WICKER, ROGER F. (a Senator from Mississippi)
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), S4230 [25MY], S4443, S4449, S4459, S4460, S4467 [26MY], S4504 [27MY]
Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S28, S57 [20JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1884 [23MR], S2008 [24MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S7991 [17NO]
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), S5705, S5708, S5713 [30JN], S6026 [20JY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S10415 [16DE]
Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S629 [22FE]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), S8798, S8806 [10DE], S8853 [13DE]
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), S2816 [29AP], S3328 [6MY], S3408 [7MY], S3652 [12MY]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S629 [22FE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S860 [1MR], S1094, S1102 [3MR], S1170 [4MR], S1222, S1223 [5MR], S4698 [8JN], S4746 [9JN], S4859, S4860 [10JN], S4886 [14JN]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S8798, S8806 [10DE], S8853 [13DE]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1460, S1476 [11MR], S1754 [18MR], S1806 [22MR]
———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), S803 [25FE]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10819, S10820 [20DE], S10904 [21DE]
Appointments
G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., impeachment trial committee, S1647 [17MR]
Articles and editorials
New Start—Ratify, With Caveats, Condoleezza Rice, Wall Street Journal, S10369 [16DE]
Show Trial—Should Ties to Russia Be Linked to Its Record on Rights?, Washington (DC) Post, S5181 [21JN]
Ted Stevens—A Flier Who Faced the Risks, Walter J. Boyne, Washington (DC) Post, S7579 [28SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 14), S7786 [29SE]
———prohibit taxpayer funding of insurance plans or health care programs that cover abortion (see S. 3723), S6883 [5AU]
Appropriations: making continuing (see S.J. Res. 42), S10410 [16DE]
Armed Forces: 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]
Budget: establish an expedited procedure for consideration of a bill returning spending levels to 2007 levels (see S. Con. Res. 57), S2478 [20AP]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (see S. 3095), S1360 [10MR]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 29), S4213 [25MY]
Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]
Children and youth: reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see S. 1859), S7969 [17NO]
Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see S. Res. 411), S3644 [12MY]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 738), S796 [25FE]
Dept. of Commerce: authorize a price analysis adjustment for propane (see S. 3409), S5994 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: provide for interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the U.S. and establish certain limitations on prosecution (see S. 3081), S1169 [4MR]
Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see S. 1932), S5850 [14JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see S. 1273), S5489 [28JN]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S1751 [18MR]
Dept. of Justice: try Umar F. Abdulmutallab by a military tribunal and consult with appropriate officials prior to terminating interrogation of, or providing a civilian trial to, terrorist suspects (see S. Res. 403), S393 [1FE]
Dept. of the Interior: convey to Mississippi parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway (see S. 3947), S7968 [17NO]
———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]
———lift moratorium on deepwater drilling operations (see S. 3489), S4938 [15JN]
———limit moratorium on certain permitting and drilling activities (see S. 3588), S5850 [14JY]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S3831 [17MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: terminate authority under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 2938), S51 [20JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see S. 1518), S440 [2FE]
District of Columbia: prohibit issuance of a marriage license to any same-sex couple until a referendum or initiative can be held on the issue of same-sex marriage (see S. 2980), S440 [2FE]
———restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 3265), S2708 [27AP]
EPA: delay implementation of certain final rules in States until accreditation classes are held in the States for a certain period (see S. 3296), S3091 [4MY]
———disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see S.J. Res. 26), S122 [21JA]
Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 3826), S7352 [22SE]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 485), S10304 [15DE]
Firearms: provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see S. 3942), S7899 [15NO]
Gulf of Mexico: 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]
Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see S. 3501), S6398 [28JY]
———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (see S. 3502), S6398 [28JY]
Iran: establish a program to support a transition to a freely elected, open democracy (see S. 3008), S797 [25FE]
Israel: support right of self-defense and condemn outside efforts to break blockade of Gaza, Hamas' rejection of Middle East peace processes, and Iran's support of Hamas (see S. Res. 548), S4991 [16JN]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: condemn unprovoked military attack against South Korea and reaffirm alliance with South Korea (see S. Res. 693), S8397 [2DE]
Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see S. 941), S1018 [3MR]
Lithuania: anniversary (see S. Res. 442), S1169 [4MR]
Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 499), S2587 [22AP]
Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251 [26JA]
Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 654), S6302 [27JY]
Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]
NASA: prohibit funding for termination of the Constellation Program (see S. 3180), S2115 [25MR]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 647), S7791 [29SE]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 647), S7791 [29SE]
National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 473), S2162 [26MR]
National Data Privacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 402), S358 [29JA]
National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see S. 1553), S6397 [28JY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 595), S6302 [27JY]
National Mediation Board: disapprove rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing (see S.J. Res. 30), S3536 [11MY]
National Rice Month: anniversary (see S. Res. 651), S7508 [27SE]
National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 631), S7791 [29SE]
National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 540), S4442 [26MY]
Oil Pollution Act: increase limits on liability for economic damages resulting from an oil spill (see S. 3375), S3716 [13MY]
Outer Continental Shelf: reform management of energy and mineral resources, improve oil spill compensation, and terminate moratorium on deepwater drilling (see S. 3643), S6246 [26JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see S. 3152), S2478 [20AP]
———repeal certain limitations on tax health care benefits (see S. 3673), S6520 [29JY]
———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 3653), S6398 [28JY]
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]
Power resources: establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see S. 570), S482 [4FE]
Russia: make certain individuals ineligible for visas or admission to U.S. and impose certain financial measures on such individuals pending investigation of death of Sergei L. Magnitsky (see S. 3881), S7970 [17NO]
SBA: waive interest for certain loans relative to damage caused by certain recent hurricanes (see S. 2986), S2759 [28AP]
Securities: clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see S. 1389), S341 [28JA]
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]
Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 1313), S2424 [19AP]
———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3773), S7034 [13SE]
———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 3510), S6737 [4AU]
———provide tax relief for persons with investment losses due to fraud or embezzlement (see S. 3166), S2115 [25MR]
———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see S. 3262), S4212 [25MY]
———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see S. 3339), S5787 [13JY]
———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (see S. 2905), S3984 [19MY]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 292), S4082 [20MY]
———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 632), S3908 [18MY]
Telecommunications: award grants for development of nonstationary radio over Internet protocol devices that support mission-critical broadband voice and data communications of public safety personnel (see S. 3731), S6883 [5AU]
———clarify rights and responsibilities of Federal entities in the spectrum relocation process (see S. 3490), S4938 [15JN]
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), S5786 [13JY]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: oppose ratification based on incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution, sovereignty, and the independence of families (see S. Res. 519), S4443 [26MY]
University of Southern Mississippi: anniversary (see S. Res. 471), S2162 [26MR]
Vicksburg National Military Park: authorize acquisition of core battlefield land at Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond, MS, for addition (see S. 3952), S7968 [17NO]
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see S. Res. 451), S1751 [18MR]
Wells, Ida B.: tribute (see S. Res. 494), S2477 [20AP]
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]
Year of the Lung: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 432), S1460 [11MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), corrections in enrollment (see S. 3097), S1358 [10MR]
GAO: evaluate propriety of assistance provided to General Motors Corp., under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 3526), S5319 [23JN]
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]
Insurance: clarify and improve the payment of multiperil insurance claims (see S. 3672), S6520 [29JY]
Medicare: update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (see S. 2997), S481 [4FE]
Mississippi: express condolences to tornado victims, commend efforts of first responders, and support residents during healing process (see S. Res. 504), S2759 [28AP]
States: provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (see S. 4020), S8713 [9DE]
Taxation: provide tax relief for persons affected by discharge of oil due to Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and sinking in Gulf of Mexico (see S. 3934), S7788 [29SE]
Memorandums
Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC): Dept. of State Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, S10904 [21DE]
Poems
``High Flight,'' John G. Magee, Jr., S7580 [28SE]
Remarks
Argentina: impact of debt default, S10404 [16DE]
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, S4564 [28MY]
Budget: eliminate wasteful spending and provide for comprehensive budget reform, S8994 [14DE]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps, S7485 [27SE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2015, S7485, S7486 [27SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), S4564 [28MY]
Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S1324 [10MR]
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), S3155, S3156 [5MY]
———reform the way initial credit ratings are assigned, S3155, S3156 [5MY]
Gresham, Walter, III: National Propane Gas Association Bill Hill Award recipient, S4524 [27MY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S1131, S1133 [4MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S1324, S1326, S1327 [10MR]
———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, S1131, S1133 [4MR]
Insurance: clarify and improve the payment of multiperil insurance claims (S. 3672), S6722 [4AU]
Kagan, Elena: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to positions on right to keep and bear arms, S6805, S6806, S6807 [5AU]
———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S5413 [24JN], S6805, S6806, S6807 [5AU]
Russia: characterize trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and Russian judicial independence, S8635 [8DE]
———characterize trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and Russian judicial independence (S. Res. 189), S5179, S5180, S5181 [21JN]
Senate: impact of partisanship, S10367 [16DE]
States: provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (S. 4020), S8667 [9DE]
Sumrall, MS: tribute to Sumrall High School baseball team, S5305 [23JN]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10367 [16DE], S10904, S10906 [21DE]
———require that provisions adopted in the Bilateral Consultative Commission that affect substantive rights or obligations must be submitted to the Senate for review, S10904, S10906 [21DE]
Reports filed
Nomination To Be U.N. General Assembly U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9022 [14DE]
Tributes
Pitchford, Jack, S435