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<congress>109</congress>
<years>2005-2006</years>
<date>Final Issue</date>
<volume>5</volume>
<issue>86</issue>
<bgcolor>#CCCC99</bgcolor>

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    <name>Active Legislation Listed by Subject or Popular Title in Alphabetical Order</name>
    <item>
	   	<name>#527 political groups (527 Fairness Act of 2005)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1316</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>#527 political groups (527 Reform Act of 2005)</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no">S.271</article>
			<article action="no">S.1053</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.513</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Abortion, prohibit taking minors across state lines to circumvent parental notification (Child Custody Protection Act)</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">S.403</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.748</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Abortion, require informing women who seek one about pain to unborn child</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.51</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">H.R.6099</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Agriculture disaster relief</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="no">S.A.5205</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.5384</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, bar oil and gas leasing in</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.2358</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.1932</article> 
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, designate a portion as wilderness</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.261</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.567</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, open to oil and gas exploration</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.5429</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, prohibit exporting oil and gas produced</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.A.2362</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.1932</article> 
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Asbestos claims</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no">S.852</article>
			<article>S.3274</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1360</article>
			<article>H.R.1957</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Bankruptcy reform</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.256</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-8</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name indent="yes">Schumer amendment to prevent anti-abortion protesters from using bankruptcy to avoid fines or judgments</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.47</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.256</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="border">Border security</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" current="yes">S.2454</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.4437</article>
			<article>H.R.6091</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE ALSO: <hook name="immigration">Immigration reform</hook></notes>
		<notes>SEE ALSO: <hook name="fence">Fence bill</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>BRAC, disapprove recommendations</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article action="no" failed="yes">H.J.Res.65</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Budget, overhaul process</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.3521</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>CAFTA, implement (Central American Free Trade Agreement)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3045</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-53</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Cheeseburger bill</name>
		<senate/>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE: <hook name="obesity">Obesity</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Chimeras, ban creation of human chimeras</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no">S.659</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Class action lawsuits, assure fairness</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.5</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-2</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Clear Skies Act (emissions control for power plants)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.131</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Cloning, prohibit human cloning</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no">S.658</article>
			<article>S.876</article>
			<article>S.1520</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1357</article>
			<article>H.R.1822</article>
			<article>H.R.3932</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Coal mine safety</name>
		<senate/>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE: <hook name="Mine">Mine safety</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>Congressional pay raise, none for FY2006 </name>
        <senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.A.2062</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.3058</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.4134</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Constitutional amendments</name>
        <senate/>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes>SEE:  <hook name="flag_desecration">Flag</hook>; <hook name="marriage">Marriage</hook>; </notes>
        <link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Continuity of Congress (special elections/appointments in national emergencies)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2985</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-55</article>
		</public>
		<notes>119 Stat. 588-590</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3127</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-344</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Daylight saving time, extend</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.6</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-58</article>
		</public>
		<notes>119 Stat. 615</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Death gratuity for military, increase permanently</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1815</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-163</article>
		</public>
		<notes>119 Stat. 3316-3317</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>Death tax</name>
        <senate/>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes>SEE:  <hook name="Estate">Estate tax</hook></notes>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="detainees">Detainees, ban cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1815</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-163</article>
		</public>
		<notes>119 Stat. 3475</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="detainees">Detainees, establish national commission on policies and practices</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.2430</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.1042</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="detainees">Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, limit habeas corpus lawsuits</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1815</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-163</article>
		</public>
		<notes>119 Stat. 3477-3479</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>Digital television (Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005)</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.1932</article>
		</senate>
        <house/>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-171</article>
		</public>
        <notes>Title III</notes>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name anchor="drug testing">Drug testing standards for professional athletes</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.1114</article>
			<article>S.1960</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.1862</article>
			<article>H.R.2516</article>
			<article>H.R.2565</article>
			<article>H.R.3084</article>
			<article>H.R.3942</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
		<name>Dubai Ports World, require investigation</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2333</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.4807</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE ALSO: <hook name="port">Port security</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name anchor="earmarks">Earmarks, reform process</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.Res.365</article>
			<article>S.1495</article>
			<article>S.2179</article>
			<article>S.2261</article>
			<article>S.2265</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.Res.1000</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes>SEE ALSO: <hook name="lobbying">Lobbying reform</hook></notes>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Electronic surveillance, establish procedures for review of programs</name>
        <senate>
			<article action="no" current="yes">S.3931</article>
			<article>S.4051</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.R.5825</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
		<name>Eminent domain, restrict use of</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3058</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-115</article>
		</public>
		<notes>Section 726</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Energy bill</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.6</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-58</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="Estate">Estate tax, permanently lower</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.3626</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.R.5970</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="Estate">Estate tax, permanently repeal</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.420</article>
			<article>S.988</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.8</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Farm subsidies, limit federal farm payments</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.385</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>FCC indecency penalties, increase</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.193</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-235</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Federal elections, require photo ID and proof of U.S. citizenship (Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.4844</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Federal funding, create public database to track (Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2590</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-282</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>FEMA, reestablish as independent agency in executive branch</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1615</article>
			<article>S.2302</article>
		<amendment>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.4563</article>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.5441</article>
		</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3656</article>
			<article>H.R.3659</article>
			<article>H.R.3685</article>
			<article>H.R.3816</article>
			<article>H.R.4493</article>
			<article>H.R.5316</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="fence">Fence [along Mexican border] bill (Secure Fence Act of 2006)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.6061</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-367</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>First-responder grants</name>
		<senate/>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE: <hook name="homeland">Homeland security grants</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name anchor="flag_desecration">Flag desecration, constitutional amendment prohibiting</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.J.Res.12</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.J.Res.10</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Flag display on residential property (Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.42</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-243</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>Fuel economy standards, increase</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.889</article>
			<article>S.3543</article>
			<article>S.3694</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.705</article>
			<article>H.R.5359</article>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">H.A.73</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.6</article>
			</amendment>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Gas security</name>
        <senate/>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes>SEE:  <hook name="refineries">Refineries</hook></notes>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Gas tax, temporarily reduce federal</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2673</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.5240</article>
			<article>H.R.5285</article>
			<article>H.R.5302</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Genetic information, prohibit employers and health insurers from discriminating on the basis of</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.306</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1227</article>
			<article>H.R.6125</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Global warming</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.342</article>
			<article>S.1151</article>
			<article>S.1203</article>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes" failed="yes">S.A.826</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.6</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.844</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.6</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">S.A.866</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.6</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.759</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Gun liability (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.397</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-92</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>H-2B visas, raise cap on number of seasonal workers</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1268</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-13</article>
		</public>
		<notes>119 Stat. 318-321</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Habeas corpus for detainees, restore</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.4081</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Hate crimes (aid for prosecution of hate crimes) </name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1145</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.259</article>
			<article>H.R.2662</article>
				<amendment>
					<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.A.544</article>
					<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.3132</article>
				</amendment>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Hawaiians</name>
		<senate/>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE: <hook name="Native">Native Hawaiians</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Highway funding</name>
		<senate/>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE: <hook name="transportation">Transportation</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Holds, eliminate secret Senate holds</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article advanced="yes">S.A.2944</article>
				<article advanced="yes">S.2349</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name anchor="homeland">Homeland security grants, provide for coordination and simplification</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">S.A.1142</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.2360</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.R.1544</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Horses, prohibit slaughter for human consumption</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.503</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Hurricane Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2005</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1777</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-176</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Identity theft</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.115</article>
			<article>S.116</article>
			<article>S.500</article>
			<article>S.751</article>
			<article>S.768</article>
			<article>S.1216</article>
			<article>S.1326</article>
			<article>S.1332</article>
			<article>S.1336</article>
			<article>S.1408</article>
			<article>S.1789</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1069</article>
			<article>H.R.1080</article>
			<article>H.R.3140</article>
			<article>H.R.3997</article>
			<article>H.R.4127</article>
			<article>H.R.5318</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Immigrants, establish driver's license regulations and ID security standards for (REAL ID Act of 2005)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1268</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-13</article>
		</public>
		<notes>119 Stat. 302-323</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="immigration">Immigration reform</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">S.2611</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2330</article>
			<article>H.R.4240</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE ALSO: <hook name="border">Border security</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="incapacitated">Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act (provide habeas corpus protections)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.539</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1151</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Insurance, increase coverage of Servicemembers' Group Life program</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3200</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-80</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Insurance, prevent sales of abusive policies to military personnel (Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.418</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-290</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Internet access tax moratorium, make permanent</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.849</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.1684</article>
			<article>H.R.1685</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Internet gambling, prohibit</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.4954</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-347</article>
		</public>
		<notes>Title VIII</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Iraq, require quarterly progress reports to Congress from the President</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1042</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-163</article>
		</public>
		<notes>119 Stat. 3466-3467</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Iraq, provide for redeployment of U.S. armed forces from</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.4320</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.2766</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.4442</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.2766</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Line item veto</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2381</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.R.4890</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="lobbying">Lobbying reform</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">S.2349</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.R.4975</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE ALSO: <hook name="earmarks">Earmarks</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Lynching, apologizing to victims and their descendants for the Senate failing to enact anti-lynching legislation</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.Res.39</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="Marriage">Marriage, defined as between a man and a woman only, amendment to the Constitution</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" current="yes">S.J.Res.1</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes" failed="yes">H.J.Res.88</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Medical errors/patient safety (Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.544</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-41</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Medical malpractice liability, reform</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no">S.22</article>
			<article action="no">S.23</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.5</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Medicare State Reimbursement Act</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2181</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.4675</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Methamphetamine, curb production and other purposes</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3199</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-177</article>
		</public>
		<notes>Title VII</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>"Mexico City Policy," block (funding to international family planning groups advocating abortion)</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.A.278</article>
				<article action="no">S.600</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Military commissions, trials for enemy combatants</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.3930</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-366</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Military funeral demonstrations, prohibit at any cemetery</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.4042</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-464</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Military funeral demonstrations, prohibit at federal cemeteries (Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.5037</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-228</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="Mine">Mine safety (Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2803</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-236</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Minimum wage, increase</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.44</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.256</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.128</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.256</article>
			</amendment>
			<article>S.1062</article>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.A.2063</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.3058</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.A.2115</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.3058</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.4322</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.2766</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.4376</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.2766</article>
			</amendment>
			<article>S.2725</article>
			<article>S.3829</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.R.5970</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="Native">Native Hawaiians, extend federal recognition to</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" current="yes">S.147</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.309</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>National Anthem, affirm sung in English</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.Res.458</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.Res.793</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Net neutrality</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2686</article>
			<article>S.2917</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.R.5252</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="obesity">Obesity lawsuits, curb (Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act; "cheeseburger bill")</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.554</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>PATRIOT Act, reauthorize</name>
        <senate/>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.3199</article>
		</house>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-177</article>
		</public>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
		<name indent="yes">PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2271</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-178</article>
		</public>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>PAYGO requirements</name>
        <senate/>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes>SEE:  <hook name="tax cuts, restore pay">Tax cuts, restore pay-as-you-go</hook></notes>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Pension reform (Pension Protection Act of 2006)</name>
        <senate/>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.4</article>
		</house>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-280</article>
		</public>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="port">Pledge [of Allegiance] Protection Act, limit court jurisdiction over constitutional issues</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1046</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.2389</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="port">Port security</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.4954</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-347</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>Presidential succession, add Secretary of Homeland Security to</name>
        <senate>
			<article advanced="yes">S.442</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.1455</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
		<name>Price gouging, prohibit</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1640</article>
			<article>S.1717</article>
			<article>S.1735</article>
			<article>S.1743</article>
			<article>S.1744</article>
			<article>S.1854</article>
			<article>S.1973</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">H.R.5253</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Prisoners</name>
		<senate/>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE: <hook name="detainees">Detainees</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>Same-sex marriage, constitutional amendment prohibiting</name>
        <senate/>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes>SEE:  <hook name="marriage">Marriage</hook></notes>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Secret prisons for terrorist suspects, require intelligence officials to report on existence</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.A.2507</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.1042</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Secretary of Defense, replace</name>
		<senate>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no">S.A.4904</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.5631</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.Con.Res.470</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Senate committee organizing resolutions</name>
		<senate>
			<article advanced="yes">S.Res.5</article>
			<article advanced="yes">S.Res.6</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Sex offender registration and notification (Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006)</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.4472</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-248</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Signing statements by president, regulate</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.3731</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
	   	<name>Small business health plans (make easier for small businesses to buy health insurance)</name>
		<senate>
			<article advanced="yes" current="yes">S.1955</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article advanced="yes">H.R.525</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>Social security numbers, enhance privacy protections and prevent fraudulent misuse</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.29</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.82</article>
			<article>H.R.1078</article>
			<article>H.R.1745</article>
			<article>H.R.5636</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Social security overhaul, including creation of personal accounts</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.540</article>
			<article>S.857</article>
			<article>S.1302</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.440</article>
			<article>H.R.530</article>
			<article>H.R.750</article>
			<article>H.R.1776</article>
			<article>H.R.1800</article>
			<article>H.R.3304</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Spyware, protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of personal data</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.687</article>
			<article>S.1004</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.29</article>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.744</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Stem cell research, adult (umbilical cord blood)</name>
        <senate/>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.2520</article>
		</house>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-129</article>
		</public>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name vetoed="yes">Stem cell research, embryonic</name>
        <senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.810</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
            <article noLink="yes">vetoed 7/19/06</article> 
        </house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Stem cell research, non-embryonic</name>
        <senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" current="yes">S.2754</article>
		</senate>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Stem cell research, prohibit fetus farming</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.3504</article>
		</senate>
        <house/>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-242</article>
		</public>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
		<name>Steroids</name>
		<senate/>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE: <hook name="drug testing">Drug testing standards for pro athletes</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name>TANF reauthorization</name>
        <senate/>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes>SEE:  <hook name="welfare_bill">Welfare bill</hook>; <hook name="welfare_bill_authorization">Program authorizations</hook></notes>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Tax cuts, make permanent</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.7</article>
		</senate>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name anchor="tax cuts, restore pay">Tax cuts, restore pay-as-you go requirement</name>
        <senate>
			<amendment>
					<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.186</article>
					<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.Con.Res.18</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.2351</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.1932</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.2650</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.2020</article>
			</amendment>
			<amendment>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.A.3013</article>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.Con.Res.83</article>
			</amendment>
		</senate>
        <house/>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Tax reconciliation</name>
        <senate/>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.4297</article>
		</house>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-222</article>
		</public>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.1321</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.1898</article>
        </house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>Terri Schiavo bill</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.686</article>
		</senate>
        <house/>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-3</article>
		</public>
        <notes>SEE ALSO: <hook name="incapacitated">Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act</hook></notes>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name anchor="transportation">Transportation, reauthorization of surface transportation programs (SAFETEA-LU)</name>
        <senate/>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.3</article>
		</house>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-59</article>
		</public>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
    <item>
        <name>Tsunami relief, accelerate tax benefits for charitable cash contributions</name>
        <senate/>
        <house>
			<article>H.R.241</article>
		</house>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-1</article>
		</public>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
        <name>United Nations reform</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.1383</article>
			<article>S.1394</article>
		</senate>
        <house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.2745</article>
		</house>
        <public/>
        <notes/>
        <link/>
    </item>
	<item>
		<name>Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2005</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1235</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-233</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Veterans medical care, provide more funds for</name>
		<senate/>
		<house/>
		<public/>
		<notes>SEE: <hook name="Veterans Medical">FY06 Appropriations</hook></notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
        <name anchor="welfare_bill">Welfare bill (TANF), reauthorize through FY2010</name>
        <senate>
			<article>S.1932</article>
		</senate>
        <house/>
        <public>
			<article>P.L.109-171</article>
		</public>
        <notes>120 Stat. 135-140</notes>
        <link/>
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     <name>Agency Authorizations</name>
	 <item>
        <name>Amtrak, FY2006-FY2008</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.1630</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Amtrak, FY2006-FY2011</name>
            <senate>
				<article current="yes">S.1516</article>
			</senate>
            <house/>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	 <item>
        <name>Coast Guard, FY2006</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.889</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-241</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Coast Guard, FY2006-FY2007</name>
            <senate>
				<article>S.1280</article>
			</senate>
            <house/>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Coast Guard, FY2007</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.5681</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Commodity Futures Trading Commission, FY2006-FY2010</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.4473</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Department of Defense, FY2006</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.1815</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-163</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Department of Defense, FY2007</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.5122</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-364</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Department of Homeland Security, FY2006</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.1817</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Department of Homeland Security, FY2007</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.5814</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Department of Justice, FY2006-FY2009</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.3402</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-162</article>
			</public>
            <notes>119 Stat. 3086-3135</notes>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Department of State, FY2006-2007</name>
            <senate>
				<article action="no">S.600</article>
			</senate>
            <house>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.2601</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Export-Import Bank, reauthorization</name>
            <senate>
				<article>S.3938</article>
			</senate>
            <house/>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-438</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Intelligence agencies, FY2006</name>
            <senate>
				<article>S.1803</article>
			</senate>
            <house>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.2475</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
	  	<name>Intelligence agencies, FY2007</name>
            <senate>
				<article>S.3237</article>
			</senate>
            <house>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.5020</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>Military construction, FY2006</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.1815</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-163</article>
			</public>
            <notes>119 Stat. 3485-3536</notes>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>NASA, FY2006-FY2008</name>
            <senate>
				<article>S.1281</article>
			</senate>
            <house/>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-155</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>National Institutes of Health, reauthorization</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.6164</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-482</article>
            </public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.5450</article>
			</house>
            <public/>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
        <name>National Transportation Safety Board, reauthorization</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.5076</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-443</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  
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      <name>Program Authorizations</name>
	  <item>
		<name>Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, reauthorization</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes" failed="yes">S.2832</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.5812</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Child welfare programs, reauthorize (Children and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.3525</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-288</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	  <item>
		<name>Endangered Species Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.3824</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	  <item>
		<name>Head Start, reauthorization</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1107</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.2123</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Higher Education Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1614</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article advanced="yes">H.R.609</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name indent="yes">Extension of Higher Education Act through June 30, 2007</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.6138</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-292</article>
		</public>
		<notes>P.L. 109-238 extended programs through September 30, 2006; P.L. 109-212 extended programs through June 30, 2006; P.L. 109-150 extended programs through March 31, 2006; P.L. 109-81 extended programs through December 31, 2005.</notes>
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	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.4014</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Office of National Drug Control Policy Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.6344</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-469</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Older Americans Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.6197</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-365</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Ryan White CARE Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.6143</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-415</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Small Business Administration, reauthorization</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.2594</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.5352</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
    <item>
		<name indent="yes">Extension of SBA programs through February 2, 2007</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.6159</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-316</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, reauthorization</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.188</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.557</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name anchor="welfare_bill_authorization">Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), reauthorization through FY2010</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1932</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-171</article>
		</public>
		<notes>120 Stat. 135-140</notes>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Torture Victims Relief Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2017</article>
		</house>
		<public>
		<article>P.L.109-165</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Trafficking Victims Protection Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.972</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-164</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Violence Against Women Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3402</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-162</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Vocational and technical education (Carl D. Perkins), reauthorization</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.250</article>
		</senate>
		<house/>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-270</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Voting Rights Act, reauthorization</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.9</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-246</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Water Resources Development Act of 2005</name>
		<senate>
			<article action="no">S.728</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.2864</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	<item>
		<name>Workforce Investment Act (job training)</name>
		<senate>
			<article>S.1021</article>
		</senate>
		<house>
			<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.R.27</article>
		</house>
		<public/>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
	</item>
	  
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            <name>Budget Resolution, FY2006</name>
            <senate>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">S.Con.Res.18</article>
			</senate>
            <house>
				<article action="no" advanced="yes">H.Con.Res.95</article>
			</house>
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            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
            <name>Budget reconciliation, FY2006</name>
            <senate>
				<article>S.1932</article>
			</senate>
            <house/>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-171</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
            <name>Emergency Supplemental, FY2005</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.1268</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-13</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
            <name>Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for immediate Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, FY2005</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.3645</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-61</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
            <name>Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to further meet immediate Hurricane Katrina relief needs, FY2005</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.3673</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-62</article>
			</public>
            <notes/>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
            <name>Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for hurricane relief and pandemic influenza, FY2006 (Division B)</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.2863</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-148</article>
			</public>
            <notes>119 Stat. 2745-2818</notes>
            <link/>
      </item>
	  <item>
            <name anchor="Veterans Medical">Veterans Medical Services Supplemental Appropriations, FY2005</name>
            <senate/>
            <house>
				<article>H.R.2361</article>
			</house>
            <public>
				<article>P.L.109-54</article>
			</public>
            <notes>119 Stat. 563-564</notes>
            <link/>
      </item>
	<item>
  		<name>Continuing appropriations</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.J.Res.68</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-77</article>
		</public>
		<notes>through November 18, 2005</notes>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Continuing appropriations</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.J.Res.72</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-105</article>
		</public>
		<notes>through December 17, 2005</notes>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Continuing appropriations</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.J.Res.75</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-128</article>
		</public>
		<notes>through December 31, 2005</notes>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Agriculture</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2744</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-97</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Commerce, Justice, Science, State</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2862</article></house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-108</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Defense</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2863</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-148</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Energy and Water</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2419</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-103</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Foreign Operations</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3057</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-102</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  	<name>Homeland Security</name>
	<senate/>
	<house>
		<article>H.R.2360</article>
	</house>
	<public>
		<article>P.L.109-90</article>
	</public>
	<notes/>
	<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Interior</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2361</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-54</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Labor, HHS, Education</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3010</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-149</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Legislative Branch</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2985</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-55</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Military Construction, VA</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.2528</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-114</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
  <item>
  		<name>Transportation, Treasury, HUD, Judiciary, District of Columbia</name>
		<senate/>
		<house>
			<article>H.R.3058</article>
		</house>
		<public>
			<article>P.L.109-115</article>
		</public>
		<notes/>
		<link/>
  </item>
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  		<name>Budget Resolution, FY2007</name>
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