DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Amendments

Alaska: complete the orderly withdrawal of NOAA from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands (H.R. 3417), S10594 [13OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4784, H4785 [20JN], H4818, H4820, H4821 [21JN], H4978, H4979, H4985, H4989, H4993, H4994, H4996, H4997, H5007, H5010, H5011, H5012, H5015, H5016, H5019, H5021, H5037, H5038 [22JN], H5039, H5047, H5049, H5050, H5052, H5054, H5055, H5085 [23JN], H5104, H5106, H5108, H5111, H5114, H5115, H5123, H5126, H5129, H5132, H5136, H5138, H5139, H5140, H5147, H5149, H5151, H5153, H5154, H5155, H5156, H5159 [26JN]

Office of Space Commercialization: funding (H.R. 2607), S10555 [13OC], H9949 [17OC]

Analyses

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Reauthorization and Amendments (H.R. 4010), E342 [16MR]

Articles and editorials

Answer This Question—How Did the Census Become Our Whipping Boy?, H2002 [10AP]

Census Bashing, H1668 [3AP], H1997 [10AP]

Census Follies, H1998 [10AP]

Census Ruckus—Don't Boycott the Long Form, H1994 [10AP]

Census Too Important To Ignore, H1998 [10AP]

Census—Political Bashing Won't Help Achieve Full Count, H1999 [10AP]

Civic Duty and the Census, H1667 [3AP], H1998 [10AP]

Coburn—Down for the Count, H1997 [10AP]

Completing Census Form Has Far-Reaching Benefits, H2002 [10AP]

Constitution—Keep the Census From Becoming Political Fodder and Participate, H1664 [3AP], H1995, H1999 [10AP]

Conversation Starter—Don't Fall Prey to Paranoia About Questions, H2002 [10AP]

Don't Leave Census Form Blank, H1999 [10AP]

Don't Shred the Census, H2001 [10AP]

Don't Toy With the Census, H1999 [10AP]

Head Count—You've Got Until Saturday To Tackle Those Census Questions, H1997 [10AP]

If You Want To Count, Be Counted, H2001 [10AP]

It's the Law, Count on It, H2001 [10AP]

Los Alamos Bank Wins Prestigious National Award, E2152 [7DE]

Overly Overwrought About the 2000 Census, H1665 [3AP], H1997 [10AP]

Public Interests—Down for the Count, H2000 [10AP]

Take Time To Fill Out Census Questionnaire, H1993 [10AP]

Trashing the Census—Irresponsible Bush Comments Could Sabotage Count, H1666 [3AP], H1998 [10AP]

200 Years Plus—Census Nosiness Isn't New, H2001 [10AP]

What Really Counts—Pockets of Non-Cooperation With the Taking of the U.S. Census Demonstrates an Overreaction to Fears of Invasion of Privacy, H2000 [10AP]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of the Census: decennial census funding (see H.R. 3581), H219 [7FE]

———establish a term limit for the Director of the Census (see H.R. 5257), H7991 [21SE]

———establish a term limit for the Director of the Census and require that such Director report directly to the Sec. of Commerce (see H.R. 5358), H8617 [2OC]

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

Census: conduct an interim census of Americans abroad and require such individuals to be included in future decennial censuses (see H.R. 3649), H373 [14FE]

China, People's Republic of: establish certain procedures for exports of satellites and related items (see H.R. 4417), H2905 [10MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 4690), H4674 [19JN] (see H.R. 5548), H11194 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), consideration (see H. Res. 529), H4783 [20JN]

Economy: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

———provide certain benefits and assistance to workers displaced by trade or technology and assist communities experiencing economic distress in restructuring their economies (see H.R. 5473), H9907 [16OC]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation and management of sharks and prohibit practice of shark-finning (see S. 2831), S6121 [29JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see S. 2832), S6121 [29JN]

Foreign trade: provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries in accordance with a Dept. of Commerce decision under the Tariff Act (see S. 2213), S1233 [7MR] (see H.R. 3604), H254 [8FE]

Investments: increase participation in employee stock purchase plans and individual retirement plans in periods of economic growth attributable to international trade (see S. 2244), S1392 [9MR]

Nancy Foster Marine Biology Scholarship Program: establish (see S. 2954), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 5086), H7209 [27JY]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 4010), H1118 [16MR]

NIST: establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes (see S. 2267), S1596 [22MR] (see S. 2340), S2040 [3AP]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 4429), H2966 [11MY]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office and enhance management and restoration programs (see S. 2777), S5663 [22JN] (see H.R. 4789), H5654 [29JN] (see H.R. 5133), H7365 [7SE]

Oceans: establish Ocean and Coast Conservation Fund (see S. 2223), S1316 [8MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: reauthorize (see H.R. 4034), H1123 [20MR]

Patents: establish a U.S./Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Office to assist GSP countries in improving their patent systems and issuing patents compatible with U.S. laws and standards (see H.R. 4331), H2339 [13AP]

Explanations

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5548): Conference Report, H12446-H12482 [15DE]

Letters

Bureau of Economic Analysis funding: Robert Shapiro, Dept. of Commerce, H5104 [26JN]

Importance of decennial census: Kenneth Prewitt, Bureau of the Census, S2461 [10AP]

———several Representatives, H1663 [3AP]

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]

Patent and Trademark Office funding: Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, H5057 [23JN]

———Edwin A. Suominen, H5058 [23JN]

———Elizabeth N. Bilus, PepsiCo, Inc., H5058 [23JN]

———Frank Orlandella, Agilent Technologies (business), H5057 [23JN]

———Franklin J. Vargo, National Association of Manufacturers, H5056 [23JN]

———Geoffrey B. Hurwitz, Rohm and Haas Co., H5058 [23JN]

———Gordon F. Brunner, Procter & Gamble Co., H5058 [23JN]

———Gregory J. Maier, ABA, H5057 [23JN]

———Herbert C. Wamsley, Intellectual Property Owners Association, H5056 [23JN]

———Kim Miller, International Trademark Association, H5056 [23JN]

———Michael K. Kirk, American Intellectual Property Law Association, H5055 [23JN]

———Phillip Bond, Information Technology Industry Council, H5055 [23JN]

———Q. Todd Dickinson, Patent and Trademark Office, H5059 [23JN]

———several high-tech trade associations, H5057 [23JN]

Probilof Islands Transition Act: Representative Don Young, Committee on Resources (House), H5094 [26JN]

Proposed disclosure of confidential census information, H11247 [26OC]

Lists

Dept. of Commerce employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia, H1655 [3AP]

Remarks in House

Advanced Technology Program: awarding of grants, H1289 [23MR]

Akron, OH: Haven of Rest (nonprofit organization) staff participation in decennial census, E335 [16MR]

Alaska: complete the orderly withdrawal of NOAA from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands (H.R. 3417), H5092-H5095 [26JN], H10489 [23OC], E1152 [29JN]

Bureau of Economic Analysis: funding, H5072 [23JN]

Bureau of the Census: funding, H5134 [26JN]

Business and industry: involvement of private companies in the trafficking of fetal tissue and body parts, H759, H761, H762 [9MR], H1081 [16MR]

Business Technologies and Solutions, Inc.: Ohio Region V Minority Small Business Firm of the Year award recipient, E1453 [13SE]

Census: importance of decennial census, H1055-H1064 [15MR], H1080 [16MR], H1247 [22MR], H1482, H1483 [29MR], H1660, H1661-H1669 [3AP], H1990-H2004 [10AP], H2319 [13AP], E342 [16MR]

———importance of decennial census to rural areas, E321 [15MR]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security, H3288 [17MY]

Coordinated Oceanographic Program Advisory Panel: establish (H.R. 2090), H7385-H7388 [12SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11199, H11203, H11230-H11241, H11265-H11297 [26OC], H11362-H11368 [27OC], H11510 [29OC], H11798 [2NO], H12494 [15DE], E2024 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4962-H5032 [22JN], H5039-H5072 [23JN], H5103-H5162 [26JN], E1121 [26JN], E1133, E1135, E1136, E1137, E1139 [28JN], E1142, E1145, E1149, E1152 [29JN], E1165, E1167 [30JN], E1244 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), amendment process, H5072 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), consideration (H. Res. 529), H4957-H4962 [22JN]

Economic Development Administration: programs funding through reductions in prison construction programs, H5010 [22JN]

———provide adjustment assistance to communities adversely affected by the implementation of permanent normal trade relations with the People's Republic of China, H5054, H5055 [23JN]

Economy: economic and statistical analysis programs funding through reductions in Dept. of State educational and cultural exchange programs, H5104, H5105 [26JN]

Federal aid programs: relief for communities in distress due to plant closures, mergers, layoffs, or other economic changes, H4656, H4658 [19JN]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H10489 [23OC]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 2798), H7656-H7659 [18SE]

Los Alamos National Bank: Dept. of Commerce Malcom Baldridge National Quality Award recipient, E2152 [7DE]

Mineta, Norman Y.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, H5536 [29JN]

Monuments and memorials: dedication of memorial to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia, H1655 [3AP]

Nancy Foster Marine Biology Scholarship Program: establish (H.R. 5086), H10477-H10490 [23OC]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 4010), E342 [16MR]

Native Americans: review Government regulations relative to economic development and investment on Indian lands (S. 614), H10508, H10509 [23OC]

NIST: establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (H.R. 4429), H8079-H8081 [26SE], E720 [11MY]

———funding, H12492 [15DE], E1133 [28JN]

NOAA: Coastal Zone Management Fund funding, H11285 [26OC]

———funding, H5106-H5108 [26JN], H12491 [15DE], E1133 [28JN], E1145 [29JN]

———reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office and enhance management and restoration programs (H.R. 4789), E1170 [30JN]

———tribute to the Jason Project for providing research material to elementary and secondary school students, H4965 [22JN]

Office of Space Commercialization: funding (H.R. 2607), H9949, H9950 [17OC]

Patent and Trademark Office: funding through reductions in Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of the Census, and the Educational and Cultural Exchange Program, H5055-H5071 [23JN]

Patents: enhance protection for inventors, innovators, and patent terms, and reduce patent litigation (H.R. 2654), H2638 [8MY]

———provide term restoration review procedure for certain drug products (H.R. 1598), E1581 [25SE]

———provide term restoration review procedure for certain drug products (S. 1172), E1581 [25SE]

Small business: export enhancement assistance, E1437 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: monitoring and compliance with international trade agreements, E1165 [30JN]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: complete the orderly withdrawal of NOAA from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands (H.R. 3417), S10552-S10555 [13OC]

Aviation: encourage efforts to have European Union regulation of aircraft noise rescinded, S1584, S1590 [22MR], S3908 [11MY]

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

Census: importance of decennial census, S2460 [10AP]

China, People's Republic of: encourage U.S. businesses to adopt a voluntary code of conduct for doing business, S8471, S8476 [13SE]

Committee on Finance (Senate): discharge of committee and confirmation of nominations, S10884 [23OC]

Coordinated Oceanographic Program Advisory Panel: establish (H.R. 2090), S8528 [13SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, S11100 [26OC], S11223, S11225, S11230-S11241, S11244, S11279, S11283-S11286, S11293 [27OC], S11307 [28OC], S11329 [29OC], S11417 [31OC], S11865 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), S9257 [26SE], S10149 [10OC], S10217 [11OC], S10401 [12OC], S10652 [18OC]

Education: establish program for increasing U.S. scientific, technology, and mathematical resources (S. 1804), S9645 [3OC]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S668-S670 [22FE], S5297, S5298 [16JN]

———implement individual fishing quota programs, S11563 [5DE]

———improve conservation and management of sharks and prohibit practice of shark-finning (S. 2831), S6141 [29JN], S11744, S11745 [7DE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize, S11563 [5DE]

———reauthorize (S. 2832), S6142 [29JN]

Foreign trade: court decision on appointment of environmental representatives to Industry Sector Advisory Committees relative to forest products, S220 [1FE]

———U.S. deficit, S1446 [20MR]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance funding, S5535 [21JN]

Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers: transfer authoritative root server, S11880 [15DE]

Investments: increase participation in employee stock purchase plans and individual retirement plans in periods of economic growth attributable to international trade (S. 2244), S1416 [9MR]

LaRussa, Robert S.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade, S4588 [6JN]

Maine: salmon restoration and conservation programs funding, S6518-S6520 [12JY], S9905 [5OC]

Mineta, Norman Y.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, unanimous-consent agreement, S7322 [20JY]

Nancy Foster Marine Biology Scholarship Program: establish (S. 2954), S7845 [27JY]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1653), S1431-S1434 [9MR]

NIST: establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes (S. 2267), S1616 [22MR]

———establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes (S. 2267), placed on the calendar, S1619 [23MR]

———establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes (S. 2340), S7509-S7511, S7520, S7526-S7528 [25JY]

———establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes (S. 2340), unanimous-consent request, S6056, S6057 [29JN]

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

Oceans: establish Ocean and Coast Conservation Fund (S. 2223), S1325 [8MR]

Office of Space Commercialization: funding (H.R. 2607), S10555, S10556 [13OC]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S10947 [24OC], S11832 [15DE]

Reports filed

Amateur Sports Integrity Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2340) (S. Rept. 106-278), S3328 [3MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4690, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 529) (H. Rept. 106-684), H4783 [20JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4690) (H. Rept. 106-680), H4674 [19JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4690), S7447 [21JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4690) (S. Rept. 106-404), S8290 [8SE]

Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 4429) (H. Rept. 106-877), H7990 [21SE]

Exploration of the Seas Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2090) (H. Rept. 106-810), H7279 [6SE]

Fur Seal Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3417) (H. Rept. 106-569), H2121 [11AP]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Reauthorization and Amendments: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1653) (H. Rept. 106-911), H8468 [28SE]

NOAA and NSF Marine Research and Related Environmental Research and Development Program Activities Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1552) (H. Rept. 106-987), H10256 [18OC]

Nomination of Arthur C. Campbell To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Economic Development: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S7655 [26JY]

Nomination of Marjory E. Searing To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development (Senate), S10715 [18OC]

Nomination of Nicholas P. Godici To Be Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1671 [23MR]

Nomination of Norman Y. Mineta To Be Sec. of Commerce: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S7393 [20JY]

Nomination of Robert S. LaRussa To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7838 [27JY]

Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2798) (H. Rept. 106-806), H7279 [6SE]

Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4034) (H. Rept. 106-722), H5842 [11JY]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 938) (H. Rept. 106-537), H1404 [23MR]

Technology Administration Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1407) (S. Rept. 106-382), S8019 [5SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5019, H5021 [22JN], H5049, H5051, H5055 [23JN], H5108, H5123, H5126, H5131, H5134, H5149, H5150, H5156 [26JN]

Statements

Tribute to Adam N. Darling—Victim of Plane Crash While on Trade Mission in Croatia, H1656 [3AP]

Summaries

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Reauthorization and Amendments (H.R. 4010), E342 [16MR]

Tables

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations: conference report, H11272-H11281 [26OC]

Potential Economic Development Administration hurricane assistance construction projects, S5535 [21JN]

Purpose of certain decennial census questions, H1668 [3AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 529, consideration of H.R. 4690, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H4957 [22JN]

H.R. 2090, Exploration of the Seas Act, H7385 [12SE]

H.R. 2607, Commercial Space Transportation Competitiveness Act, H9949 [17OC]

H.R. 2798, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, H7656-H7658 [18SE]

H.R. 3417, Pribilof Islands Transition Act, H5092-H5094 [26JN]

H.R. 4429, Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act, H8079 [26SE]

H.R. 5086, Coastal and Fisheries Improvement Act, H10477-H10488 [23OC]

S. 614, Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act, H10508 [23OC]

S. 1653, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act reauthorization and amendments, S1433 [9MR]

S. 2244, Working Families Trade Bonus Act, S1417-S1419 [9MR]

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

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

S. 2832, Fishery Conservation and Management Act reauthorization, S6284-S6287 [30JN]