CONRAD, KENT (a Senator from North Dakota)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6687 [18OC]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (H.J. Res. 66), S5691, S5692 [15SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1867), S7717, S7749 [17NO], S7863, S7869 [18NO], S7911 [28NO], S7995 [29NO]
FAA: reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S491 [2FE], S538 [3FE]
God's Child Project (organization): anniversary (S. Res. 141), S3936, S3937 [20JN]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 202), S3978 [21JN]
SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), S1752 [16MR]
Appointments
Committee on Taxation (Joint), S804 [16FE]
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees, S1333 [7MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 327), S7613 [16NO]
Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see S. 724), S2349 [8AP]
———commemorate and honor service and sacrifice of members and their families as combat mission in Iraq draws to a close (see S. Res. 349), S8775 [17DE]
———prevent disruptions at military funerals (see S. 815), S2446 [13AP]
———tribute to members for service in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Con. Res. 13), S3340 [25MY]
bin Laden, Osama: tribute to President Obama and military and intelligence agencies for successful completion of the operation that led to death in Pakistan (see S. Res. 159), S2621 [3MY]
Budget: express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction (see S. Res. 331), S7613 [16NO]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see S. 1131), S3427 [26MY]
Children and youth: revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 740), S2779 [9MY]
Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the U.S.: establish (see S. 1733), S7295 [9NO]
Day of the Deployed: designate (see S. Res. 253), S5342 [6SE] (see S. Res. 295), S6600 [17OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see S. 1053), S3274 [24MY]
———suspend limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible to receive loan guarantees (see S. 368), S791 [16FE]
Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see S. 547), S3106 [18MY]
———establish Office of Rural Education Policy (see S. 946), S2874 [11MY]
———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 434), S3339 [25MY]
———require payment of certain Impact Aid Program payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see S. 595), S2131 [5AP]
Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of pharmacists in National Health Service Corps programs (see S. 48), S4156 [28JN]
Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see S. 676), S1976 [30MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see S. 1619), S5903 [22SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: report on establishment of a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site in the northern Rockies or Dakotas (see S. 666), S1933 [29MR]
Diseases: extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see S. 384), S2622 [3MY]
District of Columbia: authorize Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work (see S. 1421), S5946 [23SE]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 29), S7189 [8NO]
EPA: suspend action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions (see S. 231), S359 [31JA]
FEMA: authorize construction and maintenance of levees on property acquired under hazard mitigation grant programs (see S. 1118), S3427 [26MY]
———establish a grant program for first responder agencies that experience an extraordinary financial burden resulting from the deployment of employees (see S. 568), S1600 [14MR]
Ferraro, Geraldine A.: tribute (see S. Res. 114), S1933 [29MR]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 121), S2047 [31MR]
Foreign policy: expand sanctions imposed on Iran, North Korea, and Syria (see S. 1048), S4025 [22JN]
Hatfield, Mark O.: tribute (see S. Res. 257), S5339 [6SE]
Health care facilities: extend period of applicability of the exemption for critical access hospitals under the FHA program for mortgage insurance for hospitals (see S. 1431), S4960 [27JY]
International Year of Cooperatives: designate (see S. Res. 87), S1219 [3MR]
Japan: express condolences to families of victims and survivors of earthquake and tsunami, commend response efforts, and support international relief efforts (see S. Res. 101), S1600 [14MR]
McClure, James A.: tribute (see S. Res. 78), S976 [28FE]
Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 604), S3106 [18MY]
———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 227), S359 [31JA]
———establish pilot projects to provide incentives for home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and communications technologies (see S. 501), S3053 [17MY]
———extend reasonable cost contracts (see S. 1497), S8680 [15DE]
———preserve access to ambulance services (see S. 424), S1060 [1MR]
———recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see S. 891), S2730 [5MY]
Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see S. Res. 185), S4025 [22JN]
Mikulski, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 4), S63 [5JA]
Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see S. 1113), S3427 [26MY]
Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver's license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see S. 1288), S5459 [8SE]
National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 165), S2731 [5MY]
National Guard: empower, enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response (see S. 1025), S5838 [21SE]
National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 181), S2929 [12MY]
Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable (see S. 1763), S7188 [8NO]
Norway: condemn terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island and express condolences and support to those affected by the attack (see S. Res. 240), S4960 [27JY]
Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods (see S. 139), S126 [25JA]
Percy, Charles H.: tribute (see S. Res. 271), S5726 [19SE]
Pharmaceuticals: allow importation of prescription drugs (see S. 319), S3171 [19MY]
Public safety officers: include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see S. 385), S870 [17FE]
Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels (see S. 1751), S6871 [20OC]
Taxation: provide for a variable volumetric ethanol excise tax credit rate based on the price of crude oil (see S. 884), S2686 [4MY] (see S. 1185), S3814 [15JN]
———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 1346), S4517 [12JY]
Terrorism: observe a moment of remembrance on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 228), S4642 [18JY] (see S. Res. 237), S4845 [22JY]
Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (see S. Res. 14), S127 [25JA]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 431), S7187 [8NO]
Wallop, Malcolm: tribute (see S. Res. 268), S5684 [15SE]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see S. 1460), S6050 [3OC]
———award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 1527), S7188 [8NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Committee on the Budget (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 58), S792 [16FE]
Dept. of Education: amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (see S. 567), S1600 [14MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities and recognize Office of Rural Health resource centers (see S. 1127), S3427 [26MY]
———improve utilization of teleconsultation, teleretinal imaging, telemedicine, and telehealth coordination services for veterans' health care (see S. 1124), S3427 [26MY]
Drugs: clarify that persons who conspire or engage in conduct within the U.S. to possess, traffic, or abet traffickers of illegal drugs outside the U.S., may be criminally prosecuted in the U.S. (see S. 1672), S6330 [6OC]
God's Child Project (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 141), S2387 [12AP]
Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 1979), S8490 [12DE]
Medicare: protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1680), S6390 [11OC]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 202), S3428 [26MY]
Power resources: lessen U.S. dependence on foreign energy, promote clean sources of energy, and strengthen the U.S. economy (see S. 1220), S3891 [16JN]
Taxation: permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 687), S1977 [30MR]
Cloture motions
Aponte, Mari C.: nomination to be Ambassador to El Salvador, S8454 [8DE], S8484 [12DE]
Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247 [4MR]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (H.J. Res. 66), S5617 [14SE]
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), House amendment, S5062 [29JY], S5153 [31JY]
Cordray, Richard: nomination to be FRS Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, S8347 [6DE], S8428 [8DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1867), S7886 [28NO], S8021 [30NO]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), S6003 [26SE], S6085 [4OC], S6283 [6OC]
———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), motion to proceed, S6034 [3OC]
Economic Development Administration: reauthorize (S. 782), S3873 [16JN], S3963 [21JN]
———reauthorize (S. 782), motion to proceed, S3492 [6JN]
Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to proceed, S8673 [15DE]
Eisen, Norman L.: nomination to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, S8454 [8DE], S8483 [12DE]
FAA: reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S739 [15FE], S819 [17FE]
Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 2832), motion to proceed, S5703 [16SE], S5720 [19SE]
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions (S. 1038), motion to proceed, S3162 [19MY], S3219 [23MY]
McConnell, John J., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S2573 [2MY], S2661 [4MY]
Presidential appointments: reduce number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation (S. 679), motion to proceed, S3883 [16JN]
Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 990), House amendment, S3262 [24MY], S3368 [26MY]
Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 990), House amendment, S3262 [24MY], S3368 [26MY]
Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), motion to proceed, S8011 [30NO]
———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), motion to proceed, S8383 [7DE]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to proceed, S7141 [3NO], S7151 [7NO]
———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), motion to proceed, S1021 [28FE]
Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions (S. 1038), motion to proceed, S3162 [19MY], S3219 [23MY]
Verrilli, Donald B., Jr.: nomination to be Solicitor General, S3458 [26MY]
Privilege of the floor
Eelman, Emily, S3365 [25MY]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6754 [19OC], S7061 [2NO]
Appropriations: making consolidated, S8758 [17DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), S8758 [17DE]
Budget: allocation of funds, S3316 [25MY], S3384 [26MY], S4461 [11JY]
———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, S3316 [25MY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced, S5036-S5038 [29JY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 10), S8527 [13DE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 24), S8527 [13DE]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, S5164 [1AU], S5218, S5221 [2AU]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), motion to proceed, S4744 [21JY], S4814 [22JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (S. 1340), S4461 [11JY]
———deficit, S4042 [23JN]
———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), motion to proceed, S4461 [11JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), S3384 [26MY], S4462 [11JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S3316, S3328 [25MY]
Cogswell, ND: anniversary, S3266
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), House amendment, S5164 [1AU]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): committee allocations and budget aggregates, S6853 [20OC], S6911 [31OC], S8725 [16DE], S61780 [5OC]
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): establish, S5218 [2AU]
Committee on the Budget (Senate): tribute to staff, S5221 [2AU]
Committees of the Senate: committee allocations, budget aggregates, and pay-as-you-go scorecard, S5378 [7SE], S5704 [16SE], S5831 [21SE]
———committee allocations and budget aggregates, S7611 [16NO]
Dept. of Education: amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (S. 567), S1603 [14MR]
Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding to assist in flood recovery efforts, S7061 [2NO]
Dept. of State: require to act on a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S8583, S8584 [14DE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), conference report, S8758 [17DE]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, S6754 [19OC], S7061 [2NO]
Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S8583, S8584, S8585 [14DE]
Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), House amendment, S5218, S5221 [2AU]
FAA: reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S474 [2FE]
FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund funding, S5524 [13SE], S5814 [21SE]
Floods: express condolences and support for people affected by Souris River flooding in North Dakota, S3990 [22JN]
Hankinson, ND: anniversary, S3167
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions, S474 [2FE]
Higginbottom, Heather A.: nomination to be OMB Deputy Director, S6800 [20OC]
Leeds, ND: anniversary, S3221
Lidgerwood, ND: anniversary, S3221
Makoti, ND: anniversary, S3102
Medicare: reform, S3316 [25MY], S3384 [26MY]
National objectives: economic recovery, S4042 [23JN]
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 202), S3453 [26MY]
New England, ND: anniversary, S3221
Oakes, ND: anniversary, S3167
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal, S474 [2FE]
Point of order, S474 [2FE]
Public debt: ceiling, S4042 [23JN]
———increase statutory limit, S5036 [29JY]
Robinson, ND: anniversary, S3103
Rugby, ND: anniversary, S3167
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, S6754 [19OC]
Selfridge, ND: anniversary, S3103
Senate: legislative program, S5504 [12SE]
Taxation: rates, S4463 [11JY]
———reform the Federal tax code, S4463 [11JY]
———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S4815 [22JY]
Towner, ND: anniversary, S3167
Tuttle, ND: anniversary, S3046
Woodworth, ND: anniversary, S3046
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S72 [25JA]
Reports filed
Expenditures: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Res. 58), S791 [16FE]
Nomination of Heather A. Higginbottom To Be OMB Deputy Director: Committee on the Budget (Senate), S2130 [5AP]
Rules
Committee on the Budget (Senate), S784 [16FE]
Tables
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6754 [19OC]
Budget aggregates, S5379 [7SE], S6178 [5OC], S6911 [31OC], S7611 [16NO], S8725 [16DE]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget allocations, S6178 [5OC]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S6178 [5OC], S6853 [20OC], S6911 [31OC], S8725 [16DE]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act and H.R. 3672, disaster relief requirements appropriations, S8758 [17DE]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 658, FAA appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system, S2285 [7AP]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 23, America Invents Act, S1380 [8MR]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 99, American Medical Isotopes Production Act, S7780 [17NO]
Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 1721, SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act, S6591 [17OC]
Senate committee budget authority and outlay allocations: 2011, S5378 [7SE], S5704 [16SE], S5831 [21SE], S7611 [16NO]
———2012, S5378 [7SE], S8725 [16DE]
———2012-2016, S5379 [7SE]
———2012-2021, S5379 [7SE]
Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard, S5379 [7SE]
Social Security aggregates, S5379 [7SE]
Texts of
S. 567, Dept. of Education Small, Rural School Achievement Program and Rural and Low-Income School Program amendments, S1604 [14MR]
Tributes
Carlson, Dori, S2924
Dennis, Robert A., S864