DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY related term(s) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Customs Service

Addresses

Importance of Diplomacy in the Economic, Trade, and Financial Arenas, E69 [7FE]

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), S7694 [26JY], H6471 [18JY], H6600, H6601 [19JY], H6635, H6642, H6645, H6652, H6653, H6658, H6664, H6670, H6671, H6672, H6684, H6685, H6688, H6689, H6692, H6694, H6698, H6699, H6703, H6705, H6720 [20JY]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), S10546, S10593 [13OC], S11651 [6DE], H10872, H10873 [25OC]

Analyses

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act (S. 2997), S7917 [27JY]

Articles and editorials

Bankers Assail Mint for Deal With Wal-Mart, S599 [10FE]

Time To Consider Reviving the Assay Commission, E246 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: define value of items used in production of securities (see H.R. 4097), H1476 [28MR]

Civil War—U.S.: mint coins in commemoration of African-American Civil War veterans (see H.R. 4513), H3523 [22MY]

Coins: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5010), H7206 [27JY]

Crime: combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (see S. 2972), S7839 [27JY]

———combat money laundering (see H.R. 4695), H4783 [20JN]

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

———merchandise importation procedures (see H.R. 4337), H2339 [13AP]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2900), S7393 [20JY] (see H.R. 4871), H6469 [18JY] (see H.R. 4985), H7128 [26JY] (see H.R. 5658), H12094 [14DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), consideration (see H. Res. 560), H6598 [19JY]

Firearms: require ballistics testing of all firearms that are most commonly used in crime and provide for compilation and use of ballistics information to curb the use of firearms in crime (see S. 2715), S5027 [13JN]

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

IMF: instruct to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 4102), H1476 [28MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 3183), S10252 [11OC] (see H.R. 3633), H340 [10FE]

Law enforcement officers: establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for Secret Service and U.S. Park Police officers (see H.R. 4880), H6469 [18JY]

Money: convert to a circulating currency system that does not involve debt or interest (see H.R. 5510), H10472 [19OC]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 2997), S7840 [27JY]

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] (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

Pittsburg, NH: operate the land border port of entry as a full-time port of entry (see H.R. 3585), H253 [8FE]

Privacy: prohibit appearance of Social Security numbers on, or through, unopened Dept. of the Treasury mailings (see S. 3219), S10801 [19OC]

Public debt: retire publicly held debt each fiscal year (see H.R. 4505), H3474 [19MY]

Security documents: produce at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis (see H.R. 4096), H1476 [28MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S1315 [8MR] (see H.R. 4259), H2238 [12AP]

Taxation: repeal and simplify certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2642), S4460 [25MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2450), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP] (see H.R. 4230), H2121 [11AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (see H. Res. 473), H2237 [12AP]

U.S. Assay Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3866), H756 [8MR]

U.S. Mint: clarify the intent of Congress relative to the authority to produce numismatic coins (see H.R. 5273), H8061 [25SE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

Cloture motions

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), motion to proceed, S7469 [24JY], S7590 [26JY]

Conference reports

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations (H.R. 4516), H7095-H7126 [26JY]

Letters

Assignment of Armed Forces personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities: Brian E. Sheridan, Dept. of Defense, E793 [19MY]

Distribution of $1 coins to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Senator Murkowski, S599 [10FE]

Economic embargo of Cuba: Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, H6685 [20JY]

Ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund, S2505 [11AP]

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act, H7422 [12SE]

———Lawrence H. Summers, Sec. of the Treasury, H11892 [14NO]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act: Aaron Gornstein, Citizens' Housing and Planning Association, Inc., S7917 [27JY]

———Barbara J. Thompson, National Council of State Housing Agencies, S7918 [27JY]

———Dennis R. Cronk, National Association of Realtors, S7918 [27JY]

———Gerald M. Howard, National Association of Home Builders, S7918 [27JY]

———Kristin Siglin, Enterprise Foundation, S7919 [27JY]

———Mary Ann Gleason, National Coalition for the Homeless, S7918 [27JY]

———Robert J. Reid, National Housing Conference (organization), S7917 [27JY]

———Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition, S7918 [27JY]

Portsmouth, OH, uranium enrichment plant closure, H4912 [21JN]

Social Security Number Confidentiality Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1846 [19OC]

———Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform (House), E1846 [19OC]

Lists

Items incorrectly labeled as objectionable in conference report on H.R. 4516, legislative branch of the Government, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S10240 [11OC]

Objectionable provisions in conference report on H.R. 4516, legislative branch of the Government, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S8742 [19SE]

Messages

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

Motions

Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2277 [13AP]

Remarks in House

Akal Security, Inc.: relief (H.R. 3363), H3055 [16MY]

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H3275-H3277 [17MY], H3312 [18MY], H6604 [20JY], E766 [18MY]

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]

BATF: prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, H6703-H6705 [20JY]

———proposal to hire new agents relative to gun laws, H363 [14FE]

Budget: preserve portion of projected surplus to reduce the public debt, H1516-H1519 [29MR]

Buy American Act: compliance, H6689 [20JY]

Coins: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 5010), H7672-H7676 [18SE]

———tribute to Sacajawea dollar coin, H1658 [3AP]

———use of profits from sale of Sacajawea dollar coins to reduce the public debt, H540 [29FE]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4871, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6712 [20JY]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): proposal to delegate rewriting of the Internal Revenue Code to a commission, H2127 [12AP]

Crime: combat money laundering and other financial crimes, H6634, H6635 [20JY]

Cuba: prohibit funding to enforce economic embargo, H6685-H6688 [20JY]

Customs Service: designate San Antonio, TX, International Airport as an airport at which certain private aircraft arriving from a foreign area may land for processing, H6924 [25JY]

———monitoring for radioactivity in imported scrap metals funding through reductions in the Dept. of the Treasury Inspector General's office, H6645-H6647 [20JY]

———Racine, WI, office operations funding, H6653 [20JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, H7143-H7150 [27JY], H7608-H7627 [14SE], H7742 [19SE], H11785, H11787 [2NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6622-H6710 [20JY], E1295, E1298 [21JY], E1374, E1385 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), consideration (H. Res. 560), H6618-H6622 [20JY]

District of Columbia: review appropriateness of reopening Pennsylvania Avenue in front of White House, H8433 [28SE]

Foreign countries: require report to Congress on the IMF and World Bank advocacy of privatization, deregulation, and trade liberalization, H6635, H6636 [20JY]

IMF: instruct to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy, H1330 [23MR]

Inspector General Act: appointment of certain Inspectors General by the President and establishment of Inspectors General Criminal Investigator Academy and Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory (S. 1707), H10006, H10007 [17OC]

IRS: burden of proof relative to seizure of property, H226 [8FE]

———funding, H7619, H7621-H7623 [14SE], H9021 [6OC]

Law enforcement officers: establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for Secret Service and U.S. Park Police officers (H.R. 4880), E1267 [19JY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (H.R. 3679), H7804-H7806 [19SE]

One dollar bill: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign (H.R. 903), E652 [4MY]

Privacy: prohibit appearance of Social Security numbers on, or through, unopened Dept. of the Treasury mailings (H.R. 3218), H9990, H9991 [17OC], E1845, E1846, E1852 [19OC]

Public debt: reduce by declaring Federal Reserve notes to be official currency enabling return of Treasury bonds and reduction of interest payments, H6360 [18JY], H8040 [25SE], H8894 [5OC]

———report, H7520 [13SE]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), H5090-H5092 [26JN], H10872-H10874 [25OC]

———establish review process to determine appropriateness of proposed closures for safety purposes, H8433 [28SE]

Security documents: produce at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis (H.R. 4096), H7677-H7679 [18SE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (H.R. 4259), H2172 [12AP], H8188-H8191 [26SE]

Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 1041), H2127, H2128 [12AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H1948-H1953 [6AP], H2267-H2282 [13AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2259-H2267 [13AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), motion to recommit, H2277-H2279 [13AP]

U.S. Assay Commission: reestablish (H.R. 3866), E245 [8MR]

U.S. Mint: clarify the intent of Congress relative to the authority to produce numismatic coins (H.R. 5273), H8191 [26SE]

———use of George Washington's image in advertising campaign, H1421 [28MR]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (H.R. 5397), E1704 [6OC]

Remarks in Senate

Akal Security, Inc.: relief (H.R. 3363), S9543 [28SE]

BATF: expand Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative, S7614 [26JY]

———prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, S7596 [26JY]

Budget: preserve portion of projected surplus to reduce the public debt, S2179-S2190 [5AP]

Crime: combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (S. 2972), S7886-S7888 [27JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, S8731-S8748 [19SE], S8788-S8800 [20SE], S10705 [18OC], S11868 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), S7484 [24JY], S7591-S7619, S7629 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), motion to proceed, S7468 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), unanimous-consent agreement, S7626 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), unanimous-consent request, S7468 [24JY]

Drugs: increase funding to Federal law enforcement agencies to strengthen drug enforcement activities, S2648 [13AP]

Financial institutions: withhold U.S. contributions to international financial institutions until certain reforms are implemented and certified, S5485 [21JN]

Firearms: gun laws enforcement initiative funding, S2403-S2406 [7AP]

———require ballistics testing of all firearms that are most commonly used in crime and provide for compilation and use of ballistics information to curb the use of firearms in crime (S. 2715), S5028 [13JN]

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

IRS: impact of technical advice memoranda on the low-income housing tax credit program, S11776 [14DE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (S. 3183), S10252 [11OC]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families, S6646-S6648 [13JY]

———establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 2997), S7913-S7920 [27JY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (H.R. 3679), S10883 [23OC]

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

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4366-S4368 [24MY], S8293 [8SE], S11832 [15DE]

Privacy: prohibit appearance of Social Security numbers on, or through, unopened Dept. of the Treasury mailings (H.R. 3218), S11013 [25OC]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), S7952 [27JY], S10546-S10550 [13OC], S11651-S11654 [6DE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (H.R. 4259), S10266 [11OC]

Social Security: ensure solvency of trust funds, S6656-S6659 [13JY]

———prohibit investment of trust funds in private financial markets, S2388, S2389 [7AP], S3684 [9MY], S4290 [23MY]

Taxation: repeal and simplify certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2642), S4475-S4477 [25MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code and abolish IRS, S1285 [8MR]

———treatment of certain qualified personal service provider income, S3867 [11MY]

U.S. Mint: clarify the intent of Congress relative to the authority to produce numismatic coins (H.R. 5273), S10934 [24OC]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: distribution of $1 coins, S599 [10FE]

Reports

Use of Armed Forces Personnel To Support Civilian Law Enforcement: Dept. of Defense, E794 [19MY]

Reports filed

Akal Security, Inc., Relief: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3363) (H. Rept. 106-581), H2336 [13AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4199, Date Certain Tax Code Replacement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 473) (H. Rept. 106-576), H2237 [12AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4871, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 560) (H. Rept. 106-767), H6598 [19JY]

Dept. of the Interior Authorization for States To Establish Hunting Seasons for Double-Crested Cormorants: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3118) (H. Rept. 106-916), H8551 [29SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4871) (H. Rept. 106-756), H6469 [18JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2900), S7392 [20JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2900) (S. Rept. 106-500), S10411 [12OC]

Dept. of the Treasury Production of Certain Security Documents at the Request of Foreign Governments or States on a Reimbursable Basis: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4096) (H. Rept. 106-849), H7650 [14SE]

Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 21) (H. Rept. 106-526), H1075 [15MR]

Nomination of Alan P. Larson to International Monetary Organizations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Charles L. Kolbe to the IRS Oversight Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Nomination of George L. Farr to the IRS Oversight Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Nomination of Jay Johnson To Be Director of the U.S. Mint: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1315 [8MR]

Nomination of Jonathan Talisman To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7838 [27JY]

Nomination of Karen Hastie Williams to the IRS Oversight Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Nomination of Larry L. Levitan to the IRS Oversight Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Nomination of Lisa G. Ross To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7838 [27JY]

Nomination of Lisa G. Ross To Be Dept. of the Treasury Chief Financial Officer: Committee on Finance (Senate), S10999 [25OC]

Nomination of Michelle A. Smith To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance (Senate), S4103 [17MY]

Nomination of Nancy Killefer to the IRS Oversight Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Nomination of Robert M. Tobias to the IRS Oversight Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Nomination of Ruth M. Thomas To Be Deputy Under Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7838 [27JY]

Nomination of Steve H. Nickles to the IRS Oversight Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Presidential Threat Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3048) (H. Rept. 106-669), H4219 [12JN]

2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2266) (S. Rept. 106-355), S7477 [24JY]

Statements

Allow Agencies To Reimburse Federal Employees for Certain Adoption Expenses: Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, S1395 [9MR]

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act: OMB, H11892 [14NO]

Tables

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6628-H6630 [20JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 4985), H7609-H7611 [14SE]

Federal trust funds used to balance the budget, S2181 [5AP]

Public debt to the penny, S1782 [28MR], S2181 [5AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 560, consideration of H.R. 4871, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6618 [20JY]

H.R. 3048, Presidential Threat Protection Act, H5090 [26JN]

H.R. 3218, Social Security Number Confidentiality Act, H9990 [17OC]

H.R. 3363, relief of Akal Security, Inc., H3055 [16MY]

H.R. 3679, 2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin Act, H7804 [19SE]

H.R. 4096, authorize the Dept. of the Treasury to produce certain security documents at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis, H7677 [18SE]

H.R. 4199, Date Certain Tax Code Replacement Act, H2267-H2269 [13AP]

H.R. 4259, National Museum of the American Indian Commemorative Coin Act, H8188 [26SE]

H.R. 5010, District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act, H7672 [18SE]

H.R. 5273, U.S. Mint Numismatic Coin Clarification Act, H8191 [26SE]

S. 1707, appointment of certain Inspectors General by the President and establishment of Inspectors General Criminal Investigator Academy and Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory, H10006 [17OC]

S. 2217, National Museum of the American Indian Commemorative Coin Act, S1320 [8MR]

S. 2266, 2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin Act, S1597 [22MR]

S. 2715, Ballistic Fingerprints Act, S5028 [13JN]

S. 2997, National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act, S7915-S7917 [27JY]

S. 3261, HMO Guaranty Act, S11375 [30OC]