BUDGET—U.S.

Addresses

Strategies Needed for Today's Economic Problems: Ken Lipper, Lipper & Co., S8192 [7SE]

Amendments

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 84), S11465, S11500 [1NO], H11832 [3NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 637), H10400 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), H11785 [2NO]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), S1376 [9MR], S1691 [23MR], H1120 [16MR], H1478, H1479 [28MR], H1514, H1516, H1520, H1524, H1540, H1541, H1542, H1543, H1546, H1552, H1554, H1561, H1563, H1565, H1569, H1570, H1571, H1575, H1576, H1577, H1583, H1589, H1590 [29MR], H1592, H1594, H1603, H1604, H1607, H1610, H1611, H1614 [30MR]

Federal budget: improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H2771, H2779 [9MY], H3108, H3116, H3128, H3134, H3136, H3137, H3141 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), consideration (H. Res. 499), H3091 [16MY]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1335, H1355, H1364, H1368, H1375, H1386 [23MR]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1299 [23MR]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2085, S2087, S2120, S2121, S2122, S2123 [4AP], S2159, S2178, S2179, S2191, S2197, S2206, S2222, S2251, S2252, S2253, S2254, S2255, S2256, S2257, S2261, S2262, S2263, S2264 [5AP], S2278, S2285, S2286, S2296, S2297, S2301, S2319, S2322, S2333, S2334, S2355, S2356, S2357, S2358, S2359, S2360, S2361, S2362, S2363, S2364, S2365, S2366, S2367, S2368, S2369, S2370, S2371, S2372, S2373, S2374, S2375, S2376, S2377, S2378, S2379, S2380 [6AP], S2384, S2385, S2386, S2387, S2388, S2389, S2390, S2391, S2393, S2396, S2399, S2400, S2402, S2404, S2405, S2406, S2407, S2408, S2410, S2411, S2412, S2414, S2415, S2417, S2442, S2443 [7AP]

Taxation: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6785, S6795, S6796, S6797, S6798, S6799, S6800, S6804, S6805, S6806, S6808, S6811, S6812, S6815, S6816, S6817, S6821, S6822, S6823, S6847, S6849, S6851, S6853, S6856, S6857, S6858, S6859, S6860, S6861, S6862, S6863, S6864, S6865, S6867, S6869, S6870 [14JY], S7048, S7079 [17JY], H5868 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (S. 2839), S6701, S6702, S6703 [13JY]

Analyses

Government for the 21st Century Act (S. 2306), S1821 [28MR]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4810): Iris J. Lav and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S6786-S6788 [14JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2481 [10AP], H1987 [10AP]

———H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, S7109 [18JY]

Articles and editorials

Air Justice, E363 [21MR]

Binges Becoming Regular Budget Fare, S10979 [25OC], S11099 [26OC]

Bush Aims at Discord in Capital, S5062 [14JN]

Bye-Bye, Surplus, S11885 [15DE]

Cabinet Opens Up on Bush—Treasury Secretary Says Social Security Math Doesn't Add Up, S11049 [26OC]

Clinton Announces Record $237B Surplus, S11045 [26OC]

Don't Be Too Quick To Demand a Federal Tax Cut, E1994 [28OC]

Dual Edged Sword of Medicare Reimbursement—The Medicare Provider and Health Maintenance Organization Perspective, E2041-E2043 [31OC]

Entitlement Reform the Way To Go, H3123 [16MY]

Europe's Turn To Keep the Peace, S1691 [23MR]

Federal Tax Level Falls for Most—Studies Show Burden Now Less Than 10%, S1696 [27MR]

Feeling the Pinch of a Military Salary—For Some Families Pay Doesn't Cover the Basics, S2289 [6AP]

Fleeing Hard Choices, H3126 [16MY]

Heedless of the Deficits Ahead, S10265 [11OC]

High-Tech Homeless—In Silicon Valley, a Dark Side to Booming Economy, H1361 [23MR]

Hogs and Rooters, E1648 [2OC]

Making Sure Surplus Revenue Is Used To Reduce the National Debt, S4984-S4986 [13JN]

Marriage Penalty Needs To Be Axed—Tax-and-Spend Proponents Have Weak Arguments To Oppose GOP Legislation, H6617 [20JY]

Marriage Tax on the Poor, S7410, S7415 [21JY]

Mr. Clinton's Army, S10353 [12OC]

One Percent Solution—Shirking the Cost of World Leadership, S9184-S9187 [25SE]

One Thing I Would Change About Congress . . . Entitlement Reform the Way To Go, H516 [29FE]

Phony Issue, H5861 [12JY]

Readiness Problems Plague Coast Guard, H8435 [28SE]

Say Goodbye to the Surplus, S11046 [26OC], S11327 [29OC]

Scaling Down in a Safer World, E392 [22MR]

Special Interest Defense, E954 [9JN]

Spending Bill Is Full of Projects Coveted as Favors for Electorate, S10763 [19OC]

Tale of Two Centuries, S1738-S1740 [27MR]

Washington Goes on a Spending Spree, S11098 [26OC]

Bills and resolutions

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: assure funds are used solely for their stated purpose (see S. 2040), S489 [8FE]

Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (see H. Res. 646), H10808 [24OC] (see H. Res. 662), H11526 [29OC]

———making continuing (see H.J. Res. 109), H8061 [25SE] (see H.J. Res. 110), H8617 [2OC] (see H.J. Res. 111), H9767 [11OC] (see H.J. Res. 114), H10256 [18OC] (see H.J. Res. 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120), H10808 [24OC] (see H.J. Res. 121, 122, 123, 124), H11526 [29OC] (see H.J. Res. 125), H11879 [13NO] (see H.J. Res. 126), H11943 [4DE] (see H.J. Res. 127), H12021 [6DE] (see H.J. Res. 128, 129), H12045 [7DE] (see H.J. Res. 133, 134), H12094 [14DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), consideration (see H. Res. 591), H8060 [25SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 110), consideration (see H. Res. 604), H8616 [2OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), consideration (see H. Res. 627), H9766 [11OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (see H. Res. 637), H10256 [18OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), consideration (see H. Res. 669), H12045 [7DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 129), consideration (see H. Res. 670), H12045 [7DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), consideration (see H. Res. 674), H12093 [14DE] (see H. Res. 674), H12531 [15DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (see H. Res. 675), H12093 [14DE] (see H. Res. 675), H12531 [15DE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 3908), H996 [14MR]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for wildland fire management (see H.R. 4452), H3049 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), consideration (see H. Res. 450), H1476 [28MR]

———making miscellaneous appropriations (see H.R. 5666), H12531 [15DE]

Commission on Government Restructuring and Reform: establish (see S. 2306), S1815 [28MR]

Congress: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 3586), H253 [8FE]

Constitutional amendments: balance (see H.J. Res. 91), H1119 [16MR]

Courts: protect budget of the Federal courts (see H.R. 4852), H6051 [13JY]

Federal budget: improve and strengthen budget process (see H.R. 4397), H2769 [9MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), consideration (see H. Res. 499), H2905 [10MY]

———proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (see H. Res. 467), H2012 [10AP]

———provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority and limited tax benefits (see H.R. 3523), H47 [27JA]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (see S. Con. Res. 101), S2040 [3AP] (see H. Con. Res. 290), H1123 [20MR]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (see H. Res. 446), H1283 [22MR]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 474), H2238 [12AP]

Government: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce publicly-held debt and provide tax relief (see H. Res. 490), H2606 [4MY]

———include certain projected cuts in the budget of each department or agency of the Government within the President's annual budget submission (see H.R. 3564), H164 [1FE]

———increase accountability for Government spending and reduce wasteful spending (see H.R. 5317), H8405 [27SE]

House of Representatives: allow en bloc offsetting amendments to appropriation bills in order to reduce spending and the public debt (see H.R. 5580), H11206 [26OC]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (see H. Res. 676), H12093 [14DE]

Medicare: correct reductions to service providers payment rates previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 4937), H6777 [24JY]

———provide off-budget treatment for the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3640), H341 [10FE]

———revise and improve (see H.R. 5296), H8199 [26SE]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act (see H. Res. 535), H5240 [27JN]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals (see S. 2556), S3946 [15MY]

National Commission on Budget Concepts: establish (see H.R. 5233), H7932 [20SE]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 5669), H12531 [15DE]

Public debt: eliminate (see H. Con. Res. 246), H165 [1FE]

———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce (see S. 2126), S1024 [1MR] (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]

———protect Social Security and provide for repayment of the Federal debt (see S. 2220), S1315 [8MR] (see H.R. 4195), H1851 [5AP]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 4866), H6354 [17JY] (see H.R. 5173), H7650 [14SE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (see H.R. 5203), H7870 [19SE]

Sequestration: avoid a pay-go sequestration (see S. 3240), S10999 [25OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 5670), H12531 [15DE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 2923), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 2976), S7840 [27JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see S. 3077), S8823 [20SE] (see S. 3165), S9944 [5OC] (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE] (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE] (see H.R. 5543), H11193 [25OC] (see H.R. 5601), H11620 [30OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO] (see H.R. 5661), H12094 [14DE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H756 [8MR]

———protect surplus by requiring a sequester to eliminate any deficit (see S. 2001), S37 [24JA]

———provide for personal Social Security accounts and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 5659), H12094 [14DE]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see S. 2774), S5663 [22JN]

———provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (see H.R. 4624), H4173 [9JN]

———reduce the public debt by the amount of net surplus in trust fund each fiscal year (see H.R. 4694), H4783 [20JN]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (see S.J. Res. 38), S285 [2FE]

SSA: require publications to include additional information on Social Security's current and future solvency (see S. 2364), S2233 [5AP]

Taxation: expand child tax credit (see S. 2903), S7448 [21JY] (see S. 3138), S9466 [28SE] (see H.R. 4896), H6599 [19JY]

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 5509), H10472 [19OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (see S. 2839), S6347 [10JY] (see H.R. 4810), H5736 [10JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration (see H. Res. 545), H5842 [11JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 559), H6598 [19JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (see H. Res. 553), H6354 [17JY]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds (see S. 2161), S1117 [2MR]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3566), H164 [1FE]

Conference reports

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4810), H6582-H6586 [19JY]

Minimum Wage Increase, Taxpayer Relief, Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program Corrections, Pain Management Promotion, and Small Business Programs Improvement (H.R. 2614), H10909-H11087 [25OC]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2000-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H2206-H2236 [12AP]

Excerpts

Medicare Preservation and Improvement Act studies: Congressional Research Service, E384, E387 [22MR]

Report language to accompany Democratic alternative budget resolution, H1399 [23MR]

Factsheets

Privatizing Social Security—A Riverboast Gamble: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S4248 [23MY]

Letters

Budget approval: several Representatives, H12026 [7DE]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: Dan L. Crippen, CBO, S11051 [26OC]

———Senator Domenici, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S11050 [26OC]

Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act: Andrew F. Quinlan, CapitolWatch (organization), H3084 [16MY]

———Bill Frenzel and Tim Penny, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, H3082 [16MY]

———Eric V. Schlecht, National Taxpayers Union, H3085 [16MY]

———Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H3083, H3084 [16MY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3082 [16MY]

———Ralph DeGennaro, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), H3084 [16MY]

———Robert L. Bixby, Concord Coalition, H3082, H3083 [16MY]

———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H3082, H3083, H3084 [16MY]

Debt Reduction Reconciliation Act: Robert L. Bixby, Concord Coalition, H4702 [20JN]

Dept. of Agriculture development of an effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software: Keith Kelly, Dept. of Agriculture, H5769 [11JY]

———Representatives Minge and Gutknecht, H5770 [11JY]

Dept. of Energy Office of Science funding: several Senators, S11563 [5DE]

Education funding: Hannah Wair, S2337 [6AP]

Eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S2096 [4AP]

End of session legislative package: President Clinton, S11195 [27OC]

Ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund: C. Vernon Gray, National Association of Counties, S2200 [5AP]

———Dennis J. Slater, Construction Industry Manufacturers Association, S2504 [11AP]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, S2199 [5AP], S2503 [11AP]

———John Horsley, William Millar, and William Dodge, S2200 [5AP]

———John S. Satagaj, Small Business Legislative Council, S2203 [5AP]

———Lawrence H. Summers, Sec. of the Treasury, and Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, S2505 [11AP]

———Leo F. Peters, American Consulting Engineers Council, S2200 [5AP]

———Mike Acott, National Asphalt Pavement Association, S2200 [5AP]

———Richard C. Creighton, American Portland Cement Alliance, S2201 [5AP], S2505 [11AP]

———Susan G. Pikrallidas, American Automobile Association, S2203 [5AP], S2504, S2505 [11AP]

———T. Peter Ruane, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, S2504 [11AP]

———Terrence M. O'Sullivan, Laborers' International Union of North America, S2504 [11AP]

———several State and local government organizations, S2203, S2204 [5AP]

Family Care Act: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, S7661 [26JY]

———Deborah F. Dietrich, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, S7661 [26JY]

———Gregg Haifley, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S7661 [26JY]

———Kathy Thornton and Catherine Pinkerton, NETWORK (organization), S7662 [26JY]

———Kerb Kuhn, Premier, Inc., S7662 [26JY]

———Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S7661 [26JY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S7662 [26JY]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S7662 [26JY]

———Stanley B. Peck, American Dental Hygienists' Association, S7661 [26JY]

Kosovo military operations relative to European funding commitments: Bernard Kouchner, U.N., S1689 [23MR]

———Bob Dole, S1690 [23MR]

———George Robertson, NATO, S1688 [23MR]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Charles O. Rossotti, IRS, E1517 [18SE]

Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion to include parents of low-income families: several organizations, S2414 [7AP]

Medicaid coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs: Barbara Morrow, S2325 [6AP]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: Deborah F. Dietrich, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, S8853 [20SE]

———Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S8853 [20SE]

———Kenneth E. Raske, Greater New York Hospital Association, S8854 [20SE]

———Larry S. Gage, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, S8852 [20SE]

———National Immigration Law Center, S8852 [20SE]

———Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S8853 [20SE]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S8853 [20SE]

———Thomas J. Van Coverden, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S8853 [20SE]

Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: Alliance To Save Cancer Care Access, H11224 [26OC]

———American Association of Blood Banks, American Red Cross, and America's Blood Centers (organization), H11226 [26OC]

———American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, H11221 [26OC]

———American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, H11227 [26OC]

———Ann B. Howard, American Federation of HomeCare Providers, Inc., H11221 [26OC]

———Armin D. Weinberg, Intercultural Cancer Council, H11224 [26OC]

———Bill Finerfrock, Rural Health Clinics (organization), H11218 [26OC]

———Carolyn S. Markey, Visiting Nurse Associations of America, H11221 [26OC]

———Charles B. Mullins, University of Texas, H11220 [26OC]

———Charles L. DeBrunner, National Association of Urban Critical Access Hospitals, H11218 [26OC]

———Clark R. Law, Association for Ohio Philanthropic Homes, Housing and Service for the Aging, H11222 [26OC]

———Craig A. Becker, FACHE (organization), H11219 [26OC]

———Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society, H11223 [26OC]

———David LaBlanc, Lifecare Management Services (organization), H11223 [26OC]

———Donald W. Fisher, American Medical Group Association, H11219 [26OC]

———Edward A. Eckenhoff, American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association, H11217 [26OC]

———Gary Goldstein, Kennedy Krieger Institute, H11218 [26OC]

———Geraldine Brueckner, National Association of Long Term Hospitals, H11218 [26OC]

———Howard G. Capek and Matthew J. Ripperger, U.S. Healthcare (business), H11228 [26OC]

———Howard J. Braverman, American Optometric Association, H11226 [26OC]

———Jane V. White, American Dietetic Association, H11226 [26OC]

———Jeff Immelt, General Electric Co., H11227 [26OC]

———John Davis, National Kidney Foundation, H11225 [26OC]

———John W. Corwin, Glaucoma Foundation, H11225 [26OC]

———Judith Baskins, National PACE Association, H11222 [26OC]

———Karen A. Davie, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, H11222 [26OC]

———Leah Mullin, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, H11225 [26OC]

———Mark Covall, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, H11220 [26OC]

———Mary R. Grealy, Health Care Leadership Council, H11220 [26OC]

———Michael Walker, Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, H11221 [26OC]

———Mike Dugan, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, H11225 [26OC]

———Nancy Brinker, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, H11225 [26OC]

———National Orthotic Manufacturers Association, H11227 [26OC]

———Pam Bailey, Advanced Medical Technology Association, H11227 [26OC]

———Patient Access to Transplantation Coalition, H11222 [26OC]

———Peters D. Willson, National Association of Children's Hospitals, H11218 [26OC]

———Phyllis Landrieu, Tenet Healthcare Corp., H11227 [26OC]

———Richard M. Scrushy, Health South (business), H11217 [26OC]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S11110 [26OC], S11203 [27OC]

———Rowen K. Zetterman, American College of Gastroenterology, H11226 [26OC]

———S. Bradley Traverse, Acute Long Term Hospital Association, H11218 [26OC]

———Sam W. Cameron, Mississippi Hospital Association, H11219 [26OC]

———Thomas A. Connaughton, American Association for Homecare, H11220 [26OC]

———Thomas A. Scully, Federation of American Hospitals, H11217 [26OC]

———Thomas J. Van Coverden, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., H11217 [26OC]

———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care, H11220 [26OC]

———William L. Rich III, American Academy of Ophthalmology, H11226 [26OC]

———William Teutsch, Association of Surgical Technologists, H11227 [26OC]

———several Representatives, E2031 [30OC]

———several hospital and healthcare associations, H11500 [29OC]

———several religious organizations, H11222 [26OC]

Pell Grant Program funding: David L. Warren and Stanley O. Ikenberry, Student Aid Alliance, S2392 [7AP]

———Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S2391 [7AP]

Social Security reform: Roger Zion, H3633 [23MY]

Strike assumed revenue based on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration from budget resolution: Athan Manuel, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S2210 [5AP]

———Carl Pope, Sierra Club, S2210 [5AP]

———Courtney Curf, Friends of the Earth (organization), S2210, S2219 [5AP]

———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S2209, S2220 [5AP]

———John H. Adams, Natural Resources Defense Council, S2210, S2220 [5AP]

———Martha A. Marks, Republicans for Environmental Protection America (organization), S2220 [5AP]

———Paul W. Hansen, Izaak Walton League of America, S2210 [5AP]

———Raymond Chretien, Canadian Ambassador, S2211 [5AP]

———Thomas C. Kiernan, National Parks Conservation Association, S2210, S2220 [5AP]

———William H. Meadows, Wilderness Society, S2220 [5AP]

Subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance: Charles L. Calkins, Fleet Reserve Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Dennis F. Pierman, Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, S2289 [6AP]

———Edwin Dorn, Dept. of Defense, S2290 [6AP]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, S2288 [6AP]

———John W. Smart, VFW, S2287 [6AP]

———Joseph A. Violante, DAV, S2287 [6AP]

———Larry D. Rhea, Non Commissioned Officers Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Mark H. Olanoff, Retired Enlisted Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., S2288 [6AP]

———Paul W. Arcari, Retired Officers Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Richard D. Murray, National Association for Uniformed Services, S2287 [6AP]

———Senator Domenici, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S2289, S2290 [6AP]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, S2287 [6AP]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S2290 [6AP]

Treatment of any budget surpluses: Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), S2409 [7AP]

———John D. Podesta, Executive Office of the President, S7415 [21JY]

———Robert L. Bixby, Concord Coalition, S2408 [7AP]

Lists

Committee on the Budget (Senate) staff, S2131 [4AP]

Newspaper headlines on spending of budget surpluses, S11098 [26OC]

Objectionable provisions in conference report on H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure and emergency supplemental appropriations, S6237-S6242 [30JN]

Organizations supporting Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S11110 [26OC], S11203 [27OC]

Patient Access to Transplantation Coalition members, H11223 [26OC]

Voluntary Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Act savings for monthly expenses, S2653 [13AP]

Memorandums

Budget Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S11050 [26OC]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2001: President Clinton, S375-S378 [7FE], H213-H216 [7FE]

Budget Rescissions and Deferrals: President Clinton, S535 [9FE], H280 [10FE]

District of Columbia Courts' Budget Request: President Clinton, H2631 [8MY]

Economic Report: President Clinton, S608-S610 [10FE], H331-H333 [10FE]

Federal Advisory Committees Report: President Clinton, S1389 [9MR]

Veto of H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: President Clinton, H7239 [6SE]

Motions

Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 662), H11544 [30OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1619 [30MR]

Federal budget: setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1975 [10AP]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2155, S2195, S2196 [5AP], S2277, S2294, S2332, S2334 [6AP], S2385, S2390, S2395, S2400, S2412 [7AP]

Taxation: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6784, S6804 [14JY], S7046, S7047, S7048, S7049, S7050 [17JY], H5877 [12JY], H6434 [18JY]

Outlines

Democratic proposal on Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: Representatives Rangel and Dingell, H11553 [30OC]

Papers

How To Protect the Surplus From Wasteful Spending, Peter B. Sperry, Heritage Foundation, S7117-S7119 [18JY]

Poems

``Chant for Surplus Justice,'' Representative Owens, E1218 [13JY]

Privilege of the floor

Committee on the Budget (Senate) staff, S2131 [4AP]

Proposals

Medicare use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act: Senate Democratic Caucus, S7784 [27JY]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H2783 [10MY]

———consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 646), H10844-H10849 [25OC]

———consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 662), H11538-H11545 [30OC]

———devote cuts in discretionary funding during appropriations process to debt reduction, H4953-H4956 [22JN]

———enforcement of spending caps on appropriations legislation, H10819-H10822 [25OC]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3087, H3128-H3134 [16MY]

———legislative process, H10393-H10406 [19OC], H11451, H11453, H11456 [28OC], H11533 [30OC], H11675-H11681 [31OC], H11750, H11752, H11755 [1NO], H11789, H11796-H11803 [2NO], H12053, H12054 [8DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), H8114-H8123 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 591), H8108-H8114 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 110), H8659-H8663 [3OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 110), consideration (H. Res. 604), H8658 [3OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H9821-H9826 [12OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), consideration (H. Res. 627), H9821 [12OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), H10402-H10411 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 637), H10393-H10402 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H10816, H10849-H10856 [25OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 116), H11264 [26OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), H11362-H11368 [27OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 118), H11449-H11457 [28OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 119), H11492-H11495 [29OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 120), H11537 [30OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 121), H11669-H11675 [31OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H11718-H11726 [1NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), H11784-H11786 [2NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H11832 [3NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 125), H11850 [13NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 126), H11958-H11960 [5DE], H12019 [6DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 126), unanimous-consent agreement, H11943 [4DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 127), H12023-H12028 [7DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 127), unanimous-consent agreement, H12019 [6DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), H12048-H12053 [8DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), consideration (H. Res. 669), H12047, H12048 [8DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 129), H12068-H12070, H12073 [11DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 129), consideration (H. Res. 670), H12067, H12068 [11DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), H12441 [15DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), consideration (H. Res. 674), H12517 [15DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (H. Res. 675), H12517 [15DE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, H3052 [16MY], H5547, H5548, H5599-H5616 [29JN], E1249 [14JY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1410 [27MR], H1468-H1474 [28MR], H1482, H1484, H1495-H1586 [29MR], H1591-H1621, H1625 [30MR], H1757 [4AP], H5089 [26JN], E460, E461, E464, E468 [30MR], E474, E475, E479 [3AP], E487 [4AP]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), consideration (H. Res. 450), H1485-H1494 [29MR]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), motion to recommit, H1619 [30MR]

———strike nonemergency spending and require offsets for emergency supplemental appropriations, H1514, H1515 [29MR]

Balance, H95 [1FE], H1733-H1739 [4AP], H1770 [5AP], H4269 [13JN], H7570-H7572 [13SE], H8282 [27SE]

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

Buy American Act: compliance, H1493 [29MR], H1603, H1604 [30MR]

Children and youth: use of State Children's Health Insurance Program funds, H8038-H8040 [25SE]

Christmas Day: observance, H12053 [8DE]

Coast Guard: military readiness, H8434 [28SE]

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

Committee on the Budget (House): tribute to staff, H2256, H2257 [13AP]

Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, H4763-H4765, H4773, H4775 [20JN], H4906, H4907 [21JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H10814 [25OC]

———establish 2-year cycle, H516 [29FE], H3079-H3088, H3120-H3128 [16MY], E755 [17MY], E790 [19MY]

———establish 2-year cycle (H.R. 493), H170 [2FE]

———expand reporting requirements for unauthorized programs, H3136, H3137 [16MY]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: condition funding on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H2872-H2875 [10MY], H2949-H2951 [11MY], E779 [19MY]

Deficit, H10 [27JA], H138 [1FE], H1289 [23MR], H1733-H1739 [4AP], H2414 [3MY], H3034 [15MY], H3532 [23MY], H5872 [12JY], H7582 [14SE], H7827 [19SE], H7936, H7938 [21SE], H8047-H8053 [25SE], H8205, H8286-H8292 [27SE], H8553 [2OC], H9454 [6OC], H10400 [19OC], H10805, H10806 [24OC], H11769-H11774 [1NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H10, H16-H23 [27JA], H168 [2FE], H8592 [2OC], H10814 [25OC], H11203 [26OC], H11608-H11617 [30OC], E2004 [28OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: develop effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software, H5769, H5770, H5789, H5790 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies waiver of certain reimbursement charges, H3287 [17MY]

———funding, H11753 [1NO]

———impact of spending reductions on social and domestic programs, H3965 [7JN], E391 [22MR]

———military health care programs funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3999-H4002 [7JN]

———TRICARE senior pharmacy program funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3992-H3999 [7JN]

Dept. of Education: abolish, H11473 [28OC]

———funding, H7889-H7897 [20SE]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (H.R. 1649), H1622, H1623 [30MR], H5076 [23JN]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H8817 [5OC]

———Section 8 housing programs funding, H1350 [23MR]

———section 8 housing voucher funding through reductions in NASA space station program, H4893-H4897 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: Antitrust Division funding, H4989-H4992 [22JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding, H705 [8MR]

Economy: roles of Congress and the Clinton administration in the current economic situation, H7563-H7569 [13SE]

Education: encourage students to pursue careers and higher education degrees in science, computers, and technology, H11611 [30OC]

———funding, H4021, H4022 [7JN], H4199 [12JN], H4345 [14JN]

———national policy to improve system, H1269, H1271 [22MR], H1342 [23MR], H1840-H1847 [5AP], H1982 [10AP]

———Pell Grant Program funding, H2250 [13AP], H9806 [11OC]

———reductions in school class size, H4053 [8JN], H4226 [13JN], H6034 [13JY], H7889-H7897 [20SE], H11465-H11474 [28OC], H11739-H11748 [1NO], E2048 [1NO]

Employment: summer youth jobs programs funding, H1512 [29MR]

FAA: budget treatment of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and general revenue fund contributions, H1018-H1027 [15MR], H9023 [6OC], E363 [21MR]

———investigate management of funds used for certain air traffic control projects, H1962 [10AP]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, H241-H247 [8FE], H257, H258, H268-H275 [9FE], H999, H1000, H1001, H1002, H1064-H1070 [15MR], H1080 [16MR], H1251-H1264 [22MR], H1770 [5AP], H7829 [19SE], H9024 [6OC], H10226 [18OC], H11506, H11508, H11509, H11510, H11511, H11513 [29OC], H11799, H11800 [2NO], E954 [9JN]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H11504, H11505 [29OC]

———ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1976-H1984 [10AP]

———ensure solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H258, H260 [9FE], H516 [29FE]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3093-H3145 [16MY], E755 [17MY], E790 [19MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), consideration (H. Res. 499), H3078-H3093 [16MY]

———proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (H. Res. 467), H2069-H2076 [11AP]

———removal of analysis of budget functions from the budget resolution, H3135, H3136 [16MY]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H999, H1000, H1001, H1002 [15MR], H1080 [16MR], H1143-H1149 [21MR], H1177, H1251, H1264 [22MR], H1288, H1289, H1290, H1301-H1326, H1330-H1402 [23MR], H1483 [29MR], H1770 [5AP], H1975 [10AP], E420, E421 [27MR], E426, E431, E433, E434 [28MR]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), amendment process, H1083 [16MR]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, H2249-H2258, H2330 [13AP], E597 [2MY]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1291-H1301 [23MR]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 474), H2242-H2249 [13AP]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), motion to instruct conferees, H1976-H1984 [10AP]

Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS, H6624, H6625 [20JY]

Government: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce publicly-held debt and provide tax relief (H. Res. 490), H2957 [11MY]

———increase accountability for Government spending and reduce wasteful spending, H9638 [11OC]

———reduce waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, H1633 [3AP], E421 [27MR]

———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal payments, benefits, services, and tax advantages (H.R. 3221), H5564 [29JN], E939 [9JN], E986 [13JN]

———spending, E2093 [14NO]

———waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, H8294-H8298 [27SE], H8440-H8444 [28SE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H7874 [20SE], H8909-H8914 [5OC], H9458-H9461 [6OC], H10450-H10452 [19OC], H10803-H10805 [24OC], H11594 [30OC]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 676), H12517 [15DE]

LIHEAP: funding, H11457-H11465 [28OC], E2048 [1NO], E2157 [8DE]

Medicaid: reform, E2031 [30OC]

Medicare: correct reductions to service provider payment rates previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act, H7638-H7640 [14SE], H7900 [20SE], H7985 [21SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1303, H1304, H1305 [23MR], H5878-H5880 [12JY]

———preserve and improve (S. 1895), E358 [21MR], E384, E387 [22MR]

———reform, H3753 [24MY], H8204 [27SE], H9514 [10OC], H10892-H10899 [25OC], H11435-H11442 [27OC], H11508, H11512-H11520 [29OC], H12483, H12490, H12495, H12496 [15DE]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act (H. Res. 535), H5423-H5426 [28JN], E1182 [30JN]

NASA: University Research Centers funding, H4848 [21JN]

National Commission on Budget Concepts: establish (H.R. 5233), E1557 [21SE]

National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H222 [8FE], H925-H928 [13MR], H1625 [30MR], H2660 [9MY], H3186, H3188-H3190, H3194-H3197, H3199-H3201 [17MY], H6782 [25JY], H7506, H7568 [13SE], H8628 [3OC], H9641 [11OC], H10812 [25OC], H11528 [30OC], E479 [3AP]

NSF: increase research and development funding through offsets in Dept. of Energy funding, H406, H408 [15FE]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (H.R. 5669), E2215 [15DE]

Political ethics: importance of cooperation and bipartisanship in Congress, H258 [9FE]

Public debt: ensure that on-budget surpluses are used to reduce the public debt, H7829 [19SE]

———establish a debt reduction lockbox, H3142, H3143 [16MY], H9515 [10OC], E755 [17MY]

———impact of interest rates on the national debt, H7646-H7648 [14SE]

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

———protect Social Security and provide for repayment of the Federal debt, H10068 [18OC]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4601), H4701-H4708 [20JN], E1007 [14JN], E1098 [23JN]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4866), H6426-H6432 [18JY]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), H7679-H7687 [18SE], E1533 [19SE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), H7780-H7798 [19SE], E1594 [26SE]

———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]

———require that certain surplus amounts be used for paying down the national debt, H52 [31JA], H169, H170 [2FE], H260 [9FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H52 [31JA], H96, H139 [1FE], H260 [9FE], H460 [16FE], H999, H1064-H1070 [15MR], H1143-H1149 [21MR], H1483, H1493 [29MR], H1769 [5AP], H2330-H2334 [13AP], H3535 [23MY], H6368 [18JY], H6475, H6567-H6573 [19JY], H6604, H6605 [20JY], H6758-H6764 [24JY], H6783 [25JY], H8455-H8459 [28SE], H8606-H8610 [2OC], H8903-H8909-H8914 [5OC], H10393 [19OC], H10536 [24OC], H11201 [26OC], H11548 [30OC], H11774-H11779 [1NO], H12053 [8DE]

Social Security: budget treatment of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (H.R. 167), H12504 [15DE]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H10, H16 [27JA], H95, H138 [1FE], H169, H170 [2FE], H247 [8FE], H862, H863 [9MR], H1079 [16MR], H1305, H1334, H1335, H1348 [23MR], H1507 [29MR], H2347 [2MY], H4031-H4033 [7JN], H5849 [12JY], H6722 [24JY], H7563 [13SE], H8048-H8050 [25SE], H8066 [26SE], H8282, H8286-H8300, H8306, H8311 [27SE], H8747 [4OC], H9515 [10OC], H9818, H9820, H9894-H9897 [12OC], H10233-H10238 [18OC], H10464-H10468 [19OC], H10477 [23OC], H10536 [24OC], H10813, H10815, H10879 [25OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC], H11511 [29OC], H11710-H11714 [31OC], H11835-H11840 [3NO]

———budget treatment of trust funds (H.R. 5670), E2215 [15DE]

———ensure solvency, H5732-H5734 [10JY], H7220, H7221 [6SE], H8894 [5OC], H9512 [10OC], H10233-H10238 [18OC], H10528-H10532 [23OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC], H11835 [3NO], H11871-H11873 [13NO]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H8435 [28SE], H11200, H11201, H11210-H11217, H11228, H11247 [26OC], H11451, H11453, H11455 [28OC], H11497, H11499, H11500, H11504, H11505, H11506 [29OC], H11547-H11554, H11595-H11601 [30OC], H11793, H11802 [2NO], H12490, H12491, H12494, H12495, H12498, H12500, H12501 [15DE], E1997, E2004 [28OC], E2031 [30OC], E2039, E2041 [31OC], E2052 [1NO], E2194 [15DE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5291), E1601 [27SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5324), E1615 [27SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (H.R. 5612), E2051 [1NO]

———payroll taxes, H10815 [25OC]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 3859), H4708-H4714 [20JN], H5100 [26JN]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts, increase individual control over retirement income, and protect surpluses (H.R. 3206), H5088 [26JN], H10528-H10532 [23OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC]

———provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (H.R. 4624), E1099 [23JN]

———reduce payroll taxes, H10233-H10238 [18OC]

———reduce the public debt by the amount of net surplus in trust fund each fiscal year (H.R. 420), H12504 [15DE]

———reduce the public debt by the amount of net surplus in trust fund each fiscal year (H.R. 4694), H12504 [15DE]

———reform, H2415 [3MY], H2738 [9MY], H3402-H3410 [18MY], H3632-H3637 [23MY], H3754-H3756 [24MY], H3912 [6JN], E1861 [19OC]

———use of trust funds' surplus to pay down national debt, H2738 [9MY]

Space policy: space station program funding, H1838 [5AP], H4849-H4853, H4881 [21JN]

———space station program management and cost overruns, H7007 [26JY]

Status: report, H5291, H5293 [27JN], H7494-H7498 [12SE]

Surplus: treatment of any budget surpluses, H95, H138 [1FE], H259, H268-H275 [9FE], H1000, H1001, H1002 [15MR], H1079 [16MR], H1251-H1264 [22MR], H2415 [3MY], H3138-H3141 [16MY], H3534, H3626-H3632 [23MY], H4031-H4033 [7JN], H6361, H6441-H6448 [18JY], H7351-H7357 [7SE], H7570-H7572 [13SE], H7936 [21SE], H8047-H8053, H8056-H8058 [25SE], H8067 [26SE], H8286-H8306 [27SE], H8418, H8419, H8441-H8444 [28SE], H8629 [3OC], H8745, H8746 [4OC], H8814, H8815, H8903-H8909 [5OC], H9454 [6OC], H9638, H9640 [11OC], H9818, H9820 [12OC], H10226 [18OC], H10815, H10846-H10848, H10879 [25OC], H11216 [26OC], H11512 [29OC], H11769-H11774 [1NO], E431, E433, E434 [28MR], E1218 [13JY]

Taxation: condition phase-out and repeal of estate and gift taxes on solvency of Social Security and Medicare and public debt reduction, H4078, H4081-H4085 [8JN], H4132, H4135, H4138, H4145 [9JN], E974 [12JN]

———condition repeal of excise tax on telephone use and other communications services on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H3834 [25MY]

———condition repeal of tax increase on Social Security benefits on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H7166-H7175 [27JY]

———expand child tax credit, H9639 [11OC]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H314, H315, H318-H327 [10FE], H5866, H5869-H5871, H5874-H5877 [12JY]

———rates, H1312 [23MR], H6091-H6097 [17JY], E1994 [28OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5659, H5661, H5724 [10JY], H5741 [11JY], H5848, H5849, H5858-H5881 [12JY], H6368 [18JY], E1237 [14JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6474, H6475 [19JY], H6605, H6609-H6618 [20JY], H6758-H6764 [24JY], H7007 [26JY], E1303, E1309 [24JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration (H. Res. 545), H5851-H5856 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 559), H6606-H6609 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (H. Res. 553), H6432-H6434 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), motion to instruct conferees, H6434-H6437 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), motion to recommit, H5877-H5880 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7240 [6SE], H7507, H7509-H7520 [13SE], E1479 [14SE], E1517 [18SE]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (H.R. 3566), E50 [1FE]

Veterans: health care, housing, and education programs funding, E536 [11AP]

———increase education benefits, H1335 [23MR]

Remarks in Senate

Aggregate spending levels: revisions, S5451 [20JN], S7149 [18JY], S7384 [20JY], S7470 [24JY], S7997 [5SE], S8652 [18SE], S9687 [3OC], S10233 [11OC]

Agriculture: grass seed producers emergency assistance funding, S2425 [7AP]

Appropriations: adjustment of discretionary spending caps on appropriations legislation, S10953 [25OC], S11279 [27OC]

———enforcement of spending caps on appropriations legislation, S5980-S5984 [28JN], S6226, S6227, S6236-S6242 [30JN], S6462 [11JY], S7100 [18JY]

———legislative process, S7612-S7614 [26JY], S9406-S9414, S9418-S9440 [28SE], S10042, S10043, S10045 [6OC], S10124-S10127 [10OC], S10294-S10296 [12OC], S10761-S10763 [19OC], S10977 [25OC], S11350, S11358 [30OC], S11436 [31OC], S11544 [14NO], S11682 [7DE], S11876 [15DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 84), S11 [24JA], S11465 [1NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), S9406-S9440 [28SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), unanimous-consent agreement, S9247 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 110), S9773 [3OC], S9827-S9835 [4OC], S9876 [5OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 110), unanimous-consent agreement, S9824, S9842 [4OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), unanimous-consent agreement, S10334 [12OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), S10767-S10769, S10776 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), unanimous-consent agreement, S10770 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), S10986 [25OC], S11120 [26OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), unanimous-consent agreement, S10954 [25OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 116), S11098 [26OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), S11206 [27OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 118), S11305 [28OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 119), S11344 [29OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 120), S11378 [30OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), unanimous-consent agreement, S11465 [1NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), S11504 [2NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 125), S11515 [14NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 126), S11550-S11552 [5DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 127), unanimous-consent agreement, S11729 [7DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), S11751 [8DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), S11829 [15DE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, S6225-S6243 [30JN], S6462, S6463, S6465 [11JY], S6670 [13JY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), S1373, S1376 [9MR], S1687-S1691 [23MR], S4171 [18MY]

———status of legislation, S9879 [5OC]

———strike certain provisions on emergency spending designation points of order, S2318, S2322-S2328, S2332 [6AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: strike assumed revenue based on oil and gas exploration from budget resolution, S2206-S2222 [5AP], S2275-S2277 [6AP], S2427 [7AP]

Armed Forces: allow members to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, S2408 [7AP]

———establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance, S2286-S2290, S2295 [6AP]

Balance, S2179-S2190 [5AP], S4290 [23MY], S10960 [25OC]

Bush, George W.: economic plan, S11104, S11111-S11113 [26OC]

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours, S2414 [7AP]

———use of State Children's Health Insurance Program funds, S11052 [26OC]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, S11343, S11344 [29OC]

Commission on Government Restructuring and Reform: establish (S. 2306), S1817-S1822 [28MR]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S4440 [25MY]

Committee on Agriculture (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S1587 [22MR]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S10787 [19OC], S11120 [26OC]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S8750 [19SE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S8652 [18SE]

Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children, S2389 [7AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, S10962 [25OC], S11401-S11404 [31OC]

———establish 2-year cycle (S. 92), S655 [22FE]

Deficit, S5 [24JA], S208 [1FE], S280 [2FE], S326 [3FE], S374 [7FE], S488 [8FE], S535 [9FE], S601-S603, S608 [10FE], S676 [22FE], S738 [23FE], S784-S787, S795 [24FE], S865 [28FE], S926 [29FE], S1021 [1MR], S1114 [2MR], S1170 [6MR], S1228 [7MR], S1309 [8MR], S1384, S1385 [9MR], S1454 [20MR], S1473, S1506 [21MR], S1589 [22MR], S1665 [23MR], S1738 [27MR], S1782, S1810 [28MR], S1875 [29MR], S1971 [30MR], S2030 [3AP], S2061, S2076, S2100 [4AP], S2230 [5AP], S2280, S2281, S2282, S2283, S2341 [6AP], S2434 [7AP], S2521 [11AP], S2611 [12AP], S2715 [13AP], S2857 [25AP], S2933 [26AP], S3015 [27AP], S3182 [1MY], S3253 [2MY], S3325 [3MY], S3507 [4MY], S3685 [9MY], S3827 [10MY], S3911 [11MY], S3942 [15MY], S4006 [16MY], S4097 [17MY], S4185 [18MY], S4233 [22MY], S4372 [24MY], S4453 [25MY], S4557 [6JN], S4665 [7JN], S4814 [8JN], S4950 [12JN], S5022 [13JN], S5103 [14JN], S5237 [15JN], S5305 [16JN], S5552 [21JN], S5654 [22JN], S5781 [26JN], S5878 [27JN], S6007 [28JN], S6109 [29JN], S6254 [30JN], S6344 [10JY], S6465 [11JY], S6570 [12JY], S6673 [13JY], S6838 [14JY], S7002, S7066 [17JY], S7151 [18JY], S7224 [19JY], S7385 [20JY], S7472 [24JY], S7502, S7538 [25JY], S7651 [26JY], S7824 [27JY], S8053, S8100 [6SE], S8192 [7SE], S8287 [8SE], S8339 [11SE], S8359, S8410 [12SE], S8495 [13SE], S8574 [14SE], S8634 [15SE], S8650, S8654 [18SE], S8754 [19SE], S8817 [20SE], S8938 [21SE], S9188 [25SE], S9262 [26SE], S9379 [27SE], S9423, S9460 [28SE], S9601 [2OC], S9692 [3OC], S9848 [4OC], S9938 [5OC], S10264 [11OC], S11048 [26OC], S11351 [30OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3-S5 [24JA], S122-S124 [31JA], S7494-S7498, S7503-S7507 [25JY], S8250 [8SE], S8359 [12SE], S8785-S8787 [20SE], S8907 [21SE], S9420 [28SE], S9793-S9795 [4OC], S10048 [6OC], S11343, S11344 [29OC], S11350 [30OC], S11401-S11404 [31OC]

Dept. of Education: Troops-to-Teachers Program funding, S2417 [7AP]

Dept. of Energy: Office of Science funding, S11562 [5DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: treatment of Medical Care Cost Recovery Fund receipts, S2337 [6AP]

Education: early learning and parent support programs funding, S2405 [7AP]

———funding, S2159-S2161, S2163-S2178, S2194-S2196 [5AP], S2335, S2336, S2337 [6AP]

———Impact Aid Program funding, S2062, S2063 [4AP]

———Pell Grant Program funding, S2391 [7AP]

———reduce revenue cuts for school modernization projects, S2222-S2225 [5AP], S2296-S2305, S2336 [6AP]

———reductions in school class size, S1014-S1018 [1MR], S3481-S3496 [4MY], S3569-S3571 [8MY], S5858-S5861, S5863 [27JN]

———Title I programs for disadvantaged children funding, S2411, S2412 [7AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: funding, S2390 [7AP]

FAA: budget treatment of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and general revenue fund contributions, S1259 [8MR]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco, S2411 [7AP]

Federal budget: allocation of funds, S125-S130 [31JA], S317 [3FE], S458-S462, S478, S505-S507 [8FE], S510, S512, S514 [9FE], S579-S582 [10FE], S782-S784 [24FE], S1272-S1274 [8MR], S1549-S1553 [22MR], S1625 [23MR], S1696-S1698, S1700, S1702 [27MR], S2031 [3AP], S7502 [25JY], S8359 [12SE]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, S2161, S2162 [5AP]

———ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2087-S2094 [4AP], S2145-S2155 [5AP], S2667, S2678 [13AP]

———ensure solvency of Social Security and Medicare, S2149-S2151 [5AP], S6784 [14JY], S7044 [17JY]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, S2674-S2696, S2709 [13AP], S3496 [4MY]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S2665, S2694 [13AP]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), insert S. Con. Res. 101 language in lieu, S2429 [7AP]

———setting forth for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S1442 [20MR], S1549-S1553 [22MR], S1700, S1702 [27MR], S1853-S1855 [29MR], S2030-S2032 [3AP], S2053-S2066, S2069-S2081, S2083-S2097, S2141 [4AP], S2145-S2156, S2159-S2227, S2264-S2267 [5AP], S2270-S2339 [6AP], S2384-S2432 [7AP], S2452, S2454, S2460, S2462 [10AP]

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

Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance, S5524 [21JN], S7812 [27JY], S9184 [25SE]

———programs allocations, S2421 [7AP]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, S10066 [6OC]

Government: increase the amount for public debt reduction contained in the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2190-S2194, S2196 [5AP]

Government regulations: workforce and enforcement expenses, S10703-S10705 [18OC]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas, S2415, S2416 [7AP], S2462 [10AP]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance to Atlantic Coast States, S2330, S2331 [6AP], S2400 [7AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S2329, S2331 [6AP], S2396-S2400 [7AP], S5990-S5994, S6002 [28JN]

Kosovo: make disbursal of funds for military operations contingent upon the fulfillment of allied burden sharing agreements, S1373-S1376 [9MR]

LIHEAP: funding, S2225 [5AP], S8879 [21SE], S11809, S11819, S11872, S11880 [15DE]

Medicaid: reform, S5879 [27JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S2059, S2063, S2084 [4AP], S2390 [7AP]

———reform, S348 [7FE], S6204 [30JN], S8091-S8097 [6SE], S8272-S8274 [8SE], S8629 [15SE], S10667-S10669 [18OC], S11455 [1NO]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act, S6984 [14JY], S7784-S7786 [27JY]

National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, S1738 [27MR], S9778-S9780 [3OC], S11072 [26OC]

Pensions: protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, S2415 [7AP], S2610 [12AP]

Petroleum: ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund, S2197-S2206 [5AP], S2273-S2275 [6AP], S2452 [10AP]

Political ethics: importance of cooperation and bipartisanship in Congress, S11767 [14DE]

Presidents of the U.S.: balance of power with Congress, S5061 [14JN]

Public debt: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce, S4943 [12JN], S4984-S4987 [13JN], S5177, S5178, S5189 [15JN]

———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce (S. 2126), S1025 [1MR], S1113 [2MR]

———impact of congressional and Clinton adminstration agendas on reducing the national debt, S11070 [26OC]

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

———protect Social Security and provide for repayment of the Federal debt (S. 2220), S1324 [8MR]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4601), S5580 [21JN], S5710 [22JN], S7117 [18JY]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), S8772 [19SE], S8787, S8789 [20SE], S10264 [11OC]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), S8866 [20SE], S8871 [21SE]

———require that certain surplus amounts be used for paying down the national debt, S316-S318 [3FE], S458 [8FE]

———use of budget surplus to repay the debt, S2226 [5AP], S2391 [7AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, S125-S130 [31JA], S1167-S1169 [6MR], S7464-S7466 [24JY], S8250 [8SE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S7514-S7520 [25JY], S7587-S7589, S7595, S7614-S7619, S7624, S7629 [26JY], S7960-S7962, S7983-S7985 [5SE], S8265 [8SE], S8627-S8629 [15SE], S8642-S8644 [18SE], S8879-S8881, S8882-S8885 [21SE], S9132-S9142 [25SE], S9400, S9401 [27SE], S9565 [2OC], S10611 [17OC], S10884, S10885, S10886 [23OC], S11082 [26OC]

Senate Rules: strengthen rules which prohibit attaching legislative riders to appropriations bills, S11860 [15DE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S348 [7FE], S459, S460 [8FE], S1533, S1535, S1539 [22MR], S1702 [27MR], S2031 [3AP], S2063, S2078 [4AP], S2177, S2179-S2190, S2193, S2266 [5AP], S2279 [6AP], S2386, S2410, S2433 [7AP], S2663, S2690 [13AP], S3684 [9MY], S3938-S3940 [15MY], S4243-S4253 [23MY], S4339 [24MY], S4515-S4518 [6JN], S4943 [12JN], S5317 [19JN], S6054, S6057-S6067 [29JN], S10141 [10OC], S10264 [11OC], S10901, S10903-S10906 [24OC], S10960-S10962 [25OC], S11045-S11052, S11082, S11098-S11100, S11111-S11113 [26OC], S11350, S11360-S11365 [30OC]

———budget treatment of trust funds (H.R. 1259), S8160, S8161 [7SE]

———budget treatment of trust funds (H.R. 1259), unanimous-consent request, S8492 [13SE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S2412-S2414 [7AP], S6790-S6792 [14JY], S7048 [17JY]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 2923), S7660-S7663 [26JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (S. 2976), S7891 [27JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to Balanced Budget Act, S6984 [14JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S77 [26JA], S10653 [18OC], S11104, S11109-S11111 [26OC], S11195, S11197-S11204, S11217-S11224, S11283-S11290 [27OC], S11455-S11457, S11472, S11486 [1NO], S11818, S11861-S11863, S11870, S11871, S11882 [15DE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 3077), S8825-S8857 [20SE], S8879 [21SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 3165), S9946, S9947, S10027 [5OC]

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

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, S2385, S2394, S2395 [7AP]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 3859), S5580 [21JN], S5654, S5710 [22JN]

———protect surplus by requiring a sequester to eliminate any deficit (S. 2001), S10 [24JA], S104 [26JA]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (S. 1383), S2660 [13AP]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (S. 2774), S5668 [22JN]

———reform, S3938-S3940 [15MY], S4243-S4253 [23MY], S4339 [24MY], S5317 [19JN]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 38), S290 [2FE]

Space policy: space program funding, S8814-S8816 [20SE]

SSA: require publications to include additional information on Social Security's current and future solvency (S. 2364), S2239-S2242 [5AP]

Status: report, S221 [1FE], S1307 [8MR], S5548 [21JN], S7993 [5SE], S10146 [10OC]

Surplus: treatment of any budget surpluses, S317 [3FE], S461 [8FE], S782-S784 [24FE], S1549-S1553 [22MR], S1700, S1702 [27MR], S1851-S1853-S1855 [29MR], S2065, S2075 [4AP], S2179-S2190, S2226 [5AP], S2408-S2410, S2421-S2423 [7AP], S2571 [12AP], S6601 [13JY], S7084, S7103, S7112-S7117 [18JY], S7429-S7431 [21JY], S7494-S7496, S7504 [25JY], S7607 [26JY], S7817-S7819 [27JY], S8620-S8623 [15SE], S8650 [18SE], S8868-S8870 [20SE], S9918, S9923 [5OC], S10264 [11OC], S10653, S10654 [18OC], S10978, S11018 [25OC], S11045-S11048, S11082, S11098-S11100, S11111-S11113 [26OC], S11267-S11269 [27OC], S11858 [15DE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S1481 [21MR], S2195 [5AP]

———expand child tax credit (S. 2903), S7448 [21JY]

———expand child tax credit (S. 3138), S9474, S9475 [28SE]

———limit tax breaks for certain high-income individuals relative to concurrent budget resolution tax reduction package, S2141 [4AP]

———rates, S2058, S2060, S2061, S2063 [4AP], S2689 [13AP], S7429-S7431 [21JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6781-S6828, S6987-S6989 [14JY], S7002-S7007, S7009, S7012-S7014, S7043-S7055 [17JY], S7084, S7103-S7109 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, S7218-S7223 [19JY], S7379-S7382 [20JY], S7409-S7416, S7417 [21JY], S7500-S7502, S7536 [25JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S7379 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), motion to commit, S6784 [14JY], S7044 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), unanimous-consent agreement, S7043 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, S8494 [13SE], S8624 [15SE]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds, S2502 [11AP]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds (S. 2161), S1123 [2MR], S1620 [23MR]

Trust funds: treatment relative to deficit and surplus forecasts, S601-S603 [10FE], S784-S787 [24FE]

Veterans: health care funding, S2317, S2318, S2338 [6AP], S2384, S2386, S2387 [7AP], S2692 [13AP]

———health care funding through rescissions in non-defense related items, S2387 [7AP]

———increase health and disability benefits, S1807, S1809 [28MR]

Reports

Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S221 [1FE], S1307 [8MR], S5549 [21JN], S7993 [5SE], S10147 [10OC]

Federal Budget for 2001-2005 Conference Report (H. Con. Res. 290) Impact: OMB, S2695 [13AP]

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H5291-H5295 [27JN], H7494-H7498 [12SE]

Vulnerable Populations and Medicare Services: Marian E. Gornick, Century Foundation, E1635 [29SE]

Reports filed

Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2001: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-296), S4102 [17MY]

Beneficiary Improvement and Protection Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5291) (H. Rept. 106-1019), H11620 [30OC]

Consideration of Certain Joint Resolutions Making Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 646) (H. Rept. 106-998), H10808 [24OC]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 662) (H. Rept. 106-1015), H11526 [29OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H. Con. Res. 290, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2001-2005: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 474) (H. Rept. 106-578), H2238 [12AP]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 559) (H. Rept. 106-766), H6598 [19JY]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 290, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2001-2005: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 446) (H. Rept. 106-535), H1283 [22MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 109, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 591) (H. Rept. 106-887), H8060 [25SE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 110, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 604) (H. Rept. 106-925), H8616 [2OC]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 111, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 627) (H. Rept. 106-974), H9766 [11OC]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 128, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 669) (H. Rept. 106-1025), H12045 [7DE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 129, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 670) (H. Rept. 106-1026), H12045 [7DE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 133, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 674) (H. Rept. 106-1030), H12093 [14DE], H12531 [15DE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 134, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 675) (H. Rept. 106-1031), H12093 [14DE], H12531 [15DE]

Consideration of H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 106-613), H2905 [10MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3908, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 450) (H. Rept. 106-549), H1476 [28MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 545) (H. Rept. 106-726), H5842 [11JY]

Consideration of Motion To Go to Conference on Senate Amendments to H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 553) (H. Rept. 106-752), H6354 [17JY]

Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 637) (H. Rept. 106-989), H10256 [18OC]

Debt Reduction Reconciliation Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4601) (H. Rept. 106-673), H4219 [12JN]

Debt Relief Lock-Box Reconciliation Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5173) (H. Rept. 106-862), H7722 [18SE]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3908) (H. Rept. 106-521), H996 [14MR]

Federal Courts Budget Protection Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1564) (S. Rept. 106-379), S8018 [5SE]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4810) (H. Rept. 106-765), H6598 [19JY]

Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2839) (S. Rept. 106-329), S6347 [10JY]

Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2001: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-303), S4296 [23MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-308), S5106 [14JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-311), S5662 [22JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-346), S7159 [18JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-350), S7392 [20JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-414), S8759 [19SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-465), S9604 [2OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-483), S9855 [4OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-499), S10411 [12OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-507), S10801 [19OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-508), S10999 [25OC]

Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2001: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 106-656), H4034 [7JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 106-660), H4119 [8JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 106-683), H4783 [20JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 106-686), H4816 [21JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 106-729), H5954 [12JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 106-761), H6598 [19JY]

Same-Day Consideration of Certain Resolutions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 676) (H. Rept. 106-1032), H12093 [14DE]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2001-2005: Committee of Conference (H. Con. Res. 290) (H. Rept. 106-577), H2237 [12AP]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 290) (H. Rept. 106-530), H1123 [20MR]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 101) (S. Rept. 106-251), S2040 [3AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1543, H1556, H1573 [29MR]

Federal budget: setting forth for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2155 [5AP]

Taxation: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7045 [17JY]

Statements

Budget 2001-2005: Congressional Black Caucus, H1270 [22MR], H1347 [23MR]

Debt Relief Reconciliation Act: Representative McDermott, H6428 [18JY]

Family Care Act: Patricia Quezada, S7661 [26JY]

Treatment of Budget Trust Funds Relative to Deficit and Surplus Forecasts: Senator Hollings, S6999-S7002 [17JY]

Studies

Reductions in School Class Size: West Education Policy Brief, S3494 [4MY]

Summaries

Budget 2001-2005: Congressional Black Caucus, H1344-H1347 [23MR]

Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act (H.R. 853): Dreier Amendment on Establishing a 2-year Budget Cycle, H3079-H3082 [16MY]

Exclusion of Social Security Trust Funds From the Federal Budget, S785 [24FE]

Government for the 21st Century Act (S. 2306), S1820 [28MR]

Kosovo Consolidated Budget 2000 Update: Guenter Burghardt, European Union, S1689 [23MR]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act (H.R. 5324), E1615 [27SE]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act (S. 3077), S8851 [20SE]

State Children's Health Insurance Program, S11052 [26OC]

Tables

American Society of Civil Engineers report card for America's infrastructure, S2299 [6AP]

Armed Forces enlistment objectives, H1398 [23MR]

Beneficiaries of marriage tax penalty relief, S7220 [19JY]

CBO estimates of Federal education funding in the Senate budget resolution, S2194 [5AP]

Clinton Administration Medicare funding, S2063 [4AP]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S4440 [25MY]

Committee on Agriculture (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S1587 [22MR]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S10787 [19OC]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S8750 [19SE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S8652 [18SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S3496 [4MY]

Comparision between the Voluntary Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Act and the Clinton administration proposal on Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S2652, S2653 [13AP]

Dept. of Education funding levels in the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2194 [5AP]

Education funding reductions in North Carolina, H4053 [8JN]

Effects of proposed transfers from the general fund to the Social Security trust funds on cumulative interest payments, S11052 [26OC]

Emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1496-H1503 [29MR]

Estimated revenue effects of adjustments to marriage tax penalty, S7220 [19JY]

Federal budget deficits, trust funds, national debt, and interest costs (1946-2001), S601 [10FE], S784 [24FE], S2184 [5AP], S7000 [17JY], S11046 [26OC]

Federal Government financing and debt, S786 [24FE], S7002 [17JY]

Federal trust funds used to balance the budget, S602 [10FE], S2181 [5AP], S7001 [17JY], S11045 [26OC]

Higher education annual costs—1999-2000 school year, H1397 [23MR]

Interest expense on the public debt, S7001 [17JY], S8054 [6SE], S11047 [26OC]

Maximum marriage tax penalty relief possible, S7219 [19JY]

Public debt, S7001 [17JY], S8053 [6SE], S11047 [26OC]

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

Republican budget resolution use of Federal budget surplus, H1984 [10AP]

Republican tax proposals effects on prescription drug prices, H2281 [13AP]

Revisions to aggregate spending levels, S5451 [20JN], S7149 [18JY], S7384 [20JY], S7470 [24JY], S7997 [5SE], S8652 [18SE], S9687 [3OC], S10233 [11OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2468-S2481 [10AP]

H. Res. 446, consideration of H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, H1291 [23MR]

H. Res. 450, consideration of H.R. 3908, emergency supplemental appropriations, H1485 [29MR]

H. Res. 467, proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget, H2069 [11AP]

H. Res. 474, consideration of conference report on H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, H2242 [13AP]

H. Res. 499, consideration of H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act, H3078 [16MY]

H. Res. 535, use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement Medicare funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act, H5423 [28JN]

H. Res. 545, consideration of H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, H5851 [12JY]

H. Res. 553, consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments to H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, H6432 [18JY]

H. Res. 559, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, H6606 [20JY]

H. Res. 591, consideration of H.J. Res. 109, continuing appropriations, H8108 [26SE]

H. Res. 604, consideration of H.J. Res. 110, continuing appropriations, H8658 [3OC]

H. Res. 627, consideration of H.J. Res. 111, continuing appropriations, H9821 [12OC]

H. Res. 637, consideration of H.J. Res. 114, continuing appropriations, H10393 [19OC]

H. Res. 646, consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing appropriations, H10844 [25OC]

H. Res. 662, consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing appropriations, H11538 [30OC]

H. Res. 669, consideration of H.J. Res. 128, continuing appropriations, H12047 [8DE]

H. Res. 670, consideration of H.J. Res. 129, continuing appropriations, H12067 [11DE]

H.J. Res. 84, continuing appropriations, S11465 [1NO], H11832 [3NO]

H.J. Res. 109, continuing appropriations, H8114 [26SE]

H.J. Res. 110, continuing appropriations, H8659 [3OC]

H.J. Res. 111, continuing appropriations, H9821 [12OC]

H.J. Res. 114, continuing appropriations, H10402 [19OC]

H.J. Res. 115, continuing appropriations, H10849 [25OC]

H.J. Res. 116, continuing appropriations, H11264 [26OC]

H.J. Res. 117, continuing appropriations, H11362 [27OC]

H.J. Res. 118, continuing appropriations, H11449 [28OC]

H.J. Res. 119, continuing appropriations, H11492 [29OC]

H.J. Res. 120, continuing appropriations, H11537 [30OC]

H.J. Res. 121, continuing appropriations, H11669 [31OC]

H.J. Res. 122, continuing appropriations, H11718 [1NO]

H.J. Res. 123, continuing appropriations, H11784 [2NO]

H.J. Res. 124, continuing appropriations, H11832 [3NO]

H.J. Res. 125, continuing appropriations, H11850 [13NO]

H.J. Res. 126, continuing appropriations, H11958 [5DE]

H.J. Res. 127, continuing appropriations, H12024 [7DE]

H.J. Res. 128, continuing appropriations, H12048 [8DE]

H.J. Res. 129, continuing appropriations, H12068 [11DE]

H.J. Res. 133, continuing appropriations, H12441 [15DE]

H.R. 3859, Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act, H4708 [20JN]

H.R. 4601, Debt Reduction Reconciliation Act, H4701 [20JN]

H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, H5858 [12JY]

H.R. 4866, Debt Relief Reconciliation Act, H6426 [18JY]

H.R. 5173, Debt Relief Lock-Box Reconciliation Act, H7679-H7681 [18SE]

H.R. 5203, Debt Relief and Retirement Security Reconciliation Act, H7780-H7792 [19SE]

S. 2126, Save Our Surplus for Debt Reduction Act, S1025 [1MR]

S. 2161, American Transportation Recovery and Highway Trust Fund Protection Act, S1124 [2MR]

S. 2220, American Social Security Protection and Debt Repayment Act, S1325 [8MR]

S. 2306, Government for the 21st Century Act, S1818-S1820 [28MR]

S. 2556, implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, S3947 [15MY]

S. 2774, Bipartisan Social Security Reform Act, S5669-S5676 [22JN]

S. 2903, expand child tax credit, S7448 [21JY]

S. 3077, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, S8826-S8851 [20SE]

S. Con. Res. 101, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2041-S2050 [3AP]

S.J. Res. 38, treatment of Social Security under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S291 [2FE]