senate Rules: provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate (S. Res. 416), S924 [2MR]

Small business: establish exemptions to information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S7058 [14SE]

———increase threshold amount for information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (S. 3783), S7058 [14SE]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S7058 [14SE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S6003 [20JY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S9018 [14DE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1596 [16MR]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S9018 [14DE]

Transportation: establish a public transportation safety program (S. 3015), S682 [23FE]

U.S. Naval Academy: tribute to Class of 1970, S5694 [30JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S923 [2MR], S6003 [20JY]

Reports filed

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3636) (S. Rept. 111-229), S6200 [22JY]

Tributes

Byrd, Robert C., S5529 [29JN]

Carroll, Anna E., S8054 [18NO]

Gardner, Emerson, Jr., S1259 [8MR]

Richardson, Earl S., S3356 [6MY]

Roca, Richard T., S3160 [5MY]