JEFFORDS, JAMES M. (a Senator from Vermont)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7193, S7248 [19JY], S7351, S7354, S7369, S7400, S7402, S7406 [20JY]

———making appropriations (S. 2536), S5364 [19JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S226, S292 [2FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2206, S2251, S2257, S2262 [5AP], S2319, S2360, S2362, S2365, S2367, S2373, S2376, S2377 [6AP], S2386, S2396, S2405, S2410, S2414, S2439, S2441 [7AP]

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 (S. 2311), S4583 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4620, S4694, S4710 [7JN], S4753, S4857, S4867 [8JN], S5072, S5120 [14JN], S5370 [19JN], S5406, S5469 [20JN], S6577 [12JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4164, S4209 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7078 [17JY]

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698, S5706 [22JN], S5715 [23JN], S5915, S5933 [27JN], S5990, S6031, S6032 [28JN], S6067, S6152 [29JN], S6188, S6189, S6196, S6199, S6266, S6267, S6268 [30JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3662, S3778 [9MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8118 [6SE], S8172 [7SE]

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

Health: minority health programs (S. 1880), S11151 [26OC]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S503 [8FE]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), S10095 [6OC]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), S11138 [26OC]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), S9048 [22SE]

Articles and editorials

Manchester Village Charter, Mary Hard Bart, Manchester (VT) Journal, S6110 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2411), S2616 [12AP]

———enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (see S. 2773), S10260 [11OC]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see S. 2630), S4459 [25MY]

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), S5027 [13JN]

Armed Forces: require certain information from the President before certain deployments (see S. 2851), S6574 [12JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 2013), S635 [10FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 3046), S8585 [14SE]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 2690), S4669 [7JN]

Century of Women in the U.S.: observance (see S. Res. 292), S2728 [13AP]

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

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

Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of New Hampshire and Vermont (see S. 3212), S10716 [18OC]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: encourage equity investment in rural cooperatives and other rural businesses (see S. 3242), S10999 [25OC]

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

Cuba: allow travel by U.S. citizens and legal resident aliens (see S. 1919), S7245 [19JY]

———lift trade embargo (see S. 2617), S4378 [24MY]

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

Dairy Farmer Viability Commission: establish (see S. 3128), S9466 [28SE]

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

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 345), S7840 [27JY]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see S. 1883), S1997 [30MR]

Dept. of Education: investigation and audit (see S. 2829), S7690 [26JY]

———provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (see S. 3211), S11607 [5DE]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see S. 2047), S538 [9FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see S. 1951), S160 [31JA]

———require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see S. 2072), S613 [10FE]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see S. Con. Res. 88), S1118 [2MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish standards for interstate transportation of prisoners by private companies (see S. 1898), S2249 [5AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the position of Advisor on Physician Assistants within the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 2264), S1512 [21MR]

———make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see S. 1399), S1525 [21MR]

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

District of Columbia: designate the Washington Opera as the National Opera (see S. 2667), S4460 [25MY]

Education: early learning programs funding (see S. 2866), S6677 [13JY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see S. 1159), S4321 [23MY]

Elections: enhance criminal penalties for election law violations and clarify current laws regarding donations from foreign nationals (see S. 1991), S1913 [29MR]

EPA: establish integrated environmental reporting system (see S. 2800), S7922 [27JY]

———establish Project SEARCH (special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) to provide grants to assist small communities in meeting certain regulations (see S. 2296), S4955 [12JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S1884 [29MR]

Families and domestic relations: increase public awareness of the benefits of marriage and provide greater flexibility in the Welfare-to-Work grant program (see S. 1364), S4487 [25MY]

———issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see S. 2044), S3264 [2MY]

Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see S. 2112), S867 [28FE]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see S. 2227), S1391 [9MR]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see S. 1941), S217 [1FE]

Food: improve safety of imported foods (see S. 2480), S3023 [27AP]

———reform the State inspection of meat and poultry (see S. 1988), S4923 [9JN]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S9606 [2OC]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see S. 2021), S213 [1FE]

Government regulations: review and limit the issuance of certain regulations relative to Federal contractors (see S. 2986), S8769 [19SE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see S. Con. Res. 98), S4116 [17MY]

Health: enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies (see S. 2731), S5273 [15JN]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see S. 2387), S2526 [11AP]

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

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see S. 2625), S4488 [25MY]

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

Higher Education Act: improve integrity of Federal student loan programs relative to students at foreign institutions (see S. 3143), S9605 [2OC]

Historic buildings and sites: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see S. 2082), S2545 [11AP]

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

———preserve assisted housing for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons, and certain families (see S. 2733), S7399 [20JY]

———promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing in rural areas for low-income households (see S. 3228), S10926 [24OC]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 2599), S4190 [18MY]

———improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see S. 2367), S2233 [5AP]

———provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 484), S40 [24JA]

``In Memory'' Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 34), S4855 [8JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2341), S2106 [4AP]

Indonesia: provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see S. 3254), S11538 [14NO]

INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see S. 2586), S4190 [18MY]

Insurance: establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (see S. 2819), S6121 [29JN]

International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 52), S9864 [4OC]

Korean War: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 39), S692 [22FE]

Land use: assist States with planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see S. 2995), S7840 [27JY]

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

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see S. 2413), S2616 [12AP]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S1596 [22MR]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2758), S8506 [13SE] (see S. 3016, 3017), S8197 [7SE]

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

———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see S. 3112), S9964 [5OC]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services, apply reasonable standard to determination of medical necessity for ambulance services, and recognize additional costs of ambulance services in rural areas (see S. 2858), S7246 [19JY]

———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S5562 [21JN]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see S. 3028), S8412 [12SE]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see S. 2987), S7840 [27JY]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 2232), S1392 [9MR]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see S. 818), S6690 [13JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S4207 [18MY]

Middlebury College: bicentennial (see S. Res. 355), S8413 [12SE]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see S. 2070), S1128 [2MR]

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

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see S. 3009), S8105 [6SE]

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

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

National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-Children Day: designate (see S. Res. 323), S5106 [14JN]

National Fragile X Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 268), S5686 [22JN]

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

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8594 [14SE]

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

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

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 3175), S9945 [5OC]

National School Lunch Act: carry out pilot projects to increase milk consumption and reduce the cost of milk served to children (see S. 3279), S11789 [14DE]

National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S7923 [27JY]

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

National Women's Business Council: funding (see S. 2243), S1392 [9MR]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S3924 [11MY]

Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council: establish (see S. 119), S689 [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), S7554 [25JY]

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]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 2703), S5912 [27JN]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see S. 2739), S6144 [29JN]

Privacy: prohibit the display of an individual's Social Security number for commercial purposes without the consent of the individual (see S. 2554), S5813 [26JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see S. 2868), S6678 [13JY]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see S. 2967), S7839 [27JY]

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), S746 [23FE]

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

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 2735), S5240 [15JN]

———provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see S. 2528), S5562 [21JN]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 3035), S8413 [12SE]

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), S7077 [17JY]

Social Security: create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 2435), S5118 [14JN]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S1128 [2MR]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see S. 2434), S9201 [25SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see S. 3165), S9944 [5OC]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see S. 2585), S4103 [17MY]

Taxation: extend expensing of environmental remediation costs and include contaminated sites located outside of targeted areas (see S. 2334), S1986 [30MR]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see S. 2696), S5118 [14JN]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see S. 2939), S7656 [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), S2546 [11AP]

———require certain political organizations to report additional information to the IRS (see S. 2583), S4103 [17MY]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see S. 3101), S9612 [2OC]

———revise definition of the term political organization relative to tax-exempt status (see S. 2582), S4103 [17MY]

———strengthen effectiveness of earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and promoting work (see S. 2825), S6121 [29JN]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S4855 [8JN]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 2608), S6027 [28JN]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 2887), S8344 [11SE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 2225), S2946 [26AP]

———use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds (see S. 2714), S5027 [13JN]

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see S. 1921), S3850 [10MY]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see S. 2764), S5555 [21JN]

White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance: establish (see S. 3181), S11006 [25OC]

Women: improve health and reduce health care costs for low-income and uninsured women by expanding existing screening and preventive health programs (see S. 2635), S4460 [25MY]

———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

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: restore rights of State employees by requiring States to waive immunity in order to receive Federal funding (see S. 3008), S8105 [6SE]

Agriculture: provide a pool credit under Federal milk marketing orders for handlers of certified organic milk used for Class I purposes (see S. 3198), S10412 [12OC]

Armed Forces: modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve (see S. 2537), S3831 [10MY]

Child Nutrition Act: increase the minimum amount available to States for State administrative expenses (see S. 3197), S10411 [12OC]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see S. 3085), S8823 [20SE]

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), S1883 [29MR]

Dept. of Education: transfer Impact Aid Program funding responsibility for military connected children and property to the Dept. of Defense (see S. 3158), S9861 [4OC]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants funding (see S. 2429), S2727 [13AP]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (see S. 2543), S3916 [11MY]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see S. 2520), S3691 [9MY]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (see S. 3208), S10619 [17OC]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit retaliation and confidentiality policies relative to employee wage disclosures (see S. 2966), S7839 [27JY]

Health: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (S. 1809), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 133), S7841 [27JY]

———reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors (see S. 2738), S5240 [15JN]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 2298), S1747 [27MR] (see S. 3106), S9195 [25SE]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (see S. 2505), S3513 [4MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see S. 3067), S8759 [19SE]

Power resources: encourage summer fill and fuel budgeting programs for propane, kerosene, and heating oil (see S. 2224), S1316 [8MR]

Public broadcasting: make certain political broadcasting requirements inapplicable to noncommerical educational broadcasting stations (see S. 3262), S11374 [30OC]

Taxation: credit for health insurance costs (see S. 2320), S1884 [29MR]

———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (see S. 2626), S4379 [24MY]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and the retail sale of alternative fuels (see S. 2591), S4190 [18MY]

———treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned income tax credit (see S. 2053), S612 [10FE]

Vermont: allow the Corps of Engineers to carry out an assessment and modification of State, local, and private dams (see S. 2724), S5027 [13JN]

Wildlife: issue postage stamps to support wildlife protection programs (see S. 2870), S6841 [14JY]

Cloture motions

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

Cost Estimates

Promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495): CBO, S10893 [23OC]

Descriptions

Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act (H.R. 1102): Jeffords Amendment on Simplifying and Modifying Provisions for Employer Pension Plans, S10097-S10099 [6OC]

Explanations

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act Programs To Provide Access to Health Care and Support Services to Individuals and Families With HIV and AIDS (S. 2311), S10030-S10034 [5OC]

Educational Opportunities Act (S. 2): Jeffords Amendment on Early Learning Programs Funding, S3599 [8MY]

Letters

Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use: President Clinton, S10524 [13OC]

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: Charles N. Jeffress, Dept. of Labor, S11043 [26OC]

———Representatives Ballenger and Owens, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), S11043 [26OC]

Lists

Northeast Dairy Farms Beautification Program Dairy of Distinctions Award recipients from Vermont, S5023 [13JN]

Motions

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2400 [7AP]

Privilege of the floor

Crookes, Melissa, S3268 [2MY]

Lenz, Diane, S3782 [9MY], S6033 [28JN]

Lyon, Matthew, S3450 [3MY]

Shipp, Becky, S3450 [3MY]

Taylor, Jeff, S3450 [3MY]

Remarks

Addison County, VT: tribute to Porter Hospital and Helen Porter Nursing Home, S4456 [25MY]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: restore rights of State employees by requiring States to waive immunity in order to receive Federal funding (S. 3008), S8109 [6SE]

Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1573 [22MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7194, S7195, S7207, S7214, S7215 [19JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, S10523 [13OC], S10680, S10694 [18OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: strike assumed revenue based on oil and gas exploration from budget resolution, S2427 [7AP]

Armed Forces: modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve (S. 2537), S3834 [10MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, S2691 [13AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2225 [5AP], S2329 [6AP], S2386, S2399, S2415, S2427 [7AP]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (S. 3085), S8862 [20SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S7773 [27JY], S8671 [19SE]

Colombia: drug interdiction assistance, S5626 [22JN]

———provide helicopters to assist in drug enforcement efforts, S5626 [22JN]

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 (S. 2311), S1885 [29MR], S4594 [6JN], S10029 [5OC]

Crime: conduct study of hate crimes and establish a grant program to assist State and local authorities in investigations and prosecutions, S5346 [19JN]

———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, S5346 [19JN], S10391 [12OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, S10391 [12OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4785, S4796, S4797 [8JN], S5346 [19JN], S6562 [12JY]

Dept. of Education: transfer Impact Aid Program funding responsibility for military connected children and property to the Dept. of Defense (S. 3158), S9861 [4OC]

Dept. of Energy: renewable energy research and development funding, S7986, S7987 [5SE]

———Small Wind Turbine Project funding, S10763 [19OC]

Dept. of HHS: State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, S6101 [29JN]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants funding (S. 2429), S2737 [13AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the position of Advisor on Physician Assistants within the Veterans Health Administration (S. 2264), S1522 [21MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5603, S5638 [22JN], S5990, S5991, S5992, S5993 [28JN], S6067, S6073, S6085, S6101 [29JN], S6210 [30JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, S10763 [19OC]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (S. 2543), S3916 [11MY]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale, S7194, S7195, S7207, S7214, S7215 [19JY]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, S10523 [13OC], S10694 [18OC]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (S. 2520), S3693 [9MY]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (S. 3208), S10620 [17OC]

Education: early learning programs funding, S3598 [8MY], S3669 [9MY]

———early learning programs funding (S. 2866), S6678 [13JY]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities, S3600 [8MY]

———improve teacher quality, S3231 [2MY]

———reductions in school class size, S3494 [4MY]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 135), S8507 [13SE]

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, S3494 [4MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3144, S3150 [1MY], S3231 [2MY], S3284, S3320 [3MY], S3494 [4MY], S3575, S3594, S3595, S3598, S3599, S3600 [8MY], S3657, S3669 [9MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S3311 [3MY]

———remove vocational education funding, S3595 [8MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, S10763 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S7986, S7987 [5SE]

ERISA: simplify and modify provisions for employer pension plans, S10097 [6OC]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), S1907 [29MR], S2582, S2584 [12AP]

———prohibit retaliation and confidentiality policies relative to employee wage disclosures (S. 2966), S7862 [27JY]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (S. 2227), S1396 [9MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1767 [28MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5626 [22JN]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information, S6067, S6073 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S4796, S4797 [8JN], S6085 [29JN]

———reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors (S. 2738), S5263 [15JN]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (S. 2366), S2786 [13AP]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, S10224 [11OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S2329 [6AP], S2399 [7AP], S5990, S5991, S5992, S5993 [28JN]

Insurance: establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (S. 2819), S6134 [29JN]

Intel Corp.: tribute to ``Teach to the Future'' technology education partnership program, S336 [3FE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (S. 2603), S4358 [24MY]

Library of Congress: extend Federal health and retirement benefits to day care center employees, S4358 [24MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S2225 [5AP], S5603 [22JN], S6210 [30JN]

Manchester Village, VT: anniversary, S6110 [29JN]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 2274), S1607 [22MR]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 2298), S1748 [27MR]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 3106), S9200 [25SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S5638 [22JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 3016), S8204 [7SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (S. 2365), S2244 [5AP]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (S. 2505), S3519 [4MY]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (S. 2232), S1401 [9MR]

Middlebury College: bicentennial (S. Res. 355), S8424 [12SE]

National Life Insurance Co.: anniversary, S3603 [8MY]

National Rural Development Partnership: funding, S10680 [18OC]

National security: require operationally realistic testing of any national missile defense system against countermeasures, S6562 [12JY]

Northampton, MA: tribute to Northampton VA Hospital Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Program, S6345 [10JY]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S567 [10FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (H.R. 5178), S11041, S11042, S11043 [26OC]

———require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (S. 3067), S8761 [19SE]

Older Americans Act: National Family Caregiver Support Program funding, S11035, S11091 [26OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 782), S11035, S11058, S11063, S11091, S11096 [26OC]

———require the Dept. of Labor to assess accountability of grantees, S11058, S11063 [26OC]

———Senior Community Service Employment Program funding, S11035, S11058, S11063, S11091 [26OC]

Pensions: protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, S2415 [7AP]

———reform (H.R. 1102), S10097 [6OC]

Power resources: encourage summer fill and fuel budgeting programs for propane, kerosene, and heating oil (S. 2224), S1326 [8MR]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495), S10893 [23OC]

Public broadcasting: make certain political broadcasting requirements inapplicable to noncommerical educational broadcasting stations (S. 3262), S11376 [30OC]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), S11041 [26OC]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), S9842 [4OC]

———provide certain children's health services (S. 2868), S6685 [13JY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (S. 1805), S1573 [22MR]

Senate: legislative program, S3450 [3MY], S11067 [26OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1497 [21MR]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S6101 [29JN]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, S6101 [29JN]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: promote State flexibility and accountability, support youth prevention and treatment programs, and respond to incidents of teen violence (S. 976), S9842 [4OC]

Taxation: credit for health insurance costs (S. 2320), S1901 [29MR]

———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (S. 2626), S4390 [24MY]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and the retail sale of alternative fuels (S. 2591), S4199 [18MY]

———require certain political organizations to report additional information to the IRS (S. 2583), S4113 [17MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, S4785 [8JN]

———revise definition of the term political organization relative to tax-exempt status (S. 2582), S4113 [17MY]

———strengthen effectiveness of earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and promoting work (S. 2825), S6137 [29JN]

———treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned income tax credit (S. 2053), S616 [10FE]

Vermont: allow the Corps of Engineers to carry out an assessment and modification of State, local, and private dams (S. 2724), S5030 [13JN]

———Northeast Dairy Farms Beautification Program Dairy of Distinctions Award recipients, S5023 [13JN]

———tribute to Eagle Scout Award recipients, S4010 [16MY]

———tribute to Girl Scout Gold Award recipients, S4010 [16MY]

———tribute to Professional Development School partnerships and participating teachers and schools, S2859 [25AP]

Veterans: health care funding, S2386 [7AP]

Vietnam Veterans of America: anniversary of Rutland, VT, Chapter One, S2720 [13AP]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (S. 2764), S5561 [21JN]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, S10224 [11OC]

Reports filed

Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2725) (S. Rept. 106-494), S10153 [10OC]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2311) (S. Rept. 106-294), S3946 [15MY]

Dept. of Education Investigation and Audit: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2829) (S. Rept. 106-448), S9603 [2OC]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act Anniversary: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 135), S8941 [21SE]

Educational Opportunities Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2) (S. Rept. 106-261), S2615 [12AP]

National and Community Service Act and Domestic Volunteer Service Act Programs Appropriations Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2764) (S. Rept. 106-365), S8018 [5SE]

Nomination of Alan D. Solomont to the Corp. for National and Community Service Board of Directors: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Barbara W. Snelling to the U.S. Institute of Peace: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Bobby L. Roberts to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Carol W. Kinsley to the Corp. for National and Community Service: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Daniel Simberloff to the National Science Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Diana S. Natalicio to the National Science Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7447 [21JY]

Nomination of Donald J. Sutherland to the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Edward B. Montgomery To Be Deputy Sec. of Labor: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Francis J. Duggin to the National Mediation Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7447 [21JY]

Nomination of Gordon S. Heddell To Be Dept. of Labor Inspector General: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Harriet M. Zimmerman to the U.S. Institute of Peace: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Holly J. Burkhalter to the U.S. Institute of Peace: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Jane Lubchenco to the National Science Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Jerome F. Kever to the Railroad Retirement Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Joan R. Challinor to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of John A. White, Jr., to the National Science Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7447 [21JY]

Nomination of Juanita S. Doty to the Corp. for National and Community Service: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Leslie B. Kramerich To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8822 [20SE]

Nomination of Leslie Lenkowsky to the Corp. for National and Community Service: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Marc E. Leland to the U.S. Institute of Peace: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Marc Racicot to the Corp. for National and Community Service Board of Directors: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Mark D. Gearan to the Corp. for National and Community Service: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8822 [20SE]

Nomination of Mark S. Wrighton to the National Science Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8822 [20SE]

Nomination of Mel Carnahan to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Michael G. Rossmann to the National Science Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Nathan O. Hatch to the National Council on the Humanities: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Nina V. Fedoroff to the National Science Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7447 [21JY]

Nomination of Robert B. Rogers to the Corp. for National and Community Service: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Nomination of Scott O. Wright to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Seymour M. Lipset to the U.S. Institute of Peace: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8822 [20SE]

Nomination of Virgil M. Speakman, Jr., to the Railroad Retirement Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Warren M. Washington to the National Science Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7448 [21JY]

Older Americans Act, National Family Caregiver Support Program, Aging Programs and Services, and Need To Engage in Life Course Planning: Committee on Health, Education, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1536) (S. Rept. 106-399), S8290 [8SE]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Programs Revision and Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2366), S2726 [13AP]

Promote New and Revised Toxicological Tests That Protect Human, Animal, and Environmental Health While Reducing Need for Animal Testing: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1495) (S. Rept. 106-496), S10252 [11OC]

Public Health Service Nominations: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2731) (S. Rept. 106-505), S10715 [18OC]

Statements

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: By, S11042 [26OC]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: National Conference of State Legislatures, S4797 [8JN]

Summaries

Younger Americans Act (S. 3085), S8863 [20SE]

Tables

Prescription drug import provisions in agriculture appropriations legislation, S10525 [13OC]

Texts of

S. 2311, revise and extend Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS, S1886-S1890 [29MR]

S. 2320, Health Coverage, Access, Relief, and Equity (C.A.R.E.) Act, S1902-S1904 [29MR]

S. 2537, modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve, S3834 [10MY]

S. 2966, Wage Awareness Protection Act, S7863 [27JY]

S. 3008, Older Workers Rights Restoration Act, S8109 [6SE]

S. 3067, Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, S8761 [19SE]

Tributes

Cooke, Larry, S3017 [27AP]

Coolidge, John, S4817 [8JN]

Coverdell, Paul, S7181 [19JY]

Daley, John J., S5237 [15JN]

Epstein, Mike, S3575 [8MY]

Kehoe, Edward, S3911 [11MY]

Moyer, Gregory W., S11786 [14DE]

Moynihan, Senator, S10238 [11OC]

Nsanjama, Henri, S7825 [27JY]

Roberts, Carolyn C., S9380 [27SE]

Tonsager, Dallas, S11786 [14DE]