ENGINEERING

Amendments

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9026, S9037, S9039, S9042, S9045 [22SE], S9202, S9205 [25SE], S9220, S9272, S9273, S9276, S9279, S9281, S9284, S9287, S9289, S9290, S9293, S9297, S9299, S9302, S9305, S9308, S9310, S9313 [26SE], S9481, S9484, S9502, S9504, S9505, S9507, S9508, S9509, S9510, S9511, S9512, S9513, S9514, S9515, S9517, S9519, S9526 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

How To Create a Skilled-Labor Shortage, S9371 [27SE]

Questioning the Labor Shortage, E1454 [13SE]

Staffing Science Policy-Making, S11911 [15DE]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Energy: nanoscale science and engineering research and development funding (see S. 3278), S11789 [14DE]

———University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (see S. 3282), S11917 [15DE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see S. 2623, 2624), S4379 [24MY] (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2336 [13AP]

———strengthen math and science training to prepare students to enter the information technology workforce (see S. 2067), S613 [10FE]

Government regulations: require Federal agencies to impose certain requirements on recipients of awards for scientific and engineering research (see H.R. 4414), H2905 [10MY]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (see S. 2045), S538 [9FE] (see H.R. 3814), H631 [1MR]

———provide H-1B nonimmigrant status to aliens without regard to certain limits if the U.S. employer seeking the alien's entry makes a scholarship contribution to an institution of higher education (see H.R. 5625), H11842 [3NO]

Cloture motions

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S8730 [19SE], S9028 [22SE], S9219, S9248 [26SE], S9440 [28SE]

———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), motion to proceed, S8619 [15SE]

Letters

American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act: Essential Worker Immigrant Coalition, S8801 [20SE], S9124 [25SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S9374 [27SE]

———Vice President Gore, S7820 [27JY]

Federal technology research and development funding: Council on Competitiveness, S3503 [4MY]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, H8268 [27SE]

Messages

NSF Report: President Clinton, S1591 [22MR], H1246 [22MR]

Science and Engineering Indicators: President Clinton, S4818 [8JN], H4054 [8JN]

Motions

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9028 [22SE], S9338, S9375 [27SE]

Remarks in House

Baier, Robert E.: Cleveland State University Alumni Association Outstanding Engineer Award recipient, E1110 [26JN]

Education: encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (H.R. 2387), H7974 [21SE]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, H7971, H7972 [21SE]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4271), H5848 [12JY], H10610-H10622 [24OC], E1919 [25OC]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4271), permission to file report, H7188 [27JY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4272), H5848 [12JY]

Edwardsville, IL: tribute to Metro-East Lutheran High School Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering team, E917 [8JN]

Flatt, Douglas E.: American Society of Civil Engineers Service to People Award recipient, E1363 [27JY]

Hails, Robert E.: Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inductee, E1983 [28OC]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers, H6033, H6034 [13JY]

———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), H8699-H8706 [3OC], H8781, H8782 [4OC], H9004 [5OC], E1674, E1675 [4OC]

Lyles, William M.: California State University, Fresno, Sid Craig School of Business Entrepreneur in Residence honoree, E59 [2FE]

NASA: tribute to Goddard Space Flight Center, E452 [30MR]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (H.R. 1795), H8266-H8269 [27SE]

Patterson, Ryan: Intel Corp., International Science and Engineering Fair participant, E887 [6JN]

Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (H.R. 3161), E1246 [14JY]

Science: increase Federal technology research and development funding, H9454 [6OC]

Science Coalition: observance of Science Day, E1246 [14JY]

Shakoor, Nadia: Intel Corp., International Science and Engineering Fair participant, E1041 [19JN]

Villarreal, Luis P.: Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring recipient, E1892 [24OC]

Young, Garrett: Intel Corp., International Science and Engineering Fair participant, E939 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Construction industries: support development of technologies and materials to enhance protections from natural disasters, S11881 [15DE]

Dept. of Energy: nanoscale science and engineering research and development funding (S. 3278), S11790 [14DE]

———University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (S. 3282), S11922 [15DE]

Duffy, Heidi Kirk: Germany's Order of Merit recipient, S7828 [27JY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (S. 2623), S4382 [24MY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (S. 2624), S4382 [24MY]

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

———strengthen math and science training to prepare students to enter the information technology workforce (S. 2067), S625 [10FE]

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: Subsurface Geoscience Laboratory funding, S6290 [30JN]

Immigration: establish pilot program to allow certain aliens who complete a postsecondary degree in math or science to change their immigrant status to remain in U.S. and work in one of those fields (S. 1645), S9647 [3OC]

———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S542-S545 [9FE], S6341 [10JY], S6408-S6411, S6445 [11JY], S7608 [26JY], S7820, S7822 [27JY], S8907-S8916 [21SE], S9026-S9029 [22SE], S9124-S9127 [25SE], S9215-S9229, S9235, S9242, S9244-S9248 [26SE], S9337-S9350, S9353-S9359, S9362-S9376 [27SE], S9443, S9449-S9451 [28SE], S9600 [2OC], S9643-S9657 [3OC]

———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), motion to proceed, S8619, S8620, S8626 [15SE], S8800-S8807 [20SE], S9026 [22SE]

———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), unanimous-consent agreement, S9445 [28SE]

———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), unanimous-consent request, S6338-S6340 [10JY]

National Engineers Week: observance, S751 [23FE]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (H.R. 1795), S11850, S11852 [15DE]

Science: increase Federal technology research and development funding, S3502-S3506 [4MY]

———tribute to scientists working with the Federal Government, S11911 [15DE]

Reports filed

American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2045) (S. Rept. 106-260), S2526 [11AP]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1795) (H. Rept. 106-889), H8199 [26SE]

National Science Education Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 4271) (H. Rept. 106-821), H7279 [6SE]

Statements

Bioengineering: Thalia Sparling and Kate Early, E1518 [18SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1795, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act, H8266 [27SE]

H.R. 4271, National Science Education Act, H10610-H10615 [24OC]

S. 2045, American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act, S543 [9FE], S9026-S9028 [22SE], S9651-S9655 [3OC], H8699 [3OC], H9004-H9008 [5OC]

S. 2623, National Science Education Enhancement Act, S4384-S4387 [24MY]

S. 2624, National Science Education Act, S4387-S4389 [24MY]

S. 3278, Dept. of Energy Nanoscale Science and Engineering Act, S11790 [14DE]

S. 3282, Dept. of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act, S11923 [15DE]