SARBANES, PAUL S. (a Senator from Maryland)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7342, S7355, S7401, S7403 [20JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S63 [26JA]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2254, S2257 [5AP], S2389, S2439 [7AP]

Crime: enhance rights and protections of victims (S. 934), S2777 [13AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867 [8JN], S6277, S6290 [30JN]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), S3552, S3563 [4MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5706 [22JN], S5715 [23JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5571, S5572 [21JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (S. 2603), S4343, S4393 [24MY]

Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2002 [30MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6737 [13JY]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce Act, S1846 [29MR]

———S. 2901, Security Assistance Act, S8241 [7SE]

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S10266 [11OC]

Articles and editorials

Baltimore Symphony's Man of Substance, Phillip Kennicott, Washington (DC) Post, S296 [2FE]

From Russia, With Love, Max Weiss, Baltimore Magazine, S295 [2FE]

Temirkanov Powerful in BSO Debut, Terry Teachout, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S295 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 867), S1913 [29MR]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 2003), S1611 [22MR]

Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 128), S953 [29FE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 2035), S381 [7FE]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see S. Con. Res. 113), S4014 [16MY]

Census: encourage all U.S. residents to complete their census forms (see S. Res. 293), S2728 [13AP]

Century of Women in the U.S.: observance (see S. Res. 292), S9395 [27SE]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S6027 [28JN]

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1874), S2118 [4AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 74), S4207 [18MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see S. Res. 378), S10716 [18OC]

Commission on Ocean Policy: establish (see S. 2327), S1884 [29MR]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see S. 2311), S2772 [13AP]

Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see S. 2229), S1391 [9MR]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see S. 2841), S6347 [10JY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: encourage the Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) to hold hearings (see S. Res. 279), S1987 [30MR] (see S. Res. 286), S2616 [12AP]

———ratification (see S. Res. 237), S1030 [1MR]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]

Crime: combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (see S. 2972), S7839 [27JY]

Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 2370), S2347 [6AP]

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 345), S7840 [27JY]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (see S. 2061), S1186 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of the route used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolution (see S. 3209), S10619 [17OC]

———conduct special resource study on the preservation and public use of sites in Auburn, NY, associated with Harriet Ross Tubman (see S. 2345), S8958 [21SE]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S3736 [9MY]

District of Columbia: designate the Washington Opera as the National Opera (see S. 2667), S4460 [25MY]

Education: promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (see S. 2615), S6690 [13JY]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see S. 2423), S8025 [5SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see S. 2031), S9863 [4OC]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see S. 2218), S1315 [8MR] (see S. 2420), S3031 [27AP]

———expand commuting options and reduce traffic congestion resulting from current commuting patterns (see S. 2075), S680 [22FE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see S. 1941), S217 [1FE]

Financial institutions: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 2513), S3514 [4MY]

Firearms: prohibit possession in places of worship or educational and scholastic settings (see S. Res. 295), S2865 [25AP]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see S. 1498), S1997 [30MR]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S9606 [2OC]

Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see S. Con. Res. 127), S7922 [27JY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 251), S285 [2FE]

Health: improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see S. 2918), S7542 [25JY]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1322), S7689 [26JY]

———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (see S. 2639), S8025 [5SE]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see S. 2398), S2527 [11AP]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 48), S7165 [18JY]

Housing: encourage Senate participation in and support of activities to provide decent homes for U.S. citizens (see S. Res. 319), S4922 [9JN]

———expand homeownership (see S. 3274), S11575 [5DE]

———preserve assisted housing for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons, and certain families (see S. 2733), S5240 [15JN]

International Visitors Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 87), S821 [24FE]

James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3137), S10092 [6OC]

Korean War: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 39), S1030 [1MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 3249), S11131 [26OC] (see S. 3258), S11252 [27OC]

Law enforcement: provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see S. 821), S11258 [27OC]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see S. 2413), S2616 [12AP]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S3265 [2MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and enhanced preventative benefits (see S. 2541), S3832 [10MY] (see S. 2753), S5360 [19JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 2644), S6259 [30JN]

———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S2526 [11AP]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S4488 [25MY]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2284), S1671 [23MR]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 2997), S7840 [27JY]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 301), S5563 [21JN]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see S. 3009), S8344 [11SE]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 340), S7448 [21JY]

National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S2865 [25AP]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S292 [2FE]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see S.J. Res. 53), S9381 [27SE]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1653), S635 [10FE]

National Heart Failure Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 256), S613 [10FE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see S. 1438), S1683 [23MR]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 353), S8413 [12SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S86 [26JA]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 3175), S9945 [5OC]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S1328 [8MR]

National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S7923 [27JY]

National Teach for America Week: designate (see S. Res. 359), S9478 [28SE]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S7078 [17JY]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund conservation programs (see S. 2181), S1173 [6MR]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S7690 [26JY]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 253), S381 [7FE]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see S. 922), S10424 [12OC]

Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (see S. 1536), S9394 [27SE]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see S. 1716), S11607 [5DE]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 2409), S2616 [12AP]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 2703), S4820 [8JN]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see S. 1805), S2118 [4AP]

Riddick, Floyd M.: tribute (see S. Res. 245), S86 [26JA]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2060), S2040 [3AP]

Senior citizens: protect rights of members of HMO's to receive continuing care at facilities of their choice (see S. 1142), S1525 [21MR]

Ships and vessels: revitalize international competitiveness of U.S.-flag merchant marine (see S. 1858), S1749 [27MR]

———stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade (see S. 1510), S8421 [12SE]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 2923), S7922 [27JY]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see S. 2434), S2728 [13AP]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see S. 3077), S8823 [20SE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see S. 2585), S4578 [6JN]

Taxation: incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S5118 [14JN]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 2083), S680 [22FE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 2887), S9395 [27SE]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2598), S4190 [18MY]

Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 304), S7078 [17JY]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see S. 1391), S8421 [12SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 3089), S10425 [12OC]

———place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see S. 1921), S3615 [8MY]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see S. 2764), S5555 [21JN]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S5790 [26JN]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see S.J. Res. 44), S4025 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: tribute to Medal for Military Service recipients (see S. Con. Res. 96), S1461 [20MR]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see S. 2502), S3328 [3MY]

Business and industry: encourage the formation of industry-led training consortia (see S. 2261), S1512 [21MR]

Cecil County, MD: modify land conveyance authority relative to Bainbridge Naval Training Center (see S. 2059), S613 [10FE]

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park Commission: reauthorize (see S. 3115), S9267 [26SE]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2415), S2616 [12AP]

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (see S. 2806), S6015 [28JN]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see S. 2592), S4190 [18MY]

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: technical corrections (see S. 2014), S149 [31JA]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office and enhance management and restoration programs (see S. 2777), S5663 [22JN]

Letters

Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization and amendments: Lawrence H. Summers, Arthur Levitt, Alan Greenspan, and William J. Rainer, President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S11947 [2JA]

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office reauthorization and management and restoration programs enhancement: Bill Bolling, Brian E. Frosh, and Arthur D. Hershey, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S5682 [22JN]

———Michael F. Hirshfield, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S5683 [22JN]

Organ procurement and transplantation programs revision and extension: by, S2228 [5AP]

Remarks

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Prevention (S. 2502), S3331 [3MY]

Baltimore, MD: Baltimore City College High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8818 [20SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S143 [31JA]

Bel Air, MD: Bel Air Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8818 [20SE]

Black History Month: observance, S606 [10FE]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2153 [5AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2153, S2178 [5AP], S2303 [6AP], S2403, S2420 [7AP]

Burtonsville, MD: Paint Branch High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8818 [20SE]

Business and industry: encourage the formation of industry-led training consortia (S. 2261), S1519 [21MR]

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park Commission: reauthorize (S. 3115), S9270 [26SE]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration, S2013 [30MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8310 [11SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 74), S1382 [9MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, S11946 [2JA]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, S5228 [15JN]

———ensure consumer access to electronic records dealing with the consent granted through an electronic signature, S5228 [15JN]

———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children, S2303 [6AP]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (S. 2415), S2632 [12AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (S. Res. 237), S1382 [9MR]

Credit: require credit card companies to disclose information on balance payment terms and conditions, S143 [31JA]

Crime: combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (S. 2972), S7887 [27JY]

———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, S5432 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S5432 [20JN]

Dept. of HUD: housing programs funding, S10313 [12OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10313 [12OC]

Education: funding, S2178 [5AP]

———reduce revenue cuts for school modernization projects, S2303 [6AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3676 [9MY]

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (S. 2806), S6020 [28JN]

Financial institutions: authorize loan guarantees to cooperative lending entities to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S1937 [30MR]

———establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (S. 2592), S4201 [18MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (S. 2513), S3536 [4MY]

Firearms: gun laws enforcement initiative funding, S2403 [7AP]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5623 [22JN]

Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries, S5623 [22JN]

Greenspan, Alan: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S258, S261 [2FE]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 5640), S11680 [7DE]

———preserve assisted housing for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons, and certain families (S. 2733), S5250 [15JN]

Huntingtown, MD: Plum Point Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S8819 [20SE]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, S640 [10FE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 2997), S7919 [27JY]

National Library Week: observance, S2461 [10AP]

National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee: establish (S. 706), S1382 [9MR]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office and enhance management and restoration programs (S. 2777), S5680 [22JN]

NSF: anniversary, S3828 [10MY]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2409), S2624 [12AP]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, S3506 [4MY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (H.R. 5417), S10545 [13OC]

Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, S1504 [21MR]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1931, S1937 [30MR]

University of Maryland University College: anniversary of overseas miltary program, S4230 [22MY]

Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), S2013 [30MR]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (S. 2787), S8571 [14SE]

Women's History Month: observance, S1382 [9MR]

Statements

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: by, S5229-S5231 [15JN]

Summaries

Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act (S. 2415), S2635 [12AP]

Texts of

S. 2261, Industry Training Consortia Act, S1521 [21MR]

S. 2415, Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act, S2633-S2635 [12AP]

S. 2777, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office reauthorization and management and restoration programs enhancement, S5681 [22JN]

Tributes

Berwick, Bruce, S7445 [21JY]

Coverdell, Paul, S7193 [19JY]

Epstein, Mike, S3278 [3MY]

Freeland, Ronald L., S5552 [21JN]

Koenings, Marc, S4561 [6JN]

Temirkanov, Yuri, S295 [2FE]