BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Addresses

Economic and Political Development in Kazakhstan: Akezhan Kazhegeldin, S389-S392 [7FE]

Importance of Diplomacy in the Economic, Trade, and Financial Arenas: Stuart E. Eizenstat, Dept. of the Treasury, E69 [7FE]

New Imperialism—The Attack on World Tax Havens: Robert E. Bauman, E1868 [19OC]

Strategies Needed for Today's Economic Problems: Ken Lipper, Lipper & Co., S8192 [7SE]

Technology and the New Economy: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S272-S275 [2FE]

Amendments

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), S10952, S11006 [25OC]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1566, S1573, S1612, S1615 [22MR]

Antitrust policy: require companies to file a premerger notification with the Dept. of Justice or the FTC if the size of the transaction exceeds certain monetary thresholds (S. 1854), S10834, S10849 [19OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S51, S56, S63 [26JA], S140 [31JA], S178, S190 [1FE], S226, S232, S234, S237, S238, S243 [2FE]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), S1843 [29MR]

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

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), S3552, S3559, S3563 [4MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish standards for interstate transportation of prisoners by private companies (S. 1898), S11011 [25OC]

Developing countries: provide assistance to microenterprises (H.R. 1143), S9761 [3OC], H8886 [5OC]

Durable goods: establish a statute of repose (H.R. 2005), H166 [1FE], H181, H183 [2FE]

FAA: Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation funding (H.R. 2607), S10555 [13OC], H9949 [17OC]

Fort Sumter National Monument: recalculate franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. (S. 2331), S9966, S10002 [5OC]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5169 [26JN], H5636, H5637, H5639, H5641, H5643, H5644, H5647, H5657 [29JN]

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]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H792 [9MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H780, H791 [9MR]

Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border (S. 397), S2791 [13AP]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H881, H894 [9MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H780, H791 [9MR]

Northern Mariana Islands: modify covenant relative to immigration laws (S. 1052), S355, S369, S370, S384 [7FE]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (S. 935), S962, S972 [29FE]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S5138, S5154, S5156 [14JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11552 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11217 [26OC]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (S. 2107), S6867 [14JY]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H474, H476, H478, H479 [16FE]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1038, H1078 [15MR]

Space policy: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (H.R. 2607), S10555 [13OC], H9949 [17OC]

Sports: reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional boxing (H.R. 1832), S2443, S2445 [7AP], H3489 [22MY]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), S4925 [9JN], H2779 [9MY], H2801, H2803, H2807, H2815 [10MY]

———treatment of tax-exempt financing for professional sports facilities (S. 224), S9257 [26SE]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8273 [27SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1915 [29MR], S1927, S1934, S1935, S1940, S1951, S1955, S1957, S1963, S1964, S1965, S2000, S2001, S2002, S2003 [30MR]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2283, H2292 [13AP]

Analyses

Agricultural Risk Protection Act (H.R. 2559): Biomass Research and Development Provisions, E888 [6JN]

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act (S. 1452), E1924-E1930 [25OC]

Antitampering Act (S. 2105), S819 [24FE]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act (S. 2697), S4825-S4827 [8JN]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (S. 761): Conference Report, H4352-H4357 [14JN]

Financial Information Privacy Protection Act (S. 2513), S3535 [4MY]

Indian Tribal Enterprise and Alaska Native Corporations Participation Expansion in the HUBZone Program (S. 2569), S4020 [16MY]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's: Sara Rosenbaum, David M. Frankford, and Rand E. Rosenblatt, S7516 [25JY]

Small Business Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 3081): Jared Bernstein, Robert S. McIntyre, and Lawrence Mishel, Citizens for Tax Justice (organization), H858 [9MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9796 [11OC]

———H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, S7575 [25JY], H9796 [11OC]

———S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H489 [16FE]

———S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce Act, S1846 [29MR]

National Commission To Ensure Consumer Information and Choice in the Airline Industry, S4972 [12JN], S8664 [18SE]

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain Bottom Line—New EPA Study Shows Just How Affordable It Is To Fight Pollution, S9935 [5OC]

Activist Departs, but Leaves Legacy—Even Her Foes Respect Environmental Work of Orleans Watchdog Who Targeted Kodak, E17 [27JA]

Air Passengers ``Fed Up'' With Poor Service, Survey Finds, S5180 [15JN]

Airline Service Dips in 3 of 4 Categories, S5181 [15JN]

American Companies Can Do More To Help Africa, E1064 [20JN]

American Model for Kazakhs, E470 [30MR]

Apple Growers Getting Burned—Epidemic of Fire Blight Devastates Local Crop, S7352 [20JY]

Are the Rich Cleaning Up?, S8056-S8058 [6SE]

ATF Firearms Prosecution Referrals Drop—Study Says Criminal Cases Have Fallen Since 1992, but Picked Up Last Year, S351 [7FE]

Backlash—Behind the Anxiety of Over Globalization, S8553 [14SE]

Bad Apples—Fire Blight Is Taking Bite Out of Area Crops—Farmers Seek Federal Financial Assistance for Acres of Dying Trees, S7351 [20JY]

Bankruptcy Bill Is Overloaded, E134 [14FE]

Bankruptcy Is for the Needy, S245 [2FE]

Bankruptcy Pace for Individuals Is Accelerating, S11633 [6DE]

Bankruptcy Paradox, S244 [2FE]

Bankruptcy Reform Bill Is a Bust—Let Credit Card Issuers Protect Themselves With Sound Lending Practices, Not by Rigging Bankruptcy Law in Their Favor, S11635 [6DE]

Beware Plausible Protectionists, S8542 [14SE]

Big Sugar Seeks Bailout, Gives Money To Help Get Way, S7312 [20JY]

Businesswomen in the Mainstream, E193 [29FE]

Caveat Surfer Should Be the E-Commerce Motto, H4350 [14JN]

Cellini—State Capital's Quiet Captain of Clout; Dealmaker Built Empire Working in Background, S9815, S9818-S9820 [4OC]

China Pop De-Fizzed—Why Things Go Better for Coke Without Ahmei on Its Billboards, H6403 [18JY]

China Wary of Its Private Sector, H6402 [18JY]

Closing of Regas Is Bittersweet for Many People With Fond Memories, E1894 [24OC]

Common Sense for the Triangle, E1393 [27JY]

Complex Drug Labels Bury Safety Message, E1027 [15JN]

Compromise—House Speaker Hastert Offers Method To Reach Deal on Minimum Wages, E1445 [13SE]

Cultural Diversity Reflects Gains in Kazakhstani Democracy, E449 [30MR]

Demagogic Bill, H2793 [10MY]

Deregulation Called Blow to Minorities, E2223 [15DE]

Dining With Dictators—White House Fetes Kazakh President, E192 [29FE]

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs—An Ethical Perspective, S11532 [14NO]

Discrimination Disguised as Free Trade, E2076 [3NO]

Discrimination Goes High-Tech, S6077 [29JN]

DNA Dilemma—Gene Tests Can Cost You, S6076 [29JN]

Don't Democrats Believe in Democracy?, S350 [7FE]

Don't Punish Africa, E333 [16MR]

DoubleClick Exec Says Privacy Legislation Needn't Crimp Results, S794 [24FE]

Dr. Truth, S62 [26JA]

Driving Up Drug Prices, S7908 [27JY]

Drug-Industry Mergers Fail To Boost Research, Development, Study Finds, E973 [12JN]

Dutch State To Slash KPN Stake, S7429 [21JY]

Electricity—Lifeline or Bottom Line?, E1154-E1156 [29JN]

Employers With Labor Shortages Should Look to Vocational Rehabilitation, E1432, E1434, E1435 [7SE]

End Sugar's Sweet Deal, S7312 [20JY]

EPA Can't Find Reason for Hikes, H4476 [14JN]

Ergo-Nonsense—New OSHA Workplace Regulation Isn't Based on a Completed Study, E2189 [15DE]

Firearms Makers Win Dismissal of Lawsuits in 2 States, S354 [7FE]

Focus Shifts to Ford, S10067 [6OC]

Food, Good Friends, Memories Make Saying Goodbye to Regas a Difficult Task, E1894 [24OC]

Ford Offers Home PC to Every Employee, S386 [7FE]

Forgotten Republics, E470 [30MR]

Former Execs Switch to Supply Side, S5025 [13JN]

Free PCs Give Ford Web Edge—Computers, Internet Access Put Workers in High-Tech Age, S386 [7FE]

Gas Prices, Misery and Mystery—Costs in Midwest Exceed $2 a Gallon, H4475 [14JN]

Gasoline Prices Surge Shocks Toledo Drivers, H4476 [14JN]

Gene Privacy, S6076 [29JN]

Gene Secrets—Clinton Right To Oppose Genetic Discrimination, S6077 [29JN]

Genetic Research—Foes of Biotechnology Ignore Global Hunger, S61 [26JA]

Georgia Regulatory Agency To Lead Investigation Into Insurer's Rates for Black Customers, E2209 [15DE]

GOP Fights Favors for Smith & Wesson, H3326 [18MY]

Gore's War on Business, S8541 [14SE]

Government by Lawsuit, H1632 [3AP]

Government Wants Control of MS, S3554 [4MY]

Government's Flawed Pursuit of Microsoft, S4572 [6JN]

Greater Louisville Grew New Leader From the Inside—Steve Higdon Loves To Deal With People, S965 [29FE]

Ground Rules for DNA Sampling, S6077 [29JN]

Guilt Trip, E784 [19MY]

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

Helping Their Cronies Is the Lease Politicians Can Do, S9804-S9807 [4OC]

High-Tech Homeless—In Silicon Valley, a Dark Side to Booming Economy, H1361 [23MR]

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

Illinois Capital Development Board Awarding of Southern Illinois Prison Construction Project, S9803 [4OC]

In the Land of Bratwurst, a New Hispanic Boom, E391 [22MR]

Iverson's Bad Rap Is Well-Deserved, S9921 [5OC]

Joining the Club—Like Others, China Will Try To Protect Its Own Industries, H3697 [24MY]

Kazakhstani President Suspects Terrorism Aimed at Oil Exports, E450 [30MR]

Liberals Have Second Thoughts on the Second Amendment, S351 [7FE]

Lingering Affections, E1895 [24OC]

Losses of Life That Have Resulted From Smaller Vehicles, S5206 [15JN]

National Exile Warns of Extremist Threat in Kazakhstan, S392 [7FE]

Nazarbayev Slaps U.S. State Department Report on Kazakhstan, E450 [30MR]

New Prison Benefits Ryan Pal—$33,000 Payday Seen in Land Deal, S9803 [4OC]

No One There To Pay, E197 [29FE]

North Carolina Flood Puts Weyerhaeuser's Employee Support to the Test, E1872 [19OC]

Occidental Deal Benefits Gores—Sale of Federal Oil Field Boosts Family Fortune, S5874 [27JN]

Of Janitors and Billionaires, S2852 [25AP]

OPEC Bases New Production Strategy on Price Band Experiment, S1959 [30MR]

Packed Up and Rarin' To Go—McDonald's Has Contracted With Union Packaging, a Minority Business, To Supply Cartons for Its Food, E682 [9MY]

Perverse Use of Antitrust Law, S8565 [14SE]

Physician and the Pharmaceutical Detail Man—An Ethical Analysis, S11532 [14NO]

PLA-Firms Plan ``Completed'', H6403 [18JY]

Product Recalls—Posters in Post Offices Will Help, E964 [9JN]

Qualcomm Chief Named Scientist of the Year by Women's Group, E531 [11AP]

Questioning the Labor Shortage, E1454 [13SE]

Raising the Technology Curtain—China's Burgeoning High-Tech Sector Is Squeezing Out U.S. Imports, S8397 [12SE]

Reckonings—Prescription for Failure, E1346 [27JY]

Regas Closing Gay Street Landmark, E1895 [24OC]

Release Study on Acid Rain, S9934 [5OC]

Riady Invites Clinton to Lippo Board, H8898 [5OC]

Riverboat Deal Is Plum for Insiders, S9872 [4OC]

Shift of Philips Jobs Officially Scheduled, H4811 [21JN]

Steel's Deal, H4796 [21JN]

Sugar Growers Get Bailout—Purchase of Surplus Will Cost Taxpayers About $60 Million, S7316 [20JY]

Summers Slams Plan To Sell Oil in U.S. Reserve, S8873 [21SE]

Super Mario Smothers, E1108 [23JN]

Taxpayers Face a Big Loss on Hotel Loans; GOP Insider Denies Political Deal, S9808 [4OC]

Taxpayers Stuck With $30 Million Hotel Tab, S9807 [4OC]

Travelers Insurance, Safeco Lose China Operating Licenses, H6403 [18JY]

Two Sides of the American Dream, S7315 [20JY]

United We Stand, in Line, S9597 [2OC]

Unmaking of Americans, S3813 [10MY]

What If There Were Free Trade in Opinion Makers?, E1233 [14JY]

What Real People Are Saying About Bankruptcy Reform, S5384 [20JN]

When Debt Proves To Be Best Answer, E1543 [20SE]

Who's Afraid of Genetic Engineering?, S60 [26JA]

Why I Won't Buy Smith & Wesson, H2017 [11AP]

William Cellini Heads Private Fundraising Drive, S9873 [4OC]

Without Biotechnology, We'll Starve—Agricultural Genetic Engineering Is Subject to More Safeguards Than Many Unaltered Foods We Eat, S61 [26JA]

Wrong Approach—Federal Lawsuit Ignores Rights of Gun Makers, S349 [7FE]

Your PC Is Watching, E1950 [26OC]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2411), S2616 [12AP] (see S. 3243), S11131 [26OC]

———enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (see S. 2773), S5663 [22JN] (see H.R. 5372), H8735 [3OC] (see H.R. 5495), H10256 [18OC]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see S. 2745), S5241 [15JN] (see H.R. 3996), H1077 [15MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (see S. 2251), S1461 [20MR]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see S. 3049), S8585 [14SE] (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H6599 [19JY]

———payment of special loan deficiency payments to eligible producers who have suffered yield losses due to damaging weather or disasters (see H.R. 5125), H7364 [7SE]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (see H.R. 4321), H2338 [13AP]

———provide a pool credit under Federal milk marketing orders for handlers of certified organic milk used for Class I purposes (see S. 3198), S10412 [12OC]

———provide apple growers with long-term, low-interest loans (see S. 2442), S2728 [13AP]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2744), S5241 [15JN]

Air pollution: regulations relative to beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses (see S. 3218), S10716 [18OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H253 [8FE]

———require that before filing a civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility, an opportunity is allowed for alleged violations to be corrected (see S. 3122), S9381 [27SE]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see S. 3169), S9944 [5OC] (see H.R. 4780), H5435 [28JN]

Antitrust policy: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8735 [3OC]

———remove the notification requirement applicable to acquisitions of certain voting securities and assets and modify filing fees (see H.R. 4194), H1851 [5AP]

———treatment of voluntary guidelines governing telecast material, movies, video games, Internet content, and music lyrics (see S. 2127), S1024 [1MR]

Armed Forces: implement an allowance for members subjected to lengthy or numerous deployments, and require studies on tax credits for employers of National Guard members, and the expansion of military programs for youth (see H.R. 4208), H1956 [6AP]

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4840), H5955 [12JY]

Austria: boycott relative to inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (see H. Res. 417), H254 [8FE]

Aviation: establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (see S. 2891), S7229 [19JY]

———oppose the proposed merger of United Airlines, Inc., and US Airways, Inc., relative to public interest, public convenience, and necessity policies (see S. Res. 344), S7656 [26JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 3046), S8585 [14SE] (see S. 3186), S10252 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 624), H9766 [11OC]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 427), H9900 [12OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H10808 [24OC]

———prohibit sale of customer databases containing personally identifiable information by companies in bankruptcy proceedings (see S. 2857), S6574 [12JY]

CBO: analyze impact of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [20JN]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see S. 2634), S4460 [25MY] (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see S. 2590), S4190 [18MY]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S4820 [8JN]

China, People's Republic of: make normal trade relations status contingent on a bilateral agreement with the U.S. on enforcement (see S. 2548), S3916 [11MY]

———provide for commercial and labor rule of law programs to reform administration of justice and strengthen protection of labor rights (see H.R. 4306), H2338 [13AP]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (see S. 2300), S1815 [28MR] (see H.R. 4298), H2338 [13AP]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see S. 3040), S8501 [13SE] (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]

Commission on Gasoline and Fuel Pricing: establish (see H.R. 4777), H5435 [28JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (see S. 2697), S4820 [8JN] (see S. 3283), S11917 [15DE] (see H.R. 4541), H3867 [25MY] (see H.R. 5660), H12094 [14DE]

Community development: expand participation in the HUBZone Program to Indian Tribal enterprises and Alaska Native corporations (see S. 2569), S4014 [16MY]

———increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H5842 [11JY]

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

———provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives (see H.R. 5663), H12094 [14DE]

Computers: apply certain disclosure requirements to operators of Internet web sites (see H.R. 3770), H630 [1MR]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 2307), S1815 [28MR] (see H.R. 4122), H1588 [29MR] (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]

———encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (see S. 3188), S10252 [11OC] (see H.R. 4246), H2238 [12AP]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 523), H4219 [12JN]

———establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (see H.R. 4059), H1284 [22MR]

———impose a permanent moratorium on Internet access taxes, extend a moratorium on electronic commerce taxes, and encourage States to adopt a uniform sales and use tax (see H.R. 4267), H2336 [13AP]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 5020), H7207 [27JY]

———prohibit the imposition of access charges and other unfair fees on the provision of Internet services (see H.R. 4202), H1956 [6AP]

———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail (see S. 2542), S3916 [11MY]

———require providers of electronic mailboxes to provide forwarding addresses (see H.R. 4455), H3049 [15MY]

———restrict use of mandatory minimum personnel experience and educational requirements in procurement of information technology goods or services unless sufficiently justified (see H.R. 3582), H253 [8FE]

———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (see H. Con. Res. 300), H1957 [6AP]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: encourage equity investment in rural cooperatives and other rural businesses (see S. 3242), S10999 [25OC]

Consumers: prohibit operators of automatic teller machines that display paid advertising from imposing any fee (see H.R. 4812), H5736 [10JY]

———protect from the adverse consequences of incomplete and inaccurate consumer credit reports (see H.R. 4644), H4336 [13JN]

Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]

———require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 4890), H6599 [19JY]

Copyrights: preserve efficient low-cost commercial financing of enterprises based upon the security of their copyrights and assets (see H.R. 4351), H2410 [2MY]

Corporations: support and adhere to the Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (see S. Res. 290), S2617 [12AP]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance for the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 2335), S1986 [30MR]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see S. 2927), S7656 [26JY]

Courts: provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to explicit sexual or violent material (see H.R. 5045), H7207 [27JY]

———waive Federal preemption of State laws in cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims (see S. 2369), S2347 [6AP] (see H.R. 5060), H7208 [27JY]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (see S. 2820), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 4586), H3924 [6JN]

———prevent injuries to vending machine users (see H.R. 4934), H6777 [24JY]

Credit: prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions (see S. 2117), S929 [29FE]

Crime: combat telemarketing and mass marketing fraud (see S. 3025), S8342 [11SE]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

———provide incentives for voluntary monitoring of electronic commerce sites (see H.R. 5673), H12531 [15DE]

———require employers to notify parents or guardians of employees under 18 or handicapped that an individual with a criminal record of violence is working at the same facility (see H.R. 4305), H2338 [13AP]

Customs Service: establish user fee to cover inspection costs at express courier facilities (see S. 3199), S10412 [12OC] (see H.R. 5450), H9767 [11OC]

———technical corrections to regulations on goods bearing foreign owned trademarks or trade names (see S. 2359), S2233 [5AP] (see H.R. 4816), H5736 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H254 [8FE]

———allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (see S. 2332), S1986 [30MR] (see H.R. 4523), H3649 [23MY]

———allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (see H.R. 4218), H1957 [6AP]

———ensure milk producers receive a fair price for milk marketed for domestic consumption and establish a National Milk Pricing Board (see H.R. 5052), H7208 [27JY]

———prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of agricultural commodities and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 4339), H2339 [13AP]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers (see S. 2221), S1315 [8MR] (see H.R. 3863), H756 [8MR]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers for any month in which the national average price for Class III milk is less than a certain target price (see H.R. 5649), H12066 [8DE]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (see S. 2252), S1461 [20MR]

Dept. of Commerce: 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]

Dept. of Defense: establish better business practices by improving cost-estimating processes and assessing the impact of workforce changes (see S. 2474), S2940 [26AP]

———impose a moratorium on the privatization and outsourcing of certain functions performed by civilian employees (see H.R. 4722), H5036 [22JN]

———include women-owned businesses as eligible participants in the Mentor-Protege Program (see S. 2483), S3023 [27AP]

———strengthen the National Defense Features program (see H.R. 5488), H10256 [18OC]

Dept. of Education: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (see S. 2455), S2865 [25AP]

Dept. of Energy: ensure continuation of certain authorities through the Assistant Sec. of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health relative to indemnification and liability dealing with nuclear incidents (see H.R. 4446), H3049 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: make cash awards to private entities that discover drugs that cure or prevent diseases that are a national priority (see H.R. 4525), H3649 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish in the Antitrust Division a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters (see H.R. 3689), H510 [16FE]

Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4080), H1405 [23MR] (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]

———establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H4336 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for maintenance and repair of buildings and properties located on National Wildlife Refuge System lands by lessees of such facilities (see H.R. 5496), H10256 [18OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish HMO Guaranty Fund to provide payments to States to pay outstanding health care provider claims of insolvent HMO's (see S. 3261), S11374 [30OC]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations on the transfer of airline tickets and air carrier ticket pricing policies (see H.R. 5347), H8551 [29SE]

———oversight of airline industry competitive activities relative to mergers (see H.R. 4978), H7128 [26JY]

Disabled: include expansion of business development by disabled individuals among the public policy goals of State and local development companies (see H.R. 4983), H7128 [26JY]

Diseases: create incentives for private sector research to develop vaccines against widespread diseases and ensure that such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see S. 2132), S1024 [1MR] (see H.R. 3812), H631 [1MR]

Drucker, Peter F.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5370), H8735 [3OC]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see S. 2520), S3691 [9MY]

———distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H2338 [13AP]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 2993), S7840 [27JY] (see H.R. 5235), H7932 [20SE] (see H.R. 5313), H8405 [27SE]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (see S. 3208), S10619 [17OC] (see H.R. 5476), H10036 [17OC]

———extend interstate price discrimination prohibitions to foreign commerce relative to the discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (see S. 2464), S2940 [26AP] (see H.R. 4869), H6469 [18JY]

———require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (see S. 2466), S2940 [26AP] (see H.R. 4764), H5240 [27JN]

Durable goods: establish a statute of repose (H.R. 2005), consideration (see H. Res. 412), H164 [1FE]

Ecology and environment: grant States final authority to establish guidelines to determine which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated for purposes of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 5638), H11954 [4DE]

———increase civil penalties on entities that have previously violated environmental laws or in cases of catastrophic events (see S. 2934), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5077), H7209 [27JY]

Economy: global sustainable development (see H. Res. 479), H2340 [13AP]

Education: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (see H.R. 4216), H1957 [6AP]

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

———establish national clearinghouse for youth entrepreneurship education (see S. 2958), S7839 [27JY]

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

Electronic commerce: require disclosure of ownership and management information on Internet websites (see H.R. 5620), H11781 [1NO]

Employment: increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers (see H.R. 5362), H8735 [3OC]

———repeal overtime exemptions for motor carrier employees (see H.R. 4062), H1284 [22MR]

———require U.S. nationals employing more than 20 persons in a foreign country to implement a corporate code of conduct relative to the employment of those persons (see H.R. 4596), H4035 [7JN]

———require U.S. nationals that employ individuals in a foreign country to provide full transparency and disclosure in all their operations (see H.R. 5492), H10256 [18OC]

———strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize, and strike (see H.R. 4161), H1762 [4AP]

Entertainment industry: develop, use, and enforce a system for labeling violent content in audio and visual media products and services (see S. 2497), S3258 [2MY]

EPA: consider risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses relative to establishment of new or revised clean air standards (see S. 2362), S2233 [5AP]

———establish integrated environmental reporting system (see S. 2800), S5884 [27JN] (see H.R. 4757), H5168 [26JN] (see H.R. 5422), H9504 [6OC]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 5405), H9011 [5OC]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 3618), H340 [10FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7207 [27JY]

———prohibit retaliation and confidentiality policies relative to employee wage disclosures (see S. 2966), S7839 [27JY]

———protect employees who seek equal wages (see H.R. 4597), H4035 [7JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (see H.R. 5262), H7991 [21SE]

———improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (see H.R. 4499), H3473 [19MY]

FCC: establish minimum quality standards, and monitor complaints, on wireless telephone service (see H.R. 4742), H5084 [23JN]

———fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see H.R. 5294), H8199 [26SE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2333), S1986 [30MR] (see S. 2379), S2347 [6AP] (see S. 2566, 2568), S4014 [16MY] (see H.R. 4042), H1163 [21MR] (see H.R. 4207), H1956 [6AP]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: prohibit sales of excess Federal computer equipment and other excess Federal property on the commercial market (see H. Res. 641), H10257 [18OC]

FEMA: compliance with Buy American Act when providing non-emergency financial assistance for a construction project (see S. 2216), S1315 [8MR] (see H.R. 3589), H253 [8FE]

FERC: provide additional authority to order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential rates and charges for electricity (see H.R. 5626), H11842 [3NO]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see S. 2592), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

———facilitate transfers between interest-bearing accounts and transaction accounts for small businesses (see H.R. 3647), H373 [14FE]

———increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see H.R. 3611), H339 [10FE]

———prohibit use or sharing of medical health records or information (see S. 2863), S6677 [13JY]

———repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 4067), H1404 [23MR]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (see H.R. 4209), H1957 [6AP] (see H.R. 4427), H2966 [11MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 2513), S3514 [4MY] (see H.R. 4380), H2605 [4MY] (see H.R. 4585), H3924 [6JN]

Firearms: control sale of gun kits (see H.R. 4632), H4174 [9JN]

———prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H2238 [12AP]

Foreign aid: increase availability of credit to microenterprises lacking full access to credit and establish a Microfinance Loan Facility (see S. 2844), S6473 [11JY]

———make development assistance contingent on biannual certification of economic freedom in beneficiary countries (see S. 2861), S6677 [13JY]

———require countries receiving foreign assistance engage in fair business practices (see H.R. 4697), H4783 [20JN]

Foreign policy: provide for international debt relief and strengthen anticorruption measures and accountability at international financial institutions (see S. 3129), S9466 [28SE]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance benefit period for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs (see H.R. 4077), H1405 [23MR]

———provide additional benefits for individuals receiving trade adjustment assistance (see H.R. 4466), H3172 [16MY]

———provide for reciprocal trade in textile and apparel goods between the U.S. and other countries (see H.R. 4465), H3172 [16MY]

———provide trade adjustment assistance for certain workers (see H.R. 4641), H4220 [12JN]

———provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co. (see S. 2611), S4297 [23MY]

———require country-of-origin marking on door hinges (see S. 3104), S9195 [25SE] (see H.R. 5353), H8617 [2OC]

Fort Sumter National Monument: recalculate franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. (see S. 2331), S1986 [30MR]

FRS: preserve requirement for the annual bank fee report by the Board of Governors (see H.R. 5341), H8468 [28SE]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 5283), H8061 [25SE]

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] (see H.R. 4103), H1476 [28MR]

———provide individual Federal agencies and the executive branch with increased incentives to use the share-in-savings program for information technology contracting (see S. 3166), S9944 [5OC]

Government regulations: review and limit the issuance of certain regulations relative to Federal contractors (see S. 2986), S7840 [27JY]

Hazel Lorraine (vessel): restore commercial fishing eligibility (see S. 2432), S2727 [13AP]

Health: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (see H.R. 3631), H340 [10FE]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (see H. Res. 542), H5435 [28JN]

———encourage private-sector distributors of the influenza vaccine to give priority to distributing the available vaccine to individuals at a high risk of developing complications from influenza (see H. Res. 672), H12066 [8DE]

———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 5344), H8468 [28SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2457), consideration (see H. Res. 520), H4174 [9JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 3057, 3058), S8635 [15SE] (see H.R. 5628), H11842 [3NO]

High Level Commission on Immigrant Labor Policy: establish (see H.R. 4738), H5084 [23JN]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3637), H340 [10FE]

Human rights: establish principles on workers' rights for U.S. companies doing business in the People's Republic of China and Tibet (see S. 2574), S4103 [17MY]

Immigration: improve use of amounts deposited into the H-1B nonimmigrant petitioner account for demonstration programs to provide technical skills training for certain high demand occupations (see H.R. 4402), H2770 [9MY]

———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]

———make certain immigration consultant practices criminal offenses (see S. 3074), S8822 [20SE]

———prevent fraud and abuse in the granting of H-1B nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 4227), H2121 [11AP]

———prohibit H-2A workers from bringing lawsuits against employers, except in the State in which the employer resides, or has its principal place of business (see H.R. 4344), H2339 [13AP]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1076 [15MR]

———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]

———provide special immigrant status for certain U.S. international broadcasting employees (see S. 3239), S10999 [25OC]

———treatment of H-1B nonimmigrant aliens and fair distribution of employment-based immigrant visas (see H.R. 4200), H1956 [6AP]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (see H. Res. 434), H755 [8MR]

Insurance: encourage employer selection of freedom-of-choice health coverage (see H.R. 5568), H11206 [26OC]

———limit the administrative expenses and profits of managed care entities to a certain percentage of premium revenues (see S. 2975), S7840 [27JY]

———require insurers engaged in interstate commerce to fully compensate the insured before exercising any right under a subrogation or reimbursement clause in an insurance policy (see H.R. 4116), H1587 [29MR]

———require large employers to notify their employees of the amount paid by the employer for employee health coverage (see H.R. 5440), H9767 [11OC]

Interstate commerce: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on interstate limousine services (see S. 2325), S1884 [29MR]

———simplify sales and use taxes and ensure that such taxes are equitably applied (see H.R. 4462), H3171 [16MY]

Investments: establish regulatory framework for over-the-counter derivative instruments operating under Federal banking agencies and clarify legality of certain transactions involving such derivatives (see H.R. 4203), H1956 [6AP]

———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]

Iron and steel industry: monitor imports from certain countries and impose a ban on such imports if exporting country is noncompliant with international trade agreements (see H. Res. 442), H1077 [15MR]

———provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]

Japan: access of U.S. business to telecommunications markets (see S. Res. 275), S1461 [20MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 3249), S11131 [26OC] (see S. 3258), S11252 [27OC]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 4963), H7127 [26JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 111), S3692 [9MY] (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2284), S1671 [23MR] (see H.R. 3833), H646 [6MR] (see H.R. 3846), H756 [8MR] (see H.R. 4177), H1763 [4AP] (see H.R. 5538), H11193 [25OC]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (see H. Res. 434), H755 [8MR]

Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 4441), H2966 [11MY]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for failure to recall and knowingly distributing defective vehicles or parts (see S. 3070), S8759 [19SE]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products (see S. 3012), S8105 [6SE] (see H.R. 5154), H7502 [12SE] (see H.R. 5190), H7651 [14SE]

———make it illegal to sell tires which are the subject of a recall (see H.R. 5332), H8468 [28SE]

———prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (see H.R. 5479), H10036 [17OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see S. 3059), S8635 [15SE] (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 428), H9900 [12OC]

———require the President to negotiate an international agreement governing the recall of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects (see S. 3061), S8635 [15SE]

NASA: authorize the lease, joint-development, or use of a commercially provided inflatable habitation module for the international space station (see H.R. 5183), H7651 [14SE]

———encourage commercial development of space through the lease of real and personal property (see S. 2316), S1884 [29MR]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 4781), H5435 [28JN]

National Centers for Distance Working: establish (see S. 2447), S2728 [13AP]

National Commission on Space: establish (see S. 2988), S7840 [27JY]

National Labor Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 5635), H11927 [14NO]

National Women's Business Council: funding (see S. 2243), S1392 [9MR]

Native Americans: authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (see S. 2052), S612 [10FE]

———provide for business development and trade promotion (see S. 2719), S5027 [13JN]

———repeal Indian racial preference laws (see H.R. 5523), H10473 [19OC]

NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (see H.R. 4906), H6717 [20JY]

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

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

NRC: renew authority to indemnify licensees (see S. 2292), S1671 [23MR]

Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents and allow the Dept. of Energy to impose civil penalties on nonprofit contractors (see S. 2162), S1117 [2MR]

Occupational safety and health: ensure the availability of funds for ergonomic protection standards (see H.R. 5609), H11716 [31OC] (see H.R. 5611), H11781 [1NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 5037, 5038), H7207 [27JY]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H47 (see H.R. 3530), H48 (see H.R. 3539), H49 [27JA] (see H.R. 3643), H341 [10FE]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence unless the job involves hazardous materials or the workplace was created so that the Act would not apply (see H.R. 3588), H253 [8FE]

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]

———improve quality of patents on certain inventions (see H.R. 5364), H8735 [3OC]

Pensions: harmonize employer-sponsored retirement plan services requirements with other Federal and State laws (see H.R. 4749), H5168 [26JN]

———increase the availability of employer-sponsored retirement plan services to participants, beneficiaries, and plan fiduciaries (see H.R. 4748), H5168 [26JN]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 2969), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 4747), H5168 [26JN]

Petroleum: address recent price increase in heating oil and other petroleum distillates (see H. Con. Res. 287), H1119 [16MR]

———ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast (see S. 2094), S799 [24FE] (see H.R. 3807), H631 [1MR]

———impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products (see H.R. 3902), H921 [9MR]

———reimburse fines levied and collected due to illegal practices engaged in by participants in the petroleum industry to injured consumers based on the consumers' distance from Eau Claire, WI (see H.R. 4913), H6718 [20JY]

———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (see H.R. 4007), H1118 [16MR]

Pharmaceuticals: availability of HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and medical technologies in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 5101), H7210 [27JY]

———provide for prices that are fair to the producer and the consumer (see H.R. 4772), H5240 [27JN]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3636), H340 [10FE]

Political campaigns: disclosure of information on the financing of campaigns for Federal elections (see H.R. 5507), H10472 [19OC]

Power resources: provide incentives for improved and efficient use of energy sources (see S. 3092), S8941 [21SE]

———restore ownership of uranium enrichment facilities to the Federal Government (see H.R. 4883), H6469 [18JY]

Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (see S. 3180), S10083 [6OC] (see H.R. 5571), H11206 [26OC]

———enhance and protect privacy of computer users (see S. 3083), S8823 [20SE]

———prohibit the sale, share, or transfer of information acquired by Internet sites that include a pledge that it would not be released (see H.R. 4814), H5736 [10JY]

———protect consumer privacy (see S. 2606), S4297 [23MY]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (see S. 2928), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5430), H9634 [10OC]

———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see S. 2063), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 3560), H90 [31JA]

Product safety: establish flammability testing standards and labeling regulations for upholstered furniture which is sold in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4368), H2511 [3MY]

———penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce (see S. 3014), S8197 [7SE]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H2337 [13AP]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see S. 2967), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 4971), H7128 [26JY]

———facilitate transition to more reliability, competition and efficiency in electric power industry (see S. 2098), S799 [24FE]

———provide for competition in electric power industry and authorize States to recover transition costs (see S. 2886), S7160 [18JY]

———provide for the reliability of the electric power transmission system (see H.R. 4941), H6777 [24JY]

SBA: encourage the expansion of business-to-business relationships and the provision of certain information (see H.R. 4464), H3172 [16MY]

———establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]

———establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see H.R. 5249), H7990 [21SE]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (see H. Res. 663), H11526 [29OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 533), H5240 [27JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 652), H11194 [25OC]

———reauthorize loan programs (see S. 3236), S10999 [25OC] (see H.R. 5545), H11194 [25OC] (see H.R. 5652), H12080 [11DE] (see H.R. 5654), H12085 [13DE] (see H.R. 5667), H12531 [15DE]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 2107), S867 [28FE]

Senate Legal Counsel: intervene in the name of the Committee on Appropriations (Senate) and the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) in U.S. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al. (see S. Res. 283), S2438 [7AP]

Ships and vessels: revise laws relative to cruise vessels (see H.R. 5337), H8468 [28SE]

Small business: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 5145), H7373 [11SE]

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

———permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (see H.R. 4944), H7002 [25JY]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (see H. Res. 423), H454 [15FE]

———reauthorize assistance programs (see S. 3121), S9381 [27SE] (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (see H. Res. 439), H996 [14MR]

———require certain acquisitions of goods and services to be from small businesses and authorize certain acquisitions using a governmentwide commercial purchase card (see H.R. 4943), H7002 [25JY]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (see H.R. 3845), H756 [8MR]

South Carolina: extend the temporary office of bankruptcy judge (see H.R. 5525), H10534 [23OC]

States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (see H. Con. Res. 312), H2339 [13AP]

———remove constraints against employers offering flextime to their employees to reduce ozone concentrations and fuel consumption associated with automobile commuting (see H.R. 4501), H3474 [19MY]

Sudan: provide compensation for injury and property damages as a result of the bombing in Khartoum (see H.R. 5636), H11927 [14NO]

———relief for Salah Idris and El Shifa Pharmaceuticals Industries Co., relative to the bombing of the El Shifa Pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum (see H.R. 5290), H8061 [25SE]

———U.S. Court of Claims consideration of claims for compensation for injury and property damages as a result of the bombing in Khartoum (see H. Res. 668), H11928 [14NO]

Surface Transportation Board: resolve disagreements between mass transit authorities and freight railroads over access to freight track and rights-of-way for fixed guideway transportation (see H.R. 4507), H3474 [19MY]

———strengthen railroad merger review standards and apply Federal antitrust laws to rail carriers and railroad transportation (see S. 2604), S4297 [23MY] (see H.R. 4514), H3523 [22MY]

Tariff: tire manufacturing equipment (see S. 2614), S4297 [23MY] (see H.R. 4573), H3868 [25MY]

Tax Reform Act: amend (see S. 2104), S799 [24FE]

Taxation: affirm the confidentiality of closing and similar agreements and agreements with foreign governments (see H.R. 5463), H9900 [12OC]

———allow a credit against income tax for certain audio or video postproduction equipment (see H.R. 5497), H10256 [18OC]

———allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 5339), H8468 [28SE]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H5036 [22JN]

———allow credit against income tax for research to develop vaccines against widespread diseases and ensure that such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 5219), H7932 [20SE]

———allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H996 [14MR]

———allow credits to radio station owners who donate the license, and other assets of such station, to a nonprofit corporation that supports the fine arts (see H.R. 3648), H373 [14FE]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 5128), H7364 [7SE]

———allow fishermen to use income averaging and extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 2605), S4297 [23MY]

———allow tax credit for businesses which provide free public Internet access (see H.R. 3598), H254 [8FE]

———allow tax credit for public transportation expenses and reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 3538), H49 [27JA]

———allow the empowerment zone employment credit for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and increase funding for such zones and communities (see H.R. 4463), H3171 [16MY]

———application of excise taxes on air transportation relative to amounts paid for mileage credits for individuals residing outside the U.S. (see H.R. 4470), H3172 [16MY]

———clarify status of professional employer organizations in order to assist small businesses in providing employee benefits and collecting employment taxes (see S. 2979), S7840 [27JY]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 4383), H2605 [4MY]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities (see S. 3145), S9606 [2OC]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H7991 [21SE]

———credit for development costs of telecommunications facilities in rural areas (see S. 2321), S1884 [29MR]

———deny tax benefits for research conducted by pharmaceutical companies where U.S. consumers pay more for products of that research than foreign consumers (see S. 2465), S2940 [26AP] (see H.R. 3665), H454 [15FE]

———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 (see S. 2779), S5663 [22JN]

———encourage investment in small companies (see H.R. 5455), H9899 [12OC]

———encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 4676), H4591 [15JN]

———encourage the granting of employee stock options (see H.R. 4972), H7128 [26JY]

———enhance competitiveness of the U.S. leasing industry (see H.R. 5063), H7208 [27JY]

———enhanced research credit for development of smart gun technologies (see H.R. 5012), H7206 [27JY]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H1476 [28MR]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see S. 2017), S149 [31JA]

———exclude income derived from the manufacture of products, and provision of services, in outer space (see H.R. 3898), H921 [9MR]

———exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income (see S. 3285), S11917 [15DE]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3579), H219 [7FE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 3225), S10801 [19OC] (see H.R. 5506), H10472 [19OC]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs and include contaminated sites located outside of targeted areas (see S. 2334), S1986 [30MR]

———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]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2255), S1512 [21MR] (see H.R. 4460), H3171 [16MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), consideration (see H. Res. 496), H2769 [9MY]

———impose a discriminatory profits tax on pharmaceutical companies that charge higher prices to domestic wholesale distributors than to foreign wholesale distributors (see S. 3103), S9195 [25SE]

———impose a windfall profit tax on electricity sold in Orange and San Diego Counties, CA, during the summer (see H.R. 5484), H10256 [18OC]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas products, allow an income tax credit for the purchase of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and allow grants for mass transit (see H.R. 4974), H7128 [26JY]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil to fund heating assistance for consumers and small business owners (see S. 3118), S9381 [27SE]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see S. 2904), S7448 [21JY]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see S. 2717), S5027 [13JN] (see H.R. 4562), H3868 [25MY]

———increase standard mileage rates for certain deductions for use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 5090), H7209 [27JY]

———make Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits refundable and allow taxpayers to obtain short-term student loans by using the future refund of such credits as collateral for the loans (see H.R. 5541), H11193 [25OC]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2028), S328 [3FE] (see S. 2036), S381 [7FE] (see H.R. 3709), H572 [29FE]

———permit advanced refunding of private activity bonds with general obligation bonds if the governmental issuer takes over the private activity bond (see H.R. 4155), H1674 [3AP]

———phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see S. 3098), S9033 [22SE]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4192), H1851 [5AP]

———prevent the duplication of losses through the assumption of liabilities giving rise to a deduction (see S. 2354), S2107 [4AP]

———prevent unintended disqualification of trusts as electing small business trusts (see H.R. 4561), H3868 [25MY]

———prohibit treatment of workmen's compensation benefits as Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3857), H756 [8MR]

———promote pension opportunities for women (see S. 2671), S4564 [6JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 2250), S1461 [20MR]

———provide credits to investors in international carbon sequestration projects (see S. 2982), S7840 [27JY]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see S. 3235), S10999 [25OC]

———provide for an election for special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions (see H.R. 3851), H756 [8MR]

———provide for community revitalization and extension of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 5662), H12094 [14DE]

———provide for tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (see S. 3004), S8019 [5SE] (see H.R. 5159), H7502 [12SE]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development (see S. 2422), S2727 [13AP]

———provide incentives for production, sale, and use of highly fuel-efficient, advanced-technology motor vehicles (see S. 2685), S4669 [7JN] (see H.R. 4270), H2336 [13AP]

———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] (see H.R. 4923), H6776 [24JY]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 2718), S5027 [13JN] (see H.R. 5176), H7651 [14SE] (see H.R. 5345), H8551 [29SE]

———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (see S. 2401), S2527 [11AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 2955), S7839 [27JY]

———reduce interest rate on installment payments of estate tax on closely held business interests (see H.R. 4515), H3648 [23MY]

———reduce tax benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 4133), H1628 [30MR]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see S. 2436), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4003), H1118 [16MR]

———require fines paid to the U.S. as a result of motor fuel price investigations to be rebated to consumers in the form of reductions in Federal motor fuel excise taxes (see H.R. 4804), H5655 [29JN]

———simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires (see S. 2587), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4342), H2339 [13AP]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds (see S. 2161), S1117 [2MR]

———treatment of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 5471), H9900 [12OC]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of certain profits of businesses operated in connection with a public-private partnership with Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence (see S. 3056), S8635 [15SE]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S680 [22FE]

———treatment of computer software (see H.R. 4184), H1851 [5AP]

———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H2337 [13AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see S. 2601), S4237 [22MY] (see H.R. 4274), H2336 [13AP]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 5486), H10256 [18OC]

———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (see H.R. 4686), H4591 [15JN]

———treatment of distributions from publicly traded partnerships (see S. 2949), S7839 [27JY]

———treatment of employee stock purchase plans (see S. 3265), S11423 [31OC]

———treatment of information technology internships and fellowships (see H.R. 5597), H11445 [27OC]

———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 5004), H7206 [27JY]

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

———treatment of reimported tobacco products (see H.R. 3917), H997 [14MR]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 3099), S9033 [22SE] (see H.R. 5076), H7209 [27JY]

———treatment of telecommuting (see S. 2431), S2727 [13AP] (see H.R. 3819), H631 [1MR]

———waive income inclusion on a distribution from an individual retirement account or a section 401(k) plan if the distribution is contributed to charity (see H.R. 4433), H2966 [11MY]

———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 4265), H2336 [13AP]

Telecommunications: limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]

———prohibit imposition of time-based access charges on Internet telephony (see H.R. 4769), H5240 [27JN]

———prohibit regulatory impediments to fulfilling the support mandates of the statutory policy of universal service (see S. 2476), S3023 [27AP]

———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 432), H755 [8MR]

———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see S. 2572), S4014 [16MY] (see H.R. 3850), H756 [8MR]

———strengthen limitation on transfer of telecommunications licenses to foreign companies with Government ownership (see S. 2793), S5884 [27JN]

———strengthen limitation on transfer of telecommunications licenses to foreign companies with government ownership (see H.R. 4903), H6717 [20JY]

Telephones: prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising by carriers providing ``dial-around'' long distance services (see H.R. 5619), H11781 [1NO]

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

———prohibit use of text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephone systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages (see H.R. 5300), H8199 [26SE]

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

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), consideration (see H. Res. 475), H2238 [12AP]

Tobacco products: combat smuggling of tobacco products into the U.S. (see S. 2493), S3258 [2MY]

———increase legal age for smoking (see H.R. 4432), H2966 [11MY]

———provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for the disclosure of certain products and prescribe labels for packages and advertising (see S. 2125), S930 [29FE]

———reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H1163 [21MR]

Trademarks: prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product identification codes (see S. 2105), S799 [24FE]

Truth in Lending Act: require stores offering credit or charge accounts to prominently display certain information (see H.R. 4093), H1412 [27MR]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (see S. 3001), S8105 [6SE]

Women: Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses (see S. Res. 311), S4297 [23MY]

———provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H6599 [19JY]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (see H.J. Res. 89), H631 [1MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H647 [6MR]

———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (see H. Res. 528), H4674 [19JN]

World War II: encourage Japanese companies to compensate former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H. Con. Res. 365), H5435 [28JN]

———facilitate settlement of claims against Japanese companies by former U.S. prisoners of war used as slave labor (see S. Con. Res. 158), S11423 [31OC]

Charters

Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., and OSHA Partnership To Ensure a Safe and Healthy Work Environment in the Construction Industry, E448 [30MR]

Cloture motions

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

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]

Conference reports

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415), H9723-H9765 [11OC]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (S. 761), H4115-H4118 [8JN]

Minimum Wage Increase, Taxpayer Relief, Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program Corrections, Pain Management Promotion, and Small Business Programs Improvement (H.R. 2614), H10909-H11087 [25OC]

Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act (S. 376), H636-H639 [2MR]

Cost Estimates

Commodity Futures Modernization Act (H.R. 4541): CBO (Private Sector Mandates), H9867 [12OC]

Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act (H.R. 3850): CBO, H10883 [25OC]

Promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495): CBO, S10893 [23OC]

Descriptions

Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act (H.R. 1102): Jeffords Amendment on Simplifying and Modifying Provisions Relative to Employer Pension Plans, S10097-S10099 [6OC]

Excerpts

News stories on negative impact of gambling, H11232-H11235 [26OC]

Executive orders

Increasing opportunities for women-owned small businesses: President Clinton, S4332 [23MY]

Explanations

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415): Conference Report, S11698-S11724 [7DE]

Clarify Status of Professional Employer Organizations in Order To Assist Small Businesses in Providing Employee Benefits and Collecting Employment Taxes (S. 2979), S7893-S7895 [27JY]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Committee on Taxation (Joint), H10442-H10444 [19OC]

Community Renewal and New Markets Act (H.R. 4923), H6816-H6820 [25JY]

Community Renewal and New Markets Act (S. 3152), S9729-S9746 [3OC]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (S. 761), S5283-S5288 [16JN]

Factsheets

OSHA's Use of Contractors During the Rulemaking Process—Expert Witnesses and Consultant Services, S5641 [22JN]

Letters

Acquisition of U.S. telecommunications companies by foreign firms: Senator Hollings, S7427 [21JY]

———several Senators, S7427 [21JY]

———William E. Kennard, FCC, S7428 [21JY]

Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund use by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors: Senator Grassley, S5100 [14JN]

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]

Average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks: Alan Reuther, UAW, S5203 [15JN]

———Brian O'Neill, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, S5200 [15JN]

———John D. Graham, Harvard University Center for Risk Analysis, S5199 [15JN]

———Michael E. Mathis, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, S5204 [15JN]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: John D. Podesta, Executive Office of the President, S10346 [12OC], H9836 [12OC]

———several bankruptcy scholars, S10772 [19OC], S11448-S11450 [1NO]

———several law professors, S169 [1FE]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support payments: Philip L. Strauss, San Francisco, CA, Family Support Bureau, S11437-S11439 [31OC], S11462 [1NO]

Biotechnology research: several scientists, S63 [26JA]

Brownfields Revitalization Act: Kenny Guinn and Tom Vilsack, National Governors' Association, S4199 [18MY]

Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization and amendments: Lawrence H. Summers, Arthur Levitt, Alan Greenspan, and William J. Rainer, President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S11897 [15DE], S11947 [2JA]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, E1940 [25OC]

———Kenneth L. Lay, Enron Corp., E1940 [25OC]

———Kenneth M. Raisler, E1940 [25OC]

———Marc E. Lackritz and Steve Judge, Securities Industry Association, E1940 [25OC]

———Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, E1941 [25OC]

———Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H10442 [19OC]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E1877 [23OC]

———Representative Leach, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), E1878 [23OC]

———several financial investment groups, E1940 [25OC]

———several organizations, E1940 [25OC]

———William J. Rainer, CFTC, H8437 [28SE]

Disaster assistance to fruit producers: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]

Economic impact of increasing oil prices: Senators Specter and Biden, S1943, S1944 [30MR]

Ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable: Clarence E. Anthony, National League of Cities, S179 [1FE]

———Sarah Brady, Handgun Control (organization), S180 [1FE]

———Wellington E. Webb, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S179 [1FE]

Ensure physician's rights to choose whether to join a labor organization: Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, H5642 [29JN]

FDA investigation of drug manufacturer pricing practices: Representative Stark, E1656 [3OC], E1764 [12OC], E1792 [13OC]

FDA investigation of drug manufacturer pricing practices relative to Medicare and Medicaid: Fred Hassan, Pharmacia Corp., E1883 [23OC]

———Representative Stark, E2033, E2037-E2039 [31OC]

Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities: Aida Alvarez, SBA, S8732 [19SE]

———Harry C. Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce, S8733 [19SE]

Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H10697 [24OC]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H10697 [24OC]

———Representative Leach, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), H10697 [24OC]

Grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco, and reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products: John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, E371 [21MR]

Impact of low oil prices and increasing oil imports on U.S. national security: several Senators, S1545 [22MR]

Importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use: David A. Kessler, S9258 [26SE]

———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, H9702 [11OC]

———Michael M. Faenza, National Mental Health Association, H9702 [11OC]

———Mike Dugan, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, H9702 [11OC]

———Nancy Sander, Allergy and Asthma Network-Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc., H9703 [11OC]

———Representative Archer, S10685 [18OC]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Commerce (House), S10684 [18OC]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), S10688 [18OC]

———Senator Hatch, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10688 [18OC]

———Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H9702 [11OC]

———several Representatives, H9703 [11OC]

———several patient and survivor organizations, H9703 [11OC]

Improve compliance with and encourage public participation in the trade advisory committee system relative to trade agreements: Senator Baucus, S2230 [5AP]

Information Technology Share-in-Savings Program Improvement Act: Patricia McGinnis, Council for Excellence in Government, S9948 [5OC]

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 anniversary: Representative Delahunt, E1198 [11JY]

Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama, H2795 [10MY]

———Edward T. Schafer, Governor of North Dakota, H2794 [10MY]

———Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, H2795 [10MY]

———Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico, H2795 [10MY]

———James S. Gilmore III, Governor of Virginia, H2790 [10MY]

———Joan Bowman, Mayor of Lenexa, KS, H2798 [10MY]

———several Governors, H2794 [10MY]

———Tom Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania, H2794 [10MY]

Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act: Carla J. Stovall, National Association of Attorneys General, S10621 [17OC]

———Henri R. Manasse, Jr., American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, S10622 [17OC]

———John A. Gans, American Pharmaceutical Association, S10621 [17OC]

———Linda F. Golodner, National Consumers League, S10622 [17OC]

———Peter M. Neupert, drugstore.com, Inc., S10622 [17OC]

Involvement of private companies in the trafficking of fetal tissue and body parts: Representative Schaffer, E316 [15MR]

IRS enforcement of pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans: Horace B. Deets, AARP, H6689 [20JY]

———Karen W. Ferguson and Karen Friedman, Pension Rights Center, H6689 [20JY]

Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: George N. Miller, Jr., Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital, H11550 [30OC]

Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use: President Clinton, S10524 [13OC]

Medicare reimbursement of prescription drug costs at the average wholesale price: Representative Stark, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1620, E1622 [28SE]

Millennium Digital Commerce Act: several Senators, S1846 [29MR]

Millennium Digital Commerce Act appointment of conferees: Coalition for Electronic Authentication, S1208 [7MR]

———Robert W. Holleyman II, Business Software Alliance, S1208 [7MR]

———Steve Judge, Securities Industry Association, S1209 [7MR]

———William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, S1208 [7MR]

Minimum wage level: Florence C. Kimball, Friends Committee on National Legislation, H885 [9MR]

———Kathy Thornton, NETWORK (organization), H886 [9MR]

———Kenneth K. Moore, Little Mint, Inc., H1659 [3AP]

———several religious leaders, H885 [9MR]

———Valora Washington, H886 [9MR]

Multiemployer pension benefits plan limitations: Lindy L. Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), E1323 [26JY]

Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative, H903 [9MR]

———Matthew J. Flanigan, Telecommunications Industry Association, H903 [9MR]

———Robert W. Ross, New Skies Satellites, N.V., H903 [9MR]

———W. Allen Moore, Chambers Associates Inc., H903 [9MR]

———several satellite companies, H903 [9MR]

OSHA implementation of ergonomic regulations: Connie J. Varcasia, New York State Dept. of Labor, S5644 [22JN]

———Johnny J. Butler, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry, S5645 [22JN]

———Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, H4101 [8JN]

Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program: Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, S6321 [10JY]

Pension Benefits Protection and Preservation Act: several Representatives, H854-H856 [9MR]

People's Republic of China admission into the World Trade Organization: Vice President Gore, S838 [28FE]

Prescription drug importation into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale: John M. Rector, National Community Pharmacists Association, S7377 [20JY]

———Representative Dingell, S7206 [19JY]

———Ronald J. Streck, National Wholesale Druggists' Association, S7206 [19JY]

Price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane: Mary Barley, Everglades Trust, Inc., E1212 [11JY]

———Wade Steiger, S7324 [20JY]

Prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information: Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, S6071 [29JN]

———several health care organizations, S6070 [29JN]

Prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations: Bruce N. Hahn, Computing Technology Industry Association, H6675 [20JY]

———Charles H. Cantus, Professional Services Council, H6676 [20JY]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H6673 [20JY]

———Deidre A. Lee, OMB, H6683 [20JY]

———Electronic Industries Alliance, H6675 [20JY]

———Gary Engebretson, Contract Services Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

———John W. Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

———Kevin M. Burke, Food Distributors International, H6678 [20JY]

———Lawrence F. Skibbie, National Defense Industrial Association, H6677 [20JY]

———Loren E. Sweatt, Associated General Contractors of America, H6679 [20JY]

———Lyn M. Withey, International Paper (business), H6679 [20JY]

———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, H6677 [20JY]

———Michael J. Eastman, Legal Policy Association, Inc., H6678 [20JY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6678 [20JY]

———Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H6683 [20JY]

———Representative Talent, Committee on Small Business (House), H6673 [20JY]

———Representatives Thomas M. Davis and James P. Moran, H6679 [20JY]

———Rhett B. Dawson, Information Technology Industry Council, H6674 [20JY]

———Richard W. Carroll, Small Business Technology Coalition, H6673 [20JY]

———Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, H6674, H6683 [20JY]

———Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resource Management, H6679 [20JY]

———Technology Coalition for Responsible Procurement, H6675 [20JY]

———Todd McCracken, National Small Business United, H6673 [20JY]

———William B. Spencer, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., H6678 [20JY]

———William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, H6675 [20JY]

Prohibit listing of Chinese companies on U.S. stock markets: Richard A. Grasso, New York Stock Exchange, Inc., S8325 [11SE]

Proposed merger of United Airlines, Inc., and US Airways, Inc.: Alfred E. Kahn, S7692 [26JY]

Protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: Representatives Dingell and Norwood, Committee on Commerce (House), S4788 [8JN]

———several individuals, H97 [1FE]

Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's: Representative Ganske, S7516 [25JY]

Provide wage-based tax credits in Puerto Rico: several Representatives, H6839 [25JY]

Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act: several corporate executives, S9887-S9889 [5OC]

Reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research: Dan Schulder, National Council of Senior Citizens, S6097 [29JN]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S6097 [29JN]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S6097 [29JN]

Research and development tax credit extension: several Massachusetts businesses, S6613 [13JY]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act: several organizations, S1566 [22MR]

SBA politicalization relative to plans for an ``SBA Day'' right before the election: Senator Bond, Committee on Small Business (Senate), S11229 [27OC]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, H472 [16FE]

———Nancy Stoner, Natural Resources Defense Council, H483 [16FE]

———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H472 [16FE]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H472 [16FE]

Small business Superfund litigation: Barbara A. Williams, H8126 [26SE]

Small Business Tax Fairness Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H843 [9MR]

———Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H843 [9MR]

Snowmobile use in national parks: Lori M. Fussell, Environmental Engineering and Research (business), S7097-S7099 [18JY]

Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act: Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Inc., S5908 [27JN]

———Christian Richter, several trade and professional associations, S5909 [27JN]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S5908 [27JN]

———Jeremiah Baumann, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S5909 [27JN]

———Kevin Mills, Environmental Defense (organization), S5909 [27JN]

———Patricia G. Kenworthy, National Environmental Trust, S5909 [27JN]

———Patricia Gallagher, National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, S5909 [27JN]

Tax incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites: several Representatives, H6824 [25JY]

Tax treatment of employee stock purchase plans: John P. Palafoutas, American Electronics Association, S11424 [31OC]

———Roderic W. Lewis, Micron Technology, Inc., S11424 [31OC]

Transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund Dept. of Justice litigation against tobacco industry: several veterans organizations, H4496 [15JN]

Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), S10398 [12OC]

———Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of Transportation, S10230 [11OC]

Tribute to ``Building Skills for America'' signature campaign participants: several Members of Congress, E1805 [17OC]

———several Senators, S9190 [25SE]

Tribute to Regas Restaurant: Joseph L. Johnson, E1894 [24OC]

———Vera Roberts, E1894 [24OC]

U.S. entertainment industry impact on the Ukraine: Ukrainian religious leader, H7570 [13SE]

Use of H-1B program nonimmigrant workers in the high technology industry: several African American business and educational organizations, H1845, H1846 [5AP]

Withdraw U.S. membership and funding from the World Trade Organization: Ernest S. Micek, Emergency Committee for American Trade, H4805 [21JN]

———U.S. Alliance for Trade Expansion, H4806 [21JN]

Workforce investment programs funding: J. Thomas Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S5967 [28JN]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S5968 [28JN]

———Massachusetts Municipal Association, S5969 [28JN]

———Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston, MA, S5968 [28JN]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, S5966 [28JN]

Lists

American Meat Institute, S5100 [14JN]

Communities for Safer Guns Coalition, H4888-H4890 [21JN]

Contract Services Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

Contributors to disaster assistance for Southwest Georgia, S1741 [27MR]

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

Foremost Foods, Inc., employees on Guam, E1679 [4OC]

Newswire stories on gambling, H6064 [17JY]

Northeast Regional Council Matchmakers High Performance Team, S4292 [23MY]

Organizations opposed to S. 625, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S171 [1FE]

Pending tax cuts in the 106th Congress, S7607 [26JY]

Supporters of H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, E1939 [25OC]

Supporters of S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, S5218 [15JN]

Supporters of S. 2105, Antitampering Act, S819 [24FE]

Supporters of S. 2718, Energy Efficient Buildings Incentives Act, E1634 [29SE]

U.S. agricultural trade balance and deficit with the People's Republic of China, S8550 [14SE]

U.S. Alliance for Trade Expansion, H4806-H4808 [21JN]

U.S. Trustee Program bankruptcy criminal cases, S5386-S5389 [20JN]

Memorandums

Quality Health-Care Coalition Act: Morton Rosenberg, Congressional Research Service, H5633-H5635 [29JN]

Messages

Consumer Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act: President Clinton, S3944 [15MY], S4011 [16MY], H2975 [15MY]

Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With Bahrain: President Clinton, S4329 [23MY]

Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With Bolivia: President Clinton, S4329 [23MY]

Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With Croatia: President Clinton, S4330 [23MY]

Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With El Salvador: President Clinton, S4329 [23MY]

Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With Honduras: President Clinton, S4329 [23MY]

Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With Jordan: President Clinton, S4330 [23MY]

Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With Lithuania: President Clinton, S8030 [5SE]

Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With Mozambique: President Clinton, S4330 [23MY]

Federal Labor Relations Authority Report: President Clinton, S7653 [26JY], H7061 [26JY]

National Emergency Relative to Narcotics Traffickers in Colombia: President Clinton, S3256 [2MY], S10799 [19OC], H2374 [2MY], H10461 [19OC]

Telecommunications Services Payments to Cuba: President Clinton, S1745 [27MR], S8756 [19SE], H1422 [28MR], H7817 [19SE]

Motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9788, H9791 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11205 [27OC], H9840 [12OC]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), H487 [16FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H67 [31JA], H129 [1FE]

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]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H866 [9MR]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H899 [9MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11416 [31OC]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2819 [10MY]

Papers

On the Commodification of Medicine: Senator Moynihan, S7207-S7210 [19JY]

Petitions and memorials

Lenexa, KS: Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2798 [10MY]

Poems

``Fence or an Ambulance,'' Joseph Malins, S8262 [8SE]

``Ode to Sholl's Cafeteria,'' John R. Seitz, E836 [25MY]

Press releases

FTC Charges Drug Manufacturers With Stifling Competition in Two Prescription Drug Markets: FTC, H5309 [28JN]

Fuel Economy Cost May Be Compromised To Meet Tougher Emission Standards in Next-Generation Cars: National Research Council, S6320 [10JY]

Governor Requests Disaster Designation for Fruit Growers in South and Southwest Michigan: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]

House GOP Minimum Wage Plan Offers $11 in Upper-Income Tax Breaks for Every $1 in Wage Hikes for Low Earners: Citizens for Tax Justice (organization), H858 [9MR]

New NAM Report on Manufacturing Trade Finds NAFTA Responsible for Half of U.S. Export Growth in 2000: National Association of Manufacturers, S8541 [14SE]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: AMA, S4788 [8JN]

Proclamations

National Biotechnology Month: President Clinton, S60 [26JA]

RK HO

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, H8293 [27SE]

Remarks in House

A.O. Reed & Co.: San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Spirit of Cooperation Award recipient, E786 [19MY]

Advertising: use of false suggestions by certain businesses that they financially support the Olympic games, E1492 [14SE]

Aerospace Electronic Commerce Day: observance, E1237 [14JY]

Agriculture: disaster assistance to fruit producers, H5705 [10JY]

———enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), H10874, H10875 [25OC], E1977 [28OC]

———establish grants and loans for equity capital to establish farmer-owned cooperatives, H1566, H1567 [29MR]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (H.R. 3513), H1947 [6AP]

———impose a moratorium on large agribusiness mergers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, H1070-H1072 [15MR]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year, H7064 [26JY]

———labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (H.R. 1144), H1072 [15MR]

———price supports for wool and mohair, H5776, H5777 [11JY]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power, H5704 [10JY]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, E1212 [11JY]

AID: ensure gender-related issues are considered in program decisions, H5996, H5997 [13JY]

Air pollution: clean air standards, H8778, H8779, H8780 [4OC]

Airbus Industries: subsidies by European countries, H1082 [16MR]

Alcoholic beverages: prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to minors (H.R. 2161), E1782 [13OC]

Alpine Bank: Grand Junction, CO, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, E145 [15FE]

America Online, Inc.: anniversary, E839 [25MY]

American Business Women's Association: anniversary, E1524 [19SE]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (H.R. 4780), E1146 [29JN]

———prohibit importation, sale, or manufacturing of products made with dog or cat fur, H6923, H6924 [25JY], E1919 [25OC]

Anschutz, Philip: Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans honoree, E649 [4MY]

Armed Forces: implement an allowance for members subjected to lengthy or numerous deployments, and require studies on tax credits for employers of National Guard members, and the expansion of military programs for youth (H.R. 4208), H6475 [19JY]

Arts and humanities: characterization of sex and violence in the entertainment industry, H7717-H7719 [18SE], H7858 [19SE]

Asian Development Bank: encourage Japanese officials to improve management, institute banking reforms, and accept the U.S. nominee for a vice president's position, E826 [24MY]

Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.: anniversary, E814 [23MY]

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4840), H7384, H7385 [12SE]

AT&T: antitrust legislation relative to merger with MediaOne, E2036 [31OC]

Austria: boycott relative to inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government, H167 [2FE]

———boycott relative to inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (H. Res. 417), H223 [8FE], H517 [29FE]

Aviation: address problems dealing with quality of airline service, H5728 [10JY]

———investigate unfair competition by major air carriers against new entrant air carriers, H1004 [15MR]

———merger of United Airlines, Inc., and US Airways, Inc., H7068 [26JY], E1090 [23JN], E1644 [2OC]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to General Motors Corp., assembly plant, E1578 [25SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws, H8097 [26SE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9788-H9796 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9809 [11OC], H9832-H9840 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 624), H9826-H9832 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), motion to instruct conferees, H9791-H9796 [11OC]

———amend laws (S. 625), E134 [14FE]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, H9830, H9835-H9837 [12OC]

———revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (H.R. 1161), H10690-H10698 [24OC], E1528 [19SE]

BATF: prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, H6703-H6705 [20JY]

Bliss Manufacturing Co., Inc.: bankruptcy filing, H938 [14MR]

Block Communications, Inc.: anniversary, E2075 [3NO]

Boston, MA: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103, E1198 [11JY]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1976-H1984 [10AP]

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

Bush, George W.: economic plan, H8746 [4OC], H9874 [12OC], H10230 [18OC], H10903-H10905 [25OC], H11474 [28OC], H11507, H11508 [29OC], H11749 [1NO], H11789 [2NO]

Buy American Act: compliance, H407 [15FE], H1493 [29MR], H1603, H1604 [30MR], H1820 [5AP], H2155, H2156, H2163 [12AP], H2465 [3MY], H2561, H2565, H2566 [4MY], H3076 [16MY], H3959 [7JN], H6016 [13JY], H6689 [20JY]

Caine, Nona and Bill: Versailles, MO, Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, E791 [19MY]

California: Excellence in Business Award recipients, E1363 [27JY]

Carleo, Louie D.: Pueblo, CO, Chamber of Commerce Charles W. Crews Business Leader of the Year award recipient, E1185 [10JY]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5562-H5574 [29JN]

Celanese Chemicals (business): La Porte-Bayshore, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year award recipient, E1798 [16OC]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8123-H8132, H8154 [26SE], E1488 [14SE], E1646 [2OC]

———provide liability relief for small parties, innocent landowners, and prospective purchasers (H.R. 2940), H8129 [26SE]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment, H5174 [27JN]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (H.R. 1300), H8131 [26SE]

Chicago, IL: FAA allocation of slots at O'Hare International Airport, H1025, H1027 [15MR]

China, People's Republic of: effects of permanent normal trade relations on U.S. agricultural interests, H3730, H3733, H3740 [24MY]

———purchase of missiles and warships from Russia, H5848 [12JY], H7284 [7SE], H8000 [25SE]

———transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H5080 [23JN]

CIA: investigate the effects of foreign espionage on U.S. trade secrets, patents, technology developments, and industrial competitiveness, H3507 [22MY]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies, H737 [8MR]

Claims: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings brought by NLRB or OSHA (H.R. 1987), H331 [10FE]

Clark County, NV: closing of abandoned mines, H8000 [25SE]

Clinton, MA: tribute to Clinton High School, and NYPRO, Inc., participants at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) competition, E690 [10MY]

Clinton, President: invitation to join Lippo Group (business) Board of Directors, H8897 [5OC]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (S. 2300), H10494, H10495 [23OC]

Colorado Coalition for New Energy Technologies: tribute, E1628 [28SE]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (H.R. 4049), H1288 [23MR], H8561-H8570 [2OC], E1652 [3OC]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, H12485, H12488, H12491, H12495, H12497, H12498, H12501 [15DE], E2181 [14DE]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H8436 [28SE], H9867 [12OC], H10411-H10449 [19OC], E858 [25MY], E1858 [19OC], E1877, E1878-E1880 [23OC], E1930, E1939 [25OC]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), permission to file report, H10365 [19OC]

Community development: provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives, E2246 [2JA]

———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and strategic planning communities, E990 [13JN]

Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, H4763-H4765, H4773, H4775 [20JN], H4906, H4907 [21JN]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (H.R. 4122), E448 [30MR]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (H.R. 5069), E1388 [27JY]

———encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (H.R. 4246), E545 [12AP]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce, H2970 [15MY]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), H486-H489 [16FE], H2638 [8MY]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4351-H4366 [14JN], E1026, E1034 [15JN], E1071 [21JN], E1078 [22JN], E1097 [23JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 523), H4346-H4351 [14JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), insert H.R. 1714 language in lieu, H487 [16FE]

———ensure consumer access to electronic records dealing with the consent granted through an electronic signature, H4360 [14JN]

———establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (H.R. 4059), H3534 [23MY], E494 [5AP]

———extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes, encourage States to develop a streamlined sales and use tax system, and authorize an Interstate Sales and Use Tax Compact, H2802 [10MY]

———impose a permanent moratorium on Internet access taxes, extend a moratorium on electronic commerce taxes, and encourage States to adopt a uniform sales and use tax (H.R. 4267), E564 [13AP], E623 [3MY], E741 [17MY]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet, H11232 [26OC]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (H.R. 3125), H6057-H6068 [17JY], E1269 [19JY], E1304 [24JY]

———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail, H3057 [16MY]

———protection of databases, E1759 [12OC], E1974 [28OC]

———provide law enforcement officials with the authority and resources to combat the transmission of computer viruses, H2597 [4MY]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (H.R. 3113), H2514 [4MY], H6369-H6374 [18JY]

———restrict use of mandatory minimum personnel experience and educational requirements in procurement of information technology goods or services unless sufficiently justified (H.R. 3582), H2353-H2357 [2MY], H9660 [11OC]

———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (H. Con. Res. 300), H2350-H2353 [2MY]

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

Connecticut: tribute to ``Westfield Works Wonders'' charity event, E2016 [28OC]

Consumer League of New Jersey: anniversary, E886 [6JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (H.R. 534), H8688-H8690 [3OC], E1718 [6OC]

———authority of administrative law judges to bar companies from receiving Federal contracts, H7379 [12SE]

Copyrights: preserve efficient low-cost commercial financing of enterprises based upon the security of their copyrights and assets (H.R. 4351), E926 [9JN]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (H.R. 4586), E900 [6JN]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports, E2015 [28OC]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (H.R. 4311), E587 [13AP]

———provide incentives for voluntary monitoring of electronic commerce sites (H.R. 5673), E2233 [15DE]

Crown Central Petroleum Corp.: anniversary of lockout of union workers, H192 [2FE]

Customs Service: computer system modernization funding, H6626, H6631 [20JY]

Daub, J. Anderson: Time (publication) Quality Dealer Award recipient, E194 [29FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, H11509, H11510 [29OC]

Defense Production Act: extend expiration date (H.R. 1715), H7677 [18SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (H.R. 4218), E509 [6AP]

———efforts to combat food industry monopolistic pricing practices and antitrust activities, E1169 [30JN]

———Market Access Program funding, H5701-H5704 [10JY], H5789 [11JY]

———vegetable production systems development funding, H5772 [11JY]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: analyze impact of contract bundling on small businesses, H3284, H3287 [17MY]

———efforts to privatize purchasing and procurement of supplies, H1682 [4AP]

———privatization of certain military and civilian positions in Guam, H1669-H1671 [3AP], H1988 [10AP]

———privatization of certain military and civilian positions relative to Guam, H925-H928 [13MR]

———privatization of utility systems on military installations, H3316 [18MY]

———procurement of ball and roller bearings, H3325 [18MY]

———prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, H3326, H3328, H3329 [18MY]

———purchase of warships from foreign sources, H8066 [26SE]

———strengthen the National Defense Features program (H.R. 5488), E1836, E1844 [19OC]

———tribute to U.S.-flag Cruise Ship Pilot Project, E1263 [18JY]

Dept. of Energy: conduct a study on the economic basis of the recent increase in gasoline price levels, H5257 [27JN]

———Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program funding, H4437-H4442 [14JN]

———report on all possible means to increase domestic oil production without harming the environment, H1235, H1236 [22MR]

———report on efforts to address high gasoline price levels and to develop a national energy policy, H5259 [27JN]

Dept. of HHS: make cash awards to private entities that discover drugs that cure or prevent diseases that are a national priority (H.R. 4525), E818 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H8817 [5OC]

———empowerment zones funding, H4760, H4761, H4764, H4765 [20JN]

———establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction, H1863, H1865, H1937 [6AP]

———establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), H10655-H10690 [24OC], E1907, E1910, E1921 [25OC], E1974 [28OC]

———include builders and building inspectors on consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction, H1902 [6AP]

———prohibit funding to implement Smith & Wesson (business) gun safety settlement agreement, H4897-H4901 [21JN]

———prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, H4887-H4893 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: Antitrust Division funding, H4989-H4992 [22JN]

———establish standards for interstate transportation of prisoners by private companies (S. 1898), H12032, H12033 [7DE]

———prohibit funding to implement Smith & Wesson (business) gun safety settlement agreement, H5140-H5144 [26JN], E1244 [14JY]

———transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H3966 [7JN], H4491-H4498 [15JN], H4619, H4632-H4651 [19JN], H4735, H4736 [20JN], H5039-H5046 [23JN], H11290 [26OC], E1062 [20JN], E1167, E1169 [30JN]

Dept. of Labor: creation of high technology jobs, H4227 [13JN]

———establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program, H4280, H4281 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation: oversight of airline industry competitive activities relative to mergers (H.R. 4978), H7068 [26JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: National Veterans Business Development Corp. funding, H5132 [26JN]

Developing countries: provide assistance to microenterprises, H5899, H5943-H5945 [12JY], E1231 [13JY]

———provide assistance to microenterprises (H.R. 1143), H8886-H8893 [5OC]

———U.S. trade and private investment in developing democracies, H2633 [8MY]

District of Columbia: residential and business tax credits and incentives, H7924 [20SE]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H7875 [20SE], H7937, H7938 [21SE], H8206 [27SE], H9638, H9639, H9670, H9672-H9680, H9693-H9708 [11OC], H10394 [19OC], E1866 [19OC], E1891 [24OC], E1903 [25OC]

———distribution of prescription drugs (H.R. 4301), E586 [13AP]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (H.R. 5235), E1538 [20SE]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (H.R. 5476), E1808 [17OC]

———pharmaceutical industry research and development costs disclosure, H5774 [11JY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, H2096 [11AP]

———require pharmaceutical industry to disclose average prices charged for drugs in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, H5775, H5776 [11JY]

Durable goods: clarify statute of repose relative to existing State statutes of limitation and assertion of claims for remediation of environmental hazards, H182 [2FE]

———clarify statute of repose relative to industry standards at the time of production, H183 [2FE]

———establish a statute of repose (H.R. 2005), H173-H184 [2FE], E95 [8FE]

———establish a statute of repose (H.R. 2005), amendment process, H7 [27JA]

———establish a statute of repose (H.R. 2005), consideration (H. Res. 412), H171-H173 [2FE]

———establish a statute of repose (H.R. 2005), corrections in engrossment, H184 [2FE]

East Aurora, NY: anniversary of Vidler's 5 & 10 Store, E1070 [21JN]

Eastman Kodak Co.: anniversary of the ``Brownie'' box camera, E444 [29MR]

Eckerd Corp.: sponsorship of ``Drug Quiz Show'' drug abuse education program, E598 [2MY]

Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania: anniversary, E737 [17MY]

Economy: impact of computers and technology, H4223 [13JN]

———impact of foreign policy on domestic economic conditions, H9866 [12OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, H97 [1FE], H2501 [3MY], H7565 [13SE]

Education: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (H.R. 4216), H8680-H8682 [3OC]

Edwards Life Sciences (business): tribute, E493 [5AP]

EII, Inc.: tribute to employee safety and health programs, E1397, E1399 [6SE]

Electric power: impact of competition within the electric utility industry on reliability and demands on electric grid systems, E1154 [29JN]

———protect consumers against rate increases in Western regions, H7220 [6SE]

Electronic commerce: require disclosure of ownership and management information on Internet websites (H.R. 5620), E2060 [1NO]

Employment: encourage employer vocational rehabilitation for disabled workers, E1432, E1435 [7SE]

———increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers (H.R. 5362), H9048-H9052 [6OC], E1674 [4OC]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees, H889, H900 [9MR]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (H.R. 2355), E1463 [13SE]

———summer youth jobs programs funding, H1512 [29MR]

Entertainment industry: encourage production of independent films and television programs, E1997 [28OC]

EPA: impact of regulations and inspectors' decisions on business, H9513 [10OC]

FAA: Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation funding (H.R. 2607), H9949, H9950 [17OC]

Fair Labor Standards Act: protect employees who seek equal wages (H.R. 4597), E910 [7JN]

Families and domestic relations: expand tax credits and grant programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child care, H3932 [7JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (H.R. 4499), E788 [19MY]

FCC: regulation of pay phones, E1923 [25OC]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco, H7087-H7090 [26JY], E1169 [30JN]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 4042), H1127 [21MR], E371 [21MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 4207), H1847-H1849 [5AP], H2114 [11AP], H2503 [3MY]

———investigate drug manufacturer pricing practices relative to Medicare, E1655 [3OC], E1764 [12OC], E1792 [13OC]

———investigation of drug manufacturer pricing practices relative to Medicare and Medicaid, E1882 [23OC], E2033, E2037 [31OC]

———prohibit funding to vaccine-related advisory committees that grant conflicts of interest waivers, H5777-H5779 [11JY]

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

Federal contracts: prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations, H6672-H6684 [20JY], E1298 [21JY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates relative to minimum wage levels, H879-H881 [9MR]

FEMA: compliance with Buy American Act when providing non-emergency financial assistance for a construction project (H.R. 3589), E94 [8FE]

Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy when establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (H.R. 3320), E1652 [3OC]

———establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (H.R. 4490), E763 [18MY]

———repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 4067), H2076-H2079 [11AP], E543 [12AP], E581 [13AP], E621 [3MY]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (H.R. 4427), E713 [11MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4380), E652, E653 [4MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4585), H6606 [20JY]

Firearms: lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, H467-H473 [16FE]

Fish and fishing: commercial lobster fisheries assistance funding, H1567 [29MR]

———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]

———West Coast fisheries assistance funding, H1484, H1490, H1491, H1567 [29MR]

Florida, NY: tribute to Orange County Onion Harvest Festival, E439 [29MR]

Foreign aid: require countries receiving foreign assistance engage in fair business practices (H.R. 4697), H6950-H6952 [25JY], E1060 [20JN]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa, E1064 [20JN]

———international labor standards programs funding, H4092-H4094 [8JN]

———protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, E1891 [24OC]

Foreign trade: access of U.S. business to markets, H154-H157 [1FE]

———national objectives priority assignments, E2076 [3NO]

———U.S. deficit, H999 [15MR], H1141 [21MR], H3150 [16MY], H3530 [23MY], H11958 [5DE], E2076 [3NO]

Foremost Foods, Inc.: anniversary of establishment on Guam, E1678 [4OC]

Free enterprise: tribute, E494 [5AP]

Fresno, CA: Fresno Compact recipient of National Alliance of Business Distinguished Performance Award, E1030 [15JN]

Friedman Bag Co.: anniversary, E1542 [20SE]

FRS: preserve requirement for the annual bank fee report by the Board of Governors (H.R. 5341), E1628 [28SE]

———promote accountability, H6450 [18JY]

FTC: antitrust activities funding, H4989-H4992 [22JN]

———report on marketing of violence to children by entertainment industry, H7569 [13SE]

Gambia: support for economic development, E1149 [29JN]

Gambling: combat illegal activities in the gaming industry, E469 [30MR], E1953 [26OC]

Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, L.L.C.: Pasadena, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year award recipient, E771 [19MY]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan-H8300 [27SE], H8442 [28SE], H8746 [4OC], H11508 [29OC]

———receipt of campaign contributions from entertainment industry, H7741 [19SE]

Gould Construction (business): Associated General Contractors of America Design-Build Award recipient, E1395 [27JY]

Government: impact of economic prosperity on personal liberties, H187-H191 [2FE]

———impact of regulations on personal liberties, H186 [2FE]

Goya Foods, Inc.: tribute for donation of historical archive to the Smithsonian Institution, E1551 [21SE]

Graphic International Communications (organization): tribute, E1007 [14JN]

Grasmick, Nancy S.: McGraw-Hill Cos., Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Prize in Education award recipient, H8310, H8311 [27SE]

Great Lakes: prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals, H11828 [3NO]

Groswold, Jerry: Denver & Colorado Travel Industry Hall of Fame inductee, E920 [9JN]

Hach-Darrow, Kathryn (Kitty): Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E47 [1FE]

Hallowell, James and Coke: Excellence in Business Hall of Fame Award recipients, E1358 [27JY]

Hammond, IN: tribute to Carpenter's Union Local 599 honorees, E523 [10AP]

Hanna Rubber Co.: anniversary, E1762 [12OC]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H11930 [4DE]

———reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 2980), H8775, H8776 [4OC]

———require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (H.R. 2667), H8775 [4OC]

Health: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (H.R. 3631), E116 [10FE]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H3416 [19MY], H3756-H3763 [24MY], H3860-H3863 [25MY], H5440, H5627-H5652 [29JN], E1185, E1189, E1191 [10JY]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5617-H5626 [29JN]

———encourage private-sector distributors of the influenza vaccine to give priority to distributing the available vaccine to individuals at a high risk of developing complications from influenza (H. Res. 672), E2160 [8DE]

———ethical standards of health care facilities and medical corporations, E1269 [19JY]

———human genome research, H3854 [25MY], E1118 [26JN]

———involvement of private companies in the trafficking of fetal tissue and body parts, H759, H761, H762 [9MR], H1081 [16MR], E315 [15MR]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information, H3912 [6JN], E1272 [19JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7875 [20SE], H11516-H11520 [29OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H67 [31JA], H139-H143 [1FE], H367-H370 [14FE], H1465-H1468 [28MR], H2110-H2114 [11AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H129-H137 [1FE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2457), H6605, H6606 [20JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H16-H19 [27JA], H77-H81 [31JA], H96, H97, H98, H129-H137, H139-H143, H157 [1FE], H170 [2FE], H248-H252 [8FE], H275-H277 [9FE], H367-H370 [14FE], H376, H426 [15FE], H1465-H1468 [28MR], H2488, H2504 [3MY], H2745-H2748, H2750 [9MY], H5831-H5836 [11JY], H7086-H7090 [26JY], H7572-H7575 [13SE], H7985-H7988 [21SE], H10224, H10240 [18OC], H10399 [19OC], H10892-H10905 [25OC], H11245, H11247, H11248, H11250, H11253, H11254 [26OC], H11435-H11442 [27OC], H11452, H11476-H11483 [28OC], H11512-H11520 [29OC], H11595-H11608, H11609 [30OC], H11754-H11761 [1NO], H11807, H11808 [2NO], H12012-H12016 [5DE], H12036-H12040 [7DE], E7 [27JA]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), H739-H747 [8MR], H970-H974 [14MR], H6448-H6450 [18JY], H7986 [21SE]

Health care professionals: allow a patient's medical care and treatment to be decided between the health care professional and the patient, H5647, H5648 [29JN]

———ensure rights to choose whether to join a labor organization, H5641-H5643 [29JN]

———exempt discussions on requiring abortion coverage from collective bargaining negotiations between health care professionals and HMO's, H5618-H5625, H5631, H5644-H5646 [29JN]

———exempt labor negotiations with health plans from antitrust laws if the FTC or Dept. of Justice certify the negotiations, H5639-H5641 [29JN]

———negotiation over fees, payments, or reimbursements with health plans, H5637-H5639, H5643, H5644 [29JN]

Highland, IL: tribute to Highland Council of the Catholic Fraternal Life Insurance Co., E401 [23MR]

Hill, Dennis: Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado Nursery Person of the Year award recipient, E204 [1MR]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections, E2182 [14DE]

———technical corrections (H.R. 3637), H3578-H3581 [23MY]

Honda of South Carolina Manufacturing, Inc.: expansion of all-terrain vehicle plant, E141 [15FE]

Housing: private mortgage insurance requirements, H1863 [6AP]

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]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (H.R. 3983), H1052, H1055 [15MR]

———provide special immigrant status for certain U.S. international broadcasting employees (S. 3239), H11699-H11701 [31OC], E2059 [1NO]

———treatment of H-1B nonimmigrant aliens, H7741 [19SE]

———use of H-1B program nonimmigrant workers in the high technology industry, H1845 [5AP]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H738 [8MR], H760, H761, H762, H792-H879 [9MR], H1083 [16MR], E278 [9MR], E285 [13MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H773-H792 [9MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), motion to recommit, H876, H877 [9MR]

India: importance to U.S. high technology industries, E356 [21MR]

Inflation: impact of wage levels on interest rates, H7347 [7SE]

Inoue, Akira: Guam Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E933 [9JN]

Insurance: require large employers to notify their employees of the amount paid by the employer for employee health coverage (H.R. 5440), E1766 [12OC]

Interagency Group on Insular Affairs: provide guidance on Federal policies towards U.S. territories, H222 [8FE]

International Hydraulic Cylinder Repair, Inc.: International Organization of Standardization 9002 registration recipient, E339 [16MR]

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization: permit foreign employees to maintain visa status after privatization, H9544 [10OC]

International Terminals Co.: Deer Park, TX, Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year Award recipient, E1843 [19OC]

Internet Nondiscrimination Act: impact of unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments, H2785, H2786 [10MY]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment, H11202 [26OC]

———provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (H. Res. 635), H10068 [18OC]

———respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, H938 [14MR]

IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H6689-H6692 [20JY]

———impact of technical advice memoranda on the low-income housing tax credit program, E2171 [11DE]

———restructure and reform, H1770 [5AP]

Italian Gardens Restaurant: anniversary, E1763 [12OC]

ITC: study the impact of prescription drug prices on the economy, E1299 [21JY]

Jacobs, Irwin: Achievement Reward for College Scientists (organization) Scientist of the Year award recipient, E530 [11AP]

Jacobsen, Thomas A.: World Trade Center Association Los Angeles-Long Beach Hall of Fame inductee, E673 [9MY]

Kazakhstan: support economic and political development, E192 [29FE], E209 [1MR], E376 [22MR], E449, E469 [30MR]

Kemp, Rose: Missouri Women's Council Rose Kemp Public Service Award recipient, E579 [13AP]

Kentucky: tribute to telecommunications companies for providing high-speed Internet access to local communities, H1001 [15MR]

King, Beverly A.: National Minority Enterprise Development Week Award recipient, E1410 [6SE]

Kizer, Yolanda Collazos: Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, E504 [6AP]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the democratic rights of union members (H.R. 4963), E1333 [27JY]

Life Insurance Co. of Georgia: investigation into African-American policyholder premium rates, E2209 [15DE]

Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding (business): tribute, E1263 [18JY]

Lockheed Martin Corp.: filing of discrimination claims against management, H169 [2FE]

———tribute to C-130J aircraft, E509 [6AP]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (H. Con. Res. 252), E161 [16FE], E1295, E1301 [21JY]

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

Macomb County, MI: tribute to Warren-Center Line-Sterling Heights Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame inductees, E2118 [4DE]

Macon Iron and Paper Stock, Inc.: Georgia Dept. of Labor Director's Award for Safety recipient, E1861 [19OC]

Man, WV: tribute to Arch Coal Co., and United Mine Workers of America for efforts to reopen Appalachian Regional Hospital, E1474 [13SE]

Maryland: tribute to ``Westfield Works Wonders'' charity event, E2077 [3NO]

McDonald's Corp.: EPA Waste Wise Partner of the Year recipient, E1810 [17OC]

McVaney, Ed: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E45 [1FE]

Medicare: approve all cost-sharing amounts of Medicare+Choice plans and prohibit such plans from manipulating cost-sharing amounts to avoid sicker patients, E1833 [19OC]

———reimbursement of prescription drug costs at the average wholesale price, E1524 [19SE], E1620, E1622 [28SE]

———reimbursement rates for drugs, E2194 [15DE]

MICROMEDEX (business): tribute to POISINDEX electronic database, E403 [23MR]

Microsoft Corp.: appeals court process relative to application of antitrust laws, H8747 [4OC]

———application of antitrust laws, H1660 [3AP], H2094 [11AP], E478 [3AP]

Mills Corp.: tribute, E243 [8MR]

Milwaukee, WI: tribute to Wisconsin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, E391 [22MR]

Minimum wage: level, H933 [14MR], H1659 [3AP], H4104, H4105 [8JN], H4297 [13JN], H10537 [24OC], H11209, H11210, H11212, H11213, H11216, H11244, H11245, H11263 [26OC], H11546-H11550, H11552, H11553 [30OC], E305, E310 [14MR], E331 [16MR], E473 [3AP], E1445 [13SE]

———level (H.R. 3846), H738 [8MR], H759, H760, H761, H762, H879-H902 [9MR], E285, E287 [13MR], E344 [16MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H773-H792 [9MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), corrections in enrollment, H902 [9MR]

Missouri: Lake of the Ozarks Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) Chapter recipient of SBA National SCORE Chapter of the Year award, E541 [12AP]

Moll, William G.: American Advertising Federation Silver Medal Award recipient, E927 [9JN]

Montgomery County, MD: tribute to Chamber of Commerce Valor Award recipients, E553 [13AP]

Moody, Dorothy M.: Bowden, TX, Business and Professional Women (organization) Woman of the Year award recipient, E1780 [13OC]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, H3425, H3428 [19MY], H4534, H4535 [15JN], E820 [24MY]

———impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (H.R. 4441), H9569-H9573 [10OC], E706 [11MY]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products, H9631 [10OC]

———prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (H.R. 5479), E1803 [17OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), H9624-H9632 [10OC], E1778 [13OC], E1803, E1816 [17OC], E2024 [30OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 428), H9852 [12OC]

———require tire manufacturers to clearly print identification numbers to allow consumers to easily identify recalled products and ensure that a replacement and reimbursement process for recalled tires is in place, H9630 [10OC]

Motorola, Inc.: investment in People's Republic of China relative to permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, H3534 [23MY]

MyPinstripes.com (internet site): tribute, E1241 [14JY]

NASA: tribute to Advanced Communications Technology Satellite project, E680 [9MY]

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.: tribute to Northeast District, E862 [25MY]

National Biotechnology Month: observance, E20 [27JA], E30, E31, E36 [31JA], E49 [1FE]

National Enzyme Co.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Merit Status designee, E1288 [21JY]

National Groundhog Job Shadow Day: observance, E68 [3FE]

National Reconnaissance Office: contracting of satellite launch services, H9853, H9855 [12OC], H12070-H12072 [11DE]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3532, H3533, H3534 [23MY], E859, E871 [25MY]

National Western Stock Show: forum on biotechnology, international trade, and Federal farm policies, E464 [30MR]

Native Americans: provide for business development and trade promotion (S. 2719), H10509-H10511 [23OC]

———reduce Federal oversight over contracts and choice of counsel, and require disclosure of tribal governments' sovereign immunity in contracts (S. 613), H520 [29FE]

———repeal Indian racial preference laws (H.R. 5523), E1864 [19OC]

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

New Jersey: tribute to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, E1874 [19OC]

New Market Venture Capital Program: establish, H6824, H6838 [25JY]

New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.: tribute, E237 [8MR]

Newark, NJ: anniversary of Service Employees International Union Local 617, E2017 [29OC]

NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration, H8080 [26SE]

———authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 4906), E1285 [21JY]

———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]

———Global Standards Program funding, H5151 [26JN]

———Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5158 [26JN]

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: report on the future of the U.S. steel industry and the role of technology, E1482 [14SE]

Northern Mariana Islands: GAO report on the effect of the garment and tourist industries on the economy, E238 [8MR]

Oberstar, Representative: use of inappropriate term to describe status of proposed minority-owned airline, H4597 [19JN]

Occupational safety and health: partnership between OSHA and the Ohio Valley Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., E300 [14MR], E448 [30MR], E496 [5AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence, H1176 [22MR]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (H.R. 3539), H11 [27JA]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: prohibit interference with certain foreign intellectual property laws or policies designed to make pharmaceuticals or medical technologies more affordable, H5151-H5153 [26JN]

———U.S.-European Union Group on Biotechnology funding relative to agricultural biotechnology products approval process, H5156-H5158 [26JN]

Oregon: implementation of Green Permits Program to develop environmental initiatives between industry and State regulators, E2226 [15DE]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4051, H4064, H4094-H4104 [8JN], H4307 [13JN], H9640 [11OC], H11669-H11673, H11678 [31OC], H11718-H11725 [1NO], H11787, H11792, H11793, H11797, H11801 [2NO]

Panamax (business): anniversary, E1237 [14JY]

Pasadena, TX: OSHA investigation of explosion at Phillips Petroleum Co., plant, H1451 [28MR]

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

———improve quality of patents on certain inventions (H.R. 5364), E1651 [3OC], E1659 [4OC]

Pennsylvania: impact of petroleum shortages and prices on local producers, H8921 [5OC]

Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (H.R. 2902), H853 [9MR]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 4747), E1110 [26JN]

———waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, E1323 [26JY]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H705 [8MR], H760 [9MR], H924 [13MR], H960-H962 [14MR], H1000 [15MR], H1082, H1115 [16MR], H1156-H1158 [21MR], H1176 [22MR], H1289 [23MR], H1491 [29MR], H1614, H1615, H1622, H1623, H1626 [30MR], H1835-H1840 [5AP], H4178 [12JN], H4227 [13JN], H4344, H4475-H4477 [14JN], H4658 [19JN], H4910 [21JN], H5165 [26JN], H5174, H5175, H5210, H5271 [27JN], H5441, H5442 [29JN], H5660 [10JY], H5850 [12JY], H6057 [17JY], H6369 [18JY], H6604 [20JY], H7285 [7SE], H7743, H7828 [19SE], H8205 [27SE], H8434 [28SE], H8914, H8916, H8919 [5OC], E329 [16MR], E413 [23MR], E430 [28MR], E519 [10AP], E1644 [2OC], E2157 [8DE]

———ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast, E543 [12AP]

———impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products, H1233-H1235 [22MR]

———impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products (H.R. 3902), H4178 [12JN], H5090 [26JN]

———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands, H1232 [22MR]

———suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (H.R. 4007), H11792 [2NO]

———tax incentives to encourage domestic production, H12089 [14DE]

Petty, Bill: Grand Junction, CO, Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E210 [1MR]

Pharmaceuticals: eliminate barriers to improve access to generic drugs, H7742 [19SE], E1527, E1528, E1529 [19SE]

———impact of pharmaceutical company mergers on prices, competition, and research activities, E973 [12JN]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (H.R. 3636), E114 [10FE]

———reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research, H4291-H4293 [13JN]

Phipps, Allan: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E29 [31JA]

Phipps, Gerald H.: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E30 [31JA]

Pitney Bowes, Inc.: Blinded American Veterans Foundation Corporate Award recipient, E1358, E1361 [27JY]

Political campaigns: investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to the transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to the People's Republic of China, H7505 [13SE]

Portec Rail Products, Inc.: effect of surge of steel imports from the People's Republic of China, E1471 [13SE]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, H5248 [27JN], E888 [6JN]

———effects of deregulation of electric utilities, H7246, H7247 [6SE]

———incorporation of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel into strategic fuel reserves, H4475-H4477 [14JN]

———restore ownership of uranium enrichment facilities to the Federal Government (H.R. 4883), H6090 [17JY], H6440 [18JY]

Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (H.R. 5571), E1949 [26OC]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet, H11450 [28OC]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (H.R. 5430), E1934 [25OC]

———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (H.R. 3560), E111 [10FE]

Product safety: establish flammability testing standards and labeling regulations for upholstered furniture which is sold in interstate commerce (H.R. 4368), E626 [3MY]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (H.R. 4281), H10007-H10011 [17OC], E1967 [28OC]

———tribute to CPSC and Postal Service efforts to expose defective products, E964 [9JN]

Public utilities: provide for the reliability of the electric power transmission system (H.R. 4941), H11321 [26OC]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits (H.R. 2138), H6839 [25JY], E1363 [27JY]

Ree's Contract Service, Inc.: anniversary, E2119 [4DE]

Reflexite Corp.: anniversary of founding and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, E1447 [13SE]

Regas Restaurant: tribute, E1893 [24OC]

Regulatory Flexibility Act: anniversary, H7740 [19SE]

Richmond, VA: anniversary of Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) Chapter 12, E583 [13AP]

Rippy, Gregg: Colorado Contractors Association Contractor of the Year award recipient, E64 [2FE]

Rivers: economic development assistance for the lower Mississippi Delta region, H10358 [19OC], H11818 [3NO]

Robinson, Dick: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E42 [1FE]

Robinson, Eddie: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E42 [1FE]

Ronald McDonald House Charities: designation by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (organization) as one of the top ten corporate citizens for the Hispanic community, E1641 [2OC]

Roth, Cynthia G.: ATHENA Foundation ATHENA Award recipient, E635 [4MY]

Rucker, Bob: Greater Merced, CA, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E1093 [23JN]

Rural areas: improve access to technological advancements, H8605 [2OC]

———national policy to improve education and economy, H1827 [5AP]

SBA: conduct study on average time required to process loan applications, H1038, H1039 [15MR]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), H9796 [11OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11546-H11555 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 533), H5190-H5194 [27JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11243-H11264 [26OC], H11362-H11368, H11414 [27OC], H11497, H11499, H11500, H11504, H11505, H11506 [29OC], H11532 [30OC], H11793 [2NO], E1997, E1999, E2004 [28OC], E2039, E2041 [31OC], E2052 [1NO]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11209-H11230 [26OC]

———microentrepreneurs development programs funding, H5159 [26JN]

———reauthorize loan programs, H12484, H12492 [15DE], E2240 [2JA]

———Women's Business Centers and National Women's Business Council funding, H4979-H4984 [22JN]

SEC: proposed rule affecting consulting affiliates of auditing firms, H10225 [18OC], E1852 [19OC]

———recordkeeping requirements relative to the purchase of penny stocks, H4360, H4361 [14JN]

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE): tribute, H9516 [10OC]

Sharp, Larry: San Bernardino County (CA) Sun Business Leader of the Year award recipient, E974 [12JN]

Sherrill's Bakery: tribute, E412 [23MR]

Sholl's Cafeteria (business): anniversary, E836 [25MY]

Skills USA-VICA, Inc.: tribute to ``Building Skills for America'' signature campaign, E1805 [17OC]

Small business: allow Federal court jurisdiction over claims dealing with interference in interstate commerce and antitrust matters, H479 [16FE]

———export enhancement assistance, E1437 [11SE]

———limit punitive damages against small businesses except in cases where they are proven to have acted with specific intent to cause harm, H476, H477 [16FE]

———permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (H.R. 4944), H8084-H8086 [26SE], E1313 [25JY]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H463-H486 [16FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), amendment process, H280 [10FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (H. Res. 423), H461-H463 [16FE]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1032-H1039 [15MR], E332, E345 [16MR]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (H. Res. 439), H1030-H1032 [15MR]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (H.R. 3845), H940-H942 [14MR]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: define ``punitive damages'' as those awarded to punish or deter similar behavior and not including civil penalties, fines, or treble damages assessed by a State or Federal agency, H478, H479 [16FE]

———define ``small business'' relative to revenue and clarify provisions on product liability, hate crimes, and State punitive damages application and opt-out procedures, H480-H485 [16FE]

Smith & Wesson (business): agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols, H1483 [29MR], H1632 [3AP], H2017 [11AP]

Soin, Raj: naming of Wright State University's College of Business and Administration in honor, E1456 [13SE]

South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp.: anniversary, E1897 [25OC]

Southwire Co.: anniversary, E399 [23MR]

Space policy: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (H.R. 2607), H9949, H9950 [17OC]

Sports: reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional boxing (H.R. 1832), H3489-H3491 [22MY], E828 [24MY], E844 [25MY]

Springfield Remanufacturing Corp.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Site designee, E1320 [26JY]

Staggers Rail Act: anniversary, E1774 [13OC]

Standard Register Co.: tribute to Monroe, NC, facility for operation with no work-related injuries, E1457 [13SE]

States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (H. Con. Res. 312), H5179-H5181 [27JN]

Sterling Life Insurance Co.: enrollment policies for Medicare+Choice fee-for-service plan, E1833 [19OC]

Stiles Corp.: National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Developer of the Year award recipient, E855 [25MY]

SunCruz Casino, LLD: tribute to new ownership, E1953 [26OC]

Surface Transportation Board: development of new standards for rail mergers, E363 [21MR]

———strengthen railroad merger review standards and apply Federal antitrust laws to rail carriers and railroad transportation (H.R. 4514), E803 [22MY]

Tabor, Horace: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E43 [1FE]

Taft, CA: anniversary, E1806 [17OC]

Taxation: adoption of windfall profits tax on oil companies relative to gasoline price levels, H4681 [20JN]

———allow a credit against income tax for certain audio or video postproduction equipment (H.R. 5497), E1840 [19OC]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (H.R. 4723), E1090 [23JN]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (H.R. 5128), E1421 [7SE]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs incurred in establishing a qualified employer plan, H6517 [19JY]

———clarify certain existing limitations on private business use of facilities financed with tax-exempt bonds (H.R. 2398), E791 [19MY]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (H.R. 4383), E646 [4MY]

———deny tax benefits for research conducted by pharmaceutical companies where U.S. consumers pay more for products of that research than foreign consumers (H.R. 3665), H2281 [13AP], E148 [15FE]

———designate renewal communities, H11248 [26OC], H12484, H12485, H12494 [15DE]

———encourage the granting of employee stock options (H.R. 4972), E1339 [27JY]

———enhanced research credit for development of smart gun technologies (H.R. 5012), E1973 [28OC]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency, H6826 [25JY]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites, H6823 [25JY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (H.R. 5506), E1916 [25OC]

———extend incentives for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites, H12500 [15DE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2785-H2821 [10MY], H3477 [22MY], E712, E720 [11MY], E742 [17MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), consideration (H. Res. 496), H2783-H2785 [10MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), motion to recommit, H2819 [10MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 4460), E741 [17MY]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (H.R. 4562), E857 [25MY]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (H.R. 4192), E504 [6AP]

———promote job creation and expand small businesses in economically-distressed communities (H.R. 3247), H222 [8FE]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals, H6510, H6524 [19JY], E1302 [21JY]

———provide for tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (H.R. 5159), E1882 [23OC]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (H.R. 1967), H495 [16FE]

———provide incentives for production, sale, and use of highly fuel-efficient, advanced-technology motor vehicles (H.R. 4270), E567 [13AP]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6797-H6841 [25JY], E1311 [24JY], E1330, E1339, E1343 [27JY]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, H1241-H1243 [22MR]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (H.R. 5345), E1633, E1636 [29SE]

———provide tax credits for research and development costs for vaccines for malaria, tuberculosis, or HIV, H2587 [4MY]

———rates, H10, H13 [27JA], H82 [31JA], H259 [9FE], H1000, H1002 [15MR], H1081 [16MR], H1306, H1312-H1322, H1393 [23MR], H1677 [4AP], H1770, H1838 [5AP], H1948-H1953 [6AP], H2104 [11AP], H2126, H2128 [12AP], H2246, H2255, H2256, H2330-H2334 [13AP], H2416, H2501 [3MY], H2554 [4MY], H2974 [15MY], H3162-H3164 [16MY], H4227, H4294, H4296 [13JN], H4345 [14JN], H6091-H6097 [17JY], H6361, H6362, H6441-H6448 [18JY], H6588 [19JY], H8056-H8058 [25SE], H8293-H8300 [27SE], H8442 [28SE], H8788 [4OC], H10405 [19OC], H10815 [25OC], H11247, H11251 [26OC], H11410 [27OC], H11451 [28OC], H12053 [8DE], H12485 [15DE], E1218 [13JY]

———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), veto, H2501 [3MY], H7220 [6SE], H7379 [12SE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax, H168 [2FE], H459 [16FE], H4596 [19JN], H6782 [25JY]

———repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax, H704 [8MR], H2020 [11AP]

———State tax treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, H2815, H2816 [10MY]

———treatment of computers and computer equipment (H.R. 4279), H2640 [8MY], E573 [13AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use, H2970 [15MY], H7875 [20SE]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (H.R. 4274), H2333 [13AP], H2640 [8MY], H3477 [22MY], H4223 [13JN], H7741 [19SE], H7937 [21SE], E577 [13AP]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (H.R. 5486), E1867 [19OC]

———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (H.R. 4686), E1026 [15JN]

———treatment of information technology job training expenses (H.R. 5004), E1389 [27JY]

———treatment of telecommuting (H.R. 3819), E207 [1MR]

Technology: impact on economy, H2637-H2641 [8MY]

———modify accounting system used in reviewing certain mergers and acquisitions, E343 [16MR]

Telecommunications: assure competition in markets, E114 [10FE]

———merger of Worldcom, Inc., and Sprint Corp., E1084 [22JN], E1108 [23JN]

———prohibit imposition of time-based access charges on Internet telephony (H.R. 4769), E1126 [27JN]

———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, H902-H906 [9MR], E274 [9MR], E295 [14MR], E343 [16MR], E355 [21MR]

———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (H.R. 3850), H8682-H8686 [3OC]

Telecommunications Act: anniversary, H226 [8FE], H1001 [15MR], E82 [8FE], E139 [15FE], E203 [1MR]

———impact on women and minorities, E2223 [15DE]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8272-H8275 [27SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, H11283, H11287-H11289, H11291, H11293 [26OC]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers, E2014 [28OC]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2283-H2302 [13AP], E109 [10FE], E165 [16FE], E782 [19MY]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), consideration (H. Res. 475), H2258 [13AP]

Texas: implementation of legislation to protect enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H17-H19 [27JA], H426 [15FE], H970-H974 [14MR], H11202 [26OC]

Textile industry and fabrics: establish special access program for apparel articles assembled in countries in sub-Saharan Africa solely from U.S. fabrics, yarns, and threads, E333 [16MR]

3M (company): donation of detection systems to school library media centers, E709 [11MY]

Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (H.R. 4041), E371 [21MR]

———regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, H1847-H1849 [5AP]

Umpqua Training and Employment, Inc.: anniversary, E821 [24MY]

Union Packaging L.L.C.: tribute, E682 [9MY]

United Parcel Service of America, Inc.: Forbes (publication) Company of the Year Award recipient, E26 [31JA]

University of Illinois at Chicago: Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame inductees, E569 [13AP]

Virco Manufacturing Co.: anniversary, E63 [2FE]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: importation and sale of products made in the People's Republic of China, H96 [1FE]

———tribute to employee fundraising efforts for the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia, E1053 [20JN]

Washington: tribute to biotechnology industry, E43 [1FE]

Weehawken, NJ: tribute to Panasonic ``Kid Witness News'' program and ``New Vision'' award recipients, E714 [11MY]

Weyerhaeuser Co.: tribute for assistance rendered to Eastern North Carolina after Hurricane Floyd, E1872 [19OC]

Wireless Safety Week: observance, E890 [6JN]

Women: ensure economic equity, H20, H21 [27JA]

———tribute to women-owned businesses, E193 [29FE]

Women's History Month: observance, H614 [1MR], H1081 [16MR], E375, E388, E390 [22MR], E430 [28MR], E457 [30MR]

Working Wardrobes (organization): tribute, E1806 [17OC]

World Trade Organization: ruling on U.S. law relative to illegal steel dumping, H3932 [7JN]

———threat to U.S. sovereignty, H8195-H8197 [26SE]

———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 89), H612 [1MR]

———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H1989 [10AP], H2393-H2398 [2MY], H2601-H2603 [4MY], H4657, H4670-H4672 [19JN], H4793-H4814 [21JN], E1109, E1116 [26JN]

———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (H. Res. 528), H4787-H4793 [21JN]

World War II: facilitate settlement of claims against Japanese companies by former U.S. prisoners of war used as slave labor (S. Con. Res. 158), H12509 [15DE]

Zell, Carley: Georgia Older Worker of the Year award recipient, E1668 [4OC]

Remarks in Senate

Advertising: use of false suggestions by certain businesses that they financially support the Olympic games, S8570 [14SE]

Aerospace Industry Blue Ribbon Commission: establish, S4751 [8JN]

Agriculture: disaster assistance to apple and potato producers, S7351-S7353, S7357 [20JY]

———disaster assistance to fruit producers, S7357 [20JY]

———enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 2411), S2625 [12AP], S4421 [25MY]

———enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 3243), S11132 [26OC]

———enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), S6107 [29JN], S10952, S10953 [25OC]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (S. 2745), S5271 [15JN]

———grass seed producers emergency assistance funding, S2425 [7AP]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk, S3937 [15MY]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1556-S1586 [22MR], S1624-S1642, S1651 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), unanimous-consent agreement, S1563, S1564 [22MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), unanimous-consent request, S1556, S1562 [22MR]

———improve financial situation of family farmers and ranchers, S1443-S1447 [20MR]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (S. 3049), S8588 [14SE]

———provide apple growers with long-term, low-interest loans (S. 2442), S2762 [13AP]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 2744), S5271 [15JN], S11385 [31OC]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, S7310-S7325, S7328 [20JY]

———use of Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors, S5100 [14JN]

Agriculture Research Service: postharvest handling and mechanization research relative to damaged fruit funding, S7370 [20JY]

Alaska: tribute to business efforts relative to donation of dog food to Alaskans along the Yukon River, S10398 [12OC]

American Business Women's Day: observance, S9031 [22SE]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (S. 3169), S9950 [5OC]

Antitrust policy: require companies to file a premerger notification with the Dept. of Justice or the FTC if the size of the transaction exceeds certain monetary thresholds, S11240 [27OC], S11872 [15DE]

———require companies to file a premerger notification with the Dept. of Justice or the FTC if the size of the transaction exceeds certain monetary thresholds (S. 1854), S10848-S10850 [19OC], S10920 [24OC], S10989 [25OC]

———treatment of voluntary guidelines governing telecast material, movies, video games, Internet content, and music lyrics (S. 2127), S1025 [1MR], S8606 [14SE]

Arts and humanities: characterization of sex and violence in the entertainment industry, S9920-S9922 [5OC]

Aviation: establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (S. 2891), S7243 [19JY]

———improve quality of airline service, S11022-S11024 [25OC]

———oppose the proposed merger of United Airlines, Inc., and US Airways, Inc., relative to public interest, public convenience, and necessity policies (S. Res. 344), S7692-S7694 [26JY], S9597 [2OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 833), S255-S257 [2FE], S3934-S3937 [15MY], S3965-S3970 [16MY], S4338 [24MY], S5383-S5389 [20JN], S6249 [30JN], S7383 [20JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 833), insert S. 625 language in lieu, S255 [2FE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S10345 [12OC], S10770, S10771-S10775 [19OC], S11205, S11206 [27OC], S11342 [29OC], S11368, S11378-S11381 [30OC], S11385-S11401, S11404-S11413, S11436-S11442 [31OC], S11446-S11450, S11461-S11466, S11485 [1NO], S11506 [2NO], S11552-S11554 [5DE], S11622-S11642, S11656-S11658, S11660 [6DE], S11683-S11730 [7DE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—motion to proceed, S10769 [19OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11550, S11558 [5DE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S10769 [19OC]

———amend laws (S. 625), S11 [24JA], S49-S58-S63, S72-S74 [26JA], S135-S137, S140-S144 [31JA], S167-S188, S190-S197, S200-S202 [1FE], S225-S257 [2FE], S373 [7FE], S1553, S1554, S1555 [22MR]

———amend laws (S. 625), unanimous-consent agreement, S11, S44 [24JA]

———amend laws (S. 3046), S8611 [15SE]

———automatic stays relative to tenant evictions after the filing of a bankruptcy petition, S136 [31JA], S237, S239, S243, S244, S248 [2FE], S11439 [31OC]

———discourage predatory lending practices, S53-S55 [26JA], S10771-S10775 [19OC], S11446-S11450 [1NO], S11626-S11629 [6DE], S11686 [7DE]

———ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable, S178-S188, S200 [1FE], S238-S242, S248, S249 [2FE]

———establish needs-based filing system relative to income levels, S135 [31JA]

———exclusion of pawned tangible personal property, S51, S53 [26JA]

———prohibit coercive debt collection practices, S57 [26JA], S168-S178, S190 [1FE]

———prohibit sale of customer databases containing personally identifiable information by companies in bankruptcy proceedings (S. 2857), S6575 [12JY], S11778 [14DE]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, S11439 [31OC], S11446-S11450, S11463 [1NO]

———regulation of tactics used to encourage reaffirmation agreements, S233-S236 [2FE]

———require debtors to seek help from credit counseling agencies prior to filing for bankruptcy protection, S137 [31JA], S11439 [31OC]

BATF: prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, S7596 [26JY]

Bell Atlantic Corp.: Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4235 [22MY]

Berkeley College: Woodbridge, NJ, Metro Chamber of Commerce Corporate Citizen of the Year recipient, S10996 [25OC]

Best Harvest Bakery (business): tribute, S5025 [13JN]

Borden, Jay: New Hampshire High Technology Council Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, S7830 [27JY]

Brouse, John S.: Anti-Defamation League American Heritage Award recipient, S220 [1FE]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2087-S2094 [4AP], S2145-S2155 [5AP], S2667, S2678 [13AP]

Bush, George W.: economic plan, S9918-S9920, S9923-S9927 [5OC], S10646-S10648 [18OC], S10957 [25OC], S11080-S11082, S11101-S11103 [26OC], S11263, S11264, S11279, S11282 [27OC], S11331 [29OC]

Butte, ND: effect of agribusiness and Federal agriculture policies on Butte Public School, S3185 [1MY]

Caterpillar Inc.: tribute to LaGrange, GA, plant workers for efforts relative to sick child, S163 [31JA]

CCC: emergency assistance funding for sugarcane producers in Hawaii, S7439 [21JY]

Central Paper Products (business): Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4235 [22MY]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (S. 2634), S4463 [25MY]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (S. 2590), S4194 [18MY]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 2700), S4835-S4843 [8JN], S10775 [19OC]

———provide liability relief for small parties, innocent landowners, and prospective purchasers (H.R. 2940), S7688 [26JY]

Chambers of Commerce: anniversary of founding of first chapter, S2342 [6AP]

Children and youth: protect from exposure to explicit sexual or violent material and prevent youth violence, S8494 [13SE]

China, People's Republic of: admission into World Trade Organization, S696 [22FE], S790 [24FE], S838 [28FE]

———agricultural trade balance, S8397 [12SE], S8550 [14SE]

———authorize President to report to Congress on balance of trade for cereals and soybeans and eliminate deficit, S8550-S8553, S8558 [14SE]

———commitments to reduce or eliminate trade deficit with U.S. in advanced technology products, S8396 [12SE], S8548-S8550 [14SE]

———condition eligibility for risk insurance provided by Eximbank or OPIC on certifying that no transfer of advanced technology or production facilities has occured, S8553-S8557, S8559 [14SE]

———effects of permanent normal trade relations on U.S. agricultural interests, S8405 [12SE]

———encourage U.S. businesses to adopt a voluntary code of conduct for doing business, S8471, S8476 [13SE]

———include in U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership, S4166 [18MY], S5485, S5565 [21JN], S5616 [22JN]

———make normal trade relations status contingent on a bilateral agreement with the U.S. on enforcement (S. 2548), S3922 [11MY]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (S. 172), S9934 [5OC]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (S. 2300), S1815 [28MR], S9980 [5OC]

Coast Guard: replacement of Great Lakes icebreaker Mackinaw (vessel), S1186, S1187 [6MR]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (S. 764), S1809 [28MR]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (S. 3040), S8501-S8504 [13SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): report on Vice President Gore's economic plan, S11087 [26OC]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, S11866, S11878, S11896 [15DE], S11946 [2JA]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (S. 2697), S4823-S4827 [8JN]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (S. 3283), S11924-S11927, S11941 [15DE]

Community development: expand participation in the HUBZone Program to Indian Tribal enterprises and Alaska Native corporations (S. 2569), S4019-S4021 [16MY]

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

———tribute to individuals working on HUBZone Program, S4292 [23MY]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas, S1949-S1951, S1963 [30MR]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (S. 2307), S1822 [28MR], S9599 [2OC]

———encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (S. 3188), S10256 [11OC]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), S1831 [28MR], S1843-S1846 [29MR]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), appointment of conferees—unanimous-consent request, S1206-S1209 [7MR]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, S5176, S5215-S5231 [15JN], S5281-S5290 [16JN], S5552 [21JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S5182 [15JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), unanimous-consent request, S1663 [23MR]

———ensure consumer access to electronic records dealing with the consent granted through an electronic signature, S5228 [15JN], S5282-S5290 [16JN]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: monitoring of POW/MIA cooperation, commercial activities between U.S. companies and Chinese Army, space capabilities, the environment, orphans, and organ harvesting, S8161, S8162 [7SE], S8445-S8449, S8493 [13SE], S8544-S8547 [14SE]

Conservation of energy: incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources, S2036 [3AP]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: encourage equity investment in rural cooperatives and other rural businesses (S. 3242), S11005 [25OC]

Contracts: provide Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities, S8732-S8734 [19SE]

Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (S. 1977), sequential referral, S301 [2FE]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance for the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 2335), S1993 [30MR]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (S. 2927), S7667 [26JY]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, S249 [2FE]

———waive Federal preemption of State laws in cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims (S. 2369), S2347 [6AP]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (S. 2820), S6134 [29JN]

Credit: prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions, S140-S143 [31JA]

———prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions (S. 2117), S933-S935 [29FE]

———require credit card companies to disclose information on balance payment terms and conditions, S143 [31JA]

Credit cards: consumer protections, S253 [2FE], S10771, S10773, S10774 [19OC], S11446-S11450 [1NO], S11626-S11629, S11634 [6DE], S11726-S11730 [7DE]

Customs Service: reliquidate certain conveyor chain imports at the antidumping duty cash deposit rate at the time of entry, S11880 [15DE]

Defense Production Act: extend expiration date (H.R. 1715), S10488 [12OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S11350 [30OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (S. 2332), S1990 [30MR]

———extend and expand Dairy Options Pilot Program, S1579 [22MR]

———Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration funding, S7325-S7328 [20JY]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers (S. 2221), S1325 [8MR]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (S. 2252), S1463 [20MR]

———Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program funding, S7440 [21JY]

———terminate Federal milk marketing orders, S316 [3FE]

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

Dept. of Defense: clarify exception for outsourcing of certain civilian functions to Native American contractors, S5019 [13JN]

———C-130J aircraft funding, S7743 [27JY]

———direct funding of unused and underutilized plant-capacity costs at U.S. arsenals, S5081 [14JN]

———establish better business practices by improving cost-estimating processes and assessing the impact of workforce changes (S. 2474), S2944 [26AP]

———include women-owned businesses as eligible participants in the Mentor-Protege Program (S. 2483), S3027 [27AP]

———Manufacturing Technical Assistance Pilot Program funding, S7740 [27JY]

———permit receipt of in-kind considerations anywhere on an installation for the lease of property, S6460 [11JY]

———privatization of utility systems on military installations, S6565 [12JY]

Dept. of Education: enhance efforts to facilitate the involvement of small business owners in State and local initiatives to improve education (S. 2455), S2866 [25AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish an ombudsman at national laboratories to help resolve disputes relative to technology partnerships, S10027 [5OC]

———Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program funding, S6319-S6322 [10JY]

———purchase of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear warheads, S7648-S7650 [26JY]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), S3559 [4MY]

———prohibit the use of Federal funds for the construction or operation of discount tobacco stores, S2333, S2334 [6AP], S2427 [7AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish standards for interstate transportation of prisoners by private companies, S5094-S5096 [14JN]

———establish standards for interstate transportation of prisoners by private companies (S. 1898), S1853 [29MR], S4523 [6JN], S11011, S11012 [25OC]

Dept. of Labor: workforce investment programs funding, S5963-S5971, S5979 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile regulations, S3499 [4MY], S3854-S3856 [10MY], S7096-S7099 [18JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish HMO Guaranty Fund to provide payments to States to pay outstanding health care provider claims of insolvent HMO's (S. 3261), S11374 [30OC]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, S10150 [10OC]

———motor vehicle safety standard for tires, S10403 [12OC]

———review certain airline customer service practices and make recommendations for reform, S5179 [15JN]

Detroit, MI: anniversary of National Association of Women Business Owners, S4562 [6JN]

———Comerica Park Construction Management Team recipient of Great Lakes Construction Alliance Gender and Race Diversification Excellence Award, S2860 [25AP]

———Dept. of Human Rights recipient of Great Lakes Construction Alliance Gender and Race Diversification Excellence Award, S2861 [25AP]

———Greater Detroit Building and Construction Trades Council recipient of Great Lakes Construction Alliance Gender and Race Diversification Excellence Award, S2860 [25AP]

Developing countries: provide assistance to microenterprises (H.R. 1143), S9681, S9682 [3OC]

Diseases: create incentives for private sector research to develop vaccines against widespread diseases and ensure that such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (S. 2132), S1026-S1028 [1MR]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale, S7142 [18JY], S7194-S7216 [19JY], S7377 [20JY]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, S9029 [22SE], S9255, S9258 [26SE], S10523 [13OC], S10669, S10675-S10678, S10681-S10688, S10691-S10698, S10732 [18OC]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (S. 2520), S3693-S3695 [9MY]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 2993), S7908 [27JY]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (S. 3208), S10620-S10623 [17OC]

———extend interstate price discrimination prohibitions to foreign commerce relative to the discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (S. 2464), S2942 [26AP], S4171 [18MY]

———pharmaceutical industry research and development costs, S1862 [29MR]

———require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (S. 2466), S2944 [26AP]

Easter Seals (organization): Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4235 [22MY]

Ecology and environment: increase civil penalties on entities that have previously violated environmental laws or in cases of catastrophic events (S. 2934), S7674 [26JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S2030 [3AP], S2265 [5AP], S4977 [13JN], S8054-S8060 [6SE], S8620-S8623 [15SE], S10646-S10648 [18OC], S10957, S10977 [25OC], S11304 [28OC], S11352, S11360-S11365 [30OC]

———review of accomplishments during Reagan administration, S9928-S9931 [5OC]

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

———establish national clearinghouse for youth entrepreneurship education (S. 2958), S7849 [27JY]

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

———training and development of technology skills in rural communities, S9241 [26SE], S9362 [27SE]

Employment: increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers (H.R. 5362), S10155 [10OC]

———submission of employee discrimination claims relative to mandatory binding arbitration (S. 121), S1810 [28MR]

Entertainment industry: develop, use, and enforce a system for labeling violent content in audio and visual media products and services (S. 2497), unanimous-consent request, S8439, S8440 [13SE]

EPA: consider risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses relative to establishment of new or revised clean air standards (S. 2362), S2236 [5AP]

———establish integrated environmental reporting system (S. 2800), S5906 [27JN]

ERISA: simplify and modify provisions for employer pension plans, S10097 [6OC]

FAA: Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation funding (H.R. 2607), S10555, S10556 [13OC]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit retaliation and confidentiality policies relative to employee wage disclosures (S. 2966), S7862 [27JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in academic school activities or literacy training (S. 1304), S505-S507 [8FE]

FCC: regulation of pay phones, S7650 [26JY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco, S2411 [7AP]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2333), S1990-S1993 [30MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2379), S2350, S2351 [6AP]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2566), S4016-S4018 [16MY]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2568), S4018 [16MY]

———Office of Generic Drugs funding, S7329, S7330, S7376 [20JY]

FEMA: compliance with Buy American Act when providing non-emergency financial assistance for a construction project (S. 2216), S1319 [8MR]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (S. 2592), S4201 [18MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (S. 2513), S3532-S3537 [4MY], S11779 [14DE]

Firearms: lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, S349-S355 [7FE]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S668-S670 [22FE], S5297, S5298 [16JN], S7747-S7749 [27JY]

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

Fleet Bank: Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4235 [22MY]

Ford Motor Co.: provision of home computers, printers, and Internet access to employees, S385 [7FE]

Foreign aid: make development assistance contingent on biannual certification of economic freedom in beneficiary countries (S. 2861), S6672 [13JY]

Foreign trade: access of U.S. business to markets, S1446 [20MR]

———implement import surge safeguards to protect U.S. industries, S8382-S8384 [12SE], S8444 [13SE]

———improve compliance with and encourage public participation in the trade advisory committee system relative to trade agreements, S2229 [5AP]

———provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co. (S. 2611), S4316 [23MY]

———U.S. deficit, S8-S10 [24JA], S341-S344 [3FE], S1446 [20MR], S4220-S4223 [22MY], S7593 [26JY], S9021-S9023 [22SE]

Fort Sumter National Monument: recalculate franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. (S. 2331), S1989 [30MR], S10002 [5OC]

Frain, William T., Jr.: Business New Hampshire Magazine Business Leader of the Decade award recipient, S4235 [22MY]

Framatone Connectors USA (business): Dept. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recipient, S10797 [19OC]

FTC: authorizing appropriations (S. 1687), S10159 [10OC]

———investigation of grocery store product slotting fees, S11231 [27OC]

———report on marketing of violence to children by entertainment industry, S8528 [13SE], S8606-S8608 [14SE], S10611-S10613 [17OC]

Georgetown, KY: Toyota assembly plant recipient of J.D. Power and Associates Gold Plant Quality Award, S4562 [6JN]

Georgia Research Alliance: tribute, S4292-S4294 [23MY]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, S9918-S9920, S9923-S9927 [5OC], S10066 [6OC], S10646-S10648 [18OC], S11070, S11076-S11078, S11080-S11082 [26OC], S11263, S11264, S11282 [27OC]

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]

———provide individual Federal agencies and the executive branch with increased incentives to use the share-in-savings program for information technology contracting (S. 3166), S9948 [5OC]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 746), S3783 [9MY]

———review and limit the issuance of certain regulations relative to Federal contractors (S. 2986), S7899 [27JY]

H.L. Turner Group (business): Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4234 [22MY]

Hazel Lorraine (vessel): restore commercial fishing eligibility (S. 2432), S2742 [13AP]

Health: human genome research, S5776, S5784-S5786 [26JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4513, S4514 [6JN], S5821 [26JN], S9565 [2OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), S1698 [27MR], S6412 [11JY]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information, S6048-S6053, S6067-S6078, S6091 [29JN], S6219 [30JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S1111-S1113 [2MR], S2339 [6AP], S2450 [10AP], S2891 [26AP], S4787-S4808 [8JN], S5729 [23JN], S6079-S6093 [29JN], S7516-S7519 [25JY], S7980 [5SE], S8630 [15SE], S9401 [27SE], S9427, S9428 [28SE], S9926, S9927 [5OC], S10127-S10129 [10OC], S10746, S10748 [19OC], S10886 [23OC], S10963, S10967-S10972 [25OC], S11064, S11082, S11111 [26OC], S11334, S11335, S11337 [29OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 3057), S8641 [18SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 3058), S8641 [18SE]

Hickey, J. Michael: Public Relations Society of America Yankee Chapter Yankee Award recipient, S7831 [27JY]

Houston, TX: tribute to EXPO 2000 (business trade fair), S7472 [24JY]

Hoyt Lakes, MN: closing of taconite plant by LTV Steel Mining Co., S4418 [25MY]

Idaho State University: food irradiation effects on shelf life research funding, S7371 [20JY]

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]

———provide special immigrant status for certain U.S. international broadcasting employees (S. 3239), S10987, S11012 [25OC]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses, S1553 [22MR], S2406, S2407 [7AP]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), S1554-S1556 [22MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), placed on the calendar, S1619 [23MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), unanimous-consent request, S1554 [22MR]

Insurance: legal accountability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's, S4799, S4801, S4806 [8JN]

———limit the administrative expenses and profits of managed care entities to a certain percentage of premium revenues (S. 2975), S7890 [27JY]

Intel Corp.: establishment of the Intel Teacher Housing Fund for public school teachers of the Santa Clara Unified School District, S5881 [27JN]

———tribute to ``Teach to the Future'' technology education partnership program, S336 [3FE], S385 [7FE]

International Labor Organization: anniversary of ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor, S11903 [15DE]

International Women's Day: observance, S1304-S1307 [8MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on interstate limousine services (S. 2325), S1910 [29MR]

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]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives-S11868 [15DE]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (H. Res. 635), S11857 [15DE]

IRS: impact of technical advice memoranda on the low-income housing tax credit program, S11776 [14DE]

Japan: access of U.S. business to telecommunications markets (S. Res. 275), S1469 [20MR], S3269 [2MY]

K.S. Co.: tribute, S3943 [15MY]

Kazakhstan: support economic and political development, S389 [7FE]

Kosciuszko Foundation: anniversary, S2231 [5AP]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 3249), S11135 [26OC]

Lakes Region General Hospital: Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4234 [22MY]

Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act: application of Administrative Procedure Act, S1967 [30MR]

———application of copyright and communications laws, S1967 [30MR]

Lobbyists: money spent to influence legislation relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S534 [9FE]

Los Angeles, CA: strike by janitors for fair pay increases, S2852 [25AP]

Madrid Protocol: implementation of agreement on the international registration of trademarks (S. 671), S8750 [19SE]

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

Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border (S. 397), S2791, S2792 [13AP]

McLane, Graf, Raulerson, and Middleton (law firm): New Hampshire Business in the Arts Award recipient, S7831 [27JY]

Medicare: reductions in prescription drug prices, S9839 [4OC]

Meijer Stores, Ltd.: tribute to gun safety campaign, S5653 [22JN]

Microsoft Corp.: appeals court process relative to application of antitrust laws, S9255 [26SE]

———application of antitrust laws, S325 [3FE], S605 [10FE]

———impact of Dept. of Justice antitrust suit on consumers and the economy, S6247 [30JN], S8565 [14SE]

———proposed remedies submitted by the Dept. of Justice and several States relative to antitrust suit, S3553-S3555 [4MY]

Milone, Filippo: Republican Congressional Committee Businessman of the Year award recipient, S2231 [5AP]

Minimum wage: level, S253 [2FE], S373 [7FE], S1941, S1942 [30MR], S2406, S2407 [7AP], S2852 [25AP], S4345 [24MY], S4513, S4514 [6JN], S7085 [18JY], S7485-S7487 [24JY], S7505, S7506 [25JY], S7978-S7980 [5SE], S8794-S8798 [20SE], S8879 [21SE], S9401 [27SE], S11104, S11108 [26OC], S11218 [27OC], S11326, S11332, S11333 [29OC]

———level (S. 2284), S1655-S1659, S1660 [23MR]

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

Mississippi River: Delta Regional Authority funding, S8183 [7SE]

Missoula, MT: Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., plant recipient of Jefferson Smurfit Group Worldwide Plant of the Year Award, S4562 [6JN]

Montrone, Paul M.: New Hampshire Business in the Arts Award recipient, S7474 [24JY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles, S5093, S5096 [14JN], S5197-S5215 [15JN]

———average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, S5193, S5194, S5197-S5215 [15JN], S6626 [13JY], S7793 [27JY]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for failure to recall and knowingly distributing defective vehicles or parts (S. 3070), S8763 [19SE]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3012), S8112 [6SE]

———improve energy efficiency standards for automobiles and small trucks, S1621, S1622 [23MR]

———require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (S. 1020), S1810 [28MR]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), S10229-S10232, S10272-S10274 [11OC], S10398 [12OC], S10614 [17OC], S11562 [5DE]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 428), S10632 [17OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), S8635 [15SE], S8652 [18SE], S9566 [2OC], S10040, S10042, S10044, S10061 [6OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), unanimous-consent agreement, S10048-S10050 [6OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), unanimous-consent request, S10040, S10051, S10060, S10061, S10067, S10068 [6OC]

———require the President to negotiate an international agreement governing the recall of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects (S. 3061), S8636 [15SE]

Mount Washington Hotel and Resort: Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade honoree, S7832 [27JY]

NASA: encourage commercial development of space through the lease of real and personal property (S. 2316), S1897 [29MR]

National Biotechnology Month: observance, S58-S63, S95 [26JA], S144-S146 [31JA]

National Centers for Distance Working: establish (S. 2447), S2765 [13AP], S7440 [21JY]

National Commission on Space: establish (S. 2988), S7905 [27JY]

National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance: funding, S8746 [19SE]

National Life Insurance Co.: anniversary, S3603 [8MY]

National security: commercial use of satellite imaging, S3908 [11MY]

National Small Business Week: observance, S4232 [22MY], S4340 [24MY]

National Women's Business Council: funding (S. 2243), S1416 [9MR]

Native Americans: authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (S. 2052), S614 [10FE]

———provide for business development and trade promotion (S. 2719), S6034 [28JN]

Natural gas: price levels, S11664 [7DE]

NIH: require proposal to ensure reasonable rate of return from drug manufacturers on drugs developed with Federal funding or research, S5832-S5834 [27JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: modify covenant relative to immigration laws (S. 1052), S355-S367, S369-S373 [7FE], S485 [8FE]

Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents and allow the Dept. of Energy to impose civil penalties on nonprofit contractors (S. 2162), S1115 [2MR]

Nuclear weapons: disposal of excess Russian weapons-derived plutonium, S486-S488 [8FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: anniversary, S3181 [1MY]

Olde Port Bank: New Hampshire Business in the Arts Award recipient, S7832 [27JY]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, S3181 [1MY], S5591-S5603, S5606-S5609, S5629-S5636, S5640-S5646 [22JN], S6212 [30JN], S11436 [31OC], S11486 [1NO], S11515 [14NO], S11549 [5DE], S11869 [15DE]

Panama Canal: review contract bidding process for lease of port facilities by People's Republic of China, S65 [26JA]

Panda Energy International: problems with approval of power plant constructed in the People's Republic of China, S9937, S9938 [5OC]

Pensions: protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, S2415 [7AP], S2610 [12AP]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S1164, S1165 [6MR], S1281, S1331-S1334 [8MR], S1370, S1379 [9MR], S1447-S1449 [20MR], S1541-S1548 [22MR], S1620-S1624, S1646, S1648, S1652-S1655 [23MR], S1701-S1706, S1737 [27MR], S1915-S1923 [29MR], S1942-S1944 [30MR], S2029, S2034-S2037 [3AP], S2449, S2459 [10AP], S2496 [11AP], S4969 [12JN], S5197, S5198, S5201, S5208, S5210, S5211 [15JN], S5723-S5726 [23JN], S5776-S5779 [26JN], S6244 [30JN], S7145-S7149 [18JY], S7763 [27JY], S8189 [7SE], S8250-S8252 [8SE], S8872 [21SE], S9020-S9026 [22SE], S9128-S9132, S9208-S9211 [25SE], S9232-S9235 [26SE], S9368 [27SE], S9564 [2OC], S9783-S9785 [3OC], S10045 [6OC], S11318-S11320 [29OC]

———gasoline price levels, S670, S674-S676 [22FE]

Pharmaceuticals: direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs, S11489 [1NO]

———reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research, S6096-S6099 [29JN], S6186 [30JN]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, S7368 [20JY]

———authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (S. 935), S972-S975 [29FE], S5875 [27JN]

———elimination of internal combustion engine, S2279, S2280, S2284, S2295 [6AP]

Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (S. 3180), S10089 [6OC]

———enhance and protect privacy of computer users (S. 3083), S8858 [20SE]

———enhance protections for electronic information, ensure uniform protections for purchase or rental of certain media, and promote use of encryption technology while balancing law enforcement needs (S. 854), S11778 [14DE]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet, S10963 [25OC]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (S. 2928), S7668-S7672 [26JY]

———protect consumer privacy (S. 2606), S4299-S4311 [23MY]

———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services, S794 [24FE], S4254 [23MY]

———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (S. 2063), S713 [23FE]

Product safety: penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce (S. 3014), S8188 [7SE]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (H.R. 4281), S11648, S11649 [6DE]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495), S10893 [23OC]

Public lands: encourage domestic oil, gas, and coal exploration and production, S1623 [23MR]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (S. 2967), S7863, S7864 [27JY]

———facilitate transition to more reliability, competition and efficiency in electric power industry (S. 2098), S809-S812 [24FE], S6294 [30JN]

———provide for competition in electric power industry, S11470 [1NO]

———provide for competition in electric power industry and authorize States to recover transition costs (S. 2886), S7145 [18JY], S7173 [19JY]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information, S9935 [5OC]

———enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (S. 621), S9886-S9892 [5OC]

Regulatory Flexibility Act: anniversary, S8751 [19SE]

Rogers, Thomasina V. (Tommy): selection as Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, S297 [2FE]

SBA: general business loan program funding, S6234 [30JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S5154-S5159 [14JN], S7574 [25JY]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11104-S11111 [26OC], S11194-S11205, S11207-S11230, S11286-S11290 [27OC], S11300-S11303, S11305 [28OC], S11320-S11322, S11324-S11329 [29OC], S11455-S11457, S11469, S11471-S11473, S11489 [1NO]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report—motion to proceed, S11097 [26OC], S11416 [31OC]

———politicalization relative to plans for an ``SBA Day'' right before the election, S11228 [27OC]

———reauthorize loan programs, S11107, S11108 [26OC], S11863-S11865 [15DE]

SEC: require corporations to disclose foreign investment information, S8396 [12SE], S8539-S8544 [14SE]

Secure Care Products, Inc.: New Hampshire Small Business Exporter of the Year award recipient, S7833 [27JY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S9400, S9401 [27SE]

———tribute to staff, S9650 [3OC]

Senate Legal Counsel: intervene in the name of the Committee on Appropriations (Senate) and the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) in U.S. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al. (S. Res. 283), S2444, S2445 [7AP]

Sitesurfer Publishing (business): New Hampshire Business in the Arts Award recipient, S7475 [24JY]

Skills USA-VICA, Inc.: tribute to ``Building Skills for America'' signature campaign, S9190 [25SE]

Small business: establish the New Markets Venture Capital Program, America's Private Investment Company Program, and a new markets tax credit (S. 2936), S7676-S7678 [26JY]

———impact of large corporate legal actions on small business operations, S520 [9FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), S1753 [27MR], S1765 [28MR]

Smith & Wesson (business): agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols, S1478 [21MR], S2340 [6AP]

Space policy: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (H.R. 2607), S10555, S10556 [13OC]

———maintain leadership in both Government-sponsored and commercial space industry and exploration, S11488 [1NO]

Sports: reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional boxing (H.R. 1832), S2445 [7AP]

———reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional boxing (S. 305), S10273 [11OC]

Springfield, IL: require application of Federal competitive bid laws for construction of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, S9800-S9808, S9812, S9814, S9818-S9820, S9827-S9829, S9869-S9873 [4OC], S9896-S9898 [5OC]

Surface Transportation Board: development of new standards for rail mergers, S7066 [17JY]

Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, S2959 [27AP]

Tariff: tire manufacturing equipment (S. 2614), S4318 [23MY]

Taxation: allow fishermen to use income averaging and extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (S. 2605), S4298 [23MY]

———clarify status of professional employer organizations in order to assist small businesses in providing employee benefits and collecting employment taxes (S. 2979), S7893 [27JY]

———credit for development costs of telecommunications facilities in rural areas (S. 2321), S1904 [29MR]

———deny tax benefits for research conducted by pharmaceutical companies where U.S. consumers pay more for products of that research than foreign consumers (S. 2465), S2943 [26AP]

———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, S6649-S6651 [13JY], S6770-S6772 [14JY]

———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 (S. 2779), S5684 [22JN]

———designate renewal communities (S. 463), S374 [7FE]

———exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income (S. 3285), S11929 [15DE]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs and include contaminated sites located outside of targeted areas (S. 2334), S1993 [30MR]

———extend research and development tax credit, S6610-S6613 [13JY]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (S. 2775), S5676-S5679 [22JN], S5732, S5733 [23JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), S4118 [17MY], S4122 [18MY], S4937 [12JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2255), S1516 [21MR]

———impose a discriminatory profits tax on pharmaceutical companies that charge higher prices to domestic wholesale distributors than to foreign wholesale distributors (S. 3103), S9199 [25SE]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil to fund heating assistance for consumers and small business owners (S. 3118), S9384 [27SE], S10992 [25OC]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources, S9350, S9351 [27SE]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (S. 1833), S1541 [22MR]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (S. 2904), S7448 [21JY]

———increase deduction for expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses, S6815 [14JY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2028), S329 [3FE]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2036), S453 [7FE], S457 [8FE]

———phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (S. 3098), S9035 [22SE]

———prevent the duplication of losses through the assumption of liabilities giving rise to a deduction (S. 2354), S2116 [4AP]

———promote pension opportunities for women (S. 2671), S4567 [6JN]

———provide credits to investors in international carbon sequestration projects (S. 2982), S7896 [27JY]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (S. 3235), S11003 [25OC]

———provide for tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (S. 3004), S8023 [5SE]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development, S6636-S6639, S6643 [13JY]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development (S. 2422), S2736 [13AP]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets, S11819 [15DE]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), S7952 [27JY]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (S. 3152), S9703, S9704, S9773 [3OC]

———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (S. 2401), S2542-S2544 [11AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S11880, S11881 [15DE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (S. 2955), S7846, S7912 [27JY]

———rates, S317 [3FE], S458, S459 [8FE], S600 [10FE], S1166 [6MR], S1272-S1274, S1285 [8MR], S1473 [21MR], S1696-S1698, S1700, S1702 [27MR], S2030, S2031 [3AP], S2058, S2060, S2061, S2063, S2065, S2069, S2072, S2076, S2141 [4AP], S2161, S2265-S2267 [5AP], S2270-S2273, S2278-S2285 [6AP], S2391 [7AP], S2676, S2681, S2689 [13AP], S4514 [6JN], S6103 [29JN], S7084, S7085, S7112-S7117 [18JY], S7466 [24JY], S7500-S7502, S7506, S7507, S7508, S7509 [25JY], S7587-S7589, S7607, S7627 [26JY], S8620-S8623 [15SE], S9793-S9795 [4OC], S9918, S9923 [5OC], S10654 [18OC], S10748 [19OC], S11101-S11103, S11111-S11113 [26OC], S11267-S11269, S11279 [27OC], S11351-S11353, S11359 [30OC]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (S. 2436), S2752 [13AP]

———simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires (S. 2587), S4192 [18MY]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds, S2502 [11AP]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds (S. 2161), S1123 [2MR], S1620 [23MR]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (S. 2084), S688 [22FE]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (S. 2601), S4238 [22MY]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools, S993-S996, S1005 [1MR]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (S. 542), S385 [7FE]

———treatment of employee stock purchase plans (S. 3265), S11423 [31OC]

———treatment of employer-provided transit benefits, S74 [26JA]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (S. 2874), S6843 [14JY]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (S. 3099), S9036 [22SE]

———treatment of tax-exempt financing for professional sports facilities (S. 224), S9257 [26SE]

———treatment of telecommuting (S. 2431), S2741 [13AP]

Technology: benefits of biotechnology research relative to agriculture, medicine, and environmental protection, S58-S63 [26JA]

———promote development of technology clusters to enable national laboratories to meet Dept. of Energy missions, S6453 [11JY]

———promote development of technology clusters to enable national laboratories to meet Dept. of Energy missions (S. 1756), S9993 [5OC], S10107 [6OC]

Telecommunications: acquisition of U.S. companies by foreign firms, S7427-S7429 [21JY]

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

———national policy to improve rural areas, S10242 [11OC]

———prohibit regulatory impediments to fulfilling the support mandates of the statutory policy of universal service (S. 2476), S3023 [27AP]

———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), S1228 [7MR]

———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, S1155 [2MR], S1504 [21MR], S2710 [13AP]

———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), unanimous-consent agreement, S11 [24JA]

———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (S. 2572), S10242 [11OC]

———strengthen limitation on transfer of telecommunications licenses to foreign companies with Government ownership (S. 2793), S5884 [27JN]

Telecommunications Act: anniversary, S967 [29FE]

———restore ownership limits on television and radio stations, S10902 [24OC]

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

Television: authorize loan guarantees for broadcast satellite launch vehicles relative to access to local broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S1952 [30MR]

———authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S4937 [12JN], S10074 [6OC], S11233, S11234 [27OC]

———authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1926-S1941, S1946-S1958, S1961-S1968 [30MR], S10242 [11OC]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers, S603-S605 [10FE]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), S8271 [8SE]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), unanimous-consent request, S8293 [8SE]

———require any entity receiving full amount of loan guarantees to provide all local broadcast signals of that State, S1940 [30MR]

Tobacco products: combat smuggling of tobacco products into the U.S. (S. 2493), S3258 [2MY]

———provide for the disclosure of certain products and prescribe labels for packages and advertising (S. 2125), S946-S950 [29FE]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Southwest Georgia, S1741 [27MR]

Trademarks: prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product identification codes (S. 2105), S816-S820 [24FE]

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

Tyco International Ltd.: Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4234 [22MY]

Vermont: tribute to Professional Development School partnerships and participating teachers and schools, S2859 [25AP]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: tribute to employee fundraising efforts for the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia, S4662 [7JN]

Warner, Senator: National Defense Industrial Association James Forrestal Memorial Award recipient, S3012 [27AP]

Wentworth, William: New Hampshire High Technology Council Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, S7152 [18JY]

Weyerhaeuser Co.: anniversary, S161 [31JA], S1811 [28MR]

Whitby, John W., Jr.: Time (publication) Quality Dealer Award recipient, S1388 [9MR]

Women: Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses, S6323 [10JY]

———Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses (S. Res. 311), S4330 [23MY], S4340 [24MY]

Women's History Month: observance, S1304, S1308, S1309 [8MR], S1382 [9MR]

Women's Rural Entrepreneurial Network: Home Loan Bank of Boston Community Development Award recipient, S1309 [8MR]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S3181 [1MY]

World War II: facilitate settlement of claims against Japanese companies by former U.S. prisoners of war used as slave labor (S. Con. Res. 158), S11432 [31OC]

Reports

Health Insurance Deduction of Little Help to the Uninsured: Joel Friedman and Iris J. Lav, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S11328 [29OC]

Impact of U.S. Companies Operating in the People's Republic of China: Business Roundtable (public policy organization), S8476 [13SE]

Leadership's Tax Plan Reinforces Inequities in Health and Pension Coverage: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S11327 [29OC]

National Women's Small Business Summit, S6324 [10JY]

Prescription Drugs with Foreign Labels, H9674 [11OC]

Reports filed

Adoption of Concurrent Resolution Making Corrections in Enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 663) (H. Rept. 106-1016), H11526 [29OC]

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

Analyze Potential Impacts of Rules Proposed by Certain Agencies on Small Businesses: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1882) (H. Rept. 106-643), H3867 [25MY]

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4840) (H. Rept. 106-804), H7279 [6SE]

Bank Reserves Modernization Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4209) (H. Rept. 106-983), H10035 [17OC]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2415) (H. Rept. 106-970), H9766 [11OC]

Business Checking Modernization Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4067) (H. Rept. 106-568), H2121 [11AP]

Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2614) (H. Rept. 106-1004), H11193 [25OC]

———Committee on Small Business (Senate) (H.R. 2614) (S. Rept. 106-280), S3691 [9MY]

Coal Market Competition Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2300) (S. Rept. 106-378), S8018 [5SE]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2697) (S. Rept. 106-390), S8019 [5SE]

———Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 4541) (H. Rept. 106-711), H5654 [29JN]

———Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4541) (H. Rept. 106-711), H7279 [6SE], H10472 [19OC]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 4541) (H. Rept. 106-711), H7279 [6SE]

Community Development and Venture Capital Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 1594) (S. Rept. 106-383), S8019 [5SE]

Competitive Market Supervision Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2107) (S. Rept. 106-360), S7542 [25JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 624) (H. Rept. 106-971), H9766 [11OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 652) (H. Rept. 106-1007), H11193 [25OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 376, Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 432) (H. Rept. 106-514), H755 [8MR]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 523) (H. Rept. 106-670), H4219 [12JN]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 90, Withdraw U.S. Membership and Funding From the World Trade Organization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 528) (H. Rept. 106-682), H4674 [19JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care Coalition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 542) (H. Rept. 106-709), H5435 [28JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 412) (H. Rept. 106-491), H164 [1FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 423) (H. Rept. 106-498), H454 [15FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 434) (H. Rept. 106-516), H755 [8MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 475) (H. Rept. 106-579), H2238 [12AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 496) (H. Rept. 106-611), H2769 [9MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3843, Small Business Assistance Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 439) (H. Rept. 106-524), H996 [14MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3846, Minimum Wage Level: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 434) (H. Rept. 106-516), H755 [8MR]

Dept. of Energy Authorities Through the Assistant Sec. of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health on Indemnification and Liability Dealing With Nuclear Incidents: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 4446) (H. Rept. 106-694), H6776 [24JY]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 4446) (H. Rept. 106-694), H5083 [23JN]

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

Electronic Commerce Technology Promotion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1912) (S. Rept. 106-349), S7229 [19JY]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: Committee of Conference (S. 761) (H. Rept. 106-661), H4119 [8JN]

Equity in Contracting for Women Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4897) (H. Rept. 106-879), H7990 [21SE]

Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4944) (H. Rept. 106-880), H7990 [21SE]

Fairness in Securities Transactions Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2441) (H. Rept. 106-1034), H12534 [2JA]

Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1161) (H. Rept. 106-834), H7364 [7SE]

Fort Sumter National Monument Franchise Fee Recalculation Owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2331) (S. Rept. 106-476), S9701 [3OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3241) (H. Rept. 106-937), H9010 [5OC]

FTC Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1687) (S. Rept. 106-385), S8019 [5SE]

Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3001) (S. Rept. 106-391), S8019 [5SE]

Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3850) (H. Rept. 106-926), H8735 [3OC]

Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 613) (H. Rept. 106-501), H571 [29FE]

International Debt Relief and Strengthening of Anticorruption Measures and Accountability at International Financial Institutions: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3129) (S. Rept. 106-425), S9464 [28SE]

Internet Gambling Prohibition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3125) (H. Rept. 106-655), H4035 [7JN]

Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3709) (H. Rept. 106-609), H2654 [8MY]

Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1898), S9464 [28SE]

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 106-225), S2233 [5AP]

Know Your Caller Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3100) (H. Rept. 106-872), H7931 [20SE]

Land Recycling Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2580) (H. Rept. 106-775), H6717 [20JY]

Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2097) (S. Rept. 106-243), S1461 [20MR]

Madrid Protocol Implementation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 671), S612 [10FE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 671) (S. Rept. 106-249), S1747 [27MR]

Manufactured Housing Improvement Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1452) (S. Rept. 106-274), S2726 [13AP]

Medical Financial Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4585) (H. Rept. 106-773), H6717 [20JY]

Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2844) (S. Rept. 106-335), S6473 [11JY]

Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4441) (H. Rept. 106-865), H7869 [19SE]

Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Equipment Defect Notification Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3059) (S. Rept. 106-423), S9381 [27SE]

National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1756) (S. Rept. 106-487), S9855 [4OC]

National Materials Corridor Partnership Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 397) (S. Rept. 106-232), S1390 [9MR]

Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2719), S5790 [26JN]

New Markets Initiative Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2848) (H. Rept. 106-706), H5435 [28JN]

New Markets Venture Capital Program Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4530) (H. Rept. 106-785), H7092 [26JY]

Nomination of Earl Anthony Wayne To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Economic and Business Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Gary A. Barron to OPIC: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S2727 [13AP]

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

Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: Committee of Conference (S. 376) (H. Rept. 106-509), H641 [2MR]

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]

Privacy Commission Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4049) (H. Rept. 106-919), H8551 [29SE]

Prohibit States From Imposing Restrictions on Interstate Limousine Services: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1689) (H. Rept. 106-1003), H10907 [25OC]

Project on Government Oversight (organization) Compliance With Subpoenas: Committee on Resources (House) (H. Rept. 106-801), H7205 [27JY]

Promote New and Revised Toxicological Tests That Protect Human, Animal, and Environmental Health While Reducing Need for Animal Testing: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 4281) (H. Rept. 106-908), H9907 [16OC]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1495) (S. Rept. 106-496), S10252 [11OC]

Quality Health-Care Coalition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1304) (H. Rept. 106-625), H3412 [18MY]

Rental Fairness Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1954) (H. Rept. 106-774), H6717 [20JY]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2251) (S. Rept. 106-247), S1461 [20MR], S1596 [22MR]

Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3615) (H. Rept. 106-508), H630 [1MR]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3615) (H. Rept. 106-508), H1956 [6AP]

SBA Expansion of Business-to-Business Relationships and the Provision of Certain Information: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4464) (H. Rept. 106-784), H7001 [25JY]

Small Business Assistance Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3843) (H. Rept. 106-522), H996 [14MR]

———Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 3121) (S. Rept. 106-422), S9381 [27SE]

Small Business Investment Corrections Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 3845) (H. Rept. 106-520), H996 [14MR]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 106-494), H218 [7FE]

Technology Worker Temporary Relief Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4227) (H. Rept. 106-692), H5083 [23JN]

Training and Education for American Workers Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4402) (H. Rept. 106-642), H3866 [25MY]

Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 5164) (H. Rept. 106-954), H9634 [10OC]

Truth in Employment Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1441) (H. Rept. 106-967), H9766 [11OC]

Truth in Telephone Billing Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3011) (H. Rept. 106-978), H9899 [12OC]

U.S. Cruise Ship Tourism Development Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1510) (S. Rept. 106-396), S8103 [6SE]

Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3113) (H. Rept. 106-700), H5168 [26JN]

Withdraw U.S. Membership and Funding From the World Trade Organization: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.J. Res. 90) (H. Rept. 106-672), H4219 [12JN]

Worker Paycheck Fairness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2434) (H. Rept. 106-968), H9766 [11OC]

Resolutions by organizations

City lawsuits against firearm industry: National League of Cities, S180 [1FE]

Rulings of the Chair

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H879 [9MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11215 [26OC]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1956 [30MR]

Statements

Agriculture and International Trade: Larry Palser, Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee, E465 [30MR]

Biotechnology Research: National Research Council, S63 [26JA]

———President Clinton, S63 [26JA]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Executive Office of the President, H10441 [19OC], E1939 [25OC]

Don't Let Gun Manufacturers ``Take Advantage of the System'': Violence Policy Center, S180 [1FE]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: Senators Sarbanes, Hollings, and Wyden, S5229-S5231 [15JN]

Federal Contract Opportunities for Small Businesses in Economically Distressed Communities: Executive Office of the President, S8733 [19SE]

Federal Farm Policy: Dusty Tallman, Colorado Association of Wheat Growers, E467 [30MR]

———Lynn Shook, E466 [30MR]

Minimum Wage Level: Representative Cox, H890 [9MR]

———Robert W. Edgar, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, H885 [9MR]

Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: Representatives Bliley and Markey, Committee on Commerce (House), H902 [9MR]

Prescription Drug Costs: Kayla Gildersleeve, Angela Deblasio, and Tess Grossi, E1579 [25SE]

Price Support Programs for Sugar Beets and Sugarcane: GAO, E1212 [11JY]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: National Conference of State Legislatures, S4797 [8JN]

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

Studies

Impact on Patients of Delays in Passing a Patients' Bill of Rights: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Minority Staff, S2340 [6AP]

Summaries

Airline Competition Preservation Act (H.R. 4978), H7069 [26JY]

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act (S. 2700), S4841 [8JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4577): Community Renewal and New Markets Initiatives Development, E2247-E2249 [2JA]

———SBA Loan Programs Reauthorization, E2240-E2245 [2JA]

Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act (S. 3208), S10621 [17OC]

Promote Competition Among Wholesale Purchasers and Establish a Commission To Review Large Agriculture Mergers, Concentration, and Market Power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act (S. 2251): Specialty Crop Provisions, S1566 [22MR]

Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act (S. 2800), S5910 [27JN]

Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act (S. 3012), S8113 [6SE]

Tables

Effect of the tax cuts in the House Republican 2000 minimum wage bill, H858 [9MR]

Estimated revenue effects on H.R. 4923, Community Renewal and New Markets Act, H6820 [25JY]

Oil companies third quarter profits, S10993 [25OC]

Prescription drug import provisions in agriculture appropriations legislation, S10525 [13OC]

Ratios of product imports to U.S. consumption, S3811 [10MY]

U.S. advanced technology trade losses with the People's Republic of China, S8549 [14SE]

U.S. agricultural trade balance with the People's Republic of China, S8397 [12SE]

U.S. bankruptcy filings 1980-1998, S175 [1FE]

U.S. trade in advanced technology products, S3812 [10MY]

Testimonies

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: Mary Munnings Lewandowski, S10128 [10OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 300, tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem, H2350 [2MY]

H. Con. Res. 312, regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers, H5180 [27JN]

H. Con. Res. 427, corrections in enrollment of S. 3186, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9840 [12OC]

H. Con. Res. 428, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 5164, Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act, H9852 [12OC]

H. Con. Res. 439, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11555 [30OC]

H. Res. 412, consideration of H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act, H171 [2FE]

H. Res. 423, consideration of H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act, H461 [16FE]

H. Res. 434, consideration of H.R. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act, and H.R. 3846, minimum wage level, H773 [9MR]

H. Res. 439, consideration of H.R. 3843, small business assistance programs reauthorization, H1030 [15MR]

H. Res. 496, consideration of H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2783 [10MY]

H. Res. 523, consideration of conference report on S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H4347 [14JN]

H. Res. 528, consideration of H.J. Res. 90, withdraw U.S. membership and funding from the World Trade Organization, H4787 [21JN]

H. Res. 533, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H5190-H5192 [27JN]

H. Res. 542, consideration of H.R. 1304, Quality Health-Care Coalition Act, H5617 [29JN]

H. Res. 624, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9826 [12OC]

H. Res. 652, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11209 [26OC]

H. Res. 663, adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11546 [30OC]

H. Res. 672, encourage private-sector distributors of the influenza vaccine to give priority to distributing the available vaccine to individuals at a high risk of developing complications from influenza, E2160 [8DE]

H.J. Res. 90, withdraw U.S. membership and funding from the World Trade Organization, H4793 [21JN]

H.R. 534, Motor Vehicle Franchise Contract Arbitration Fairness Act, H8688 [3OC]

H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S393-S453 [7FE]

H.R. 1143, Microenterprise for Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act, H8886-H8892 [5OC]

H.R. 1161, Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act, H10690-H10696 [24OC]

H.R. 1715, Defense Production Act expiration date extension, H7677 [18SE]

H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act, H181 [2FE]

H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act, H474-H476 [16FE]

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

H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, S5154 [14JN], S7574 [25JY]

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

H.R. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act, H821-H842 [9MR]

H.R. 3100, Know Your Caller Act, H8272 [27SE]

H.R. 3113, Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act, H6369-H6371 [18JY]

H.R. 3125, Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, H6057-H6061 [17JY]

H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act, H2285-H2289 [13AP]

H.R. 3637, Homeowners Protection Act technical corrections, H3578 [23MY]

H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2801 [10MY]

H.R. 3843, small business assistance programs reauthorization, H1037 [15MR]

H.R. 3845, Small Business Investment Corrections Act, H940 [14MR]

H.R. 3846, minimum wage level, H882 [9MR]

H.R. 3850, Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act, H8682-H8684 [3OC]

H.R. 4049, Privacy Commission Act, H8561-H8563 [2OC]

H.R. 4067, Business Checking Modernization Act, H2076 [11AP]

H.R. 4216, Customized Training Flexibility Act, H8680 [3OC]

H.R. 4281, promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing, H10007 [17OC]

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

H.R. 4441, Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act, H9569 [10OC]

H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, H10416-H10440 [19OC]

H.R. 4697, International Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Act, H6950 [25JY]

H.R. 4840, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Act, H7384 [12SE]

H.R. 4923, Community Renewal and New Markets Act, H6797-H6816 [25JY]

H.R. 4944, Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act, H8084 [26SE]

H.R. 5164, Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act, H9624-H9627 [10OC]

H.R. 5175, Small Business Liability Relief Act, H8123-H8125 [26SE]

H.R. 5362, increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers, H9052 [6OC]

H.R. 5486, tax treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment, E1868 [19OC]

S. 397, National Materials Corridor and U.S.-Mexico Border Technology Partnership Act, S2791 [13AP]

S. 613, Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act, H520 [29FE]

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

S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce Act, H486 [16FE]

S. 935, National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act, S972-S974 [29FE], S1039-S1042 [1MR]

S. 1052, Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act, S370-S373 [7FE]

S. 1452, Manufactured Housing Improvement Act, S3563-S3567 [4MY], H10655-H10683 [24OC]

S. 1687, FTC appropriations, S10159 [10OC]

S. 1756, National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act, S9993-S9995 [5OC], S10107-S10110 [6OC]

S. 1854, 21st Century Acquisition Reform and Improvement Act, S10848, S10849 [19OC]

S. 1898, Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act, S11011 [25OC], H12033 [7DE]

S. 2028, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, S329 [3FE]

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

S. 2052, Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act, S614-S616 [10FE]

S. 2094, Stable Oil Supply (SOS) Home Heating Act, S807 [24FE]

S. 2105, Antitampering Act, S817-S819 [24FE]

S. 2117, Consumer Credit Fair Dispute Resolution Act, S935 [29FE]

S. 2125, Smoker's Right To Know and Truth in Tobacco Labeling Act, S946-S949 [29FE]

S. 2127, Children's Protection Act, S1025 [1MR]

S. 2161, American Transportation Recovery and Highway Trust Fund Protection Act, S1124 [2MR]

S. 2216, Federal Emergency Management Agency Buy American Compliance Act, S1319 [8MR]

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

S. 2255, extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S1517 [21MR]

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

S. 2300, Coal Market Competition Act, S9980 [5OC], H10494 [23OC]

S. 2321, Rural Telecommunications Modernization Act, S1905 [29MR]

S. 2325, Contracted Automobile Regulatory Relief Act, S1910 [29MR]

S. 2331, Fort Sumter National Monument franchise fee recalculation owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., S10003 [5OC]

S. 2331, recalculate Fort Sumter National Monument franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., S1990 [30MR]

S. 2333, Tobacco Regulatory Fairness Act, S1991 [30MR]

S. 2362, Air Quality Standard Improvement Act, S2237 [5AP]

S. 2369, waive Federal preemption of State laws in court cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims, S2348 [6AP]

S. 2401, New Economy Tax Simplification Act (NETSA), S2542 [11AP]

S. 2411, Farmers and Ranchers Fair Competition Act, S2625-S2628 [12AP]

S. 2432, restore commercial fishing eligibility of Hazel Lorraine (vessel), S2743 [13AP]

S. 2447, Rural Telework Act, S2766 [13AP]

S. 2493, Tobacco Smuggling Eradication Act, S3258-S3260 [2MY]

S. 2513, Financial Information Privacy Protection Act, S3532-S3535 [4MY]

S. 2587, simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires, S4192 [18MY]

S. 2590, Brownfields Revitalization Act, S4195-S4199 [18MY]

S. 2606, Consumer Privacy Protection Act, S4302-S4309 [23MY]

S. 2611, provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co., S4317 [23MY]

S. 2614, tariff on tire manufacturing equipment, S4318 [23MY]

S. 2676, inflation adjustments to NLRB mandatory jurisdiction thresholds, S4572 [6JN]

S. 2700, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S4835-S4840 [8JN]

S. 2719, Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act, S6034 [28JN], H10509-H10511 [23OC]

S. 2773, Dairy Market Enhancement Act, H10874 [25OC]

S. 2800, Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act, S5907 [27JN]

S. 2874, Life Insurance Tax Simplification Act, S6843 [14JY]

S. 2927, Public Safety Act, S7667 [26JY]

S. 2928, Consumer Internet Privacy Enhancement Act, S7669 [26JY]

S. 2955, provide tax relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S7846 [27JY]

S. 2966, Wage Awareness Protection Act, S7863 [27JY]

S. 2967, Electric Power Industry Tax Modernization Act, S7864-S7867 [27JY]

S. 2986, Just Opportunities in Bidding Act, S7900 [27JY]

S. 2993, Drug Competition Act, S7908 [27JY]

S. 3004, provide for tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums, S8023 [5SE]

S. 3012, Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act, S8113 [6SE]

S. 3040, Privacy Commission Act, S8502 [13SE]

S. 3083, Enhancement of Privacy and Public Safety in Cyberspace Act, S8859-S8862 [20SE]

S. 3104, require country-of-origin marking on door hinges, S9200 [25SE]

S. 3118, Windfall Oil Profits for Heating Assistance Act, S9385 [27SE]

S. 3122, ADA Notification Act, S9389 [27SE]

S. 3152, Community Renewal and New Markets Act, S9704-S9729 [3OC]

S. 3166, Information Technology Share-in-Savings Program Improvement Act, S9948 [5OC]

S. 3169, Minor Animal Species Health and Welfare Act, S9951-S9955 [5OC]

S. 3180, Spyware Control and Privacy Protection Act, S10090 [6OC]

S. 3225, Cosmetology Tax Fairness and Compliance Act, S10806 [19OC]

S. 3239, provide special immigrant status for certain U.S. international broadcasting employees, S11013 [25OC], H11699 [31OC]

S. 3261, HMO Guaranty Act, S11375 [30OC]

S. 3285, exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income, S11930 [15DE]

S. Con. Res. 111, promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada, S3737 [9MY]

S. Con. Res. 158, facilitate settlement of claims against Japanese companies by former U.S. World War II prisoners of war used as slave labor, S11425, S11432 [31OC], H12509 [15DE]

S. Res. 275, access of U.S. business to Japanese telecommunications markets, S3269 [2MY]

S. Res. 275, access of U.S. business to telecommunications markets in Japan, S1468 [20MR]

S. Res. 283, Senate Legal Counsel intervention in the name of the Committee on Appropriations (Senate) and the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) in U.S. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., S2441, S2445 [7AP]

S. Res. 290, support and adhere to the Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility, S2640 [12AP]

S. Res. 311, Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses, S4326, S4333 [23MY]

S. Res. 344, oppose the proposed merger of United Airlines, Inc., and US Airways, Inc., relative to public interest, public convenience, and necessity policies, S7692 [26JY]

Transcripts

Fleecing of America—Sugar Price Support Programs: ``NBC Nightly News'', S7316 [20JY]

Tributes

Chavez-Rodriguez, Linda, E1761 [12OC]