BAYH, EVAN (a Senator from Indiana)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2251, S2252, S2262 [5AP], S2355, S2358, S2374 [6AP], S2390 [7AP]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1089), S1186 [6MR]

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

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5706 [22JN], S5715, S5738 [23JN], S5916 [27JN], S5963, S6029, S6031 [28JN], S6199, S6268 [30JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3738 [9MY]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (S. 2557), S9484 [28SE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2641, S2642 [12AP], S2874 [25AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6660, S6692, S6695, S6759 [13JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1128 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1109), S382 [7FE]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S4207 [18MY]

Bolivia: tribute to democracy and drug eradication efforts (see S. Res. 375), S10723 [18OC]

Budget: implement emergency spending reforms to protect budget surplus (see S. 483), S1524 [21MR]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 130), S7922 [27JY]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S7077 [17JY]

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), S1030 [1MR]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see S. 3269), S11607 [5DE]

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), S3923 [11MY]

Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see S. 1977), S1611 [22MR]

Courts: appointment of Federal district judges (see S. 3071), S8759 [19SE]

———appointment of Federal judges (see S. 1145), S4487 [25MY]

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

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see S. 622), S1996 [30MR]

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

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

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S8024 [5SE]

Drug abuse: combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers (see S. 2612), S4297 [23MY]

Economy: provide for excellence in economic education (see S. 1487), S159 [31JA]

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

———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see S. 2347), S2107 [4AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2254), S1512 [21MR]

Employment: establish a training voucher system (see S. 116), S334 [3FE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1276), S1683 [23MR]

EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (see S. 914), S3030 [27AP]

Families and domestic relations: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (see S. 3110), S9267 [26SE]

———increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see S. 3189), S10252 [11OC]

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

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

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 48), S7165 [18JY]

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

Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 3196), S10411 [12OC]

Insurance: increase access to long-term health care (see S. 2935), S7656 [26JY]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 3183), S11643 [6DE]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S7690 [26JY]

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S5813 [26JN]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 3250), S11740 [7DE]

Middlebury College: bicentennial (see S. Res. 355), S8506 [13SE]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see S. 2070), S1750 [27MR]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 340), S7448 [21JY]

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

National Fragile X Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 268), S2637 [12AP]

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

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

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

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S6349 [10JY]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S4691 [7JN]

Next Generation Internet Act: reauthorize (see S. 2046), S3923 [11MY]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2076), S680 [22FE]

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), S11137 [26OC]

Pensions: reform (see S. 741), S334 [3FE]

Petroleum: prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (see S. 2233), S1392 [9MR]

Pipelines: improve safety (see S. 2004), S952 [29FE]

Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 2023), S285 [2FE]

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

Schools: enhance safety (see S. 1465), S1525 [21MR]

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), S3736 [9MY]

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

Social Security: require report to Congress on solvency (see S. 2249), S1461 [20MR]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 1900), S5031 [13JN]

———designate renewal communities (see S. 463), S334 [3FE]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 779), S4690 [7JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 546), S551 [9FE]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see S. 1833), S492 [8FE] (see S. 2904), S7448 [21JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S7554 [25JY]

———increase deduction for expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses (see S. 1341), S551 [9FE]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see S. 1413), S216 [1FE]

———modify restrictions on refinancing of certain bonds issued to local governments to finance governmental services (see S. 1446), S492 [8FE]

———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), S10260 [11OC]

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see S. 85), S7482 [24JY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 1128), S1525 [21MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S7483 [24JY]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S4488 [25MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 2225), S1683 [23MR]

———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see S. 456), S92 [26JA] (see S. 1934), S292 [2FE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 861), S382 [7FE]

Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 304), S6349 [10JY]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 60), S4208 [18MY]

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

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see S.J. Res. 44), S3851 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area: authorize (see S. 3248), S11131 [26OC]

Indiana: establish temporary Federal judgeship for the southern district (see S. 2794), S5884 [27JN]

John Brademas Post Office, South Bend, IN: designate (see S. 2804), S6015 [28JN]

National Responsible Father's Day: designate (see S. Res. 322), S5027 [13JN]

Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help individuals protect themselves (see S. 3164), S9944 [5OC]

Taxation: provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 2096), S799 [24FE]

———reduce the marriage penalty by providing a nonrefundable marriage credit and adjustment to the earned income tax credit (see S. 2305), S1815 [28MR]

———reduce the marriage tax penalty by providing a nonrefundable marriage credit and adjustment to the earned income tax credit (see S. 2403), S2616 [12AP]

Letters

State Children's Health Insurance Program funding: Frank O'Bannon, Governor of Indiana, S5827 [27JN]

———Michael O. Leavitt and Parris N. Glendening, National Governors' Association, S5827 [27JN]

———several Senators, S5826, S5827 [27JN]

Remarks

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S373 [7FE]

Benko, Lindsay: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S8939 [21SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7106 [18JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2309 [6AP]

Clarksville, IN: Our Lady of Providence Junior Senior High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S9462 [28SE]

Crime: conduct study of hate crimes and establish a grant program to assist State and local authorities in investigations and prosecutions, S5426 [20JN]

———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, S5426 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S5426 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, S5826 [27JN]

Dept. of Labor: workforce investment programs funding, S5970 [28JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5826 [27JN], S5970 [28JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3635 [9MY]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 2254), S1515 [21MR]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (S. 3189), S10258 [11OC]

Hatch, Nathan O.: nomination to National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, S4368 [24MY]

Indiana: establish temporary Federal judgeship for the southern district (S. 2794), S5886 [27JN]

John Brademas Post Office, South Bend, IN: designate (S. 2804), S6016 [28JN]

Merrillville, IN: Clifford Pierce Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S10245 [11OC]

Minimum wage: level, S373 [7FE]

Petroleum: prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (S. 2233), S1406 [9MR]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities, S2309 [6AP]

Science: increase Federal technology research and development funding, S3504 [4MY]

Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help individuals protect themselves (S. 3164), S9945 [5OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1493 [21MR]

———require report to Congress on solvency, S1493 [21MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for long-term care, S6660 [13JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2590 [12AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6616, S6660 [13JY]

———provide incentives for advanced teacher certification, S6616 [13JY]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (S. 2096), S809 [24FE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (S. 2225), S7650 [26JY]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S6616 [13JY]

Tributes

Butcher, Jack, S1171 [6MR]

Kelley, James E., S7824 [27JY]