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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION,
LABOR, AND PENSIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
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LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION Convened January 4, 2005
Adjourned December 22, 2005
SECOND SESSION Convened January 3, 2006
Adjourned December 9, 2006
MICHAEL B. ENZI, Chairman
FINAL CALENDAR
Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/congress/
senate
December 31, 2006
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37-915 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 2007
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION,
LABOR, AND PENSIONS
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MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming, Chairman
JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire EDWARD M. KENNEDY,
Massachusetts
BILL FRIST, Tennessee CHRISTOPHER J. DODD,
Connecticut
LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee TOM HARKIN, Iowa
RICHARD BURR, North Carolina BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland
JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia JAMES M. JEFFORDS (I),
Vermont
MIKE DeWINE, Ohio JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada PATTY MURRAY, Washington
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah JACK REED, Rhode Island
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New
York
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas
Katherine Brunett McGuire, Staff Director
J. Michael Myers, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel
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Denise L. Lowery, Editor
Stephen L. Chapman, Asst. Editor
Carolyn E. Bolden, Publications
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Committee Room SD-428, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
20510
telephone
room no. OFFICES extension \1\
SD-428 Full Committee.................................... 5375
SD-644 Minority.......................................... 0767
SH-833 Education and Early Childhood Development......... 5800
SD-424 Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness....... 0121
SH-132 Employment and Workplace Safety................... 3643
SH-607 Retirement Security and Aging..................... 2315
SH-725 Health Policy Office.............................. 0623
SH-527 Minority Office on Health Policy.................. 7675
SD-422 Editorial Office.................................. 0051
Publications Office............................... 5407
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\1\If calling from outside the office dial 224 or 228 and the
extension listed above. The area code in Washington, DC is 202.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Committee members.................................................
ii
Standing subcommittees............................................
iv
Subcommittee assignments..........................................
vii
Extract from Public Law 91-510, 91st Congress, as amended.........
viii
Popular titles of bills, 109th Congress...........................
1
Bill referrals....................................................
13
Bills and resolutions by number:
Senate bills..................................................
15
Senate resolutions............................................
65
Senate concurrent resolutions.................................
71
Senate joint resolutions......................................
73
House bills and resolutions...................................
75
House concurrent and joint resolutions........................
81
Nominations received by the Committee.............................
83
Presidential messages and executive communications referred to
Committee.......................................................
93
Hearings:
By Full Committee.............................................
129
By Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development..
133
By Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness
135
By Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety............
137
By Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging..............
139
On Nominations................................................
141
Bills and resolutions reported by the Committee and enacted into
law.............................................................
143
Statistical Summary: Activities of Committee......................
145
Reports of Committee..............................................
147
Service of former and current Committee members...................
151
Rules of Procedure for the Committee..............................
155
Senate documents, committee prints, subcommittee reports, 108th &
109th Congress..................................................
159
SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON
HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
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EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT*
Mr. Alexander, Tennessee, Chairman
Mr. Gregg, New Hampshire Mr. Dodd, Connecticut
Mr. Burr, North Carolina Mr. Harkin, Iowa
Mr. Isakson, Georgia Mr. Jeffords, Vermont
Mr. DeWine, Ohio Mr. Bingaman, New Mexico
Mr. Ensign, Nevada Mrs. Murray, Washington
Mr. Hatch, Utah Mr. Reed, Rhode Island
Mr. Sessions, Alabama Mrs. Clinton, New York
Mr. Enzi, Wyoming (ex officio) Mr. Kennedy, Massachusetts
(ex officio)
BIOTERRORISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS*
Mr. Burr, North Carolina, Chairman
Mr. Gregg, New Hampshire Mr. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Dr. Frist, Tennessee Mr. Dodd, Connecticut
Mr. Alexander, Tennessee Mr. Harkin, Iowa
Mr. DeWine, Ohio Ms. Mikulski, Maryland
Mr. Ensign, Nevada Mr. Bingaman, New Mexico
Mr. Hatch, Utah Mrs. Murray, Washington
Mr. Roberts, Kansas Mr. Reed, Rhode Island
Mr. Enzi, Wyoming (ex officio)
EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY*
Mr. Isakson, Georgia, Chairman
Mr. Alexander, Tennessee Mrs. Murray, Washington
Mr. Burr, North Carolina Mr. Dodd, Connecticut
Mr. Ensign, Nevada Mr. Harkin, Iowa
Mr. Sessions, Alabama Ms. Mikulski, Maryland
Mr. Roberts, Kansas Mr. Jeffords, Vermont
Mr. Enzi, Wyoming (ex officio) Mr. Kennedy, Massachusetts
(ex officio)
RETIREMENT SECURITY AND AGING*
Mr. DeWine, Ohio, Chairman
Mr. Isakson, Georgia Ms. Mikulski, Maryland
Mr. Hatch, Utah Mr. Jeffords, Vermont
Mr. Sessions, Alabama Mr. Bingaman, New Mexico
Mr. Roberts, Kansas Mrs. Clinton, New York
Mr. Enzi, Wyoming (ex officio) Mr. Kennedy, Massachusetts
(ex officio)
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* (Note: On January 18, 2005, Committee was polled and agreed that
the name of the Subcommittee on Aging would be changed to the
Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging, the Subcommittee on
Children and Families would be changed to the Subcommittee on Education
and Early Childhood Development, the Subcommittee on Employment, Safety,
and Training would be changed to the Subcommittee on Employment and
Workplace Safety, and the Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services would be changed to Bioterrorism and Public Health
Preparedness.)
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
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STANDING
Mr. Gregg.................................................................... Education and Early Childhood Development
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness
Dr. Frist.................................................................... Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness
Mr. Alexander................................................................ Education and Early Childhood Development, Chairman
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Employment and Workplace Safety
Mr. Burr..................................................................... Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Chairman
Education and Early Childhood Development, Employment and Workplace Safety
Mr. Isakson.................................................................. Employment and Workplace Safety, Chairman
Education and Early Childhood Development, Retirement Security and Aging
Mr. DeWine................................................................... Retirement Security and Aging, Chairman
Education and Early Childhood Development, Bioterrorism and Public Health
Preparedness
Mr. Ensign................................................................... Education and Early Childhood Development
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Employment and Workplace
Safety
Mr. Hatch.................................................................... Education and Early Childhood Development
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Retirement Security and
Aging
Mr. Sessions................................................................. Education and Early Childhood Development
Employment and Workplace Safety, Retirement Security and Aging
Mr. Roberts.................................................................. Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness
Employment and Workplace Safety, Retirement Security and Aging
Mr. Kennedy..................................................................
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Ranking Minority Member
Mr. Dodd..................................................................... Education and Early Childhood Development, Ranking Minority Member
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Employment and Workplace
Safety
Mr. Harkin................................................................... Education and Early Childhood Development
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Employment and Workplace
Safety
Ms. Mikulski................................................................. Retirement Security and Aging, Ranking Minority Member
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Employment and Workplace
SafetyMr. Jeffords................................................................. Education and Early Childhood Development
Employment and Workplace Safety, Retirement Security and Aging
Mr. Bingaman................................................................. Education and Early Childhood Development
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, Retirement Security and
Aging
Mrs. Murray.................................................................. Employment and Workplace Safety, Ranking Minority Member
Education and Early Childhood Development, Bioterrorism and Public Health
PreparednessMr. Reed..................................................................... Education and Early Childhood Development
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness
Mrs. Clinton................................................................. Education and Early Childhood Development
Retirement Security and Aging
EXTRACT FROM PUBLIC LAW 91-510, 91ST CONGRESS \1\
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``(m)(1) Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions,\2\ to
consist of 18\3\ Senators, to which committee shall be referred all
proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters
relating to the following subjects:
``1. Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public
welfare.
``2. Aging.
``3. Agricultural colleges.
``4. Arts and humanities.
``5. Biomedical research and development.
``6. Child labor.
``7. Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into
interstate commerce.
``8. Domestic activities of the American National Red Cross.
``9. Equal employment opportunity.
``10. Gallaudet College,\4\ Howard University,\5\ and Saint
Elizabeths Hospital.
``11. Individuals with disabilities.\6\
``12. Labor standards and labor statistics.
``13. Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
``14. Occupational safety and health, including the welfare of
miners.
``15. Private pension plans.
``16. Public health.
``17. Railway labor and retirement.
``18. Regulation of foreign laborers.
``19. Student loans.
``20. Wages and hours of labor.
``(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a comprehensive
basis, matters relating to health, education and training, and public
welfare, and report thereon from time to time.''
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\1\Rule XXV, as amended.
\2\Effective Jan. 19, 1999, pursuant to the Committee Reorganization
Amendments of 1977 (S. Res. 20), Committee on Labor and Human Resources
name changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
\3\Effective Jan. 20, 1999, pursuant to S. Res. 74, 99th Cong., 1st
Sess., rule XXV, paragraph 2 is amended by striking ``16'' after Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions and inserting in lieu thereof ``18.''
\4\Designated as Gallaudet College by Public Law 420, 83rd Congress.
\5\Designated as Howard University Hospital as authorized by Public
Law 87-262, 87th Congress.
\6\Effective Jan. 21, 1999, pursuant to the Committee Reorganization
Amendments of 1999 (S. Res. 28), by Striking ``Handicapped
individuals'', and inserting ``Individuals with disabilities.''
POPULAR TITLE
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Title Bill No.
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act
of 2005....................... S. 1983
Access, Compassion, Care, and
the Ethics for Seriously Ill
Patients Act or the ACCESS Act S. 1956
Access to Legal Pharmaceuticals
Act........................... S. 809
Access to Medical Treatment Act. S. 2618
Accessing College through
Comprehensive Early Outreach
and State Partnerships Act.... S. 1029
Advancing FASD Research,
Prevention, and Services Act.. S. 1722
Affordable Books for College Act S. 1384
All-Hazards Public Health
Emergency and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act. S. 3042
Allied Health Reinvestment Act.. S. 473
ALS Registry Act................ S. 1353
Alternative Pluripotent Stem
Cell Therapies Enhancement Act S. 2754
American Center for Cures Act of
2005.......................... S. 2104
American History Achievement Act S. 860
America's Opportunity
Scholarships for Kids Act..... S. 3682
Arthritis Prevention, Control,
and Cure Act of 2005.......... S. 424
Asbestos Standards Enforcement
Act of 2005................... S. 668
Attacking Viral Influenza Across
Nations Act of 2005........... S. 969
Automated Defibrillation in
Adam's Memory Reauthorization
Act........................... S. 2428
Better Healthcare Through
Information Technology Act.... S. 1355
Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine
and Drug Development Act of
2005.......................... S. 1873
Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine
and Drug Development Act of
2006.......................... S. 2564
Bioterror and Pandemic
Preparedness Protection Act... S. 1437
Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Therapy and Research Act of 2005:
Mr. Hatch, et al........................S. 1317.........................
House-passed bill.......................H.R. 2520.......................
Border Health Security Act of
2006.......................... S. 2825
Breast Cancer and Environmental
Research Act of 2005.......... S. 757
Breast Cancer Patient Protection
Act of 2005................... S. 910
Bus Utility and Safety in School
Transportation Opportunity and
Purchasing Act of 2005........ S. 1311
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2005... S. 211
Campus-Based Underage Alcohol
Use Reduction Act............. S. 1436
Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know
Act of 2005................... S. 1196
Campus Fire Safety Right-to-know
Act of 2006................... S. 2493
Caring for Children Act......... S. 233
Caring for Children Act of 2005. S. 525
Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2005....... S. 250
Chesapeake Bay Environmental
Education Pilot Program Act... S. 1492
Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Resiliency Act of 2006. S. 3449
Child Care Quality Incentive Act
of 2005....................... S. 526
Childhelp National Registry Act. S. 1940
Child Health Care Crisis Relief
Act........................... S. 537
Child Medication Safety Act of
2005.......................... H.R. 1790
Childhood Obesity Reduction Act. S. 1324
Children and Family HIV/AIDS
Research and Care Act of 2005. S. 1051
Children and Media Research
Advancement Act or the CAMRA
Act........................... S. 1902
Children's Compassionate Care
Act of 2005................... S. 174
Children's Hospitals Educational
Equity and Research Act or the
CHEER Act..................... S. 285
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act. S. 828
Citizen Petition Fairness and
Accuracy Act of 2006.......... S. 3981
Civil Rights Restoration Act of
2006.......................... S. 3823
Cleanup and Reconstruction
Enhancement Act or the CARE
Act........................... S. 1817
Clinical Research Act of 2005... S. 1543
Collaborative Agreements to
Recruit Educators (CARE) Act
of 2005....................... S. 1435
College Literacy in Finance and
Economics (College LIFE) Act.. S. 468
College Pathway Act of 2006..... S. 2337
Combating Autism Act of 2005.... S. 843
Compassionate Assistance for
Rape Emergencies Act.......... S. 1264
Community-Based Choices for
Older Americans Act of 2006... S. 2620
Community-Based Health Care
Retraining Act................ S. 444
Community College Partnership
Act of 2005................... S. 1299
Community Health Center
Volunteer Physician Protection
Act of 2005................... S. 1058
Community Health Workers Act of
2006.......................... S. 3975
Congressional Commission on
Expanding Social Service
Delivery Options Act.......... S. 1560
Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2006:
Mr. Coleman, et al......................S. 2393.........................
Mr. Coleman.............................S. 2375.........................
Conquering Pain Act of 2005..... S. 999
Consumer Assurance of Radiologic
Excellence Act of 2006........ S. 2322
Continuing Care for Recovering
Families Act.................. S. 224
Coordinated Environmental Health
Network Act of 2005........... S. 1442
Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2005 S. 681
Critical Access to Health
Information Technology Act of
2005.......................... S. 1952
Dietary Supplement and
Nonprescription Drug Consumer
Protection Act................ S. 3546
Digital Opportunity Investment
Trust Act..................... S. 1023
Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of
2005.......................... S. 1974
Drug Overdose Reduction Act..... S. 3557
Education Begins at Home Act.... S. 503
Education for Retirement
Security Act of 2005.......... S. 924
Education for Retirement
Security Act of 2006.......... S. 3866
Emergency Preparedness and
Response Security,
Accountability, and
Flexibility Enhancement Act or
the SAFE ACT.................. S. 2792
Employee Free Choice Act........ S. 842
Ensuring College Access for all
Americans Act................. S. 187
Equity in Prescription Insurance
and Contraceptive Coverage Act
of 2005....................... S. 1214
Express Carrier Employee
Protection Act................ S. 1083
Fair Access to Clinical Trials
Act of 2005................... S. 470
Fair Pay Act of 2005............ S. 840
Fair and Reliable Medical
Justice Act................... S. 1337
Fair Wages for Hurricane Katrina
Recovery Workers Act.......... S. 1749
Fair Share for Military Children
in Public Schools Act......... S. 2151
Family-Based Meth Treatment
Access Act of 2006............ S. 3055
Family and Medical Leave
Expansion Act................. S. 282
Family Smoking Prevention and
Tobacco Control Act........... S. 666
Farm and Forestry Worker
Transportation Safety Act..... S. 3702
Federal Mine Safety and Health
Act of 2006................... S. 2231
Federal Pell Grant Eligibility
Clarification Act of 2005..... S. 1228
Federal Youth Coordination Act:
Mr. Coleman, et al......................S. 409..........................
House-Passed bill.......................H.R. 856........................
Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of
2006.......................... S. 3504
Financial Aid Form
Simplification and Access Act. S. 1030
Flexibility for Champion Schools
Act........................... S. 901
Food and Drug Administration
Safety Act of 2005............ S. 930
Fostering Adoption to Further
Student Achievement Act....... S. 1287
Foundation for the National
Institutes of Health
Improvement Act............... S. 302
Full-Service Community Schools
Act of 2005................... S. 986
Gearing Up for Academic Success
Act........................... S. 1267
Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act of 2005. S. 306
Graduation Really Achieves
Dreams Act or the GRAD Act.... S. 676
Gynecologic Cancer Education and
Awareness Act of 2005 or
Johanna's Law................. S. 1172
HazCom Simplification and
Modernization Act of 2005..... S. 2067
Head Start Improvements for
School Readiness Act.......... S. 1107
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-
Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of
2005.......................... S. 354
Healthy Families Act............ S. 932
Health Care Choice Act of 2005.. S. 1015
Health Insurance Marketplace
Modernization and
Affordability Act of 2005..... S. 1955
Health Partnership Act.......... S. 2772
Health Professionals Substance
Abuse Education Act........... S. 538
Health Promotion Funding
Integrated Research,
Synthesis, and Training Act or
the Health Promotion FIRST Act S. 628
Health Technology to Enhance
Quality Act of 2005 or the
Health TEQ Act of 2005........ S. 1262
Health Workforce Advisory
Commission Act of 2005........ S. 831
Heart Disease Education,
Analysis, and Research, and
Treatment for Women Act or the
HEART for Women Act........... S. 2278
Help Expand Access to Recovery
and Treatment Act of 2005 or
the HEART Act................. S. 803
Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and
Prevention Act................ S. 521
Higher Education Affordability,
Access, and Opportunity Act of
2005.......................... S. 1068
Higher Education Amendments of
2005.......................... S. 1614
Higher Education Extension Act
of 2005....................... H.R. 3784
Higher Education Extension Act
of 2006....................... H.R. 4911
Higher Education for Freedom Act S. 1209
Higher Education Opportunity
Through Pell Grant Expansion
Act........................... S. 697
Higher Education Simplification
and Deregulation Act of 2005.. S. 1261
Higher Education Study Abroad
Act of 2006................... S. 3532
HIPAA Recreational Injury
Technical Correction Act...... S. 577
Homeland Security Education Act. S. 2450
Hospital Price Reporting and
Disclosure Act of 2005........ S. 1827
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of
2005.......................... S. 658
Hurricane Katrina Reconstruction
and Displaced Worker
Assistance Act of 2005........ S. 1763
Hurricane Regulatory Relief Act
of 2005....................... H.R. 3975
Hurricane Relief Extension Act
of 2006....................... H.R. 5354
IDEA Full Funding Act........... S. 2185
Impact Aid Update Act of 2006... S. 3530
Improving Access to Education
for Students Who Are Homeless
or in Foster Care Act......... S. 1429
Improving Educational
Opportunities for All Act..... S. 1478
Improving Head Start Access for
Homeless and Foster Children
Act of 2005................... S. 1101
Improved Nutrition and Physical
Activity Act.................. S. 1325
Improved Vaccine Supply Act..... S. 226
Improved Workplace and Community
Transition Training for
Incarcerated Youth Offenders
Act of 2005................... S. 1352
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Research Act.................. S. 1930
Information Technology for
Health Care Quality Act....... S. 1223
Innovation Districts for School
Improvement Act............... S. 2441
International and Foreign
Language Studies Act of 2005.. S. 1105
Internet Pharmacy Consumer
Protection Act or the Ryan
White Act..................... S. 399
Job Training Improvement Act of
2005.......................... H.R. 27
Keeping Families Together Act... S. 380
Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls
Act of 2005................... S. 1531
Kindergarten Plus Act of 2006... S. 4033
Latina Health Access Act........ S. 3965
Lifespan Respite Care Act of
2005.......................... S. 1283
LIHEAP Emergency Reform Act..... S. 2628
Limited English Proficiency and
Integrated Workforce Training
Act........................... S. 834
Living Kidney Organ Donation
Clarification Act............. S. 2306
Loan Forgiveness for Head Start
Teachers Act of 2005.......... S. 117
Loan Manageability for Armed
Forces in Higher Education Act S. 1536
Lower Prices Reduced with
Increased Competition and
Efficient Development of Drugs
Act or the Lower PRICED Drugs
Act........................... S. 2300
Lyme and Tick-borne Disease
Prevention, Education, and
Research Act of 2005.......... S. 1479
Master Teacher Scholarship Act
of 2005....................... S. 1434
Math and Science Incentive Act
of 2005....................... S. 765
Mathematics and Science Teaching
Corps Act of 2006............. S. 2248
Medical Device User Fee Stabilization Act of 2005:
Mr. Enzi, et al.........................S. 1420.........................
Medical Education Affordability
Act........................... S. 1246
Men's Health Act of 2005........ S. 228
Menu Education and Labeling Act
or the MEAL Act............... S. 3484
House-passed bill.......................H.R. 3423.......................
Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of
2005.......................... S. 1422
Methamphetamine Awareness and
Prevention Act of 2006........ S. 2315
Microbicide Development Act..... S. 550
Military Families Leave Act of
2005.......................... S. 798
Mine Improvement and New
Emergency Response Act of 2006
or the MINER Act.............. S. 2803
Mine Safety and Health Act of
2006.......................... S. 2308
Mine Safety Enforcement,
Reporting, and Training Act... S. 2448
Minority Health Improvement and
Health Disparity Elimination
Act........................... S. 4024
Mom's Opportunity to Access
Health, Education, Research,
and Support for Postpartum
Depression Act or the MOTHERS
Act........................... S. 3529
Morris K. Udall Parkinson's
Disease Research Act
Amendments of 2005............ S. 2115
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005:
Mr. Sessions, et al.....................S. 518..........................
House-passed bill.......................H.R. 1132.......................
National Center for Social Work
Research Act.................. S. 90
National Foreign Language
Coordination Act of 2005...... S. 1089
National Hepatitis B Act........ S. 3558
National Innovation Education
Act........................... S. 3483
National Right-to-Work Act...... S. 370
National Science and Mathematics
Access to Retain Talent Act... S. 2143
National Uniformity for Food Act
of 2005....................... H.R. 4167
National Uniformity for Food Act
of 2006....................... S. 3128
Nevada Test Site Veterans'
Compensation Act of 2006...... S. 2439
New National Defense Education
Act of 2006................... S. 3502
Newborn Screening Saves Lives
Act of 2006................... S. 2663
Next Generation Hispanic Serving
Institutions Act.............. S. 357
No Child Left Behind Improvement
Act of 2005................... S. 1055
No Child Left Behind Reform Act. S. 724
Nurse Education, Expansion, and
Development Act of 2006....... S. 3588
Nurse Faculty Education Act of
2005.......................... S. 1575
Occupational Safety Fairness Act S. 2066
Occupational Safety and Health
Small Business Day in Court
Act of 2005................... H.R. 739
Occupational Safety Partnership
Act........................... S. 2065
Older Americans Act Amendments
of 2006....................... S. 3570
Older Americans Sustainable
Mobility Act of 2006.......... S. 2311
Overtime Rights Protection Act.. S. 223
Palliative Care Training Act.... S. 1000
Pandemic and All-Hazards
Preparedness Act.............. S. 3678
Pandemic Preparedness and
Response Act.................. S. 1821
Parent's Right to Know Act of
2005.......................... S. 1279
Pathways for All Students to
Succeed Act................... S. 921
Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005:
Mrs. Hutchison, et al...................S. 898..........................
House-passed bill.......................H.R. 1812.......................
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005:
Mr. Jeffords, et al.....................S. 544..........................
House-passed bill.......................H.R. 3205.......................
Paul Wellstone Early Educator
Loan Forgiveness Act.......... S. 1432
Paycheck Fairness Act........... S. 841
Pediatric Medical Device Safety
and Improvement Act of 2006... S. 4098
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation Pilots Equitable
Treatment Act................. S. 685
Pension Benefits Protection Act
of 2005....................... S. 1304
Pension Fairness and Full
Disclosure Act of 2005........ S. 991
Pharmaceutical Market Access Act
of 2005....................... S. 109
Pharmaceutical Market Access and
Drug Safety Act of 2005....... S. 334
Pharmaceutical Technology and
Education Enhancement Act..... S. 2793
Positive Aging Act of 2005...... S. 1116
Prematurity Research Expansion
and Education for Mothers who
Deliver Infants Early Act or
the PREEMIE ACT............... S. 707
Prenatally Diagnosed Condition
Awareness Act................. S. 609
Preparing, Recruiting, and
Retaining Education
Professionals Act of 2005..... S. 1364
Preservation of Antibiotics for
Medical Treatment Act of 2005. S. 742
Prevention of Childhood Obesity
Act........................... S. 799
Prevention First Act............ S. 20
Proficiency Testing Improvement
Act of 2005................... S. 4568
Promoting Health Care Purchasing
Cooperatives Act.............. S. 820
Promoting Wellness for
Individuals with Disabilities
Act of 2006................... S. 3717
Prompt Payment of Health
Benefits Claims Act of 2006... S. 2551
Protecting America's Competitive
Edge Through Education and
Research Act of 2006 or the
PACE-Education Act............ S. 2198
Protecting America's Miners Act. S. 2798
Protecting America's Workers Act S. 994
Psychologists in the Service of
the Public Act of 2005........ S. 92
Public Health and Health
Insurance Emergency Response
Act of 2005................... S. 1769
Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005:
Mr. Hagel, et al........................S. 504..........................
Mr. Hagel, et al........................S. 506..........................
Public Mental Health Emergency
Preparedness Act of 2006...... S. 3537
Public Safety Employer-Employee
Cooperation Act of 2005....... S. 513
Pulmonary Hypertension Research
Act of 2005................... S. 1774
Raising Achievement through
Improving Supplemental
Education Act of 2006 or
``RAISE Act''................. S. 3864
Ready To Educate All Children
Act of 2005................... S. 1433
Recreational Marine Employment
Act of 2005................... S. 902
Reservist Opportunities and
Protection of Education Act... S. 2063
Respect for Life Pluripotent
Stem Cell Act of 2005......... S. 1557
Responsible Education About Life
Act........................... S. 368
Responsible Public Readiness and
Emergency Preparedness Act.... S. 2291
Reverse the Raid on Student Aid
Act of 2006................... S. 2573
Roads to Success Act of 2005.... S. 1526
Rocky Flats Special Exposure
Cohort Act.................... S. 585
Rural Preventive Health Care
Training Act of 2005.......... S. 67
Rural Schools Geography Act..... S. 696
RU-486 Suspension and Review Act
of 2005....................... S. 511
Rural Teacher Retention Act of
2005.......................... S. 1036
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments
of 2006....................... S. 2339
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment
Modernization Act............. S. 2823
Safe Health Care Reporting Act
of 2005....................... S. 948
Safe Importation of Medical
Products and Other Rx
Therapies Act of 2005......... S. 184
Secret Ballot Protection Act of
2005.......................... S. 1173
Sectoral Market Assessment for
Regional Training Enhancement
and Revitalization Act........ S. 1163
Security and Financial
Empowerment Act or the SAFE
Act........................... S. 1796
Senior Independence Act of 2006. H.R. 5293
Services for Ending Long-Term
Homelessness Act.............. S. 709
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005:
House-passed bill.......................H.R. 525........................
Ms. Snowe, et al........................S. 406..........................
Sober Truth on Preventing
Underage Drinking Act or the
STOP Underage Drinking Act.... S. 408
Standards to Provide Educational
Access for Kids Act or the
SPEAK Act..................... S. 4061
State-Based Health Care Reform
Act........................... S. 3776
State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005:
Mr. Gregg, et al........................S. 288..........................
House-passed bill.......................H.R. 3204.......................
House-passed bill.......................H.R. 4519.......................
Stem Cell Research Enhancement
Act of 2005................... S. 471
Stop Terminating Our Pensions
Act........................... S. 1158
Strengthen Social Work Training
Act of 2005................... S. 91
Strengthen the Public Health
Service Act................... S. 89
Stroke Treatment and Ongoing
Prevention Act of 2005........ S. 1064
Student Aid Reward Act of 2005.. S. 754
Student Bill of Rights.......... S. 2828
Student Borrower Bill of Rights
Act of 2006................... S. 3255
Student Fairness Act............ S. 1249
Summer of Service Act of 2006... S. 4053
Summer Term Education Programs
for Upward Performance Act of
2005 or the STEP UP Act of
2005.......................... S. 2149
Teacher Acculturation Act of
2005.......................... S. 1521
Teacher Center Act of 2006...... S. 3710
Teachers Professional
Development Institutes Act.... S. 990
Teaching Geography is
Fundamental Act............... S. 1376
Teen Pregnancy Prevention,
Responsibility, and
Opportunity Act of 2006....... S. 2508
Tim Fagan's Law or the
Counterfeit Drug Enforcement
Act of 2005................... S. 1978
Title I Integrity Act of 2005... S. 1054
Title X Family Planning Act..... S. 2206
Training and Research in Urology
Act of 2005................... S. 258
Trauma Care Systems Planning and
Development Act of 2005....... S. 265
Traumatic Brain Injury Act of
2006.......................... S. 3668
Treatment of Children's
Deformities Act of 2005....... S. 1132
Truth in Employment Act of 2005. S. 983
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act
of 2005....................... S. 51
Uterine Fibroid Research and
Education Act................. S. 1289
Vaccine Access and Supply Act... S. 1527
Vision Care for Kids Act of 2006 S. 3685
Volunteer Firefighter and EMS
Personnel Job Protection Act.. S. 2399
Volunteer Vaccine and
Countermeasure Corps
Development Act of 2006....... S. 3482
Wakefield Act................... S. 760
Wired for Health Care Quality
Act........................... S. 1418
Women's Health Office Act....... S. 569
Workforce Investment Act
Amendments of 2005............ S. 1021
Workforce Investment for Next-
Generation Technologies Act or
the WING Act.................. S. 833
Workplace Religious Freedom Act
of 2005....................... S. 677
Workplace Wrongful Death
Accountability Act............ S. 947
Youth Financial Education Act... S. 925
Youth Service Scholarship Act of
2005.......................... S. 1247
21st Century Federal Pell Grant
Plus Act...................... S. 1183
BILL REFERRALS
BILL REFERRALS--Continued
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Referred to Committee:
S. 20
S. 45+
S. 51
S. 67
S. 89
S. 90
S. 91
S. 92
S. 109
S. 117
S. 172*+
S. 174
S. 184
S. 187
S. 189
S. 211
S. 223
S. 224
S. 226
S. 228
S. 233
S. 250*+
S. 258
S. 265*
S. 282
S. 285*
S. 286
S. 288*
S. 302*
S. 306**
S. 319
S. 334
S. 354
S. 357
S. 368
S. 370
S. 379
S. 380
S. 399
S. 406
S. 408
S. 409
S. 424
S. 444
S. 468
S. 470
S. 471
S. 473
S. 483
S. 493
S. 503
S. 504
S. 506
S. 511
S. 513
S. 518*
S. 521
S. 525*
S. 526
S. 537
S. 538
S. 544+
S. 550
S. 569
S. 577
S. 579
S. 585
S. 607
S. 608
S. 609
S. 628
S. 655*+
S. 658
S. 666
S. 668
S. 676
S. 677
S. 681
S. 685
S. 694
S. 696
S. 697
S. 707+
S. 709
S. 724
S. 725
S. 742
S. 754
S. 755
S. 756
S. 757*
S. 760
S. 765
S. 798
S. 799
S. 803
S. 809
S. 820
S. 823
S. 828
S. 831
S. 833
S. 834
S. 840
S. 841
S. 842
S. 843+
S. 860
S. 898*
S. 901
S. 902
S. 910
S. 914
S. 921
S. 924
S. 925
S. 930
S. 932
S. 944
S. 947
S. 948
S. 969
S. 983
S. 986
S. 990
S. 991
S. 999
S. 1000
S. 1015
S. 1021*
S. 1023
S. 1029
S. 1030
S. 1036
S. 1051
S. 1054
S. 1055
S. 1058
S. 1064
S. 1068
S. 1083
S. 1089
S. 1101
S. 1105
S. 1107*
S. 1116
S. 1132
S. 1158
S. 1163
S. 1164
S. 1172
S. 1173
S. 1183
S. 1196
S. 1209
S. 1214
S. 1223
S. 1228
S. 1246
S. 1247
S. 1249
S. 1261
S. 1262
S. 1264
S. 1267
S. 1276
S. 1279
S. 1283
S. 1287
S. 1289
S. 1299
S. 1304
S. 1311
S. 1317*
S. 1324
S. 1325
S. 1337
S. 1344
S. 1352
S. 1353
S. 1355
S. 1364
S. 1367
S. 1376
S. 1384
S. 1418*
S. 1420*
S. 1422
S. 1429
S. 1430
S. 1431
S. 1432
S. 1433
S. 1434
S. 1435
S. 1436
S. 1437
S. 1442
S. 1478
S. 1479
S. 1489
S. 1492
S. 1500
S. 1506
S. 1521
S. 1526
S. 1527
S. 1531
S. 1536
S. 1543
S. 1557
S. 1560
S. 1575
S. 1614*
S. 1628
S. 1638
S. 1687
S. 1690
S. 1722
S. 1749
S. 1763
S. 1769
S. 1774
S. 1783++
S. 1784
S. 1796
S. 1817
S. 1821
S. 1827
S. 1828
S. 1842
S. 1873**
S. 1880
S. 1902
S. 1912
S. 1925
S. 1930
S. 1940
S. 1952
S. 1955**
S. 1956
S. 1966
S. 1974
S. 1978
S. 1983
S. 2007
S. 2047
S. 2057
S. 2063
S. 2065
S. 2066
S. 2067
S. 2098
S. 2104
S. 2112
S. 2115
S. 2143
S. 2149
S. 2151
S. 2160
S. 2185
S. 2198
S. 2206
S. 2231
S. 2248
S. 2278
S. 2291
S. 2300
S. 2306
S. 2308
S. 2311
S. 2315
S. 2322
S. 2337
S. 2339
S. 2375
S. 2393
S. 2399
S. 2428
S. 2439
S. 2441
S. 2445
S. 2448
S. 2450
S. 2493
S. 2506
S. 2508
S. 2551
S. 2564
S. 2573
S. 2609
S. 2618
S. 2620
S. 2628
S. 2651
S. 2654
S. 2663
S. 2668
S. 2725
S. 2754
S. 2772
S. 2792
S. 2793
S. 2798
S. 2803**+
S. 2823
S. 2825
S. 2828
S. 3042
S. 3055
S. 3128
S. 3255
S. 3449
S. 3482
S. 3483
S. 3484
S. 3502
S. 3504+
S. 3510
S. 3529
S. 3530
S. 3532
S. 3534++
S. 3537
S. 3546+
S. 3557
S. 3558
S. 3570
S. 3588
S. 3668
S. 3678+
S. 3682
S. 3685
S. 3695
S. 3702
S. 3710
S. 3714
S. 3717
S. 3724
S. 3726
S. 3739
S. 3743
S. 3771
S. 3776
S. 3790
S. 3791
S. 3797
S. 3807
S. 3812
S. 3823
S. 3837
S. 3864
S. 3866
S. 3869
S. 3914
S. 3918
S. 3922
S. 3939
S. 3944
S. 3945
S. 3965
S. 3966
S. 3975
S. 3980
S. 3981
S. 3987
S. 3995
S. 4016
S. 4022
S. 4024
S. 4029
S. 4033
S. 4035
S. 4053
S. 4056
S. 4061
S. 4064
S. 4098
S. Res. 5++
S. Res. 6++
S. Res. 8
S. Res. 34**
S. Res. 40
S. Res. 114
S. Res. 121
S. Res. 124
S. Res. 132
S. Res. 180
S. Res. 182
S. Res. 195
S. Res. 224
S. Res. 236
S. Res. 239
S. Res. 304
S. Res. 328
S. Res. 331
S. Res. 354
S. Res. 370++
S. Res. 395
S. Res. 403
S. Res. 408
S. Res. 420
S. Res. 438
S. Res. 453++
S. Res. 465++
S. Res. 482
S. Res. 483
S. Res. 485
S. Res. 487++
S. Res. 506++
S. Res. 513
S. Res. 528++
S. Res. 529++
S. Res. 532
S. Res. 542
S. Res. 546
S. Res. 566
S. Res. 578
S. Res. 586
S. Res. 593
S. Res. 594
S. Res. 605
S. Res. 608
S. Res. 622
S. Con. Res. 20
S. Con. Res. 30
S. Con. Res. 58
S. Con. Res. 69**
S. Con. Res. 95
S. Con. Res. 116
S. Con. Res. 121
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S. Con. Res.
S.J. Res.
S.J. Res.
S.J. Res.
H.R. 27
H.R. 366++
H.R. 525
H.R. 609++
H.R. 739
H.R. 810++
H.R. 856
H.R. 1132+++
H.R. 1790
H.R. 1812+
H.R. 2123++
H.R. 2132+
H.R. 2520+++
H.R. 2830++
H.R. 3169+++
H.R. 3204++
H.R. 3205++
H.R. 3423+++
H.R. 3784+
H.R. 3975
H.R. 4167
H.R. 4500
H.R. 4519+
H.R. 4525+++
H.R. 4568
H.R. 4579+++
H.R. 4911+++
H.R. 5074+
H.R. 5293
H.R. 5295
H.R. 5354
H.R. 5483+
H.R. 5533
H.R. 5573
H.R. 5574+
H.R. 5603+++
H.R. 5791
H.R. 5795
H.R. 5803
H.R. 6143+
H.R. 6164+
H.R.
H.R.
H.R.
H.R.
H.R.
H. Con. Res. 30
H. Con. Res. 45
H. Con. Res. 47
H. Con. Res. 99
H. Con. Res. 178
H. Con. Res. 210
H. Con. Res. 222
H. Con. Res. 288
H. Con. Res. 355
H. Con. Res. 357
H. Con. Res. 386
H. Con. Res. 421
H. Con. Res. 422
H. Con. Res. 426
H. Con. Res. 473
H. Con. Res. 478
H.J. Res. 66
H.J. Res.
H.J. Res.
*Reported Bill
**No written rpt.
+Public Law
++Not referred to Committee
SENATE BILLS
SENATE BILLS--Continued
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S. 20
Mr. Reid (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Schumer, Corzine,
Lautenberg, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Cantwell, Mr.
Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Inouye, Akaka, Levin, Kennedy, Leahy,
Wyden, and Ms. Stabenow), Jan. 24, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Jan. 25, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords and Mrs. Boxer, Feb. 2, 2005.
Messrs. Dayton and Obama, Feb. 8, 2005.
Mr. Carper, May 26, 2005.
Mr. Baucus, Apr. 26, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, June 12, 2006.
To expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce
unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve
access to women's health care.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 45
Mr. Levin (for himself, Messrs. Hatch, and Biden), Jan. 24, 2005.
Mr. Grassley, Feb. 3, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, May 10, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton, July 14, 2005.
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on
prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in
group practices, and for other purposes.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 1, 2005. Committee discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Feb. 1, 2005. Reported to the Committee on the Judiciary.
July 19, 2005. Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous
Consent.
July 19, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE without amendment.
July 21, 2005. Received in House and held at desk.
July 27, 2005. PASSED BY HOUSE.
Aug. 2, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-56.
S. 51
Mr. Brownback (for himself, Messrs. Alexander, Allen, Bunning, Mrs.
Dole, Messrs. Isakson, Chambliss, Burns, Coburn, Coleman, Cornyn, Crapo,
DeMint, DeWine, Enzi, Graham, Grassley, Hagel, Hatch, Inhofe, Kyl,
Roberts, Santorum, Sessions, Shelby, Talent, Thune, Vitter, Voinovich,
Martinez, Ensign, and McConnell), Jan. 24, 2005.
Mr. Lott, Jan. 25, 2005.
Mr. Cochran, Feb. 1, 2005.
Mr. Burr, June 15, 2005.
To ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding
the pain experienced by their unborn child.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 67
Mr. Inouye, Jan. 24, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health care
practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care,
including both physical and mental care, and for other purposes.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 89
Mr. Inouye, Jan. 24, 2005.
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to make certain
graduate programs in professional psychology eligible to participate
in various health professions loan programs.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 90
Mr. Inouye, Jan. 24, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment
of a National Center for Social Work Research.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 91
Mr. Inouye, Jan. 24, 2005.
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that
social work students or social work schools are eligible for support
under certain programs to assist individuals in pursuing health
careers and programs of grants for training projects in geriatrics,
and to establish a social work training program.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 92
Mr. Inouye, Jan. 24, 2005.
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a
psychology post-doctoral fellowship program, and for other purposes.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 109
Mr. Vitter (for himself, Messrs. Salazar, Thune, and DeMint), Jan. 24,
2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Mar. 14, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, withdrawn as cosponsor, Apr. 4, 2005.
Entitled ``Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2005.''
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 117
Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Voinovich), Jan. 24, 2005.
Messrs. Durbin, Lautenberg, and Inouye, Jan. 31, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer and Ms. Cantwell, Feb. 15, 2005.
Messrs. Levin, Akaka, and Ms. Landrieu, May 16, 2005.
Messrs. Lieberman, Corzine, and Mrs. Murray, May 23, 2005.
Mr. Lott, Mar. 29, 2006.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for
certain loans to Head Start teachers.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 172
Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), Jan. 26, 2005.
Mr. Enzi, Feb. 2, 2005.
Mr. Dorgan, Ms. Collins, Messrs. Harkin, and Burr, Apr. 13, 2005.
Mr. Bunning, Apr. 14, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, Apr. 25, 2005.
Mr. Voinovich, June 8, 2005.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the
regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other
purposes.
Jan. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
July 27, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-110)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
July 29, 2005. Amdt. No. 1647. Mr. Frist (for Mr. DeWine).
July 29, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment.
Sept. 6, 2005. Received in House and referred to Energy and Commerce.
Oct. 27, 2005. PASSED BY HOUSE.
Nov. 9, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-96.
S. 174
Mr. DeWine (for himself, Mr. Dodd, and Mrs. Murray), Jan. 26, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Apr. 28, 2005.
Mr. Bayh, May 17, 2005.
To improve the palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with
life-threatening conditions, and for other purposes.
Jan. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 184
Mr. Gregg (for himself, Mr. Smith, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coleman, and Ms.
Murkowski), Jan. 26, 2005.
Mr. Voinovich, Feb. 3, 2005.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to protect the public
health from the unsafe importation of prescription drugs and from
counterfeit prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
Jan. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 187
Mr. Corzine (for himself, Messrs. Smith, Kennedy, Mrs. Boxer, Ms.
Cantwell, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Coleman, Conrad, Dayton, Durbin, Dodd,
Harkin, Inouye, Jeffords, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Lautenberg, Leahy,
Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Reed, Rockefeller, Sarbanes,
Ms. Stabenow, Messrs. Schumer, Wyden, Ms. Collins, Messrs. Johnson,
Kerry, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Biden), Jan. 26, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Jan. 31, 2005.
Mr. Salazar, Feb. 2, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, Feb. 8, 2005.
To limit the applicability of the annual updates to the allowance for
States and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs
Analysis Methodology for the award year 2005-2006, published in the
Federal Register on December 23, 2004.
Jan. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 189
Mr. Inhofe, Jan. 26, 2005.
Mrs. Hutchison, Feb. 2, 2005.
Mr. Vitter, Feb. 16, 2005.
To amend the Head Start Act to require parental consent for nonemergency
intrusive physical examinations.
Jan. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 211
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Mrs. Dole, Messrs. Nelson of Nebraska, Burr,
Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Hagel, Ms. Cantwell, Messrs. Lugar, Nelson of Florida,
Coleman, Lautenberg, Levin, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Boxer,
Messrs. Bayh, Inouye, and Bennett), Jan. 31, 2005.
Messrs. Kerry, Johnson, and Specter, Feb. 1, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Feb. 7, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, Mar. 2, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, Mar. 9, 2005.
Mr. Harkin, Apr. 20, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Apr. 26, 2005.
Mr. Dorgan, May 23, 2005.
Mr. Akaka, June 9, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein and Mr. Bingaman, June 27, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, June 30, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, July 26, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, July 29, 2005.
Mr. Salazar, Sept. 8, 2005.
Mr. Vitter, Oct. 8, 2005.
Mr. Rockefeller, Oct. 18, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, Dec. 12, 2005.
Mr. Cochran, Dec. 20, 2005.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 27, 2006.
Mr. Isakson, June 13, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, June 26, 2006.
Mr. Roberts, July 24, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Aug. 3, 2006.
To facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for
information and referral on human services, volunteer services, and
for other purposes.
Jan. 31, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 223
Mr. Harkin (for himself, Messrs. Specter, Kennedy, Kerry, Levin, Dayton,
Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Lautenberg, Dodd,
Leahy, Rockefeller, and Sarbanes), Jan. 31, 2005.
Mr. Feingold, Feb. 1, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, June 13, 2005.
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal any weakening of
overtime protections and to avoid future loss of overtime protections
due to inflation.
Jan. 31, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 224
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Corzine, and Lautenberg), Feb. 1,
2005.
Mrs. Clinton, Mar. 14, 2005.
Messrs. Schumer and Kerry, Apr. 6, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, May 10, 2005.
To extend the period for COBRA coverage for victims of the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001.
Feb. 1, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 226
Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mrs. Clinton), Feb. 1, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve immunization rates by
increasing the supply of vaccines.
Feb. 1, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 228
Mr. Crapo, Feb. 1, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men's
Health.
Feb. 1, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 233
Mr. Roberts, Feb. 1, 2005.
Mr. Alexander, Feb. 8, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Mar. 9, 2005.
Mr. Burns, Apr. 11, 2005.
To increase the supply of quality child care.
Feb. 1, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 250
Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), Feb. 1, 2005.
Mr. Vitter, Mar. 2, 2005.
Messrs. Gregg, Alexander, Dodd, Jeffords, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Harkin, Ms.
Mikulski, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Reed, Bingaman, Sessions, Burns, Thomas,
Isakson, Roberts, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Talent, Mar. 10, 2005.
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of
1998 to improve the Act.
Feb. 1, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute. (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
Mar. 10, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE, after agreeing to the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Mar. 14, 2005. Concurrence of House requested.
May 10, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-65) with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
July 12, 2006. PASSED BY HOUSE, with amendments.
July 12, 2006. House insists upon its amendments, asks for a conference
and appoints conferees: Messrs. McKeon, Castle, Souder, Osborne, Mrs.
Musgrave, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Kind.
(House asks.)
July 13, 2006. Senate disagreed to amendments of the House, agreed to
the request for a conference and appoints conferees: Messrs. Enzi,
Gregg, Frist, Alexander, Burr, Isakson, DeWine, Ensign, Hatch,
Sessions, Roberts, Kennedy, Dodd, Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs.
Jeffords, Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Clinton. (Senate
acts first.)
July 20, 2006. Conferees met and agreed to file conference report.
July 25, 2006. Conference report filed (H. Rept. 109-597).
July 26, 2006. Conference report AGREED TO BY SENATE.
July 28, 2006. Conference report AGREED TO BY HOUSE.
August 12, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-270.
(See H.R. 366.)
S. 258
Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Dodd), Feb. 2, 2005.
Messrs. Brownback and DeMint, June 20, 2005.
Mr. Bunning, June 23, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, July 26, 2005.
Mr. Bingaman, Sept. 13, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Sept. 28, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance research, training,
and health information dissemination with respect to urologic
diseases, and for other purposes.
Feb. 2, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 265
Mr. Frist (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Roberts, Jeffords, Talent, Mrs.
Murray, and Mrs. Clinton), Feb. 2, 2005.
Mr. Bingaman, Feb. 8, 2005.
Messrs. Sessions and Dayton, Feb. 17, 2005.
Ms. Collins, June 14, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements regarding
trauma care, and for other purposes.
Feb. 2, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
Feb. 2, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-215)
without amendment.
S. 282
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mrs.
Clinton, Messrs. Durbin, Lautenberg, Leahy, Akaka, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr.
Corzine), Feb. 3, 2005.
Messrs. Sarbanes and Inouye, Feb. 15, 2005.
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand the scope of
the Act, and for other purposes.
Feb. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 285
Mr. Bond (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, DeWine, and Mrs. Murray), Feb.
3, 2005.
Messrs. Talent and Durbin, Feb. 8, 2005.
Mr. Warner, Feb. 9, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Feb. 14, 2005.
Mr. Biden, Feb. 15, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Feb. 16, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein and Mrs. Clinton, Feb. 18, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell and Mr. Sessions, Feb. 28, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu and Mr. Allen, Mar. 1, 2005.
Messrs. Kerry and Bingaman, Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. Coleman, Apr. 11, 2005.
Mrs. Lincoln, Apr. 14, 2005.
Mr. Schumer, May 23, 2005.
Mr. Voinovich, July 20, 2005.
To reauthorize the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education
Program.
Feb. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported without an amendment.
May 11, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-66)
without an amendment.
July 26, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE, after agreeing to the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
July 27, 2005. Received in House and referred to Energy and Commerce.
S. 286
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Jeffords, Mrs. Murray, Messrs.
Lieberman, Sarbanes, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Dayton, Levin, Lautenberg,
Inouye, Corzine, Durbin, and Akaka), Feb. 3, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, Feb. 8, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Feb. 16, 2005.
To amend section 401(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding
the Pell Grant maximum amount.
Feb. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 288
Mr. Gregg (for himself, Messrs. Baucus, DeWine, Bingaman, Roberts,
Lieberman, and Cochran), Feb. 3, 2005.
Mr. Enzi, Feb. 8, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Feb. 15, 2005.
Mr. Hagel, Feb. 17, 2005.
Ms. Murkowski, Mar. 14, 2005.
Mr. Smith, Apr. 13, 2005.
To extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health
insurance pools.
Feb. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
Feb. 10, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
July 29, 2005. Written reported filed (S. REPT. 109-121).
(See H.R. 3204.)
S. 302
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Gregg, Enzi, Frist, and Bingaman),
Feb. 7, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Feb. 8, 2005.
To make improvements in the Foundation for the National Institutes of
Health.
Feb. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
May 26, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-75) with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
July 27, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment.
July 28, 2005. Received in House and referred to Energy and Commerce.
S. 306
Ms. Snowe (for herself, Messrs. Frist, Gregg, Kennedy, Enzi, Jeffords,
Dodd, Harkin, Ms. Collins, Messrs. Talent, Bingaman, Hatch, Ms.
Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. Clinton), Feb. 7, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Feb. 8, 2005.
Messrs. Salazar and Vitter, Feb. 14, 2005.
Messrs. Hagel and Lautenberg, Feb. 15, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Feb. 16, 2005.
Messrs. Biden, Dayton, Corzine, and Cornyn, Feb. 16, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Feb. 17, 2005.
To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with
respect to health insurance and employment.
Feb. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
Feb. 10, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Feb. 16, 2005. Amdt. No. 13 by Mr. Enzi.
Feb. 17, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE, with an amendment.
Mar. 1, 2005. Received in House and held at desk.
S. 319
Mr. Domenici (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), Feb. 8, 2005.
Messrs. Bingaman, Jeffords, and Leahy, Feb. 17, 2005.
Mr. Harkin, July 25, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum
allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from
Homelessness program.
Feb. 8, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 334
Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Messrs. Grassley, Kennedy, McCain,
Ms. Stabenow, Messrs. Chafee, Jeffords, Lott, Dayton, Mrs. Clinton, Mr.
Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Messrs. Conrad, Durbin, Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein,
Messrs. Inouye, Johnson, Kohl, Leahy, Levin, Nelson of Florida, Obama,
Pryor, Salazar, Sarbanes, Schumer, and Ms. Collins), Feb. 9, 2005.
Mr. Specter, Feb. 16, 2005.
Mrs. Lincoln, Mar. 2, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Mar. 6, 2006.
Mr. Wyden, Sept. 21, 2006.
Mr. Byrd, Sept. 25, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the
importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
Feb. 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Apr. 19, 2005. Hearing (S. Hrg. 109-143).
S. 354
Mr. Ensign (for himself, Messrs. Gregg, Thomas, Inhofe, and Kyl), Feb.
10, 2005.
Mr. Burr, Mar. 10, 2005.
Mr. Vitter, June 21, 2005.
To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved
medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system
places on the health care delivery system.
Feb. 10, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 357
Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mrs.
Clinton, and Mr. Martinez), Feb. 10, 2005.
Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Salazar, Feb. 15, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Feb. 28, 2005.
Mrs. Murray, Apr. 5, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Apr. 13, 2005.
To expand and enhance postbaccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-
serving institutions, and for other purposes.
Feb. 10, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 368
Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. Murray), Feb. 10,
2005.
Ms. Cantwell and Mr. Corzine, Feb. 15, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, Feb. 28, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Nov. 2, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Nov. 8, 2005.
Mr. Schumer, Feb. 2, 2006.
Mr. Baucus, Mar. 27, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, May 1, 2006.
Mr. Dodd, Sept. 12, 2006.
To provide assistance to reduce teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other
sexually transmitted diseases and to support healthy adolescent
development.
Feb. 10, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 370
Mr. Lott (for himself, Messrs. Allard, Cochran, DeMint, Hatch, Sessions,
Thune, and Warner), Feb. 14, 2005.
Messrs. Graham, Vitter, and McCain, Feb. 15, 2005.
Mr. Brownback, Feb. 28, 2005.
Mr. Kyl, Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. Allen, Mar. 14, 2005.
Messrs. Chambliss and Burr, Mar. 15, 2005.
Mr. Bennett, Apr. 11, 2005.
Mr. Thomas, Apr. 12, 2005.
Mr. Coburn, Oct. 26, 2005.
Messrs. Inhofe and Martinez, Feb. 17, 2006.
Mrs. Dole, Apr. 3, 2006.
Mr. Hagel, June 21, 2006.
Mr. Cornyn, Sept. 6, 2006.
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form,
join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such
activities.
Feb. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 379
Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Messrs. Sarbanes, Durbin, and Obama), Feb.
15, 2005.
Messrs. Inouye and Kennedy, Feb. 16, 2005.
To build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased
demand for community college education while maintaining the
affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the
hallmarks of the community college system.
Feb. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 380
Ms. Collins (for herself, Messrs. Pryor, DeWine, Bingaman, Smith,
Lieberman, and Coleman), Feb. 15, 2005.
Mr. Harkin, Feb. 16, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton, Feb. 28, 2005.
Messrs. Sessions and Kennedy, Mar. 2, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Mar. 11, 2005.
Mr. Warner, May 9, 2005.
Mr. Bayh and Mrs. Boxer, May 10, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Sept. 19, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, Oct. 27, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow and Mr. Johnson, Nov. 17, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, Feb. 27, 2006.
Mr. Graham, May 24, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family
support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal
custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State
agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those
children.
Feb. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 399
Mr. Coleman (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein), Feb. 16, 2005.
Mr. Dorgan, Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, Mar. 10, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, Apr. 28, 2005.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the
sale of prescription drugs through the Internet, and for other
purposes.
Feb. 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 406
Ms. Snowe (for herself, Messrs. Talent, Bond, Byrd, Mrs. Dole, Mr.
McCain, Mrs. Hutchison, Messrs. Coleman, Vitter, and Martinez), Feb. 16,
2005.
Mr. Isakson, Feb. 17, 2005.
Mr. Specter, Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. Thune, Mar. 14, 2005.
Mr. Brownback, Sept. 7, 2005.
Mr. Hagel, Oct. 18, 2005.
Mr. Santorum, Nov. 2, 2005.
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses
with respect to medical care for their employees.
Feb. 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
(See H.R. 525.)
S. 408
Mr. DeWine (for himself, Messrs. Dodd, Hagel, Warner, Corzine,
Lieberman, Lautenberg, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Jeffords, and Salazar),
Feb. 16, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, Apr. 4, 2005.
Mr. Hatch, Apr. 14, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, May 17, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski and Mr. Smith, June 13, 2005.
Mr. Schumer, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mr. Domenici, Oct. 18, 2005.
Mr. Bennett, Oct. 20, 2005.
Mrs. Hutchison, Oct. 27, 2005.
Mr. Bingaman, Dec. 14, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, Feb. 1, 2006.
Ms. Collins, Feb. 28, 2006.
Mr. Kyl, Mar. 13, 2006.
Mr. Nelson of Florida, June 29, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Sept. 27, 2006.
Mr. Harkin, Nov. 15, 2006.
Mr. Cornyn, Nov. 16, 2006.
Mrs. Dole and Mrs. Feinstein, Dec. 5, 2006.
To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of
underage drinking.
Feb. 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 409
Mr. Coleman (for himself, Messrs. DeWine, and Alexander), Feb. 16, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, Apr. 11, 2005.
Messrs. Nelson of Florida and Cornyn, Jan. 18, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, Jan. 26, 2006.
Ms. Cantwell, Jan. 31, 2006.
Mr. Wyden, May 18, 2006.
To establish a Federal Youth Development Council to improve the
administration and coordination of Federal programs serving youth, and
for other purposes.
Feb. 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
(See H.R. 856.)
S. 424
Mr. Bond (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Talent, Johnson, and Isakson),
Feb. 17, 2005.
Mrs. Murray and Ms. Mikulski, Feb. 28, 2005.
Mr. Dayton and Ms. Stabenow, Mar. 1, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Mar. 2, 2005.
Messrs. Bayh and Cochran, Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. Domenici, Mar. 7, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, Mar. 8, 2005.
Messrs. Grassley and Allen, Mar. 9, 2005.
Mr. Hagel, Apr. 4, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer and Mr. Bingaman, Apr. 5, 2005.
Messrs. Coleman and Sarbanes, Apr. 11, 2005.
Mr. Akaka, Apr. 13, 2005.
Mr. Bennett, Apr. 28, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, May 11, 2005.
Mr. Harkin, May 17, 2005.
Mr. Hatch, May 25, 2005.
Mr. Schumer, June 22, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, July 13, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Sept. 15, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Sept. 21, 2005.
Mrs. Hutchison, Dec. 15, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Dec. 20, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Feb. 2, 2006.
Messrs. Santorum and Chafee, Feb. 6, 2006.
Mr. Reed, Feb. 14, 2006.
Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Murkowski, Mar. 6, 2006.
Mr. Chambliss, Mar. 14, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 27, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Apr. 3, 2006.
Mr. Craig, Apr. 27, 2006.
Messrs. Lugar and Leahy, June 6, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, June 19, 2006.
Mr. Inouye, July 10, 2006.
Mr. Pryor, July 12, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, July 19, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research
and public health, and for other purposes.
Feb. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 444
Mr. Feingold, Feb. 17, 2005.
To establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for
employment as health care professionals, and for other purposes.
Feb. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 468
Mr. Akaka (for himself, Messrs. Sarbanes, and Corzine), Feb. 28, 2005.
Mr. Inouye, Mar. 16, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to enhance literacy in finance
and economics, and for other purposes.
Feb. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 470
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Grassley, Johnson, and Wyden), Feb. 28,
2005.
Mr. Chafee, May 24, 2005.
Messrs. Durbin and Harkin, July 25, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, June 29, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the clinical trials
drug data bank.
Feb. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 471
Mr. Specter (for himself, Messrs. Harkin, Hatch, Mrs. Feinstein, Messrs.
Smith, and Kennedy), Feb. 28, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, Mar. 4, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Corzine, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Lautenberg, Mar. 7, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Mar. 9, 2005.
Messrs. Jeffords, Durbin, Inouye, and Ms. Collins, Mar. 11, 2005.
Messrs. Dodd and Johnson, Apr. 5, 2005.
Messrs. Obama, Carper, Kerry, and Mrs. Clinton, Apr. 11, 2005.
Messrs. Baucus and Bayh, Apr. 25, 2005.
Messrs. Kohl and Schumer, May 9, 2005.
Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lieberman, and Ms. Mikulski, May 12, 2005.
Messrs. Dayton, Dorgan, Feingold, and Akaka, May 18, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, Mr. Levin, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Bingaman, May 25, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, June 8, 2005.
Mr. Reed, June 9, 2005.
Mr. Leahy, June 14, 2005.
Mr. Reid, June 15, 2005.
Mr. Menendez, Feb. 28, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic
stem cell research.
Feb. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
(See H.R. 810.)
S. 473
Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Messrs. Bingaman, and Lieberman), Feb. 28,
2005.
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Murray, Apr. 14, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, Apr. 18, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, Apr. 20, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, May 19, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, June 16, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied
health professions.
Feb. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 483
Mr. Cornyn, Mar. 1, 2005.
Mrs. Hutchison, Mar. 8, 2005.
Mr. Vitter, May 11, 2006.
To strengthen religious liberty and combat government hostility to
expressions of faith, by extending the reach of The Equal Access Act
to elementary schools.
Mar. 1, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 493
Mr. Grassley (for himself, Messrs. Cochran, Lott, and Bunning), Mar. 2,
2005.
Mr. Johnson, Mar. 17, 2005.
Mr. Coleman, Apr. 11, 2005.
Mr. Thune, May 11, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Apr. 6, 2006.
To amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase
teacher familiarity with the educational needs of gifted and talented
students, and for other purposes.
Mar. 2, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 503
Mr. Bond (for himself, Messrs. Talent, and DeWine), Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Apr. 11, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, May 25, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton, July 19, 2005.
Messrs. Lautenberg and Corzine, Sept. 15, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, Oct. 5, 2005.
Mr. Rockefeller, Oct. 24, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Dec. 16, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Feb. 27, 2006.
Ms. Cantwell, Mar. 1, 2006.
Mr. Smith, Mar. 13, 2006.
Ms. Stabenow, Mar. 28, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Apr. 27, 2006.
Mr. Coleman, Sept. 14, 2006.
Mr. Pryor, Sept. 25, 2006.
Mr. Carper, Sept. 26, 2006.
To expand Parents as Teachers programs and other quality programs of
early childhood home visitation, and for other purposes.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 504
Mr. Hagel (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Lautenberg, and
Mrs. Murray), Mar. 3, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a scholarship and
loan repayment program for public health preparedness workforce
development to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce
shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 506
Mr. Hagel (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Lautenberg, and
Mrs. Murray), Mar. 3, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Mar. 8, 2005.
Mrs. Lincoln, Mar. 9, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Apr. 11, 2005.
Mr. Biden, Apr. 12, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, May 25, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, Sept. 13, 2005.
Mr. Bayh, May 25, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a scholarship and
loan repayment program for public health preparedness workforce
development to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce
shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 511
Mr. DeMint (for himself, Messrs. Allen, Brownback, Coburn, Ensign, Enzi,
Inhofe, Santorum, and Vitter), Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. Bunning, July 11, 2005.
Mr. Thune, Sept. 7, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Sept. 21, 2005.
Mr. Martinez, May 2, 2006.
To provide that the approved application under the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act for the drug commonly known as RU-486 is deemed to
have been withdrawn, to provide for the review by the Comptroller
General of the United States of the process by which the Food and Drug
Administration approved such drug, and for other purposes.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 513
Mr. Gregg (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Harkin,
Bingaman, Reed, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Lincoln, Messrs. Kerry, and Durbin),
Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Mrs. Snowe, and Mr. Bayh Mar. 9, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Mar. 16, 2005.
Mr. Wyden, Apr. 6, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, May 11, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, June 29, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Sept. 12, 2005.
Mr. Pryor, Oct. 5, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Oct. 19, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, Mar. 30, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Aug. 3, 2006.
To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers
employed by States or their political subdivisions.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 518
Mr. Sessions (for himself, Messrs. Durbin, Kennedy, and Dodd), Mar. 3,
2005.
Messrs. Alexander and Vitter, Apr. 18, 2005.
Messrs. Burr and Talent, May 17, 2005.
To provide for the establishment of a controlled substance monitoring
program in each State.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 25, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
July 29, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-117)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
(See H.R. 1132.)
S. 521
Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Messrs. Kennedy, Cornyn, and Schumer), Mar.
3, 2005.
Messrs. Cochran and Sarbanes, Mar. 15, 2005.
Messrs. Corzine and Biden, Apr. 4, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Apr. 6, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Apr. 20, 2005.
Mr. Reed, June 8, 2005.
Mr. Akaka, June 15, 2005.
Mr. Inouye, June 29, 2005.
Mr. Bingaman, Dec. 13, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Jan. 30, 2006.
Mr. Wyden, Apr. 26, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health
and Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive
prevention, research, and medical management referral program for
hepatitis C virus infection.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 525
Mr. Alexander (for himself, Messrs. Dodd, Enzi, Kennedy, Hatch, and
Roberts), Mar. 3, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Mar. 8, 2005.
To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to
reauthorize the Act, to improve early learning opportunities and
promote school preparedness, and for other purposes.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
Aug. 31, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-130)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 526
Mr. Reed (for himself, Messrs. Dodd, Kennedy, and Mrs. Murray), Mar. 3,
2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Apr. 5, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, May 24, 2005.
To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to
provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 537
Mr. Bingaman, Mar. 7, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Messrs. Harkin, Dodd, Kennedy, Reed, and Sarbanes, Mar. 9,
2005.
Mr. Johnson, Apr. 7, 2005.
Mr. Dayton and Ms. Landrieu, Apr. 15, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, May 18, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, June 9, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, June 27, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Durbin, Sept. 28, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, Feb. 2, 2006.
Mr. Jeffords, Feb. 6, 2006.
Mr. Leahy, Apr. 26, 2006.
Mr. Akaka, May 8, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, July 12, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, July 18, 2006.
Ms. Cantwell, July 27, 2006.
To increase the number of well-trained mental health service
professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical
mental health care to children and adolescents, and for other
purposes.
Mar. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 538
Mr. Biden, Mar. 7, 2005.
To educate health professionals concerning substance use disorders and
addiction.
Mar. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 544
Mr. Jeffords (for himself, Messrs. Gregg, Enzi, Bingaman, Frist, and
Mrs. Murray), Mar. 8, 2005.
Mr. Sessions, Mar. 9, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Mar. 15, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Apr. 26, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, July 21, 2005.
To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the
improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events
that adversely affect patient safety.
Mar. 8, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 9, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
July 21, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 21, 2005. PASSED SENATE with an amendment.
July 21, 2005. Received in House and referred to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce.
July 27, 2005. PASSED BY HOUSE.
July 29, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-41.
(See H.R. 3205.)
S. 550
Mr. Corzine (for himself, Mr. Obama, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs.
Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Dodd, Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein,
Messrs. Kennedy, Lautenberg, Leahy, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Messrs.
Schumer, Smith, and Kerry), Mar. 8, 2005.
Mr. Sarbanes, Mar. 14, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, July 11, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the
development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV and
other diseases, and for other purposes.
Mar. 8, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 569
Ms. Snowe (for herself, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Harkin, Corzine, and Mrs.
Boxer), Mar. 8, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Apr. 11, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Jeffords, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Sarbanes, Sept. 30,
2005.
To improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of
Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Mar. 8, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 577
Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Feingold), Mar. 9, 2005.
Mr. Dayton and Ms. Stabenow, Apr. 6, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Apr. 11, 2005.
Mr. Coleman, Apr. 18, 2005.
Mr. Hatch, Apr. 22, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, July 29, 2005.
Mr. Ensign, Feb. 15, 2006.
Mr. Graham, May 24, 2006.
To promote health care coverage for individuals participating in legal
recreational activities or legal transportation activities.
Mar. 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 579
Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Santorum,
Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Durbin, and Ensign), Mar. 9, 2005.
Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Lincoln, Apr. 14, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funding for the
establishment of a program on children and the media within the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the
role and impact of electronic media in the development of children.
Mar. 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 585
Mr. Salazar, Mar. 9, 2005.
To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the
course of employment at the Rocky Flats site in Colorado.
Mar. 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 607
Mr. Harkin, Mar. 11, 2005.
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to early retirement
benefits, and for other purposes.
Mar. 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 608
Mr. Harkin, Mar. 11, 2005.
To create an independent office in the Department of Labor to advocate
on behalf of pension participants, and for other purposes.
Mar. 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 609
Mr. Brownback (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), Mar. 11, 2005.
Mr. Inhofe, Apr. 5, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Apr. 25, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of
scientifically sound information and support services to patients
receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other
prenatally diagnosed conditions.
Mar. 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 628
Mr. Lugar (for himself, Messrs. Bingaman, Durbin, and Bunning), Mar. 15,
2005.
Mrs. Clinton, May 16, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, June 8, 2005.
To provide for increased planning and funding for health promotion
programs of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Mar. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 655
Mr. Isakson (for himself and Mr. Chambliss), Mar. 17, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National
Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Apr. 27, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
June 27, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-91) with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
July 27, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
July 28, 2005. Received in House and referred to Energy and Commerce.
June 20, 2006. Reported to the House by Mr. Barton (H. REPT. 109-510).
July 11, 2006. Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE with amendment.
July 13, 2006. Senate agreed to House amendment.
July 26, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-245.
S. 658
Mr. Brownback (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Allard, Bunning, Burr,
Chambliss, Cornyn, Craig, Crapo, DeMint, DeWine, Mrs. Dole, Messrs.
Domenici, Ensign, Graham, Grassley, Hagel, Inhofe, Kyl, Martinez, Ms.
Murkowski, Messrs. Santorum, Sessions, Shelby, Thomas, Thune, Vitter,
Voinovich, and Talent), Mar. 17, 2005.
Mr. Enzi, Apr. 12, 2005.
Mr. Lott, Apr. 26, 2005.
Mr. Burns, May 25, 2005.
Mr. Coburn, July 12, 2005.
Mr. Talent, Feb. 10, 2006, withdrawn as cosponsor.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit human cloning.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 666
Mr. DeWine (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Lugar, Harkin, Ms. Collins,
Messrs. Durbin, Smith, Dodd, Cornyn, Lautenberg, McCain, Reed, Ms.
Snowe, Ms. Murkowski, Messrs. Chafee, and Specter), Mar. 17, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Apr. 14, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Apr. 26, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, May 23, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, July 12, 2005.
Mrs. Murray, July 14, 2005.
Mrs. Lincoln, Sept. 13, 2005.
Mr. Akaka, Apr. 4, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, July 19, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, July 21, 2006.
Ms. Landrieu, July 24, 2006.
Mr. Carper, July 25, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, July 28, 2006.
Mr. Leahy, Sept. 8, 2006.
To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug
Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
(See H.R. 1376.)
S. 668
Mr. Specter, Mar. 17, 2005.
To provide enhanced criminal penalties for willful violations of
occupational standards for asbestos.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 676
Mr. Stevens (for himself, Messrs. Frist, Specter, Alexander, DeWine,
Mrs. Clinton, and Mrs. Hutchison), Mar. 17, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, May 17, 2005.
Ms. Murkowski, July 13, 2005.
Mr. Cornyn, Dec. 7, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, Dec. 8, 2006.
To provide for Project GRAD programs, and for other purposes.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
(See H.R. 1282.)
S. 677
Mr. Santorum (for himself, Messrs. Kerry, Ensign, Lieberman, Brownback,
Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Smith, Schumer, Talent, Corzine, Coburn, and
Hatch), Mar. 17, 2005.
Messrs. Cornyn, Coleman, and Cochran, Apr. 4, 2005.
Mrs. Dole, Apr. 27, 2005.
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish
provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and
for other purposes.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 681
Mr. Hatch (for himself, Messrs. Dodd, Brownback, Harkin, and Specter),
Mar. 17, 2005.
Ms. Collins and Mr. Schumer, May 9, 2005.
Ms. Murkowski, May 12, 2005.
Mr. Talent, May 25, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, June 8, 2005.
Mrs. Dole, June 16, 2005.
Mr. Vitter, June 22, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Cord
Blood Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and distribute human
umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to
support peer-reviewed research using such cells.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 685
Mr. Akaka, Mar. 17, 2005.
Mr. Obama, May 24, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, June 6, 2005.
Mr. Harkin, June 20, 2005.
Mr. Salazar, July 11, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Oct. 7, 2005
Messrs. Durbin and Isakson, Oct. 18, 2005.
To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of
airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to
compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life
annuity commencing at age 60.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 694
Mr. Coleman, Apr. 4, 2005.
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for a job
training grant pilot program.
Apr. 4, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 696
Mr. Burns, Apr. 5, 2005.
Mr. Crapo, Sept. 19, 2005.
Mr. Craig, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mr. Hatch, Apr. 4, 2006.
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding
the transfer of students from certain schools.
Apr. 5, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 697
Mr. Obama (for himself and Mr. Inouye), Apr. 5, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Apr. 13, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve higher education,
and for other purposes.
Apr. 5, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 707
Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mr. Dodd), Apr. 5, 2005.
Messrs. Bennett, Bingaman, Bond, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Cochran, Graham,
Hagel, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Obama, Inouye, Lieberman, Lugar, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Talent, Nov. 15, 2005.
Messrs. Durbin, Bayh, Johnson, and Ms. Murkowski, Dec. 13, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Dec. 21, 2005.
Mr. Akaka, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Nelson of Florida, Jan. 30, 2006.
Mr. Isakson, Feb. 16, 2006.
Mrs. Hutchison, Messrs. Sarbanes, Coleman, Dorgan, and Ms. Stabenow,
Mar. 13, 2006.
Messrs. Domenici and Menendez, Mar. 29, 2006.
Messrs. DeWine and Schumer, Apr. 26, 2006.
Mr. Kennedy, Apr. 27, 2006.
Mr. Conrad, May 26, 2006.
Mr. Pryor, June 8, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, June 23, 2006.
Mr. Harkin, July 25, 2006.
Ms. Snowe, July 31, 2006.
Mr. Frist, August 1, 2006.
To reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related
deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant
mortality caused by prematurity.
Apr. 5, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 28, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
July 31, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-298)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Aug. 1, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Aug. 2, 2006. Received in House and referred to Energy and Commerce.
Dec. 9, 2006. Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged from further
consideration.
Dec. 9, 2006. PASSED BY HOUSE with an amendment.
Dec. 9, 2006. Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec. 22, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-450.
S. 709
Mr. DeWine (for himself, Messrs. Reed, Burr, and Dodd), Apr. 5, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Apr. 15, 2005.
Mr. Coleman, Apr. 28, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, June. 20, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton, June 29, 2005.
Mr. Nelson of Florida, July 27, 2005.
Mr. Rockefeller, Sept. 19, 2005.
Mrs. Dole, Nov. 8, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Feb. 2, 2006.
Ms. Snowe, Feb. 28, 2006.
Mr. Smith, Mar. 14, 2006.
Messrs. Chafee and Specter, Mar. 29, 2006.
Mr. Santorum, June 14, 2006.
Mr. Bayh, July 26, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, July 31, 2006.
Mr. Martinez, Sept. 20, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to
provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for
chronically homeless individuals, and for other purposes.
Apr. 5, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 724
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Durbin, and Salazar), Apr. 6, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Apr. 25, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, May 23, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, Nov. 13, 2006.
To improve the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and for other purposes.
Apr. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 725
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Murray,
Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Inouye, Levin, Lautenberg, and
Johnson), Apr. 6, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Apr. 12, 2005.
To improve the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program.
Apr. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 742
Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Collins, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr.
Reed), Apr. 7, 2005.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the
effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment
of human and animal diseases.
Apr. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 754
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Smith, and Durbin), Apr. 11, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton, July 18, 2005.
To ensure that the Federal student loans are delivered as efficiently as
possible, so that there is more grant aid for students.
Apr. 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 755
Mr. Bunning, Apr. 11, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Sept. 28, 2005.
Mr. Santorum, Sept. 6, 2006.
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants
to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound
equipment to provide free examinations to women needing such services,
and for other purposes.
Apr. 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 756
Mr. Bennett (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Shelby, and Hatch), Apr.
11, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Apr. 12, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Apr. 20, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, Apr. 27, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, Apr. 28, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, May 11, 2005.
Mr. Feingold, May 16, 2005.
Mr. Coleman, May 23, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow and Mr. Sarbanes, June 7, 2005.
Mr. Akaka, June 14, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, June 28, 2005.
Messrs. Kennedy and Harkin, Sept. 27, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Sept. 30, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Oct. 18, 2005.
Messrs. Dodd and Inouye, Jan. 25, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public and health
professional awareness and understanding of lupus and to strengthen
the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of
lupus.
Apr. 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 757
Mr. Chafee (for himself, Messrs. Reid, Talent, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr.
Hatch), Apr. 11, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Apr. 13, 2005.
Mr. Allen, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Grassley, Apr. 27, 2005.
Messrs. Corzine, Harkin, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Bingaman, Kennedy,
Cochran, DeWine, Warner, Coleman, Lautenberg, Dayton, Biden, Voinovich,
Johnson, and McCain, May 9, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Smith, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Reed, May 12, 2005.
Messrs. Feingold and Sarbanes, May 17, 2005.
Messrs. Lieberman, Kohl, Schumer, Sununu, and Mrs. Hutchison, May 25,
2005.
Ms. Murkowski, June 6, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, June 21, 2005.
Mr. Carper, July 15, 2005.
Mr. Specter, Sept. 13, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Sept. 21, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Oct. 17, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Bayh, Oct. 20,
2005.
Messrs. Dorgan, Pryor, and Hagel, Oct. 24, 2005.
Messrs. Bennett, Conrad, Ms. Snowe, Messrs. Leahy, and Vitter, Oct. 26,
2005.
Messrs. Salazar, Wyden, Lugar, Graham, Domenici, Nov. 1, 2005.
Mr. Cornyn, Nov. 14, 2005.
Mr. Baucus, Dec. 16, 2005.
Mrs. Dole, Dec. 21, 2005.
Messrs. Menendez, Santorum, and Burns, Mar. 29, 2006.
Mr. Kyl, June 27, 2006.
Mr. Nelson of Florida, July 24, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for
the development and operation of research centers regarding
environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast
cancer.
Apr. 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 28, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
July 24, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi. (S. REPT. 109-290)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 760
Mr. Inouye (for himself, Messrs. Hatch, Kennedy, Dodd, DeWine, and
Conrad), Apr. 11, 2005.
Messrs. Nelson of Nebraska, Kohl, Bingaman, and Mrs. Boxer, Apr. 21,
2005.
Messrs. Akaka and Dorgan, May 9, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, June 15, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, June 21, 2005.
Mr. Carper, July 19, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton, Sept. 21, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, May 18, 2006.
Mr. Obama, May 24, 2006.
Mr. Durbin, July 13, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued
improvement in emergency medical services for children.
Apr. 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 765
Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Durbin), Apr. 12, 2005.
Mr. Akaka, Apr. 13, 2005.
Mr. Allen, Apr. 15, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, Apr. 26, 2005.
Mr. Cochran, May 17, 2005.
Mr. Santorum, Dec. 14, 2005.
To preserve mathematics- and science-based industries in the United
States.
Apr. 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 798
Mr. Feingold (for himself, Messrs. Corzine, Dayton, Durbin, Lautenberg,
Ms. Mikulski, and Mrs. Murray, Apr. 14, 2005.
Mr. Obama, May 9, 2005.
Mrs. Lincoln, May 23, 2005.
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United
States Code, to provide entitlement to leave to eligible employees
whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces
who is serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation or
who is notified of an impending call or order to active duty in
support of a contingency operation, and for other purposes.
Apr. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 799
Mr. Kennedy, Apr. 14, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, May 9, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the coordination
of Federal Government policies and activities to prevent obesity in
childhood, to provide for State childhood obesity prevention and
control, and to establish grant programs to prevent childhood obesity
within homes, schools, and communities.
Apr. 14, 2004. Referred to Committee.
S. 803
Mr. Coleman (for himself and Mrs. Clinton), Apr. 14, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, Apr. 27, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, Apr. 28, 2005, withdrawn as cosponsor.
Mr. Dayton, Apr. 28, 2005.
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public
Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
parity with respect to substance abuse treatment benefits under group
health plans and health insurance coverage.
Apr. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 809
Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Corzine, and Mrs. Boxer), Apr. 14,
2005.
Mrs. Clinton, May 9, 2005.
Mr. Inouye, June 9, 2005.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 13, 2006.
Mrs. Murray, June 15, 2006.
Mr. Akaka, June 20, 2006.
To establish certain duties for pharmacies when pharmacists employed by
the pharmacies refuse to fill valid prescriptions for drugs or devices
on the basis of personal beliefs, and for other purposes.
Apr. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 820
Mr. Feingold (for himself and Ms. Collins), Apr. 15, 2005.
To promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help
businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers, and
for other purposes.
Apr. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 823
Mr. Burns, Apr. 18, 2005.
To provide for the establishment of summer health career introductory
programs for middle and high school students.
Apr. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 828
Mr. Harkin (for himself, Messrs. Specter, Kennedy, Graham, Mrs. Clinton,
Messrs. Bingaman, and Kerry), Apr. 18, 2005.
Messrs. Cochran and Durbin, Apr. 28, 2005.
Mr. McCain, May 25, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, June 7, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, June 13, 2005.
Mr. Burr, June 29, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow and Ms. Mikulski, July 11, 2005.
Mr. Corzine and Ms. Landrieu, July 20, 2005.
Mrs. Murray and Mr. Lautenberg, July 25, 2005.
Mr. Sarbanes, Sept. 20, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Oct. 20, 2005.
Mr. Coleman, Oct. 26, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, Oct. 31, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Feb. 7, 2006.
Mr. Leahy, Mar. 8, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 30, 2006.
Mrs. Feinstein and Mr. Levin, May 3, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, July 10, 2006.
Messrs. Santorum and Smith, Sept. 20, 2006.
Messrs. Inouye and Reed, Dec. 5, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Dec. 7, 2006.
To enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve
rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with
paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes.
Apr. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 831
Mr. Bingaman, Apr. 18, 2005.
To provide for the establishment of a Health Workforce Advisory
Commission to review Federal health workforce policies and make
recommendations on improving those policies.
Apr. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 833
Mr. Bingaman, Apr. 18, 2005.
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary
of Labor to provide for 5-year pilot projects to establish a system of
industry-validated national certifications of skills in high-
technology industries and a cross-disciplinary national certification
of skills in homeland security technology.
Apr. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 834
Mr. Bingaman, Apr. 18, 2005.
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for integrated
workforce training programs for adults with limited English
proficiency, and for other purposes.
Apr. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 840
Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs.
Durbin, Leahy, Akaka, Feingold, Mrs. Lincoln, Messrs. Corzine, and
Kerry), Apr. 19, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Feb. 6, 2006.
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination
in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin,
and for other purposes.
Apr. 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 841
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Messrs. Reid, Kennedy, Harkin, Durbin, Ms.
Landrieu, Messrs. Corzine, Leahy, Schumer, and Ms. Stabenow), Apr. 19,
2005.
Mrs. Murray and Mr. Feingold, Apr. 20, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, May 11, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, July 29, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Feb. 6, 2006.
Mr. Dodd and Ms. Mikulski, Mar. 16, 2006.
Mr. Reed, Apr. 5, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, May 25, 2006.
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective
remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the
basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Apr. 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 842
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Specter, Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Dodd,
Bingaman, Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Byrd,
Inouye, Biden, Leahy, Sarbanes, Levin, Kerry, Rockefeller, Lieberman,
Akaka, Dorgan, Mrs. Boxer, Messrs. Feingold, Wyden, Ms. Landrieu,
Messrs. Bayh, Carper, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Messrs. Corzine,
Dayton, Lautenberg, Obama, Salazar, and Reed), Apr. 19, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, May 17, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, June 23, 2005.
Mr. Pryor, Sept. 8, 2005.
Mrs. Lincoln, Sept. 14, 2005.
Mr. Nelson of Florida, Oct. 5, 2005.
Mr. Kohl, Dec. 15, 2005.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 28, 2006.
Mr. Baucus, June 13, 2006.
Mr. Conrad, Sept. 29, 2006.
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient
system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor
organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor
practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
Apr. 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 843
Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Dodd), Apr. 19, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, Apr. 25, 2005.
Messrs. Lieberman and Lautenberg, Apr. 28, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, May 10, 2005.
Messrs. Pryor, Jeffords, and Kerry, May 16, 2005.
Mr. Coleman and Ms. Collins, May 24, 2005.
Messrs. Cochran and Akaka, June 8, 2005.
Mr. Leahy and Mrs. Clinton, June 21, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, June 24, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, June 28, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, July 12, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, Sept. 6, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Sept. 15, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, Oct. 24, 2005.
Mr. Sarbanes, Nov. 7, 2005.
Mr. Inouye, Jan. 26, 2006.
Mr. Biden, Feb. 1, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, Feb. 8, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, Mar. 3. 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 14, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, Mar. 27, 2006.
Mr. Domenici, Apr. 24, 2006.
Mr. Bingaman, Apr. 26, 2006.
Mr. Reed and Mrs. Murray, May 1, 2006.
Messrs. Sununu, Vitter, and McCain, May 4, 2006.
Mr. Bennett, May 19, 2006.
Mr. Talent, June 6, 2006.
Messrs. Nelson of Florida and Chafee, June 8, 2006.
Mr. Salazar, June 13, 2006.
Mr. Harkin, June 20, 2006.
Mrs. Hutchison, July 12, 2006.
Mr. Cornyn, July 25, 2006.
Messrs. Enzi, Burr, Chambliss, and Thune, Aug. 3, 2006.
Messrs. Frist and Durbin, Aug. 3, 2006, supra.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to combat autism through
research, screening, intervention and education.
Apr. 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 19, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Aug. 3, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-318) with
an amendment.
Aug. 3, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment.
Sept. 6, 2006. Received in House and referred to Energy and Commerce.
Dec. 6, 2006. Rules Suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE with an amendment.
Dec. 7, 2006. Senate agreed to House amendment.
Dec. 19, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-416.
S. 860
Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), Apr. 20, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, June 28, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, July 19, 2005.
To amend the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization
Act to require State academic assessments of student achievement in
United States history and civics, and for other purposes.
Apr. 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 30, 2005. Hearing (S. Hrg. 109-173).
May 17, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
Sept. 26, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-348)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 898
Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Messrs. Bingaman, Brownback, Kennedy, and
Cochran), Apr. 25, 2005.
Mr. Talent, June 22, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a demonstration
grant program to provide patient navigator services to reduce barriers
and improve health care outcomes, and for other purposes.
Apr. 25, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Apr. 27, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
May 25, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-73) with
an amendment.
May 25, 2005. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar.
(See H.R. 1812.)
S. 901
Mr. Allen, Apr. 26, 2005.
To provide States that meet certain requirements with waivers of the
adequate yearly progress provisions of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
Apr. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 902
Mr. Martinez, Apr. 26, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, May 17, 2005.
To amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to clarify
the exemption for recreational vessel support employees, and for other
purposes.
Apr. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 910
Ms. Snowe (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs.
Murray, Messrs. Corzine, Durbin, and Cochran), Apr. 26, 2005.
Messrs. Sarbanes and Lautenberg, Sept. 27, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Sept. 30, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Oct. 4, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Oct. 18, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Dec. 21, 2005.
Mr. Harkin, Feb. 1, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Feb. 17, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, May 11, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, Nov. 15, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, Dec. 5, 2006.
To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital
stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the
treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
Apr. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 914
Mr. Allard (for himself, Messrs. Smith, Lott, and Durbin), Apr. 27,
2005.
Messrs. Salazar and Dayton, May 9, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, May 13, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, May 19, 2005.
Mr. Brownback, May 24, 2005.
Mr. Allen, June 16, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, July 25, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Oct. 5, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, Dec. 15, 2005.
Mr. Harkin and Ms. Landrieu, Jan. 25, 2006.
Messrs. Inouye and DeWine, Feb. 7, 2006.
Mr. Kerry, Feb. 13, 2006.
Mr. Santorum, Apr. 6, 2006.
Mrs. Murray and Mr. Lautenberg, Apr. 25, 2006.
Mr. Reed, May 11, 2006.
Mr. Levin, May 16, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, May 18, 2006.
Messrs. Akaka and Dodd, June 15, 2006.
Mr. Martinez and Ms. Snowe, July 10, 2006.
Mr. Obama, July 11, 2006.
Mr. Kohl, July 17, 2006.
Mr. Hagel, July 27, 2006.
Mr. Menendez and Mrs. Feinstein, Aug. 3, 2006.
Mr. Baucus, Dec. 8, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a competitive grant
program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand
the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and
biomedical research.
Apr. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 921
Mrs. Murray (for herself, Messrs. Durbin, Kennedy, and Mrs. Clinton),
Apr. 27, 2005.
To provide for secondary school reform, and for other purposes.
Apr. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 924
Mr. Corzine (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Ms. Stabenow, Messrs. Lautenberg,
Sarbanes, and Baucus), Apr. 27, 2005.
Mr. Salazar, June 20, 2005.
To establish a grant program to enhance the financial and retirement
literacy of mid-life and older Americans to reduce financial abuse and
fraud among such Americans, and for other purposes.
Apr. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 925
Mr. Corzine (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Ms. Stabenow, Messrs. Lautenberg,
and Baucus), Apr. 27, 2005.
To promote youth financial education.
Apr. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 930
Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Dodd), Apr. 27, 2005.
Mr. Cochran, Apr. 28, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, May 25, 2005.
Mr. Bingaman, July 19, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, May 4, 2006.
Mr. Rockefeller, June 16, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, Sept. 20, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to drug
safety, and for other purposes.
Apr. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 932
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Messrs.
Harkin, Dodd, Lautenberg, Corzine, Akaka, Mrs. Boxer, Messrs. Feingold,
Schumer, and Dayton), Apr. 27, 2005.
Mr. Inouye, Jan. 25, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, May 11, 2006.
Mr. Kerry, June 28, 2006.
To provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address
their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
Apr. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 944
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Corzine, Dodd, Harkin, Ms. Mikulski,
Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Feingold, Durbin, and
Schumer), Apr. 28, 2005.
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand
coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to
increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes.
Apr. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 947
Mr. Corzine (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Lautenberg, and Durbin), Apr.
28, 2005.
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to modify the
provisions relating to citations and penalties.
Apr. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 948
Mr. Corzine (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg), Apr. 28, 2005.
To amend the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to expand the
National Practitioner Data Bank.
Apr. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 969
Mr. Obama, Apr. 28, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, June 9, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, July 15, 2005.
Messrs. Bayh, Inouye, and Lugar, July 26, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Sept. 27, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Oct. 5, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton, Oct. 20, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for
an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, and for
other purposes.
Apr. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 983
Mr. DeMint, May 9, 2005.
Mr. Vitter, Jan. 25, 2006.
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to protect employer rights.
May 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 986
Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, May 10, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, June 20, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, June 23, 2005.
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support
of full-service community schools, and for other purposes.
May 10, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 990
Mr. Lieberman (for himself and Mr. Dodd), May 10, 2005.
To provide a grant program to support the establishment and operation of
Teachers Professional Development Institutes.
May 10, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 991
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Durbin, Harkin, and Akaka), May 10,
2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, May 11, 2005.
Mrs. Murray, May 16, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell and Mr. Obama, May 17, 2005.
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
to limit the availability of benefits under an employer's nonqualified
deferred compensation plans in the event that any of the employer's
defined benefit plans are subjected to a distress or PBGC termination
in connection with bankruptcy reorganization or a conversion to a cash
balance plan, to provide appropriate funding restrictions in
connection with the maintenance of nonqualified deferred compensation
plans, and to provide for appropriate disclosure with respect to
nonqualified deferred compensation plans.
May 10, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 999
Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Smith), May 11, 2005.
To provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain,
and for other purposes.
May 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1000
Mr. Wyden, May 11, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of
permanent faculty in palliative care medicine at accredited allopathic
and osteopathic medical schools and to promote the development of
faculty careers as academic palliative specialists who emphasize
teaching.
May 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1015
Mr. DeMint, May 12, 2005.
Messrs. Coburn, Inhofe, and Brownback, May 4, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative
governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in
interstate commerce.
May 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1021
Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), May 12, 2005.
To reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and for other
purposes.
May 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 18, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Sept. 7, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-134)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
June 29, 2006. Returned to Senate calendar.
(See H.R. 27.)
S. 1023
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Messrs. Durbin, and Burns), May 12,
2005.
Mr. Kennedy, Nov. 18, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, May 18, 2006.
Mr. Jeffords, Aug. 3, 2006.
To provide for the establishment of a Digital Opportunity Investment
Trust.
May 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1029
Mr. Reed (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. Murray), May
12, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, June 6, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand college access and
increase college persistence, and for other purposes.
May 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1030
Mr. Reed (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. Murray), May
12, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to simplify and improve the
process of applying for student assistance, and for other purposes.
May 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1036
Mr. Salazar (for himself, Messrs. Conrad, and Johnson), May 16, 2005.
To provide assistance for rural school districts, and for other
purposes.
May 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1051
Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Bond), May 17, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend certain
programs to provide coordinated services and research with respect to
children and families with HIV/AIDS.
May 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1054
Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Ensign), May 17, 2005.
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to specify
the purposes for which funds provided under part A of title I may be
used.
May 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1055
Mr. Kennedy, May 17, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, May 24, 2005.
Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Jeffords, Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Reed, and Mrs. Clinton, May 26, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Oct. 17, 2005.
To improve elementary and secondary education.
May 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1058
Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Wyden), May 17, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections
for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of
such Act.
May 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1064
Mr. Cochran (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Warner, Ms. Cantwell, Ms.
Collins, and Mr. Dayton), May 18, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, May 19, 2005.
Mr. Dorgan, May 24, 2005.
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Corzine, June 8,
2005.
Mrs. Boxer, June 13, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, June 27, 2005.
Messrs. Sessions and Coleman, July 11, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, July 21, 2005.
Mr. Talent, July 26, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, July 28, 2005.
Mr. Burns, Sept. 12, 2005.
Mr. Reed, Mar. 9, 2006.
Mr. Chambliss, May 15, 2006.
Mr. Bunning, May 25, 2006.
Mr. Burr, June 7, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention,
diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
May 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1068
Mrs. Dole (for herself and Mr. Baucus), May 18, 2005.
Mr. Burns, May 19, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, May 23, 2005.
Mr. Lott, June 6, 2005.
To provide for higher education affordability, access, and opportunity.
May 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1083
Mr. Harkin, May 19, 2005.
To provide coverage under the Railway Labor Act to employees of certain
air and surface transportation entities.
May 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1089
Mr. Akaka (for himself, Messrs. Cochran, and Dodd), May 19, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, July 15, 2005.
Mr. Feingold, July 25, 2005.
To establish the National Foreign Language Coordination Council to
develop and implement a foreign language strategy, and for other
purposes.
May 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1101
Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr. DeWine), May 23, 2005.
To amend the Head Start Act to address the needs of victims of child
abuse and neglect, children in foster care, children in kinship care,
and homeless children.
May 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1105
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Cochran, Levin, Kennedy, and Akaka), May
23, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, May 24, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, June 9, 2005.
To amend title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding
international and foreign language studies.
May 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1107
Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), May 23, 2005.
Messrs. Alexander and Dodd, May 24, 2005.
To reauthorize the Head Start Act, and for other purposes.
May 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 25, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
Aug. 31, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-131)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
(See H.R. 2123.)
S. 1116
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Ms. Collins), May 25, 2005.
Mr. Inouye, Feb. 7, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, Mar. 27, 2006.
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for mental health
screening and treatment services, to amend the Public Health Service
Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental
health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes.
May 25, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1132
Mr. Coleman (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. DeWine, Ms. Snowe, Messrs.
Cochran, Vitter, Bayh, and Smith), May 26, 2005.
Mrs. Murray, June 21, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, June 23, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, Sept. 15, 2005.
Mr. Lugar, Nov. 1, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, Apr. 24, 2006.
Mr. Dayton, May 18, 2006.
Mr. Specter, Sept. 21, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require
that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health
plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or
developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor,
or disease.
May 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1158
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Akaka, and Lautenberg), May 26, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell and Mr. Inouye, July 1, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, July 11, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, July 25, 2005.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 29, 2006.
To impose a 6-month moratorium on terminations of certain plans
instituted under section 4042 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 in cases in which reorganization of contributing
sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.
May 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1163
Ms. Cantwell, June 6, 2005.
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for strategic
sectoral skills gap assessments, strategic skills gap action plans,
and strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants, and for other
purposes.
June 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1164
Ms. Cantwell, June 6, 2005.
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for training
service and delivery innovation projects.
June 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1172
Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, and Mrs.
Boxer), June 6, 2005.
Mr. Allen, June 8, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, June 14, 2005.
Mr. Talent, June 15, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, June 20, 2005.
Mr. Schumer, June 30, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, July 14, 2005.
Messrs. Lugar, Lautenberg, and Mrs. Murray, July 19, 2005.
Mr. Sarbanes and Ms. Landrieu, July 21, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Snowe, July 25, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, July 26, 2005.
Mr. Chafee and Ms. Stabenow, July 27, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Sept. 14, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Sept. 19, 2005.
Mr. Bayh, Sept. 21, 2005.
Mr. Graham, Sept. 26, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Sept. 28, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Oct. 6, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, Oct. 27, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, Nov. 15, 2005.
Messrs. Wyden and Nelson of Florida, Jan. 30, 2006.
Messrs. Hagel and Dayton, Feb. 6, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Feb. 9, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Mar. 2, 2006.
Mr. Reed, Mar. 7, 2006.
Mr. Levin, Apr. 27, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, June 22, 2006.
Mr. Leahy, Sept. 14, 2006.
Mr. Carper, Sept. 20, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, Sept. 25, 2006.
Mr. Bingaman, Sept. 28, 2006.
Messrs. Pryor and Biden, Nov. 14, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, Dec. 7, 2006.
To provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women
and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.
June 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1173
Mr. DeMint, June 7, 2005.
Mr. Cornyn, Sept. 12, 2005.
Mr. Coburn, Oct. 24, 2005.
Mr. Vitter, Nov. 10, 2005.
Mr. Lott, Jan. 25, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, Jan. 31, 2006.
Mr. Cochran, June 13, 2006.
Mr. Burr, Sept. 6, 2006.
Mr. Inhofe, Sept. 28, 2006.
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of
employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor
Relations Board.
June 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1183
Mr. Warner (for himself, Messrs. Lieberman, Roberts, Ms. Stabenow,
Messrs. Durbin, and Allen), June 7, 2005.
Mr. Ensign, July 26, 2005.
Mr. Salazar, Sept. 6, 2005.
To provide additional assistance to recipients of Federal Pell Grants
who are pursuing programs of study in engineering, mathematics,
science, or foreign languages.
June 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1196
Mr. Corzine (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg), June 8, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Sept. 6, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Dec. 12, 2005.
To provide for disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with
respect to campus buildings, and for other purposes.
June 8, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1209
Mr. Gregg, June 9, 2005.
Mr. Alexander, June 27, 2005.
Mr. Sessions, July 19, 2005.
To establish and strengthen postsecondary programs and courses in the
subjects of traditional American history, free institutions, and
Western civilization, available to students preparing to teach these
subjects, and to other students.
June 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1214
Ms. Snowe (for herself, Messrs. Reid, Warner, Leahy, Chafee, Mrs.
Murray, Messrs. Kennedy, Akaka, Durbin, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr.
Lautenberg), June 9, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Corzine, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. Lincoln,
June 20, 2005.
Mr. Biden, June 23, 2005.
Messrs. Menendez and Reed, May 11, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, Dec. 5, 2006.
To require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and
devices, and contraceptive services under health plans.
June 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1223
Mr. Dodd, June 9, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, June 30, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the quality and
efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care
information technology, and for other purposes.
June 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1228
Ms. Cantwell, June 13, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the computation of
eligibility for certain Federal Pell Grants, and for other purposes.
June 13, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1246
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Jeffords, Kerry, and Feingold), June 14,
2005.
Mr. Durbin, June 20, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton, June 24, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, June 29, 2005.
To require the Secretary of Education to revise regulations regarding
student loan payment deferment with respect to borrowers who are in
postgraduate medical and dental internship, residency, or fellowship
programs.
June 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1247
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Levin, Ms.
Cantwell, and Mr. Kerry), June 14, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a scholarship
program to encourage and support students who have contributed
substantial public services.
June 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1249
Mr. Corzine (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Reed), June
15, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, June 28, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, July 15, 2005, withdrawn as cosponsor.
Mr. Biden, July 15, 2005, supra.
Mr. Lautenberg, July 19, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, July 21, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, July 27, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, July 28, 2005.
To require the Secretary of Education to rebate the amount of Federal
Pell Grant aid lost as a result of the update to the tables for State
and other taxes used in the Federal student aid need analysis for
award year 2005-2006.
June 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1261
Mr. Alexander, June 16, 2005.
To simplify access to financial aid and access to information on college
costs, to provide for more learning and less reporting, and for other
purposes.
June 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1262
Mr. Frist (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Martinez, Bingaman,
Talent, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Thune, and Obama), June 16, 2005.
Messrs. Santorum, Jeffords, Bond, Dodd, and Alexander, June 30, 2005.
Mr. Nelson of Florida and Ms. Landrieu, July 11, 2005.
Mr. Salazar, Feb. 15, 2006.
To reduce healthcare costs, improve efficiency, and improve healthcare
quality through the development of a nationwide interoperable health
information technology system, and for other purposes.
June 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1264
Mr. Corzine (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Lautenberg,
Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Messrs. Kennedy, Inouye, and Kerry), June 16,
2005.
Mr. Jeffords, July 11, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, Oct. 27, 2005.
Mr. Specter, Nov. 18, 2005.
To provide for the provision by hospitals of emergency contraceptives to
women, and post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted disease
to individuals, who are survivors of sexual assault.
June 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1267
Mr. Bingaman, June 16, 2005.
To amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize the
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, and
for other purposes.
June 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1276
Mr. Cornyn, June 21, 2005.
Mr. Martinez, Oct. 3, 2005.
Mr. Bunning, July 25, 2006.
To amend section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 regarding challenging academic content standards for physical
education.
June 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1279
Mr. Coburn (for himself, Messrs. Brownback, DeMint, Inhofe, Cornyn,
Santorum, Sessions, Bunning, Ensign, Allen, and Vitter), June 21, 2005.
To establish certain requirements relating to the provision of services
to minors by family planning projects under title X of the Public
Health Service Act.
June 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1283
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Mr. Warner, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Smith,
Kennedy, Ms. Collins, Messrs. Jeffords, Bond, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Cochran,
Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Snowe, Messrs. Kerry, Talent, Nelson of Nebraska,
Coleman, Durbin, and Hagel), June 21, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell and Mr. Allen, June 28, 2005.
Messrs. Biden and Chafee, July 13, 2005.
Messrs. Dayton, Johnson, Lautenberg, Menendez, and Carper, Mar. 2, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, July 11, 2006.
Mr. Pryor, Dec. 5, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to assist
family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite
care, and for other purposes.
June 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1287
Mr. Coleman (for himself and Ms. Landrieu), June 22, 2005.
Mr. Bunning, July 1, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, July 11, 2005.
Mr. Stevens, July 12, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, Sept. 6, 2005.
To amend the definition of independent student for purposes of the need
analysis in the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include older adopted
students.
June 22, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1289
Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Murray, Mrs.
Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Sarbanes), June 22, 2005.
Ms. Murkowski, July 21, 2005.
Mr. Feingold, July 26, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Feinstein, and Ms. Stabenow, Feb. 16, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Mar. 2, 2006.
To provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids,
and for other purposes.
June 22, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1299
Ms. Cantwell, June 23, 2005.
To encourage partnerships between community colleges and 4-year
institutions of higher education.
June 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1304
Mr. Harkin (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Durbin, Feingold, Mrs. Boxer,
and Mr. Dayton), June 23, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, July 27, 2005.
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect pension benefits of employees
in defined benefit plans and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury
to enforce the age discrimination requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
June 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1311
Mr. Reid (for himself, Messrs. Bingaman, Salazar, and Kerry), June 24,
2005.
To provide grants for use by rural local educational agencies in
purchasing new school buses.
June 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1317
Mr. Hatch (for himself, Messrs. Dodd, Burr, Reed, and Ensign), June 27,
2005.
Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Frist, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Talent, Ms.
Collins, Messrs. Schumer, Voinovich, Harkin, and Brownback, June 28,
2005.
Messrs. DeWine, Roberts, Mrs. Dole, and Mrs. Feinstein, June 29, 2005.
Mr. Grassley, June 30, 2005.
Mr. Hagel, July 1, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, July 11, 2005.
Mr. Kyl, July 13, 2005.
Messrs. Pryor and Thune, July 14, 2005.
Mr. Specter, July 15, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, July 20, 2005.
Mr. Enzi, July 21, 2005.
Mr. Lugar, July 22, 2005.
Mr. Chambliss, July 29, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, Sept. 6, 2005.
Mr. Bayh, Oct. 6, 2005.
Mr. Coleman, Oct. 17, 2005.
Ms. Murkowski, Dec. 12, 2005.
Mr. Santorum, Dec. 14, 2005.
To provide for the collection and maintenance of cord blood units for
the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health
Service Act to authorize the Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Cell
Transplantation Program to increase the number of transplants for
recipients suitably matched to donors of bone marrow and cord blood.
June 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 29, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
July 11, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-129)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
(See H.R. 2520.)
S. 1324
Mr. Frist (for himself and Mr. Wyden), June 28, 2005.
Mr. DeWine, Sept. 5, 2006.
To reduce and prevent childhood obesity by encouraging schools and
school districts to develop and implement local, school-based programs
designed to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased
physical activity, and improve nutritional choices.
June 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1325
Mr. Frist (for himself, Messrs. Bingaman, Dodd, Mrs. Clinton, Ms.
Collins, Messrs. Alexander, Lugar, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Stevens), June
28, 2005.
Messrs. Warner and Corzine, July 11, 2005.
Mrs. Murray, July 15, 2005.
Mr. Schumer, July 19, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, July 27, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, May 5, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, Sept. 5, 2006.
To establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition,
increased physical activity, obesity and eating disorder prevention,
and for other purposes.
June 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1337
Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Baucus), June 29, 2005.
To restore fairness and reliability to the medical justice system and
promote patient safety by fostering alternatives to current medical
tort litigation, and for other purposes.
June 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 22, 2006. Hearing (S. Hrg. 109-710).
S. 1344
Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Durbin), June 30, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections
for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of
such Act.
June 30, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1352
Mr. Specter (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, and Jeffords), June 30, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, July 18, 2005.
Mr. Cochran, July 21, 2005.
To provide grants to States for improved workplace and community
transition training for incarcerated youth offenders.
June 30, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1353
Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Warner, Ms. Murkowski, Messrs. Cochran,
Corzine, Ms. Stabenow, Messrs. Bingaman, Durbin, and Vitter), June 30,
2005.
Mr. Smith, July 11, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, July 14, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, July 18, 2005.
Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, July 28, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mr. Bayh, Oct. 19, 2005.
Mr. Nelson of Florida, Oct. 24, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Dec. 12, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, Jan. 25, 2006.
Mrs. Murray, May 15, 2006.
Messrs. Craig and Akaka, May 17, 2006.
Messrs. Inouye and Menendez, May 18, 2006.
Messrs. Martinez, Allen, and Burr, May 22, 2006.
Messrs. Burns and Coleman, May 23, 2006.
Mrs. Feinstein, Messrs. DeWine, and Graham, May 25, 2006.
Messrs. Dorgan, Lieberman, and Bunning, June 7, 2006.
Mr. Kennedy, June 8, 2006.
Mrs. Dole, June 12, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, June 15, 2006.
Mr. Conrad, June 16, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, June 23, 2006.
Mr. Santorum, June 27, 2006.
Mr. Carper, June 28, 2006.
Mr. Pryor, June 29, 2006.
Mr. DeMint, July 13, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Schumer, and Baucus, Sept. 5, 2006.
Mr. Kerry, Sept. 26, 2006.
Messrs. Wyden and Talent, Sept. 29, 2006.
Mr. Levin and Ms. Collins, Nov. 13, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment
of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.
June 30, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1355
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Grassley, Baucus, Dodd,
Alexander, Harkin, Isakson, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. DeWine, Jeffords,
Hatch, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Reed, Allen, Burns, Crapo, DeMint, Santorum,
Thomas, and Ms. Cantwell), June 30, 2005.
Messrs. Hagel and Cornyn, July 13, 2005.
Mr. Carper, July 26, 2005.
To enhance the adoption of health information technology and to improve
the quality and reduce the costs of healthcare in the United States.
June 30, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1364
Mr. Reed, June 30, 2005.
To amend part A of title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to
enhance teacher training and teacher preparation programs, and for
other purposes.
June 30, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1367
Mr. Alexander (for himself, Messrs. Reid, DeWine, and Mrs. Clinton),
June 30, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, July 13, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, July 21, 2005.
Mr. Talent and Ms. Landrieu, July 26, 2005.
Mr. Schumer, Sept. 7, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Sept. 8, 2005.
Mr. McCain, Sept. 27, 2005.
Mr. Sarbanes, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 28, 2006.
To provide for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting a
national teacher corps in underserved communities.
June 30, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1376
Mr. Cochran (for himself, Messrs. Stevens, Warner, Dodd, Akaka, and Mr.
Burns), July 11, 2005.
Ms. Snowe and Mr. Kerry, Dec. 12, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, Dec. 20, 2005.
Mr. Alexander, Mar. 2, 2006.
Ms. Collins and Mr. Conrad, May 22, 2006.
Mr. Dorgan, June 12, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, July 13, 2006.
Mr. Bingaman, July 26, 2006.
Mr. Sarbanes, Sept. 20, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Nov. 14, 2006.
Mr. Leahy, Dec. 5, 2006.
To improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through
grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional
development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers
offered through institutions of higher education.
July 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1384
Mr. Schumer, July 12, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a demonstration
program to support college and university communities that wish to
expand their book store services and saving for students through the
creation of course material rental programs.
July 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1418
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Frist. Mrs. Clinton, Messrs.
Alexander, Dodd, Burr, Harkin, Isakson, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. DeWine,
Jeffords, Roberts, Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Hagel, Martinez,
Talent, Obama, Bond, and Nelson of Florida), July 18, 2005.
Messrs. Gregg, Ensign, Sessions, Reed, and Ms. Landrieu, July 22, 2005.
Messrs. Carper and Durbin, July 26, 2005.
Messrs. Chambliss and Allen, July 29, 2005.
Ms. Cantwell, Sept. 19, 2005.
Mr. Cornyn, Sept. 26, 2005.
Mr. Cochran, Oct. 4, 2005.
Mr. Byrd, Oct. 6, 2005.
Mr. Voinovich, Oct. 18, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Nov. 8, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Santorum, Nov. 17, 2005.
To enhance the adoption of a nationwide inter operable health
information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce
the costs of health care in the United States.
July 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 20, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
July 27, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-111)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Nov. 17, 2005. Amdt. No. 2671 by Mr. Enzi.
Nov. 17, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Nov. 18, 2005. Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec. 16, 2005. Referred to House Subcommittee on Health.
S. 1420
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Burr, DeWine, Ms. Mikulski, Mr.
Dodd, and Mrs. Murray), July 18, 2005.
Mr. Hatch, July 22, 2005.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to
medical device user fees.
July 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 20, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
July 25, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-107)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
(See H.R. 3423.)
S. 1422
Mr. Hagel, July 19, 2005.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reduce human
exposure to mercury through vaccines.
July 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1429
Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr. DeWine), July 20, 2005.
Mr. Kerry and Ms. Landrieu, July 25, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, July 27, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to assist homeless students in
obtaining postsecondary education, and for other purposes.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1430
Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller), July 20, 2005.
Mr. Lautenberg, Nov. 7, 2005.
To provide loan forgiveness to social workers who work for child
protective agencies.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1431
Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller), July 20, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide loan forgiveness
for attorneys who represent low-income families or individuals
involved in the family or domestic relations court system.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1432
Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Dodd), July 20, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the loan
forgiveness program for child care providers, including preschool
teachers, and for other purposes.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1433
Mr. DeWine, July 20, 2005.
To establish a grant program to enable institutions of higher education
to improve schools of education to better prepare teachers to educate
all children.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1434
Mr. DeWine, July 20, 2005.
To provide grants to teacher preparation programs at institutions of
higher education to award scholarships for teachers to receive a
graduate level degree.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1435
Mr. DeWine, July 20, 2005.
To establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to
collaborate with low-income schools to recruit students to pursue and
complete postsecondary degrees in education.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1436
Mr. DeWine, July 20, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Feb. 6, 2006.
To award grants to eligible entities to enable the entities to reduce
the rate of underage alcohol use and binge drinking among students at
institutions of higher education.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1437
Mr. Gregg, July 20, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections for first
responders.
July 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1442
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Messrs. Chafee, and Reid), July 21, 2005.
Mr. Bingaman, Sept. 7, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Sept. 15, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Coordinated
Environmental Health Network, and for other purposes.
July 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1478
Mr. Domenici, July 25, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of a
high need local educational agency, the definition of a Hispanic-
serving institution, and the 2-year wait out period for certain grant
recipients.
July 25, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1479
Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Santorum), July 25, 2005.
Mr. Schumer, July 29, 2005.
Mr. Jeffords, Sept. 28, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Oct. 4, 2005.
Mr. Reed, Dec. 14, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Dec. 15, 2005.
Mr. Chafee, Feb. 7, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, Feb. 17, 2006.
Mr. Lautenberg, May 16, 2006.
Mr. Hagel, May 23, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, May 24, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, May 26, 2006.
To provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the
prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to
Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.
July 25, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1489
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. DeWine), July 26, 2005.
Messrs. Lautenberg and Durbin, Sept. 15, 2005.
Mr. Graham, Sept. 22, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Sept. 28, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, Oct. 18, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act with regard to research on
asthma, and for other purposes.
July 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1492
Mr. Sarbanes (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Warner, and Allen),
July 26, 2005.
Mr. Biden, July 27, 2005.
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish
a pilot program to make grants to eligible institutions to develop,
demonstrate or disseminate information on practices, methods, or
techniques relating to environmental education and training in the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
July 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1500
Ms. Landrieu, July 26, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, July 29, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Sept. 27, 2005.
To authorize the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to
develop multidisciplinary research centers regarding women's health
and disease prevention and to conduct and coordinate a research
program on hormone disruption, and for other purposes.
July 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1506
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Schumer), July 27, 2005.
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers
in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational
illness compensation program.
July 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1521
Mr. Akaka, July 28, 2005.
To provide for teacher acculturation, and for other purposes.
July 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1526
Mr. Specter (for himself and Mrs. Clinton), July 28, 2005.
To provide education to students in grades 7 through 12 about the
importance of higher education.
July 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1527
Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Reed), July 28, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Sept. 12, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to immunizations
against vaccine-preventable diseases, including influenza, and for
other purposes.
July 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1531
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Cochran, Baucus, Grassley,
Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. Dole), July 28, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, Nov. 7, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Apr. 25, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Dec. 6, 2006.
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and
intensify programs with respect to research and related activities
concerning elder falls.
July 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported without amendment.
Dec. 5, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-362)
without amendment.
S. 1536
Mrs. Murray (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. Clinton), July 28, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Oct. 4, 2005.
To provide certain members of the Armed Forces with a deferment of all
loan payments under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and
to provide such members with the option to re-enroll in institutions
of higher education after completion of their service.
July 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1543
Mr. Santorum, July 28, 2005.
To provide for clinical research support grants, clinical research
infrastructure grants, and a demonstration program on partnerships in
clinical research, and for other purposes.
July 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1557
Mr. Coburn (for himself and Mr. DeMint), July 29, 2005.
Mr. Inhofe, Sept. 15, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program at the
National Institutes of Health to conduct and support research in the
derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that do
not harm human embryos, and for other purposes.
July 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1560
Mr. Santorum, July 29, 2005.
To establish a Congressional Commission on Expanding Social Service
Delivery Options.
July 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1575
Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Jeffords, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Reed, Nelson of Nebraska, Ms. Cantwell,
Messrs. Durbin, Corzine, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Kerry, Lautenberg, and
Inouye), July 29, 2005.
Mrs. Clinton and Mrs. Boxer, Sept. 28, 2005.
Mr. Lugar, Feb. 2, 2006.
Mrs. Feinstein, Mar. 14, 2006.
Mr. Cochran, May 25, 2006.
Messrs. Akaka and Salazar, May 26, 2006.
Mr. Sarbanes, June 7, 2006.
Mr. Bayh, June 8, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, July 18, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a demonstration
program to increase the number of doctorally-prepared nurse faculty.
July 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1614
Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), Sept. 6, 2005.
To extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act
of 1965, and for other purposes.
Sept. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 8, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Nov. 17, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Feb. 28, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-218)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 1628
Mr. Martinez (for himself and Mr. Vitter), Sept. 7, 2005.
Mrs. Dole, Sept. 8, 2005.
To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for students
who are eligible for Federal Pell Grants and are adversely affected by
a natural disaster.
Sept. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1638
Mr. Obama, Sept. 8, 2005.
Messrs. Bingaman, Lautenberg, and Corzine, Sept. 12, 2005.
Mr. Levin, Sept. 12, 2005.
Mr. Harkin, Sept. 12, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Sept. 20, 2005.
To provide for the establishment of programs and activities to assist in
mobilizing an appropriate healthcare workforce in the event of a
health emergency or natural disaster.
Sept. 8, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1687
Ms. Mikulski (for herself and Mrs. Hutchison), Sept. 12, 2005.
Ms. Murkowski, Oct. 18, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu, Nov. 8, 2005.
Ms. Collins, Dec. 12, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow, Dec. 13, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Dec. 14, 2005.
Mrs. Murray, Feb. 16, 2006.
Ms. Snowe, Mar. 13, 2006.
Mrs. Dole, Apr. 4, 2006.
Mr. Carper, May 2, 2006.
Mr. Biden, May 15, 2006.
Mr. Kennedy, June 5, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Bingaman, June 8, 2006.
Mr. Dodd, June 20, 2006.
Mr. Bayh, June 23, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, June 28, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, June 29, 2006.
Mr. Dorgan, Aug. 1, 2006.
Mr. Lautenberg, Sept. 19, 2006.
Messrs. Domenici, Schumer, Warner, and Johnson, Sept. 20, 2006.
Mr. Pryor, Sept. 26, 2006.
Messrs. Lugar, Kerry, and Menendez, Sept. 28, 2006.
Mr. Harkin, Nov. 15, 2006.
Mr. Leahy, Dec. 5, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide waivers relating to
grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and
cervical cancers.
Sept. 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1690
Ms. Collins (for herself and Ms. Snowe), Sept. 13, 2005.
To provide for flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary
education, and for other purposes.
Sept. 12, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1722
Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Messrs. Johnson, Coleman, Durbin, Dodd, and
Mrs. Murray), Sept. 19, 2005.
Ms. Landrieu and Mr. Burns, Apr. 27, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, June 5, 2006.
Mr. Dayton, June 7, 2006.
Ms. Stabenow, July 10, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other
purposes.
Sept. 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1749
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Harkin, Reid, Durbin,
Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs.
Murray, Messrs. Reed, Leahy, Sarbanes, Kerry, Lieberman, Akaka, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mrs. Boxer, Messrs. Feingold, Bayh, Ms. Cantwell, Messrs.
Corzine, Dayton, Lautenberg, and Obama), Sept. 21, 2005.
Mr Wyden, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Inouye, Sept. 22, 2005.
Mr. Nelson of Florida, Sept. 26, 2005.
Mr. Pryor, Sept. 29, 2005.
Mrs. Lincoln, Sept. 30, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Oct. 4, 2005.
Messrs. Dorgan, Levin, and Salazar, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mr. Biden, Oct. 18, 2005.
To reinstate the application of the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon
Act to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Sept. 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1763
Mrs. Boxer, Sept. 22, 2005.
To promote the employment of workers displaced by Hurricane Katrina in
connection with Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts.
Sept. 22, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1769
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Alexander, Dodd, Burr, Ms.
Mikulski, Mr. DeWine, and Mrs. Clinton), Sept. 26, 2005.
Messrs. Isakson and Reed, Sept. 27, 2005.
To provide relief to individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane
Katrina related to healthcare and health insurance coverage, and for
other purposes.
Sept. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1774
Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Ms. Mikulski), Sept. 27, 2005.
Messrs. Bennett and Craig, Oct. 6, 2005.
Mr. Smith, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mr. Biden, Oct. 28, 2005.
Ms. Snowe, Jan. 26, 2006.
Mr. Kerry, Mar. 8, 2006.
Mr. Lautenberg, May 1, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, May 9, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, May 18, 2006.
Mr. Dodd, May 25, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, July 27, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion,
intensification, and coordination of the activities of the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute with respect to research on pulmonary
hypertension.
Sept. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1783
Mr. Grassley (for himself, Messrs. Baucus, Enzi, and Kennedy), Sept. 28,
2005.
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the pension funding rules, and
for other purposes.
Sept. 28, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
Sept. 28, 2005. Ordered placed on calendar.
Nov. 16, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment.
Dec. 23, 2005. Message on Senate action sent to the House.
(See H.R. 2830.)
S. 1784
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Obama), Sept. 28, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote a culture of safety
within the health care system through the establishment of a National
Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation Program.
Sept. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1796
Mrs. Murray (for herself, Messrs. Leahy, Dayton, Dodd, and Corzine),
Sept. 29, 2005.
To promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other
purposes.
Sept. 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1817
Mr. DeMint, Oct. 4, 2005.
Messrs. Roberts, Craig, Martinez, and Allen, Oct. 5, 2006.
Mr. Cochran, Oct. 17, 2005.
To suspend the Davis-Bacon Wage rate requirements for Federal contracts
in areas declared national disasters.
Oct. 4, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1821
Mr. Reid (for himself, Messrs. Obama, Bayh, Kennedy, Harkin, Durbin,
Reed, Dodd, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Kohl, and
Dayton), Oct. 5, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer and Mr. Schumer, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mr. Biden, Jan. 25, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for
an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, and for
other purposes.
Oct. 5, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1827
Mr. DeMint (for himself, Messrs. Durbin, and Cornyn), Oct. 6, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the public
disclosure of charges for certain hospital services and drugs.
Oct. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1828
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Roberts), Oct. 6, 2005.
Mr. Bayh, Oct. 7, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve and secure an adequate
supply of influenza vaccine.
Oct. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1842
Ms. Landrieu, Oct. 6, 2005.
To provide assistance to rebuild communities, schools, and hospitals
damaged by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for other
purposes.
Oct. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1873
Mr. Burr (for himself, Messrs. Enzi, Gregg, Frist, and Alexander), Oct.
17, 2005.
Mrs. Dole, Oct. 19, 2005.
To prepare and strengthen the biodefenses of the United States against
deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness, and for
other purposes.
Oct. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Oct. 24, 2005. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 1880
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Dodd, Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr.
Bingaman, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Schumer, and Obama), Oct. 17, 2005.
Messrs. Durbin and Reed, Oct. 19, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance biodefense and
pandemic preparedness activities, and for other purposes.
Oct. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1902
Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs.
Santorum and Durbin), Oct. 20, 2005.
Mr. Bayh, Dec. 16, 2005.
Mr. Enzi, Sept. 13, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funding for the
establishment of a program on children and the media within the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the role and
impact of electronic media in the development of children.
Oct. 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
Sept. 5, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-323)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Sept. 13, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Sept. 14, 2006. Received in House and referred to Energy and Commerce.
Sept. 25, 2006. Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health.
S. 1912
Mr. Lieberman, Oct. 24, 2005.
Mr. Brownback, Apr. 5, 2006.
To establish a global network for avian influenza surveillance among
wild birds nationally and internationally to combat the growing threat
of bird flu, and for other purposes.
Oct. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1925
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Messrs. Reid, Harkin, Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr.
Reed, Mrs. Boxer, Messrs. Kerry, Dorgan, Schumer, Dayton, and
Lautenberg), Oct. 26, 2005.
Mr. Obama, Oct. 27, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, Nov. 2, 2005.
To provide for workers and businesses during the response to Hurricane
Katrina and Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes.
Oct. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1930
Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Cochran), Oct. 27, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Nov. 9, 2005.
Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Feinstein, Messrs. Sarbanes, Lautenberg, and Ms.
Landrieu, Nov. 10, 2005.
Messrs. Chambliss and Lieberman, Nov. 16, 2005.
Ms. Stabenow and Mrs. Boxer, Dec. 12, 2005.
Messrs. Reed and Bingaman, Dec. 14, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Jan. 25, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, Feb. 9, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 27, 2006.
Mr. Kennedy, June 19, 2006.
Mr. Dayton, June 29, 2006.
Ms. Mikulski, Aug. 1, 2006.
To expand the research, prevention, and awareness activities of the
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to
inflammatory bowel disease.
Oct. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1940
Mr. Kyl, Oct. 31, 2005.
To create a national register of cases of child abuse or neglect.
Oct. 31, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1952
Mr. Coleman (for himself, Messrs. Bayh, Cornyn, and Lugar), Nov. 2,
2005.
Mr. Cochran, Nov. 17, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, Dec. 13, 2005.
Mr. Dayton, Mar. 30, 2006.
To provide grants for rural health information technology development
activities.
Nov. 2, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1955
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Nelson, and Burns), Nov. 2, 2005.
Mr. Burr, Mar. 7, 2006.
Mr. Roberts, Mar. 27, 2006.
Mr. Craig, Apr. 5, 2006.
Mr. Allard, Apr. 26, 2006.
Mr. Cornyn, Apr. 27, 2006.
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the
Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce
costs through the creation of small business health plans and through
modernization of the health insurance marketplace.
Nov. 2, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 15, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Apr. 27, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
July 27, 2006. Returned to Calendar.
S. 1956
Mr. Brownback (for himself and Mr. Inhofe), Nov. 3, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, Dec. 20, 2005.
Mr. Allen, Jan. 25, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, Feb. 13, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new three-
tiered approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices
that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for
other purposes.
Nov. 2, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1966
Mrs. Dole, Nov. 7, 2005.
Mr. Santorum, Jan. 25, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, May 17, 2006.
To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible
institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and
parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting
students, prospective parenting students who are anticipating a birth
or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for
adoption.
Nov. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1974
Mr. Nelson of Florida, Nov. 8, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Dec. 15, 2005.
To provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of
performance-enhancing drug use.
Nov. 8, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1978
Mr. Schumer, Nov. 9, 2005.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase criminal
penalties for the sale or trade of prescription drugs knowingly caused
to be adulterated or misbranded, to modify requirements for
maintaining records of the chain-of-custody of prescription drugs, and
for other purposes.
Nov. 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 1983
Mr. Santorum (for himself, Messrs. Nelson of Nebraska, Inhofe, DeMint,
DeWine, Hagel, Coburn, Gregg, Brownback, Ensign, Martinez, Kyl, Vitter,
and Burr), Nov. 9, 2005.
To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental
activities.
Nov. 9, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2007
Mr. Salazar (for himself and Mr. McCain), Nov. 14, 2005.
To examine the circumstances contributing to the problems facing the
health care system of the United States and to develop public and
private policies as appropriate to address rising health care costs
and the number of uninsured Americans.
Nov. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2047
Mr. Obama (for himself and Mrs. Clinton), Nov. 17, 2005.
To promote healthy communities.
Nov. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2057
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Messrs. Harkin, Durbin, Kennedy, Kerry, Ms.
Landrieu, Messrs. Lautenberg, and Inouye), Nov. 18, 2005.
To establish State infrastructure banks for education, and for other
purposes.
Nov. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2063
Mr. Vitter, Nov. 18, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of
higher education to preserve the educational status and financial
resources of military personnel called to active duty.
Nov. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2065
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Isakson, Craig, Burr, Roberts, Sessions,
Warner, and Gregg), Nov. 18, 2005.
Mr. Cornyn, July 13, 2006.
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further
improve the safety and health of working environments, and for other
purposes.
Nov. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2066
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Isakson, Craig, Burr, Roberts, Sessions,
Warner, Gregg, and DeMint), Nov. 18, 2005.
Mr. Cornyn, July 13, 2006.
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further
improve the safety and health of working environments, and for other
purposes.
Nov. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2067
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Isakson, Burr, Sessions, and
Gregg), Nov. 18, 2005.
Mr. Cornyn, July 13, 2006.
To assist chemical manufacturers and importers in preparing material
safety data sheets pursuant to the requirements of the Hazard
Communication standard and to establish a Commission to study and make
recommendations regarding the implementation of the Globally
Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.
Nov. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2098
Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Messrs. Akaka, and Bingaman), Dec. 14, 2005.
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act of 2000 to clarify the eligibility of certain employees of the
Department of Energy under that Act.
Dec. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2104
Mr. Reid (for Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Messrs. Cochran, Carper, and
Mrs. Hutchison)), Dec. 14, 2005.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the American Center
for Cures to accelerate the development of public and private research
efforts towards tools and therapies for human diseases with the goal
of early disease detection, prevention, and cure, and for other
purposes.
Dec. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2112
Mr. Harkin, Dec. 15, 2005.
To provide for the establishment of programs and activities to increase
influenza vaccination rates through the provision of free vaccines.
Dec. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2115
Ms. Stabenow (for herself, Messrs. Smith, Lautenberg, Mrs. Murray,
Messrs. McCain, Coleman, and Dayton), Dec. 15, 2005.
Mr. Inouye, Feb. 6, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, Feb. 7, 2006.
Ms. Landrieu and Mr. Bingaman, Feb. 27, 2006.
Mrs. Feinstein, Mar. 3, 2006.
Mr. Kennedy, June 13, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, June 26, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve provisions relating to
Parkinson's disease research.
Dec. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2143
Mr. Frist, Dec. 19, 2005.
To increase the number of students from low-income backgrounds who are
enrolled in studies leading to baccalaureate degrees in science,
mathematics, technology, engineering, and critical foreign languages,
and for other purposes.
Dec. 19, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2149
Mr. Obama (for himself and Ms. Mikulski), Dec. 20, 2005.
To authorize resources to provide students with opportunities for summer
learning through summer learning grants.
Dec. 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2151
Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Obama), Dec. 20, 2005.
To authorize full funding of payments for eligible federally connected
children under title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 by fiscal year 2011.
Dec. 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2160
Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mr. Akaka), Dec. 21, 2005.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for
institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders.
Dec. 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. 2185
Mr. Hagel (for himself, and Messrs. Harkin, Jeffords, Roberts, Schumer,
Lieberman, Warner, Dayton, Kerry, Chafee, Kennedy, Ms. Mikulski, Ms.
Snowe, Messrs. Dodd, Reed, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Bingaman,
Coleman, and Johnson), Jan. 25, 2006.
Mr. Reid, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Menendez, Jan. 26, 2006.
Mr. Sarbanes, Feb. 28, 2006.
Mr. Baucus, Mar. 6, 2006.
Mr. Lautenberg, Apr. 5, 2006.
Mr. Pryor, Sept. 11, 2006.
To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to
provide full Federal funding of such part.
Jan. 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2198
Mr. Domenici (for himself, and Messrs. Bingaman, Alexander, Ms.
Mikulski, Messrs. Lugar, Dodd, Obama, Warner, Lieberman, Bond, Mrs.
Murray, Messrs. Burns, Bayh, Craig, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Hutchison,
Messrs. Menendez, DeWine, Kohl, Thomas, Kerry, Smith, Nelson of Florida,
Voinovich, Leahy, Allen, Akaka, Talent, Chambliss, Cornyn, Dayton,
Coleman, Salazar, Martinez, Inouye, Stevens, Biden, Cochran, Hagel, Ms.
Murkowski, Messrs. Pryor, Enzi, Ms. Collins, Mr. Vitter, and Ms.
Landrieu), Jan. 26, 2006.
Messrs. Lautenberg, Johnson, McConnell, Ms. Snowe, Messrs. Specter,
Frist, Sarbanes, and Reid, Jan. 30, 2006.
Mr. Rockefeller, Jan. 31, 2006.
Messrs. Carper and Isakson, Feb. 14, 2006.
Mr. Harkin and Mrs. Lincoln, Feb. 28, 2006.
Mrs. Feinstein and Mrs. Clinton, Mar. 6, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, Mar. 15, 2006.
Mr. Crapo, Mar. 16, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, Mar. 29, 2006.
To ensure the United States successfully competes in the 21st century
global economy.
Jan. 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 28, 2006. Hearing (S. Hrg. 109-344.)
Mar. 1, 2006. Hearing (S. Hrg. 109-393.)
S. 2206
Mr. Vitter (for himself, Messrs. Santorum, and DeMint), Jan. 27, 2006.
Mr. Ensign, Feb. 1, 2006.
Mr. Brownback, Mar. 6, 2006.
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family
planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs
abortions.
Jan. 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2231
Mr. Byrd (for himself, Messrs. Rockefeller, and Kennedy), Feb. 1, 2006.
Messrs. Obama, Harkin, and Durbin, Feb. 2, 2006.
Messrs. Specter, Kerry, and Mrs. Clinton, Feb. 6, 2006.
Mr. Cochran, Feb. 7, 2006.
Mr. Dodd, Feb. 28, 2006.
Mrs. Murray, Mar. 2, 2006.
Messrs. Santorum and Johnson, May 18, 2006.
To direct the Secretary of Labor to prescribe additional coal mine
safety standards, to require additional penalties for habitual
violators, and for other purposes.
Feb. 1, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2248
Mr. Schumer, Feb. 7, 2006.
To establish the Math and Science Teaching Corps.
Feb. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2278
Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Ms. Murkowski), Feb. 14, 2006.
Mr. Durbin, Feb. 17, 2006.
Mr. Cochran, Mar. 29, 2006.
Mr. Dorgan, Ms. Collins, Messrs. Lautenberg and Akaka, May 17, 2006.
Messrs. Dayton and Dodd, May 19, 2006.
Mr. Burns, May 22, 2006.
Mr. Conrad and Ms. Landrieu, May 25, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, June 9, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, June 19, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, July 20, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other
cardiovascular diseases in women.
Feb. 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2291
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, and Messrs. Dodd, Harkin, and Bingaman), Feb.
15, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Durbin, Feb. 16, 2006.
Ms. Mikulski, Feb. 28, 2006.
To provide for the establishment of a biodefense injury compensation
program and to provide indemnification for producers of
countermeasures.
Feb. 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2300
Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mr. Lott), Feb. 16, 2006.
Mr. Kohl, Mar. 13, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, and Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to
market exclusivity for certain drugs, and for other purposes.
Feb. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2306
Mr. Levin (for himself, Messrs. DeWine, Dorgan, and Bond), Feb. 16,
2006.
Mr. Durbin, May 9, 2006.
Mr. Graham, May 24, 2006.
To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to clarify that kidney paired
donation and kidney list donation do not involve the transfer of a
human organ for valuable consideration.
Feb. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2308
Mr. Specter (for himself, Messrs. Byrd, Cochran, Harkin, Inouye,
Kennedy, and Santorum), Feb. 16, 2006.
Mrs. Murray, Mar. 7, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, May 18, 2006.
To amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to improve mine
safety, and for other purposes.
Feb. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2311
Ms. Collins, Feb. 16, 2006.
Mr. Dodd, Apr. 27, 2006.
To establish a demonstration project to develop a national network of
economically sustainable transportation providers and qualified
transportation providers, to provide transportation services to older
individuals, and individuals who are blind, and for other purposes.
Feb. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2315
Mr. Burns, Feb. 16, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a federally-
supported education and awareness campaign for the prevention of
methamphetamine use.
Feb. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2322
Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), Feb. 17, 2006.
Mr. Bingaman, Mar. 1, 2006.
Mr. Hagel, Mar. 14, 2006.
Mr. Biden, Mar. 16, 2006.
Mr. Domenici, Mar. 27, 2006.
Messrs. Durbin and Cochran, Mar. 28, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, Mar. 29, 2006.
Mr. Conrad, Apr. 4, 2006.
Mr. Thune, Apr. 5, 2006.
Mr. Lautenberg, Apr. 7, 2006.
Messrs. Isakson and Lieberman, Apr. 24, 2006.
Mr. Lott, May 2, 2006.
Mr. Burr, May 4, 2006.
Mr. Dodd, July 10, 2006.
Mr. Dorgan, Sept. 13, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, Sept. 29, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to make the provision of
technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation
therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.
Feb. 17, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported without amendment.
Dec. 5, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-363) with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Dec. 6, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE, with an amendment.
Dec. 7, 2006. Received in House and referred to Energy and Commerce.
S. 2337
Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Messrs. DeWine, Kerry, Akaka, and
Durbin), Feb. 28, 2006.
To increase access to postsecondary education, and for other purposes.
Feb. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2339
Mr. Coburn, Feb. 28, 2006.
Mr. Burr, Mar. 27, 2006.
Mrs. Dole, Apr. 27, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, May 3, 2006.
To reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program under title 26 of
the Public Health Service Act.
Feb. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2375
Mr. Coleman, Mar. 7, 2006.
Mr. Sarbanes, Nov. 16, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and
treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have
access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric
cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer
database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.
Mar. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2393
Mr. Coleman (for himself, Messrs. Reed, Talent, Lieberman, Isakson, Ms.
Landrieu, Messrs. Cochran, Carper, Bunning, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Murkowski,
Messrs. Lautenberg, and Burns), Mar. 9, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, Mar. 13, 2006.
Mr. Dayton, Mar. 14, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, June 5, 2006.
Mr. Vitter, June 8, 2006.
Mr. Hagel, June 20, 2006.
Mr. Santorum and Ms. Stabenow, June 21, 2006.
Mr. Kennedy and Mrs. Feinstein, June 26, 2006.
Mr. Chambliss, June 29, 2006.
Messrs. Menendez and Johnson, July 12, 2006.
Ms. Mikulski, July 26, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and
treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have
access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric
cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer
database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.
Mar. 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2399
Mr. Carper (for himself and Mr. DeWine), Mar. 9, 2006.
Mr. Jeffords, Apr. 25, 2006.
To prohibit termination of employment of volunteers firefighters and
emergency medical personnel responding to emergencies, and for other
purposes.
Mar. 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2428
Mr. Feingold, Mar. 16, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Automated
Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act.
Mar. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2439
Mr. Reid, Mar. 16, 2006.
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act of 2000 to provide for certain nuclear weapons program workers to
be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the compensation
program established by that Act.
Mar. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2441
Mr. Obama, Mar. 16, 2006.
To authorize resources for a grant program for local educational
agencies to create innovation districts.
Mar. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2445
Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Obama), Mar. 16, 2006.
To permit certain school districts in Illinois to be reconstituted for
purposes of determining assistance under the Impact Aid program.
Mar. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2448
Mr. Durbin, Mar. 16, 2006.
To increase the minimum penalties for violations of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977, and for other purposes.
Mar. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2450
Mr. Akaka (for himself and Mr. Durbin), Mar. 16, 2006.
Mr. Cochran, Mar. 27, 2006.
To strengthen national security by encouraging and assisting in the
expansion and improvement of educational programs in order to meet
critical needs at the elementary, secondary, and higher education
levels, and for other purposes.
Mar. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2493
Mr. Lautenberg (for himself and Mr. Menendez), Apr. 3, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, Apr. 5, 2006.
Mr. Kerry, Apr. 25, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, May 23, 2006.
Mr. Biden, July 18, 2006.
Mr. Durbin, Sept. 25, 2006.
To provide for disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with
respect to campus buildings, and for other purposes.
Apr. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2506
Mr. Obama (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Kerry), Apr.
4, 2006.
Mr. Dayton, May 22, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Sept. 28, 2006.
Mr. Levin, Nov. 16, 2006.
To require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and
take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of
communities, and for other purposes.
Apr. 4, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2508
Mr. Menendez, Apr. 5, 2006.
To authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on
preventing teen pregnancies, and for other purposes.
Apr. 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2551
Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg), Apr. 5, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, June 27, 2006.
To provide for prompt payment and interest on late payments of health
care claims.
Apr. 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2564
Mr. Burr (for himself, Messrs. Frist, Enzi, Gregg, Alexander, and Mrs.
Dole), Apr. 6, 2006.
To prepare and strengthen the biodefenses of the United States against
deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness, and for
other purposes.
Apr. 6, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2573
Mr. Durbin, Apr. 6, 2006.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide interest rate
reductions, to authorize and appropriate amounts for the Federal Pell
Grant Program, to allow for in-school consolidation, to provide the
administrative account for the Federal Direct Loan Program as a
mandatory program, to strike the single holder rule, and for other
purposes.
Apr. 6, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2609
Mr. Schumer, (for himself and Mr. Leahy), Apr. 7, 2006.
To improve the oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue
donation process, and for other purposes.
Apr. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2618
Mr. Harkin, (for himself and Mr. Grassley), Apr. 7, 2006.
To permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with
any method of medical treatment such individual requests, and for
other purposes.
Apr. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2620
Mrs. Clinton, Apr. 7, 2006.
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Assistant
Secretary for Aging to provide older individuals with financial
assistance to select a flexible range of home and community-based
long-term care services or supplies, provided in a manner that
respects the individuals' choices and preferences.
Apr. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2628
Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Wyden), Apr. 24, 2006.
To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to provide
procedures for the release of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program contingency funds.
Apr. 24, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2651
Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. DeWine), Apr. 25, 2006.
Messrs. Specter and Santorum, June 14, 2006.
To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to educational
organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust.
Apr. 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2654
Mr. Menendez, Apr. 26, 2006.
To protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing
consumer debt and the barrage of credit card solicitations, to
establish a financial literacy and education program in elementary and
secondary schools to help prepare young people to be financially
responsible consumers, and for other purposes.
Apr. 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2663
Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. DeWine), Apr. 27, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, June 15, 2006.
Mr. Durbin, June 21, 2006.
Mr. Cochran, June 22, 2006.
Mrs. Lincoln, Messrs. Schumer, and Coleman, June 28, 2006.
Mr. Lugar, July 19, 2006.
Ms. Murkowski, July 28, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, Aug. 3, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, Sept. 6, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to
provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and
coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted,
to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for
other purposes.
Apr. 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2668
Mr. Vitter, Apr. 27, 2006.
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require the
incorporation of counterfeit-resistant technologies into the packaging
of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
Apr. 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2725
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Messrs. Kennedy, Jeffords, Leahy, Harkin, and
Obama), May 4, 2006.
Messrs. Bayh and Kerry, May 9, 2006.
Messrs. Johnson and Reed, May 16, 2006.
Mrs. Feinstein, May 25, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, June 6, 2006.
Ms. Cantwell, June 22, 2006.
Mr. Dodd, June 29, 2006.
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase
in the Federal minimum wage and to ensure that increases in the
Federal minimum wage keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of
Congress.
May 4, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2754
Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Specter), May 5, 2006.
Mr. Inhofe, May 9, 2006.
Ms. Collins, July 11, 2006.
Mr. Burr, July 13, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, July 18, 2006.
To derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not
knowingly harm embryos.
May 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
June 29, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 18, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE.
July 18, 2006. Received in House and held at desk.
July 18, 2006. Failed of passage in House under suspension of rules.
S. 2772
Mr. Voinovich (for himself, Messrs. Bingaman, DeWine, and Akaka), May 9,
2006.
Mr. Dayton, July 24, 2006.
To provide for innovation in health care through State initiatives that
expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the
health care system.
May 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2792
Mr. Gregg, May 11, 2006.
To revise and extend certain provisions of the Public Health Security
and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002.
May 11, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2793
Mr. Lugar, May 11, 2006.
Mr. Roberts, July 18, 2006.
To enhance research and education in the areas of pharmaceutical and
biotechnology science and engineering, including therapy development
and manufacturing, analytical technologies, modeling, and informatics.
May 11, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2798
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Durbin),
May 12, 2006.
To establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during
emergencies, and for other purposes.
May 12, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2803
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Isakson, Mrs. Murray, Messrs.
Rockefeller, Byrd, DeWine, and Santorum), May 16, 2006.
Mr. Specter, May 19, 2006.
Messrs. McConnell and Bunning, May 22, 2006.
Mr. Obama, May 23, 2006.
To amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to improve the
safety of mines and mining.
May 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
May 17, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
May 23, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Frist (for Mr. Enzi), (NO
WRITTEN REPORT) with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
May 24, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE, after agreeing to the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
May 24, 2006. Received in House and referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce.
June 7, 2006. Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE.
June 15, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-236.
Dec. 6, 2006. Written report filed (S. REPT. 109-365).
S. 2823
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Hatch, DeWine, Burr, and Frist),
May 17, 2006.
To provide life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS.
May 17, 2006. Referred to Committee.
May 17, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported.
Aug. 3, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 2825
Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs.
Boxer), May 17, 2006.
To establish grant programs to improve the health of border area
residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the border area, and
for other purposes.
May 17, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 2828
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Reed, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs.
Lautenberg, Sarbanes, Akaka, Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Menendez), May
17, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, Sept. 12, 2006.
To provide for educational opportunities for all students in State
public school systems, and for other purposes.
May 17, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3042
Mr. Bayh (for himself and Mr. Smith), May 25, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve preparedness for and
response to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies, and for
other purposes.
May 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3055
Mr. Talent, May 25, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding residential treatment
programs for pregnant and parenting women, a program to reduce
substance abuse among nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes.
May 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3128
Mr. Burr (for himself, Messrs. Nelson of Nebraska, and Roberts), May 25,
2006.
Messrs. DeMint, Gregg, Isakson, Chambliss, and Lugar, June 14, 2006.
Mr. Inhofe, July 13, 2006.
Messrs. Santorum and Bond, July 21, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, July 25, 2006.
Mr. Graham, July 28, 2006.
Mr. Allen, Sept. 6, 2006.
Mr. Grassley and Mrs. Hutchison, Sept. 12, 2006.
Mr. Smith, Sept. 13, 2006.
Mr. Brownback, Sept. 21, 2006.
Mr. Hagel, Sept. 26, 2006.
Mr. Vitter, Sept. 28, 2006.
Messrs. Lott and Bunning, Nov. 13, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform
food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.
May 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
July 27, 2006. (S. Hrg. 109-741).
S. 3255
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Ms. Mikulski), May 26, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kerry, and Ms. Landrieu, June 6, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, June 14, 2006.
To provide student borrowers with basic rights, including the right to
timely information about their loans and the right to make fair and
reasonable loan payments, and for other purposes.
May 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3449
Mr. Dodd, June 6, 2006.
Mr. Durbin, July 20, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the quality and
availability of mental health services for children and adolescents.
June 6, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3482
Mr. Harkin (for himself and Mrs. Clinton), June 8, 2006.
To provide for the establishment of a volunteer corps to aid in the
dissemination and distribution of vaccines and other countermeasures
during a public health emergency.
June 8, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3483
Mr. Ensign (for himself and Mr. Lieberman), June 8, 2006.
To improve national competitiveness through enhanced education
initiatives.
June 8, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3484
Mr. Harkin (for himself and Ms. Cantwell), June 8, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the food
labeling requirements of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of
1990 to enable customers to make informed choices about the
nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants.
June 8, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3502
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Kerry), June 13, 2006.
To modernize the education system of the United States, to arm
individuals with 21st century knowledge and skills in order to
preserve the economic and national security of the United States, and
for other purposes.
June 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3504
Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Brownback), June 13, 2006.
Mr. Burr, July 13, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, July 18, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the solicitation or
acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes, and
for other purposes.
June 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
June 29, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 18, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE, without amendment.
July 18, 2006. Received in House.
July 18, 2006. Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE.
July 19, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-242.
S. 3510
Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Allen), June 14, 2006.
To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to
authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science
(PALS).
June 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3529
Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Durbin), June 15, 2006.
Mr. Dodd, Aug. 3, 2006.
Mr. Lautenberg, Sept. 6, 2006.
To ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about
postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with
essential services, and to increase research at the National
Institutes of Health on postpartum depression.
June 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3530
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Schumer), June 15, 2006.
To revise the limitation on Impact Aid special payments.
June 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3532
Mr. Lugar, June 16, 2006.
To support the goals of the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study
Abroad Fellowship Program.
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3534
Mr. Enzi (for himself and Messrs. Kennedy, DeWine, Kerry, and Mrs.
Murray), June 16, 2006.
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for a
YouthBuild program.
June 16, 2006. Not referred to Committee.
June 19, 2006. Read the second time and placed on Senate Legislative
Calendar.
Aug. 3, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment.
Sept. 6, 2006. Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE.
Sept. 22, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-281.
S. 3537
Mrs. Clinton, June 20, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a national center
for public mental health emergency preparedness, and for other
purposes.
June 20, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3546
Mr. Hatch (for himself, Messrs. Durbin, Harkin, Enzi, and Kennedy), June
21, 2006.
Mr. Cornyn, July 10, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to
serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and
nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.
June 21, 2006. Referred to Committee.
June 28, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Sept. 5, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-324)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Dec. 6, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE, with an amendment.
Dec. 7, 2006. Received in House and held at desk.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Dec. 9, 2006.)
Dec. 22, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-462.
S. 3557
Mr. Durbin, June 22, 2006.
To reduce deaths occurring from overdoses of drugs or controlled
substances.
June 22, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3558
Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein), June 22, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health
and Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive
prevention, education, research, and medical management program that
will lead to a marked reduction in liver cirrhosis and a reduction in
the cases of, and improved survival of, liver cancer caused by chronic
hepatitis B infection.
June 22, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3570
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, DeWine, and Ms. Mikulski), June
27, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, Sept. 6, 2006.
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for
fiscal years 2007 through 2011, and for other purposes.
June 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
June 28, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Sept. 19, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Dec. 6, 2006. Written report filed (S. REPT. 109-366).
(See H.R. 5293 and H.R. 6197.)
S. 3588
Mr. Durbin (for himself and Ms. Mikulski), June 28, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to
increase the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other
purposes.
June 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3668
Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), July 17, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Sept. 11, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion and
improvement of traumatic brain injury programs, and for other
purposes.
July 17, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3678
Mr. Burr (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Enzi, Harkin, Gregg, Frist, and
Ms. Mikulski), July 18, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Roberts, Isakson, DeWine, and
Alexander), July 19, 2006.
Mr. Bayh, Sept. 28, 2006.
Mr. Chambliss, Nov. 16, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to public health
security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other
purposes.
July 18, 2006. Referred to Committee.
July 19, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Aug. 3, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (S. REPT. 109-319) with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Dec. 5, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment.
Dec. 6, 2006. Received in House and held at desk.
Dec. 9, 2006. PASSED BY HOUSE.
Dec. 19, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-417.
S. 3682
Mr. Alexander (for himself, Messrs. Ensign, Gregg, and Santorum), July
18, 2006.
Messrs. Frist, Vitter, and DeMint, July 21, 2006.
Mr. Sessions, July 31, 2006.
Mr. Martinez, Aug. 1, 2006.
To establish the America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Program.
July 18, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3685
Mr. Bond, July 19, 2006.
Mr. Isakson and Ms. Stabenow, Sept. 6, 2006.
Mr. Conrad, Nov. 16, 2006.
To establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for
other purposes.
July 19, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3695
Mr. Rockefeller (for himself, Messrs. Schumer, and Leahy), July 19,
2006.
Mr. Kohl, Sept. 7, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the
marketing of authorized generic drugs.
July 19, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3702
Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Ms. Snowe), July 20, 2006.
To provide for the safety of migrant seasonal agricultural workers.
July 20, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3710
Mr. Kennedy, July 20, 2006.
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve
retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers, and for
other purposes.
July 20, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3714
Mr. Schumer, July 24, 2006.
To establish the Math and Science teaching Corps.
July 24, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3717
Mr. Harkin, July 24, 2006.
To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Public Health Service
Act to set standards for medical diagnostic equipment and to establish
a program for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness
and for the prevention of secondary conditions for individuals with
disabilities, and for other purposes.
July 24, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3724
Mr. Rockefeller (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Messrs. Inouye, Cochran, and
Johnson), July 25, 2006.
Mr. Baucus, July 26, 2006.
Mr. Hagel, Aug. 3, 2006.
Mr. Reed and Mrs. Lincoln, Sept. 5, 2006.
To enhance scientific research and competitiveness through the
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, and for other
purposes.
July 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3726
Mr. Santorum, July 25, 2006.
Mr. Specter, Aug. 2, 2006.
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide for continued
payment of railroad retirement annuities by the Department of the
Treasury, and for other purposes.
July 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3739
Mr. Coleman (for himself, Messrs. Reed, Kohl, and Martinez), July 26,
2006.
Mr. Dayton, Sept. 7, 2006.
Mr. Bayh, Sept. 12, 2006.
To establish a Consortium on the Impact of Technology in Aging Health
Services.
July 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3743
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Allen), July 26, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve newborn screening
activities, and for other purposes.
July 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3771
Mr. Hatch (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, DeWine, Dodd, Burr, Harkin,
Bond, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Snowe, Messrs. Jeffords, Talent, Bingaman, Ms.
Collins, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Chafee, Reed, Smith, and Mrs. Clinton),
Aug. 1, 2006.
Messrs. Sununu, Bennett, Nelson of Florida, Durbin, Mrs. Boxer, Ms.
Landrieu, and Ms. Stabenow, Sept. 6, 2006.
Messrs. Salazar, Menendez, Akaka, Ms. Cantwell, Messrs. Sarbanes, Obama,
Domenici, Bayh, Kerry, and Lautenberg, Sept. 11, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, Sept. 12, 2006.
Ms. Murkowski, Messrs. Johnson, Grassley, Ensign, and Mrs. Feinstein,
Sept. 13, 2006.
Messrs. Lugar, Warner, Allen, and Craig, Sept. 14, 2006.
Messrs. Burns, Levin, Lieberman, Inouye, and Pryor, Sept. 19, 2006.
Mr. Carper, Sept. 20, 2006.
Mr. Voinovich, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Thune, Sept. 21, 2006.
Messrs. Dorgan, Roberts, and Enzi, Sept. 25, 2006.
Messrs. Baucus, Conrad, Kohl, and Dayton, Sept. 26, 2006.
Messrs. Coleman and Crapo, Nov. 13, 2006.
Mr. Leahy, Dec. 5, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional
authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under
section 330 of such Act.
Aug. 1, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported without an amendment.
Sept. 25, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPORT)
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 3776
Mr. Feingold, Aug. 2, 2006.
To ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for
uninsured individuals through State health care initiatives that
expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the
health care system.
Aug. 2, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3790
Mrs. Clinton, Aug. 3, 2006.
To create a set of effective voluntary national expectations, and a
voluntary national curriculum, for mathematics and science education
in kindergarten through grade 12, and for other purposes.
Aug. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3791
Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Snowe), Aug. 3, 2006.
Ms. Landrieu and Mr. Coleman, Sept. 6, 2006.
Mr. Vitter, Sept. 12, 2006.
Mr. Cochran, Sept. 21, 2006.
Mr. Isakson, Sept. 28, 2006.
Mr. Dayton and Mrs. Clinton, Nov. 14, 2006.
Mr. Chambliss, Dec. 6, 2006.
To require the provision of information to parents and adults concerning
bacterial meningitis and the availability of a vaccination with
respect to such disease.
Aug. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3797
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Johnson), Aug. 3, 2006.
To establish demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care
benefits.
Aug. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3807
Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Kennedy), Aug. 3, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, Sept. 5, 2006.
Mr. Dayton, Sept. 8, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act to improve drug safety and oversight, and for other
purposes.
Aug. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Nov. 16, 2007. S. Hrg. 109-850.
S. 3812
Mr. Isakson (for himself and Mr. Reed), Aug. 3, 2006.
Mr. McCain, Sept. 27, 2006.
To require the Food and Drug Administration to conduct consumer testing
to determine the appropriateness of the current labeling requirements
for indoor tanning devices and determine whether such requirements
provide sufficient information to consumers regarding the risks that
the use of such devices pose for the development of irreversible
damage to the skin, including skin cancer, and for other purposes.
Aug. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3823
Mr. DeWine, Aug. 3, 2006.
To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide a means to combat
discrimination on the basis of age or disability, by conditioning a
State's receipt or use of Federal financial assistance on the State's
waiver of immunity from suit for violations under such Acts.
Aug. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3837
Mr. Akaka (for himself, Messrs. Inouye, Byrd, Stevens, Jeffords, Ms.
Murkowski, Messrs. Kerry, Cochran, Lieberman, Dodd, Rockefeller,
Kennedy, Lott, Biden, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Reid, Dorgan, Reed, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mr. Conrad, Mrs. Dole, Messrs. Domenici, and Roberts), Aug.
3, 2006.
Messrs. Frist, Salazar, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Leahy, Sept. 6, 2006.
Mr. Nelson of Nebraska and Mrs. Lincoln, Sept. 7, 2006.
Mrs. Murray, Sept. 18, 2006.
Mr. Specter, Dec. 5, 2006.
To authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna
Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.
Aug. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3864
Mr. Martinez (for himself and Mr. Cornyn), Sept. 7, 2006.
To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to improve supplemental educational services, and for other
purposes.
Sept. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3866
Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Stabenow, Messrs. Sarbanes,
and Baucus), Sept. 7, 2006.
To establish a grant program to enhance the economic and financial
literacy of midlife and older Americans so as to enhance their
retirement security and to reduce financial abuse and fraud among such
Americans, and for other purposes.
Sept. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3869
Mrs. Clinton, Sept. 7, 2006.
To improve the quality of, and access to, supplemental educational
services in an effort to increase student achievement.
Sept. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3914
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. Lincoln), Sept. 20,
2006.
To establish an Advisory Committee on Gestational Diabetes, to provide
grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for
other purposes.
Sept. 20, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3918
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Messrs. Schumer, and Kennedy), Sept. 21,
2006.
Mr. Menendez, Sept. 28, 2006.
To establish a grant program for individuals still suffering health
effects as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York
City and at the Pentagon.
Sept. 21, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3922
Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Akaka), Sept. 21,
2006.
Mr. Durbin, Dec. 7, 2006.
To clarify the status of the Young Woman's Christian Association
Retirement Fund as a defined contribution plan for certain purposes.
Sept. 21, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3939
Mr. Vitter (for himself, Messrs. Inhofe, Brownback, and Santorum), Sept.
26, 2006.
To require the Food and Drug Administration to establish restrictions
regarding the qualifications of physicians to prescribe the abortion
drug commonly known as RU-486.
Sept. 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3944
Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs.
Schumer, Obama, Durbin, and Mr. Nelson of Florida), Sept. 26, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, Sept. 29, 2006.
To provide for a one year extension of programs under title XXVI of the
Public Health Service Act.
Sept. 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3945
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Boxer, Mr.
Menendez, Ms. Cantwell, Messrs. Kennedy, Inouye, Kerry, Jeffords, and
Chafee), Sept. 26, 2006.
To provide for the provision by hospitals of emergency contraceptives to
women, and post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted disease
to individuals, who are survivors of sexual assault.
Sept. 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3965
Mrs. Boxer, Sept. 28, 2006.
To address the serious health care access barriers, and consequently
higher incidences of disease, for low-income, uninsured populations.
Sept. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3966
Mrs. Boxer, Sept. 28, 2006.
To provide assistance to State and nongovernmental entities to initiate
public awareness and outreach campaigns to reduce teenage pregnancies.
Sept. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3975
Mr. Bingaman, Sept. 28, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to promote
positive health behaviors in women and children.
Sept. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3980
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Frist, Harkin, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs.
Reed, and Durbin), Sept. 28, 2006.
Mr. Sarbanes, Nov. 13, 2006.
Mr. Sarbanes, Nov. 15, 2006, withdrawn as cosponsor.
Ms. Stabenow and Ms. Cantwell, Nov. 15, 2006.
Ms. Landrieu, Dec. 8, 2006.
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation
with the Secretary of Education, to develop a policy for managing the
risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-
based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.
Sept. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3981
Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Leahy), Sept. 28, 2006.
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish
requirements for certain petitions submitted to the Food and Drug
Administration, and for other purposes.
Sept. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3987
Mr. Isakson, Sept. 28, 2006.
To amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to improve
the compensation system, and for other purposes.
Sept. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 3995
Mr. DeMint (for himself and Mr. Obama), Sept. 29, 2006.
To provide education opportunity grants to low-income secondary school
students.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4016
Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Leahy, and Ms. Stabenow),
Sept. 29, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the licensing of
comparable biological products, and for other purposes.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4022
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Messrs. Schumer, and Kennedy), Sept. 29,
2006.
To provide protections and services to certain individuals after the
terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, in New York City, in the State
of New York, and for other purposes.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4024
Mr. Frist (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Obama, and Bingaman), Sept. 29,
2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and
healthcare of racial and ethnic minority and other health disparity
populations.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4029
Mrs. Clinton, Sept. 29, 2006.
To increase the number of well-educated nurses, and for other purposes.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4033
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Kerry, Lieberman, Durbin,
Schumer, and Mrs. Clinton), Sept. 29, 2006.
To provide for Kindergarten Plus programs.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4035
Mr. Schumer, Sept. 29, 2006.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the school as lender
program.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4053
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Cochran, Kennedy, Baucus, Salazar,
Rockefeller, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Kerry), Nov. 15, 2006.
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a
Summer of Service State grant program, a Summer of Service national
direct grant program, and related national activities, and for other
purposes.
Nov. 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4056
Mr. Isakson (for himself and Mr. Chambliss), Nov. 15, 2006.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for
quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology
preparations, and for other purposes.
Nov. 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4061
Mr. Dodd, Nov. 16, 2006.
To create, adopt, and implement rigorous and voluntary American
education content standards in mathematics and science covering
kindergarten through grade 12, to provide for the assessment of
student proficiency benchmarked against such standards, and for other
purposes.
Nov. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4064
Mr. Crapo, Nov. 16, 2006.
To improve the amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Nov. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. 4098
Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. DeWine), Dec. 6, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, Dec. 7, 2006.
To improve the process for the development of needed pediatric medical
devices.
Dec. 6, 2006. Referred to Committee.
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SENATE RESOLUTIONS--Continued
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S. Res. 5
Mr. Frist, Jan. 6, 2005.
Making majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the
109th Congress.
Jan. 6, 2005. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 6
Mr. Reid, Jan. 6, 2005.
Making minority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the
109th Congress.
Jan. 6, 2005. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 8
Ms. Collins (for herself, Messrs. Feingold, and Coleman), Jan. 24, 2005.
Mr. Kennedy, Feb. 1, 2005.
Mr. Durbin, Feb. 9, 2005.
Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the maximum amount of a
Federal Pell Grant.
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 34
Mr. Enzi, Feb. 2, 2005.
Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
Feb. 2, 2005. Referred to Committee on Rules and Administration.
Original resolution reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi without an
amendment (NO WRITTEN REPORT).
S. Res. 40
Ms. Landrieu (for herself, Messrs. Durbin, and Santorum), Feb. 7, 2005.
Mr. Lieberman, Feb. 9, 2005.
Mrs. Boxer, Feb. 14, 2006.
Mr. Bayh, Feb. 16, 2005.
Mr. Lugar, Mar. 2, 2005.
Mr. Leahy, Mar. 8, 2005.
Mr. Salazar, Apr. 21, 2005.
Supporting the goals and ideas of National Time Out Day to promote the
adoption of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations' universal protocol for preventing errors in the
operating room.
Feb. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 22, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
June 22, 2005. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 114
Mr. Crapo, Apr. 20, 2005.
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Thoracic Society,
celebrating its achievements, and encouraging the Society to continue
offering its guidance on lung-related health issues to the people of
the United States and to the world.
Apr. 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 121
Mr. Coleman (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Ms. Snowe), Apr. 25, 2005.
Messrs. Durbin and Bunning, Apr. 27, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, July 13, 2005.
Supporting May 2005 as ``National Better Hearing and Speech Month'' and
commending those States that have implemented routine hearing
screening for every newborn before the newborn leaves the hospital.
Apr. 25, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 124
Mr. Hagel (for himself, Mr. Feingold, and Ms. Stabenow), Apr. 26, 2005.
Ms. Mikulski, May 11, 2005.
Recognizing the importance of increasing awareness of autism spectrum
disorders, supporting programs for increased research and improved
treatment of autism, and improving training and support for
individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with
autism.
Apr. 26, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 132
Mr. Vitter (for himself, Messrs. Coburn, and DeMint), April 29, 2005.
Mr. Grassley, May 9, 2005.
Expressing support for prayer at school board meetings.
Apr. 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 180
Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. Clinton), June 23, 2005.
Mr. Kerry, Sept. 27, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, Oct. 6, 2005.
Mr. Johnson, Oct. 17, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, Oct. 19, 2005.
Mr. Cochran, Oct. 26, 2005.
Mr. Dorgan, Nov. 7, 2005.
Messrs. Reid and Coleman, Dec. 13, 2005.
Mr. Warner, Feb. 7, 2006.
Mr. Kohl, Feb. 27, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, Apr. 3, 2006.
Mr. Bennett, Apr. 27, 2006.
Mr. Feingold, May 25, 2006.
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Epidermolysis Bullosa
Awareness Week to raise public awareness and understanding of the
disease and to foster understanding of the impact of the disease on
patients and their families.
June 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 182
Mr. Coleman (for himself, Messrs. Lieberman, Brownback, Allen, Mrs.
Lincoln, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Reed, Salazar, and Ms. Mikulski), June
28, 2005.
Mrs. Feinstein, June 29, 2005.
Mrs. Murray, July 14, 2005.
Messrs. Voinovich, Cochran, and Ms. Murkowski, July 21, 2005.
Mr. Hatch, July 26, 2005.
Mr. Isakson, July 28, 2005.
Messrs. Kerry and Bayh, Sept. 6, 2005.
Mr. Graham, Oct. 5, 2005.
Messrs. Sarbanes, Carper, and Ms. Stabenow, Jan. 25, 2006.
Mr. Chafee, Jan. 30, 2006.
Mr. Schumer, Feb. 2, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 13, 2006.
Mr. Bunning, Apr. 25, 2006.
Ms. Collins, May 24, 2006.
Messrs. Santorum and Talent, June 21, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, July 12, 2006.
Mr. Cornyn, July 24, 2006.
Supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment,
and research.
June 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 195
Mr. Burr (for himself and Mr. Salazar), July 11, 2005.
Recognizing the spirit of Jacob Mock Doub and his contribution to
encouraging youth to be physically active and fit, and expressing
support for ``National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day.''
July 11, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 224
Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Biden), July 29, 2005.
Mrs. Dole, Mar. 8, 2006.
Messrs. Isakson and Cochran, Mar. 13, 2006.
Mr. Lieberman, May 22, 2006.
Mr. Lautenberg, May 24, 2006.
Mr. Kerry, June 6, 2006.
Mrs. Clinton, June 27, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Aug. 3, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate supporting the establishment of
September as Campus Fire Safety Month, and for other purposes.
July 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 236
Mr. Coleman (for himself, Messrs. Lugar, and Bingaman), Sept. 13, 2005.
Messrs. Chambliss and Isakson, Sept. 26, 2005.
Mr. Bayh, Sept. 28, 2005.
Messrs. Burr and Durbin, Jan. 25, 2006.
Ms. Snowe, Feb. 28, 2006.
Mrs. Hutchison, Apr. 6, 2006.
Mr. Graham, May 16, 2006.
Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment,
and an eventual cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the
goals and ideals of National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness
Week, and for other purposes.
Sept. 13, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 25, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
May 25, 2006. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 239
Mr. Martinez, Sept. 15, 2005.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Infant Mortality Awareness Month.
Sept. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 22, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Sept. 22, 2005. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 304
Mr. Specter (for himself and Mr. Corzine), Nov. 10, 2005.
To designate the period beginning on November 1, 2005 and ending on
October 31, 2006 as the Year of Polio Education.
Nov. 10, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Nov. 18, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Nov. 18, 2005. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 328
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Roberts, Reed, Burr, Jeffords,
Gregg, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. DeWine, Bingaman,
Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Harkin, and Dodd), Nov. 18, 2005.
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Education for
All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and reaffirming the commitment of
Congress to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act so that
all children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public
education in the least restrictive environment.
Nov. 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 331
Ms. Landrieu (for herself, Messrs. Burr, Bingaman, Mrs. Feinstein, and
Mr. Isakson), Dec. 14, 2005.
Ms. Collins and Mrs. Clinton, May 25, 2006.
Ms. Snowe, June 7, 2006.
Mr. Schumer and Mrs. Lincoln, June 21, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, July 12, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding fertility issues facing
cancer survivors.
Dec. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 354
Mr. Vitter, Jan. 26, 2006.
Ms. Landrieu, Jan. 31, 2006.
Honoring the valuable contributions of Catholic schools in the United
States.
Jan. 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 370
Mr. Byrd (for himself, Messrs. Rockefeller, Enzi, and Kennedy), Feb. 8,
2006.
Honoring the sacrifice and courage of the 16 coal miners killed in
various mine disasters in West Virginia, and recognizing the rescue
crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies.
Feb. 8, 2006. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 395
Mr. Harkin (for himself, Messrs. Kennedy, Reid, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Murray,
Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Menendez), Mar. 9, 2006.
Establishing the American Competitiveness through Education (ACE)
resolution.
Mar. 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 403
Mr. Durbin, Mar. 16, 2006.
Recognizing the benefits of breastfeeding, and for other purposes.
Mar. 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 408
Mr. Hagel (for himself and Mrs. Clinton), Mar. 28, 2006.
Mr. DeWine, Mar. 30, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should declare
lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a
comprehensive interagency program that will reduce lung cancer
mortality by at least 50 percent by 2015.
Mar. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
May 2, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
May 2, 2006. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 420
Mr. Smith (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg), Apr. 3, 2006.
Mr. Santorum, May 2, 2006.
Mr. Johnson, May 16, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, June 7, 2006.
Mr. Warner, July 11, 2006.
Mr. Wyden, July 17, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate that effective treatment and access
to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis should
be improved.
Apr. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
July 31, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 31, 2006. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 438
Mr. Alexander (for himself, Messrs. Leahy, Hatch, and Nelson of
Florida), Apr. 7, 2006.
Mr. Frist, Apr. 24, 2006.
Expressing the sense of Congress that institutions of higher education
should adopt policies and educational programs on their campuses to
help deter and eliminate illicit copyright infringement occurring on,
and encourage educational uses of, their computer systems and
networks.
Apr. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 453
Mr. Alexander (for himself, Messrs. Lieberman, Gregg, Frist, Carper,
Vitter, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Burr, Coleman, Allard, DeMint, and
Martinez), Apr. 27, 2006.
Congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers,
and administrators across the United States for their ongoing
contributions to education, and for other purposes.
Apr. 27, 2006. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 465
Mr. Chambliss (for himself and Mr. Frist), May 4, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to childhood stroke and
designating May 6, 2006, as ``National Childhood Stroke Awareness
Day.''
May 4, 2006. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 482
Ms. Landrieu, May 17, 2006.
Messrs. Biden and Lugar, June 14, 2006.
Ms. Collins, June 15, 2006.
Mr. Bayh and Mrs. Clinton, June 21, 2006.
Mr. Kerry, June 22, 2006.
Supporting the goals of an annual National Time-Out Day to promote
patient safety and optimal outcomes in the operating room.
May 17, 2006. Referred to Committee.
June 15, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
June 15, 2006. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 483
Mr. Cochran, May 18, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of oral
health, and for other purposes.
May 18, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 485
Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Messrs. Menendez, Kerry,
Lautenberg, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Kennedy, Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, Mr.
Harkin, Mrs. Feinstein, and Ms. Landrieu), May 22, 2006.
Messrs. Durbin and Feingold, May 23, 2006.
Ms. Mikulski, May 24, 2006.
Mr. Jeffords, May 25, 2006.
Ms. Collins, July 24, 2006.
Ms. Stabenow, Sept. 12, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the value of family
planning for American women.
May 22, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 487
Mr. Feingold (for himself and Ms. Snowe), May 22, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate with regard to the importance of
Women's Health Week, which promotes awareness of diseases that affect
women and which encourages women to take preventive measures to ensure
good health.
May 22, 2006. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 506
Ms. Stabenow (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Lautenberg),
June 8, 2006.
To designate the period beginning on June 5, 2006, and ending on June 8,
2006, as ``National Health IT Week.''
June 8, 2006. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 513
Mr. Graham (for himself, Messrs. Brownback, Kerry, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs.
DeWine, DeMint, Talent, Isakson, Obama, Voinovich, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs.
Santorum, Dodd, Lott, Durbin, Chambliss, Bayh, Specter, Allen, Burr,
McCain, Cochran, Biden, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mrs. Dole), June 15, 2006.
Messrs. Alexander and Vitter, June 21, 2006.
Mrs. Boxer, June 28, 2006.
Mr. Sarbanes, June 29, 2006.
Messrs. Salazar and Schumer, July 12, 2006.
Mr. Menendez, Aug. 3, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should designate
the week beginning September 10, 2006, as ``National Historically
Black Colleges and Universities Week.''
June 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 528
Mr. Graham (for himself, Messrs. Brownback, Kerry, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs.
DeWine, DeMint, Talent, Isakson, Obama, Voinovich, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs.
Santorum, Dodd, Lott, Durbin, Chambliss, Bayh, Specter, Allen, Burr,
McCain, Cochran, Biden, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mrs. Dole, Messrs. Frist,
Warner, Alexander, Vitter, Mrs. Boxer, Messrs. Sarbanes, Salazar, and
Schumer), July 13, 2006.
Designating the week beginning on September 10, 2006, as ``National
Historically Black College and Universities Week.''
July 13, 2006. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 529
Mr. Obama (for himself, Mr. DeMint, Ms. Mikulski, Messrs. Isakson, and
Kennedy), July 13, 2006.
Mr. Bunning, July 14, 2006.
Designating July 13, 2006, as ``National Summer Learning Day.''
July 13, 2006. Not referred to Committee, considered and AGREED TO BY
SENATE.
S. Res. 532
Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Isakson), July 14, 2006.
Encouraging the adults of the United States to support, listen to, and
encourage children so that they may reach their potential.
July 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Aug. 4, 2006. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 542
Mr. Crapo (for himself and Mr. Dorgan), July 27, 2006.
Supporting the goals and ideas of National Peripheral Arterial Disease
Awareness Week.
July 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 546
Mr. DeWine, Aug. 2, 2006.
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Polycystic Kidney Disease
Awareness Week to raise public awareness and understanding of
polycystic kidney disease and to foster understanding of the impact
polycystic kidney disease has on patients and future generations of
their families.
Aug. 2, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 566
Mrs. Clinton, Sept. 12, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the importance of
preventing child abuse and neglect before they occur and achieving
permanency and stability for children who must experience foster care.
Sept. 12, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 578
Mr. Kerry, Sept. 21, 2006.
Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American
men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to
address that health crisis by designating funds for education,
awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how that
disease affects African American men.
Sept. 21, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 586
Mr. Hatch, Sept. 26, 2006.
Celebrating 40 years of achievements of medical coders, and encouraging
the medical coding community to continue providing accurate medical
claims and statistical reporting to the people of the United States
and to the world.
Sept. 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 593
Mr. Allen (for himself and Mr. Warner), Sept. 29, 2006.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Children and Families Day to
encourage the adults of the United States to support and listen to
children and to help children throughout the United States achieve
their hopes and dreams.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 594
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Messrs. Coleman, Kennedy, Harkin, Dayton,
Feingold, Reed, Dodd, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Lautenberg), Sept. 29, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate that Senator Paul Wellstone should be
remembered for his compassion and leadership on social issues and that
Congress should act to end discrimination against citizens of the
United States who live with mental illness by making legislation
relating to mental health parity a priority for the 110th Congress.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 605
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Messrs. Coleman, Dayton, Kennedy, Harkin,
Leahy, Feingold, Reed, Dodd, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Lautenberg), Sept. 29,
2006.
Expressing the sense of the Senate that Senator Paul Wellstone should be
remembered for his compassion and leadership on social issues and that
Congress should act to end discrimination against citizens of the
United States who live with mental illness by making legislation
relating to mental health parity a priority for the 110th Congress.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res. 608
Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Messrs Bingaman, Nelson of Florida, Durbin,
Cornyn, Domenici, Lautenberg, Smith, Frist, McCain, Kennedy, Salazar,
Reid, Martinez, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr.
Menendez), Sept. 29, 2006.
Recognizing the contributions of Hispanic Serving Institutions, and the
20 years of educational endeavors provided by the Hispanic Association
of Colleges and Universities.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Nov. 16, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Nov. 16, 2006. Considered and AGREED TO BY SENATE.
S. Res. 622
Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Allen), Dec. 5, 2006.
Mr. Isakson and Ms. Collins, Dec. 6, 2006.
Supporting the goals and ideals of a ``National Children and Families
Day'', as established by the National Children's Museum, on the fourth
Saturday of June.
Dec. 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Res.
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Mr. Cochran (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg), Mar. 17, 2005.
Mr. Corzine, May 26, 2005.
Mr. Menendez, Mar. 28, 2006.
Mr. Graham, May 24, 2006.
Ms. Snowe, June 6, 2006.
Ms. Collins, June 15, 2006.
Ms. Murkowski, Sept. 6, 2006.
Expressing the need for enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain
injury and support for the designation of a National Brain Injury
Awareness Month.
Mar. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Con. Res. 30
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Reid, Ms. Stabenow, Messrs. Schumer,
Feingold, Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Messrs. Bingaman, Dayton, Mrs.
Murray, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs. Corzine, and Kennedy), Apr. 28, 2005.
Messrs. Kohl and Dodd, May 9, 2005.
To express the sense of Congress concerning the provision of health
insurance coverage to all Americans.
Apr. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Con. Res. 58
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Collins, Messrs.
Akaka, Burns, Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Clinton, Messrs.
Cornyn, Corzine, Dayton, Durbin, Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Messrs.
Kerry, Kohl, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Lautenberg, Levin, Lieberman, Ms.
Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Nelson of Nebraska, Reid,
Salazar, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, and Ms. Stabenow), Oct. 7, 2005.
Messrs. Cochran and Inouye, Oct. 17, 2005.
Supporting ``Lights On Afterschool!'', a national celebration of after
school programs.
Oct. 7, 2005. Referred to Committee.
S. Con. Res. 69
Mr. Isakson, Dec. 14, 2005.
Messrs. Chambliss and Coleman, Jan. 25, 2006.
Mr. Hagel, Feb. 2, 2006.
Messrs. Graham and Dorgan, Feb. 8, 2006.
Supporting the goals and ideals of a Day of Hearts, Congenital Heart
Defect Day in order to increase awareness about congenital heart
defects, and for other purposes.
Dec. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 7, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration, was then
AGREED TO BY SENATE.
Feb. 8, 2006. Received in House and held at desk.
S. Con. Res. 95
Mr. Feingold (for himself and Ms. Snowe), May 18, 2006.
Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to the importance of
Women's Health Week, which promotes awareness of diseases that affect
women and which encourages women to take preventive measures to ensure
good health.
May 18, 2006. Referred to Committee.
S. Con. Res. 116
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Messrs. Ensign, Jeffords, Kennedy, Burr, Ms.
Mikulski, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Murray, Messrs. Specter, Reed, Domenici,
Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Snowe, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Stabenow,
Messrs. Cornyn, Biden, Burns, Durbin, Reid, Akaka, Ms. Cantwell, Messrs.
Lautenberg, Salazar, Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Messrs. Menendez, Lieberman,
Carper, Kohl, Dayton, Pryor, Mrs. Lincoln, Messrs. Feingold, Baucus,
Nelson of Nebraska, Mrs. Feinstein, Messrs. Johnson, Inouye, Sarbanes,
Ms. Collins, Messrs. Martinez, and Schumer), Sept. 15, 2006.
Mr. Hatch, Sept. 18, 2006.
Mr. Talent, Sept. 20, 2006.
Supporting ``Lights on Afterschool!'', a national celebration of after
school programs.
Sept. 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 21, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration, was
then AGREED TO BY SENATE.
Sept. 25, 2006. Received in House and held at desk.
S. Con. Res. 121
Mr. Akaka, Sept. 29, 2006.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that joint custody laws for fit
parents should be passed by each State, so that more children are
raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their
lives.
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
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H.R. 27
To enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by
strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective
governance arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive
array of employment, training, and related services, establishing a
targeted approach to serving youth, and improving performance
accountability, and for other purposes.
Jan. 4, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(H. REPT. 109-9 amended, Feb. 25, 2005; H. REPT. 109-9, Pt. II, Mar. 1,
2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Mar. 2, 2005.)
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 29, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
June 29, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with amendment by unanimous consent.
(See S. 1021.)
H.R. 366
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of
1998 to strengthen and improve programs under that Act.
Jan. 26, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(H. REPT. 109-25, Mar. 17, 2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, May 4, 2005.)
Apr. 5, 2005. Received in the Senate.
Apr. 5, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
May 10, 2005. Concurrence of Senate requested.
July 1, 2005. Measure read the second time, and placed on the Senate
calendar.
(See S. 250.)
H.R. 525
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses
with respect to medical care for their employees.
Feb. 2, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(H. REPT. 109-41, April 13, 2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, July 26, 2005.)
July 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
(See S. 406.)
H.R. 609
To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Feb. 8, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(H. REPT. 109-231, Sept. 22, 2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Mar. 30,
2006.)
Apr. 4, 2006. Received in the Senate.
Apr. 4, 2006. Not referred to Committee.
H.R. 739
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for
adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a notice of
contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or
proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational
Safety and Health Review Commission, to provide for judicial deference
to conclusions of law determined by the Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission with respect to an order issued by the Commission,
and to provide for the award of attorneys' fees and costs to small
employers when such employers prevail in litigation prompted by the
issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration.
Feb. 10, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(H. REPT. 109-46, Apr. 18, 2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, July 12, 2005.)
July 13, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H.R. 810
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic
stem cell research.
Feb. 15, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(PASSED BY HOUSE, May 24, 2005.)
May 26, 2005. Received in the Senate.
May 26, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
June 6, 2005. Measure read the second time, and placed on the Senate
calendar.
July 18, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE.
July 18, 2006. Message on Senate action sent to the House.
July 19, 2006. Vetoed by President. (H. Doc. 109-127.)
(See S. 471.)
H.R. 856
To establish a Federal Youth Development Council to improve the
administration and coordination of Federal programs serving youth, and
for other purposes.
Feb. 16, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Nov. 15, 2005.)
Nov 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
(See S. 409.)
H.R. 1132
To provide for the establishment of a controlled substance monitoring
program in each State.
Mar. 3, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-191, July 27, 2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, July 27,
2005.)
July 28, 2005. Received in the Senate, read twice.
July 28, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
July 29, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE.
Aug. 11, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-60.
(See S. 518.)
H.R. 1790
To protect children and their parents from being coerced into
administering a controlled substance in order to attend school, and
for other purposes.
Apr. 21, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Nov. 16, 2005.)
Nov. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H.R. 1812
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a demonstration
grant program to provide patient navigator services to reduce barriers
and improve health care outcomes, and for other purposes.
Apr. 25, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-104, June 7, 2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, June 13,
2005.)
June 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 22, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
June 22, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE.
June 29, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-18.
(See S. 898.)
H.R. 2123
To reauthorize the Head Start Act to improve the school readiness of
disadvantaged children, and for other purposes.
May 5, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(H. REPT. 109-136, June 16, 2005, PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Sept. 22,
2005.)
Sept. 27, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
Oct. 25, 2005. Received in Senate and placed on Senate Calendar.
(See S. 1107.)
H.R. 2132
To extend the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with
respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military
operation or national emergency.
May 5, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Sept. 20, 2005.)
Sept. 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 27, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Sept. 27, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE.
Sept. 30, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-78.
H.R. 2520
To provide for the collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem
cells for the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the
Public Health Service Act to authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell
Transplantation Program.
May 23, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, May 24, 2005.)
May 26, 2005. Received in Senate. Not referred to Committee.
Oct 24, 2005. Placed on calendar.
Dec. 16, 2005. Amdt. No. 2688 by Mr. Hatch.
Dec. 16, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE, with amendment.
Dec. 17, 2005. House agreed to Senate amendment.
Dec. 20, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-129.
H.R. 2830
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the pension funding rules, and
for other purposes.
June 9, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce and Ways and
Means.
( H. REPT. 109-232, Part I, Sept. 22, 2005; H. REPT. 109-232, Part II,
Dec. 6, 2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Dec. 15, 2005.)
Dec. 16, 2005. Received in the Senate.
Dec. 16, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
Jan. 27, 2006. Measure read the second time, and placed on the Senate
calendar.
Mar. 3, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with amendment by unanimous consent.
Mar. 3, 2006. Senate insisted on its amendment, asks for a conference
with the House and the Chair appointed the following conferees on the
part of the Senate (Messrs. Grassley, Hatch, Lott, Snowe, Santorum,
Enzi, Gregg, DeWine, Isakson, Baucus, Rockefeller, Conrad, Bingaman,
Kennedy, Harkin, and Mikulski. (Senate asks.)
Mar. 8, 2006. House disagreed to the amendment of the Senate, agreed to
a conference and appoints conferees for consideration of the House
bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to
conference: Messrs. McKeon, Johnson of Texas, Kline, Tiberi, Miller of
California, Payne, Andrews, Thomas, Camp of Michigan, Rangel, and
Boehner. (House acts first.)
Mar. 8, 2006. Conference held.
Mar. 14, 2006. Conference held.
Mar. 15, 2006. Conference held.
July 27, 2006. Conference held. Considered as unfinished business.
(See S. 1783.)
H.R. 3169
To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for students
who are eligible for Pell Grants who are adversely affected by a
natural disaster.
June 30, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Sept. 7, 2005.)
Sept. 8, 2005. Received in Senate.
Sept. 8, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
Sept. 15, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE.
Sept. 22, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-66.
H.R. 3204
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to extend Federal
funding for the establishment and operation of State high risk health
insurance pools.
July 12, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-192 amended, July 27, 2005; PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, July
27, 2005.)
July 28, 2005. Received in Senate. Ordered placed on Senate Calendar.
Oct. 19, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE with amendment.
(See S. 288.)
H.R. 3205
To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the
improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events
that adversely affect patient safety, and for other purposes.
July 12, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-197 amended, July 27, 2005.)
July 27, 2005. Placed on calendar.
July 27, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
(See S. 544.)
H.R. 3423
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to
medical device user fees.
July 25, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(Committee discharged. PASSED BY HOUSE, July 26, 2005.)
July 27, 2005. Received in Senate.
July 27, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
July 27, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE.
Aug. 1, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-43.
(See S. 1420.)
H.R. 3784
To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of
1965, and for other purposes.
Sept. 15, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Sept. 20, 2005.)
Sept. 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 26, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Sept. 26, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE.
Sept. 30, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-81.
H.R. 3975
To ease the provision of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes.
Oct. 6, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Nov. 16, 2005.)
Nov. 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H.R. 4167
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform
food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.
Oct. 27, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-379, Feb. 28, 2006; PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Mar. 8,
2006.)
Mar. 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H.R. 4500
To designate certain buildings of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Dec. 13, 2005.)
Dec. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H.R. 4519
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend funding for the
operation of State high risk health insurance pools.
Dec. 13, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Dec. 17, 2005.)
Jan. 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 1, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Feb. 1, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE.
Feb. 10, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-172.
H.R. 4525
To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of
1965, and for other purposes.
Dec. 14, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Dec. 17, 2005.)
Dec. 17, 2005. Received in Senate.
Dec. 17, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
Dec. 22, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE.
Dec. 30, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-150.
H.R. 4568
To improve proficiency testing of clinical laboratories.
Dec. 16, 2005. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Dec. 17, 2005.)
Jan. 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H.R. 4579
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to extend by one year provisions requiring parity in the
application of certain limits to mental health benefits.
Dec. 16, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce, Energy and
Commerce, and Ways and Means.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Dec. 17, 2005.)
Dec. 17, 2005. Received in Senate.
Dec. 17, 2005. Not referred to Committee.
Dec. 22, 2005. PASSED BY SENATE.
Dec. 30, 2005. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-151.
H.R. 4911
To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of
1965, and for other purposes.
Mar. 9, 2006. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Mar. 14, 2006.)
Mar. 15, 2006. Received in Senate.
Mar. 15, 2006. Not referred to Committee.
Mar. 28, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE.
Apr. 1, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-212.
H.R. 5074
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide for continued
payment of railroad retirement annuities by the Department of the
Treasury, and for other purposes.
Apr. 4, 2006. Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure.
(H. REPT. 109-569, July 17, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, July
25, 2006.)
July 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Considered in executive session by full committee and
ordered favorably reported without amendment.
Sept. 21, 2006. Reported to the Senate by Mr. Enzi (NO WRITTEN REPT.)
without an amendment.
Sept. 25, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE.
Oct. 6, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-305.
H.R. 5293
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for
fiscal years 2007 through 2011, and for other purposes.
May 4, 2006. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(H. REPT. 109-493 amended, June 8, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY
HOUSE, amended, June 21, 2006.)
June 22, 2006. Referred to Committee.
(See S. 3570.)
H.R. 5295
To protect students and teachers.
May 4, 2006. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended Sept. 19, 2006.)
Sept. 20, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H.R. 5354
To authorize the Secretary of Education to extend the period during
which a State educational agency or local educational agency may
obligate temporary emergency impact aid for elementary and secondary
school students displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and
for other purposes.
May 11, 2006. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, May 22, 2006.)
May 23, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H.R. 5483
To increase the disability earning limitation under the Railroad
Retirement Act and to index the amount of allowable earnings
consistent with increases in the substantial gainful activity dollar
amount under the Social Security Act.
May 25, 2006. Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure.
(H. REPT. 109-669, Sept. 19, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE,
Sept. 27, 2006.)
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee was discharged from further consideration by
Unanimous Consent.
Dec. 8, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jan. 12, 2007. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-478.
H.R. 5533
To prepare and strengthen the biodefenses of the United States against
deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness, and for
other purposes.
June 6, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-686, Sept. 26, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE
amended, Sept. 26, 2006.)
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
(See S. 1873)
H.R. 5573
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional
authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under
section 330 of such Act.
June 9, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-509, June 20, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, June
21, 2006.)
June 22, 2006. Referred to Committee.
(See S. 3771.)
H.R. 5574
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for
graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.
June 9, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-508 amended, June 20, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY
HOUSE, June 21, 2006.)
June 22, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 26, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Sept. 26, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment.
Oct. 6, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-307.
(See S. 285.)
H.R. 5603
To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of
1965, and for other purposes.
June 14, 2006. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, June 21, 2006.)
June 22, 2006. Received in Senate.
June 22, 2006. Not referred to Committee.
June 23, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE without amendment.
June 30, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-238.
H.R. 5791
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the
consolidated coverage of home infusion therapy under part B of the
Medicare Program.
July 13, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
H.R. 5795
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to
contraceptive services for women and men under the Medicaid Program,
help low income women and couples prevent unintended pregnancies and
reduce abortion, and for other purposes.
July 13, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 5803
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family
support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal
custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State
agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those
children.
July 13, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 6143
To amend title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to revise and
extend the program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/
AIDS.
Sept. 21, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-695, Sept. 28, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE
amended, Sept. 28, 2006.)
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 6, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment.
Dec. 9, 2006. House agreed to Senate amendment.
Dec. 19, 2006. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-415.
H.R. 6164
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend
the authorities of the National Institutes of Health, and for other
purposes.
Sept. 25, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-687, Sept. 26, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE,
Sept. 26, 2006.)
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. PASSED BY SENATE with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec. 9, 2006. Rules suspensed. House agreed to the Senate amendment by
voice vote.
Jan. 15, 2007. APPROVED. PUBLIC LAW 109-482.
HOUSE CONCURRENT AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
HOUSE CONCURRENT AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS--Continued
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H. Con. Res. 30
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness
Day.
(Rules suspended, PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Feb. 9, 2005.)
Feb. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 45
Recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music education,
and for other purposes.
(Rules suspended, PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Mar. 1, 2005.)
Mar. 2, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 47
Commending the establishment in College Point, New York, of the first
kindergarten in the United States.
(Rules suspended, PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, June 13, 2005.)
June 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 99
Expressing the need for enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain
injury and support for the designation of a National Brain Injury
Awareness Month.
(Rules suspended, PASSED BY HOUSE, May 3, 2006.)
May 4, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 178
Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment,
and an eventual cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the
goals and ideals of National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness
Week, and for other purposes.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Sept. 29, 2005.)
Sept. 30, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 210
Supporting the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by
the year 2015.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Sept. 19, 2006.)
Sept. 20, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 222
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Remembrance Day.
July 27, 2005. Referred to Government Reform.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE amended, Sept. 28, 2006.)
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 288
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Education for
All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and reaffirming support for the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act so that all children with
disabilities have access to a free appropriate public education in the
least restrictive environment.
Nov. 2, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Nov. 15, 2005.)
Nov. 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 355
Recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music education,
and for other purposes.
Mar. 9, 2006. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Apr. 4, 2006.)
Apr. 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H. Con Res. 357
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness
Month.
Mar. 14, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Apr. 27, 2006.)
May 1, 2006. Referred to Committee.
May 24, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration, was then
AGREED TO BY SENATE.
H. Con Res. 386
Honoring Mary Eliza Mahoney, America's first professionally trained
African-American nurse.
Apr. 6, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, Sept. 19, 2006.)
Sept. 20, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H. Con Res. 421
Expressing the sense of Congress and support for Greater Opportunities
for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM)
programs.
May 25, 2006. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, amended, June 7, 2006.)
June 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H. Con Res. 422
Supporting the goals and ideals of the Vigil for Lost Promise day.
June 6, 2006. Referred to Government Reform.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, June 6, 2006.)
June 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 426
Recognizing the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health
and Human Services on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the
passage of the Food and Drugs Act for the important service it
provides the Nation.
June 12, 2006. Referred to Energy and Commerce.
(H. REPT. 109-511, June 20, 2006; Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, June
21, 2006.)
June 22, 2006. Referred to Committee.
June 29, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration, was then
AGREED TO BY SENATE.
H. Con. Res. 473
Supporting the goals and ideals of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month.
Sept. 14, 2006. Referred to Government Reform.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Sept. 28, 2006.)
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H. Con. Res. 478
Supporting the goals and ideals of ``Lights On Afterschool!'', a
national celebration of after-school programs.
Sept. 21, 2006. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Sept. 27, 2006.)
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
H.J. Res. 66
Supporting the goals and ideals of ``Lights on Afterschool!'', a
national celebration of after school programs.
Sept. 21, 2005. Referred to Education and the Workforce.
(Rules suspended. PASSED BY HOUSE, Sept. 27, 2005.)
Sept. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
NOMINATIONS RECEIVED BY THE COMMITTEE
NOMINATIONS RECEIVED BY THE COMMITTEE--Continued
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Margaret Spellings, of Texas, to be Secretary, vice Roderick R. Paige,
resigned:
Jan. 4, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Jan. 6, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Jan. 6, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Jan. 20, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Craig T. Ramey, of West Virginia, to be a member of the Board of
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of
two years (new position):
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Raymond Simon, of Arkansas, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, vice
Eugene Hickok, resigned:
Apr. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
May 18, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 26, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Kevin F. Sullivan, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Outreach, vice Laurie Rich, resigned:
Apr. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 28, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 28, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Tom Luce, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation,
and Policy Development, vice Bruno Victor Manno, resigned:
May 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 29, 2005. Approved by Committee.
June 29, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
June 30, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Henry Louis Johnson, of Mississippi, to be Assistant Secretary for
Elementary and Secondary Education, vice Raymond Simon:
June 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 28, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 28, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Stephanie Johnson Monroe, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, vice Gerald Reynolds:
June 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 14, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 17, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Terrell Halaska, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary
for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, vice Karen Johnson,
resigned:
June 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 28, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 28, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Mark S. Schneider, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of
Education Statistics for a term expiring June 21, 2009, vice Robert
Lerner:
July 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Oct. 21, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Kent D. Talbert, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, vice Brian Jones,
resigned:
Sept. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 9, 2006. Recommitted to Committee.
May 17, 2006. Approved by Committee.
May 17, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 19, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Michell C. Clark, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Management,
vice William Leidinger:
Dec. 13, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Lawrence A. Warder, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, vice Jack
Martin, resigned:
Apr. 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
July 19, 2006. Approved by Committee.
July 19, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
July 26, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Troy R. Justesen, of Utah, to be Assistant Secretary for Vocational and
Adult Education, vice Susan K. Sclafani:
May 8, 2006. Referred to Committee.
July 19, 2006. Approved by Committee.
July 19, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
July 26, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Sara Alicia Tucker, of California, to be Under Secretary of Education,
vice Edward R. McPherson, resigned:
Sept. 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Lauren M. Maddox, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Outreach, vice Kevin F. Sullivan, resigned:
Sept. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
vice Mark B. McClellan:
Feb. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 20, 2005. Approved by Committee.
June 20, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
July 18, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
John O. Agwunobi, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary, vice Eve
Slater, resigned:
June 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Dec. 17, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Andrew von Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
vice Lester M. Crawford, resigned:
Mar. 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Dec. 7, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Terry L. Cline, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, vice Charles Curie,
resigned:
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
John O. Agwunobi, of Florida, to be Medical Director in the Regular
Corps:
Sept. 22, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Dec. 17, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Personnel action in the Regular Corps (ref. PN-936): Nominees, 1:
Sept. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Personnel action in the Regular Corps (ref. PN-937): Nominees, 262:
Sept. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Personnel action in the Regular Corps (ref. PN-1851): Nominees, 256:
July 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Personnel action in the Regular Corps (ref. PN-2095): Nominees, 3:
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Personnel action in the Regular Corps (ref. PN-2096): Nominee, 1:
Sept. 29, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Charles S. Ciccolella, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Veterans' Employment and Training, vice Frederico Juarbe, Jr.,
resigned:
May 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 29, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 29, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Labor, vice John Lester Henshaw:
Sept. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Richard Stickler, Jr., of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of
Labor for Mine Safety and Health, vice David D. Lauriski, resigned:
Sept. 15, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Richard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Mine Safety and Health, vice David D. Lauriski, resigned:
Sept. 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 29, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Paul DeCamp, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour
Division, vice Tammy Dee McCutchen, resigned:
Jan. 31, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 29, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Paul DeCamp, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour
Division, vice Tammy Dee McCutchen, resigned:
Sept. 7, 2006. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Sept. 29, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Randolph James Clerihue, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Labor, vice Lisa Kruska:
Aug. 1, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Commitee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Leon R. Sequeira, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor,
vice Veronica Vargas Stidvent.
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Paul DeCamp, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour
Division, vice Tammy Dee McCutchen, resigned:
Nov. 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Richard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Mine Safety and Health, vice David D. Lauriski, resigned:
Nov. 14, 2006. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE
IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Charles P. Ruch, of South Dakota, to be a member of the Board of
Trustees for a term expiring August 11, 2010, vice Niranjan Shamalbhai
Shah, term expired:
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 25, 2005. Approved by Committee.
May 25, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 26, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE
Edward L. Flippen, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, vice J. Russell
George:
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 9, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Feb. 10, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Dec. 13, 2005. Withdrawn by President.
Michael Dolan, of New York, to be a member of the Board of Directors for
a term expiring Oct. 6, 2009, vice Marc Racicot, term expired:
Apr. 4, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Robert M. Duncan, of Kentucky, to be a member of the Board of Directors
for a term expiring June 10, 2009, vice Juanita Sims Doty, term
expired:
Apr. 4, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Apr. 6, 2006. Withdrawn by President.
Stephen Goldsmith, of Indiana, to be a member of the Board of Directors
for a term expiring Oct. 6, 2010 (reappointment):
Dec. 20, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Vince J. Juaristi, of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Directors
for a term expiring February 8, 2009, vice Leslie Lenkowsky, term
expired:
Dec. 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 17, 2006. Approved by Committee.
May 17, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 19, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Stephen Goldsmith, of Indiana, to be a member of the Board of Directors
for a term expiring Oct. 6, 2010 (reappointment):
Jan. 4, 2006. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Feb. 10, 2006. Re-referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Jerry Gayle Bridges, of Virginia, to be a Chief Financial Officer, vice
Michelle Guillermin, resigned:
Mar. 7, 2006. Referred to Committee.
May 17, 2006. Approved by Committee.
May 17, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 19, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Gerald Walpin, of New York, to be Inspector General, vice J. Russell
George:
Aug. 3, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Richard Allan Hill, of Montana, to be a member of the Board of Directors
for a term expiring June 10, 2009, vice Juanita Sims Doty, term
expired:
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 9, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Christine M. Griffin, of Massachusetts, to be a member for a term
expiring July 1, 2009, vice Paul Steven Miller, term expired:
July 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Oct. 21, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Naomi Churchill Earp, of Virginia, to be a member for a term expiring
July 1, 2010. (reappointment):
July 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Oct. 21, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Ronald S. Cooper, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for a term of 4
years, vice Eric S. Dreiband, resigned:
Mar. 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
July 19, 2006. Approved by Committee.
July 19, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
July 26, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
David Palmer, of Maryland, to be a member for a term expiring July 1,
2011, vice Cari M. Dominguez, term expired:
Sept. 15, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 9, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
Arthur F. Rosenfeld, of Virginia, to be Director, vice Peter J. Hurtgen,
resigned:
July 21, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Arthur F. Rosenfeld, of Virginia, to be Director, vice Peter J. Hurtgen,
resigned:
Jan. 4, 2006. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Feb. 10, 2006. Re-referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
Arlene Holen, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for a term
expiring August 30, 2010, vice Robert H. Beatty, Jr., term expired:
May 23, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 29, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Michael F. Duffy, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for a term
of six years expiring August 30, 2012 (reappointment):
Aug. 1, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 7, 2006. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Arlene Holen, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for a term of
six years expiring August 30, 2010, vice Robert H. Beatty, Jr., term
expired:
Nov. 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
Roger L. Hunt, of Nevada, to be a member of the Board of Trustees for a
term expiring December 10, 2009, vice Scott O. Wright, term expired:
June 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
John E. Kidde, of California, to be a member of the Board of Trustees
for a term expiring December 10, 2011, vice Frederick G. Slabach, term
expired:
June 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
John Peyton, of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Trustees for a
term expiring December 10, 2011, vice Patrick Lloyd McCrory, term
expired:
June 26, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Nov. 13, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Nov. 13, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Nov. 14, 2006. Recommitted to Committee by UC agreement.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
FOUNDATION
George Perdue, of Georgia, to be a member of the Board of Trustees for a
term expiring November 5, 2006, vice Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., term
expired:
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
J.C.A. Stagg, of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Trustees for a
term expiring November 17, 2011, vice Jay Phillip Greene, term
expired:
Mar. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
May 17, 2006. Approved by Committee.
May 17, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 19, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Thomas A. Fuentes, of California, to be a member of the Board of
Directors for a term expiring July 13, 2005, vice Thomas F. Smegal,
Jr., term expired:
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 28, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 28, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Bernice Phillips, of New York, to be a member of the Board of Directors
for a term expiring July 13, 2005, vice Maria Luisa Mercado, term
expired:
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 28, 2005. Committee discharged from further consideration.
July 28, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Sarah M. Singleton, of New Mexico, to be a member of the Board of
Directors for a term expiring July 13, 2008, vice Ernestine P.
Watlington, term expired:
Oct. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Jonann E. Chiles, of Arkansas, to be a member of the Board of Directors
for a term expiring July 13, 2008, vice Robert J. Dieter, resigned:
Mar. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
June 28, 2006. Approved by Committee.
June 28, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
June 29, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE
Diane Rivers, of Arkansas, to be a member for a term expiring July 19,
2009, vice Jack E. Hightower, term expired:
July 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Oct. 21, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Sandra Frances Ashworth, of Idaho, to be a member for a term expiring
July 19, 2009. (reappointment):
July 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Oct. 21, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Jan Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be a member for a term expiring July
19, 2009, vice Joan Challinor, term expired:
July 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Oct. 21, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
Victoria Ray Carlson, of Iowa, to be a member for a term expiring
September 17, 2007, vice Joel Kahn, term expired:
May 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Chad Colley, of Florida, to be a member for a term expiring September
17, 2007, vice David Wenzel, term expired:
May 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Lisa Mattheiss, of Tennessee, to be a member for a term expiring
September 17, 2007, vice Carol Hughes Novak, term expired:
May 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
John R. Vaughn, of Florida, to be a member for a term expiring September
17, 2007, vice Lex Frieden, term expired:
May 9, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
Bruce Cole, of Indiana, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for
the Humanities for a term of four years. (reappointment):
July 18, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Nov. 18, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Dec. 17, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Mark Hofflund, of Idaho, to be a member of the National Council on the
Arts for the remainder of the term expiring September 3, 2008, vice
James McBride, resigned:
July 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Oct. 21, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Jean B. Elshtain, of Tennessee, to be a member of the National Council
on the Humanities for the remainder of the term expiring January 26,
2010, vice Thomas Mallon, resigned:
Oct. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Allen C. Guelzo, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National Council
on the Humanities for the remainder of the term expiring January 26,
2006, vice Naomi Shihab Nye:
Oct. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 9, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Allen C. Guelzo, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National Council
on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012.
(reappointment):
Oct. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Eugene Hickok, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National Council
on the Humanities for the remainder of the term expiring January 26,
2008, vice Sidney McPhee:
Oct. 17, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Jan. 18, 2006. Withdrawn by President.
Manfredi Piccolomini, of New York, to be a member of the National
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice
Andrew Ladis, term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Kenneth R. Weinstein, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the
National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26,
2012, vice David Hertz, term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Jay Winik, of Maryland, to be a member of the National Council on the
Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice Nathan O. Hatch,
term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Josiah Bunting III, of Rhode Island, to be a member of the National
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice
Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Wilfred M. McClay, of Tennessee, to be a member of the National Council
on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012
(reappointment):
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Robert S. Martin, of Texas, to be a member of the National Council on
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice Jeffrey D.
Wallin, term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 5, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Mary Habeck, of Maryland, to be a member of the National Council on the
Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice James R. Stoner,
Jr., term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Jane M. Doggett, of Montana, to be a member of the National Council on
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice Stephen
McKnight, term expired:
July 21, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Commmittee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Dana Gioia, of California, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment
for the Arts for a term of four years (reappointment):
Sept. 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
William Francis Price, Jr., of California, to be a member of the
National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012,
vice Evelyn Dee Potter Rose, term expired:
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Robert Bretly Lott, of Louisiana, to be a member of the National Council
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012, vice Teresa Lozano
Long, term expired:
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Charlotte P. Kessler, of Ohio, to be a member of the National Council on
the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012, vice Katharine Dewitt,
term expired:
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Joan Israelite, of Missouri, to be a member of the National Council on
the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012, vice Don V. Cogman,
term expired:
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Benjamin Donenberg, of California, to be a member of the National
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012, vice
Maribeth McGinley, term expired:
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Foreststorn Hamilton, of New York, to be a member of the National
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012, vice Mary
Costa, term expired:
Nov. 13, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY ADVISORY
BOARD
Timothy Shanahan, of Illinois, to be a member for a term expiring
November 25, 2007, vice Jean Osborn, term expired:
June 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Patricia Mathes, of Texas, to be a member for a term expiring November
25, 2007, vice Mark G. Yudof, resigned:
June 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 9, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Carmel Borders, of Kentucky, to be a member for a term expiring November
25, 2008 (reappointment):
June 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Donald D. Deshler, of Kansas, to be a member for a term expiring January
30, 2008, vice Phyllis C. Hunter, term expired:
June 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Eliza McFadden, of Florida, to be a member for a term expiring January
30, 2009, vice Douglas Carnine, term expired:
June 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Blanca E. Enriquez, of Texas, to be a member for a term expiring January
30, 2009 (reappointment):
June 28, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Ronald E. Meisburg, of Virginia, to be a member for the term of five
years expiring August 27, 2008, vice Rene Acosta, resigned:
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
June 29, 2005. Withdrawn by President.
Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be a member for the term of five years
expiring December 16, 2009 (reappointment):
Apr. 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 9, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Jan. 17, 2006. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Feb. 10, 2006. Re-referred to Committee.
Dec. 9, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Ronald E. Meisburg, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for a term of
four years, vice Arthur F. Rosenfeld, term expired:
June 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Jan. 4, 2006. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Aug. 3, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Peter Schaumber, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for the
term of five years expiring August 27, 2010 (reappointment):
June 29, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 19, 2005. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Aug. 3, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. Reported by Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Ronald E. Meisburg, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for a term of
four years, vice Arthur F. Rosenfeld, term expired:
Feb. 10, 2006. Re-referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Peter Schaumber, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for the
term of five years expiring August 27, 2010:
Sept. 19, 2005. Re-referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Peter N. Kirsanow, of Ohio, to be a member for the term of five years
expiring August 27, 2008, vice Ronald E. Meisburg:
Nov. 16, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Jan. 4, 2006. RECESS APPOINTMENT.
Feb. 10, 2006. Re-referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Wilma B. Liebman, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for the
term of five years expiring August 27, 2011 (reappointment):
Aug. 1, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to be a member for a term expiring
July 1, 2008. (reappointment):
Mar. 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
July 19, 2006. Approved by Committee.
July 19, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Peter W. Tredick, of California, to be a member for a term expiring July
1, 2007, vice Edward J. Fitzmaurice, Jr., term expired:
Mar. 27, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Nov. 14, 2006. Withdrawn by President.
Peter W. Tredick, of California, to be a member for a term expiring July
1, 2010. (reappointment):
July 18, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Nov. 14, 2006. Withdrawn by President.
Peter W. Tredick, of California, to be a member for a term expiring July
1, 2009, vice Read Van de Water, term expired:
Nov. 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Elizabeth Dougherty, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for a
term expiring July 1, 2009, vice Read Van de Water, term expired:
May 25, 2006. Referred to Committee.
July 19, 2006. Approved by Committee.
July 19, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Nov. 14, 2006. Withdrawn by President.
Elizabeth Dougherty, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for a
term expiring July 1, 2007, vice Edward J. Fitzmaurice, Jr., term
expired:
Nov. 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Elizabeth Dougherty, of the District of Columbia, to be a member for a
term expiring July 1, 2010 (reappointment):
Nov. 14, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 6, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Dec. 8, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES BOARD
A. Wilson Greene, of Virginia, to be a member for a term expiring
December 6, 2009 (reappointment):
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 9, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Feb. 10, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Feb. 14, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Katina P. Strauch, of South Carolina, to be a member for a term expiring
December 6, 2009, vice Elizabeth J. Pruet, term expiring:
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Feb. 9, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Feb. 10, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Feb. 14, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Harry Robinson, Jr., of Texas, to be a member for a term expiring
December 6, 2008 (reappointment):
Jan. 24, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 25, 2005. Approved by Committee.
May 25, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 26, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Kim Wang, of California, to be a member for a term expiring December 6,
2009 (reappointment):
Mar. 14, 2005. Referred to Committee.
May 25, 2005. Approved by Committee.
May 25, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 26, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Anne-Imelda Radice, of Vermont, to be Director of the Institute of
Museum Services, vice Robert S. Martin:
Dec. 13, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Kevin Owen Starr, of California, to be a member for a term expiring
December 6, 2009, vice David Donath, term expired:
May 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Katherine M.B. Berger, of Virginia, to be a member for a term expiring
December 6, 2010, vice Nancy S. Dwight, term expired:
May 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Karen Brosius, of South Carolina, to be a member for the remainder of
the term expiring December 6, 2006, vice Thomas E. Lorentzen,
resigned:
May 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Karen Brosius, of South Carolina, to be a member for a term expiring
December 6, 2011 (reappointment):
May 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Ioannis N. Miaoulis, of Massachusetts, to be a member for a term
expiring December 6, 2010, vice Terry L. Maple, term expired:
May 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Christina Orr-Cahall, of Florida, to be a member for a term expiring
December 6, 2010, vice Maria Mercedes Guillemard, term expired:
May 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Sandra Pickett, of Texas, to be a member for a term expiring December 6,
2010. (reappointment):
May 5, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Kathie L. Olsen, of Oregon, to be Deputy Director, vice Joseph Bordogna:
May 25, 2005. Referred to Committee.
July 20, 2005. Approved by Committee.
July 21, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
July 22, 2005. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Karl Hess, of Illinois, to be a member of the National Science Board for
the remainder of the term expiring May 10, 2008, vice Delores M.
Etter, resigned:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Thomas N. Taylor, of Kansas, to be a member of the National Science
Board for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Daniel Simberloff, term
expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Richard F. Thompson, of California, to be a member of the National
Science Board for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Mark S. Wrighton,
term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Mark R. Abbott, of Oregon, to be a member of the National Science Board
for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Jane Lubchenco, term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Camilla Persson Benbow, of Tennessee, to be a member of the National
Science Board for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Warren M.
Washington, term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 3, 2006. Committee discharged from further consideration.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
John T. Bruer, of Missouri, to be a member of the National Science Board
for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice John A. White, Jr., term
expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Patricia D. Galloway, of Washington, to be a member of the National
Science Board for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Diana S.
Natalicio, term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National
Science Board for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Nina V. Fedoroff,
term expired:
June 16, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Aug. 2, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Aug. 3, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Arthur K. Reilly, of New Jersey, to be a member of the National Science
Board for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Michael G. Rossmann, term
expired:
Aug. 1, 2006. Referred to Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Sept. 20, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 21, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
Horace A. Thompson, of Mississippi, to be a member for a term expiring
April 27, 2011, vice James M. Stephens, term expired:
Sept. 28, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Approved by Committee.
Mar. 8, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Mar. 9, 2006. Recommitted to Committee.
May 17, 2006. Approved by Committee.
May 17, 2006. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
May 19, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Bertha K. Madras, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director for Demand
Reduction, vice Andrea G. Barthwell:
July 27, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Oct. 18, 2005. Approved by Committee.
Oct. 19, 2005. Reported to Senate by Mr. Enzi.
Sept. 13, 2006. CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
Ron Silver, of New York, to be a member of the Board of Directors for a
term expiring January 19, 2009, vice Stephen D. Krasner, term expired:
Oct. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Judy Van Rest, of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Directors for
a term expiring January 19, 2009, vice Daniel Pipes:
Oct. 6, 2005. Referred to Committee.
Dec. 8, 2006. Returned to the President under the provisions of
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES AND EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES AND EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS--Continued
Note.--Petitions, charters, resolutions, miscellaneous papers, along
with various documents filed in accordance with Public Law 93-380,
Education Amendments of 1974, and Public Law 93-463, may be found in
the files of the committee.
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PM-20
Sept. 8, 2005
President of the United States.
Report on the suspension of Subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of Title 40,
United States Code, within a limited geographic area in response to
the national emergency caused by Hurricane Katrina, pursuant to the
Davis-Bacon Act.
EC-78
Jan. 6, 2005
Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities.
Report on FAIR Act inventories for Fiscal Year 2004.
EC-79
Jan. 6, 2005
Secretary to the Board, Railroad Retirement Board.
Report on Competitive Sourcing Activities in Fiscal Year 2004 and 2004
Commercial Activities Inventory Under the Federal Activities Inventory
Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998.
EC-80
Jan. 6, 2005
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Department of
Labor.
Report of a nomination confirmed for the position of Assistant Secretary
for Public Affairs, received on January 3, 2005.
EC-81
Jan. 6, 2005
Acting Director, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Standards Improvement Project--Phase II''
(RIN1218-AB81), received on January 5, 2005.
EC-82
Jan. 6, 2005
Senior Regulatory Officer, Employment Standards Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Child Labor Regulations, Orders and
Statements of Interpretation (29 CFR Part 570); Child Labor
Violations--Civil Money Penalties (29 CFR Part 579); Civil Money
Penalties--Procedures for Assessing and Contesting Penalties (29 CFR
Part 580)'' (RIN1215-AA09), received on December 17, 2004.
EC-83
Jan. 6, 2005
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, Department
of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Labor Certification for the Permanent
Employment of Aliens in the United States; Implementation of New
System'' (RIN1205-AA66), received on January 3, 2005.
EC-84
Jan. 6, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Food and Drug Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Current Good Tissue Practice for Human Cell,
Tissue, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Product Establishments;
Inspection and Enforcement'' (Doc. No. 1997N-484P), received on
December 17, 2004.
EC-85
Jan. 6, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Food and Drug Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Establishment and Maintenance of Records
Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and
Response Act of 2002'' (RIN0910-AC30), received on December 17, 2004.
EC-86
Jan. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Advisory Committee: Change of Name and
Function; Technical Amendment,'' received on November 22, 2004.
EC-87
Jan. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted in Food on an
Interim Basis or in Contact with Food Pending Additional Study,
Mannitol'' (Doc. No. 2004F-0066), received on December 8, 2004.
EC-88
Jan. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Clinical Chemistry and
Clinical Toxicology Devices; Classification of Newborn Screening Test
Systems for Amino Acids, Free Carnitine, and Acylcarnitines Using Mass
Spectrometry'' (Doc. No. 2004N-0482), received on December 31, 2004.
EC-89
Jan. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Drug Labeling; Sodium Labeling for Over-the-
Counter Drugs'' (RIN0910-AF50), received on January 3, 2005.
EC-90
Jan. 6, 2005
Administrator, Employment and Training Administration, Department of
Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Unemployment Insurance Program Letter; SUTA
Dumping--Amendments to Federal Law Affecting the Federal-State
Unemployment Compensation Program--Additional Guidance,'' received on
January 3, 2005.
EC-91
Jan. 6, 2005
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Mental Health Parity; Interim Final
Amendment to Regulation'' (RIN1210-AA62), received on January 3, 2005.
EC-483
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Corporate Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits,'' received on
January 5, 2005.
EC-484
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Corporate Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer
Plans; Valuation of Assets; Expected Retirement Age,'' received on
January 5, 2005.
EC-485
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Corporate Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disclosure to Participants; Benefits Payable
in Single-Employer Plans,'' received on January 5, 2005.
EC-486
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Corporate Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer
Plans; Valuation of Assets; Expected Retirement Age,'' received on
January 5, 2005.
EC-487
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Corporate Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits,'' received on
January 5, 2005.
EC-488
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Corporate Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disclosure to Participants; Benefits Payable
in Single-Employer Plans,'' received on January 5, 2005.
EC-489
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Irradiation in the Production, Processing
and Handling of Food'' (Doc. No. 2003F-0088), received on January 24,
2005.
EC-490
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Irradiation in the Production, Processing
and Handling of Food'' (Doc. No. 1993F-0357), received on January 24,
2005.
EC-491
Feb. 2, 2005
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of the discontinuation of service in acting role, and a
nomination confirmed for the position of Assistant Secretary for
Policy.
EC-492
Feb. 2, 2005
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of a vacancy and the designation of acting officer for the
position of Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
EC-493
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Corporate Policy and Research Department, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocations of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits,'' received on
January 5, 2005.
EC-494
Feb. 2, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; General Hospital and
Personal Use Devices; Classification of Implantable Radiofrequency
Transponder System for Patient Identification and Health Information''
(Doc. No. 2004N-0477), received on January 5, 2005.
EC-495
Feb. 2, 2005
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Fiscal Year 2004 Report on Competitive Sourcing Activities.
EC-496
Feb. 2, 2005
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Report on the International HIV/AIDS Workplace Program for Fiscal Year
2004.
EC-497
Feb. 2, 2005
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Fiscal Year 2004 FAIR Act Inventory.
EC-498
Feb. 2, 2005
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Department of
Labor.
Fiscal Year 2004 Report for the Buy American Act.
EC-499
Feb. 2, 2005
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Competitive
Sourcing Official, Department of Labor.
Fiscal Year 2004 Report on Competitive Sourcing Activities.
EC-500
Feb. 2, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of Services Implementation of Title II of the Public Health
Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Responses Act of 2002.
EC-501
Feb. 2, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report on the Fiscal Year 2002 Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program.
EC-606
Feb. 8, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Annual Surplus Property Report for Fiscal Year 2004.
EC-607
Feb. 8, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report on Infertility and the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted
Diseases From 2000 to 2003.
EC-608
Feb. 8, 2005
Human Resource Specialist, Department of Labor.
Report of a vacancy and designation of Acting Officer in the position of
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
received on February 7, 2005.
EC-609
Feb. 8, 2005
Secretary, Department of Education.
Report concerning surplus Federal real property disposed of to
educational institutions.
EC-610
Feb. 8, 2005
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Commissioner of Education and
Statistics, received on January 25, 2005.
EC-611
Feb. 8, 2005
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a nomination confirmed for the position of Assistant
Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, received on
January 25, 2005.
EC-612
Feb. 8, 2005
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of the nomination confirmed for the position of Under Secretary,
received on January 25, 2005.
EC-613
Feb. 8, 2005
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a nomination confirmed for the position of Deputy Secretary,
received on January 25, 2005.
EC-614
Feb. 8, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Cardiovascular and Neurological Devices;
Reclassification of Two Embolization Devices'' (Doc. No. 2003N-0567),
received on February 7, 2005.
EC-615
Feb. 8, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Obstetrical and
Gynecological Devices; Classification of the Assisted Reproduction
Laser System'' (Doc. No. 2004N-0530), received on February 7, 2005.
EC-616
Feb. 8, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Innovation
and Improvement, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Scientifically Based Evaluation Methods--
Notice of Final Priority'' (RIN1890-ZA00), received on February 7,
2005.
EC-617
Feb. 8, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of Vaccination Clinics; User
Fees for Investigational New Drug (IND) Influenza Vaccine Services and
Vaccines'' (RIN0920-AA11), received on January 25, 2005.
EC-757
Feb. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Gastroenterology-Urology Devices;
Classification for External Penile Rigidity Devices'' (Doc. No. 1998N-
1111), received on February 7, 2005.
EC-758
Feb. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in
Food for Human Consumption'' (Doc. No. 2003F-0128), received on
February 7, 2005.
EC-759
Feb. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Public Information Regulations Withdrawal''
(Doc. No. 2004N-0214), received February 8, 2005.
EC-760
Feb. 15, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Annual Report on the Implementation of the Age Discrimination Act of
1975 during Fiscal Year 2003, received on February 8, 2005.
EC-761
Feb. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Biological Products; Bacterial Vaccines and
Toxoids; Implementation of Efficacy Review; Withdrawal'' (Doc. No.
1980N-0208), received on February 8, 2005.
EC-762
Feb. 15, 2005
Director, National Science Foundation.
Report of the Foundation's Competitive Sourcing Efforts for Fiscal Year
2004, received on February 11, 2005.
EC-984
Feb. 16, 2005
Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia.
Report on D.C. Act 15-685, ``Disability Compensation Effective
Administration Amendment Act of 2004,'' received on February 11, 2005.
EC-1094
Feb. 28, 2005
Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board.
Report entitled ``FY 2006 Budget Justification.''
EC-1095
Feb. 28, 2005
Board Members, Railroad Retirement Board.
Report entitled ``Justification of Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year
2006.''
EC-1133
Mar. 1, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits,'' received on
February 17, 2005.
EC-1134
Mar. 1, 2005
President, James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.
Annual Report of the Foundation for the year ending September 30, 2004,
received on February 28, 2005.
EC-1135
Mar. 1, 2005
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Reports entitled ``The National Healthcare Quality Report 2004'' and
``The National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004,'' received on
February 28, 2005.
EC-1201
Mar. 4, 2005
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Programs, Employment
Standards Administration, Department of Labor.
Annual Report of the Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards,
received on March 3, 2005.
EC-1271
Mar. 14, 2005
Board Members, Railroad Retirement Board.
Board's 2004 Annual Report.
EC-1290
Mar. 15, 2005
Secretary, Judicial Conference of the United States.
Draft of proposed legislation to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
EC-1297
Mar. 16, 2005
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Competitive
Sourcing Official, Department of Labor.
Report of the Department's 2004 Inventory of Inherently Governmental
Activities and 2004 Inventory of Commercial Activities.
EC-1417
Apr. 4, 2005
Director of Government Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts.
Report of the Endowment's 2004 Fiscal Year usage of Category Rating
Human Resource Flexibility.
EC-1418
Apr. 4, 2005
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Second Annual Report of the President's National Hire Veterans
Committee.
EC-1419
Apr. 4, 2005
Executive Director and the Chairman of the Board, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Corporation's 2004 Annual Report.
EC-1420
Apr. 4, 2005
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Employment
Standards Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Wage and Hour
Division, received on March 24, 2005.
EC-1421
Apr. 4, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits,'' received on
March 18, 2005.
EC-1422
Apr. 4, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Establishment and Maintenance of Records
Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and
Response Act of 2002; Correction'' (Doc. No. 2002N-0277), received on
March 18, 2005.
EC-1423
Apr. 4, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition
to Food for Human Consumption; Acacia (Gum Arabic)'' (Doc. No. 2003F-
0023), received on March 18, 2005.
EC-1424
Apr. 4, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in
Food for Human Consumption'' (Doc. No. 2003F-0535), received on March
18, 2005.
EC-1557
Apr. 11, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Commissioner of Education
Statistics, received on April 7, 2005.
EC-1558
Apr. 11, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Commissioner, Rehabilitation
Services Commission, received on April 7, 2005.
EC-1559
Apr. 11, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Commissioner, Rehabilitation
Services Commission, received on April 7, 2005.
EC-1560
Apr. 11, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of General Counsel, received on
April 7, 2005.
EC-1561
Apr. 11, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of General Counsel, received on
April 7, 2005.
EC-1562
Apr. 11, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Deputy Secretary, received on
April 7, 2005.
EC-1759
Apr. 15, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
The Department's Fiscal Year 2004 Report Relative to the Medical Device
User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002.
EC-1760
Apr. 15, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
The Department's report entitled ``American Indian and Alaska Native
Head Start Facilities.''
EC-1761
Apr. 15, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``West Nile Virus Prevention and Control: Ensuring the
Safety of the Blood Supply and Assessing Pesticide Spraying.''
EC-1762
Apr. 15, 2005
Acting Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Procedures for the Handling of
Discrimination Complaints Under Section 6 of the Pipeline Safety
Improvement Act of 2002'' (RIN1218-AC12), received on April 11, 2005.
EC-1763
Apr. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labeling
Regulations'' (Doc. No. 2000N-1596), received on April 11, 2005.
EC-1764
Apr. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and
Drinking Water of Animals: Poly(2-vinylpyridine-co-styrene); Salts of
Volatile Fatty Acids,'' received on April 13, 2005.
EC-1765
Apr. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Clinical Chemistry and
Clinical Toxicology Devices; Instrumentation for Clinical Multiplex
Test Systems,'' received on April 13, 2005.
EC-1766
Apr. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Clinical Chemistry and
Clinical Toxicology Devices; Drug Metabolizing Enzyme Genotyping
System,'' received on April 13, 2005.
EC-1916
Apr. 25, 2005
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Programs, Department of
Labor.
Annual Report of the Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards
(OLMS).
EC-1917
Apr. 25, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Time Frames for Completing Site Profiles.''
EC-1918
Apr. 25, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Electronic Filing--Annual Financial And
Actuarial Information'' (RIN1212-AB01), received on April 21, 2005.
EC-1919
Apr. 25, 2005
Director, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service Agency, Department of
Agriculture.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits,'' received on
April 21, 2005.
EC-1920
Apr. 25, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology
Devices; Classification of the Automated Fluorescence in situ
Hybridization Enumeration Systems'' (Doc. No. 2005N-0081), received on
April 21, 2005.
EC-1921
Apr. 25, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food and Drug Administration Regulations;
Drug and Biological Product Consolidation; Addresses; Technical
Amendment,'' received on April 21, 2005.
EC-1922
Apr. 25, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Substances Affirmed as Generally Recognized
as Safe: Menhaden Oil'' (Doc. No. 1999P-5332), received on April 25,
2005.
EC-1937
Apr. 26, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Service, Office of
Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Final Regulations--34 CFR Parts 606, 607,
611, 637, 648, 656, 657, 658, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, and 669,''
received on April 22, 2005.
EC-1938
Apr. 26, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Service, Office of
Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Professional Development for Arts Educators
Program--Notice of Final Priority, Requirements, and Definitions,''
received on April 22, 2005.
EC-1939
Apr. 26, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Service, Office of
Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Arts in Education Model Development and
Dissemination Program--Notice of Final Priority, Requirements, and
Definitions,'' received on April 22, 2005.
EC-1940
Apr. 26, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Service, Office of
Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Final Requirements and Selection
Criteria--Tech-Prep Demonstration Program,'' received on April 22,
2005.
EC-1941
Apr. 26, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Service, Office of
Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Teaching American History--Notice of Final
Selection Criteria and Other Application Requirements,'' received on
April 22, 2005.
EC-1942
Apr. 26, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Service, Office of
Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Credit Enhancement for Charter School
Facilities Program--Final Regulations,'' received on April 22, 2005.
EC-1943
Apr. 26, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Service, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Final Priorities--Comprehensive
School Reform Quality Initiative,'' received on April 22, 2005.
EC-1944
Apr. 26, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Service, Office of
Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements,
Definitions, and Selection Criteria--Smaller Learning Communities
Programs--Special Competition,'' received on April 22, 2005.
EC-2065
May 10, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Tobacco Prevention and Control Activities in the
United States, 2000-2002.''
EC-2066
May 10, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Fiscal Year 2004 Medical Device User Fee and
Modernization Act Financial Report.''
EC-2067
May 10, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Performance Improvement 2004: Evaluation Activities of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.''
EC-2068
May 10, 2005
Chair, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education
Foundation.
Annual Report of the activities of the Goldwater Foundation.
EC-2069
May 10, 2005
Board Members, Railroad Retirement Board.
Report of proposed legislation relative to the Railroad Retirement Act.
EC-2070
May 10, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary, received on
May 4, 2005.
EC-2071
May 10, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Color Additives Certification; Increase in
Fees for Certification Services'' (Doc. No. 2005N-0077), received on
May 3, 2005.
EC-2072
May 10, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition
to Food for Human Consumption; Glycerol Ester of Gum Rosin'' (Doc. No.
2003F-0471), received on May 3, 2005.
EC-2073
May 10, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Amending the Regulations Governing
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin,
Handicap, Sex, and Age to Conform to the Civil Rights Restoration Act
of 1987'' (RIN0991-AB10), received on May 8, 2005.
EC-2218
May 17, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits,'' received on
May 16, 2005.
EC-2219
May 17, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Public Health Service, Department of Health and
Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Public Health Service Policies on Research
Misconduct'' (RIN0940-AA04), received on May 16, 2005.
EC-2274
May 19, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``HHS Designation of Additional Members of the Special
Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act.''
EC-2275
May 19, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances; Removal
of Essential-Use Designations'' ((RIN0910-AF18)(Doc. No. 2003P-0029)),
received on May 17, 2005.
EC-2323
May 25, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
The Department's First Annual Financial Report required by the Animal
Drug User Fee Act of 2003 (ADUFA).
EC-2324
May 25, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Performance Improvement 2005: Evaluation Activities of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.''
EC-2325
May 25, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).
EC-2454
June 7, 2005
Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities.
Annual Report on the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program for Fiscal
Year 2004.
EC-2455
June 7, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Testing for Rapid Detection of Adulteration of Food.''
EC-2456
June 7, 2005
Acting Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Oregon State Plan; Final Approval
Determination'' (RIN1218-AC13), received on June 2, 2005.
EC-2457
June 7, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Programs--Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Centers,'' received on June 1, 2005.
EC-2458
June 7, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects--Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization Projects'' (RIN1820-
ZA36), received on June 1, 2005.
EC-2572
June 13, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Second Biennial Report to the Congress on Evaluation,
Research and Technical Assistance Activities Supported by the
Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program.''
EC-2573
June 13, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report on the Community Food and Nutrition Program (CFNP) for Fiscal
Year 2001.
EC-2574
June 13, 2005
Secretary, Department of Education.
Report of proposed legislation entitled ``Higher Education Act Reform
Amendments of 2005.''
EC-2575
June 13, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary for
Legislation, received on June 8, 2005.
EC-2576
June 13, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary for
Legislation, received on June 8, 2005.
EC-2577
June 13, 2005
Director, Office of Worker's Compensation Programs, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Performance of Functions; Claims for
Compensation Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended, 20 CFR Parts 1 and 30''
(RIN1215-AB51), received on June 8, 2005.
EC-2640
June 15, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Child Welfare Outcomes 2002: Annual Report.''
EC-2641
June 15, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on June 14, 2005.
EC-2717
June 23, 2005
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of the Chief Acquisition Officers,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, General Services
Administration.
Report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-04'' (FAC
2005-04), Interim Rule (Item IV-FAR Case 2004-35), and nine Federal
Acquisition Regulations: ((RIN9000-AK04, RIN9000-AK03, RIN9000-AJ97,
RIN9000-AK17, RIN9000-AK02, RIN9000-AJ79, RIN9000-AJ67, RIN9000-
AJ93)(48 CFR Chapter 1)), received on June 16, 2005.
EC-2718
June 23, 2005
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Report of a draft bill entitled ``Unemployment Compensation Program
Integrity Act of 2005,'' received on June 14, 2005.
EC-2719
June 23, 2005
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Annual Report on the Fiscal Year 2002 operations of the Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs.
EC-2720
June 23, 2005
Railroad Retirement Board.
Report on the actuarial status of the railroad retirement system,
including any recommendations for financing changes.
EC-2721
June 23, 2005
Railroad Retirement Board.
The Board's 2005 Annual Report on the financial status of the railroad
unemployment insurance system.
EC-2861
July 11, 2005
Deputy Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
Commission's Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for Fiscal Year
2004.
EC-2862
July 11, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Fiscal Year 2004 Prescription Drug User Fee Act Financial Report.
EC-2863
July 11, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Dental Devices; Reclassification of
Tricalcium Phosphate Granules and Classification of Other Bone
Grafting Material for Dental Bone Repair'' (Doc. No. 2002P-0520),
received on June 23, 2005.
EC-2864
July 11, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Federal Policy for the Protection of Human
Subjects,'' received on June 22, 2005.
EC-2865
July 11, 2005
Director, Division of Policy, Planning and Program Development, Office
of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination
Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors; Compliance Evaluations
in ALL OFCCP Programs'' (RIN1215-AB28, 1215-AB27, 1215-AB23), received
on June 23, 2005.
EC-2866
July 11, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Reports relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary for
Public Health and Science, received on June 23, 2005.
EC-2867
July 11, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Reports relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, received on June 23, 2005.
EC-2868
July 11, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to a vacancy in the position of Secretary of Health and
Human Services, received on June 23, 2005.
EC-2869
July 11, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to a vacancy in the position of Commissioner, Food and
Drug Administration, received on June 23, 2005.
EC-2870
July 11, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, received on June 23, 2005.
EC-2871
July 11, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to a vacancy in the position of Deputy Secretary of
Health and Human Services, received on June 23, 2005.
EC-2872
July 11, 2005
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to a vacancy in the position of Director, Indian Health
Service, received on June 23, 2005.
EC-2999
July 14, 2005
Chairman, National Labor Relations Board.
Report of a vacancy and the designation of an acting officer for the
position of General Counsel, received on July 5, 2005.
EC-3000
July 14, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Beverages: Bottled Water'' (Doc. No. 2004N-
0416), received on July 6, 2005.
EC-3001
July 14, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Supplemental Financial Disclosure
Requirements for Employees of the Department'' (RIN3209-AA15),
received on July 7, 2005.
EC-3002
July 14, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Innovation
and Improvement, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Innovation for Teacher Quality--Troops to
Teachers'' (RIN1855-AA04), received on July 1, 2005.
EC-3003
July 14, 2005
Administrator, Office of National Programs, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Indian and Native American Welfare-to-Work
Program'' (RIN1205-AB16), received on July 11, 2005.
EC-3004
July 14, 2005
Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of
Underground Metal and Nonmetal Miners'' (RIN1219-AB29), received on
July 7, 2005.
EC-3065
July 18, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Deputy Secretary and the
confirmation of the nominee, received on July 14, 2005.
EC-3066
July 18, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Assistant Secretary, received
on July 14, 2005.
EC-3067
July 18, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Office of Legislation and
Congressional Affairs, Department of Education.
Report of the designation of an acting officer for the position of
Assistant Secretary, received on July 14, 2005.
EC-3068
July 18, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Office of Communications and
Outreach, Department of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Assistant Secretary (new
position), received on July 14, 2005.
EC-3069
July 18, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Office of Planning, Evaluation,
and Policy Development, Department of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Assistant Secretary (new
position), received on July 14, 2005.
EC-3070
July 18, 2005
Director, Office of White House Liaison, Office for Civil Rights,
Department of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Assistant Secretary, received
on July 14, 2005.
EC-3071
July 18, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Protection of Human Subjects'' (RIN1890-
AA08), received on July 13, 2005.
EC-3072
July 18, 2005
Secretary, Department of Education.
Report of a proposed legislative amendment to the Higher Education Act
of 1965, received July 14, 2005.
EC-3073
July 18, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Fiscal Year 2003 Biennial Report on the Status of Children in Head Start
Programs.
EC-3127
July 21, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Final Priorities--Grants to States to
Improve Management of Drug and Violence Prevention Programs,''
received on July 18, 2005.
EC-3128
July 21, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Final Priorities--Grants for School-Based
Student Drug-Testing Program,'' received on July 18, 2005.
EC-3129
July 21, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Final Priorities--Alcohol and Other Drug
Prevention Models on College Campuses,'' received on July 18, 2005.
EC-3130
July 21, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Final Priorities--Emergency Response and
Crisis Management Grants Program,'' received on July 18, 2005.
EC-3131
July 21, 2005
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Final Priority for a National
Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research,'' received on
July 18, 2005.
EC-3150
July 25, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on July 21, 2005.
EC-3151
July 25, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition
to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3'' (Doc. No. 2003F-0370),
received on July 21, 2005.
EC-3152
July 25, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Electronic Products; Performance Standard
for Diagnostic X-Ray Systems and Their Major Components'' ((RIN0910-
AC34) (Doc. No. 2001N-0275)), received on July 21, 2005.
EC-3153
July 25, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Medical Device Reporting;
Confirmation of Effective Date'' (Doc. No. 2004N-0527), received on
July 21, 2005.
EC-3154
July 25, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition
to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3'' (Doc. No. 2002F-0160),
received on July 21, 2005.
EC-3309
July 29, 2005
Chief, Regulatory Development Division, Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of
Underground Metal and Nonmetal Miners'' (RIN1219-AB29), received on
July 27, 2005.
EC-3310
July 29, 2005
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Regulations Implementing the Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and Related Statutes'' (RIN1215-
AB38), received on July 27, 2005.
EC-3452
Sept. 6, 2005
Deputy Secretary, Department of Labor.
Report of a proposed bill entitled ``Child Labor Protection Act of
2005.''
EC-3453
Sept. 6, 2005
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of a vacancy, the designation of an acting officer, and a
nomination for the position of Assistant Secretary for Veterans
Employment and Training, received on July 28, 2005.
EC-3454
Sept. 6, 2005
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of the discontinuation of service in the acting role for the
position of Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, received
on July 28, 2005.
EC-3455
Sept. 6, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of the General
Counsel, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who
Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind''
(RIN1820-ZA39), received on July 28, 2005.
EC-3456
Sept. 6, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on July 28, 2005.
EC-3457
Sept. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Change of Address; Technical Amendment,''
received on July 28, 2005.
EC-3458
Sept. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Listing of Color Additives Exempt from
Certification; Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments'' (Doc. No. 1998C-
0431), received on August 8, 2005.
EC-3533
Sept. 6, 2005
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of a vacancy and the discontinuation of service in the acting
role for the position of Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety
and Health, received on August 17, 2005.
EC-3534
Sept. 6, 2005
General Counsel, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Report of a vacancy and the designation of an acting officer for the
position of Director, received on August 17, 2005.
EC-3535
Sept. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Listing of Color Additives Exempt From
Certification; Tomato Lycopene Extract and Tomato Lycopene
Concentrate'' (Doc. No. 2001C-0486), received on August 17, 2005.
EC-3536
Sept. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Change of Name and Address; Technical
Amendment'' (Doc. No. 2005N-0201), received on August 17, 2005.
EC-3537
Sept. 6, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program--National Center for the Dissemination of
Disability Research,'' received on August 17, 2005.
EC-3538
Sept. 6, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers
Program--Promoting Access to Effective Consumer-Centered and
Community-Based Practices and Supports for Adults with Serious Mental
Illness,'' received on August 17, 2005.
EC-3539
Sept. 6, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers
Program--Children with Special Health Care Needs,'' received on August
17, 2005.
EC-3599
Sept. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Public Information Regulations'' (Doc. No.
2004N-0214), received on August 17, 2005.
EC-3690
Sept. 12, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Draft agenda for the ribbon cutting ceremony for the six new buildings
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta,
Georgia, on Monday, September 12, 2005.
EC-3691
Sept. 12, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``HHS Designation of Additional Members (workers
employed at the Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee) of the Special
Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000.
EC-3692
Sept. 12, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Definition of Primary Mode of Action of a
Combination Product'' (Doc. No. 2004N-0194), received on September 6,
2005.
EC-3693
Sept. 12, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``HHS Designation of Additional Members (workers
employed at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Burlington, Iowa) of the
Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.''
EC-3694
Sept. 12, 2005
White House Liaison, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs,
Department of Education.
Report of action on a nomination for the position of Assistant
Secretary, received on August 31, 2005.
EC-3695
Sept. 12, 2005
White House Liaison, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs,
Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary, received on
August 31, 2005.
EC-3696
Sept. 12, 2005
White House Liaison, Office of Management, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary, received on
August 31, 2005.
EC-3697
Sept. 12, 2005
White House Liaison, Office of Management, Department of Education.
Report of the designation of an acting officer for the position of
Assistant Secretary, received on August 31, 2005.
EC-3698
Sept. 12, 2005
White House Liaison, Office of Communications and Outreach, Department
of Education.
Report of action on a nomination for the position of Assistant
Secretary, received on August 31, 2005.
EC-3699
Sept. 12, 2005
White House Liaison, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development, Department of Education.
Report of action on a nomination for the position of Assistant
Secretary, received on August 31, 2005.
EC-3700
Sept. 12, 2005
White House Liaison, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,
Department of Education.
Report of action on a nomination for the position of Assistant
Secretary, received on August 31, 2005.
EC-3701
Sept. 12, 2005
White House Liaison, Institute of Education Sciences, Department of
Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Commissioner of Education
Statistics, received on August 31, 2005.
EC-3702
Sept. 12, 2005
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Amendment to Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 84-14 for Plan Asset Transactions Determined by Independent
Qualified Professional Asset Managers'' (PTE 84-14), received on
August 23, 2005.
EC-3703
Sept. 12, 2005
Senior Regulatory Officer, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Service Contract Act Wage Determination
OnLine Request Process'' (RIN1215-AB47), received on August 31, 2005.
EC-3704
Sept. 12, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Irradiation in the Production, Processing,
and Handling of Food'' (Doc. No. 1999F-4372), received on August 17,
2005.
EC-3705
Sept. 12, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on September 6, 2005.
EC-3706
Sept. 12, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report on the Fiscal Year 2003 Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program.
EC-3774
Sept. 15, 2005
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of action on a nomination and the discontinuation of service in
the acting role for the position of Assistant Secretary for Veterans
Employment and Training.
EC-3876
Sept. 22, 2005
Railroad Retirement Board.
Budget request for Fiscal Year 2007.
EC-3877
Sept. 22, 2005
Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board.
Budget request for Fiscal Year 2007.
EC-3878
Sept. 22, 2005
Deputy Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
Commission's 2005 Inventory of Commercial and Inherently Governmental
Activities.
EC-3879
Sept. 22, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Vocational
and Adult Education, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Final Changes to Requirements--
Community Technology Centers Program.''
EC-3880
Sept. 22, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements,
Definitions, and Selection Criteria--School Dropout Prevention
Program.''
EC-3881
Sept. 22, 2005
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects--Demand Side Employment Placement Models.''
EC-3882
Sept. 22, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct
and Financial Disclosure Requirements for Employees of the Department
of Health and Human Services'' (RIN3209-AA15), received on September
7, 2005.
EC-3991
Sept. 26, 2005
Chairman, National Labor Relations Board.
Board's inventory of inherently governmental and commercial activities.
EC-3992
Sept. 26, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology
Devices; Classification of Ribonucleic Acid Preanalytical Systems''
(Doc. No. 2005N-0263), received on August 21, 2005.
EC-3993
Sept. 26, 2005
Acting Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Updating OSHA Standards Based on National
Consensus Standards'' (RIN1218-AC08), received on September 21, 2005.
EC-4085
Oct. 3, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Office of HIPAA Standards, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``HIPAA Administrative Simplification:
Standards for Electronic Health Care Claims Attachments'' (RIN0938-
AK62), received on September 26, 2005.
EC-4196
Oct. 6, 2005
Associate Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Report of a vacancy in the position of General Counsel, received on
September 28, 2005.
EC-4197
Oct. 6, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Use of Materials Derived from Cattle in
Human Food and Cosmetics'' (RIN0910-AF47), received on October 4,
2005.
EC-4198
Oct. 6, 2005
Senior Regulatory Officer, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
Report of rule entitled ``Industries in American Samoa,'' received on
October 4, 2005.
EC-4199
Oct. 6, 2005
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Report on the Department's 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child
Labor.
EC-4265
Oct. 18, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Food and Drug Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Registration of Food Facilities Under the
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act
of 2002'' ((RIN0910-AC40) (Doc. No. 200N-0276)), received on October
6, 2005.
EC-4266
Oct. 18, 2005
Railroad Retirement Board.
Board's 2005 Annual Report.
EC-4267
Oct. 18, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Dental Devices;
Classification of Oral Rinse to Reduce the Adhesion of Dental Plaque''
(Doc. No. 2005N-0338), received on October 11, 2005.
EC-4268
Oct. 18, 2005
Administrator, Office of National Programs, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Labor Condition Applications and
Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H-1B Visas in
Speciality Occupations and as Fashion Models; Labor Attestations
Regarding H-1B1 Visas; Interim Final Rule'' (RIN1205-AB38), received
on October 11, 2005.
EC-4269
Oct. 18, 2005
Administrator, Office of National Programs, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Labor Certification for the Permanent
Employment of Aliens in the United States; Backlog Reduction; Interim
Final Rule'' (RIN1205-AB37), received on October 11, 2005.
EC-4373
Oct. 24, 2005
Acting Director, Division of Policy, Planning and Program Development,
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Obligation to Solicit Race and Gender Data
for Agency Enforcement Purposes'' (RIN1215-AB45), received on October
18, 2005.
EC-4409
Oct. 26, 2005
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of nominations and the designation of acting officers for the
positions of Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health
and Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, received on
October 21, 2005.
EC-4410
Oct. 26, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to adding a class of certain workers of Mallinckrodt
Chemical Works to the Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-4411
Oct. 26, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling; Nutrient Content Claims,
Definition of Sodium Levels for the Term `Healthy' ''(RIN0910-AC49),
received on October 21, 2005.
EC-4487
Nov. 1, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on October 31, 2005.
EC-4488
Nov. 1, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology
Devices; Classification of AFP-L3% Immunological Test Systems'' (Doc.
No. 2005N-0341), received on October 31, 2005.
EC-4489
Nov. 1, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Cold, Cough, Allergy, Bronchodilator, and
Antiasthmatic Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Amendment
of Final Monograph for Over-the-Counter Nasal Decongestant Drug
Products'' ((RIN0910-AF34) (Doc. No. 2004N-0289)), received on October
21, 2005.
EC-4567
Nov. 7, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a draft bill entitled ``Pandemic Flu Countermeasure Liability
Protection Act of 2005.''
EC-4568
Nov. 7, 2005
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Allocation of Costs of Assessing and
Collecting State Taxes that are Collected in Conjunction with the
State Unemployment Compensation Tax'' (TEGL 6-05), received on
November 2, 2005.
EC-4599
Nov. 8, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State
Children's Health Insurance Program: Final Report to Congress.''
EC-4600
Nov. 8, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select
Agents and Toxins--Reconstructed Replication Competent Forms of the
1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Containing Any Portion of the Coding
Regions of All Eight Gene Segments,'' received on November 4, 2005.
EC-4635
Nov. 15, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Assets for Independence Program--Status at the
Conclusion of the Fifth Year.''
EC-4636
Nov. 15, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology
Devices; Classification of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance
Regulator Gene Mutation Detection System'' (Doc. No. 2005P-0397),
received on November 14, 2005.
EC-4757
Nov. 18, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report on the status of petitions for designating class of employees as
members of the special cohort.
EC-4777
Dec. 13, 2005
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of General Counsel, received on
November 28, 2005.
EC-4778
Dec. 13, 2005
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of the designation of an acting officer for the position of
Assistant Secretary, received on November 28, 2005.
EC-4779
Dec. 13, 2005
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary, received on
November 28, 2005.
EC-4780
Dec. 13, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on November 28, 2005.
EC-4781
Dec. 13, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; General and Plastic Surgery
Devices; Classification of the Low Energy Ultrasound Wound Cleaner''
(Doc. No. 2005P-0366), received on November 28, 2005.
EC-4782
Dec. 13, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Federal Enforcement in Group and Individual
Health Insurance Markets'' (RIN0938-AN35), received on November 28,
2005.
EC-4783
Dec. 13, 2005
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Hospice Care Amendments''
(RIN0938-AJ36), received on November 28, 2005.
EC-4920
Dec. 15, 2005
Acting Director, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Fees for Testing, Evaluation and Approval of
Mining Products'' (RIN1219-AB38), received on December 5, 2005.
EC-4921
Dec. 15, 2005
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits,'' received on
December 6, 2005.
EC-4922
Dec. 15, 2005
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract Compliance, Department
of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination
Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors Regarding Protected
Veterans'' (RIN1215-AB24), received on December 6, 2005.
EC-4923
Dec. 15, 2005
Administrator, Employment and Training Administration, Department of
Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Labor Condition Applications and
Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H-1B Visas in
Specialty Occupations and as Fashion Models and Labor Attestation
Requirements for Employers using Nonimmigrants on H-1B1 Visas in
Specialty Occupations; Filing Procedures; Final Rule'' (RIN1205-AB39),
received on December 12, 2005.
EC-4924
Dec. 15, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Annual report on the implementation of the Age Discrimination Act for
Fiscal Year 2004.
EC-5068
Dec. 19, 2005
General Counsel, Office of Compliance.
Report on Americans with Disabilities Act inspections conducted during
the 108th Congress.
EC-5069
Dec. 19, 2005
General Counsel, Office of Compliance.
Report on Occupational Safety and Health Inspections for the 108th
Congress.
EC-5110
Dec. 20, 2005
Director, Regulations Policy and Management, Department of Health and
Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition
to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3'' (Doc. No. 2004F-0374),
received on December 8, 2005.
EC-5111
Dec. 20, 2005
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Community Services Block Grant Statistical Report and Report on
Performance Outcomes for Fiscal Years 2000-2003.
EC-5175
Jan. 18, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to adding a class of certain workers of the National
Bureau of Standards to the Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-5176
Jan. 18, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to adding a class of certain workers of the Linde
Ceramics Plant in Niagara Falls, New York, to the Special Exposure
Cohort.
EC-5177
Jan. 18, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Second Interim Report on the Informatics for Diabetes
Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) Demonstration: Final Report on
Phase I.''
EC-5178
Jan. 18, 2006
Inspector General, Department of Labor.
Department's Fiscal Year 2005 competitive sourcing report.
EC-5179
Jan. 18, 2006
Secretary to the Board, Railroad Retirement Board.
Board's Fiscal Year 2005 competitive sourcing report.
EC-5180
Jan. 18, 2006
Secretary, Department of Education.
Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional
Quality and Integrity for Fiscal Year 2005.
EC-5181
Jan. 18, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Investigational New Drugs: Export
Requirements for Unapproved New Drug Products'' ((RIN0910-AA61) (Doc.
No. 2000N-1663)), received on January 3, 2006.
EC-5182
Jan. 18, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Biological Products; Bacterial Vaccines and
Toxoids; Implementation of Efficacy Review'' (Doc. No. 1980N-0208),
received on January 3, 2006.
EC-5183
Jan. 18, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Simplification of the Grant Appeals
Process'' (RIN0906-AA69), received on January 4, 2006.
EC-5184
Jan. 18, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Procedures for Designating Classes of
Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000,''
received on January 4, 2006.
EC-5185
Jan. 18, 2006
Acting Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration.
Report of a rule entitled ``Roll-Over Protective Structures'' (RIN1218-
AC15), received on January 6, 2006.
EC-5332
Jan. 25, 2006
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Report of a draft bill which would amend the Mine Safety and Health
Administration's (``MSHA'') civil money penalty system by permitting
MSHA to levy a maximum civil penalty of $220,000 for certain
violations (termed ``flagrant'' violations) that substantially and
proximately caused, or reasonably could have been expected to cause,
death or serious bodily injury.
EC-5333
Jan. 25, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on January 8, 2006.
EC-5334
Jan. 25, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Valuations of Benefits: Mortality
Assumptions'' (RIN1212-AA55), received on January 8, 2006.
EC-5340
Jan. 26, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Health, United States, 2005.''
EC-5341
Jan. 26, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Reports entitled ``The National Healthcare Quality Report 2005'' and
``The National Healthcare Disparities Report 2005.''
EC-5342
Jan. 26, 2006
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Department's Fiscal Year 2005 Report on Competitive Sourcing.
EC-5343
Jan. 26, 2006
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Competitive
Sourcing Official, Department of Labor.
Department's Fiscal Year 2005 Competitive Sourcing Report.
EC-5344
Jan. 26, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Annual Funding Notice for Multiemployer
Defined Benefit Pension Plans'' (RIN1210-AB00), received on January
16, 2006.
EC-5345
Jan. 26, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition
to Food for Human Consumption; Synthetic Fatty Alcohols'' (Doc. No.
1994F-0153), received on January 16, 2006.
EC-5430
Jan. 30, 2006
Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances, Mine
Safety and Health Administration.
Report of a rule entitled ``Low- and Medium-Voltage Diesel-Powered
Electrical Generators'' (RIN1219-AA98), received on January 25, 2005.
EC-5431
Jan. 30, 2006
Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances, Mine
Safety and Health Administration.
Report of a rule entitled ``Training Standards for Shaft and Slope
Construction Workers at Underground Mines and Surface Areas of
Underground Mines'' (RIN1219-AB35), received on January 25, 2005.
EC-5432
Jan. 30, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disclosure to Participants; Benefits Payable
in Terminated Single-Employer Plans'' (29 CFR Parts 4011 and 4022),
received on January 25, 2006.
EC-5433
Jan. 30, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer
Plans, Valuation of Benefits and Assets; Expected Retirement Age'' (29
CFR Part 4044), received on January 25, 2006.
EC-5434
Jan. 30, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling: Health Claims; Soluble
Dietary Fiber From Certain Foods and Coronary Heart Disease'' (Doc.
No. 2004P-0512), received on January 25, 2006.
EC-5435
Jan. 30, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling: Ingredient Labeling of
Dietary Supplements That Contain Botanicals; Withdrawal'' (Doc. No.
2003N-0346), received on January 25, 2006.
EC-5436
Jan. 30, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food
and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Requirements on Content and Format of
Labeling for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products''
((RIN0910-AA94) (Doc. No. 2000N-1269)), received on January 25, 2006.
EC-5526
Feb. 2, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report to Congress on Adoption and Other Permanency Outcomes for
Children in Foster Care: Focus on Older Children.
EC-5527
Feb. 2, 2006
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education.
Department's Office for Civil Rights Fiscal Year 2004 Annual Report.
EC-5528
Feb. 2, 2006
Secretary, Department of Education.
Department's Fiscal Year 2005 Competitive Sourcing Report.
EC-5529
Feb. 2, 2006
Deputy Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
Commission's Fiscal Year 2005 Competitive Sourcing Report.
EC-5642
Feb. 8, 2006
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs,
Department of Labor.
Department's final report on the National Emergency with respect to the
suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act in response to Hurricane Katrina.
EC-5643
Feb. 8, 2006
Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board.
Report relative to budget request for the Office of Inspector General,
Railroad Retirement Board, for Fiscal Year 2007.
EC-5644
Feb. 8, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Amendment to Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 84-24 (PTE 84-24) For Certain Transactions Involving
Insurance Agents and Brokers, Pension Consultants, Insurance
Companies, Investment Companies and Investment Company Principal
Underwriters'' (Exemption Application D-11069), received on February
7, 2006.
EC-5645
Feb. 8, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Amendment to Prohibited Transaction
Exemption (PTE) 75-1, Exemptions from Prohibitions Respecting Certain
Classes of Transactions Involving Employee Benefit Plans and Certain
Broker-Dealers, Reporting Dealers and Banks'' (Exemption Application
D-11184), received on February 7, 2006.
EC-5646
Feb. 8, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training Service,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994'' (RIN1293-AA09), received on February
7, 2007.
EC-5712
Feb. 13, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Six reports relative to vacancy announcements within the Department.
EC-5713
Feb. 13, 2006
Board Members, Railroad Retirement Board.
Report entitled ``Justification of Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year
2007.''
EC-5778
Feb. 28, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Report to Congress on Head Start Monitoring for Fiscal
Year 2004.''
EC-5779
Feb. 28, 2006
Ombudsman for Part E, Energy Employees Compensation Program, Department
of Labor.
Ombudsman's 2005 First Annual Report.
EC-5829
Mar. 1, 2006
Director, National Science Foundation.
Foundation's report relative to its competitive sourcing efforts for
fiscal year 2005.
EC-5830
Mar. 1, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Department's Fiscal Year 2002 Report on the Community Food and Nutrition
Program (CFNP).
EC-5913
Mar. 6, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on March 2, 2006.
EC-5952
Mar. 7, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on March 7, 2006.
EC-5974
Mar. 13, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to Community Services Block Grant Discretionary
Activities: Community Economic Development and Rural Communities
Facilities Discretionary Grant projects funded during Fiscal Year
2001.
EC-6032
Mar. 15, 2006
Acting Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration.
Report of a rule entitled ``Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent
Chromium'' (RIN1218-AB45), received on March 13, 2006.
EC-6033
Mar. 15, 2006
Political Personnel and Advisory Communication Management Specialist,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Ten Reports relative to vacancy announcements within the Department,
received on March 13, 2005.
EC-6034
Mar. 15, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Microbiology Devices; Reclassification of
Hepatitis A Virus Serological Assays'' (Doc. No. 2003P-0564), received
on March 13, 2006.
EC-6035
Mar. 15, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Cardiovascular Devices;
Classification of Implantable Intra-Aneurysm Pressure Measurement
System'' (Doc. No. 2005N-0506), received on March 13, 2006.
EC-6063
Mar. 27, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of the designation of an acting officer in the position of Under
Secretary.
EC-6064
Mar. 27, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Listing of Color Additives Exempt From
Certification; Tomato Lycopene Extract and Tomato Lycopene
Concentrate'' (Doc. No. 2001C-0486), received on March 27, 2006.
EC-6065
Mar. 27, 2006
Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances, Mine
Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Emergency Mine Evacuation'' (RIN1219-AB46),
received on March 27, 2006.
EC-6066
Mar. 27, 2006
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Competitive
Sourcing Official, Department of Labor.
Department's 2005 FAIR Act Inventory of Inherently Governmental
Activities and Inventory of Commercial Activities.
EC-6272
Apr. 5, 2006
Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report relative to the amount of acquisitions made by the agency from
entities that manufacture the articles, materials, or supplies outside
of the United States for fiscal year 2004.
EC-6273
Apr. 5, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Department's Annual Surplus Property Report for Fiscal Year 2005.
EC-6352
Apr. 7, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Service, Department of
Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Parental Information and Resource Centers--
Notice of Final Priorities and Eligibility Requirements,'' received on
April 6, 2006.
EC-6353
Apr. 7, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Service, Department of
Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``State Charter School Facilities Incentive
Program,'' received on April 6, 2006.
EC-6363
Apr. 24, 2006
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Amendment to Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 80-26 (PTE 80-26) for Certain Interest Free Loans to
Employee Benefits Plans'' (Application Number D-11046), received on
April 7, 2006.
EC-6364
Apr. 24, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition
to Food for Human Consumption; Glycerides and Polyglycides'' (Doc. No.
1994F-0457), received on April 7, 2006.
EC-6365
Apr. 24, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of the General
Counsel, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Equal Access to Public School Facilities for
the Boy Scouts of America and Other Designated Youth Groups''
(RIN1870-AA12), received on April 7, 2006.
EC-6411
Apr. 25, 2006
Chairman, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.
Report on the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program for fiscal year 2005.
EC-6412
Apr. 25, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Amendment to Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 2002-51 (PTE 2002-51) to Permit Certain Transactions
Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program'' (RIN1210-
ZA05), received on April 24, 2006.
EC-6413
Apr. 25, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program Under
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974'' (RIN1210-AB03),
received on April 24, 2006.
EC-6414
Apr. 25, 2006
Director, Regulation Policy and Management, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``New Animal Drugs; Removal of Obsolete and
Redundant Regulations'' (Doc. No. 2003N-0324), received on April 12,
2006.
EC-6415
Apr. 25, 2006
Director, Regulation Policy and Management, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology
Devices; Classification of Reagents for Detection of Specified Novel
Influenza A Viruses'' (Doc. No. 2006N-0100), received on April 12,
2006.
EC-6416
Apr. 25, 2006
Director, Regulation Policy and Management, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``New Animal Drugs; Adamantane and
Neuraminidase Inhibitor Anti-influenza Drugs; Extralabel Animal Drug
Use; Order of Prohibition'' (Doc. No. 2006N-0106), received on April
12, 2006.
EC-6417
Apr. 25, 2006
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Changes to UI Performs, Change 1,
Performance Criterion for the Overpayment Detection Measure;
Clarification of Appeals Timeliness Measures; and Implementation of
Tax Quality Measure Corrective Action Plans (CAPs)'', received on
April 12, 2006.
EC-6526
May 1, 2006
Director, Contracts and Acquisitions Management, Department of
Education.
Department's 2005 Commercial and Inherently Governmental Activities
Inventory.
EC-6527
May 1, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling; Health Claims; Dietary
Noncariogenic Carbohydrate Sweeteners and Dental Caries'' (Doc. No.
2004P-0294), received on April 12, 2006.
EC-6528
May 1, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Class Exemption for Services Provided in
Connection with the Termination of Abandoned Individual Account
Plans'' (RIN1210-ZA05), received on April 25, 2006.
EC-6529
May 1, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Termination of Abandoned Individual Account
Plans'' (RIN1210-AA97), received on April 25, 2006.
EC-6530
May 1, 2006
Associate Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Report of a nomination for the position of General Counsel, received on
April 27, 2006.
EC-6626
May 2, 2006
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of the designation of an acting officer and a nomination for the
position of Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Employment
Standards Administration, received on May 1, 2006.
EC-6627
May 2, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Amendment to the Interim Final Regulation
for Mental Health Parity'' (RIN0938-AN80), received on May 1, 2006.
EC-6788
May 8, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on May 3, 2006.
EC-6823
May 11, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Development of a Strategic Plan Regarding Physician
Investment in Speciality Hospitals.''
EC-6824
May 11, 2006
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``UIPL 14-05, Changes to UI Performs; UIPL 14-
05, Change 1, Performance Criterion for the Overpayment Detection
Measure; Clarification of Appeals Timeliness Measures; and
Implementation of Tax Quality Measure Corrective Action Plans
(CAPs)'', received on May 11, 2006.
EC-6861
May 17, 2006
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of action on a nomination, discontinuation of service in the
acting role, and conformation for the position of Assistant Secretary
for Occupational Safety and Health, received on May 15, 2006.
EC-6959
May 25, 2006
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Chief Acquisition
Officer, Department of Labor.
Department's Fiscal Year 2005 Buy American Act Report.
EC-6960
May 25, 2006
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Department's annual report to Congress on the Fiscal Year 2003
operations of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
EC-6961
May 25, 2006
Deputy Solicitor for National Operations, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Production or Disclosure of Information or
Materials'' (RIN1290-AA17), received on May 24, 2006.
EC-6991
June 6, 2006
Secretary, Department of Education.
Department of Education's 2005 Buy American Act Report.
EC-6992
June 6, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on May 31, 2006.
EC-6993
June 6, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling: Health Claims; Soluble
Dietary Fiber From Certain Foods and Coronary Heart Disease'' (Doc.
No. 2004P-0512), received on June 5, 2006.
EC-6994
June 6, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program: Administrative Implementation'' (RIN0906-AA61), received on
May 31, 2006.
EC-6995
June 6, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program: Smallpox (Vaccinia) Vaccine Injury Table'' (RIN0906-AA60),
received on May 31, 2006.
EC-6996
June 6, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Eight reports relative to vacancy announcements within the Department,
received on May 31, 2006.
EC-7198
June 19, 2006
Deputy Secretary, Department of Education.
Report relative to the Government Accountability Office, the Department
of Education, and the violation of the Antideficiency Act.
EC-7199
June 19, 2006
Co-Chairs of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) Initiative, Business-Higher Education Forum.
Report entitled ``Securing America's Leadership in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics.''
EC-7200
June 19, 2006
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances, Mine Safety
and Health Administration, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of
Underground Metal and Nonmetal Miners'' (RIN1219-AB29), received on
June 5, 2006.
EC-7201
June 19, 2006
Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Corporation's report on the amount of acquisitions made by the agency
from entities that manufacture the articles, materials, or supplies
outside of the United States in fiscal year 2005.
EC-7202
June 19, 2006
Deputy Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on June 5, 2006.
EC-7203
June 19, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program--Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects--National Data and Statistical Center for the Spinal Cord
Injury Model Systems and the National Data Statistical Center for the
Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems,'' received on June 12, 2006.
EC-7309
June 22, 2006
Chief, Human Capital Officer, Corporation for National and Community
Service.
Report of the confirmation of a nominee for the position of Chief
Financial Officer, Corporation for National and Community Service,
received on June 18, 2006.
EC-7310
June 22, 2006
United States Railroad Retirement Board.
Twenty-Third Actuarial Valuation of the Assets and Liabilities Under the
Railroad Retirement Acts as of December 31, 2004.
EC-7311
June 22, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report entitled ``Child Welfare Outcomes 2003: Annual Report.''
EC-7312
June 22, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to the Department of Health and Human Services' current
initiatives in regard to the national preparedness plan and progress
in meeting preparedness goals specified in section 101 of the Public
Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act.
EC-7313
June 22, 2006
Director, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Standards of Conduct for Federal Sector
Labor Organizations'' (RIN1215-AB48), received on June 15, 2006.
EC-7314
June 26, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program--Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Centers
and Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects,'' received on June
18, 2006.
EC-7315
June 26, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program--Disability Rehabilitation Research
Projects; Funding Priorities,'' received on June 18, 2006.
EC-7316
June 26, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program; Funding Priorities,'' received on June
18, 2006.
EC-7317
June 26, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Office of Special Education Programs--State
Personnel Development Grants Program,'' received on June 18, 2006.
EC-7389
June 29, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Child Support Enforcement Program;
Reasonable Quantitative Standard for Review and Adjustment of Child
Support Orders'' (RIN0970-AC19), received on June 22, 2006.
EC-7403
June 29, 2006
Railroad Retirement Board.
Board's 2006 annual report on the financial status of the railroad
unemployment insurance system.
EC-7404
June 29, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Vocational and
Adult Education, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Waivers for the Native American
Vocational Technical Education Program and the Tribally Controlled
Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions Program and
Funding of Continuation Grants'' (CFDA Numbers 84.101 and 84.245),
received on June 27, 2006.
EC-7405
June 29, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families Program'' (RIN0970-AC27), received on June 28,
2006.
EC-7406
June 29, 2006
Acting Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Liability Pursuant to Section 4062(e) of
ERISA'' (RIN1212-AB03), received on June 28, 2006.
EC-7407
June 29, 2006
Acting Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on June 28, 2006.
EC-7438
July 10, 2006
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of a vacancy and the designation of an acting officer for the
position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, received on July
6, 2006.
EC-7439
July 10, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Listing of Color Additives Exempt from
Certification; Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments'' (Doc. No. 1998C-
0790), received on July 6, 2006.
EC-7481
July 12, 2006
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Department of
Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Labor Condition Applications and
Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H-1B Visas in
Specialty Occupations and as Fashion Models; Labor Attestations
Regarding H-1B1 Visas'' (RIN1205-AB38), received on July 6, 2006.
EC-7540
July 17, 2006
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of Regulations for the
Academic Competitiveness Grant and National Science and Mathematics
Access to Retain Talent Grant Programs, and Grant and Loan Program
Amendments; Interim Rule,'' received on July 11, 2006.
EC-7634
July 25, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to adding a class of certain workers of the Nevada Test
Site, to the Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-7635
July 25, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to adding a class of certain workers of the Pacific
Proving Grounds, to the Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-7636
July 25, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a draft bill entitled ``United States Public Health Service
Commissioned Corps Transformation Act of 2006,'' received on July 18,
2006.
EC-7637
July 25, 2006
Acting Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Electronic Premium Filing'' (RIN1212-AB02),
received on July 17, 2006.
EC-7638
July 25, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Prescription Drug Marketing Act Pedigree
Requirements; Effective Date and Compliance Policy Guide; Request for
Comment'' (Doc. No. 1992N-0297, 2006D-0226), received on July 17,
2006.
EC-7639
July 25, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Ear, Nose, and Throat
Devices; Classification of Olfactory Test Device'' (Doc. No. 2006N-
0182), received on July 17, 2006.
EC-7640
July 25, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Exception From General
Requirements for Informed Consent'' ((RIN0910-AC25) (Doc. No. 2003N-
0355)), received on July 17, 2006.
EC-7739
Aug. 2, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services/
National Institute of Health.
Report of a rule entitled ``NIH Training Grants'' (RIN0925-AA28),
received on July 26, 2006.
EC-7740
Aug. 2, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Electronic Filing of Annual Reports''
(RIN1210-AB04), received on July 21, 2006.
EC-7741
Aug. 2, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of action on a nomination for the position of General Counsel,
received on July 26, 2006.
EC-7742
Aug. 2, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
A report on the need to lift the cap on funding available through the
Repatriation program, received on July 24, 2006.
EC-7756
Aug. 2, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``State Children's Health Insurance Program;
Final Allotments to States, the District of Columbia, and U.S.
Territories and Commonwealths for Fiscal Year 2007'' (RIN0938-ZA17),
received on July 31, 2006.
EC-7757
Aug. 2, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
A report to Congress on the ``Implementation of State Policies and
Procedures for Suspected Medical Neglect Relating to Disabled Infants
with Life-Threatening Conditions,'' received on August 1. 2006.
EC-7758
Aug. 2, 2006
Deputy Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
A report relative to employment programs for women and minorities as
well as information on the hiring of people with disabilities in the
Federal Government, received on August 1, 2006.
EC-7791
Aug. 3, 2006
Acting Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on August 2, 2006.
EC-7792
Aug. 3, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Physicians' Referrals to
Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial Relationships;
Exception for Certain Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health
Records Arrangements'' (RIN0938-AN69), received on August 1, 2006.
EC-7793
Aug. 3, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Office of Inspector General, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medicare and State Health Care Programs;
Fraud and Abuse; Safe Harbors for Certain Electronic Prescribing and
Electronic Health Records Arrangements Under the Anti-Kickback
Statute'' (RIN0991-AB39), received on August 1, 2006.
EC-7794
Aug. 3, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital
Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates;
Fiscal Year 2007 Occupational Mix Adjustment to Wage Index; Health
Care Infrastructure Improvement Program; Selection Criteria of Loan
Program for Qualifying Hospitals Engaged in Cancer Related Health Care
and Forgiveness of Indebtedness; and Exclusion of Vendor Purchases
Made under the Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) for Outpatient
Drugs and Biologicals Under Part B for the Purpose of Calculating the
Average Sales Price (ASP)'' (RIN0938-AO12; 0938-AO03; 0938-AN93; 0938-
AN58), received on August 1, 2006.
EC-7979
Sept. 5, 2006
Secretary to the Board, Railroad Retirement Board.
A draft of its Strategic Plan for 2006-2011.
EC-7980
Sept. 5, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Cold, Cough, Allergy, Bronchodilator, and
Antiasthmatic Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Amendment
of Monograph for OTC Decongestant Drug Products'' ((RIN0910-AF34)
(Doc. No. 1976N-0052N)), received on August 15, 2006.
EC-7981
Sept. 5, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to the addition of a class of employees from the Ames
Laboratory to the Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-7982
Sept. 5, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to the addition of a certain class of employees from the
Y-12 Plant in Oakridge, Tennessee, to the Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-7983
Sept. 5, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Final report mandated by section 5006 of the Deficit Reduction Act of
2005.
EC-7984
Sept. 5, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Assistance to States for the Education of
Children With Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children With
Disabilities (RIN1820-AB57), received on August 18, 2006.
EC-7985
Sept. 5, 2006
Railroad Retirement Board.
Board's 2006 annual report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005.
EC-7986
Sept. 5, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report on the Developmental Disabilities Programs for Fiscal Years 2003-
2004.
EC-7987
Sept. 5, 2006
Acting Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Duties of Plan Sponsor Following Mass
Withdrawal'' (RIN1212-AA55), received on August 18, 2006.
EC-7988
Sept. 5, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Listing of Color Additives Exempt From
Certification; Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments'' (Doc. NO. 1998C-
0431), received on August 18, 2006.
EC-7989
Sept. 5, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Communications and Outreach, Department
of Education.
Report of a vacancy and the designation of an acting officer for the
position of Assistant Secretary, received on August 18, 2006.
EC-7990
Sept. 5, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Communications and Outreach, Department
of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary, received on
August 18, 2006.
EC-7991
Sept. 5, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Special Demonstration Programs--Model
Demonstrations for Assistive Technology Reutilization''(CFDA No.
84.235V), received on August 18, 2006.
EC-7992
Sept. 5, 2006
Acting Director, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Assigned Protection Factors'' (RIN1218-
AA05), received on August 18, 2006.
EC-8206
Sept. 11, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Pursuant to the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002,
the Food and Drug Administration's annual report for 2005.
EC-8207
Sept. 11, 2006
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Two reports relative to vacancy announcements within the Department,
received on August 24, 2006.
EC-8208
Sept. 11, 2006
Chairman, National Labor Relations Board.
Report relative to the Board's inventory of inherently governmental and
commercial activities.
EC-8209
Sept. 11, 2006
Secretary, Department of Education.
Follow-up report to the one entitled ``The Mission Continues, Annual
Report to the President on the Results of Participation of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Federal Programs 2002-
03.
EC-8210
Sept. 11, 2006
Attorney General, Department of Justice and the Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services.
Ninth Annual Report on the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program
for Fiscal Year 2005.
EC-8211
Sept. 11, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Pursuant to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992, the Food and
Drug Administration's performance report for 2005.
EC-8212
Sept. 11, 2006
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Interim Final Regulations--Federal Student
Aid Programs'' (RIN1840-AC87), received on September 5, 2006.
EC-8213
Sept. 11, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology
Devices; Classification of Fecal Calprotectin Immunological Test
Systems'' (Doc. No. 2006N-0276), received on September 5, 2006.
EC-8214
Sept. 11, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary, received on
September 5, 2006.
EC-8215
Sept. 11, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
Department of Education.
Report of discontinuation of service in the acting role for the position
of Assistant Secretary, received on September 5, 2006.
EC-8216
Sept. 11, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
Department of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Under Secretary, received on
September 5, 2006.
EC-8217
Sept. 11, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
Department of Education.
Report of discontinuation of service in the acting role for the position
of Chief Financial Officer, received on September 5, 2006.
EC-8218
Sept. 11, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
Department of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Assistant Secretary, received
on September 5, 2006.
EC-8219
Sept. 11, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
Department of Education.
Report of action on a nomination for the position of Chief Financial
Officer, received on September 5, 2006.
EC-8220
Sept. 11, 2006
Interim Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on September 7, 2006.
EC-8221
Sept. 11, 2006
Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board.
Board's budget request for fiscal year 2008.
EC-8222
Sept. 11, 2006
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Report entitled ``The Department of Labor's 2005 Findings on the Worst
Forms of Child Labor.''
EC-8326
Sept. 18, 2006
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination
Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors; Equal Opportunity
Survey'' (RIN1215-AB53), received on September 13, 2006.
EC-8327
Sept. 18, 2006
Chairman, the Labor Member, and Management Member of the Railroad
Retirement Board.
Report relative to the Board's budget request for fiscal year 2008.
EC-8358
Sept. 19, 2006
Agency Tender Official, Installation Services, Department of Labor.
Two letters for Congressional notification purposes.
EC-8370
Sept. 19, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition
to Food for Human Consumption; Bacteriophage Preparation'' (Doc. No.
2002F-0316), received on September 18, 2006.
EC-8371
Sept. 19, 2006
Chairman, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
Report relative to the Commission's review of the draft proposal for the
consolidation of the Commission into the Institute for Musuem and
Library Services.
EC-8422
Sept. 25, 2006
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Designation of an acting officer and an action on a nomination for the
position of Assistant Secretary for Mine and Safety Health, received
on September 21, 2006.
EC-8423
Sept. 25, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development, Department of Education.
Report of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary, received on
September 21, 2006.
EC-8424
Sept. 25, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development, Department of Education.
Report of the designation of an acting officer for the position of
Assistant Secretary, received on September 21, 2006.
EC-8425
Sept. 25, 2006
Deputy Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
Draft of its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2007-2012.
EC-8426
Sept. 25, 2006
Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities.
Report relative to FAIR Act inventories for Fiscal Year 2006.
EC-8443
Sept. 27, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Rural Health Clinics: Amendments to
Participation Requirements and Payment Provisions; and Establishment
of a Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program;
Suspension of Effectiveness'' ((RIN0938-AJ17)(CMS-1910-IFC)), received
on September 22, 2006.
EC-8444
Sept. 27, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health
Care Facilities; Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Amendment'' ((RIN0938-
AN36)(CMS-3145-F)), received on September 22, 2006.
EC-8486
Nov. 9, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to the Community Food and Nutrition Program for Fiscal
Year 2003.
EC-8582
Nov. 9, 2006
Interim Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (22 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on October 3, 2006.
EC-8583
Nov. 9, 2006
Director, Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Listing of Color Additives Exempt From
Certification; Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments; Confirmation of
Effective Date'' (Doc. No. 1998C-0790), received on October 3, 2006.
EC-8584
Nov. 9, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Blood Vessels Recovered With Organs and
Intended for Use in Organ Transplantation; Withdrawal'' (Doc. No.
2006N-0051), received on October 3, 2006.
EC-8585
Nov. 9, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Title I--Improving the Academic Achievement
of the Disadvantaged'' (RIN1810-AA97), received on October 3, 2006.
EC-8586
Nov. 9, 2006
Regulations Coordinator, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Head Start Program'' (RIN0970-AC26),
received on October 3, 2006.
EC-8587
Nov. 9, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of the designation of an acting officer for the position of Under
Secretary, received on October 3, 2006.
EC-8588
Nov. 9, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Education.
Report of the discontinuation of service in the acting role for the
position of Under Secretary, received on October 3, 2006.
EC-8589
Nov. 9, 2006
Secretary, Department of Labor.
Report relative to the Department's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years
2006-2011.
EC-8590
Nov. 9, 2006
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Department of
Labor.
Report relative to the final revisions of the Department's 2005
inventories of inherently governmental and commercial activities.
EC-8659
Nov. 9, 2006
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Office of Public
Affairs, Department of Labor.
Report of action on a nomination and the discontinuation of service in
the acting role for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public
Affairs, received on October 16, 2006.
EC-8660
Nov. 9, 2006
Chairman, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The Commission's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2007-2012.
EC-8661
Nov. 9, 2006
Director, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports
for Trusts in Which a Labor Organization is Interested, Form T-1''
(RIN1215-AB54), received on October 16, 2006.
EC-8662
Nov. 9, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling; Guidelines for Voluntary
Nutrition Labeling of Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish'' (Doc. No.
2001N-0548), received on October 11, 2006.
EC-8728
Nov. 9, 2006
Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Final Priority--Upward Bound Program'' (71
FR 37926), received on October 23, 2006.
EC-8729
Nov. 9, 2006
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Two reports relative to vacancies within the Department, received on
October 23, 2006.
EC-8730
Nov. 9, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Communications and Outreach, Department
of Education.
Report of a nomination for the position of Assistant Secretary, received
on October 23, 2006.
EC-8758
Nov. 9, 2006
Interim Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on October 24, 2006.
EC-8759
Nov. 9, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office for Civil Rights,
Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in
Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial
Assistance'' (RIN1870-AA11) received on October 24, 2006.
EC-8816
Nov. 9, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Class Exemption to Permit Certain Loans of
Securities by Employee Benefit Plans'' (RIN1210-ZA10), received on
November 1, 2006.
EC-8997
Nov. 13, 2006
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Department of
Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Labor Condition Applications and
Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H1B Visas in
Specialty Occupations and as Fashion Models; Labor Attestations
Regarding H-1B1 Visas'' (RIN1205-AB38), received on November 6, 2006.
EC-8998
Nov. 13, 2006
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC)
Program; Confidentiality and Disclosure of State UC Information''
(RIN1205-AB18), received on November 6, 2006.
EC-8999
Nov. 13, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
The 2005 report relative to the Food and Drug Administration's methods
for meeting the necessary conditions specified in the Prescription
Drug User Fee Act of 1992.
EC-9000
Nov. 13, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
An annual report detailing the means by which the conditions specified
in the Animal Drug User Fee Act of 2003 were met.
EC-9001
Nov. 13, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Communications and Outreach, Department
of Education.
Report of action on a nomination for the position of Assistant Secretary
for Communications and Outreach, received on November 6, 2006.
EC-9002
Nov. 13, 2006
White House Liaison, Office of Communications and Outreach, Department
of Education.
Report of the discontinuation of service in the acting role for the
position of Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach,
received on November 6, 2006.
EC-9003
Nov. 13, 2006
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Two reports relative to vacancy announcements in the Department,
received November 6, 2006.
EC-9004
Nov. 13, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of change in previously submitted reported information and the
designation of an acting officer for the position of Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, received on November 6, 2006.
EC-9005
Nov. 13, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of change in previously submitted reported information and
discontinuation of service in an acting role for the position of
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, received on November
6, 2006.
EC-9006
Nov. 13, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a vacancy and the designation of an acting officer for the
position of Surgeon General, received on November 6, 2006.
EC-9007
Nov. 13, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a vacancy and the designation of an acting officer for the
position of Administrator, received on November 6, 2006.
EC-9008
Nov. 13, 2006
White House Liaison, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a discontinuation of service in an acting role and action on a
nomination for the position of General Counsel, received on November
6, 2006.
EC-9009
Nov. 13, 2006
White House Liaison,Department of Health and Human Services.
Report of a vacancy and the designation of an acting officer for the
position of Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, received on November 6, 2006.
EC-9010
Nov. 13, 2006
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Report of a rule entitled ``Recordkeeping Requirements for Human Food
and Cosmetics Manufactured From, Processed With, or Otherwise
Containing, Material from Cattle'' ((RIN0910-AF48) (Doc. No. 2004N-
0257)), received on November 6, 2006.
EC-9041
Nov. 16, 2006
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Innovation
and Improvement, Department of Education.
Report of a rule entitled, ``Discretionary Grant Programs--Notice of
Final Priorities'' (71 FR 44671), received on November 14, 2006.
EC-9135
Dec. 5, 2006
Director, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent
Chromium'' (RIN1218-AB45), received on November 27, 2006.
EC-9136
Dec. 5, 2006
Director, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Updating National Consensus Standards in
OSHA's Standard for Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment'' (RIN1218-
AC16), received on November 27, 2006.
EC-9137
Dec. 5, 2006
Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education.
The Department's Annual Report for fiscal year 2005.
EC-9138
Dec. 5, 2006
Human Resources Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
Report of action on a nomination and discontinuation of service in
acting role for the position of Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety
and Health, received on November 27, 2006.
EC-9139
Dec. 5, 2006
Assistant General Counsel, Office of Postsecondary Education, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Final Regulations--Federal Student Aid
Programs'' (RIN1840-AC87), received on November 27, 2006.
EC-9140
Dec. 5, 2006
Assistant General Counsel, Office of Postsecondary Education, Department
of Education.
Report of a rule entitled ``Final Regulations--Student Assistance
General Provisions; Federal Pell Grant Program; Academic
Competitiveness Grant Program; and National Science and Mathematics
Access to Retain Talent Grant Program'' (RIN1840-AC86), received on
November 27, 2006.
EC-9141
Dec. 5, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
The seventh annual report for the Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families Program.
EC-9142
Dec. 5, 2006
Secretary to the Railroad Retirement Board.
A report relative to the Board's Strategic Plan for 2006-2011.
EC-9204
Dec. 6, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
A report relative to the petition filed on behalf of workers from the
Los Alamos National Laboratory requesting their addition to the
Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-9205
Dec. 6, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
A report relative to the petition filed on behalf of workers from the S-
50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant requesting their addition to the
Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-9206
Dec. 6, 2006
Interim Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Report of a rule entitled ``Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans;
Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits'' (29 CFR Parts
4022 and 4044), received on December 4, 2006.
EC-9207
Dec. 6, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
A report relative to the petition filed on behalf of workers from the
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Cancer Research Hospital
requesting their addition to the Special Exposure Cohort.
EC-9265
Dec. 7, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
An annual report relative to the implementation of the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975 by the departments and agencies that
administer programs of Federal financial assistance.
EC-9266
Dec. 7, 2006
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Report relative to the findings of the evaluations of certain Public
Housing Service Act programs.
EC-9267
Dec. 7, 2006
Director, Directorate of Construction, Department of Labor.
Report of a rule entitled ``Steel Erection; Slip Resistance of Skeletal
Structural Steel'' (RIN1218-AC14), received on December 4, 2006.
HEARINGS BY THE FULL COMMITTEE
HEARINGS BY THE FULL COMMITTEE--Continued
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DRUG IMPORTATION: THE REALITIES OF SAFETY
AND SECURITY
Examining the realities of safety and security regarding drug
importation.
Date: Feb. 16, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-70).
DRUG IMPORTATION: WOULD THE PRICE BE
RIGHT?
Examining the price of drug reimportation, focusing on implications for
United States consumers, pricing, research and development, and
innovation.
Date: Feb. 17, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-87).
FDA'S DRUG APPROVAL PROCESS: UP TO THE
CHALLENGE?
Examining Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) drug approval process,
focusing on FDA's drug approval process after a sponsor demonstrates
that their benefits outweigh their risks for a specific population and
use, and that the drug meets standards for safety and efficacy.
Date: Mar. 1, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-67).
ENSURING DRUG SAFETY: WHERE DO WE GO FROM
HERE?
Examining the Food and Drug Administration's process of ensuring drug
safety.
Date: Mar. 3, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-75).
PRIVATE-SECTOR RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS:
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
(Joint hearing with the Committee on Finance)
Examining a long-term perspective on the future of our Nation's
retirement plans in the private sector.
Date: Mar. 15, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-90).
NON-AMBULATORY PERSONS HEALTH CARE
Examining health care provided to non-ambulatory persons, focusing on
the medical, scientific, and ethical issues involved in the diagnosis,
treatment, and decision-making for patients with disorders of
consciousness resulting from severe brain damage.
Date: Apr. 6, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-80).
LIFELONG EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Examining lifelong education opportunities, focusing on S. 694, to amend
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for a job training
grant pilot program.
Date: Apr. 14, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-152).
S. 334: AN APPROACH TO DRUG IMPORTATION
Examining S. 334, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with
respect to the importation of prescription drugs.
Date: Apr. 19, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-143).
SMALL BUSINESSES AND HEALTH INSURANCE:
EASING COSTS AND EXPANDING ACCESS
Examining easing costs and expanding access relating to small businesses
and health insurance, focusing on S. 406, to amend title I of the
Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice
for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care
for their employees.
Date: Apr. 21, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-120).
PROVIDING QUALITY POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION:
ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Examining access and accountability relating to providing quality
postsecondary education, focusing on the Federal Government's role in
making postsecondary education financially available for Americans.
Date: Apr. 28, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-126).
ROUNDTABLE: HIGHER EDUCATION AND CORPORATE
LEADERS: WORKING TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN
AMERICA'S WORKFORCE
Examining issues relating to higher education and corporate leaders,
focusing on defining the roles industry and institutions of higher
education will have to ensure that the United States has the skilled
and diverse workforce it will need to succeed today and in the future.
Date: May 19, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-134).
THE 21ST CENTURY WORKPLACE: PREPARING FOR
TOMORROW'S EMPLOYMENT TRENDS TODAY
Examining issues relating to the 21st century workplace, focusing on
preparing for tomorrow's employment trends today.
Date: May 26, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-136).
PROTECTING AMERICA'S PENSION PLANS FROM
FRAUD: WILL YOUR SAVINGS RETIRE BEFORE YOU
DO?
Examining protecting America's pension plans from fraud, focusing on the
Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration's
enforcement strategy, efforts to address weakness in its enforcement
program along with the challenges that remain.
Date: June 9, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-144).
ROUNTABLE DISCUSSION: THE FAMILY MEDICAL
LEAVE ACT: A DOZEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Examining the Family Medical Leave Act.
Date: June 23, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-229).
S. 1057: THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE
IMPROVEMENT ACT
(Joint hearing with the Committee on Indian Affairs)
Examining S. 1057, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to
revise and extend that Act.
Date: July 14, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-162).
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: HURRICANE KATRINA
Examining rebuilding lives and communities after Hurricane Katrina.
Date: Sept. 8, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-266).
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOO FEW? OVERSIGHT OF
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES
Examining Federal employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Date: Oct. 20, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-360).
THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN GLOBAL
COMPETITIVENESS WITH DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION SECRETARY MARGARET SPELLINGS
Examining the role of education in global competitiveness, focusing on
the knowledge of math and science, and the respective high school
reform and national security language initiatives.
Date: Feb. 9, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-289).
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: COMPETITIVENESS:
BUILDING AND FILLING THE PIPELINE
Examining the role of education in global competitiveness.
Date: Feb. 16, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-426).
FIGHTING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC OF TODAY:
REVITALIZING THE RYAN WHITE CARE ACT
Examining reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act relating to
fighting the AIDS epidemic of today.
Date: Mar. 1, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-409).
THE STATE OF MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
Examining the state of mine safety and health.
Date: Mar. 2, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-433).
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: ANSWERING THE CALL:
THE RESPONSE OF COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO THE 2005 GULF COAST
HURRICANES
Examining the response of community-based organizations to the 2005 Gulf
Coast hurricanes.
Date: Mar. 7, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-440).
ENHANCING PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL
PREPAREDNESS: REAUTHORIZATION OF PUBLIC
HEALTH SECURITY AND BIOTERRORISM
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ACT
Examining the proposed reauthorization of the Public Health Security and
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act relating to enhancing
public health and medical preparedness.
Date: Mar. 16, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-495).
ROUNDTABLE ON METHAMPHETAMINE: FIGHTING
METH USE--A COORDINATED EFFORT
Examining issues relating to the use and abuse of methamphetamine.
Date: Mar. 23, 2006 (Casper, WY).
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-459).
MEDICAL LIABILITY: NEW IDEAS FOR MAKING
THE SYSTEM WORK BETTER FOR PATIENTS
Examining alternatives to improve the medical liability system to work
better for patients, focusing on S. 1337, to restore fairness and
reliability to the medical justice system and promote patient safety
by fostering alternatives to current medical tort litigation.
Date: June 22, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-710).
HEARING ON S. 3128: THE NATIONAL
UNIFORMITY FOR FOOD ACT
Examining S. 3128, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements.
Date: July 27, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-741).
EMPLOYMENT-BASED PERMANENT IMMIGRATION:
EXAMINING THE VALUE OF A SKILLS-BASED
POINT SYSTEM
Examining the value of a skills-based point system relating to
employment-based permanent immigration.
Date: Sept. 14, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-775).
FOOD SAFETY: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND NEW
IDEAS TO SAFEGUARD CONSUMERS
Examining current challenges and new ideas to safeguard consumers
relating to food safety, focusing on foodborne illness in general and
the response to the recent outbreak of E. coli infections associated
with fresh spinach.
Date: Nov. 15, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-834).
BUILDING A 21ST CENTURY FDA: PROPOSALS TO
IMPROVE DRUG SAFETY AND INNOVATION
Examining proposals to improve drug safety and innovation, and S. 3807,
to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act to improve drug safety and oversight.
Date: Nov. 16, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-850).
HEARINGS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT
HEARINGS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT--Continued
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HEAD START: ENSURING DOLLARS BENEFIT THE
CHILDREN
Examining Head Start, focusing on ensuring dollars benefit children
relating to the effectiveness of the oversight by the Department of
Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families in
identifying and resolving financial management weaknesses in Head
Start grantees.
Date: Apr. 5, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-119).
EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE: WHAT IS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE
Examining the Federal role to improve the effectiveness and coordination
of early childhood education programs, including the Head Start
program, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), and increasing
food security and reducing hunger.
Date: Apr. 20, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-116).
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: MEETING THE HIGHLY
QUALIFIED TEACHER CRITERIA FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION TEACHERS
Examining the criteria for special education teachers to be ``highly
qualified'' in accordance with the requirements of the No Child Left
Behind Act.
Date: Apr. 27, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-78).
U.S. HISTORY: OUR WORST SUBJECT?
Examining issues relating to American history, focusing on S. 860, to
amend the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization
Act to require State academic assessments of student achievement in
United States history and civics.
Date: June 30, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-173).
KATRINA'S DISPLACED SCHOOL CHILDREN
Examining Federal and State efforts to meet the educational needs of
students and families displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Date: Sept. 22, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-214).
PROTECTING AMERICA'S COMPETITIVE EDGE ACT
(S. 2198): FINDING, TRAINING, AND KEEPING
TALENTED MATH & SCIENCE TEACHERS
Examining S. 2198, to ensure the United States successfully competes in
the 21st century global economy, focusing on finding, training, and
keeping talented math and science teachers.
Date: Feb. 28, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-344).
PROTECTING AMERICA'S COMPETITIVE EDGE ACT
(S. 2198): HELPING K-12 STUDENTS LEARN
MATH AND SCIENCE BETTER
Examining S. 2198, to ensure the United States successfully competes in
the 21st century global economy, focusing on efforts to improve math
and science and technology education.
Date: Mar. 1, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-393).
A FRESH START FOR NEW ORLEANS' CHILDREN:
IMPROVING EDUCATION AFTER KATRINA
Examining the education system of New Orleans.
Date: July 14, 2006 (New Orleans, LA).
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-626).
HEARINGS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BIOTERRORISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH
PREPAREDNESS
HEARINGS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BIOTERRORISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH
PREPAREDNESS--Continued
------------
BIODEFENSE: NEXT STEPS
Examining the biodefense research program of the National Institutes of
Health, focusing on the development of medical countermeasures against
a bioterrorist attack.
Date: Feb. 8, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-111).
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BIOLOGICAL THREATS
Examining 21st century biological threats, focusing on dual-purpose
preparedness against natural and deliberate microbial threats.
Date: May 11, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-131).
CROSSING THE VALLEY OF DEATH: BRINGING
PROMISING MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES TO
BIOSHIELD
Examining promising medical countermeasures to bioshield, focusing on
the Project BioShield Act of 2004, and the Administration's priority
to have an appropriate armamentarium of medical countermeasures as a
critical aspect of the response and recovery component of the
President's strategy Biodefense for the 21st Century.
Date: June 9, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-148).
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: WHEN TERROR
STRIKES--PREPARING AN EFFECTIVE AND
IMMEDIATE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE
Examining an effective and immediate public health response in the
aftermath of a terrorism attack.
Date: July 14, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-193).
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: PREPARING A
NATIONAL BIODEFENSE: S. 975
Examining S. 975, to provide incentives to increase research by private
sector entities to develop medical countermeasures to prevent, detect,
identify, contain, and treat illnesses, including those associated
with biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or
an infectious disease outbreak.
Date: July 21, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-210).
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR THE 21st
CENTURY
Examining public health preparedness in the 21st century, focusing on a
national public health infrastructure with real-time situational
awareness, and responding to threats by terrorism or natural
disasters.
Date: Mar. 28, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-574).
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: ALL-HAZARDS MEDICAL
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Examining all-hazards medical preparedness and response.
Date: Apr. 5, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-612).
LESSONS LEARNED FROM KATRINA IN PUBLIC
HEALTH CARE
Examining legislative improvements to ensure our Nation is better
prepared for public health emergencies.
Date: July 14, 2006 (New Orleans, LA).
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-611).
ROUNDTABLE ON CRISIS IN THE ER: HOW CAN WE
IMPROVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE?
Examining measures to improve emergency medical care, focusing on the
need for change to continue providing quality emergency medical care
when and where it is expected.
Date: Sept. 27, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-833).
HEARINGS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
HEARINGS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY--
Continued
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OSHA AND SMALL BUSINESS: IMPROVING THE
RELATIONSHIP FOR WORKERS
Examining ways to improve the relationship between OSHA and small
business, focusing on OSHA rules and regulations to protect the health
and safety of small business employees.
Date: May 10, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-133).
ENHANCING COOPERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS
AND GUARDSMEN/RESERVISTS
Examining enhancing cooperation between employers and guardsmen/
reservists, focusing on civilian and veteran organizations to work
together to reach out to soldiers returning from the battlefield.
Date: Oct. 19, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-264).
ROUNDTABLE ON COMMUNICATION AND MINE
SAFETY TECHNOLOGY
Examining communication and mine safety technology issues.
Date: Feb. 15, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-379).
LONGSHORE HARBOR WORKER'S COMPENSATION
ACT: TIME FOR REFORM?
Examining proposed reform of Longshore Harbor Worker's Compensation Act.
Date: May 9, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-592).
HEARINGS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT SECURITY AND AGING
HEARINGS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT SECURITY AND AGING--Continued
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PBGC REFORM: MENDING THE PENSION SAFETY
NET
Examining proposals to reform the pension funding rules and premiums
payable to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Date: Apr. 26, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-122).
PLANNING FOR AN AGING POPULATION: THE
ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
OLDER AMERICANS ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Examining the Administration's recommendations for the Older Americans
Act Reauthorization, focusing on the National Family Caregiver Support
Program, primary long-term care issues, and the aging population and
workforce.
Date: May 17, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-132).
A PENSION DOUBLE HEADER: REFORMING HYBRID
AND MULTI-EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS
Examining reforming hybrid and multi-employer pension plans, focusing on
the causes of uncertainty for hybrids and multiemployer plans,
including funding problems and proposals to restore stability and
solvency.
Date: June 7, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-165).
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: THE OLDER AMERICANS
ACT
Examining the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act.
Date: Feb. 14, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-437).
SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT:
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT
TITLE V
Examining the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act Title V,
focusing on senior community service employment.
Date: Mar. 28, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-654).
NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT
COMMUNITIES: A MODEL FOR AGING IN PLACE
Examining naturally occurring retirement communities and what impact
they may have on the ability to create livable community options for
all Americans.
Date: May 16, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-599).
HEARINGS ON NOMINATIONS
HEARINGS ON NOMINATIONS--Continued
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Margaret Spellings, of Texas, to be Secretary, Department of Education.
Date: Jan. 6, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-88).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Secretary, Department of Health and
Human Services.
Note: The nomination was referred to the Finance Committee and reported
out by them. The HELP Committee conducted an advisory vote.
Date: Jan. 18, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-56).
Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Date: Mar. 17, 2005.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-99).
Andrew von Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Date: Aug. 1, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-816).
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Labor, and Richard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
Date: Jan. 31, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-411).
Paul DeCamp, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour
Division, Department of Labor.
Date: Aug. 1, 2006.
Number of volumes: One (S. Hrg. 109-816).
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE
ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS AND ENACTED INTO LAW
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND
HUMAN RESOURCES AND ENACTED INTO LAW--Continued
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H.R. 1812
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a demonstration
grant program to provide patient navigator services to reduce barriers
and improve health care outcomes, and for other purposes.
June 29, 2005. PUBLIC LAW 109-18.
S. 544
To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the
improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events
that adversely effect patient safety.
July 29, 2005. PUBLIC LAW 109-41.
S. 45
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on
prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in
group practices, and for other purposes.
Aug. 2, 2005. PUBLIC LAW 109-56.
H.R. 2132
To extend the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with
respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military
operation or national emergency.
Sept. 30, 2005. PUBLIC LAW 109-78.
H.R. 3784
To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of
1965, and for other purposes.
Sept. 30, 2005. PUBLIC LAW 109-81.
S. 172
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the
regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other
purposes.
Nov. 9, 2005. PUBLIC LAW 109-96.
H.R. 4519
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend funding for the
operation of State high risk health insurance pools.
Feb. 10, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-172.
S. 2803
To amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to improve the
safety of mines and mining.
June 15, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-236.
S. 3504
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the solicitation or
acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes, and
for other purposes.
July 19, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-242.
S. 655
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National
Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
July 26, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-245.
S. 250
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of
1998 to improve the Act.
Aug. 12, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-270.
H.R. 5074
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide for continued
payment of railroad retirement annuities by the Department of the
Treasury, and for other purposes.
Oct. 6, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-305.
H.R. 5574
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for
graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.
Oct. 5, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-307.
H.R. 6143
To amend title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to revise and
extend the program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/
AIDS.
Dec. 19, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-415.
S. 843
To amend the Public Health Service Act to combat autism through
research, screening, intervention and education.
Dec. 19, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-416.
S. 3678
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to public health
security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other
purposes.
Dec. 19, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-417.
S. 707
To reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related
deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant
mortality caused by prematurity.
Dec. 19, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-450.
S. 3546
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act with respect to
seroius adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and
nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.
Dec. 22, 2006. PUBLIC LAW 109-462
H.R. 5483
To increase the disability earning limitation under the Railroad
Retirement Act and to index the amount of allowable earnings
consistent with increases in the substantial gainful activity dollar
amount under the Social Security Act.
Jan. 12, 2007. PUBLIC LAW 109-478.
H.R. 6164
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend
the authorities of the National Institutes of Health.
Jan. 17, 2007. PUBLIC LAW 109-482.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
109TH CONGRESS
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2006
2005
2d Sess. Totals
1st Sess.
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Nominations
Referred to Committee.........319.................340.........659...........
Reported to Senate............22..................590.........612...........
Confirmed by Senate...........27..................601.........628...........
Withdrawn (by House or persona2...................4...........6.............
Returned to President (pursuan0.................Se22..........22............
Recess Appointments...........1...................8...........9.............
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Communications
Presidential messages.........1...................0...........1.............
Executive/reports.............213.................265.........478...........
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Total...................214.................265.........479...........
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Bills and Resolutions*
Senate bills and joint resolut259.................117.........376...........
Senate resolutions and concurr20..................24..........44............
House-passed bills, joint reso17................rr23........ti40............
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Total...................296.................164.........460...........
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Hearing Days Held**
Full Committee:
In Washington, DC...........20..................13..........33............
Out of town.................0...................1...........1.............
Subcommittees:
In Washington, DC...........15..................10..........25............
Out of town.................0...................2...........2.............
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Total...................35..................26..........61............
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Executive Meetings
Full committee................12..................8...........20............
Subcommittees.................0...................0...........0.............
Conference sessions...........0...................4...........4.............
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Total...................12..................12..........24............
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Reported to the Senate
Senate bills and joint resolut18..................15..........33............
House-passed bills............0...................0...........0.............
Senate resolutions, concurrent1.................sp0.........rt1.............
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Total...................19..................15..........34............
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Presidential Action
Public laws...................6...................5...........11............
Vetoed........................0...................0...........0.............
Presidential vetoes overridden0.................la0...........0.............
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*Including bills acted upon introduction and Senate and House bills
taken from the Calendar or desk.
**Including nomination hearings.
SENATE DOCUMENTS, COMMITTEE PRINTS, SUBCOMMITTEE
REPORTS
108TH CONGRESS
1.
Compilation of Federal Education Laws--Volume V--Select Education
and Related Programs--As amended through December 31, 2000--S. Prt.
107-11.
2.
Compilation of Federal Education Laws--Volume II--Elementary and
Secondary Education, Individuals with Disabilities, and Related
Programs--As amended through December 31, 2002--S. Prt. 107-86.
3.
Compilation of Federal Education Laws--Volume IV--Vocational
Education, Job Training and Related Programs, Adult Education and
Literacy, and Public Libraries and Other Public Property--As
amended through December 31, 2002--S. Prt. 107-87.
4.
Compilation of Federal Education Laws--Volume VI--Nutrition, Human
Services, and Related Laws--As amended through December 31, 2002--
S. Prt. 107-88.
109TH CONGRESS
1.
Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions, February 2005 (S. Prt. 109-13).
2.
Compilation of selected acts within the jurisdiction of the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the Food, Drug, and Related
Law, as amended through December 31, 2004 (Committee Prt. 109-A)
March 2005.
3.
Compilation of selected acts within the jurisdiction of the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce (Public Health Service Act and
related acts), as amended through December 31, 2004 (Committee Prt.
109-B) August 2005.
4.
Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005 (S. Prt. 109-
37).
5.
Roster of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions,
December 2005.
6.
Summary Statement to the Committee on the Budget/2005 Spending
Reconciliation Legislation (S. Prt. 109-38).
7.
Legislative Calendar One Hundred Eighth Congress (S. Prt. 108-67).