WYDEN, RON (a Senator from Oregon)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7367, S7400, S7404, S7405 [20JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S178 [1FE], S238 [2FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2087, S2122 [4AP], S2254, S2263 [5AP], S2301, S2334, S2362, S2367, S2373 [6AP], S2410 [7AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4638, S4696 [7JN], S4753, S4867 [8JN], S4924 [9JN], S5370 [19JN], S6269 [30JN], S6478 [11JY], S6547, S6549 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4957 [12JN], S5007 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5178, S5275 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5706 [22JN], S5715, S5750 [23JN], S5833, S5870, S5913, S5933 [27JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3549 [4MY]

Library of Congress: establish the National Recording Registry (H.R. 4846), S10953, S11007 [25OC]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S498 [8FE]

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), S10099, S10114 [6OC], S10155 [10OC]

———restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools, roads, and Federal land management projects (S. 1608), S8509 [13SE]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S872 [28FE], S955 [29FE], S992 [1MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2481 [10AP]

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

Articles and editorials

Air Passengers ``Fed Up'' With Poor Service, Survey Finds, Randolph E. Schmid, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S5180 [15JN]

Airline Service Dips in 3 of 4 Categories, Frank Swoboda, Washington (DC) Post, S5181 [15JN]

Approve Pain Relief Promotion Bill—Senate Should Put a Quick End to Wyden's Filibuster and Pass Bill That Favors Pain-Killing Over Patient-Killing, Portland (OR) Oregonian, S11214 [27OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see S. 2725), S11377 [30OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project (see S. 2882), S7072 [17JY]

———install pumps and remove the Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River in Oregon (see S. 3227), S10892 [23OC]

———participation in the planning, design, and construction of the Bend Feed Canal Pipeline Project in Oregon (see S. 2425), S2727 [13AP]

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

Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 294), S6349 [10JY]

China, People's Republic of: ensure increased monitoring of compliance with commitments made relative to World Trade Organization membership (see S. 2115), S929 [29FE]

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

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see S. 2123), S4207 [18MY]

Commission on Ocean Policy: establish (see S. 2327), S1884 [29MR]

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), S3948 [15MY]

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: encourage the Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) to hold hearings (see S. Res. 279), S1987 [30MR] (see S. Res. 286), S2616 [12AP]

Courts: appointment of Federal district judges (see S. 3071), S11377 [30OC]

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

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 3), S1914 [29MR]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language (see S. Res. 276), S1684 [23MR]

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

Customs Service: prohibit use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals (see S. 2393), S10722 [18OC]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 2370), S2347 [6AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see S. 1983), S160 [31JA]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 3222), S11377 [30OC]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S5912 [27JN]

EPA: establish integrated environmental reporting system (see S. 2800), S11377 [30OC]

———increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see S. 1915), S92 [26JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S2466 [10AP]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see S. 2044), S3948 [15MY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see S. 2068), S1030 [1MR]

Firearms: prohibit possession in places of worship or educational and scholastic settings (see S. Res. 295), S2865 [25AP]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 251), S382 [7FE]

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

Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (see S. 3052), S8585 [14SE]

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

Health: increase State immunization programs funding (see S. 2443), S4116 [17MY]

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

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to prosecution of those responsible for violence, return of displaced refugees, and human rights conditions in East Timor (see S. 2621), S4378 [24MY]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see S. Con. Res. 104), S2728 [13AP] (see S. Con. Res. 109), S3616 [8MY]

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), S9396 [27SE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see S. 662), S41 [24JA]

Medicare: improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (see S. 2937), S7656 [26JY]

Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see S. 3007), S8865 [20SE]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 2938), S10425 [12OC] (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]

Motor vehicles: require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (see S. 1020), S11425 [31OC]

National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S4323 [23MY]

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

National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (see S. 2597), S5032 [13JN]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 3175), S11740 [7DE]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S1242 [7MR]

National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10425 [12OC]

National Writing Project: improve (see S. 514), S2945 [26AP]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund conservation programs (see S. 2181), S4322 [23MY]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S6576 [12JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see S. 922), S7921 [27JY]

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

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

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]

Oregon: provide for additional place of holding district court (see S. 2024), S285 [2FE]

Petroleum: reimpose the prohibition on export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil (see S. 2275), S1914 [29MR]

Pipelines: improve safety (see S. 2004), S2249 [5AP]

Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover certain birds for use as human food (see S. 1133), S92 [26JA]

Public utilities: establish programs for electric energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service (see S. 1369), S2945 [26AP]

Public welfare programs: improve onsite inspections of State food stamp programs and provide grants to develop community partnerships and innovative outreach strategies for food stamp and related programs (see S. 1800), S2353 [6AP]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see S. 1805), S2118 [4AP]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 2183), S3332 [3MY]

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

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

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S11377 [30OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 279), S7921 [27JY]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 2477), S3332 [3MY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S11425 [31OC]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 1900), S952 [29FE]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 779), S5813 [26JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2255), S1750 [27MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S8768 [19SE]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see S. 1732), S6576 [12JY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 2887), S11425 [31OC]

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

———strengthen limitation on transfer of telecommunications licenses to foreign companies with government ownership (see S. 2793), S7690 [26JY]

Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones (see S. 1755), S1240 [7MR]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2598), S4190 [18MY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 861), S11425 [31OC]

Weapons: terminate production of Trident II missiles (see S. 1439), S7165 [18JY]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 60), S7246 [19JY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S6577 [12JY]

Zinfandel Grape Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 132), S11377 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Barbeau-Quinn, Rose-Marie: relief (see S. 2509), S3514 [4MY]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see S. 2607), S4297 [23MY]

Education: establish summer academic enrichment programs (see S. 2970), S7839 [27JY]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 2009), S86 [26JA]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see S. 3119), S9381 [27SE]

Investments: 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]

Little Sandy River: protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit (see S. 2691), S4669 [7JN]

Medicare: establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (see S. 3026), S8412 [12SE]

Merchant Marine Act: eliminate the tax penalty for certain Capital Construction Fund withdrawals and permit the rollover of contributions to an individual retirement account (see S. 2960), S7839 [27JY]

Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (see S. 2877), S6841 [14JY]

Privacy: strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see S. 2326), S1884 [29MR]

Tariff: allow a duty drawback on the recycling of athletic shoes (see S. 2571), S4014 [16MY]

———make certain recycled products eligible for duty drawback (see S. 2961), S7839 [27JY]

———titanium disks (see S. 2114), S929 [29FE]

Taxation: allow tax credits for donations of computers to senior centers and require a pilot program to enhance the availability of Internet access for older Americans (see S. 2701), S4820 [8JN]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2028), S328 [3FE]

Letters

Relief of Marina Khalina: by, S5358 [19JN]

Lists

Victims of gun violence, S5652 [22JN]

Privilege of the floor

Harris, Tracy, S5934 [27JN]

Scott, Andrew, S5934 [27JN]

Worth, Jim, S7704 [26JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7367 [20JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S184 [1FE]

———ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable, S184 [1FE]

Barbeau-Quinn, Rose-Marie: relief (S. 2509), S3524 [4MY]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2093 [4AP], S2153 [5AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2059, S2093 [4AP], S2153 [5AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: install pumps and remove the Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River in Oregon (S. 3227), S10921 [24OC]

Capitol Buildings and Grounds: require multiple officers at security checkpoints, S315 [3FE]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, S5215 [15JN]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, S5302 [16JN]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, S11106 [26OC], S11208, S11209, S11210, S11211 [27OC], S11469 [1NO]

———promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 2260), S14 [24JA]

———promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (S. 1272), S9842 [4OC], S10244 [11OC]

———promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (S. 2607), S4311 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Food Electronically and Effectively Distributed Website Demonstration Project funding, S7367 [20JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S5302 [16JN]

Dept. of Labor: develop plan to improve compensation, working conditions, and other benefits for agricultural workers in the U.S., S6189 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6514 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers, S5191 [15JN]

———review certain airline customer service practices and make recommendations for reform, S5179 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5178, S5191 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5832, S5833 [27JN], S6189 [30JN]

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat diabetes, S2935 [26AP]

Education: establish summer academic enrichment programs (S. 2970), S7881 [27JY]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (S. 2009), S91 [26JA]

Firearms: encourage States to require a holding period for students expelled for bringing a gun to school, S5652 [22JN]

———gun control, S5652 [22JN], S7648 [26JY]

Forest Service: roads moratorium relative to access to public forests, S6514 [12JY]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (S. 3119), S9386 [27SE]

Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (H.R. 4828), S10483 [12OC]

———designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (S. 3052), S8590 [14SE]

Immigration: improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (H.R. 3767), S7822 [27JY]

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]

Little Sandy River: protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit (S. 2691), S4684 [7JN], S11246 [27OC], S11485 [1NO]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S1947 [30MR], S2059 [4AP], S2893 [26AP]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 1480), S7, S8 [24JA], S124 [31JA], S315 [3FE], S656 [22FE], S751-S753 [23FE], S787 [24FE], S1042 [1MR], S1162-S1164 [6MR], S1203 [7MR], S1267 [8MR], S1482 [21MR], S2032-S2034 [3AP]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (S. 3026), S8413 [12SE]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (S. 2937), S7679, S7686 [26JY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, S2032-S2034 [3AP]

Merchant Marine Act: eliminate the tax penalty for certain Capital Construction Fund withdrawals and permit the rollover of contributions to an individual retirement account (S. 2960), S7850 [27JY]

National Assisted Living Week: observance, S8340 [11SE]

National Biotechnology Month: observance, S146 [31JA]

NIH: require proposal to ensure reasonable rate of return from drug manufacturers on drugs developed with Federal funding or research, S5832, S5833 [27JN]

Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (S. 2877), S6845 [14JY]

———repeal of assisted suicide and euthanasia laws, S9842 [4OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, S1162 [6MR]

Privacy: strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (S. 2326), S1911 [29MR]

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), S11470 [1NO]

———restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools, roads, and Federal land management projects (S. 1608), S8518, S8523, S8524, S8526 [13SE], S10118 [6OC]

———restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools, roads, and Federal land managements projects (S. 1608), unanimous-consent agreement, S7953 [27JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11106 [26OC], S11208, S11209, S11210, S11211 [27OC], S11469 [1NO]

Senate: holds on certain legislation, S11246 [27OC], S11485 [1NO]

———legislative program, S11207 [27OC]

Sequoia National Park: expand boundaries to include Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove (H.R. 4020), S11485 [1NO]

Tariff: allow a duty drawback on the recycling of athletic shoes (S. 2571), S4023 [16MY]

———titanium disks (S. 2114), S930 [29FE]

Taxation: allow tax credits for donations of computers to senior centers and require a pilot program to enhance the availability of Internet access for older Americans (S. 2701), S4843 [8JN]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2028), S329 [3FE]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools, S994 [1MR]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S994 [1MR]

Statements

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: by, S5229-S5231 [15JN]

Pain Relief Promotion Act: American Cancer Society, S10244 [11OC]

Studies

Rural Case Studies on Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, S8 [24JA]

Texts of

S. 2028, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, S329 [3FE]

S. 2114, tariff on titanium disks, S930 [29FE]

S. 2244, Working Families Trade Bonus Act, S1417-S1419 [9MR]

S. 2326, Wireless Eavesdropping Protection Act, S1911 [29MR]

S. 2509, relief of Rose-Marie Barbeau-Quinn, S3524 [4MY]

S. 2571, allow a duty drawback on the recycling of athletic shoes, S4024 [16MY]

S. 2607, Pain Relief Promotion Act, S4312 [23MY]

S. 2701, Internet Access for Seniors Act, S4844 [8JN]

S. 2877, Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River Basin Water Optimization Feasibility Study Act, S6846 [14JY]

S. 2960, Capital Construction Fund (CCF) Qualified Withdrawal Act, S7850 [27JY]

S. 2970, Student Education Enrichment Demonstration Act, S7882-S7884 [27JY]

S. 3026, Hospice Improvement Program Act, S8414 [12SE]

S. 3119, Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act, S9386 [27SE]

Tributes

Byrd, Senator, S1162 [6MR]

Coverdell, Senator, S751 [23FE]

Hurd, Jim, S10406 [12OC]