WEAPONS related term(s) Biological Weapons; Chemical Weapons

Addresses

Pratt & Whitney Celebration of Air Force Tanker Refueling and Dept. of Defense F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Competitive Engine Contracts: Everett Corey, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, E924 [23MY]

Amendments

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7670, H7671, H7672, H7673, H7674, H7676, H7677, H7678, H7680, H7681 [16NO]

Analyses

Joint Resolution on Iraq: Representative Kucinich (2002), H1948-H1950 [17MR]

Appointments

Senate National Security Working Group, S494 [2FE], S559 [3FE], S2402 [12AP]

Articles and editorials

Felons Finding It Easy To Regain Gun Rights, H7596-H7599 [15NO]

Have Glock, Will Travel, H7602 [15NO]

JSF's Build and Test Was `Miscalculation,' Adm. Venlet Says; Production Must Slow, S8162 [5DE]

On the Offense Over Defense Cuts, S4905 [26JY]

Sanctions Aren't Slowing Iran's Nuclear Progress, S4905 [26JY]

So Much for Small Government, H7602 [15NO]

With the Warriors—Patrol Base Fires, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan (excerpt), E718 [14AP]

Bills and resolutions

Air Force: require a study on the threats to, and sustainability of, the air test and training range infrastructure (see S. 240), S359 [31JA]

Armed Forces: recognize performance, repeal authorization of use, and require congressional reauthorization to continue deployment relative to Iraq war (see H.R. 232), H134 [7JA]

Arms control: reduce nuclear weapons and apply savings to certain domestic initiatives while ensuring environmental restoration and clean-energy conversion (see H.R. 1334), H2266 [1AP]

———strengthen nonproliferation activities and strengthen nuclear energy cooperation and nonproliferation under the Atomic Energy Act (see H.R. 1320), H2265 [1AP]

Arms sales: strengthen certain provisions relative to arms export licenses (see H.R. 1727), H3060 [4MY]

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 126), H37 [5JA]

Bahrain: limit issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Bahrain (see S.J. Res. 28), S6330 [6OC] (see H.J. Res. 80), H6672 [6OC]

Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (see H.R. 1181), H1983 [17MR]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: ensure methods used to detect chemical, nuclear, biological, and radiological weapons in municipal waste are as effective in screening other commerce entering the U.S. (see S. 860), S2507 [14AP]

Burma: investigate volume of ships and planes from North Korea and allegations of international crimes, and encourage release of political prisoners and provision of safe havens for child soldiers (see S. Con. Res. 12), S2387 [12AP] (see S. Res. 139), S2348 [8AP]

China: express that defense systems, including the helicopter fleet used to transport the President, should not be procured, directly or indirectly, from an entity controlled, directed, or influenced by China (see H. Res. 106), H1251 (see H. Res. 106), H1362 [18FE]

Courts: clarify circumstances under which the enhanced penalty provisions for subsequent convictions apply (see H.R. 2398), H4575 [24JN]

Crime: deploy Border Patrol agents and increase number of DEA and ATF agents along U.S. border to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see H.R. 77), H35 [5JA]

———prohibit possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have committed a violent act while a juvenile (see H.R. 1552), H2855 [14AP]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a pilot program to determine the feasibility and desirability of equipping turbojet aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet with a missile defense system (see H.R. 3284), H7165 [31OC]

———establish policies and guidelines to ensure civilian and military law enforcement personnel charged with security functions on military installations will receive active shooter training (see H.R. 826), H1390 [28FE]

———modify authority to use Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds for proliferation threat reduction projects and activities outside the former Soviet States (see S. 293), S614 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see S. 1855), S7368 [10NO] (see H.R. 2405), H4580 [28JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Intelligence and Analysis weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing functions and require dissemination of information to relevant entities (see H.R. 2764), H5884 [1AU]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see S. 34), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 1506), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit tracking and cataloguing purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns (see S. 570), S1600 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see S. 1707), S6505 [13OC] (see H.R. 1898), H3300 [13MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H680 [10FE]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (see H.R. 3638), H8879 [13DE]

EPA: reduce or eliminate the risk of releases of hazardous chemicals from public water systems and wastewater treatment works (see S. 711), S2046 [31MR]

European Union: urge to maintain arms embargo against China (see H. Res. 356), H5150 [18JY]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see S. 558), S1547 [10MR] (see H.R. 996), H1723 [10MR]

Firearms: enahnce certain prohibitions and penalties relating to certain forms of firearms trafficking (see H.R. 2618), H5373 [21JY]

———ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see S. 436), S1120 [2MR] (see H.R. 1781), H3108 [5MY]

———establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 35), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 591), H599 [9FE]

———establish minimum standards for States that allow carrying of concealed firearms (see S. 176), S127 [25JA]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H1250 (see H.R. 822), H1362 [18FE] (see H.R. 3543), H8075 [1DE]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), consideration (see H. Res. 463), H7577 [14NO]

———facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see S. 1249), S4023 [22JN] (see H.R. 3065), H6456 [23SE]

———limit possession, sale, and other disposition by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children (see H.R. 505), H509 [26JA]

———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 2900), H6138 [13SE]

———prevent gun trafficking (see S. 1973), S8461 [8DE]

———prevent illegal sale (see H.R. 1642), H2912 [15AP]

———prohibit carrying of a firearm near a place at which a senior Federal official is performing an official and representational duty or a person is campaigning for public office (see H.R. 496), H508 [26JA]

———prohibit knowing possession of a firearm near a venue at which a Member of Congress is performing an official and representational duty or campaigning for public office (see H.R. 367), H394 [20JA]

———prohibit possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a felony or domestic violence in a foreign court (see S. 1305), S4291 [30JN]

———prohibit trafficking (see H.R. 2554), H5125 [15JY]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see S. 32), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 308), H254 [18JA]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 2252), H4364 [21JN]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 2615), H5373 [21JY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see S. 1691), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 58), H34 [5JA]

Foreign trade: authorize the President to control the transfer of goods, services, technology, and software to protect national security and promote foreign policy (see H.R. 2004), H3753 [26MY]

Fort Sill, OK: anniversary of U.S. Army Field Artillery School (see S. Res. 186), S3052 [17MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that deal with the Central Bank of Iran if the bank engaged in transactions relating to weapons proliferation or terrorism (see H.R. 3439), H7713 [16NO]

Law enforcement: coordinate efforts to protect U.S. border cities from drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across U.S. borders (see H.R. 770), H1176 (see H.R. 770), H1196 [17FE] (see H.R. 915), H1574 [3MR]

———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see S. 835), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 1093), H1841 [15MR]

Marshall Islands: provide supplemental ex gratia compensation for impacts of the U.S. nuclear testing program (see S. 342), S683 [14FE]

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: modify boundaries (see S. 1478), S5250 [2AU]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see S. 798), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 420), H469 [25JA]

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (see H. Res. 19), H42 [5JA]

———enhance security of chemical facilities (see S. 709), S2046 [31MR]

———improve efforts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (see H.R. 2356), H4573 [24JN]

———recognize importance of biosecurity and agrodefense (see S. Res. 47), S642 [10FE]

Nuclear weapons: designate a day of remembrance for Americans who worked and lived downwind from nuclear testing sites and were adversely affected by radiation exposure generated by such testing (see S. Res. 330), S7613 [16NO]

———protect public health and safety if testing by the U.S. is resumed (see H.R. 1491), H2603 [12AP]

———recognize nonproliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES) (see H. Res. 21), H42 [5JA]

———support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 275), S5903 [22SE] (see H. Res. 373), H5580 [26JY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: require report on foreign development of electromagnetic pulse weapons (see H.R. 2348), H4573 [24JN]

Persian Gulf Conflict: tribute to soldiers killed or wounded by Iraqi missile attack on Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see S. Res. 76), S871 [17FE] (see H. Res. 96), H1039 (see H. Res. 96), H1070 [16FE]

Public lands: require hunting activities be a land use in management plans for compatible Federal lands (see H.R. 1444), H2569 [8AP]

Radioactive substances: apply measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran, Syria, or North Korea goods, services, or technology that could aid such countries in extracting or milling domestic sources of uranium (see H.R. 2105), H4034 [3JN]

Space policy: remove commercial satellites and related components from the U.S. Munitions List subject to certain restrictions (see H.R. 3288), H7206 [1NO]

Taiwan: express concerns relative to impact of China on freedom, security, and stability (see H. Con. Res. 39), H2665 [13AP]

———provide with U.S.-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen self-defense capability against increasing military threat from China (see S. 1539), S5499 [12SE] (see H.R. 2992), H6341 [21SE]

Turkey: disapprove issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Turkey (see H.J. Res. 83), H7331 [3NO]

U.N.: terminate funding if the U.S. agrees to any treaty that threatens U.S. sovereignty or infringes on U.S. constitutional rights, such as the right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3594), H8260 [7DE]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): strengthen strategic force posture by implementing and supplementing certain provisions (see S. 1097), S3426 [26MY] (see H.R. 1750), H3107 [5MY]

Umatilla, OR: provide for closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot (see S. Res. 345), S8414 [7DE]

Venezuela: designate as a state sponsor of terrorism (see H. Res. 247), H3061 [4MY]

Letters

Definition of Dept. of Defense core depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities: several Senators, S8640 [15DE]

Dept. of Defense weapons procurement programs: Senator McCain, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S8632 [15DE]

Impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that deal with the Central Bank of Iran: Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S8136 [1DE]

Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act: Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), H8866 [13DE]

———Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H8866 [13DE]

———Representative Hall, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H8865 [13DE]

———Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H8866 [13DE]

———Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H8865 [13DE]

———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8865 [13DE]

———Representative Ros-Lehtinen, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H8865, H8866 [13DE]

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, H7603 [15NO]

———Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and Marian J. McGovern, Massachusetts State Police, H7595 [15NO]

Provide Taiwan with U.S.-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen self-defense capability against increasing military threat from China: Senator Lugar, Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5854 [22SE]

———Senator Murkowski, S5854 [22SE]

———several Representatives, S5860 [22SE]

———several Senators, S5854 [22SE]

Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act: Jurelang Zedkaia, President of the Marshall Islands, S690 [14FE]

V-22 Osprey funding: James F. Amos, Marine Corps, H3597 [25MY]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Iran: President Obama, S1405 [8MR], S7151 [7NO], H1601 [8MR]

National Emergency Relative to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: President Obama, S7293 [9NO], H7403 [10NO]

National Emergency Relative to Threat in Lebanon Posed by Actions of Certain Persons To Undermine Legitimate Democratic Institutions: President Obama, S5015 [28JY], H5678 [28JY]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Ratification: President Obama, S480 [2FE]

Motions

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7688 [16NO]

Press releases

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Mayors Against Illegal Guns (organization), H7595 [15NO]

Quotations

Disarmament and Peace: Martin Luther King, Jr., H5948 [7SE]

Remarks in House

Air Force: bomber development funding, H4605, H4606 [6JY]

Armed Forces: ensure rules of engagement for members in any hostile fire area fully protect their right to bear arms and defend themselves from hostile actions, H3629, H3630 [25MY]

———repeal authorization of use of military force against Iraq, H8956 [14DE]

Arms control: reduce nuclear weapons and apply savings to certain domestic initiatives while ensuring environmental restoration and clean-energy conversion (H.R. 1334), E603 [1AP]

ATF: prohibit funding to collect information from federally licensed firearms retailers relative to sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person, H1272, H1273 [18FE]

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: funding, H3718 [26MY]

Dept. of Defense: ballistic missile defense program funding, H1311 [18FE]

———B-1 bomber funding, H3395 [24MY], H4714, H4715 [7JY]

———Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program funding, H1089, H1091 [17FE], H1223, H1224 [18FE]

———F-35 Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, H855-H861 [15FE], H4743 [7JY]

———F-136 engine program funding, H3395 [24MY]

———ground-based midcourse defense system funding, H3678, H3679 [25MY]

———Israeli Cooperative Program funding through reductions in Air Force NATO research and development funding, H4606, H4607 [6JY]

———Israeli Cooperative Program funding through reductions in Navy NATO research and development funding, H4605 [6JY]

———Minuteman III Warm Line Solid Rocket Motor Sustainment program funding, H4712, H4713 [7JY]

———remove satellites and related components from U.S. Munitions List, H3668, H3669 [25MY]

———require U.S. Strategic Command to conduct study to determine whether proposed U.S. nuclear forces would be capable of meeting objectives of nuclear deterrence and defense, E2310 [19DE]

———research, development, test, and evaluation funding, H4738, H4739 [7JY]

———Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program funding, H4596 [6JY]

———submit report on Russian nuclear forces and the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), H3718 [26MY]

———Surface Launch Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile System program funding, H1223, H1224 [18FE]

———V-22 Osprey funding, H846, H847, H850 [15FE], H1091 [17FE], H3596, H3597 [25MY]

Dept. of Energy: anniversary of Nevada National Security Site, E158 [8FE]

———Global Threat Reduction Initiative funding, H3718 [26MY]

———National Nuclear Security Administration funding through reductions in Corps of Engineers water projects funding, H4801, H4802 [11JY]

———non-defense environmental cleanup funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration funding, H4998, H4999 [13JY]

———Ohio class nuclear submarine replacement program funding, H4999 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 2405), H8153-H8159 [6DE], E2205 [7DE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, H4199 [15JN]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (H.R. 3638), H8914 [14DE]

Firearms: allow a State to limit possession or carrying of concealed handguns to individuals that have passed that State's laws on firearm safety training that includes live-fire exercise, H7676, H7677 [16NO]

———allow States with current reciprocal concealed handgun carrying licenses agreements to continue enforcing preexisting agreements, H7671, H7672 [16NO]

———create a comprehensive database containing all permits and licenses issued by States for carrying concealed weapons and ensure access to such database by law enforcement officers, H7674-H7676 [16NO]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H4950, H4951 [13JY], H7053 [25OC], H7586 [15NO], H7631, H7643, H7661-H7689 [16NO], E2073, E2077, E2079, E2082, E2091 [17NO], E2093 [18NO]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), consideration (H. Res. 463), H7593-H7604 [15NO]

———establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), motion to recommit, H7687-H7689 [16NO]

———Executive order to require Southwest border States to report purchases of two or more of certain rifles during a certain time period, H5167 [19JY]

———exempt States from right-to-carry reciprocity to enforce State laws requiring a person to be at least 21 years of age to possess or carry a concealed handgun, H7677, H7678 [16NO]

———exempt States from right-to-carry reciprocity when the State does not require individuals to apply for and complete a carry permit application at their local law enforcement station, H7673, H7674 [16NO]

———gun control, H151 [12JA], H7596 [15NO]

———limitations on concealed handgun carrying reciprocity for child sex offenders, domestic violence offenders, and known or suspected terrorists, H7688 [16NO]

———prohibit trafficking (H.R. 2554), E1338 [15JY]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 308), H1448-H1452 [1MR]

———protect right to keep and bear arms, H206 [18JA], H3163 [11MY]

———require individuals to provide advance notice to law enforcement agencies of their intention to carry or posses a concealed weapon in another State, H7678-H7680 [16NO]

———require States to certify that other States' carry laws are substantially similar to their own prior to granting reciprocity for concealed handgun carrying licenses, H7680, H7681 [16NO]

———require States to pass legislation agreeing to a national standard for concealed handgun carrying licenses before such standard can go into effect in that State, H7601 [15NO], H7673 [16NO]

GAO: study ability of State and local law enforcement to verify the validity of out-of-state concealed handgun carrying licences, H7681, H7682 [16NO]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H1969-H1973 [17MR]

———Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Dept. of Defense development of a coordinated intelligence community strategy to counter improvised explosive devices operations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, H6029 [9SE]

Iran: prevent proliferation and acquisition of nuclear weapons, H3421 [25MY], H6846-H6848 [12OC], H7383-H7385 [4NO], H7590 [15NO], E651 [6AP]

Law enforcement: coordinate efforts to protect U.S. border cities from drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across U.S. borders, H6843-H6848 [12OC]

———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (H.R. 1093), H2330 [6AP]

Libya: address report of missing surface-to-air missiles from weapons stockpile, H6017 [9SE]

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (H. Res. 19), H234 [18JA], H329 [19JA], H418 [24JA], H4679 [7JY], H4857, H4859 [12JY], H5496 [26JY], H6145 [14SE], H6351 [22SE], H6514 [4OC], H7216 [2NO], H7721 [17NO], H7937 [30NO], H8143 [6DE], H8196 [7DE]

———strengthen nuclear deterrence, H5675 [28JY]

Navy: shipbuilding funding, H8929 [14DE]

Nuclear weapons: expand sanctions on individuals who transfer to Iran, Syria, or North Korea equipment or technology relevant to mining or milling uranium or support other proliferation activities (H.R. 2105), H8859-H8870 [13DE], H8978 [15DE], E2262 [14DE]

———funding, H6680 [11OC]

Public lands: require hunting activities be a land use in management plans for compatible Federal lands (H.R. 1444), E689 [8AP]

Russia: limit sharing of missile defense technology, H8144 [6DE]

Taiwan: provide with U.S.-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen self-defense capability against increasing military threat from China, H6567 [5OC]

———sale of F-16 fighters, E764 [15AP], E2099 [18NO]

U.N.: oppose drafting of U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, H5501 [26JY]

Remarks in Senate

Afghanistan: eliminate use and smuggling of ammonium nitrate to reduce proliferation of improvised explosive devices, S7652 [17NO]

Air Force: strategic airlift aircraft force structure funding, S7651, S7652 [17NO]

Armed Forces: repeal authorization of use of military force against Iraq, S7674, S7675 [17NO], S7957, S7968-S7970 [29NO]

Bahrain: limit issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Bahrain (S.J. Res. 28), S6347 [6OC]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: ensure methods used to detect chemical, nuclear, biological, and radiological weapons in municipal waste are as effective in screening other commerce entering the U.S. (S. 860), S2533 [14AP]

Dept. of Defense: address threat posed to U.S. and allies by missing man-portable air-defense systems from Libya, S7894 [28NO]

———definition of core depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities, S8638-S8643 [15DE]

———F-35 Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, S1488 [9MR], S8162-S8164 [5DE]

———funding, S4905 [26JY], S5214 [2AU]

———include feasibility and advisability of establishing a missile defense site on the East Coast of the U.S. in Homeland Defense Hedging Strategy Review, S8061 [30NO]

———modify authority to use Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds for proliferation threat reduction projects and activities outside the former Soviet States (S. 293), S615 [7FE]

Dept. of Energy: anniversary of Nevada National Security Site, S332 [27JA]

———National Nuclear Security Administration funding, S7404 [14NO]

———National Nuclear Security Administration nonproliferation programs funding, S2186 [6AP]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1855), S7382-S7384 [10NO]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (S. 34), S4218 [29JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: designation of IranAir and Tidewater Inc., responsible for facilitating Iran's transfer of weapons and other proliferation activities, S4060 [23JN]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (S. 558), S1559 [10MR], S1595 [14MR]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (S. 35), S4218 [29JN]

———Executive order to require Southwest border States to report purchases of two or more of certain rifles during a certain time period, S5240 [2AU]

———facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (S. 1249), S4029 [22JN]

———gun control, S4218 [29JN], S7607 [16NO]

———prohibit possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a felony or domestic violence in a foreign court (S. 1305), S4293 [30JN]

Fort Sill, OK: anniversary of U.S. Army Field Artillery School (S. Res. 186), S3061 [17MY]

International Atomic Energy Agency: release of report on Iran nuclear program, S7173, S7174 [8NO]

International economic relations: impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that deal with the Central Bank of Iran, S7822 [18NO]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that deal with the Central Bank of Iran, S7639, S7650 [17NO], S7822 [18NO], S7965 [29NO], S8027-S8030 [30NO], S8105-S8107, S8125, S8126, S8135 [1DE], S8410 [7DE], S8661 [15DE]

———prevent proliferation and acquisition of nuclear weapons, S4278 [30JN], S4905 [26JY], S6495 [13OC], S7173, S7174 [8NO], S7355 [10NO], S7441 [15NO]

Marshall Islands: provide supplemental ex gratia compensation for impacts of the U.S. nuclear testing program (S. 342), S688 [14FE]

Navy: shipbuilding funding, S7893 [28NO]

Nuclear weapons: designate a day of remembrance for Americans who worked and lived downwind from nuclear testing sites and were adversely affected by radiation exposure generated by such testing (S. Res. 330), S7629 [16NO]

———maintain a triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems, S8112 [1DE]

———support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (S. Res. 275), S5919 [22SE], S6007 [26SE]

Pakistan: certify efforts to counter improvised explosive devices devices operations, S7692 [17NO]

Persian Gulf Conflict: tribute to soldiers killed or wounded by Iraqi missile attack on Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (S. Res. 76), S924 [17FE]

Russia: limit sharing of missile defense technology, S8660 [15DE]

———U.S. policy, S8395-S8398 [7DE]

Taiwan: provide with U.S.-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen self-defense capability against increasing military threat from China, S5854-S5857, S5860-S5863, S5870, S5871, S5879-S5881 [22SE], S6291 [6OC], S7958 [29NO], S8093, S8094, S8114, S8115 [1DE]

———provide with U.S.-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen self-defense capability against increasing military threat from China (S. 1539), S5810 [21SE]

———sale of F-16 fighters, S3535-S3537 [7JN]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): prohibit constraints on U.S. ability to develop missile defense systems, S350 [31JA], S3482-S3484 [6JN]

———renewal, S59 [5JA], S349-S353 [31JA], S3482-S3484 [6JN]

———require parties to enter into negotiations to address disparity between the nonstrategic nuclear weapons stockpiles of the parties, S351 [31JA]

———restrict use of warhead covers that interfere with Type One inspections and require telemetric exchanges on deployed ballistic missile systems, S351 [31JA]

———strengthen strategic force posture by implementing and supplementing certain provisions, S2862 [11MY], S8643-S8645 [15DE]

Umatilla, OR: provide for closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot, S4665 [19JY], S4700 [20JY]

———provide for closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot (S. Res. 345), S8419 [7DE]

Reports

Loosening Restrictions on the Carrying of Concealed Guns in Public Does Not Improve Public Safety: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (excerpt), H7600 [15NO]

Reports filed

Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 915) (H. Rept. 112-268), H7396 [4NO]

Consideration of H.R. 822, National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 112-283), H7577 [14NO]

Dept. of HHS Programs To Protect Against Pandemics and Attacks From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1855), S8733 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS Reauthorization of Programs To Protect Against Pandemics and Attacks From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2405) (H. Rept. 112-286), H7712 [16NO]

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 822) (H. Rept. 112-277), H7405 [10NO]

Statements

Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act: Representative Ros-Lehtinen, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House) and Representative Hall, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H8866 [13DE]

Tables

Projected nationwide employment impact of production of multirole fighter aircraft for Taiwan, S5860 [22SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 463, consideration of H.R. 822, National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act, H7593 [15NO]

H.R. 2105, Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act, H8859-H8864 [13DE]

H.R. 2405, Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization, H8153-H8157 [6DE]

S. 342, Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act, S689 [14FE]

S. 558, Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act, S1561 [10MR]

S. 860, ensure Bureau of Customs and Border Protection methods used to detect chemical, nuclear, biological, and radiological weapons in municipal waste are as effective in screening other commerce entering the U.S., S2533 [14AP]

S. 1249, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act, S4029 [22JN]

S. 1305, No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act, S4294 [30JN]

S. Con. Res. 12, investigate volume of ships and planes from North Korea and allegations of international crimes in Burma, and encourage release of political prisoners and provision of safe havens for child soldiers, S2400 [12AP]

S. Res. 47, recognize importance of biosecurity and agrodefense, S646 [10FE]

S. Res. 76, tribute to soldiers killed or wounded by Iraqi missile attack on Dhahran, Saudi Arabia during Persian Gulf Conflict, S919, S925 [17FE]

S. Res. 139, investigate volume of ships and planes from North Korea and allegations of international crimes in Burma, and encourage release of political prisoners and provision of safe havens for child soldiers, S2361 [8AP]

S. Res. 186, Fort Sill, OK, U.S. Army Field Artillery School anniversary, S3059, S3061 [17MY]

S. Res. 275, support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S5919 [22SE], S6008 [26SE]

S. Res. 330, designate a day of remembrance for Americans who worked and lived downwind from nuclear testing sites and were adversely affected by radiation exposure generated by such testing, S7620, S7630 [16NO]

S. Res. 345, provide for closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot in Oregon, S8418, S8419 [7DE]

S.J. Res. 28, limit issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Bahrain, S6347 [6OC]