MACK, CONNIE (a Senator from Florida)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7353, S7354, S7402 [20JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2355, S2373 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867 [8JN], S5437, S5472 [20JN], S6578 [12JY]

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4962, S4964 [12JN], S5009 [13JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6152 [29JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3547 [4MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5571, S5572 [21JN]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S872, S873 [28FE], S1018 [1MR]

Terrorism: modify enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgements (S. 1796), S7925 [27JY]

Tibetan National Day: designate (S. Res. 60), S1428, S1436 [9MR]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Afraid of the Truth, Natan Sharansky, Washington (DC) Post, S10396 [12OC]

Betrayal at the U.N., Jerusalem Post News and Feature Service (publication), S10396 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: improve TRICARE program and extend and improve certain demonstration programs under the Defense Health Program (see S. 2087), S2946 [26AP] (see S. 2486), S3192 [1MY]

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

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see S. Res. 271), S1612 [22MR]

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

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see S. 2311), S4025 [16MY]

Courts: appointment of Federal district judges (see S. 3071), S9395 [27SE]

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

Cuba: human rights violations (see S. Res. 289), S2617 [12AP]

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

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S2526 [11AP]

Drug abuse: combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers (see S. 2612), S5563 [21JN]

EPA: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality throughout the Florida Keys (see S. 2711), S4953 [12JN]

———revise regulatory requirements relative to pesticide tolerance reviews (see S. 1464), S4487 [25MY]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan (see S. 2797), S5884 [27JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S2546 [11AP]

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

Fish and fishing: conserve Atlantic highly migratory species of fish (see S. 1911), S7690 [26JY]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S10425 [12OC]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: grant permanent residency status for himself and family members in Cuba (see S. 2314), S1884 [29MR]

Immigration: extend status adjustment filing deadlines for certain Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Haitian nationals (see S. 2058), S612 [10FE]

———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]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see S. Con. Res. 109), S3924 [11MY]

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

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

———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see S. 3045), S8585 [14SE]

Libya: U.S. policy (see S. Res. 287), S2872 [25AP]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 2299), S2439 [7AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 3016), S8506 [13SE]

———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see S. 3112), S9267 [26SE]

Motor vehicles: require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (see S. 1020), S9394 [27SE]

NASA: encourage commercial development of space through the lease of real and personal property (see S. 2316), S2946 [26AP]

National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S2865 [25AP]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S3545 [4MY]

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

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8215 [7SE]

National Instant Criminal Background Check System: authorize Dept. of Justice to reimburse States for serving as points of contact (see S. 2769), S5912 [27JN]

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

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S3031 [27AP]

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

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 253), S381 [7FE]

Northern Ireland: urge implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and support police reforms (see S. Res. 332), S6257 [30JN]

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

Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (see S. 1536), S9394 [27SE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see S. 2266), S1596 [22MR]

Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see S. 2998), S7840 [27JY]

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

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S2865 [25AP]

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

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

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

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see S. 1378), S7164 [18JY]

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

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 279), S745 (see S. 2074), S747 [23FE]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S9267 [26SE]

———steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see S. 2158), S2871 [25AP]

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see S. 2077), S4392 [24MY]

———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]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see S. 2696), S7246 [19JY]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see S. 1732), S7689 [26JY]

———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]

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

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S292 [2FE]

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

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see S. 3101), S9864 [4OC]

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

United Mine Workers of America: restore stability and equity to the financing of the Combined Benefit Fund (see S. 2729), S7399 [20JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Egypt: provide a timely and open judicial appeal for Shaiboub William Arsel and complete an independent investigation of police brutality in Al-Kosheh (see S. Res. 367), S9945 [5OC]

Florida State University: tribute to football team (see S. Res. 265), S1118 [2MR]

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

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: grant U.S. citizenship (see S. 1999), S37 [24JA]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 149), S10252 [11OC]

International economic relations: promote international monetary stability and share seigniorage with officially dollarized countries (see S. 2101), S799 [24FE]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals (see S. 2556), S3946 [15MY]

Pilot, Sandra J.: relief (see S. 2054), S612 [10FE]

Russia: prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any debt owed to the U.S. until the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba, is permanently closed (see S. 2748), S5308 [16JN]

Tariff: R115777 (see S. 2628), S4379 [24MY]

Taxation: limit tax rates for District of Columbia residents on income from sources within the District of Columbia (see S. 3217), S10716 [18OC]

Cloture motions

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

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), motion to proceed, S7590 [26JY], S7768 [27JY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), S2696 [13AP]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), motion to proceed, S2835 [25AP]

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

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 2507), motion to proceed, S7469 [24JY], S7629 [26JY]

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

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2432 [7AP], S2506 [11AP]

Court documents

Marlene Alejandre, et al., v. Cuba: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, S781 [24FE]

Factsheets

Downing of Civilian Aircraft by Cuban Fighter Jets: Executive Office of the President, S781 [24FE]

Letters

Everglades National Park restoration plan: Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, S8923 [21SE]

Graduate medical education payments: several Members of Congress, S6208 [30JN]

Lists

Florida State University football players, coaches, and staff, S1153 [2MR]

Staff members, S9264 [26SE]

Polls

Final Associated Press (news service) College Football Poll, S1154 [2MR]

Final ESPN/USA Today College Football Poll, S1154 [2MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1579 [22MR]

———promote the development and use of affordable crop insurance policies for specialty crop producers, S1579 [22MR]

AID: Cuban Transition Project funding, S10980 [25OC]

Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge: land acquisition, S7041 [17JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6825 [14JY]

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 4286), S10010 [5OC]

Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 3292), S10009 [5OC]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), S10027 [5OC]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8711 [19SE]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (H.R. 34), S10010 [5OC]

———technical corrections to map system (H.R. 4435), S10011 [5OC]

Congress: anniversary of first meeting in Washington, DC (S. Con. Res. 144), S10011 [5OC]

Cuba: anniversary of downing of civilian aircraft by Cuban fighter jets, S779, S780 [24FE]

———U.S. policy, S779, S780 [24FE]

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: clarify boundaries and authorize appropriations (H.R. 5036), S10003 [5OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S5394, S5406, S5434 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), conference report, S7739 [27JY]

———Synthetic Aperture Radar facility funding, S7739 [27JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish an ombudsman at national laboratories to help resolve disputes relative to technology partnerships, S10027 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7041 [17JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, S11231 [27OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6002 [28JN], S6208 [30JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, S10761 [19OC]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), S10011, S10019 [5OC]

Diseases: provide additional assistance for international malaria control programs and coordinate assistance relative to malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis (S. 2940), S7723 [27JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, S11231 [27OC]

Economy: review of accomplishments during Reagan administration, S9928 [5OC]

Egypt: provide a timely and open judicial appeal for Shaiboub William Arsel and complete an independent investigation of police brutality in Al-Kosheh (S. Res. 367), S9965 [5OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow State and local agencies to use professional development funding for teacher testing, merit-based pay, and tenure reform programs, S3456, S3457, S3459, S3460 [4MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3456, S3457, S3459, S3460 [4MY]

Energy Policy Act: cleanup of uranium and thorium mill sites (H.R. 2641), S10003 [5OC]

EPA: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality throughout the Florida Keys (S. 2711), S4954 [12JN]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan, S9147, S9150 [25SE]

———restoration plan adaptive assessment and monitoring, S8931 [21SE]

———restoration plan operation and maintenance cost sharing, S8921, S8924, S8925 [21SE]

———restoration plan (S. 2797), S5904 [27JN]

Federal agencies and departments: improve ability to license federally owned inventions (H.R. 209), S10027 [5OC]

FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of the Arrowrock Dam Hydroelectric Project in Idaho (S. 1236), unanimous-consent agreement, S10003 [5OC]

Florida State University: tribute to football team (S. Res. 265), S1153 [2MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), conference report, S10980 [25OC]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: allow court hearing relative to custody and immigration status, S1871 [29MR]

———custody and immigration status, S2710, S2712 [13AP]

———grant U.S. citizenship (S. 1999), S2, S3 [24JA]

———INS operation to reunite with father, S2932 [26AP]

Homestead AFB, FL: conveyance process for surplus military property, S9148 [25SE]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, S10240, S10241 [11OC]

Jacksonville, FL: classification as ``urban county'' relative to eligibility for Community Development Block Grant Program, S10761 [19OC]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2496), S10009 [5OC]

Libya: U.S. policy (S. Res. 287), S2856 [25AP]

Medicare: graduate medical education payments, S6208 [30JN]

Mental health: expansion of the Southern Florida Medical Corrections Options Program to include a demonstration project in Hawaii, S11231 [27OC]

Middle East: U.S. policy on U.N. Security Council resolution condemning current level of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians, S10396 [12OC]

National Bipartisan Commission on Cuba: establish, S5394, S5434 [20JN]

Native Americans: improve the cause of action for misrepresentation of Indian arts and crafts (S. 2872), S10009 [5OC]

NIH: funding, S6002 [28JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 2941), S7723 [27JY]

Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park: establish (H.R. 4063), S10008 [5OC]

Russia: prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any debt owed to the U.S. until the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba, is permanently closed (S. 2748), S5309 [16JN]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (H.R. 3676), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 143), S10009 [5OC]

Senate: legislative program, S453 [7FE], S2948 [26AP], S7723 [27JY], S9931 [5OC]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony and representation of Laura Cahill in Martin A. Lopow v. William J. Henderson (S. Res. 297), S2947, S2948 [26AP]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1540 [22MR]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 3165), S10027 [5OC]

Tariff: R115777 (S. 2628), S4391 [24MY]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2672 [13AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by increasing income phaseout thresholds for education savings accounts, S1046, S1048 [2MR]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2036), S453 [7FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6667 [13JY]

———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), S9704 [3OC]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1046, S1048 [2MR]

Terrorism: modify enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgements, S10240, S10241 [11OC]

Tibetan National Day: designate (S. Res. 60), S1434 [9MR]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: improve implementation of environmental streamlining provisions (S. 3173), S10027 [5OC]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), S8921, S8924, S8925, S8931 [21SE], S9147, S9148, S9150 [25SE]

———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, S11407 [31OC]

Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), S10019, S10027 [5OC]

White Clay Creek: designate segments and tributaries in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 1849), unanimous-consent agreement, S10003 [5OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S9264 [26SE], S10071 [6OC], S10584 [13OC], S11121 [26OC], S11243 [27OC], S11418 [31OC], S11475 [1NO], S11548 [5DE], S11678 [7DE], S11846, S11847 [15DE]

Reports filed

International Monetary Stability Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2101) (S. Rept. 106-354), S7477 [24JY]

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 106-225), S2233 [5AP]

Schedules

Florida State University football games and results, S1154 [2MR]

Statements

Downing of Civilian Aircraft by Cuban Fighter Jets: President Clinton, S780 [24FE]

Tibetan National Uprising: Dalai Lama, S1435 [9MR]

Texts of

S. 2556, implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, S3947 [15MY]

S. 2628, tariff on R115777, S4391 [24MY]

S. 2748, Russian-American Trust and Cooperation Act, S5309 [16JN]

Tributes

Coverdell, Paul, S7724 [27JY]