[Congressional Record Index (2010)]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
NELSON, BILL (a Senator from Florida)
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), S4416,
S4443, S4448, S4449, S4451, S4465 [26MY], S4557 [27MY]
Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res.
45), S155 [22JA]
------reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to
health care reform, student loan reform, school construction
and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872),
S2116 [25MR]
Cuba: recognize life of political prisoner Orlando Zapata
Tamayo, who died in custody, and call for continued focus on
promotion of human rights in Cuba (S. Con. Res. 54), S1755
[18MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 3454), S7179 [16SE]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making
appropriations (H.R. 3081), S7756 [29SE]
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), S5621 [29JN], S5708, S5713 [30JN], S5749 [12JY], S6203
[22JY], S6448, S6451 [28JY], S6521 [29JY], S6961, S6972 [5AU],
S7046 [13SE], S7055 [14SE]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853),
S8886 [13DE], S9023 [14DE]
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), S2974, S2980 [29AP], S3109
[4MY], S3166, S3269 [5MY], S3482 [10MY], S3539 [11MY], S3645,
S3652 [12MY], S3931, S3932 [18MY], S4084 [20MY]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1095, S1097, S1098, S1107, S1111
[3MR], S1170 [4MR], S4859, S4860, S4863 [10JN], S4888 [14JN],
S4947 [15JN], S5448 [24JN]
------extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), S8886 [13DE], S9023 [14DE]
------impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses
receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586),
S1472 [11MR], S1806, S1809 [22MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't
Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a
policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation
(see S. 4023), S10410 [16DE]
------establish a temporary prohibition on termination of
TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26
(see S. 3846), S7901 [15NO]
BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission: establish (see
S. 3344), S3644 [12MY]
Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]
Consumers: protect from certain aggressive sales tactics on the
Internet (see S. 3386), S3983 [19MY]
CPSC: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of
children's jewelry containing cadmium, barium, or antimony
(see S. 2975), S439 [2FE]
Dept. of Commerce: expand Hollings Manufacturing Extension
Partnership Program and Technology Innovation Program to
include projects with potential for commercial exploitation in
foreign markets (see S. 3084), S4990 [16JN]
Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and
technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of
gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems
(see S. 2900), S537 [9FE]
Dept. of HHS: extend expenditure deadline for Social Services
Block Grant Program funds provided for recovery from Hurricane
Ike (see S. 3774), S7269 [21SE]
Dept. of the Interior: improve administration of the Minerals
Management Service (see S. 3431), S4442 [26MY]
------prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling (see S.
3541), S5539 [29JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify level of health care that
constitutes minimum essential coverage (see S. 3162), S2019
[24MR]
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial: designate (see S.
3284), S7090 [14SE]
Ecology and environment: establish an integrated Federal program
to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources in
response to the threats of climate change and ocean
acidification (see S. 1933), S2209 [12AP]
Economy: invest in innovation through research and development
and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (see S. 3605), S7901
[15NO]
EPA: investigate and address cancer and disease clusters,
including in infants and children (see S. 3861), S7618 [28SE]
FCC: provide public safety providers additional spectrum to
support national, interoperable wireless broadband network and
authorize incentive auctions to fund such a network (see S.
3756), S7901 [15NO]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: ensure safe and proper use
of dispersants in the event of an oil spill or release of
hazardous substances (see S. 3661), S6585 [2AU]
------expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor,
restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality,
and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 1311),
S5993 [19JY]
FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 3814),
S7267 [21SE]
Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 464), S1813 [22MR]
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]
------recognize economic and environmental impacts of BP P.L.C.,
oil spill and urge BP to give all due consideration to offers
of assistance, products, or services from States directly
impacted (see S. Res. 582), S5850 [14JY] (see S. Res. 588),
S6025 [20JY]
Haiti: express condolences and support to citizens in aftermath
of earthquake and support relief efforts (see S. Res. 392),
S122 [21JA]
------extend certain trade preferences and encourage foreign
investment (see S. 2978), S440 [2FE]
------provide customs support services (see S. 3275), S2804
[29AP]
------recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and
rebuilding following humanitarian crisis due to earthquake
(see S. Res. 414), S570 [11FE]
------tribute to general aviation pilots and industry for
contributions made in response to earthquake relief efforts
(see S. Con. Res. 61), S2759 [28AP]
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 629), S7175
[16SE]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: tribute (see S. Res. 529), S3782 [14MY]
Japan: support increased market access for exports of U.S. beef
and beef products (see S. Res. 452), S1458 [11MR]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and
improve (see S. 678), S2208 [12AP]
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]
LSC: meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for
technology grants, and improve corporate practices (see S.
718), S1311 [9MR]
Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251
[26JA]
Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health
record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals
(see S. 3708), S7901 [15NO]
Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and
Offshore Drilling: authorize subpoena power (see S. 3462),
S4745 [9JN]
National Endowment for the Oceans: establish (see S. 3641),
S10410 [16DE]
National Estuaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 596), S6397
[28JY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
designate (see S. Res. 595), S6302 [27JY]
National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3782
[14MY]
Oceans: improve ability to sustain healthy ocean and coastal
ecosystems by maintaining capabilities relating to oil spill
preparedness, prevention, response, restoration, and research
(see S. 3597), S6202 [22JY]
Oil Pollution Act: require polluters to pay the full cost of oil
spills (see S. 3305), S3091 [4MY] (see S. 3472), S4745 [9JN]
Peace Corps: improve and expand (see S. 1382), S2424 [19AP]
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]
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act: clarify authority of
States to adopt renewable energy incentives (see S. 3923),
S7970 [17NO]
Securities: prohibit proprietary trading and certain
relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds and
address conflicts of interest with respect to certain
securitizations (see S. 3098), S2424 [19AP]
Ships and vessels: extend period during which the EPA and States
are prohibited from requiring Federal Water Pollution Control
Act permits for certain discharges incidental to normal
operation (see S. 3372), S3716 [13MY]
Social Security: increase payments for temporary assistance to
U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide
funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program
(see S. 2949), S197 [25JA]
Steinbrenner, George M.: tribute (see S. Res. 580), S5786 [13JY]
Stevens, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7000 [12AU]
Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash
contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti
(see S. 2936), S51 [20JA]
------allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable
contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly
compositions created by the donor (see S. 405), S3473 [10MY]
------eliminate oil and gas company preferences (see S. 3405),
S4143 [24MY]
------ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is
treated as minimum essential coverage (see S. 3148), S2020
[24MR]
------exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see S. 3664),
S7421 [23SE]
------make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for
motorsport entertainment complexes (see S. 1400), S154 [22JA]
------permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for
qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property,
and retail improvement property (see S. 3510), S5112 [17JN]
------provide a special rule for allocating the cover over of
distilled spirits taxes between Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands (see S. 3208), S2377 [15AP]
------provide a standard deduction for business use of a home
(see S. 1349), S7206 [20SE]
------provide a standard deduction for business use of a home,
cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1349), S7421 [23SE]
------provide a temporary suspension of limitation on charitable
contributions and extend the enhanced deduction for charitable
contributions of food inventory (see S. 2937), S51 [20JA]
------provide tax relief for persons with investment losses due
to fraud or embezzlement (see S. 3166), S2115 [25MR]
------reform rules relative to fractional charitable donations
of tangible personal property (see S. 1605), S3717 [13MY]
------require polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills (see
S. 3306), S3091 [4MY]
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),
S6201 [22JY]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of
anniversary (see S. 3572), S6885 [5AU]
Uganda: express that the ``Anti-Homosexuality Bill'' under
consideration, imposing long term imprisonment and the death
penalty for certain acts, threatens the protection of
fundamental human rights (see S. Res. 409), S622 [22FE]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bowden, Bobby: tribute (see S. Res. 401), S340 [28JA]
Charities: provide an exception from payout requirements for
certain supporting organizations under the Pension Protection
Act (see S. 3453), S4572 [28MY]
Cuba: recognize life of political prisoner Orlando Zapata
Tamayo, who died in custody, and call for continued focus on
promotion of human rights in Cuba (see S. Con. Res. 54), S1359
[10MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: convey to Miami-Dade County certain
federally owned land in Florida (see S. 3050), S857 [1MR]
------establish the Citrus Disease Research and Development
Trust Fund (see S. 3568), S5744 [12JY]
Dept. of Commerce: study the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery
and limit authority to promulgate any interim rules for the
fishery (see S. 3045, 3046), S796 [25FE]
Fish and fishing: mitigate the economic impact of transition to
sustainable fisheries on fishing communities (see S. 3594),
S5963 [15JY]
Florida: release Federal reversionary interests retained on
certain lands, authorize interchange of National Forest System
land and State land, and authorize a certain additional
conveyance (see S. 3070), S1018 [3MR]
Miami Dade College: anniversary (see S. Res. 626), S7175 [16SE]
NOAA: improve ability to respond to releases of subsea oil and
gas (see S. 3569), S5744 [12JY]
Outer Continental Shelf: suspend certain activities until the
investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf
of Mexico has been completed (see S. 3308), S3164 [5MY]
Petroleum: prohibit price gouging relating to gasoline and
diesel fuels in areas affected by major disasters (see S.
3547), S5538 [29JN]
Power resources: provide royalty relief (see S. 3687), S6584
[2AU]
Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash
contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti
(see S. 2931), S51 [20JA]
------encourage investment in commercial spaceflight facilities
and equipment, research, and job training (see S. 3785), S7134
[15SE]
------extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating
certain excise taxes (see S. 3125), S1619 [16MR]
------limit certain executive compensation paid by systemically
significant financial institutions (see S. 3149), S1812 [22MR]
------provide an investment tax credit for advanced biofuel
production (see S. 3338), S3535 [11MY]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Sollars v.
Reid, et al. (see S. Res. 467), S1874 [23MR]
Cloture motions
Becker, Craig: nomination to the NLRB, S527 [9FE]
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), S6073 [21JY], S6473 [29JY], S6973 [5AU], S7062 [14SE]
Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention
(H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE]
------making appropriations for jobs creation and retention
(H.R. 2847), House amendment, S610 [22FE]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853),
House amendment, S8702 [9DE], S8846 [13DE]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food
safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510),
motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7929 [17NO]
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), motion to proceed, S2553 [22AP],
S2622 [26AP]
Johnson, Martha N.: nomination to be GSA Administrator, S349
[28JA], S466 [4FE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE]
------making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S610
[22FE]
Smith, M. Patricia: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Solicitor,
S349 [28JA], S386 [1FE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1225 [5MR], S1292 [9MR], S1339
[10MR]
------extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4878 [14JN]
------extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8702
[9DE], S8846 [13DE]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal,
S10771 [19DE], S10888 [21DE]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster
relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and
rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4571
[28MY]
Armed Forces: tribute, S11026 [22DE]
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish,
S169 [25JA]
Budget: eliminate wasteful spending and provide for
comprehensive budget reform, S8998 [14DE]
------increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res.
45), S169 [25JA]
------reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to
health care reform, student loan reform, school construction
and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872),
S1962, S1988, S1989 [24MR]
Business and industry: effect of health care legislation on
professional employer organizations, S1989 [24MR]
CFTC: set hard caps on speculative position limits for futures
on energy commodities, S2410 [19AP]
Cuba: independence anniversary, S4078 [20MY]
------recognize life of political prisoner Orlando Zapata
Tamayo, who died in custody, and call for continued focus on
promotion of human rights in Cuba (S. Con. Res. 54), S1368
[10MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish the Citrus Disease Research and
Development Trust Fund (S. 3568), S5746 [12JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 3454), motion to proceed, S7231 [21SE]
Dept. of Justice: call for investigation into BP P.L.C.,
contradictory statements relative to ability to respond to oil
spills, S4041 [20MY]
Dept. of the Interior: improve administration of the Minerals
Management Service (S. 3431), S4400 [26MY], S5299 [23JN]
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), S6181 [22JY], S6475, S6508 [29JY], S6568 [2AU], S7055
[14SE]
------prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and
compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled
Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, S1213 [5MR]
Disasters: oil spill cleanup and relief funding, S4571 [28MY]
Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R.
4851), motion to proceed, S2189 [12AP]
Economy: importance of job creation, S137 [22JA]
------making appropriations for jobs creation and retention
(H.R. 2847), House amendment, S1501 [15MR]
------reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S2189
[12AP]
Education: student loans and financial aid programs funding,
S1988 [24MR]
Europe: commend countries that passed laws for the restitution
of, or compensation for, property illegally confiscated by
Nazi or Communist regimes, and encourage other countries to
pass such laws (S. Res. 153), S2370 [15AP]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853),
House amendment, S8998 [14DE], S10237 [15DE]
Financial institutions: eliminate special treatment of
derivatives in bankruptcy and liquidation process, S2410
[19AP]
------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),
S2409 [19AP]
------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),
motion to proceed, S2741 [28AP]
Fish and fishing: mitigate the economic impact of transition to
sustainable fisheries on fishing communities (S. 3594), S5967
[15JY]
Florida: impact of Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of
Mexico on travel and tourism, S4602 [7JN]
Foreign countries: report on congressional delegation trip to
Colombia, S7232 [21SE]
Gulf of Mexico: clean up oil spill from accidental explosion of
oil rig, S4601 [7JN], S5299 [23JN], S5421 [24JN], S5505 [29JN]
------Federal response to oil leak caused by oil rig explosion,
S5505 [29JN]
------impact of response to oil leak caused by oil rig explosion
on the environment and future offshore drilling policies,
S4899 [15JN]
------require BP P.L.C., to establish a gulf coast recovery fund
to cover cleanup efforts and damage claims associated with
Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident, S4899 [15JN]
Haiti: establish refugee status for injured orphaned Haitian
children to be airlifted for surgeries in the U.S., S137
[22JA]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform
insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S529 [9FE]
Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, S2370 [15AP]
International law: hold surviving Nazi war criminals accountable
for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity
committed during World War II by encouraging foreign
prosecution and extradition (S. 1704), S2370 [15AP]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (S. 3729), S7698-S7700 [29SE],
S8369 [2DE]
------funding, S529 [9FE], S1254-S1256 [8MR], S5732 [12JY],
S6017 [20JY]
------manned space flight funding, S529 [9FE], S1254-S1256 [8MR]
NOAA: baseline environmental monitoring and assessments of
fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico funding, S4571 [28MY]
------improve ability to respond to releases of subsea oil and
gas (S. 3569), S5747 [12JY]
Oil Pollution Act: require polluters to pay the full cost of oil
spills (S. 3305), S3134 [5MY], S3685 [13MY], S3851, S3852
[18MY], S4178 [25MY], S4602 [7JN]
------require polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills (S.
3472), S5053 [17JN]
Outer Continental Shelf: suspend certain activities until the
investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf
of Mexico has been completed (S. 3308), S3134 [5MY]
Porteous, G. Thomas, Jr.: impeachment, S10287 [15DE]
Religion: importance of prayer, S7368 [23SE]
SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 4053), S11000 [22DE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S1501
[15MR]
Small business: establish exemptions to information reporting
requirements for certain payments to corporations, S7055
[14SE]
------repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for
certain payments to corporations, S7055 [14SE]
Taxation: allow Gulf Coast States' businesses affected by oil
spill to carry back losses for 5 years, S6568 [2AU]
------expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit, S8269
[30NO]
------extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code (H.R. 4213), S1213 [5MR]
------extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating
certain excise taxes, S1499 [15MR]
------extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), House amendment, S8998
[14DE], S10237 [15DE]
------limit certain executive compensation paid by systemically
significant financial institutions, S2189 [12AP], S2409 [19AP]
------make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase
limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable
assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8998
[14DE], S10237 [15DE]
------retention of newly hired employee payroll tax exemption by
companies working with professional employer organizations,
S1501 [15MR]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal,
S10437 [17DE], S10949 [22DE]
------require concurrent implementation of nuclear weapon
modernization plan, S10949 [22DE]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment
compensation, S2189 [12AP]
------rates, S137 [22JA]
WikiLeaks (Internet site): release of classified documents to
the news media, S8270 [30NO]
------release of Dept. of Defense classified documents to the
news media related to Pakistan and Afghanistan, S6567 [2AU]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Sollars v.
Reid, et al. (S. Res. 467), S1921 [23MR]
Texts of
S. 3569, Subsea Hydrocarbon Imagery and Planning Act, S5748
[12JY]
S. 3594, Fishery Conservation Transition Act, S5967 [15JY]
S. Res. 467, Senate Legal Counsel representation in Sollars v.
Reid, et al., S1878, S1921 [23MR]
Tributes
Byrd, Robert C., S5530 [29JN]
Hamilton, Samuel D., S856 [1MR]
Hunter, Joel, S7368 [23SE]
Mixon, Kelly J., S11026 [22DE]