ALLARD, WAYNE (a Senator from Colorado)

Addresses

Boy Scouts Oath and Law: Evan Todd, S10077 [6OC], S10245 [11OC]

National Day of Prayer: Condoleezza Rice, S6008-S6010 [28JN]

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2120, S2121 [4AP], S2179, S2255 [5AP], S2367, S2371, S2376 [6AP], S2388, S2389, S2440 [7AP]

Civil rights: clarify intent of Congress to hold individuals responsible for discriminatory acts committed by them in employment (H.R. 2508), S10807 [19OC]

Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims (S. 2508), S10105 [6OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4710, S4711, S4713 [7JN], S4737, S4861 [8JN], S5072, S5120 [14JN], S6578 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4962, S4964 [12JN], S4984, S4992 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5138 [14JN], S5177 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN], S6053, S6151 [29JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S7694 [26JY], S8120 [6SE], S8169, S8178 [7SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5686 [22JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5630), S11644, S11649 [6DE]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S953 [29FE]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S3787 [10MY]

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]

National Commission for the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office, S102 [26JA]

Articles and editorials

Armed Forces Day 2000—A Tribute to Our Men and Women in Uniform, by, S4777 [8JN]

At Columbine, Reflections on a Painful Past, Amy Goldstein, Washington (DC) Post, S2320 [6AP]

He Was a Great, Great Man, Colleagues Recall Georgian as Hard Worker, Alan Judd, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, S7728 [27JY]

Making Sure Surplus Revenue Is Used To Reduce the National Debt, Peter B. Sperry, Heritage Foundation Backgrounder (publication), S4984-S4986 [13JN]

Time Has Come To Honor the ``Greatest Generation'' With a Great Memorial, by, S4776 [8JN]

Timing of Clinton's Visit, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, S2321 [6AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see S. 3169), S9944 [5OC]

———prohibit importation, sale, or manufacturing of products made with dog or cat fur (see S. 1197), S6026 [28JN]

Armed Forces: improve benefits for members of reserve components and their dependents (see S. 2514), S3514 [4MY]

———improve TRICARE program and extend and improve certain demonstration programs under the Defense Health Program (see S. 2087), S741 [23FE] (see S. 2486), S3192 [1MY]

———modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve (see S. 2537), S3831 [10MY]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see S. 2126), S1024 [1MR]

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

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

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 764), S3543 [4MY]

Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims (see S. 2508), S3514 [4MY]

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

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 3), S2546 [11AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: encourage research and agricultural best practices to supplement the natural carbon cycle in soil (see S. 1066), S952 [29FE]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see S. 1762), S1611 [22MR]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see S. 1452), S2771 [13AP]

Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (see S. 1266), S1127 [2MR] (see S. 1266), S1327 [8MR]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 1), S11917 [15DE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 1855), S2636 [12AP]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see S. 2068), S4690 [7JN]

Government regulations: review and limit the issuance of certain regulations relative to Federal contractors (see S. 2986), S9612 [2OC]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see S. Con. Res. 98), S2439 [7AP]

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

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

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

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

Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders (see S. 3130), S9466 [28SE]

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), S8659 [18SE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see S. 662), S4024 [16MY]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see S. 2365), S2233 [5AP]

———establish a voluntary plan under which eligible beneficiaries may elect to receive coverage for outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2319), S1884 [29MR]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 2938), S10807 [19OC] (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]

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

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see S. 1938), S4115 [17MY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see S. 1438), S5031 [13JN]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S613 [10FE]

NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see S. 512), S3736 [9MY]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see S. 2676), S4564 [6JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (see S. 1619), S216 [1FE]

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), S10260 [11OC]

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]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 2969), S9202 [25SE]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (see S. 2557), S4488 [25MY]

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

Postal Service: issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see S. 2739), S6478 [11JY]

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

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see S. 510), S7245 [19JY]

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

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 2107), S2249 [5AP]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S6576 [12JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see S. 1962), S635 [10FE]

———protect surplus by requiring a sequester to eliminate any deficit (see S. 2001), S1127 [2MR]

States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (see S. 2417), S4116 [17MY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S9478 [28SE]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see S. 670), S2249 [5AP]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S5813 [26JN]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S86 [26JA]

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

———simplify the method of determining a partner's share of items in a qualified investment club (see S. 1952), S635 [10FE]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2872 [25AP]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S1914 [29MR]

———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see S. 2678), S4564 [6JN]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see S. 309), S8658 [18SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2097), S799 [24FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 3089), S11005 [25OC]

———place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see S. 1921), S3544 [4MY]

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

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

Zinfandel Grape Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 132), S5685 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: protect Social Security and provide for repayment of the Federal debt (see S. 2220), S1315 [8MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: cost sharing for Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins endangered fish recovery implementation programs (see S. 2239), S1392 [9MR]

Dept. of HUD: consolidate and reform Federal housing programs to empower communities and individuals (see S. 2968), S7839 [27JY]

Dept. of the Interior: contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for irrigation (see S. 2594), S4190 [18MY]

———convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (see S. 2400), S2527 [11AP]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 2798), S5884 [27JN]

FHA: require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (see S. 2914), S7542 [25JY]

Fort Lyon, CO: conveyance of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center to Colorado (see S. 2827), S6121 [29JN]

Great Sand Dunes National Park: establish (see S. 2547), S3916 [11MY]

Great Sand Dunes National Park Preserve: establish (see S. 2547), S3916 [11MY]

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

Loveland, CO: authorize contracts with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District to use Federal facilities to deliver non-Federal water (see S. 2906), S7448 [21JY]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see S. 3213), S10716 [18OC]

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see S. 3090), S8941 [21SE]

Tariff: fructooligosaccharides (FOS) (see S. 2854), S6574 [12JY]

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]

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), S463, S469 [8FE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2514 [11AP], S2673, S2674, S2699 [13AP]

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

Descriptions

Local Housing Opportunities Act (S. 2968), S7868-S7870 [27JY]

Letters

School violence: Evan Todd, S10077 [6OC], S10245 [11OC]

Lists

Aspinall Memorial Commission, S3184 [1MY]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2196 [5AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S6591 [13JY]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2965 [27AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S509 [9FE], S983 [1MR], S1247 [8MR], S1833 [29MR], S2145 [5AP], S2383 [7AP], S2553 [12AP], S3275 [3MY], S4031 [17MY], S4607 [7JN], S5059 [14JN], S5479 [21JN], S5941 [28JN], S6485 [12JY], S7173 [19JY], S7587 [26JY], S8035 [6SE], S8535 [14SE], S9787 [4OC]

Privilege of the floor

Brown, Roger, S5054 [13JN]

Davis, Glen, S4717 [7JN]

Flanders, Doug, S4588 [6JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7341 [20JY]

Amtrak: restore authority to lease motor vehicles from the GSA, S7341 [20JY]

Armed Forces: tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Marana, AZ (S. Res. 310), S4328 [23MY]

Armed Forces Day: observance, S4232 [22MY]

Aspinall, Wayne N.: dedication of statue in Palisade, CO, S3183 [1MY]

Budget: balance, S2179, S2187, S2188, S2189 [5AP]

———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt, S4984, S4986, S4987 [13JN], S5177, S5178 [15JN]

———impact of congressional and Clinton adminstration agendas on reducing the national debt, S11070 [26OC]

———increase the amount for public debt reduction contained in the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2192 [5AP]

———preserve portion of projected surplus to reduce the public debt, S2179, S2187, S2188, S2189 [5AP]

———protect Social Security and provide for repayment of the Federal debt (S. 2220), S1324 [8MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7002 [17JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2179, S2187, S2188, S2189, S2190, S2192, S2196 [5AP], S2320 [6AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S2179, S2187, S2188, S2189 [5AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: cost sharing for Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins endangered fish recovery implementation programs (S. 2239), S1414 [9MR]

Business and industry: merger of Qwest Communications International Inc., and U.S. WEST, Inc., S6346 [10JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to Millennium Holiday Tree, S11894 [15DE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: hantavirus prevention programs funding, S6101 [29JN]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8485 [13SE], S8684, S8685 [19SE]

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

Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims (S. 2508), S10780 [19OC]

Cramer, Aleisha: Gatorade National High School Girls Soccer Player of the Year award recipient, S969 [29FE]

Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language, S2320 [6AP]

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

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4531, S4549, S4550 [6JN], S4610, S4611, S4617 [7JN], S4774, S4775, S4776 [8JN], S6548, S6549 [12JY], S6591 [13JY], S7223 [19JY]

———Discoverer II space-based radar program funding, S7223 [19JY]

———limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear weapons delivery systems, S4549, S4550 [6JN], S4610, S4611, S4617 [7JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4984, S4986, S4987 [13JN]

———making appropriations (S. 2593), indefinitely postponed, S5154 [14JN]

Dept. of HUD: consolidate and reform Federal housing programs to empower communities and individuals (S. 2968), S7867 [27JY]

Dept. of the Interior: Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project authorization, S10780 [19OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7095 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5177, S5178, S5181 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), unanimous-consent agreement, S5154 [14JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6101 [29JN]

District of Columbia: provide that local legislation on the membership and responsibilities of the Board of Education and school election districts shall take effect upon ratification by the voters (H.R. 4387), S5159 [14JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8182, S8183 [7SE]

Enterprise (U.S.S.): tribute to crew, S4232 [22MY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (S. 2798), S5905 [27JN]

FHA: require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (S. 2914), S7543 [25JY]

Firearms: gun control, S2320 [6AP]

Forest Service: Red Mountain Project funding, S7095 [18JY]

Fort Lyon, CO: conveyance of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center to Colorado (S. 2827), S6139 [29JN]

Gordon, John A.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Energy for Nuclear Security, S5068 [14JN]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, S11070 [26OC]

Great Sand Dunes National Park: establish (S. 2547), S3921 [11MY]

Great Sand Dunes National Park Preserve: establish (S. 2547), S3921 [11MY]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 5640), S11904 [15DE]

———expand homeownership (S. 3274), S11576 [5DE]

Israel: commend redeployment from southern Lebanon (S. Con. Res. 116), S4327 [23MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (S. 2603), unanimous-consent agreement, S4335 [23MY]

Loveland, CO: authorize contracts with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District to use Federal facilities to deliver non-Federal water (S. 2906), S7450 [21JY]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 2299), star print, S4327 [23MY]

Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation (S. Res. 305), S3885 [11MY]

National Child's Day: designate (S. Res. 296), S4334 [23MY]

National Day of Prayer: observance, S6008 [28JN]

Native Americans: make technical corrections to the status of certain land held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (S. 1967), S5159 [14JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S11614 [5DE]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (S. 3213), S10717 [18OC]

Public utilities: provide for competition in electric power industry and authorize States to recover transition costs (S. 2886), S7173 [19JY]

Research: plant biotechnology research and development funding, S8182, S8183 [7SE]

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge: establish (S. 3090), S8952-S8954 [21SE]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S5154 [14JN]

Senate: legislative program, S509 [9FE], S2553 [12AP], S3275 [3MY], S4335 [23MY], S5161 [14JN], S5165 [15JN], S5479 [21JN], S7173 [19JY], S7587 [26JY], S11614 [5DE]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (S. 2498), S5159 [14JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S2179, S2187, S2188, S2189 [5AP]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1539 [22MR]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax rates, S7002 [17JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, S8633 [15SE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, S4774 [8JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S923 [29FE]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S4329 [23MY]

Trindad State Junior College: anniversary, S6254 [30JN]

Weapons: terminate production of Trident II missiles, S6548, S6549 [12JY], S6591 [13JY]

Women: Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses (S. Res. 311), S4333 [23MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate: Golden Gavel Award recipient, S8406 [12SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to Wayne N. Aspinall: Colorado House of Representatives, S3184 [1MY]

Summaries

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act (S. 3274), S11602-S11607 [5DE]

Texts of

S. 2220, American Social Security Protection and Debt Repayment Act, S1325 [8MR]

S. 2798, Deposit and Share Insurance Adjustment Act, S5905 [27JN]

S. 2914, Homeowners Rebate Act, S7543 [25JY]

S. 2968, Local Housing Opportunities Act, S7870-S7881 [27JY]

S. 3090, Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act, S8954-S8956 [21SE]

S. 3274, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, S11577-S11602 [5DE]

Tributes

Aspinall, Wayne N., S3183 [1MY]

Coverdell, Paul, S7728 [27JY]

Crawford, William J., S1591 [22MR]

McGraw, Thurman (Fum), S8655 [18SE]

Todd, Evan, S10077 [6OC], S10245 [11OC]