HAGEL, CHUCK (a Senator from Nebraska)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2440 [7AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867 [8JN], S6278 [30JN], S6455 [11JY]

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

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7056, S7080 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN], S5933 [27JN], S5990 [28JN], S6197, S6267 [30JN]

Foreign aid: improve famine prevention and freedom from hunger programs (H.R. 4002), S9865, S9869 [4OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5485, S5565, S5569, S5571, S5572 [21JN]

National Fragile X Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 268), S6582, S6583 [12JY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), S10807 [19OC]

Public lands: restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools and roads (H.R. 2389), S10114 [6OC]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1031 [1MR]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India Into the House Chamber, H7580 [14SE]

Conferee: S. 2901, Security Assistance Act, S8241 [7SE]

Articles and editorials

Census Bashing, H1668 [3AP]

Civic Duty and the Census, H1667 [3AP]

William R. Corson, 74, Author and Retired Marine Officer, Dies, J.Y. Smith, Washington (DC) Post, S8655 [18SE]

World of Problems, Robert Kagan, Washington (DC) Post, S2561 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see S. 3135), S9466 [28SE]

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

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 2013), S292 [2FE] (see S. 2669), S4691 [7JN]

Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 128), S953 [29FE]

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

Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 294), S6478 [11JY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (see S. 2277), S1750 [27MR]

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

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. 3283), S11917 [15DE]

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

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see S. 2390), S4577 [6JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (see S. 3091), S10154 [10OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see S. 1452), S952 [29FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish in the Antitrust Division a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters (see S. 1984), S217 [1FE]

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

Economy: provide for excellence in economic education (see S. 1487), S5117 [14JN]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 135), S8501 [13SE]

EPA: repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see S.J. Res. 50), S7922 [27JY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see S. 2068), S4322 [23MY]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see S. 3157), S10807 [19OC]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 2589), S4578 [6JN]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see S. 2420), S4323 [23MY]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see S. 2293), S2354 [6AP]

Government regulations: review and limit the issuance of certain regulations relative to Federal contractors (see S. 2986), S9271 [26SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 251), S335 [3FE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see S. Con. Res. 98), S1750 [27MR]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 2416), S3544 [4MY]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see S. 2366), S2233 [5AP]

Health Care Financing Administration: reform the regulatory processes used to administer the Medicare program (see S. 2999), S8865 [20SE]

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

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see S. 2689), S8215 [7SE]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see S. 2689), S8215 [7SE]

Historic buildings and sites: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see S. 2082), S747 [23FE]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend applicability to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong veterans (see S. 3060), S9963 [5OC]

Housing: expand homeownership (see S. 1333), S4854 [8JN]

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

``In Memory'' Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 34), S821 [24FE]

INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see S. 2586), S7483 [24JY]

International economic relations: development and expansion of international economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit unions (see S. 3072), S8759 [19SE]

International Visitors Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 87), S493 [8FE]

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]

Lexington (U.S.S.): naming of the last vessel of the Nimitz class of aircraft carriers (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2439 [7AP]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S5685 [22JN]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 111), S9202 [25SE]

Magen David Adom Society: membership and recognition of the Red Shield of David by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (see S. Res. 343), S7656 [26JY]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S5118 [14JN]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 2241), S3615 [8MY]

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

———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S7483 [24JY]

———preserve access to outpatient cancer treatment by ensuring any changes in reimbursement rates are based on appropriate guidelines and analysis by GAO (see S. 3003), S8019 [5SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S1750 [27MR]

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

Motor vehicles: require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (see S. 1020), S8505 [13SE]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 301), S7165 [18JY]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 340), S7923 [27JY]

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

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S292 [2FE]

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

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

National Military Appreciation Month: designate (see S. Res. 266), S1233 [7MR]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S86 [26JA]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S5686 [22JN]

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

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), S9612 [2OC]

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]

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

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]

Public safety officers: establish national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see S. 39), S493 [8FE]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see S. 2967), S8115 [6SE]

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

Research: increase the international exchange and availability of biotechnology information and coordinate a Federal strategy to advance the benefits of biotechnology (see S. 2106), S6690 [13JY]

Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office, Omaha, NE: designate (see S. 2895), S7393 [20JY]

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 2735), S5468 [20JN]

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), S1241 [7MR]

Serbia: elections (see S. Res. 365), S9702 [3OC]

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. 2074), S953 [29FE]

Special days and holidays: specify that the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday be called by that name (see S. 978), S4391 [24MY]

States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (see S. 2417), S3264 [2MY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S10092 [6OC]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S2872 [25AP]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S160 [31JA]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2106 [4AP]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see S. 542), S870 [28FE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 2225), S1827 [28MR]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see S. 2572), S8214 [7SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2097), S1186 [6MR]

Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 304), S5686 [22JN]

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

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 60), S8292 [8SE]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S7453 [21JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Foreign aid: improve famine prevention and freedom from hunger programs (see S. 3126), S9381 [27SE]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2836), S6257 [30JN]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Con. Res. 100), S1884 [29MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 2941), S7656 [26JY]

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

White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance: establish (see S. 3181), S10153 [10OC]

Cloture motions

Berzon, Marsha L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1225 [7MR], S1301 [8MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9820 [4OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1737 [27MR], S1839 [29MR]

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 [26SE]

———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]

Paez, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1225 [7MR], S1301 [8MR]

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

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

Letters

Organ procurement and transplantation programs revision and extension: by, S2228 [5AP]

Motions

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

Obituaries

McKevitt, James D. (Mike), S9599 [2OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S107 [27JA], S1441 [20MR], S1619 [23MR], S2029 [3AP], S8353 [12SE], S9017 [22SE], S11295 [28OC]

Privilege of the floor

Dorman, David, S8224 [7SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1624 [23MR]

Army: anniversary, S5088 [14JN]

China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology, S8355 [12SE]

———make trade relations with the U.S. contingent on freedom of religion, S8135 [7SE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8135 [7SE], S8355 [12SE]

———require disclosure of information relative to compliance with World Trade Organization subsidy obligations, S8354 [12SE]

Climate: global warming, S5292 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4140 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, S9025 [22SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on reclamation and reuse of water and wastewater in Hawaii (S. 1694), S11741, S11744 [7DE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10313 [12OC]

District of Columbia: modify performance accountability plan filing date and goals (S. 3062), S10114 [6OC]

Ecology and environment: revise energy policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance global climate science, promote technology development, and increase citizen awareness (S. 1776), S5292 [16JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8131 [7SE]

Evans, Clay: tribute (S. Res. 385), S11745 [7DE]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (H.R. 5461), S11744, S11745 [7DE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1766 [28MR]

Foreign aid: improve famine prevention and freedom from hunger programs (S. 3126), S9391 [27SE]

Foreign policy: national objectives priority assignments, S2561-S2563 [12AP]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (H.R. 4975), S10113 [6OC]

Greenspan, Alan: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S305 [3FE]

John Brademas Post Office, South Bend, IN: designate (H.R. 2938), S10113 [6OC]

Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, S4140 [18MY]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (S. Con. Res. 100), S1915 [29MR]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, S8131 [7SE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (S. Res. 386), S11745, S11746 [7DE]

National security: national objectives priority assignments, S2561-S2563 [12AP]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S9023 [22SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, S7647 [26JY]

Postage and stamps: modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (S. 2686), S10114 [6OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, S9023 [22SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S10114-S10117 [6OC], S11746 [7DE]

Public lands: restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools and roads (H.R. 2389), S10113 [6OC]

Senate: legislative program, S8353 [12SE], S8535 [14SE], S10117 [6OC], S11617 [6DE], S11746 [7DE]

———tribute to departing Members, S11617 [6DE]

Social Security: age eligibility for full unreduced old-age benefits, S1491, S1492 [21MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1491, S1492 [21MR]

Toiyabe National Forest: boundary adjustment (S. 439), S11741 [7DE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S10313 [12OC]

Texts of

S. 3126, Famine Prevention and Freedom From Hunger Improvement Act, S9391-S9393 [27SE]

Tributes

Abraham, Senator, S11734 [7DE]

Corson, William R., S8655 [18SE]

Coverdell, Paul, S7188 [19JY]

McKevitt, James D. (Mike), S9599 [2OC]

Zuerlein, Damian, S8535 [14SE]