Little Rock Central High School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
2005-06-09: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.
2005-03-01: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1875)
Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005
2005-03-08: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2258-2259)
A resolution relative to the death of Lloyd Bentsen, distinguished member of the United States Senate.
2006-05-23: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5027-5029; text as passed Senate: CR S5029; text of measure as introduced: CR S4971)
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2005
2005-03-17: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3010)
A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress, collectively, to the Tuskegee Airmen in recognition of their unique military record, which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces.
2005-10-06: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
FOIA (Freedom of Information) bill
2006-09-21: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2005
2005-05-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of age.
2005-03-16: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2852)
A resolution honoring the National Association of State Veterans Homes and the 119 State veterans homes providing long-term care to veterans that are represented by that association for their contributions to the health care of veterans and the health-care system of the Nation.
2006-03-31: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2696-2697; text as passed Senate: CR S2697; text of measure as introduced: CR S2691-2692)
Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2005
2005-02-09: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Medicare Rural Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2005
2005-02-07: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Emergency Medical Services Support Act
2005-06-22: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2005
2005-03-11: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2517-2521)
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid Act of 2005
2005-02-09: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A resolution to condemn the harmful, destructive, and anti-Semitic statements of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, and to demand an apology for those statements of hate and animosity towards all Jewish people of the world.
2005-12-16: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13767-13768; text as passed Senate: CR S13767)
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week should be established to increase awareness of methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help prevent the use of that damaging narcotic.
2006-05-15: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S4567)
Bankruptcy Reform bill
2005-04-20: Became Public Law No: 109-8.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Veterans Day 2005.
2005-11-10: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12703-12707; text as passed Senate: CR S12707; text of measure as introduced: CR S12694)
A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the importation from BSE minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products from bovines.
2005-02-03: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.