EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS see also Federal Employees

Addresses

Senior Executive Service: President Bush, 1344 [31JA]

Agreements

Procedures governing Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs review of regulations, 30056 [17NO]

Amendments

Dept. of HUD Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1), 31162-31184 [21NO], 31359, 31618 [21NO]

Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 5895 [10AP], 5946 [11AP], 6280 [12AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: appropriations (H.R. 2402), 9801, 9928 [18MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 14993 [18JY], 15161 [19JY], 15374, 15388, 15390, 15396, 15401, 15402, 15403, 15406, 15407 [20JY], 20679, 20680, 20682, 20683, 20688, 20696 [18SE], 20785, 20786, 20797, 20802, 20813, 20827, 20828, 20835, 20853, 20858, 20862, 20863, 20888-20890 [19SE], 26519 [31OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), conference report, 25553, 25555 [24OC], 25869 [25OC], 26409-26413 [27OC]

Ethics standards (H.R. 3660), 29673, 29678, 29682, 29683, 29686, 29704, 29705, 29777-29815 [17NO]

Federal employees: protection against prohibited personnel practices (S. 20), 4640 [16MR]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (S.J. Res. 7), 1439, 1576 [2FE]

Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 20), 4520 [16MR]

Analyses

Anti-Corruption Act (S. 327), 1515 [2FE]

Employee Health and Safety Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 436), 2658 [23FE]

Excellence in Government Management Act (H.R. 2155), 7591 [27AP]

Senior Executives Salary Act (S. 1403), 16058 [25JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1487, authorizing Dept. of State appropriations, 26077 [25OC]

———H.R. 1487, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 23402 [5OC]

———H.R. 2916, Depts of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies appropriations, 22319 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

Advice to Incoming Appointees, 4138 [14MR]

Bush Offers Proposal on Ethics, Pay—Hill Honoraria Sidestepped, 6467 [13AP]

Environmental Activist To Head EPA—Property Rights Endangered?, 1428 [2FE]

Heeding the Whistle on Waste, 4519 [16MR]

Insiders on the Loose—Nobody Knows What All the Government's Consultants Are Doing, 2626 [23FE]

Live and Learn, 4646 [16MR]

Mr. Bush's Ethics Plan—Big, and Thin, 6467 [13AP]

Phantom of the Rose Garden, 6752 [17AP]

Shades of McCarthyism, 3546 [6MR]

Teach the Pentagon To Think Before It Spends, 26688 [31OC]

Bills and resolutions

Anti-Corruption Act: enact (see S. 327)

Authority: restrictions (see H.R. 577)

Bureau of the Census: independent status (see H.R. 1274)

Commercial Activities Contracting Act: enact (see S. 400)

Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries: abolish (see H.R. 533, 891, 903)

———change schedule for appointments and the times for the submission of reports (see S. 301)

———change schedule of appointments for membership, and extend time period for increase in salary recommendations (see S. 300)

———reform relative to public views (see H.R. 918)

Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act: delay effective date for existing agency matching programs (see H.R. 2848)

Consultants: submission of information on services by applicants for assistance (see H.R. 3145)

Contracting Out Appeals Reform Act: enact (see S. 1265, 1280)

Credit: improve management and credit transactions of executive departments (see H.R. 1127)

Customs and trade agencies: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2443)

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: designate (see H.R. 831)

Department of Arts and Humanities: establish (see H.R. 219)

Department of Commerce and Trade: establish (see H.R. 3667)

Department of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 296)

Department of Industry and Technology: establish (see S. 1978)

Department of International Trade and Industry: establish (see H.R. 1274)

Department of Trade: establish (see H.R. 782)

Dept. of Agriculture: maintain Federal rural development program information (see H.R. 2412)

———transfer certain programs to Rural Development Administration (see H.R. 2408)

Dept. of Commerce: quarterly financial report (see H.R. 3629)

Dept. of Defense: appropriations for personnel management pay allowances (see S. 1448)

———portability of benefits for employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities when converting to civil service system (see H.R. 3139)

Dept. of Energy: establish Assistant Sec. of Energy for Natural Gas position (see H.R. 953)

Dept. of HHS: Federal Council on Nutrition and Health (see S. 1739)

Dept. of HUD Reform Act: enact (see S. 1841)

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1487)

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: employee leave sharing plan (see S. 899)

Dept of Justice: increase authority relative to claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities (see S. 604)

Drug abuse: restrictions relative to testing (see H.R. 763)

———testing (see H.R. 3269)

Ethics: standards (see H.R. 3660)

———standards (H.R. 3660), correcting enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 84)

Excellence in Government Management Act: enact (see H.R. 2155)

Executive and judicial branches: income (see S. 1116)

FAA: independent status (see H.R. 1633)

———7-year term of service for the administrator (see H.R. 483)

Federal Advisory Committee Act: amend (see S. 444)

Federal employees: continuation of the performance management and recognition system (see H.R. 2886)

———expedite processing of retirement benefits (see H.R. 1059)

———increase salaries of executive personnel (see H.R. 3097)

———long-term care insurance available to civilians (see H.R. 820)

———protection against reprisals for disclosing information (see S. 20, 436)

———rates of pay (see H.R. 3674)

———repeal the reinsurance requirement under the life insurance program (see H.R. 1569)

———retirement benefits for spouses relative to individuals who marry after they retire (see H.R. 1377)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: permit executive departments to use on public lands without duplicating EPA analyses (see H.R. 146)

Federal Salary Act: amend section 225 (see H.R. 2048)

FERC: staggered terms for members (see S. 388)

Financial management: improve (see H.R. 54; 3064)

Foreign travel: greater accountability (see H.R. 3388)

Government regulations: information resources management (see S. 1742)

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see S.J. Res. 4, 6, 7, 8, 20, 49; H.R. 149, 401, 533, 611, 632, 709, 776, 785, 877, 1372; H.J. Res. 75, 76, 90, 105, 109, 113, 116, 119, 128; H. Res. 38)

———congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (H.J. Res. 88), consideration (see H. Res. 54)

———disapproving increases in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries (see H.J. Res. 129)

———eliminate discriminatory wage-setting practices relative to sex, race, or national origin (see S. 16)

———reconsideration of adjustments recommended by the President for executive, legislative, and judicial salaries—excluding Members of Congress (see H.R. 1653)

———require Members to vote on congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 822)

Interagency cooperation in science, mathematics and technology education (see S. 1951)

Labor unions: encourage prompt and informal resolution of disputes (see H.R. 2497)

———use of conciliation, arbitration, and other techniques for prompt and informal dispute resolution (see S. 971)

Law enforcement officers: adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal officers and agents (see H.R. 215)

———capital punishment for killing certain Federal officers (see H.R. 1197)

Mail management: improvement (see H.R. 67)

NASA: waiver to authorize President to appoint Richard H. Truly as Administrator (see S. 1180)

NOAA: expand fleet of vessels (see H.R. 897)

———independent status (see H.R. 1274)

———specifications for contracts for construction and repair of vessels (see H.R. 896)

OMB: oral communication reports (see H.R. 3314)

———reauthorize the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (see H.R. 3695)

OPM: include certain areas in its Study of Federal Employees Locality Pay (see H.R. 1244)

———transfer of authority to determine pay classification of administrative law judges (see H.R. 213)

POW/MIA: disclosure of information by Federal agencies on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603)

Presidential appointments: forefeiture of benefits and compensation upon conviction of a felony (see S.J. Res. 11)

———procedural due process in Senate for nominees (see S. Res. 75)

Public debt: prevent newly established agencies from increasing through unauthorized borrowing (see H.R. 3469)

Regulatory Flexibility Act: amend (see H.R. 2660)

Relocation: feasibility studies in nonmetropolitan areas (see H.R. 3835)

———locate headquarters anywhere in the National Capital region (see H.R. 482)

Research: department policies and procedures for Federal distribution of funding (see S. 1865)

SBA: raise status and enhance operations (see H.R. 192)

Senior Executive Service: clarify provisions of performance review boards (see H.R. 2986)

Senior Executives Salary Act: enact (see S. 1403)

Under Sec. of the Treasury for Federal Financial Management: establish (see H.R. 3064)

Cloture motions

Ethics: standards (H.R. 3660), 29678 [17NO]

Comments

Ethics in Government—activities covered by postemployment restrictions, 27821 [7NO]

Documents

Dept. of Education Act's Provisions (excerpts), 7784 [2MY]

Explanations

Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 20), 4512-4514 [16MR], 5033 [21MR]

Factsheets

Senior Executives Salary Act (S. 1403), 16058 [25JY]

History

Federal Pay Adjustment, 1451-1455 [2FE]

Letters

Congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions: Senator Grassley, 429 [25JA]

Consulting services budget justifications: Allan V. Burman, 16256 [26JY]

———Dept. of Defense, 9521 [17MY]

———Dept. of Education, 9521 [17MY]

Dept. of HUD Reform Act: Jack Kemp, Sec. of HUD, 31187, 31190 [21NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies appropriations: Representative Alexander, 18100 [2AU]

Government ethics: President Bush, 29481 [16NO]

Increase in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries: David Keating, 1441 [2FE]

———Joan Claybrook, 1441 [2FE]

———Ronald Reagan, 1712 [7FE]

Recertification of the Senior Executive Service: OPM, 29671 [17NO]

———Senior Executives Association, 29671 [17NO]

Senior Executives Salary Act: President Bush, 16058 [25JY]

Whistleblower Protection Act: Representative Schroeder, 5036 [21MR]

———Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, 4511 [16MR], 5034 [21MR]

———Robert D. Raven, ABA, 4511 [16MR]

Lists

Accounts which are mandatory or which have discretionary and mandatory splits and are scored to the Senate Appropriations Committee: OMB, 17665-17667 [2AU]

Bush nominations pending in the Senate, by committee, 17598 [2AU]

Confirmation process (length of time spent on confirmation of former Senators to Cabinet posts), 3580 [7MR]

Nominations pending in Senate committees and on executive calendar, 19567, 19568 [6SE], 28392-28394 [13NO], 31446 [21NO]

Organizations supporting the Whistleblower Protection Act, 4514 [16MR]

Positions in executive departments for which President Bush has not made nominations, 19567 [6SE]

Memorandums

Cabinet and Other High Level Nominations That Failed To Be Confirmed: Rogelio Garcia, 3711 [8MR]

Guidelines for the Use of Advisory and Assistance Services: OMB, 16253-16255 [26JY]

Senators Who Have Served as Cabinet Members: Rogelio Garcia, 3709 [8MR]

Memorials of legislature

Colorado, 3499 [6MR]

South Dakota, 3143 [1MR]

Washington, 2269 [21FE]

Messages

Deferral of Budget Authority: President Bush, 6966 [18AP]

Governmentwide Ethics: President Bush, 6171 [12AP]

Motions

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1487), 23398 [5OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), conference report, 25893-25895, 25897, 25898, 25900-25904 [25OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), conference report amendments in disagreement, 25553-25556 [24OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), recede from disagreement to Senate amendment, 25869, 25879 [25OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), reconsideration of tabling of Nickles amendment, 20825 [19SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), table Nickles amendment, 20805, 20825 [19SE]

Outlines

Errata on report accompanying Depts. of VA, HUD, and independent agencies appropriations, 22317 [28SE]

Petitions

Whistleblower Protection Act: several supporting organizations, 4514 [16MR]

Remarks in House

Accounting methods, 1880 [7FE]

Administrative law judges: corps to preside at certain Federal proceedings (H.R. 1179), 3191 [1MR]

Borrower Loan Prepayments—OMB Guidelines Need To Be Strengthened: GAO report, 2365 [21FE]

Bush, President: appointment policy, 2821 [28FE], 26309 [26OC]

CBO: Federal contract study, 16350 [26JY]

Classified information: security clearance, 3546 [6MR]

Congress: oversight, 28471 [13NO]

Consultants: submission of information on services by applicants for assistance (H.R. 3145), 19965, 19969 [11SE]

Credit: improve transactions and management (H.R. 1127), 2807 [27FE]

Department of Arts and Humanities: establish (H.R. 219), 161 [3JA]

Department of Industry and Technology: establish (H.R. 3833), 31779, 31780 [21NO]

Dept. of HUD: management abuses, 14622 [13JY], 14928 [18JY], 18540 [3AU], 19436, 19447 [4AU], 23287 [4OC], 24766, 24767 [17OC], 24924 [17OC]

Dept. of HUD Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1), 29635 [17NO], 31162-31191 [21NO]

Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 6284 [12AP]

———appropriations (H.R. 1487), conference report, 29037-29043 [15NO]

———appropriations (H.R. 1487), conference requested, 23398 [5OC]

———drug abuse testing, 16461 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: appropriations, 2190 [9FE], 3083 [1MR]

———appropriations (H.R. 2402), 9614, 9615, 9617-9621, 9626-9630, 9638-9644 [18MY], 10144 [24MY], 12834 [21JN], 13656 [27JN]

———appropriations (H.R. 2402), motion for consideration, 10143 [24MY]

———creation, 4155 [15MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 15353-15408 [20JY], 26519 [31OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), conference report, 24784 [17OC], 25542-25557 [24OC], 25869-25887, 25893-25905 [25OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), consideration (H. Res. 205), 15346-15353 [20JY]

Ethics: standards, 24763 [17OC], 25062 [18OC], 25519 [24OC], 26958 [2NO], 27077 [3NO], 27182 [6NO], 27926 [8NO], 28180 [9NO]

———standards (H.R. 3660), 28843 [14NO], 29468-29513 [16NO], 29982, 30011, 30029 [17NO], 30073 [17NO], 30739 [21NO], 31212 [11DE], 31739 [21NO]

———standards (H.R. 3660), correcting enrollment (S. Con. Res. 84), 29513 [16NO], 30098 [19NO]

———standards (H.R. 3660), permission to file report, 29045 [15NO]

Excellence in Government Management Act: enact (H.R. 2155), 7590 [27AP]

FAA: improve effectiveness (H.R. 261), 184 [3JA]

Federal employees: attracting personnel with advanced degrees, 1682 [6FE]

———expedite processing of retirement benefits (H.R. 1059), 2557 [22FE]

———increase salaries of executive personnel (H.R. 3097), 18688 [4AU]

———long-term care insurance available to civilians (H.R. 820), 1375 [2FE], 1662 [2FE]

———protection against prohibited personnel practices (S. 20), 5026-5040 [21MR]

———retirement benefits for spouses relative to individuals who marry after they retire (H.R. 1377), 4041 [13MR]

Financial management: improve (H.R. 3064), 17124 [1AU]

GAO: audit the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Advisory Council, Federal Open Market Committee, and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 844), 1877 [7FE]

Government: restrictions on the use of Federal funds to influence certain officers or employees (H.R. 3057), 17102 [31JY]

Governmentwide Ethics Act: reform of postemployment restrictions, 27821 [7NO]

GSA: term of office for the administrator (H.R. 3529), 26355 [26OC]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 164 [3JA], 233 [4JA], 340, 342 [24JA], 1163, 1171 [27JA], 1197 [31JA], 1677-1683 [6FE], 1724 [27FE], 1727 [7FE], 1876 [7FE], 2030, 2046 [9FE], 3048 [28FE], 29468-29513 [16NO], 29887 [17NO], 30687 [21NO]

———congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (H.R. 1623), 5325 [23MR]

———congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (H.R. 401), 291 [19JA], 1658 [2FE]

———disapproving increases in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries (H.J. Res. 129), 1708-1725 [7FE]

———executive and judicial salaries and pensions (H.R. 1372), 4045 [13MR]

IRS: elimination of certain positions, 16792-16796 [28JY]

Labor unions: encourage prompt and informal resolution of disputes (H.R. 2497), 10208 [25MY]

Law enforcement officers: adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal officers and agents (H.R. 215), 185 [3JA], 28515 [13NO]

Narcotics: drug free work spaces, 17084 [31JY]

NOAA: expand fleet of vessels (H.R. 897), 29991-29993 [17NO]

Nondisclosure agreements: moratorium on certain, 16789 [3AU]

OMB: oral communication reports (H.R. 3314), 21168 [20SE]

———participation in congressional hearings, 7592 [27AP]

———reauthorize the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (H.R. 3695), 30056 [17NO]

OPM: include certain areas in its Study of Federal Employees Locality Pay (H.R. 1244), 3413 [2MR]

———transfer of authority to determine pay classification of administrative law judges (H.R. 213), 186 [3JA]

Pierce, Samuel R., Jr.: mismanagement at Dept. of HUD, 24143 [11OC]

Postemployment restrictions: extend, 30087 [17NO]

POW/MIA: disclosure of information by Federal agencies on certain individuals (H.R. 3603), 28181, 28182 [9NO]

President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform: report, 4154 [15MR]

Public debt: prevent newly established agencies from increasing through unauthorized borrowing (H.R. 3469), 24661 [13OC]

Republican party: Presidential appointments, 5486 [5AP]

Rulemaking: framework for conduct of negotiated compromise (H.R. 743), 1372 [31JA]

SBA: raise status and enhance operations (H.R. 192), 163 [3JA]

Senior Executive Service: clarify provisions of performance review boards (H.R. 2986), 20120 [12SE]

Under Sec. of the Treasury for Federal Financial Management: establish (H.R. 3064), 17124 [1AU]

Voluntary workers: extend period for voluntary services of private sector executives (H.R. 2847), 17004 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate

Americans With Disabilities Act: executive departments to educate public about requirements of the legislation, 19877-19879 [7SE]

Anti-Corruption Act: enact (S. 327), 1513, 1516-1518 [2FE]

Bush, President: ethics initiative, 6467 [13AP]

Cason, James E.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Agriculture, 27887 [8NO]

Commercial Activities Contracting Act: enact (S. 400), 2089 [9FE]

Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries: change schedule for appointments and the times for the submission of reports (S. 301), 1261 [31JA]

———change schedule of appointments for membership, and extend time period for increase in salary recommendations (S. 300), 1261 [31JA]

Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act: delay effective date for existing agency matching programs (H.R. 2848), 14616 [13JY]

———delay effective date for existing agency matching programs (H.R. 2848), placed on calendar, 14365 [12JY]

Contracting Out Appeals Reform Act: enact (S. 1265), 13416 [23JN]

———enact (S. 1280), 13438 [23JN]

Consultants: costs of services, 9520 [17MY]

———reliance on private consultants, 22583 [29SE]

———spending cap, 21239 [21SE]

Dept. of Energy: notice of hirings or resignations of certain personnel, 17686 [2AU]

Dept. of HHS: Federal Council on Nutrition and Health (S. 1739), 23843 [6OC]

Dept. of HUD: management abuse reform, 17596 [2AU], 24898 [17OC]

———nominations, 18285 [3AU]

Dept. of HUD Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1), 31359, 31373-31379 [21NO]

———enact (S. 1841), 27128-27146 [3NO]

Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 27846 [8NO]

———appropriations (H.R. 1487), change of conferee, 25057 [18OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 1487), conference report, 29346-29362, 29365-29367 [16NO]

———appropriations (H.R. 1487), unanimous-consent agreement, 29344 [16NO]

Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 1160), H.R. 1487 passed in lieu, 15602 [20JY]

Dept. of the Interior: consultant services spending, 16257 [26JY]

Dept. of Transportation: funding used for outside consultants, 20287 [13SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: employee leave sharing plan (S. 899), 7822 [2MY]

———supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2402), 9799-9802 [18MY]

———supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2402), unanimous-consent agreement, 9798 [18MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 20663 [18SE], 20784-20879 [19SE], 22316-22319 [28SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), conference report, 26392-26414 [27OC]

Drug abuse: testing, 23938 [7OC]

Ethics: standards (H.R. 3660), 29660-29679, 29681-29711 [17NO]

———standards (H.R. 3660), correcting enrollment (S. Con. Res. 84), 30137 [19NO]

Executive and judicial branches: income (S. 1116), 10767 [2JN]

Executive Office of the President: coordination of information within agencies regarding contractor fraud, 17458 [1AU]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: amend (S. 444), 2677, 2683 [23FE]

Federal Credit Reform Act: enact (S. 584), 4359 [15MR]

Federal employees: protection against prohibited personnel practices (S. 20), 4218 [15MR], 4507-4511, 4515-4524, 4528, 4535, 4541 [16MR], 564-568, 1119 [25JA]

———protection against prohibited personnel practices (S. 20), unanimous-consent request, 4529 [16MR]

———protection against reprisals for disclosing information (S. 436), 2652, 2658 [23FE]

Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act: enact (S. 1048), 9858 [18MY]

FERC: staggered terms for members (S. 388), 1983 [8FE]

Government: framework for negotiated rulemaking (S. 303), 1262, 1263 [31JA]

———interagency cooperation in science, mathematics and technology education (S. 1951), 31453-31459 [21NO]

———role of consultants, 2626 [23FE]

Government contractors: improve regulatory process, 2378 [22FE]

Government regulations: information resources management (S. 1742), 23851 [6OC], 25381 [20OC], 26689 [31OC]

GSA: development and use of plastics for executive departments (S. 244), 989-991 [25JA]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 1207 [31JA], 1771 [7FE], 29682, 29686-29701 [17NO]

———congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (S.J. Res. 33), 428-430 [25JA]

———congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (S.J. Res. 6), 456-459 [25JA], 2015 [8FE]

———congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (S.J. Res. 7), 1402, 1404, 1433-1462 [2FE]

———disapproving increases in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries (H.J. Res. 129), 1750-1754 [7FE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal officers and agents (H.R. 215), 28414-28416 [13NO]

———coordination with recipient State and local anti-drug abuse and anti-drug trafficking operations, 17460 [1AU]

Mediation: use of conciliation, arbitration, and other techniques for prompt and informal dispute resolution (S. 971), 8954 [11MY]

NASA: waiver to authorize President to appoint Richard H. Truly as Administrator (S. 1180), 11719 [14JN]

Negotiated rulemaking: framework (S. 303), 1856 [7FE]

Plastics: development and use by executive departments (S. 244), 15068 [18JY]

Presidential appointments: consideration of nominations, 19564-19567 [6SE], 31447 [21NO], 28390 [13NO], 29075 [15NO], 30434 [20NO], 31445 [21NO]

———forefeiture of benefits and compensation upon conviction of a felony (S.J. Res. 11), 1050 [25JA]

———procedural due process in Senate for nominees (S. Res. 75), 3515 [6MR]

Reilly, William K.: nomination as Administrator of the EPA, 1425-1432 [2FE]

Senate: consideration of Presidential appointments, 1399 [2FE]

———status of Bush administration's nominations, 28173 [9NO]

Senior Executives Salary Act: enact (S. 1403), 16057 [25JY]

Small business: amend provisions relative to regulatory flexibility analysis (S. 1458), 17505 [1AU]

Volunteer workers: extend period for voluntary services of private sector executives (H.R. 2847), 18500 [3AU]

Reports

Government Ethics Reform Act: Bipartisan Task Force on Ethics, 30740-30759 [21NO]

Whistleblower Protection Act: Congressional Research Service, 4511 [16MR]

Reports by conference committees

Dept. of State Appropriations (H.R. 1487), 28294-28333 [9NO]

———Counterterrorism Research and Development Program, 29273 [16NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2916), 25128-25144 [18OC]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2883) (H. Rept. 101-137), 14693 [13JY]

Appointment of James B. Busey as Administrator of the FAA: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 2444) (H. Rept. 101-108), 13279 [23JN]

Claims for Damages Resulting From Law Enforcement Activities: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 604) (S. Rept. 101-163), 24507 [12OC]

Dept. of Defense Personnel Management Pay Allowances Appropriations: Committee on Armed Services (S. 1448), 16915 [31JY]

Dept. of State Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 1487) (H. Rept. 101-343), 28335 [9NO]

———Committee on Foreign Affairs (H.R. 1487) (H. Rept. 101-17), 5682 [6AP]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2916) (S. Rept. 101-128), 20306 [13SE]

———Waiving Certain Points of Order: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 205) (H. Rept. 101-152), 14967 [18JY]

Executive Nominations: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 20053 [12SE]

Extend Period for Voluntary Services of Private Sector Executives to the Government: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 2847) (H. Rept. 101-180), 16428 [26JY]

Framework for Negotiated Rulemaking in Executive Departments: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 303) (S. Rept. 101-97), 16915 [31JY], 17490 [1AU]

Governmentwide Ethics Reform (H.R. 3660), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 290) (H. Rept. 101-362), 29070 [15NO]

Nomination of Jack Kemp To Be Sec. of HUD: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 1473 [2FE]

Nomination of James B. Wyngaarden To Be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 29400 [16NO]

Nomination of Manuel Lujan, Jr., To Be Sec. of the Interior: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1472 [2FE]

Nominations to Dept. of Labor and Related Agencies: Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 23183 [4OC]

Nominations to Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 23183 [4OC]

Nominations to Dept. of the Treasury and Related Agencies: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 23183 [4OC]

Staggered Terms of FERC Members: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 388) (S. Rept. 101-76), 14319 [12JY]

Statements

Congressional, Executive, and Judicial Salaries and Pensions: Senator Stevens, 1772-1774 [7FE]

Military Personnel Leaving Public Service To Become Civil Servants: Derek J. Vander Schaff, 17415 [1AU]

Senate Confirmation of Presidential Appointments: Senator Breaux, 3876 [9MR]

Senior Executive Salary Act: President Bush, 17411 [1AU]

Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 20), 5034-5035 [21MR]

Summaries

Dept. of HUD Reform Act Senate Amendments from House-Passed Version, 31186 [21NO]

Dept. of State Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 1487), 29038 [15NO]

Employee Health and Safety Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 436), 2656 [23FE]

Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments (S. 444), 2679 [23FE]

Foreign Relations Authorization Act Conference Report (H.R. 1487), 29355 [16NO]

Government Ethics Reform Act (H.R. 3660), 31212-31216 [11DE]

Tables

Budget authority comparison, by department, 23888 [7OC]

Budget scoring of H.R. 2989, Dept. of the Treasury and Postal Service appropriations, 19026 [4AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs supplemental appropriations, 9638 [18MY]

Government individuals affected by pay adjustments, 29492 [16NO]

Nominees awaiting Senate confirmation, 28173 [9NO]

Presidential appointment vacancies: Library of Congress, 28391 [13NO]

Processing of retirement applications, 2557 [22FE]

Reduction of Federal nondefense travel expenses: CBO, 7916 [3MY]

Supplemental appropriations under H.R. 2402, 13252-13262 [23JN]

Testimonies

Federal Advisory Committee Act: Joseph Wright, OMB, 2678 [23FE]

———Paul T. Weiss, GSA, 2678 [23FE]

Government Ethics: Paul A. Volcker, 29500 [16NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 290, consideration of H.R. 3660, Government Ethics Reform Act, 29468 [16NO]

H.J. Res. 129, disapproving increases in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries, 2026 [9FE]

H.R. 215, adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal law enforcement officers and agents, 28515 [13NO]

H.R. 897, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fleet Modernization Act, 29991 [17NO]

H.R. 1377, Federal employees retirement benefits for spouses relative to individuals who marry after they retire, 4041 [13MR]

H.R. 1487, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of State, 6253-6258 [12AP]

H.R. 2402, supplemental appropriations for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 9638 [18MY]

H.R. 2916, Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies appropriations, 20663-20675 [18SE]

H.R. 2986, clarify provisions of Senior Executive Service performance review boards, 20120 [12SE]

H.R. 3097, increase salaries of executive personnel, 18688 [4AU]

H.R. 3314, OMB oral communication reports, 21169 [20SE]

H.R. 3660, Government Ethics Reform Act, 29469-29481 [16NO], 31216-31237 [11DE]

S. 20, Federal employees protection against prohibited personnel practices, 4535-4541 [16MR], 5026-5032 [21MR]

S. 216, Social Security Administration independent status, 924-930 [25JA]

S. 244, GSA development and use of plastics for executive departments, 990 [25JA]

S. 303, framework for conduct of negotiated rulemaking by Federal agencies, 18524-18526 [3AU]

S. 327, Anti-Corruption Act, 1514 [2FE]

S. 400, Commercial Activities Contracting Act, 2090 [9FE]

S. 436, Federal employee protection against reprisals for disclosing information, 2653-2656 [28FE]

S. 444, amend Federal Advisory Committee Act, 2680-2683 [23FE]

S. 899, employee leave sharing plan at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 7822 [2MY]

S. 926, improve cash management, 18821 [4AU]

S. 971, Administrative Dispute Resolution Act, 8955-8958 [11MY]

S. 1048, Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act, 9858 [18MY]

S. 1180, waiver to authorize President to appoint Richard H. Truly as NASA Administrator, 11719 [14JN]

S. 1265, Contracting Out Appeals Reform Act, 13416 [23JN]

S. 1280, Contracting Out Appeals Reform Act, 13439 [23JN]

S. 1403, Senior Executives Salary Act, 16057 [25JY]

S. 1448, authorizing appropriations for personnel management pay allowances of the Dept. of Defense, 17891-17905 [15AU]

S. 1850, require sequestration if the deficit for the preceding fiscal year exceeds the target by more than $10 million, 27890 [8NO]

S. 1951, government interagency cooperation in science, mathematics and technology education, 31459 [21NO]

S. Con. Res. 84, correcting enrollment of H.R. 3660, Government Ethics Reform Act, 30137-30139, 30195-30197 [19NO]

S. Res. 75, procedural due process in Senate for Presidential nominees, 3536 [6MR]

S.J. Res. 4, congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 798 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 6, congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 2016 [8FE]

S.J. Res. 7, congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 1461 [2FE]

S.J. Res. 219, approval of the report by the President required by Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, 25374 [20OC]