THOMAS, CRAIG (a Senator from Wyoming)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7453 [21JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S636 [10FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2370 [6AP], S2440 [7AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4710 [7JN], S5076, S5083, S5122, S5127 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4957 [12JN], S5007 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study on the preservation and public use of sites in Auburn, NY, associated with Harriet Ross Tubman (S. 2345), S9966 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6481 [11JY], S6502, S6506, S6578, S6579 [12JY], S7016 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (S. 311), S6352, S6398 [10JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8121 [6SE], S8180, S8216 [7SE]

Saint-Gaudens Historic Site: modify boundary (S. 1367), S9965 [5OC]

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site: establish (S. 2950), S9966 [5OC]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1915 [29MR], S1935, S1965, S2003 [30MR]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India Into the House Chamber, H7580 [14SE]

Articles and editorials

ATF Firearms Prosecution Referrals Drop—Study Says Criminal Cases Have Fallen Since 1992, but Picked Up Last Year, Edward Walsh, Washington (DC) Post, S351 [7FE]

Don't Democrats Believe in Democracy? Robert B. Reich, Wall Street Journal, S350 [7FE]

Gun Deaths, Injuries on Decline—1997 Fatalities Were Lowest Since '60s—Many Reasons Cited, Washington (DC) Post, S350 [7FE]

Liberals Have Second Thoughts on the Second Amendment, Collin Levey, Wall Street Journal, S351 [7FE]

Marriage Penalty—Will Congress Finally Correct This Wrong? Cheyenne (WY) Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, S2960 [27AP]

Wrong Approach—Federal Lawsuit Ignores Rights of Gun Makers, Cheyenne (WY) Tribune Eagle, S349 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 2003), S4392 [24MY]

Aviation: establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (see S. 2891), S8025 [5SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 3046), S8585 [14SE]

Beef Industry Compensation Trust Fund: establish with duties imposed on products of countries in noncompliance with certain World Trade Organization decisions (see S. 2709), S7077 [17JY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (see S. 2277), S1750 [27MR]

———release of Rebiya Kadeer, Ablikim Abdyirim, and Kahriman Abdukirim (see S. Con. Res. 81), S613 [10FE]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 764), S4854 [8JN]

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

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 899), S634 [10FE]

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]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see S. Res. 291), S2728 [13AP]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see S. 1272), S2118 [4AP]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S3616 [8MY]

Drug abuse: combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers (see S. 2612), S4297 [23MY]

———combat methamphetamine abuse (see S. 1220), S634 [10FE]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of amphetamine and methamphetamine (see S. 1428), S635 [10FE]

———penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse (see S. 486), S634 [10FE]

Education: provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 1225), S159 [31JA]

EPA: repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see S.J. Res. 50), S7165 [18JY]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 1855), S1611 [22MR]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations (see S. 3020), S8594 [14SE]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see S. 2068), S1827 [28MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers and protect gun owner privacy and ownership rights (see S. 2270), S3264 [2MY]

Government regulations: review and limit the issuance of certain regulations relative to Federal contractors (see S. 2986), S9963 [5OC]

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

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see S. Con. Res. 98), S1671 [23MR]

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

Japan: tribute to Okinawa for hosting U.S. defense facilities and for hosting the G-8 summit meeting (see S. Res. 334), S7555 [25JY]

Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see S. 3045), S8585 [14SE]

Medicaid: establish a prospective payment system for federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see S. 1277), S7399 [20JY]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S9963 [5OC]

Medicare: extend the option to use rebased target amounts to all sole community hospitals (see S. 2037), S2118 [4AP]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 2610), S4297 [23MY]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (see S. 2505), S3513 [4MY]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see S. 2987), S7840 [27JY]

———require wage adjustment of actual, rather than estimated proportion of a hospital's costs that are attributable to wages and wage-related costs (see S. 2828), S6121 [29JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S5813 [26JN]

Motor vehicles: require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (see S. 1020), S1185 [6MR]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see S. 3009), S8769 [19SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S2872 [25AP]

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

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S4116 [17MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see S. 2266), S1596 [22MR]

———tribute to Sydney, Australia, and U.S. participants (see S. Res. 364), S9702 [3OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 2941), S7656 [26JY]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2453), S2728 [13AP]

Powell, WY: land conveyance (see S. 2069), S3736 [9MY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]

———simplify Federal oil and gas revenue distributions (see S. 1997), S1611 [22MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see S. 1805), S8768 [19SE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S2946 [26AP]

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 2735), S5240 [15JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S2871 [25AP]

Social Security: provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see S. 2774), S5663 [22JN]

States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (see S. 2417), S3545 [4MY]

Tariff: acrylic fiber tow (see S. 3097), S9033 [22SE]

———prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S9267 [26SE]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 2775), S5663 [22JN]

———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 tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see S. 2265), S1512 [21MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 1128), S5467 [20JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S8024 [5SE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S551 [9FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see S. 2742), S5240 [15JN]

———treatment of beer (see S. 801), S4207 [18MY]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2097), S1128 [2MR]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: improve implementation of environmental streamlining provisions (see S. 3173), S9945 [5OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (see S. 2609), S5563 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of Chief Washakie for placement in National Statuary Hall (see S. Con. Res. 115), S4297 [23MY]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (see S. 2300), S1815 [28MR]

Families and domestic relations: permit States with proven cost-effective and efficient child support collection systems to continue operation (see S. 2349), S2107 [4AP]

Government: improve the process for identifying functions that are not inherently governmental functions, and determine the appropriate organizations for the performance of such functions based on competition (see S. 2242), S1392 [9MR]

Government regulations: require congressional approval of certain proposed rules of Federal agencies (see S. 2670), S4564 [6JN]

India: allow U.S. soda ash exports equitable access to the Indian market (see S. Res. 350), S8291 [8SE]

National Park Service: prohibit air tour operations over Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (see S. 3053), S8585 [14SE]

Taxation: restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see S. 2721), S5027 [13JN]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11378 [30OC], S11450 [1NO], S11553 [5DE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), motion to proceed, S7590 [26JY], S7768 [27JY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), S2696 [13AP]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), motion to proceed, S2835 [25AP]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), motion to proceed, S7469 [24JY], S7590 [26JY]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3788 [10MY], S3860 [11MY]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9248 [26SE], S9440 [28SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 2507), motion to proceed, S7469 [24JY], S7629 [26JY]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S464 [8FE]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S139 [31JA]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2514 [11AP], S2673, S2674 [13AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6296 [30JN]

Letters

Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Program: several Senators, S6502 [12JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S1695 [27MR], S3043 [1MY], S4721 [8JN], S9643 [3OC], S11747 [8DE]

Privilege of the floor

Smith, Leslie, S8350 [11SE]

Theriault, Steven, S8350 [11SE]

Tyler, Chris, S6583 [12JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, S7319 [20JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7319 [20JY]

Air Force Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (H.R. 4583), S9768 [3OC]

Appropriations: legislative process, S10045 [6OC]

BLM: management of wild horses on public lands funding, S6322 [10JY]

———wildland fire management funding, S7968, S7969 [5SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S125 [31JA], S461 [8FE], S1702 [27MR], S2031 [3AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S1702 [27MR], S2031 [3AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S1702 [27MR], S10654 [18OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of a statue of Chief Washakie for placement in National Statuary Hall (S. Con. Res. 115), S4324 [23MY]

Cheney, Richard B.: selection as Republican Vice Presidential candidate, S7468 [24JY], S7514 [25JY]

China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology, S8389 [12SE], S8444 [13SE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8067 [6SE], S8389 [12SE], S8444 [13SE]

Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, S125 [31JA]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (S. 2300), S1815 [28MR]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, S9915 [5OC]

Commission on Ocean Policy: establish (S. 2327), S5766, S5767 [26JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, S4402 [25MY], S7464-S7466 [24JY], S8642 [18SE], S8882 [21SE], S10745 [19OC], S10899-S10901 [24OC]

———legislative priorities of 106th Congress, 2d session, S4944-S4946 [12JN]

———National Prayer Breakfast, S305 [3FE]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (S. Res. 291), S2713 [13AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), unanimous-consent agreement, S5325 [19JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4134 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile regulations, S10137 [10OC]

———National Park Service snowmobile use study funding, S6322 [10JY], S7016, S7023, S7024 [17JY]

———Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Program funding, S6322 [10JY], S6502, S6503 [12JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6322 [10JY], S6502, S6503, S6525 [12JY], S7016, S7023, S7024 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9915 [5OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, S10049 [6OC]

Education: national policy to improve system, S348 [7FE], S10745 [19OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3047 [1MY], S3572, S3574 [8MY]

EPA: statutory authority to set radioactive release standards relative to public health and the environment, S565 [10FE]

Families and domestic relations: permit States with proven cost-effective and efficient child support collection systems to continue operation (S. 2349), S2114 [4AP]

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

Firearms: gun control, S349, S352, S355 [7FE]

———lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, S349, S352, S355 [7FE]

———licensing and registration policies, S355 [7FE]

Fishermen's Protective Act: extend reimbursement period for owners of U.S. fishing vessels for costs incurred from seizure and detention by a foreign country (H.R. 1651), S5769, S5771 [26JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1771 [28MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), motion to proceed, S4178 [18MY]

Forest Service: roads moratorium relative to access to public forests, S6322 [10JY]

Gardner, Rulon: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S9368 [27SE]

Government: improve the process for identifying functions that are not inherently governmental functions, and determine the appropriate organizations for the performance of such functions based on competition (S. 2242), S1415 [9MR]

Government regulations: allow congressional analysis prior to implementation of rules and regulations by Federal agencies, S841 [28FE]

———require congressional approval of certain proposed rules of Federal agencies (S. 2670), S4566 [6JN], S5323-S5325 [19JN]

Green River, WY: tribute to Green River High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4666 [7JN]

Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, S4134 [18MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S8723 [19SE]

Medicare: improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (S. 2610), S4316 [23MY]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (S. 2987), S7895 [27JY]

———reform, S348 [7FE]

Minimum wage: level (S. 2284), placed on the calendar, S1695 [27MR]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), unanimous-consent agreement, S10049 [6OC]

M/V Mist Cove (vessel): weight measurement (H.R. 3903), S5766 [26JN]

National objectives: role of Federal Government, S10135-S10137 [10OC]

National Park Service: prohibit air tour operations over Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (S. 3053), S8591 [14SE]

Native Americans: provide for equitable compensation of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (S. 964), S10896 [24OC]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S565 [10FE]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (S. 2557), motion to proceed, S9571 [2OC]

———dependence on foreign sources, S1702 [27MR], S5771-S5773 [26JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S1542, S1543 [22MR], S1702 [27MR], S10045 [6OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, S1542, S1543 [22MR], S1702 [27MR], S5766, S5771 [26JN], S9335 [27SE], S10045 [6OC]

Presidents of the U.S.: use of executive orders and other unilateral decision-making processes, S841 [28FE]

Public lands: livestock grazing permits renewal process, S6322 [10JY], S6525 [12JY]

———require multilateral assessment of land management issues, S130 [31JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, S125 [31JA], S1167-S1169 [6MR], S7464-S7466 [24JY]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, S9366 [27SE]

Senate: executive calendar, unanimous-consent agreement, S10658 [18OC]

———legislative cooperation, S4178 [18MY], S4223 [22MY]

———legislative priorities, S4223 [22MY], S4514 [6JN], S5323-S5325 [19JN], S7514 [25JY], S7960 [5SE], S8642-S8644 [18SE], S8882 [21SE]

———legislative program, S305 [3FE], S563 [10FE], S1695 [27MR], S3043 [1MY], S9643 [3OC], S10896 [24OC], S11747 [8DE]

———ratification of treaties and agreements, S10658-S10667 [18OC]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans, S5773 [26JN]

———budget treatment of trust funds, S348 [7FE], S1702 [27MR], S2031 [3AP]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S1167 [6MR]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2959 [27AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), placed on the calendar, S1695 [27MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S6415 [11JY], S6488, S6489 [12JY]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (S. 2265), S1542 [22MR]

———rates, S1702 [27MR], S2031 [3AP], S10654 [18OC]

———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (S. 2721), S5029 [13JN]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1937, S1951 [30MR]

Western States: impact of wildfires, S7968, S7969 [5SE]

———management of Federal lands relative to multiple use and wilderness area designations, S5771-S5773 [26JN]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, S9878 [5OC]

Tables

Number of wildland fires and acres affected in 2000, S7969 [5SE]

Wildland fire comparison statistics, S7969 [5SE]

Tributes

Coverdell, Paul, S7464 [24JY]

Epstein, Mike, S3280 [3MY]

Grams, Senator, S11768 [14DE]

Masters, Edward, S9263 [26SE]

Roccabruna, Gene R. (Rocky), S2101 [4AP]

Schoomaker, Peter, S11127 [26OC]

Vento, Bruce F., S10135 [10OC]