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BillTally Member Detail Report ~ 111th Congress, 1st session

(Note: All costs are annualized in millions of dollars)

Lincoln, Blanche AR
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$104,705-$708$103,997

*S 00467Annualized Cost: $326
A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish Encore Service Programs, Encore Fellowship Programs, and Silver Scholarship Programs, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$326$326$326$326$326$1,630
Source: 5 Year Average

*S 00831Annualized Cost: $112
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service r
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$35$130$110$130$154$559
Source: 5 Year Average

*S 01232Annualized Cost: -$600
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0-$3,000
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00026Annualized Cost: $1,380
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reset the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit and to repeal the sunset for certain prior modification
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1,380$1,380$1,380$1,380$1,380$6,900
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00046Annualized Cost: $400
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$100$700$400$0$0$1,200
Source: 3 Year Average

S 00211Annualized Cost: $120
A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2- 1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services and volunteer services, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$150$150$100$100$100$600
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00225Annualized Cost: $20
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish programs to improve the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$20$20$20$20$20$100
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00244Annualized Cost: $153
A bill to expand programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, and other
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$57$115$194$199$202$767
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00245Annualized Cost: $39
A bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$91$50$49$2$2$194
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00259Annualized Cost: $11
A bill to establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$10$12$14$14$54
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00277Annualized Cost: $1,243
A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$927$1,106$1,266$1,380$1,538$6,217
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00323Annualized Cost: $29,894
A bill to provide infrastructure, nutrition, and housing assistance to rural areas of the United States.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$58,932$855$0$0$0$59,787
Source: 2 Year Average

S 00410Annualized Cost: $10
A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure States follow best policies and practices for supporting and retaining foster parents and other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$10$10$10$10$10$50
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00422Annualized Cost: $58
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseas
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$51$55$58$62$66$292
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00456Annualized Cost: $30
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop guidelines to be used on a voluntary basis to develop plans to manage the risk
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$30$0$0$0$0$30
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00473Annualized Cost: $81
A bill to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$81$81$81$81$81$405
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00484Annualized Cost: $6,840
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5,700$6,300$6,800$7,400$8,000$34,200
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00525Annualized Cost: -$600
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0-$3,000
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00535Annualized Cost: $818
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for othe
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$818$818$818$818$818$4,090
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00538Annualized Cost: $30
A bill to increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$30$30$30$30$30$150
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00541Annualized Cost: $200
A bill to increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$1,000
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00542Annualized Cost: -$3
A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:-$3$0$0$0$0-$3
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00546Annualized Cost: $2,704
To permit certain retired uniformed members who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation and retired pay.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$3,205$2,320$2,508$2,678$2,807$13,518
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00565Annualized Cost: $40
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program that have received
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$40$40$40$40$40$200
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00597Annualized Cost: $4
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$4$0$0$0$8
Source: 2 Year Average

S 00631Annualized Cost: $53
A bill to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$160
Source: 3 Year Average

S 00644Annualized Cost: $112
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to include service after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service r
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$35$130$110$131$154$560
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00645Annualized Cost: $21
A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to modify the Department of Defense share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$20$21$21$21$22$105
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00654Annualized Cost: $14
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$14$14$14$14$14$70
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00658Annualized Cost: $283
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$377$400$443$98$99$1,417
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00663Annualized Cost: $88
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$113$99$87$75$64$438
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00671Annualized Cost: $30
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program,
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$30$30$30$30$30$150
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00700Annualized Cost: $10,800
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$10,800$0$0$0$0$10,800
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00711Annualized Cost: $8
A bill to require mental health screenings for members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in connection with a contingency operation, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$8$8$8$8$8$40
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00714Annualized Cost: $5
A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$5$5$5$0$0$15
Source: 3 Year Average

S 00731Annualized Cost: $8
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the Retired Reserve.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$10$5$0$0$0$15
Source: 2 Year Average

S 00749Annualized Cost: $15
A bill 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 teac
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$15$15$15$15$15$75
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00795Annualized Cost: $193
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and pros
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$191$194$196$189$0$770
Source: 4 Year Average

S 00866Annualized Cost: $100
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$100$100$100$100$100$500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00908Annualized Cost: $2
A bill to amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions against Iran.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$2$2$2$2$2$10
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00938Annualized Cost: $10
A bill to require the President to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$10$0$0$0$0$10
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00944Annualized Cost: $10
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretaries of the military departments to give wounded members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces the option of remaining on ac
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$50
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00947Annualized Cost: $100
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare program.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$100$100$100$100$100$500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00968Annualized Cost: $500
A bill to award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to improve student achievement, and for other pu
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$500$500$500$500$500$2,500
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00979Annualized Cost: $27,200
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans, a
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$27,200$0$0$0$0$27,200
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 00982Annualized Cost: -$33
To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:-$185-$176$18$100$77-$166
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00985Annualized Cost: $123
A bill to establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$123$123$123$123$123$615
Source: 5 Year Average

S 00986Annualized Cost: $19
A bill to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$19$19$0$0$0$38
Source: 2 Year Average

S 00987Annualized Cost: $25
A bill to protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$25$25$25$25$25$125
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01000Annualized Cost: $2,065
A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low-income children and working families, and for other purpo
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$2,065$0$0$0$0$2,065
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01002Annualized Cost: $50
A bill to provide for the acquisition, construction, renovation, and improvement of child care facilities, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$50$50$50$50$50$250
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01023Annualized Cost: -$72
A bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:-$77-$112-$85-$48-$38-$360
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01047Annualized Cost: $35
A bill to promote Internet safety education and cybercrime prevention initiatives, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$35$35$35$35$35$175
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01151Annualized Cost: $20
A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on indicators of child well- being.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$20$20$20$20$20$100
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01156Annualized Cost: $420
A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe routes to school program.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$420$420$420$420$420$2,100
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01161Annualized Cost: $5
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize programs to increase the number of nurse faculty.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$4$4$5$5$5$23
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01204Annualized Cost: $15
A bill to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Aff
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$3$8$15$23$25$74
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01221Annualized Cost: $180
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$180$0$0$0$0$180
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01281Annualized Cost: $25
A bill to enhance after-school programs in rural areas of the United States by establishing a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$25$50$0$0$0$75
Source: 2 Year Average

S 01301Annualized Cost: $3
A bill to direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, and for
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1$2$3$4$5$15
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01345Annualized Cost: $17
A bill to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$15$16$17$18$19$85
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01362Annualized Cost: $1,100
A bill to provide grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are taught an academically rigorous curriculum, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1,100$0$0$0$0$1,100
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01492Annualized Cost: $1,607
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1,607$0$0$0$0$1,607
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01518Annualized Cost: $476
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was cont
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$300$320$587$587$587$2,381
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01608Annualized Cost: $1,000
A bill to prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$1,000$0$0$0$0$1,000
Source: 1st Year Cost

S 01611Annualized Cost: $8
A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$3$9$10$11$33
Source: 4 Year Average

S 01652Annualized Cost: $13,162
A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$508$6,838$13,162$19,488$25,813$65,809
Source: 5 Year Average

S 01668Annualized Cost: $275
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain active duty service in the reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistan
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$121$326$326$326$1,100
Source: 4 Year Average

S 02743Annualized Cost: $15
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$15$15$15$15$0$60
Source: 4 Year Average

S 02810Annualized Cost: $424
A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency disaster assistance to certain agricultural producers that suffered losses during the 2009 calendar year.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$0$0$0$0$0$847
Source: 2 Year Average

S 02837Annualized Cost: $9
A bill to part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to examine and improve the child welfare workforce, and for other purposes.
FY:12345Muti-Year
COST:$7$10$10$10$10$47
Source: 5 Year Average

Note: All costs are annualized in millions of dollars. Items marked with an "*" are offset against another measure and do not add to a Member's spending total. Nothing in this report is to be construed as an attempt to aid or hinder the passage of any bill before Congress nor as a comment on a Member's fitness to serve. Bill and sponsor data for the 107th through 110th Congresses (2001 through 2008) was supplied by GalleryWatch.com.  Information after 2008 is provided by GovTrack.us. Contact Demian Brady with comments by phone (703) 683-5700 or fax (703) 683-5722. Send email to ntuf@ntu.org.