ROBB, CHARLES S. (a Senator from Virginia)

Addresses

Dedication of Martin Luther King, Jr., Monument in Norfolk, VA: Israel Zoberman, S641 [10FE]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7351, S7370, S7407 [20JY]

———making appropriations (S. 2536), S5364 [19JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6796, S6857 [14JY], S7078 [17JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2087, S2122 [4AP], S2191, S2206, S2222, S2251, S2253, S2254, S2257, S2263 [5AP], S2301, S2334, S2355, S2356, S2358, S2361, S2367, S2368, S2370, S2374 [6AP], S2386, S2390, S2400, S2408, S2440, S2441 [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), S4582 [6JN], S4638, S4694, S4696 [7JN], S4733, S4750, S4753, S4856, S4857, S4864, S4867, S4882 [8JN], S5077, S5078, S5079, S5080, S5123, S5124, S5125 [14JN], S6280 [30JN], S6451, S6457, S6478 [11JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S3852 [10MY], S4117 [17MY], S4164 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4959 [12JN], S4991 [13JN]

———terminate the practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their working life and facilitate the adoption of such dogs (H.R. 5314), S10934, S10942 [24OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5609, S5699, S5706 [22JN], S5715 [23JN], S5913, S5915, S5916, S5933 [27JN], S5963, S6029, S6030, S6031 [28JN], S6146, S6155 [29JN], S6188, S6199, S6266, S6268 [30JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3662, S3738, S3778 [9MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5534, S5579 [21JN]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9272 [26SE]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S8222 [7SE]

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

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6631, S6692, S6694, S6701, S6706 [13JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S873, S874 [28FE], S922, S957 [29FE], S1001, S1032 [1MR], S1062, S1146 [2MR]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1915 [29MR], S1935, S1951, S1963, S2000, S2003 [30MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4392, intelligence services appropriations, S9592 [2OC]

———S. 2549, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6598 [13JY]

Articles and editorials

Jewish Candidate for VP—Local Rabbi Sheds Tears of Joy, Israel Zoberman, Norfolk (VA) Virginian-Pilot, S7998 [5SE]

$3 Billion Later, Dalkon Trust Closes Shop—Mass Tort Clearinghouse Seen by Some as the Best-Run Outfit of Its Kind, Alan Cooper, National Law Journal, S8100 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see S. 2725), S9612 [2OC]

Armed Forces: establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance (see S. 2322), S2872 [25AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 2003), S119 [27JA] (see S. 2013), S292 [2FE]

———tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Marana, AZ (see S. Res. 310), S4297 [23MY]

Army: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 46), S5032 [13JN]

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

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see S. Con. Res. 122), S5107 [14JN]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S3331 [3MY]

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see S. Con. Res. 85), S930 [29FE]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see S. 92), S119 [27JA]

Burgess, Ernest M.: tribute (see S. Res. 278), S9272 [26SE]

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

Census: award grants to Indian tribes and organizations to increase awareness and participation in the decennial census (see S. 1588), S1421 [9MR]

———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), S2728 [13AP]

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

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

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1874), S217 [1FE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (see S. 2277), S1997 [30MR]

Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2824), S6121 [29JN]

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement and encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks (see S. 1886), S3850 [10MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see S. 2123), S1683 [23MR]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see S. Res. 378, 379), S10716 [18OC]

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]

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), S217 [1FE]

Correctional institutions: eliminate good time credits for prisoners serving violent crime sentences (see S. 2318), S1884 [29MR]

———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in prisons funding (see S. 2619), S4378 [24MY]

Courts: appointment of Federal district judges (see S. 3071), S8759 [19SE]

———simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of State or Federal agencies, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1028), S8024 [5SE]

———treatment of penalties relative to powdered cocaine (see S. 146), S40 [24JA]

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

Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language (see S. Res. 276), S1512 [21MR]

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 Agriculture: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see S. 1762), S871 [28FE]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (see S. 2061), S8214 [7SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve the processing of claims for veterans compensation and pensions (see S. 1680), S821 [24FE]

———make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see S. 1399), S1996 [30MR]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S5118 [14JN]

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

Education: early learning programs funding (see S. 2866), S6677 [13JY]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see S. 2124), S930 [29FE]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 135), S9864 [4OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2254), S1512 [21MR]

EPA: revise regulatory requirements relative to pesticide tolerance reviews (see S. 1464), S3736 [9MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S1884 [29MR]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations (see S. 3020), S8506 [13SE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see S. 1155), S3331 [3MY]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see S. 2227), S1391 [9MR]

———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see S. 2218), S1315 [8MR] (see S. 2420), S5310 [16JN] (see S. 2420), S5364 [19JN]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see S. 1941), S1467 [20MR]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see S. 2293), S5031 [13JN]

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

Firearms: ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics tests to identify such ammunition (see S. 158), S690 [22FE]

———enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see S. 2338), S1986 [30MR]

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

Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-performance computers (see S. 2539), S4025 [16MY]

Gambling: establish panel to investigate illegal gambling on college sports and to recommend effective countermeasures (see S. 2050), S871 [28FE]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see S. 2021), S691 [22FE]

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]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1322), S3543 [4MY]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 48), S7246 [19JY]

Historic buildings and sites: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see S. 2082), S680 [22FE]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend applicability to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong veterans (see S. 3060), S9395 [27SE]

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

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status (see S. 2912), S9271 [26SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2341), S5685 [22JN]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1822), S2771 [13AP]

International Visitors Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 87), S1467 [20MR]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see S. Con. Res. 57), S4855 [8JN]

James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3137), S9466 [28SE]

Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 2885), S7160 [18JY]

Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building, Merrifield, VA: designate (see S. 2234), S1997 [30MR]

Joseph L. Fisher Post Office, Arlington, VA: designate (see S. 2234), S1997 [30MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 3183), S10628 [17OC]

Korean War: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 39), S551 [9FE]

Latvia: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 110), S3514 [4MY]

Law enforcement: limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see S. 783), S690 [22FE]

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

———improve the matching grant program to assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (see S. 521), S690 [22FE]

Lexington (U.S.S.): naming of the last vessel of the Nimitz class of aircraft carriers (see S. Con. Res. 84), S1827 [28MR]

Lithuania: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 91), S1118 [2MR]

Magen David Adom Society: membership and recognition of the Red Shield of David by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (see S. Res. 343), S9272 [26SE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see S. 2308), S2040 [3AP]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S2872 [25AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2758), S5460 [20JN] (see S. 3107), S9267 [26SE]

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

———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S6576 [12JY]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (see S. 2505), S5562 [21JN]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 2232), S1612 [22MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S5310 [16JN] (see S. 2018), S5363 [19JN]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see S. 1074), S6259 [30JN]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Con. Res. 100), S3924 [11MY]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 2938), S9864 [4OC] (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 301), S4855 [8JN]

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

National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S3924 [11MY]

National Environmental Education Act: redesignate in honor of John H. Chafee, establish the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program, and extend programs (see S. 1946), S1827 [28MR]

National Fragile X Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 268), S1392 [9MR]

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

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8637 [15SE]

National Instant Criminal Background Check System: authorize Dept. of Justice to reimburse States for serving as points of contact (see S. 2769), S5662 [22JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 2287), S6348 [10JY]

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

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S2947 [26AP]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S1422 [9MR]

National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S9202 [25SE]

National Teach for America Week: designate (see S. Res. 359), S9396 [27SE]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S7691 [26JY]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S3948 [15MY]

Navy: anniversary (see S. Res. 373), S10412 [12OC]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of the naval shipyard system anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 69), S1827 [28MR]

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

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]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2076), S1030 [1MR]

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]

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), S10092 [6OC]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 2438), S8214 [7SE] (see S. 3002), S8019 [5SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 2703), S9963 [5OC]

Public safety officers: establish national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see S. 39), S689 [22FE]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see S. 2967), S10091 [6OC]

Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 2023), S285 [2FE]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see S. 1805), S3544 [4MY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S4577 [6JN]

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see S. 663), S41 [24JA]

Remy, France: tribute to citizens for burial of Houston Braly (see S. Con. Res. 102), S4855 [8JN]

———tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group for restoration of stained glass windows (see S. Con. Res. 102), S4855 [8JN]

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

Rural areas: provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see S. 2528), S5467 [20JN]

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

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 717), S1240 [7MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 285), S158 [31JA]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S1186 [6MR]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 2923), S7656 [26JY]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see S. 2434), S9201 [25SE]

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

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

Solid waste: State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste (see S. 872), S41 [24JA]

Taxation: exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see S. 2017), S492 [8FE]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 779), S5813 [26JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S4820 [8JN]

———maintain retiree health benefits under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act (see S. 2538), S3831 [10MY]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see S. 2696), S4820 [8JN]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see S. 1732), S3948 [15MY]

———provide a credit for holders of community open space bonds issued to generate funds for qualified environmental infrastructure projects (see S. 1558), S1749 [27MR]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see S. 2265), S8024 [5SE]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (see S. 3152), S9701 [3OC]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and the retail sale of alternative fuels (see S. 2591), S4190 [18MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S1986 [30MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 2608), S5032 [13JN]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 2887), S7160 [18JY]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see S. 808), S3543 [4MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 2874), S6841 [14JY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumer's caller identification service (see S. 2029), S328 [3FE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2097), S1997 [30MR]

Thresher (U.S.S.): tribute to crew and recognize contributions of the Naval Submarine Service and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (see S. Res. 318), S4669 [7JN]

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), S7690 [26JY]

———provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March and Corregidor garrison surrender (see S. 1806), S1913 [29MR]

Vietnam: carry out fellowship program to enable Vietnamese nationals to pursue advanced studies in science, mathematics, and technology and enable U.S. citizens to teach in those fields in Vietnam (see S. 3241), S10999 [25OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 3089), S8941 [21SE]

———place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see S. 1921), S217 [1FE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see S. 2764), S7483 [24JY]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 2297), S3332 [3MY]

White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance: establish (see S. 3181), S10807 [19OC]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 60), S635 [10FE]

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

World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (see S. 1902), S7165 [18JY]

———support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see S.J. Res. 44), S2347 [6AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see S. 2584), S4103 [17MY]

Community development: provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 2445), S2728 [13AP]

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

Crime: increase penalties for hate crimes (see S. Con. Res. 120), S4669 [7JN]

Customs Service: technical corrections to regulations on goods bearing foreign owned trademarks or trade names (see S. 2359), S2233 [5AP]

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

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

Law enforcement: develop and implement community policing and prosecutorial initiatives that address production, manufacture, distribution, importation, and use of illegal drugs (see S. 2850), S6574 [12JY]

McLean, VA: authorize land exchange between the Dept. of the Interior and the CIA at the George Washington Memorial Parkway (see S. 3000), S7840 [27JY]

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see S. 3024), S8342 [11SE]

Month for Children: designate (see S. Res. 298), S3023 [27AP]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S149 [31JA]

Small business: establish the New Markets Venture Capital Program, America's Private Investment Company Program, and a new markets tax credit (see S. 2936), S7656 [26JY]

Taxation: allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 2994), S7840 [27JY]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see S. 2897), S7393 [20JY]

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

Virginia: designate certain National Forest System lands as wilderness areas (see S. 2865), S6677 [13JY]

Water pollution: establish a National Clean Water Trust Fund (see S. 2756), S5460 [20JN]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5632 [22JN]

Lists

Bedford, VA, soldiers who died on D-Day, S4372 [24MY], S4449 [25MY]

Virginia organizations supporting Conservation and Reinvestment Act, S9937 [5OC]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7050 [17JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2155 [5AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5609 [22JN]

Privilege of the floor

Riggle, Jennifer, S5710 [22JN]

Remarks

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (S. 2584), S4114 [17MY]

Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1628 [23MR]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1628 [23MR]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, S5417 [20JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11728 [7DE]

———amend laws (S. 625), S251 [2FE]

———ensure debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic violence are nondischargeable, S11728 [7DE]

Bedford, VA: tribute to the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, and the National D-Day Memorial, S4371 [24MY], S4449 [25MY]

Budget: deficit, S1384 [9MR]

———ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2087, S2090 [4AP], S2146 [5AP], S2667 [13AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7006, S7050 [17JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, S2684 [13AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2087, S2090 [4AP], S2146, S2222, S2223 [5AP], S2296, S2298, S2300 [6AP], S2395 [7AP]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration, S2037 [3AP]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8664 [18SE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, S9937 [5OC]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, S10356 [12OC]

Community development: provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (S. 2445), S2764 [13AP]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, S5226 [15JN]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses, S6248 [30JN]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, S5422 [20JN]

———increase penalties for hate crimes (S. Con. Res. 120), S4694 [7JN]

D-Day: anniversary, S4371 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, S10353, S10355, S10356 [12OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S5417, S5422 [20JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S3852 [10MY], S4139, S4140, S4164 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), conference report, S7743 [27JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9937 [5OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5609, S5636 [22JN], S6002 [28JN], S6186 [30JN]

Education: reduce revenue cuts for school modernization projects, S2222, S2223 [5AP], S2296, S2298, S2300 [6AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3654 [9MY]

———Title I grants funding, S6002 [28JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, S9574 [2OC]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, S1255 [8MR]

Firearms: gun control, S8406 [12SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1804 [28MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3867 [11MY]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (S. 3147), S9608 [2OC]

Gregory, Roger: nomination to be circuit judge, S9660 [3OC]

Historic buildings and sites: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (S. 2082), S687 [22FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S6002 [28JN]

Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (S. 2885), S7162 [18JY]

Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building, Merrifield, VA: designate (S. 2234), S2102 [4AP]

Joseph L. Fisher Post Office, Arlington, VA: designate (S. 2234), S2102 [4AP]

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, S4139, S4140 [18MY]

Law enforcement: develop and implement community policing and prosecutorial initiatives that address production, manufacture, distribution, importation, and use of illegal drugs (S. 2850), S6574 [12JY]

McLean, VA: authorize land exchange between the Dept. of the Interior and the CIA at the George Washington Memorial Parkway (S. 3000), S7920 [27JY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (S. 662), S7824 [27JY]

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (S. 3024), S8343 [11SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S5609, S5636 [22JN], S6635 [13JY], S7006, S7050 [17JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and enhanced preventative benefits (S. 2541), S3850 [10MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 2758), S5466 [20JN]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, S9574 [2OC]

Month for Children: designate (S. Res. 298), S3032 [27AP]

Navy: ship depot maintenance funding, S4164 [18MY]

Point of order, S6651 [13JY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S9660 [3OC]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S7962 [5SE], S9660 [3OC]

Puerto Rico: use of Vieques Island for military operations, S10353 [12OC]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, S6186 [30JN]

———provide a safer educational environment by implementing policies to reduce threat of gun violence, S1068 [2MR]

Senate: appreciation for tributes, S11814 [15DE]

———appreciation of opportunity to serve, S11811 [15DE]

Small business: establish the New Markets Venture Capital Program, America's Private Investment Company Program, and a new markets tax credit (S. 2936), S7676 [26JY]

Social Security: age eligibility for full unreduced old-age benefits, S1491 [21MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1491 [21MR]

Solid waste: State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste, S10991 [25OC]

———State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste (S. 533), S42 [24JA]

Taxation: allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 2994), S7909 [27JY]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (S. 2897), S7394 [20JY]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts, S6651 [13JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2667, S2668 [13AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent request, S2668 [13AP]

———eliminate use of education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses and expand school construction and renovation incentives, S922 [29FE], S983, S984, S990 [1MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6635, S6651 [13JY], S6780 [14JY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (S. 2083), S687 [22FE]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and the retail sale of alternative fuels (S. 2591), S4201 [18MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (S. 2330), S1989 [30MR]

———treatment of certain qualified personal service provider income, S3867 [11MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (S. 2887), S7164 [18JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S922 [29FE], S983, S984, S990 [1MR], S1068 [2MR]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 1867), S251 [2FE]

———use of surplus or tax increases to fund expansion of education individual retirement accounts, S1068 [2MR]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumer's caller identification service (S. 2029), S330 [3FE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1966 [30MR]

Virginia: designate certain National Forest System lands as wilderness areas (S. 2865), S6678 [13JY]

Water pollution: establish a National Clean Water Trust Fund (S. 2756), S5463 [20JN]

———restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), S2037 [3AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S11781 [14DE], S11807, S11808, S11812-S11814, S11823, S11848 [15DE]

Reports filed

Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4868) (S. Rept. 106-503), S10411 [12OC]

Statements

Policy Regarding Military Service by Homosexuals: by, S11848 [15DE]

Texts of

S. 2756, National Clean Water Trust Fund Act, S5463 [20JN]

S. 2850, Community Oriented Policing Services Against Drugs Act, S6574 [12JY]

S. 2865, Virginia Wilderness Act, S6678 [13JY]

S. 2994, Health Insurance Equity Act, S7909-S7911 [27JY]

S. 3000, Dept. of the Interior land exchange with the CIA at the George Washington Memorial Parkway in McLean, VA, S7920 [27JY]

Tributes

Cashaw, Annette H., S831 [24FE]

Ellerman, Margaret L., S2037 [3AP]

Fisher, Joseph L., S2102 [4AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., S641 [10FE]

Lieberman, Senator, S7998 [5SE]

Merhige, Robert R., Jr., S8100 [6SE]

Metz, Victoria, S5104 [14JN]

Miller, William (Dave), S4186 [18MY]

Moran, Mary, S5104 [14JN]